Tenchi Muyo: New Futures
Chapter 4: Party nights
It was another bright day, Ryoko was looking out over the lake near Tenchi's home. Taking a long deep breath, her golden eyes focus on two birds as the fly over her head. Ryoko clenches her first and holds it up to the birds as they fly away. "Alright I will do this!" Ryoko raises her fist as if it was in victory and her door opens and as blonde haired pokes her head around the corner. "You will do what Ryoko?" Asked Mihoshi as Ryoko flinches and glares back. "Nothing really what do you want Mihoshi?" Asked Ryoko as Mihoshi popped out from behind the door showing herself in full view as she placed her hands in her pockets. "Just wanted to see how things are with you…I know you loved Tenchi and this wedding hasn't seemed to bother you much." Mihoshi smiles. "I just accepted that once Tenchi and Kiyone announced to whom he was dating I resolved that a wedding would come." Replied Ryoko, though in her nature Mihoshi keeps talking. "Oh I thought it was you found another guy or something." Ryoko quickly spins on her heel giving an intimidating stare aimed right at Mihoshi. "What makes you think that Mihoshi?" Mihoshi gulps as Ryoko stomps forward. "No real reason you been in here all morning, I came to see what was up so what is up?" Ryoko smiles as Mihoshi lets out small giggle. "Ah nothing really, just admiring the view. What about you Mihoshi usually your sleeping or eating how come you came to check on me?" Mihoshi giggles and Ryoko lets out a laugh. "Tenchi asked me to come see you, he was saying him and Kiyone are popping out for the day Sasami went with them. I am going to help Washu with some stuff you are the only one with nothing to do." Replied Mihoshi as Ryoko shrugged. "Oh well there is something I want to do but I'll sort it out later. Just what exactly are you helping with Washu?" Mihoshi laughs as she points to a device strapped to her wrist. I am helping her to build a system that keeps me out of the lab, this thing is to track me.
Ryoko laughs at the thought of it. "What did you break that she needs to do this to keep you out?" Her curiosity peaks as Mihoshi shuffles her feet. "Well she had built some new automated protection robots for that new colony that is being setting up on the fringe, I…" Mihoshi strokes her cheek before staring at the ground.. "I fell over and knocked on over while it was powered down and well you know the rest." Muttered Mihoshi as Ryoko burst out laughing. "You knocked the whole batch over and wrecked them didn't you." Ryoko laughs as Mihoshi nods silently. "Oh well it wouldn't matter to much Mihoshi, you are naturally clumsy." Laughed Ryoko as Mihoshi nodded like a scolded child. "I know." she murmured spotting a bag on the ground from the store that they got their rock like outfits before.. "You really the rock an roll or metal scene here don't you Ryoko." Giggled Mihoshi as she shuffled closer to the bag. "Don't even think about it." Mihoshi looked up as Ryoko glared at her. "Ok ok don't hit me Ryoko!" Mihoshi crawls into the corner as Ryoko clenches her fist. "I wasn't going to but seeing you squirm put a smile on my face." Shrugged Ryoko with that old grin Mihoshi hadn't seen in a long time. "You're mean Ryoko very mean." Ryoko bursts out laughing. "I am a former space pirate remember, not mention I train the black op troops for galaxy police." Mihoshi nods remembering clearly that how one of Ryoko's trainees is now very highly regarded for her mission records. "Shouldn't you be testing Washu's new system instead of talking to me Mihoshi?" Mihoshi shakes her head. "Once it flashes blue then I am to attempt to enter." Smiled Mihoshi as they both looked at the flashing red light on her wrist. "I see, so Mihoshi and luck with finding a boyfriend in the galaxy police?" Asked Ryoko to get a better conversation going with Mihoshi. "Nope none of them come close to Tenchi." Sighed Mihoshi with a serious expression on her face much to Ryoko's surprise. "You best try to get someone Mihoshi you won't be young forever you know." Replied Ryoko as Mihoshi nodded. "Kiyone and Tenchi getting married, Ayeka probably has suitors lined up left right and centre. Sasami's at that age and she is quite handy with the boys. Washu could probably build one I guess." Mihoshi giggles as the both get a mental image of a possible robot hunk who is also covered in a lab coat and they both burst out laughing.
"Only a few more days left, until the robes are ready Tenchi, the wedding is coming up fast." Smiled Kiyone barely able to contain her excitement as the two continued on walking through the streets of town, holding each others hands tightly. "Yeah not long now Kiyone." Smiled Tenchi as the two continued walking along the street. "Yeah just dreading this bar trip Kyo has us going on." Laughed Tenchi chuckling as Kiyone smiles. "It's ok Tenchi I trust you, besides if you like that so much. I'll dress up as a bunny girl for you if you behave yourself." Kiyone winks and kisses him on the cheek as Tenchi goes slightly red. "Alright steady on Kiyone." Chuckled a blushing Tenchi, Kiyone giggles as the two continue walking as they come to the local park. "Good to get away from the mayhem of the house right Tenchi." Tenchi nods in agreement. Due to the night before the two where glad to get away. Ryoko wanted to drag Kiyone to some shabby bar and drink the night away while Washu and Sasami would of preferred a nice meal else were. Washu and Sasami's vote won Kiyone over she doesn't want to get really drunk or anything. "Yeah I swear if you had to tell Ryoko you liked the dinner idea one more time, she would blow up the house." Kiyone laughs and Tenchi shakes his head. "I didn't know how crazy she would get when you opted for Washu's and Sasami's idea."
"Yeah tell me about it." Replied Kiyone with a shrug remembering Ryoko's face when she declined. If it wasn't for the fact it the night was for her, Kiyone would of been sure Ryoko would of attempted to kill her. "I think the wedding is hitting her hard, she had reverted to the pirate we knew before, the maturity she displayed vanished." Kiyone shrugs as Tenchi nods in agreement. "Well its more because you didn't want to go to some pub and get drunk, despite the years she still hasn't gotten used to her friends saying no. Enough about her though, this is meant to be the beginning of the last few days we will be an unmarried couple, Tenchi squeezes her hand tighter and the two continue walking. Kiyone smiles her thoughts thinking on the huge ceremony, she pictures Tenchi in groom's robes and her in brides robes as they are surrounded by her work colleagues and Tenchi's friends not to mention the Jurai people, who will probably line up to see their royal family conduct the ceremony. "Hey Kiyone are you ok you are zoning out?" Tenchi places a hand on her shoulder and Kiyone snaps back to reality. "Yeah was off on a day dream there." She smiles. "Well do you want to get some ice-cream?" Tenchi points to the ice cream truck as kids and loved up teenagers stand in a queue for the ice-cream.
"Yeah I'll take one." Smiled Kiyone the two of them strolled closer to the ice-cream truck, Kiyone watches as a group of kids are playing soccer near by, she turns to the left to see more kids playing while a couple on the bench sit and talk. "So where are you guys going for this dinner?" Asked Tenchi as Kiyone shrugged. "In truth I'm not sure." She replied glancing to wards the sky briefly. "All I do know it is were Marianne and Benji take their business contacts its quiet fancy, you know dinner dresses etc." Tenchi nods in agreement. "Yeah does sound fancy though I am sure it will be a nice experience for Ryoko as the rest of us."
"Any formal parties are usual Galaxy Police dress uniforms sadly you don't really get to choose what to wear. So it will be nice for a change to get to choose I guess." Kiyone shrugged and Tenchi let out a small chuckle as the two love birds arrived at the ice cream truck queue and take their place in it. Kiyone snuggles up to him as the a young girl with her mother turns back to glance at them and giggles.
"Is that your girl friend mister?" Asks the little girl as Tenchi nods. "Now now , I am sorry, my daughter tend to ask lots of questions." Replied the young girls mother. "It is fine she isn't causing any harm." Replied Tenchi as he smiles and patted the young girl on the head. "My names Anko and my mummy is getting me ice cream." Giggled the little girl as her mother smiled. "I see well I am here to buy my new fiancé some ice cream, my name is Tenchi a pleasure to meet you Anko." Kiyone watched as Tenchi and the young girl continued to talk, smiling at the fact Tenchi now pretty much bonds with everyone, not that he didn't when he was younger but he is not embarrassed these days. Kiyone turns her attention to the queue only a few costumers left before it is there turn.
On the planet Jurai, princess Ayeka walks into the huge and very old Temple in which Tenchi and Kiyone will be wed in. Ayeka stares in awe as she does every time she would enter here, the Jurai trees here where old very old she glanced around the huge temple, wood and stained glass windows decorate the walls, as she nods with a smile as the temples keepers continue to decorate the temple in the colours and designs of the robes of the bride and groom, strolling down the isle that Kiyone will be strolling down Ayeka pictures how it will go. Since letting Tenchi go Ayeka has become some what refreshed a small smile appears on her face as she mentally pictures were the guests would sit and stand during the ceremony. "Ok things seem well indeed." Smiled Ayeka as her knights strode along side her. "I hope its up to what they expect." Smiled Ayeka as she looked towards the roof of the temple as if gazing through it to the stars.
Several days on earth have passed it is now eight in the evening and Marianne, Ryoko, Kiyone, Sasami and Mihoshi are sitting in a lush fancy restaurant. "It is very fancy isn't it?" Whispered Ryoko as Mihoshi nods as Ryoko wriggles in her red strapless party dress with a slit up her left her which exposes her lower thigh and. Mihoshi nods in agreement as Kiyone giggles. " A bit tight for you Ryoko?" Laughed Kiyone as Ryoko eyed up Kiyone in her golden dinner dress. "No just not used to wearing outfits like this." Ryoko replied trying to keep her voice level. "Well Ryoko it looks good on you." Replied Marianne as she nods approvingly. "So this is were you take your clients to discuss your contracts?" Asked Kiyone as Marianne nods. "Yes some of the large contacts usually dine with us here." She replied as Sasami continued to look around as Mihoshi picked up the menu and started looking at it. "It must be expensive are you sure its ok?" Asked Kiyone as Marianne nodded. "We earn a lot now hence our constant working and rarely any time off." Ryoko looks around and stares at some of the other groups and couples in the restaurant. "You guys do know a lot of the people are here are from television and thing's we are like mini celebrates in here." Added Ryoko as Sasami glanced at her shaking her head in shame, as Mihoshi dressed in a blue silky dress was too busy admiring Sasami's pink dress to really notice.
"Indeed Ryoko a lot of them do eat here, anyway do you ladies want to order?" Everyone nods as Marianne waves over the waitress so they can place their orders. A few minutes and she arrives as each of the group with a note pad and pen in her hand as each give the name of their meals. Ryoko flashed glances at the waitress as she walks away, Ryoko recognises the uniform in being similar to one she seen on the waitresses that worked in the place Tenchi took her a while ago.
"So anything exciting is happening on your life?" Ryoko asked to Marianne. "In my line of work things are never really boring." Marianne replied. "But there was this one night in particular that was very outstanding." Smiled Marianne "Oh! That sounds good." Ryoko said leaning closer to hear, so did Kiyone. "It was one of our rare nights where we actually have time to be together for more than sleeping." Marianne started. "I was pretty excited about it as it was a long while since we had some proper time for each other, so that night I worked extra hard on dinner for us, planning on this really nice meal and a night just for us." Marianne continues. "That sounds nice and juicy." Kiyone commented with a chuckle. "Yeah." Ryoko agreed with a nod.
"It does doesn't it?" Marianne said with a small smile. "Too bad that it never happened like I planned. I waited and waited and nothing of Benji coming, there wasn't even a call from him, that only added to my anxiety and worry, as time passed I was getting more concerned, after all Benji had called me early that day telling me that the night would be calm and just for us. Around two and something in the morning, the apartment was already dark, I was waiting for Benji, actually I wanted to chew him for leaving me like that and making me worry like that, I heard the door being opened very, very quietly, since I was used to the dark I saw Benji sneaking inside trying very hard to not make a noise, it struck me odd and I decided to see what he would do."
"Sounds like he really did something." Kiyone commented and Ryoko nodded agreeing, which sounded odd given that Benji is fiercely loyal. "I also thought that, Benji headed to our room and opened the door, I thought something along the lines, that he was really trying to hide something that he did, something bad." Marianne continued. "Then I turned the lights on when he looked inside the room, he was pretty startled and put up his guard quickly, I was about to start arguing when I smelled disinfectant on him, it took me another moment to notice that he was using his suit's jacket over his shoulders and wasn't really wearing it."
"What happened?" Ryoko asked confused. "There was an accident that day, in the afternoon in one of the shootings this one crazed fan managed to sneak in the area and things escalated, somehow the girl got a hold of a bottle and attacked people that tried to stop her, benji managed to stop her but got a nasty cut on his left arm, from a bit above the wrist to halfway to the elbow, he was on the hospital until sometime before he came home."
"That was certainly something." Kiyone said as the story took a rather nasty turn. "While worried I was more sad and angry that benji wanted to hide the fact
from me and tried to lie to me about it to not make me upset, honestly, I want him to be happy home, and not worrying about things, especially about his well being."
"Well it is a guy's thing." Ryoko commented. "Still I rather be worried than lied to, I don't deny that it was a bit sweet, but if he isn't happy being home then how I will be happy?" Marianne replied. "So I managed to make him stop doing stuff like that, and well we managed to salvage the night even if a little, as I decided that he was in enough pain and didn't need to me chewed, so we just snuggled together and went to bed."
"That is a rather different night." Kiyone commented. "But there is really some nut jobs out there, especially when in the circle of the famous." She added "I know." Marianne sighed. "Sometimes this job sucks."
"Not more than mine." Kiyone shot back. "I am a police officer." She added in a firm tone. "At least I didn't had to deal with nut jobs in my old job." Added Ryoko "Of course not." Kiyone shot back. "You are one yourself and killed all the others."
"Hey!" Ryoko exclaimed offended. "I am not a nut job." she protested. "Hello, you tried to rape Tenchi more than a few times." Kiyone said sneeringly. "Rape is really a strong word." Ryoko said seriously. "I prefer the term forcing my affection."
"That is on what constitutes rape." Kiyone shot back. "Well on her side piracy and rape go hand to hand together." Marianne commented. "You see that a lot in novels and stuff like that."
"Hey!" Ryoko exclaimed. "Are you defending me or pounding on me?" Ryoko Asked "A bit of column A with column B" Marianne teased. Ryoko pouts as Kiyone laughs softly at that. "Now enough about me, so any juicy gossip on your side?" Marianne asked to the space duo.
"Nothing that exciting, other than Washu inventing some mess we will have to clean up at a later date no doubt." Sigh Kiyone shaking her head. "She is mad that I kept getting into her lab despite the new security she had made." Laughed Mihoshi as Marianne raised an eyebrow. "Is that why she couldn't make it to join us?" Kiyone nods but also adds. "She has very important work to do for the academy she runs, so she has had to work really hard so she can at least attend the wedding, that's why she isn't here." Shrugged Kiyone, glancing around as the waitress approached the table with their starter meals. "I wonder how Tenchi and the others are doing?" Thought Kiyone as her mind raced off.
Mean while in a bunny bar called Haven, Kyo, Benji and Tenchi are sitting in the VIP area of the bar, having a few drinks surrounded by bunny girls. "Told you, if you just asked them nicely enough they would allow this." Smiled Kyo as he relaxed in the large comfy chair with his beer in front of him. Marianne only let me go as a good gesture to you and the fact Tenchi is soon to be married." Added Benji firmly taking a drink with a small sly grin on his face. "Kiyone let me come as unlike Kyo their I am trust worthy." Replied Tenchi as a dark haired bunny girl walks past him Tenchi glances at her tight red outfit and blushes as she winks and walks on. "It still seems you can't handle a good looking woman in a skimpy outfit looking at you Tenchi." Laughed Kyo. "No Kyo that's you, Tenchi is set to get wed so I can understand why he is acting like that." Added Benji cutting down Kyo verbally. "Still find it odd that your band mates love to come to places like this." Added Tenchi, as Kyo shakes his head and laughs. "Sadly them guys enjoy the attention too much, I am a one woman man." Kyo replied with a smile. "Most of the people in hear would only take interest cause I am in a band that's doing well. When in a band no one really wants you for the real you. Most see you as meal ticket so I don't play their games really."
"What Kyo means to say is that while his band mates enjoy the attention and no string attached stuff Kyo here doesn't." Added Benji as he turned to Kyo. "Sorry you were getting off track and had Tenchi confused." Kyo burst out laughing and takes a sip of his drink. "I was just thinking about something that's all." Replied Tenchi. "Well if you see a bunny girl walk past it is fine to look at her in that skimpy outfit, it is natural to look Tenchi you won't get far in life without looking up at another one. Kiyone won't think any less of you." Smiled Benji as Tenchi let out a laugh. "Actually I wasn't thinking about that." Tenchi replied seriously. "Was thinking about the honey moon and will we really be left alone for it." Replied Tenchi as a brief mental image oh him and Kiyone on their own and Mihoshi suddenly popping up to spoil it. "Ah you mean your fan club." Laughed Benji. Tenchi nods, "Just Mihoshi, fortunately Ryoko and other have left that stuff but Mihoshi well still tends to hang around still, not as much but still. I can't help feel she will show up." Sighed Tenchi as his thoughts get the better of him and cringes.
"Mihoshi is a nice woman, If you haven't told her where our going things will be fine." Replied Kyo as Tenchi shakes his head. "Not with that group you don't now that things are back to how they are used to, I bet Washu has some way of observing me and Kiyone in the works, just to amuse herself." Both Kyo and Benji looked at each other and nodded. "She probably will it is Washu after all." Laughed Tenchi's friends. "Yeah well I would like to raise a toast!" Kyo raises his glass as does Benji and Tenchi follows. "To a great man on his on his wedding day and to his lovely bride Kiyone." The three glass cling as they toast to Tenchi and his wedding day as the rest of bar clap and cheer toasting him also as they randomly join in. Kyo turns to an embarrassed Tenchi and smiles. "Well my friend it seems the whole bar is happy to here of your news." Kyo winks and Tenchi nods in agreement though embarrassed slightly. "Yeah you are right." Smiled Tenchi and with that the rest of the night passed quite easily for him.
Well that is it for chapter 4, need a few ways to spice it up so hit me with possible ideas to help, anyways thanks for reading and I hope to see you for the next chapter bye.