For The One You Love
-- Chapter 7 --
By: Rachel*
Rated: R
Gender: Etc. Etc.
-- I don't own Tenchi, just this story idea --
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"What?"
"Will you let me kiss you Ryoko?" Nathan pulled her close and she pushed away.
"I… No, don't please." Ryoko backed off to the other side of the room frightened by his actions.
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"Sir? Sir answer!" One of Ethan's henchmen was shouting into a walky-talky but Ethan wouldn't answer him… "Waters, Murphy! Go check on him. Make sure he's alright; take a few of the guys with you also."
"Ummm, yes sir!" They replied throwing their playing cards to the ground and have three other men come with them.
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"Tenchi!" Washu hissed waving her arm for him and the others to come and run over quickly. They ran down a dark alleyway and quickly ducked behind a large dark blue dumpster. "There's a camera just ahead of us. Tenchi you've got to shoot it…"
"Huh? Me, why me?!"
"You're the tallest one here, that's why!" All the girls shouted covering their mouths and ducking even more afraid it was sound activated.
"Hmm… Thanks…" Tenchi looked at all of them. Washu, Kiyone, Mihoshi, Ayeka, and Sasami. All the memories he had of them since the moment they had all met. "I don't want your help. I want you to go back to the ship. Getting me here was enough. Leave now before it's too late and one of you gets hurt or killed."
"Tenchi, no I want to stay and help yo—"
"Shh… Sasami, I already said you've all helped me enough. I promise I'm coming back to you guys, with Ryoko." Tears filled Sasami's eyes but she nodded. Tenchi smiled and patted her gently on the head and stood turning to the others.
"Tenchi, if you're going by yourself you're going to need more then just the gun I gave you." Washu looked worriedly at her son-in-law not knowing what to do for the first time in her life. No the second. The first was when her daughter and husband had died; she thought her life wouldn't go on. But it did, if she lost Ryoko, and Tenchi she'd… Die.
"I know… Mom?" Tenchi Smiled slightly and turned his head to one side looking at Washu.
"I—" She didn't finish as her eyes filled with tears and she nodded hugging him tightly.
"Don't worry; I've got the Light Hawk Sward with me if I really need to use it!" Washu looked at him shock. She didn't even know he had brought it with him.
"Well, at least you've got that…" Washu sighed still worried.
"Dad also gave me a gun of his own."
Washu cheered up and nodded with more enthusiasm. "Okay, I'm alright with you going now. Just don't kill yourself doing anything heroic; alright?"
"Yeah…" Tenchi smile and motioned them all back as he made a quick dash in front of the camera and shot it as he ran by to the door. He looked back one last and smiled to himself before looking back at his predicament. The solid concrete door was locked with a keypad and decided to do what he had to do… Shoot it. Pushing the door open he made sure the gun was on stun and looked around quickly. There wasn't anyone there.
"What?"
"Will you let me kiss you Ryoko?"
"I… No don't please." Tenchi's breathe came to an aborted halt as some man echoed the horrid words somewhere near by him. Anger began to boil in his blood again as he thought of Ethan. 'I'll kill him!' Tenchi looked down at the gun and clicked the red little button and changed it from stun to kill.
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Nathan smiled and backed away. "Didn't think I had a chance."
"Hmm… I'll have to introduce you to my," Ryoko paused. "My friend Ayeka."
Tenchi ran around the corner and put the gun against Nathan's head. "Freeze Ethan!"
"Tenchi?!" Ryoko looked at the man holding a large gun in front of her.
"Ahh… The infamous Tenchi. You know Ryoko wouldn't stop talking about you? She would either be screaming your name, saying you'll be here to save her… You a pretty popular guy here."
"Shut up Ethan! How would you feel if I shot you right here."
"I don't know; I'm not Ethan…" Tenchi looked at him in confusion. He turned around and looked at the man.
"Why the hell did you want to kiss Ryoko then?!" Anger was still in his voice.
"I… I wanted to kiss the most beautiful woman on Earth. But she's already taken I see.
"Tenchi… Don't hurt him; he's here to help us out of this mess." Ryoko took a step closer to Tenchi. Tenchi turned and dropped all defenses and ran in a split second over to Ryoko holding her tightly in his arms.
"Are you for real?" Tenchi pulled her away and looked into her eyes.
"Are you?" Tears filled Ryoko's eyes as Tenchi tilted her head upwards and pressed his lips against hers for the first time.
"As real as I can get; are you alright?" He looked at the burses and small cuts that were healing quite quickly.
"I…" She didn't know how to tell him. How could she say that Ethan had raped her?"
Nathan saw the look on Ryoko's face and decided to take some action. "He threw her around pretty badly and hit her a few times, that's all I know. I tried to get him to stop; no one was supposed to get hurt." Nathan pointed behind him to the two bodies on the ground.
"Did you kill him?" Tenchi looked over and pulled his gun away from Nathan.
"Uhh, no."
Tenchi smiled and pointed the gun at Ethan. "Tenchi…" Ryoko pulled on his arm and shook her head. "No, I just want to go home Tenchi can't we go now; please?" Tenchi smiled and closed her eyes.
"Sure. Ayeka wants her best friend home safe."
"Best friend?" She looked at Tenchi in worry.
"Well, yeah. She sure as heck isn't your enemy now. She doesn't love me anymore now that she knows I love you Ryoko. She said maybe she'll be able to find someone here on earth; someone other then me who she can marry and have a family with. I never wanted to marry her and be king of some planet. I want to marry you… And have a family with you, Ryoko." Tenchi let his hand run through her matted hair and kissed her on the cheek gently.
"You want to have a family with me?" Ryoko's eyes widened when she heard his words and was in even more shock when he nodded with all serious. Ryoko hugged Tenchi tightly never wanting this moment to end. But nothing can last…
"Oh look. You made it here… Alive." Ethan stood up and rubbed his head and cracked his neck.
Tenchi's grip on Ryoko tightened and he narrowed his eyes reluctantly letting Ryoko go and turning to face Ethan. "Nice to see you too…" Tenchi sneered.
"Give us Ryoko or be shot, it's your choice." Maikeru spoke as three 'comrades' came from around the corner; all who pulled out guns and aimed to fire.
"One question…" Tenchi smiled slightly looking at Ryoko.
"Hurry before you annoy me further…" Ethan hissed.
"Aren't you just going to end up killing us anyway? So why should I give her up now?"
"Why you little!" Ethan's grip tightened on the gun as Tenchi quickly took out his sward and lit it up.
"Hey, look what I can do!" Tenchi smirked as he came full force at Ethan stopping centimeters away from his pale white face. "Boo…" Tenchi glared as fear shot right through Ethan's body.
"Why don't you kill me? Or wait I forgot there are four men that now have their guns pointed at your woman…" Ethan pointed behind him and Tenchi looked back. "You are a fool." Ethan grabbed out a pocket knife and grabbed a hold of Tenchi putting the knife up to his throat. The men chuckled to themselves as Ryoko fell to her knees all hope leaving her.
"Erra! Let them go!" Nathan ran towards Maikeru.
"Sorry boy…" Maikeru fired his gun hitting him in the heart. "You're fired."
"Nathan!" Ryoko screamed tears falling from her eyes.
Nathan fell to the ground and turned his head to Ryoko. "If… If you didn't have… If you didn't have Tenchi," Nathan coughed up blood his teeth and mouth stained with blood. "Would… You have kissed me?"
"Oh god… Yes, yes of course I would. Don't talk okay, you'll be alright trust me, my mother's one of the smartest people I've ever known in this galaxy. She'll save you… You've just got to hang on a little bit longer. Please for me Nathan hang on." Ryoko placed his head on her lap and the anger in her and Tenchi grew more and more.
Tenchi's eyes seemed to grow darker and darker. He was clenching his fists so hard his hands were bleeding. "Ethan…"
"Shut up Tenchi…"
"ERRA BASTARD!!" Ethan went flying into a wall as a light formed around Tenchi and his eyes glowed a bright yellow. The room flashed and screams were heard throughout. Ryoko held onto Nathan his hand falling to the ground beginning to give up on life. There was a loud boom and Ryoko tried to scream out Tenchi's name but couldn't even hear herself let alone anyone else's voices.
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"The Juri power!" Ayeka screeched starring out the window of the ship.
'No…' Washu's heart began to stop. "We're going in now!"
"But little Washu Tenchi said for us to stay here—" Sasami whimpered looking at the ground.
"You want to have Tenchi and Ryoko to come home safe don't you?!" Washu grabbed her gun she had placed on top of some of the controls and ran for the exist.
'Tenchi, why'd you use the full Jurian power?! You'll kill yourself and Ryoko!' Tears were filling Ayeka's eyes blurring her vision as she quickly joined Washu.
Sasami stood at the exist watching as only Washu and Ayeka left the ship. "Be careful you guys…"
"I'm sure they will Sasami." Kiyone smiled weakly. Then thoughts dawned on her. Thoughts of the hospital and Washu and, well everyone really. "Sasami. How would people from Earth know about Washu, and all of us and every bit about our history? Earth doesn't know anything about the other planets holding life. Or space travel being, normal for us and everyone else do they?"
"No. I don't think they want this planet knowing for some reason." Sasami's eyes narrowed trying to remember anything but she couldn't.
"Kiyone! Kiyone I'm hungry, I want to go home!" Mihoshi cried her eyes tear ridden.
"Uhh… Mihoshi!" Kiyone and Sasami groaned.
"What'd I do?!"
"Nothing… That's the problem." Kiyone rubbed her head as she felt a migraine coming on.
"Mihoshi I'll go make you a quick little snack." Sasami frowned looking at the 'endless pit' as she walk to the kitchen slowly worry written all over her.
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There was no sound, no sound at all. Dust surrounded everything and Ryoko couldn't see anything. 'I'm alive…' Ryoko sat up coughing and tried to see in front of her. She then felt a body next to her, it was Nathan's. She placed her head against his chest. 'He's still alive!' Ryoko smiled, and tried to stand.
"Uhh…" Tenchi moaned opening his eyes. There was a fallen door on top of him and he was having some problems trying to move it, but managed. 'Ryoko…' "Ryoko!" Tenchi shouted.
"Tenchi? Where are you I can't see!"
"Tenchi, Ryoko!" Washu came full force into the room screaming there names.
"Damn it! I told you… To stay back!" Tenchi coughed pushing the solid wood door from Ryoko's room off of him.
Ryoko took two more steps and fell to the ground with a thud as the door fell into her walking path. "Ryoko!" Tenchi scrambled to her side lifting her up towards him and kissing her full on the lips.
Ayeka smiled slightly shaking her head. "Oww…" There was a moan as Ayeka stepped on something that felt like a leg. She bent down to see what it was. The dust was beginning to clear and you could now just make out faces and what seemed to be bodies on the ground.
"Are you alive?" Ayeka looked down inches away from the persons face. Nathan opened his eyes and looked up to meet the most beautiful thing he'd ever seen.
"Are you an angel?"
"I don't think so, you're still alive." Ayeka blushed at the comment and sat up quickly looking back to Ryoko and Tenchi. Tenchi's arms wrapped around her as he ravished her with kisses. Ayeka quickly looked away.
Washu looked over to her daughter smiling lightly before going over to Ayeka and the man on the ground. "What's your name?"
"Nathan."
"This is Ayeka, she's the princess of Juri, I'm Washu, and I'm guessing you've already met Tenchi and Ryoko?" Nathan nodded looking over and smiling weakly.
"Ryoko told me a little bit about you. She was right." Ayeka's eyes narrowed as she looked at the man and then right over to Ryoko.
"What did she say?"
"Something around the lines of, I'd fall in love you with you at first sight." Ayeka's turned beat red and didn't know what to say. No one had ever said such a thing to her, but it wasn't a bad thing. She didn't mind the comment.
"Oh… I… Thank you?" Nathan smiled with a slight chuckle as he sat up.
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"Ryoko, I missed you so much, I'll never leave you again I swear on my life." Ryoko shook her head and pushed her index finger against his lips silencing him.
"You don't have to promise me anything, just being with you now; here is what I've always hoped for."
"You hoped to have been almost killed by the 'second office' and have me save you?" Tenchi looked at her blankly and she whacked his head.
"You idiot! Just to have you hold me and call me yours. That's what I've always hoped for." She smiled and stood up trying to help Tenchi to his feet. "You okay?"
"Tenchi," Ayeka interrupted you used the full Jurian force. You should… You should be dead, along with Ryoko and… And him!" She pointed blushing when Nathan smiled winking his left eye at her.
"Yeah, well. I'm not dead, and neither are they. I can already produce the wings of the light hawk. So maybe I can give them to other people?"
"That's probably true, that would explain why you're still alive and why Nathan here doesn't have a hole in his chest anymore. You didn't use the full power; instead it spread throughout the three of you. So you won't have to worry about loosing your Tenchi, Ryoko." Ryoko turned bright red a glare fixed into her eyes.
"Mother!" Washu smiled and walked over to her whispering into her ear.
"I know what happened to you my angel… Come to the lab after you get some rest and I'll run some tests to make sure you're alright; okay?" Ryoko's eyes fell cold and she nodded glancing over to a body pinned between a large mettle beam that had fallen during the explosion. Tenchi wrapped his arms around Ryoko's waist pulling her back into his chest and kissing her on the neck gingerly.
"You want to go home now? Before the police come and find us here?" Ryoko nodded and she pulled away walking with Tenchi and Washu. Ayeka and Nathan talked behind them laughing and enjoying each other's company.
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Ethan opened his eyes barley flinching in pain when he tried to move his legs. "Ahh!"
"Sir!" Someone came running moments after Ryoko and Tenchi had left. "Sir, are you okay. It's a miracle you aren't dead."
"It's miracle that kid is still alive! Help me up and we're going to kill the bastard!" Ethan clenched his fits tightly his eyes glared with hate and evil as he looked over to Maikeru's lifeless body. 'I'll kill him!'
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