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Daily Dating Game

Part 4: Ryoko!

[Just so you know I may end up altering this story, I have spent a while on it (ended up with massive writers block for sometime), and decided I might as well post it. But then again any one of these chapters may get revised, so please keep checking up on my stories. Of course, that won't be until after chapter 8]

4:30 AM

The Masaki house was on fire, or rather the fire alarm was going off.

Everyone, still wearing their pajamas, rushed outside afraid to be consumed in the inferno.

"Is everyone here?" Tenchi asked in a panic counting the frightened girls, his father, and grandfather, only Ryoko was missing. "Where's Ryoko?"

"Alright boys and girls, that was pathetic," Ryoko said floating in the air behind them all, wearing her prettiest outfit [anyone who saw the episode where Sasami has a bad dream in the OVA knows what I am talking about, that frilly sort of outfit] Over one shoulder she had a gym bag. "Had this been a real fire, you'd have all been dead right now."

"What you mean you woke us up in the middle of the night for a stupid fire drill!" Ayeka was furious.

"It's not stupid Ayeka, it could save your life," Ryoko said from her perch in the air behind them.

[SSJ4 Broli's public safety announcement]

Yosho nodded, "very well then Ryoko, but I'm going back to bed." He and the others went back inside, except Tenchi who had been stopped by Ryoko.

"Hold it right there Tenchi, I wanna talk to you. You were the slowest one of everyone." Ryoko held Tenchi around the neck in her usual loving hold. "You're going to spend the day with me, so I can teach you how to be more responsive." Ryoko foretold, a smirk on her face, and a seductive tone in her voice.

"Ryoko it's 4:30 in the morning, and I'm not even dressed." Tenchi told her, as he tried to make his way inside the house.

"Got that covered Tenchi," Ryoko dropped the gym bag she had been carrying in front of Tenchi, "Ta-Da" she chimed. "Now then Tenchi," her voice changed to be pleading, "you spent the last two days with those Galaxy Police women, I want you to spend one with me." Tenchi swallowed, this was what he was afraid of, still fair was fair.

"So suit up, we're going on an adventure!" Ryoko ordered.

Tenchi picked up the bag with a sigh, opening it he a new set of clothes, his clothes, obviously stolen from his room. "Uh Ryoko, I'll need my wallet first, let me go inside and get it."

"Well, alright, but hurry up about it." Ryoko said taking the bag back from him. Tenchi walked quickly into the house.

Twenty minutes later

"Where is he!" wondered Ryoko, then she teleported herself into Tenchi's room. There he lay under his covers, sound asleep. Ryoko's face turned bright red from rage, she grabbed Tenchi's wallet off his desk, and then him, once again she teleported, this time she took Tenchi with her.

Ever have a dream you were falling? Tenchi was having that dream right then. Unfortunately he was falling, straight into the lake. With a start Tenchi awoke in the cold water. Flailing about like a fish out of water, he finally reached the surface and made his way to shore.

Ryoko appeared in front of him, "Tenchi dear, if you were going to bed you should have told me. I would have gladly slept with you, although neither of us would have gotten much sleep." She told him hiding her rage. Although Tenchi could tell she was angry with him.

"Ryoko..."Tenchi was going to scold her but stopped, "Look I'm sorry I fell asleep, can't we wait until later to hang out?" Ryoko shot him a look that said 'one more objection and you'll be very, very sorry.' Tenchi chuckled nervously, "guess not..." Once again Ryoko handed him the bag of clothes.

"Tenchi, Now quit wasting time Tenchi, I have so many plans for us," her eyes changed to an impish grin. Tenchi gulped, it was going to be a very long day.

"I'll just go in and change then...," he said still facing her trying to get back into the house.

"Oh no you don't Tenchi, I'm not falling for that again, you can change out here." Ryoko told him.

"What are you crazy," he yelled.

"Well Tenchi, I don't imagine you have anything I haven't seen before..." Ryoko said dreamily.

"Ryoko..." it was Tenchi's turn to use a tone that said he wasn't to be messed with in this area. He looked over at the woods. "Ok, I'll just go over there and change. You stay here!" he demanded. Ryoko nodded as if what he said didn't really interest her.

Tenchi threw off his wet clothes. "Well at least I got away from her for a little while, Ryoko's fun and all but she can sure be scary at times." Then Tenchi looked at the big tree beside him, there to his horror, was Ryoko's face coming through the tree. She smiled and waved at him.

"RYOKO!" Tenchi screamed.

ABOUT 10 minutes later [roughly 5 am]

Finally Tenchi was dressed and ready, physically at least, it was hard to mentally prepare for anything involving Ryoko, for the day.

Tenchi stood groggy, he was so tired. Yet he did not dare sleep, unless he wanted to take another dip in the lake, and at this hour, that was something he would like to avoid.

Ryoko held Tenchi around the neck, "So Tenchi dear, what should we do to start off our day?"

"I'd like to go to bed Ryoko." Tenchi said sleepily.

"Oooh! That sounds like a lot of fun, I never knew you thought that way Ten-chi!" Ryoko laughed seductively, tracing his chest with her index finger, as she continued hugging him from behind.

Tenchi's shoulders sagged, "Ryoko! You know what I meant! Look, I promise I'll spend the day with you, but just let me get a little more sleep."

"On one condition Tenchi," Ryoko replied.

Tenchi was afraid to ask, "and that is...?"

"You have to watch the sun rise with me, then you can go to bed," Ryoko bargained. She was going to win this game, one way or another, and if she didn't, at least she would always have the memories she had with Tenchi today.

With a deep breath, Tenchi agreed.

SUNRISE

Tenchi and Ryoko sat on the roof, staring at the horizon where the sun would soon appear.

"Isn't this romantic, Tenchi!" Ryoko said eyes looking forward. There was no answer. "Tenchi?" Looking to her side she realized why she had received no reply, Tenchi had fallen asleep sitting beside her.

"HEY WAKE UP TENCHI!" bellowed Ryoko.

"Huh? What?" Tenchi mumbled becoming some what alert.

The two youth's (even though Ryoko is well over 5000, she still appears young, besides do you want to be the one to tell her she's old...) sat on the roof, as a glorious sunrise unfolded before them. Ryoko smiled, then yawned loudly, it was a great beginning to the day,

10:30 AM

Tenchi woke up, yawning. "What a morning, and it's going to be a long day, I can already see that." Tenchi grumbled getting out of bed. Taking his time, Tenchi got ready, putting his clothes on for the day, and making sure he had his wallet, a day with Ryoko ALWAYS had it's costs.

Tenchi closed his eyes, mustering up his courage, as he opened the door. Walking out, he slammed right into Ryoko, who had been standing in front of his door.

"Ryoko! How long have you been there!" Tenchi asked, noticing something odd about the space pirate, something about her face seemed different, but he couldn't explain it.

"It's about time you woke up!" Ryoko said angrily, "What are you trying to waste the whole day in there!"

"Well, I would have gotten up sooner, if you hadn't set off the fire alarm earlier, you know." Tenchi countered. Still as he looked at her face, something didn't look normal about Ryoko, but he couldn't quite place it.

Ryoko grabbed Tenchi's wrist,"Come on Tenchi, let's get a move on." Ryoko phased through the ceiling, Tenchi in tow, to begin her day with Tenchi.

11:00 AM

Ryoko and Tenchi walked down the steps from the shrine. "Isn't this fun Tenchi?" Ryoko asked hanging on Tenchi's arm.

"Yeah, I guess. So, Ryoko, I would imagine you have plans right?" Tenchi asked.

"You bet I do!" Ryoko said as she and Tenchi disappeared.

Watching from the woods:

"Oh, I hate to even think what that monster woman has in store for Lord Tenchi!" Ayeka said standing up in combat gear from her hiding spot. "I wish I had some idea what she was going to do...To protect Lord Tenchi, of course," Ayeka corrected herself, still the game's rule were specific, and she couldn't interfere with Ryoko's day. All she could do, was get ready for her own.

At Ryoko's Cave:

"What are we doing here Ryoko?" Tenchi asked slightly unnerved.

"We're going to play together Tenchi," Ryoko answered with a wicked smile as she walked inside the cave.

Tenchi followed, wondering what the infamous space pirate could have planned.

"Catch Tenchi," Ryoko yelled as she threw something at him. Acting solely on instinct, Tenchi caught the object, which when he looked at it, turned out to be, a rubber ball.

"What is this Ryoko?" Tenchi asked confused holding up the ball.

"It's a ball silly," Ryoko explained floating toward him.

"I know that, but why were you throwing it at me?" Tenchi countered.

"Well, Tenchi dear, most of the time, when someone throws a ball at you, you throw it back. It's called playing." replied Ryoko as she wrapped her arms around Tenchi's neck, floating behind him. Tenchi gave her a very confused look.

Ryoko moaned, "Oh Tench, ever since you were a baby, I've dreamed of us spending the day together, to the two of us playing together."

"Playing together..." Tenchi repeated, he had never in his life thought of Ryoko as someone who liked to play, in a child like way. He knew she always wanted to 'play' with him, but her ideas were things that should only be done in the privacy of one's bedroom.

"Ok, then Ryoko, what kind of game do you want to play?"

Tenchi looked at Ryoko, "she's lost it," he thought.

"Hmm," Ryoko wasn't counting on Tenchi asking her that, she really had been hoping he would have suggested a game. Suddenly, an idea came over her. A game her and Tenchi could play, that would be more her style.

"Let's go shopping," Ryoko declared. "We can pick up a nice bottle of Saki, and drink it on the way home."

Tenchi shot her a bizarre look, "You call that playing?"

Seductively Ryoko said, "well Tenchi, if things go right, we'll be playing well before dinner..."

"Look, let's just go into town, I'm sure we can find something to do there, and Ryoko..." Tenchi said, "No Saki. Remember what happened the last time we went into town and you had too much to drink?"

That was an experience Tenchi would never forget, and Ryoko would never remember, since she was pretty well out of it. Ryoko had drank way too much. That was when the trouble started, Ryoko complained first about being too cold, then too hot. So she removed her clothes, and walked around nearly naked the rest of the day. Tenchi had done his best to get her to keep some clothes on, but even to this day, there were still some areas of town he couldn't go without being treated like a criminal.

"No, Tenchi, I don't remember. What happened?" Ryoko told him.

"You don't want to know, just remember no Saki this time, ok?" Tenchi warned her, as he headed out the cave entrance.

Noon at the town: [12 PM]

"Ooo, Tenchi, let's go in here!" Ryoko declared, pulling Tenchi into a video store, taking him straight to the anime section. "Now let's see if they have anything new in..."

As Ryoko looked over the selection of animes, Tenchi noticed that the employees all seemed to be watching them, with scared eyes.

"Uh..Ryoko, have you been in here lately?" Tenchi asked.

"Oh sure I come here all the time," she said paying no attention to the terror in his voice. "Why do you ask Tenchi Dear?"

"Excuse me miss," a video clerk said, "but I'm going to have to ask you to leave. If you remember last time..." But the clerk never finished his lines, since Ryoko batted him away, while she continued to study the meager selection of tapes.

"Well there's nothing new here Tenchi, come on. I need to go shopping for a new wardrobe." Ryoko declared pulling Tenchi behind her.

As Tenchi was drug, he noticed a particular magazine, "SSJ4 Broli's fanfictions! Man they'll publish anything these days..." he thought shaking his head.



Ryoko hauled Tenchi all over the town, into every store she could find. Especially any that involved trying on Lingerie, or anything provocative.

[2:30 PM]

There journey's finally came to an end, at a photo booth. "Come on Tenchi, let's get some pictures!" Ryoko whined tugging the resisting Tenchi into the booth. A short time later, Ryoko was the proud owner of a set of bizarre pictures of her and Tenchi. [Yes I know, just like Tenchi in Tokyo episode 10, but it was a good episode]

On the way to the next stop on Ryoko's list, Tenchi's stomach growled loudly.

"Are you hungry Tenchi?" Ryoko asked stopping from her march across the town.

"Well, we did miss breakfast..." Tenchi began.

"Oh yeah, well isn't that perfect then, you can buy me lunch! Oh that is so sweet of you Tenchi darling." Ryoko chimed leading Tenchi to a nearby vendor.

A short time, and a lot of food later. [3:00 PM]

Ryoko patted her stomach, "that was great. Hmm, What do you want to do now?" Ryoko's eyes lit up as she found her answer. Once more, Tenchi was led into a building, this time a movie theater.

"Two please," Ryoko kindly asked the teller. "Go ahead and pay him Tenchi." Tenchi paid the teller, wondering what movie he was going to see. Much to his dismay, it was a two hour romance.

The movie started off ok, but it turned out Ryoko had seen it numerous times before, and so she felt obligated to tell Tenchi what was about to happen. The other movie goers were not pleased by Ryoko's loud narrative.

"Oh come one!" Ryoko yelled at the screen, "Just get to the good part!"

"Will you be quite," someone yelled, but Ryoko continued her demands.

"Oh please, like you don't know that he's going to die, after he finds out the woman he loves is his mother's twin sister!" Ryoko countered, ruining the movie for all the others.

This time, no one shouted back, instead her and Tenchi were bombarded by everything from pop to popcorn, thrown by the others in the theater.. When they left, they were covered in wrappers, pop, and bits of popcorn.

"Excuse me sir," one of the employee's said, handing Tenchi a note.

"Well, what does it say Tenchi," Ryoko asked brushing herself off.

"Oh nothing much..." Tenchi lied. The note specifically banned him and Ryoko from the theater, for at least six months.

[5:00 PM] Mini Golf

"Well, this looks easy enough," Ryoko declared taking aim with her golf club. All she had to do was knock her bright colored golf ball through the drawbridge, when it was down.

Several Tries later.

Ryoko fumed, every time she hit the ball, it would miss by barely an inch, which made Ryoko angry, and the end result is always the same when Ryoko is mad, stuff gets blown up.

"Ryoko!" Tenchi pleaded, dragging her away from the burning shell of the mini golf course.

"Sir may I talk to you please," a man in a business suit said.

"Let me guess," Tenchi said looking at him, "We're banned, right?"

"Yes, please don't return, for at least six months." the manager begged tears flowing down his eyes.

[7:00 PM]

Ryoko looked at the stain on her dress, caused when the ice cream vendor tripped, spilling Ryoko's sundae all over her dress.

"Why you...!" Ryoko shouted grabbing the vendor by his shirt, about to introduce him to her right fist.

"RYOKO! Can't you stay out of trouble for even one minute! "Tenchi screamed. Ryoko stopped, and slowly released the clumsy man. She looked at Tenchi, anger filled his eyes. That was it, she had tried so hard to make this the perfect evening for her and Tenchi, but as always, she lost her temper, and everything was ruined. Now not only had her day with Tenchi been no fun for him, but to top it all off she had made Tenchi mad at her. This was not the happy day she had imagined, not at all.

"Well, I guess we should be going home," Ryoko said looking sadly at her feet as she kicked at the ground. "I'm sorry for all the trouble I caused you today Tenchi. I just wanted to make sure nothing ruined our day together."

Tenchi's anger melted, he always found it difficult to stay mad at any of the girls for long, especially when they apologized.

"Ryoko, I did have lot of fun today," Tenchi began, " when you weren't blowing stuff up, or nearly getting me killed. However, you really should learn to relax a little more." Then Tenchi realized what about Ryoko had been bothering him the whole day, Ryoko was wearing make up. It was hard to tell, since she used so little. Tenchi snickered. [Yet again Ryoko's Big Date was a good episode, I am sorry for stealing from it.]

Ryoko looked up, "what's so funny? Huh!"

"Oh it's nothing Ryoko," Tenchi said, "so, do you think we should be getting home? It's getting kind of late, Sasami and the others will be worried if we don't get back soon." Tenchi reached out putting his hand on Ryoko's shoulder, smiling.

Ryoko beamed the two of them to the Masaki house, right near the top of the stairs leading to the shrine. "Tenchi, before we go inside, there's something I want to give you," Ryoko said shyly.

"What is it Ryoko?" Tenchi asked turning back towards her. Ryoko kissed Tenchi's cheek quickly.

"Thank you for the wonderful evening, I had a most wonderful time." Ryoko stated with a bow. If her style didn't work to win Tenchi, maybe a little of Ayeka's charm would work.

"Sure, Ryoko. You're welcome. I did have a lot of fun." Tenchi told her as he walked toward the house. Unfortunately he wasn't watching where he was going, and bumped into a ledge, hitting his knee, causing it to feel sore.

[Once inside]

Tenchi hobbled inside his leg felt slightly sore, but would be fine soon.

"LORD TENCHI!" Ayeka screeched seeing him limp. "What did that monster woman do to you?"

"Ryoko...!" Ayeka growled looking at her arch rival.

"It's ok, Ayeka, I just bumped my knee. I'll be fine, really!" Tenchi replied, trying to stop a battle from breaking out.

After a little while, Ryoko began to tell everyone about her day with Tenchi. Of course Tenchi wasn't there to correct her errors and fabrications, but everyone, not counting Mihoshi, could see through Ryoko's lies, and figure out how the scene really went. Later that evening, Kiyone had to tell Mihoshi what probably actually happened.

[Meanwhile]

Tenchi relaxed in a bath, "Well, at least these spending a day with each girl is over. I should have known Ryoko would get jealous of Mihoshi and Kiyone. She's always like that. Of course, Ayeka could be the same, but she's much more understanding than Ryoko. Plus, I doubt Washu and Sasami would demand the same treatment Ryoko does." Tenchi sank into the warm water, succumbing to the warm water's relaxing effect. "Still, it had been fun, these past few days. Oh well, I'm positive things will calm down now that Ryoko's got everything out of her system. It will be nice to have a day to relax."

A LITTLE LATER:

BACK IN THE LIVING ROOM

Sasami was downstair, listening to Ryoko retell for the hundredth time how she scored a perfect game in Mini golf, and how they had to ban her from the place because she made other's look so bad, and how she couldn't go to the theater, because her and Tenchi were too cute a couple, and it depressed the other movie goers, since they could never be as happy as Ryoko and Tenchi were. Sasami listened politely, not that she believed a word Ryoko said. She wondered what her sister was doing. Ayeka went upstairs a while ago, she had been acting strange all day long, sneaking into Tenchi's room , and even visiting Washu in the lab.

IN HER ROOM:

"There, perfect!" Ayeka said, holding up what appeared to be a wine flask. "This should do the trick to make sure Ryoko doesn't interfere with my special day with Lord Tenchi tomorrow. After all, I was polite enough to give that fossil woman a chance with Lord Tenchi, but I know she won't be able to stay away. She's only jealous of my beauty, and youthful look." Ayeka giggled, as thoughts of Tenchi and her as a couple danced in her mind. Tomorrow was going to be her big day, the day she would make Tenchi realize how perfect they were for each other.

NEXT TIME: AYEKA! Poor Tenchi, his troubles are just beginning. After all 3 down, and 3 to go!