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Daily Dating Game

Part 7 Sasami

A Rainy Summers day - Early in the Morning 7 am

Yosho sat drinking his morning cup of tea, looking outside at the pouring rain. "Looks like this storm could last quite a while, eh Sasami?"

"Yes it does," she replied sadly as she stared at the table. Sasami appeared on the verge of crying.

"What's the matter," Yosho glanced over at her concerned, "You've never been this depressed when it rained before."

"Today is my day with Tenchi, and I had a lot of plans, but now that its raining I don't have any idea what we can do." Sasami mumbled trying to hold back her tears. She had gotten up extra early to make Tenchi's favorite breakfast, but when she saw rain pouring down, it broke her little heart.

"Your Day?" Yosho asked confused, "what do you mean Sasami."

Realizing she had told someone about their game, she made a quick attempt to cover up her words. "Everyone else has spent a day with Tenchi, I just wanted to have one for my very own," Sasami complained sounding more like a baby than she had wanted.

"I see," Yosho said, realizing there was more to this situation than Sasami was telling him, after all with the women he lived with, someone was always up to something. "Why don't you just spend the day with him tomorrow. The rain should be cleared up by tomorrow, then you can play with Tenchi all day."

"Oh I can't do that grandpa," Sasami said sounding a little more controlled, "tomorrow the game will be over." Sasami clasped her hands over her mouth realizing once again she had let her tongue slip.

"Game? Alright Sasami," Yosho said in a firm tone, "I think you should explain to me what is going on." Sasami sighed, there was no hiding this time. She took a deep breath and told Yosho how the girls had made a plot to see who Tenchi had the most fun with, each girl would get a day, and no one would interfere in the other's day. She also mentioned, several times, that Tenchi had no idea what was going on, and that Yosho should keep her secret.

"Hmm, so that's why everyone has been acting so odd lately," Yosho said. "As long as everyone remembers its only a game." Yosho chuckled, like the others it was amusing to him to see Tenchi's reaction when he was being put on the spot. "Sasami, why don't you start breakfast, and don't worry I'm sure everything will work out in the end." Yosho stood slowly, "well I need to get to the shrine, good luck Sasami."

Sasami walked into the kitchen like a zombie, she felt like one, dead inside. "It's not fair, Ryo-Ohki!" Sasami pouted to her cabbit friend who sat still looking very tired, beside Sasami. Tears formed in her large eyes.

"What's not fair Sasami?" a voice asked behind her. Sasami spun around there was Tenchi, he appeared ready to go to the field. "Is something wrong?"

"Tenchi, I..." Sasami's words stopped in her throat. "No... nothing," Sasami turned around to continue with breakfast.

Tenchi leaned over the small Jurain Princess's shoulder to see what she was making, "hey that's my favorite Sasami, but it isn't my birthday."

"I just wanted to do something nice for you Tenchi," Sasami sobbed, "and I thought..."

"We'd spend the day together right?" Tenchi finished, "Sasami..., you girls should know by now that you don't have to do something special for me to get my attention. I'd love to spend the day with you Sasami."

Sasami's eyes brightened up like twin suns, "Really Tenchi! That's great." Then Sasami remembered the weather, "Oh... I had so many things planned for us to do, but with the rain..."

Tenchi waved his hand to dismiss her words. "Sasami you sound just like Ayeka!" Tenchi teased, he knew Sasami hated it when he said she was just like Ayeka. Although Sasami loved her sister, Ayeka tended to be a bit too high strung for Sasami to look up to her as a role model.

"I do not!" Sasami said in mock anger putting her hands on her hips like a mother scolding her child. Tenchi laughed, which caused Sasami to laugh as well.

"Here Sasami," Tenchi said taking the cutting board, "why don't I help you with breakfast, then we can go play outside. I know we have a few raincoats around her somewhere."

Ryo-Ohki meowed sadly, looking at Tenchi.

Sasami giggled, "Don't worry Ryo-Ohki, I didn't forget about you," she said patting her tiny friend on the head. "We'll find something for you to wear." Ryo-Ohki meowed her approval, and continued to watch the food being prepared.

Tenchi and Sasami spent the next half hour laughing, telling jokes, and just talking as they prepared breakfast. Of course since the two of them were the only ones up, breakfast was a bit lonely, since the others were still asleep, it being so early and all.

"Why are you up so early Tenchi?" Sasami asked as she reached for a few of the dishes after dinner was over.

"Well, I was going to get up early and get my chores done, so I could spend the day relaxing, but since its raining, my chores can wait." Tenchi told her. "Here let me help you," Tenchi offered taking a few plates.

A little later 7:30

Tenchi, Sasami and Ryo-Ohki, in her child form, went outside wearing long raincoats. Sasami and Ryo-Ohki ran out in front of Tenchi. "So what do you want to do now Tenchi?" Tenchi smiled.

"Let's head toward the shrine," he told them.

A While later 8:00 am

Happy noises could be heard outside the shrine. "What is going on out there?" Yosho asked as he looked outside. There was Tenchi, Sasami, and Ryo-Ohki jumping in the mud puddles, splashing water everywhere. He smiled, it was just like what Tenchi used to do when he was a child, when he was a lot less uptight.

Muddy water splashed all over her as Sasami leapt into a mud puddle. Sasami giggled, "Ayeka would kill me if she saw how messy I am."

The three of them continued to run around, leaping into muddle puddles making as big a splash as they could. After awhile, however this event was no longer as amusing as it had been.

"Tenchi, I was wondering, could you show me where you found Ryoko?"Sasami asked, her long hair dripping with water.

"Sure Sasami, but why would you want to see that?" Tenchi asked a bit puzzled by her request.

"Well...I've always wanted to see it, but Ayeka would never let me go there." Sasami said informing Tenchi. "You know how she hates me getting close to Ryoko."

"That's true. Ok then, let's go." Tenchi said leading the way toward the cave.

9:00 am Ryoko's Cave

"Here we are Sasami," Tenchi said holding his arm out toward the cave entrance. Ryo-Ohki huddled behind Tenchi. Even thought she was never imprisoned in the cave herself, she had felt the hate Ryoko had towards it. After all Ryoko had been sealed in here for 700 years.

"Don't worry Ryo-Ohki, the cave can't hurt you." Sasami told her, "Now come on, let's go inside," Sasami shouted running toward the cave entrance. It was then Tenchi realized just how muddy the area was, "Be careful Sasami! It's awfully muddy, you could slip and..." Tenchi's warning came a second too late, as Sasami reached the rocky area of the cave mouth, her foot slipped, and she fell face first toward the rocky ground.

"SASAMI!" Tenchi ran to her, watching his feet, Ryo-Ohki was only a few feet behind, very concerned about her best friend.

Sasami lay on her stomach, when Tenchi reached her seconds later. "Are you alright? Tenchi asked kneeling by her. One look at her face told him that she wasn't happy. "What is it Sasami?"

Tears rolled down Sasami's eyes in rivers. "It's my leg, it hurts Tenchi!" she said between sobs. Gently Tenchi sat her up, on her right leg was a deep cut, after a quick inspection of her leg, Tenchi realized it was merely a cut.

"Don't worry Sasami, it's only a little cut. You'll be fine. Still I think you should stay off your leg until we get that cut taken care of. Let's head back to the house."

"But I want to see inside the cave," complained Sasami.

"We'll come back later," Tenchi told her as they made their way back to the house. Ryo-Ohki followed closely behind Sasami to make sure nothing else happened to her best friend.

"Tenchi," Sasami said in a voice that suggested she wanted something, but was too embarrassed to ask.

"Yes Sasami," Tenchi replied turning to face her.

"Please don't tell Ayeka I got hurt by Ryoko's cave, she might get mad at me." Sasami predicted.

"Alright, I promise. I won't say a word of this to Ayeka if you won't." Tenchi noticed Sasami was hopping, her leg must have hurt her more than he realized. "Would you like a ride back to the house Sasami?"

"Huh?" Sasami looked up, she had been focusing on her leg. There was Tenchi kneeling before her his back to her. It took her a few seconds to realize what he was doing. With her usual cheery smile Sasami threw her arms around Tenchi's neck.

"Go faster Tenchi!" Sasami said, playfully kicking his side. Tenchi smiled, as he picked up his pace, he was glad Sasami was happy again.

At the house 9:15 AM

Ayeka looked outside at the pouring rain. "I wonder where Sasami is?" she asked no one in particular. It wasn't like Sasami to be gone this early. To Ayeka's horror she finally saw her answer. There was Tenchi, running toward the house with Sasami on his back, both of them muddy. That could only mean trouble. Many horrible thoughts as to what was going on went through her mind.

As Tenchi grew closer Ayeka threw open the door, "Sasami! Lord Tenchi! Are you alright, what are you doing out in this dreadful weather!"

"It's nothing to worry about Ayeka, Sasami and I were outside playing in the rain by the shrine, and Sasami got a cut on her knee." Tenchi explained.

"It was fun, Ayeka!" Sasami said as Tenchi set her down, "and on the way back Tenchi gave me a ride!"

"Playing in the rain...," Ayeka said flatly. She saw no appeal to running around in cold rain getting muddy and chancing catching a cold. Then again Sasami was just a little girl, although Ayeka could never remember being like her little sister. She noticed the cut on her sister's leg. "Well, let me get a bandage for your leg."

"I think you should stay inside, until it stops raining Sasami." Ayeka told her in a very motherly tone. Reluctantly Sasami nodded. "Now go take a bath, you're completely filthy!" Once again Sasami listened to her sister's orders.

"Hey Sasami, I'll get us some snacks, and we can watch your favorite show," Tenchi offered, "once you get out of the bath." Tenchi looked at himself. "I think I'll go get some dry clothes first."

A short time later 10:0 AM

Tenchi sat beside Sasami as they watched the cartoon movie play, Dragon Ball Z Movie 8, Broli the Legendary Super Saiyajin. [Truly a tragic movie, I mean look what happens to Broli - SSJ4 Broli HEY! I thought I told you no one wants to hear your comments! It seems you didn't learn your lesson last time.... - Washu "uh oh..." - SSJ4 Broli]

"You know Sasami, it took you a lot less time to take a bath, than it did Ayeka," he mentioned, after looking over his shoulders to make sure Ayeka was not in ear shot. Sasami smiled, realizing it was a sad attempt at a joke by Tenchi, as she munched on some of the snacks before her. Beside her Ryo-Ohki, back in her cabbit form, chewed energetically on a carrot.

12:00 Noon

Tenchi's stomach growled, "hey Sasami, would you like to have lunch now?" He looked outside, the rain was slowing down, but it was still coming down pretty hard.

"Ok Tenchi, but remember you're promise." Sasami said shaking a finger at him in warning.

"Yep, we'll go as soon as it stops raining." As the two of them made their way into the kitchen, Tenchi stopped.

"What is it?" Sasami asked, Ryo-Ohki sat on her head.

"It's awfully quite..." Tenchi said, "do you know where Ayeka and Ryoko are?"

"No, but I'm sure they'll show up once lunch is done," predicted Sasami.

Tenchi and Sasami, once again cooked a meal together, although this time it took a lot longer than before. Unlike breakfast, where Sasami had things nearly completely ready, this time Tenchi helped her from the beginning.

"There Sasami, is that good?" Tenchi asked showing Sasami the diced vegetables he had just finished cutting.

"Well, they need to be cut a little more, otherwise it will take too long for the vegetables to cook," Sasami instructed him. Tenchi took the vegetables back, and was about to begin cutting them again, when Sasami stopped him. "No Tenchi," she said grabbing the knife, "hold the knife like this, so that you get a nice even cut, and the food is cut best." Tenchi watched carefully, then tried to copy Sasami's expert technique.

"I'm not even sure grandpa could handle a knife in the kitchen as well as you Sasami," he told her, chuckling, "and he's supposed to be one of the best swordsman of Jurai."

Sadly cooking was not one of Tenchi's strong suites. He wasn't quite as deadly in the kitchen as

Mihoshi, but he was definitely not a master chef like Sasami. As a result it took a half hour longer than normal for Sasami and him to make lunch, which was fine by Sasami.

1:00 PM

Tenchi and Sasami set the table for lunch. "Where is everyone?" Tenchi asked again.

"I'll check the bath Tenchi, you check Washu's lab." Sasami decided.

"Ok," Tenchi agreed, not really wanting to venture into Washu's lab.

THE BATH

Sasami walked into the floating bath chamber, there was all the girls. As always, Ryoko and Ayeka were arguing. This time it was about, as it had been for the past week now, who would win the game.

Mihoshi was still unclear about a lot that was going on, as Kiyone tried to fill her clueless partner in on the details of the game. The only one who noticed Sasami's entrance was Washu.

"What is it Sasami?" Washu asked standing up.

"It's lunch time!" Sasami chimed, "Now hurry up and get dressed or the food will get cold!" Sasami shut the door behind her.

A short time later back at the table

"Did you find them?" Tenchi asked as Sasami came inside.

"Yeah, they were all at the bath. They should be here soon." Sasami sat down at the table, as she and Tenchi waited for the others, they discussed what else they would do the rest of the day.

1:30 PM

The feeding frenzy began as the girls arrived all at once. It was a scary site, of course they had all missed breakfast, since it had been so early. Only Sasami and Tenchi had eaten, so they ate a little more controlled. For once, Ryoko and Ayeka didn't turn the dinner table into a battle ground. Even thought Ryoko got her power from her gems, she still didn't like missing a meal, as she shoveled food into her mouth. [going by the OVA]

3 PM

"Look Tenchi!" Sasami screamed happily, pointing out the window. "It's stopped raining!" Ryo-Ohki smiled broadly from atop Sasami's head.

"That's great news," Tenchi said wiping off his hands after helping Sasami finish the last of the dishes.

"Come on, Let's go," Sasami said tugging on Tenchi's arm.

"Ok, Ok," Tenchi said sounding a little annoyed. "By the way, does your leg feel ok Sasami?"

"It feels fine, now let GO!" Sasami whined as she practically drug Tenchi outside.

3:30 PM

Once again the trio reached the entrance to the cave. "Now remember Sasami, the rocks are a little wet still, so be careful." Tenchi reminded her.

INSIDE THE CAVE

"So this is where you found Ryoko!" Sasami shouted looking around the cave. "Was she laying on one of these rocks? None of them look big enough for a bed..."

"No, she wasn't in this part. Ryoko was hidden in a secret compartment," Tenchi informed her.

"Secret! Show me Tenchi," Sasami was bubbling with excitement.

"It was right through her," he said as he undid a rope wrapped around a rock. Once the rope was off, a large crack appeared in the wall. "See it's that way" Tenchi stepped inside the crack in the wall, right into the icy water flowing down the path. As he had done so long ago, Tenchi jerked back, whacking his head on the ceiling and fell down the steep path leading downward.

"TENCHI!" Sasami shouted stepping inside the path, she sat down on the slope, sliding downward gleefully after Tenchi.

"Oh..." Tenchi groaned, as he sat up, suddenly he heard a noise above him, Sasami and Ryo-Ohki were coming down after him. Looking up, Tenchi had a few seconds to react, with a lightning quick speed, he caught the young princess in his arms.

"So this is where Ryoko was Tenchi!?!" Sasami said as he set her down. She could barely contain her excitement, she had heard about this place, but to actually see it was awesome.

"Yep, she was over in that pool, sleeping. Although she looked like a giant mummy when I first saw her." Tenchi said looking back up the path he had come down. "How are we going to get out of here? Last time I was so scared I practically ran back up, but then I didn't have Sasami and Ryo-Ohki to worry about..." Tenchi thought to himself.

Sasami wondered around the cave, looking at the large glowing pool in the center. "Wow...!" she gasped in awe. It was everything she had imagined.

"This is so cool! Thanks for bringing me her Tenchi!" Sasami said with a bow.

"You're welcome Sasami, now shall we go?" Tenchi asked, "climb on my back, and I'll carry the three of us back up."

"At least I hope I can," Tenchi gloomily told himself mentally. As he started up the ramp, he noticed it was working. He could climb the ramp, but it was slow going. However about half way up, it seemed to be getting easier, as a matter of fact, it felt like he was floating. Looking back to make sure Sasami was ok, he noticed Ryo-Ohki tugging upwards, "Thank you Ryo-Ohki, you're a big help," he said, realizing Ryo-Ohki was helping him float upwards as she had with he carried carrots home. Ryo-Ohki's face became a mask of happiness as she meowed.

A short time later

Outside the Cave

"So Sasami, what do you want to do now?" Tenchi asked his young friend.



"Let's have some watermelon," Sasami said, "it'll be a perfect way to celebrate our adventure."

4:30 PM

On the back porch

Sasami and Tenchi enjoyed a slice of watermelon as they sat on the back porch, while Ryo-Ohki had a nice big carrot. "When we're done eating, let's play hide and seek," Sasami suggested.

"That sounds like fun to me," Tenchi agreed.

"You know Tenchi, my day with you has been the most fun I've had in a long time. I hope I win." Sasami stated accidentally letting some information slip about the daily dating game.

"Win what Sasami?" Tenchi asked curiously.

Realizing she was talking about something she wasn't supposed to, Sasami quickly thought up a lie. "I hope I can win at hide and seek," she said with a smile.

"Oh, ok. Well, we'll see, I'm not too good at hiding," Tenchi smiled, "After all you've seen how I well hide from Ayeka and Ryoko. No matter where I go, one of them always finds me..." As Tenchi looked away, Sasami sighed glad she had been able to think up a lie so quickly. Ayeka would be furious, lying was another habit Sasami had picked up on from Ryoko.



6:30 PM

Tenchi, Ryo-Ohki, and Sasami had enjoyed playing hide and seek in the woods surrounding the house, and as Tenchi had guessed, he was quite bad at hiding, of course he wasn't much better at seeking. Even Ryo-Ohki could find Tenchi. Eventually Sasami decided it was time to make dinner, as a matter of fact, she was late.

INSIDE THE HOUSE

"Do you need any help with dinner Sasami?" Tenchi asked offering his services.

"No," Sasami said leaning on the door to the kitchen, "everything is ready, all I need to do is pop it in the oven." As she opened the door, she stopped dead in her tracks. The kitchen was a disaster. In the middle of the chaos was Ryoko and Ayeka, about to go at it again. "What's going on!" Sasami shouted in shock.

"Ayeka got in my way!" Ryoko roared, "I was going to fix a perfect dinner, since you were out playing Sasami!"

"That's a lie! I was here first!" Ayeka countered, "You couldn't cook to save your life!"

"It's going to take me all night to clean this mess up!" Sasami said shaking her head. "Plus I'll never get dinner ready now..."

"What's going on Sasami. I thought I heard Ayeka and Ryok-Oh man! What happened in here?" Tenchi asked shocked by the site before him. He looked at Sasami, who seemed very depressed by this site, after all the kitchen was like her own personal kingdom, and after spending a day away, Sasami came back to see it destroyed.

"Don't worry Sasami," Tenchi comforted, "We'll clean this mess up..." Tenchi looked at Ryoko and Ayeka who were looking at the floor ashamed, they had been caught doing something wrong by Tenchi, and that was the worst thing they could think of. "In the meantime, why don't you go relax in the bath. It shouldn't take us too long to clean up."

"But what about dinner? I still need to get it ready," Sasami reminded him.

"You said it just needs to be put in the oven, I can do that." Tenchi told her, trying to be helpful. "When you get out of the bath, dinner will be ready and the kitchen will be cleaned, I promise."

Sasami made a faint grin. "Ok Tenchi..." Slowly she made her way to the women's bath.

7:00 PM

Sasami walked back down stairs, she felt nice and relaxed, although she couldn't help but wonder how everything was going in the kitchen. She opened the door slowly expecting to see a disaster zone, however what she saw was Tenchi standing in a clean kitchen, checking on something in the oven.

Dinner

"Wow Tenchi you did a great job, this is delicious," Ryoko complimented.

"Thanks Ryoko, but I didn't do anything. All I did was put it in the oven, Sasami made the food." Tenchi said, realizing Ryoko never really listened to what he said to her.

"This is very good Sasami," Tenchi told her taking a big bite.

"I'm glad you like it Tenchi, it's a new recipe I've been working on," informed Sasami. Her day with Tenchi was no over she realized, but it had been great.



THAT NIGHT

Sasami lay awake in her bed, Ryo-Ohki curled up by her head. "Today sure was fun wasn't it Ryo-Ohki?" The small cabbit meowed sleepily, completely wore out from the days events. "We got to play hide and seek, eat watermelon, and even explore Ryoko's cave with Tenchi today. Not to mention he helped me cook, and even made Ryoko and Ayeka clean the kitchen for me. Plus he complemented my newest dish, that I had been working so hard to make. I was afraid no one would like it, but Tenchi did." Sasami yawned sleepily, "I wonder, who Tenchi will say wins the contest. I hope it's me..."

That said, Sasami drifted off to sleep, it had been a long day filled with many adventures and misadventures. She had been hurt, went playing in the rain, watched her favorite movie, and got to see Tenchi all day long, which was always a rarity for her. As Sasami slept, dreams of her wonderful day danced through her head.



NEXT TIME: Tenchi's Choice. It's time boys and girls, let's see who Tenchi picks, will it be Kiyone? Mihoshi? Ryoko? Ayeka? Washu? Or Sasami? It's the suspense that gets me! Stay tuned!