Tenchi and Tory waved good-bye as she entered her room. She sighed heavily when she
saw the room. There was a bed, a dresser, a closet, a bathroom and a kitchen area. The walls were
white and the floor was blue. The roof was white too. Tory grabbed her suitcase and emptied it out
on the bed. She filled the drawers with her clothes as she sorted them into groups. Then she pulled
a cardboard box in front of her as she sat on the bed. Inside were some stuffed animals, her
miniature locker that had money in it, a jewelry box, some books, and bookends. It was her favorite
pair. The bookends were in the shape of a mushroom and each had a small fairy on it. She put them
on her dresser and put her books between them. Then she took out her jewelry box. That too had a
fairy on it but was painted on. Tory put that next to the books. She put all her stuffed animals at the
head of her bed. Then Tory grabbed another box and tore it open. Inside that box was a lamp that
was a larger version of the bookends. She placed that on the dresser too. Then there was her pillow
and some sheets, which she put into the closet on the shelf that was at the top. Next she found a
small nightstand. She placed that next to her bed. It was light colored wood like the dresser. It was
very lightweight. Then she found some silver ware, a teapot, cups, a tea mug (actually a coffee mug
but she used it for tea) and bowls. She placed those in the drawers in the kitchen area. Suddenly
she shivered and realized how cold she was. She took out the teapot, filled it with water, and put it
on the stove. In the next box were all groceries her parents had paid the school to buy for her. She
dragged the box into the kitchen and put everything away, that is everything except the sugar and
milk. When the tea was done boiling she poured it into her mug and put in some milk and sugar.
Then she put the sugar and milk away. Tory collapsed on her bed and sipped at her tea.
Suddenly there was a knock at the door. She opened it and there stood a young woman
with blond hair tied into a bun and green eyes. She was holding a small bouquet of sunflowers. She
shoved them into Tory's face. Tory placed the flowers into a vase that she filled with water after she
removed the note. Before she did anything else Tory decided she should take a bath. She pulled out
a blue turtleneck and black leggings. Then she went into the bathroom and took a short shower.
When she was done and got dressed, she went out and read the note that had come with the
flowers. It said:
"Tory, Have a great stay and thanks for the raincoat. Tenchi"
She smiled. Then she thought for a moment. Tory reheated some of the leftover tea and
put it into a clean mug. Then she walked out of her room and into the hallway so she was right in
front of Tenchi's door way. She was about to knock when all of sudden she heard a bunch of voices.
"Tenchi!" yelled about 4 female voices. Tory was taken aback. She accidentally let the
mug slip from her grip and it crashed to the ground. Tory jumped and then gasped at the mess.
Tenchi's room had gone completely quiet. Then the door opened and Tenchi stared at her as she
struggled to pick the mug up.
"Tory?" asked Tenchi.
"Yes… I'm sorry…" Tory trailed off.
"Tenchi? Who's there?" Asked a voice. Then two girls who looked in their twenties moved
Tenchi out of the way to look at her. Tory blushed deeply. One of them had white spiky hair and
amber colored eyes. The other had purple hair and dark pink eyes. They were both very beautiful.
Then a small girl who looked about 8 years old pushed the two girls apart so she could see. She
gasped and bent down to help Tory.
"Are you alright?" the girl asked.
"Yes. Thank you for asking." Tory replied. The girl had turquoise hair that was pulled into
pigtails. Her eyes were big, pink, and kind. "I'm sorry about this... Tenchi I was just going to bring
you some tea…" Tory said.
Then another girl appeared. She had pink hair that was spiky like the one with white hair
and light green eyes. She looked very young.
"Tenchi do you know this girl?" asked the white haired one. Tenchi stepped through the
door.
"Well, Ryoko, this is my schoolmate. Ryoko, meet Tory." Tenchi said motioning to the white
haired woman. "Tory, this is Aeka," he explained pointing to the purple haired one. "Washu and
Sasami." Tenchi said. Tory half-smiled at them.
"Um, I better go now. I didn't mean to interrupt." She said with a wave of her hand. She
started to walk off but Sasami grabbed her arm.
"You're bleeding," she said. Tory had apparently scratched her hand on the broken mug.
"Oh it's nothing."
"Yeah let her go Sasami." Said Ryoko. Sasami gave her a dirty look and led Tory into
Tenchi's room. Then she cleaned the wound and wrapped it. Tory's face was bright red and when
she talked she barley whispered.
"I feel really bad about this whole thing, you know, messing up your evening and all… so
why don't I treat all of you karaoke?" she asked. All the girls smiled widely and Tenchi groaned.
"You're going to regret that…" Tenchi said.
"Actually my parents own a karaoke place around here." Tory replied. Everyone started
talking at once and the next thing Tory knew, she was being led out of the building.