She winked at him.
"Yup! It's me. God, I thought I'd never see you again. I kind of thought that path looked familar."
she said.
He smiled and shook his head. "So what did you do now?" he asked.
"Who me?" she asked laughing. Then she noticed the girls, who were all exteremely annoyed
at being forgotten. "Oh hey! Who are all these chicks? Looks like you've turned into a ladies
man."
"Chicks?" mimicked Ayeka.
"Tenchi do you know this... girl?" asked Ryoko.
"Oh yeah. Me and Mari have been friends for years. At least we were friends when i was a kid."
he said.
"Yeah, sorry about running off like that. You know me... always getting into trouble." she
laughed.
"Wow, you knew Tenchi when he was a kid?" asked Sasami.
"Yeah. We were inseperable." she replied.
Washu was fighting to keep Ryoko from attacking the new stranger.
Mari walked up Tenchi and pinched his cheeks. "He was such a cute little boy." she said,
flashing a smile. He gave her a little hug.
Mihoshi looked confused, Ayeka looked like she was trying to be as dignified as possible,
considering she had just about fallen apart. Ryoko looked like she could rip someone's head
off, namely Mari's. Washu looked annoyed. Sasami looked in awe of Mari and Kiyone looked
like she felt awkward.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Mari, these are the girls. Ryoko, Washu, Ayeka, Sasami, Mihoshi, Kiyone, and...
hey! Where's Ryo-ohki?" he asked.
"Mreow." came the voice. Ryo-ohki ran out of the kitchen.
"You were eating carrots again weren't you? You should wait untill dinner!" lectured Sasami.
"Oh! How cute!" said Mari. She knelt down and started to pet Ryo-ohki. Ryo-ohki purred.
"If you dont mind me asking, why were those people chashing after you?" asked Ayeka.
"Oh I don't mind. Ayeka, right? Well, I killed their brother. He had tried to take advantage of me
so it was all self-defence."
Tenchi shook his head. "You never did have good taste in guys. I still remember at the park
one day when you were on a stroll with that guy. You ended up beating him to a pulp."
She laughed. "Yeah. I remember that. You came by to give me lunch and he started picking
on you. So I beat him up."
Tenchi turned red as Sasami giggled. "You were always saving me. Isn't it supposed to be the
other way around?" he asked.
"Not if I can help it!"
"Well, this is all very nice, but Tenchi could you finish what you were saying before?" Ryoko
asked.
Mari's face went blank. "Oh I'm sorry. Was I interrupting something?" she asked.
"Yes!" yelled Ryoko.
"Nothing important though." Tenchi said, glaring at Ryoko. All the girls fell back a step except
for Mari.
"Not important?" the thought was running through all their minds.
"Excuse me. I've got to do something else very important." Ryoko said as she walked away.
"What is it?" Tenchi asked.
"I'll tell you as soon as I find out." she replied bitterly.
Ayeka and Washu excused themselves quietly and went to their rooms.
"Tenchi, thanks for letting us stay, but we really have to get to work." Kiyone said.
She dragged a still very confused Mihoshi out the door.
"I'm really sorry. I did interrupt something important. They're all mad now."
"I'm not." said Sasami cheerfully.
Tenchi smiled at her. "I can always depend on you to understand." he said. She blushed.
"I better go work on dinner." she said still blushing as she walked away.
"So what's up with all the girls?" asked Mari.
"Well, they all kind of ... appeared. They needed help so i let them stay here." he said.
She shook her head. "You've got some pretty important people here Tenchi. And they're all in
love with you. Watch your back. I'd hate to have to kill someone." she said. He winced.
"How do you know they're important?" he asked.
"Come on Tenchi. I know people." she said.
"You always were a trouble a maker." he said, smiling.
"Hey, do you mind of I stay here. I need a place to crash and I want to watch your back. I don't
want to loose you again." she said.