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THAT HURT TOO DEEP – Ch.9
During dinner, Ryoko, Washu, and Tenchi explained all that had happened, as their
listening audience remained in silence, completely shocked.
"Ryoko, If only we had known…" Kiyone began.
"Yes, I'm so sorry!" Mihoshi was crying.
"Ryoko…I didn't know, I shouldn't have been so mean to you that day."
"Oh, it's all right, princess." Ryoko tried to bring happiness back to the table with her
sarcastic-ness.
"Tenchi, you are going to fight that bastard, aren't you?" Washu added.
"No! Washu, he wants to kill Tenchi for his power!!" Ryoko jumped up.
"No matter what, Ryoko, Kagato will get Tenchi's power unless we stop him."
"Right, and we'll help you Tenchi!" Mihoshi and Kiyone added.
"As will Nobuyuki and I."
"But father, I really don't want to…" Nobuyuki pleaded with Yosho, but Yosho would
not change his mind."
"Of course I'll help." Washu smiled as her puppets appeared on her shoulders."
"Washu, you're the greatest!" They said in unison.
"I'll help, Tenchi."
"I will not allow it Sasami!" Ayeka stood up, "But I will help you, Lord Tenchi."
"Thank you Ayeka."
"I'll go, too, Tenchi." Ryoko stood up and hung on to Tenchi's arm.
"No, Ryoko," Tenchi looked strait into her eyes. "What if my angel looses her wings? I
will never be able to have my heaven in my arms again." Tenchi smiled and hugged
Ryoko tight. "Let alone ever see my child."
"Tenchi, what is all this about?" Ayeka questioned in an uneasy voice.
"Um Ayeka, you see…like I said, Ryoko is carrying a baby. What I didn't say is that the
baby is mine." A sweat drop appeared on Tenchi's forehead.
"How could you?" Ayeka ran hiding her head in her hands, while all the others just stared
in awe.
"Tenchi, you mean, you two?" Kiyone pointed between the two.
"Tenchi, you explain it to them, I'll go have a talk with Ayeka." With that, Ryoko
disappeared from sight, leaving the air to shimmer silver. Tenchi sat down and began to
explain all the details of himself and Ryoko he had left out before.
Ryoko appeared right outside Ayeka's door. If there is one time I have to be truthful
and compassionate towards Ayeka, it's now Ryoko boosted her confidence and opened
the door. "Ayeka?"
"Go away." The Jurain princess's voice was muffled under her bed blankets.
"Can I talk to you?"
"Why?"
"Because Ayeka, I have to tell you-"
"I know, Tenchi chose you!" Ayeka sat upright, "But please, tell me why?" Ryoko sat on
at the end of Ayeka's bed.
"I'm pregnant, you know that Ayeka, with Tenchi's baby." Ayeka began to cry into her
hands again. "It was Kagato that did it, not Tenchi. He put Tenchi's DNA in me, I don't
know how."
"But what's that got to do with Tenchi and you?"
"It caused Tenchi's true feelings to come out. He told me he loved me."
"But…"
"Ayeka, you don't know how bad it hurts him, to know that he's upset you so much. He
truly does care about you, princess, but not in the same way he cares about me." Ryoko
tried to smile.
"I see." Ayeka hung her head low.
"You know something, Ayeka?"
"Yes?"
"Tenchi asked me if it would be alright if you were the baby's aunt, and I said it would be
fine. Is it alright with you, Ayeka?"
"Aunt Ayeka." Ayeka giggled. "I suppose."
Both Ryoko and Ayeka walked down the stairs together. "Ayeka, are you okay with
everything?"
"I'm fine, Lord Tenchi." Ayeka's eyes were red from crying, but she still smiled. "As
long as Sasami gets to be the child's aunt as well."
"Of course." Ryoko said from behind.
"Really?" Sasami chimed.
"Really." Tenchi answered.
"And what about the rest of us?" Kiyone asked sarcastically.
"Of course, you can all be the baby's family as well."
"Of that's wonderful Tenchi!" Mihoshi said before tripping over her own feet.
"Oh Mihoshi!" Kiyone smile big, this was such a wonderful day.
"But we still have the matter of Kagato." Washu was very serious.
"What should we do, Washu?" Kiyone asked.
"We wait."
"Wait?"
"That's right, Tenchi. You see, if we were to go hunting for him, he could easily destroy
us before we even got near his ship. But, if we wait for him to come, we would have
little trouble getting inside. So, we wait, but we prepare."
"But that means, he could sneak attack anytime!" Tenchi jumped up.
"I know Tenchi, but we'll have to take the risk."
Ryoko nodded.
All through the rest of the evening, everyone was highly stressed, especially Tenchi.
Night took over the sky quickly, and everyone was dispersing towards his or her
bedrooms. "Ryoko…" Tenchi took her hand. "I would like you to sleep in my room
tonight, so I can watch over you, make sure nothing happens."
"All right." Ryoko smiled and kissed Tenchi's forehead.
"Good night, you two love birds." Kiyone said as she passed them on the stairs.
"Good night, Kiyone." Ryoko said.
Tenchi held his angel in his arms that night, watching her as she quietly slept. He
couldn't believe it took him so long to realize his feelings for her, and it felt so nice just
to love her.
"My angel…" He whispered, "I love you." Tenchi looked out his window, and up to the
stars. He closed his eyes, and made a wish, "I wish to forever have Ryoko in my life, and
to always have her love…" Tenchi slowly opened his eyes, only to see a bright blue light
dart past the window glass, shattering it across the bed, then a giant boom. "Ryoko!"
Tenchi jumped over her, careful not to hurt her or his soon to be child, and summoned he
light hawk wings, shielding them both.
'Tenchi?" Ryoko looked across the room, it was completely destroyed. "Kagato."
Tenchi had saved Ryoko once again: Kagato had almost killed Ryoko, to take her baby,
with another blast from the Soja II.
Authors note: Sorry about taking up soo many chapters and not writing that much in
them…I'm gonna try to write more per chapter! (:
THAT HURT TOO DEEP – Ch.9
During dinner, Ryoko, Washu, and Tenchi explained all that had happened, as their
listening audience remained in silence, completely shocked.
"Ryoko, If only we had known…" Kiyone began.
"Yes, I'm so sorry!" Mihoshi was crying.
"Ryoko…I didn't know, I shouldn't have been so mean to you that day."
"Oh, it's all right, princess." Ryoko tried to bring happiness back to the table with her
sarcastic-ness.
"Tenchi, you are going to fight that bastard, aren't you?" Washu added.
"No! Washu, he wants to kill Tenchi for his power!!" Ryoko jumped up.
"No matter what, Ryoko, Kagato will get Tenchi's power unless we stop him."
"Right, and we'll help you Tenchi!" Mihoshi and Kiyone added.
"As will Nobuyuki and I."
"But father, I really don't want to…" Nobuyuki pleaded with Yosho, but Yosho would
not change his mind."
"Of course I'll help." Washu smiled as her puppets appeared on her shoulders."
"Washu, you're the greatest!" They said in unison.
"I'll help, Tenchi."
"I will not allow it Sasami!" Ayeka stood up, "But I will help you, Lord Tenchi."
"Thank you Ayeka."
"I'll go, too, Tenchi." Ryoko stood up and hung on to Tenchi's arm.
"No, Ryoko," Tenchi looked strait into her eyes. "What if my angel looses her wings? I
will never be able to have my heaven in my arms again." Tenchi smiled and hugged
Ryoko tight. "Let alone ever see my child."
"Tenchi, what is all this about?" Ayeka questioned in an uneasy voice.
"Um Ayeka, you see…like I said, Ryoko is carrying a baby. What I didn't say is that the
baby is mine." A sweat drop appeared on Tenchi's forehead.
"How could you?" Ayeka ran hiding her head in her hands, while all the others just stared
in awe.
"Tenchi, you mean, you two?" Kiyone pointed between the two.
"Tenchi, you explain it to them, I'll go have a talk with Ayeka." With that, Ryoko
disappeared from sight, leaving the air to shimmer silver. Tenchi sat down and began to
explain all the details of himself and Ryoko he had left out before.
Ryoko appeared right outside Ayeka's door. If there is one time I have to be truthful
and compassionate towards Ayeka, it's now Ryoko boosted her confidence and opened
the door. "Ayeka?"
"Go away." The Jurain princess's voice was muffled under her bed blankets.
"Can I talk to you?"
"Why?"
"Because Ayeka, I have to tell you-"
"I know, Tenchi chose you!" Ayeka sat upright, "But please, tell me why?" Ryoko sat on
at the end of Ayeka's bed.
"I'm pregnant, you know that Ayeka, with Tenchi's baby." Ayeka began to cry into her
hands again. "It was Kagato that did it, not Tenchi. He put Tenchi's DNA in me, I don't
know how."
"But what's that got to do with Tenchi and you?"
"It caused Tenchi's true feelings to come out. He told me he loved me."
"But…"
"Ayeka, you don't know how bad it hurts him, to know that he's upset you so much. He
truly does care about you, princess, but not in the same way he cares about me." Ryoko
tried to smile.
"I see." Ayeka hung her head low.
"You know something, Ayeka?"
"Yes?"
"Tenchi asked me if it would be alright if you were the baby's aunt, and I said it would be
fine. Is it alright with you, Ayeka?"
"Aunt Ayeka." Ayeka giggled. "I suppose."
Both Ryoko and Ayeka walked down the stairs together. "Ayeka, are you okay with
everything?"
"I'm fine, Lord Tenchi." Ayeka's eyes were red from crying, but she still smiled. "As
long as Sasami gets to be the child's aunt as well."
"Of course." Ryoko said from behind.
"Really?" Sasami chimed.
"Really." Tenchi answered.
"And what about the rest of us?" Kiyone asked sarcastically.
"Of course, you can all be the baby's family as well."
"Of that's wonderful Tenchi!" Mihoshi said before tripping over her own feet.
"Oh Mihoshi!" Kiyone smile big, this was such a wonderful day.
"But we still have the matter of Kagato." Washu was very serious.
"What should we do, Washu?" Kiyone asked.
"We wait."
"Wait?"
"That's right, Tenchi. You see, if we were to go hunting for him, he could easily destroy
us before we even got near his ship. But, if we wait for him to come, we would have
little trouble getting inside. So, we wait, but we prepare."
"But that means, he could sneak attack anytime!" Tenchi jumped up.
"I know Tenchi, but we'll have to take the risk."
Ryoko nodded.
All through the rest of the evening, everyone was highly stressed, especially Tenchi.
Night took over the sky quickly, and everyone was dispersing towards his or her
bedrooms. "Ryoko…" Tenchi took her hand. "I would like you to sleep in my room
tonight, so I can watch over you, make sure nothing happens."
"All right." Ryoko smiled and kissed Tenchi's forehead.
"Good night, you two love birds." Kiyone said as she passed them on the stairs.
"Good night, Kiyone." Ryoko said.
Tenchi held his angel in his arms that night, watching her as she quietly slept. He
couldn't believe it took him so long to realize his feelings for her, and it felt so nice just
to love her.
"My angel…" He whispered, "I love you." Tenchi looked out his window, and up to the
stars. He closed his eyes, and made a wish, "I wish to forever have Ryoko in my life, and
to always have her love…" Tenchi slowly opened his eyes, only to see a bright blue light
dart past the window glass, shattering it across the bed, then a giant boom. "Ryoko!"
Tenchi jumped over her, careful not to hurt her or his soon to be child, and summoned he
light hawk wings, shielding them both.
'Tenchi?" Ryoko looked across the room, it was completely destroyed. "Kagato."
Tenchi had saved Ryoko once again: Kagato had almost killed Ryoko, to take her baby,
with another blast from the Soja II.
Authors note: Sorry about taking up soo many chapters and not writing that much in
them…I'm gonna try to write more per chapter! (: