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Gomen, Gomen, Gomen, GOMEN NASAI MINNA-SAN!!! I'm so sorry for not getting the out sooner but after months of occupational therapy *hand and arm muscle therapy* it no longer hurts when I type and I hope to be back now and better than ever! I really hope you like this, and I hope to get the next chapter out real soon! Please review and I'll love you forever!!! Special Mimi-chan hugs go out to the two people who have me on Author Alert, the person who has me on their favorites list and all the people who already reviewed especially Skunktrain! You all just know how to make a girl feel good! *As you can obviously tell, it doesn't take much to please a Mimi* I kinda toned down Ryoko's "hyperness" so she isn't so Saved By The Bell as one reviewer put it! LOL I was very amused... And I tried to keep them as in character as possible. The plot has completely changed already from how I started it to be so the story's kinda got a life of it's own now and I have absolutly no idea what's gonna happen next and I love it! Okay, I'm talking too much, going to shut up now! *^_^*
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"Beep, Beep, Beep!" Tenchi alarm clock wailed until he groggily slammed down on to the off button. "5am is just way too early…." Forcing himself out of bed, he changed into his jogging outfit. Sasami was in the kitchen already beginning to cook breakfast. Tenchi poked his head in on the way out and asked Sasami when breakfast would be ready.
"At 7 okay so don't be late again, Tenchi!" she giggled a smile at him and he smiled back. Once outside he tied on his running shoes and began his early morning jog. Tenchi had started doing this a couple months ago and found that it really helped hit think though things and to clear his mind. He followed his normal path; something about routine was calming to him. Around the lake, up to the Shrine, and then back to the house. Halfway around the lake, he spotted Aeka dipping her feet in the water. Once back on the other side, he quietly snuck up behind her and plopped down next to her.
She let out a small scream and clutched her chest, "Lord Tenchi, you scared me." He chuckled slightly at her reaction but she didn't look up to face him.
"Aeka," Tenchi started, "is there something wrong? You're acting kind of strange." He put an encouraging hand on her shoulder and saw a tear drip off her cheek and soundlessly fall into the water. "…Aeka?" Leaning in, he tried to get her to look at him to no avail.
"Lord Tenchi…."
"Aeka, please, just call me Tenchi, it feels, I don't know, too formal." A small smile appeared on her face and as quickly as it came, it left.
"I saw… I saw you and Ryoko last night…." Aeka lowered her head as a few more tears made their way into the lake.
"Aeka, what are you talking about?"
"I was up late last night and I saw Ryoko going into your room and you carrying Ryoko back into her bedroom and so I thought that…. I can understand why you chose her instead…. I just thought that…." Next to her Tenchi chuckled to him self.
"She just had a bad dream Aeka. She came to my room because she was scared and she fell asleep in my room and since I didn't want to wake her up I carried her back. I left just a few minutes later…" Tenchi laughed again. "Geez Aeka, you know me better than that!" He moved his hand to her opposite shoulder and gave her a little squeeze. She began to laugh a little too.
"Feeling better?" Aeka nodded her head in agreement. "Good. I'm going to finish my jog now." Pushing himself up, he began to jog back down the dock.
"Tenchi, wait!" Aeka called to him. He turned towards her at the edge of the grass.
"Yeah?" Tenchi cocked his head slightly.
Aeka made a little wave, "Oh, nothing." And turned back to the water. Shaking his head with a smile on his face, Tenchi started back on his jog.
Once out of sight Aeka whispered to the water, "Tenchi, I want to tell you how I feel…"
"Then why don't you?" Whipping around, Aeka was confronted with the blue-haired demon-in-training.
"How much did you hear?" Aeka slanted her eyes in a challenging way.
"Enough." Ryoko replied jumping up and landing right next to Aeka. "If you like him so much, why don't you just tell him?" A long, loud sigh escaped Aeka's lips.
"It might be that easy for you, but it's not for me."
"Why not?"
"I just can't! I wouldn't want to force Tenchi into making such a decision."
"A decision about what?" Steam began to emanate from Aeka's head.
"You're really annoying, do you realize that?"
"You're avoiding the question." Ryoko crossed her arms across her chest and looked at Aeka with eyes that demanded an answer.
"You wouldn't understand."
"Sure I'd understand. You were my best friend a zillion years ago, your time, and you told me everything! So why can't you tell me what decision he has to make." She opened her eyes wide, awaiting the answer.
"He has to choose who he wants to 'be with' if I tell him how I feel."
"Honey, you aren't making much sense, who does he have to choose between?"
"You and me." Aeka turned her gaze back at the water only to hear a loud laugh coming from Ryoko.
"What gave you THAT idea?" Ryoko continued to laugh.
"But yesterday you said…."
"You know, I was just kidding when I said that. Sure he's a nice guy and all but I don't think I could go for him and plus I've only known him for a total of, oh, two days." The princess gave the pirate a scrutinizing gaze.
"So then you don't have any feelings for him?"
"Nope, I was just messing with your mind." She then slapped the Jurian in the back with a little too much force and sent the princess flying face first into the water. Ryoko's hands shot up to her mouth and she just continued to laugh harder than before. Ryoko stopped laughing for a second to catch a glimpse of a very wet Aeka. She began to worry when she didn't see her anywhere. "Aeka?" Ryoko leaned in and peered into the water. Two hands emerged from the water, grabbing pieces of Ryoko's hair, pulling her in. Aeka's head surfaced from the lake and she laughed at her friend's predicament. The demon's face shone with a sly tinge and she leaped onto Aeka, dunking her back in the lake. Aeka retaliated by flinging Ryoko off of her and sending her flying a few feet in the air. "Princess," Ryoko challenged, "This. Means. War."
Tenchi exited the woods, heading back towards the house. It was a little past seven, but he was hoping that Sasami wouldn't mind too much. From over by the dock, he heard loud splashing. Fearing the worst, he ran back to the lake to see what all the commotion was about. The two people in the world, who he would have never guessed would ever get along, were laughing and joking with each other in the midst of a water fight. Once he reached where they were, both were trying to pull their very wet bodies out of the lake and back onto the wooden platform. Starting to laugh himself, he hurried over to the girls to help then out of the lake. Neither girl noticed him approaching until they heard him laughing at their pathetic attempts to pull themselves back onto the dock. Extending a hand to them, he helped pull the girls out of the water.
"What were you doing?" Tenchi asked half out of amusement, half out of curiosity.
"The same thing we are going to do to you." The demon straightened out her arm and pushed the Jurian prince off the dock and he pulled them both back in with him.
"Now how are we supposed to get out?" Aeka turned to Tenchi and Ryoko who just shrugged.
"Ooo, Tenchi said that he wasn't going to be late today!" Sasami sighed angrily as she placed the re-heated rice back on the table. "I guess we'll just start eating without them." Sasami thought to herself. "Aeka and Ryoko aren't here either, I hope they aren't fighting again…" At that very moment, three very wet people trudged in and sat down at the breakfast table, all with large grins on their faces, chatting happily. Sasami leaped from her seat. "You guys are soaked! You are going to catch a cold not to mention ruin the floor, don't move, I'm getting you towels!" She opened the door to Washu's Lab, which doubled as a broom closet and pulled some dry towels from inside. She threw about two or three towel on each of them. Ryoko wrapped the towel tight around her slightly shaking body.
"Thanks hon." After stuffing their faces with food, Aeka and Ryoko decided that the best thing to do at that moment was to go and rest in the onisen. Tenchi headed to the bathroom first so he could get into the shower when Ryoko stopped him. "Tenchi, why don't you come in to onisen with me and Aeka?"
Tenchi's cheeks flushed Santa Claus red. "Uh…. Ryoko… ah…. I don't think that's such a good idea…"
"Don't worry you little perv, of course me and Aeka will be wearing suits! Come on! It'll be fun!" She phased into a dark blue two-piece with mini sunflowers scattered across it. She grabbed his hand, opened the door and pushed him in. Aeka was already in there, still dressed, but very shocked when Tenchi walked, was pushed rather, in the onisen. Even though she had been "informed" of this earlier, she still stood uncomfortable, wringing her hands at her waistline. Ryoko yanked Tenchi behind the dressing shield and left to go talk to Aeka.
"Ryoko…" Aeka stuttered, "I don't think this is such a good idea…" A devilish grin appeared on Ryoko's face.
"Don't worry, I've got a plan."
"Ryoko!" the princess fumed. "It better not involve you and Tenchi!"
"I already told you how I feel about Tenchi, but it has everything to do with Tenchi and y-o-u." Flashing a smile, Ryoko emerged herself into the soothing warm liquid. Tenchi apprehensively followed shortly after her, and Aeka after changing into her suit.
"Wow, I really am jealous of you girls. This is really nice."
"See? I told you that you'd enjoy it!" Ryoko took in a deep breath and let it out slowly sinking into the water, blowing bubbles at the surface. "Well anyways, I should get going, first day of a new school and all, you kiddies have fun okay?" She yanked herself out of the water, wringing out her hair, and quickly shimmied to the exit.
"So," Aeka mused seeing that she and Tenchi were alone, "I think I understand her plan now. I'm not sure whether I should thank her for this or not."
"So…." Aeka tried to start a conversation with no avail.
"Yeah…" Tenchi responded.
"She's going to school with you today?" Aeka cocked her head towards Tenchi to get a better look at him.
"Yeah, I guess so… Washu said so."
"I wish you the best of luck." Tenchi laughed.
"It will be quite interesting."
"Yeah, it will." Aeka slipped a little farther into the water, gazing at the far wall.
"Aeka, there something's still bothering you, isn't there?" She flinched, not sure how to answer.
"Uh no, I mean yes, I mean, why do you ask such a thing?" The princess fumbled for her words.
"I don't know, you seem, preoccupied…. and you're doing this thing with your left eyebrow."
Her eyes shifted towards him. "My… left eyebrow?"
He smiled. "Yeah, it goes up higher than the right one when something's bugging you."
"Oh." A long silence followed. "Well, there kind of is something I want to tell you…"
"Go on." Tenchi urged.
"You see," Purple ponytails whipped around as she heard the door open. The little sister had just poked her head in.
"Sorry for interrupting you but it's almost time for Tenchi leave for school." She flashed a sweet smile and left to tell Ryoko the same.
"Sorry Aeka, do you want to talk about it later?"
"Yeah sure, it can wait."
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3 Luv ya, please R&R
~¤*Mimi-chan*¤~
BTW: Is anybody else as happy as I am that Fanfiction.net is back up and working! YAY!!! Ticker tape parade for them! *^_^*
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Gomen, Gomen, Gomen, GOMEN NASAI MINNA-SAN!!! I'm so sorry for not getting the out sooner but after months of occupational therapy *hand and arm muscle therapy* it no longer hurts when I type and I hope to be back now and better than ever! I really hope you like this, and I hope to get the next chapter out real soon! Please review and I'll love you forever!!! Special Mimi-chan hugs go out to the two people who have me on Author Alert, the person who has me on their favorites list and all the people who already reviewed especially Skunktrain! You all just know how to make a girl feel good! *As you can obviously tell, it doesn't take much to please a Mimi* I kinda toned down Ryoko's "hyperness" so she isn't so Saved By The Bell as one reviewer put it! LOL I was very amused... And I tried to keep them as in character as possible. The plot has completely changed already from how I started it to be so the story's kinda got a life of it's own now and I have absolutly no idea what's gonna happen next and I love it! Okay, I'm talking too much, going to shut up now! *^_^*
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"Beep, Beep, Beep!" Tenchi alarm clock wailed until he groggily slammed down on to the off button. "5am is just way too early…." Forcing himself out of bed, he changed into his jogging outfit. Sasami was in the kitchen already beginning to cook breakfast. Tenchi poked his head in on the way out and asked Sasami when breakfast would be ready.
"At 7 okay so don't be late again, Tenchi!" she giggled a smile at him and he smiled back. Once outside he tied on his running shoes and began his early morning jog. Tenchi had started doing this a couple months ago and found that it really helped hit think though things and to clear his mind. He followed his normal path; something about routine was calming to him. Around the lake, up to the Shrine, and then back to the house. Halfway around the lake, he spotted Aeka dipping her feet in the water. Once back on the other side, he quietly snuck up behind her and plopped down next to her.
She let out a small scream and clutched her chest, "Lord Tenchi, you scared me." He chuckled slightly at her reaction but she didn't look up to face him.
"Aeka," Tenchi started, "is there something wrong? You're acting kind of strange." He put an encouraging hand on her shoulder and saw a tear drip off her cheek and soundlessly fall into the water. "…Aeka?" Leaning in, he tried to get her to look at him to no avail.
"Lord Tenchi…."
"Aeka, please, just call me Tenchi, it feels, I don't know, too formal." A small smile appeared on her face and as quickly as it came, it left.
"I saw… I saw you and Ryoko last night…." Aeka lowered her head as a few more tears made their way into the lake.
"Aeka, what are you talking about?"
"I was up late last night and I saw Ryoko going into your room and you carrying Ryoko back into her bedroom and so I thought that…. I can understand why you chose her instead…. I just thought that…." Next to her Tenchi chuckled to him self.
"She just had a bad dream Aeka. She came to my room because she was scared and she fell asleep in my room and since I didn't want to wake her up I carried her back. I left just a few minutes later…" Tenchi laughed again. "Geez Aeka, you know me better than that!" He moved his hand to her opposite shoulder and gave her a little squeeze. She began to laugh a little too.
"Feeling better?" Aeka nodded her head in agreement. "Good. I'm going to finish my jog now." Pushing himself up, he began to jog back down the dock.
"Tenchi, wait!" Aeka called to him. He turned towards her at the edge of the grass.
"Yeah?" Tenchi cocked his head slightly.
Aeka made a little wave, "Oh, nothing." And turned back to the water. Shaking his head with a smile on his face, Tenchi started back on his jog.
Once out of sight Aeka whispered to the water, "Tenchi, I want to tell you how I feel…"
"Then why don't you?" Whipping around, Aeka was confronted with the blue-haired demon-in-training.
"How much did you hear?" Aeka slanted her eyes in a challenging way.
"Enough." Ryoko replied jumping up and landing right next to Aeka. "If you like him so much, why don't you just tell him?" A long, loud sigh escaped Aeka's lips.
"It might be that easy for you, but it's not for me."
"Why not?"
"I just can't! I wouldn't want to force Tenchi into making such a decision."
"A decision about what?" Steam began to emanate from Aeka's head.
"You're really annoying, do you realize that?"
"You're avoiding the question." Ryoko crossed her arms across her chest and looked at Aeka with eyes that demanded an answer.
"You wouldn't understand."
"Sure I'd understand. You were my best friend a zillion years ago, your time, and you told me everything! So why can't you tell me what decision he has to make." She opened her eyes wide, awaiting the answer.
"He has to choose who he wants to 'be with' if I tell him how I feel."
"Honey, you aren't making much sense, who does he have to choose between?"
"You and me." Aeka turned her gaze back at the water only to hear a loud laugh coming from Ryoko.
"What gave you THAT idea?" Ryoko continued to laugh.
"But yesterday you said…."
"You know, I was just kidding when I said that. Sure he's a nice guy and all but I don't think I could go for him and plus I've only known him for a total of, oh, two days." The princess gave the pirate a scrutinizing gaze.
"So then you don't have any feelings for him?"
"Nope, I was just messing with your mind." She then slapped the Jurian in the back with a little too much force and sent the princess flying face first into the water. Ryoko's hands shot up to her mouth and she just continued to laugh harder than before. Ryoko stopped laughing for a second to catch a glimpse of a very wet Aeka. She began to worry when she didn't see her anywhere. "Aeka?" Ryoko leaned in and peered into the water. Two hands emerged from the water, grabbing pieces of Ryoko's hair, pulling her in. Aeka's head surfaced from the lake and she laughed at her friend's predicament. The demon's face shone with a sly tinge and she leaped onto Aeka, dunking her back in the lake. Aeka retaliated by flinging Ryoko off of her and sending her flying a few feet in the air. "Princess," Ryoko challenged, "This. Means. War."
Tenchi exited the woods, heading back towards the house. It was a little past seven, but he was hoping that Sasami wouldn't mind too much. From over by the dock, he heard loud splashing. Fearing the worst, he ran back to the lake to see what all the commotion was about. The two people in the world, who he would have never guessed would ever get along, were laughing and joking with each other in the midst of a water fight. Once he reached where they were, both were trying to pull their very wet bodies out of the lake and back onto the wooden platform. Starting to laugh himself, he hurried over to the girls to help then out of the lake. Neither girl noticed him approaching until they heard him laughing at their pathetic attempts to pull themselves back onto the dock. Extending a hand to them, he helped pull the girls out of the water.
"What were you doing?" Tenchi asked half out of amusement, half out of curiosity.
"The same thing we are going to do to you." The demon straightened out her arm and pushed the Jurian prince off the dock and he pulled them both back in with him.
"Now how are we supposed to get out?" Aeka turned to Tenchi and Ryoko who just shrugged.
"Ooo, Tenchi said that he wasn't going to be late today!" Sasami sighed angrily as she placed the re-heated rice back on the table. "I guess we'll just start eating without them." Sasami thought to herself. "Aeka and Ryoko aren't here either, I hope they aren't fighting again…" At that very moment, three very wet people trudged in and sat down at the breakfast table, all with large grins on their faces, chatting happily. Sasami leaped from her seat. "You guys are soaked! You are going to catch a cold not to mention ruin the floor, don't move, I'm getting you towels!" She opened the door to Washu's Lab, which doubled as a broom closet and pulled some dry towels from inside. She threw about two or three towel on each of them. Ryoko wrapped the towel tight around her slightly shaking body.
"Thanks hon." After stuffing their faces with food, Aeka and Ryoko decided that the best thing to do at that moment was to go and rest in the onisen. Tenchi headed to the bathroom first so he could get into the shower when Ryoko stopped him. "Tenchi, why don't you come in to onisen with me and Aeka?"
Tenchi's cheeks flushed Santa Claus red. "Uh…. Ryoko… ah…. I don't think that's such a good idea…"
"Don't worry you little perv, of course me and Aeka will be wearing suits! Come on! It'll be fun!" She phased into a dark blue two-piece with mini sunflowers scattered across it. She grabbed his hand, opened the door and pushed him in. Aeka was already in there, still dressed, but very shocked when Tenchi walked, was pushed rather, in the onisen. Even though she had been "informed" of this earlier, she still stood uncomfortable, wringing her hands at her waistline. Ryoko yanked Tenchi behind the dressing shield and left to go talk to Aeka.
"Ryoko…" Aeka stuttered, "I don't think this is such a good idea…" A devilish grin appeared on Ryoko's face.
"Don't worry, I've got a plan."
"Ryoko!" the princess fumed. "It better not involve you and Tenchi!"
"I already told you how I feel about Tenchi, but it has everything to do with Tenchi and y-o-u." Flashing a smile, Ryoko emerged herself into the soothing warm liquid. Tenchi apprehensively followed shortly after her, and Aeka after changing into her suit.
"Wow, I really am jealous of you girls. This is really nice."
"See? I told you that you'd enjoy it!" Ryoko took in a deep breath and let it out slowly sinking into the water, blowing bubbles at the surface. "Well anyways, I should get going, first day of a new school and all, you kiddies have fun okay?" She yanked herself out of the water, wringing out her hair, and quickly shimmied to the exit.
"So," Aeka mused seeing that she and Tenchi were alone, "I think I understand her plan now. I'm not sure whether I should thank her for this or not."
"So…." Aeka tried to start a conversation with no avail.
"Yeah…" Tenchi responded.
"She's going to school with you today?" Aeka cocked her head towards Tenchi to get a better look at him.
"Yeah, I guess so… Washu said so."
"I wish you the best of luck." Tenchi laughed.
"It will be quite interesting."
"Yeah, it will." Aeka slipped a little farther into the water, gazing at the far wall.
"Aeka, there something's still bothering you, isn't there?" She flinched, not sure how to answer.
"Uh no, I mean yes, I mean, why do you ask such a thing?" The princess fumbled for her words.
"I don't know, you seem, preoccupied…. and you're doing this thing with your left eyebrow."
Her eyes shifted towards him. "My… left eyebrow?"
He smiled. "Yeah, it goes up higher than the right one when something's bugging you."
"Oh." A long silence followed. "Well, there kind of is something I want to tell you…"
"Go on." Tenchi urged.
"You see," Purple ponytails whipped around as she heard the door open. The little sister had just poked her head in.
"Sorry for interrupting you but it's almost time for Tenchi leave for school." She flashed a sweet smile and left to tell Ryoko the same.
"Sorry Aeka, do you want to talk about it later?"
"Yeah sure, it can wait."
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3 Luv ya, please R&R
~¤*Mimi-chan*¤~
BTW: Is anybody else as happy as I am that Fanfiction.net is back up and working! YAY!!! Ticker tape parade for them! *^_^*
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