Even the Cabbit's a Girl
By Me!

Author's Notes: Thank you for reviewing. I don't usually get people's opinions about my stories, and this is the first time, so thank you. Sorry this chapter is so short. But I'll attempt to get the fourth part out as soon as I write it.
Disclaimer: I don't own "Tenchi Muyo" or any of those characters. I do own the characters I made up, so please do not use them without my permission. Well, enough of my rambling; ON WITH THE SHOW!!!



Chapter Three
Return, dinner and the hospital


The next morning, Tenchi disregarded it all as a very realistic dream. Especially since he woke up in his own bed and not Ryoko's. Shiri couldn't understand why, but she assumed he must have wandered back there in his sleep.

At breakfast, Shiri noticed that Ryoko looked sad. When everyone had cleared away, she asked here why.

"Oh, I guess I'm just disappointed. I though that Tenchi would finally realize that I was the one he loved, and not Aeka... Shiri, why am I telling you this?"

"Cause I'm not going to make fun of you or tell anyone else. I'll be your therapist." Shiri smiled.

"But... Tenchi and I..." Ryoko's face stopped looking sad, but took on another emotion- anger. "Last night, we made love with no love behind it." Her hand formed into a fist. "I guess that makes me some kind of whore, right?"

"N-no!" Shiri was surprised at Ryoko's emotions.

"You're only thirteen years old. Do you really need to know all this stuff?"

Shiri scratched the back of her neck and laughed nervously. "See, when I was six, I walked in on my parents..."

Ryoko put her face in her hand. "Too much information," she groaned.

"...and I made you tell me about sex and stuff."

"And I told you?! At SIX years old? You aren't even my daughter...." There was a trace of disgust in her voice."This conversation is over." Ryoko vanished.


Aeka and Sasami returned earlier than planned-- that afternoon. Kione and Mihoshi also returned. Sasami, to celebrate the homecoming, cooked almost enough food for an army. It was a good thing too, because with all the people in the house, and Mayuka's habit of throwing her dinner everywhere, they would need it.

Here's the conversation that took place two minutes after dinner was served. (AN it doesn't matter who says what, just use your imagination if need be.)

"Sasami, what is this stuff?"

"Spinach!"

"No, this stuff."

"Eeeew, what is that?!"

"I don't think I made it."

"It wasn't me."

"Sure as hell wasn't me."

"What are you all talking ab--- Oh. That's Shiri's baby food."

"Goo goo ga ga!!"

"Aeka, can you pass the salt?"

"SALT?! Why would you need salt?"

"I put salt on everything!"

"Sasami's food is just fine without salt."

"I don't care. Gimme that salt."

"Get it yourself, you demon."

"Whaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!"

"Aeka, shut your dumb baby up."

"Ryoko! Don't talk about my daughter that way."

"Yeah, don't talk about me that way."

"WHAAAAAAAAAAA!!"

"Someone see if she needs a diaper change or something."

"You idiot. Don't you think we'd smell it?!"

"I've had a cold. I can't smell anything."

"Hey, Mihoshi, can you smell this?"

"AY! SHIRI! That stinks!"

"See, you can smell stuff."

"Calm down, Shiri.. shhhhh... don't cry..."

"But it was an onion 2 meters from my nose!"

"You mean centimeters."

"WHAAAAAAAAAA!"

"Ohh.... yeah. That's what I meant."

"Aeka, I'll go check to see if anything is wrong with Shiri."

"Oh, Tenchi, don't trouble yourself. I can do it." Aeka stood up from the table, lifted up her daughter and left the room.

"Can someone, please pass the salt?"


While Sasami and Ryoko were cleaning up from dinner- Ryoko volunteered!- Aeka came back down the stairs. "Tenchi! Tenchi, we have to take Shiri to the doctor!"

"Aeka?" He sprung up from his spot on the couch to see what was wrong. "What is it?!"

"She's got a fever of 103. That is what's been wrong with her. Oh, I can't beleive I didn't think of that earlier. I'm terrible at this mother stuff!"

"Aek, don't worry." He sighed. "We'll have Washu see if she can-"

"Tenchi, I'd rather not have Washu examine her. You know the way she has us as guinea pigs."

"Ok, it's too late in the day to get to a doctor. We'll have to go to the hospital"

"I want to go, also," a new voice said. It was Shiri. "I'm the one who's sick, so I want to go."

"I'm coming with you," Ryoko insisted. "Ryo-ohki is coming too."

Soon, Tenchi was driving the van, and Chibi-Shiri was driving Mirai-Shiri crazy. "God, how can I cry so much?"

At the hospital, Tenchi, Mirai-Shiri and Ryoko sat in the waiting room. Aeka had taken Chibi-Shiri in a half hour ago. They had a feeling those two were still waiting to see a doctor. They had all been there for almost two hours, first filling out forms and then waiting to be called back. Tenchi had a feeling they'd be there until two or three in the morning judging by the way things were going. (a.n.: ahh i remember the days of waiting in the emergency room when i would fall and break my arm, or cut my knee open. those were the fun times) "Ryoko, can I talk to you for a second?"

"Sure," she turned to the girl on her left.

"I mean alone."

"Oh... um, sure." Tenchi looked puzzled as the two walked out of the hospital into the parking lot.

"Ryoko,- oh how do I put this?"

"Just spit it out, kid."

"Well, um..." she pushed the glasses up on her nose. "My father... Tenchi... Well, he stays with my mother untill... now- when I left to come here."

Her golden eyes just shimmered with tears in the moonlight. "Never me?" she choked out.

Shiri looked up at Ryoko and bit her lip. The child's not-so-innocent eyes seemed to mourn for her.

"I--" Ryoko flew off towards the building across the street which was still being built. Shiri, feeling terrible, walked back inside.




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