Hi! This is my first fanfic I have ever written so I hope its ok! This is based of Tenchi Ova and more than likely its going to end up being an R/T fic, but you never know. Either way, I will end up being fair to both Ayeka and Ryoko.
Disclaimer: I do not own Tenchi or any of its characters
Chapter One
A Ship from the Sky
Tenchi trudged wearily home after another hard days work in the fields. Not that he got a whole lot of work done, since he spent half that time chasing Rio-ohki out so he would have carrots to harvest later on. All he wanted to do was eat, shower and sleep, but he knew the unlikely hood of just that happening with 5 other girls in the house. He sighed and looked at the stars peering down at him, glittering dots of light in an endless sea of black. The stars suddenly disappeared from view as a flying shape dropped above him.
"Tenchi!!" The figure exclaimed, flying into his resisting arms and causing him to fall hard to the ground.
"Ryoko get off of me!!" Tenchi cried, shoving Ryoko away and then jumping to his feet. "Why do you always have to do that!?"
"Do what?" she asked in false confusion. Quickly she shoved that emotion away and smiled suggestively. "Tenchi, I missed you so much today." She phased behind him and wrapped her arms around his neck, Tenchi's face turning bright red. "How about a welcome home kiss…" She appeared in front of him and leaned forward, closing her eyes and preparing her lips.
Tenchi sighed and walked around her, quickly becoming lost in thought, hardly noticing Ryoko falling to the ground as she kissed empty air. Why did they pressure him so much? Lately both Ayeka and Ryoko have been cornering him and demanding that he choose between them. He knew he should decide whom he loved, but he hated the idea of hurting either of them. He sighed and looked back at the stars hoping for some sign of what he was suppose to do.
"Tenchi? Hello? Tenchi you in there?" Ryoko frantically began shaking him, breaking his train of thoughts.
"Oh, Ryoko sorry." He grinned meekly. "I was just thinking."
"Wow, I thought I lost you!" She wrapped one arm around him tightly and let the other trail seductively down his chest causing Tenchi's face turned bright red and his nose to start bleed.
"Cut it out!" Tenchi pushed her away and continued down the path to home.
"You were thinking of me, right?" Ryoko floated down beside him.
"Well actually, I was thinking of you…" Tenchi paused as Ryoko flew into the air, her eyes growing big and a huge smile on her face. "…and Ayeka."
"WHAT!" She phased in front of him. "Why would you think of that snooty two-face Princess? Come on, Tenchi, you know that I am the one for you. Chose me and forget that…that…THING! We can disappear right now, just the two of us."
"Ryoko, I can't do that. I care for both you and Ayeka very much, but I am not ready for this kind of commitment!" He walked past her and then sprinted for the house before she could reply.
"Tenchi, wait up! You have to decide sometime, you know!!!"
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Ayeka paced by the door, peering out the window every few seconds.
"Is Tenchi home yet? Dinner is almost ready!" Sasami cried from the kitchen. An impatient 'meow' was heard, followed by, "No, Rio-ohki, you can't have those yet!"
"No, and do stop yelling across the house. It's very unprincess like." Ayeka chided then worriedly paced back to the door. "He should be home by now. Ryoko is up to something, I just know it!" She opened the door to start her frantic search and Tenchi plowed right into her. They fell into the house in a tangle of arms and legs.
"What's going on?" Mihoshi walked into the room and blushed when she saw Tenchi and Ayeka on the floor. "Oh my…sorry to interrupt…how embarrassing!" She put her hands on her face and backed up slowly. "I will just…ummm…go in here…" She turned and ran back into the room, closing the door behind her.
"No Mihoshi! It's not what you think!" Tenchi shouted and quickly got to his feet. Ayeka also started to get up, but Ryoko phased in above her and landed solidly on her stomach, knocking her back down.
"Tenchi, why didn't you wait for me?" Ryoko asked, ignoring Ayeka under her feet.
"Get off of me you monster woman!!" Ayeka screamed.
"Oh, is that you princess? I thought Tenchi finally kicked you out. Pity." Ryoko stuck her tongue out and jumped of Ayeka's stomach.
"How dare you!?" Ayeka jumped up her fists tightly clenched and an evil glint in her eye. "You will pay for your insolence! Azaka! Kamadokee!"
"Oh, so it's a fight you want!!" Ryoko's fist glowed with power that shot up to become a gleaming red sword. Ayeka's two guards appeared behind her with their normal wave of 'Yes mam!' Power grew between them and little electricity bolt could practically be seen out of each of their eyes.
"Will you both quit that! Someone's going to get hurt!" Tenchi jumped between the two. Both of them turned as one toward Tenchi; those dangerous glares still plastered on their face. Tenchi backed away nervously.
"Stay out of this!" They yelled.
"Dinner's ready!" Sasami popped into the room. "What's going on in here? Are you two fighting again?"
"Of course not!" Ayeka yelled, motioning her two guardians out the door. "I'll go get Mihoshi and…uh…explain." She started for Mihoshi's room.
"Good! Food!" Ryoko appeared at the table and looked on it, under it, and then ran into the kitchen. "Where is it?" She began opening shelves and rummaging through the pantry. Sasami and Tenchi watched on by the kitchen door, little drops of sweat forming behind them as Ryoko's search began to take to looking on the ceiling fans and underneath the rugs.
"Ummm, Ryoko, what are you doing?" Tenchi asked.
"The sake! Where is the sake!" Ryoko cried and appeared in front of Sasami. "Where is my sake!?"
"Its right there." Sasami pointed to the porch. "You were drinking it outside this morning."
"Oh right." She disappeared and reappeared back at the table with the jug in her hand. By this time, Mihoshi and Ayeka came into the room and sat down, along with Tenchi, Sasami, and Ryo-ohki, who sat on the floor with her big bowl of steamed carrots.
"Where's Washu and my father?" Tenchi asked as he began to dig into the delicious food.
"Washu's eating in the lab today and Nobiyuku called to say he will be working late again and not to wait up." Sasami replied. Suddenly, a long eerie whistle was heard, followed by a crash into the lake.
"What was that!!" Tenchi yelled.
"Hmmm, that sounded like me…only I am right here." Mihoshi looked startled and then looked at her watch. "Whoops, I forgot! I am supposed to check in yesterday!! I got to go!!" She raced out the door, pursued by the rest of them who wanted to discover the source of the strange noise.
A dark blue ship floated in the water, looking badly damaged with strange, rhythmic creaks and steams of white fog issuing from it. Mihoshi ran off to her ship, pausing once only to mutter "That wasn't there yesterday…did Tenchi get a boat?" Before disappeared inside her galaxy spacecraft and flying off into the bright night.
"What is that?" Ryoko asked, flying above it.
"It's a spaceship, of course." Washu suddenly appeared behind them, probably drawn out by the same noise.
"I know that, MOTHER! I was wondering what type!"
"Hey, someone might still be in there!" Tenchi yelled. "What if they are injured? We got to help!"
A portion of the ship began to fizzle and spark before wearily squeaking open. A young woman dropped out into the water. Ryoko flew down and pulled her out before she could sink.
"Hmm, by the rate of the steam and the constant squeaks of the ship…" Washu began, then pulled out her computer from her shirt and typed in a few calculations. "I predict that this ship will explode in approximately… 5 seconds."
"WHAT!" Tenchi screamed. "Ryoko, get out of there!" Ryoko flew towards them, barley managing to fly to safety before the ship explode, causing a shock wave that knocked all of them to the ground, except for Washu who seemed to be protected by some type of force field generating from the computer itself.
"Miss Washu…" Ayeka began, but was stopped by Washu clearing her throat pointedly.
"What did you say Ayeka?"
"Ummm, little Washu…"
"That's right!" Washu smiled and pressed a button on the computer that caused it to disappear.
"Well, little Washu, I was wondering why didn't you mention to us earlier that the ship might explode?"
"And ruin a perfectly good surprise? Besides, it is better to analyze you all when under you're under pressure." She brightly turned back towards the house, which seemed to suffer no damage. "I'd bring that girl in if I were you. She seems to need medical care." With that, Washu disappeared in the house. Everyone turned to the girl, who was lying unconscious on the dusty ground. She was very pretty, with long green hair and pale skin. She was wearing some type of one piece, black outfit with white gloves, boots and buttons that ran down the front and along her legs.
Ryoko walked toward her and nudged her with one of her boots. "She doesn't look trustworthy." She snorted and turned away.
"Come on Ryoko, you don't even know her." Tenchi ran to the fallen girl's side and picked her up. "She is hurt and needs our help. That's enough for me." He carried her in and went into Washu's lab, Sasami running after him to help.
Ryoko watched him go and sighed. He seemed so far away from her these days. And that girl…she felt off. Not quite normal. She turned to Ayeka, who was staring at the water in a peculiar way. "What you looking at Princess?"
"That ship…" Ayeka turned and walked past Ryoko to the house, pausing momentarily at the door. "Nothing, really. It just looked familiar." She disappeared, probably to wherever Tenchi took that girl. Ryoko sighed once more and turned and followed the others into the house.
More to come!
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