Sage woke up with his arms stretched wide, a smile on his face, and let out a big yawn. He looked over and saw Mina still sleep and with the covers up to her shoulders. 'This is what married life should be like," he thought to himself as Mina stirred the covers with her legs.
Mina's eyes suddenly flashed open, and she sat up with the covers that were still held up to her shoulders. She blinked a few times, then looked at Sage. "Hello honey," Mina yawned.
Sage looked outside of Mina's window and saw the beautiful sunrise over the horizon. "Oh, poopy! I wish I could stay longer, but I can't. I need to leave now, Mina."
"What are you talking about, Sage? It's still early," Mina laid back down and brought the bed sheet down to her belly button, her chest exposed.
Sage looked at her and jumped right back into bed and climbed on top of her. "You're right, it's still early, and if I happen to get caught, so what." Sage gave a happy grin and proceeded to kiss Mina when, BAM!
The door flew open, and Sage fell to the floor with a thud. "Mina, your mother's coming to look for you! Get that man out of here before Mrs. Aino finds out he's here and then he'll be dead for sure." Wasting no time at all, Sage was standing there naked slipped on his shirt from the day before. Mina jumped out of bed, naked also, and helped him with his pants. Nurse Amy left. Mina put on her yellow bathrobe and opened up the doors to the balcony.
Sage struggled to put on his shoes and was out on the balcony. They could here Amara just outside Mina's door. Sage kissed Mina for the last time and hopped in the tree then ran into the bushes. Mina's door swung open quickly, "Mina?" Amara saw Mina out on the balcony and went over to her. "Mina, I have great news."
"Yeah?" Mina turned to face her mother.
"Well you father pulled some strings, and it seems that Lord Tenchi and you will be getting married, by this Thursday." Amara smiled at her daughter. "Isn't this great news?"
'What's today? Oh, it's Tuesday.' "I don't want to get married to him. I'd rather marry Sage Date, than to get married to Tenchi!" Mina walked passed her Amara near her bed. Amy was standing there listening to the whole thing.
"WHAT!?" Amara turned around shocked. "We'll just see what your father has to say about this." Amara walked out of Mina's room and slammed the door leaving Amy inside. She walked down the stairs as Darien was coming up.
"So, I bet Mina is the happiest girl in all the world right about now, eh." Darien winked at Amara.
"No." Amara lowered her eyes, "She says she doesn't want to get married to Tenchi and will not go through with the wedding."
"WHAT!?"
"That's just what I said. She has completely undermined us." Amara and Darien head back up the stairs to Mina's room. Darien opened up the door and saw Mina sitting on the edge of her bed. Mina quickly jumped up when she heard her parents come in.
"Mina Tawachi Aino!" Darien roared furiously.
'Uh-ooooooh, he used my whole name. I must really be in trouble now.'
"What do you mean you won't go through with the wedding?" Darien was pacing back and forth when Amy came out of Mina's bathroom. "We give you everything: food; shelter; a life most people in this world only dream of. And you repay us by not going—" Darien cut himself off at that moment.
"But shouldn't you marry for love and not money?" Mina wiped a single tear that ran down her cheek. "I mean, you guys only raised me to increase your wealth. I bet you two didn't…don't even love each other. Never loved each other." Amara and Darien looked at each other awkwardly, then both turned around to face something else.
"This isn't about your mother and I, it's about you and your insubordination!" Darien clenched his fists tightly. Amy just stared at them. "You have to…no, you ARE going to marry Tenchi or…or, we'll disown you. And you'll have to live the rest of your life as a filthy beggar." Darien walked in front of Mina, his face only inches from hers. "Do I make myself clear?"
Without waiting for an answer, Darien stormed out of the room, "Don't you love me anymore, mom?"
Amara looked at the tears now streaming down her face, "I will have nothing more to do with you." With that she turned and walked out of her daughter's room. Amy quickly ran to shut the door quietly.
"Amy, you'll talk some sense into them won't you?" Amy stared at the floor and said nothing. "Say something to make all this pain and uneasiness go away!"
Amy lifted her head to speak, "Mina, Sage is good and all, but I think he's nothing compared to Lord Tenchi. I honestly think you should go through with the wedding, and live the rest of your life with Tenchi."
"Are these you honest feelings from your heart?"
"From the bottom of it."
"Alright then." Mina quickly cast a look outside her open balcony. Amy's face contorted to that of joy.
"You will!? You'll go through with the wedding!?" Amy clasped her hands together, Mina ner looked at her, not directly anyway. Mina asked if she had permission to go to confession to Father Anubis today, and Amy said yes. Amy had figured Mina was going to confess her sins and get an illegal divorce from Sage so she could rightfully marry Tenchi. But Mina had something else in mind.