TENCHI'S SECRET - Ch.3 - True Loves
"But, Yosho, how can Tenchi un-break both their hearts?"
"I don't know, Tsunami."
Tsunami looked him in the eyes. "Even my own power, the power of a goddess, cannot heal two hearts torn apart by the same love."
"Tenchi will find a way. He knows whom he loves. He just has to find out how to tell her. And he knows who he loves as a friend, and he needs to find away to..."
"To break her heart without hurting her, you mean? Its impossible!"
"Tenchi will find a way."
An awkward silence loomed over the room, until Tsunami broke the quiet.
"She loves you, you know."
"What? Who?"
"You know very well who! You broke her heart that day you left Jurai without her. She cried for days and days. Do you want to know how she feels? Right now she feels as if you left her for Ryoko. Now the next person she loves is doing the same thing!"
"But how do you know that? What if Ayeka is the one he chooses?"
"I didn't say it wasn't, that's just how she feels, that's all!"
"But she no longer loves me. She loves the young Yosho she knew so long ago..."
"Seven hundred years!! And you've barley changed! You hide away in a mask I created for you. That day you revealed who you were to her was the day that shook her life. But then you gave her Tenchi. But does Tenchi want her?"
"Maybe."
"You just want Tenchi to do you business for you, that's it! You want him to clean up the mess you've created, am I right?"
Yosho stared at her.
"Maybe it's time you realized things, and you put in some effort to fix them!" Tsunami faded from view, and turned into a tiny Sasami as she walked out the door. "I'll give you some time to think, grandfather!"
"Ryoko..." Tenchi paused. "I..."
"Still don't love me. Maybe you didn't love Haruna, but you don't love me either. Maybe it's time that I truly accepted that and moved on." Ryoko hovered in the air as she looked towards her cave, her demon cave.
"Ryoko, how do you know that I don't..." Tenchi stammered. "That...I don't..." he sighed, "love you."
Ryoko's heart melted in that very instant. The impact of his words was enough to kill her, as she fell out of the sky onto the ground below.
Tenchi bent down and lifted her into his arms. He laughed to himself: Ryoko had fainted.
Tenchi carried Ryoko to the house and gently placed her on the couch and covered her in a blanket. He smiled at how peaceful she looked. "Tenchi." A small silvery voice called out.
"Sasami?"
"Tenchi, Ayeka has to know."
Tenchi became uneasy. "Know what?"
Sasami's face was very stern. "You have to tell her before Ryoko wakes up." For a second, Sasami's faced looked like Tsunami's, and it all became clear to Tenchi.
"M-miss Ayeka?" Tenchi gulped as he uneasily slipped into the woman's side of the onsen.
As they spotted each other, they both blushed. "Tenchi? What are you doing here?" Tenchi could smell the sake Ayeka was drinking to drown out her sadness of Tenchi yelling at her earlier.
"I-I-I have to tell you something..."
Ayeka looked down at the water, "I think I already know."
"What do you mean by that?"
Ayeka began to sob, "You chose that monster woman over me."
Tenchi quivered, how was she going to take his answer?
"No, I didn't chose that monster woman, but, yes, I did choose Ryoko."
Ayeka looked up, realizing Tenchi's point. "I'm sorry lord Tenchi."
"You have a right to be angry, Ayeka, but not at Ryoko. The one you should be mad at is me."
"No, the one I should be mad at is myself." Ayeka was still staring down at the water. "I knew this day was coming Tenchi, for a long time. I must admit, Ryoko's love has always been stronger for you than mine has." She looked into Tenchi's shocked eyes.
"I think I've always been angry at Ryoko out of jealousy. How many times has she helped me? Saved me? And I have yet to return her the favor."
"Ayeka..."
"Well Tenchi, now I am returning the favor."
"That was very noble of you, Ayeka. In all seriousness. Thank you." Tenchi wrapped his arms around her in a caring hug. "There will always be a place for you in our family, Ayeka."
"That may be so, but...I'm...I'm not needed here!" Ayeka stood up and walked out of the onsen uneasily.
"Ayeka..."
Ayeka heard the closing of the onsen door behind her.
"Ayeka." Ayeka gasped. It was Yosho's young voice.
A/N: Hmmm...this has changed from focusing on Ryoko, Haruna, and Tenchi, to almost everybody. Oh well! Sorry this chapter was so short! What will happen next? Well, um, I'm not even to sure yet...heh...
Anyway...I bet you guys were waiting for this chapter, weren't you? Gomen nasai...I've been really busy with school lately, but I'm trying hard to catch up on all my stories!
*^-^* Thanks to Ryouko Hakubi Masaki...she's the one that really got me motivated to update this story (as well as the others that she reviewed, even tho I haven't really gotten around to it yet!) Well, I hope to get some more chapters up soon, till then, mata ne!
"But, Yosho, how can Tenchi un-break both their hearts?"
"I don't know, Tsunami."
Tsunami looked him in the eyes. "Even my own power, the power of a goddess, cannot heal two hearts torn apart by the same love."
"Tenchi will find a way. He knows whom he loves. He just has to find out how to tell her. And he knows who he loves as a friend, and he needs to find away to..."
"To break her heart without hurting her, you mean? Its impossible!"
"Tenchi will find a way."
An awkward silence loomed over the room, until Tsunami broke the quiet.
"She loves you, you know."
"What? Who?"
"You know very well who! You broke her heart that day you left Jurai without her. She cried for days and days. Do you want to know how she feels? Right now she feels as if you left her for Ryoko. Now the next person she loves is doing the same thing!"
"But how do you know that? What if Ayeka is the one he chooses?"
"I didn't say it wasn't, that's just how she feels, that's all!"
"But she no longer loves me. She loves the young Yosho she knew so long ago..."
"Seven hundred years!! And you've barley changed! You hide away in a mask I created for you. That day you revealed who you were to her was the day that shook her life. But then you gave her Tenchi. But does Tenchi want her?"
"Maybe."
"You just want Tenchi to do you business for you, that's it! You want him to clean up the mess you've created, am I right?"
Yosho stared at her.
"Maybe it's time you realized things, and you put in some effort to fix them!" Tsunami faded from view, and turned into a tiny Sasami as she walked out the door. "I'll give you some time to think, grandfather!"
"Ryoko..." Tenchi paused. "I..."
"Still don't love me. Maybe you didn't love Haruna, but you don't love me either. Maybe it's time that I truly accepted that and moved on." Ryoko hovered in the air as she looked towards her cave, her demon cave.
"Ryoko, how do you know that I don't..." Tenchi stammered. "That...I don't..." he sighed, "love you."
Ryoko's heart melted in that very instant. The impact of his words was enough to kill her, as she fell out of the sky onto the ground below.
Tenchi bent down and lifted her into his arms. He laughed to himself: Ryoko had fainted.
Tenchi carried Ryoko to the house and gently placed her on the couch and covered her in a blanket. He smiled at how peaceful she looked. "Tenchi." A small silvery voice called out.
"Sasami?"
"Tenchi, Ayeka has to know."
Tenchi became uneasy. "Know what?"
Sasami's face was very stern. "You have to tell her before Ryoko wakes up." For a second, Sasami's faced looked like Tsunami's, and it all became clear to Tenchi.
"M-miss Ayeka?" Tenchi gulped as he uneasily slipped into the woman's side of the onsen.
As they spotted each other, they both blushed. "Tenchi? What are you doing here?" Tenchi could smell the sake Ayeka was drinking to drown out her sadness of Tenchi yelling at her earlier.
"I-I-I have to tell you something..."
Ayeka looked down at the water, "I think I already know."
"What do you mean by that?"
Ayeka began to sob, "You chose that monster woman over me."
Tenchi quivered, how was she going to take his answer?
"No, I didn't chose that monster woman, but, yes, I did choose Ryoko."
Ayeka looked up, realizing Tenchi's point. "I'm sorry lord Tenchi."
"You have a right to be angry, Ayeka, but not at Ryoko. The one you should be mad at is me."
"No, the one I should be mad at is myself." Ayeka was still staring down at the water. "I knew this day was coming Tenchi, for a long time. I must admit, Ryoko's love has always been stronger for you than mine has." She looked into Tenchi's shocked eyes.
"I think I've always been angry at Ryoko out of jealousy. How many times has she helped me? Saved me? And I have yet to return her the favor."
"Ayeka..."
"Well Tenchi, now I am returning the favor."
"That was very noble of you, Ayeka. In all seriousness. Thank you." Tenchi wrapped his arms around her in a caring hug. "There will always be a place for you in our family, Ayeka."
"That may be so, but...I'm...I'm not needed here!" Ayeka stood up and walked out of the onsen uneasily.
"Ayeka..."
Ayeka heard the closing of the onsen door behind her.
"Ayeka." Ayeka gasped. It was Yosho's young voice.
A/N: Hmmm...this has changed from focusing on Ryoko, Haruna, and Tenchi, to almost everybody. Oh well! Sorry this chapter was so short! What will happen next? Well, um, I'm not even to sure yet...heh...
Anyway...I bet you guys were waiting for this chapter, weren't you? Gomen nasai...I've been really busy with school lately, but I'm trying hard to catch up on all my stories!
*^-^* Thanks to Ryouko Hakubi Masaki...she's the one that really got me motivated to update this story (as well as the others that she reviewed, even tho I haven't really gotten around to it yet!) Well, I hope to get some more chapters up soon, till then, mata ne!