Disclaimer: I do not own the characters, Pioneer and AIC do

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters, Pioneer and AIC do. I have just used them in a story that I would love to see happen. I am not doing this for money, and definitely not looking for a lawsuit as I am barely making ends meet as it is. I hope you enjoy the story and as a side note, This story takes place using the OVA characters and is a continuation from Bad Monday.

(Authors Note: Just making some spelling changes)

Tenchi Muyo; no need for a Tuesday - Busted

Lowering herself to the floor she tried to look under the door, but there was no light, and based on the apparent size of the room it was too big to be a closet and too small for a bathroom. Curiosity was getting the better of her, and she placed a hand on the doorknob. There was no locking mechanism or key hold so it did not have the appearances of being locked. Swallowing hard she committed herself to her curiosity and opened the door. When it opened the light from the room flooded into the smaller room. Inside there was a red light that partially illuminated the room. And there was Nobuyuki with his back to the door and holding a picture of her! But in a flash the whole picture turned black.

Nobuyuki had finished processing the negatives and he decided to develop a few pictures. "It seamed that this roll was almost completely of Mihoshi in different embarrassing positions. He had just finished with one and was holding it up smiling and remembering the day that he took this one. It was a few weeks ago and she had been reading one of his books again, when he took the picture she was holding the book against her chest with flushed cheeks and was sighing happily. His smile continued, as he remembered that day, in fact he was so engrossed that he had not heard the door creak open till it was too late.

When the light hit it, it instantly started turning black, as he had not put the finishing solution on it yet. He turned around quickly to see of all people Mihoshi at the door! "Mihoshi" He said through gritted teeth. His anger burned hot at seeing not only her in his room but that she had ruined his picture, and he happened to have been holding a picture of her!

"Wow! This is a neat place, what do you do in here?" The blonde had returned to her ditsy state of mind at seeing him. Although she wanted to giggle on the inside as he had been holding a picture of her and smiling.

"Why... you... I... Oh, never mind." He seamed to be having a hard time forming his words into a coherent thought. But one was there for sure, I hope she did not see who was on that picture. Regaining his composure he asked, "what are you doing in here?"

"I... I couldn't sleep. So I was going to get some coffee when I saw your light on. Would you like some too?" She hoped this worked, she was trying to keep from laughing hysterically at the look on his face.

A smile crossed his lips; "I would like that." He thought about trying to ask her outright if she had seen anything, but this seamed to be a better chance to find out what she knew. Also, he was getting thirsty so some coffee would possibly hit the spot. He tossed the ruined pictures in the trash and after making sure everything was ok he exited his room with her.

They had made it to the kitchen and she was in the process of making coffee when she asked him, "what were you doing in there with the lights out?"

He nearly choked on the air he was breathing, and finally told her, "I was trying to develop some pictures, I use that room as my dark room." He thought about lying, but he wanted to know what she saw so the truth seamed to be the best way, at least for now.

Giggling she responded, "well it pretty dark in there. How do you see what you are doing?"

He grinned and told her, "well when working with the negatives I have to be a completely dark room, but when developing the pictures I use a special red light that does not harm the pictures. It is kind of hard to see at first but you get used to it." It had been a long time since someone had asked him about his favorite hobby. The last one to ask him was Achika, his wife. Suddenly his smile disappeared and he was on the verge of crying again for his lost love.

Noticing his sudden change in attitude she got him a cup ready. Placing it before him she spoke again, "I'm sorry I don't mean to pry into things. If you don't want to talk about it we don't have to."

"No, I think it will do me good." He looked up at her and she could see the pain of loss in his eyes, the same that she had seen in her own many times. "The last person that talked to me about my hobby was my wife Achika. But it wasn't long after Tenchi was born that she died." His eyes brimmed with tears. "Since then I have not had anyone to really want to pose for me or even look interested in it. Tenchi cannot stand it that I want to take his picture so much, but he has been the only thing in my life to keep me going."

She listened intently as he poured his heart out about his life, his wife and about Tenchi. He recalled to her things that he and his wife had taken pictures of and how he used to constantly take pictures of Tenchi. Many of the stories made her laugh while others nearly brought her to tears as well. As they talked about his past and his family he noticed that she was not acting at all like herself. "So tell me Mihoshi, why do you act like you do around everyone else and when you are alone you seam to be a different person?"

His question was out of the blue and it caused her blood to run cold. Fear and terror tried to seize her body and mind. She did her best to act like her normal self, "what do you mean?" She had tried but he did not seam to buy it.

"I must admit that when you came here and they told me you were a galaxy police detective I was skeptical at first. But if you're as smart as I think you are..." He left the last part hanging as he watched her squirm nervously. His comment came from the recesses of his mind as he found it hard to believe that this ditz as she was called could follow a conversation this long. And he had been watching her for some time and he had seen what seamed to be two sides of her. During their conversation when he had talked about friends and family he saw a look of pain in her eyes and he could tell that she was on the verge of crying a few times. She could not be what she presents herself to everyone as.

Her face was downcast as she spoke again, "I guess you're not as dumb as they say you are too." She looked back at him and met his gaze. "I, um, I have been hoping that no one would find out." He let out a chuckle, then turned his head away to the door.

She watched as his face changed, when he spoke again she noticed his voice tones had changed too, "Mihoshi! Can't you follow me for at least two seconds!" She looked down as he scolded her, as those words that she had heard hundreds of times before hand for some reason seamed to bite into her harder than usual. In a low voice barely audible he said to her, "we'll continue this later."

She looked up just in time for Sasami to enter the room. Instantly her face changed as well as she discovered that he had heard the little girl and was trying to help hide her secret. In her best whiney voice she said to him, "Huh, did you say something?" then she went back to her normal routine of being the ditz that the rest of the house knew and at times loved. "Oh hello Sasami!" Mihoshi was back to her normal self and hoped that it was believable. After a few moments Nobuyuki returned to his room and Mihoshi headed upstairs to get dressed for the day.

Sasami had not thought anything about them being together, as she knew that Tsunami was hoping to heal their hurts by bringing them together. Not as in a couple or dating, but as friends, in hopes that their shared pain could heal their hearts.

Slowly the rest of the residents awoke and gathered for breakfast. Ryoko sat as close to Tenchi as she could and they kept smiling at each other. Ayeka found it hard to look at Ryoko without still feeling guilt, but both Tenchi and Ryoko had seamed to forgive her and move on. That fact alone brought back some of her thoughts that this may be a good day after all. Sasami as usual cooked a great breakfast, but neither Ryoko nor Tenchi could stay long. Katsuhito had told them last night that they were to begin training early in the morning.

Even though Ayeka felt rejected because Tenchi had not picked her she did not seam as upset as she thought she would be. Ever since she had caught them together when she first arrived on Earth she thought they were an item. Then when he went to rescue her from Kagato she knew it even more. At each memory of the past Ayeka could see how he seamed to favor Ryoko, as he rescued her time and again. But she was not sad just for losing him, but she knew that her brother may not have much longer to live and his power would be fading. She was going to loose him a second time.

Washu was not seen this morning, and no one recalled seeing her since last night. After everyone went to bed Washu had gone into her lab and had not come out for breakfast yet. After breakfast everyone had gone about his or her normal chores and activities with the exception of Ryoko who was training with Katsuhito now as well.