Reunion

"Konnichiwa, Rei-chan. I'm here to pick up Usako."

"Okay. USAGI! MAMORU'S HERE! ODANGO! MAMO-SAMA IS WAITING FOR YOU!" Usagi ran out and gave Mamoru a big hug. "Hi, Mamo-chan!"

"Hi, Usako. Ready to go?"

"Hai!"

"Great. Hey, Rei."

"Yes?"

"You really shouldn't keep handsome men waiting on your doorstep." Mamoru winked. Usagi turned red with anger and jealousy. Was her Mamo flirting?

"What? What are you talking about, Mamoru? I mean, I opened the door right away!" Rei stopped babbling as a man stepped out from behind Mamoru and bowed his head politely.

"Who.who are you?" Rei demanded.

"Hey, Rei-chan. I haven't seen you for so long!"

"Do I know you? Your voice, it's so familiar."

"Honestly, Rei. It's me! Tenchi!"

"Tenchi? Tenchi! Oh wow! Gee! I haven't seen you for like, 15 years or something! (Note: In this story, Rei is about 20. Her mom died when she was 5.) God! I can't believe this! Why didn't I recognize you before? Come in! What are you doing in Tokyo? High school's over for you, man!" Rei pulled Tenchi into her room and pulled out a floor cushion for him. Ami, Makoto, and Minako were still there.

"Rei, where'd you get the great package?" Makoto grinned slyly. Tenchi was a real looker!

"Uh, guys? This is Tenchi Masaki, my cousin from Okayama. He's visiting me and, Mako-chan, be polite!"

"It's okay, Rei. I wanted to surprise you. I came to Tokyo because I have an announcement." The 3 other girls stopped twittering and looked at Tenchi with the, 'I-AM-IN-LOVE-WITH-A-FOX!' expressions on their faces.

"Go on, Tenchi," Rei encouraged. Tenchi gave her a grateful smile.

"I'm getting married."

"Wow! Who's the lucky bride? Aeka, Ryoko, Kiyone, Mihoshi, or Washu?" Rei questioned. The other girls sweat dropped.

"Where'd you get all the girls?" Minako burst out.

"They are the craziest women in the universe and have fallen in love with me. They'd kill me if I say no to anyone of them, so."

"You said yes to 5 women?" Ami said skeptically.

"Aw, man! Why are all the good ones taken?" Minako muttered under her breath. She chucked nervously when the others looked at her, obviously knowing what she had said.

"So now I have 5 fiances! And I've come here to invite Rei and all of her friends to the wedding," Tenchi finished. He had that same uneasy look and lowered his head slightly. There was an enormous silence that seemed like an eternity until Rei burst out, "Tenchi! Where are you staying tonight?"

"I guess I'll stay in a motel."

"Oh, no you are not! No cousin of mine is staying in a cockaroach infested flea bitten motel! No! I insist that you stay here! Yuuichirou! YUUICHIROU! Get in here!" The shaggy brown headed young man ran in.

"Yes Rei?" He took a look at Tenchi and his heart almost broke. Everyone knew that he had a gigantic crush on Rei.

"Yuuichirou, please give my cousin Tenchi a nice place in one of the guest rooms. Tenchi, why don't you drop off your bags and we can go out for a pizza." Rei ordered. Yuuichirou's face lit up at the mention the Tenchi was only Rei's cousin.

"Okay. Follow me dude. I'll show you to your pad. Hey, cool hair!" The 2 men walked off. Rei gave a sigh of relief.

"So Rei, why didn't you tell us about Tenchi?"

"Huh?" Rei looked at Minako who was looking defensively at Rei. "You could have told us before he was hitched!"

"Minako-chan, I didn't think that Tenchi should meet another girl for a while. He's been around 6 of them since he was in high school!"

"Gee. 8 years is pretty a long time," Ami put in. Rei nodded. "And you won't believe this, but those girls, some of them aren't your average women."

"What do you mean, Rei?" Usagi asked. Rei tried hard not to laugh.

"2 girls, Aeka and Sasami, are princesses from another planet. Washu is supposedly the world's greatest mad scientist and genius who claims to be 1200 years old. Ryoko is a retired space pirate who is also a demoness, she's 700 and she's also Washu's daughter. Washu created her. What? Oh, she's a humanoid. Mihoshi and Kiyone are first class Galaxy Police officers."

"Princesses from another planet? 1200 year old mad-scientist? A retired 700 year-old space pirate who happens to be a demoness? Eh, Rei, are you sure that this is all true?" Ami said with wonderment.

"It sounds kooky, but I believe it's true. I mean, look at us. We're princesses from another planet too. So what?" Minako objected.

"Whatever. But is there any proof?" Mako put in. The girls stared to argue and didn't notice the white-blue haired woman floating high above them in the sky.

"What's Tenchi doing in a house full of young and pretty women?" Ryoko said to herself. She thought back what had happened the day before.

1 Ryoko's Flashback

Tenchi was putting clothes into a suitcase and checking over a list. Ryoko appeared in the room and stood next to him.

"Where are you going, Tenchi?" she asked innocently.

"Hi, Ryoko. I'm going to Tokyo."

"What? Again?"

"Yes. But I'll be back soon."

"What's in Tokyo? You've already finished school."

"I have to settle some matters before.I have to do something important." Tenchi answered in a hurry. He shut his suitcase and walked out of the room. Ryoko thought this over and went to see Aeka.

Aeka was spying on Tenchi through a crack in the wall. Tenchi was talking to his grandfather, Yosho. Ryoko walked over to Aeka and whispered, "BOO!"

"AHHGG! Ryoko! What are you doing?"

"Aeka, I hate to interrupt your spying session," Aeka blushed, "but I have news! Tenchi's going to Tokyo! Do you think he's got another girl over there?"

"Ryoko, I don't know. There's only one solution. We'll spy on him!" Aeka turned back to the wall and tried to listen in on the conversation.

"Where are you going, Tenchi?" Katsuhito (Yosho) asked.

"I'm going to Tokyo, Grandpa."

"Oh, so you are going to visit your lovely cousin, Rei?"

"Yes, Grandpa."

"All right. Give her my best."

"Okay. Bye! I'll be back in about a week!" Tenchi ran out of the house and down the steps of the shrine. Aeka looked at Ryoko with a stricken look on her face.

"I can't hear much.I can only pick up some small bits.(Gasp!) Tenchi's going to visit a lovely...Rei?" she reported. Ryoko's eyes widened. Sasami quietly walked in the room.

"Don't worry, Aeka. Tenchi's only going to visit his cousin."

"Oh. That's good. What? He's going to visit his GIRL cousin?"

"Y-yes. That's right. So?"

"N-nothing. It's nothing at all. Come sister, I'll help you make dinner." Ryoko watchd as the Jurian princesses went off.

"Hmm. This calls for a little investigating."

End Flashback