CHAPTER TWO:
In the morning everyone waited outside while the spaceship came. The Juraian ship finally arrived after two hours. Azaka and Kamidake took Ayeka's belongings into the ship. Kiyone, Sasami, and Mihoshi were crying while Ayeka was getting ready to leave. Kiyone was crying because her newfound friend was leaving. Sasami was crying because her sister was leaving and Mihoshi was crying because she always does. Nobuyuki, Yosho, Tenchi, Washu, Ryo-Oki, Mayuka, and Ryoko were all waving.
"Ayeka, do you have to leave so soon?" cried Sasami.
"Yes, Father said it was very urgent," Ayeka said.
"Well good bye then," Sasami gave her sister one last hug.
"Good bye everyone," Ayeka said sadly.
Everyone said good bye and Ayeka got aboard the ship. They waited until the spacecraft was out of sight to do their own business. Kiyone got a call from headquarters saying she and Mihoshi were needed there. They said good bye to everyone and left.
When Nobuyuki, Tenchi, Ryoko, Sasami, Washu, Mayuka, and Ryo-Ohki got into the house the phone rang. Tenchi answered it and the caller asked for Nobuyuki. After he was done talking, he said he had to go to work. The only ones left were Sasami, Ryoko, Tenchi, Mayuka, Ryo-Ohki, and Washu.
Sasami and Ryo-Ohki left to do house work and Washu took Mayuka into the lab with her. Ryoko and Tenchi were left alone awkwardly. Tenchi broke the silence. "Would you like to go to the city Ryoko? Seeing there isn't anything to do here."
"Okay. What should we do there?"
"I guess go with the flow as things progress."
"Alright."
Tenchi left a note on the table to tell where he and Ryoko were going. The two went to the bus stop and waited for the bus. While they waited, Tenchi read and Ryoko practiced her sword fighting. The bus came after ten minutes.
The two got on the bus and sat in the back. There were many people on the bus going to the city. Ryoko sat next to a big smelly guy and Tenchi sat by a very unattractive woman who had rotten teeth and kept looking at him.
Ryoko and Tenchi didn't talk to each other along the way. To make matters worse there was already a silence on the bus, which usually isn't the case. Tenchi was about to comment on Ryoko's outfit but didn't because the bus already made it to the city.
As the bus stopped, all the people scrambled out the door. Tenchi was pushed along the way so he couldn't help Ryoko out of the bus. It was about to pull away but Ryoko finally made it out the door just in time. She would of teleported out instead but didn't want to seem suspicious out in public.
"Are you okay Ryoko? You look a little rattled," Tenchi asked.
So he does care about me. Ryoko smiled to herself. Or is that something he usually does? Ryoko got confused. "I'm fine," she said frowning.
"Let's go to the mall," Tenchi said, "I need a new shirt anyway."
"Great! I need to get some supplies for a project I'm doing."
"What sort of project are you doing?"
"I can't tell you," Ryoko said teasingly. She loved teasing Tenchi because of the way he looked when he was teased.
"Could you give me a little hint?" They started walking towards the mall.
"Nope. It's a surprise. Oops that shouldn't have come out. Bad, bad mouth," Ryoko scolded her mouth and Tenchi surprised her by laughing. Ryoko loved to hear her love laugh. It could lift her spirits when she was down.
"There's the mall," Tenchi said even though Ryoko could perfectly see it. They walked together into the mall towards the men's department.
Back at the Masaki house…….
"Tenchi!" Sasami shouted, "I need your help!" Sasami heard no response. She looked all over the house and came back to the dining room. Sasami saw a piece of paper on the table. She picked it up and read it. The note said, 'To: Anyone who finds this. Ryoko and I went to the city. We'll be back in a few hours so don't worry about us. *Tenchi*'
Great thought SasamiI have no one to help me with the huge package that just came in. Sasami realized that Washu was currently in the house.
"Washu, could you help me?" Sasami called from the door of the lab.
"You asked the right person," announced Washu when she came out. "What is it that you need?" She followed Sasami to the front door.
"This package just came and I need to put it in Ryoko's room."
"Hmm…. Interesting."
"What?"
"Oh, I just thought it strange for Ryoko to get a package when we know no other earthlings other than Tenchi, Nobuyuki, and Taro."
"It looks heavy. How should we put it in her room?"
"By taking all the elements out."
"The box says, 'Do Not Open Until I Get Home ~Ryoko~.' I don't think Ryoko would like it we opened her package."
"How would she know? You won't tell her. I won't tell her. Ryo-Ohki and Mayuka can't talk."
"What if Ryoko knows that this package was supposed to come? She could look through Ryo-Ohki's memory through the mental link. Or she could she just up and ask Ryo-Ohki if she had seen a package come to the house through the mental link."
"Oh, your right. What should we do then?"
As Washu and Sasami pondered about what to do, Tenchi and Ryoko look for clothes.
"What do you think about this shirt?" Tenchi asked.
"Too green. Yuck!" replied Ryoko.
"Your right!" Tenchi said while laughing. "Now how about this one?" It was a white T-shirt with a male lion head printed on it.
"Perfect. Go try it on. I'll wait here."
Tenchi came out of the dressing room to show Ryoko. "It's a bit too tight," Tenchi said.
"Like I said its perfect. It shows your muscles." Ryoko moved toward Tenchi and put her arms around him. "You look very sexy."
All of a sudden a classmate from school ran into Tenchi. It was Katsuchan. "So Tenchi getting sweet with the ladies," he said jokingly.
Tenchi started blushing. "No this isn't what it looks like!"
"Come on Tenchi. No need to hide our love," Ryoko said. "I'm Ryoko. Who are you?"
"I'm Katsuchan. Are you two going out?" Katsuchan answered.
"No!" Tenchi yelled.
"Well then. Can I go out with Ryoko if she's single? She's very attractive."
"No!"
"But you said you weren't dating."
Tenchi was turning red. "Well I mean, you know…"
"Actually no I don't." Katsuchan said blinking.
"Well I have to go change," Tenchi said as he left to the dressing room.
Katsuchan had a confused look on his face. He decided to forget about it. Just as Tenchi got out Katsuchan left to go elsewhere.
Tenchi kept the shirt he had and went to the cash register to buy it. "That would be
Ryoko and Tenchi left to go to the Women's Department. Ryoko was looking for four gowns. One for herself, one for Sasami, and one for either Washu-san or Washu-chan. Ryoko found the perfect one for herself. It was a red gown that was sleeve-less, V-cut neck, and had a trail.
The ones for Washu were also perfect. The one for Washu-san was a dark green gown that had spaghetti straps and was a little tight fitting but slowly got loose nearing the bottom. The one for Washu-chan was light green; spaghetti strapped, and went all the way down to the ankles.
Ryoko had a hard time looking for the right dress for Sasami. Soon enough Ryoko found it. The gown was light pink, short-sleeved, and went down to the knees.
After Ryoko picked out the correct sizes she went to buy them.
No one knew that Ryoko worked except for Yosho who helped her. Whenever everyone was doing something Ryoko went to clean houses. She saved at least
Now was the right time. The gowns cost
"Where did you get all that money?" Tenchi asked.
"I cleaned houses when everyone else had something to do," Ryoko answered.
"How did you save the money? I would expect you to have spent it on sake."
"Your grandfather helped me by hiding it somewhere where I couldn't find it. When he got the message saying that Ayeka had to leave he thought it would be a good time to give me back the money."
"What are the gowns for?"
"I can't tell you. You have to wait like everyone else."
"Fine," Tenchi grumbled. "Why are we going to the toy store?"
"I want to buy Ryo-Ohki and Sasami some toys."
They finally came to the store. Ryoko bought a Hello Kitty doll for Ryo-Ohki and a porcelain doll for Sasami.
Tenchi was about to ask Ryoko why she bought toys and didn't buy sake instead when Ryoko said something. Tenchi didn't hear so he asked her what she said. "What time is it Tenchi?"
"It's 11:47."
"We better get home."
"Okay."
Ryoko and Tenchi started running to the exit. They didn't want to be late for lunch. Sasami said that she was making a new dish.
The two made it just in time for the bus. This time there weren't many people on the bus. Tenchi and Ryoko sat in the front.
Tenchi started the conversation. "So Ryoko, what are you going to do with your extra money?"
"I'm going to keep it."
The bus reached the stop near the Masaki house. Ryoko and Tenchi got out. Once they were out they ran all the way home because they were hungry. They reached the house and found it unusually quiet.
