You
know hate to say I know people read this and for some reason, don't put in a
review. I thank everyone who has done so so far. As you know Tenchi characters
are not mine, but any and all other characters are mine.
Of Secrets and Lies
Chapter 5:
Secrets Can be A Horror
.... "You've been replying to
me.." Her voice seemed to have echoed into his mind in what seemed like
forever. He took a hard swallow, trying to keep his emotions in check. Here he
was thinking he was writing to another guy, and instead he was writing to the
sister. Tenchi clenched his hands, the only movement he made as she studied
him. She had lied to him, lied right to his face even! He wanted to yell, to
scream. He had told her everything, everything you could tell a best friend,
what you could tell another guy who you knew would understand. She probably
lied about everything he told her too, what did she come to Japan for? Probably
for what Ayeka and Ryoko wanted- him. Damnit! He wanted to scream, why me! Why
does this always happen?
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The ship moved at full speed
through the endless void of space as the creatures began to warble in their
language excitedly as the arrived at the corner of a glacial asteroid field.
The Mourishin's orb changed into a bright orange, signaling the direction to
where the Iyontenshen was being held.
"It is close, isn't it Ku?" the
voice had a grated sound to it as a tall being walked towards the hub of the
ship in slight awe of such a massive field of ice, sometimes clear or
reflective as glass. The other being simply nodded, making his hematite erring
shine as he clutched the Mourishin tightly in his gloved left hand. One of the
creatures, wearing gold and bronze bands on it tentacles began speaking towards
them.
"Mahsterrsss" It spoke, it
warbling native language making it difficult to form proper wording, "Weee are
in position of the arrria.. yeeeeu haave told uss to bee."
The one called Ku, simply nodded
to the creature and then turned to his companion.
"The Iyontenshen is yours,
Phin." Ku grinned maliciously. "Go and give the order."
Phin grinned, as he turned to the creature
with gold and bronze bands." Huuurgs, prepare to blast inner sanctums lines.
And prep the Shuvas' for outer space flight."
Huuugs warbled happily.
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Jamilah watched him in the last
rays of light; he seemed to be trying to think. She wanted him to scream, to
yell, or have a fit, throw a punch, anything but be silent as he tried to drain
the blood from his hands. Suddenly he stood up, rigid, and she looked up at
him.
He looked down at her. He couldn't
go back on his word. After all, by now his grandfather was telling Sasami, who
was probably preparing dinner. Sasami would be so disappointed, not that the
guest wouldn't come, but even more so because of Tenchi's behavior. He gritted
his teeth and then tried to speak in a casual voice.
"We should head back to the car
else we'll be late for dinner." Try as he might he couldn't keep the cold edge
from his voice. He saw the color in her eyes change for a moment, or was that
because of the passing cloud going by over them? He turned and headed back to
the car, his mind still whirring about in disgust. He heard her footsteps
calmly following him. He tried not to be angry; after all, she looked really embarrassed.
And she didn't say it in front of the other girls, in which it would invoke
World War III and then house would have to be remade or fixed for over the hundredth
time.
Even
with all the reasoning he did, he was furious.
They
both got into the car; the next hour was in long silences only broken by the
quick directions Tenchi gave. They finally came to some sort of parking area
along a mountainside. It was dark, the damp feel of the air told that rain was
coming in, and the stewing both did in the last run of the drive was boiling to
the point of creating static between them as she handed her duffle bag to
Tenchi while she got her suitcase. She
was trying to be civil, but while Tenchi was being absolutely childish about
being told the truth, she'd best keep her anger in check.
As
they head up a series of steps and around the bend, Jamilah saw a beautiful
house, fully lit with the lake flickering behind.
It
was peaceful, so serene... and then a side window went out in an explosion of
smoke.
"Oh
no!" Tenchi moaned, "Not the living room again!" He started to run towards the
house, with Jamilah following behind him.
"I tell you that last piece was
mine!" A light high voice screeched out, and a sharp sound of something frail
shattering on a wall came out of the house, making Jamilah wince.
"Ha! You think everything is
yours prissy pants." A harsher voice replied, and something like a laser shot out
from one of the sides as Jamilah stepped up beside Tenchi at the door. She took
a deep breath as a young child's voice shouted as Tenchi quietly slid open the
door, "You two stop it! Right Now! There's supposed to be a guest here any
minute!
"A guest?" the two voices said
together.
"Well yeah." the young voice
said, sounding a bit flustered. "She's at the door."
Jamilah felt the tips of her
ears getting warm when she heard a sound close to a heard of elephants coming
towards the entry. Before any of the girls could fly off the handle, Tenchi
began shouting at Ryoko and Ayeka.
"Can't you two just knock it off
just for one night? I have to come in and find that you totally destroyed all
the hard work Sasami's done to get ready for our Visitor?"
"Aww but Tenchi." Ryoko cooed,
floating over and wrapped her arms around his shoulders, "Ayeka's-"
"I don't want to hear about who
started what!" Tenchi snapped, shrugging Ryoko off, and glaring at not just
Ayeka but at everyone. "You two are going to clean up this disaster area, with
no help from Sasami or from any of Washu's experiments. And you don't eat till
it's done."
The girls looked shocked, but
then Sasami directed her gaze at Jamilah and smiled while the Ayeka and Ryoko
went to clean up hissing at each other.
"Hi, I'm Sasami." She said
cheerily, "You must be Jairirah."
She couldn't help but smile,
"Nice to meet you Sasami, but the correct pronouncement is Ja-mii-lah. Not to
worry though about getting it right, everyone has a hard time with it."
Sasami smiled and then turned around
to get back to her cooking, when the door slid open and two men walk in, making
the entryway feel crowded. One was middle age, while the other seemed to be an
elderly old man. Tenchi took off his shoes and put on a pair of slippers and
stepped up.
"Jamilah" Tenchi nodded towards
the two men, "My father, Nobuyuki and my grandfather Katsuhito."
She gave a slight bow," Pleased
to meet you both."
Nobuyuki seemed to be mesmerized
by something below her face as the elder one, Katsuhito gave her a smile.
"Ah you must be our new guest! You
know Tenchi has yet to tell some of us your name." He then looked down at the
suitcase, which was on the floor, and at the duffle Tenchi had slung across his
chest, "Why Tenchi, How unlike you!"
Tenchi gave him a weird look as
his grandfather returned it with a playful chastising one.
"Here you are carrying something
obviously light.." He began as Nobuyuki took his shoes off and went into the
living room a, howling sound coming soon afterward from the living room. Tenchi
meanwhile was thinking that his grandfather was out of his mind that what he
was carrying was light.
"While you let her struggle with
the heavier things!" he moved towards the suitcase, "Here let me help you with
that."
"Mr. Katsuhito, I really think
th-" Jamilah began, but too late, Amazingly enough the old man lifted her
suitcase with ease. She narrowed her eyes. Something seemed out of place with
this man, she could quite put it all together.
"My," Katsuhito said wagging a
finger at her, "Such formality, just call me grandpa."
"Okay." Jamilah replied, taking
off her shoes. "And my name is Jamilah."
"Unfortunately, we have no more
have a living room, but please make yourself comfortable while grandpa and I
take your things up." Tenchi replied coolly as they headed up stairs.
Being left alone in the hall,
she went quietly into the hall to her left, and saw what had made Nobuyuki so upset.
There wasn't much that wasn't
singed. The sofa and couches looked like a shelter full of chronic chewing dogs
had mauled them. The full sized TV was smoking with a hole in it, as well as a
few barristers that had been turned charcoal. One wall was blown completely
out, the paper screens still smoking as Ryoko tried to fan them out. Ayeka
threw water at the screen, and put them out while splashing Ryoko in the
process. Jamilah was amazed that the dinning area wasn't damaged at all as
Ryoko growled at Ayeka.
"You did that on purpose!" Ryoko
yowled as she charged an energy ball and threw it at Ayeka, but she dodged it
and it came directly at Jamilah.
