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A.N. Ok, here's chapter 5. Like you all wanted. Thanx Kurai Sakura for saying that my story and to just ignore the other guy. :) Thanx everyone else for the good reviews. Appreciate it! Enjoy this chapter. Oh, and Kurai Sakura, I hope you got what ever it was you auditioned for!!! And good luck with it if you did!!! On with the story.....
'...thoughts...'
"...talking..."
(...me talking...)
Betrayed by the One I Love
Tenchi sat up in his room. The night air playing it's restful music. But no matter what he tried, he just couldn't sleep. What he had heard from Ayeka had really made him question himself.
~*~ flashback ~*~
"Have you ever told her Lord Tenchi?"
"Huh? What are you talking about Miss Ayeka?"
"You know very well what I'm talking about Lord Tenchi. Why haven't you ever told her? She should know."
"I'm sorry Miss Ayeka, but I'm afraid I don't understand what you're talking about."
Ayeka sighed to herself and stood up.
"Would you please talk a walk with me Lord Tenchi?"
"Huh...Oh sure."
Ayeka and Tenchi walked till they got to the lake where Ayeka's tree, Ryu- oh, sat. Ayeka walked up to Ryu-oh and just thought. Tenchi and Ayeka were silent, neither not knowing what to say.
"Lord Tenchi," Ayeka began, "You do remember why I came here right?"
"Yeah. You were trying to catch Ryoko. But you didn't manage the way you wanted. Instead you both crashed into the lake."
"That's part of it...The other reason was that I...believed I was falling in love with you. And I must admit, I did. And in the process of staying here, I made some good friends. Even Ryoko. Although we fought constantly. But I still considered her a friend because she would always let me get my stress out on her when I was, as you say, stressful. And she'd do the same to me. I guess you could say that is what happened this morning." Ayeka sighed and turned around to face Tenchi. "I may love you Tenchi, with all my heart. But I can tell when someone loves somone else."
"What are you talking about Ayeka?"
Ayeka sat down on one of the roots of Ryu-oh and looked at her refelction in the water.
"I could tell how much Ryoko truely does love you Tenchi. I can see it in her eyes. Her eyes glow with true happiness and love for you. She is so happy when ever you're around her. I don't think she's ever been that happy since Kagato to ontrol of her. Sure she may act like she's trying to seduce you, but that's only because she knows that it would make me angry." Ayeka laughed lightly at this as she remembered all the times they would fight just because of it. "Then when I read that letter of yours, I knew how much your acually did love her." Tears began to spring from her eyes as she said all this, but held them back. Refusing to let any fall. "You love her more than you think you do dear Tenchi. You may not realize it in your mind, but you do. You said it in that letter of your's Tenchi. You may not know that either, but you'd be surpirsed what people write without even acknowledging it." She looked up at Tenchi with serious eyes. "And that's exactly what you did Tenchi....I don't even think that Ryoko noticed this either."
Ayeka began to stand up again as Tenchi began to speak.
"Miss Ayeka, I...I don't understand what you're saying. I mean, I do love her, but..."
"But nothing Tenchi," Ayeka said, cutting off what ever else he was going to say. "A person shouldn't reject what they are feeling for someone. I may have just become 'actual friends' with Ryoko, but that doesn't mean that I want to see her get hurt Tenchi." She walked up to Tenchi and placed one hand on his cheek. "Just try and think about what I said Lord Tenchi. Look inside your heart, not your head. Your heart will tell you what you truely feel. Even if it means being with Ryoko, at least you will truely be happy.....And so will she.........Well, I suppose I'll go back to the house. Sasami probably has lunch ready by now. Just think about it for awhile my dear Tenchi. Then you might know how you feel. I'll see you later Lord Tenchi."
So Ayeka walked back to the house, her heart a little saddened. But she was happier for some reason. 'At least they will both be happy. And I will be happy for them.' Ayeka smiled at herself. She was glad she did this. Now Ryoko can hopefully live a true and happy life with the man she loves. She walked into the house, a small smile on her face, and was greeted by Sasami.
"Hey Ayeka, are you alright?" asked Sasami.
"Of course I am Sasami. Couldn't be better."
"You sure?"
"Yes I'm sure. So why don't we all just have breakfast, huh?"
"Alright."
So she and the others sat at the table and began to slowly eat.
"Hey, where are Tenchi and Ryoko?" asked Kiyone.
"Oh, they probably won't be able to make it to lunch. They did after all both have a tiring day."
"Oh, that's to bad. Well, we'll just have to save them some lunch for when they get hungry," said Sasami. So they made two seperate plates of food and continued to eat the rest of their lunch.
//back by Tenchi//
Tenchi watched Ayeka walk back towards the house. Confusion prominent on his face. He looked down at his feet. 'Maybe she's right. Maybe I should think about all this. ::sigh:: I really need to go lie down somewhere, maybe it'll help me think or something.' So Tenchi walked back to the house, head hung low, thinking of everything that Ayeka had said to him.
~*~ flashback over ~*~
So here was Tenchi, sitting up alone in his room. 'I've thought all night about all this. I've looked into my heart like Ayeka told me too. And...And she was right. How could I not have noticed this before? And if everything is true, why did I snap on her like I did yesterday morning?' His thoughts trailed off as he heard something come from downstairs. 'How will I ever tell her?.....Arg! Why does everything in life have to be so complicating?!? ::sigh:: I need to get out of here. I'll go see who went downstairs. Probably Sasami. Maybe she can lighten up my spirits a little.' So Tenchi walked downstairs, quietly as to not wake anyone else up in the house. He went to the kitchen and low and behold, there was Sasami happily cooking away.
"Morning Sasami," he greeted the young princess.
"Oh, good morning Tenchi!" she greeted back with a cheery voice. "How are you this morning?"
"Fine I guess. You?"
"Oh, you know me, same ol', same ol'. What are you doing up so early Tenchi?"
"Couldn't sleep I guess. All that happened yesterday really got to me or something."
"Oh, that's to bad. Wanna talk about it?"
"Well, I don't know if you could really help Sasami. And besides, you're cooking breakfast."
"And your point is? I can cook and talk at the same time. And how do you know I can't help? You never actually know until you try."
"I suppose you're right."
"Good. So what is it?"
Tenchi hesitated at first, not exactly sure if he should talk to her about it or not. But since no one else was around and he really needed to get it off his chest, he figured what the hell and told Sasami all he would (in other words, some thing's he didn't want to tell, don't ask;I don't know...). Including some of what he was thinking about during the night. There was a moment of silence as Sasami tried to think of something.
"So in other words, you loved Ryoko more than you actually thought and now you don't know what to tell to her?"
"Pretty much, that's how it goes."
"Ummm...Well Tenchi, I haven't had much experience in this love thing. But I do know what it's like to love someone. And all I can say is that you should tell Ryoko. Like how Ayeka said, however way your heart tells you. I know I'm not much help here, but hey I tried. You can always talk to Washu about it. After all, Ryoko is her daughter. Does that help at all?"
"Yeah, thanks Sasami. I needed to get some of the stress of my chest anyway."
"No prob Tenchi."
As she just finished making breakfast and Tenchi was just about to leave the kitchen, Tenchi asked,
"Hey Sasami, do you think we could keep this conversation to ourselves? I don't want anyone to know about what I told you yet."
"Sure thing Tenchi. Just as long as you wake everyone for freakfast for me."
Tenchi chuckled lightly and said, "Sure thing Sasami." Then left to fetch everyone for breakfast.
He slowly walked over to his old broom closet that was now Washu's lab/bedroom, and knocked on the door until he got a response. He winced lightly as he heard the loud, angry, groggy voice of Washu yelling, "Who is it and what do you want?"
"It's me Tenchi. I'm suppose to tell you that breakfast it almost ready."
"Oh, alright! Thanks Tenchi!"
"No problem Washu!"
So he then walked up the stairs until he came up to the girl's room. He lightly knocked until he heard the quiet and tired voice of Ayeka. "Who is it?"
"It's me Tenchi. Breakfast is almost ready."
"Alright. Thank you Lord Tenchi. We'll be down in a few minutes."
'I'll never get use to that,' he said to himself as he walked to Ryoko's room next. He knocked slightly on her door, but never got a response. He knocked again, but still nothing. He opened the door far enough to see inside her room and found that no one was in there. 'Where is she?' He shrugged his shoulders lightly and left the room. 'Maybe she's downstairs already with everyone else.' He walked into the dinning room and got the usual greetings from everyone, except Ryoko.
"Hey, where's Ryoko?" he asked everyone.
"We thought she was coming down with you," replied Ayeka.
"No, she wasn't even in her room when I got there. Is she by any chance in your lab Washu?"
"No, not that I know of. She hates being in there by herself. So she would've left by now. You sure she wasn't in her room?"
"No, could you contact her with your link?"
"Shes blocked me off. I haven't been able to reach her since we last talked to each other last night."
"Ummm, do you think she's ok Washu?" asked Kiyone.
"She should be. She knows how to take care of herself."
"Maybe I should go look for her."
"If you feel you must Lord Tenchi. Would you like any help?" Ayeka asked.
"No that's alright Miss Ayeka. You and the other's can stay here and enjoy breakfast. I'll be back soon. Bye everyone."
"Bye!" they all said as he left the house, hoping that Ryoko was anywhere but the cave and the Onsen. (no way is he going in there!)
//over by Ryoko//
Ryoko sat in a Sakura tree, thinking of Tenchi. (of-course!) "Tenchi," she said to no one inparticular. '::sigh:: Oh Tenchi. I wonder what you're doing right now. Probably having fun with everyone at breakfast right now. Goofing around and doing hat ever else you and the other's might be doing. Ummmm, Tench...I wish I could tell you how much I love you. But why am I so afraid to do it? I didn't think it was that hard to tell someone how much they loved a person. I guess it's different with every person in this world, huh? Oh Tenchi,' she thought to herself as a loney tear began to slowly stream down her face. 'Why can't you love me the way I want you too? Damn that zero for making me have all these emotions. Why do I have to feel this way? Why do I always have to feel sadness whenever I think that I'll lose Tenchi to something or someone? I wish he would just come here to comfort me until I knew the answers to all my questions....' Her thoughts trailed off as more tears began to fall from her golden eyes. She lifted her knees to her chest, wrapped her arms around her legs and began to cry in her arms. After a few moments of silence, except for the sobs and the harmony of the nature surrounding her, she heard someone calling for her not too far in the distance. She looked in the direction of the person's voice and was shocked at who she saw. "Huh, T...T...Tenchi?" She watched him come closer still calling her name. She quickly wipped away her tears, not wanting Tenchi to see them.
//with Tenchi//
"Ryoko!" Tenchi called, still not finding her. "Ryoko, where are you? Please answer me Ryoko!" 'Where is she?' she asked himself. From up ahead in one of the Sakura trees, he saw something move. He walked over to the same tree and was relieved to find her sitting on one of the branches. "There you are Ryoko! I've been looking every where for you."
"Well, now you found me!" she said trying to sound as cheery and she possibly could. "So, what's up?"
"Well, breakfast is ready if you want some."
"No thanks, not really hungry. Still stuffed from having Mom shove food down my throat because I didn't 'eat enough' as she said."
Tenchi laughed lightly at that and asked,
"Hey Ryoko, since when you do call Washu mom?"
"I don't know. I guess yesterday after she found me and had me talk with everyone. I couldn't help myself. So I began calling her mom ever since. Don't mind do ya Tenchi?" she asked sarcasticly.
"Not at all," he said laughing lightly. "So Ryoko, what do you want to do since you won't eat breakfast?"
"I don't know. Don't you want to go eat?"
"Nah, not really hungry. I'll just grab something later when I get back home. Wanna take a walk with me?"
"Sure, where we going?"
"I don't know, maybe we can convice Grandpa to let me off training today."
"Sounds like a plan to me. Let's go."
So they walked up the shrine steps, talking about nothing inparticular until they reached the shrine. They saw Thenchi's Grandfather Yosho (I don't know how to spell his other name, so I'm just using Yosho...) sweeping the proch of the shrine. As Yosho looked up from what he was doing, he greeted Tenchi and Ryoko.
"Good Morning you two. What may I help you for?"
"Morning Grandpa. I was wondering if I could get out of training today. I wanted to do a few things today that I need to take care of." (btw, Tenchi is now out of h.s. K? carry on...)
"Sure Tenchi, but that means that you'll have to do double the training tomorrow."
"Oh yea, I totally forgot about that."
"Well, I could always fill in for Tenchi's part that he missed tomorrow," offered Ryoko.
"Ummm, well I don't know Ryoko. It is Tenchi's training sessions. You might not know what to do."
"Oh come on, I've watched you guys enough times to know practically everything that you guys have done. And besides, I always wanted to try it anyway."
Yosho thought about this for a couple of minutes, then finally agreed to the offer.
"Yes, that sounds good to me. It will show us how well you do know our techniques. And besides, it might be a good sight to see. An old man fighting against a young, strong warrior woman."
"Well, I'll make sure to have Tenchi grab a camera and take pictures."
They all laughed at this and decided to go back to what ever else they are or are going to do.
"Well, I'll see you later grandpa! Come on Ryoko!" Tenchi said while grabbing Ryoko's hand. Ryoko blushed lightly and said.
"See ya Yosho!"
"See you guys later!" Yosho said as he watched the two young people run down the shrine steps. "Good luck Tenchi," he said quietly once he was sure they were bother out of hearing range. He then continued to go back to his work as if he was never disturbed.
~*~TBC~*~
A.N. Well, I actually made a decent sized chapter! Whoa! hehe! I was on a roll writing this one, but decided to end it here. I hope you guys enjoyed this ch. Tell me what you guys think. And sorry if some parts seemed really occ and corny, but I guess that's just what my mind came up with. But newhoz...It's almost mid-night and I still have to do something b/4 I go to bed. So I'm gonna go. Plz review! Ja 4 now everyone!
A.N. Ok, here's chapter 5. Like you all wanted. Thanx Kurai Sakura for saying that my story and to just ignore the other guy. :) Thanx everyone else for the good reviews. Appreciate it! Enjoy this chapter. Oh, and Kurai Sakura, I hope you got what ever it was you auditioned for!!! And good luck with it if you did!!! On with the story.....
'...thoughts...'
"...talking..."
(...me talking...)
Betrayed by the One I Love
Tenchi sat up in his room. The night air playing it's restful music. But no matter what he tried, he just couldn't sleep. What he had heard from Ayeka had really made him question himself.
~*~ flashback ~*~
"Have you ever told her Lord Tenchi?"
"Huh? What are you talking about Miss Ayeka?"
"You know very well what I'm talking about Lord Tenchi. Why haven't you ever told her? She should know."
"I'm sorry Miss Ayeka, but I'm afraid I don't understand what you're talking about."
Ayeka sighed to herself and stood up.
"Would you please talk a walk with me Lord Tenchi?"
"Huh...Oh sure."
Ayeka and Tenchi walked till they got to the lake where Ayeka's tree, Ryu- oh, sat. Ayeka walked up to Ryu-oh and just thought. Tenchi and Ayeka were silent, neither not knowing what to say.
"Lord Tenchi," Ayeka began, "You do remember why I came here right?"
"Yeah. You were trying to catch Ryoko. But you didn't manage the way you wanted. Instead you both crashed into the lake."
"That's part of it...The other reason was that I...believed I was falling in love with you. And I must admit, I did. And in the process of staying here, I made some good friends. Even Ryoko. Although we fought constantly. But I still considered her a friend because she would always let me get my stress out on her when I was, as you say, stressful. And she'd do the same to me. I guess you could say that is what happened this morning." Ayeka sighed and turned around to face Tenchi. "I may love you Tenchi, with all my heart. But I can tell when someone loves somone else."
"What are you talking about Ayeka?"
Ayeka sat down on one of the roots of Ryu-oh and looked at her refelction in the water.
"I could tell how much Ryoko truely does love you Tenchi. I can see it in her eyes. Her eyes glow with true happiness and love for you. She is so happy when ever you're around her. I don't think she's ever been that happy since Kagato to ontrol of her. Sure she may act like she's trying to seduce you, but that's only because she knows that it would make me angry." Ayeka laughed lightly at this as she remembered all the times they would fight just because of it. "Then when I read that letter of yours, I knew how much your acually did love her." Tears began to spring from her eyes as she said all this, but held them back. Refusing to let any fall. "You love her more than you think you do dear Tenchi. You may not realize it in your mind, but you do. You said it in that letter of your's Tenchi. You may not know that either, but you'd be surpirsed what people write without even acknowledging it." She looked up at Tenchi with serious eyes. "And that's exactly what you did Tenchi....I don't even think that Ryoko noticed this either."
Ayeka began to stand up again as Tenchi began to speak.
"Miss Ayeka, I...I don't understand what you're saying. I mean, I do love her, but..."
"But nothing Tenchi," Ayeka said, cutting off what ever else he was going to say. "A person shouldn't reject what they are feeling for someone. I may have just become 'actual friends' with Ryoko, but that doesn't mean that I want to see her get hurt Tenchi." She walked up to Tenchi and placed one hand on his cheek. "Just try and think about what I said Lord Tenchi. Look inside your heart, not your head. Your heart will tell you what you truely feel. Even if it means being with Ryoko, at least you will truely be happy.....And so will she.........Well, I suppose I'll go back to the house. Sasami probably has lunch ready by now. Just think about it for awhile my dear Tenchi. Then you might know how you feel. I'll see you later Lord Tenchi."
So Ayeka walked back to the house, her heart a little saddened. But she was happier for some reason. 'At least they will both be happy. And I will be happy for them.' Ayeka smiled at herself. She was glad she did this. Now Ryoko can hopefully live a true and happy life with the man she loves. She walked into the house, a small smile on her face, and was greeted by Sasami.
"Hey Ayeka, are you alright?" asked Sasami.
"Of course I am Sasami. Couldn't be better."
"You sure?"
"Yes I'm sure. So why don't we all just have breakfast, huh?"
"Alright."
So she and the others sat at the table and began to slowly eat.
"Hey, where are Tenchi and Ryoko?" asked Kiyone.
"Oh, they probably won't be able to make it to lunch. They did after all both have a tiring day."
"Oh, that's to bad. Well, we'll just have to save them some lunch for when they get hungry," said Sasami. So they made two seperate plates of food and continued to eat the rest of their lunch.
//back by Tenchi//
Tenchi watched Ayeka walk back towards the house. Confusion prominent on his face. He looked down at his feet. 'Maybe she's right. Maybe I should think about all this. ::sigh:: I really need to go lie down somewhere, maybe it'll help me think or something.' So Tenchi walked back to the house, head hung low, thinking of everything that Ayeka had said to him.
~*~ flashback over ~*~
So here was Tenchi, sitting up alone in his room. 'I've thought all night about all this. I've looked into my heart like Ayeka told me too. And...And she was right. How could I not have noticed this before? And if everything is true, why did I snap on her like I did yesterday morning?' His thoughts trailed off as he heard something come from downstairs. 'How will I ever tell her?.....Arg! Why does everything in life have to be so complicating?!? ::sigh:: I need to get out of here. I'll go see who went downstairs. Probably Sasami. Maybe she can lighten up my spirits a little.' So Tenchi walked downstairs, quietly as to not wake anyone else up in the house. He went to the kitchen and low and behold, there was Sasami happily cooking away.
"Morning Sasami," he greeted the young princess.
"Oh, good morning Tenchi!" she greeted back with a cheery voice. "How are you this morning?"
"Fine I guess. You?"
"Oh, you know me, same ol', same ol'. What are you doing up so early Tenchi?"
"Couldn't sleep I guess. All that happened yesterday really got to me or something."
"Oh, that's to bad. Wanna talk about it?"
"Well, I don't know if you could really help Sasami. And besides, you're cooking breakfast."
"And your point is? I can cook and talk at the same time. And how do you know I can't help? You never actually know until you try."
"I suppose you're right."
"Good. So what is it?"
Tenchi hesitated at first, not exactly sure if he should talk to her about it or not. But since no one else was around and he really needed to get it off his chest, he figured what the hell and told Sasami all he would (in other words, some thing's he didn't want to tell, don't ask;I don't know...). Including some of what he was thinking about during the night. There was a moment of silence as Sasami tried to think of something.
"So in other words, you loved Ryoko more than you actually thought and now you don't know what to tell to her?"
"Pretty much, that's how it goes."
"Ummm...Well Tenchi, I haven't had much experience in this love thing. But I do know what it's like to love someone. And all I can say is that you should tell Ryoko. Like how Ayeka said, however way your heart tells you. I know I'm not much help here, but hey I tried. You can always talk to Washu about it. After all, Ryoko is her daughter. Does that help at all?"
"Yeah, thanks Sasami. I needed to get some of the stress of my chest anyway."
"No prob Tenchi."
As she just finished making breakfast and Tenchi was just about to leave the kitchen, Tenchi asked,
"Hey Sasami, do you think we could keep this conversation to ourselves? I don't want anyone to know about what I told you yet."
"Sure thing Tenchi. Just as long as you wake everyone for freakfast for me."
Tenchi chuckled lightly and said, "Sure thing Sasami." Then left to fetch everyone for breakfast.
He slowly walked over to his old broom closet that was now Washu's lab/bedroom, and knocked on the door until he got a response. He winced lightly as he heard the loud, angry, groggy voice of Washu yelling, "Who is it and what do you want?"
"It's me Tenchi. I'm suppose to tell you that breakfast it almost ready."
"Oh, alright! Thanks Tenchi!"
"No problem Washu!"
So he then walked up the stairs until he came up to the girl's room. He lightly knocked until he heard the quiet and tired voice of Ayeka. "Who is it?"
"It's me Tenchi. Breakfast is almost ready."
"Alright. Thank you Lord Tenchi. We'll be down in a few minutes."
'I'll never get use to that,' he said to himself as he walked to Ryoko's room next. He knocked slightly on her door, but never got a response. He knocked again, but still nothing. He opened the door far enough to see inside her room and found that no one was in there. 'Where is she?' He shrugged his shoulders lightly and left the room. 'Maybe she's downstairs already with everyone else.' He walked into the dinning room and got the usual greetings from everyone, except Ryoko.
"Hey, where's Ryoko?" he asked everyone.
"We thought she was coming down with you," replied Ayeka.
"No, she wasn't even in her room when I got there. Is she by any chance in your lab Washu?"
"No, not that I know of. She hates being in there by herself. So she would've left by now. You sure she wasn't in her room?"
"No, could you contact her with your link?"
"Shes blocked me off. I haven't been able to reach her since we last talked to each other last night."
"Ummm, do you think she's ok Washu?" asked Kiyone.
"She should be. She knows how to take care of herself."
"Maybe I should go look for her."
"If you feel you must Lord Tenchi. Would you like any help?" Ayeka asked.
"No that's alright Miss Ayeka. You and the other's can stay here and enjoy breakfast. I'll be back soon. Bye everyone."
"Bye!" they all said as he left the house, hoping that Ryoko was anywhere but the cave and the Onsen. (no way is he going in there!)
//over by Ryoko//
Ryoko sat in a Sakura tree, thinking of Tenchi. (of-course!) "Tenchi," she said to no one inparticular. '::sigh:: Oh Tenchi. I wonder what you're doing right now. Probably having fun with everyone at breakfast right now. Goofing around and doing hat ever else you and the other's might be doing. Ummmm, Tench...I wish I could tell you how much I love you. But why am I so afraid to do it? I didn't think it was that hard to tell someone how much they loved a person. I guess it's different with every person in this world, huh? Oh Tenchi,' she thought to herself as a loney tear began to slowly stream down her face. 'Why can't you love me the way I want you too? Damn that zero for making me have all these emotions. Why do I have to feel this way? Why do I always have to feel sadness whenever I think that I'll lose Tenchi to something or someone? I wish he would just come here to comfort me until I knew the answers to all my questions....' Her thoughts trailed off as more tears began to fall from her golden eyes. She lifted her knees to her chest, wrapped her arms around her legs and began to cry in her arms. After a few moments of silence, except for the sobs and the harmony of the nature surrounding her, she heard someone calling for her not too far in the distance. She looked in the direction of the person's voice and was shocked at who she saw. "Huh, T...T...Tenchi?" She watched him come closer still calling her name. She quickly wipped away her tears, not wanting Tenchi to see them.
//with Tenchi//
"Ryoko!" Tenchi called, still not finding her. "Ryoko, where are you? Please answer me Ryoko!" 'Where is she?' she asked himself. From up ahead in one of the Sakura trees, he saw something move. He walked over to the same tree and was relieved to find her sitting on one of the branches. "There you are Ryoko! I've been looking every where for you."
"Well, now you found me!" she said trying to sound as cheery and she possibly could. "So, what's up?"
"Well, breakfast is ready if you want some."
"No thanks, not really hungry. Still stuffed from having Mom shove food down my throat because I didn't 'eat enough' as she said."
Tenchi laughed lightly at that and asked,
"Hey Ryoko, since when you do call Washu mom?"
"I don't know. I guess yesterday after she found me and had me talk with everyone. I couldn't help myself. So I began calling her mom ever since. Don't mind do ya Tenchi?" she asked sarcasticly.
"Not at all," he said laughing lightly. "So Ryoko, what do you want to do since you won't eat breakfast?"
"I don't know. Don't you want to go eat?"
"Nah, not really hungry. I'll just grab something later when I get back home. Wanna take a walk with me?"
"Sure, where we going?"
"I don't know, maybe we can convice Grandpa to let me off training today."
"Sounds like a plan to me. Let's go."
So they walked up the shrine steps, talking about nothing inparticular until they reached the shrine. They saw Thenchi's Grandfather Yosho (I don't know how to spell his other name, so I'm just using Yosho...) sweeping the proch of the shrine. As Yosho looked up from what he was doing, he greeted Tenchi and Ryoko.
"Good Morning you two. What may I help you for?"
"Morning Grandpa. I was wondering if I could get out of training today. I wanted to do a few things today that I need to take care of." (btw, Tenchi is now out of h.s. K? carry on...)
"Sure Tenchi, but that means that you'll have to do double the training tomorrow."
"Oh yea, I totally forgot about that."
"Well, I could always fill in for Tenchi's part that he missed tomorrow," offered Ryoko.
"Ummm, well I don't know Ryoko. It is Tenchi's training sessions. You might not know what to do."
"Oh come on, I've watched you guys enough times to know practically everything that you guys have done. And besides, I always wanted to try it anyway."
Yosho thought about this for a couple of minutes, then finally agreed to the offer.
"Yes, that sounds good to me. It will show us how well you do know our techniques. And besides, it might be a good sight to see. An old man fighting against a young, strong warrior woman."
"Well, I'll make sure to have Tenchi grab a camera and take pictures."
They all laughed at this and decided to go back to what ever else they are or are going to do.
"Well, I'll see you later grandpa! Come on Ryoko!" Tenchi said while grabbing Ryoko's hand. Ryoko blushed lightly and said.
"See ya Yosho!"
"See you guys later!" Yosho said as he watched the two young people run down the shrine steps. "Good luck Tenchi," he said quietly once he was sure they were bother out of hearing range. He then continued to go back to his work as if he was never disturbed.
~*~TBC~*~
A.N. Well, I actually made a decent sized chapter! Whoa! hehe! I was on a roll writing this one, but decided to end it here. I hope you guys enjoyed this ch. Tell me what you guys think. And sorry if some parts seemed really occ and corny, but I guess that's just what my mind came up with. But newhoz...It's almost mid-night and I still have to do something b/4 I go to bed. So I'm gonna go. Plz review! Ja 4 now everyone!