Time froze for Washu, it just froze. The gears of her genius whirred and whirred, and for the first time in her life, they found nothing to mesh with. Vaguely, she heard Kayri speaking in the background.
".sorry…recognize you… thought you were… little sister." The words weren't making sense, it was like a different language. There was only one thing to do, Washu ran.
"That was weird." Ryoko said, for once loosening her grip on Tenchi. Tenchi took the down time to take a deep breath, this was going to require a lot of explaining. Kayri was looking down at his feet.
"Are you alright sir?" Ayeka asked
"It's just, I've got dust in my eye." Kayri replied, wiping at his blue eyes, then he broke down, "She doesn't like me! She ran away!" For once in her life, Ayeka found herself doing something impulsive, she ran up to Kayri, and wiped his eyes with her hankercheif.
"No, no, it's just… she's just so," Ayeka searched for the right word, "confused". He grasped at the hand that was holding the hankercheif to his face, and Ayeka swiftly moved away, hoping that her impulsiveness had not given him the wrong impression. Looking away Ayeka blushed.
"Hey, who are you?" came the voice of Mihoshi, who had just woken up. Ayeka, and Kayri both turned around looking startled. Suddenly Ayeka realized that Ryoko and Tenchi were both gone from the temple.
"Arghhhhhh!" she yelled, and ran out of the building yelling "Tenchi, TENCHI!"
"Umm, hi?" Kayri said to the Galaxy Police Officer
*~*~*
Washu was still running, running from the past, or maybe from the future. Suddenly, she smacked straight into another person, both of them going flying. It was Sasami, who had been sitting under a tree playing with dolls.
"Hi Washu!" the little girl chirped, "do you want to play with me?" Stunned, Washu reached out and took one of Sasami's dolls away from her.
"You want to be Lyiana?" Sasami asked, glad that someone finally had time to play with her, "she's Kamiki's mommy."
"I don't want to be the mother though!" Washu yelled, "I want to be K- what's his name!"
"Kamiki's a girl though!" Sasami said quietly as she traded dolls. Washu picked up the doll and began to talk for it.
"I want to always be a little girl and to have fun." Kamiki/Washu yelled.
"Oooh!" Sasami yelled, "just like Peter Pan! I know! How about Kamiki is living in never land, and Lyiana's trying to find her and bring her home!" Washu blinked away a tear, and smiled weakly at her little friend.
"Ok!" Washu materialized a Peter Pan doll out of the air, and handed it to Sasimi, "You can be Peter too, because adults aren't allowed in never land."
*~*~*
"I'm hungry Tenchi!" whined Ryoko as the drove to town, "can we go out to eat?" Tenchi looked out at the rural area that surrounded them, happy to be away from the uncomfortable scene at home.
"Umm, I don't know Ryoko, I only took enough money to go food shopping." He replied distractedly. Ryoko shook inside, did this mean that he liked Ayeka better? 'No,' she told herself, 'he MUST like me, or he wouldn't have taken me shopping with him', almost satisfied with this response, she quashed the 'buts' that formed in her mind very firmly.
"Would you go out to eat with me if I got some money from home?" she blinked coquetishly at him. Tenchi smiled fondly and nodded.
"Sure." Ryoko vanished, leaving Tenchi with an uneasy feeling, since when did Ryoko happen to have money lying around?
Ryoko didn't like lying to Tenchi. Appearing back home, she snuck past Naboki, into Ayeka and Sasami's room. Walking through the door, she scanned the area, and, seeing that there was nobody there, grabbed a purse. 'Hmm,' she thought, 'Tenchi probably wouldn't like this, but I'm not LYING to him!' she dumped the money into her pocket, and appeared back in the car. Tenchi had already parked it, and was in the store, paying for his purchases. Overcome with joy at seeing him again, Ryoko ran into the store (actually using the door handle this time), and threw her arms around him.
"TENCHI!!!" she screeched joyusly, causing the motherly woman behind the counter to smile knowingly, "Let's go eat!"
*~*~*
Ayeka glared, Ryoko and Tenchi were nowhere to be found.
"That Devil woman!!!" she muttered, "she's probably got him tied up again!". The door to the house swung open, and Nobauki looked out.
"Oh miss Ayeka!" he called out to her, "Could you uhh… take this to that young man Kay-something or other? He said that he was staying at the local hotel until, umm things get a little more settled here." Tenchi's father threw Kayri's suitcase out onto the doorstep.
"Go to a man's hotel room?" Ayeka said to the closed door incredulously. She touched her face, and realized that she was blushing again.
"I certainly will NOT!" she yelled at the door confused at her reaction, and angry at her confusion. Ayeka grabbed the piece of luggage, if Kayri wanted this stupid suitcase, they he was going to have to look for it. Running a little way, she threw it into Yugi's cave. She heard it smash against a rock as if it had broken open. 'Good!' she thought, 'good'.
Chuckling evilly to itself, a black mist filtered out of the wreckage of the suitcase, and towared the crack in Yugi's encasement.
".sorry…recognize you… thought you were… little sister." The words weren't making sense, it was like a different language. There was only one thing to do, Washu ran.
"That was weird." Ryoko said, for once loosening her grip on Tenchi. Tenchi took the down time to take a deep breath, this was going to require a lot of explaining. Kayri was looking down at his feet.
"Are you alright sir?" Ayeka asked
"It's just, I've got dust in my eye." Kayri replied, wiping at his blue eyes, then he broke down, "She doesn't like me! She ran away!" For once in her life, Ayeka found herself doing something impulsive, she ran up to Kayri, and wiped his eyes with her hankercheif.
"No, no, it's just… she's just so," Ayeka searched for the right word, "confused". He grasped at the hand that was holding the hankercheif to his face, and Ayeka swiftly moved away, hoping that her impulsiveness had not given him the wrong impression. Looking away Ayeka blushed.
"Hey, who are you?" came the voice of Mihoshi, who had just woken up. Ayeka, and Kayri both turned around looking startled. Suddenly Ayeka realized that Ryoko and Tenchi were both gone from the temple.
"Arghhhhhh!" she yelled, and ran out of the building yelling "Tenchi, TENCHI!"
"Umm, hi?" Kayri said to the Galaxy Police Officer
*~*~*
Washu was still running, running from the past, or maybe from the future. Suddenly, she smacked straight into another person, both of them going flying. It was Sasami, who had been sitting under a tree playing with dolls.
"Hi Washu!" the little girl chirped, "do you want to play with me?" Stunned, Washu reached out and took one of Sasami's dolls away from her.
"You want to be Lyiana?" Sasami asked, glad that someone finally had time to play with her, "she's Kamiki's mommy."
"I don't want to be the mother though!" Washu yelled, "I want to be K- what's his name!"
"Kamiki's a girl though!" Sasami said quietly as she traded dolls. Washu picked up the doll and began to talk for it.
"I want to always be a little girl and to have fun." Kamiki/Washu yelled.
"Oooh!" Sasami yelled, "just like Peter Pan! I know! How about Kamiki is living in never land, and Lyiana's trying to find her and bring her home!" Washu blinked away a tear, and smiled weakly at her little friend.
"Ok!" Washu materialized a Peter Pan doll out of the air, and handed it to Sasimi, "You can be Peter too, because adults aren't allowed in never land."
*~*~*
"I'm hungry Tenchi!" whined Ryoko as the drove to town, "can we go out to eat?" Tenchi looked out at the rural area that surrounded them, happy to be away from the uncomfortable scene at home.
"Umm, I don't know Ryoko, I only took enough money to go food shopping." He replied distractedly. Ryoko shook inside, did this mean that he liked Ayeka better? 'No,' she told herself, 'he MUST like me, or he wouldn't have taken me shopping with him', almost satisfied with this response, she quashed the 'buts' that formed in her mind very firmly.
"Would you go out to eat with me if I got some money from home?" she blinked coquetishly at him. Tenchi smiled fondly and nodded.
"Sure." Ryoko vanished, leaving Tenchi with an uneasy feeling, since when did Ryoko happen to have money lying around?
Ryoko didn't like lying to Tenchi. Appearing back home, she snuck past Naboki, into Ayeka and Sasami's room. Walking through the door, she scanned the area, and, seeing that there was nobody there, grabbed a purse. 'Hmm,' she thought, 'Tenchi probably wouldn't like this, but I'm not LYING to him!' she dumped the money into her pocket, and appeared back in the car. Tenchi had already parked it, and was in the store, paying for his purchases. Overcome with joy at seeing him again, Ryoko ran into the store (actually using the door handle this time), and threw her arms around him.
"TENCHI!!!" she screeched joyusly, causing the motherly woman behind the counter to smile knowingly, "Let's go eat!"
*~*~*
Ayeka glared, Ryoko and Tenchi were nowhere to be found.
"That Devil woman!!!" she muttered, "she's probably got him tied up again!". The door to the house swung open, and Nobauki looked out.
"Oh miss Ayeka!" he called out to her, "Could you uhh… take this to that young man Kay-something or other? He said that he was staying at the local hotel until, umm things get a little more settled here." Tenchi's father threw Kayri's suitcase out onto the doorstep.
"Go to a man's hotel room?" Ayeka said to the closed door incredulously. She touched her face, and realized that she was blushing again.
"I certainly will NOT!" she yelled at the door confused at her reaction, and angry at her confusion. Ayeka grabbed the piece of luggage, if Kayri wanted this stupid suitcase, they he was going to have to look for it. Running a little way, she threw it into Yugi's cave. She heard it smash against a rock as if it had broken open. 'Good!' she thought, 'good'.
Chuckling evilly to itself, a black mist filtered out of the wreckage of the suitcase, and towared the crack in Yugi's encasement.