I wasn't going to continue since no one likes it, but then I got bored in study. So, you'll have to suffer through another chapter...or you'll quit halfway through.

NNFAI- Chapter 3

As soon as Ryoko stepped out of the lab, she saw Tenchi, waiting right outside.

"So, where are they?" He asked impatiently. Ryoko sighed.

"They decided to leave." She answered.

"Leave? When will they be back?" He asked, eyebrows raised.

"Never." Ryoko answered. "They're never coming back, they left forever!" Tenchi stood open mouthed and speechless. His mouth moved, like he was trying to say something but the words didn't come out. Ryoko looked sadly at the broken-hearted boy, feeling bad for him. "I'm sorry." She said sadly as she walked away, to hide the tears as they filled her eyes.

Mihoshi was the next to exit the lab, she smiled happily at Tenchi, not even noticing his current state. Tenchi wasn't sure what to do, he just stood there, still taking in what Ryoko had said. It didn't matter if he wasn't really in love with them, but he was still technically in love with them. It hurt him a lot to think about the ones he loved leaving him, and he felt like cying. He held the tears back as his mind raced, think ing of how to take this. Suddenly it clicked, he would go search for them, it was the best idea that popped into his head at the time. He quickly ran to his room, grabbed some money and ran out the front door, after slipping his shoes on. Ryoko looked down from the roof as she saw Tenchi run away from the house, and sighed.

"Tenchi..." She said, her face wet with tears.

***

Ayeka sat, looking at Sari, they were in a dark place, but they could hear the murmer of lots of people.

"Where are we?" Ayeka asked.

"I don't know..." Sari answered. "But I don't think we're in Tokyo."

Both girls were startled when a light music started to play and a single light went on, hightlighting a stage. The girls looked at each other, hoping that this wasn't what they thought it was. Just then, a woman emerged from the corner of the stage, wearing an erotic, multi- colored outfit with black nylons and black high heels. The music started to pick up pace and the woman started dancing. The crowd, which the girls noticed was all males, started cheering as the girl danced teasingly. Ayeka ans Sari jumped up, looking for a door, and finding one at the end of the room. They ran for it and slammed it behind them. They now leaned against the wall, panting.

"Mihoshi is going to pay." Ayeka grinded her teeth.

"At least we got out of there before the show really started." Sari sighed and looked around her. "Ayeka?"

"Yes?" Ayeka was still leaning against the wall, eyes closed.

"I don't think we're in Japan anymore..." Ayeka heard this and opened her eyes and looked over to where Sari was looking. Her eyes grew wide as she looked at all the people rushing past the alley where they stood. They made their way through the crowd, and across the road, where there was less of a crowd. Ayeka looked up and down the area, seeing signs printed in English in fronto of the stores.

"We couldn't possibly be in...America, could we?" She asked. Sari shrugged.

"It looks that way to me."

"I wasn't done getting English lessons from Washu..." Ayeka sighed.

"I don't know English at all." Sari replied. "Except for the little bit I've learned in school."

"At least Tenchi-sama will get better." Ayeka tried to think positive.

"We need to find a place to stay." Sari said. "Which means we'll need to find a job."

"Well, what are we waiting for?" Ayeka asked.

***

Tenchi's search lasted throughout the day, he returned home later that night. He found Ryoko up and waiting for him.

"Tenchi...I didn't mean to be so rude...I don't know what I was thinking. I'm sorry." She watched as he waked by her without a word. Her eyes filled with tears again. 'It's going to be so damn hard to do this!' She hought silently. 'I can't stand to see him like this.' Her mind screamed. She lowered her head and disappeared from view after Tenchi had made his way upstairs without even a glance back. Washu was quite surprised when Ryoko appeared in front of her, but more surprised when she saw she was crying.

"I can't stand to see him like this, mom!" She sobbed. "How much longer will it ake? Is there anything you can do to turn him back to normal?" Washu was still a little taken aback by Ryoko calling her 'mom'.

"I'm trying to find a way now. I just need more time."

"He's been out searching for them all day! Who knows what he'll do if he can't find them!" She yelled frantically.

"Well, if it helps any, Tenchi doesn't exactly seem like the suicidal type."

"But Tenchi isn't exactly himself right now..." She said sadly. "I screwed things up so badly...Tenchi's artificial love was better than this." She disapeared. Washu looked sadly where Ryoko had last stood.

"Poor girl." She said softly.

Meanwhile, Ryoko had appeared in the only room of the house that she felt comfortable in, and floated above a bed. She watched as the boy in the bed turned over and remembered how much she had always loved watching him, even in the cave. She smiled slightly, her lips quivering as she held back her tears and the sudden need to scream out in pain and agony. Her whole body started to shake as she sat there. She closed her eyes and tried to remember all the good times they'd had. There were so many good times. Ryoko tried not to think about how there would probably never be anymore good times with Tenchi. She kept her eyes closed, unknowingly slipping into sleep.

***

Sari and Ayeka sat next to a candy store, leaning against the wall. Ayeka had ditched her traditional robe and bought a pair of jeans and a t- shirt with the little money she had with her. Sari also spent the majority of her money on a pair of jeans and a t-shirt, also. So, there they sat, broke, with no job and no place to sleep.

"This is not how the Princess of Jurai should be living." Ayeka mumbled.

"If we spoke English better, we probably would have been hired already..." Sari sighed.

"I'm not giving up!" Ayeka yelled loudly, thrusting her fist in the air. The people walking by looked at her funny, not understanding Japanese. "There has to be a job out there somewhere! We will continue searching!"

"It's getting late, most places are closed..." Sari said.

"We'll have to wait until tomorrow." Ayeka started crying. "I need a bath!" She whined.

***

Morning had come and Ryoko still floated, asleep, in Tenchi's bedroom. The sun poured through his window, causing Ryoko to sqint her already closed eyes. Finally, she gave up and opened her eyes, staring at an empty bed.

"Tenchi...you're not going to find them..." She sighed sadly. She phased out and appeared in the kitchen, next to Sasami.

"Ohayo." She said o the small girl.

"Good morning, Ryoko." Sasami greeted cheerfully. Ryoko smiled. Sasami could always cheer you up, even when you're in the darkest of moods. 'She's a lot stronger than she looks...' Ryoko thought. 'After all that's going on, her sister leaving, Tenchi always gone, this depressing atmosphere, and yet, she always kept a smile. 'She's a lot stonger than me.' She thought.

"Breakfast will be ready soon, will you go and get everyone?" Sasami asked.

"Sure." Ryoko replied and disappeared. After fetching Katsuhito at the shrine, she retured home to find the rest of the family on the couch.

"Mihoshi, Washu, breakfast is going to be ready soon."

"Mreow?" Ryo-ohki looked into her mistress's eyes.

"Yes, you too, Ryo-ohki."

"Meow!!" She jumped cheerfully onto Ryoko's shoulder. Washu and Mihoshi had made their way to the table, Ryoko following them with Ryo- ohki. Sasami had the food out in a matter of minutes. Katsuhito had finally joined them, and they began to eat. Ryoko didn't have much of an appetite.

What's the point in eating if I can't taste how good Sasami's meals are? She thought bitterly. Eating with the family had made her feel like a part of it, but she knew she didn't have to eat to survive.

"Is something wrong, Ryoko?" Mihoshi asked, looking at the silent space pirate. Ryoko sighed and phased away. Katsuhito jut pretended he didn't see it and continued to eat.

***

Ayeka and Sari woke up in the same spot they had fallen asleep in.

"I could really go for some of that candy right now..." Sari groaned. "I'm starving!"

"Yes, I'm quite fatigued, also." Ayeka agreed.

"You need to learn not to speak in such a polite way...we're in a city now." Sari smiled.

"Ha! I need to learn to speak English, first...we're in America..." They both stood up and stretched their arms above their heads. Ayeka's shirt went up, revealing her stomach. She blushed as she quickly lowered her arms.

"It's ok to show some skin." Sari said. "Don't be so uptight!" Ayeka continued to blush as they started on their way to search for jobs. "Oh, look! An arcade!" Sair said excitedly.

"Do arcades pay good?" Ayeka asked curiously.

"I don't know." Sari answered. "But right now anything we can get would be helpful."

"True." Ayeka nodded as they entered the arcade.

"Can I help you?" A tall muscular man asked as they entered. Ayeka looked at Sari, knowing this was the part they dreaded most.

"Uh...hai!" Ayeka said, meaning to say 'yes' in English.

"Hi." He replied, mistaking her Japanese 'yes' as a greeting.

"We looking for work..." Ayeka said in English.

"What are you, Chinese?" Ayeka shook her head.

"Japanesu-desu."

"What the hell is 'desu'?" He asked, arms crossed.

"We are Japanese." Sari tried now.

"We find work here?" Ayeka asked.

"Sorry, but we're not hiring." Ayeka and Sari walked out, disappointedly. Suddenly Sari pointed across the street.

"A video game store!!" She shouted excitedly.

"They're probably not hiring..." Ayeka said as they crossed the street.

"What's that sign say?" Sari asked as she pointed to a big red sign with white letters. Ayeka shook her head, not knowing. "Hey, look! That game isn't in English!" She noticed, staring at the Japanese characters printed on the game poster. "Let's try here!"

Sari entered the store, followed closely by Ayeka. They saw a young man, about eighteen years of age, in a uniform. Ayeka looked away quickly, trying to hide her blush as she realized that he was very cute.

"May I help you pretty ladies?" Ayeka's blush deepened and she looked down. Sari stood there, not knowing how to ask for a job in English.

"Aah...jobu...here?" She tried, terribly embarassed.

"Oh, you're looking for a job?" He asked in Japanese.

"Hai!" Sari answered. "...Wait, you speak Japanese?"

"I'm studying Japanese in college, I'm very interested in the language and culture. I'm especially interested in the anime." Sari felt much better now that she was speaking a language she knew.

"So..." Ayeka finally chimed in. "Are you hiring?" The man pointed to the window at the big red sign.

"You can't read English, can you?" He asked. The girls looked at the sign, shook their heads and sweat dropped. "Well, it says 'Help Wanted'" He informed them.

"How much help?" Sari asked. "We're both looking for jobs."

"We're actually looking for a few people, there have been some applications already filled out, but you can still apply."

Both girls took their applications. This was the first store that had actually given them an application to fill out. There was only one problem...it was all in English.

***

Ryoko walked around the liquor store, bottles upon bottles of sake in her arms. The man at the register looked at her weirdly as she came to the counter.

"There's fifty." She said to him and he rang her up. After getting her change back, she disappeared, leaving the man shocked at not only the fact that she disappeared, but also how many bottles she was able to carry. When she reappeared, Ryoko took a swig of a bottle. She neatly set all the bottles up on the roof and laid in between them. She smiled after another sip.

'Alcohol is my best friend.' She thought to herself. Twenty bottles later, the sake had started to effect her. She sat up and wobbled a bit, but looked down just in time to see Tenchi returning home. Forgetting about her current state, she jumped up to greet him. Once her feet left the roof, she realized she was too drunk to fly. She lost control and started falling straight toward Tenchi. She screamed as she fell, not meaning to have jumped up so far in the first place. But the alcohol had made her lose her sense of judgement and now she heading straight for Tenchi at an incredible speed.

"LOOK OUT!!" She yelled to him as she braced herself for impact. Tenchi looked up, shocked. He jumped back, expecting her to start floating before she hit the ground and say she was only playing. Right after that, she hit the ground, causing pieces of the ground and dust to spray everywhere. Thenchi coughed as he blocked his face with his arms.

"Are you trying to kill me, Ryoko?" He asked madly. He waited for an answer, but got none. "Ryoko..." He asked, softer this time, lowering his arms as the dust cleared. He gasped when he saw her, laying unconscious under a plie of rubble. He quickly cleared away the rocks and dirt, looking at the blood gushing from the side of ther face and middle of her forehead.

Her arm was in a peculiar angle, bending backwards, and blood ran down from her shoulders. He looked for any more serious wounds, and noticed, as he blushed, sher chest was a little exposed. Still, she was scratched up from her thigh to her knee, which was also bleeding. Not wanting to mover her from her current position, in fear of making it worse, he quickly rushed to the house to get Washu.



End of chapter 3.

Since nobody likes my fic, I decided to take a little break from it. I already have most of it written out, but not typed. I had origanally had a space between each paragraph in my other chapters, but when I uploaded it, it messed it up. I hope this one works, though, I tried double spacing. So, anyway, I'm not planning on anyone to read this because the other chapters were such a disappointment.