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NOTES: I hope you like the series so far. I am really having a good time
writing it. As you might have already noticed this is going to be a crossover
series. This is one of the many ideas I have for it, so sit back, relax, and
enjoy the wild ride.
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TENCHI UNIVERSE II
EPISODE 4: NO NEED FOR A BEACH PARTY
By Michael "The-Zorch" Haney
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Tenchi woke up in his private room on the Jurai Star and felt immediately
something was different. He felt someone lying in the bed next to him. He
leaned over and smiled when he saw it was Sasami snuggled under the blankets.
He gently kissed her on the forehead and laid back down, he glanced at the clock
next to his bed and he was it was one in the morning. She must have had a bad
dream or something, he said to himself. Sasami stirred, sat up, and looked him
in the eyes.

"What's wrong Sasami?" he asked.

"I love you, Tenchi." she said as she lifted Washu's black box and
triggered the device.

Tenchi recognized it immediately and was about to say something, but the
universe around him suddenly ceased to exist. For a few moments he was in a
timeless void without light or feature, but then he was immediately back in a
room that resembled his own private quarters, except for the lack of a door to
exit it by. He tried to set up and get out of the bed, but a woman threw her
arms around his neck and kissed his passionately on the lips. The kiss was a
surprise, but they were so warm and soft. He recognized her pink eyes and blue
hair and remembered the alternate universe Sasami created with Washu's device on
their picnic.

"Sasami, I can't-" he said but immediately regretted it when he saw the
hurt look on the beautiful face of the woman who was actually Sasami.

"Don't you love me anymore?" she asked. Her voice was not that soft high
pitched one he was so used to, but a deeper, maturer version. She was starting
to physically shake. Tenchi pulled her into his arms and he held her tight as
he could without hurting her.

"I do love you very much, Sasami, but this isn't right." he told her.

"Why?" she sobbed into his shoulder.

"Because I'm 17 and your going on 9." he replied making her look into his
eyes. The look of hurt in those beautiful eyes tore at his soul. "I don't mean
to hurt you, I'm sorry." he added.

"Ever since that night I can't stop thinking about what we did." said
Sasami. "I wanted to do it again."

"Sasami." said Tenchi pulling her into his arms and hugging her tightly as
she started to cry again. When she stopped crying he looked into his face and
could not fight back the urge to kiss her. His mind told him it was wrong, but
his heart told him it was the right thing to do. They kissed passionately for
several minutes and then when they parted Tenchi said, "Washu said that whatever
happens to you in this temporary universe does not effect you in the real one."

"I'm still physically a virgin in the real world." said Sasami, also
remembering what Washu had said.

"Which also means that you are a virgin again in this new fantasy world."
added Tenchi. Tenchi sighed and drew Sasami back into his arms. "Let's not
make a habit out of this until you really do grew up." he said. Sasami nodded
and she leaned into another passionate kiss that this time leaded into a period
of blissful passion and lovemaking. Tenchi was not sure how many hours passed
by. Sasami was collapsed on his chest with beads of sweat on her face and the
touch of her skin was hot to the touch. Tenchi kissed her softly on the
forehead, then the cheek, and then the lips. It was at that moment that the
pain from the scratch marks on his back started to appear.

"You got really excited this time around." he chuckled as he adjusted his
position to lessen the pain of the scratches from Sasami's fingernails.

"I hurt you, I'm so sorry!" she exclaimed after seeing the scratches.

"It's ok, they don't hurt that bad, and besides I really enjoyed tonight."
he told her. "I did too." replied Sasami. She sighed and snuggled into his
arms.

"Too bad Washu couldn't build something to make me older so we could do
this for real." said Sasami. Tenchi looked into her face with a look of horror.

"I'm kidding." she said with a chuckle at the look on his face. "She'd
probably think of some way to talk me out of it, anyway." Tenchi laughed at
that. "Your probably right about that." he said. "Tenchi." she said softly,
small tears forming in her eyes. "What?" he asked as he held her tighter. "I
love you so much." she told him. "I love you too." he replied and their lips
met in another passionate kiss. That one kiss lead to another, their bodies
were intertwined one again in the thrall of lovemaking again. The climax came
and went and they collapse together on the sweat soaked sheets and quickly
allowed sleep to cover them like a passing cloud. They slept naked in each
other's arms the rest of the night in the alternate universe of Washu's machine.
When they awoke Tenchi deactivated the machine and found himself back in his own
room with Sasami sleeping beside him in her long nightgown. He leaned over and
kissed her softly and whispered, "I will always love you."

Morning came and Sasami was up before the daylight cycle started on the
ship. Tenchi joined her in the galley and helped her prepare breakfast. They
would stop form time to time to catch a quick hug and a kiss on the cheek and
then go right back to their work. The first of the girls to wake up was
Mihoshi. The smell of Sasami's cooking woke her up. For her it had been way
too long since she sampled any of Sasami's culinary masterpieces.

"Hey, your both awake." said Mihoshi as she entered the galley.

"Uh huh, I spent the night in Tenchi's room last night." said Sasami.
Tenchi turned around and put the last of the chopped vegetables into the steamer
and said, "I'm done cutting these up, I'll go and see if everyone else is up
yet." "Ok." said Sasami. When Tenchi was gone, Mihoshi turned to little
princess and asked, "So?" "What?" asked Sasami trying to look innocent, but the
deep blush on her face gave her away.

"You used Washu's machine again." said Mihoshi.

Sasami nodded her head and her face turned a deep red this time. "It
happened twice this time, and Mihoshi it was so beautiful." said the little girl
with a wistful look on her face. "I hope none of this is effecting you too
badly, Sasami." said Mihoshi. "You haven't even reached your teen years yet,
and you haven't even passed puberty yet."

"Actually, I started men-men-" said Sasami. "Menstruating." Mihoshi told
her. "That's the word, well I started about four months ago." said Sasami.

Mihoshi's eyes went as wide as frying pans. "You've had your first period
already, but how are you, maybe eight or nine?" she asked. "When I told Aeka
what happened she told me it was common for Juraian girls to have theirs early."

"Hmmm." said Mihoshi.

"Well at least Tenchi is the right kind of guy to get involved with." said
Mihoshi. "He won't take advantage of your young age and inexperience in the
affairs of the heart like other guys would." "There are times when it feels
really good but then there are these short times when it really starts to feel
so good it almost hurts too, and it gets stronger and stronger until you want to
scream, then it goes back down and feel this stuff coming out of me down there."
said Sasami with an embarrassed look on her face. "That's an orgasm, sweetie."
said Mihoshi. "Its all a natural part of having sex." Sasami looked at the
floor with a slight blush on her face and said, "Mommy never taught me about
sex."

"That's because she did not think you were old enough yet." said Aeka as
she entered the galley. She gave her sister a knowing look. "Yes, I used the
machine again last night." said Sasami. She looked at her sister with an
embarrassed look and added, "Your not mad are you?"

Aeka smiled and hugged her little sister. "No I'm not mad, but try not to
let this whole thing go to your head, and don't make it habit either." said
Aeka. "That's something like what Tenchi said last night." said Sasami. "And,
he was correct in saying so." said Aeka. Sasami grabbed a hold Aeka's hands and
gripped them tightly. "It's just that I love him so much, I sometimes feel like
my whole chest is going burst open if he isn't around." said Sasami. "We all
feel the same way, sweetie." said Mihoshi.

"What's for breakfast, I'm starved." said Washu as she walked into the
galley wearing a green robe and pink bunny slippers. "Bunny slippers?" said
Mihoshi looking down at Washu's feet. "Got anything against bunnies?" asked
Washu. "No, no, I just didn't see you as the type to wear something like that."
said Mihoshi. Washu put her hands on her hips and asked, "So what did you
expect me to be the type to wear?" Mihoshi thought for a moment and said,
"Well, I sort of pictured you in a green lace teddy." she said.

Washu threw her head back and laughed. "Your mistaking me with Ryoko,
she's the one into sexy lingerie." she said. "What do you sleep in anyway?" the
diminutive genius asked the space pirate. "I usually keep back one of Tenchi's
t-shirts, I like the smell of him when I sleep." replied Ryoko with an
uncharacteristic blush on her face. "Ohhh." the girls all said at once.

"What do you sleep in Aeka?" asked Ryoko. "Well, I have an assortment
sleeping gowns from Jurai." she said. "You Sasami?" Ryoko asked. The little
princess blushed. "I like those lacy night gowns little girls on Earth wear."
she said. "They're like big t-shirts." They looked at Mihoshi and she said,
"If I can I usually sleep nude." "Ooh." said Washu. "You know what they say
about girls who like to sleep naked." "What?" asked Mihoshi curiously. "They
like really kinky sex." said Washu. "Washu, Sasami's in the room." Mihoshi
berated her. Washu gestured towards the little princess who was now blushing so
red she was almost glowing. "What, look she's screwed Tenchi more times than we
have." said Washu. "I think she can handle a little honest to goodness girl
talk."

"Hey, anybody see Minagi, she wasn't in her room." said Tenchi as he came
into the galley.

"No, I haven't seen her either." said Sasami.

"She's probably out and about somewhere in the garden, I'll go look for
her." said Ryoko. She kissed Tenchi on the lips softly as she passed and then
teleported just as she reached the door. "So, what are you girls talking about
in here?" asked Tenchi. "Girl stuff." said Mihoshi. "So, Sasami, what does
Tenchi like to sleep in at night?" asked Washu and the little girl face faltered
with embarrassment. Tenchi gave Washu a dirty look. "You enjoy doing that to
her." he said. "Anyway, I sleep in boxers and a T-shirt." The look on their
faces made Tenchi sweat drop, he felt like he was a carcass being eyed by a
bunch of vultures. "Sasami, give me a knife, the hormones in this room are
think enough to slice through." said Tenchi with a crocked smile. They all
laughed at that, but their laughter was suddenly ceased when Ryoko reappeared
with an unconscious Minagi in her arms.

"I found her in the garden." she said.

"She look like something or someone gave her the once over." said Washu
examining the many cuts and bruises on the young girl's face. Washu called up
her transparent computer and typed in a few command strings. A black portal
appeared to her left and she withdrew a hypospray. She injected whatever was in
it into Minagi's arm and she immediately started looking better. Before their
very eyes many of her injuries started to heal rapidly. Slowly, her eyes
fluttered and then she struggled to set up. Sasami ran to the sink and got her
a glass of cold water.

"Thank you." Minagi said as she took the water that Sasami offered to her.
She downed it in one gulp and whipped her mouth on her sleeve. "Who did this to
you?" asked Tenchi. "We were boarded during the night." said Minagi. "What?!"
they all shouted. A few minutes later they all relocated to the bridge where
Aeka accessed the main controls for the ship. She called up security reports
and found that indeed their had been an attempt to board the Jurai Star last
night.

"Why didn't you wake us up to help you, and why didn't any of us hear you
fighting them?" asked Aeka. "They used a device to kill all sound of their
attempts to get into the ship, and besides I didn't want any of you getting
hurt." said Minagi. "Who were they?" asked Ryoko. "Three guys, bounty hunters
I suspect, and they were armed to the teeth." said Minagi. "I left their bodies
out in the garden near this ring of big yellow green rocks." Ryoko teleported
and rematerialized a few minutes later. "They look like some bounty hunters I
know." she said. "Who were they after?" "Me." said Minagi. "I told you people
have been trying to kill me or capture me since I came to this universe."

"Next time something like this happens, you come and get us." said Tenchi.

"I'm sorry, I promise if it happens again I will." said Minagi.

"Ok, lets forget about this, have breakfast, and then I'll go and dump
those guys out the nearest hatch before they start stinking up the ship." said
Ryoko. "Good idea, all this talk about bounty hunters and fighting is making me
hungry." said Washu.

Everyone went to the dining room and had breakfast. I was again one of
the best they have ever had, and they made a lot this time around. Mihoshi had
seconds as did Ryoko, and after they were done Ryoko and Tenchi went into the
garden to deal with the grisly task at hand. "Which end do you want, the arms
or the legs." she asked him as they prepared to pick up the first corpse. "Uh,
there has to be another way of doing this." said Tenchi not really wanting to
touch the bloodied bodies. Ryoko thought for a moment and then said, "I'll pick
them up in my force field, and you open the airlock." "Ok." he said with a sigh
of relief that he didn't have to touch the corpses. "Hmmm." said Ryoko as she
noticed something sticking out of the one the men's pocket. She pulled it out
and examined it. "W-w-what is that?" asked Tenchi. "It's a bounty contract."
she replied. "It's signed at the bottom by Hotzel." She crumpled up the paper
in her fist and vaporized it as she conjured her energy sword. "Who is Hotzel?"
asked Tenchi. "He's the worst slim ball in the entire galaxy, a sleazy no good
waste of flesh." she said. "He hires mercs and assassins for people who are
very well to do in the galactic underworld." "He's the one who sent these guys
after Minagi?" asked Tenchi. "It looks that way, and whoever is after her much
be really rich because Hotzel only caters to those who can pay his price."
replied Ryoko. She formed her force field and lifted the three corpses into the
air. They went to the closest airlock and placed them inside. After the inner
door was closed, Tenchi opened the outer hatch without decompressing the inner
chamber first, and the bodies were expelled into the vacuum of space.

"I feel really dirty right now." he said. Seeming the bodies shooting off
into the void reminded him of the old gangster movies he used to watch as a kid.

"It's ok, Tenchi dear, when you see one dead body you've seen them all."
said Ryoko, and she kissed him softly to try and quell his dark mood.

Before they knew it they arrived at Hotari. The Jurai Star dropped out of
hyperspace and Aeka, at the command podium, answered the called form the space
traffic controller. Being a part of the Royal Family of Jurai, she was granted
immediate passage through all the regular traffic that entered the system, and
was given a private landing platform on the planet. Jurai Star tore through the
upper atmosphere of the planet leaving a brilliant streak of light that could be
seen for hundreds of miles on the surface at night. Homing in on a transponder
signal the ship slowly set down on a large landing platform that rose out of the
jungle somewhere on the southern continent near the western coast. A throng of
young scantly clad girls stood waiting for them as Tenchi and the girls walked
down the boarding ramp from the ship. The young servant girls put rings of
flowers around Tenchi neck and gave each of the girls a flower to put in their
hair. The girls look suspiciously at the servant girls when they were near
Tenchi, and some of them could be heard saying things to order of how cute he
was.

"Keep your eyes on those girls, I don't trust them." Ryoko whispered to
Aeka. "Your right, but do you honestly think Tenchi would ever do anything with
any other girls than us?" asked Aeka. "Its not what Tenchi would do that
worries me, it's what those horny little bitches will try to do that worries
me." replied Ryoko. Aeka nodded in agreement.

The closest Earth equivalent Tenchi could think of to describe the place
they were staying in was a bungalow, but a very big bungalow. It had more than
enough rooms for everyone, a huge entertainment room with a giant wide screen
viewer, a massive library of pornographic movies from over a dozen different
alien worlds, and a huge dinning room. Sasami really loved the look of the
kitchen which was massive compared to what was at the Masaki residence, and was
even larger than the galley on the Jurai Star. Ryoko loved the idea that the
place has a natural hot spring just outside with a large patio, and a
breathtaking view of the ocean and beach. "This place is perfect." said Ryoko.
"Definitely very pleasing to the pleasure senses." said Washu. "It's really
nice." said Tenchi. "It looks expensive." said Mihoshi. Washu turned around with a flourish and held up a golden colored credit card. On the front of it was Washu's face etched in gold. "The Washu Universal Express Card, never travel the universe without it." she said. Aeka stepped up and in protest she said, "I have the funds to pay for this also."

A servant girl walked up, blushed when she came in eye contact with Tenchi, and said, "The governor of Hotari would like to inform you that your stay here is on him." Everyone looked at her with a questioning look. "He is very proud to have such famous people visiting our planet." she added with a warm smile.

"Wow, you mean we can stay here for free?" asked Sasami. The girl nodded and said, "Everything for the most famous people in the galaxy is free as long as you stay with us."

"WOW!" they all shouted at once.

"This is the largest house we have on the planet, but we don't rooms enough for all of you." said the girl. "That won't be a problem." said Ryoko as she wrapped her arm around Tenchi's shoulder. The girl almost looked like she was really disappointed for a brief second. All the girls caught on to her expression before she suppressed it and took on her friendly look again. "Well, if you need anything just feel free to contact us via any of the consoles in the house and on the patio." the girl said before leaving.

"Is it me, or are all the girls on this planet out to get into Tenchi's pants?" asked Ryoko. Tenchi blushed furiously and said, "Now, listen, don't get jealous over every pretty girl that even looks in my direction."

"We're not jealous, we're being protective of our man." said Ryoko as she played with his short ponytail. Aeka, Sasami, Washu, and Mihoshi all nodded in agreement. "We discussed this when we got off the ship, I'd be nuts to cheat on you all." he added. "As we said, we're not worried about what you'd do, we are worried about what they'd try to do." said Washu. Tenchi hung his head in defeat and said, "Huh, boy."

"Lets go swimming!" shouted Sasami. "Miya!" meowed Ryo-Ohki in full agreement, even though she didn't really swim.

"Yea!" the girls all shouted in agreement and they all ran into the house and were startle to find that all their luggage was already off the ship and in their rooms. Fifteen minutes later, Ryoko appeared in a stunning one-piece swimsuit with fluffy lace all along the edges which made it look more like a piece of lingerie. Aeka stepped out in a two-piece swimsuit with black strips on a white background. The bottom was a regular bikini panty, but the top was bra style with two small cups just large enough to cover the right places. She had a blush on her face. Sasami came after her in a one-piece that was metallic blue with white lace fluffs at the edges and looks very much like Ryoko's own outfit.

"Nice swimsuit Sasami." said Ryoko. "Thank you." the little princess said with a slight blush on her face. "Aren't you a little young to dress like that?" asked Sasami. "Tenchi might like it." said Sasami. Mihoshi appeared next in a new swimsuit that was yellow to accent her dark complexion, the top was a halter style, and the bottom was a thong. "When Tenchi gets a load of you his nose is going to hemorrhage to death." said Washu as she walked out. She was wearing a one-piece swimsuit with two tone green strips that ran horizontally, and a plunging "V" neckline that just passed her navel. "Wow, Washu, you look good." said Sasami. "The greatest scientific genius in the universe is also the best looking too." said Washu with a flourish taking a sexy pose. A and B pop up on her shoulders, dressed in a similar outfit and start cheering.

"You look marvelous!"
"You're the bomb, Washu!"
"You are one foxy lady, Washu!"
"Knock'em dead, Washu!"

"Knock it off!" shouted Ryoko and the two Washu-bots vanished as quickly as they appeared. "Where is Tenchi?" asked Washu after giving Ryoko a withering glance.

Inside the house Tenchi stepped out of his bedroom and walked into the hallway. He was wearing a pair of black Speedo swimming trunks that were form fitting. He knew the girls would get a kick out of them, and that was why he chose them over a regular ordinary pair. He spotted Minagi sitting in the spacious living room by herself.

"Miss Minagi, why don't you join us." he offered politely.

"No, I'd be a third wheel out there." she said waving to him. He sat down next to her and said, "No you won't." She made eye contact with him and said, "This place reminds me too much of Trunks, his father has a friend who lives on a tropical island in the middle of the ocean." Tenchi's face took on a saddened expression. "I'm sorry, I didn't realize coming here would hurt you." he said.

"No, Tenchi, its not that." she said. "He borrowed the place form his father/s friend for a weekend so we could be alone. We, we had our first time under the stars on the beach." "Don't stay in the house all day, get out and have fun, it's all free of charge for us." he told her. Minagi looked at him and smiled, but he could tell it was forced. "Your just as sweet as the Tenchi I know from my universe." she said. Tenchi blushed a little at that. "Well, the girls are waiting, you get out and have fun, you hear me." he said and left the room. Before going outside he stopped by one of the consoles and pressed a button. A very pretty young girl greeted him on the screen. Tenchi had thought this over much hard, and he made his decision right them. He spoke to the young girl briefly and she nodded to him with a bright smile. "It will be taken care of, Mr. Masaki." she said. When he opened the door to the patio Tenchi found himself assailed by catcalls from several different directions. Ryoko walked passed him, grabbed his butt, and said, "Don't mind me, just copping a feel."

"You look good, Tenchi." said Washu.
"You are very hansom in those, Tenchi." said Aeka.
"Break out the cattle prods girls, we're gonna need them." said Ryoko.

Miya miya miya!" meowed Ryo-Ohki from Sasami's shoulder. Sasami has tied a pink ribbon to the little cabbit's neck while they were waiting.

Tenchi blushed furiously, scratched the back of his head in that manner he usually did and said, "Ah, huh, huh, um, thanks, um." Ryoko materialized behind him and wrapped her arms around him. "Still the same old Tenchi." she said.

They walked from the house to the beach on a secluded path that ran through the forest. Strange alien birds chirped in the trees, and even stranger alien insects made exotic sounds in the shadows of the trees. At the end they emerged on the white sands of the beach and were struck with the awesome view before them. Hotari was a planet, but it was really a very large moon. The massive gas giant it orbited was a huge world similar to Jupiter but had a ring system similar to Saturn. The ringed giant hung in the sky halfway above the ocean horizon creating an otherworldly view that was breath taking.

"Wow." said Sasami in awe.

The beach itself was crowded but there was more than enough room for all of them. Tenchi carried some blankets for them. They found some unoccupied umbrellas mounted to the ground and laid out the blankets there. The girls watched as he bent over and laid our each was captivated by the way his swimming trunks accented his posterior. They did not notice the group of four young men who were walking past. They were tall, tanned, and well built, and they were on the prowl for young women. When they beheld the visions of beauty that were Washu, Aeka, Ryoko, and Mihoshi their eye went wide and their jaws dropped in shock.

"Damn, get a load of them." one of the men said.

"I haven't seen that many gorgeous babes in one place in a long time." said another. The obvious leader, a taller young man with dark hair and a heftier build said, "Lets see if they need any dates, gentlemen."

"This is a perfect spot, we get a wonderful view from here." said Aeka. "Yea, and we're close to the water here too." said Washu. "Good, then we can-" Tenchi said but he looked at the young men approaching. "Oh, no."

"Ladies, is this little shrimp bugging you?" the tallest of the four asked. "There is a beach party tonight about a mile from here and we were wondering if you'd be interested?" The four older women turned towards the four young men. Sasami knew what was coming so she ran and hid behind Tenchi with Ryo-Ohki.

"We already have a date, thank you." said Aeka in a polite voice. "What, that scrawny kid?" asked one of the other young men. "I could break him with my pinky finger." He held up his hand and moved his little finger to emphasize what he said. That was the completely wrong thing to say, however. The girls took it as threat against Tenchi, and to them that could not be tolerated in the slightest.

"That scrawny kid is our fiancé." said Ryoko with a venomous look. The leader of the four looked at her in astonishment. "Our, you mean all four of you are engaged to this string bean?" he asked with a humorous look on his face. The four girls nodded in acknowledgment. The young man laughed and said, "Well, on your planet he's probably all you could settle for, but you babes are on Hotari now and we are the hottest guys you will ever find." He and others took muscle man poses to show off their muscles. Ryoko had to admit they were all very cute, and their bodies were really buff. However, they did not have the one thing that she loved about Tenchi, and that was his kind and caring nature.

"So what do you say, girls." the leader said. "You dump this loser and come with us."

"No thanks." said Aeka.

One of the young men grabbed Aeka's arm and said, "But, we insist." The leader grabbed Ryoko by the arm too. "Yea, it's our duty to save babes from being stuck with total geeks like him." Those two moves alone were not very good ideas, at all. Ryoko smiled at the young man who had her arm in tight grip and he though he had won her over. He changed his mind completely, however, when she grabbed him with other arm and lifted him over her head as if he didn't weigh very much at all. "What the fuck!" he yelled.
The one who had Aeka discovered that grabbing the Princess of Jurai not a good thing to do. She summoned her mini-guardians in an instant and delivered a massive electrical shock that sent him flying. The other two young men looked at each other than then back at the girls. Washu and Mihoshi cracked their knuckles and in that instant the two were running as fast as their legs would carry them. Ryoko spun around threw the guy she had towards the ocean. He traveled for several hundred feet before dropping down into the water.

"Jerks!" yelled Sasami from behind Tenchi.
"Sasami!" yelled Aeka who was shocked at such language from her little sister. "Well, they are." the little princess said. "She has a point." said Ryoko. "Well, the girls didn't kill them at least." Tenchi said soft enough so that only Sasami could hear. The little princesses looked up at him with eyes filled with love and admiration and nodded in agreement. Ryo-Ohki did the same thing.

With the incident behind them Tenchi and the girls decided to go for a swim in the crystal clear, blue waters. Ryo-Ohki made a game out of running away from and chasing the waves as they lapped onto the shore. Sasami was not accustomed to swimming in such deep water so she stuck near Tenchi. He held her hand as they went out into deeper water. After a certain distance he dove under the waves with Sasami behind him. She took a huge gulp of air before going down. Under the water Tenchi hugged her and kissed her on the lips tenderly, and they surfaced. "I needed that." she said with a huge smile on her face. He felt a little guilty at kissing her in public, and he was worried if anyone would see also. The other girls gave him knowing looks and Washu did a "shame shame" motion at him with her fingers. Sasami started to gain in confidence and started swimming around on her own in the deep water, but Tenchi kept an eye on her the whole time.

Ryoko swam towards Tenchi and groped him as she passed him. "That was the second time you did that." he said. Ryoko cackled hysterically. Tenchi whipped around, reached out and grabbed her from behind. His hands cupped both her breasts and they kept their heads above the water they paddling their legs. "It's my turn." he said giving her ample bosoms a little squeeze. "Hmm, you can have all the turns you want." she said as she was enthralled by the delicious feeling delivered by his hands. "Is sex all you think about?" he asked her in mock seriousness. She nodded. "You're just taking advantage of a poor innocent youth's uncontrolled sexual urges." he said in mock desperation. She turned and looked at him like a tiger looks at its prey. "I like uncontrolled sexual urges, have you been keeping anything to yourself lately, Tenchi?" she said. He kissed her passionately as the other girls paddled closer. "Not anymore I'm not." he said. He spread out his arms and the other girls moved in to be a part of his huge embrace. If his face had not been drenched in water you could have seen the tears in his eyes. "I love you, all of you." he said.

"We love you too, Tenchi." they all replied, and then they one by one gave him a passionate kiss. Tenchi even gave Sasami a long kiss, and for the first time he did not care if anyone else saw him either. He knew the limits of their relationship for now. Washu's machine may give them a way to go beyond those limits for a time, but he knew their limits.

The sun was going down and they all sat under the umbrella on the beach and ate. Food had been delivered to them while they were out in the water, and it was some of the most delicious stuff they had ever tasted outside of Sasami's cooking. Tenchi noticed a short young girl with a familiar face approaching them with a small black box. "Say, lets go to that party those guys were talking about earlier." said Sasami.

"Hmm, a beach party is full of horny guys." said Washu.
"And, a lot of horny young girls, too." said Ryoko.

"After what you two did I'm sure those guys spread the word that your off limits." said Tenchi. "By the way, we haven't officially talked about marriage yet." They looked at him strangely, he stood up, and walked over to the short young girl. She curtsied to him as he took the black box, and he returned to his original spot. "Tenchi?" said Ryoko with a perplexed look on her face. Tenchi looked down so they could not see his face, he looked up and they could see the tears in his eyes. They all sat down because they knew he was about to say something very profound.

"All of you mean so much to me." he said. "I love each and every one of you so much. These past few days have been so wonderful, so beautiful, that I don't want to ever live a day without any one of you missing from my life."

He opened the small black box and inside was six diamond engagement rings of different sizes. He got up on one knee, closed his eyes as if to gather his courage, and then he looked at the girls and asked, "Aeka, Ryoko, Sasami, Washu, Mihoshi, will you marry me?"

Without a hint of hesitation the girls all cheered, "Yes!" They lunged for him and grabbed him up in a huge hug. Tenchi openly cried in their arms and they kissed him tenderly. They held him until he let it work out of his system, then he dried his eyes. One by one he put the rings on the girl's fingers. They were all glowing with happiness so brightly you could practically use the light they radiated as a navigational beacon for starships. "Now, if a guy walked up to you and starts to flirt, you can show him the ring and he will back off." he said. The girls looked at him, then each other, and they called said, "Lets go party!"

The party in question was huge to say the least. There were hundreds of people about, there was a massive spread of food on more than a dozen long tables, and a large dance floor was erected on the beach. Torches that looked like tiki torches from Earth lighted the whole event, but the dance floor had electric lighting and a laser light show. The DJ was playing music that sounded like Earth pop dance music with a back beat heaving with bass drums and the lyrics of some of the songs were in Juraian, so Tenchi was able to understand some of what was said. As they approached a very tall man ran up to the DJ's podium and spoke to the man behind the console. The DJ handed the man the microphone.

"Attention party goers!" he announced. "We are proud to announce that our little shindig here is being graced by the appearance of non other than the Saviors of Jurai!" The vast crowd of people followed the man's hand and looked at Tenchi and the girls. "They are the beautiful Princess Aeka, her very cute little sister Princess Sasami, the stunningly beautiful Space Pirate Ryoko, the most beautiful genius in the universe Washu, the exotically beautiful Galaxy Police detective Mihoshi, and the young man who defeated the Tyrant of Jurai....young Tenchi Masaki himself." the man announced. The girls in the crowd looked his way very quickly at the mention of his name. Ryoko teleported over to the man and whispered something into his ear and then teleported back to Tenchi and the others.

"Wow, this is big, big, big, big news!" the man shouted. "We are gather her to celebrate the four hundredth anniversary of Hotari, but we also have something else to celebrate also. It appears that the Hero of Jurai and the young Heroines of Jurai are officially engaged to be married. Young Tenchi Masaki is engaged to Princess Aeka, Princess Sasami, Space Pirate Ryoko, GP Detective Mihoshi, and the infamous Professor Washu!" The crowd overall cheered for them and clapped, but a number of young men and women did not look very happy. Tenchi leaned over and kissed Ryoko softly. "Thank you." he whispered.









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TO BE CONTINUED!!!

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