Tenchi Muyo!
Disclaimer: This episode of Tenchi Muyo! is of my own creation. I do not own any portion of Tenchi Muyo. "Tenchi Muyo!" and all related characters, names, etc. are ©1992-2003 AIC Inc. and Pioneer LDC. All rights reserved.
Note: This episode takes place shortly after the events of Tenchi Muyo! Special Episode: Here Comes Jurai, Part Two.
Of Happiness and Sorrow
Episode 2:
Disguises and Surprises
Washu stares at her computer monitor in shock. Just a couple of seconds ago, Washu saw Katsuhito change from an old man into the young former Jurai prince Yosho.
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Of course Yosho did not know that Washu had been watching him. At the present, he is resting on his spaceship tree Funaho, drinking Sake and contemplating what he is going to do. Ever since his parents came to visit just a few days ago, he has thought about revealing his true form to everybody. But he has also thought of what could happen if he did.
His first thoughts were of his half-sister Ayeka. 'What would she say?' thought Yosho. 'I know that her heart now beats for Tenchi, but I do sense that she still feels for me, though not as strong as before since she believes me now to be an old man. If she were to know that I still look as young as I did when I last saw her on Jurai, would her old feelings for me resurface?' Yosho shook his head at the thought. 'I do love Ayeka, but only as a sister. I can never see her as anything else.'
He took another long drink of Sake. His next thoughts were of his grandson Tenchi. 'I don't think that Tenchi would enjoy the fact that I have lied to him his entire life by hiding behind a disguise and pretending to be an old man.' He sighed and began to talk to his spaceship tree again. "The others would probably feel the same."
"Feel the same about what Yosho?"
Yosho lost his balance and nearly fell out of his tree when he heard the voice. He regained his balance and stood up, trying to hide himself from view in the leaves. He began to speak, but in the voice he uses for his disguise. "Who's there?" he demanded. He heard the sound of someone laughing. It took him only a couple of seconds to recognize the voice. "Washu," he said lightly.
"You don't have to hide from me," the little genius stated, "I know your secret."
Yosho smiled lightly, "You've been spying on me Little Washu."
Washu laughed again. "Well, yes and no. I've been spying, well watching, everybody, you know, to see what everybody is up to. I just happened to noticed that you were acting a little out of the norm so I followed you around to see what was going on."
Yosho sighed, "And you followed me here and saw my true form."
"Yes, and I was quite surprised, truthfully. You hid your true self quite well, even I didn't know, and it takes a lot to trick the Greatest Scientific Genius in the Universe I can tell you that!"
Yosho chuckled lightly and sat back down so he could now see Washu and she could see him.
"You know," Washu said with a slight note of interest in her voice, "You shouldn't hide from everybody with a disguise. Sometimes hiding from your problems will only make them worse when you finally decide to face them."
Yosho jumped off of his tree back onto the ground and walked up to Washu. He couldn't help but notice that the scientist was eyeing him as he walked up to her.
"Besides," she added, "You look a lot better like this."
Yosho felt a slight flush come to his face while Washu giggled mischievously. He regained his composure after a couple of tense seconds and they began to walk along the path towards the shrine. "Well, it seems that you are right again Little Washu, I am quite surprised at how much you always seem to know."
She looked at him for a little while, thinking heavily. She finally spoke up, "You know in this case, I don't speak from knowledge, I speak from experience."
He looked at her. "What do you mean?"
A small smirk appeared on her face. "This is what I mean."
Yosho stood still, completely shocked at what he just saw. Washu just turned right before his eyes from a young woman, looking about twelve or so, onto a beautiful grown woman. Washu couldn't help but laugh at the look on Yosho's face. "I know I look good, but I didn't expect that kind of reaction from you!"
It took Yosho a couple of seconds to regain himself. "Um...uh...well...it appears that we have more in common than we once thought." Yosho said uneasily.
Ever since Washu arrived at the Masaki household, she and Yosho have been good friends. Indeed, he spent more time with her than any of the other girls, even his own sisters. He had always enjoyed the talks that the two of them had, and there had been a certain level of respect between the two. But now he was beginning to feel something else form between them, something...deeper.
"Hello? Yosho are you there?"
He suddenly realized that he had been quiet for several minutes and Washu had been trying to talk to him. "Oh, sorry about that, I was just deep in thought."
"Well aren't you always?" Washu asked with a sideways smile.
"I'm not always...well, now that you mention it, I guess I always am." Yosho admitted.
Washu sighed, "We both use things to occupy our minds to hide the pain. I am always deep in research while you are deep in thought writing your Haikus or training with Tenchi."
'Tenchi,' thought Yosho with a slight sense of concern. 'I can't tell him.them, not yet.' He looked over to Washu. "I can't tell him or any of them yet, I just don't feel ready to tell them the truth."
Washu looked over to her friend with pity. 'He's afraid. And to think, the man who was brave enough to face off with Ryoko and defeat her is now afraid over something as simple as this!' "Yosho," Washu started, "Pretty much everyone else knows about me actually looking like this, I showed them all over a month ago. I was afraid to at first, but I knew that they would accept it if I explained it to them, and they did."
Yosho looked slightly surprised. "So, they all know about you?"
"Yeah, and you would have known sooner too if you had come down to eat dinner with us sometimes."
"You come to dinner like this?"
"Sometimes. I would usually come in wearing something exciting to see how Tenchi would react."
Both she and Yosho started to laugh. He felt himself warming more and more up to the scientist. Before he knew what he was doing, he reached down and held her hand with his. Washu looked surprised and taken back for a moment, but smiled warmly at him and took his hand as well.
Soon they were walking hand in hand towards the shrine. They were telling each other about secrets about them that they never told anyone else. In a very short time, they became closer than friends as a relationship between them developed. In no time at all, they had reached the shrine. They took a look around to see if anybody was there, but no one was.
"I guess Tenchi finished with his chores and went back to the house." Yosho frowned and thought for a second. "By the way Washu, do you know what time it is?"
"Um, yeah," said Washu, "it's about 6:30, so Sasami will be serving dinner soon."
"Ah, that sounds nice. I think I will join in this time."
Washu looked to Yosho excited. "Does that mean that." But he quickly interrupted. "No not yet." She began to look downtrodden. "But I will soon. Our talk made me feel more confident in myself. I just need a little more time."
He looked at her and smiled, turning back into an old man. Washu looked up at him and returned the smile. She then gave him a kiss on the cheek and also changed into her disguise. The two of them walked down the steps to the Masaki household.
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Meanwhile in the Masaki house, everyone is getting ready for dinner. Ayeka finally woke up and is helping Tenchi put the plates on the table. Sasami is happily making the dinner with Ryo-Ohki acting as her assistant. Ryoko and Mihoshi are sitting on the couch watching the news. "Ugh, why does this planet have to be so primitive? I hate that they don't have the ability to control the weather," moaned Ryoko as she watched the newscaster state that it would be rainy all day tomorrow.
Ayeka gave Ryoko a disdainful look. "I do not know why you are so upset Ryoko, it is not like you do anything around the house besides sleep." She finished putting all the plates down on the table and sat next to Mihoshi on the couch.
Ryoko looked up at Ayeka and was about to say something, but suddenly stopped and shook her head. "Ah I don't feel like arguing with you today."
Ayeka nearly looked concerned at her rival. "Are you alright? Is something wrong?"
"Huh? Oh no, I'm just not in the mood right now." Ryoko answered while not looking away from the television. She still looked rather glum.
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Tenchi, who was watching the girls, was quite surprised with what he just witnessed. 'Normally Ryoko would have started fighting with Ayeka after she said that to her. Zero's emotions have really done a job on her!' thought Tenchi to himself. He smiled at how different things are beginning to seem in the house as he walked into the kitchen.
"Tenchi!" squealed Ryo-Ohki as Tenchi walked in. His name, not surprisingly, was one of the first words she learned to speak, besides 'carrot'.
"Hi Ryo-Ohki, hey Sasami! How's dinner going along?"
Sasami turned around and smiled, "It's just about done Tenchi! I'd say ten more minutes will do it!"
"Great! I'll go tell the others." And with that, Tenchi walked back into the living room. "Hey guys," he started, "Sasami says that dinner will be ready in about ten minutes."
Mihoshi looked up. "Oh goody, I'm starving!"
Tenchi looked around the room confused. "Hey, where's Washu? Is she in her lab?"
"Um no," answered Mihoshi. "I saw her leave earlier. I think that she was going to talk to your grandfather."
Tenchi frowned lightly. "Oh, I guess we should wait for her to come before we eat."
Ryoko seemed to come out of her daze and stood up. "Don't worry," the ex- pirate began, "I'll go get her."
"No need to Ryoko, I'm already here!" came a cheerful voice by the front door.
Everyone turned around to see Washu standing by the front door with Katsuhito.
"Grandpa!" Tenchi said excitedly, "Are you going to be eating with us?"
Katsuhito looked over to his grandson and smiled. "Yes Tenchi I will be."
"Great! I'll go get an extra plate." Tenchi said as he walked back to the kitchen.
Ayeka got up off the couch and walked to her half-brother. "So brother Yosho, why have you decided to come and eat with us today?"
"I realized that I usually eat all my meals by myself, it can get rather lonely at times. Besides, this gives me a chance to spend more time with my family."
Ayeka smiled warmly. "Yes, that is a good reason. I'm glad that you are eating with us brother Yosho."
Katsuhito returned the smile. "I am glad too Ayeka."
Tenchi walked back into the living room, followed by Sasami and Ryo-Ohki. All three of them were carrying several plates of food.
"Dinner's ready!" exclaimed Sasami cheerfully.
Everyone is now sitting around the table eating dinner. As usual, Ryoko and Ayeka are sitting on each side of Tenchi. Surprisingly, both have kept their voices down during most of the meal. They still had a couple of arguments, but nothing major sprouted from any of them. Washu and Katsuhito sat next to each other and were involved in a small conversation about the earth and its ecosystem. Washu wants to grow some exotic, but deadly plants, that are not natural to the earth, and Katsuhito is trying to advise her not to do so. Mihoshi and Sasami are busy training Ryo-Ohki on how to use chopsticks properly, but she still insists on using her hands to pick up and eat her food.
"Come on Ryo-Ohki!" Sasami pleaded, "It's not that hard to eat with chop sticks!"
"Yeah," chimed in Mihoshi, "If you use your hands all the time when you eat, you'll look like a slob!"
Ryo-Ohki looked angrily at them both and crosses her arms and says, "No!" defiantly.
Sasami picked up her chopsticks and used them to pick up a meatball. "See? It's easy, why don't you try?"
Ryo-Ohki looked from her chopsticks to her plate a couple of times, then reached down and picked up a meatball from her plate and put it in her mouth. She looked back up at Sasami and chewed happily. While Ryo-Ohki is in her human form, she tends to eat other foods besides carrots, which surprised everyone at first. Of course that made Tenchi happier since he doesn't have to plant only carrots in the fields now.
Sasami threw her hands up in the air. When she talked, everyone could detect a note of anger in her voice. "Oh Ryo-Ohki, you are so stubborn!"
Tenchi spoke up, "Don't get angry now Sasami, these things take time, you just have to be patient."
Sasami looked at Tenchi felling kind of silly about getting a little angry. "I know Tenchi. I'm sorry for getting angry."
Tenchi just waved her apology away. "Ah don't worry about it Sasami, it's nothing!"
"Thanks Tenchi." Sasami smiled awkwardly and looked back to Ryo-Ohki and squealed with delight. Everyone looked over to see what happened, and all of them gasped at what they were seeing. Ryo-Ohki was holding the chopsticks awkwardly in her hands and was trying to pick up some food, with little success. Sasami grabbed Ryo-Ohki's hands and showed her how to properly hold and use them. Within a few minutes, Ryo- Ohki had it down quite well and was happily eating her dinner.
Tenchi chuckled as he watched the little cabbit eat. 'Boy, it seems like everything around here is changing,' Tenchi thought to himself. He was about to pick up a piece of food, but Ryoko grabbed his arm.
She put her lips close to his ear and whispered, "Tenchi, do you think that after we're all done eating you could go out on a walk with me?" She started to blush, but only lightly.
Tenchi looked taken back a bit. "Um, well," he wasn't too sure what to say, her question had really surprised him. He first looked over to Ayeka, but she hadn't noticed anything and was still eating. He then looked back to Ryoko, into those beautiful cat-like amber eyes, and felt his heart warm up. "Uh, sure Ryoko, that sounds nice."
She looked like she was about to jump in the air, but she held herself together. "Really!? Oh thank you Tenchi!"
On the other side of the table, Washu was watching her daughter. She couldn't help but smile as she felt surges of emotions come from Ryoko. 'He must have said yes,' she thought mischievously, 'I've never felt this much happiness come from her.' She looked back down to her plate just in time to see Katsuhito try to steal her last piece of seaweed. "Hey old man!" she screamed so loud that everyone jumped about a foot off of their seats, "What do you think you are doing!?"
"What are you talking about Little Washu?" answered Katsuhito, but his face gave himself away, he was grinning.
"Don't play games with me Yosho, you know what you were trying to do!" Washu was now standing up and pointing her finger threateningly at Katsuhito.
Katsuhito started shaking and in a couple of seconds was laughing. Everybody soon joined.
"Hey Mom," started Ryoko, who was wiping a tear from her eye, "did you just call him Yosho? I thought you only called him Katsuhito."
Washu froze, she didn't even realize that she called him Yosho. She was about to say something, but Katsuhito stood up beside her, interrupting her. "I think that it is time for me to tell, no, show you all something that I've been meaning to for a long time."
Washu looked up to him. 'Does he mean what I think he does?' she thought, feeling her heartbeat start to increase. Katsuhito looked at Washu and smiled. 'Yes!' she thought excitedly, 'He's going to do it!'
"For a long time now, I've hid myself, my true self from everybody, but I think now that the time is right."
With those words, the invisible field around Yosho, which was used for his disguise, dropped. Everyone froze in their place, all too shocked with what they just saw to move.
Tenchi was the first to snap out of his trance. "Grandpa?" was all he could say.
Yosho sighed as he looked around the room to all the shocked faces. "I guess I have some explaining to do."
To be continued...
Author's notes: Yosho finally reveals his true form to the family, plus he seems to be getting a little cozy with our favorite little genius! Tenchi is going to go out on a walk with Ryoko, but how will Ayeka react? Keep on reading to find out!
Questions or comments? E-mail me at: lighthawkdemon@yahoo.com
Next Episode: Confessions of Romance
Disclaimer: This episode of Tenchi Muyo! is of my own creation. I do not own any portion of Tenchi Muyo. "Tenchi Muyo!" and all related characters, names, etc. are ©1992-2003 AIC Inc. and Pioneer LDC. All rights reserved.
Note: This episode takes place shortly after the events of Tenchi Muyo! Special Episode: Here Comes Jurai, Part Two.
Of Happiness and Sorrow
Episode 2:
Disguises and Surprises
Washu stares at her computer monitor in shock. Just a couple of seconds ago, Washu saw Katsuhito change from an old man into the young former Jurai prince Yosho.
______
Of course Yosho did not know that Washu had been watching him. At the present, he is resting on his spaceship tree Funaho, drinking Sake and contemplating what he is going to do. Ever since his parents came to visit just a few days ago, he has thought about revealing his true form to everybody. But he has also thought of what could happen if he did.
His first thoughts were of his half-sister Ayeka. 'What would she say?' thought Yosho. 'I know that her heart now beats for Tenchi, but I do sense that she still feels for me, though not as strong as before since she believes me now to be an old man. If she were to know that I still look as young as I did when I last saw her on Jurai, would her old feelings for me resurface?' Yosho shook his head at the thought. 'I do love Ayeka, but only as a sister. I can never see her as anything else.'
He took another long drink of Sake. His next thoughts were of his grandson Tenchi. 'I don't think that Tenchi would enjoy the fact that I have lied to him his entire life by hiding behind a disguise and pretending to be an old man.' He sighed and began to talk to his spaceship tree again. "The others would probably feel the same."
"Feel the same about what Yosho?"
Yosho lost his balance and nearly fell out of his tree when he heard the voice. He regained his balance and stood up, trying to hide himself from view in the leaves. He began to speak, but in the voice he uses for his disguise. "Who's there?" he demanded. He heard the sound of someone laughing. It took him only a couple of seconds to recognize the voice. "Washu," he said lightly.
"You don't have to hide from me," the little genius stated, "I know your secret."
Yosho smiled lightly, "You've been spying on me Little Washu."
Washu laughed again. "Well, yes and no. I've been spying, well watching, everybody, you know, to see what everybody is up to. I just happened to noticed that you were acting a little out of the norm so I followed you around to see what was going on."
Yosho sighed, "And you followed me here and saw my true form."
"Yes, and I was quite surprised, truthfully. You hid your true self quite well, even I didn't know, and it takes a lot to trick the Greatest Scientific Genius in the Universe I can tell you that!"
Yosho chuckled lightly and sat back down so he could now see Washu and she could see him.
"You know," Washu said with a slight note of interest in her voice, "You shouldn't hide from everybody with a disguise. Sometimes hiding from your problems will only make them worse when you finally decide to face them."
Yosho jumped off of his tree back onto the ground and walked up to Washu. He couldn't help but notice that the scientist was eyeing him as he walked up to her.
"Besides," she added, "You look a lot better like this."
Yosho felt a slight flush come to his face while Washu giggled mischievously. He regained his composure after a couple of tense seconds and they began to walk along the path towards the shrine. "Well, it seems that you are right again Little Washu, I am quite surprised at how much you always seem to know."
She looked at him for a little while, thinking heavily. She finally spoke up, "You know in this case, I don't speak from knowledge, I speak from experience."
He looked at her. "What do you mean?"
A small smirk appeared on her face. "This is what I mean."
Yosho stood still, completely shocked at what he just saw. Washu just turned right before his eyes from a young woman, looking about twelve or so, onto a beautiful grown woman. Washu couldn't help but laugh at the look on Yosho's face. "I know I look good, but I didn't expect that kind of reaction from you!"
It took Yosho a couple of seconds to regain himself. "Um...uh...well...it appears that we have more in common than we once thought." Yosho said uneasily.
Ever since Washu arrived at the Masaki household, she and Yosho have been good friends. Indeed, he spent more time with her than any of the other girls, even his own sisters. He had always enjoyed the talks that the two of them had, and there had been a certain level of respect between the two. But now he was beginning to feel something else form between them, something...deeper.
"Hello? Yosho are you there?"
He suddenly realized that he had been quiet for several minutes and Washu had been trying to talk to him. "Oh, sorry about that, I was just deep in thought."
"Well aren't you always?" Washu asked with a sideways smile.
"I'm not always...well, now that you mention it, I guess I always am." Yosho admitted.
Washu sighed, "We both use things to occupy our minds to hide the pain. I am always deep in research while you are deep in thought writing your Haikus or training with Tenchi."
'Tenchi,' thought Yosho with a slight sense of concern. 'I can't tell him.them, not yet.' He looked over to Washu. "I can't tell him or any of them yet, I just don't feel ready to tell them the truth."
Washu looked over to her friend with pity. 'He's afraid. And to think, the man who was brave enough to face off with Ryoko and defeat her is now afraid over something as simple as this!' "Yosho," Washu started, "Pretty much everyone else knows about me actually looking like this, I showed them all over a month ago. I was afraid to at first, but I knew that they would accept it if I explained it to them, and they did."
Yosho looked slightly surprised. "So, they all know about you?"
"Yeah, and you would have known sooner too if you had come down to eat dinner with us sometimes."
"You come to dinner like this?"
"Sometimes. I would usually come in wearing something exciting to see how Tenchi would react."
Both she and Yosho started to laugh. He felt himself warming more and more up to the scientist. Before he knew what he was doing, he reached down and held her hand with his. Washu looked surprised and taken back for a moment, but smiled warmly at him and took his hand as well.
Soon they were walking hand in hand towards the shrine. They were telling each other about secrets about them that they never told anyone else. In a very short time, they became closer than friends as a relationship between them developed. In no time at all, they had reached the shrine. They took a look around to see if anybody was there, but no one was.
"I guess Tenchi finished with his chores and went back to the house." Yosho frowned and thought for a second. "By the way Washu, do you know what time it is?"
"Um, yeah," said Washu, "it's about 6:30, so Sasami will be serving dinner soon."
"Ah, that sounds nice. I think I will join in this time."
Washu looked to Yosho excited. "Does that mean that." But he quickly interrupted. "No not yet." She began to look downtrodden. "But I will soon. Our talk made me feel more confident in myself. I just need a little more time."
He looked at her and smiled, turning back into an old man. Washu looked up at him and returned the smile. She then gave him a kiss on the cheek and also changed into her disguise. The two of them walked down the steps to the Masaki household.
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Meanwhile in the Masaki house, everyone is getting ready for dinner. Ayeka finally woke up and is helping Tenchi put the plates on the table. Sasami is happily making the dinner with Ryo-Ohki acting as her assistant. Ryoko and Mihoshi are sitting on the couch watching the news. "Ugh, why does this planet have to be so primitive? I hate that they don't have the ability to control the weather," moaned Ryoko as she watched the newscaster state that it would be rainy all day tomorrow.
Ayeka gave Ryoko a disdainful look. "I do not know why you are so upset Ryoko, it is not like you do anything around the house besides sleep." She finished putting all the plates down on the table and sat next to Mihoshi on the couch.
Ryoko looked up at Ayeka and was about to say something, but suddenly stopped and shook her head. "Ah I don't feel like arguing with you today."
Ayeka nearly looked concerned at her rival. "Are you alright? Is something wrong?"
"Huh? Oh no, I'm just not in the mood right now." Ryoko answered while not looking away from the television. She still looked rather glum.
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Tenchi, who was watching the girls, was quite surprised with what he just witnessed. 'Normally Ryoko would have started fighting with Ayeka after she said that to her. Zero's emotions have really done a job on her!' thought Tenchi to himself. He smiled at how different things are beginning to seem in the house as he walked into the kitchen.
"Tenchi!" squealed Ryo-Ohki as Tenchi walked in. His name, not surprisingly, was one of the first words she learned to speak, besides 'carrot'.
"Hi Ryo-Ohki, hey Sasami! How's dinner going along?"
Sasami turned around and smiled, "It's just about done Tenchi! I'd say ten more minutes will do it!"
"Great! I'll go tell the others." And with that, Tenchi walked back into the living room. "Hey guys," he started, "Sasami says that dinner will be ready in about ten minutes."
Mihoshi looked up. "Oh goody, I'm starving!"
Tenchi looked around the room confused. "Hey, where's Washu? Is she in her lab?"
"Um no," answered Mihoshi. "I saw her leave earlier. I think that she was going to talk to your grandfather."
Tenchi frowned lightly. "Oh, I guess we should wait for her to come before we eat."
Ryoko seemed to come out of her daze and stood up. "Don't worry," the ex- pirate began, "I'll go get her."
"No need to Ryoko, I'm already here!" came a cheerful voice by the front door.
Everyone turned around to see Washu standing by the front door with Katsuhito.
"Grandpa!" Tenchi said excitedly, "Are you going to be eating with us?"
Katsuhito looked over to his grandson and smiled. "Yes Tenchi I will be."
"Great! I'll go get an extra plate." Tenchi said as he walked back to the kitchen.
Ayeka got up off the couch and walked to her half-brother. "So brother Yosho, why have you decided to come and eat with us today?"
"I realized that I usually eat all my meals by myself, it can get rather lonely at times. Besides, this gives me a chance to spend more time with my family."
Ayeka smiled warmly. "Yes, that is a good reason. I'm glad that you are eating with us brother Yosho."
Katsuhito returned the smile. "I am glad too Ayeka."
Tenchi walked back into the living room, followed by Sasami and Ryo-Ohki. All three of them were carrying several plates of food.
"Dinner's ready!" exclaimed Sasami cheerfully.
Everyone is now sitting around the table eating dinner. As usual, Ryoko and Ayeka are sitting on each side of Tenchi. Surprisingly, both have kept their voices down during most of the meal. They still had a couple of arguments, but nothing major sprouted from any of them. Washu and Katsuhito sat next to each other and were involved in a small conversation about the earth and its ecosystem. Washu wants to grow some exotic, but deadly plants, that are not natural to the earth, and Katsuhito is trying to advise her not to do so. Mihoshi and Sasami are busy training Ryo-Ohki on how to use chopsticks properly, but she still insists on using her hands to pick up and eat her food.
"Come on Ryo-Ohki!" Sasami pleaded, "It's not that hard to eat with chop sticks!"
"Yeah," chimed in Mihoshi, "If you use your hands all the time when you eat, you'll look like a slob!"
Ryo-Ohki looked angrily at them both and crosses her arms and says, "No!" defiantly.
Sasami picked up her chopsticks and used them to pick up a meatball. "See? It's easy, why don't you try?"
Ryo-Ohki looked from her chopsticks to her plate a couple of times, then reached down and picked up a meatball from her plate and put it in her mouth. She looked back up at Sasami and chewed happily. While Ryo-Ohki is in her human form, she tends to eat other foods besides carrots, which surprised everyone at first. Of course that made Tenchi happier since he doesn't have to plant only carrots in the fields now.
Sasami threw her hands up in the air. When she talked, everyone could detect a note of anger in her voice. "Oh Ryo-Ohki, you are so stubborn!"
Tenchi spoke up, "Don't get angry now Sasami, these things take time, you just have to be patient."
Sasami looked at Tenchi felling kind of silly about getting a little angry. "I know Tenchi. I'm sorry for getting angry."
Tenchi just waved her apology away. "Ah don't worry about it Sasami, it's nothing!"
"Thanks Tenchi." Sasami smiled awkwardly and looked back to Ryo-Ohki and squealed with delight. Everyone looked over to see what happened, and all of them gasped at what they were seeing. Ryo-Ohki was holding the chopsticks awkwardly in her hands and was trying to pick up some food, with little success. Sasami grabbed Ryo-Ohki's hands and showed her how to properly hold and use them. Within a few minutes, Ryo- Ohki had it down quite well and was happily eating her dinner.
Tenchi chuckled as he watched the little cabbit eat. 'Boy, it seems like everything around here is changing,' Tenchi thought to himself. He was about to pick up a piece of food, but Ryoko grabbed his arm.
She put her lips close to his ear and whispered, "Tenchi, do you think that after we're all done eating you could go out on a walk with me?" She started to blush, but only lightly.
Tenchi looked taken back a bit. "Um, well," he wasn't too sure what to say, her question had really surprised him. He first looked over to Ayeka, but she hadn't noticed anything and was still eating. He then looked back to Ryoko, into those beautiful cat-like amber eyes, and felt his heart warm up. "Uh, sure Ryoko, that sounds nice."
She looked like she was about to jump in the air, but she held herself together. "Really!? Oh thank you Tenchi!"
On the other side of the table, Washu was watching her daughter. She couldn't help but smile as she felt surges of emotions come from Ryoko. 'He must have said yes,' she thought mischievously, 'I've never felt this much happiness come from her.' She looked back down to her plate just in time to see Katsuhito try to steal her last piece of seaweed. "Hey old man!" she screamed so loud that everyone jumped about a foot off of their seats, "What do you think you are doing!?"
"What are you talking about Little Washu?" answered Katsuhito, but his face gave himself away, he was grinning.
"Don't play games with me Yosho, you know what you were trying to do!" Washu was now standing up and pointing her finger threateningly at Katsuhito.
Katsuhito started shaking and in a couple of seconds was laughing. Everybody soon joined.
"Hey Mom," started Ryoko, who was wiping a tear from her eye, "did you just call him Yosho? I thought you only called him Katsuhito."
Washu froze, she didn't even realize that she called him Yosho. She was about to say something, but Katsuhito stood up beside her, interrupting her. "I think that it is time for me to tell, no, show you all something that I've been meaning to for a long time."
Washu looked up to him. 'Does he mean what I think he does?' she thought, feeling her heartbeat start to increase. Katsuhito looked at Washu and smiled. 'Yes!' she thought excitedly, 'He's going to do it!'
"For a long time now, I've hid myself, my true self from everybody, but I think now that the time is right."
With those words, the invisible field around Yosho, which was used for his disguise, dropped. Everyone froze in their place, all too shocked with what they just saw to move.
Tenchi was the first to snap out of his trance. "Grandpa?" was all he could say.
Yosho sighed as he looked around the room to all the shocked faces. "I guess I have some explaining to do."
To be continued...
Author's notes: Yosho finally reveals his true form to the family, plus he seems to be getting a little cozy with our favorite little genius! Tenchi is going to go out on a walk with Ryoko, but how will Ayeka react? Keep on reading to find out!
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