Tenchi Muyo!
Note 1: 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 2: This episode takes place shortly after the events of Tenchi Muyo! Special Episode: Here Comes Jurai, Part Two.
Of Happiness and Sorrow
Episode 4:
Whips, Dreams and Recordings oh my!
Early the next morning. Washu is busy in her lab checking on the status of Ayeka. "Oh my!" exclaimed Washu as she watches the monitor that is showing Ayeka's dream, "she is really getting into this!" She puts her hand on her face and starts to blush. "She is a lot more physical than I thought! And where did she get that whip?"
Suddenly there is a knock at her door and it opens and in walks Sasami. Washu quickly covers the monitor up and hides it away from Sasami. "Hi Sasami, what are you here for? It's pretty early."
"Oh I was just checking in on Ayeka to see how she is doing. I couldn't sleep too well last night, I was so worried about her."
Washu smiles as she says, "You are such a loving and caring sister Sasami. Any way, she is recovering nicely and I think she will be out within the next hour or so."
"Great!" shouted Sasami, "I'll start making her something right now, I bet she will be hungry when she wakes up!" And with that, she ran out of Washu's lab and into the kitchen.
The genius chuckled as she watched Sasami leave. "She really tries so hard to make everyone around here happy."
She is about to go into the kitchen when she hears a snap and someone yelping coming from her monitor of Ayeka's dream. Quickly she pulls out the monitor and gets wide eyed at what she sees. "Goodness!" she practically screams. She then begins to giggle mischievously, "I am so glad that I am recording this, I am going to have Ayeka wrapped around my finger!" She then begins to do her classic Washu laugh when suddenly a voice comes from behind her. "Hey Washu, what's so funny?"
Washu stops laughing, but doesn't need to turn around to see who it is. "Hello Mihoshi," she starts. Washu has become so accustomed to Mihoshi somehow getting into her lab without her letting her that she doesn't even mind anymore.
"Hey Washu, what are you watching?"
Washu smiles evilly at the blonde. "Do you really want to see what I'm watching?"
Mihoshi starts to look excited. "Yeah, I do, please show me!"
"Alright!" She then moves to the side so the GP officer can see what's on the monitor. Her eyes instantly go wide with shock. "W...Washu, what is this?"
The eccentric scientist giggles lightly. "Well, you see that Ayeka is over in that stasis tube sleeping right?"
"Um yeah."
"Well right now what we're watching is Ayeka's dream, and as you can see." She trails off as her eyes fall on the monitor. Mihoshi and Washu both turn their heads to the side, trying to get a better view of what is going on in Ayeka's dream.
"Oh wow, how is she doing that? It looks like it hurts!" said Mihoshi, whose head was turned so much that she was nearly falling over.
Washu just shook her head. "I don't know Mihoshi, but it is her dream, so I guess several things that are impossible are possible." 'Just like her ever being with Tenchi when he now belongs to my little Ryoko,' she thought with a grin.
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Tenchi opened his eyes lightly. He could hear the sound of water trickling nearby. Now he felt the urge to use the washroom. He is about to get up when he realizes that someone has their arms wrapped around him, and he could feel someone breathing lightly on his neck. It took him a few moments to remember what happened last night.
He smiled lightly as he remembered how romantic it had been last night with Ryoko. He remembered that they kissed for a while, and then they both decided to lay down in each other's arms and sleep.
Suddenly, the urge to use the bathroom became too overpowering so he carefully removed Ryoko's arms from him and said, "Don't worry, I'll be right back," to her before turning around and running into the forest.
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Yosho is busy walking down the steps from the shrine to the Masaki household. He smiled to himself. 'I wonder what all happened with Tenchi and Ryoko last night. I know that Tenchi would be kind and gentle, but Ryoko...' he began chuckling out loud. 'I just hope that Tenchi wasn't hurt last night.'
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Sasami is in the kitchen busily making breakfast. Ryo-Ohki is assisting her as usual. Shortly after she came in to make something for Ayeka, she realized that everyone else would be coming down soon so she started to make breakfast with Ryo-Ohki.
Nobuyuki walked in the kitchen, drawn by the delicious smells of Sasami's cooking. "Ah good morning Sasami."
"Good morning Mr. Masaki!"
"Mornin!" piped in Ryo-Ohki.
Nobuyuki looked over to Ryo-Ohki and smiled. "Well Ryo-Ohki, I see you've learned another new word, good for you!"
Ryo-Ohki smiled brightly at him. Sasami giggled. "Yeah, I just got her to say it right earlier. I'm going to teach her to say goodnight after breakfast."
"That's great," he started. He looked back to the former pirate. "Soon you'll be able to talk just like all of us!"
Ryo-Ohki giggled and then purred slightly as Nobuyuki patted her on her head.
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Ayeka opened her eyes groggily. Though she was still a little tired, she felt great. The princess yawned and stretched as she stood up. She then opened her eyes and realized that she wasn't in her bed with Tenchi like she was just a little bit ago: she is in Washu's lab. 'That's strange,' she thought, 'what am I doing here?'
She suddenly heard something behind her and turned around to see what it is. Washu was walking towards her with a very smug look on her face.
"Little Washu, what happened? Why am I here?"
"Well Ayeka, after you snapped last night and attacked Mihoshi, I knocked you out."
"What!?" the crown princess screamed, "You were the one who did that?"
Washu backed up a few paces, but the smug look still remained on her face. "I had to, you were really losing it. Your body had gone through a lot of stress so I took you out and put you in an enhanced comatose state and put you in a stasis tube."
A thought suddenly dawned on Ayeka. "But I woke up and Tenchi was there and..."
Washu put up a hand to interrupt her. "That was an enhanced dream that I inputted in you to help you relax, which was critical for the healing process to work properly."
Ayeka just looked at the genius utterly perplexed. "B...but it felt so real."
"That was what the enhanced dream was meant to do, and you were quite a busy little bee in that dream weren't you?"
Ayeka felt her entire body go numb. She couldn't move if she wanted to. Washu, on the other hand, began to laugh. "Oh yes, I monitored your dream to see if it was working properly. I was quite surprised in what I witnessed. Tell me Ayeka, are you really a Dominatrix or do you just dream of being one?"
Ayeka couldn't take it anymore and passed out!
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Tenchi just finished going to the bathroom and was walking back to Ryoko, who had just waken up and was stretching. She looked over at him and smiled, which he gladly returned.
"Morning Tenchi"
"Good morning Ryoko"
Ryoko stood up and stretched again. While she was stretching, Tenchi walked up to her and wrapped her in a big hug. She was shocked at first, but gladly returned the hug.
"Thanks for the walk Ryoko, that was just what I needed to relax."
She pulled out of the hug and looked into his eyes. "Actually I should be the one thanking you for coming out here with me. I really like this place, we should come up here again sometime soon."
"Yeah," Tenchi said brightly, "I'd like that."
Ryoko is about to say something to Tenchi when she stops for a moment, her eyes widening. "Ooh I forgot! Um Tenchi, I have something that I need to do, see you back at home!" And with that, she teleports away, leaving Tenchi very confused.
"What was that about?" he says out loud while scratching the back of his head.
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Washu is leaning over Ayeka, waving a smell salt in front of her nose. She woke up with a start. "Ah good, it worked," exclaimed Washu as she was walking back to her computer.
"Little Washu?" Ayeka started.
"Yes?" she answered.
"Did...did you record any part of my dream?"
She looked over at the princess and felt pity. Ayeka wasn't looking like she usually does, regal and proud; more like afraid and weak. She couldn't bear to do anything bad to her now.
"Ayeka," she started, "I did make a recording of the entire dream, but I have only one copy. I'll keep it hidden and we'll just call it our little secret, okay?"
Ayeka felt a tremendous burst of joy and anger. 'Great, she recorded it!' she thought, 'I guess I'll have to search around here and find it so I can destroy it!'
She looked up at Washu and smiled lightly, trying to act normally. "Oh thank you Little Washu, but frankly I'd feel much better if you got rid of that tape, I acted so unlady-like." She now smiled mischievously at Washu, who smiled back.
"I think I'll keep just one copy, for research," Washu started, now giggling, "you looked quite skilled with that whip, care to teach me a few pointers?"
They both burst out laughing.
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"Sa...Sasa..."
"Come one Ryo-Ohki, you can say it: Sa...sa...mi!"
Ryo-Ohki took a deep breath and tried again, "Sa...Sa...Sasa...Sami!"
The young princess giggled lightly. "That's pretty good, now try: Ayeka!"
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The woman, whose name Ryo-Ohki was currently trying to pronounce, just left Washu's lab, only to have her rival for Tenchi's love burst in only seconds later.
"Ryoko!" Washu shouted excitedly, "How did everything go?"
Ryoko then told her mother everything about what happened with her and Tenchi last night. When she reached the part when the two of them kissing, both women were rather giggly.
"So," Washu started, with tears starting to form in her eyes, "He finally told you that he loves you. I'm so happy for you Ryoko!"
The grin was instantly wiped off of Ryoko's face. "Uh, now that I'm thinking about it, he never told me that he loves me."
"What!?" Washu screamed.
Ryoko looked up at her mother, a look of shock and sadness appearing on her face. "I...I remember kissing him, and then we laid down and fell asleep in each other's arms, but he never told me that." Ryoko started to cry lightly. "What does this mean? Why didn't he tell me that he loves me? Doesn't he?"
Washu just frowned. "I don't know Ryoko, I think that we need to give him a little more time. You know how dense he can be."
Ryoko stopped crying and wiped the tears from her face. "Yeah, you're right."
Washu walked up to her daughter and hugged her. "Just give him a little more time."
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Half an hour later breakfast was ready and everybody was busy eating. Tenchi had just walked in moments before they started to eat and took his normal place between Ayeka and Ryoko. Neither of the girls talked to him, which took him by surprise. He wanted to say something to Ryoko, but he couldn't think of what to say, he is still shocked at how she had suddenly left him all alone up at the clearing.
Ryoko was deep in thought about her mother's words. 'Maybe that's it,' she thought to herself while enjoying Sasami's cooking, 'I just need to give him a little time to get his thoughts together.'
Ayeka stayed very diminished, occasionally casting glances to Tenchi and to Washu. Her thoughts lingered on Tenchi, but also Washu. 'If Tenchi ever finds that video, I'll do everything in my power to kill that little twerp! Oh, but what would he think of me if he saw what I did to him in that dream? Damn that Washu!'
So they all enjoyed an unusually quiet meal, which quickly ended. Ayeka suddenly complained of a headache and ran up to her room. Tenchi, worried about Ayeka, ran up to see how she was feeling. No one stopped him as he ran up the stairs as they were all busy cleaning up after themselves.
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Ayeka ran into her room and sat down on her bed. 'Oh why am I feeling so nervous around him?' Ayeka thought to herself while covering her face with her hands. 'I know that it was only a dream, but it felt so real and I acted so strangely. Is that how I can really be?' Her thoughts were interrupted by someone knocking lightly on her door.
"Yes?" she called out, "Who is it?"
"It's me Ayeka," answered Tenchi, "may I come in?"
"Um yes of course Lord Tenchi, please enter." She felt herself tense up as he entered. He looked at her with those warm welcoming eyes, which were now full of concern.
"Ayeka, are you all right?"
"Oh yes, I just felt a little dizzy, that's all." She tried to act normal, but she was barely moving when she spoke to him and she wouldn't look up at him.
Though Tenchi had very little experience with women, he had a feeling that he knew what was going on. "Ayeka, you don't have to lie to me," he said gently.
"Lying? Whatever do you..." Her words were cut short when he reached out and grabbed her hands and held them close to him.
"I know that you were worried about me yesterday when I went off with Ryoko," Just the mention of her name made Ayeka involuntarily shudder, "and I won't lie to you, I had a great time with her. We had a very nice walk, and we found a beautiful spot to watch the sun set." He hesitated for a moment. "And we kissed."
Ayeka's head shot up to look at Tenchi, tears forming in her eyes. "So that means...I mean you and Ryoko..." Tenchi once again stopped her, but this time by putting his hand under her chin and lifting her head slowly until it was level with his.
"What happened," he started, "was we were caught up in a very romantic and emotional situation, and we succumbed to our emotions. But we only kissed, nothing more."
Ayeka stammered while Tenchi smiled at her. "But...but what does..." she never got to finish those words as he leaned into her and they kissed while tears of joy streamed down her face.
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Yosho had just got back into his shrine office and was about to look over some of his papers when his head shoots up suddenly. "Ah Tenchi," he says out loud, "now the plot thickens." Just as he finished talking, the door to his office opens and Washu walks in, now in her adult form. Yosho notices that she is holding something in her left hand, but she is hiding it behind her.
"Hello Lady Washu, what brings you up here?"
Washu smiles mischievously and Yosho begins to feel nervous. "First off, don't call me 'Lady' Washu, just Washu or Miss Washu when I'm in this form. Second, I plan to do something I've been thinking about for a while know."
"Oh really Miss Washu? And what is." His words are cut short when Washu walks up to him and begins to kiss him vigorously. He gladly returns the kiss and looks at her left hand, now seeing what she was hiding behind her back. He backs off for a second, giving her a quizzical look. "Miss Washu, is that a whip?"
Her smile widens as she leans in and starts to kiss him again.
To be continued...
Author's notes: Ah, just as Yosho said, "Now the plot thickens." Tenchi becomes more expressive towards the girls. See if he is going to decide who he cares about more soon.
Questions or comments? E-mail me at: lighthawkdemon@yahoo.com
Next episode: Meditations and Baths
Note 1: 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 2: This episode takes place shortly after the events of Tenchi Muyo! Special Episode: Here Comes Jurai, Part Two.
Of Happiness and Sorrow
Episode 4:
Whips, Dreams and Recordings oh my!
Early the next morning. Washu is busy in her lab checking on the status of Ayeka. "Oh my!" exclaimed Washu as she watches the monitor that is showing Ayeka's dream, "she is really getting into this!" She puts her hand on her face and starts to blush. "She is a lot more physical than I thought! And where did she get that whip?"
Suddenly there is a knock at her door and it opens and in walks Sasami. Washu quickly covers the monitor up and hides it away from Sasami. "Hi Sasami, what are you here for? It's pretty early."
"Oh I was just checking in on Ayeka to see how she is doing. I couldn't sleep too well last night, I was so worried about her."
Washu smiles as she says, "You are such a loving and caring sister Sasami. Any way, she is recovering nicely and I think she will be out within the next hour or so."
"Great!" shouted Sasami, "I'll start making her something right now, I bet she will be hungry when she wakes up!" And with that, she ran out of Washu's lab and into the kitchen.
The genius chuckled as she watched Sasami leave. "She really tries so hard to make everyone around here happy."
She is about to go into the kitchen when she hears a snap and someone yelping coming from her monitor of Ayeka's dream. Quickly she pulls out the monitor and gets wide eyed at what she sees. "Goodness!" she practically screams. She then begins to giggle mischievously, "I am so glad that I am recording this, I am going to have Ayeka wrapped around my finger!" She then begins to do her classic Washu laugh when suddenly a voice comes from behind her. "Hey Washu, what's so funny?"
Washu stops laughing, but doesn't need to turn around to see who it is. "Hello Mihoshi," she starts. Washu has become so accustomed to Mihoshi somehow getting into her lab without her letting her that she doesn't even mind anymore.
"Hey Washu, what are you watching?"
Washu smiles evilly at the blonde. "Do you really want to see what I'm watching?"
Mihoshi starts to look excited. "Yeah, I do, please show me!"
"Alright!" She then moves to the side so the GP officer can see what's on the monitor. Her eyes instantly go wide with shock. "W...Washu, what is this?"
The eccentric scientist giggles lightly. "Well, you see that Ayeka is over in that stasis tube sleeping right?"
"Um yeah."
"Well right now what we're watching is Ayeka's dream, and as you can see." She trails off as her eyes fall on the monitor. Mihoshi and Washu both turn their heads to the side, trying to get a better view of what is going on in Ayeka's dream.
"Oh wow, how is she doing that? It looks like it hurts!" said Mihoshi, whose head was turned so much that she was nearly falling over.
Washu just shook her head. "I don't know Mihoshi, but it is her dream, so I guess several things that are impossible are possible." 'Just like her ever being with Tenchi when he now belongs to my little Ryoko,' she thought with a grin.
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Tenchi opened his eyes lightly. He could hear the sound of water trickling nearby. Now he felt the urge to use the washroom. He is about to get up when he realizes that someone has their arms wrapped around him, and he could feel someone breathing lightly on his neck. It took him a few moments to remember what happened last night.
He smiled lightly as he remembered how romantic it had been last night with Ryoko. He remembered that they kissed for a while, and then they both decided to lay down in each other's arms and sleep.
Suddenly, the urge to use the bathroom became too overpowering so he carefully removed Ryoko's arms from him and said, "Don't worry, I'll be right back," to her before turning around and running into the forest.
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Yosho is busy walking down the steps from the shrine to the Masaki household. He smiled to himself. 'I wonder what all happened with Tenchi and Ryoko last night. I know that Tenchi would be kind and gentle, but Ryoko...' he began chuckling out loud. 'I just hope that Tenchi wasn't hurt last night.'
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Sasami is in the kitchen busily making breakfast. Ryo-Ohki is assisting her as usual. Shortly after she came in to make something for Ayeka, she realized that everyone else would be coming down soon so she started to make breakfast with Ryo-Ohki.
Nobuyuki walked in the kitchen, drawn by the delicious smells of Sasami's cooking. "Ah good morning Sasami."
"Good morning Mr. Masaki!"
"Mornin!" piped in Ryo-Ohki.
Nobuyuki looked over to Ryo-Ohki and smiled. "Well Ryo-Ohki, I see you've learned another new word, good for you!"
Ryo-Ohki smiled brightly at him. Sasami giggled. "Yeah, I just got her to say it right earlier. I'm going to teach her to say goodnight after breakfast."
"That's great," he started. He looked back to the former pirate. "Soon you'll be able to talk just like all of us!"
Ryo-Ohki giggled and then purred slightly as Nobuyuki patted her on her head.
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Ayeka opened her eyes groggily. Though she was still a little tired, she felt great. The princess yawned and stretched as she stood up. She then opened her eyes and realized that she wasn't in her bed with Tenchi like she was just a little bit ago: she is in Washu's lab. 'That's strange,' she thought, 'what am I doing here?'
She suddenly heard something behind her and turned around to see what it is. Washu was walking towards her with a very smug look on her face.
"Little Washu, what happened? Why am I here?"
"Well Ayeka, after you snapped last night and attacked Mihoshi, I knocked you out."
"What!?" the crown princess screamed, "You were the one who did that?"
Washu backed up a few paces, but the smug look still remained on her face. "I had to, you were really losing it. Your body had gone through a lot of stress so I took you out and put you in an enhanced comatose state and put you in a stasis tube."
A thought suddenly dawned on Ayeka. "But I woke up and Tenchi was there and..."
Washu put up a hand to interrupt her. "That was an enhanced dream that I inputted in you to help you relax, which was critical for the healing process to work properly."
Ayeka just looked at the genius utterly perplexed. "B...but it felt so real."
"That was what the enhanced dream was meant to do, and you were quite a busy little bee in that dream weren't you?"
Ayeka felt her entire body go numb. She couldn't move if she wanted to. Washu, on the other hand, began to laugh. "Oh yes, I monitored your dream to see if it was working properly. I was quite surprised in what I witnessed. Tell me Ayeka, are you really a Dominatrix or do you just dream of being one?"
Ayeka couldn't take it anymore and passed out!
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Tenchi just finished going to the bathroom and was walking back to Ryoko, who had just waken up and was stretching. She looked over at him and smiled, which he gladly returned.
"Morning Tenchi"
"Good morning Ryoko"
Ryoko stood up and stretched again. While she was stretching, Tenchi walked up to her and wrapped her in a big hug. She was shocked at first, but gladly returned the hug.
"Thanks for the walk Ryoko, that was just what I needed to relax."
She pulled out of the hug and looked into his eyes. "Actually I should be the one thanking you for coming out here with me. I really like this place, we should come up here again sometime soon."
"Yeah," Tenchi said brightly, "I'd like that."
Ryoko is about to say something to Tenchi when she stops for a moment, her eyes widening. "Ooh I forgot! Um Tenchi, I have something that I need to do, see you back at home!" And with that, she teleports away, leaving Tenchi very confused.
"What was that about?" he says out loud while scratching the back of his head.
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Washu is leaning over Ayeka, waving a smell salt in front of her nose. She woke up with a start. "Ah good, it worked," exclaimed Washu as she was walking back to her computer.
"Little Washu?" Ayeka started.
"Yes?" she answered.
"Did...did you record any part of my dream?"
She looked over at the princess and felt pity. Ayeka wasn't looking like she usually does, regal and proud; more like afraid and weak. She couldn't bear to do anything bad to her now.
"Ayeka," she started, "I did make a recording of the entire dream, but I have only one copy. I'll keep it hidden and we'll just call it our little secret, okay?"
Ayeka felt a tremendous burst of joy and anger. 'Great, she recorded it!' she thought, 'I guess I'll have to search around here and find it so I can destroy it!'
She looked up at Washu and smiled lightly, trying to act normally. "Oh thank you Little Washu, but frankly I'd feel much better if you got rid of that tape, I acted so unlady-like." She now smiled mischievously at Washu, who smiled back.
"I think I'll keep just one copy, for research," Washu started, now giggling, "you looked quite skilled with that whip, care to teach me a few pointers?"
They both burst out laughing.
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"Sa...Sasa..."
"Come one Ryo-Ohki, you can say it: Sa...sa...mi!"
Ryo-Ohki took a deep breath and tried again, "Sa...Sa...Sasa...Sami!"
The young princess giggled lightly. "That's pretty good, now try: Ayeka!"
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The woman, whose name Ryo-Ohki was currently trying to pronounce, just left Washu's lab, only to have her rival for Tenchi's love burst in only seconds later.
"Ryoko!" Washu shouted excitedly, "How did everything go?"
Ryoko then told her mother everything about what happened with her and Tenchi last night. When she reached the part when the two of them kissing, both women were rather giggly.
"So," Washu started, with tears starting to form in her eyes, "He finally told you that he loves you. I'm so happy for you Ryoko!"
The grin was instantly wiped off of Ryoko's face. "Uh, now that I'm thinking about it, he never told me that he loves me."
"What!?" Washu screamed.
Ryoko looked up at her mother, a look of shock and sadness appearing on her face. "I...I remember kissing him, and then we laid down and fell asleep in each other's arms, but he never told me that." Ryoko started to cry lightly. "What does this mean? Why didn't he tell me that he loves me? Doesn't he?"
Washu just frowned. "I don't know Ryoko, I think that we need to give him a little more time. You know how dense he can be."
Ryoko stopped crying and wiped the tears from her face. "Yeah, you're right."
Washu walked up to her daughter and hugged her. "Just give him a little more time."
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Half an hour later breakfast was ready and everybody was busy eating. Tenchi had just walked in moments before they started to eat and took his normal place between Ayeka and Ryoko. Neither of the girls talked to him, which took him by surprise. He wanted to say something to Ryoko, but he couldn't think of what to say, he is still shocked at how she had suddenly left him all alone up at the clearing.
Ryoko was deep in thought about her mother's words. 'Maybe that's it,' she thought to herself while enjoying Sasami's cooking, 'I just need to give him a little time to get his thoughts together.'
Ayeka stayed very diminished, occasionally casting glances to Tenchi and to Washu. Her thoughts lingered on Tenchi, but also Washu. 'If Tenchi ever finds that video, I'll do everything in my power to kill that little twerp! Oh, but what would he think of me if he saw what I did to him in that dream? Damn that Washu!'
So they all enjoyed an unusually quiet meal, which quickly ended. Ayeka suddenly complained of a headache and ran up to her room. Tenchi, worried about Ayeka, ran up to see how she was feeling. No one stopped him as he ran up the stairs as they were all busy cleaning up after themselves.
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Ayeka ran into her room and sat down on her bed. 'Oh why am I feeling so nervous around him?' Ayeka thought to herself while covering her face with her hands. 'I know that it was only a dream, but it felt so real and I acted so strangely. Is that how I can really be?' Her thoughts were interrupted by someone knocking lightly on her door.
"Yes?" she called out, "Who is it?"
"It's me Ayeka," answered Tenchi, "may I come in?"
"Um yes of course Lord Tenchi, please enter." She felt herself tense up as he entered. He looked at her with those warm welcoming eyes, which were now full of concern.
"Ayeka, are you all right?"
"Oh yes, I just felt a little dizzy, that's all." She tried to act normal, but she was barely moving when she spoke to him and she wouldn't look up at him.
Though Tenchi had very little experience with women, he had a feeling that he knew what was going on. "Ayeka, you don't have to lie to me," he said gently.
"Lying? Whatever do you..." Her words were cut short when he reached out and grabbed her hands and held them close to him.
"I know that you were worried about me yesterday when I went off with Ryoko," Just the mention of her name made Ayeka involuntarily shudder, "and I won't lie to you, I had a great time with her. We had a very nice walk, and we found a beautiful spot to watch the sun set." He hesitated for a moment. "And we kissed."
Ayeka's head shot up to look at Tenchi, tears forming in her eyes. "So that means...I mean you and Ryoko..." Tenchi once again stopped her, but this time by putting his hand under her chin and lifting her head slowly until it was level with his.
"What happened," he started, "was we were caught up in a very romantic and emotional situation, and we succumbed to our emotions. But we only kissed, nothing more."
Ayeka stammered while Tenchi smiled at her. "But...but what does..." she never got to finish those words as he leaned into her and they kissed while tears of joy streamed down her face.
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Yosho had just got back into his shrine office and was about to look over some of his papers when his head shoots up suddenly. "Ah Tenchi," he says out loud, "now the plot thickens." Just as he finished talking, the door to his office opens and Washu walks in, now in her adult form. Yosho notices that she is holding something in her left hand, but she is hiding it behind her.
"Hello Lady Washu, what brings you up here?"
Washu smiles mischievously and Yosho begins to feel nervous. "First off, don't call me 'Lady' Washu, just Washu or Miss Washu when I'm in this form. Second, I plan to do something I've been thinking about for a while know."
"Oh really Miss Washu? And what is." His words are cut short when Washu walks up to him and begins to kiss him vigorously. He gladly returns the kiss and looks at her left hand, now seeing what she was hiding behind her back. He backs off for a second, giving her a quizzical look. "Miss Washu, is that a whip?"
Her smile widens as she leans in and starts to kiss him again.
To be continued...
Author's notes: Ah, just as Yosho said, "Now the plot thickens." Tenchi becomes more expressive towards the girls. See if he is going to decide who he cares about more soon.
Questions or comments? E-mail me at: lighthawkdemon@yahoo.com
Next episode: Meditations and Baths