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 8:
New Friends, New...Romances?
It's been a few days since Kiyone arrived and everything is going well at the Masaki Residence. It is pretty early in the morning and almost everybody is sleeping, except Tenchi Masaki, who is right now enjoying an early bath.
"Ah, nothing like a nice relaxing dip the first thing in the morning," says the 'boy who can create the Lighthawk Wings.' Tenchi got up a little earlier than normal to both take an early bath and dip in the floating onsen, and also to elude the girls from trying to go in with him. "The only person I have to worry about is Washu. I have no idea what kinds of surveillance stuff she has hidden around here..."
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"Boy you don't know how right you are Tenchi!" Washu exclaimed with a mischievous smile. She was sitting in front of her monitor with a bowl of popcorn. "This isn't like the movies," she starts as she eats some popcorn, "this is way better!"
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"Well I'd better get back to the house, everybody's going to get up soon." Tenchi got up and began to walk towards the exit, where his clothes are. He hears something behind him and turns around quickly, but sees nothing. 'Its probably just some little animal or one of Washu's inventions,' he thinks to himself. He turns back around and starts to walk back, only to bump into someone.
"Ouch!" Kiyone shouts in surprise as the two collide.
As the two of them stumbled backwards from each other, they both accidentally drop their towels. Both blush furiously as they grab their towels and cover themselves back up. Kiyone is the first to respond, talking very hurriedly and nervously. "I'm really sorry!"
Tenchi waves her apology aside, talking just like Kiyone. "Oh, don't worry, an accident!"
"Yeah, an accident!"
"You okay?"
"Yeah, thanks!" Kiyone regains her composure. "Um Tenchi, we really don't have any reason to be nervous by each other like this."
Tenchi gulps. "Uh yeah, you're right."
"We are both mature people, right?"
Tenchi stands a little straighter, trying to look impressive. "Yes, we are."
Kiyone giggles. "All right, I am going to take my bath now, see you back at the house Tenchi."
"Oh, okay Kiyone." And both walked away from each other. But unbeknownst to each other, both had small smirks on their faces.
'Man,' Tenchi thought to himself while he changed, 'she is something else. I'm a pretty lucky guy!'
Kiyone was starting to take her soak as she thought, 'Goodness, now I can see why all the girls are into him so much!'
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Washu narrowed her eyes as she watched Tenchi and Kiyone in the onsen. "If Ryoko finds out about this, she'll kill the both of them! I think that I'll keep this event a secret." She then had one of her monitors follow Tenchi. "I don't get it, a few days ago, he looked like he was going to spill all his emotions out, and tell my little Ryoko how he feels for her. But now he is calming back down. Why?"
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Ryoko's eyes flutter open as she begins to wake up. She is resting on her usual spot on the rafters. She begins to stretch when she hears the front door open. The ex-pirate looks down to see Tenchi walking in. She phases down behind him and hugs him from behind. "Good morning Tenchi."
"Morning Ryoko."
"What were you doing out so early?"
"I was taking an early bath."
Ryoko started to look hurt. "Why didn't you wake me up? We could've taken a bath together!"
Tenchi blushed lightly, but smiled at her. "You were sleeping so peacefully, I didn't want to disturb you."
"I wouldn't have minded if you were the one to wake me up," Ryoko says in her most seductive voice.
Tenchi felt himself tense up. Apparently Ryoko felt him tense up too. "Ooh, you are getting so tense. How about we have a dip later? Afterwards I could give you a massage?"
Tenchi laughs at her. He then thinks for a second and turns around to face her, looking very calm and serious. "That sounds like it might be nice Ryoko. Who knows, if I feel like it later then I might do it."
Ryoko's face lit up. "Really? You mean it?"
"Maybe Ryoko."
"Okay Tenchi, I promise I'll be good and everything all day!" And with that she teleported away.
Tenchi looked around confused. "Where did she go? Oh well, she'll be back later." Tenchi then sat down on the living room couch and turned on the television. He started to grin as he thought of his little chat his grandfather. 'He said that I couldn't tell them anything, but he never said that I can't do anything with any of them. Maybe I will go up on Ryoko's offer.'
Just then, Sasami came walking down the stairs. "Hi Tenchi! What are you doing up so early?"
"Hey Sasami, I decided to take an early bath this morning."
"Oh, that sounds nice. I'm going to make breakfast, do you want to help?"
Tenchi smiled warmly at her. "Sure, I'd love to help."
Sasami's eyes go very wide. "You really want to?"
Tenchi stood up and turned off the weather report: eighty degrees and sunny all daylong! "Yes. Besides, I don't have anything better to do, I just planted some vegetables yesterday so I have some time to myself for a while."
"Alright, let's go make breakfast!" Sasami cheered as she grabbed Tenchi's hand and led him into the kitchen.
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Washu was checking up on some of her experiments when Ryoko phased in. "Good Morning Ryoko."
"Morning Mom," Ryoko started distractedly, "could you help me with something?"
Washu looked up from her monitor. "Sure Ryoko, what is it?"
Ryoko scratched the back of her head. "Um...do you know what a massage is?"
Washu raised an eyebrow at her daughter. "Yes I do, why are you asking?"
"Well...um," she was looking uncomfortable, "I sorta told Tenchi that I'd like to give him one later, but I don't know how to!"
Washu suddenly smiled. She chimed out, "It's for Tenchi? Sure I'll teach you how! Follow me!" as she led Ryoko deeper into her lab.
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Kiyone just walked into the house, looking very happy. "Oh that floating onsen is amazing! I think I'll take another bath later." She heard footsteps coming down the stairs, so she walked towards them to the living room to see Ayeka and Ryo-Ohki walking down the stairs. "Morning guys."
"Good morning Kiyone," Ayeka yawned.
"Mornin!" chimed in Ryo-Ohki.
Delicious smells of Sasami's cooking travel into the living room. All three girls close their eyes and sniff the air. Ryo-Ohki's eyes shot open. She yelled, "I should be helping her!" as she ran into the kitchen.
Both women giggled at the teen's antics. Kiyone sniffed the air again while asking, "Boy, she can be very helpful, can't she?"
"Well she and my sister are best friends. Actually, they are each other's first best friends so they tend to be very close with each other."
Kiyone began to smile again. "That's sweet. I think I'd better go wake up my partner, so if you'll excuse me princess." Ayeka moved aside to let Kiyone go up the stairs to get Mihoshi. When Kiyone disappeared upstairs, Ryo-Ohki came out from the kitchen.
"Ryo-Ohki, why are you not helping my sister?"
Ryo-Ohki looked at the Crown Princess. "Tenchi's helping."
"Lord Tenchi?"
"Yeah," she muttered as she walked back upstairs.
"Ryo-Ohki," asked the princess, "What are you doing?"
Ryo-Ohki froze. "Uh, changing." She then ran up the rest of the stairs.
"Now why would she need to change? She already." suddenly a thought dawned on Ayeka. She started to giggle. "Oh that is so cute, she must have a small crush on Lord Tenchi." She stopped laughing and started to look worried. "Oh my, she is rather attractive, I had better keep an eye on her."
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"So you see, you have to be both gentle and rough at the same time."
"Huh? That makes no sense."
Washu was sitting on top of a dummy she was using to show Ryoko how to massage. There was a monitor nearby that was showing the status of the dummy. Washu hops off of it. "Ryoko, hop up, I'll guide you through this, showing you isn't helping."
Ryoko did as she was told. "Okay, now what?"
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A few hours later, Tenchi and Yosho are training, trying to get Tenchi to release his Lighthawk Wings. He has gotten close several times, but they haven't appeared in their entirety. Kiyone decided to go to this session. She wanted to see the Lighthawk Wings up close.
Tenchi is standing up with his eyes closed and his hands pressed together like he was praying. Yosho is walking around him giving him advice.
"Tenchi, focus! Remember everything around you when you were meditating. Feel the heat from the candle. Smell the incense. Free your mind."
"Alright there Morpheus!" Tenchi yelled at his grandfather, "I could focus a lot better if you could be a little more quiet!"
Yosho gave his grandson a nasty look, but as his eyes were closed, it had no effect. He looked over to see Kiyone watching Tenchi closely. He suddenly got an idea. Yosho walked over to Kiyone and whispered something into her ear. She nodded and slowly walked over to Tenchi.
'Focus Tenchi focus!' Tenchi was trying to set his mind straight, but it wasn't going too well. Something was nagging him in the back of his mind, but he couldn't find out what it was. Suddenly he heard a sweet soft voice talking to him.
"Tenchi, I know you can do it, I believe in you."
'Kiyone!?' his mind retorted. Suddenly he felt focused, his mind and body were operating like they had when he had fought and beaten his grandfather just a few days ago. Tenchi felt an amazing surge of power come from him. Three triangles began to glow on his forehead. He opened his eyes to see three Lighthawk Wings glowing in front of him. A large smile escaped his lips.
"Excellent Tenchi!" Yosho cheered, "You did it! You activated your Lighthawk Wings!"
"Wow!" came a voice next to Tenchi. He looked over to see Kiyone next to him smiling.
"You...you were actually talking to me?" he said to her astonished.
"Yeah," she admitted looking rather guiltily, "your grandpa suggested it." She then smiled at him.
Tenchi smiled too, and suddenly he felt more power coming from him. He looked over to see his three Lighthawk Wings, and two more appearing between the lower one. They weren't complete though. They flickered like a light bulb at the end of its life. Tenchi looked towards his grandfather, astonished. Yosho's face bore an expression similar to that of Tenchi's.
Suddenly the two extra Wings disappeared. Tenchi backed up in surprise and his other three Wings disappeared. "Grandpa, di...did you just see that?"
"Yes I did Tenchi, but I am at a loss to explain."
Tenchi looked over to Kiyone, smiling. Her eyes were shining at him. "Oh Tenchi, that was amazing! Those Lighthawk Wings are so cool!"
Tenchi started to blush as his grandfather chuckled. "I think that that will be all for today. Good job Tenchi. Maybe tomorrow we can be just as successful, possibly find out about those other two Wings. You may go now Tenchi."
"Thanks grandpa." Tenchi's face was still slightly red as he began the long walk back down to his house with Kiyone.
"So Tenchi," Kiyone started, "could you tell me about the first time you activated your Lighthawk Wings?"
Tenchi shook away the blush and smiled warmly at the GP officer. "Sure."
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"Well D3, it appears that our agent has become even more useful than originally planned."
"Yes it does Lady Tokimi."
The goddess smiled lightly. "She may be the key to the boy fully unlocking his other two Wings. I need to recollect my thoughts again. D3 watch over them again and inform me of any interesting changes."
"As you wish."
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The door to Washu's lab opened and out walked the little scientist and her daughter, who was looking very pleased with herself. "Thanks for the tips Mom, I think I got it down pretty well."
Washu giggled lightly. "Well at least you aren't crushing the dummy or blowing it up because you weren't massaging it correctly."
"Well, it will be different with Tenchi," Ryoko said while shifting her shoulders uncomfortably.
Washu frowned at her daughter. "I hope so. I'm really fond of the boy, I don't want anything bad to happen to him."
"Nothing will," the pirate said angrily.
"Yeah, sure," Washu said while rolling her eyes, "good luck."
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Dinner came and went without too much trouble. Ryoko and Ayeka had a small fight over who should get the last piece of fish. Nothing major was destroyed but everyone was slightly charred. Everyone was very impressed with Tenchi finally being able to activate his Lighthawk Wings, and were very surprised with the two extra Wings the started to appear.
"Two more?" asked Mihoshi between bites, "how did that happen?"
Tenchi shrugged his shoulders. "I have no idea. I just activated the three of them, and then two more started to appear, but they weren't complete."
Ayeka looked back and forth between her sister and Tenchi thoughtfully. She suddenly got an idea. "Maybe we could ask Tsunami about this, I mean, she is the one who helped Lord Tenchi activate his Wings in the first place."
"Hmm, that is a very good idea Ayeka," Yosho started, "I don't know why I hadn't thought of that before."
"Wait a minute," Kiyone started, "Tsunami, the goddess?"
Ayeka smiled at her. "Yes, she and my sister are assimilated."
Kiyone now stood up. "What!?"
"It is a long story, we will tell you later."
Kiyone frowned lightly. "Oh...okay."
Ryoko looked over at her mother, who nodded and gave her a mischievous grin. Ryoko stood up, getting everyone's attention. "Well! Dinner was excellent Sasami!" she stopped to smile at the little princess, who beamed at her, "I think I'll take a quick dip." She grabbed her plate, winked at Tenchi, phased into the kitchen to put them into the sink, and then phased out to the onsen to wait for Tenchi to arrive. 'And he'd better!' she thought to herself, 'I didn't learn to massage and make him feel better for nothing!'
Tenchi caught on and stood up. "Well, I'd better go out and check the vegetable fields and see how they are growing. I'll be back a little later." He then took his plate into the kitchen, deposited it into the sink and went outside to tend to the fields.
Back at the table, Yosho was looking at Washu suspiciously. She was doing everything to avoid his gaze. He cleared his throat loudly and began to speak. "Little Washu, after you are done, could you take a walk with me to the shrine? We need to talk about something."
Washu looked surprised. "Uh...okay Yosho."
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Tenchi kept looking behind him to see if anybody was following him, but nobody was. He sighed deeply, "I guess they believed me," and made his way into the onsen where Ryoko was waiting for him.
When he mad his way inside, she let out a sigh of relief, she wasn't too sure if he would come or not. "Hi Tenchi."
"Hey Ryoko."
Ryoko fidgeted around a bit. "So," she started, "you want to take a dip?"
Tenchi began to smile. "Yeah, that sounds nice. Today has been...interesting. I could really use some relaxation."
'Oh my Tenchi,' Ryoko thought with a grin, 'I doubt that you will get a lot of relaxation. The night is young, and you are mine!'
To be continued...
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Author's notes: I don't have much to say here except keep on reading.
Questions or comments? E-mail me at: lighthawkdemon@yahoo.com
Next episode: Tokimi's Request
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 8:
New Friends, New...Romances?
It's been a few days since Kiyone arrived and everything is going well at the Masaki Residence. It is pretty early in the morning and almost everybody is sleeping, except Tenchi Masaki, who is right now enjoying an early bath.
"Ah, nothing like a nice relaxing dip the first thing in the morning," says the 'boy who can create the Lighthawk Wings.' Tenchi got up a little earlier than normal to both take an early bath and dip in the floating onsen, and also to elude the girls from trying to go in with him. "The only person I have to worry about is Washu. I have no idea what kinds of surveillance stuff she has hidden around here..."
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"Boy you don't know how right you are Tenchi!" Washu exclaimed with a mischievous smile. She was sitting in front of her monitor with a bowl of popcorn. "This isn't like the movies," she starts as she eats some popcorn, "this is way better!"
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"Well I'd better get back to the house, everybody's going to get up soon." Tenchi got up and began to walk towards the exit, where his clothes are. He hears something behind him and turns around quickly, but sees nothing. 'Its probably just some little animal or one of Washu's inventions,' he thinks to himself. He turns back around and starts to walk back, only to bump into someone.
"Ouch!" Kiyone shouts in surprise as the two collide.
As the two of them stumbled backwards from each other, they both accidentally drop their towels. Both blush furiously as they grab their towels and cover themselves back up. Kiyone is the first to respond, talking very hurriedly and nervously. "I'm really sorry!"
Tenchi waves her apology aside, talking just like Kiyone. "Oh, don't worry, an accident!"
"Yeah, an accident!"
"You okay?"
"Yeah, thanks!" Kiyone regains her composure. "Um Tenchi, we really don't have any reason to be nervous by each other like this."
Tenchi gulps. "Uh yeah, you're right."
"We are both mature people, right?"
Tenchi stands a little straighter, trying to look impressive. "Yes, we are."
Kiyone giggles. "All right, I am going to take my bath now, see you back at the house Tenchi."
"Oh, okay Kiyone." And both walked away from each other. But unbeknownst to each other, both had small smirks on their faces.
'Man,' Tenchi thought to himself while he changed, 'she is something else. I'm a pretty lucky guy!'
Kiyone was starting to take her soak as she thought, 'Goodness, now I can see why all the girls are into him so much!'
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Washu narrowed her eyes as she watched Tenchi and Kiyone in the onsen. "If Ryoko finds out about this, she'll kill the both of them! I think that I'll keep this event a secret." She then had one of her monitors follow Tenchi. "I don't get it, a few days ago, he looked like he was going to spill all his emotions out, and tell my little Ryoko how he feels for her. But now he is calming back down. Why?"
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Ryoko's eyes flutter open as she begins to wake up. She is resting on her usual spot on the rafters. She begins to stretch when she hears the front door open. The ex-pirate looks down to see Tenchi walking in. She phases down behind him and hugs him from behind. "Good morning Tenchi."
"Morning Ryoko."
"What were you doing out so early?"
"I was taking an early bath."
Ryoko started to look hurt. "Why didn't you wake me up? We could've taken a bath together!"
Tenchi blushed lightly, but smiled at her. "You were sleeping so peacefully, I didn't want to disturb you."
"I wouldn't have minded if you were the one to wake me up," Ryoko says in her most seductive voice.
Tenchi felt himself tense up. Apparently Ryoko felt him tense up too. "Ooh, you are getting so tense. How about we have a dip later? Afterwards I could give you a massage?"
Tenchi laughs at her. He then thinks for a second and turns around to face her, looking very calm and serious. "That sounds like it might be nice Ryoko. Who knows, if I feel like it later then I might do it."
Ryoko's face lit up. "Really? You mean it?"
"Maybe Ryoko."
"Okay Tenchi, I promise I'll be good and everything all day!" And with that she teleported away.
Tenchi looked around confused. "Where did she go? Oh well, she'll be back later." Tenchi then sat down on the living room couch and turned on the television. He started to grin as he thought of his little chat his grandfather. 'He said that I couldn't tell them anything, but he never said that I can't do anything with any of them. Maybe I will go up on Ryoko's offer.'
Just then, Sasami came walking down the stairs. "Hi Tenchi! What are you doing up so early?"
"Hey Sasami, I decided to take an early bath this morning."
"Oh, that sounds nice. I'm going to make breakfast, do you want to help?"
Tenchi smiled warmly at her. "Sure, I'd love to help."
Sasami's eyes go very wide. "You really want to?"
Tenchi stood up and turned off the weather report: eighty degrees and sunny all daylong! "Yes. Besides, I don't have anything better to do, I just planted some vegetables yesterday so I have some time to myself for a while."
"Alright, let's go make breakfast!" Sasami cheered as she grabbed Tenchi's hand and led him into the kitchen.
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Washu was checking up on some of her experiments when Ryoko phased in. "Good Morning Ryoko."
"Morning Mom," Ryoko started distractedly, "could you help me with something?"
Washu looked up from her monitor. "Sure Ryoko, what is it?"
Ryoko scratched the back of her head. "Um...do you know what a massage is?"
Washu raised an eyebrow at her daughter. "Yes I do, why are you asking?"
"Well...um," she was looking uncomfortable, "I sorta told Tenchi that I'd like to give him one later, but I don't know how to!"
Washu suddenly smiled. She chimed out, "It's for Tenchi? Sure I'll teach you how! Follow me!" as she led Ryoko deeper into her lab.
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Kiyone just walked into the house, looking very happy. "Oh that floating onsen is amazing! I think I'll take another bath later." She heard footsteps coming down the stairs, so she walked towards them to the living room to see Ayeka and Ryo-Ohki walking down the stairs. "Morning guys."
"Good morning Kiyone," Ayeka yawned.
"Mornin!" chimed in Ryo-Ohki.
Delicious smells of Sasami's cooking travel into the living room. All three girls close their eyes and sniff the air. Ryo-Ohki's eyes shot open. She yelled, "I should be helping her!" as she ran into the kitchen.
Both women giggled at the teen's antics. Kiyone sniffed the air again while asking, "Boy, she can be very helpful, can't she?"
"Well she and my sister are best friends. Actually, they are each other's first best friends so they tend to be very close with each other."
Kiyone began to smile again. "That's sweet. I think I'd better go wake up my partner, so if you'll excuse me princess." Ayeka moved aside to let Kiyone go up the stairs to get Mihoshi. When Kiyone disappeared upstairs, Ryo-Ohki came out from the kitchen.
"Ryo-Ohki, why are you not helping my sister?"
Ryo-Ohki looked at the Crown Princess. "Tenchi's helping."
"Lord Tenchi?"
"Yeah," she muttered as she walked back upstairs.
"Ryo-Ohki," asked the princess, "What are you doing?"
Ryo-Ohki froze. "Uh, changing." She then ran up the rest of the stairs.
"Now why would she need to change? She already." suddenly a thought dawned on Ayeka. She started to giggle. "Oh that is so cute, she must have a small crush on Lord Tenchi." She stopped laughing and started to look worried. "Oh my, she is rather attractive, I had better keep an eye on her."
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"So you see, you have to be both gentle and rough at the same time."
"Huh? That makes no sense."
Washu was sitting on top of a dummy she was using to show Ryoko how to massage. There was a monitor nearby that was showing the status of the dummy. Washu hops off of it. "Ryoko, hop up, I'll guide you through this, showing you isn't helping."
Ryoko did as she was told. "Okay, now what?"
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A few hours later, Tenchi and Yosho are training, trying to get Tenchi to release his Lighthawk Wings. He has gotten close several times, but they haven't appeared in their entirety. Kiyone decided to go to this session. She wanted to see the Lighthawk Wings up close.
Tenchi is standing up with his eyes closed and his hands pressed together like he was praying. Yosho is walking around him giving him advice.
"Tenchi, focus! Remember everything around you when you were meditating. Feel the heat from the candle. Smell the incense. Free your mind."
"Alright there Morpheus!" Tenchi yelled at his grandfather, "I could focus a lot better if you could be a little more quiet!"
Yosho gave his grandson a nasty look, but as his eyes were closed, it had no effect. He looked over to see Kiyone watching Tenchi closely. He suddenly got an idea. Yosho walked over to Kiyone and whispered something into her ear. She nodded and slowly walked over to Tenchi.
'Focus Tenchi focus!' Tenchi was trying to set his mind straight, but it wasn't going too well. Something was nagging him in the back of his mind, but he couldn't find out what it was. Suddenly he heard a sweet soft voice talking to him.
"Tenchi, I know you can do it, I believe in you."
'Kiyone!?' his mind retorted. Suddenly he felt focused, his mind and body were operating like they had when he had fought and beaten his grandfather just a few days ago. Tenchi felt an amazing surge of power come from him. Three triangles began to glow on his forehead. He opened his eyes to see three Lighthawk Wings glowing in front of him. A large smile escaped his lips.
"Excellent Tenchi!" Yosho cheered, "You did it! You activated your Lighthawk Wings!"
"Wow!" came a voice next to Tenchi. He looked over to see Kiyone next to him smiling.
"You...you were actually talking to me?" he said to her astonished.
"Yeah," she admitted looking rather guiltily, "your grandpa suggested it." She then smiled at him.
Tenchi smiled too, and suddenly he felt more power coming from him. He looked over to see his three Lighthawk Wings, and two more appearing between the lower one. They weren't complete though. They flickered like a light bulb at the end of its life. Tenchi looked towards his grandfather, astonished. Yosho's face bore an expression similar to that of Tenchi's.
Suddenly the two extra Wings disappeared. Tenchi backed up in surprise and his other three Wings disappeared. "Grandpa, di...did you just see that?"
"Yes I did Tenchi, but I am at a loss to explain."
Tenchi looked over to Kiyone, smiling. Her eyes were shining at him. "Oh Tenchi, that was amazing! Those Lighthawk Wings are so cool!"
Tenchi started to blush as his grandfather chuckled. "I think that that will be all for today. Good job Tenchi. Maybe tomorrow we can be just as successful, possibly find out about those other two Wings. You may go now Tenchi."
"Thanks grandpa." Tenchi's face was still slightly red as he began the long walk back down to his house with Kiyone.
"So Tenchi," Kiyone started, "could you tell me about the first time you activated your Lighthawk Wings?"
Tenchi shook away the blush and smiled warmly at the GP officer. "Sure."
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"Well D3, it appears that our agent has become even more useful than originally planned."
"Yes it does Lady Tokimi."
The goddess smiled lightly. "She may be the key to the boy fully unlocking his other two Wings. I need to recollect my thoughts again. D3 watch over them again and inform me of any interesting changes."
"As you wish."
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The door to Washu's lab opened and out walked the little scientist and her daughter, who was looking very pleased with herself. "Thanks for the tips Mom, I think I got it down pretty well."
Washu giggled lightly. "Well at least you aren't crushing the dummy or blowing it up because you weren't massaging it correctly."
"Well, it will be different with Tenchi," Ryoko said while shifting her shoulders uncomfortably.
Washu frowned at her daughter. "I hope so. I'm really fond of the boy, I don't want anything bad to happen to him."
"Nothing will," the pirate said angrily.
"Yeah, sure," Washu said while rolling her eyes, "good luck."
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Dinner came and went without too much trouble. Ryoko and Ayeka had a small fight over who should get the last piece of fish. Nothing major was destroyed but everyone was slightly charred. Everyone was very impressed with Tenchi finally being able to activate his Lighthawk Wings, and were very surprised with the two extra Wings the started to appear.
"Two more?" asked Mihoshi between bites, "how did that happen?"
Tenchi shrugged his shoulders. "I have no idea. I just activated the three of them, and then two more started to appear, but they weren't complete."
Ayeka looked back and forth between her sister and Tenchi thoughtfully. She suddenly got an idea. "Maybe we could ask Tsunami about this, I mean, she is the one who helped Lord Tenchi activate his Wings in the first place."
"Hmm, that is a very good idea Ayeka," Yosho started, "I don't know why I hadn't thought of that before."
"Wait a minute," Kiyone started, "Tsunami, the goddess?"
Ayeka smiled at her. "Yes, she and my sister are assimilated."
Kiyone now stood up. "What!?"
"It is a long story, we will tell you later."
Kiyone frowned lightly. "Oh...okay."
Ryoko looked over at her mother, who nodded and gave her a mischievous grin. Ryoko stood up, getting everyone's attention. "Well! Dinner was excellent Sasami!" she stopped to smile at the little princess, who beamed at her, "I think I'll take a quick dip." She grabbed her plate, winked at Tenchi, phased into the kitchen to put them into the sink, and then phased out to the onsen to wait for Tenchi to arrive. 'And he'd better!' she thought to herself, 'I didn't learn to massage and make him feel better for nothing!'
Tenchi caught on and stood up. "Well, I'd better go out and check the vegetable fields and see how they are growing. I'll be back a little later." He then took his plate into the kitchen, deposited it into the sink and went outside to tend to the fields.
Back at the table, Yosho was looking at Washu suspiciously. She was doing everything to avoid his gaze. He cleared his throat loudly and began to speak. "Little Washu, after you are done, could you take a walk with me to the shrine? We need to talk about something."
Washu looked surprised. "Uh...okay Yosho."
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Tenchi kept looking behind him to see if anybody was following him, but nobody was. He sighed deeply, "I guess they believed me," and made his way into the onsen where Ryoko was waiting for him.
When he mad his way inside, she let out a sigh of relief, she wasn't too sure if he would come or not. "Hi Tenchi."
"Hey Ryoko."
Ryoko fidgeted around a bit. "So," she started, "you want to take a dip?"
Tenchi began to smile. "Yeah, that sounds nice. Today has been...interesting. I could really use some relaxation."
'Oh my Tenchi,' Ryoko thought with a grin, 'I doubt that you will get a lot of relaxation. The night is young, and you are mine!'
To be continued...
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Author's notes: I don't have much to say here except keep on reading.
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