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 10:
The Choices we Make
Tenchi Masaki sits down in the floating onsen, trying very hard to relax. The events he had gone through earlier with Ayeka stir through his mind.
Earlier that day: shortly after he and Ayeka had finished sweeping the shrine steps, Ayeka confronted him. "Lord Tenchi," she began in a nervous but determined voice, "we need to talk."
The prince looked at her, getting very nervous. "Um sure Ayeka. What is it?"
"A short while ago, you were...well, warming up to myself and Ryoko. In the short time that you were becoming more open with your emotions and feelings, I had felt happier than I had in a very long time."
She stopped to sniff lightly. Tenchi tensed up the entire time she was talking to him. He knew where this was going, but he still wanted to respect his grandfather's wishes to not tell any of the girls how he felt until the time was right. 'Whatever that means,' Tenchi thinks with a frown.
Ayeka regains herself and continues, "That demon and I were actually becoming friends. As I am sure you had noticed, we had barely fought with each other. We were in a sort of compromise where we could both be around you and be happy. But then, just when you seem to be ready to tell us of your feelings for us, you calm down." She stops to sniff again. "And now you are spending more time with her while you are spending less and less time with me." Tears were now pouring from her eyes as she grasps her hands together.
As she is doing this, Tenchi is feeling his heart tear apart. He wants more than anything to tell her how he feels for her, but he still isn't entirely sure how he completely feels.
"Please tell me Lord Tenchi! Is it me? Have I done or said anything to anger or upset you? Please...why?" She starts to lean forward and collapse on the ground, but a strong pair of arms stops her and pulls her into a strong embrace.
"Ayeka," Tenchi starts, "you have done nothing of the sort. I've just...well...I don't know what I've been going through myself." He takes a deep breath and pats her on the head lightly. She stopped crying, but is still in Tenchi's arms. "I wish that you would have told me about this earlier. Ryoko...well you know how she is, very upfront and physical."
The princess felt him tense up as he said the last part, which caused her to giggle lightly. She pulls away from him and looks deep into his eyes. "Lord Tenchi, I am very sorry for the way I have been acting, all jealous and foolish. I was just confused as to everything that has been happening around here as of late."
Tenchi smiles warmly at her. "Please just give me some more time to sort everything out Ayeka. I promise that soon I will set everything straight." She smiles back and he then gives her a small kiss on the lips. He pulls away after a couple of seconds.
Ayeka blushes lightly at his actions. "Come now Lord Tenchi, let us go home."
Back to the present: Tenchi gets up, feeling that the bath isn't helping him come to any conclusions. He changes into his clothes and is about to go out, when Kiyone comes running in. "Oh hi Kiyone!" Tenchi says brightly to the GP officer, "How was patrol?"
Kiyone starts to slowly walk up to Tenchi with a lustful look in her eyes. "It was...enlightening." Before Tenchi could respond, she grabs him and begins to kiss him passionately.
At first, Tenchi is too shocked to respond. 'Man, she is a great kisser!' he thinks with an inward smile. He then realizes what is happening and pulls away from the kiss. "Kiyone wait. I...I can't do this."
The lustful smile on her face begins to diminish. "Tenchi, what's wrong? Don't you like me?" She now looks concerned and somewhat fearful.
"It's not that Kiyone. I do like you," he stops for a moment as she tries to kiss him again, and he stops her. "But I don't know if..." the prince stops as a look of dawning appears on his face. Finally, he begins to understand what his grandfather had meant. He now understands the decision that he wants to make. It was right in front of him, but he never thought of it.
Tenchi stared off into space for the next several minutes as Kiyone watches him in confusion. "Uh Tenchi? Hello? What were you about to say? Hello?"
After a few minutes, Tenchi finally snapped out of his 'trance.' "Huh? Oh Kiyone! Sorry about that! I was just thinking about something." He then starts to leave.
"Wait!" Kiyone shouts to him with a note of desperation in her voice. The prince stops and turns around. "Tenchi, you...you never gave me a whole answer."
Tenchi smiles warmly at her as he walks up to her and gives her a quick hug. "Right now I can't give you a straight answer. Just give me a little while and I will be able to tell you and everyone who I really care about and love. I hope that you understand."
Kiyone looks into his eyes, tears forming in her own. "I...I understand Tenchi."
He gives her another quick smile before he leaves. Kiyone sighs deeply, " I only hope that my Lady will as well."
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"Well Lady Tokimi, it appears that Lieutenant Makibi has failed you. The boy has rejected her"
The goddess smiles lightly at her servant. "No she has not failed me D3. In fact, everything is going according to plan."
If the demi-god could show emotions such as confusion, then he most certainly would be. "What do you mean my Lady?"
"Just wait my faithful servant. Soon all events will unfold and my master plan will be revealed."
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Meanwhile in the Masaki household, Sasami and Ryo-Ohki are teaching Ryoko to cook. Unlike Ayeka though, Ryoko has a better sense of taste and listens to the girls' instructions. She had actually made several small dishes that tasted quite well. Sasami just took a taste of Ryoko's latest dish. "Mmm! This is really good Ryoko! You're really catching on!"
The pirate's eyes lit up. "Really?" Both the little princess and the teen cabbit nodded. Ryoko jumped up and cheered, "Oh, this is great! Tenchi's gonna love this!"
The two younger girls began to giggle at Ryoko as Ayeka walks in. "What is so funny?"
Ryo-Ohki points over to the pirate. "Ryoko."
Ayeka shakes her head and walks back into the living room, muttering, "I swear, that woman gets stranger every day!"
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Tenchi is walking back to his home, a belated feeling coursing through his body. He is just about to reach the front door when, "Tenchi!"
The prince stopped and turned around to see his grandfather standing at the foot of the stairs to the shrine. "Grandpa," he starts with a smile, "what is it?"
"Tenchi, I know that you have finally come up with a decision concerning the girls, and the right one as well."
Tenchi looked completely shocked. "B...but grandpa, how...how did you know?"
Yosho chuckled at his sputtering grandson. "Let's just say that I have a certain gift of knowing these things. I know that you want to go and tell the girls, but I want you to wait just one more day before you tell them."
"But why grandpa?"
"Just call it a feeling. You may now go inside Tenchi, but remember what I said."
"Okay grandpa," Tenchi replies sulkily while scratching the back of his head. 'I swear,' he thinks to himself, 'this is gonna drive me crazy. I am so glad that it will be over soon.'
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Yosho, who was walking back up to his shrine, frowned. "Unfortunately Tenchi, this is just the beginning." He stops his ascent to the shrine when the familiar sight of a portal appears in front of him. He smiles as Washu walks out of the portal. "Hello there Washu."
She folds her arms and looks at him crossly. "Hello yourself. Where'd you go to? I come out of the bathroom and you're nowhere to be found."
"I am sorry for leaving you Washu, but I had to tell my grandson something."
The genius looked offended. "Was it more important than me?"
The Shinto priest sighed and looked down. "Unfortunately it was. But!" he added as Washu was looking daggers at him, "but it was of the utmost importance that he receive the message immediately."
Washu was now looking at him playfully and spoke to him in her old curious manner, "What's the message? If it was more important than me," she stopped to wink at him, "then this genius must know what it is!"
Yosho chuckled up at his lover. "I am sorry Washu, but I cannot tell you as of yet. I am sure that Tenchi will surprise us all at dinner tomorrow with a response to my message."
"Fine," she huffed at him, "be that way." Her holo computer appeared in front of her. She typed on it for a couple of seconds and then another portal appeared behind her. As she backed up into it, she told him, "But I know a certain shrine priest that isn't going to get any later tonight!" with a devious smile.
Yosho began to call out, "Washu wait!" But it was too late. He began to scratch the back of his head. "I am only carrying out the wishes of my spaceship tree Funaho."
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"Too true Yosho," Tokimi replies. "But it is not the wishes of your spaceship tree that guide you, but myself."
"And what of your sister?" asks D3, "how is it that she does not sense your presence willing her trees?"
"She can do nothing at the moment D3. Until she is fully assimilated with her avatar, her powers are greatly diminished so she must sit and wait."
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A few hours later at the Masaki residence, everyone is happily eating the dinner that Ryoko helped to make, well except for a very tense and worried Tenchi. He tries to keep a normal face, but the realization that soon he will be revealing to everyone the one that he truly loves is keeping him from thinking of anything but that.
Yosho is the only one who really notices, but it is because he is the one who put those thoughts into his grandson's head. 'I just hope that everything will go along nicely tomorrow,' he thinks while sipping his tea.
Ryoko and Ayeka were having a playful argument over Ryoko's cooking. Normally both would be having a more intense argument that would lead to a fight, but both women are in very good moods, Ryoko because everyone is enjoying her cooking, and Ayeka because of her little chat earlier with Tenchi.
"Oh come off of it princess," Ryoko starts while waving her hand towards the princess, "you just don't want to admit that you actually like my cooking!"
"Oh please," Ayeka retorted with a playful smile, "I am a beautiful and regal princess. How could I enjoy the 'demon food' that you make?"
Mihoshi looked up from her engorging. "Ooh I like Devil's Food cakes! They are so tasty and low fat!"
Everyone around the table besides Mihoshi fell over onto the floor. They all began to laugh when they got back up. Mihoshi, on the other hand, looked confused. "What's so funny?"
This just caused everyone to laugh even harder. Even Tenchi was able to forget his worries and join in the laughter. He takes a bite of his food, and is still quite surprised at how good it tastes. Just a few months ago if he had tasted any cooking from either Ryoko or Ayeka, he probably would be on a one-way trip to the hospital! "So Ryoko," he starts, "you really made all of this?"
Ryoko suddenly goes quiet and nods, blushing lightly. Sasami decides to talk for her. "Yeah she did Tenchi. "Ryo-Ohki and I just sat back and gave her directions. She did a very good job!"
The prince beamed at her. "That's great!" He then turns back to Ryoko. "Ryoko, I think I speak for everyone here when I say that you did a wonderful job with dinner tonight!"
"Yeah!" everyone, including Ayeka, chimed in.
This caused Ryoko to go even redder as she mutters a quiet, "Thanks guys."
"So Mihoshi and Kiyone," Tenchi starts to help save Ryoko from any further embarrassment, "what happened on your patrol earlier?"
Kiyone was about to speak, but her partner interrupted her. "Well we went out to find a vessel that was going near this area, which is restricted. Then we found them and ordered them to stop, which they did. Then...um...oh yeah! Some sort of code popped up on our screens!"
"A code?" asks Washu, " what was it?"
"Uh we're not to sure," replies Kiyone, "just as soon as it appeared, it vanished. I asked Mihoshi to try to get a readout of the vessel, then..."
"...Then, well I don't know. I guess I fell over or something because the next time I opened my eyes, I was lying on the floor and Kiyone was over me trying to wake me up."
Ryo-Ohki looked up from her plate for a moment. "What? You fell over?"
Kiyone sighed deeply. "I'm not too sure what happened. I was about to try to find that code that popped up when I hear a loud thud next to me. I look over to see Mihoshi lying on the floor. I spent the rest of my time trying to wake her up."
"That is quite odd," starts Ayeka, "but what happened to that other vessel that you stopped?"
Kiyone shrugged her shoulders. "I dunno. They just turned around and left a little while after Mihoshi went down. I wish that they didn't, I wanted to find out who they were and what they were doing here."
"Well, at least the two of you weren't harmed in any way," says Yosho after another sip of tea.
"Well I did get a little bump on the back of my head, but it doesn't bother me, I'm just glad to be home!"
"Yeah, let's eat!" chimes in Sasami. The group is son back happily eating dinner. Ayeka makes a couple of snide remarks about the cooking, and getting a playful shove from Ryoko in return. It appears that the two of them are beginning to become friends again.
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After dinner was over and the table was cleaned up, everyone went to do their own thing. Yosho went back up to the shrine while Washu stayed in the house. It appears that she is still a little upset at him for not telling her the message he had for Tenchi earlier.
While Sasami and Ryo-Ohki were in the kitchen washing dishes, everyone else was in the living room watching television. Because of Washu, their T.V. now gets over a thousand channels, including the intergalactic news, which is useful incase anything bad were to happen in space that they would want to know. Currently, though, they were watching an American wrestling show. Tenchi and Ryoko enjoy the violence, while the rest of the women enjoy the muscular men walking around in tight-fitting outfits.
"I like the American wrestling better than the stuff we have here," Tenchi comments as a wrestler gets hit over the head, 'busting him wide open.' "It is much less violent and half of the times, the blood you see is fake. And they use props that make it looks like it hurts more than it actually does."
"I like the Champ," chimes in a voice behind them, "he may be the bad guy, but I think that he's cute!"
Everyone turns around to see Sasami and Ryo-Ohki standing behind the couch. "Sasami!" huffs Ayeka, "You shouldn't be watching such a violent sport!"
Ryoko teleports next to Sasami and puts her arm around her shoulder. "Oh come off of it Ayeka," she starts, "Sasami's a big girl and it's 'sports entertainment' like Tenchi said. Besides, weren't you just commenting earlier how you thought the champ was cute too?"
The princess scrunched up her face. "Oh alright! She can watch the program with us!"
Both Sasami and Ryoko cheered, "Yay!"
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A little over an hour later, the program was over and everybody was getting ready for bed. Tenchi was the first to wish everyone a good night's sleep and go up to his room. "Man, what a day!" he says out loud to himself as he changes into his green t-shirt and black sweatpants. "But tomorrow is when the real fireworks begin!"
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"Oh you have no idea young Masaki," Tokimi says from her usual spot in her temple. She waves her hand and a shadowy figure appears. In front of it glows five Lighthawk Wings. The goddess waves her hand again and the figure appears. It is Tenchi Masaki, but he looks different, older. His hair is longer and spiky, and his face is more mature. He is wearing different clothes; they are bright white and gold, making him look magnificent. The only thing that isn't different about him is his eyes, which still hold their warmth and compassion.
Tokimi reaches out and caresses the side of the image's face lovingly while smiling at it. "Tenchi Masaki, one day you will become a great leader. With the power to rule a universe and the kindness and compassion to bring peace and prosperity, you will rule and the people will love you and respect you for it." Her face suddenly shows sadness. "A great war looms ahead which you must fight. You will loose someone you care deeply for, but it is with that that you realize your true destiny as a leader of the people, a ruler over a kingdom, and, most important of all, a husband and father." She stops for a moment and sighs lightly. "The time has come. D3."
The demi-god appears before her. "Yes Lady Tokimi?"
"You will watch over this dimension for a short while. Alert me if anything has happened. Tsunami's Knight is about to get another houseguest, namely myself."
"As you wish."
To be continued...
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Author's notes: I finally decided to bring in that shadowy five Lighthawk Winged person from the Special Episode: Here Comes Jurai Part two. You weren't expecting it to be who it was, were you? More will be explained as Tokimi comes to the Masaki residence!
Questions or comments? E-mail me at: lighthawkdemon@yahoo.com
Next Episode: Hello Tokimi!
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 10:
The Choices we Make
Tenchi Masaki sits down in the floating onsen, trying very hard to relax. The events he had gone through earlier with Ayeka stir through his mind.
Earlier that day: shortly after he and Ayeka had finished sweeping the shrine steps, Ayeka confronted him. "Lord Tenchi," she began in a nervous but determined voice, "we need to talk."
The prince looked at her, getting very nervous. "Um sure Ayeka. What is it?"
"A short while ago, you were...well, warming up to myself and Ryoko. In the short time that you were becoming more open with your emotions and feelings, I had felt happier than I had in a very long time."
She stopped to sniff lightly. Tenchi tensed up the entire time she was talking to him. He knew where this was going, but he still wanted to respect his grandfather's wishes to not tell any of the girls how he felt until the time was right. 'Whatever that means,' Tenchi thinks with a frown.
Ayeka regains herself and continues, "That demon and I were actually becoming friends. As I am sure you had noticed, we had barely fought with each other. We were in a sort of compromise where we could both be around you and be happy. But then, just when you seem to be ready to tell us of your feelings for us, you calm down." She stops to sniff again. "And now you are spending more time with her while you are spending less and less time with me." Tears were now pouring from her eyes as she grasps her hands together.
As she is doing this, Tenchi is feeling his heart tear apart. He wants more than anything to tell her how he feels for her, but he still isn't entirely sure how he completely feels.
"Please tell me Lord Tenchi! Is it me? Have I done or said anything to anger or upset you? Please...why?" She starts to lean forward and collapse on the ground, but a strong pair of arms stops her and pulls her into a strong embrace.
"Ayeka," Tenchi starts, "you have done nothing of the sort. I've just...well...I don't know what I've been going through myself." He takes a deep breath and pats her on the head lightly. She stopped crying, but is still in Tenchi's arms. "I wish that you would have told me about this earlier. Ryoko...well you know how she is, very upfront and physical."
The princess felt him tense up as he said the last part, which caused her to giggle lightly. She pulls away from him and looks deep into his eyes. "Lord Tenchi, I am very sorry for the way I have been acting, all jealous and foolish. I was just confused as to everything that has been happening around here as of late."
Tenchi smiles warmly at her. "Please just give me some more time to sort everything out Ayeka. I promise that soon I will set everything straight." She smiles back and he then gives her a small kiss on the lips. He pulls away after a couple of seconds.
Ayeka blushes lightly at his actions. "Come now Lord Tenchi, let us go home."
Back to the present: Tenchi gets up, feeling that the bath isn't helping him come to any conclusions. He changes into his clothes and is about to go out, when Kiyone comes running in. "Oh hi Kiyone!" Tenchi says brightly to the GP officer, "How was patrol?"
Kiyone starts to slowly walk up to Tenchi with a lustful look in her eyes. "It was...enlightening." Before Tenchi could respond, she grabs him and begins to kiss him passionately.
At first, Tenchi is too shocked to respond. 'Man, she is a great kisser!' he thinks with an inward smile. He then realizes what is happening and pulls away from the kiss. "Kiyone wait. I...I can't do this."
The lustful smile on her face begins to diminish. "Tenchi, what's wrong? Don't you like me?" She now looks concerned and somewhat fearful.
"It's not that Kiyone. I do like you," he stops for a moment as she tries to kiss him again, and he stops her. "But I don't know if..." the prince stops as a look of dawning appears on his face. Finally, he begins to understand what his grandfather had meant. He now understands the decision that he wants to make. It was right in front of him, but he never thought of it.
Tenchi stared off into space for the next several minutes as Kiyone watches him in confusion. "Uh Tenchi? Hello? What were you about to say? Hello?"
After a few minutes, Tenchi finally snapped out of his 'trance.' "Huh? Oh Kiyone! Sorry about that! I was just thinking about something." He then starts to leave.
"Wait!" Kiyone shouts to him with a note of desperation in her voice. The prince stops and turns around. "Tenchi, you...you never gave me a whole answer."
Tenchi smiles warmly at her as he walks up to her and gives her a quick hug. "Right now I can't give you a straight answer. Just give me a little while and I will be able to tell you and everyone who I really care about and love. I hope that you understand."
Kiyone looks into his eyes, tears forming in her own. "I...I understand Tenchi."
He gives her another quick smile before he leaves. Kiyone sighs deeply, " I only hope that my Lady will as well."
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"Well Lady Tokimi, it appears that Lieutenant Makibi has failed you. The boy has rejected her"
The goddess smiles lightly at her servant. "No she has not failed me D3. In fact, everything is going according to plan."
If the demi-god could show emotions such as confusion, then he most certainly would be. "What do you mean my Lady?"
"Just wait my faithful servant. Soon all events will unfold and my master plan will be revealed."
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Meanwhile in the Masaki household, Sasami and Ryo-Ohki are teaching Ryoko to cook. Unlike Ayeka though, Ryoko has a better sense of taste and listens to the girls' instructions. She had actually made several small dishes that tasted quite well. Sasami just took a taste of Ryoko's latest dish. "Mmm! This is really good Ryoko! You're really catching on!"
The pirate's eyes lit up. "Really?" Both the little princess and the teen cabbit nodded. Ryoko jumped up and cheered, "Oh, this is great! Tenchi's gonna love this!"
The two younger girls began to giggle at Ryoko as Ayeka walks in. "What is so funny?"
Ryo-Ohki points over to the pirate. "Ryoko."
Ayeka shakes her head and walks back into the living room, muttering, "I swear, that woman gets stranger every day!"
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Tenchi is walking back to his home, a belated feeling coursing through his body. He is just about to reach the front door when, "Tenchi!"
The prince stopped and turned around to see his grandfather standing at the foot of the stairs to the shrine. "Grandpa," he starts with a smile, "what is it?"
"Tenchi, I know that you have finally come up with a decision concerning the girls, and the right one as well."
Tenchi looked completely shocked. "B...but grandpa, how...how did you know?"
Yosho chuckled at his sputtering grandson. "Let's just say that I have a certain gift of knowing these things. I know that you want to go and tell the girls, but I want you to wait just one more day before you tell them."
"But why grandpa?"
"Just call it a feeling. You may now go inside Tenchi, but remember what I said."
"Okay grandpa," Tenchi replies sulkily while scratching the back of his head. 'I swear,' he thinks to himself, 'this is gonna drive me crazy. I am so glad that it will be over soon.'
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Yosho, who was walking back up to his shrine, frowned. "Unfortunately Tenchi, this is just the beginning." He stops his ascent to the shrine when the familiar sight of a portal appears in front of him. He smiles as Washu walks out of the portal. "Hello there Washu."
She folds her arms and looks at him crossly. "Hello yourself. Where'd you go to? I come out of the bathroom and you're nowhere to be found."
"I am sorry for leaving you Washu, but I had to tell my grandson something."
The genius looked offended. "Was it more important than me?"
The Shinto priest sighed and looked down. "Unfortunately it was. But!" he added as Washu was looking daggers at him, "but it was of the utmost importance that he receive the message immediately."
Washu was now looking at him playfully and spoke to him in her old curious manner, "What's the message? If it was more important than me," she stopped to wink at him, "then this genius must know what it is!"
Yosho chuckled up at his lover. "I am sorry Washu, but I cannot tell you as of yet. I am sure that Tenchi will surprise us all at dinner tomorrow with a response to my message."
"Fine," she huffed at him, "be that way." Her holo computer appeared in front of her. She typed on it for a couple of seconds and then another portal appeared behind her. As she backed up into it, she told him, "But I know a certain shrine priest that isn't going to get any later tonight!" with a devious smile.
Yosho began to call out, "Washu wait!" But it was too late. He began to scratch the back of his head. "I am only carrying out the wishes of my spaceship tree Funaho."
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"Too true Yosho," Tokimi replies. "But it is not the wishes of your spaceship tree that guide you, but myself."
"And what of your sister?" asks D3, "how is it that she does not sense your presence willing her trees?"
"She can do nothing at the moment D3. Until she is fully assimilated with her avatar, her powers are greatly diminished so she must sit and wait."
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A few hours later at the Masaki residence, everyone is happily eating the dinner that Ryoko helped to make, well except for a very tense and worried Tenchi. He tries to keep a normal face, but the realization that soon he will be revealing to everyone the one that he truly loves is keeping him from thinking of anything but that.
Yosho is the only one who really notices, but it is because he is the one who put those thoughts into his grandson's head. 'I just hope that everything will go along nicely tomorrow,' he thinks while sipping his tea.
Ryoko and Ayeka were having a playful argument over Ryoko's cooking. Normally both would be having a more intense argument that would lead to a fight, but both women are in very good moods, Ryoko because everyone is enjoying her cooking, and Ayeka because of her little chat earlier with Tenchi.
"Oh come off of it princess," Ryoko starts while waving her hand towards the princess, "you just don't want to admit that you actually like my cooking!"
"Oh please," Ayeka retorted with a playful smile, "I am a beautiful and regal princess. How could I enjoy the 'demon food' that you make?"
Mihoshi looked up from her engorging. "Ooh I like Devil's Food cakes! They are so tasty and low fat!"
Everyone around the table besides Mihoshi fell over onto the floor. They all began to laugh when they got back up. Mihoshi, on the other hand, looked confused. "What's so funny?"
This just caused everyone to laugh even harder. Even Tenchi was able to forget his worries and join in the laughter. He takes a bite of his food, and is still quite surprised at how good it tastes. Just a few months ago if he had tasted any cooking from either Ryoko or Ayeka, he probably would be on a one-way trip to the hospital! "So Ryoko," he starts, "you really made all of this?"
Ryoko suddenly goes quiet and nods, blushing lightly. Sasami decides to talk for her. "Yeah she did Tenchi. "Ryo-Ohki and I just sat back and gave her directions. She did a very good job!"
The prince beamed at her. "That's great!" He then turns back to Ryoko. "Ryoko, I think I speak for everyone here when I say that you did a wonderful job with dinner tonight!"
"Yeah!" everyone, including Ayeka, chimed in.
This caused Ryoko to go even redder as she mutters a quiet, "Thanks guys."
"So Mihoshi and Kiyone," Tenchi starts to help save Ryoko from any further embarrassment, "what happened on your patrol earlier?"
Kiyone was about to speak, but her partner interrupted her. "Well we went out to find a vessel that was going near this area, which is restricted. Then we found them and ordered them to stop, which they did. Then...um...oh yeah! Some sort of code popped up on our screens!"
"A code?" asks Washu, " what was it?"
"Uh we're not to sure," replies Kiyone, "just as soon as it appeared, it vanished. I asked Mihoshi to try to get a readout of the vessel, then..."
"...Then, well I don't know. I guess I fell over or something because the next time I opened my eyes, I was lying on the floor and Kiyone was over me trying to wake me up."
Ryo-Ohki looked up from her plate for a moment. "What? You fell over?"
Kiyone sighed deeply. "I'm not too sure what happened. I was about to try to find that code that popped up when I hear a loud thud next to me. I look over to see Mihoshi lying on the floor. I spent the rest of my time trying to wake her up."
"That is quite odd," starts Ayeka, "but what happened to that other vessel that you stopped?"
Kiyone shrugged her shoulders. "I dunno. They just turned around and left a little while after Mihoshi went down. I wish that they didn't, I wanted to find out who they were and what they were doing here."
"Well, at least the two of you weren't harmed in any way," says Yosho after another sip of tea.
"Well I did get a little bump on the back of my head, but it doesn't bother me, I'm just glad to be home!"
"Yeah, let's eat!" chimes in Sasami. The group is son back happily eating dinner. Ayeka makes a couple of snide remarks about the cooking, and getting a playful shove from Ryoko in return. It appears that the two of them are beginning to become friends again.
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After dinner was over and the table was cleaned up, everyone went to do their own thing. Yosho went back up to the shrine while Washu stayed in the house. It appears that she is still a little upset at him for not telling her the message he had for Tenchi earlier.
While Sasami and Ryo-Ohki were in the kitchen washing dishes, everyone else was in the living room watching television. Because of Washu, their T.V. now gets over a thousand channels, including the intergalactic news, which is useful incase anything bad were to happen in space that they would want to know. Currently, though, they were watching an American wrestling show. Tenchi and Ryoko enjoy the violence, while the rest of the women enjoy the muscular men walking around in tight-fitting outfits.
"I like the American wrestling better than the stuff we have here," Tenchi comments as a wrestler gets hit over the head, 'busting him wide open.' "It is much less violent and half of the times, the blood you see is fake. And they use props that make it looks like it hurts more than it actually does."
"I like the Champ," chimes in a voice behind them, "he may be the bad guy, but I think that he's cute!"
Everyone turns around to see Sasami and Ryo-Ohki standing behind the couch. "Sasami!" huffs Ayeka, "You shouldn't be watching such a violent sport!"
Ryoko teleports next to Sasami and puts her arm around her shoulder. "Oh come off of it Ayeka," she starts, "Sasami's a big girl and it's 'sports entertainment' like Tenchi said. Besides, weren't you just commenting earlier how you thought the champ was cute too?"
The princess scrunched up her face. "Oh alright! She can watch the program with us!"
Both Sasami and Ryoko cheered, "Yay!"
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A little over an hour later, the program was over and everybody was getting ready for bed. Tenchi was the first to wish everyone a good night's sleep and go up to his room. "Man, what a day!" he says out loud to himself as he changes into his green t-shirt and black sweatpants. "But tomorrow is when the real fireworks begin!"
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"Oh you have no idea young Masaki," Tokimi says from her usual spot in her temple. She waves her hand and a shadowy figure appears. In front of it glows five Lighthawk Wings. The goddess waves her hand again and the figure appears. It is Tenchi Masaki, but he looks different, older. His hair is longer and spiky, and his face is more mature. He is wearing different clothes; they are bright white and gold, making him look magnificent. The only thing that isn't different about him is his eyes, which still hold their warmth and compassion.
Tokimi reaches out and caresses the side of the image's face lovingly while smiling at it. "Tenchi Masaki, one day you will become a great leader. With the power to rule a universe and the kindness and compassion to bring peace and prosperity, you will rule and the people will love you and respect you for it." Her face suddenly shows sadness. "A great war looms ahead which you must fight. You will loose someone you care deeply for, but it is with that that you realize your true destiny as a leader of the people, a ruler over a kingdom, and, most important of all, a husband and father." She stops for a moment and sighs lightly. "The time has come. D3."
The demi-god appears before her. "Yes Lady Tokimi?"
"You will watch over this dimension for a short while. Alert me if anything has happened. Tsunami's Knight is about to get another houseguest, namely myself."
"As you wish."
To be continued...
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Author's notes: I finally decided to bring in that shadowy five Lighthawk Winged person from the Special Episode: Here Comes Jurai Part two. You weren't expecting it to be who it was, were you? More will be explained as Tokimi comes to the Masaki residence!
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