Tenchi Universe
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Disclaimer: This episode of Tenchi Universe is of my own creation as well as the character Hayato. 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 Universe, Tenchi Muyo in Love and Tenchi Forever.
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The More Things Change...
Episode 2:
No Need for Secrets!
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Fade in: Carrot fields, early Sunday afternoon. Tenchi is busy pulling carrots out of the ground and putting them in the basket on his back. Ryo- Ohki is in the basket busy helping Tenchi lighten his load. Tenchi stops pulling carrots and takes the basket off his back, looking at Ryo-Ohki. "You know Ryo-Ohki, if you eat all those carrots now, you won't have any left for dinner."
Ryo-Ohki looks up at Tenchi with pleading eyes. "Mya meow?"
Tenchi looks at the cabbit's big somber eyes and starts to smile. "Oh all right," he starts, giving in, "you can have a few more."
Ryo-Ohki beams up at him. "MEOW!"
"You know," Tenchi begins thoughtfully, "you and Ryoko look almost exactly alike when you two are pleading for something."
The cabbit is too immersed in her carrot to respond. Tenchi sighs deeply and goes back to harvesting the carrots.
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Masaki Residence. It seems to be another "normal" day at the Masaki Residence: Ryoko is sleeping up on the roof, Washu is busy in her lab, Sasami is in the kitchen making some snacks, Azaka and Kamidake are upstairs playing video games and Ayeka, Mihoshi, Kiyone, Nobuyuki and Katsuhito are all in the living room having a nice conversation. Mihoshi and Kiyone are looking both pale and tired. Nobuyuki and Katsuhito are having some mid-afternoon Sake.
"You girls have been so busy lately," Nobuyuki says between sips.
"Yes," Katsuhito adds in. "You haven't been here to visit us in a long time."
Kiyone takes a big drink from her cup and sighs. "I know. Ever since we got our promotions, it seems like all we do now is work."
Mihoshi looks up at the group, teary-eyed. "We're sorry for not coming here more often. It's not..."
Ayeka interrupts Mihoshi by putting her hand out and waving it slightly. "Oh you two have nothing to be sorry about. You have jobs and you have to work. And besides, at least now you both make enough money to live in your apartment without getting extra jobs."
At those words, both Mihoshi and Kiyone start to cheer up a bit. "Yes that's true," Kiyone starts. She suddenly lies back, sighing again. "But we can't relax for even a minute before HQ calls and we have to go out again. We barely do anything anymore."
Her partner's old, cheerful nature suddenly pops back in. "Yeah, we haven't even taken a bath since Thursday!"
Kiyone suddenly jumps up and covers Mihoshi's mouth. A huge vein pops out of her head as she starts to shout, "Shut up Mihoshi! You didn't have to tell them all that!"
She looks about ready to punch Mihoshi when Nobuyuki starts to speak, "You know girls, you are free to come over and use our bath anytime you want. It doesn't bother me any."
Katsuhito takes a sip from his cup and looks to Nobuyuki. "Of course it doesn't. You love the thought of several beautiful young women in the house."
Nobuyuki scratches the back of his head and starts laughing. "Ah father, I just enjoy company!"
Katsuhito was about to respond when Mihoshi cuts in, "Oh hey, where's Hayato?" she stretches her neck to take a look around the living room. "I thought that he was staying here."
"He is staying here," Ayeka replies. "He is just in town right now doing a little shopping."
Mihoshi gets an oddly mischievous look on her face. "I think he is really nice, and cute." At those words, she blushes lightly and begins to giggle. "Kiyone thinks he's cute too, don't you Kiyone?" Mihoshi adds while looking at her partner.
Kiyone balls her hands up into fists. "Mihoshi, be quiet!"
The blonde acts as if she didn't hear her partner. "Kiyone, weren't you just saying yesterday that you had a little crush on him?"
Kiyone, once again, jumps out of her seat and clamps Mihoshi's mouth shut. The vein on her head was even bigger than before. "When will you learn to keep your big mouth shut?" A small sweat drop forms on everyone's head.
Ayeka, Katsuhito and Nobuyuki all start to laugh. "Well he is rather handsome," Ayeka admits.
Nobuyuki holds up his cup with a very happy look on his face. "Hey, good looks are a family heritage!"
Katsuhito holds his cup up as well. "Yes, but on my side!"
Everyone starts laughing, even Kiyone. Sasami walks in carrying a tray of snacks. "Hey what's everyone laughing about?"
Ayeka stops laughing and readjusts her kimono. "Oh it's nothing Sasami. Ah I see you've brought some snacks."
Ryoko's head suddenly pops through the ceiling. "Ooh, did I hear someone say snacks!?"
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Later in the evening. Everyone is enjoying an unusually quite dinner. This is because Tenchi, who is very tired of Ryoko and Ayeka's constant fighting, threatened them that if they fought with each other even once during dinner, he wouldn't speak to either of them for an entire week. Hayato hasn't showed up yet. Tenchi looks on each side of him where Ryoko and Ayeka are sitting and smiles. "You know, I'm really proud of you two! We finally had a nice, quiet dinner for a change."
Ryoko nuzzles up to the prince. "Thanks Tenchi!"
Ayeka takes no notice of Ryoko's actions, but does move a little bit closer to Tenchi. "Yes, thank you Lord Tenchi. I'm really impressed that Ryoko actually managed to keep her big mouth shut for such a long time," she adds while looking at her rival evilly.
Ryoko looks over at Ayeka, sparks starting to come off her. Ayeka's only response is to smile smugly at her, causing more sparks to come off of Ryoko. It looks like a fight is about to ensue when Tenchi quickly stops them both in their tracks, looking quite angry. "All right that's enough! Now dinner isn't over yet so that means that what I said is still in effect: you two fight even once and I won't talk to either of you for a week! I'm getting really tired of all of this!"
Everyone was stunned by Tenchi's sudden outburst. Ryoko and Ayeka quickly stop looking at each other and sat down quietly next to Tenchi. They both are a little teary-eyed. "Sorry," they both weakly reply.
Tenchi looks around at everyone, still looking very surprised. He then looks to Ryoko and Ayeka. His anger quickly fades as he realizes what he just said. "I...I'm sorry everyone. I just wanted to finally have a nice quiet dinner. I didn't mean to hurt anyone." He looks just as hurt as Ryoko and Ayeka. "You know what? This whole no fighting thing was kind of a dumb idea. Let's just forget the whole thing!"
Ryoko and Ayeka both jump up, looking very excited. "Do you really mean it!?" they squeal in unison.
"Sure!"
About ten seconds later, Tenchi was eating his words as both the space pirate and crown princess of Jurai were in another heated fight, once again over Tenchi's attention. A giant sigh bubble comes from Tenchi's mouth.
Washu chuckles merrily. "You probably should've waited 'til after we all finished dinner Tenchi!"
Tenchi's head droops slightly as tears roll down his cheeks. Dinner has returned to "normal". Nobuyuki looks at his wristwatch with a concerned look on his face. "Hmm...it's been over six hours, where could Hayato be?"
As if he was summoned, the front door opens and everyone can hear Hayato as he enters, "Hey everybody, I'm back! Sorry I was out for so long, I'll tell you everything once I have something to eat!"
"Meow!" Ryo-Ohki gets up from her spot beside the table and runs towards the front door.
"Hello Ryo-Ohki!" Hayato says as he greets the cabbit. "Did you miss me?"
"Mya!"
Kiyone suddenly jumps out of her seat, startling everyone. She starts to blush and quickly runs towards the bathroom. Mihoshi starts to giggle. "Kiyone must be going to freshen up for Hayato, I think that she is going to ask him out!"
Kiyone stops in her tracks, visibly shaking with anger. She looks like she is about to explode when Hayato walks in the dining room. She makes a small gasp then runs into the bathroom. Everyone starts to laugh except Hayato, who looks confused. He is carrying with him his large, bulky carrying bag. "What's so funny?"
"Oh nothing," Sasami manages to say between giggles. "Come in and sit down and have some dinner."
Hayato smiles at Sasami. "Don't mind if I do." Hayato sits down and starts to eat. After about five minutes he looks up from his plate to see everybody looking at him expectantly. "What? Why are you...oh yeah! I forgot! Sorry about that!"
"Yeah," Washu starts, "tell us where you've been all day! I hate being in the dark! This genius has to know what is going on at all times!"
He frowns at Washu and puts a piece of stuffed cabbage in his mouth. "Mmm, delicious!" He clears his throat for a second. "Well now, I was out in town, doing a little shopping when I ran into my English teacher from my old high school. Needless to say, we were both shocked to run into each other, but we soon got over the shock and started to talk. You see, she was my favorite teacher, she taught everything I know about poetry and cultures and romance."
"Romance huh?" Washu says as she leans in and gives him a devious smile. Everyone else around the table looks at him with raised eyebrows.
He is quick to respond to their looks. "Oh, it's nothing like that...really! She was my teacher, I was her student. That was it!" Hayato clears his throat quickly and nervously. "Any way, I offered to get her lunch at a restaurant, can't remember the name, but we went in there and then pretty much spent the entire time talking about what's been going on in our lives."
Sasami quickly cuts in. "What was your teacher doing here?"
"Yes," Ayeka adds, "Japan is a far way from America."
"Well she is vacationing here for a couple of weeks. It was nice to see her again. For once, I had a bunch of cool stories to tell her! It was like I was the teacher and she was the student! It was a nice change." Hayato stops talking and lowers his head, looking sad. "I...I'm sorry if I worried anyone by being out for so long. I..."
Katsuhito quickly waves Hayato's apology aside. "Ah that's all right. No harm done. Besides, you are an adult and are responsible enough to go out for long periods of time. You proved that by your little adventure around earth.
Nobuyuki pats his nephew on the shoulder. "Yeah, as long as you're back, that's all that matters."
Hayato starts to smile again. Kiyone then catches everyone's attention when she walks back into the dining room. She looks magnificent. She is wearing a long beautiful black dress. The top is form fitting and she has a Shaw wrapped around her shoulders. The skirt is sleek and it accented her figure quite well, and stopped just a little above her ankles to reveal a beautiful pair of high heels. Everyone is staring at her, mouths agape.
Mihoshi is the first to speak. "Wow Kiyone! You look beautiful!"
"Yeah," Sasami chimes in, "that dress is amazing!"
Kiyone looks slightly embarrassed, but she holds herself together as she speaks. "Hayato?"
Hayato is still staring at Kiyone. It takes him a couple of seconds to realize that the teal haired beauty is talking to him. "Hmm...oh...uh...yes?"
"I was wondering if you'd wanted to...I mean if you'd like to go out for a walk with me tonight." At these words, Kiyone turns a deep shade of red. It is no surprise to anyone that Hayato does the same.
"Uh...me? I mean, yes! I...I'd love to go out for a walk with you Miss Kiyone."
They both turn, if possible, even redder. For a few moments, no one makes a sound. It is Ryoko who breaks the silence as she talks in her most seductive voice to Tenchi. "Tenchi? Don't you want to go on a walk with me too? We'd have so much fun!"
Ryoko is about to hug Tenchi when he takes a step back, flustered. "Hey Ryoko! Now cut that out!"
Ayeka jumps in front of Tenchi with her arms outstretched, shielding him from Ryoko. "You stay away from him you good for nothing, evil pirate!"
The said pirate gets wide-eyed and stomps her foot on the ground. "Why you little bitch!"
A vein pops on Ayeka's forehead, but she tries to talk in a normal manner while covering her mouth. "Oh Ryoko, stop being so foolish. You know that you will never win Lord Tenchi's heart! You are just nothing more than a dirty, filthy pirate."
Ryoko looses it. She jumps back and lunges an energy ball straight at Ayeka. Ayeka, however, is ready for the attack and puts up a force field, blocking the attack. However, the blast ricochets off the force field and turns directions, smashing into the ceiling above. The entire ceiling collapses and starts to fall down, right onto everyone below. Unfortunately, the entire group is too startled by the quickness of events to even move. It seems like that this would be the end for our favorite oddball family.
Suddenly, everything goes quiet. Everybody looks up at the ceiling, only to see that it has somehow stopped falling in midair!
"Wh...what's going on? How?" Tenchi stammers between breaths.
"Look!" Sasami suddenly screams out, making everyone jump. "Look! Hayato!"
Everyone looks over at Hayato, who is staring at the ceiling, and gasps. A green aura seems to be coming from his body and his eyes glow a bright green.
A rumbling sound makes them all look up. The ceiling is restoring itself back to normal. In just a few seconds, it looks as if nothing happened.
Everyone is now staring again at Hayato, who is returning back to normal, the green glow now leaving him. He looks at everyone with a very serious expression on his face.
Tenchi steps forward, unsure of what to say or do. "Hayato?"
Fade out.
To be continued...
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Author's Notes: Ooh, secrets that have to be revealed! What is the deal with Hayato? Keep reading to find out!
E-mail me any questions or comments at: lighthawkdemon@yahoo.com
Next episode: No Need for Explanations!
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Disclaimer: This episode of Tenchi Universe is of my own creation as well as the character Hayato. 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 Universe, Tenchi Muyo in Love and Tenchi Forever.
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The More Things Change...
Episode 2:
No Need for Secrets!
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Fade in: Carrot fields, early Sunday afternoon. Tenchi is busy pulling carrots out of the ground and putting them in the basket on his back. Ryo- Ohki is in the basket busy helping Tenchi lighten his load. Tenchi stops pulling carrots and takes the basket off his back, looking at Ryo-Ohki. "You know Ryo-Ohki, if you eat all those carrots now, you won't have any left for dinner."
Ryo-Ohki looks up at Tenchi with pleading eyes. "Mya meow?"
Tenchi looks at the cabbit's big somber eyes and starts to smile. "Oh all right," he starts, giving in, "you can have a few more."
Ryo-Ohki beams up at him. "MEOW!"
"You know," Tenchi begins thoughtfully, "you and Ryoko look almost exactly alike when you two are pleading for something."
The cabbit is too immersed in her carrot to respond. Tenchi sighs deeply and goes back to harvesting the carrots.
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Masaki Residence. It seems to be another "normal" day at the Masaki Residence: Ryoko is sleeping up on the roof, Washu is busy in her lab, Sasami is in the kitchen making some snacks, Azaka and Kamidake are upstairs playing video games and Ayeka, Mihoshi, Kiyone, Nobuyuki and Katsuhito are all in the living room having a nice conversation. Mihoshi and Kiyone are looking both pale and tired. Nobuyuki and Katsuhito are having some mid-afternoon Sake.
"You girls have been so busy lately," Nobuyuki says between sips.
"Yes," Katsuhito adds in. "You haven't been here to visit us in a long time."
Kiyone takes a big drink from her cup and sighs. "I know. Ever since we got our promotions, it seems like all we do now is work."
Mihoshi looks up at the group, teary-eyed. "We're sorry for not coming here more often. It's not..."
Ayeka interrupts Mihoshi by putting her hand out and waving it slightly. "Oh you two have nothing to be sorry about. You have jobs and you have to work. And besides, at least now you both make enough money to live in your apartment without getting extra jobs."
At those words, both Mihoshi and Kiyone start to cheer up a bit. "Yes that's true," Kiyone starts. She suddenly lies back, sighing again. "But we can't relax for even a minute before HQ calls and we have to go out again. We barely do anything anymore."
Her partner's old, cheerful nature suddenly pops back in. "Yeah, we haven't even taken a bath since Thursday!"
Kiyone suddenly jumps up and covers Mihoshi's mouth. A huge vein pops out of her head as she starts to shout, "Shut up Mihoshi! You didn't have to tell them all that!"
She looks about ready to punch Mihoshi when Nobuyuki starts to speak, "You know girls, you are free to come over and use our bath anytime you want. It doesn't bother me any."
Katsuhito takes a sip from his cup and looks to Nobuyuki. "Of course it doesn't. You love the thought of several beautiful young women in the house."
Nobuyuki scratches the back of his head and starts laughing. "Ah father, I just enjoy company!"
Katsuhito was about to respond when Mihoshi cuts in, "Oh hey, where's Hayato?" she stretches her neck to take a look around the living room. "I thought that he was staying here."
"He is staying here," Ayeka replies. "He is just in town right now doing a little shopping."
Mihoshi gets an oddly mischievous look on her face. "I think he is really nice, and cute." At those words, she blushes lightly and begins to giggle. "Kiyone thinks he's cute too, don't you Kiyone?" Mihoshi adds while looking at her partner.
Kiyone balls her hands up into fists. "Mihoshi, be quiet!"
The blonde acts as if she didn't hear her partner. "Kiyone, weren't you just saying yesterday that you had a little crush on him?"
Kiyone, once again, jumps out of her seat and clamps Mihoshi's mouth shut. The vein on her head was even bigger than before. "When will you learn to keep your big mouth shut?" A small sweat drop forms on everyone's head.
Ayeka, Katsuhito and Nobuyuki all start to laugh. "Well he is rather handsome," Ayeka admits.
Nobuyuki holds up his cup with a very happy look on his face. "Hey, good looks are a family heritage!"
Katsuhito holds his cup up as well. "Yes, but on my side!"
Everyone starts laughing, even Kiyone. Sasami walks in carrying a tray of snacks. "Hey what's everyone laughing about?"
Ayeka stops laughing and readjusts her kimono. "Oh it's nothing Sasami. Ah I see you've brought some snacks."
Ryoko's head suddenly pops through the ceiling. "Ooh, did I hear someone say snacks!?"
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Later in the evening. Everyone is enjoying an unusually quite dinner. This is because Tenchi, who is very tired of Ryoko and Ayeka's constant fighting, threatened them that if they fought with each other even once during dinner, he wouldn't speak to either of them for an entire week. Hayato hasn't showed up yet. Tenchi looks on each side of him where Ryoko and Ayeka are sitting and smiles. "You know, I'm really proud of you two! We finally had a nice, quiet dinner for a change."
Ryoko nuzzles up to the prince. "Thanks Tenchi!"
Ayeka takes no notice of Ryoko's actions, but does move a little bit closer to Tenchi. "Yes, thank you Lord Tenchi. I'm really impressed that Ryoko actually managed to keep her big mouth shut for such a long time," she adds while looking at her rival evilly.
Ryoko looks over at Ayeka, sparks starting to come off her. Ayeka's only response is to smile smugly at her, causing more sparks to come off of Ryoko. It looks like a fight is about to ensue when Tenchi quickly stops them both in their tracks, looking quite angry. "All right that's enough! Now dinner isn't over yet so that means that what I said is still in effect: you two fight even once and I won't talk to either of you for a week! I'm getting really tired of all of this!"
Everyone was stunned by Tenchi's sudden outburst. Ryoko and Ayeka quickly stop looking at each other and sat down quietly next to Tenchi. They both are a little teary-eyed. "Sorry," they both weakly reply.
Tenchi looks around at everyone, still looking very surprised. He then looks to Ryoko and Ayeka. His anger quickly fades as he realizes what he just said. "I...I'm sorry everyone. I just wanted to finally have a nice quiet dinner. I didn't mean to hurt anyone." He looks just as hurt as Ryoko and Ayeka. "You know what? This whole no fighting thing was kind of a dumb idea. Let's just forget the whole thing!"
Ryoko and Ayeka both jump up, looking very excited. "Do you really mean it!?" they squeal in unison.
"Sure!"
About ten seconds later, Tenchi was eating his words as both the space pirate and crown princess of Jurai were in another heated fight, once again over Tenchi's attention. A giant sigh bubble comes from Tenchi's mouth.
Washu chuckles merrily. "You probably should've waited 'til after we all finished dinner Tenchi!"
Tenchi's head droops slightly as tears roll down his cheeks. Dinner has returned to "normal". Nobuyuki looks at his wristwatch with a concerned look on his face. "Hmm...it's been over six hours, where could Hayato be?"
As if he was summoned, the front door opens and everyone can hear Hayato as he enters, "Hey everybody, I'm back! Sorry I was out for so long, I'll tell you everything once I have something to eat!"
"Meow!" Ryo-Ohki gets up from her spot beside the table and runs towards the front door.
"Hello Ryo-Ohki!" Hayato says as he greets the cabbit. "Did you miss me?"
"Mya!"
Kiyone suddenly jumps out of her seat, startling everyone. She starts to blush and quickly runs towards the bathroom. Mihoshi starts to giggle. "Kiyone must be going to freshen up for Hayato, I think that she is going to ask him out!"
Kiyone stops in her tracks, visibly shaking with anger. She looks like she is about to explode when Hayato walks in the dining room. She makes a small gasp then runs into the bathroom. Everyone starts to laugh except Hayato, who looks confused. He is carrying with him his large, bulky carrying bag. "What's so funny?"
"Oh nothing," Sasami manages to say between giggles. "Come in and sit down and have some dinner."
Hayato smiles at Sasami. "Don't mind if I do." Hayato sits down and starts to eat. After about five minutes he looks up from his plate to see everybody looking at him expectantly. "What? Why are you...oh yeah! I forgot! Sorry about that!"
"Yeah," Washu starts, "tell us where you've been all day! I hate being in the dark! This genius has to know what is going on at all times!"
He frowns at Washu and puts a piece of stuffed cabbage in his mouth. "Mmm, delicious!" He clears his throat for a second. "Well now, I was out in town, doing a little shopping when I ran into my English teacher from my old high school. Needless to say, we were both shocked to run into each other, but we soon got over the shock and started to talk. You see, she was my favorite teacher, she taught everything I know about poetry and cultures and romance."
"Romance huh?" Washu says as she leans in and gives him a devious smile. Everyone else around the table looks at him with raised eyebrows.
He is quick to respond to their looks. "Oh, it's nothing like that...really! She was my teacher, I was her student. That was it!" Hayato clears his throat quickly and nervously. "Any way, I offered to get her lunch at a restaurant, can't remember the name, but we went in there and then pretty much spent the entire time talking about what's been going on in our lives."
Sasami quickly cuts in. "What was your teacher doing here?"
"Yes," Ayeka adds, "Japan is a far way from America."
"Well she is vacationing here for a couple of weeks. It was nice to see her again. For once, I had a bunch of cool stories to tell her! It was like I was the teacher and she was the student! It was a nice change." Hayato stops talking and lowers his head, looking sad. "I...I'm sorry if I worried anyone by being out for so long. I..."
Katsuhito quickly waves Hayato's apology aside. "Ah that's all right. No harm done. Besides, you are an adult and are responsible enough to go out for long periods of time. You proved that by your little adventure around earth.
Nobuyuki pats his nephew on the shoulder. "Yeah, as long as you're back, that's all that matters."
Hayato starts to smile again. Kiyone then catches everyone's attention when she walks back into the dining room. She looks magnificent. She is wearing a long beautiful black dress. The top is form fitting and she has a Shaw wrapped around her shoulders. The skirt is sleek and it accented her figure quite well, and stopped just a little above her ankles to reveal a beautiful pair of high heels. Everyone is staring at her, mouths agape.
Mihoshi is the first to speak. "Wow Kiyone! You look beautiful!"
"Yeah," Sasami chimes in, "that dress is amazing!"
Kiyone looks slightly embarrassed, but she holds herself together as she speaks. "Hayato?"
Hayato is still staring at Kiyone. It takes him a couple of seconds to realize that the teal haired beauty is talking to him. "Hmm...oh...uh...yes?"
"I was wondering if you'd wanted to...I mean if you'd like to go out for a walk with me tonight." At these words, Kiyone turns a deep shade of red. It is no surprise to anyone that Hayato does the same.
"Uh...me? I mean, yes! I...I'd love to go out for a walk with you Miss Kiyone."
They both turn, if possible, even redder. For a few moments, no one makes a sound. It is Ryoko who breaks the silence as she talks in her most seductive voice to Tenchi. "Tenchi? Don't you want to go on a walk with me too? We'd have so much fun!"
Ryoko is about to hug Tenchi when he takes a step back, flustered. "Hey Ryoko! Now cut that out!"
Ayeka jumps in front of Tenchi with her arms outstretched, shielding him from Ryoko. "You stay away from him you good for nothing, evil pirate!"
The said pirate gets wide-eyed and stomps her foot on the ground. "Why you little bitch!"
A vein pops on Ayeka's forehead, but she tries to talk in a normal manner while covering her mouth. "Oh Ryoko, stop being so foolish. You know that you will never win Lord Tenchi's heart! You are just nothing more than a dirty, filthy pirate."
Ryoko looses it. She jumps back and lunges an energy ball straight at Ayeka. Ayeka, however, is ready for the attack and puts up a force field, blocking the attack. However, the blast ricochets off the force field and turns directions, smashing into the ceiling above. The entire ceiling collapses and starts to fall down, right onto everyone below. Unfortunately, the entire group is too startled by the quickness of events to even move. It seems like that this would be the end for our favorite oddball family.
Suddenly, everything goes quiet. Everybody looks up at the ceiling, only to see that it has somehow stopped falling in midair!
"Wh...what's going on? How?" Tenchi stammers between breaths.
"Look!" Sasami suddenly screams out, making everyone jump. "Look! Hayato!"
Everyone looks over at Hayato, who is staring at the ceiling, and gasps. A green aura seems to be coming from his body and his eyes glow a bright green.
A rumbling sound makes them all look up. The ceiling is restoring itself back to normal. In just a few seconds, it looks as if nothing happened.
Everyone is now staring again at Hayato, who is returning back to normal, the green glow now leaving him. He looks at everyone with a very serious expression on his face.
Tenchi steps forward, unsure of what to say or do. "Hayato?"
Fade out.
To be continued...
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Author's Notes: Ooh, secrets that have to be revealed! What is the deal with Hayato? Keep reading to find out!
E-mail me any questions or comments at: lighthawkdemon@yahoo.com
Next episode: No Need for Explanations!