The Path That Guides Us

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Chapter 5 V 1.1

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Tenchi & Yosho race to the side of the lake. From were the

explosion had came from. What greeted there eyes was one of

Ryoko & Ayeka fighting in full battle gear.

"What's going on here!?! Why are they fighting?" Said a

panicking Tenchi.

Both him and Yosho made there way round to the front of the

house were Sasami was trying to stop them.

"Ayeka!, Ryoko!, Please stop!" Sasami cried out to them. Then

she notice Tenchi & Yosho running up to her.

"Oh Tenchi! Please! Stop them! Please!" Sasami pleaded to

Tenchi.

"Sasami what's going on? Why are they fighting now?" Tenchi

ask the young princess.

"I don't know. I was in the Kitchen and Ayeka had gone to

wipe down the table main room. Soon i heard Ayeka & Ryoko

shouting at each other followed by glass breaking then a loud

explosion!"

It was at this time Tenchi notice that most of the wooden

dock was blown away.

He watch as Ayeka was getting the better of Ryoko. Ayeka was

clearly not holding back this time.

(What happen now?) Tenchi thought.

Just then he watch as Ryoko who was on the defence missed

timed a block. Ayeka spotted the opening and landed a gut

reaching punch to Ryoko's stomach.

Ryoko double up in pain from Ayeka's blow. Ayeka followed up

with a double axe handle smash to Ryoko's back sending Ryoko

to the ground. Ayeka was just about to continue her attack

when she heard Tenchi's voice ring out across the lake.



"AYEKA STOP THIS NOW!!" Tenchi shouted out to her.

Ayeka jerked her head up when she heard Tenchi's voice call

out to her. Stopping her attack she turned to face him.

The first thing Tenchi shore was that she had been crying

hard. Her face was one of sadness her eyes were red as well.

He had never seen the princess's look this way before.



"Ayeka" Wisped Tenchi.

Before he could say anymore Ayeka took off towards the woods.



"AYEKA WAIT!!!" Tenchi called out to her but it was to late

she was gone.

"Tenchi were is she going? What's wrong with her?" Sasami was

almost crying.

"I don't know Sasami but i am going to go and find out" Said

Tenchi with both his hands on the young girls shoulders.

He was about to go after Ayeka when Yosho called out to him

from the house.

"Tenchi! I think you best look at this" called Yosho.

Tenchi walked over to were is Grandfather was standing by the

damaged glass door.

Tenchi notice he was holding something. At the same time

Ryoko was picking her self up out of the hole she was in.

"Did anyone get the number of the truck?" She groaned it was

then she notice that Ayeka was gone.

"Now were did she go? It was just getting interesting?" Ryoko

said as she looked for any sign of Ayeka.

It was then she notice Tenchi walking to were his Grandfather

was standing. She then notice what Yosho was holding.

"Oh no! TENCHI!! PLEASE DON'T LOOK AT THAT!!!" Ryoko cried

out but it was to late Tenchi had seen what Yosho was

holding.

"What is this?" Said a confused Tenchi as he looked at the

object his Grandfather had just handed him.

It was a picture frame with a picture of Him & Ryoko standing

facing each other, as Tenchi looked at it he notice a small

button on the side which he pressed.

He watch as the picture came to life he was shocked at what

he watched.It was himself & Ryoko they face each other then

Kissed! Then they parted both smiling.

"How?....this never happened?....what's going on?" A very

shocked Tenchi said.

That's when he notice Ryoko.

"RYOKO!!! what is the meaning of this!!" Tenchi waved the

picture at her.

"Tenchi...I...Umm" Ryoko said while trying to work away out

of this mess.

"Well! I am waiting?!" Ryoko could tell Tenchi was not happy.

"Ayeka has been acting weird all day. It was driving me crazy

it bugged the hell out of me! So when Washu said she would

help me get her mad."

Washu who had been watching everything happen from the far

side of the room spoke to her by there link.

(Hey! Didn't drag me in to it Ryoko!)

(Shut-up MOM! It was your idea!)

Washu didn't reply as Ryoko continued to talk.

"Plus it was fun to see her face when she looked it. I Think

we look good together don't you Tenchi dear?"

She said with a half smile as she tried to wrap her hands

around him only to have Tenchi push her away.

"Dam it Ryoko! How could you hurt Ayeka like that!!" Ryoko

was shocked at the anger in Tenchi's voice.

"I have to go find her!" Said Tenchi as he turned to leave,

"No! Tenchi wait she come back soon you see!" Ryoko pleaded

with him.

Tenchi turned to face Ryoko and looked her straight in to her

eye's.

"Sorry Ryoko its best i tell you right now before this gets

out of hand again. It was never to be between you and me like

you hoped it would. I have to follow my heart"

He was now looking down at the ground he couldn't to make eye

contact with her.

"What? No! Please Tenchi No! I love you Tenchi!" Said Ryoko

with tears starting to roll from her eyes.

"I am sorry Ryoko I love you but it is not the same love you

have more me" With that he turned and ran out of the house to

look for Ayeka.

Ryoko called out after him.

"TENCHI!!!"

But it was to late he was gone. She just stood there with

tears pouring out. Washu came out of her lab to try and

comfit her but before she could reach her Ryoko teleported

away.

"Ryoko" Called out Washu.

Yosho came over and place his hand on the scientist shoulder.

"Let her go she needs time on her own for now. Give her time

she will come to you when she is ready" Washu just nodded.

"Brother is Ryoko going to be OK she's not going to run off

back into space is she?" Said a sad looking Sasami.

"I believe Ryoko will be alright and no she wouldn't leave

her family is here and that is very important to her" Said

Yosho as he ruffled his little sister's hair.

"Well i must head back to the shine i have one last

appointment today i be back later for dinner" Yosho said as

he head to the damaged glass door.

"Shouldn't we go help look for Ayeka?" Sasami asked

Washu was the one to answer.

"No Tenchi needs to do this by himself" Yosho nodded in

agreement then head off back towards the shine.

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Tenchi ran and ran as fast as his legs would go. He had been

looking for over an hour with no sign of Ayeka.

"Were can she be? It will be dark soon"

It was then he reached the scared Masaki shine tree 'Funaho.'

"She's not here dam it! I have looked everywhere"

Just then Funaho shot a ray from it's leafs to the pool

around it showing an image.

Tenchi watched as a memory from what seemed long ago come to

life. It was of him and Ayeka on that day when he had to

carry her on his back after she had hurt herself.

"How could i forget that day. Was that day i started to fall

for her? I think it was"

The picture then changed to when they were in the work shed

taking cover from the rain.

"The shed! Why didn't i think of looking there first!" Tenchi

turned and bowed to the great tree.

"Thank-you" he then turned a ran off towards the hurt as fast

as his legs could go.

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Tenchi approached the shed. His heart was beating faster and

faster as he reached out to slide open the door. Just as he

was going to he could hear a noise from inside. He listened

and tried to make out what the noise was, he could tell it

was someone crying.

(Ayeka..) Thought Tenchi.

He opened the door slowly to see Ayeka sitting on the bench

in side. Her hands were covering her face as she quietly

sobbed to herself. She had not notice Tenchi was there.

Tenchi hate to see her like this. He didn't know what to say

so he decide to walk over to were Ayeka sat and pulled her in

to a hug before speaking.

"Ayeka we need to talk"

Ayeka was shocked that she was being hugged by someone and

that someone was Tenchi. She started to pull away from him

but Tenchi would not let her go.

"Let me go this instant!" Cried Ayeka in protested.

"No! Ayeka you need to hear me out first please! That Photo

was not real! Ryoko had Washu cook it up so she could poke a

fight with you! She did it to get you mad because you were

acting so calm all day and it was bugging her bad!"

Came Tenchi's reply as he pulled back with both his hands now

on Ayeka's shoulders.

Ayeka looked down trying not to make eye contact as she

realized how foolish she had been.

"How could i have not seen that it was a trick! Oh! You must

think i am foolish little girl!" Ayeka started to cry again.

"No. Your not a little girl your a beautiful woman!" Said

Tenchi as he used one hand to wipe a tear from her cheek.

Ayeka was shocked and could not believe what she had just

heard.

(Did lord Tenchi say i was beautiful?!) she then looked up

and her eye's meet with his.

"Do you...mean that lord Tenchi?"

"Yes Ayeka from the first time we meet i thought you were

very beautiful and i always will"Replied Tenchi.

"Thank-you Lord Tenchi and i am sorry for causing you so much

pain when me and Ryoko fight" Ayeka said in a low voice.

"Well, I am pretty accustom to you two fighting but can i ask

you something Ayeka? Why were you so clam today?" Tenchi

questioned her.

"Well, I notice lately that you seemed troubled about

something. And i thought it might have something to do with

me and Ryoko fighting all the time"

(She notice i was troubled? i guess i had those dreams on my

mind all week)

Tenchi was about to talk but Ayeka got there before him.

"Yesterday i went to visited Yosho he said i should try and

not get angry when Ryoko tries to get me mad by ever groping

you or stealing my food, So he gave me a book that had

Juraian teachings on mediations that help the fighter have

full control of there emotion's. So this morning before

everybody was awake i performed one of this mediations"

Ayeka pause before continuing.

"But i now believe it had just held my anger back. Then when

Ryoko showed me that picture it release my anger at full

force! I was going all out on her Lord Tenchi! I....I...could

of killed her if you had not had turned up to stop us!"

Ayeka buried her head into Tenchi' shoulder and started to

cry yet a again.

"Ayeka there's something i need to tell you. This passed week

i have been having dreams about you and Ryoko. I also had one

were i was all on my own it was the worst nightmare i have

ever had. I talked to grandpa about them yesterday he made me

release i had to stop lying to myself i had always thought i

could never pick between you or Ryoko. But if i didn't work

out were my true feelings lay i would end up losing both of

you with out finding out what love really is. Don't get me

wrong i love everyone in are family but i come to realize

that i have always been in love with one of you girls"

Ayeka pulled away she feared that he was about to tell her

that he love Ryoko. And she had no idea what she was going to

do from now on. First she had lost Yosho now she feared she

was going to lose Tenchi as well.

"Ayeka i do love Ryoko" Ayeka's heart sank at that point she

was just about to break out into a new round of tears when

Tenchi's hand cup her chin.

"But! It is not the same way i love you Ayeka" With that

Tenchi leaned in and kissed her softly on the lips.

At first Ayeka was to shocked and confused. She had thought

he had picked Ryoko but he had just said he love her and

kissed her as well.

"Oh my Lord Tenchi what does this mean?" Said a shaking Ayeka

as she put her fingers to her lips.

"It means its you that it's you that i am love with Ayeka.

Yes i said i love Ryoko but its more like the love a brother

would have for a sister" Tenchi said with his hand back on

her cheek Ayeka started crying yet again.

"What's the matter Ayeka did i do something wrong?!?" Tenchi

said in a confused voice.

"No you done nothing wrong Tenchi you have done everything

right. I am just crying because i am so happy"

She looked at him right in the eyes before continuing.

"I can finally can tell you with out fear of rejection that i

princess Ayeka of Jurai's Royal family love you too Lord

Tenchi" Said a very happy princess. She then dived on Tenchi

giving him a big hug.

Tenchi let out a breath in relief. He started to run his

hands throw Ayeka's Purple hair he notice how soft it was.

(Its so soft it must be that Juraian shampoo she use's)

Then his hands made contact with her tiara he then traced his

fingers over it following the paten that was crafted in to

it.

"You know Ayeka i have never seen you not wearing your tiara.

Do you ever take it off?"

The was a small pause as Ayeka thought about what he had just

said.

"No i don't believe i have never removed it"

"Never!?"

"No as long as i can remember i have always worn it. I was

always told not to remove it in case i lost it" Ayeka

replied.

"Oh" was all Tenchi could say.

"But for you Lord Tenchi i will" Ayeka sat up reached to the

tiara and undoing the clips on the side and remove it she

then look up to Tenchi. It was then she notice the shock on

his face.



"Tenchi? What is wrong?"

Tenchi got up and started to look in some box's.

"I think it would be best to show you" Just then Tenchi

pulled out an old mirror which has a crack in it he hand it

to Ayeka.

She looked at her refection in the mirror she couldn't

believe what was on her forehead. There on her own head were

three green marks the same ones Tenchi has when he activates

the light Hawk Wings!!!

"But...but...how and why is this possible? I thought only you

had this marks Tenchi?" Said a shocked Ayeka.

Tenchi was about to reply when a different voice made its

self known.

"Maybe i can explain Lady Ayeka" a heavy voice said.

Both Ayeka & Tenchi turned to see were the voice had come

from there before them was a ghostly image.

"Tsunami!!!" They both said at once.

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End of Chapter 5