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Ryoko sighed as she sat down to dinner. She had been depressed ever since the accident. She hated herself for what she had done she took full blame and wouldn't be surprised if Rontu hated her.

She had no intention of eating and so she just sat there and picked at her food for Sasami's sake. Washu looked over at her and gave her a worried look.

"She'll live," Washu said over the mind link being as comforting as she could. Ryoko just went back to looking sadly at her food; listening to Aeka talk with Tenchi she faintly wondered why she didn't care about him anymore.

5 minuets later

Rontu woke up and groaned. She had a major headache and was in a lot of pain. She kicked herself inwardly as the full moon's first rays hit her she just manage to pick up her head to reveal that she had started growing a tail already. She groaned again as she felt her body transform in to that of a small black fox.

Rontu was dizzy but she hoped off bed she was lying on and made her way clumsily down the stairs, tripping several times she was thoroughly convinced by now that if she had been on two legs she wouldn't have been able to stand.

She could smell food. She decided to follow her nose and she stumbled out into the dining room. Rontu could barely see so she just followed the scent and she kept heading towards the food, but on the way she tripped into some one's lap. The person smelled familiar and soon she realized it was Ryoko. She just gave into tiredness immediately and cuddled into Ryoko's lap.

"Oh look at that," Sasami said, "it's so cute" she walked over and petted Rontu though not knowing it was her. Everyone looked at the fox in Ryoko's lap. Ryoko cast a side ways glance at Washu who held up a poster board reading

"Its Rontu stupid" Ryoko gave a quizzical look to her mother then as realization hit her she looked back at the fox and smiled.

Ryoko felt her heart jumped in her chest. She was happy that Rontu was comfortable lying in her lap. Rontu made a small movement and nuzzled Ryoko's stomach then curled up into a ball and falling asleep making it evident that she wasn't moving on her on for awhile.

Bye now everyone had forgotten about fox Rontu and had started to leave for bed. Both Washu and Aeka how ever stayed behind Aeka looked suspiciously over the demon and the fox elf.

"When did you get another pet what is that a new space ship you had Washu make in a dumb idiotic attempt to impress Tenchi" before Ryoko had any chance to respond Washu but in.

"Hold it now princess I didn't make that it's a real honest to god fox and it's, it's own choice taking a liking to my little Ryoko and she doesn't need a new space ship or any gimmick to impress Tenchi now miss. Aeka if you have don't have any more stupid things to blame on my daughter I think we all should be getting to bed" Washu said getting up and walking to the door of her lab.

She turned back and said. "Little Ryoko you should lay that poor animal on the couch it looks hurt." With that she disappeared back into her lab.

With that Aeka stood and went up the stares to bed. Ryoko floated up to her beam and set the fox Rontu protectively down on her stomach wrapping her arms lightly around the little fox woman and falling asleep.

Dream world

"Hey there cat eye's" Rontu said surprisingly in her human form sitting contently in a tree. Ryoko blinked and looked around they were now in a wooded area with tall tree and a thick pine sent.

"So what is this?" she said still looking around. Rontu looked down at her.

"A dream world" she said matter-O-factly "you're dreaming and I'm dream hence we're both seeing everything we want to trees, each other, dawn since I favor night and you favor day but all that stuff."

Ryoko shrugging and deciding to just accept this looked around again and gruffly mutter "mothers what a pain in the butt."

"At lest you have one to be a pain to you" the dream Rontu mutter starring off into space with a distant look of pain.

"Mines dead" she continued. "I remember only faintly what she was like hair and fur black as night with a deep voice as warm as the stars" Rontu shifted hiding a look of deep pain.

"Gee I'm..." Ryoko started but trailed off soon after seeing her friends look of hurt. Maybe she did take Washu for granted lately all the little pest was doing was trying to help her.

"She died when I was little right after blaze ran away to this I still wonder if she wouldn't have if blaze had stayed." Rontu said more to her self then the neko woman beside her.

Ryoko put her hand on Rontu's shoulder. "Yeah but I have my reasons for hating my mother" she said amber eye's scanning the landscape around them

"I guess everyone does huh" Rontu sigh leaning back Ryoko floated up to her wrapping an arm around the fox woman nether of them said anything until they woke next morning.