As the morning came Tenchi managed to get up really early at around 5'o clock and quietly snuck out of the house. He hoped beyond hope that Ayeka and Ryoko weren't up for an early morning snack. As he was walking out the door a noise behind him startled him.
"Where are you going Tenchi?" came a voice out of nowhere causing Tenchi to jump a few feet in the air. The person let off a small chuckle upon seeing Tenchi's actions at the moment.
He was sure that he had been caught by one of them but he soon realized the sound of the voice. Tenchi looked around and was relieved to see that it was only his father Nobuyuki. "Well, I was just going into town," said Tenchi rubbing the back of his head nervously.
"This early in the morning? I thought that you would sleep in like you normally like to do on a weekend before you are forced to get up for work," said Nobuyuki as he took a seat on one of the couches taking a sip of the coffee that was in front of him.
"Yeah. I kind of had something planned that I needed to get into town early in order to make it. What are you doing up, I thought you didn't work on the weekends?" asked Tenchi realizing that his father was doing the exact same thing as him.
"That's correct, I have some business to take care of. As much as I would rather sleep in instead of getting up this early in the morning, I really have no choice. Why don't I give you a ride into town? I am heading there anyways and it will give us a chance to talk," said Nobuyuki with a smile while he walked into the kitchen and washed out his mug before walking towards his son again.
"Thanks. I guess that it will be much better than walking there like I thought I would have to do. It will also be much quicker than taking the bus," said Tenchi very grateful that his father had to get up this early in the morning as well. It was kind of a strange twist but Tenchi didn't mind too much, his father could meet Sakuya again.
"So why are you going into town and also why are you required to go this early in the morning as well?" asked Nobuyuki when they both walked out of the door and walked towards his car.
"Well I was going to see someone and I left early enough so that Ayeka and Ryoko would find out and decide to tag along," Tenchi said knowing that they would freak out if he gave them that excuse as to why he had to leave. Sure he didn't say who it was but those two would take anything the wrong way without knowing the full truth.
"What, another girlfriend? How do you do it?" asked Nobuyuki with wide eyes. He figured that that was the only reason as to why Tenchi wanted to get away before Ryoko and Ayeka woke up.
"Yeah. I guess that you can say that she is the only one out of all the women that I know that I feel the most comfortable around. Unlike any of the others, I can actually see me having a life with her," said Tenchi quietly but with a true smile on his face.
"You sure do have a lot of them, sometimes I envy you because of that. You have six women at home all of them dying to be with you, then there was that girl Sakuya who was also my favorite of them all, and now you have another girlfriend," said Nobuyuki. He had a wish that it could be Sakuya, although the other women didn't exactly like her, he did. The best part was that she didn't blow things up.
"Well, not quite. It isn't exactly someone that is new to you," said Tenchi. For some reason he just wanted to drag it out for a little to see if his father could figure out that it was Sakuya but he would more than likely be telling him who it was.
"Just tell me she doesn't blow things up like the rest of your girlfriends and I will be very happy," said Nobuyuki hoping that she was a normal earthling. Having aliens is fine and all but it can cause too much trouble with their powers.
"Don't worry, she doesn't. She is as normal as most can get," said Tenchi while he stared out of the window at the passing scenery of Japan. The view of his hometown came into view and he smiled. He had managed to get Sakuya a place to stay in the night before so she would have to stay in the house with a number of other women that wouldn't want her there. That was his first stop. He knew Sakuya was getting up early because they had the day planned out so they could spend time together.
"So who is she? You said that she was someone that I knew so I am very curious as to how it could get past me for as long as it has been going on," said Nobuyuki with a smile because he just knew that his son would be happy with whoever he was with.
"Actually, it just really was able to get started yesterday," said Tenchi because they were able to have a very long boyfriend-girlfriend relationship back in Tokyo. Most of the time they were just really close friends until the night that they kissed and then till the end when he admitted that he loved her. "What's with all the questions?" asked Tenchi wondering what his father was getting at.
"I am just wondering how you are doing and I just wanted to talk to you. With all of the women at the house trying to get your attention, it has become very hard to have a father-son talk for a while," said Nobuyuki with a smile. He knew of the trouble that this caused Tenchi.
"Oh, sorry. It is just very hard to find any time lately. Ever since I came back from Tokyo, it has been very hard to find any time for myself. Sometimes I just hate all the attention," said Tenchi with a sigh before he leaned his head onto the back of the seat.
"It's ok. Although you are very lucky to have so many women, I guess that after a while all the attention would start to get on even the most women loving person," said Nobuyuki with a slight laugh.
"Since I told you this, I don't want you to tell either Ryoko or Ayeka. They would throw a fit if they knew," said Tenchi still cringing at the mere thought of their reaction if they found out the truth about Sakuya.
"No problem, they would probably kill me if I knew anyways so I will just have to keep my mouth shut and hope that they don't decide to torture it out of me. So tell me, who is it that you are seeing this time?" Nobuyuki asked looking at the very small amount of people that were up that early in the morning walking around.
"It's Sakuya," said Tenchi as if it was the easiest thing for him to say. He was glad that she was back and he was hoping very desperately that this time it was for good. He managed to get by without her once but it was very painful even if he didn't show it. He never wanted to go through that experience ever again.
"B-B-B-But I thought," said Nobuyuki scared that maybe his son was actually starting to hallucinate in his depression if there was one and he actually believed that his lost love was actually back.
"She was, but Washu brought her back. I just learned yesterday which was why I was gone for most of the day. I was out getting her a place to stay while also trying to get some peace and quiet on my birthday," said Tenchi with a true smile. Yesterday he had the best birthday of his life; the love of his life came back and he was very happy about it.
"That makes it even worse if those two find out. I hope that you know what you are getting yourself into," said Nobuyuki cringing slightly just like Tenchi had done so many times that morning.
"I do and I am very happy about this. I don't want you to tell them. When the time comes then I will tell them but I don't want anyone to tell them," said Tenchi his fears seemed to dissipate because now he felt that when the time came he would be able to handle any problems.
"Don't worry, your secret is safe with me. I always liked Sakuya best, so I don't want for you to lose her again. You were happiest when you were with her," said Nobuyuki with a smile because he was happy for his son since he had someone to be with.
"Thanks dad. It mean a lot for me to hear that from you," said Tenchi with a smile. He then spotted where it was he was supposed to meet Sakuya. For some reason, he wasn't too surprised to see that she was already there. She was usually always early to arrive no matter what the time. "You can just drop me off over there," said Tenchi pointing towards a small café.
The car pulled up to the curb and Sakuya soon noticed the two. She smiled when she saw Tenchi step out of the car and she saw his father inside of it. "Good, you are here Tenchi. Hello to you too Mr. Misaki," said Sakuya with a bright smile upon seeing her boyfriend and his father.
"Yeah. It is very good to see you too," said Tenchi stepping out of the car and quickly wrapping his arm around her shoulder, which she just seemed to easily meld into. The two of them seemed to fit perfectly into each other's arms.
"Miss Shirokuma it is so good to see you once again. I was terribly saddened when I heard what had happened to you and Tenchi but it is better now that you are back," said Nobuyuki with a smile when he stepped out of the car as well to get a better look at her and his son together.
"Umm... It's Kumashiro, and it is very good to see you as well and on much better terms than the last time we met," said Sakuya giggling quite a bit just remembering what happened when the fake Nobuyuki was going around town trying to get them back together and ended up trying to get every woman in Tokyo.
"Right, I remember that and I don't think that he looked even a little like me. Plus he didn't act even a little like I would," said Nobuyuki crossing his arms over his chest refusing to accept that it was a clone of him.
"I think it was a perfect match," said Tenchi laughing like Sakuya, which just got him a glare from his father. "Alright, alright, it didn't look or act anything like you. Anyways, don't you have some business that you need to go to?" asked Tenchi remembering the reason his father came here in the first place.
"Right, I do. So I had better go. Once again, it was good to see you again Sakuya but I had better get going or I will be late," said Nobuyuki rushing into his car and turning it on. He gave them one final wave before he drove away.
"So we have most of the day to spend together. Since you haven't had the best of chances to look around before, what do you want to do?" asked Tenchi turning away from the sight of his father away to his girlfriend who he loved more than he ever thought he could love anybody.
"I don't care as long as I am with you," said Sakuya looking up and giving Tenchi a short peck on the lips before turning away with a blush crossing her face. They had only kissed twice and she guessed that she wasn't used to it even if she did love him but it was also the best feeling in the world.
Tenchi gave her a smile for what she said but he was also blushing as well. "We can do anything as long as we stay out of sight of Ryoko and Ayeka, who are most likely by now wondering where I am but lets not let that ruin our day. Today is all for you," said Tenchi turning them so that they could walk down the street and Sakuya could get a good look around her new home.
"Good thing I got out early or they might not have let me go. They have their good points at time as well but I could never love anyone like I love you," said Tenchi smiling a genuine smile.
"They are pretty obsessive aren't they?" asked Sakuya feeling kind of bad that he had so many women around him and she was taking him away but then she reminded herself that he chose her as well and he wanted to be with her above the others.
"You have no idea. Ryoko is a space pirate and it wouldn't surprise me if she just kidnapped me some day," said Tenchi with a laugh. "She can be sweet other times as well. Ayeka is a princess from a planet very far away called Jurai. Both of them have very dangerous powers when they use them against each other which most of the time ends up with repairs being done to our house," said Tenchi becoming annoyed with how much they had to repair their house since the women first moved in.
Sakuya kind of felt that she was too plain compared to the two of them. 'Maybe that is the type of person that Tenchi wants, he didn't exactly sound to happy to talk about the problems that it had caused him,' she thought sadly. She decided to put that aside and she smiled at him. "Ok, how about we go and get something to eat?" asked Sakuya and she was happy to see him smile back at her.
"That's sounds good. I didn't have the time to get any food before I left the house anyways," said Tenchi grabbing a hold of her hand while they walked down the street. He almost felt like a normal teenager again with a normal girlfriend. This was the life he wanted from the beginning before he met any of the other women.
"Tenchi where are you?" asked Ryoko as she floated around searching for Tenchi. "I don't get it where is he? He is usually at home at this time. So where can he be?" asked Ryoko searching everywhere but having no luck in finding them. "Hey Sasami have you seen Tenchi?" asked Ryoko floating into the kitchen to see Sasami cooking dinner.
"No I haven't," said Sasami stopping her dicing of the food. The truth was that she did know since Washu had told her the night before about Sakuya and Sasami had promised to keep it a secret. Sasami came up with an idea. Since Nobuyuki was gone she decided to use that as an excuse. "He his probably with his father since they are both gone right now," said Sasami with a smile.
"Oh... well, that would makes sense," said Ryoko after thinking it over for a few moments. "He had better get back soon though. I have plans for the two of us," she continued with a lecherous grin.
Sasami put on a fake smile and gave a nervous laugh at this. "Yeah, I wouldn't want him to miss dinner either," said Sasami with a nervous laugh. She was lucky that Ryoko hadn't noticed her nervousness though. 'I had better go tell Washu that dinner is almost ready,' she thought before walking out of the kitchen and towards the lab door. She walked in to see Washu working
Washu had been so deep within her work that she didn't notice the new presence within her lab until Sasami made a slight coughing noise to catch her attention. Her head turned to see Sasami standing by the door. She set down her tools just as Sasami started to speak.
"Washu, what are you doing?" asked Sasami as she walked towards Washu. She looked over her shoulder to see a small device that had many wires sticking out of it at that moment.
"Making a device that will restore the memories of all of Sakuya's friends," said Washu turning back to it and messing with the wires a little bit, "It will be better for her if she had more friends besides just Tenchi and Yugi erased the memories of all of Sakuya's friends so it was like she never existed," said Washu after she stopped once again.
"I guess that it would be kind of a lonely life to have just one person and hidden away from so many others," said Sasami with a slight frown. "You can actually do that?" asked Sasami looking the device over. It was very small but seemed to pulse with some power as most of Washu's devices tended to do.
"Sure it is no problem for the most brilliant scientific genius in the universe. I will admit that I was a little skeptical at first but once I got started it all became clear to me and it made it easy for me to figure out how to do this," said Washu with a laugh.
"Oh by the way I needed to say that dinner is ready if you want to eat," said Sasami and she was responded with a growling sound coming from Washu's stomach that caused her to laugh.
"Great I just need to do a few things and I will be out. Okay?" asked Washu chuckling a little while she turned back around. There were a few things that she wanted to get done before she ate and she wanted to work quickly so that she could eat.
"That is no problem," said Sasami turning around and walking towards the door but she stopped and turned around. "Just come out when you are done and I will save you some," she said before leaving the lab.
Washu smiled because she was now alone and could get more work done but that was all gone when there was a knock on the lab door and Nobuyuki stepped into it very quietly. Washu couldn't help but growl at the second disturbance within the past five minutes.
"Miss Washu are you here," came Nobuyuki's voice looking around the darkened lab but not really finding any sign of the scientist. He was hoping that she could do him a favor if she could.
"I'm over here," said Washu not even looking up while he walked towards her with a sort of sad and lonely look on his face. Washu almost instinctively knew what this was about. She saw him leave with Tenchi early that morning and she was sure he saw Sakuya.
Nobuyuki walked over to her looking at the ground with an embarrassed smile. He knew what it was that he wanted to say but found it hard to get out. He decided to just get to the point. "Miss Washu I was just wondering if I can ask you for a favor," said Nobuyuki quietly but it was loud enough so that she could hear.
"Forget it," said Washu immediately. She didn't even want him to tell her his idea because it would just be harder on him if she had to tell him that even she was incapable of going through with his idea.
"You didn't even hear what I had to say," said Nobuyuki he was upset that she wouldn't hear him out at the moment. This idea meant a lot to him and he was really hoping that she could help.
"I don't even have to ask because I already know what you want but it can't be done. You are asking what even me, the greatest scientific genius in the universe, can't do," said Washu. She hated saying she couldn't do something but this was impossible.
"But what about Sakuya?" asked Nobuyuki keeping his voice down in case of any eavesdroppers. "You were able to bring her back so why is it that you can't do this?" he asked in a desperate attempt.
"Sakuya wasn't dead to begin with. She was merely inside Yugi. You wish to have your wife Achika back but not even I have the ability to resurrect the dead. Believe me, I have tried stuff like that before but it cannot be done. The most I could do is create a exact copy of her body but it would have no soul. It was just be a mannequin," said Washu in a calmer voice before she put down her tools and turned to face him. she saw the loneliness on his face and kind of felt bad for him.
"I see," said Nobuyuki in a disappointed way. His arms dropped to his side and his head fell so that it was facing the ground. His son had his happiness back but he couldn't get his back as well. "I guess I will be going then," he said sadly while turning around and walking towards the door.
'Poor guy,' thought Washu. She then just decided to get back to work on what she was doing before. It still pained her to see the hurt look on his face. 'He is just a lonely man who has lost the love of his life and has to live that way for so long,' she thought sadly.
Walking out of the lab Nobuyuki was then confronted by a very angry Ryoko and Ayeka. "What do you want?" asked a very frightened Nobuyuki. He knew what they wanted but didn't want to say a thing.
"Old man where's Tenchi? We haven't seen him all day and Sasami said he was with you. Now you are back but he isn't. So where is he?" Ryoko asked pinning him against the wall. He was shaking in his shoes out of fear.
"Ryoko's right for once. Where is Lord Tenchi? It is getting late and no one has seen him," yelled Ayeka but not using force like Ryoko. She just spoke calmly hoping that he would at least tell her since she was trying to be nicer about it.
"I don't control what he does. I merely drove him into town today. That's all," said Nobuyuki. He knew that if he didn't give some sort of excuse that they would pulverize him. He figured he could only give them the half- truth. "He said something about meeting an old friend. The two of them were really good buddies," he manage to say without mentioning any names.
Ayeka could almost see right through his lie. He knew something and didn't want to tell either of them. "We don't believe you. Lord Tenchi has been distant lately and we want to know why," said Ayeka finally losing her patience.
Ryoko saw the stubborn look on his face and knew that they weren't going to get anything out of him. "Fine then we will go look for him and if we don't find him you will just have to tell us," said Ryoko. Then both Ayeka and herself left the house towards town.
"This is not going to be pretty," said Nobuyuki fearfully. He watched them until he was sure that they were gone. Once he was positive he headed straight for the lab. "Washu!" yelled Nobuyuki running back into the lab.
"What's up Tenchi?" asked Sakuya as Tenchi and her were eating. For the past few minute he just seemed to stare out into the middle of nowhere. It was starting to become kind of strange.
"Nothing just a bad feeling," said Tenchi looking around the sky as if he was expecting something. His ice cream was melting right in his bowl while he did this and it was starting to become nothing but mush.
"What about?" asked Sakuya finishing her ice cream and giving her full attention to Tenchi hoping for some sort of explanation. "If there is something bothering you, then you should just say it and get it off of your chest," she spoke calmly while watching him.
"I am not completely sure what it is that it bugging me. It is just that something seems to be tugging at my mind as if to warn me of something," said Tenchi truthfully with a shrug of his shoulders.
"Ok, then just forget about it. You shouldn't let things get to you too badly though. It will only make things worse," Sakuya replied giving him her best smile in hopes that it would help him ease his nerves.
"You're right. I guess I should," said Tenchi smiling back since he just could help but fall for her smile. It seemed to calm his nerves. That was one of the things that he loved most about Sakuya, it was that she always seemed to be able to help him the most when he needed it.
"Of course I am," said Sakuya smiling once again. "Where should we go next? I don't know much about this place so I don't know exactly what there is to do," Sakuya said looking around the place.
"There is a park nearby that we can go to. I have been there several times and it looks lovely when the night falls," said Tenchi noticing that the sun was starting to set. He hadn't even realized how much time it was that he spent with Sakuya that day. It all seemed to go too fast since he was having such a great time.
"Great," said Sakuya happily. She smiled brightly as they both stood up. She would love any place that Tenchi took her and she could tell that this would be even better than the rest of the things that she did that day.
Tenchi paid for the bill and the two of them walked off, but not before he wrapped his arms around Sakuya. He smiled as he gave her a quick kiss on her cheek causing her to blush but her smile only grew.
"Where the hell is Tenchi?" said Ryoko as she flew high above the city. She flew down to the ground where Ayeka was waiting. The two of them had been searching for at least an hour or two and had not seen hide or hair of Tenchi anywhere.
"Any sign of him?" asked Ayeka since she had not seen anything of him either. The sun had set not all that long ago and the two of them were starting to worry about him.
"No. I want to know where he is too. If he did as his father had said in seeing an old buddy, then he wouldn't have had to leave so early," said Ryoko finding everything that had gone on the past few days a little too strange for her own liking.
Ayeka and Ryoko were both looking in the same direction and didn't notice Tenchi and Sakuya walk behind them. No sound was made and neither of the two groups noticed the other when they were so close to each other.
Just as they walked out of sight Ryoko turned around to check the other way. "He has to be here somewhere," said Ryoko scratching the back of her head while she tried to think. She took to the air once more. Looking around again she was about to give up looking for now but then she spotted him. "Ayeka I see him," yelled Ryoko pointing in the direction. She then noticed Sakuya. "And he is with a girl," yelled Ryoko angrily when she noticed it was a girl.
"Who?" yelled Ayeka at the top of her lungs. 'I refuse to believe that Tenchi would actually do something like that to me again. Not after doing that to me with the evil woman Sakuya,' thought Ayeka gritting her teeth just remembering the woman.
"I don't know. I can't see from here," said Ryoko. Ryoko then pointed the way again and the two of them then ran and flew in that direction hoping to stop him and ask him questions about what he was doing with another woman.
"Tenchi do you hear something?" asked Sakuya. She could have sworn that a second ago she had heard yelling. She was starting to feel the same way Tenchi did earlier by having bad feelings about what it meant.
"Now that you mention it I do," said Tenchi while looked around and to his unfortunate surprise he saw Ayeka and Ryoko coming in his direction. "Run Sakuya," yelled Tenchi grabbing her hand and running as fast as he could. When he had the chance he ducked behind a tree and Ayeka and Ryoko went right past him.
"What's going on?" asked Sakuya while she was being dragged throughout the park going through twists and turns. She looked behind them and off to the side but she didn't see anyone coming.
"Ayeka and Ryoko are here," said Tenchi in a panic. "Come on. We have to get to a safe place," said Tenchi just managing to dodge a tree before he ran into it. He ran in the opposite direction of Ryoko and Ayeka until they felt that they were safe. He leaned against a tree while they caught their breaths.
"What are we going to do?" asked Sakuya looking out slightly from behind the tree to finally see Ryoko flying in the air and Ayeka searching on the ground. The sight of the two made her really nervous.
"I don't know," said Tenchi looking at the ground. When he looked up he got a big surprise. Right before him was the head of Washu. "Washu!" yelled Tenchi holding his heart. He hoped that Ryoko and Ayeka didn't hear him. He looked and sighed in relief when it appeared that they didn't hear anything and went on with what they were doing.
"Sorry, did I come at a bad time?" asked Washu in a childish way. "I take it by the way you look that you just saw Ryoko and Ayeka," said Washu eyes darting in the direction that the two of them were.
"How did you know?" asked Tenchi finding it hard to catch his breath and also to stop the incessant pounding that his heart was going through because of the fear that he was feeling.
"Nobuyuki just told me," said Washu turning very serious. She was forced to close her mouth and hold her breath when a voice spoke up but it didn't sound like they'd been found yet.
"I could have sworn that I heard Tenchi yell from over here," said Ryoko looking through some bushes that were off to the side but not finding Tenchi or anyone else. Well, except for the occasional couple making out but none of them were Tenchi.
"Great, they did hear me," whispered Tenchi while his heart once again started to pound even harder within his chest. He then realized something. "Washu, that's a dimensional portal you're in, right?" asked Tenchi hope was laced through his voice.
"Yes it is. So don't just stand there and get in. we need to get the two of you out of here," said Washu moving herself out of the portal so that the two of them could fit in much easier.
"Right, come on Sakuya," said Tenchi grabbing Sakuya's hand. He noticed Sakuya's confused face. "Don't worry, it is perfectly safe," he said reassuring her before they jumped in with the portal closing right after.
Just then Ryoko and Ayeka came into that same area. "Where is he?" asked Ryoko looking around the spot that just a few seconds before Tenchi had been hiding before he jumped into the portal.
"Maybe it wasn't him. There are a lot of couples around. We probably just saw one of them and assumed that it was Tenchi," said Ayeka sighing in defeat, "Let's head back home. Maybe he is already there," she continued turning around and walking to the exit to the park.
"Something doesn't feel right about this," said Ryoko while her eyes scanned the area one last time just to make sure that Tenchi wasn't there. When she saw that he wasn't she followed Ayeka and left.
"That was way too close," said Tenchi when they reached Washu's lab. His eyes were wide out of fear and his breathing was labored while he sat upon the floor of the lab with his back against a wall.
"Did they see Sakuya?" asked Washu trying to remain calm but finding it abnormally hard for her to be as she usually was. This was just a little too serious not to ask them about.
"They didn't seem too angry. So maybe they didn't. Or maybe they saw her and didn't recognize her. In a way it is a lose-lose situation," said Tenchi finally catching his breath and standing up right by Sakuya's side.
"Let's just hope they didn't recognize her. Or both me and her will be in a world of pain," said Washu placing a finger underneath her chin as if she was trying to think of something.
"What do we do now? I don't thin it will be a good idea for me to go out for a while. So what do you want me to do?" asked Sakuya remaining strangely calm for this situation. It kind of surprised both Tenchi and Washu.
"When Ryoko and Ayeka come back we will just say that Tenchi has been here for a while," said Washu simply. Just then there was a crash outside the lab. "Speak of the devils. Sakuya stay here. Tenchi come with me," ordered Washu walking towards the door while Sakuya hid behind some of the lab equipment.
What met the two of them when they left the lab nearly made them laugh despite its seriousness. Ayeka and Ryoko had Nobuyuki tied to a rope hanging from the ceiling and were asking him questions. They walked completely out of the lab unnoticed by Ryoko and Ayeka who had their backs turned to them.
"Who was that Tenchi was with?" yelled Ryoko to the cowering Nobuyuki. He refused to tell either of them anything for the sake of his son. It was starting to get on Ryoko and Ayeka's nerves.
Nobuyuki remained defiant and kept his mouth shut. Washu interrupted Ryoko and Ayeka from the interrogation. "What are the two of you doing?" Washu asked with a strange look on her face.
"Ah, good. Washu you have to help us find..." said Ayeka turning around to see Tenchi standing right next to Washu looking at the two of them with a sour look on his face. He did not look happy with what they were doing.
Ryoko was curious as to why Ayeka stopped asking Washu to help and turned around only to see Tenchi. "Tenchi there you are," yelled Ryoko stomping up right into his face. "Who was that you were with in the park?" asked Ryoko at the top of her voice.
"What do you mean?" asked Tenchi pretending he didn't know what they were talking about. He was actually pretty good at acting when it came down to it so he decided to put it to the test.
"A few minutes ago we saw you in the park with someone and we want to know who it was," yelled Ayeka in the exact same tone of voice that Ryoko had used a few seconds before. For some reason she seemed even angrier than Ryoko though. It was like it hurt her more to know about this.
"I don't know what the two of you are taking about. Tenchi has been with me in my lab for the past hour so how can he have possibly of been in the park?" asked Washu with an innocent look on her face.
"WHAT?" yelled Ryoko and Ayeka in unison. Their eyes were wide and their mouths hung open when Washu had told them this. Neither of them refused to believe that they were wrong with what they saw in the park
Ryoko shut her mouth and stepped forward. "But I know that I saw him. so how can what you say be true?" asked Ryoko using an even tone replacing the loud voice she used a minute before.
"Then you must have been wrong. There are many couples in the park at night you two. So you must have mistaken him for someone else," said Tenchi not looking pleased to see his father hanging upside down just because he didn't want to tell them the truth. Tenchi knew he would have to thank him and also apologize to him later. He saw that the both of them had an ashamed look on their face and smiled.
"Now that that is settled why don't we have some dinner. I am starving," said Washu putting on a bright smile before she started walking towards the table while the smell of food hung heavily in the air.
"Will someone please get me down?" yelled Nobuyuki since everyone was leaving the room and he was still hanging upside down. He didn't want things to turn out like the last time that they did this to him by having them take his stuff while he was hanging there.
Tenchi went over to him and cut him down but he fell straight to the floor. "I think that I am just going to miss dinner so that I can have some peace and quiet for a while," announced Tenchi to everyone once his father was finally free from his restraints.
"Sure, use my lab if you want," said Washu with a grin since she knew exactly what it was that he wanted to do. "You won't have to worry about anything in there," she said with a smile.
"Thanks," said Tenchi smiling back but with a tired look on his face. He stopped and looked at Ayeka and Ryoko who were already following him. "Oh and Ryoko and Ayeka. Please just leave me alone until I come out," said Tenchi as a thought to stop them from coming in.
Sasami got what he was talking about and smiled. "Tenchi I will bring you some dinner later on with a lot of extra food in case you are still hungry afterwards," said Sasami already dishing out all of the food she made that night.
Tenchi was about to walk through the lab door when he stopped and looked at the young girl he considered like a sister to him. "Thanks Sasami," said Tenchi walking through the lab door and closing it.
"What happened?" asked Sakuya as Tenchi entered the lab. She saw his tired look and knew that whatever it was, it wasn't something that he was very happy about. She stood up and walked towards him and wrapped her arms around his waste and laid her head against his back.
"Ayeka and Ryoko were torturing my father in order to find out who I was with in the park. Which means that they didn't see you," said Tenchi enjoying the feel of her against him.
"I feel sorry for your father," said Sakuya lifting her head up and looking at her with sad eyes since she felt responsible for putting him through such a thing just to keep her a secret from the two women. She was beginning to wonder if she should just come out and get it over with rather than keep it a secret.
"Don't worry. He was a little freaked out but he should be fine. I heard that they did this to him before anyways. remember the time that they came during the carnival and ended up ruining it. apparently they did that to him in order to get the money to gp," said Tenchi shaking his head in annoyance.
"Well as long as he is ok then I will be happy. I should also thank him for trying so hard to keep it a secret and also go through so much because of it. I will have to thank him sometime," she said with a smile as they walked and sat down within two chairs after inspecting them to make sure that they were safe because they didn't belong to Washu.
At that moment the door to the lab opened. "Whoa! Hide," whispered Tenchi unsure whether it might be Sasami because she said that she would bring them food or Ayeka and Ryoko for not listening to what he said earlier. To his relief it was Sasami. "Good it is only you Sasami," said Tenchi with a sigh of relief.
"Yeah. I brought you two food," said Sasami holding up a tray with duplicate of every type of food that he had made that evening to serve to the rest of the family. Everything on it looked good from the miso soup, the sushi, a steak for each of them, and other delicious looking things.
"Thanks," said Sakuya looking at the food with sparkling eyes. All of the running that the two of them did to get away from Ayeka and Ryoko. So the food seemed even more appetizing then it would have earlier in the night.
"Ayeka and Ryoko haven't tried to come in have they?" asked Tenchi with a look on his face that told that he already knew that they must have tried but he felt that he needed to hear it from someone that actually knew.
"They have, but they are out cold because Washu put a barrier on the door to keep them out for now," said Sasami with a laugh when she remembered what happened. "Ryoko flew at it at full speed to try and get through after the first failed attempt and ended up being thrown back hard," with a slight laugh at Ryoko's determination to try that twice.
Tenchi couldn't help but laugh a little as well. 'Leave it to Ryoko to be stubborn and not stop after failing,' he thought shaking his head in laughter. "That's good. By the way thanks for the food," said Tenchi just before he picked up the first bit and started to eat it.
"It's no problem. If you need anything else than just tell me and I will see what I can do," said Sasami before she left the lab and then they started on eating the food with great delight.