A/N: Wooo! Another chapter! I would like to thank PrettySami and Koroga for
their encouraging reviews. It's always nice to know people want you to
continue your story idea. Thanks you guys! I hope you all enjoy this new
edition to the tale.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything...nothing...nada...except the plot. The plot is mine, it's mine I tell you, ALL MINE!
Moonlight Shadow
Chapter 2
Rising Sun
Specks of sunlight broke through the open window. Their warm touch grazed against the softness of skin in the early hours of the morning. The birds called out into the sunlight, the light singing placing all in the house into a deeper rest.
Tenchi Masaki had always feared the mornings. Every since all the girls had moved in with him, he gained constant visits from Ryoko whenever he would first open his eyes. This morning seemed strange. Before he opened his dark orbs, Tenchi was sure that Ryoko's presence wasn't in the room.
His eyes opened to see the sunlight playfully dancing about the floor and the walls. It was silent. Peaceful was a better word to describe it. He sighed with a smile and raised himself from the bed. He then made the bed before looking out the window to gaze out at the land. Tenchi's eyes fell upon on a particular spot. It was a lone tree rested near the small lake Funaho lay in. One word came to mind.
"Washu..." he slowly whispered. That was the same tree he had seen her the last night. His smile widened and he quickly changed into his work clothing for the field. Once dressed, Tenchi opened his door and headed towards the kitchen, following the sweet smell of food that filled his home. His calm behavior was shattered by the sound of anger rising in the kitchen.
"Demon woman..."
"Stupid Princess..."
Tenchi sighed. Every morning was the same once he reached the bottom of the steps. The constant fighting was starting to slowly drive him insane. He closed his eyes in frustration only to open them once more when he heard the slight creaking of a door.
Washu quietly looked out of her lab door, locked eyes with Tenchi and smiled in his direction. She winked at him and walked off into the kitchen. Tenchi was taken off guard by this and was curious to see what she was up to.
"Quiet! Quiet! Thank you!" the scientists squealed cheerfully as she attempted to stop the fighting. She simply sat down and began to eat the food that lay before her. Ryoko and Ayeka shifted their gaze to Washu and then to the food. They both sighed and sat down in order to join the red head in eating.
Tenchi laughed quietly to himself and mentally thanked Washu before stepping outside and heading down the path toward work. He placed his hoe into the ground and began to turn up the soil. He hadn't been working long when he called out to the sky.
"You should really be helping them with the chores, Ryoko."
There was a slight chuckle from the space pirate before she wrapped her arms around Tenchi from behind. She pulled him close to her and whispered words into his ear.
"Why? Wouldn't you rather have me here? With you?"
Tenchi let out a sigh and broke free from her embrace. He laid down his hoe and looked into her amber eyes. He sighed once more and walked over to his sack. Inside, his hand reached for a bag of seeds. Tenchi trotted back to where Ryoko was waiting and handed them to her.
"If you aren't going to help them, then you can help me," Tenchi then picked up his hoe and continued his work.
Ryoko looked down at the bag in her hand and then lifted her gaze to Tenchi, who had become absorbed in his work. She stared at him intently, waiting for him to look at her again. She soon realized she was waiting in vain. A pang of anger flashed through her body causing her hand to close tightly around the bag of carrot seeds.
'Just like Washu,' Ryoko's mind lashed out. 'Blinded in work.'
Tenchi lifted his gaze once he heard a sudden 'thump' followed by the sound of Ryoko phasing. He was met with an empty field drenched with spilt carrot seeds. His gaze lay on the field a few moments longer before he shrugged it off, remembering Ryoko's lazy habits.
Hours passed by and soon the sun began to lower form its high position in the sky. The boy reached for his forehead with his arm and wiped away the sweat that still lingered and placed his equipment back into his satchel. Before he began his trek home, Tenchi look upon the work he had completed. The soil had been turned, seeds had been sown, and he was going to get home much earlier than he had anticipated. His mouth lifted into a smile, but the image of Ryoko still plagued him.
As Tenchi began his walk home, he began to analyze what had happened.
'Girls are so strange,' he thought. 'I can never seem to understand how they think! Why did Ryoko throw all those seeds down? Did I do something to get her mad? I just told her to help me. Ah! Girls are so confusing! I should apologize, but I'm not sure what I'm apologizing for! I don't know what to do! What a second...that's it!'
Tenchi's head shot quickly up as a new idea flowed through his mind. He drifted back to the previous night when he had found Washu resting in the subtle movement of the moonlight. She had promised him her advice.
"If anyone knows what's wrong with Ryoko, it's got to be Washu!" Tenchi raced to the house, determined to find the scientist and finally have an answer to his questions.
He quietly slid the front door open and found Ryoko, Ayeka, and Mihoshi glued to the television as one of their infamous soap operas played on. Tenchi took advantage of this opportunity and tiptoed his way to Washu's laboratory door. He gently slid the door open and walked through, unnoticed by those around him.
"Wow..." Tenchi laughed at his own statement. "I've been here several times, yet it still amazes me. Kinda hard to think this place used to just be a broom closet."
He began to call out Washu's name as he walked around the lab, going through door that appeared in hope that it would lead him in Washu's direction. To his misfortune, Tenchi hung his head in defeat. Washu was nowhere to be found. It would take him days to scavenge through the entire length of the lab, and he didn't have that time.
He slowly began to walk back when a door opened a little ways ahead of him. With Tenchi's eyes glued to the ground below, he paid no heed to the door or figure emerging from it. Consequently, he felt his body collide with another. Caught entirely off guard, Tenchi plunged to the ground, landing on his back.
"Oh my head," Tenchi whined as he raised his hands and placed them on his scalp. He lifted his gaze to see that the woman he had been looking for was right there on top of him. His eyes locked onto Washu's once she lifted her head from his chest.
"Yes? And what are you doing here, Tenchi?" Washu asked playfully, still lying on top of him.
The boy smiled, lifting himself onto his elbows before speaking. He stared at her intently, searching her eyes for a reason he himself didn't know.
"I need some advice, Little Washu. You promised me you'd be here when I needed you, and I need you now."
Disclaimer: I don't own anything...nothing...nada...except the plot. The plot is mine, it's mine I tell you, ALL MINE!
Moonlight Shadow
Chapter 2
Rising Sun
Specks of sunlight broke through the open window. Their warm touch grazed against the softness of skin in the early hours of the morning. The birds called out into the sunlight, the light singing placing all in the house into a deeper rest.
Tenchi Masaki had always feared the mornings. Every since all the girls had moved in with him, he gained constant visits from Ryoko whenever he would first open his eyes. This morning seemed strange. Before he opened his dark orbs, Tenchi was sure that Ryoko's presence wasn't in the room.
His eyes opened to see the sunlight playfully dancing about the floor and the walls. It was silent. Peaceful was a better word to describe it. He sighed with a smile and raised himself from the bed. He then made the bed before looking out the window to gaze out at the land. Tenchi's eyes fell upon on a particular spot. It was a lone tree rested near the small lake Funaho lay in. One word came to mind.
"Washu..." he slowly whispered. That was the same tree he had seen her the last night. His smile widened and he quickly changed into his work clothing for the field. Once dressed, Tenchi opened his door and headed towards the kitchen, following the sweet smell of food that filled his home. His calm behavior was shattered by the sound of anger rising in the kitchen.
"Demon woman..."
"Stupid Princess..."
Tenchi sighed. Every morning was the same once he reached the bottom of the steps. The constant fighting was starting to slowly drive him insane. He closed his eyes in frustration only to open them once more when he heard the slight creaking of a door.
Washu quietly looked out of her lab door, locked eyes with Tenchi and smiled in his direction. She winked at him and walked off into the kitchen. Tenchi was taken off guard by this and was curious to see what she was up to.
"Quiet! Quiet! Thank you!" the scientists squealed cheerfully as she attempted to stop the fighting. She simply sat down and began to eat the food that lay before her. Ryoko and Ayeka shifted their gaze to Washu and then to the food. They both sighed and sat down in order to join the red head in eating.
Tenchi laughed quietly to himself and mentally thanked Washu before stepping outside and heading down the path toward work. He placed his hoe into the ground and began to turn up the soil. He hadn't been working long when he called out to the sky.
"You should really be helping them with the chores, Ryoko."
There was a slight chuckle from the space pirate before she wrapped her arms around Tenchi from behind. She pulled him close to her and whispered words into his ear.
"Why? Wouldn't you rather have me here? With you?"
Tenchi let out a sigh and broke free from her embrace. He laid down his hoe and looked into her amber eyes. He sighed once more and walked over to his sack. Inside, his hand reached for a bag of seeds. Tenchi trotted back to where Ryoko was waiting and handed them to her.
"If you aren't going to help them, then you can help me," Tenchi then picked up his hoe and continued his work.
Ryoko looked down at the bag in her hand and then lifted her gaze to Tenchi, who had become absorbed in his work. She stared at him intently, waiting for him to look at her again. She soon realized she was waiting in vain. A pang of anger flashed through her body causing her hand to close tightly around the bag of carrot seeds.
'Just like Washu,' Ryoko's mind lashed out. 'Blinded in work.'
Tenchi lifted his gaze once he heard a sudden 'thump' followed by the sound of Ryoko phasing. He was met with an empty field drenched with spilt carrot seeds. His gaze lay on the field a few moments longer before he shrugged it off, remembering Ryoko's lazy habits.
Hours passed by and soon the sun began to lower form its high position in the sky. The boy reached for his forehead with his arm and wiped away the sweat that still lingered and placed his equipment back into his satchel. Before he began his trek home, Tenchi look upon the work he had completed. The soil had been turned, seeds had been sown, and he was going to get home much earlier than he had anticipated. His mouth lifted into a smile, but the image of Ryoko still plagued him.
As Tenchi began his walk home, he began to analyze what had happened.
'Girls are so strange,' he thought. 'I can never seem to understand how they think! Why did Ryoko throw all those seeds down? Did I do something to get her mad? I just told her to help me. Ah! Girls are so confusing! I should apologize, but I'm not sure what I'm apologizing for! I don't know what to do! What a second...that's it!'
Tenchi's head shot quickly up as a new idea flowed through his mind. He drifted back to the previous night when he had found Washu resting in the subtle movement of the moonlight. She had promised him her advice.
"If anyone knows what's wrong with Ryoko, it's got to be Washu!" Tenchi raced to the house, determined to find the scientist and finally have an answer to his questions.
He quietly slid the front door open and found Ryoko, Ayeka, and Mihoshi glued to the television as one of their infamous soap operas played on. Tenchi took advantage of this opportunity and tiptoed his way to Washu's laboratory door. He gently slid the door open and walked through, unnoticed by those around him.
"Wow..." Tenchi laughed at his own statement. "I've been here several times, yet it still amazes me. Kinda hard to think this place used to just be a broom closet."
He began to call out Washu's name as he walked around the lab, going through door that appeared in hope that it would lead him in Washu's direction. To his misfortune, Tenchi hung his head in defeat. Washu was nowhere to be found. It would take him days to scavenge through the entire length of the lab, and he didn't have that time.
He slowly began to walk back when a door opened a little ways ahead of him. With Tenchi's eyes glued to the ground below, he paid no heed to the door or figure emerging from it. Consequently, he felt his body collide with another. Caught entirely off guard, Tenchi plunged to the ground, landing on his back.
"Oh my head," Tenchi whined as he raised his hands and placed them on his scalp. He lifted his gaze to see that the woman he had been looking for was right there on top of him. His eyes locked onto Washu's once she lifted her head from his chest.
"Yes? And what are you doing here, Tenchi?" Washu asked playfully, still lying on top of him.
The boy smiled, lifting himself onto his elbows before speaking. He stared at her intently, searching her eyes for a reason he himself didn't know.
"I need some advice, Little Washu. You promised me you'd be here when I needed you, and I need you now."