Tenchi Muyo - Moving On
-Chapter 5-
A Letter?
---I don't own Tenchi. I don't know if I said that already or not, but I'm saying it now. I'm pretty sure you all knew that anyway. x.X---
Tenchi yawned. This wasn't very interesting at all. He had at least expected more than them watching a movie and falling asleep on the couch. He rubbed his sore back with his thumbs, he was mighty uncomfortable.
"Guess that's the price I have to pay." He sighed, miserably. He just wanted the day to be over, he wanted to go home and sleep. But mostly, he wanted Ryoko to go home. His face was up against the outside wall and he began dozing off until a very loud voice startled him.
"HEY, TENCHI! IS THAT YOU?!!" He nearly jumped out of his skin. He spun around to see a very farmiliar blonde GP officer running toward him at full speed.
"Shit.." He muttered, noticing she wasn't slowing down. She reached him and threw her arms around him in a big hug.
"What are you doing here, Tenchi? Huh, huh??" She asked, her nose almost right up against his. She looked over into the window. "HEY! It's Ryoko!" She went to go knock at the window, but Tenchi had tackled her. Now he sat on her stomach as she lay on the ground, he could imagine how bad this must've looked from anyone else's point of view.
"Mihoshi, you need to be quiet!" He whispered harshly to her.
"But whyyy?" She asked, frowning. "I just wanted to say hi to Ryoko."
"They're sleeping, it'd be so rude of you to wake them up." He told her.
"Ohhhh, I see!" Mihoshi nodded. "Alright. But, hey...what are YOU doing spying on them, Tenchi?"
"Uh..well, I can explain that..you see.." He fumbled for words.
"Oh, oh! I get it!" Mihoshi clapped her hands together as Tenchi climbed off of her. "You're here on a secret mission for Washu to keep an eye on her baby girl! Don't worry, Tenchi, I won't tell anyone! First Class Detective Mihoshi is out!" Mihoshi spread her arms as if flying a plane and ran out into the street, getting weird looks from people as she "flew" by them. Tenchi shook his head. He had to admit, without that girl around, things would be pretty dull around the house.
He stood up and looked through the window, seeing that they were both awake now. He prayed that they hadn't heard Mihoshi..and when they didn't get up from the couch, he thanked God. He decided that it was best if he went home before he got caught for sure. He walked into the road, taking off his trenchcoat and his hat as he waited for the next bus to arrive.
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"He's still not back yet?" Ayeka asked aloud to no one in particular. "Where could he be? Surely not with that devil woman..I don't have to worry about that anymore."
It was true. Had Ryoko not had a boyfriend, she would be roaming all over Japan to find her Tenchi right about now. Ayeka put her photo album down.
"I guess I'll have to wait to show him these." She thought aloud, frowning.
"Whatcha got there?" A voice from nowhere startled the princess.
"Wha--oh, it's you Mihoshi." Ayeka clutched onto her chest as if that would help calm her rapidly beating heart. "This is the Royal Family Picture Album." She answered the detective's quiestion.
"Well, what's in it?" She asked, reaching over to the table to grab it, which got her a smack on the hand by Ayeka.
"Pictures, you idiot. And I don't want you touching them!" She snatched her album up before Mihoshi got to it.
"Awww, c'mon Ayeka. You don't have to be so mean about it." Mihoshi sniffled as tears formed in her eyes. "First I get tackled by Tenchi and then smacked by you!" She turned around to leave but was stopped as Ayeka grabbed her arm and held it tightly, not allowing her to move.
"Tenchi?" She raised her eyebrow, spinning Mihoshi back around to face her. "Where?"
"Tokyo. I don't know how I got there, actually. I was just walking around..I could've sworn I was on my way to the shrine..but anyway, I look around and suddenly I see Tenchi. It was so mean of him to tackle me. I think I might have a bruise or something." She inspected her arms as she talked. "And the way he just sat on me after he tackled me, I have to admit it was nice. I bet he saw me blushing. Oh my..am I blushing now??" She put her hands up to her face and laughed uncontrollably.
"NEVERMIND THAT!" Ayeka yelled, gripping the blonde by her shoulders and attempting to shake some sense into her. "What about Tenchi? What was he doing??!" She demanded.
"Oh. We were watching Ryoko sleep with her boyfriend." She answered simply, causing Ayeka's eyebrow to twitch and a vein to pop out of her head.
"WHAAAAATTT??!!!!"
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"How about we take a walk now, and then go back to my place?" Ryoko suggested, getting bored just watching movies.
"Alright." Kaine agreed, picking her up off the couch. She laughed and was tempted to show him her strength for a moment, but decided against it. "Where to, ma'am?" He asked, setting her down and tipping an imaginary hat, causing her to laugh again.
"There any parks 'round here" She asked.
"Walking distance? I'm not sure. You wanna drive to one?"
"Driving, walking..what's the difference?" She shrugged her shoulders. "Let's go!"
Ryoko followed him out of the apartment and out into the street. His car was an ordinary one, but he must've done something to it because when he started it up, it was loud as hell. And Ryoko realized that they wouldn't be able to hold a conversation during the ride because of the volume of the radio. Ryoko had never been much into music and she had never heard of the group Tech N9ne before, but they didn't seem half bad. Kaine seemed to know just about every word, he sung along the whole ride with Ryoko looking out the window. 'I can fly faster than this.' She thought, and wondered what Tenchi was doing.
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Tenchi walked into the house and instantly met up with a very pissed off princess. 'Uh oh..what'd I do now?' He thought, giving Ayeka a warm smile.
"Tenchi.." Ayeka began, trying to control her twitching eyebrow and shaking fists. "What's this I heard about you peeping on Ryoko while she..did her...her..her slutty things with her new man?"
"What?" Tenchi gave her a look of surprise. "How'd you find ou--" He spotted Mihoshi sitting on the couch, waving to him cheerfully. "Look, Ayeka, I don't know what she told you, but they weren't doing anything but sleeping."
"Why were you watching them? Why weren't you here?! I had plans with you today and you completely blew me off!" She said, her voice raising in anger.
"You had..plans?" He asked, surprised. 'And when exactly were you going to tell me about these plans?' He thought bitterly.
"YES! I had plans..with YOU!" Tears started to fall from her eyes. "This is the second time you stood me up, and I didn't even have to worry about meeting you after school this time!" She ran up to her bedroom, sobbing. Tenchi sighed. He supposed he'd have to tell her what was on his mind, something he wasn't looking forward to.
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Kaine and Ryoko were walking through the park now, side by side.
"So, you lived here all your life?" Ryoko asked, trying to start a conversation.
"Nope." He answered. "I moved here the other year with my ex girlfriend, I'm originally from the States. Born and grew up in Kansas."
"Kansas, huh?" Ryoko looked at him. "Like that chick from the Wizard of Oz?"
"Yeah." He laughed. "How about you? Have you lived..at that really far away place all your life?"
"Nah, I've only been there for a few years. I used to travel around so much, I've probably been to places you've never even heard of." She nodded, knowing it was a fact. "So how did you like it in Kansas?"
"Ehh." He shrugged. "It was alright. One time when I was seventeen, I got pulled over for speeding and 12 hours later, I got pulled over again..for speeding."
"Oh really? Didn't learn your lesson?" She sat down and started rocking back and forth in a swing.
"Nah. It didn't help when I tried to outrun the cop the first time, he let me go easy." He leaned against the pole of the swingset, arms crossed and watching Ryoko.
"I've outrun my share of officers..I never got caught either." She said, not really thinking.
"Oh? What were you driving?" He asked, interested.
"Driving? I don't drive, never have, and probably never will.." She laughed.
"Were you in a gang?" He raised an eyebrow, trying to picture this girl commiting crimes. "You don't exactly seem like the type of chick to be a badass."
"Oh?" That made her laugh. "If you only knew." She shook her head.
"What kind of things did you do, then?" He asked, curiously.
"Everything." She replied simply, getting silence in return.
"You've killed someone?" He asked after a while. She shrugged.
"Nah.." She lied. "I've come pretty close, though."
"Hmm." He thought for a moment. "I'm not sure whether I should be impressed..or scared."
"Why would you be impressed by that?" She asked, a hint of anger in her voice.
"I just can't picture a sweet, pretty girl like yourself acting that tough.." He answered. "And what's with that tone? You're freaking me out, Ryoko."
"Am I?" She asked, not caring. "You know, I bet it's getting late. I should get going."
"Did I say something wrong?" He asked, a bit puzzled. Ryoko shook her head and stood up.
"No, I'm just tired..and it's a long way home, so we should leave now." He nodded his understanding and they started walking to the car.
"So when you say your family isn't normal, what exactly do you mean?" He asked, slipping his arm around her waist.
"Ohhh..you'll find out soon enough." She replied, smiling almost evilly.
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Tenchi walked into his bedroom, noticing first thing a letter placed neatly on his desk. He picked up the envelope and recognized Ayeka's neat writing instantly. He opened the letter and read it aloud.
Tenchi-sama,
I wish to spend the day with you since I'm sure neither of us will be all that busy. I'll meet you by the shrine steps so that we can begin our day together with a nice, romantic walk through the trees. It's been a while since we've visited Funaho together, I think the poor dear misses us greatly. I look forward to our walk, I also have something to show you afterwards.
All my love,
Ayeka
Tenchi closed the letter up and stuffed it back in the envelope.
"Oops." He said as tossed the envelope back onto his desk and fell back onto his bed. He honestly didn't see that there when he woke up, she had no right to be mad at him. In fact, she should have made sure he had gotten the letter before she went crazy on him. He stood up a moment later, getting an idea. He sat down at his desk, opened a drawer, and went through it, pulling out a piece of paper. He opened another drawer and pulled out a pencil and began writing. After he was finished, he folded the paper, and since he was lacking an envelope, he just wrote on the top flap of the folded paper.
He stepped out of his room and slipped the paper under Ayeka's door, smiling as he did so. He wiped his hands together as if he had just done some big task and headed downstairs to check up on Sasami.
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Ryoko looked out her window, bored to death. It sure was a long ride, too long for her. She hoped Kaine would regret ever offering to drive her home and never do it again. There was something about him that made her a bit uncomfortable. She had known her fair share of people throughout her life, and she was pretty sure she understood most of them by now. She wasn't positive, but she was willing to bet that Kaine was hiding something from her. It bothered her that she couldn't figure out what it was, but she was damn sure that she'd find out..and soon.
"We're almost there." Ryoko said, looking straight ahead now.
"Thank God." Kaine yawned, obviously also very sick of the ride. "I don't understand how you get to Tokyo so fast if you live hours away. You really need to teach me some of your transportation tricks."
"It's nothing special, I just know how to get around.." She said, not exactly lying.
"I could take that the wrong way, you know." He nodded as they finally pulled into the Masaki driveway.
"You need to stop thinking like that, you have a one track mind." She shook her head as they parked. "Ready to meet the family?" She asked as they got out of the car.
"Hell yeah." He answered, following her to the door.
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-End Chapter 5-
A.N. I expected more out of this chapter, but this is all I have. So you'll all just have to deal for now. What did Tenchi write? And how will Kaine react to a bunch of crazy alien women? You'll have to find out next chapter. (Yes, I lied and said it would be this chapter. Sorry! :X)