Well due to everyone's pleading, I've decided to try and write this chapter before tomorrow. Guess where I'm going tomorrow? Queens! That's right everyone, I'm going to New York! I live in New Jersey if y'all are wondering. That's right, I'm writing a fic about Tenchi living in New York when I don't even know what's there. lol. I'm going to Queens to deliver furniture, that's right, that's my job, delivering furniture lol. Thrilling ain't it? (Shrugs) Money is money right? Well anyways let's see here.
Ah yes, let me respond to a reviewer or two... I think only one. Angelamisaki (Sorry if it's spelled wrong)Yea.. I wrote 'some person' in the last chapter because I totally forgot your pen name and was too lazy to look it up. This time I somewhat remember I'm so proud of myself. Anyway, your Kagato theory is getting closer lol, I guess. Heh heh heh. Yea I'm going to have Kagato as Tenchi's boss and he's going to be a flesh eating zombie. Heh he- (Pauses in thought.) Hmm.. (Rubs chin in thought) That actually would be pretty cool hee hee hee. Anyways your Bisexual will be around soon. It will be a character from one of the Tenchi Series. But not one of the girls. Actually I consider the guy sissy looking anyway so you can call him a chick if ya want.
Disclaimer- What!? Not another disclaimer... god nabbit!... Take this an that oh yeah and take this too.. and don't forget about this one too... pant pant.. I think I.. oh damn.. take this and that and that, yeah that's right and take this one.... there.. I killed it.
Chapter 9- Thrown In The Mix
Tenchi whistles to himself as he makes his way down the sidewalk. Ryoko hovers above him, following the happy teen. Tenchi's eyes glance up to the many different signs on the building as he turns the corner. Yes, Tenchi is off to meet up with someone for some sort of job that needs to be done. He's done jobs for this person plenty of times before. The jobs are usually easy enough to handle. The only thing that bothers him is the man that asks him to do these jobs. The man is, strange to say the least. Tenchi has the impression that the man may have a thing for him. That thought in itself makes Tenchi shudder.
Tenchi stops and looks up at the sign hanging above the building he's in front of. 'Peloria' Tenchi reads to himself, 'Yup this is the place.' Tenchi walks through the double doors, already hearing music through the walls. Tenchi makes his way down the long narrow hallway to the double doors. Two men stand in his way.
"Name?" The man holding a clipboard said.
"Masaki." Tenchi says calmly.
The man flips through a few pages looking for Tenchi's name. "You're not on the list." The man states.
"I was asked to do some sort of job." Tenchi replies. The man opens up the door and walks in, leaving Tenchi with the other man. Tenchi looks at the pictures on the walls. The pictures are of a blonde haired man with glasses, and a white trench coat. In some of the picture it shows the blonde man kissing a few half naked females and in other it shows the man with a other men.
Ryoko almost gags at the picture of the blonde man and another male in a rather intimate position in a bed with red covers. "This guy is sick!" Ryoko exclaims.
Tenchi turns his head in confusion. He shakes his head and faces the man in front of the door, "So when did he move his establishment?" Tenchi asks trying to pass the time with a conversation.
"This place was built a few months back. It took a month to move everything here." The man says. Tenchi nods his head. The man form before walks out.
"You may enter, he's been expecting you." The man says.
Tenchi nods his head and walks through the door.
Ryoko's eyes scan all around the room, the room is illuminated by neon lights, the room is blasted with music. The room is packed with people. Some people are standing up dancing, glow sticks in their hands. Ryoko turns her head to the side where there's a couple of women all over a man. One of the women is kissing the man while the other's face is shoved in the man's lap. Ryoko quickly turns her gaze away from the sight to a couple of people sitting around a small table. On the table Ryoko can make out a couple of white lines made from powder. Ryoko knows what the powder really is. The whole building is filled with illegal activity.
Ryoko shakes her head in disbelief, 'It's so loud you'd think the police would know what's going on in here.' True to her words she finds the answer of how a place like this exists. A couple of police officers are sitting around a table, laughing having a good time as they get high off of marijuana. 'So even the police in this city are dirty.' Ryoko thinks to herself. Ryoko decides not to pay attention to anything around her and just follow Tenchi. They soon appear to the end of the room to a large group of people. Tenchi pushes his way to the large table. 'It's the man from the pictures.' Ryoko thinks to herself.
A woman holds up a strawberry to the blonde man's mouth. He opens his mouth and bites the strawberry. The woman giggles and leans forward and kisses his lips. The man glances out of the corner of his eye and sees Tenchi, he quickly breaks apart from the woman and smiles, "Ah.. Masaki. It's a pleasure to see you again. Please sit down." He says motioning too the seat next to him.
"I see you've relocated Hotsuma." Tenchi says as he slides into the seat.
The blonde man known as Hotsuma nods his head, "Yes, this establishment has gotten rather crowed in the other building. So I had to move into this larger one."
Tenchi glances around the building and chuckles, "You'll need to find a bigger place if it continues to attract more people."
"I'm afraid you might be right. So how about it Masaki? Want a few girls, I happen to have a couple of new ones fresh from the streets." Hotsuma asks.
Tenchi shakes his head, "I came here for the job you have for me."
Hotsuma smirks, "Just like you Masaki. All business, no pleasure." He rest his hand on Tenchi's thy, "That what's so attractive about you. Always serious."
"Yes.. well.. What is the job?" Tenchi says getting a bit uncomfortable with Hotsuma touching him. Ryoko is hovering above him, laughing her head off at the situation.
Hotsuma stands up from his seat, "Let's go somewhere more quiet, shall we?" he suggests before walking through a door that's near where they are standing. Tenchi quickly gets up and follows. He follows Hotsuma through a hallway to another door at the end of the hall. Hotsuma opens it up and walks inside. Tenchi follows into Hotsuma's office. Taking a seat at his desk Hotsuma motions Tenchi to take the seat in front of his desk. Tenchi obliges and sits down.
"Now about this job." Hotsuma begins. Tenchi nods his head showing Hotsuma he's listening, "It's going to require a great deal of effort. I need you to get into a building and get something for me." Hotsuma begins.
"What do you need?" Tenchi asks.
"It's a rather large diamond." Hotsuma replies
"A diamond" Tenchi repeats, raising an eyebrow, "What do you need a diamond for?" He asks curiously.
Hotsuma gives a small smile, "Well next Tuesday is Yugi's and my anniversary. She has such a soft spot for diamonds."
Tenchi shakes his head in disbelief, "Where and how am I suppose to get into this building?"
Hotsuma places a folder in front of Tenchi, "It's already planned out. You're going to be going to Mr. Jack Robins' mansion on the east side of town and do some house cleaning. His usual housekeeper mysteriously vanished." Hotsuma chuckles a bit at the last part. Tenchi remains silent, knowing what happened to the housekeeper, "Anyway, he hired you, Elizabeth Thomas, to do some vacuuming and whatever else housekeepers do."
"ElizabethThomas?" Tenchi repeats questioningly.
Hotsuma shrugs his shoulders, "Would you have rather me given him your real name?" He questions.
Tenchi quickly shakes his head, "Why a woman's name?" He asks confused.
Hotsuma smirks, "You'll be dressing up as one. I've never heard of a male housekeeper before. You'll come here early to get the costume all ready." Hotsuma laughs.
Tenchi isn't sure he wants to accept this job now. He doesn't want to dress up like some woman to get into a man's house, "How much does this pay?" Tenchi asks.
Hotsuma rubs his chin, "Considering that you'll have surveillance cameras watching you in the mansion and security guards at the gates. I willing to pay... let's say a thousand? Not to mention Mr. Robins will be paying fifteen dollars an hour." Hotsuma adds laughing.
A thousand dollars, all for himself! This is certainly something he can't pass up, he's never had that much money for himself before. Tenchi stands up holding out his hands, "Hotsuma, you have yourself a deal." Tenchi says.
They shake their hands sealing the deal. Hotsuma grins, "I knew you wouldn't let me down Masaki. The job is tomorrow at nine in the morning, be here around six to get everything ready." Hotsuma scribbles something on a sheet of paper, "This is the address of the mansion. The diamond should be somewhere on the second floor, find it and bring it back to me. Here a picture of it."
Tenchi looks at the picture, "I thought you wanted a diamond. Not a necklace." Tenchi questions looking at the picture.
Hotsuma nods his head, "Yes, it's a necklace, but the diamond is the only important thing to me."
Tenchi nods his head while shoving the sheet of paper in his pocket.
'I wonder if he can actually pull something like this off.' Ryoko thinks to herself, having heard the whole arrangement, 'I wonder if he's done anything like this before.' She follows Tenchi outside of the building.
Thunder roars through the sky making Tenchi glance up. A moment later, it begins to downpour, soaking Tenchi almost instantly. Tenchi sighs in misery, 'Just great, this is exactly what I need.' Tenchi stuffs his hands in his pockets and continues on his way back to the apartment. Garbage cans clatter as Tenchi passes an alley. Tenchi stops walking and curiously looks down to see if anything is there. The slightest of movements tells Tenchi that someone is down there.
Cautiously with hesitant steps, Tenchi walks towards the garbage cans. His eyes lock on a pair of small legs extended out from a large cardboard box next to the garbage cans. Tenchi's eyes take on a look of wonderment as he kneels down in front of the cardboard box and peers inside. Lightening flashes, illuminating the area and giving Tenchi some light in the dark alleyway. His eyes catch sight of a little girl curled up in the cardboard box, trying to shield herself from the cold rain, her unusual pink eyes lock with Tenchi's brown ones, a look of uncertainty filled within the pink depths of her eyes. It the little girls arms she's holding onto a dirty pink backpack.
"Are you ok little girl?" Tenchi asks gently, not wanting to scare her. The girl doesn't make any movement or answer his question. Tenchi gives a friendly grin, "You most be lost. I bet your parents are worried sick about you."
".....I don't have parents." The girl replies shyly.
Tenchi's face drops at the comment, 'She's an orphan.' He realizes. Tenchi puts on another grin, "Well if you don't have any parents shouldn't you be in an orphanage?' Tenchi asks.
The girl tightens her hold a bit on her pack, "I was..... I ran away."
Tenchi tilts his head in confusion, "Why would you do that?"
"I don't like it there. The other kids pick on me and the adults are mean." The girl replies.
"Oh.." Tenchi says lamely.
"...You're not going to bring me back there, are you?" The girl asks a bit fearfully.
Tenchi sighs rubbing the back of his wet head. He stands up looking down at the box the little girl is in, "Not unless you want to go back. I have no right to make a decision for you."
"..... thanks mister." Tenchi hears over the rain.
"Mister?" Tenchi chuckles a bit, "Call me Tenchi." He informs.
The girl climbs out of her temporary shelter from the rain and stands up. She give a shy smile to Tenchi, "My name is Sasami." Water drips at the ends of the pigtails that her long blue hair is in. Sasami unzips her pack, something small and fuzzy sticks its head out, "This is Ryo-oki. I found her a couple of days ago."
Tenchi smiles at the creature, "What is it?" He asks curiously.
"I think it's a cat." Sasami replies.
Tenchi laughs a bit, "It looks more like a rabbit with those long ears." Ryo-oki hides back into the little pink backpack to hide from the rain. Sasami zips the pack up. Tenchi sighs looking at the dirty girl. She has obviously been living on the streets for a while now. 'I can't just leave her here.' Tenchi tells himself. "Well Sasami, how about we get out of this rain. You can come stay at my place for awhile." Tenchi offers..
"Ok!" Sasami accepts cheerfully.
Tenchi raises an eyebrow at the girls enthusiasm. Shrugging it off he begins to lead the way back to his apartment. Sasami follows him like a lost puppy. A small smile spreads across Ryoko's face as she looks at the little girl, 'Cute kid.' She thinks to herself as she follows the two back to Tenchi's apartment.
Chamber Of Fate
"Hmm.. that's strange." Washu says looking at a screen. Billions of numbers descend down the screen. Washu's eyes dash across the screen franticly as she taps her chin in thought, "Something changed." She says noticing a glitch in the coding across the screen. The coding is actually the records of Fate, the coding tells every living being's past present and future. Washu is in charge of observing the coarse of Fate, she's the only one who understands the coding. Of coarse this particular job is rather boring for the red head since changes rarely come and ones that do end up crashing Fate's balance.
Right now however, nothing seems wrong. "Very interesting." Washu says as she taps the top of the screen. It back up to where the glitch in the coding is, she analyzes the area. Her brows lower in thought, "Seems something has been erased.. but what?" Washu begins typing away.
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"There's a bathroom over there if you want to get washed up." Tenchi says pointing towards the bathroom door. Sasami nods her head. Tenchi scratches the back of his head, "I hope you don't mind sleeping on the couch, I don't own any beds." Tenchi says embarrassed
Sasami tilts her head to the side in confusion, "Where will you sleep?"
Tenchi shrugs, "The floor." He replies nonchalantly.
Sasami bends down and opens up her pack letting Ryo-Oki jump out. Ryo-Oki runs across the room and jumps up onto the back of the couch. She shakes her body to get the water off of her that managed to soak through the pink backpack.
"Do you have any spare clothing in that pack to wear?" Tenchi asks.
"Some.. They're mostly dry." Sasami replies.
Tenchi nods his head and walks towards the kitchen, "You should probably get dry so you don't get sick. Towels are in the bathroom."
Ryoko watches as Sasami walks off to the bathroom. She walks over to the kitchen to see Tenchi searching the cupboards for some sort of food to eat. Ryoko crosses her arms and smirks as she leans her shoulder against the doorframe, "Gee.. can we keep her?" She asks in amusement.
Tenchi stops and turns his head towards Ryoko. Ryoko raises an eyebrow. Tenchi groans as he leans his head against the counter, "I can't believe I forgot about the date." Tenchi says.
'Oh yea... I kind of forgot about it too.' Ryoko thinks, she looks out the window to see that it's still raining, 'Well... I wouldn't be able to become visible tonight anyway. The moon is being blocked.'
Tenchi lifts his head up and shakes his head dejectedly, "I doubt she's going to be there anyway. It is raining pretty badly."
Ryoko laughs, "You're not as dumb as I thought. Who in their right mind would go out in this weather?"
Tenchi scratches the inside of his ear, "Well I guess I won't be seeing her again."
Ryoko smirks and floats over to him. She leans in to his ear, "That's what you think Tenchi dear."
Tenchi turns around quickly making Ryoko jump back quickly. Tenchi's eyes dart across the kitchen, his eyes wide in fear. Ryoko just stares at him weirdly. Tenchi lets out a breath and shakes his head, "I swear I'm losing it." Tenchi announces as he opens up the refrigerator. He pulls out a carton of eggs. Tenchi lifts his head up as he hears the shower turn on, "Guess she decided to get cleaned up." Tenchi chuckles as a thought occurs to him, "Instead of going out on a date, I end up bringing home a ten year old." Tenchi sighs, "How do I get mixed up into these kind of things?"
Ryoko remains silent as she continues to stare at Tenchi in question. One thought is going through her mind at that moment, 'Did he hear what I said?' Her question remains unanswered.
Hey y'all! Well you guys got lucky. Turns out I didn't have to go to Queens today. The people hired a different company that's closer to them to deliver the furniture, makes it cheaper for them. Cheap bastards, taking the easy way out. Oh well, I didn't want to get stuck in a box truck for that long anyway. I hate long rides, they're boring. Well I bet y'all hate me now, the date doesn't come heeheehee. Look everyone! I managed to get Sasami and a Bisexual in this story, all in the same day, fancy that? Well Angelamisaki (spell?) are you happy now? I got you you're bisexual in here. Heh heh, didn't think it would be Hotsuma huh? Well the next chapter Tenchi dresses up as a housekeeper and tries to get the diamond. Will he succeed? Will something go wrong? Will Ryoko help in any way for once? lol. Well, you'd all have to wait awhile to find out since I'm definitely working for the next couple of days. Review y'all! TTNC!