Gomen! Sorry about the delay in the update of this fic. I had half this chapter typed up awhile back and I accidentally deleted it cause I'm a frickin dumb ass! Then I got to the part where I last left off and something happened... I got writer's block, and not for just this fic either, I had writer's block for all my fics, So I ended up trying to place my mind on a new fic to try and make it go away.... unfortunately it hasn't fully passed. But I tried to type this chapter up nevertheless. Well enough of this bullshit! You came here to read the story not my uh... babbling.

Disclaimer- I don't own Tenchi Muyo.

Anything For Money

Had it been any other day, Ryoko wouldn't bother waking Tenchi up. But with the prospect of him having to dress up as a woman, she couldn't let a chance like this pass. She looks over to the clock hanging on the wall, six in the morning. Time to wake up Tenchi. Ryoko grins as she hovers over Tenchi, starring down at his sleeping face. How someone can seem so comfortable while sleeping on a floor, Ryoko will never know. Now the only problem is how to wake him up. After a moment of contemplating, Ryoko reaches out to his face with her left hand. She brushes it softly against his face, causing Tenchi to stir a bit. She pulls her hand away quickly while Tenchi slowly opens his eyes a bit, after a moment of looking around his surroundings, Tenchi rolls on his side and closes his eyes again. A look of annoyance crosses Ryoko's face.

'Hmm.... wasn't I suppose to do something today?' Tenchi thinks to himself as he lays there, trying to go back to sleep. He thinks about anything that might have passed his mind while he falls further into the clutches of sleepiness. 'THE JOB!' Tenchi remembers. His eyes snap wide open as he quickly sits up, bashing his head on something hard above him. Tenchi holds back the cry of pain, not wanting to wake Sasami up, as he rubs his forehead. When he recovers he sits up slowly, looking around for the object he hit his head on. His brows lower in confusion when he doesn't notice anything around him he could of bashed his head on. 'Weird...' He quickly gets up and runs off to the kitchen.

'Ouch, ouch, ouch!' Ryoko continues to chant in her mind as she rubs her forehead. She growls in frustration, 'Why the hell did that hurt!? I'm dead! I shouldn't be able to feel anything, should I?'

Tenchi quickly jots down a note on a piece of paper for Sasami, explaining that he went to work. He walks over to the sleeping girl on his couch and places the note on the coffee table. HE heads over to his door, grabbing his jacket in the process. He opens the door and walks out, closing it as quietly as possible. Tenchi looks down the slightly dark roads before yawning, a bit tired still. Shaking his head of the drowsiness, he takes off to Hotsuma's club, being followed closely by his guardian angel.

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Click.....Click....Click The sounds echoes off the walls of the offices in the empty NYPD building. Only one officer is left in the building, she had not moved from her spot for the last eight hours. Her eyes are bloodshot from the lack of sleep, she's hunched in her chair as her eyes tiredly scan the screen of the computer. Click....Click.... Click... She continues to click the mouse as she scans through the NYPD's old files saved in the computer system. Instead of having the hassle of many large file cabinets, where reports of incidents and crimes would be kept, the department stores all information in the computer. An officer can easily search through the files, looking at old cases from years ago if they wished. All the files are stored in different categories, murder cases, crimes, inncidents, even measly parking tickets are saved in the files. So if anything has ever happened, the file is in the data base.

But what is officer Kiyone searching for? A file on a case from years ago, though she wasn't a cop at the time the case happened, it would still be saved in the data base. She's searching for the report on the murders of Tenchi's family. When she had that conversation with him, she knew he was holding something back form her. He told her that the people who murdered his family were captured, for some reason she doesn't believe him. The look in his eyes when he told her that they were, there was just something behind his eyes that seem to be hiding something from her, like a dark little secret that he doesn't want anyone to know.

So she's been searching for the file on a murder case about the name 'Masaki.' She hasn't slept all night, she just continued to search through the murder file in the data base. Since she doesn't know the exact date or even year of when Tenchi's family was murdered, she's forced to search through all the files. The search is beginning to get on the officer's nerves, her eyes keep working their way closed as her body begs for some sleep. Even if she did go home to try and get some sleep, she'd have to leave immediately for work, so it would be completely senseless to leave when she'd just be returning anyway.

Kiyone yawns a bit as she stretches her back a bit in her chair, 'What I wouldn't do for a hot cup of coffee.' She shakes her head a bit, trying to shake off the drowsiness. Click.... Click.... Kiyone blinks in surprise when she finds that she's reached the last report in the murder file. Her hand leaves the mouse as she leans back in her chair and stares at the computer screen in thought. She searched through all the reports in the murder file, and she didn't find a report with any men by the name Masaki in it. She holds her head up as she leans it against her right palm. Her other hand's fingers tap on her desk as she thinks about what this means. After a moment in thought, Kiyone sits back up in her chair, closing the murder file she opens up a different one, 'If it's not in this file then perhaps it's in a different one.' She opens up the file labeled 'incidents.' Her eyes wide open, seemingly catching her second wind, as she quickly scans the reports.

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Tears streak down Ryoko's face as she holds back her laughter. It's almost too much for the guardian angel bear. "Dammit Masaki! Stop moving!" Hotsuma yells in aggravation, as he continues to try and put eyeliner on him. Ryoko would of burst out laughing if she was sure Tenchi wouldn't hear her, but with recent events that have been happening, she can't take the chance. Hotsuma sighs in annoyance as Tenchi's eyes twitch again, "I swear... you are the worst man I've had to put makeup on so far." Hotsuma says.

'I'll take that as a compliment.' Tenchi thinks to himself as he feels the small eyeliner pencil thing touch his eyelids again. Hotsuma growls in anger again. Ryoko can't help it anymore, she bursts out laughing, clutching her sides as she watches Hotsuma unsuccessfully to hold Tenchi's eyelids still and put eyeliner on it at the same time. Tenchi's brows lower in confusion, much to Hotsuma's annoyance, as he fights the urge to rubs his ears. "Do you hear something?" Tenchi asks.

"No I don't, now shut up and stop fidgeting!" Hotsuma shouts. Hotsuma sighs in relief and pulls away, "There.. finally finished! Thank god!"

Tenchi opens his eyes, blinking a few times. After a moment he sighs in embarrassment, "I've got to be the ugliest looking thing alive right now." Tenchi says.

Hotsuma covers a smile with a hand as he stares at Tenchi. He stares at Tenchi a bit before walking over and kneeling down, "I wouldn't say that Masaki. I think you look rather sexy like this." He comments while running his hands up Tenchi's thighs.

"O...k!" Tenchi says quickly standing up out of the chair he was sitting in, making Hotsuma's wondering hands drop off his legs. Ryoko would have laughed if she wasn't absolutely disgusted by the man.

Hotsuma stands up and grins, "So Masaki? How does it feel to be a woman?"

Tenchi's face scrunches up in discomfort, "To be honest? This wig is itchy, the stockings are uncomfortable, this skirt feels too short and these breasts are making my chest sweat." Tenchi says poking at the fake breasts that are underneath the black blouse he's wearing.

Hotsuma chuckles a bit, "There's a mirror on the wall if you wish to see yourself." He offers. Tenchi turns around and sees the large mirror. He walks closer to it and stares at his reflection. The brown wig he's wearing has two long pigtails, he's wearing a traditional housekeeper's outfit, black blouse, black stockings, black skirt, with a white apron tied about his waist. He has fake red nail on and his face has so much makeup on that he feels like a china doll or something.

Tenchi turns around as Hotsuma walks up to him. He lifts his opens up his right hand revealing something he's holding. Tenchi blinks in surprise as he looks at the diamond that he's suppose to get. Hotsuma smirks a bit, "This isn't the diamond, this is made of glass, a cheap replica of the real thing. You'll switch the real diamond with this one, that way it'll take them awhile to realize the diamond is stolen, by then we'll be home free. Remove the real diamond from the necklace and replace it with this, then get out of there." Tenchi nods taking the replica from Hotsuma and placing it in the pocket of his apron. "I'll have one of my men drive you to the mansion, after that you're on your own."

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Kiyone's tired eyes blink in surprise, a moment later a smile spreads across her face, "This is it!" She says happily, relieved that she finally found the report she was desperately seeking. Her brows lower in question as she reads the headline of the report. "Masaki family dies in fire." 'This isn't right, Tenchi said they we're murdered.' Kiyone thinks to herself. She reads the report.

March 23rd 1996. The apartment of a family of three burned down due to an electrical fire. Two men were found in the apartment after the fire. Katuhito and Nobuyuki Masaki died in the fire. The body Nobuyuki's only son, Tenchi Masaki, has yet to be found. It's believed that the child has run off when the apartment first caught on fire.

Kiyone leans back in her chair as she stares at the report. Something seems off about this. How could the person who killed Tenchi's family be caught when it was actually a fire that killed his family. So now she has two different stories, Tenchi's small version, and this report that has photographs of the burned apartment and bodies. Kiyone rubs her temples, fighting off the headache that begins to appear. There's something else about this, the two men that died were Tenchi's father and grandfather, so what about his mother? Where is she? Is she also dead? Or did she abandon Tenchi when he was smaller. Kiyone sighs in defeat, the only person who can answer these questions is Tenchi, and having him answering her questions seems close to impossible. 'Unless... I can get him to trust me...' A grin spreads across Kiyone's lips as she begins to think up of a plan.

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Tenchi stands in front of the gates, gazing over to the beautiful mansion behind them. This is one of the few places in New York that Tenchi has the privilege of seeing lush green grass. Tenchi knew that Jack Robins is suppose to be rich, but he didn't think the man would be this loaded with cash. Oh what Tenchi wouldn't do just to be able to see all the man's money, it would truly be like one of the seven wonders of the world to Tenchi. He walks over to the buzzer on the gate and presses it. "Who is it and what is your business here." He hears a rough male voice from the speaker.

Tenchi clears his throat, he can feel his throat tighten, ready to imitate a young woman's voice, "Elizabeth Thompson. I'm the hired housekeeper." Tenchi shakes his head in embarrassment, he has got to be the worst actor of all time. His voice sounds so squeaky when he tries to sound like a woman. 'I feel like an idiot.'

"You're late." The man's voice comes from the speaker.

"Y-yes. Well I had trouble with transportation. I had to hitch a ride." Tenchi's voice cracks a bit, not being used to speaking like this. There's a long buzzing noise before the gates slowly open up. Tenchi quickly walks through and heads towards the mansion. As he walks over to the front door, he scans the area, taking everything in. The large bushes that are shaped into various animals, the large fountain in front of the mansion, even the grass is a sight worth seeing to Tenchi. The only time he sees so much green is when he's at his favorite spot on the cliff. And even then it doesn't look as beautiful as this man's yard.

Tenchi walks up the few steps to the front door. He knocks using the lion head shaped knocker that's on the door. After a moment the door is opened, Tenchi walks in, remembering to walk more 'nicely', as Hotsuma said. Tenchi glances around in awe, starring at the statues and paintings all over the mansion. The furniture around looks like antiques. Tenchi's eyes quickly go to the stairs that lead to the second floor, where his destination lies. The door behind him is shut, startling Tenchi a bit. He turns around to see a lean man, his somewhat long black hair falling freely to the sides of his face, his brown eyes are bloodshot. The man's face is as pale a ghost from either an illness or just the lack of being outside.

The man's clothing is what struck Tenchi as strange. The man is dressed in a large black leather trench coat, underneath it the man is dressed in a black silk shirt, he has black leather pants and black leather boots. The man obviously has a thing for leather and black. But with the pale skin and black clothing, Tenchi can't help but picture the man sleeping in a coffin. The man looks more like a vampire to Tenchi then a normal man. Tenchi wouldn't be surprised if the man has fangs as well, everything else about him is gothic looking, might as well throw in a set of fangs to go with it.

The man obviously noticed Tenchi starring at him, the man crosses his arms over his chest turning his head away a bit, "I am Jack Robins. I own this mansion. You will not move anything out of place. You are here to clean, nothing else. I will be watching your every move so do not attempt to take anything or you'll find the consequences far worse then being thrown in jail. Now that the formalities are done, start cleaning, you'll find everything you need in the closet down the hall."

'Geez... talk about a real ass.' Tenchi thinks to himself. He walks down the hall, Jack follows closely behind. 'How am I suppose to get the diamond when this guy is going to be watching my every move?'

Ryoko smirks a bit as she watches Tenchi take our various cleaning supplies from the closet. 'So how will you manage this one Tenchi? It looks like you won't have a chance to get the diamond with this guy following you around everywhere.' Oh the joys of watching other's discomfort. There is one good thing about all of this though, this will give Tenchi more experience in cleaning, so perhaps he'll manage to keep his apartment clean from now on. Ryoko chuckles at Tenchi dejected look as he begins vacuuming the large rub in the dining room, Jack Robins is leaning against the doorframe of the room watching Tenchi's every move. Ryoko's brows lower a bit as she stares at Mr. Robins, the man doesn't look much older then late twenties to her. Ryoko stares into the man's brown eyes, 'His eyes seems so cold and.....' Ryoko turns around to look at Tenchi then back to Mr. Robins. Ryoko raises an eyebrow, 'Is he staring at Tenchi's ass?'

So the day went on, Tenchi cleaning everything the best he can without having to move anything, while Jack Robins watches him silently, occasionally telling him what to do or not to touch something. Right now Tenchi is cleaning what is most likely Mr. Robin's bedroom on the second floor. Tenchi's brows lower in thought as he continues to clean, 'For someone who's rich and owns a mansion, this place sure is empty. Where's all the butlers and chefs. And where's Mrs. Robins? Is there even a Mrs. Robins?' Tenchi fights the urge to sigh, his back, hands, neck, and feet hurt from all the cleaning he's done so far. What's worse is that he doesn't see an opportunity to try and steal the diamond. First he has to locate it first. Tenchi's eyes travel to the dresser in the bedroom. If the diamond is on the second floor, it would most likely be in this room somewhere, and the most obvious place would be the dresser. But how is he going to have a chance to look for it when the man is watching his every move.

'Hmm.. perhaps this is where I give a helping hand.' Ryoko thinks to herself. She glances around the bedroom that Tenchi is cleaning before flying out and down the stairs. She glances around for something she can use as a distraction. Her gaze falls on the priceless statue sitting on its stand. A smirks crosses her lips, she fakes a yawn, stretching her arms out to the side. Her right hand hits the statue, knocking it off the stand, "Oops!" Ryoko exclaims before the statue falls off the stand and hits the floor in a loud thump.

Both Tenchi and Mr. Robins turn their heads to the stairs. Mr. Robins turns his gaze to Tenchi, shooting him a piercing glare, "Keep cleaning!" He barks before heading down the stairs to see what happened. Tenchi turns the vacuum on and glances to the stairs to make sure the coast is clear. Seeing that Mr. Robins isn't on the second floor anymore, Tenchi quickly rushes to the dresser and opens up the first drawer. He scans searches through the clothing but doesn't find the diamond he's searching. If Tenchi isn't in such a hurry, not only would he have noticed the clothes he's going through is woman's clothing, but he would of noticed the picture on the dresser.

'Where is it? where is it? Dammit! Where is it?' Tenchi continues to chant to himself. He closes the drawer and opens up the next up, he shoves his hands in the drawer. "Ouch!" Tenchi pulls his hands out, clutching his cut finger. His brows lower in question before lifting up some clothing to see what his finger was cut by. He blinks in confusion when he sees a rather large knife in the drawer.

Mr. Robins picks the statue up and places it back on its stand. Luckily the statue wasn't broken from the fall. He looks around a moment before walking towards the stairs. Unbeknownst to him, a cyan haired woman is following closely behind hi, snickering the entire time.

Tenchi shakes his head a bit before closing the dresser. His eyes lock on the jewelry box sitting on top of the dresser. He quickly open it up and peers inside. He sighs in disappointment when he doesn't find it in there. He places the jewelry box back where it was. He scans all the other things on top of the dresser, he does a quick glance at the picture on the dresser before looking at the other end of the dresser. Tenchi blinks in realization before looking back at the picture.

There's a middle-aged woman in the picture, brown curly hair and hazzle eyes. Around her neck is the necklace with the diamond he's looking for. Tenchi would be upset about the prospect of the woman wearing it now if his stomach hadn't dropped when he noticed the man standing next to the woman in the picture. The man is a bit old, his scan a dark tan for obviously being outside for so long, the man smiles in the picture revealing his yellow teeth, his blue eyes seem to shine as his arm is around the woman's wait. The two are standing in front of the gate of the mansion, each smiling happily.

Tenchi blinks in confusion, 'Who are these people?' He thinks to himself, as he stares at the picture. He hasn't seen either of them in the mansion, the woman with the necklace must be Mrs. Robins since the necklace is suppose to be in the mansion. But who's the man in the picture? It isn't Mr. Robins, Mr. Robins looks much younger and he has hair while the man in the picture is bold.

The vacuum stop running, making Tenchi drop the picture in surprise before turning around. Mr. Robins stands there, his brown eyes starring menacingly at Tenchi. Tenchi gulps nervously, "I thought I told you not to touch anything." Mr. Robins says.

"Oh y-yes. Sorry I forgot." Tenchi replies, trying to imitate a woman's voice.

Mr. Robins looks down to the fallen picture on the floor. He walks towards it, Tenchi steps away as Mr. Robins bends down and picks the picture up. Mr. Robins glances at the picture before glancing up at Tenchi. A smirk plays across Mr. Robins' lips, "I bet you're wondering who the man in the picture is."

"No not really." Tenchi lies quickly.

"Well I'll tell you anyway." Mr. Robins says. "The man in the picture is Jack Robins."

Tenchi blinks a bit confused, "What do you mean?" Tenchi asks, his voice almost slipping back to normal.

The man's face becomes expressionless as he stares at Tenchi. Ryoko continues to watch the exchange in confusion, not knowing what's going on. "The fact, Elizabeth Thompson." The man says calling Tenchi by his alias, "Is that I am not Jack Robins, nor am I of any relation to the man." The man's left hand reaches down to the second drawer of the dresser, pulling it open he reaches in and pulls out the large knife Tenchi saw before.

Tenchi gulps nervously, "W-who are you then?" Tenchi asks, not bothering to cover his voice up.

The man doesn't seem to notice however as he smirks at Tenchi, knife in his held up in his right hand. "You can call me Sabato, Miss Thompson. However, I'm afraid that the name will do you any good now that you're going to die." Sabato slashes out with his large knife.

Tenchi jumps back, evading the attack. Ryoko quickly flies over to the dresser and pushes it over, making it fall onto Sabato. The man yells in surprise as the dresser strikes. Tenchi doesn't waste any time thinking about what happened. He immediately leaps over the dresser and sprints down the stairs. He reaches the door and tries to open it, only to find it's locked, 'Open up, open up!' Tenchi thinks panicking. He hears the sound of Sabato pushing the dresser off of himself from upstairs.

Tenchi runs down a hallway, he quickly opens up one of the doors, finding that it leads down to the basement. He hears Sabato running down the stairs. Tenchi quickly walks through the door and closes it as silently as he can behind him. He runs down the stairs, going to the mansion's basement, everything around him pitch black. His feet finally hit the basement floor, he walks around cautiously, his hands out in front of him as he searches for a light switch or something. His nose scrunches up as a foul odor reaches his nose. The smell reminds him of a dead cat sitting at the side of a road, rotting away. Tenchi continues to walk forward until his hands hit something soft and squishy, at the same time his forehead hits a light cord.

Tenchi hesitantly reaches up to the cord and pulls it, turning on the light bulb hanging from the ceiling. Tenchi's eyes widen in fear as he sees what's in front of him. The mansion is filled with Tenchi's horrified scream as he sees a rotting corpse of a woman tied to the wall with some rope. The basement door opens as Sabato makes his way down towards Tenchi.

Alright everyone, I'm going to stop there. I was going to write more but I figured I'd better split this up into two chapters. LOL This turned out totally different then what I was planning. While writing this chapter I couldn't help but make Mr. Robins not really Mr. Robins, instead making him a Serial Killer. Sorry if it's stupid but I figured we needed some action here ya? Oh and those of you who don't know who Sabato is, he's actually a Wau Galaxy Police Agent in the first Tenchi Movie. For obvious reasons I'm using Sabato's human disguise instead of making him that fuzzy animal looking thing lol. Yea and I apologize again for not updating sooner, Luckily angelamisaki was riding my ass until I manage to update again. (Is it just me or did that sound totally wrong?) Anyways, review y'all so I know y'all are still alive and reading out there. TTNC.

P.S. Angelamisaki was right, I did end this with a twist heh heh heh.