Drop to your knees and thank your master (me) that I actually decided to write another chapter this soon. I just couldn't seem to write anything for my other fics at the moment and since I'm bored at the moment, I decided to work on this one. That and the fact I couldn't help but want to write this chapter cuz I got something planed in me head (Grins) During a barbeque my brother and his girlfriend threw yesterday, there was this guy there, man does he ever have stories to tell lol. One of them was extremely funny, well to me at least, I'm going to put Tenchi in the same situation MWAHAHAHA! The guy is a total redneck and man is he fricking hilarious. Well anyways, I hope you enjoy this chapter, it'll definitely be longer then the last.

Disclaimer- Disclaimer! Disclaimer! They're a lamer. We say them to show we're no claimer! So remember these words. Even though you'll hear them once more. I don't own Tenchi Muyo! But it's still a great show!

Chapter 13- Tenchi's Friend

Ryoko stands in shock as Tenchi continues to tell Sasami that there is indeed someone else in the room, and that she should stop joking around. Ryoko almost pitied Tenchi, the way he's going, Sasami will, if she already doesn't, think that he needs help or something. Ryoko knows that she'd be thinking like that if she were Sasami. Ryoko decides to stop this before Tenchi makes himself look more of an ass then he already has, "Hey." Ryoko calls out, getting Tenchi's attention. Ryoko immediately smirks as she floats off the ground, the look on Tenchi's face is priceless, pale as a ghost, eyes wide, mouth hung wide open. In fact, if it were possible, Ryoko's sure Tenchi's jaw would be dropping to the floor right now.

Ryoko floats towards Tenchi, making him back up against the wall, making Sasami even more confused then she already is. Ryoko gets straight up to Tenchi's face, the smirk still across her face, "She can't see me, only you can. And only you can hear me." Ryoko explains. Tenchi's mouth continues to open and close as if he's trying to say something but the words just won't come out, his brain just can't send a single incoherent thought through. Ryoko grins as her feet hit the floor so she's standing in front of him. "I'm a restless spirit, deciding to live with you. You like?" She extends her arms out to the side as if showing herself to him.

"Um... I'm going to go check on dinner.." Sasami announces as she slowly inches her way back into the kitchen, leaving Tenchi alone with his 'friend'.

Tenchi blinks a few times, breaking out of his shocked gaze, "But ghosts aren't real!" Is the first thing Tenchi manages to say.

Ryoko rolls her eyes, of course she knew that would be said, "I float, don't I?" Ryoko asks with a raised eyebrow, "If that's not enough I'll give you another demonstration." With that said, Ryoko walks right up to Tenchi, her hand reaching through the wall as her body presses against his, making his face flare up in an embarrassed blush. Ryoko's hand clutches onto something round on the other side of the wall. She guess it's an apple, she lifts it up and pulls her hand back. Her hand goes through the wall but the apple is smashed.

"How'd that happen?" They hear Sasami's confused voice come from inside the kitchen.

Ryoko steps back and looks down at her hand, her brows lowering in thought. Shrugging her shoulders, she crosses her arms behind her head and smiles, "Ok so I can't pull things through walls, but I can go through them." Ryoko points out.

"Y-you're really a ghost?" Tenchi says unbelievably.

Ryoko lifts her gaze to the ceiling as she places a finger under her chin, "Hmm.. Maybe, maybe not. I said I'm a spirit, so if you want to say I'm a ghost then go right ahead." Ryoko smirks and chuckles inwardly as she thinks to herself, 'Heh... And people call me stupid. I happen to be as smart as anyone else, except for scientists, but that's because they have no life and do nothing but read and study all damn day.'

Tenchi chuckles nervously as he scratches the back of his head, "If you're a ghost then why can you touch me?" Tenchi blinks as a thought occurs to him, "And why didn't you tell me before when I saw you on the cliff? Why'd you say you were a mute?" Tenchi asks as questions just seem to flood his mind.

"One question at a time dammit!" Ryoko says getting annoyed and frustrated by all the questions. She takes a deep breath to calm herself down, "Okay, I said I was a mute because you weren't always able to hear me, I don't even know why you can see and hear me now. I'm suppose to only be visible in moonlight for some dumb reason. And why I can touch you, I don't have the slightest idea, I can't touch anyone else, only objects or their clothing."

Tenchi slides down the walls and sits on the floor, "What did I do to deserve this." He asks more to himself then Ryoko.

Ryoko shrugs, "Yea well, I'm here and staying here, so deal with it." She says as she floats over to the couch and lays down. 'Well this is interesting, now I just want to know how the hell he is seeing and hearing me!'

"FOOD'S DONE!" Sasami calls out from the kitchen.

A frown crosses Tenchi's lips, 'I suddenly don't feel hungry anymore.' Tenchi quickly changes his mind when he enters the kitchen and gets a nose full of the heavenly aroma of delicious food. Tenchi quickly grabs a plate from one of his cupboards and lifts a cooked steak off the frying pan with a fork, then piling the fried onions on his steak. Tenchi turns from the counter and walks over to his small round kitchen table, where Sasami is already sitting with her own plate. "This looks great!" Tenchi exclaims before cutting a piece of steak and eating it, "It tastes great too!" Tenchi says, savoring the taste of a good cooked meal, and completely forgetting about the fact that he's supposedly being haunted by some spirit, at least until Ryoko makes a comment.

"That smells really good." Ryoko says hovering over the table, staring down at Tenchi's plate.

Tenchi jumps startled, nearly tipping the chair back, Don't do that!" Tenchi shouts in annoyance.

Sasami looks up from her plate and gives Tenchi a weird look, "Don't do what?" She asks confused.

Tenchi chuckles embarrassedly and scratches the back of his neck, "Nothing, sorry." Tenchi shoots Ryoko a glare as she floats above the table, laughing at him. After a moment, Tenchi sighs in defeat and goes about finishing his meal, trying his hardest to ignore Ryoko. He still doesn't believe he's being haunted by a ghost, he does however believe that he's finally cracking from a nervous breakdown.

The silent meal is abruptly interrupted by the pounding coming from Tenchi's front door. Sasami turns around in her chair and looks out of the kitchen to the door, giving Ryoko the opportunity to nab a slice of steak off of Tenchi's steak without freaking out the girl for having something float of his plate. "Who could that be?" Sasami asks curiously.

Tenchi slides away from the table and stands up from his seat, "I don't know. I'll go find out." Tenchi says as he heads towards his door. Ryoko smirks as she inhales the delicious meal, finding out that she can in fact taste things.

"Masaki, open up! We know you're in there!" Comes the familiar voice of Azaka.

Tenchi stops just a few feet from the door and pales. Without wasting another moment, he turns around and runs back into the kitchen, "Hey!" Comes Sasami's protest as he grabs her arm and pulls her up. He raises across the apartment to his bathroom, pushing Sasami inside, "Tenchi, what's going on."

"Stay in here and don't make a sound." Tenchi says quickly. Sasami gives a confused look but nods her head, closing the bathroom door. Tenchi heads back over to his door, stopping in front of it. He takes a couple of deep breaths, trying to calm his nerves before he opens up the door to reveal two men on the other side. "Uh, hello."

Kimedaki reaches out and grabs Tenchi by the collar of his shirt, "Alright Masaki, the weeks rent is do. Where is it?" He orders.

"I have it. Just let me get it." Tenchi says. Kimedaki releases his grip on Tenchi, letting him go fetch the rent. Tenchi quickly runs across his apartment to the small living room, reaching under his couch he pulls out a shoebox. He opens the shoebox and takes out two one hundred dollar bills. He puts the lid back on the shoebox and pushes it back underneath the couch. He heads back to Azaka and Kimedaki who are still waiting outside his door. Tenchi hands the money to Azaka.

"Well, it's nice to see you actually have the money this time. I still don't see why the boss just doesn't throw you back out on the streets though." Azaka comments. He tucks the money into his pants pockets, "We'll call when a job comes up." He comments before turning from him and walking away. Kimedaki gives a short nod before leaving also.

Tenchi closes the door and leans his back against it, letting out a breath of relief as he slides to the floor. Tenchi's startled as the phone begins to ring, 'Already?' He thinks as he stands up from the floor. He walks over to his phone and picks it up, "Hello?"

"Hey Tenchi! What's up man?" A male voice comes from the phone.

Tenchi's brows lower in thought recognizing the voice. After a moment of thought, Tenchi responds, "Jimmy?" He says questioningly.

"Yea! I'm back in town. I'm heading to your place as we speak, we can go grab a drink." Jimmy responds.

Jimmy was one of Tenchi's friends from years ago. He ended up leaving New York and gone to Tennessee three years ago. This is the first time Tenchi as heard anything from him. Even though it's been three years, Tenchi can remember Jimmy clearly, you don't forget someone like Jimmy. He leaves an impression on everyone he meets. He headed out to Tennessee to get away from his father who was trying to make him into a police officer. Jimmy's father is actually the former Chief of Police for the N.Y.P.D. He's highly respected by all officers throughout the state.

Tenchi thinks about Jimmy's offer, he hasn't seen him for a few years, it'd be nice to see an old friend and partner. Tenchi glances into the kitchen to see the spiky cyan haired spirit practically inhale the rest of his dinner. "Yea.. I could use a drink... or two." Tenchi comments.

"I'll be there in a few minutes. You still live at the same place right?"

"Yes."

"Alright, see you then."

Tenchi hears Jimmy hang up the phone. Tenchi hangs his phone up, remembering that Sasami is still in the bathroom, he walks over to the door and knocks on the bathroom door, "It's safe to come out now." He says through the door. Sasami opens up the door and walks out. Tenchi scratches the back of his neck, "I'll be leaving in a few minutes to meet with an old friend of mine. Will you be alright alone?"

Sasami smiles and nods her head, "Of course! I was when you left this morning."

"Oh right.. Well I'll be back later." Tenchi says as he heads towards his door. Sasami gives a farewell before Tenchi walks out the door. He heads down the cracked steps in front of his apartment and waits on the sidewalk for his old friend to arrive. Tenchi glances to the side and sighs, "What are you doing here?" Tenchi asks Ryoko, seeing her laying down in the air at his side, her arms crossed under her head for a makeshift pillow.

Ryoko smirks as she stares up into the sky, "What does it look like? I'm going with you."

"Why are you following me?" He asks irritated.

"Because I like to torture you!" She says in a matter of fact tone before laughing.

Tenchi sighs in defeat as he shakes his head. He suddenly hears something coming up his street. Tenchi turns his gaze down the road to see a truck heading towards him. The vehicle stops in front of Tenchi's apartment. Tenchi stares at Jimmy through the side window, he's still looks the same as Tenchi remembers. Short brown hair, dirty brown cap on his head, blue eyes, somewhat built, his blue jeans have several small holes and are dirty with grease and oil stains, his white shirt has stains in it.

"What a piece of shit." Ryoko comments. The truck Jimmy's driving isn't much to look at either, an old red pick up, rust eating away at the frames, heavy smoke coming out of the exhaust. The truck sounds like a jackhammer, probably from the fact the muffler is gone, most likely broke off after rusting through. Tenchi quickly gets into the truck and they drove off to the nearest bar.

Kiyone rubs her eyes as she leans back in her car seat as she waits for the traffic light to turn green. God how she hates this traffic light, she always seems to catch it right when it turns red, then she has to wait for what seems like twenty minutes before it turns green again. Kiyone just sits and waits in her car, watching the traffic drive by. 'What the hell is that sound?' Kiyone thinks to herself as something loud reaches her ears. A red pickup speeds by her, black smoke gushing out of the exhaust of the truck.

The light turns green. Kiyone rolls her eyes and drives to the right, trying to quick up with the pickup to give the driver a ticket for speeding and for its exhaust since it's considered a environmental hazard. She's about to turn the red lights that are installed in her car when the truck pulls off the side, illegally parking in front of a bar. She pulls in behind it and gets ready to get out when she stops when the occupants step out, one of them being Tenchi. Curious as to why Tenchi would be at a bar, when she knows he's underage for drinking, she stays in her car and watches them walk into the bar.

After a minute of waiting, Kiyone gets out of her car and heads into the bar herself. She looks around the bar and spots Tenchi and the man he walked in with take a couple of seats at the bar counter. Kiyone walks over and takes a seat at a small bar table behind them. She picks up a menu and lifts it up to hide her head as she listens to their conversation. 'Let's see what Tenchi is hiding.'

"IDs?" The bartender asks. Jimmy pulls out his ID and hands it to the bartender, she studies it before handing it back to him. She looks over to Tenchi as he pulls out his fake ID from his pocket and hands it to her, making sure to act completely calm. The bartender studies Tenchi's ID a bit longer then Jimmy's, making Tenchi think that she might know it's fake. The bartender nods her head and hands it back to Tenchi, "What'll you two have to drink?" The two place their orders and the bartender turns around to prepare their drinks.

'Stupid bartender.' Kiyone thinks to herself.

"So, you still working for the business?" Jimmy suddenly asks Tenchi, catching Kiyone's attention.

"Yeah." Tenchi says after a moment.

Jimmy laughs, "Oh man, you should seriously get out of it like I did. You never know when they might decide you're useless to them and just get rid of you."

Kiyone almost growls in frustration, 'Who exactly are they talking about?"

Ryoko glances around the bar from the stool on Tenchi's left, luckily no one is in it, Ryoko would rather not end up possessing someone again. Her eyes land on the bar table near them, with only one person sitting at it, their face hidden behind a menu. Ryoko's brows lower in question as she tilts her head to the side. She shakes her head, deciding it's no one before she turns around and listens to Tenchi and Jimmy's conversation.

"So what were you doing these past three years?" Tenchi asks, deciding to change the subject.

Jimmy cracks a smile, "Believe it or not, I've been in college! And let me tell you, Tennessee is where all the real parties are." Jimmy laughs.

Tenchi grins a bit, "Is that so?"

"Yea, like the last one I went to. It was huge, must of been at least two hundred people at it. The guy who threw it invited everyone he could, even complete strangers." Jimmy bursts out laughing, "A cop pulled up to his house around midnight. Jake, the guy who threw the party, took upon himself to be the spokesperson of the party. He was totally wasted man. He staggers up to the cop, a beer in his hand and said, 'Hey Officer Duffy, did you come for the party? It's in the house if you want one.' Then Jake paused a moment as the Officer Duffy said something to him, Jake probably didn't hear what the cop was saying though. He just said, 'I thought you said you didn't want to come out here again.'" Jimmy bursts out laughing, followed closely by Tenchi.

That's how they spent the next couple of hours, Jimmy telling stories while Tencih listened and laughed. About two hours through, Kiyone fell asleep at her table. "I think it's time I get back." Tenchi comments suddenly.

Jimmy takes a moment for the comment to sink in before standing up and with a grin on his face, "I'll drive you home." He says. He pays for the drinks and heads out the door, staggering a bit to the truck, he chuckles a bit as he opens the pickup's driver's door and climbs in.

Tenchi nervously climbs into the passenger side of the pickup, "Are you alright to drive?" Tenchi asks a bit frightened, he knows Jimmy is more then a little wasted at the moment.

Jimmy glances over to Tenchi, "Of Course! I'm sober as a door knob!"

Tenchi decides not to point out that, that didn't make any sense at all. Even if he wanted to it's too late anyway, Jimmy already started the truck up and began driving away from the bar. Tenchi tries to sink as far as he can into his seat while listening to the truck, the noise most likely waking up everyone on the street. Tenchi glances over to the speedometer, noticing that Jimmy is going ten miles over the speed limit. Just when he's ready to point it out, a pair of flashing lights come from behind them and a siren fills the air. "Uh-oh.." Is all Jimmy says, he pulls over and glances over to Tenchi, "Just act natural." He says.

Jimmy rolls down his window as the police officer walks over to his truck. Jimmy look up to the officer and smiles, "Good evening officer, what can I do for you?"

The officer's face remained expressionless as he looks into the truck, glancing at each of the guys before standing back up and looking at Jimmy, "You have several problems." The officer begins. "First off I heard you coming, then I saw you go by." The officer pauses a moment, "Lastly, your tail lights are out."

Jimmy gives the officer a questionable look, "My tail lights are out?" He asks before opening his door and stepping out of the truck. He walks around to the back of the truck and looks at his tail lights, and sure enough, they're out. Jimmy's brows lower before he lifts his foot up and kicks the back of his truck, the tail lights flicker on, he turns to the officer and grins, "That's one less problem." He says joyfully.

Tenchi places a hand on his face and tries to sink further into his seat, wanting nothing more then to disappear at that moment. The officer doesn't look amused the slightest bit, "License and registration." He says, his voice monotone from being used to saying it.

Jimmy sits back into the truck, opens up his dash and takes out what was asked and hands it to the officer. The officer stares at Jimmy's license a moment then turns his gave to Jimmy, then back to the license, only to look back to Jimmy again, "You Bill's son?" He asks curiously.

"Uh... yea!"

The officer cracks a small smile, "He was chief when I first started." The officer comments.

Jimmy gives the officer a blank look, "Oh. Uh.. Small world." He says lamely not knowing anything else he can say to that.

The officer hands the papers back to Jimmy, "Tell Bill I said hello." He says before turning around and walking back to his patrol car.

The two occupants of the truck sit in silence for a minute, obviously surprised the officer hadn't busted them. Jimmy glances over to Tenchi, "Dude, I was certain he'd bust us." He comments.

"Well don't give him time to change hi mind, let's get out of here." Tenchi quickly says. And so the two drove off.

Tenchi tiredly walks into his apartment, his gaze immediately goes to the couch to see Sasami sleeping soundlessly on it. Tenchi kicks off his shoes and walks over to his makeshift bed made of a blanket that's on the floor of his apartment. Tenchi groans as his head begins to feel like it's spinning. Tenchi lays done on the floor and covers his head with a blanket, 'Too much to drink.' He thinks to himself.

"Guess you won't drink as much next time." Ryoko's voice comes from above him.

Tenchi pulls the blanket off of his head and gazes straight up into a pair of golden eyes. Tenchi just stares there starring into her eyes, his face expressionless. Ryoko just smirks down at him from her spot in the air, her long bangs hanging just a few inches from Tenchi's face. Tenchi's eyes keeps opening and closing as he feels sleep trying to claim him. Ryoko reaches down and taps Tenchi on the forehead, "I bet you have one hell of a headache right now, and if you don't you will when you wake up." Ryoko laughs as she lowers herself from the air some so she's only a foot above Tenchi, "What's the matter? Just go to sleep, you're practically passing out as it is."

Tenchi's eyes close just a bit as he continues to stare into the captivating golden orbs above him. Ryoko's eyes fill with confusion as she stares right back, "Why are you looking at me like that?" Before Ryoko has any time to react, she's pulled down from the air and into Tenchi's arms. "What the hell are you doing!?" Ryoko shouts, her face flaring up in embarrassment and anger, as she pushes off of him and glares down at him, only to find that he's sleeping. Ryoko narrows her eyes while crossing her arms. She floats up to sit on the back of the couch and just stares down at the sleeping man. 'That's the last time I go near him when he's drunk.' Ryoko thinks to herself.

Well everyone, that's it for now. Hope you happy.... Of Course you are! I just updated for y'all. Well anyways, it's late so I don't have anything to say at the moment. Review and tell me what you think! TTNC!