Howdy everyone! Hmm... lots of the same guesses out there about what Tsunami is planning heh heh heh. Is it really THAT obvious? Damn... I thought I could surprise y'all but, nope y'all are just too smart for me... or are you? Heeheehee. I love messing with your minds! Don't go thinking I'm giving it away until it happens, savvy? Well y'all been waiting for it, and here it is, the next exciting chapter of Worst Guardian Angel Ever!
Disclaimer- Hey! Hey... I your life! I'm the one who took you there. Hey!.. I'm your life and I no longer care! So I'll forever be poor and never own Tenchi Muyo, but if I did the series would be a lot better, don't y'all agree?
Chapter 15- Strange Dreams And Breakfast
Darkness surrounds him, not a glimmer of light around him. Fear creeps up his spine as he begins to panic. Where is he? Why is he here? What going on? These are the few questions swarming inside of Tenchi's mind. He stands in his spot, in the middle of the black abyss, trying to find some sort of path to walk down. Slowly, ever so slowly, Tenchi takes cautious steps forward, having no clue whatsoever, where he's going. Tenchi stops as three separate paths are suddenly formed in front of him.
Another turning point, a fork in the road. Tenchi looks down each path, each looking the same as the other. Seeing how each one seems to be the same, Tenchi decides to take the left path. As he walks down the path, his surroundings begin to change. Tenchi finds himself standing in the middle of his street. Blinking in confusion, Tenchi glances around, immediately finding that it's midnight due to the fact that the only light is coming from the street lights. Suddenly, Tenchi hears the sound of tires screeching on the road. Tenchi quickly turns around in time to see a police car drive stop in front of him. Another car, a black Cadillac stops in front of one of the apartments on the street.
Tenchi watches as two men, who he recognizes as Azaka and Kimedaki, step out of the black Cadillac, each holding a gun in their right hands. Tenchi hears a door open from behind him, causing him to turn back to the patrol car. He sees Kiyone step out of the vehicle, her gun immediately taking aim at the two men. "Place the guns on the ground and put your hands in the air!" Kiyone shouts. Azaka and Kimedaki each exchange a look with one another before they begin shooting at Kiyone.
"What's going on!?" Tenchi shouts over the gunfire. They don't seem to hear him as they continue shooting at one another. Tenchi's eyes widen as he hears Kiyone's scream, the next thing he knows is that she's on the road in front of her patrol car, clutching her left leg with her free hand. Tenchi runs over to help her, he reaches down to grab her but his hand passes right through her.
Kiyone sits up, raising her gun at Azaka and Kimedaki. Another shot is fired and Kiyone is struck in the shoulder. Kiyone falls back, the patrol car catching her fall, making her lean back against the car as she sits on the ground. Blood smears across the white patrol car and drips onto the road. Kiyone begins taking deep breaths, trying to will the pain away, her right hand tries to reach for her discarded gun but, before she can reach it, it's kicked out of her reach by Kimedaki. Azaka stands in front of her, his gun aimed at her head. A smirk slowly forms on Azaka's face, "Kiyone!" Tenchi shouts as he hears the gunshot.
Tenchi blinks in confusion as he looks around, finding himself in a different location. More precisely, his favorite spot, up on the cliff, overlooking the city. He isn't alone though, he glances to his right to see Ryoko standing next to him, looking up at the stars in fascination. "Want to know what I like best about this place?" Ryoko asks Tenchi, never taking her eyes off the sky. Tenchi remains silent, letting her continue. A small smile plays across Ryoko's lips, "You can see the stars, in the city you can't see them."
Tenchi finds himself asking her if she has to go, without even thinking it. Ryoko's gaze is taken off of the stars and into Tenchi's eyes. Tenchi's immediately entranced with her golden eyes, never before has he seen eyes like hers. The smile on Ryoko's face remains, though her eyes carrying a heavy look of sorrow. "It's not my choice. I have to go. Stay out of trouble, I won't be there to help you anymore." Ryoko's form begins to fade away, making Tenchi try to reach out to her. Tenchi finds himself passing through her form, he turns back and watches as she completely fades away, he yells out her name.
"Choose...." Tenchi hears someone speak. Tenchi looks around in confusion as the cliff and everything around him slowly fades away, bringing him back to the three paths. The left and right path disappear, leaving only the one in the middle. Tenchi gulps and walks down the path. Tenchi finds himself walking into what appears to be some sort of alter. Torches are lit around it. Three people are standing in front of Tenchi, the person in the middle is dressed in a black cloak, hiding there appearance, in their hands they hold a scythe. Tenchi begins to think that he's dead, finding what he believes as the grim reaper standing in front of him. On the person's left side, Ryoko stands, on their right, Ryoko stands. "Choose..." Tenchi hears a deep voice.
"Ch-choose what?" Tenchi asks, not understanding what's going on.
"Masaki... your life has been filled with many paths, many choices. This is another one. Which one of these two shall disappear from your life? You must choose one." The cloaked person holds up the scythe towards Kiyone's throat, "Will it be the lovely Officer Kiyone Makibi?" He pulls the scythe away and holds it up to Ryoko's throat, "Or shall it be your enchanting angel, Ryoko?"
"What do you mean by disappear?" Tenchi asks nervously.
"The one you choose shall be the one to disappear. The police officer shall be killed if you are to choose her, and Ryoko shall disappear back to where she came. You must choose, there's no way around it."
"What if I don't choose?" Tenchi asks.
"They'll both disappear, and you will die." The person's shoulders shake as they silently laugh.
"Tenchi!... Tenchi!" Tenchi looks around in confusion, hearing his name being called.
"Choose..." He hears again.
Tenchi shuts his eyes tightly, "I choose..."
"Tenchi! Wake up!"
Tenchi's eyes snap open to find a distressed Sasami hovering above him. Tenchi sits up and looks around in confusion, he rubs the sleep out of his eyes, 'What a strange dream, it almost seemed real.' Tenchi yawns and glances over to Sasami, "What is it Sasami?" Tenchi asks, wondering what got the little girl so upset.
Sasami bites her lips nervous and raises her hand, "What's this?" She asks hesitantly, referring to the plastic bag filled with white powder in her hand.
'I thought I hid that.' Tenchi thinks to himself. He hasn't told Sasami the things he does for money, finding it best not to tell her. He doesn't want her to get any ideas about following his example. "Uh..." Is the only thing Tenchi can say.
"You're selling drugs" Sasami states more then asks.
Tenchi runs a hand through his hair in thought. He holds out his hand, Sasami places the bag in his hand and silently waits for him to make some sort of reply. Tenchi stands up and heads towards the kitchen, Sasami silently follows him. He pushes the door open, waking Ryo-Oki up from under the kitchen table. Tenchi places the bag on the kitchen counter and turns around to see Sasami standing there. He doesn't say anything as he walks around her and heads towards the living room. Sasami continues to follow him, expecting an answer from him.
Ryo-Oki stands up from her spot on the floor. Curious as to what Tenchi put on the counter, Ryo-Oki begins finding a way up to the counter. She jumps up on one of the chairs and then jumps up to the kitchen table. Ryo-Oki walks to the edge of the kitchen table and looks across to the counter. Ryo-Oki's eyes look from the counter to the edge of the table, as if judging the distance between the two. Ryo-Oki takes a few steps back before making a mad dash to the edge of the table, she leaps into the air, landing on the kitchen counter on the other side.
Ryo-Oki glances around the counter, her eyes landing on the plastic bag. Curiously, Ryo-Oki walks towards the new object on the counter. She stops in front of it and sniffs at the plastic bag. She hits the plastic bag softly with a small paw, finding it rather soft. Ryo-Oki's head tilts to the side as if the creature is confused. Ryo-Oki walks behind the plastic bag and pushes it over the edge of the counter with her nose, the bag lands on the floor with a soft 'thump.' Ryo-Oki walks to the edge of the counter and glances down at the plastic bag filled with strange white stuff. In Ryo-Oki's mind, 'Another's new thing, is another new toy for her.' Ryo-Oki pounces off the counter, down at the plastic bag.
Tenchi sits silently on the couch as Sasami continues her long lecture of why it's wrong for doing the things he's doing. Her hands on her hips and her eyes holding on their tight glare, Sasami continues to lecture Tenchi. All the while Tenchi's wondering how someone so small and quiet can turn into someone so loud and frightening. After Sasami is finished her expression turns into that of a pleading look, "Please Tenchi, quit. I don't want something to happen to you, where would e and Ryo-Oki be without you?"
Tenchi frowns, "It's not that simple Sasami. If it were, I would of a long time ago." tenchi explains.
"What do you mean?" Sasami asks.
Tenchi holds his covers his face in his hands, "I'm in debt to those people. I have to pay them off somehow, and this is the only way I can. I've been doing this for years now and I still owe them a lot of money. Money that I don't have." Tenchi explains.
"But it's still wrong, and not only is it wrong, it's illegal. What if you're caught by the police? With you gone, I'll be forced to go back to the orphanage." Sasami says. on the brink of tears.
"When I finish paying them off, I won't do it anymore I promise." Tenchi says. He lifts his head up and opens his mouth to say more but is interrupted by the sound of knocking at his door. Tenchi stands up and walks over to his door, he opens it up to see Kiyone standing there. Kiyone is about to speak when Tenchi slams the door shut, his eyes wide in fear. Sasami watches curiously as Tenchi races towards the kitchen, ignoring the knocking at his door or the angry shouts of Kiyone. 'Got to hide it!' Is the only thing going through Tenchi's mind. He runs into the kitchen. Tenchi shouts in surprise, but clamps his hands over his mouth to stop them.
Hearing the his shout, Sasami quickly races towards the kitchen, "Tenchi, what's wro.... " Sasami stops short when she enters the kitchen. There, in the middle of the kitchen, stands Ryo-Oki, covered from head to toe with the insides of her new 'toy'. Underneath Ryo-Oki's feet is the plastic bag, torn to shreds, what was once inside the bag is now all over the kitchen floor. Sasami places her hands on her hips and scowls, "Bad Ryo-Oki."
Ryo-Oki just stands there innocently, her head tilted to the side as she gives out a soft, 'meow'. Tenchi's mouth continues to open and close as he tries to speak, but not able to find the words. Kiyone's persistent knocking finally registers in Tenchi's mind. His eyes widen in fear, "Kiyone is outside.... If she sees this I'll be thrown in jail."
The two just stand in the kitchen in silence as they try to find a way out of this situation. Sasami is the first on to act. She begins pushing Tenchi out of the kitchen and towards the door, "What are you doing Sasami?" Tenchi asks confused.
"Don't let her come in here. Distract her somehow while I clean this up." Sasami whispers, not wanting Kiyone to hear them. Sasami opens the door and shoves Tenchi out, making him bump into Kiyone, before a word is said, Sasami closes the door and locks it.
"Sorry." Tenchi says quickly, who he's apologizing to, Tenchi doesn't know. 'Distract her... easier said then done.' Tenchi thinks as he stares at the scowling Kiyone.
"Don't you know it's rude to slam the door in someone's face?" Kiyone asks angrily.
"Sorry." Tenchi apologizes.
"And then ignore the fact that they're knocking at your door."
"Sorry." Tenchi apologizes again.
"Stop apologizing!" Kiyone shouts in annoyance. Tenchi clamps his mouth shut before he apologizes again. Kiyone lets out a long breath, trying to fight off her frustration. "Why did you slam the door in my face?" Kiyone questions.
Tenchi glances around the area, trying to look at anything but Kiyone's eyes, "Is everything interrogation with you?" Tenchi asks.
"What's that suppose to mean?" Kiyone asks, the annoyance clear in her voice.
"Well... you always trying asking questions whenever you see me." Tenchi points out, finally locking his gaze with her.
"Well, what other reason would I have to be here?"
Tenchi scratches the back of his head, giving a nervous grin all the while, "Well... We could go do something..." Tenchi trails off not believing what he's saying.
The scowl on Kiyone's face disappears as the confusion sets in. She blinks a couple of times as she tries to figure out the meaning behind Tenchi's words. Kiyone raises an eyebrow. "Are you.... asking me out?" Kiyone asks surprised.
Kiyone isn't the only one surprised. Tenchi himself can't believe it. 'What am I getting myself into!? Ok... Sasami did say to distract her and this as good as any other way.' Tenchi laughs a bit embarrassed. "Uh... yea. I could use some breakfast... what about you?"
Kiyone was about to decline the offer when a thought crosses her mind, 'If I can get him to trust me more then he might start answering my question.' With that thought in mind, Kiyone gives a smile, "Sure, I'd love to." She replies before grabbing his arm and practically drag him towards her car.
Tenchi is even more shocked then before. He didn't actually think she would except his offer. He was expecting her to decline and then leave. Tenchi notices that Kiyone doesn't have her patrol car with her but different one. "Where's your car?" Tenchi asks curious as he climbs into the passenger seat.
Kiyone raises an eyebrow at him, "This is my car...Oh.. you mean my patrol car... "She says after realizing what he's asking. "I'm off duty today. I don't have it with me." She explains as she gets into the driver's seat. She starts the engine and pulls out onto the street, "How's the Jackson Cafe?" She asks.
"Uh... that sound good." Tenchi replies as he stares forward. He keeps giving Kiyone brief glances out of the corner of his eye. For some reason she looks different to him somehow. What's different, he isn't quite sure yet. After a minute of observation, Tenchi finally realizes what's different. 'She's not in uniform.' The only time he's seen her without her uniform was when he first met her. Every time after that she's been in uniform.
Tenchi turns his head to get a better look at her. His gaze travels up her blue jeans she's wearing to the white T-shirt she's wearing. His eyes stop at the orange headband around her forehead, then something catches his eyes. Tenchi's brows lower in question as he looks at Kiyone's right arm. It's hard to see, the short sleeves practically cover it, but he can see bandages wrapped around her shoulder.
Kiyone glances at Tenchi out of the corner of her eyes, noticing that he's starring at her, "Why are you starring at me?" Kiyone asks, feeling a bit self conscious.
Tenchi quickly reverts his gaze back forward, a blush threatening to form across his face. "No reason." Tenchi answers quickly. "Uh... what happened to your arm?" He asks curiously.
Kiyone's brows lower in anger, "A bullet grazed my shoulder." She replies a bit more coldly then she intended to. Tenchi remains silent, deciding it's better not to ask what happened to have someone shoot at her. His mind wanders to the strange dream he had about Azaka and Kimedaki killing her.
"Geesh, isn't she the ice queen?" A voice says, interrupting Tenchi's thoughts.
Tenchi brows lower in confusion before he turns back in his seat to see Ryoko lounging in the back seat of Kiyone's car. "Ryoko!?" Tenchi says surprised.
"Who's Ryoko?" Kiyone asks confused.
Tenchi quickly turns back in his seat, deciding to ignore Ryoko's laughter, "No one... I thought I saw someone.." Tenchi quickly lies.
"No one huh?" Ryoko says, feigning hurt. "Tenchi I'm hurt. You think of me as no one? well maybe I should just leave you with this cop."
"Please do.." Tenchi says as quickly as possible so Kiyone won't hear him.
"Please do what?" Kiyone asks not understanding what he's saying.
"Uh... please hurry up, I'm starving heh heh.." Tenchi chuckles nervously.
"Fine.. I'll just head back to the apartment then..." Ryoko says crossing her arms. Slowly a smirk plays across her face as a thought strikes her, "And remember Tenchi, always use protection." She says before floating out of the vehicle.
Tenchi's face turns bright red, "I'm not going to have sex with her!" Tenchi shouts back at Ryoko embarrassed.
Kiyone's face turns red but it quickly disappears, "Who the hell are you talking to!?" Tenchi face gets even redder as he turns back towards Kiyone; he scratches the back of his head and chuckles nervously. Kiyone shakes her head, dismissing Tenchi's odd behavior, as she stops her vehicle in front of the cafe.
"So it's ready?" Tsunami asks surprised, "I thought it was suppose to take at least two weeks."
"Well being a genius as I am." Washu begins, sounding bigheaded, "I was able to get it done sooner, a lot sooner in fact. Now are you sure you don't want me to give her anything?"
Tsunami shakes her head, "Think about who we're talking about here. She do more damage then anything else."
Washu laughs, "That's for sure. I can't wait to see the look on her face when she realizes what happened."
"She won't realize anything, remember? She won't remember anything. Since we rewrote her course in Fate, it will appear as if she never died. Although she won't remember anything, she will still fulfill her assignment." Tsunami explains.
Washu nods her head, "So I take it you'll be going through with this?"
Tsunami nods her head once, "Yes."
Washu grins as she cracks her knuckles before she begins typing away, "Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, hold onto your pants because this is going to be a bumpy ride!" The lights all around them begin to flicker, one red button on Washu's keyboard blinks. Washu's eyes widen in excitement before she presses the button, "That should do it!"
Ryoko stands watching the two as they eat and talk to one another. Yea... she did say she was going to go back to the apartment, which she fully intends on doing, once this little outing of Tenchi's is over with. Ok, so she's jealous. If you ask Ryoko why, she wouldn't be able to tell you. She doesn't even understand why she's jealous, it's not like she likes Tenchi or anything. Besides, even if she did, it could never work out, after all... she IS dead, and Tenchi IS living.
It's true he can see her and even touch her for some strange reason, so physical intimacy wouldn't be a problem if it ever went that far. It's just the facts, Tenchi's alive, she's not. Besides that, she could be brought back up at any time, whenever Tsunami feels that Tenchi doesn't need a guardian angel anymore.
Ryoko lets out a low angry growl as Tenchi and Kiyone continue with their conversation. Ok, despite all the facts, she still can't help herself. When she first saw Tenchi, she thought nothing of him. Then she got to learn more about him, he's kind and caring, although he's in the wrong type of people. He's also a rather determined and trustworthy person, of coarse, having a body that makes Ryoko practically droll over whenever Tenchi doesn't have a shirt on, could also be another reason. Not the biggest reason, but not the smallest reason either. 'If I watch this any longer I may end up doing something drastic.' Ryoko thinks to herself before deciding to head back to the apartment.
With Ryoko gone, no one is left watching Tenchi and Kiyone. No one except the two men in a black Cadillac across the street. Azaka and Kimedaki watch from their vehicle as Tenchi and Kiyone have their breakfast 'chat' "She's the cop from last night." Azaka says.
"It appears Masaki has some interesting friends.." Kimedaki replies as he takes out his cell phone. He dials up a number and waits for it to be answered, "Yes this is Kimedaki. The 'guest' we had last night is still alive. She's having breakfast with Masaki....yes....understood.." Kimedaki hangs up the phone. He glances over to Azaka and nods once. Azaka starts the engine before driving off.
Tenchi waves as Kiyone drives away. Once she's out of sight, Tenchi turns around and heads into the apartment, finding that Sasami unlocked once he left. He walks into the kitchen to see Sasami giving Ryo-Oki a bath in the sink. "Hello Sasami." Tenchi says suddenly, startling the little girl.
Sasami quickly turns around and smiles, "Hi Tenchi!" Ryo-Oki takes the moment of distraction to leap out of the water and jump to the floor before sprinting out of the kitchen for someplace to hide, leaving little wet footprints behind her.
Tenchi chuckles and glances around the clean floor, "Thanks for cleaning it up." Tenchi says.
"No problem." Sasami says cheerfully.
Tenchi glances around, trying to find out where she put it, "Where is it?" Tenchi asks.
Sasami gives a questioning look before pointing behind Tenchi. Tenchi turns around to see what she's pointing at. His face pales at the sight of a dirty bucketful of water and a mop. Evidently, Sasami really 'cleaned' it up, as in, mopped it all up. "That... was three thousand dollars worth of cocaine." Tenchi's eyes roll back in his head before he blacks out.
Kiyone sighs in frustration as she still wonders why she has to be called in her day off. She was planning on going home and sleeping the rest of the day away before her chief called and told her he needs to speak to her a.s.a.p. Kiyone pulls into the parking lot and begins heading up to the chief's office, ignoring the other police officers as she passes by them. She stops in front of the chief's office and knocks on it. She opens up the door and walks in, "Yes chief?" She says walking to his desk.
Halfway to the desk, Kiyone's hand is grabbed as someone begins shaking it vigorously, "You must be Kiyone! I heard so much about you!" The person says excitedly.
Kiyone looks from the person to the chief confused. The chief smile and says, "Officer Kiyone Makibi, I'd like you to meet your new partner."
"P-partner?" Kiyone says in disbelief.
"Uh-huh! I'm so excited to be working with you. By the way! My name is Mihoushi!" The excited blonde says quickly.
MWAHAHAHA!!!!! I got you all! I know I did! heeheehee. I know most off you thought I'd be bringing Ryoko to life but nope! Mihoushi is now alive and kicking! What mishaps will she cause for Kiyone? What assignment is Tsunami talking about? And what will Tenchi do now? How will he be able to explain what happened to Azaka and Kimedaki? Oh how I just LOVE messing with all of you! Don'tcha'll just love me? Leave a review y'all! TTNC!