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Chapter Five: A Day at the Beach
"Thanks for inviting us to breakfast Ayeka," Sakura smiled, pulling her waist length black hair with blue streaks into a messy bun.
"It was nothing. Just someone…" Ayeka suddenly went into a coughing fit that sounded strangely like she was saying Daisuke. "Wanted my cooking," she said, giving Daisuke a wry look. Tenchi just looked away, afraid of her turning her wrath on him. She was still somewhat mad at him for tricking her.
"Pig," Sakura muttered angrily, throwing death glares at him every once in a while.
"What did I do this time?" Daisuke whined, sensing Sakura's anger. Tenchi's eye twitched at the 'this' time, while Ayeka rolled her eyes at the familiar scene.
"Why do you insist on coming over here every morning… no scratch that… you always want to come here for every friggin' meal!" Sakura screamed, throwing her spoon at his head. "What is it?! Is my food not good enough for your taste… or is it me? Do you like Ayeka more than me?!" This time Sakura tossed her fork at his head.
"Of course not Sakura. You know I care for you and Ayeka just the same. I could never choose between you two," Daisuke said soothingly, somewhat climbing out of the grave he dug for himself. "But Ayeka's cooking is better…" Daisuke whispered. That mistake cost him as the grave got deeper.
"Y-y-you… you JERK!" Sakura finally found a word in which to describe him. Now she threw her butter knife at him.
"But Sakura, you asked for the truth!" Daisuke yelled, ducking just in time for the knife to fly over his head.
"You could've…" Sakura threw a cup now. "Insulted me in a better way!" Sakura screeched, chucking her plate at him.
"Sakura you're just too sensitive!" Daisuke exclaimed. Tenchi felt cold and shuddered, knowing Daisuke was dead.
"Sensitive? I'll show you sensitive!" Sakura yelled, advancing on him, her right eye twitching, with fit clenching tightly.
"Please stop Sakura," Ayeka finally intervened. "I don't want you to ruin anymore of my silverware." But Sakura didn't stop moving, so Ayeka moved in front of her and placed her hands on Sakura's shoulders to stop the advancing girl. "Sakura, look at me," Ayeka commanded softly. Sakura just shook her head. 'Sakura, please look at me," Ayeka's voice now held a pleading tone.
Slowly Sakura brought her head up, and Ayeka gasped in surprise. A wave of sadness, surprise, and anger took over her body. Sakura's eyes held in unshed tears, which was surprising, because Sakura never cried. She was a mixture between being a tomboy and girlie-girl. But her past allowed her to never cry.
"Sakura…" Ayeka whispered sadly, a feeling of hopelessness taking over her. She had no idea what she should do.
"It's not fair Ayeka…" Sakura finally murmured.
"What isn't…" Ayeka gently coaxed her into telling what was upsetting her so.
"Why… why…" Sakura started, but found that she couldn't finish. She just looked back at the ground.
"Why what Sakura?" Ayeka whispered, rubbing her back in a comforting way.
"Why do you get such a great room-mate who cares about you, and shows that he appreciates you while I get a jerk. I work so hard Ayeka, but I get on thank you… All I get is a can we go to Ayeka's house… or did you wash the laundry… I get no appreciation… nothing…" Sakura cried.
"Oh come on Sakura, does this have to do with the fact that Tenchi took Ayeka to Wonder Land and I didn't take you? God woman! If you want to go so bad I'll take you." Daisuke shouted, somewhat irritated.
Ayeka rolled her eyes at Daisuke's tack of how to make things better. She knew Sakura liked Daisuke. Sakura had told her herself that ever since the two were little Sakura liked him. She was just afraid that Daisuke might reject her.
"That makes me feel so much better!" Sakura spat, pushing herself away from Ayeka's embrace. Her once bright cheery green eyes now held a fire in them, which promised pain.
"Now what did I do wrong woman!" Daisuke shouted, throwing his arms into the air in frustration.
"You think that if you take me to the amusement park now I'll be all happy cheery?! Well guess again!" Sakura screamed. "I don't take pity and I certainly don't like borrowed ideas!"
"B-borrowed?" Daisuke stuttered, somewhat taken back. But the fire soon returned with a vengeance into his blue eyes. "If anything, Tenchi borrowed the idea form me!" Daisuke defended.
"Oh no you don't! You're not bringing me into this!" Tenchi proclaimed. "Besides, you never said you were going to take Sakura there! You just said a new amusement park opened… so I used that news and decided to take Ayeka and Sasami!" Tenchi yelled.
"Tch… and pigs can fly!" Daisuke shouted.
"I'm sure some where pigs can fly," Tenchi muttered. Because after meeting space pirates, princesses, scientists, police forces, when anything you never imagined possible, became real.
"Shut up Daisuke!" Sakura cut Daisuke off before he could speak.
"Look I know you're mad at me…" Daisuke started.
"No shit!" Sakura cut him off again.
"Don't talk to me like that!" Daisuke boomed.
"I'll talk to you however I want!" Sakura sounded like a banshee. Soon Daisuke, Sakura and Tenchi were engaged in a heated argument.
"Guys," Ayeka said softly, but they just ignored her. "Guys," Ayeka said again except louder. "Will you three shout up!" Ayeka shrieked, slamming a pot into the ground. The statement was more of a command rather then a question. Everyone's head turned in Ayeka's direction, amazed at her drastic measures to calm them. "Must you three bicker like five-year-olds? If you must act so childish then please take it outside!" Ayeka snapped, pointing out the door.
"Look… we're sorry Ayeka," Sakura said, ashamed that she acted such a way. The two males nodded their heads in agreement. "Guess that we were all just… angry."
"Yeah, but I never should have said any of that stuff to you Sakura," Daisuke mumbled. "So it's mostly my fault."
"No… I was making too much out of nothing…" Sakura said shyly.
"No… I do acknowledge what you do for the apartment…" Daisuke said, bowing his head so his rich brown hair covered his eyes. Then suddenly his head shot up with the brightest smile that day showing. "Hey guys, school starts in two days, and I just had the greatest idea!" He exclaimed.
"5 April, today Daisuke has had his first idea," Sakura mocked, pretending to write this in an imaginary notebook, trying to keep a serious exxpression. But she failed miserably as she fell to the floor laughing.
"Just because of that, I might not take you," Daisuke sneered. At the mention of a trip, Sakura immediately straightened up, pulling her hair from her face.
"Sorry," Sakura mumbled sheepishly.
"Don't sweat it Sakura, we still love you though you're a little dense in the head," Daisuke chuckled.
'Do not hit him… do not hit him… do not hit him… do not hit him…' The mantra kept going through Sakura's head as her eye twitched, and her hand kept clenching and unclenching from a fist.
"Now listen before you interrupt," Daisuke said a little warily, eyeing Sakura's seething form. "Since school is almost going to start, I say we go and have one more day of fun at the beach!" Daisuke exclaimed. But he lost his cheery expression as everyone gave him incredulous looks.
"Really, you had me going Daisuke," Tenchi said, shaking his head. Soon the three broke into laughter.
"Huh…" Daisuke looked between the three, confused as to what was so funny.
"Really Daisuke… it isn't even summer yet and you want to go swimming," Ayeka giggled.
"Man, and I thought you had an idea…" Sakura was in tears now, from all the laughing.
"Who cares if it's spring! My uncle called, and he said that it's burning down at the beach. He said we could use his beach house and stay the night! Besides, I'm doing this for Sakura!" Daisuke shouted over their laughter. Everyone stopped immediately, and stared wide-eyed at him. 'I mean I'm doing this for all of us… we won't get another chance to party like this after school starts," Daisuke tried to cover up.
"Well, since you put it that way I'm in," Sakura said, inwardly smirking at the slip. 'Maybe he does care for me.' Sakura thought happily.
"Great and you Tenchi, Aya," Daisuke nodded at them.
"I don't know… maybe…" Tenchi mused. "What do you think Ayeka?" Tenchi asked, bringing his attention to her.
"No," Ayeka said bluntly.
"You're not even going to think about it?" Tenchi and Daisuke asked in unison.
"What is there to think about? I don't want to," Ayeka simply replied, crossing her arms.
"Come on Ayeka, it'll be fun," Sakura said in a pleading tone. "You can't leave me alone with these two… someone is going to have to help me control these hormone driven buffoons!"
"Oi!" Tenchi exclaimed indignantly.
"It's true," Sakura snapped.
"I have a girlfriend!" Tenchi shouted, stepping up to her.
"More like a…" And Sakura began coughing slut.
"Take that back," Tenchi growled, clenching a fist.
"Make me," Sakura sneered.
"Guys… stop it," Ayeka pleaded, stepping between the two.
"I will," Tenchi stepped closer to Ayeka, completely ignoring her comment.
"What will it take to make you two stop this?" Ayeka asked in a pleading tone.
"…Um…" The two said intelligently. Then Tenchi got an evil grin on his face.
"Heh heh… you have to go to the beach with us," Tenchi laughed, grinning like a mad man.
"Since when were you going?" Ayeka asked, arching a brow.
"But I'm not…" Ayeka began, but stopped when Tenchi and Sakura began to go back to a fighting position. "Fine I'll go!" Ayeka shouted in defeat.
Ayeka groaned at the memory of why she was now trapped on a train, stuck between Tenchi and Sakura. As soon as everyone was agreed that they would be going, they all packed their necessary items, and here they were on a train for Tatami.
'Great.' Ayeka thought, staring mindlessly out the window. She was squished, but couldn't do much on moving around because this was the morning rush hour; which equals no free seats. 'I'll make him pay…' Ayeka thought, glaring at Tenchi's laughing form.
"Tatami… Tatami… We are now arriving in Tatami!" A monotone voice said through the speaker-box. "Please stay seated until the train has come to a complete stop… thank you," And soon the train was filled with the excited chatter of tourists.
The train slowed, and soon came to a complete stop. As the doors opened, everyone stood, except Ayeka. She slumped lower into her seat, trying to become invisible.
"Come on Ayeka, we're here," Tenchi commented, offering a hand to her.
"Why'd you have to remember I was here," Ayeka groaned, taking the hand.
"Because, if you don't come, then I'd be stuck with a day of that," Tenchi explained, jabbing his thumb over his shoulder.
Ayeka looked over to see Daisuke and Sakura fighting. She began to sweat drop at the scene.
"Doesn't that look familiar?" Tenchi whispered in her ear, which sent shivers down Ayeka's spine.
"I have no idea what you're speaking of," Ayeka scoffed, adjusting the strap of the bag on her shoulder. She moved around Tenchi and walked on to the platform. "Are you coming, or staying on the train?" Ayeka called.
"Huh…" Tenchi shook his head, and realized they all left him. He picked up his bag and hurried after them.
The four friends climbed out of the taxi and onto the sand beach. They looked around before they spotted the houses located all along the shoreline.
"C'mon it's this way," Daisuke said, gesturing them to following him. The other three exchanged quick glances before nodding their head in agreement.
They made their way along the beach until Daisuke stopped in front of a huge beach house. Everyone's jaw dropped in amazement.
"Dude, Daisuke, who knew you were so loaded," Tenchi commented, being the first to regain his composure. Daisuke just smirked.
"Tch… it's his Uncle that's the one that's loaded, not Daisuke," Sakura explained, wiping the smirk off Daisuke's face.
"Well… let's just get settled in," Ayeka said, stepping forward. She hoped that an argument wouldn't start.
"You're right," Tenchi said, catching on with what Ayeka was trying to get at.
The two climbed the steps to the porch of the old Victorian style house. There was a balcony on the second floor and the house was a beautiful sky blue that complimented well with the sand and ocean.
"Here let me get the door," Daisuke said, climbing up after them. He pulled out a key and unlocked the ground doors that led into the main hallway.
"I get the same room as always!" Sakura exclaimed, rushing p the stairs bag flying behind her.
"Hey, that's not fair Sakura!" Daisuke shouted, chasing after her.
"Is it me or does it seem like they've been here before…" Ayeka commented, dropping her bag onto the floor.
"Uh-huh…" Tenchi began rubbing the back of his neck. Then he took a glance at the stairs then Ayeka out of the corner of his eye. He got a mischievous grin on his face as an idea came. "Race you up the stairs!" Tenchi called, rushing up.
"Wha…" Ayeka broke out of her reverie to see Tenchi half way up the stairs. "No fair! You got a head start!" Ayeka shouted, gathering her own bag and began making her way up.
"Hurry up!" Daisuke shouted up the stairs.
After everyone had settled into their respectable rooms, they all agreed to go to the beach. Boys being boys, didn't care about appearances, and were ready within minutes. They stood at the bottom of the stairs clad in swim trunks, Daisuke's a dark navy blue and Tenchi's black, with towels draped over their shoulders, and Daisuke holding a beach volleyball.
"Daisuke just shut up! You nagging is not helping!" Sakura's voice called down the stairs.
"No I will not shut up, and I don't care if my 'nagging' is bugging you! Now hurry up!" Daisuke shouted up again.
"Fine! We're coming daddy!" Sakura shouted sarcastically.
Suddenly they heard the noise of a door slamming into a wall, and winced. There was sound of lots of movements. When the tow looked up, their jaws dropped. At the top of the stairs stood Sakura and Ayeka clad in bikinis.
Sakura made her way down first; her hair tied in a messy bun that had hair going in every direction, with two tendrils of blue colored hair framing her face. Her forest green bikini was both revealing and non-revealing at the same time. Her bright green flip-flops giving the suit a perfect touch. The whole outfit itself looked very good on her, bringing her eyes out perfectly.
Ayeka climbed after Sakura went. Her suit wasn't very revealing but it still showed her body off very well. The top was tied around her neck, while the bottom was short, but not too short. The lavender of the suit, and dark violet flip-flops complimented well with her hair, which had clips in it to try and keep the short hair out of her face and bright happy eyes.
"So we gong?" Sakura questioned, waving a hand in front of the drooling boys' faces.
"Ye-yeah," Daisuke was the first to recover. "Didn't really have to take you that long to get ready did it?" He tried to feign anger.
"Yeah, I mean our goal was to get guys to drool over us, and it worked," Sakura commented, winking at him.
"Tch… like I would drool over you two," Daisuke scoffed, walking out the door.
"What's that suppose to mean?!" Sakura shouted. She grabbed her beach bag and hurried after him.
"Aren't you coming Tenchi?" Ayeka asked curiously, holding a beach bag and picnic basket in her arms.
"Yeah…" Tenchi said, recovering finally from the shock. He looked to see everyone gone and Ayeka at the door. "Let's go," Tenchi said walking. Ayeka just smiled sweetly, closing the door.
"Ha… that was… ha ha… fun!" Sakura exclaimed, plopping herself down on her beach blanket. "We… ha… so kicked the… guy's butt!"
"Yes, I guess you could say that," Ayeka giggled, lying down herself. The girls were laughing at the big defeat the guys head in the volleyball game. Guess Daisuke forgot that Sakura was captain of the volleyball team.
The girls stopped laughing as two shadows loomed over them. Sakura covered her eyes somewhat to see who were standing over them.
"Hey girls, join us in the water," Daisuke said, bending down to Sakura's line of vision.
"Sure," Sakura said happily. She stood up and wiped the sand off herself. "You coming Ayeka?" Sakura turned to Ayeka's tanning form.
"I don't think so," Ayeka murmured, closing her eyes.
"Come on, it'll be fun Ayeka," Daisuke whined.
"Yeah Ayeka, we could dunk the two numb-skulls until they drown!" Sakura exclaimed.
"Hey!" Daisuke exclaimed indignantly, but Sakura ignored him.
"As fun as that sounds I don't want to," Ayeka responded.
"Come on Aye…" Sakura began again, but Tenchi stopped her.
"No just let her rest…" Tenchi commented, showing no emotions. When Sakura turned to him to protest, she stopped herself, becoming confused at the evil glint in Tenchi's eyes.
"Thank you Tenchi," Ayeka murmured.
"Yes, just let her rest…" Tenchi spoke, and with each word he took a step closer to Ayeka. "In the water!" He shouted, as he lifted Ayeka and slung her over his shoulder. Tenchi ran to the water with Ayeka yelling and pounding on his back. When Tenchi was knee deep in water, he flung Ayeka off his shoulder and threw her into the water.
"TENCHI!" Ayeka shrieked as she hit the water. When she resurfaced, gasping for air, the only thing on her mind was revenge.
Her eyes swept across the water surface to fin the evil boy, but she found no sign of him. This only made her nervous as to his where abouts. She felt something brush against her thigh, and screamed as she was puled under.
When she resurfaced, she glared at Tenchi's laughing form.
"That was not funny," Ayeka spat, spitting water out of her mouth.
"No, you're right Ayeka. That wasn't funny… it was hilarious!" Tenchi was laughing harder. But Ayeka pushing his head under water soon silenced his laughter.
"Now that's funny!" Ayeka started giggling. But she took on a worried expression when Tenchi's head rose out of the water, and he didn't look too happy. "Heh heh… now Tenchi… this isn't my fault… you started it," Ayeka weakly reasoned.
"Ayeka…" Tenchi started moving towards her.
"Um… yes Tenchi," Ayeka whispered, moving backwards.
"Swim!" He shouted as he lunged forward with out stretched arms. Ayeka barely missed his hands and she dove under and began swimming away.
Tenchi himself dove under too and swam in the direction he last spotted Ayeka. He saw a black blur under the water and swam towards it. He smirked as he saw a pair of legs kicking in the water. He thought it was Ayeka as he grabbed the ankle of one leg and pulled.
Sakura screamed as she felt herself being pulled under. She grabbed Daisuke's hair and dragged him under with her. Soon three teens emerged from the water, spitting water.
"You!" Sakura screamed, glaring at Tenchi.
"Man Sakura, did you have to pull so hard?" Daisuke asked, rubbing a sore spot on his head that at one time had been held by Sakura's death grip.
"Well sorry," Sakura spat at him. "It's not my fault that I was scared to death when something pulled me under."
"You're right… it's all Tenchi's!" Daisuke blames, pointing a finger at the boy whom at the moment was trying to portray innocence.
"Get him!" The two shouted, tackling Tenchi, making him go back under. The three emerged soon to the sound of laughing.
"That was… ha ha ha… so… ha ha… funny!" Ayeka exclaimed, covering her mouth to try and stop the laughing.
"It was all Ayeka's fault. If she had just willingly gone into the water, none of this would have happened!" Tenchi pointed out. The three turned glares at her and began advancing on the now scared girl.
"Now, now guys… don't do something you might regret," Ayeka laughed nervously. When she saw that they wouldn't be stopping, she screamed and swam away with Tenchi, Sakura, and Daisuke right behind.
Tenchi, Ayeka, Sakura, and Daisuke were eating the lunch Ayeka packed, still dripping water off their bodies. They had spent most of the afternoon in a water fight, where everyone was either against Tenchi or Ayeka.
"I must admit Daisuke, I know I said that this would be boring. But contrary to what I said, this was fun," Ayeka laughed.
"Yeah, this was great, we should do this again!" Sakura exclaimed, with Daisuke nodding his head in agreement.
"Yup, this was a fun day at the beach!" Tenchi laughed. "Can't…" Tenchi began, but stopped when he thought he heard his name. "Did someone call me?" Tenchi asked. The other three gave him confused looks.
"TENCHI!" Tenchi heard it again, but now he knew it was coming from behind him. "TENCHI!" Tenchi turned around and his eyes widened in horror and surprise.
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A/N: From this moment on, all of my fics will be suspended until further notice. For I shall be spending all of my time on the following: The Heart's Solemn Vow, A Journey Through the Mind, Beautiful Soul, Change of Heart, and Nightingale's Voice. So all fics that were not listed will not be updated until these are finished. Sorry to inconvenience anyone. Thanks for all the reviews from all my stories! Sayonara for now! Oh, and someone please tell me what Author Alert list is…. Or some similar name like that. I keep seeing more and more people add me to it, and sadly I have no clue what it is, so I would really appreciate it if someone told me. Sayonara for real this time!
