Disclaimer: I don't own Tenchi...I'm just a teenage girl writing crappie fanfic. that includes him and his buddies.
The Look In Her Beautiful Eyes
By: Spookukitty
A/N: Hello again! Before I say anything more...I'm sorry chapter 4 wasn't what everyone wanted, but come on people, it has an effect on this chapter. And to clear the confusion, this is not an Ay/Ten/Ry story. It is a Tenchi/Ryoko story, it's just not there yet. In fact, the beginning of this chapter may upset the Ryoko/ Tenchi pairing fans, but don't freak out and stop reading! Everything falls into place eventually. If you have any other questions about my story please feel free to e-mail me at: I love answering questions! If this chapter seems to be badly written, it is because I have another damn summer cold (sigh). I may be too 'out of it' to catch any mistakes, so please don't throw things at me. Ah yes, for the beginning of this chapter I wrote A LOT about Ryoko's locket...but it's sweet. A nice waffy Ryoko and Tenchi moment. Oh yeah, Ryoko's weeks away may not be as 'horrible' as the previous chapters seemed to make them, but I'm trying to make everything as powerful as I can. And I thought this story would only be two or three chapters long...oh well, anyway, on to chapter 5! Wooo!
Chapter 5: You Were Always There For Me, My Tenchi...
The next morning
Tenchi woke up suddenly in his dark room. He rolled over and looked at his clock. It was only 5:36.
He turned onto his back and closed his eyes. "Sleeeeep..."
He tried to go back to sleep, but he just couldn't. He started thinking about the day before. He had spent all that time with Ayeka...and he enjoyed it. The more he thought about it, the more he started to think about Ayeka.
"She was so happy...being with me." he whispered. "It wouldn't hurt to spend more time with her..."
He thought about what he had said.
"...But what about Ryoko?"
Meanwhile, downstairs
Ryoko sat in front of the sliding glass door in the empty living room. She had woken up earlier than usual to finish all her dusting before anyone else was awake. She wanted a quiet time to be by herself.
She looked out the glass door, but saw something shiny reflecting back at her. She touched the shiny reflection on the window and smiled. She moved her hand from the glass to the front of her pink kimono. Snuggling in the pink fabric that crossed over her chest, was the golden locket Tenchi had given her the day before. She cupped it in her hands and looked at it adoringly. The locket was oval and was about an inch long, so it covered a great amount of her palm. Though the antique locket was a bit dirty, the engravings on the front could still be seen. Around the oval face of the locket, along the edge, were the words "A precious memory I keep over my heart" written in cursive English. In the center of the locket was a fancy, cursive letter R.
"R for Ryoko." she giggled to herself.
She pulled a little handkerchief out of her sleeve and gently cleaned her golden trinket. After a few minutes, it was clean. Other than having a few little scuffs, it looked and shined like new.
"I haven't tried opening it yet..." she thought as she turned it over in her hand.
She gripped the locket with her fingers and put her thumbnails into the tiny crack along the side. Ryoko pulled at the two parts of the locket gently. It wouldn't open. She dug her thumbnails in deeper and pulled a little harder. It still refused to open.
"Hmm... you are indeed my toughest opponent yet." she smiled as she pulled a little harder at the locket.
Just then, Tenchi came down the stairs to get an early morning drink from the kitchen. He noticed Ryoko and her strange behavior and went over to her. He sat on the floor in front of her and watched her cup her hands around her necklace. She looked at him with sad eyes as she showed him.
"It won't open Tenchi..." She looked crushed.
Tenchi tried his luck at opening the locket. He too, failed.
"Hmm. Let me try something different." Tenchi said as he got up. He went into the kitchen and came out with a glass of orange juice and a small knife. He gulped down some of the juice and sat back down in front of Ryoko.
Ryoko looked at the knife and tightly clutched her necklace to her chest.
"What are you going to do!"
"Relax. I'm not going to break it. I'm just going to see if I can pry it open." He smiled at Ryoko and held out his empty hand.
Ryoko slipped the locket off over her head and put it in Tenchi's hand.
"All right you sly little devil..." he smiled and held up the knife dramatically, "now we're going to show you who's boss."
Ryoko couldn't help but giggle. She watched Tenchi as he slid the tip and part of the sharp slide of the knife into the tiny crack. He gently pushed the knife handle to the side. Nothing happened. He worked the tip of the knife in a little farther and pushed again. Tenchi pried a little harder until he heard a small click. Ryoko's eyes lit up as Tenchi handed her necklace back.
"It was just being stubborn." he said with a smile as he put down the knife.
Ryoko was now able to open the golden locket very easily. She gazed at herself through a tiny mirror, that was clouded by age, in the left side of the locket. In the right side was an old, black and white picture of a small Japanese boy. The picture looked like it was taken in the early 1900's or possibly earlier than that. Tenchi scooted closer to Ryoko to get a better view. The little boy, that looked like he was about six or seven, had a big smile and his eyes were filled with happiness. His short, black hair was combed and parted neatly over to the right. He was wearing a white, short sleeved dress-shirt with a slightly gray colored sweater-vest over it. He was also wearing a cute, dark colored bow-tie. He had on dark colored shorts and socks, and very shiny black shoes. He was sitting sideways on a small wooden chair; his left arm on top of the back of the chair.
Ryoko and Tenchi smiled at the precious little boy. Tenchi took the necklace in his hand. "Whoever use to own this old locket must have really loved that little boy." he said.
"Yeah. He kind of reminds me of you, Tenchi." Ryoko smiled at him and giggled. Tenchi blushed and smiled too. Ryoko closed the shimmering necklace and let it tuck itself back into her pink kimono. "Thank you for fixing it Tenchi. This little thing is a really nice gift."
"Ah, you're welcome Ryoko. Ayeka and I were walking through all the things at the old market yesterday. I saw it on a table covered with other old jewelry and I knew you would like it."
Tenchi moved over and put his back against the glass door. Ryoko shifted herself on her floor pillow to face him. She smiled at him.
"Did you two have fun yesterday?"
Tenchi didn't know what he should say at first. He sat very still while he thought about it. He and Ayeka had a wonderful day together and they enjoyed getting to know each other. Should he tell the truth? ...That he felt that he was starting to go in Ayeka's direction.
He then remembered what Ayeka said about Ryoko and herself not being jealous of each other anymore. Yet, he would just say the day was great.
"Yeah. We had a lot of fun in town yesterday." He still wasn't sure if Ryoko would snap if he said anything more (she was Ryoko after all), so he forced his panic behind a smile. Ryoko returned an even bigger smile.
"I'm glad. It is good that you spent time with Ayeka. She was so happy when you two came back. She told me that she had gotten to know you better...and that she loves you even more now." she smiled slyly.
Tenchi blushed wildly and stared at his feet as she leaned in towards him.
"She told you that?" He stared at Ryoko with slight amazement. Ryoko's smile disappeared for a moment. After a while, a shy smile formed.
"Ayeka and I have always loved you Tenchi." Ryoko's eyes were flooded with a look of pure fondness.
"Ryoko..."
Ryoko could read the look in his eyes. She could tell Tenchi had started to see Ayeka in a more powerful light than he saw herself.
"Don't worry Tenchi. If you have feelings for Ayeka, go to her. I will not feel any different about you than I always have." She put a hand on his shoulder and stood up.
"Wait Ryoko." He stood up to. "I'm not sure if I have feelings for Ayeka yet. I do feel closer to her, but I don't know if one day together really means anything."
Ryoko only looked at him with her look of fondness. She then turned and walk towards the stairs. "Sometimes, feelings can come upon you quickly. Don't worry about what you think Tenchi. This may sound stupid, but...follow your heart. Go to her." she put her hands around her golden locket and walked up the stairs.
As Ryoko reached her bedroom door, Ayeka came out from her room across the hall. Ryoko didn't see her, but Ayeka could see tears rolling down Ryoko's cheeks.
Ryoko slid her door closed and sat in the corner by her window. She closed the curtains and quietly sobbed into her hands. She just did the hardest thing she had ever had to do in her life. She gave up her chances of ever being with Tenchi. The worse thing about it was, she didn't know why. Sure Ayeka was her best friend and she had that promise, but she loved Tenchi more than anything.
"Tenchi, you are more precious to me than a silly promise, and yet, I chose the promise instead of being with you..." she sobbed even harder, but tried not to be loud. "Without you, I'm all alone."
On the other side of the door, Ayeka stood frozen with her ear against the door.
"Ryoko? What is she talking about?" Ayeka thought as she stood there. She figured it would be best to leave Ryoko to let out her sadness and walked down the stairs.
Ayeka forgot about Ryoko when she saw Tenchi in the kitchen.
"Good morning, Miss Ayeka." he smiled.
"Good morning, Lord Tenchi. You needed an early morning drink as well?"
"Yeah, and I helped Ryoko open the locket I gave her yesterday."
"Ah yes, the one from the market. I had a lot of fun yesterday Lord Tenchi."
Tenchi nodded. "Me too. I really enjoyed being with you Miss Ayeka."
Just then, Tenchi remembered what Ryoko had said. He figured he would tell Ayeka his sudden feelings about her. He had thought about it very hard in the short time he was alone.
"Miss Ayeka, I have something I want to tell you." he looked at his feet for a moment before looking Ayeka in the eyes. Ayeka walked a bit closer to him.
"...Yes?" she could feel the moment coming.
"I know it's very sudden...but I've been thinking about it since our day together. Yesterday might not have been the most romantic day, but I think...I think I'm starting to fall in love with you."
They both stood still and silent for a long time. Ayeka let a tear fall from her eye.
"Oh, Lord Tenchi. I have felt love for you for a long time. I always hoped that we could someday be together." she took his hand in hers.
"Ryoko gave me the courage to tell you how I felt." he smiled a little. "She was very insistent that I tell you my feelings."
Ayeka then thought about Ryoko. Only minutes ago, she heard Ryoko crying over Tenchi. It was now, that she realized why she was crying.
"Tenchi, you are more precious to me than a silly promise, and yet, I chose the promise instead of being with you... Without you, I'm all alone." echoed in Ayeka's ears.
Ayeka stepped away from Tenchi with her head down. "Oh Ryoko. You kept your word about letting Tenchi pick his girl, you even helped him find his courage, but why? Would you have done so if you were your old self as well?
"Miss Ayeka? What's wrong?"
"Oh Lord Tenchi! I do not deserve you!" she cried.
"What do you mean?" Tenchi was confused at Ayeka's sudden change of heart.
"As I said, Lord Tenchi, I do not deserve to have you."
"Why? What's wrong?"
"I heard Ryoko crying up in her room before I came downstairs. I heard her say that you are the most precious thing to her...yet she gave you to me. Perhaps she loves you more than I love you by doing that. "
"Why do you feel you don't deserve to have me? Ryoko told me to tell you. I told you my feelings and suddenly you are pushing me away. Why?"
Ayeka spoke calmly and very serious. "I am a crowned princess of Jurai. I am rich and have a big, wonderful family. I have everything I could possibly ever want. Unless you count Washu, Ryoko has nothing. The only thing she has ever wanted, is you Tenchi. Without you, she has nothing else in the universe." Ayeka stood up and looked very seriously at Tenchi. "Lord Tenchi, you need to go to Ryoko! She NEEDS you!"
Tenchi was hit with the sudden realization that Ayeka was right.
"I understand, Miss Ayeka. Since Ryoko came back, I was unsure how I could help her. I had feelings for her for a long time, even before she left, but I put them aside when I found out that I also had feelings for you. ...You are a very dear friend to do this for Ryoko." he took Ayeka's hands in his.
"But I'm also the one who made her leave in the first place. I still feel horrible about that. I can't have you after I did that to Ryoko."
"Ryoko claims to be a better person now. Don't worry about that, Miss Ayeka."
Silence.
"Go. Ryoko is having a horrible morning. She needs to be loved. She needs to feel YOUR love, Lord Tenchi." Ayeka pulled her hands away.
"Thank you for being a caring friend, Miss Ayeka." Tenchi bowed to her and went upstairs. Ayeka felt relieved and happy, even though she gave up the love of her life. She felt good that she did the right thing.
Tenchi stood a few steps away from Ryoko's bedroom door thinking about everything that just happened. After everything that Ayeka had said, he was sure he could be just friends with Ayeka and love Ryoko. Ryoko needed him and he did like her after all. He walked over and gently knocked on the door and called Ryoko's name. When there was no answer, he slowly went inside.
The room was very dark since the curtains were closed. Tenchi let his eyes adjust for a minute and couldn't find Ryoko at first. He tip-toed farther into the room and soon found Ryoko seated in the corner. She was leaning against the wall, fast asleep.
"Poor girl." he thought as he wiped off her tear-streaked face with his hands.
Tenchi gently picked Ryoko up and slowly carried her to his room. He placed her in his bed and smiled as he covered her up. After gazing at her a while longer, he left the room.
About 4 hours later
After waking up in Tenchi's bed, Ryoko slowly walked downstairs. She was a bit confused, since she remembered being in her own room before she fell asleep.
Ayeka and Sasami were at the dining table, they turned to look at Ryoko.
"Sasami dear, I need to be alone with Ryoko." Ayeka whispered to her sister. Sasami nodded and retreated to the kitchen.
Ayeka motion for Ryoko to sit next to her.
"Good morning Ryoko. Are you all right?" Ayeka asked.
"What happened? Where is Tenchi? When did he come to my room?" She fumbled her locket in her hands.
"Tenchi is at school. Today is Monday after all."
"Oh...right. Did Tenchi say anything to you this morning, Ayeka?"
"Yes. He did." she said slowly. "But I told him 'no'."
"...Why? I thought you loved Tenchi." Ryoko was even more confused now.
"We both love Lord Tenchi, but only one of us needs his love in return, Ryoko."
"Needs?"
Ayeka took a deep breathe and explained everything that happened after Ryoko had talked to Tenchi that morning. Near the end, Ryoko was in tears (though not sad ones).
"You need Tenchi, Ryoko. You said herself that without him, you are all alone." she wiped away Ryoko's tears and smiled. "It is true that I love him, but I refuse to take Lord Tenchi from the one who loves him more than I. Tenchi was going to talk to you again this morning, but you had fallen asleep."
Ryoko fell into Ayeka's arms and cried. Through her hard sobs, Ryoko continued to say, "thank you" to her dear friend.
Later that day, Tenchi's school
About a half hour before Tenchi would be out of school, Ryoko had changing into a fresh kimono and took Ryo-ohki on her shoulder. After her talk with Ayeka earlier that day, she wanted to see Tenchi as soon as she could. Ryoko eagerly waited outside the gate to Tenchi's school as the bell finally rang.
Students poured out of the building and Ryoko watched them as they walked passed her. Ryoko could hear some girls whispering rudely to each other about her as they went by, but she just smiled warmly at them. She didn't care. She was going to see Tenchi and nothing would ruin that.
As the horde of students disappeared, she looked around the fence to see if Tenchi was coming. For a long time, she didn't see him. She looked at Ryo-ohki with sad eyes.
"He's not coming..." she held back her tears. Ryo-ohki tried to make her feel better by cuddling against her cheek and meowing quietly. She leaned against the fence, petting her.
Just then, Tenchi walked by. He was staring at his feet and had a very serious look on his face. Ryoko's eyes lit up and she quietly followed behind him. She could hear him muttering to himself and suddenly heard her own name. She sneaked closer behind him and listened. Ryo-ohki jumped to the ground and followed behind them.
Tenchi continued to speak out loud, completely unaware that Ryoko was behind him. He was obviously thinking about what he was going to say the Ryoko when he got home.
"Ryoko, I..." he stopped his sentence. "Ryoko, I had a talk with Ayeka...and I decided that I..." he stopped again. "I thought about it all day...and I realized that Ayeka was right. She said that you need me and I want to be there for you." he paused and then smiled to himself. "Before you left, you use to float around my room at night and talk to me when you thought I was asleep. You would tell me everything you couldn't tell me when I was awake, for whatever reason...and it always made me want to smile." he stopped again, smiling.
Ryoko smiled and blushed at Tenchi's rambling. "So you knew about that. I loved to watch you sleep." she thought. She listened in on more of Tenchi conversation.
"After I talked to Ayeka today, I realized my sudden feelings for her were not as 'real' as the feelings I felt for you back then. I've decided to just stay friends with Ayeka. At first, I was crushed when Ayeka told me she wouldn't return my feelings, but she helped me see how much you meant to me. I still have those feelings I had for you way back then and I want you to know...that I love you, Ryoko. I want to be there for you...and you only." He smiled and looked up at the sky.
Ryoko shed a tear of happiness. She wiped it away and finally spoke to Tenchi. "You were always there for me, my Tenchi..." she smiled as Tenchi whirled around to face her.
"Ryoko!"
"I was waiting for you by the school gate. You walked by and were in deep conversation..." she quieted as Tenchi took her hands in his.
"I meant every word of what I said, Ryoko. I know it's sudden, but I seem to be having sudden feelings a lot now days. Still, I'm sure the feeling I have for you is love.
"I believe you, Tenchi." she put her head on his shoulder and hugged him.
"Ryoko..." Tenchi smiled and returned Ryoko's hug.
"I love you too, Tenchi."
Several days later
Ryoko awoke suddenly in her bed. A familiar sound was coming from outside; the sound of rain. Ryoko poked her head through the curtains. She wasn't afraid anymore, but she still felt slightly uneasy.
"You always find me, don't you." she whispered to the raindrops on her window.
She slumped against the wall beneath the window and reached into the front of her nightdress for her locket. She smiled at her precious trinket and opened it. A cute little boy looked back at her from inside it. Ryoko gazed at the boy, her emotions boiled inside her. She gritted her teeth and started to cry.
Tenchi just happened to be walking back to his room from the bathroom, when he heard Ryoko's painful sobs. He knocked on her door and entered.
"Ryoko? What is the matter?" he asked sweetly. He kneeled down at her right side and put a hand on her shoulder.
She continued to cry. She flung her arms around his middle and cried into his chest. Tenchi stroked her hair and back to comfort her. For a long time, they stayed that way. She then threw her hand in the air with her locket clutched tightly in her fist, yelling franticly.
"Tenchi! Tenchiiiiiiii! I'm a horrible person! Why did I do it! Why do the memories haunt me like this?" her crying died down and she quietly whimpered into Tenchi's chest.
Tenchi didn't know what Ryoko was talking about. She was eying the picture in her locket like she was seeing the most horrible thing imaginable. Tenchi gently laid Ryoko down on her bed and took her necklace off.
Tenchi had just given the locket to Ryoko, so how did it suddenly bring up some deep memory of hers? There was no way she knew the boy in the picture, so why was she so afraid of him?
He laid at her side and continued to comfort her. After she was calmed down, she spoke again.
"The rain. It found me then, too." she took the locket in her hand. "That day... I wish I could take it back."
Tenchi whispered to her as she gazed at the boy's picture again.
"Ryoko. What happened when you left us?" he locked his eyes with hers. "I need to know what happened to make you change." he ran his fingers slowly through her hair.
She sat up slowly and looked down at the floor. "I wasn't the same space pirate I was before. When I went back to that lifestyle, I wasn't able to do the things I had done before I spent time here on earth."
"What do you mean? You didn't go back to Kaga- I mean...that guy, did you?" Tenchi sat up and tried to stay calm.
"No, Tenchi. I did not go back to Kagato." She calmly stated to Tenchi. "I would never go back to him in a million lifetimes. When Ayeka told me to go back were I came from that day, I just went back around Jurai."
"Sorry, Washu told me about him. ...Why did you go away? Why didn't you just yell and fight with Ayeka like you had always done?"
"I always felt like I didn't belong. Everyone else in this house seemed so normal compared to me. When Ayeka told me to go, I went to the only place I remember belonging. A place where everyone was just like me, a space pirate."
(A/N: This is where I start my own part to 'Ryoko's Past'...dun dun duuun.)
Tenchi had never thought Ryoko was any different from the other girls in the house. They were all pretty, young women to him. He could see what she meant, though. Not many of the girls could fly, shoot things out of their hands, or phase though solid objects like Ryoko could.
Ryoko stood up, walked over to the window, and looked outside. "I had thought about leaving to go back to being a space pirate many times, but my fight with Ayeka is what finally made up my mind. I went to an old space pirate hideout I use to stay at after I left that bastard, Kagato. I hadn't been there in a long time."
"Obviously...you were in that cave for all those years." added Tenchi.
"Yes, but the secret gathering places of space pirates never change, so it was still there. It is basically a deserted moon off of Jurai. It's very small, not well known, but is a perfect place to lay low. In those three weeks I managed to gain the trust of the other space pirates and was able to join their little gang."
"Then why were you hurt so badly when you came back? And what are you so mad and frightened of?" he pointed at the golden locket still in Ryoko's hand. The memory of an injured Ryoko falling into his arms made his emotions flair.
Ryoko's eyes filled with painful remorse. "Like I said, I wasn't the same space pirate I was before."
Tenchi got up and stood by the window next to Ryoko.
"The rain...the picture in the locket...what do they mean in your bad memories of those three weeks, Ryoko?"
A long silence.
"Though I was away from space pirate life for so long, and all of my fellow pirates from way back when are dead..." she gripped her hands on the sides of her head and closed her eyes. "They all knew who I was! The people that were there knew I was the infamous space pirate Ryoko!" she took her hands away and placed them on the window.
"Did they hurt you Ryoko?"
She took a deep breathe in. "When I left to start my pirate life again, I couldn't wait. I wanted to go and steal something, blow something up, cause mayhem...you know." she looked at Tenchi. He nodded so she could continue. "But when I joined up with some of the others and got to a populated city, I couldn't do it. I kept thinking about all the innocent people. I had gone soft, Tenchi." she looked at him and actually smiled.
Ryoko looked at the little boy in her locket again. For a long time, she smiled at his happy face. Lightening sounded from outside. Her face went dark. "As I floated above the city of innocent people, I told the other space pirates I was with I didn't want to hurt anyone. They shouted at me from their spaceships."
"Why would they hurt you for that?"
"Space pirates don't like it when you go soft. If you can't do the job, they don't keep you around. They also started calling me a 'fake'. Saying I wasn't the dreaded space pirate Ryoko that was known for her crimes and murders all over the universe! They turned on me and yes, they hurt me. Of course, I still had to defend myself." she let the golden locket fall in the floor and quenched her fists. She tried to speak but the words wouldn't come. She trembled and looked at Tenchi.
"I know you didn't mean to hurt anyone, Ryoko." he put an arm around her.
"But I did Tenchi." she whispered. "I unleashed a powerful wave of hate and destruction on them all."
"The city too?" he asked slowly.
"Yes. All because I didn't want my villainous name- which I could care less about now, to be ruined. But I didn't mean to! Before I lost my mind, I looked at the people far below me. They were so happy. Happy families going about their normal day." she looked at Tenchi and then back at the picture on the floor. "When I look at that happy little boy, he reminds me of all those happy people I killed."
Tenchi picked up the antique necklace and put it around Ryoko's neck. He didn't say anything; he just looked at her with a sympathetic look.
"After I realized what I had done, I hurt myself a little bit too. I scratched at myself as if I could get rid of the evil by bleeding it out." she rubbed her arms.
"That's why you had gashes all over when you came back."
She nodded. "It started to rain. As I floated over the crying ruins of the city, I made up my mind to change the person I was. After everything I just went through, I didn't want to be 'Space Pirate Ryoko' anymore. I wanted to start all over and be someone who would never bring harm to anyone. ...All of that happened the same day I came back to you." she looked at Tenchi.
Tenchi looked deep into her eyes. He was surprised to see that her eyes had a shine to them. This was the first time since before she left, that her eyes were not clouded with some kind of pain or remorse.
Ryoko spoke again and Tenchi snapped back into reality. "I'm glad I changed Tenchi. Now that I'm not the loud and aggressive bitch I use to be, I feel like I finally fit in." She smiled at Tenchi, her golden eyes shining.
"I'm glad too, Ryoko. And I can tell you feel better now that you have told your whole story. Your eyes are no longer clouded with locked up memories" Tenchi gently kissed Ryoko's forehead and she gave him a hug.
"Thank you Tenchi." she whispered into his ear.
Their eyes locked again and Ryoko gave Tenchi a slow, passionate kiss. He smiled warmly at her as she walked to her bedroom door.
She turned around and mouthed "I love you Tenchi".
He wondered why she didn't say it out loud, but he followed her lead. "I love you too, Ryoko" he said silently.
They smiled at each other as Ryoko slid open her door. With a loud crash, five female eavesdroppers fell to Ryoko's feet. Ayeka, Sasami (Ryo-ohki on her head), Mihoshi, Kiyone, and even Washu, had been listening outside the room with their ears to the door the whole time. It was obvious to Tenchi that Ryoko knew this. She smiled at them all and walked down the hall like nothing had happened.
The girls stood up and Tenchi walked over to them.
"Do you think Ryoko is really feeling better now, Tenchi?" asked Sasami quietly.
"Yes, she is." he gazed at Ryoko as she turned to smile at him before she walked downstairs.
"How do you know for sure, Lord Tenchi?" asked Ayeka confused.
"By the look in her beautiful eyes." he said affectionately.
End
A/N: Bwahaha! I finished it at last! I'm so happy! (dances) I hope you enjoyed this story as much as I enjoyed writing it, everyone. The end wasn't fabulous, nothing big either, but I liked it. And sure, some of the dialogue was lame, but so what! I told you Ryoko would get Tenchi, so many of you didn't believe me after chapter four, but I told you. I didn't get any more ideas (that fit) from reviewers to add to this chapter, so I worked with what I had. If you didn't like the way it ended, you had your chance to participate. I want to know what you thought of my very first Tenchi Muyo story so please take time to review (it doesn't take that long). Ah, and thank you to the people who have been there for me the whole time! You guys are what gave me the motivation to keep writing this story. Thank you!
