Section 5: Couldn't Have Been More Honest
"Oh Tenchi I'm so glad you chose to come!" smiled Tennyo as she stood in her bath towel. They had arrived earlier in the day and were getting ready for a nice long bath in the onsen. Tenchi had never been this far into space before, in fact the farthest he'd ever been was Saturn, and just the knowledge of being so far from home was making him uneasy. That and his sister had just walked into the men's dressing room as he was getting undressed.
"GAH! Nee-san what are you doing?" Tenchi gasped as he pulled his pants back on.
"Oh it's not like I haven't seen you naked before! I used to give you baths remember?"
"When I was three!" Tenchi shouted with a sweat drop. He knew she was very excited to be spending time with him, but this was just awkward. And then came Ryoko.
"Tenchi!" she smiled as she floated naked through the wall.
"R-RYOKO!" he quickly threw his hands over his eyes.
"Ryoko-san! What in the world do you think you're doing!" shouted Tennyo very angrily. No one in the Juraian Empire liked Ryoko, other than pirates and fools.
"I came to see Tenchi, same as you I'd imagine." Ryoko answered, "Unless you came in here to try on men's clothes or something."
"RYOKO!" Tenchi shouted as he threw a towel at her. The men's towels were a little too small to cover everything but it was better than nothing, "You promised you'd be on your best behavior! You know how hard it was for Nee-san to get you permission to come here! Now behave yourself or leave!" Tenchi shouted. Just then Washu came out of nowhere.
"Don't worry Tenchi-sama I'll make sure she behaves." she said as she gave her daughter the 'FEAR MY ALMIGHTY SCARINESS' look.
"Geh!" Ryoko gulped as she floated down to her feet. "I can't believe I'm beginning to miss him."
"He said he'd be back." Tenchi replied, knowing exactly who she was talking about.
"That guy?" Washu crossed her arms, "Yeah, he always comes back."
"Hoe hoe hoe away!" Tenchi sang in his head as he worked in the fields. It had been three weeks since that man had arrived and he seemed to be surviving okay. Tenchi began to realize he was too lenient all the time, letting just about everyone who fell from the sky stay at his house. Or maybe he was only feeling this way because this time it wasn't a girl. Tenchi hadn't realized exactly how much he cared for the 'boarders' until he had been cleaved in two by Z. Yes being sliced in half by the aura of god just outside of Saturn will definitely put your life into perspective. Could it be he was uncomfortable with another guy hanging around? And what did that say about him? In any case, hoeing the carrot field was always a good way to stop thinking about everything. "Hoe hoe hoe your carrots!"
After hoeing, Tenchi decided to take a nice bath in the onsen over the lake right next to the house. And as soon as he sat down there he was.
"Tenchi-sama!" he laughed as he waded over. Indeed, the man who came from nowhere, Togashi Tonigawa. "You decided to take a bath as well! What are the odds of that?"
"Incredibly high in my case." Tenchi sighed. The guy wasn't that annoying. And he did have a knack for distracting the girls long enough for Tenchi to get to someplace quieter.
"You know for a pimp in disguise you sure do work a lot!" Tonigawa laughed, "Sorry, that's an expression I picked up from an unsavory gangster."
"Right." Tenchi replied. He wasn't really sure what that was supposed to mean but he knew that coming from Tonigawa, it wasn't an insult; or wasn't supposed to be anyways.
"You know you must have some kind of magic to get all these famous women to like you so much." Tonigawa continued as he scratched his violet eye. "You like any of them back?"
"Did Ryoko send you?" asked Tenchi. He was highly suspicious of this guy. Friend or foe he seemed to get along extremely well with Ryoko. Apparently he had already known the pirate, her mother, and the Kurimitsu family from previous events.
Stranger still, he seemed to know Tenchi's grandfather.
"Ha ha ha!" he laughed, "That's kind of mean."
"Sorry." Tenchi sweat dropped, "It's just I'm not the kind to talk to others about myself. I kind of grew up that way."
"That's cool that's cool." Tonigawa smiled. "I'm just a curious kitten man, and nothing arouses my curiosity more than this situation down here."
It was true, though always modest Tenchi knew he could very well be the most important person in the universe. And with the people who surrounded him he could very much sympathize with a strange space man's interest. But just then came Ryoko.
"Tenchi!" she smiled as she floated over. "I knew you'd be here!"
"Ryoko!" Tenchi shouted, ready to scold.
"Yo!" smiled Tonigawa. Tenchi had noticed that he wasn't exactly the most easily embarrassed person in the world.
"Hey, Hachi!" Ryoko waved. Tonigawa could see the jug of sake in her hand; Tenchi could see the thirsty look on Tonigawa's face; Aeka could see the woman flying in the distance; Sasami could see her sister running out of their bathing area in a hurry; Ryo-Ohki could see Sasami was worriedly chasing after her; Mihoshi could see everyone was interested in something happening at Tenchi's side; Washu could see she wanted to see this; Noike could see that a disaster was on the horizon.
"Let's drink!" Tonigawa proclaimed.
"Hell yeah! Come on Tenchi!" agreed Ryoko.
"RYOKO!" shouted Tenchi.
"What in heaven's name are you doing Ryoko-san!" shouted an insanely enraged Aeka.
"Aeka-neechan don't fight!" called Sasami, half wanting to see them fight.
"Mreow!" mewed Ryo-Ohki as she followed Sasami.
"I'll have a drink!" smiled Mihoshi.
"Let's all drink!" agreed Washu.
"Monster woman!" shouted Tonigawa at Washu, "You're not invited!"
"EVERYBODY GET OUT OF TENCHI'S BATH!" screamed Noike.
