Disclaimer: Tenchi Muyo and all of the characters in it are property of AIC and Pioneer. I am not making any money off of this fanfic. Please don't sue me because I have nothing to give. The title is taken from the song 'I Will' from the Beatles White Album and is property of whoever owns it now. This fic is based on the OAV universe, if you are mad that Kiyone is in it tough. All of the chapter titles are taken off of Beatles titles and are property of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. This story is probably full of spelling and grammar errors, which is why I am posting it in the first place. If you could please send me an email telling me if you see a error or read through the whole fic and fix all the errors you see and send me a corrected copy, thank you to anyone who takes the time to do this. Well here with go with chapter 1!
Who Knows How Long I've Loved You
*Beta Version*
"Here, There and Everywhere"
"Ayeka," Tenchi said laughing. "Watch yourself or you'll slip!" Tenchi watched her as she walked along the wet dock in the lake.
"Oh don't worry about me Tenchi, I know what I'm..." she slipped and fell into the lake. Tenchi laughed to himself and then went over to help her up out of the water. He waited a few seconds before her head surfaced. He reached his hand down to help her up. She took his hand and coughed up some water. "Thank you Tenchi," she smiled.
He smiled back. "It was nothing."
Ayeka sighed as she leaned her head on Tenchi's shoulder as they watched the sunset. They had gotten married a few days ago now and were on their honeymoon. The wedding was surprisingly a small one with only a few people attending. Sasami and Yosho were there of course, along with, Washu, Mihoshi, Kiyone, Noboyuki, Queen Misaki, Queen Funaho and the *great* King Azusa. The only one who had been absent was...Ryoko. Ayeka couldn't blame her for not being there, she had taken the news pretty hard and Ayeka couldn't really truthfully tell herself that Ryoko was going to come out of it okay. She tried to push that thought from her mind as the last slivers of sun gave way to the darkness of night. Ayeka felt the wind blowing over her face so she curled up closer to Tenchi. Tenchi noticed this and looked down at her.
"Do you want to go back to the house?" Tenchi asked her softly. "We can try out the hot tub if you'd like." He smiled at her.
She answered. "I'd love to Tenchi."
They could hear the crickets chirping in the background as they walked back up the hill to the house that they had rented. Misaki had told them that they could use any of the royal families palaces for there honeymoon, but they had decided to rent a small house in upstate Vermont. They didn't really know any English but that wasn't really a problem thanks to the great Washu. She was able to make them little chips that could be inserted into their ears. This translated everything they heard and also transmitted a signal to their brains to let them speak perfect English without an accent at all.
Ayeka leaned her head on Tenchi's shoulder as they walked up the trail. He just smiled. It had been over a year and a half since these women had come into his life. He had been through so much with all of them and he didn't want to make he decision before he was sure what it was. In the end he had chosen Ayeka but that didn't mean that he didn't love the others. He loved them all so much and it hurt him to have to choose between them. He tried not to think about it much and to enjoy the time he was spending with his wife. They got to the top of the hill and then to the front door of the house. Tenchi turned the door open and they walked in the front room of the house. The house had a few bedrooms in it, a TV and a small kitchen. They had to get use to the American style of life for a little while. Ayeka sat down at one of the kitchen chairs while Tenchi went to make some tea for the both of them. She looked out the window and all she could see were endless woods. The lake at which they were staying was called Echo Lake and there were quite a few houses along its shores but most of the houses were covered up with trees and could not been seen. Down at the lake there were a few boats that they were allowed to use including a rowboat, sail boat, two kayaks and a canoe. Tenchi sat down at a chair placing a cup of tea in front of Ayeka.
"So, are you enjoying yourself?" Tenchi asked smiling.
She took a sip and then replied. "Yes I am having a wonderful time, this was a great idea that your father had."
"Yes, it certainly was," Tenchi remembered how he had a friend in the United States and how she had a house up on a lake. It was a little place but it was all they needed. Washu had installed a portal in one of the closets of the house just in case there was an emergency and they needed to get back home quickly. "So what would you like to do now?" Tenchi asked looking up at her.
She thought for a moment. "I would very much like to watch whatever movie you brought for us."
Tenchi smiled, he was glad that she had said that. Its what he was thinking to. There was only one thing better that Tenchi could think of than being with Ayeka. Being with Ayeka while watching a James Bond movie.
"I would love to," Tenchi smiled at her. For this particular occasion he had decided to bring one of his favorites, Goldfinger. The room where the TV was located was added on to the building recently so there was actually a window looking into the room. There was a bed in this room, and two reclining chairs. Ayeka sat down on the bed as Tenchi placed the tape in the VCR and then joined Ayeka on the bed. He laid back against the many pillows on the bed. Ayeka then leaned back against him as he wrapped his arm around her. The opening scene of the movie appeared on the TV and Ayeka curled up closer to her beloved Tenchi. They looked at each other and smiled then kissed. Ayeka had been waiting for what seemed forever for this to happen. She felt happier than she had ever felt in her life. They just lay there watching the great James Bond and enjoying the closeness they were finally able to share. It was a warm night and all the windows in the house were open, the crickets could be heard chirping in the background of the various explosions from the movie. The night was peaceful and in their minds it couldn't be any better.
Back at home however; things were not going so well. Ryoko had not been seen since the day before the wedding took place. Washu wasn't as worried as one might think though. Tenchi had told her before he had told Ryoko and she knew that Ryoko was going to be deeply hurt. But she still had her link with her daughter and that let her know that she hadn't done anything to drastic. Tenchi had talked to Ryoko and told her that she loved her very much to but that it was as a friend, the best friend he could ever have and that he would hate to lose her. She had taken the initial news pretty hard but she had started to realize that Tenchi still cared about her a great deal and that it would be a crime against him and herself to do something horrible to herself. She had cried a great deal though and was hardly seen around the house. Washu guessed that she would need a good amount of time alone to collect her thoughts. Mihoshi and Kiyone had been hanging around the house for a while now cause they had a little *accident* at their apartment. Sasami had started taking swordplay lessons from Yosho in the past few weeks so she could defend herself if needed be. As for Washu, with Tenchi and Ayeka gone for a week she was forced to do twice as many chores around the house than she usually did. Tenchi and Ayeka would be coming home in two days now so things would resume as they were before they left. Washu looked at the clock on the wall of her laboratory and saw that it was time for her to go and sweep the steps. She set the projects she was working on, on automatic and walked out of the lab. As she opened her door she heard her name being called out.
"Little Washu!" she looked towards the entrance of the house and saw Sasami standing there. Washu guessed that she had just come back from sword practice with Yosho because of what she wore and the great amounts of sweat on her body.
"Hello Sasami," she greeted. "How was practice?"
Sasami rested her bokken on the rack hanging on the wall. "It went well, but now I must get started on dinner." She ran off into the kitchen. Washu watched her go. Dinner would be awfully quiet tonight. Aside from the fact that Ryoko was missing and Tenchi and Ayeka were in the US, Mihoshi and Kiyone were on patrol during the dinner hours tonight. It would only be Sasami, Noboyuki, Yosho, Ryo-ohki whom Ryoko had not taken with her when she left and Washu.
Washu sighed as she made her way to the bottom of the great staircase that lead to the Masaki Shrine. She then realized that she had forgotten to bring the broom along. She chastised herself for her mistake but opened a dimensional hole and pulled a broom from it.
"Hahaha! I truly am the greatest!" she crackled to herself. She started to sweep the steps of she shrine. She looked at the sun that was beginning to set over the mountains. It had turned a deep shade of red as it slowly gave way to night. As she reached the top steps of the staircase the last bit of light was fading from the sky.
"Good evening Little Washu," she heard a voice behind her. She instantly knew who it was and turned to meet him.
"Good evening Lord Yosho," she said softly. The both watched as the stars began to appear in the sky. After a while of silence Yosho decided to speak up.
"Ryoko stopped by the other day," he said calmly. Washu's eyes opened wide but then she calmed down.
"What did she tell you?" she whispered not looking at the man standing next to her.
"That she was going to take some time and travel to places on the earth though she did not say why," he responded.
Washu nodded. "It'll probably do good for her to get out and take a look at all the other things on this planet. This world is very unique in the scope of the galaxy. There are only a handful of planets that are considered pre-contact and even less still that are not ruled by one government. I consider myself very lucky to be living here."
"Oh, you do?" he said.
"Yes, I do. Not maybe people get to experience things as they once were in the galaxy. But in many ways this place is more civilized than even Jurai. I enjoy living here, it's a peaceful place to live."
Yosho nodded at that. "Those are some of the reasons that I did not return to Jurai. I was overtaken by the beauty of this place and all that it had to offer." Then looked down upon the valley that spread out in front of them. They saw headlights moving into the valley.
"It looks like Lord Noboyuki is home," Washu stated.
Yosho just nodded. "Sasami probably has dinner ready by now, we should probably head down to the house." Washu agreed and they made their way down to the Masaki residence.
"So how is Sasami doing with the sword," Washu asked as they walked.
"She is improving steadily and is showing much enthusiasm, just as Tenchi once did," he replied.
She laughed a little bit. "You mean Tenchi was actually *enthusiastic* at one point?"
"Yes, he used to be very enthusiastic about his sword fighting when he was younger, but I guess he has lost some of that over time. But that doesn't mean that he is going to get off easy now just cause he's married," Yosho explained.
They reached the bottom of the stairs and then made their way to the house. When they got inside Sasami and Noboyuki were already sitting down at the table ready to eat. Yosho immediately went and joined them but Washu went to the bathroom to clean herself up a bit first. When she was done she went out and joined the others for dinner. Dinner was quiet; there was no longer the constant fighting for Tenchi's attention by Ryoko and Ayeka, no longer the sound of Kiyone telling Mihoshi to be quiet, no more of Washu showing off her latest invention that usually went up in flames and there was no longer the energy that once existed.
"So," Washu began trying to start some conversation. "Does anyone know when Mihoshi and Kiyone said they would be back?"
Sasami spoke up next. "I think Kiyone said they would be back sometime tonight."
"Well I brought back something for us to waste the rest of the night away with," Noboyuki announced.
"What is it?" Sasami asked. He got up from his seat and pulled something out of a bag. "James Bond 007, The Spy Who Loved Me!!!" Everyone facefaulted. That was the one thing that Tenchi and his father had in common...their love for James Bond movies. Everyone filed into the family room and sat down on the couch as Noboyuki slipped the DVD into the new DVD player that they had recently purchased. Washu had insisted that they let her make one, but they had decided against it. They all were all ready to watch the movie and...nothing happened.
"Hmmm, wonder what the problem is," Noboyuki got up and started to mess around with the wires and switches on the back. Nothing happened the screen was still the blue color that I had been before. He then noticed that a few of the wires had been cut. He pulled up the few wires that hand been cut and held them up.
"Alright, who's responsible for this?" everyone sat and looked at the wires. They all looked at each other trying to figure out who did it. Everyone's eyes eventually fell on Washu.
"What! Why is everyone looking at me it was, it was Ryo-ohki!" Ryo-ohki miya'd and looked up from her carrot. Washu looked around and noticed that people weren't buying it. She stood up like she was ready to give a speech. She cleared her throat and began. "Well I learned that the DVD player that we had acquired was...uhh...NOT FUNCTIONAL! Yea it wasn't functional so I decided that I would replace it with..." she reached into her back pocket. "THIS!!!"
In her hand she held the craziest looking DVD player they had ever seen along with 15 surround sound speakers.
"Little Washu?" Sasami asked.
"Yes?"
"How did you fit that all in your pocket?" she asked innocently.
"That's not what's important. What's important is that we now have the most advanced DVD player in the universe! Mwahahaha!"
The room was silent...still silent.
It was about then when a sound was heard from above. At first it was soft and low, but it started to get louder. Washu then realized just what it was.
"Everyone to my lab! Quickly!" It was too late. Before they could get to the lab the entire house was enveloped in a flash of red. When the smoke and dust cleared all that was left of the house was the door, which leads to Washu's lab. Yosho was the first to come up from the debris and then he walked over to help Sasami up. Washu was next followed by: Noboyuki, Kiyone and finally Mihoshi.
Yosho looked at the debris at his feet. He raised his hand to his chin. "This is quite a mess..."
Mihoshi paused from brushing the plaster out of her hair. "Yes it is, how long has the house been like this?" Everyone face faulted.
Washu cracked many parts of her body and then motioned for everyone to follow her. "Comon, you can spend the night in my lab."
Noboyuki looked behind him and saw the first signs of the sun. He sighed and walked into the lab.
The first rays of light pierced through the window and shone right into Tenchi's eyes. He blinked a few time, then opened his eyes. He felt something warm pressed up against him. Looking down he saw his wife, Ayeka, holding onto him for dear life. He smiled and rested his head back down on the pillow. She moved to be even closer to him and made a few quiet moans. He reached his arm around her and pulled her even closer. He thought to himself about the night before. He really *did* want to be with her for the rest of his life. He closed his eyes as sleep overtook him once again.
He awoke again, but this time to the smell of breakfast. He looked down and saw Ayeka was gone. Sitting up in the bed he saw Ayeka through the glass window that looked into the kitchen. She was at the stove cooking something apparently. Tenchi knew that Sasami had been giving her cooking lessons lately so he was hoping that they had paid off. He slowly got out of bed and stretched his muscles a bit before making his way to the kitchen. He snuck up behind her and then gave her a kiss on the neck. She jumped a little and then turned to face him.
"Good morning sleepyhead," she said with a smile on her face.
"Good morning..." he was cut off as she gave him a little peck on the lips. He smiled and looked down at the stovetop. "What's for breakfast chef?"
She gave a little laugh then responded. "Beacon and eggs. I hope you're hungry."
"You bet I am," he walked over and sat down at the small table and turned on the TV. The house had two TV's but it didn't have cable, so all they picked up were the news channels and a few Canadian channels because they were only about twenty minutes from the border. There was a local news station on and they were showing the weather report for the new few days. "Well, it looks like were are going to be having some thunder storms today."
Ayeka walked over to the table with two plates in her hand, setting one down in front on Tenchi and the other in front of her spot at the table.
"Oh..." she whispered in somewhat of a daze.
He looked up from the TV to see she had a worried look on her face. He got a grin on his face. "You aren't scared of thunderstorms are you?"
She looked back down at him. "Of-Of course I'm not. What's there to be scared of."
He smiled. He was having a feeling that this was going to be an interesting day indeed.
The rain was pouring down and the sky was black with night. A girl could be seen wandering aimlessly around the streets of Paris tonight. She wore a black overcoat and a black hat. She has been walking around the streets for quite sometime before she finally came upon the building where she was staying the night. It was a little bread and breakfast inn along the river. She opened the door, got her key from the woman working at the desk and then made her way up to her room. Upon opening the door to her room she threw her coat and hat onto the floor revealing a woman who appeared to be around the age of twenty. She had sly golden eyes and a mess of cyan on her head. She walked over to a hanger and pulled a towel off of it to dry herself with. When she was done she replaced the towel from where she had got it and then made her way over to the bed. She jumped onto the bed and starred up at the ceiling. A new wetness had formed on her face, this time it wasn't from the rain, but instead from her own tears.
"...Tenchi..."
Authors Notes: Well that's it for chapter 1. I have been working on this chapter for months now and its not even very long is it...Well I guess I haven't been in a Tenchi mood lately, but do not fear. I will start chapter 2 soon, I promise.
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Who Knows How Long I've Loved You
*Beta Version*
"Here, There and Everywhere"
"Ayeka," Tenchi said laughing. "Watch yourself or you'll slip!" Tenchi watched her as she walked along the wet dock in the lake.
"Oh don't worry about me Tenchi, I know what I'm..." she slipped and fell into the lake. Tenchi laughed to himself and then went over to help her up out of the water. He waited a few seconds before her head surfaced. He reached his hand down to help her up. She took his hand and coughed up some water. "Thank you Tenchi," she smiled.
He smiled back. "It was nothing."
Ayeka sighed as she leaned her head on Tenchi's shoulder as they watched the sunset. They had gotten married a few days ago now and were on their honeymoon. The wedding was surprisingly a small one with only a few people attending. Sasami and Yosho were there of course, along with, Washu, Mihoshi, Kiyone, Noboyuki, Queen Misaki, Queen Funaho and the *great* King Azusa. The only one who had been absent was...Ryoko. Ayeka couldn't blame her for not being there, she had taken the news pretty hard and Ayeka couldn't really truthfully tell herself that Ryoko was going to come out of it okay. She tried to push that thought from her mind as the last slivers of sun gave way to the darkness of night. Ayeka felt the wind blowing over her face so she curled up closer to Tenchi. Tenchi noticed this and looked down at her.
"Do you want to go back to the house?" Tenchi asked her softly. "We can try out the hot tub if you'd like." He smiled at her.
She answered. "I'd love to Tenchi."
They could hear the crickets chirping in the background as they walked back up the hill to the house that they had rented. Misaki had told them that they could use any of the royal families palaces for there honeymoon, but they had decided to rent a small house in upstate Vermont. They didn't really know any English but that wasn't really a problem thanks to the great Washu. She was able to make them little chips that could be inserted into their ears. This translated everything they heard and also transmitted a signal to their brains to let them speak perfect English without an accent at all.
Ayeka leaned her head on Tenchi's shoulder as they walked up the trail. He just smiled. It had been over a year and a half since these women had come into his life. He had been through so much with all of them and he didn't want to make he decision before he was sure what it was. In the end he had chosen Ayeka but that didn't mean that he didn't love the others. He loved them all so much and it hurt him to have to choose between them. He tried not to think about it much and to enjoy the time he was spending with his wife. They got to the top of the hill and then to the front door of the house. Tenchi turned the door open and they walked in the front room of the house. The house had a few bedrooms in it, a TV and a small kitchen. They had to get use to the American style of life for a little while. Ayeka sat down at one of the kitchen chairs while Tenchi went to make some tea for the both of them. She looked out the window and all she could see were endless woods. The lake at which they were staying was called Echo Lake and there were quite a few houses along its shores but most of the houses were covered up with trees and could not been seen. Down at the lake there were a few boats that they were allowed to use including a rowboat, sail boat, two kayaks and a canoe. Tenchi sat down at a chair placing a cup of tea in front of Ayeka.
"So, are you enjoying yourself?" Tenchi asked smiling.
She took a sip and then replied. "Yes I am having a wonderful time, this was a great idea that your father had."
"Yes, it certainly was," Tenchi remembered how he had a friend in the United States and how she had a house up on a lake. It was a little place but it was all they needed. Washu had installed a portal in one of the closets of the house just in case there was an emergency and they needed to get back home quickly. "So what would you like to do now?" Tenchi asked looking up at her.
She thought for a moment. "I would very much like to watch whatever movie you brought for us."
Tenchi smiled, he was glad that she had said that. Its what he was thinking to. There was only one thing better that Tenchi could think of than being with Ayeka. Being with Ayeka while watching a James Bond movie.
"I would love to," Tenchi smiled at her. For this particular occasion he had decided to bring one of his favorites, Goldfinger. The room where the TV was located was added on to the building recently so there was actually a window looking into the room. There was a bed in this room, and two reclining chairs. Ayeka sat down on the bed as Tenchi placed the tape in the VCR and then joined Ayeka on the bed. He laid back against the many pillows on the bed. Ayeka then leaned back against him as he wrapped his arm around her. The opening scene of the movie appeared on the TV and Ayeka curled up closer to her beloved Tenchi. They looked at each other and smiled then kissed. Ayeka had been waiting for what seemed forever for this to happen. She felt happier than she had ever felt in her life. They just lay there watching the great James Bond and enjoying the closeness they were finally able to share. It was a warm night and all the windows in the house were open, the crickets could be heard chirping in the background of the various explosions from the movie. The night was peaceful and in their minds it couldn't be any better.
Back at home however; things were not going so well. Ryoko had not been seen since the day before the wedding took place. Washu wasn't as worried as one might think though. Tenchi had told her before he had told Ryoko and she knew that Ryoko was going to be deeply hurt. But she still had her link with her daughter and that let her know that she hadn't done anything to drastic. Tenchi had talked to Ryoko and told her that she loved her very much to but that it was as a friend, the best friend he could ever have and that he would hate to lose her. She had taken the initial news pretty hard but she had started to realize that Tenchi still cared about her a great deal and that it would be a crime against him and herself to do something horrible to herself. She had cried a great deal though and was hardly seen around the house. Washu guessed that she would need a good amount of time alone to collect her thoughts. Mihoshi and Kiyone had been hanging around the house for a while now cause they had a little *accident* at their apartment. Sasami had started taking swordplay lessons from Yosho in the past few weeks so she could defend herself if needed be. As for Washu, with Tenchi and Ayeka gone for a week she was forced to do twice as many chores around the house than she usually did. Tenchi and Ayeka would be coming home in two days now so things would resume as they were before they left. Washu looked at the clock on the wall of her laboratory and saw that it was time for her to go and sweep the steps. She set the projects she was working on, on automatic and walked out of the lab. As she opened her door she heard her name being called out.
"Little Washu!" she looked towards the entrance of the house and saw Sasami standing there. Washu guessed that she had just come back from sword practice with Yosho because of what she wore and the great amounts of sweat on her body.
"Hello Sasami," she greeted. "How was practice?"
Sasami rested her bokken on the rack hanging on the wall. "It went well, but now I must get started on dinner." She ran off into the kitchen. Washu watched her go. Dinner would be awfully quiet tonight. Aside from the fact that Ryoko was missing and Tenchi and Ayeka were in the US, Mihoshi and Kiyone were on patrol during the dinner hours tonight. It would only be Sasami, Noboyuki, Yosho, Ryo-ohki whom Ryoko had not taken with her when she left and Washu.
Washu sighed as she made her way to the bottom of the great staircase that lead to the Masaki Shrine. She then realized that she had forgotten to bring the broom along. She chastised herself for her mistake but opened a dimensional hole and pulled a broom from it.
"Hahaha! I truly am the greatest!" she crackled to herself. She started to sweep the steps of she shrine. She looked at the sun that was beginning to set over the mountains. It had turned a deep shade of red as it slowly gave way to night. As she reached the top steps of the staircase the last bit of light was fading from the sky.
"Good evening Little Washu," she heard a voice behind her. She instantly knew who it was and turned to meet him.
"Good evening Lord Yosho," she said softly. The both watched as the stars began to appear in the sky. After a while of silence Yosho decided to speak up.
"Ryoko stopped by the other day," he said calmly. Washu's eyes opened wide but then she calmed down.
"What did she tell you?" she whispered not looking at the man standing next to her.
"That she was going to take some time and travel to places on the earth though she did not say why," he responded.
Washu nodded. "It'll probably do good for her to get out and take a look at all the other things on this planet. This world is very unique in the scope of the galaxy. There are only a handful of planets that are considered pre-contact and even less still that are not ruled by one government. I consider myself very lucky to be living here."
"Oh, you do?" he said.
"Yes, I do. Not maybe people get to experience things as they once were in the galaxy. But in many ways this place is more civilized than even Jurai. I enjoy living here, it's a peaceful place to live."
Yosho nodded at that. "Those are some of the reasons that I did not return to Jurai. I was overtaken by the beauty of this place and all that it had to offer." Then looked down upon the valley that spread out in front of them. They saw headlights moving into the valley.
"It looks like Lord Noboyuki is home," Washu stated.
Yosho just nodded. "Sasami probably has dinner ready by now, we should probably head down to the house." Washu agreed and they made their way down to the Masaki residence.
"So how is Sasami doing with the sword," Washu asked as they walked.
"She is improving steadily and is showing much enthusiasm, just as Tenchi once did," he replied.
She laughed a little bit. "You mean Tenchi was actually *enthusiastic* at one point?"
"Yes, he used to be very enthusiastic about his sword fighting when he was younger, but I guess he has lost some of that over time. But that doesn't mean that he is going to get off easy now just cause he's married," Yosho explained.
They reached the bottom of the stairs and then made their way to the house. When they got inside Sasami and Noboyuki were already sitting down at the table ready to eat. Yosho immediately went and joined them but Washu went to the bathroom to clean herself up a bit first. When she was done she went out and joined the others for dinner. Dinner was quiet; there was no longer the constant fighting for Tenchi's attention by Ryoko and Ayeka, no longer the sound of Kiyone telling Mihoshi to be quiet, no more of Washu showing off her latest invention that usually went up in flames and there was no longer the energy that once existed.
"So," Washu began trying to start some conversation. "Does anyone know when Mihoshi and Kiyone said they would be back?"
Sasami spoke up next. "I think Kiyone said they would be back sometime tonight."
"Well I brought back something for us to waste the rest of the night away with," Noboyuki announced.
"What is it?" Sasami asked. He got up from his seat and pulled something out of a bag. "James Bond 007, The Spy Who Loved Me!!!" Everyone facefaulted. That was the one thing that Tenchi and his father had in common...their love for James Bond movies. Everyone filed into the family room and sat down on the couch as Noboyuki slipped the DVD into the new DVD player that they had recently purchased. Washu had insisted that they let her make one, but they had decided against it. They all were all ready to watch the movie and...nothing happened.
"Hmmm, wonder what the problem is," Noboyuki got up and started to mess around with the wires and switches on the back. Nothing happened the screen was still the blue color that I had been before. He then noticed that a few of the wires had been cut. He pulled up the few wires that hand been cut and held them up.
"Alright, who's responsible for this?" everyone sat and looked at the wires. They all looked at each other trying to figure out who did it. Everyone's eyes eventually fell on Washu.
"What! Why is everyone looking at me it was, it was Ryo-ohki!" Ryo-ohki miya'd and looked up from her carrot. Washu looked around and noticed that people weren't buying it. She stood up like she was ready to give a speech. She cleared her throat and began. "Well I learned that the DVD player that we had acquired was...uhh...NOT FUNCTIONAL! Yea it wasn't functional so I decided that I would replace it with..." she reached into her back pocket. "THIS!!!"
In her hand she held the craziest looking DVD player they had ever seen along with 15 surround sound speakers.
"Little Washu?" Sasami asked.
"Yes?"
"How did you fit that all in your pocket?" she asked innocently.
"That's not what's important. What's important is that we now have the most advanced DVD player in the universe! Mwahahaha!"
The room was silent...still silent.
It was about then when a sound was heard from above. At first it was soft and low, but it started to get louder. Washu then realized just what it was.
"Everyone to my lab! Quickly!" It was too late. Before they could get to the lab the entire house was enveloped in a flash of red. When the smoke and dust cleared all that was left of the house was the door, which leads to Washu's lab. Yosho was the first to come up from the debris and then he walked over to help Sasami up. Washu was next followed by: Noboyuki, Kiyone and finally Mihoshi.
Yosho looked at the debris at his feet. He raised his hand to his chin. "This is quite a mess..."
Mihoshi paused from brushing the plaster out of her hair. "Yes it is, how long has the house been like this?" Everyone face faulted.
Washu cracked many parts of her body and then motioned for everyone to follow her. "Comon, you can spend the night in my lab."
Noboyuki looked behind him and saw the first signs of the sun. He sighed and walked into the lab.
The first rays of light pierced through the window and shone right into Tenchi's eyes. He blinked a few time, then opened his eyes. He felt something warm pressed up against him. Looking down he saw his wife, Ayeka, holding onto him for dear life. He smiled and rested his head back down on the pillow. She moved to be even closer to him and made a few quiet moans. He reached his arm around her and pulled her even closer. He thought to himself about the night before. He really *did* want to be with her for the rest of his life. He closed his eyes as sleep overtook him once again.
He awoke again, but this time to the smell of breakfast. He looked down and saw Ayeka was gone. Sitting up in the bed he saw Ayeka through the glass window that looked into the kitchen. She was at the stove cooking something apparently. Tenchi knew that Sasami had been giving her cooking lessons lately so he was hoping that they had paid off. He slowly got out of bed and stretched his muscles a bit before making his way to the kitchen. He snuck up behind her and then gave her a kiss on the neck. She jumped a little and then turned to face him.
"Good morning sleepyhead," she said with a smile on her face.
"Good morning..." he was cut off as she gave him a little peck on the lips. He smiled and looked down at the stovetop. "What's for breakfast chef?"
She gave a little laugh then responded. "Beacon and eggs. I hope you're hungry."
"You bet I am," he walked over and sat down at the small table and turned on the TV. The house had two TV's but it didn't have cable, so all they picked up were the news channels and a few Canadian channels because they were only about twenty minutes from the border. There was a local news station on and they were showing the weather report for the new few days. "Well, it looks like were are going to be having some thunder storms today."
Ayeka walked over to the table with two plates in her hand, setting one down in front on Tenchi and the other in front of her spot at the table.
"Oh..." she whispered in somewhat of a daze.
He looked up from the TV to see she had a worried look on her face. He got a grin on his face. "You aren't scared of thunderstorms are you?"
She looked back down at him. "Of-Of course I'm not. What's there to be scared of."
He smiled. He was having a feeling that this was going to be an interesting day indeed.
The rain was pouring down and the sky was black with night. A girl could be seen wandering aimlessly around the streets of Paris tonight. She wore a black overcoat and a black hat. She has been walking around the streets for quite sometime before she finally came upon the building where she was staying the night. It was a little bread and breakfast inn along the river. She opened the door, got her key from the woman working at the desk and then made her way up to her room. Upon opening the door to her room she threw her coat and hat onto the floor revealing a woman who appeared to be around the age of twenty. She had sly golden eyes and a mess of cyan on her head. She walked over to a hanger and pulled a towel off of it to dry herself with. When she was done she replaced the towel from where she had got it and then made her way over to the bed. She jumped onto the bed and starred up at the ceiling. A new wetness had formed on her face, this time it wasn't from the rain, but instead from her own tears.
"...Tenchi..."
Authors Notes: Well that's it for chapter 1. I have been working on this chapter for months now and its not even very long is it...Well I guess I haven't been in a Tenchi mood lately, but do not fear. I will start chapter 2 soon, I promise.
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