Disclaimer: I don't own Tenchi Muyo or anything else on this fanfic except for Maki and Shinto
(A/N: Will Maki win Tenchi's heart? Or is she really just trying to help?)
Chapter Three: Friendly Fighting and the morning after
Maki walked over to the tea kettle and poured the bouling water into the two cups, as she stirred the hot chocolate in she began to talk "So Tenchi how come you couldn't sleep?" Tenchi shrugged as she placed his hot chocolate in front of him and sat down "don't know, just woke up and couldn't go to sleep, to much frustraition I think" Maki smirked "I could help you with that." Tenchi looked a little scared 'd@mn that sounded just like Ryoko' Maki quickly covered up her mistake "not like that! You do spend too much time listeng to Ryoko, anyways as I was saying…" she took a sip of her drink "maybe I could help you work out your frustration, maybe if you tried sparing? You know take all your anger out on your oponent."
Tenchi thought about this suggestion and then came to a conclusion, whiping away his coa coa mustash he replied "yeah but you wouldn't want to spar in the middle of the night would you?" "Only time I could, Ryoko and Aeka would kill me other wise" "so it's agreed" "sure thing" 'this is going to be interesting' thought Tenchi as the two of them finished there drinks and went up stairs to get dressed.
*~5 minuted later~*
Maki and Tenchi stood out in the yard, Maki wore a loose dark blue T-shirt and a pair of shorts and Techi wore a white T-shirt and brown pants, each held a wooden sword. "Go through every situation that has ever angered you from petty fights up to your enemies; never know you could discover something in the back of your head." And so they began, Tenchi doing just as he had instructed, as he thought of worse things Maki did the same trying to match her skills to his, both took many blows and Maki soon found her self striving just to block his attacks. Inside Tenchi's mind he was thinking of Kagoto, how he kidnapped Aeka, Maki got pushed back a foot while blocking his blow, how Kagoto nearly killed his grandfather, Maki had to jump back three feet to miss his blow, and how he almost killed Ryoko, and there is was Maki flew back 10 feet by his blow that she just bearly blocked, she kneeled there, one knee on the ground the other not, both hands holder her up, she was sweating a breathing hard, and yet tenchi just a bit of a sweat.
"Are you ok?" Tenchi asked concerned "yeah, it apears you have learned something" Tenchi laughed "yeah I have, it's time to stop though, the sun is rising which means we've been fighting for 2 hours and we should get cleaned up and get some sleep, we have to get up in 2 hours." Maki stood all the way up "yeah, good idea" and so they went into the house, and sure enough 15 minutes later both were sound asleep in there own beds.
*~8 O'clock the next morning~*
Tenchi knocked on Maki's door "miss Maki it is time to get up breakfast will be ready in a few minutes" he heard some russling and moaning and his answer came "mm hmm I'll *yawn* be down in one moment" and so Tenchi proceded down the hall. When Tenchi got to the dining room only to be greeted by Ryoko's arms around him Aeka's angry face right behind her "Ryoko please get off….Ryoko…..oh look breakfast is ready" Ryoko quickly let go and returned to the table to stuff her mouth with the waffles Sasami made, Maki joined them only moments later wearing a white T-shirt that said "Inuyasha" across the chest, in Japanese. Tenchi watched as she slumped down in her seat and began eating, her cheek were flushed and she was quite pale 'I hope she isn't come down with a cold' "Maki you do not look so well this morning is everything all right?" Maki looked up at him, a smileon her face, her cheeks no longer flushed and she replied "I'm doing just fine!" and winked, and for that moment she looked like the most care free, happiest, healthiest girl in the world, but that quickly faded and as she tried to keep the happy look he noticed she still looked quite pale.
About 2 hours after breakfast Maki noticed the looks she was receiving from Ryoko and Aeka, she looked torwards Tenchi and there eyes met, he could tell she was going to do something "Ryoko, would you assist me while I sweep around the shrine?" Ryoko gave her a bored look "Now why would I want to do that?" Aeka gave her a foul look "because then Maki here would be helping you seem like an actual person not some lazy demon like you are" she laughed evily 'I'll show you lazy' Ryoko opened her mouth to say something but Maki intervened "princess?" "Yes?" "Shove it" 'there that was quick and easy' thought Maki "why I'd never!" Maki just ignored her and turned to Ryoko "if you want to prove her wrong you'll come with me" and so they went up to the shrine.
Tenchi got the hint and invited Aeka on a walk with him, they talked and such but mostly just walked. When they got back, a ½ hour later, Ryoko wrapped her arms around him "oh Tenchi I missed you so much! Don't ever leave me again!" Aeka's face turned red "why you…take your hands off of lord Tenchi this minute!" Maki all of a sudden came out of the house "oh miss Aeka... Aeka!... PRINCESS!" Aeka finally turned around "what?" "oh nothing you just get to help me and Sasami clean the livng room!" Aeka sighed and stormed away. Tenchi and Ryoko went to the dock on the lake and sat down and talked for a half an hour.
Tenchi walked into the house and Maki greeted him with a weary smile 'she looks like she's about to pass out' "hello Maki, are you sure your ok you really don't look well" Maki shook her head which made her wobble "no I don't feel very well either" she admitted defeat "I'm going to go take a knap you can deal with those two, every since you decided to have a ½ hour to your self I've had to deal with making sure they don't blow up the house, they both now officially hate me and they aren't in the best of moods "ok well see you at lunch Maki" "see ya Tenchi" and so she went up to her room and he went into the war zone 'god I miss school' was his last fleeting thought.
(A/N: it's a lot of typing so you better give me goos reviews!)