Hello! this is chapter three of crossing blades. i hope the story is meeting exspectations so far. its not gonna have the insanity of deapool chronicles, but it will have its crazy moments later on. im also gonna initiate a vote on which female tenchi develops a relationship, of course the girls from tenchi muyo will make a appearance, so if ryoko appears and gets upset, dont be surprised. on with the show!

Tenchi groaned alittle as he stood up off the couch, his second day in the apartments and he had already made a odd friendship with miss aoyama. She seemed to like his company, but she acted alittle weird when he was around. He shrugged to himself and began to make his way to the kitchen of the Hinata apartments.

"TENCHI!".

He stopped and let out a sigh, Tenchi knew his luck would of started to run out sooner or later. Slowly, Tenchi turned around to face none other than Motoko. She look flustered and out of breath, but most of all, she looked angry.

He smiled alittle and rubbed the back of his head before saying "is there something wrong miss aoyama?".

Motoko blushed and shook her head before yelling "MASAKI! i challenge you to a duel! i will not let this happen again!".

Before the young masaki could even voice his reply, the swordswoman turned around and walk away in a hurry. Tenchi groaned again, first she liked him, now she wanted to fight him. He shrugged and began his trek onward to the kitchen, pondering on why girls change their minds so quickly and at random.

Motoko leaned against the wall behind her, she had only just got around the corner. She clutched the top of her gi gently and slowed her breathing. Why was it so hard to talk to him? he wasnt doing anything to cause it. She brought her head up and looked around cautiously, a deep blush now evident on her face.

"Maybe im just sick...thats it, ive got another cold...I must stop training in the rain".

She would wait for the duel in her room and think things over, maybe this would just blow over. She slowly got of the wall and made her way back to her own room. Sliding the door close behind her, Motoko let out a sigh and went to meditate on it. She had thought about Tenchi, and she knew it was no cold. This feeling had gotten in the way of her before, but unlike last time she decided that she would not suppress it. This love thing was still new to her and it brought happiness to her sister, so why not give it a chance. Maybe it will blossom into something more, but that was a thought for another day in the future.

/Two hours later\

Motoko found Tenchi, who was getting himself prepped for his first days at Tokyo University in the living room. He looked over his shoulder and found her, just watching him.

Tenchi sighed and said "well...lets get this overwith, please take it easy on me...".

The reply from her was a bokken tossed into his hands, he looked down then up nervously at her. Her eyes looked him over for a moment, and for a moment she regretted challenging him. But this had to be done, he had to prove his strength to her. She had almost gotten lost in his brown eyes before she finally spoke.

"Come Masaki, let us find out who is the strongest".

Tenchi stood and followed her, he really did not want to do this. Stepping outside, the two were greeted by all the residents, who sat afew yards away to watch. Tenchi held the bokken like he was born with it, to the slight surprise of the resident swordswoman, who stood some feet away. She then did the same, watching each other for afew moments.

Naru yawned, the stare down was getting boring in her eyes.

"come on you two!".

At that very moment, Tenchi went on the offensive and rushed Motoko. She barely had enough time to block his attacks, which came quick and decisively. She struck back hard, causing Tenchi to slide back on his feet before falling onto his back and skidding afew more feet. He got up and looked at her, Motoko was almost out of breath. His attacks were amazing and fluid, Tenchi had almost broken through her defensives. She went at him quick as well, but this time, Tenchi was ready for it.

Bringing her sword down, she thrusted her wooden sword towards a opening in his defensives, only to have it knocked aside quickly. By the time Motoko could recover from the deflection, she had a bokken to her throat and a Tenchi with a serious look on his face. Motoko stared intently into Tenchi's eyes, she knew at that moment she was bested by him.

For a moment the residents of the hinata apartments stared in shock and awe, Motoko had lost to Tenchi!.

Tenchi looked at her for a moment before saying "i guess i win miss aoyama".

His serious face went to a soft smile as she gazed back at him, smirking at him Motoko watched as he brought the bokken back to his side.

"you have masaki...in more ways than one".

Tenchi thought about her words as she walked back torwards the apartments, a blush now evident on her pale face. she glanced back at Tenchi, who at that moment was watching her with a dumbfounded face.

Motoko slid open the front door and glanced back at him while closing it softly behind her, a smile appeared onto her face as she thought "Tenchi...ive made my decision...you are strong and worthy to pursue. your strength...more than enough to protect me".

A rare giggle came from Motoko, as she said sweetly to herself "My dear Masaki...i will not let you get away...i will win this battle...". Her words echoed in the empty halls of the apartments, listening to her promise.

and thats chapter 3! i know im pushing for a motoko/tenchi fic, but i can sway if i get some votes. here are the votes as of now.

tenchi/motoko 0

tenchi/naru 0

tenchi/matsumi 0

tenchi/kitsune 0

tenchi/one of the tenchi girls 0

well this is punkkid2332 signing off, vote and i shall put it in.