It was a lovely day. Truly, truly, so very lovely at the Masaki Household. For once, Ryoko and Ayeka had opted to avoid open warfare and were instead just content to glare at eachother whenever the other entered the room. All the little creatures were at peace, and the sun shone beautifully.

"Ah," Kamidake said at the gate. "Truly a wonderful spring day." Though he couldn't actually nod, it was sure that Azaka would if he had a head and neck. Or any limbs at all. They're both logs, as you know, but that is neither here nor there.

Azaka said, "Indeed, my old friend. A day of happiness in peace is worth a hundred days of happiness in chaos." Both gave a 'Hmmm' in agreement, watching a bird's nest with their eyes...Gems...Eye gems.

However, suddenly, Katsuhito looked up from his cup of tea. "Hmmm..." he said, as he heard a cry from somewhere in the house that sounded suspiciously like Little Washu. "There's a storm a-comin'!" He chuckled; Katsuhito had wondered how long after the final battle with Z it would take for the girls to realize it..."Life has mountains and valleys," he said to no one in particular. "This too, shall pass - I hope the girls don't get too upset when Little Washu delivers the news..." Katsuhito shrugged, before taking a sip of tea.

...

The many girls of the Masaki household spent the peaceful day their own separate methods. Kiyone had made a rare visit, and was trying to organize files. Ayeka and Sasami were enjoying some tea. Mihoshi and Ryoko, meanwhile, were doing what they were wont to do: Lay about and act as general ne'er-do-wells. This was not to last too much longer, though...

A few seconds, and...

"GYAAAAAHHH! EVERYONE, I'M COMING UP! THIS IS URGEEENNNT!"

At Washu's declaration blaring through the house, everyone jumped; Ryoko nearly fell off of her personal rafter and barely managed to take a hover and avoid falling. With a loud clamor, Washu slammed the door open from her lab and staggered out - Everyone was too shocked by her obvious distress to show anger.

Washu said in a desparing tone, "I was looking over that last battle with Z, and everything that happened after...And I watched the counter-actor; Ayeka and Sasami's mother, Misaki I think...It's terrible, terrible!" She nearly fell and it was up to a dumbstruck Ryoko to catch her.

Kiyone said, "Ummm...Okay, I'll bite. What's this 'terrible' thing that you've discovered?" She blinked at a borderline tearful Washu looking up at her. The bright red-pink haired woman rubbed her eyes, before speaking.

"...Ayeka," she said. When Ayeka nodded, Washu said, "It's been said you were engaged to Tenchi, you have the royal bloodline that he shares, and he gladly took you and Sasami in when you two were stranded..." As Ayeka nodded again, Washu finished: "Has he ever kissed you?" Ayeka gave a start before shaking her head with an incensed expression. Washu nodded, before turning to Mihoshi.

"Mihoshi, Tenchi put himself in danger to save you and gave you a place to stay," she said. As Mihoshi gave a happy nod, Washu said, "...But no kiss?" At Mihoshi's curious shaking of her head, Washu nodded. Finally, she looked up at Ryoko, who had let go of her at Ayeka's interview.

"Ryoko, dear. You've loved Tenchi since he was a boy, and you've both risked your lives for eachother countless times - Maybe even moreso than the other girls," she said. Ryoko nodded proudly, about to make a boast, but Washu's next statement took the wind out of her sails: "But I take it he never kissed you, either." Ryoko's crossed arms and pout were all the answer needed.

Washu nodded. "The same goes for all of us," she said. "We're all incredibly close to Tenchi...But none of us have gotten a kiss. However, there is one girl I saw who was kissed by him." Everyone's faces showed some form of surprise or shock. Washu gave a weak sigh, before making the statement.

"Girls...Tenchi kissed Misaki Masaki Jurai after he got her to stop trying to kill Tokimi."

And at that, everyone short of Kiyone and Sasami were petrified. Suddenly, the door could be heard opening, and Tenchi's voice shouted: "I'm back from the fields! Anything happen while I was gone?" Ayeka, Ryoko and Mihoshi couldn't handle anymore and fell down. Washu finally broke down in tears and ran back into her lab. Sasami sighed and attempted to rouse Ayeka. And Kiyone could only make one monotonous statement:

"Kissing a woman that much older than him and the mother of one of the girls crushing on him...Seriously, that's just in bad taste."

~ OMAKE ~

Misaki smiled, laying dreaming beside her husband. "Tenchi...I can't wait to visit again..."

Meanwhile, Azusa lay in bed beside her, surrounded by a rippling aura of pure darkness.

"Tenchi Masaki, if you take anyone else from me, I will have your head mounted in this very room. I. Am. The. Emperor."