I do not own any of the characters portrayed in this. I was bored and just wrote it down. If you want to sue somebody... sue the people who write the fan fics where Ayeaka gets Tenchi. Admittedly this is a TV series fan fic and not my usual OAV fan fic, but this one is playing on T.V. now so... No need for fights... but they are fun aren't they? by, Clayton Overstreet Prologue ...I promise to win you from Ayeaka in a fair fight." Ryoko finished and hugged Tenchi. Tenchi smiled at her and was about to respond when the sounds of several large spaceships and an explosion from his broom closet interupted him. He sighed and decided to go welcome his guests before finishing his talk with the gorgeous space pirate. They walked back to the house. Ryoko let go of Tenchi and floated ahead. Tenchi sighed and followed, thinking about what he was going to say to her and when. They reached the top of the hill and Tenchi was suddenly knocked back to reality when he was tckled by five different girls. Washu had his waist, Sasami got his leg, Kyonei and Mihoshi had either arm, and Ayeaka got his neck. Tenchi toppled taking the whole group toppling into the grass. "Tenchi we missed you so much!" They all yelled at once. Then they all had a good laugh and stood up. As they walked towards the house, Tenchi looked over at Ryoko and saw her turn to fly to her favorite spot, the entrance to the shrine. She landed on top and stared off into the lake. Tenchi almost went to talk to her but was immediately dragged into the house by the others. They surrounded him, each trying to explain why they had suddenly come back and asking if they could stay. "...so just because I made a cannon that could blow up afew galaxies they kicked me out..." "...there was nobody fun to play with in the court..." "...I couldn't take those stuffy nobels another minute..." "...we wanted to have a relationship but they don't let high ranking officials date..." "Shut up Mihoshi... what she means is that we missed Earth so we applied for positions as your personal body guards." Azaka and Kamidaki (the real knights. The guardian robots had returned with Tenchi and had a good cry when nobody noticed) had come in at that moment and stared at Mihoshi and Kyonei along with everyone else. Then they shrugged and stood on either side of the princesses. Tenchi willingly allowed them all back and told them Ryoko and Rio-oki had arrived just afew moments before they all had. "That woman is here? Then it's a good thing I showed up to protect you lord Tenchi." Ayeaka said. Tenchi sighed seeing that Ayeaka had completely forgotten that Ryoko was the only reason they were still alive. He almost told her as much, but decided to just go to inform his father and grandfather that their house guests had returned. Nobiyuki was overjoyed ofcourse since it meant that Sasami would be cooking again and they would no longer have to live on romin noodles. Yosho simply smiled not the least bit suprised. Tenchi then went out and picked up his book bag from where he left it and headed out to school. As he went he turned to the shrine and saw Ryoko waving to him and blowing him kisses. He playfully caught one and carefully pocketed it, hoping Ryoko would get the message. Then he turned and went to school. Chapter 1: School daze Tenchi arrived at school a half hour late for his first class, but his father had written him a note so he didn't get in too much trouble. He spent the rest of the day thinking about Ryoko and the others. He was totaly spaced out and didn't even know that he was staring out the window until the teacher slammed his books down on Tenchi's desk. "Mr.Masaki, suppose you tell us what you did over your spring break?" Tenchi smiled and looked at him, "I was kidnapped by aliens, had to run from the police, and with the help of a space pirate I saved a princess from an evil overlord in an intergalactici empire." Everyone laughed at him and the teacher snorted, "Video gamed the entire time huh? Should have know. Did anybody here do anything worth while this year?" He moved off into the class and Tenchi grinned. At lunch some of Tenchi's friends tried to talk to him but gave up when they saw him starng into his lunch and playing with his corn. Finaly his best friend came over and asked, "Hey Tenchi, whats up man? You seem kinda... lost. Girls troubles?" Tenchi laughed, "You could say that. My family just came back and moved in with us. Plus I have this girl I realy like, but she doesn't think i like her, plus there is another girl who likes me and won't give me a moments peace when I'm at home..." he looked and saw his friends face. "Man Tenchi, two girls. I wish I had trouble like that!" Tenchi hadn't realy thought of it that way but smiled. "So what's the problem? Can't you tell them how you feel?" Tenchi thought about it for a minute... then pictured the entire Juraian war fleet taking aim at the planet, "It's kinda complicated." His friend nodded and patted him on the back. "Well don't worry, I have known you for years Tenchi and you always do what's right in the end. Have you tried asking them how they realy feel?" Tenchi thanked him and thought over what he'd just said. He looked over the girls one by one in his head. Sasami... well she was too young, but she realy did care for him, though it was more of a brother/sister thing. Washu was insane and realy seemed to onlywant him as a friend and guinee pig for her experiments. Kyonei and Mihoshi were cute, but it was obvious that they saw him only as a friend and had a thing going with eachother. Ryoko and Ayeaka were the real issue. If only he knew how they realy felt... Chapter 2: Careful thought Tenchi walked home with is bag over his back thinking. He couldn't pinpoint when exactly he had fallen in love with Ryoko, but he knew when he had first realized it. It had been durring the incident with the deminsion tuner that Washu had invented. Washu had finaly managed to eliminate all the univrses but one: Ryoko's. She had refused to allow it. She had everything she had ever wanted there. Tenchi had seen how happy she was after they had robbed that last bank. He hadn't liked doing that, but to see her happy had gladdened his heat enough that he realy didn't care. None of the others had been around to distract him and he had finaly had time to think. When Washu had pointed out that she was the one stopping them from going home Tenchi had called her selfish, and had said so to her face. But when she had flown off like that he had instantly regreted his words. He came to a decision that if she realy wanted it he woul support her. When she had come back to tell them that she had decided to leave, Tenchi had been very suprised and without realizing it had even tried talking her into staying. When she told him that she wanted to go because this world wasn't real, his heart almost broke in two. As Washu prepared to eliminate the world she had held his hand and he squeesed back. Afterwards he had tried to find the words to tell her that he loved her, but had only managed to stand there eating an apple while he hought about it. Finaly he had come to a decision, he would ask her to a picnic and tell her then. That was the day the Juraian ship had arrived to take her and Ayeaka away. A great adventure sure, but being cramped together on the ship hadn't left him much room to get her alone. And everytime he did Ayeaka would show up and Ryoko would instantly act like she was trying to seduce him. In fact she had only done that once and that was the time in Washu's cave. He tripped and fell face first onto the the stairs leading up to his house. He lay there for several minutes still thinking. He knew that once he got to the top Ryoko would be waiting there to hug him. He thought about all the times since his trip to space that he had climbed these same steps wishing that she would be there waiting for him. It had finaly happened and he had ruined the moment by staying quiet. Suddenly a thought struck him. What about Ayeaka... did she love him? She said she felt they were meant for eachother, but he had never heard her say love. Once again his mind went back to the deminsion tuner. Washu had said that those worlds had been the subconsious desires of each of the girls. Her own desire to stay and work on the dimention tuner had excluded her from their fantasies, but the others had had the chance to make their worlds whatever they wanted. Kyonei's world had been in a small fishing village where Tenchi had run a diner, while Ayeaka and Sasami were the competition. Ryoko had been living with Tenchi at the time, oweing money ofcourse, and Ayeaka still fought with her. In every world that was a constant. But despite Kyonei's apparent desire for an end of Mihoshi, Mihoshi had still found her. Kyonei hadn't wanted to admit that she cared for the blonde, but it was now apparent to everyone. In Sasami's world she had used magic to make Ryoko and Ayeaka friends. But Sasami herself had just hung back and played with Ryo-oki in that world, just like in the real one. No... that one was no help for him. Ryoko's world, now there was a very big puzzle. She could have put the others into any possition she wanted, but had made their lives great. Ayeaka was a rich heiress, Kyonei and Mihoshi were incharge of the FBI, and the only real difference she made was in eliminateing her powers all together. She had made a world where despite a little heartbreak for Ayeaka, Tenchi had been kept entirely away from the others, had had some peace and quiet. Now Mihoshi's world was next in his thoughts. She had been the only one to place him in the position of the husband, with Sasami as his daughter and Ayeaka as a sister. Ryoko had appeared there aswell, as trying to seduce Tenchi away from Mihoshi. Ayeaka had been a sister in that one. She had bossed Mihoshi around day and night. Kyonei was Mihoshi's constant friend. They went out to lunch dates alot and everything. He could see that she was trying to lead a normal life, but had an attraction to Kyonei even then. Suddenly he shook his head and laughed a bit, "Now I sound like a psychiatrist." Finaly he thought about Ayeaka's world. He'd been trying to avoid that one but in with it being the last one he had no choice. Ayeaka's world was a traditional one. She was Empress of ancient Japan and was engaged to Tenchi, a lord. Sasami was a minor character, just playing in the garden with a ball all the time. She had sent Tenchi out to find and capture the demon of Rashoma. He had gone out and found Ryoko. Apparently in Ayeaka's world she was a theif and a demon. And there Tenchi was also having an affair with her. Ayeaka's world never would allow Tenchi and Ryoko to have done anything phisicl ofcourse, it was just that they knew eachother and were close. Ryoko had even come close to convincing her to run away with her. The only thing that stopped him was Kyonei and Mihoshi showing up, finding out about them. He had been embarrased, and had not known what to do. When Ayeaka had found out the first thing she had done was try to kill Ryoko, and she was going to do it even if she had to go through Tenchi. It was all a rivalry with her. In fact not that he thought about it she hadn't even been that interested in him until she found out the Ryoko had liked him. But, if she knew that Ryoko had won his heart already she'd most likely kill not only him but everyone else on the planet. Chapter 3: Ryoko's thoughts As she sat on the shrine waiting for Tenchi to come home, absently petting Ryo-oki, Ryoko thought about her actions since she had met him. She had crashed on this planet while trying to evade Mihoshi, who was realy good despite her bimbo attitude. She had mangaged to almost completely kill Rio-oki, and had come incrdibly close to blasting Ryoko herself into tiny pieces. Ryoko had been knocked unconsious in the blast. She had woken up to a young boy trying to give her a drink of water. He had real consern in his eyes, not the lust or fear she had seen on so many faces. Oh she knew he thought she was attractive enough, but he actually seemed conserned for her well being. She had never known anybody like that before. Then Mihoshi had shown up and chased them. When the ditz's exosuit had finaly fallen off and it was clear thatr she was no longer a threat, Tenchi had looke dat her with the distrust she had seen before. Sure she'd told him that she was being chased by a space pirate, but under the circumstances she hadn't thought he would help her otherwise. She decided that aslong as he was mad at her though she'd have some fun with him and had chased them through the house again. Afterwards when things had finaly calmed down she had tried her best to thank him for helping her, the only way she'd ever know guys to want to be thanked. But he seemed to be against it. At first she considered that maybe he wasn't compatable, that his speacies was different than those humanoids she had met before. But that possibility was put to rest when she had snuck in on him in the bath. She just couldn't tell what he wanted. Whenever she was out of ideas of ways to make him happy, that seemed to make him happy. But whenever she tried to hold him and kiss him he would try to run away. Then that snotty princess had shown up, responding to Mihoshi's distress call. If she hadn't brought Sasami with her to cook then there would have been no use of her what so ever. She thought about how she and the princess had first met. They had both embelished the story but now that she was alone she felt it was safe to remember the incdent as it had happened. Ayeaka had been playing in a field of flowers. Ryoko had just run away from home with Ryo-oki and landed on Jurai to play. She had come across Ayeaka making some kind of flower crown for her head. She was about to ask how she did that when Ayeaka had seen her and yelled, "What are you doing here? This is Jurai royal property." Ryoko had decided that this person was someone who she didn't like. She walked over and grabbed the flowers out of her hand, "Well now I'm the princess of the field and I say it belongs to me!" That was the first time she'd taken anything and it felt pretty good. Her mother had died a year before and her father had taken out his agressions on his daughter. It wasn't all bad, she had seen how he used the energy bolts and teleporting abilities and practiced them. She had finaly ran away, finding Ryo-oki in the woods. Her planet was where the cabbits were from but they were rare. She had run away and ended up traveling in space. Ryoko stopped and shook her head. She was getting off the story she had been looking at. After Ryoko had taken the crown and declaired herself princess Ayeaka's face had turned red. She was used to getting what she wanted, when she wanted, and anyone who refused her was supposed to be quickly tortured. Unfortunately none of her guards were around. She looked at this impudent girl with spiky hair. "Give it back. I made it, the flowers are mine. Give it back!" Ryoko had just laughed at her and stuck out her tongue. "I'll...I'll hold my breath until I turn blue if you don't." She had taken a deep breath and held it in. Seeing the puffy look on her face Ryoko had fallen over laughing and said, "You can hold your breath until you turn green for all I care." Ayeaka immediately started crying. Ryoko suddenly felt bad, but still had her own pride. She took the crown off and through it at the princess, "Fine cry baby, take it." Then she had run back to Ryo-oki and flown off. Ryoko smiled remembering this. Ayeaka hadn't gotten any better. She remembered the second time they had run into eachother. Ryoko had hooked up with a traveling carnival. She had learned all the tricks to grifting customers. She had been doing rather well that day until the princess showed up. They recognized eachother almost instantly. The Ayeaka walked over to her and looked at her stand, "What are you doing here? This is a carnival to celebrate the Jurai royal family. I demand you pack up and leave!" She then kicked the side of her stand. It wasn't much, Ryoko had been running a milk bottle scam. it would have taken an assault cannon to knock over the bottles, but the stand wa sshaky and it almost fell over. After steadying it she got an idea. She told Ryo-oki to hold still and pretend to be a toy. She had handed Ryo-oki to her and said, "Well here you go princess, a little toy to make up for me being here. And it'll only cost you three Jurai." She had already gotten her hands on Ayeaka's wallet and quickly grabbed out all the money she had. Then before Ayeaka could say anything she and Ryo-oki had run away. The money she had gotten from that was far more than she had ever gotten from working at the carnival. she decided that if one spoiled brat could have this much money, there must be more out there for the taking from other rich people. That was how she had first become a pirate. She had had many run ins with the princess since then. Once she had tried an honest job working at a resort. She cleaned rooms for one hour a day and spent the rest of the time relaxing with the money she had stolen. But Ayeaka had shown up there too. The money she had with her wasn't what Ryoko relay wanted. She just liked making that spoiled brat whine. After that Ayeaka had set the galaxy police on her. Mihoshi was the only one in the area at the time, her partner on a much needed psychiatric related vacation. She had chased Ryoko all the way to Earth and... ...and the princess came again. She had found out what Ryoko cherrished and decided that she would take that as revenge. If Ryoko were to get anywhere with Tenchi she would be there to put a stop to it and make Ryoko look like a common slut. It just wasn't fair. She thought of paying Ayeaka back, but all she had was the million Jurai she had gotten from Nagi at the beuty pagent and Ayeaka absolutely refused. She could see how much it hurt Ryoko but the Princess had convinced herself that she too loved Tenchi. And Ryoko was deathly afraid that Tenchi loved her too. The one decent guy in her life taken by the worst person she had ever known. When Ryoko had tried to stop Tenchi from going after her when she was kidnapped. She knew that it seemed selfish, that she must have looked evil and uncaring. She just hadn't waned him getting hurt. The last thing he had told her was that afterwards he would love to go on a trip with her. Ryoko had been taken aback by this but knew that even if it killed all of them she had to help Tenchi save Ayeaka. After nearly dieing and being rescued by Nagi, she had come back to Tenchi. Nagi had given up chasing her, and had gone her own way. Ryoko never would know why she helped Ryoko at that time, but thanked her anyway. They had seperated as friends. Ryoko had immediately gone to see Tenchi, to take him on that trip he'd promised. But she had seen the other's space ships on the way and knew that they were returning too. She realy had no problem with Kyonei and Mihoshi. She had been pardoned by the royal family and was no longer a wanted fellon. But when she saw Ayeaka's ship she knew she had to see Tenchi first. She had and he had been glad to see her. So here she was. Back waiting for him to come home, acting like a love sick puppy. But still, when she had blown him that kiss today he had caught it. Ryoko was sure that he would pick the princess up until then. She would stay and live on earth, always the outcast of the group with no real family. But Tenchi had caught the kiss and that had made her thing that maybe, just maybe, she would win him after all. Chapter 4: Sasami's insight Sasami was busy cleaning up the house. She knew that a princess wasn't supposed to do this sort of thing, but after the time she had heard her sisters guards talking about how spoiled and mean Ayeaka was as a child she felt it would do good to prove that not all royalty was that way. She loved ehr sister, but knew that the palace gossip was more than rumors. Also she found that she was very good at it. Cooking and cleaning relaxed her, and around here she needed something relaxing. Ayeaka and Ryoko's constant fights were anoying. Sasami knew that Ayeaka started alot of it, just because she didn't want Ryoko to have Tenchi. Sasami just wished they would get along. Sasami laughed remembering some of the fantasies she'd had about it. She was a teenager and did have some fantasies. She remembered where she had made it happen, in her own world. But afterwards Ayeaka and Ryoko were back at it almost immediately, even before they got out of the other worlds. Ayeaka was still holding a grudge now even after Ryoko had saved all of them. She could see that Tenchi realy cared about Ryoko, and that Ayeaka was still holding a grudge. She had said as much when Tenchi had said that Ryoko was here. Sasami had been very happy. Aside from her and her mother she had never known anyone else with blue hair and she felt that Ryoko was her friend. Ryo-oki came hopping up the steps and rubbed against Sasami's leg. "Hello Ryo-oki, you want a carrot?" The cabbit gave it some careful thought and said, "Myah." Sasami was confused. Ryo-oki never turned down a carrot. She mush be thining the same thing as she was. Sasami picked up the furry little animal and held her close, "Your worried about whats going to happen now to aren't you?" The cabbit nodded. Sasami sighed and stared off towards the stairs Tenchi would climb when he came home. Suddenly she sat up. "You know what Ryo-oki? I'll bet Yosho would know what to do." the cabbit meowed happily and hopped after Sasami as she ran towards the shrine. Along the way she saw Ryoko on top of the entrance staring at the lake. She ran up and into the shrine where Yosho was sitting. "Yes Sasami, can i do something for you?" Sasami nodded, "I'm worried Yosho." He nodded and smiled at her, "About Tenchi, Ryoko and Ayeaka?" She nodded. "Well I'm afraid that it is beyond our control. But don't worry, no matter what Tenchi would never ask you to leave." Sasami nodded, some of her fears alleviated. She smiled at him and joked, "I know that, if it weren't for me you guys would be eating romin noodles still." Yosho blushed but quickly composed himself. "Yeah, but aside from that you are the closest thing he has to a sister and he cares about you a great deal." Sasami nodded, "Isn't there anything we can do?" He shook his head, "No, this is something the three of them will have to work out for themselves." Sasami reluctantly lowered her head, "Does Ayeaka realy hate Ryoko that much? Can it be true that she would jeapordize the happyness of everyone just for her grudge against Ryoko?" Yosho thought and said, "We will have to see. But don't worry. One way or another it will be alright in the end." Sasami and Yosho did their best to smile but both looked out the window towards Ryoko. Chapter 5: Ayeaka's hatred Ayeaka sat in her room. She had hoped that when she had shown up Tenchi would spend the day with her, but he had to go to school and she knew that. It was alright. She knew that that monster woman waslurking around, but she never followed him to school. No, she would wait until he came home before trying to get him into her vile clutches. Sasami and the others never understood that Tenchi needed to be kept away from Ryoko. She had seen that when Ryoko said she loved Tenchi, that she must have been meant to love Tenchi. After all Ryoko stole everything that was Ayeaka's. Just because she hadn't met him yet didn't matter. Why else would Ryoko want him if he wasn't Ayeaka's? Now that she had traveled back to him Tenchi had to realize that. Sure, he had given up the thrown to come here, had spent days searching the universe for Ryoko. It just meant that he was naiv'e. Soon he would see what a horrible person the space pirate was. She also remembered those encounter's with Ryoko. Had told Sasami so many stories that she had once had nightmares about Ryoko. Those nigthmares had stopped when she had met Ryoko but Ayeaka knew that that just meant that the evil one had tricked her sweet sister aswell. Ayeaka did care for her sister and wanted to protect her from the nightmare that had plagued her life. The time that Ryoko had tried to convince everyone that Ryo-oki was her and Tenchi's child was another proof. The others had seen it as a joke, but Ayeaka knew better. She lay back on the bed and looked around. This was a beutiful planet. Once she married Tenchi she would add it to the Juraian empire, making it her's. She was Princess of Jurai. She rightfully owned everything, and to get Tenchi she had offered to share it with him. He had turned her down but that didn't matter. Suddenly there was a knock at the door. "Who is it?" A voice from the other side said, "It's me, Washu." Ayeaka opened the door and let the scientist in. "What are you doing so far from your lab Washu?" The mad- ribbit ribbit- ahem, excentric scientist smiled and stepped in. "Obviously I wanted to talk to you Ayeaka." Ayeaka allowed Washu in. "What's this about miss...I mean little Washu? Are you planning some more experiments with the Jurai power?" Washu smiled and shook her head, "No, I know everything there is to know about the Jurai power. What I want to know is what you will do if Tenchi chooses Ryoko." Ayeaka laughed, "Oh Washu, thats the funniest thing I ever heard. You know that Tenchi realy loves me and would rather spit on Ryoko if he weren't so polite." Washu smiled and shook her head, "Well while I'm sure some spit swaping may occure, I don't think it would be fair for you not to consider how you would react in such a situation." With that Washu left. Ayeaka sat there thinking. "Ofcourse it's ridiculouse that Tenchi would choose Ryoko. Every time she wraps her arms around him he runs away. And even when he doesn't I still step in to save h..." She stared at the wall suddenly. She had just said 'even when he doesn't'. Suddenly a thousand visions of Tenchi and Ryoko sitting together and smiling. Each one of these brief visions accompanied by her running in and telling Ryoko how horrible she was which cause Ryoko to claim Tenchi as her's in that rude way. Tenchi trying to tell her that Ryoko wasn't doing anything wrong, only to be interupted by Ayeaka's yells of , "I will not allow it." At the time she had seen it as her duty as a princess to stop such lewd behavior in the pirate. But Sasami always seemd to accept it and everyone got along well with her. Ayeaka's hand went to her mouth in horror, "What have I done?" Chapter 6: Mihoshi and Kyonei (Sorry but the guardians have no oppinion on the matter. They are eunics and just want to beat Sasami at that video game) Kyonei and Mihoshi lay out on the patio, watching the sun set together. Mihoshi turned to her partner and said, "I'm sorry I blurted out about our relationship Kyonei. I do that alot." Kyonei looked back and thought for a while. "It's ok Mihoshi. I know you were just happy about it. I shouldn't have acted so embarrased about it." Mihoshi nodded, "I just can't seem to keep my mouth shut. And I make everyone mad, walking into Washu's lab, embarrassing you... only Tenchi and Sasami never get mad at me." Kyonei looked down at her feet. "I should be the one to appologize Mihoshi. I've just never had a girlfriend before and I... I didn't know how to handle it." Mihoshi smiled. "It's ok Kyonei. I understand. I've never had a girfriend either, it's a bit confusing. Thats why I act so spaced out around you. I look at your face and everything just... disapears." Kyonei listend to her and suddenly started crying. "What's wong Kyonei?" Kyonei looked at her partner and smiled, "I just love you, that's all Mihoshi." Mihoshi smiled and leaned forward to give Kyonei a kiss. " I love you too Kyonei." Suddenly Mihoshi's face got that blank look again. "What do you suppose will happen when Tenchi tells Ayeaka." Kyonei looked up and stopped crying. "Tell her what Mihoshi?" Mihoshi looked at her suprised. "And I thought I was spaced... You realy don't see it?" Kyonei shook her head, "See what?" Mihoshi smiled and said, "What do you think will happen when Tenchi tells Ayeaka that he's in love with Ryoko?" Kyonei looked at her stunned, "Realy? Wow!" Mihoshi laughed but stopped at Kyonei's look. "What's wrong Kyonei?" She looked at Mihoshi and said, "Well, in Ayeaka's world do you remember what happened when she found out about them in that world?" Mihoshi thought, "She was going o have us demoted and thrown off the forse. But don't worry Kyonei. I'm sure Tenchi will let us stay here anyway. We already got put incharge of the galaxy police, then turned it down to move out here. What have we realy got to loose." Kyonei smiled at her. "Your right. So we won't be called away from our jobs to help fix busted spaceships out in the boondocks. We have eachother and if we are we can be police on this planet, right?" They hugged and went back to watch the sunset. Above them they failed to notice Ayeaka's open window. Ayeaka meanwhile heard everyword they had said. Oh no, she thought, even my friends think I would do something like that to them. The worst part was that it was true. She would have had them kicked off the forse for allowing the pirate to get Tenchi. Tears rolled down her cheeks. Through all of this she had been alienating everyone. It's not right, I may be priness, but I have no right to hurt my friends like this. Whomever Tenchi chooses I will be happy for him... even if she gets him. Chapter 7: The stars The stars are beutiful, Tenchi thought as he lay at the bottom of the stairs. Several times since he had been back, he had stopped right where he was, and just stared at the stars. His father and grandfather had found him there once, but had left him alone. He thought about the last world he and Ryoko had been in. At the time he had been upset because she had made him rob those banks, but now he thought about how there and every day in space she had simply sat and stared into the stars. He had started doing this so that when he climbed the stairs home, he would not have to admit that Ryoko would no longer be there to hug him when he came home. Now she was here and he still didn't want to go up there. Why? As the sun set Kyonei and Mihoshi had gone inside. Nobiyuki and Yosho were talking over the table about everything but Tenchi, and Sasami was in the kitchen making dinner. Ayeaka had come down and smiled at everyone, making a point not to ask where either Tenchi or Ryoko were. Ryoko was still on the shrine entrance, wondering where Tenchi was. She had waited for so long and now he hadn't even come home to see her. Was it her? Had she scared him when he found ot that she was a space pirate? She knew he wasn't off with Ayeaka, she hadn;t left her room since lunch. Finaly she thought that maybe he was hurt. Kagato may have been defeated, but that didn't mean his accomplices were. They might have come and taken Tenchi. Ryoko suddenly shot up and flew towards the stairs. When she got there she saw Tenchi at the bottom stairing up at the sky. She immediately teleported down next to him and said, "Tenchi, are you alright? Did you fall?" He turned and smiled at her. "No Ryoko. I'm sorry to worry you, but I'v had to think about a few things." Ryoko looked up at the stars and smiled. Tenchi looked at her and suddenly came to a decision. I have to tell you something." The smile melted off her face and she looked at him, "You love Ayeaka don't you." Tenchi was stunned. He reached for her but before he could think of anything to say she vanished. Suddenly tears streamed down his cheeks and ever so softly he said, "No Ryoko, I love you." Suddenly she was there again hugging him close, "You realy do? Realy?" Tenchi smiled and kissed her. Shocked Ryoko just stood there for a second, but then kissed him back. When they finaly broke apart Tenchi smiled, "I've loved you for a long time Ryoko, I just never got the chance to say it." Ryoko looked at him and nodded in understanding, "But what about Ayeaka?" Tenchi shook his head. "She's my friend. I said no to her when I left Jurai instead of taking the thrown. I love you. And I still want to go on that trip with you Ryoko, to see the stars." Ryoko's tears joined Tenchi's on his cheeks. He held her tight as he stood up, leaving his bag where it was. They walked back to the house and quietly sat down at the table. Everyone saw them and gave a different reaction. Yosho nodded wisely and Nobiyuki ran out to get his cammera. Sasmi, smiled and Tenchi could have sworn she was checking Ryoko out. Kyonei and Mihoshi smiled and squeesed eachother's hands. Ryo-oki just meowed and grinned like always. Washu just sat there looking superior and giving everyone the same superior exression she always used, not paying the least bit of attention. Finally almost simultaniously everyone looked at Ayeaka, expecting the worst. Quietly the princess sighed and put her glass down. Then smiling she looked at them and nodded. "I understand Tenchi. I know that the decision you have just made was made long ago, I was just so jealose of Ryoko that I couldn't see it. I am sorry for my actons and making my friends think that I didn't care about them." As she said this she looked guiltily at the reast of the group. But then using every ounce of royal training in her she sat up and smiled, "Now unless I am mistaken we should be having a welcome home party, and we have some other things to celebrate." She shot a pointed glance at Mihoshi and Kyonei aswell at Ryoko and Tenchi. "I believe you four have something to announce?" Everyone smiled and looked around. Nobiyuki had gotten back with the video cammera and pointed it on the two couples. Tenchi spoke, " Yes, I think we do." Then he turned and kissed Ryoko. Kyonei turned to Mihoshi and kissed her too. Then she turned to Nobiyuki, "If you plan on doing what I think you are with that tape you'll go blind." Nobiyuki was about to say that that was an old wives tale when she held up a small knife with two blades on it about as far apart as human eyes. He gulped and nodded, "Um, do you girls want copies?" Everyone laughed and the party got underway. Chapter 8: Happily ever after After that day Tenchi and Ryoko decided to get married and enjoy a nice long honeymoon among the stars. As soon as he finished school ofcourse. Washu built them a special ship, with one of her interdimentional tunnels so that they could come home for meals. They couldn't take Ryo-oki, who had told Ryoko that she wasn't going to let Washu put anything in her. Later Washu talked the cabbit into undergoing an experiment to become humanoid. Ryoko and Tenchi began a long journey among the stars, and invited the newly married galaxy police officers along. They declined though and only checked in on them occasionaly with the others. Ayeaka decided to stay on Earth, and later found that her cousin was appointed as ruler of Jurai. He was a good ruler so she felt no need to go back. Now she spends her time with her friends. She and Sasami now attend school and she is the class president. Sasami also convinced Washu to come be a teacher at the local colledge, which is attending having no desire to go through public school. She is now claiming to be a child prodegy and had convinced the now human Ryo-oki to joing her. Washu being the smartest person in the universe made them some digruises they would make them look completely human and appear to age as normal, despite their much slower aging than humans. Washu enjoys teaching high level quantum mechanics at the colledge. Unfortunately most of the students dropped out almost immediately, which left her to continue her inventions with Sasami and Ryo-oki's help. Yosho and Nobiyuki are still about the same. And that about ends it. The end Authors note This isn't my best fan fic. I prefer working in the OAV universe. But don't worry, I'll either write another one with a bit more action in it or another one. I still feel that Ryoko and Tenchi are the best match, next to Kyonei and Mihoshi. I'm considering doing a DBZ crossover next. What do you think?