Time For Sorrow, Time For Joy: The Year After
By Darkness and Light
Disclaimer: I say again, we do NOT own Tenchi!! (Damn the luck.)
"Okay.how am I going to get through with this?"
Tenchi Masaki paced around his room, a nervous look upon his features. He stopped briefly in front of his mirror for a moment and took a few deep breaths to ease himself. His brow was creased lightly as he thought, and he let out a sigh, giving his reflection a determined look. He knew that if he didn't try this now, he'd never be able to say it when the time came for it to mean something. Besides, he was in a hurry; he had errands to run in Tokyo, errands that he hoped to keep a secret.
"Washu, uh.I, uh, I've been thinking-Oh, who am I kidding? I'll never be able to do this!" He gave up, pressing his hand against his forehead and closing his eyes. "Maybe I can think better when I'm not here in this insane asylum."
As if on cue, a familiar and whiny voice sounded right by his ears as a pair of strong arms wrapped around him.
"Tennnnchiiii.why are you always spending time with Washu and not with meeeeeeee??" Ryoko asked as she appeared behind him, latching tightly onto him. She wasn't going to give up Tenchi without a fight, and if trying to seduce him was the only way to regain his heart, then, damn it she was gonna do it!
"Ryoko, I really don't have time for this. I have some things to do today and I have to get down to the bus stop to catch the early route." Tenchi then quickly removed her arms from around him and began to walk to his door. "I'll see you after I get home tonight, alright?" Then, he disappeared behind his door, leaving a very bewildered and confused Ryoko behind in his room.
"Oh, Tenchi! Where are you going?" Sasami asked as she watched him step down the smooth wooden stairs and towards the front door. "I didn't think you had to go to the shrine this early!"
Tenchi smiled as he stepped into his shoes near the front door. "I don't; I have to go do some things today. I won't be back until tonight."
"Oh, alright. Well, have fun while you're there!!" Sasami smiled sweetly, then paraded back into kitchen, leaving Tenchi alone with his thoughts again. He slid open the front door and walked out into the cool, calm morning. He took a deep breath, inhaling the moist air, then began to make his way down the path towards the bus stop. He was almost at the end of the sidewalk when another voice cried out for him to stop, a voice that made him stop dead and gulp a bit.
"TENCHI!! WAIT!!" Washu cried from behind. He turned around to face the running scientist and smiled a bit as she caught up with him. She smiled a bit as she wrapped her arms tightly around him, blinking sweetly.
"Tenchi, darling.I need to pick up a few things.Can I come with you to Tokyo? Please? All I need to get is a spark plug and a piston for my Intertransdimensional Subparticle Beam. The reason I'm asking is because the spark plug is about 2 feet across and 6 inches wide, and the piston.well, to measure that, I'll need a meter stick or four, " She asked brightly. Tenchi sighed with a small smile and shook his head nervously.
"Actually, Washu, I don't think that they sell those on this planet.or even manufacture them."
Washu looked taken aback. "Really? What a backwards planet! Sheesh!" She sighed and shook her head, then her expression brightened a bit. "Well, can I come with you anyways?"
Tenchi took a breath and looked a bit nervous. "Well, actually, Washu.I kinda wanted to go alone.I have a few things to think about, and I need to think about them alone.alright?"
Washu dropped her arms from around him lightly and looked at him with slightly hurt confusion. "Oh.alright. Well, what time will you be home, then?"
"Around dinner time, I think. I'll try to hurry, alright?"
"Okay...well, see you later then."
Tenchi smiled a bit and leaned slightly. He kissed her lightly and whispered a nearly inaudible "I love you" before turning and continuing on his previous course. Washu watched as he disappeared down the path, and turned, her nimble mind whirling with frightened and confused thoughts as she walked back to the house. One especially pressing and heavy thought firmly planted itself into her brain, one that upset her horribly.
"Tenchi.is this going to be.the end? You've been acting so strange lately.what have I done?" she asked herself as she walked into the house. She was immediately enveloped in the inviting scent of cooking breakfast, and normally, she would've joined them in eating. But not today.
"Washu! Breakfast is ready! Come sit down!!" Sasami cried as she watched her enter. Washu looked at the young princess with a weary smile and shook her head.
"Go ahead without me. I have a very important invention to work on."
Sasami blinked. "That's odd.she usually always joins us for meals.why not now?" But if the princess was confused, she asked the former goddess no inquiries of her motives.
Washu slowly opened the door to her lab and walked in, locking it tightly before sinking to the floor and pulling her knees against her chest. She lowered her head and let her tears start to fall, wrapping her arms around her legs tightly. She hadn't let herself cry to this extent in so long; before she hadn't had a reason. But now, after all of the trials and tribulations that she and Tenchi had been through, he was going to slip out of her grasp. Just like.
"Just like them."
She sat there for what seemed like hours, her mind blank as to why this had to happen. But then, a thought struck her. She raised her head, the tears still falling down her face lightly. Her eyes glistened with halted tears; her face serious and assured as she laid her gaze upon a small holographic image of Tenchi that stood next to her computer.
"I will win him back."
By Darkness and Light
Disclaimer: I say again, we do NOT own Tenchi!! (Damn the luck.)
"Okay.how am I going to get through with this?"
Tenchi Masaki paced around his room, a nervous look upon his features. He stopped briefly in front of his mirror for a moment and took a few deep breaths to ease himself. His brow was creased lightly as he thought, and he let out a sigh, giving his reflection a determined look. He knew that if he didn't try this now, he'd never be able to say it when the time came for it to mean something. Besides, he was in a hurry; he had errands to run in Tokyo, errands that he hoped to keep a secret.
"Washu, uh.I, uh, I've been thinking-Oh, who am I kidding? I'll never be able to do this!" He gave up, pressing his hand against his forehead and closing his eyes. "Maybe I can think better when I'm not here in this insane asylum."
As if on cue, a familiar and whiny voice sounded right by his ears as a pair of strong arms wrapped around him.
"Tennnnchiiii.why are you always spending time with Washu and not with meeeeeeee??" Ryoko asked as she appeared behind him, latching tightly onto him. She wasn't going to give up Tenchi without a fight, and if trying to seduce him was the only way to regain his heart, then, damn it she was gonna do it!
"Ryoko, I really don't have time for this. I have some things to do today and I have to get down to the bus stop to catch the early route." Tenchi then quickly removed her arms from around him and began to walk to his door. "I'll see you after I get home tonight, alright?" Then, he disappeared behind his door, leaving a very bewildered and confused Ryoko behind in his room.
"Oh, Tenchi! Where are you going?" Sasami asked as she watched him step down the smooth wooden stairs and towards the front door. "I didn't think you had to go to the shrine this early!"
Tenchi smiled as he stepped into his shoes near the front door. "I don't; I have to go do some things today. I won't be back until tonight."
"Oh, alright. Well, have fun while you're there!!" Sasami smiled sweetly, then paraded back into kitchen, leaving Tenchi alone with his thoughts again. He slid open the front door and walked out into the cool, calm morning. He took a deep breath, inhaling the moist air, then began to make his way down the path towards the bus stop. He was almost at the end of the sidewalk when another voice cried out for him to stop, a voice that made him stop dead and gulp a bit.
"TENCHI!! WAIT!!" Washu cried from behind. He turned around to face the running scientist and smiled a bit as she caught up with him. She smiled a bit as she wrapped her arms tightly around him, blinking sweetly.
"Tenchi, darling.I need to pick up a few things.Can I come with you to Tokyo? Please? All I need to get is a spark plug and a piston for my Intertransdimensional Subparticle Beam. The reason I'm asking is because the spark plug is about 2 feet across and 6 inches wide, and the piston.well, to measure that, I'll need a meter stick or four, " She asked brightly. Tenchi sighed with a small smile and shook his head nervously.
"Actually, Washu, I don't think that they sell those on this planet.or even manufacture them."
Washu looked taken aback. "Really? What a backwards planet! Sheesh!" She sighed and shook her head, then her expression brightened a bit. "Well, can I come with you anyways?"
Tenchi took a breath and looked a bit nervous. "Well, actually, Washu.I kinda wanted to go alone.I have a few things to think about, and I need to think about them alone.alright?"
Washu dropped her arms from around him lightly and looked at him with slightly hurt confusion. "Oh.alright. Well, what time will you be home, then?"
"Around dinner time, I think. I'll try to hurry, alright?"
"Okay...well, see you later then."
Tenchi smiled a bit and leaned slightly. He kissed her lightly and whispered a nearly inaudible "I love you" before turning and continuing on his previous course. Washu watched as he disappeared down the path, and turned, her nimble mind whirling with frightened and confused thoughts as she walked back to the house. One especially pressing and heavy thought firmly planted itself into her brain, one that upset her horribly.
"Tenchi.is this going to be.the end? You've been acting so strange lately.what have I done?" she asked herself as she walked into the house. She was immediately enveloped in the inviting scent of cooking breakfast, and normally, she would've joined them in eating. But not today.
"Washu! Breakfast is ready! Come sit down!!" Sasami cried as she watched her enter. Washu looked at the young princess with a weary smile and shook her head.
"Go ahead without me. I have a very important invention to work on."
Sasami blinked. "That's odd.she usually always joins us for meals.why not now?" But if the princess was confused, she asked the former goddess no inquiries of her motives.
Washu slowly opened the door to her lab and walked in, locking it tightly before sinking to the floor and pulling her knees against her chest. She lowered her head and let her tears start to fall, wrapping her arms around her legs tightly. She hadn't let herself cry to this extent in so long; before she hadn't had a reason. But now, after all of the trials and tribulations that she and Tenchi had been through, he was going to slip out of her grasp. Just like.
"Just like them."
She sat there for what seemed like hours, her mind blank as to why this had to happen. But then, a thought struck her. She raised her head, the tears still falling down her face lightly. Her eyes glistened with halted tears; her face serious and assured as she laid her gaze upon a small holographic image of Tenchi that stood next to her computer.
"I will win him back."