Hiroshi 2 Part one:Hiroshi Returns By Around the Fur Welcome back ladies and gentlemen,boys and girls,but mainly all those who enjoyed my first series featuring our hero,Hiroshi. This is something I've always wanted to do once I finished the first series,but I had to lay it off for a few months. Now,like a phoenix from the ashes,Hiroshi has returned to the lives of the people living in the Masaki household. This series will be a lot longer and have a lot more to do with the Hiroshi/Washuu relationship. Well,without further ado,on with the fic! The Masaki household,five years since Hiroshi left... It was mid winter,and everyone,including Yosho,who had decided to come down from the shrine,and excluding Washuu,who had shut herself up in her lab ever since Hiroshi had left,was inside,sipping hot chocolate and tea(not mixed together...eeeewwwwww). Sasami stared out a window into the relentless blizzard. For a second,she could've sworn she had seen someone,or something dart through the 5 feet of snow. She shook that thought from her head and tried to think of something else. Suddenly,there was a knock at the door. "I'll get it." Sasami volunteered. She got up and walked towards the door as another knock came from the other side. She opened the door and shielded her eyes from the blinding snow. When the wind died down,she looked up and nearley fainted. "Hello,Little Sasami." A familiar voice said as Sasami rushed towards him and nearly squeezed the life out of him. By now,everyone had gathered around the door,and were quite shocked when Hiroshi stepped out of the doorway and stood before them. Sasami ran off into Washuu's lab. "M-miss Washuu?" Sasami studdered exitedly. "What is it Sasami? I'm very busy right now." Washuu said as Sasami led her out of her lab. Washuu looked up and her eyes nearly fell out of her head. A smile cracked its way on her face as a tear slid silently down her cheek. "H-Hiroshi..." Washuu said uneasily as she promptly fainted. Hiroshi picked her up and started to carry her off to the lab. "I got it covered." Hiroshi said as he dissapeared into the lab,Ryoka happily following. Hours later... Washuu sleepily woke up in a soft bed. She sat up and looked around. She saw Hiroshi get up from his chair at the oppoite side of the end and walk over. "H-Hiroshi? I-is that you?" Washuu asked,hoping this wasn't a dream. "Yes. It is." Hiroshi said calmly as he sat down next to Washuu. "Oh Hiroshi! I missed you so much!" Washuu exclaimed as she threw her arms around Hiroshi. "Let's go see the others now." Hiroshi said as Washuu followed. They walked out of the lab and into the living room,prompting the whole gang to rush towards them. "Whoa! Hey,hold on now!" Hiroshi said as he made his way to the couch. He plopped down on it and looked around at the faces of his friends. Sasami had aged a lot since he last saw her. Now she was a lot taller and more...er...developed. She had also gotten rid of her pigtails in favor of a single,braided ponytail. Next Hiroshi saw Noboyuki,who had changed little,save for his newly grown goatee,and Katsuhito,who still looked as old as ever,only his beard was a little longer. Next came Ryoko and Ayeka,who both showed little signs of aging. Then he saw Tenchi,who had grown taller and had started to grow a moustache,just like his dad,only his was a lot thinner and less stupid-looking. Hiroshi sighed to himself and took in all the questions the gang threw at him. After a little explaining,Hiroshi had managed to tell them that the war had only lasted five years because,in what seemed to be the darkest hour,a meteorite seemed to come out of nowhere and wipe out the entire Imperial armed forces. Hiroshi was then told that Kaori and Hayate had left together to live in a country called "Brazil". He had also gotten word that Mihoshi and Kiyone were finally promoted and now their visits are more scarce,although they still swing by sometimes. Matsumo was still his old self,save for the abundance of facial hair and his imposing height,which made him almost as tall as Hiroshi. Washuu ran up and hugged him again. "I still can't believe you're actually back!" she exclaimed in sheer happiness. Everyone went back to what they were doing. Ryoko was sipping sake and reading the latest doujin on her support beam on the ceiling,Ayeka doing the same,sans sake,and she was on the couch. Tenchi went back to his heated game of chess with Katsuhito,Noboyuki went back to drawing up plans for his new project,and Sasami went back to feeding Ryo-ohki carrots that had been soaked in hot chocolate while Matsumo whispered something into Sasami's ear,causing the princess of Jurai to blush profusely. The t.v. was on,but nobody paid any attention to the Christmas special on it. Ryoko giggled lightly as she sipped sake and was absorbed into her doujin,which was starting to give her ideas about her and Ayeka. Ryoko murmured something about "Hot Lunch" and phased down to the couch,promptly taking Ayeka by the hand to her room. "You know,Tenchi," Katsuhito said,"chess cultivates the mind,spirit,and the soul,and we must always cultivate the soul." Tenchi rolled his eyes at his gradfather's old ramblings as he moved a single piece and proclaimed rather flatly,"checkmate". This had been the 10th time in a row he had beaten the old man. In Washuu's lab... Washuu and Hiroshi were hard at work,trying to put a few last-minute finishes on one of Washuu's older inventions. Washuu looked over at Hiroshi,and felt that something was different about him. Then she realized he had his hair tied back. Washuu swiped at the knot,undoing it,and giggled. "Much better." Washuu said as she kissed Hiroshi. Hirohshi just sighed and went back to work. Washuu remembered his hair being much shorter,but five years away without someone to cut your hair will do that to you. Washuu looked into Hiroshi's eyes,barely visible under his long,thin hair. She hadn't seen those eyes in five long years. "Hey Washuu?" Hiroshi said,turning from his work. "What is it Hiroshi?" Washuu said. "What ever happened to GIR?" Hiroshi asked. "He's over in that corner,collecting dust." Washuu replied. Hiroshi got up and walked over to the deactivated GIR. He pressed a button on the little robots back,and GIR sprang into life. "I'm dancing like a monkey!" GIR shouted as he ran around dancing like a monkey. Hiroshi chuckled and went back to work. "So what're we working on anyway?" Hiroshi asked,ignoring GIR's cries of "I'm naked!". "Well,I was working on reactivating one of my first inventions,a bio-android. I had to shut her down for certain purposes." Washuu said sadly. "Oh. Well,let's get to work." Hiroshi went to work as Washuu walked off,returning a few minutes later with a giant silver pod. "Do me a favor and plug this into the pod." Washuu said,handing Hiroshi a long tube-like structure that was attatched to a container marked with Washuu's stamp of approval and a plate that said "Washuu's All Around Life Giving Blood Substitute" with a picture of a smiling Washuu cartoon on it. The liquid began to pump into the pod,slowly emptying itself. Washuu shut it off and released the hatches on the sides of the pod. A person,or what looked like a person at least,sat up. She had long silver hair and a somewhat thin face. She got up and out of her pod,standing before Washuu. "Hello,Miss Washuu." the android said in a very accurate human voice. "Hello,Cecilia. It's so nice to see you again." Washuu said. Cecilia looked over at Hiroshi and gasped before leaping back and firing a barage of missiles from her fingertips. "Intruder detected! Initiating destroying tactics!" Hiroshi nimbly but franticly dodge behind a giant machine of somesort. "It's okay Cecilia! He's a friend!" Washuu screamed feverishly. "Friend?" Cecilia muttered as Hiroshi walked back to Washuu,"I'm so sorry!" Cecilia bowed before Hiroshi. "It's okay," Hiroshi said nonchalantly,"So why did you invent Cecilia anyway,Washuu?" "I had built her to be my maid,in case the lab got too dirty,but one day one of her circuits must have blown and she went haywire. I fixed her and sealed her in this pod,for safety. I was going to release her,but a week later was the day Kagato kidnapped me. She's been asleep ever since." Washuu unfolded. Cecilia nodded in consent. "Hey Washuu,I need to go on a trip in a few days,you want to come with me?" Hiroshi asked. "Sure,but who will look after the lab?" Washuu asked dumbly. Cecilia jumped up and down. "Me! I can look after it!" Cecilia exclaimed. "Let's see now...Who can we get to look after the lab?" Hiroshi asked teasingly. "Me! I can!" "Hmmmm. Alright,Cecilia,you can look after the lab while we're gone." Washuu asured her. "Alright!" Cecilia exclaimed as she leaped into the air. "Well,Washuu,let's start packing. We leave tommorow." Hiroshi said. "I thought you said in a few days?" "Well,we're going to have to rush now that two people are coming." "Alright,let's go." Hiroshi said as he and Washuu walked off. Well, that's it for the first part. Tell me what you think at Foxsmarty@aol.com. By the way,AOL sucks,never EVER use it.