Ryoko's Heart Chapter 5: Catastrophe "Tenchiiiiiiiii. Tenchiiiiiiiiii.", Tenchi heard the soft sweet sound of Ryoko's voice. Tenchi began to wake up. "Tenchiiiiii", he heard Ryoko whisper into his ear again. Tenchi's eyes began to flutter open. Ryoko leaned down and gave Tenchi a kiss. "Wake up my Tenchi", she whispered again. Tenchi's eyes opened all the way and found himself staring into those two beautiful golden eyes. "Good morning Ryoko", he greeted. "Sleep well?" "Oh don't you know it baby", she giggled. She gave Tenchi another kiss and rested her head on his chest and sighed a happy sigh. Tenchi started playing with her hair. "Ooohh, Tenchi, I don't really feel like training today.", she groaned. "Let's go do something fun together and relax. Let's go do something................naughty.", she suggested slyly. She propped herself up with her elbows and down at Tenchi, she started stroking his chest with her index finger. "After a night like last night I think we could use some relaxation Tenchi." "Now that you mention it, I'm not in the mood for training either", Tenchi agreed. Ryoko sat up and hovered out of bed and and landed on the floor, standing there exposing her naked body. She stuck out her hand and curled her index finger telling Tenchi to come here. Tenchi got out of bed and walked toward her, she walked out the door backwards still curling her index finger, Tenchi followed. She phased through the bathroom door, followed by Tenchi. She floated up in the air and landed softly into the water of the olimpic pool sized bath. Tenchi did the same, they were now at the opposite ends of the bath, then Ryoko dived under water and swam towards Tenchi. When she reached him she shot up out of the water and met Tenchi in a deep passionate kiss. Tenchi's hands came up and massaged her breasts, still exploring each others mouths with their tounges. "Wait Tenchi, we'll have plenty of time for this later, I promise", she said. After they washed up, they phased into their normal clothes and went downstairs to have breakfast. When they came to the table, no one was there. They found a note on the table: Tenchi and Ryoko- Me Ayeka, Washu, and Ryo-Ohki went to go shopping, will be back this afternoon. Lots of Love, Sasami "Oh well, I guess we'll just have to find somewhere to eat", Tenchi said. Ryoko groaned as they both teleported outside. Just when they where about to leave, they heard rumbling. As the sound grew louder they knew what it was, they both looked up and saw Yugami, (Kiyone and Mihoshi's space ship, if you're, uh......................stupid). It hovered down slowly and finally landed next to the house. Then the door opened and out stepped Kiyone, followed by Mihoshi............unfortunatly. "Hey Tenchi, hey Ryoko", Kiyone waved. "Hey Kiyone, still keeping two jobs so you can afford bath water?", Ryoko snickered. Kiyone just glared at Ryoko, as if she were trying to stone her. "Tenchi, is Washu here? It's nothing important but we need her to fix our warp jets.", Kiyone said. "We didn't have money to take it in, so we just........", Mihoshi was cut off by Kiyone's hand slapping over her mouth, she put her other hand behind Mihoshi's head and squeezed both hands together so Mihoshi could not get free. "Uh, no Kiyone. She went out shopping with Sasami, Ayeka, and Ryo-Ohki. They should be back later", Tenchi explained. "That's okay. We'll come back this afternoon, bye. COME ON MIHOSHI", Kiyone yelled as she dragged Mihoshi back to the ship. When they stepped inside, the door slammed shut and Yugami took off and sped out into orbit. Ryoko was still giggling, then she burst out laughing. She wrapped her arms around Tenchi to keep herself from falling over. She just laughed until her sides hurt. Tenchi had a serious look on his face, then it turned into a little smile, pretty soon he burst out laughing, they couldn't help it, but the thought of Kiyone and Mihoshi not being able to afford bath water was just funny. When they finally stopped, they both gasped for air and calmed down. "So what do you wanna do Tenchi?," asked Ryoko. "Let's go to Tokyo." "Tokyo? Why would you want to go there?" "Just bear with me, I'm trying to think of something. What about the beach? We could spend a few days there and mabye rent a beach house and................you know, do the bad thang", Ryoko giggled as she wrapped her arms around Tenchi. Just then, they felt the ground slightly shake. The shaking grew slightly stronger. "What the hell is that?", Ryoko asked worried. "Oh, it's probably just an earthquake", Tenchi replied. "The fault line on the coast is moving, so we should wait for it to stop before we go to the beach. I'd say the density is probably about 1.5, so it's nothing serious, it'll stop soon." After several minutes it stopped. Ryoko still with arms wrapped around Tenchi. Then it started up again. "I thought you said it would stop Tenchi." "That's just an aftershock Ryoko." When it stopped, Ryoko seemed amazed. "You never told me the earth moved like that Tenchi." "I guess that's a part that I left out", Tenchi said. Ryoko cocked an eyebrow and figured that it wasn't that big of a deal. "Let's go pack, I can't wait", Ryoko said as she teleported into the house. She appeared in Tenchi's room and looked around. She opened the closet and found a duffle bag lying in the corner. She picked it up and upzipped it. Then Ryoko thought of something. Why would they need a bag. All they would have to do is phase into whatever they wanted to. She shrugged her shoulders and zipped up the bag and put it back in the closet. When she closed the closet door Tenchi phased in. "Where were all this time?", she asked. "Just thinking." "About what Tenchi?" "Us", he replied. He thought about all the times he put Ryoko down. Always angry with her and blowing her off so he could be with Ayeka. He thought about what would happen if he kept this up, he would end up with Ayeka, marrying her, starting a family, and be unhappy for the rest of his life because Ayeka was not the one he really loved. He thought about Ryoko leaving and never returning because she lost the battle with Ayeka, or finding out Ryoko commited suicide because of Tenchi choosing Ayeka, because he knew Ryoko would've done something like that if she lost. He thought about that happening if he ended up with Ayeka, and passing up the oppritunity to be with his one true love, Ryoko. *What if that really happened*, he thought. Thinking of all this tore him up inside, he was just greatful to God that that didn't happen. He loved Ryoko, he always has loved Ryoko, he just didn't know it yet, and he always will love Ryoko. She was the one. Tenchi tried with all his might to hold back the tears, he was lucky, he was able to hold in most of them. When a tear flowed down his cheek, Ryoko grew worried. "What's wrong Tenchi?", she asked as she walked towards him. She wrapped her arms around her neck and embraced him. Tenchi hugged her as the tears kept coming, he didn't make a sound when he wept but inside he was practically screaming. "Like you said before Tenchi, I'm here for you." Thoughts flowed through Ryoko's head, she just wondered what made Tenchi this way all of a sudden. When Tenchi finally stopped, Ryoko brushed the remaining tears off of his face. "I'm sorry Ryoko, it's nothing really. I just love you", Tenchi said as Ryoko smiled and hugged him again. "I love you too, my Tenchi." Ryoko gave him a passionate kiss. When she broke away she took Tenchi's hand and they both floated up and phased through the ceiling. They figured they should have a nice long fly to the beach. As they soared through the air, Tenchi checked his watch, it was only 10:00 a.m., they had a whole day to themselves to do things, and all night. They just flew, letting out all their worries. They felt free, free from everything, free to be alone with each other and nobody else. After what seemed like forever, they came up to the beach. "It's beautiful Tenchi", Ryoko commented. "Especially from way up here." There were people there, kids swimming in the clean ocean, building sand castles, and people playing volleyball. Tenchi wondered why people were here so early, he looked at his watch again, it was 11:30 a.m. Well, it wasn't crowded thank god. They stopped and hovered in mid-air looking for a spot to land so no one would see them. They found a nice spot where nobody settled yet and nobody would see them land. When they landed, Ryoko looked out ahead. Nothing out in front of her but ocean, she took in the aroma of the ocean breeze. It was a perfect day, the sun was out, and there wasn't a cloud in the sky. "I never thought the ocean was this big before. It's unbelievable Tenchi, we should come here more often", she said taking his hand. She looked around to make sure nobody was looking, when she was convinced, she phased into her blue bikini. Tenchi did the same, he looked to see if anyone was looking and he phased into his black swimming trunks. Ryoko jumped high into the air and dove into the water. A few seconds later she came and waved for Tenchi. Tenchi jumped up and dove in. When he came up, he saw that Ryoko was gone. He heard a splash behind him and saw Ryoko. "Tenchi, which ocean is this again? Is it the Atlantis, or the Paficic?", she asked. "That's Atlantic Ryoko, and no, this is the Pacific." "Oh, I always get those two mixed up." Later during the day, Tenchi teleported home to get a beach towels and an umbrella. When he came back he set them up while Ryoko built a sand castle. When Tenchi finished setting everything up he went over to help Ryoko finish the sand castle. After that they went swimming for a while and came out to dry off. They laid on the beach towels relaxing. Tenchi looked at his watch, it was 3:00 p.m., time was flying. "Hey Ryoko, we'd better go find a beach house to rent before they all get taken", Tenchi said before he realized that Ryoko was asleep. She was lying on her side facing Tenchi, looking like an angel as always. He leaned forward and gave her a kiss. He rested his arms under his head and fell asleep. Tenchi awoke to Ryoko lying on top him, watching him sleep as usual. Tenchi looked at his watch. It read 4:00 p.m., he was amazed that it had only been an hour. "Oh yeah I almost forgot, we should go rent a beach house before everyone takes them all Ryoko." "Okay let's go", she said as they got up and started walking. They passed some nice beach houses, but they were all occupied. After a long time of walking, they stopped at a nice big beach house. A man in a dark blue suit came out. "Are you two interested in ren....." "Yes we are", Ryoko interupped excitedly. "How long would you two like rent?", he asked. "Weeeell, make it a week", Tenchi replied. Tenchi payed the man the cost, and the man gave them the key. When he left, they walked up the stairs to the 30 foot high balcony. They were surprised when they noticed how far apart the beach houses were, they couldn't see any other houses anywhere. Tenchi insterted the key and opened the door. There was a big living room in front of them with a couch in front of a T.V., a recliner next to it, and a card table with four chairs. In the very back of the room was a door that lead to the kitchen. And onthe right side of the room was a flight of stairs that lead to the second story of the house. Ryoko walked into the kitchen and examined it. Tenchi walked up the stairs and looked around. On the left end side of the hall was a bathroom with a shower and a jacuzzi. In the middle of the hallway was the master bedroom, it had a nice size walking closet, a king size bed with nightstands on each side of it, and a dresser with a T.V. "Wow, a whole week Tenchi. Just you and me.", Ryoko said as she walked into the room and hugged Tenchi. "The only problem is that there is no food, and it's dinner time." Tenchi looked at the clock, it said 5:30 p.m. "We'll go home to eat tonight Ryoko", he said as they walked out of the room. They decended the stairs and went outside. Tenchi locked the door to the house as they phased into their casual clothes. It was still sunny out and hot. They ascended into the air began to fly home. They flew over Tokyo, they looked at all the skyscrapers and people at bird's eye view. After a while, they came into the country, all the trees and meadows, they were excited to get home.........or at least what was left of it. As they flew ahead, they saw smoke coming from the distance. This worried the both of them. They accelerated their speed, anxtious to see what happened. When they came close, they landed in the woods and ran the rest of the way. During their run the saw something lying on the ground in the distance, when they got closer they could make out what it was, it was Ayeka. She was lying flat on her stomach unconcious. They ran up to her and Ryoko knelt down beside her to try and wake her. They saw the wrecked house in front of them, the whole top story of it was pretty much gone. There was smoke coming from it and a little bit of flames still burning. Tenchi ran inside to see if anyone was hurt. The house was a disaster that couldn't be explained. He finally found Washu knocked out cold lying on the couch. Tenchi ran over to her and scooped her up in his arms. He then ran into the kitchen and looked for anyone. When he had just about given up hope, he found Sasami and Ryo-Ohki lying on the floor, knock out. He carried Washu over his left shoulder and picked up Sasami and Ryo-Ohki and carried them over his right. Then he heard the house begin to creek. He looked above and saw the ceiling begin to crack. With no time to spare, he teleported outside as the ceiling caved in. He got out just in time to see the house collapse to the ground. He came up to Ryoko who was still tending to Ayeka. He laid Washu and Sasami down on the ground. He checked their pulse and to see if they were breathing, luckly they were. But then Tenchi saw something in the distance, more smoke. "Wait here Ryoko, I'll be right back", he said to Ryoko who was still trying to revive the others. Tenchi darted passed the house and towards the carrot field. He finally reached the carrot field and ran like hell. When he came to the end of the field, he stopped and stood in front of what he saw, it was Yugami. It had been destroyed. It was split in half right bown the middle, just like the Titanic. The bow (the front) of it just laid flat on the ground, dents and ripped holes all over it. The windows were all shattered. The stern (the back) was right behind the bow, it laid in the position that the ship would normally be in, except split in half and about ten yards away from the bow. The stern laid flat, the about half way to the very back of it, it bent upwards facing the sky. There were also ripped holes all over it and debris was everywhere. "Holy shit", Tenchi said to himself. "It looks like someone took a can opener to it." Tenchi ran ib between the bow and the stern where it was split. Since the ship was even bigger than his house, he had to fly up to the top level of the bow. When he came to it he stepped inside. There were a few lights flickering on and off, and some had sparks flying from them. He slowly walked down the narrow and bent-out-of-shape hallways to the cockpit. It was dark, it took him a while for his eyes to adjust to it. He heard the distant echoing of dripping water, and electricity trying to stay on. Finally after a long time of walking, he reached the door to the cockpit. He couldn't get it open. He formed his energy ax and began to chop through it, melting away the metallic door. When he made a big enough hole he extinguished his ax and stepped in. There was sunlight shining through the shattered windshield, making the place a little more visible. "Kiyone, Mihoshi, where are you!", he called out as he saw a hand sticking up from the pilot's seat. He quickly ran over to it and looked. There were thick metal sheets and glass covering it. Tenchi quickly started pulling them away. He came to the last sheet, it was big and heavy, after a while of pulling at it, he finally managed to lift it off. When he did he looked down at the horrendous sight, he couldn't believe what he saw, there lied Kiyone.............................................................dead. His eyes widened as he saw it, not bearing to look at the sight anymore, he spun around, fell to his hands and knees and started to vomit. He was over taken by this, a girl he's known for a long time now was gone, not wanting to look again as he coughed and spewed up vomit. When he finally stopped, it took him a while to get his head together. When he finally had enough courage to look again, he slowly got up and turned around. Kiyone was sitting on the floor with her back and head rested on the pilot's seat. Her head was turned facing Tenchi, her eyes were wide open and her pupils were the size of a pin head. Her uniform was ripped and dirty. She had some black dirt and burn marks and bloody cuts all over her face, her mouth hung open and had blood oozing from her mouth. Tenchi clenched his fists and his face tightened as tears ran down his face. He knelt down beside her and weeped. He then screamed in horror mixed with furry. "Tenchi?", Ryoko asked hearing Tenchi's screamed. She teleported over to where Tenchi went and saw Yugami. "What the hell happened?", she asked herself. She flew up to the top of the bow and phased through the wall leading to the cockpit. She saw Tenchi knelt down beside the pilot's seat weeping. "Tenchi what's................?", she stopped when she saw Kiyone's corpse. "Oh my god!", she cried out as she ran over to Tenchi and hugged him tight. They both held each other and cried. Ryoko's eye caught another terrifying sight. Over in the corner of the cockpit lied Mihoshi. She was lying on her stomach with a thick big pointed metal sheet impaled through her back. "Oh my god Tenchi!", she cried out again as Tenchi looked at what she was looking at. They both looked away and cried harder. After several minutes of this they got up teleported out to the house, they just couldn't stay there any longer. They walked over to the the others to take them somewhere to revive them. Tenchi picked up Ayeka and Washu and Ryoko picked up Sasami and they teleported to the beach house. To be continued......... Autors notes: Alright, I know, a little to suspenseful. It's not over yet though. Any questions or comments, please e-mail me at brandonblair@hotmail.com, chapter 6 will be here soon, Peace-out!!!!