tell me what you think! gabriella122@hotmail.com It is a quiet morning at the Masaki house. Suprising, considering all of the people who lived there. Only the night before, the house had been shaking at its seams with the howls of women. Sasami was laughing hysterically at Ryoko's fingers getting stuck in Aeika's nose, how they got there was a mystery! Of course Washu in her deligent help, let the poor princess and demon girl stew in their anger for an hour before deciding to pour a little oil on the area. "Now I'm going to have a zit!" Aeika cried,while massaging her nose. "Not nearly as bad," growled Ryoko, "as feeling your nose hairs! Really princess, you should consider trimming those!" The whole night went on like this, until the girls passed out from exhaustion. ********************************************* Tenchi awoke to the song of a beautiful lark trilling is tune. He blinked, and pushed the covers of his bed aside. Padding softly, he dressed and headed down to the kitchen. Poor Sasami! Nothing was cooking, she must have been dead tired from listening to all of last nights racket. Tenchi pushed the rice-screen door aside, and slipped on his heavy shoes. The morning air was crisp and carried with it the smell of spring and life. Grabbing his basket and hoe, Tenchi strolled down the road, whistling. As he walked that same happy lark came and soared above his head. On impulse he followed it. The Gods only knew that he needed to start on the spring planting,however, today he felt so light hearted that he decided to start in the field later. The bird changed course and then rested on the branch of a cherry tree. Tenchi dropped his basket and garden tools, they barely made a sound as they hit the ground. Feeling a feeling from childhood, Tenchi smiled lightly and plopped on his butt. He tore his shoes from his feet, the pants from his body and next his shirt. The Gods in heaven smiled down on him, what a beautiful creature they had made in Tenchi Masaki. Long powerful arms and sturdy legs, bright eyes and the beginning of a mans body coming from its youth. Tenchi grabbed hold of a branch and began to climb, he often did this as a child. Swinging periously from branches over the water. Nearly to the top Tenchi stopped and looked down. Something had caught his eye. There in the water was a figure, lithe and sinuous it tore through the water. "A mermaid?!?" Tenchi thought. Suddenly the figure broke surface, a girl raising her arms to heaven, flung back her neck. The water droplets flipped from her hair rained back down like diamonds in the morning sun. It was Ryoko!!! Tenchi almost fell out of the tree! He stared and rubbed his eyes in disbelief. Sure he had known she was beautiful, but here she was framed by the wild beauty of nature, her golden skin soft and glowing in dawns light. Water droplets clung to her breasts and lips. Tenchi's mouth grew dry and he began to shake. He could not tear his eyes away from the vision before him. Leaning back into the trunk, Tenchi followed Ryoko with his eyes. He learned more in that moment about her, and about himself than he ever thought he had known. He had only thought of her as Ryoko, the demon girl with the cat eyes, and mischevious sense of humor. The girl with trouble on her mind and in her swaying hips. He had never seen this girl, the one who splashed in the water, and laughed at the pure joy of being alive. He smiled as she sprayed water out of her mouth like a fountain. Tenchi's chest rose and fell heavily, she was so beautiful, so innocent, so damn sexy...he thought he was going to die! Ryoko began to swim to shore, Tenchi, sensing the danger of being caught, frantically tried to climb down the tree, his foot mis-stepped and comically waving his arms he fell into the water....and right onto Ryoko.