Disclaimer: I do NOT own ANY of these characters or ANY other character in ANY of the Tenchi Series OR Movies. If I did own them, then the whole series would be shot to hell and would have never ever been popular. The characters in this story are property of AIC and Pioneer. Please do not pick me out of the pile to be sued. I can not afford to be sued. I'm not usually drawn to these kinds of things, but I haven't written in a LOOONG time and I like the Tenchi series so this sparked my interest. Anyway, sit back and enjoy the story. Oh yeah, any resemblance of this story to any one else's story is purely coincidental! And REMEMBER…PLEASE DO NOT SUE ME! Information: Sorry for the delay everybody. My hard drive got all messed up and I lost everything. I’m already halfway done with part six and after part seven comes The Date Series. So stick around. I would really appreciate it if you would e-mail me your thoughts on my particular story. You can E-mail me at hwnboy7@hotmail.com. Keep in mind the characters' voices, attitudes, feelings, actions, and the way they would say every word in here. If you do this, the story will come to life. Thank you very much and enjoy. The Choice is yours…Tenchi Part Five Washu found Ryoko sitting alone on the dock, crying. She too, had seen what had happened between Ryoko and Tenchi and it hurt Washu too see her daughter cry. As Washu approached her, Ryoko tried to wipe the tears off of her face. Washu quietly sat down next to Ryoko and put her hand on her shoulder. "Ryoko, you have to understand," explained Washu, "that Tenchi is thinking about the consequences. He's afraid that if the rest of us find out, it would jeopardize our friendship with him." "But why?" Ryoko asked softly as she stared at her reflection in the lake. "Why should any of this matter? If he loves me…then…then none of this should matter. Tenchi can't…he can't even say that he loves me. That's all I've ever wanted hear…all I've ever wanted from him." As Ryoko finished her sentence, a tear fell from her eye and she watched it as it hit the water. The ripples distorted Ryoko's reflection. When the ripples ceased, she saw Tenchi's face instead of her reflection. All of a sudden, Ryoko remembered Tenchi holding her hand. When Tenchi took her hand in his, time seemed to stop for Ryoko as they looked into each other's eyes. She knew instantly how Tenchi had felt about her at that moment. Ryoko reached out her hand toward the reflection of Tenchi, but ripples in the water took it away from her. She looked behind her only to see Mihoshi running towards them. “Washu! Washu!” Mihoshi yelled. There was a look of worry and confusion on her face. “No…” Washu said as she slowly started to turn pale. “I know that look…” “Washu I was just cleaning up your lab and I guess I accidentally knocked over some liquid,” explained Mihoshi. “…Liquid…” Washu said slowly, growing paler every second. “It spilled on one of your consoles,” Mihoshi continued, “and I guess it ruined it.” “…Why…why,” mumbled Washu. She was now completely white. “How did you…” Before she could finish her sentence, Mihoshi went on explaining what had happened. “Then there was that small fire that it caused, but don’t worry,” Mihoshi said as she smiled, “I put it out by spraying water everywhere. Umm…Miss Washu are you okay? You don’t look too well. Hello? Washu?” “……………..” Washu stood silently for a minute and then raised her head slowly. “Anyway that’s what happened, Wa…h-hey! Washu what are you doing?!” Mihoshi yelled as Washu grabbed her. “HOW THE HELL DO YOU KEEP GETTING INTO MY LAB?!!!” Washu screamed as she shook Mihoshi. “Ummm,” thought Mihoshi, “through the door. How else would I be able to get in?” A rather large vein had appeared on Washu’s forehead and she was now red. “The door was locked and I put a device on it to redirect anybody who opened it to the shrine!” “Oh,” Mihoshi said smiling, “was that what it was? I thought it was just junk so I took it off.” “I’ve had just about enough of you Mihoshi! I…” at that moment, Washu detected a faint burning smell. As she looked toward the house, she saw a trail of smoke. “My…my lab!!!” “Oh my,” Mihoshi said freeing herself from Washu. “I guess I didn’t put the fire all the way out huh, Washu? Washu? Hmm?” Washu had left to go save the rest of her lab before Mihoshi was done talking. She could be heard screaming and cursing in her lab. Mihoshi turned around to look at Ryoko, but she was nowhere to be found. An explosion could be heard in the background along with the screams of Kiyone and Washu. Mihoshi quickly ran towards the house to save her partner. Kiyone had just gotten ready to leave for patrol when she realized Mihoshi had disappeared. They were already running late and the fact that she had to go look for Mihoshi angered her. Kiyone was just about to start on her search when she saw something out of the corner of her eye. “Huh? Smoke?” Kiyone said while watching the smoke rise up the stairway. “Oh no! Dammit! It’s her! It has to be!” Kiyone quickly rushed down the stairs to find the source of the smoke. As she got down the stairs, Kiyone could see smoke coming out the cracks of Washu’s door. She was about to open it when Washu rushed past her and opened it. Kiyone quickly followed her into the lab. The smoke was so thick that she had to close her eyes. She grabbed hold of Washu to lead her. “Washu, what the hell is going on?!” demanded Kiyone. “It’s Mihoshi!” yelled Washu. “She got into my lab again!” After advancing through the smoke for five minutes, Kiyone stopped. “Washu, where are we going?!” she asked. “I don’t know,” answered Washu, “I can’t see through all this smoke!” “WHAT?!” yelled Kiyone. “You mean to tell me that both of us have been walking around blindly?!” “Don’t worry,” assured Washu as she bumped into one of her consoles, “I think I’ve found something that can help us!” Washu felt around the console until she found a large button. “What is it?” Kiyone asked while coughing. “It’s the button for the fan,” Washu said. “At least I think it is. One push of this should get rid of the smoke.” As Washu pushed the button, Kiyone looked around her. “Umm…Washu? The smoke isn’t going away.” “Hmm…let’s see,” said Washu as she and Kiyone inspected the screen on the console. ! 3 SECONDS UNTIL CONSOLE EXPLOSION ! “AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” screamed Washu and Kiyone in unison. An enormous explosion cut off their scream. The aftermath of the explosion was horrible. In the midst of the rubble stood a dazed Kiyone while Washu was on the ground sobbing. “M-my…lab!” cried Washu as she looked at the mess that surrounded her. “Damn…that…Miho…shi,” mumbled Kiyone, who was still in shock. She was knocked out of her daze as she saw Mihoshi barge in and run towards her. “Kiyone!!!” yelled Mihoshi as she grabbed her partner and started to shake her. “Oh Kiyone! I heard you screaming so I came to rescue you as fast as I cou…huh? Kiyone what’s wrong with you?! On no!!! I came too late! Kiyone please don’t die! I…!” “Would you knock it off, Mihoshi!” Kiyone interrupted as she freed herself. “I’m not dead! Look what you did to Washu’s lab!” “Huh?” said Mihoshi as she looked around her. “Umm…I did this? I’m sorry Washu. I…uh…didn’t know.” “YOU!” Washu yelled as she stood up. “I…AM…GOING…TO…KILL YOU!!!”