Disclaimer:I do not own Tenchi Muyo, Pioneer and AIC do. I just use them for my....personal pleasure....(kidding). Anyways, I put so much extra stuff in my stories, it's almost unreal. HAH HAHAAA! I am Captain Cliché! I use all of other people's material! YOU CAN'T TOUCH ME!!! No Need for Self Control!! -Part Five- by Argus Cromwell a.k.a.Dade Gifford Tenchi was still feeling pained after all of that vomiting yesterday. Twelve kids? How could he not be a little sick? Ugh... Washu was having TRIPLETS, as was Sasami, Mihoshi and Kiyone were having twins. Ryoko and Aeka were having one each. But it seemed impossible, to be able to have room and board, and food, and all the necessities for those kids. Tenchi honestly couldn't think of a way to provide. He decided he'd mention this to the women at breakfast. Tenchi got out of his bed and went to the shower. Only, he was stopped by six women, all of which were in the bathroom, vomiting. Tenchi was confused for a moment, but then realized this might be from their pregnancies. he thought. Tenchi waited for them to finish, which did take a while. "Now wait. How could that be starting already? Shouldn't you have to be at least a couple of months pregnant?" Washu stepped forward. "Actually, Tenchi darling, we are different from all the earth women you're used to having around. You see, our gestation periods are much shorter." Tenchi's face drained of its color. "Whaa?" "Yep. You see, we only have to wait about one month." Tenchi's eyes looked like they would leave his head. "ONE FREAKIN' MONTH?!?!?!!!!" Washu nodded. "MMFFF!" Tenchi put his hand to his mouth and pushed past the women, where he was violently ill for another 150 minutes. "You know, I really think he's overreacting." said Mihoshi. Tenchi stepped out of the bathroom wiping his mouth, and looking very gaunt. He moaned as he opened the door. "O-one month?" he questioned weakly. All the women nodded. Tenchi collapsed in a heap. Ryoko sighed, and gathered Tenchi up. She carried him to the couch, as Sasami finished making breakfast. Tenchi awoke to the smell of food. Aeka brought a tray of food over to him, and he ate eagerly. After he was satisfied (which was a lot of food), he decided to mention the little problem he and the women would be facing. "Uh, ladies?" he said. They all looked up. "Well, how are we going to provide food and all the other necessities for the babies?" "Well," started Kiyone. "I believe Washu already told you that we could breastfeed the kids. That will hold out for a while, because the first few months they will be totally dependent on our milk." The women looked thoughtful at that. "Oh, and Washu?" said Tenchi. "Since it won't be long till they're born, can you determine the gender of the children?" "Yes I can, Tenchi. You're going to have eleven girls and one boy." Tenchi facefaulted. "Who's having the boy?" he said meekly. "I am, Lord Tenchi," said Aeka proudly. Tenchi smiled weakly at Aeka. He looked around at the six women that loved him. And he thought about the twelve kids that would be added to that number. Just then, Nobuyuki came down from upstairs. "Twelve huh? That's my boy!" he embraced Tenchi in a crushing hug. After Tenchi gasped that he needed air, Nobuyuki left for the kitchen. Tenchi stood up to go out to the fields, and he stopped to think about how each woman would treat their kids. All of them were showing already. Especially Washu. he thought. Tenchi thought of something. Who would be doing the deliveries? At first he thought about Washu, but she would be one of the women who would need it, as well. Oh, she'd probably have some contingency plan... Tenchi sighed, and stood up. It was time to do the chores. He went out to the shrine and got his broom. Tenchi swept the area outside the shrine, and some of the steps. Katsuhito came out of the shrine to talk. "So, I understand that you have twelve kids coming along. And I suppose the obvious problems have occurred to you. So what is your solution?" "Well, right now I'm not sure. I'm hoping that Washu will have some sort of invention that will be able to make food, or something." "Hmm. Relying on others to solve your problem. That is a man's problem, Tenchi. You are supposed to provide for them." "I don't know what to do, jiichan." "Well, I will leave you to decide what you will do about it." Tenchi remained silent after that. Couldn't they have come to the same conclusion as that without all the talking? Oh well. Tenchi finished sweeping, and put the towel away. Then he went out to the fields to weed them and make sure they were getting enough water. Once he had seen to the carrots, he brought a basket full of the ones that were ready for harvesting. No doubt that Ryo-ohki would be feasting tonight. In fact, Ryo-ohki came out to meet him (surprise, surprise). He handed her a carrot, to tide her over for a while. She left with a happy miya, and he was allowed to go on his way. Tenchi thought about what Katsuhito had said about solving his own problems, but he honestly couldn't think of a way to do so. Even if he did get a job, it wouldn't be enough. And he didn't want to ask Jurai for money. Tenchi figured he still wasn't on good terms with Asuza. He highly doubted that the emperor would want to loan him any money, especially after he'd 'soiled' his daughter like that. Tenchi would stick with his plans, and hope that Washu had something in store for the future. "Wow. One month and I'm a father, twelve times over," he said to no one. "I wonder how many other guys my age could say that?" Probably none. But he was unique from the start, so why get rid of a good trend? "..so then I says, "Why, if I walked around calling myself a shogun because some geriatric priest threw a sword at me, they'd put me away!" Ryoko was telling some story to Aeka, and they both laughed hysterically after that. Tenchi was surprised to actually see them laughing together, and it was something that made him feel happy. But of what Tenchi caught of that last sentence, he couldn't help but wonder why it sounded so familiar... He decided to drop it and continue on. "Oh! Hello, Lord Tenchi!" Aeka latched on to Tenchi's right arm. "Hi, Tenchi!" Ryoko latched onto his left. Tenchi kissed them both, and then remembered he had that basket of carrots on his back. "Whoops, I forgot to put this away. Be right back." Tenchi went outside to put away the basket into the shed. He walked back and went into the onsen. Of course, the women joined him shortly afterwards. He didn't have much of a problem with that, except for the fact that he still got a nosebleed when he saw them naked. "Good thing the lights were out in that room," mused Tenchi. He decided he'd have to get used to bathing with one hand pinching his nose. And as usual, the women volunteered to wash him off again. He respectfully declined. But Tenchi did take time to notice the bulging stomachs on his women. "Well, I can see you all are showing pretty well..." Aeka blushed, Ryoko beamed. Mihoshi smiled, and Kiyone looked down, blushing. Sasami smiled, too, not bothering to mention that she was way too young, in the most literal sense. Washu patted her stomach lightly and said, "Yep, well, it's not like I haven't been through this before." Tenchi put an arm around Aeka, who was sitting to his left, and one around Ryoko, to his right. "My only regret is that I can't get my arms around all of you girls," he said. "I could change that," said Washu, smiling deviously. "Uh, no-no, I was just being rhetorical!" stammered Tenchi. Washu laughed out loud. Ryoko sat in his lap. "I'll hug you on my own, Tenchi!" she said. Tenchi got another nosebleed. Kiyone sidled up next to Tenchi where Ryoko had been, and Tenchi put his arm around her, instead. Ryoko continued to embrace him, planting kisses on his cheek. Aeka, not to be outdone, kissed him fully on the lips. Soon, all the women were trying to kiss him. Tenchi almost ran out of room for more kisses, until Ryoko and Washu started getting creative... And then he had to stop them, 'cause that could have gotten out of hand. "Not in the onsen, ladies." he said. Slowly, they stopped. Tenchi got out and dried himself off, accompanied by the cheers of the women. Especially Ryoko. "Yeah, baby! Woo! That's a REAL man! Show it all, honey!" Tenchi blushed. He thought that he'd never put his clothes on that fast before in his life. Tenchi sat down on the couch to watch a little TV. To him, it seemed as if time was traveling too fast. Things were happening and moving his day along too fast, and he didn't get to spend much time with his women. Yeah, his women. He'd already gotten to think of them that way. And while they were pregnant, things would be a little more exciting as they ran for the bathroom every other minute. But nothing compared to his sessions yesterday. One by one, the women got out of the bath and sat on the couch next to him. They watched the soap that was on TV. Nothing else was on. So Sasami went and made some ramen for dinner. They ate, and they went to bed. All of them laid down in the huge bed, beyond king-size one that Washu made. And of course, the women had wanted to 'hop on the good foot and do the bad thing' but Tenchi declined, because they were all pregnant, and they shouldn't be doing that. Of course, Ryoko overruled that order, and well, we all know what happens next. After all that, Tenchi sat and wondered still about what he would do, if feeding his kids would really be as hard as he thought, or if some other solution would present itself.... ============================================ There we go again, another chapter. You know, I wonder just how long I can keep this up. I mean, I haven't thought of a single thing that is exciting to put in my stories! AIEE!! (Oh, and about that Disclaimer...I've just been not getting a lot of sleep lately..)