School Days by Justin Felder (attitude29018@hotmail.com) Disclaimer: Tenchi Masaki and all related characters(Ryoko, Ayeka, etc.) are from the Anime series "Tenchi Muyo!" created by Masaki Kajishima owned by AIC and Pioneer. I, Justin Christopher Wesley Felder, do not declare ownership of the characters, which defers me from all legal suits (I hope). A standard morning at Tenchi Masaki's house, the Masaki shrine of Okayama. He wakes up, showers, eats breakfast, and heads off for school. That is, if he gets up on time. But on this morning, he didn't. He woke up late. He rushed through the house, half did everything, and ended up slipping in his homeroom class with a whole half-hour to spare before school even started. It was during this time that he decided to socialize with friends. He looked over to his left and suddenly stopped. A young, beautiful girl had caught Tenchi's attention. She had short, black hair and wonderful blue eyes. The world seemed to move in slow motion as she turned Tenchi's way, smiled and waved. Despite the fact that it was the beginning of a new school year and he had never seen this girl in his life, Tenchi could have sworn that she was calling his name. "Tenchi. Tenchi. Tenchi!" By then, he woke up from his trance of staring at the new girl. He turned around to find the teacher of the class staring him in the face. Needless to say, he stared back. She seemed young and vibrant, as she had very light-toned skin, almost pale. She had long, purple hair, mostly in the form of a long ponytail down her back, the rest in short falling over a gold headband and two short tresses on either side of her face. Her eyes were that of crimson red, but much closer to the color of blood. Anyway, she was wearing a pink business suit, with a little too much cleavage and a skirt that stopped just a little above her knees. Tenchi noticed this due to the fact that he dropped a book on the floor out of being nervous and he decided to pick it up. As he did, he started to regret it as he looked at her long, slender legs. "Tenchi Masaki, I presume?" the woman said in a soft, light voice. Gasps filled the room. She merely narrowed her eyes and looked around, then back at Tenchi, quickly reverting back to a smile. Tenchi found himself at a loss for words. He just stared at his teacher nervously for a few seconds. Then he stammered until he could put coherent sounds together and form words and sentences. "Yes, yes ma'am." "That's a nice name. Jurai. Ayeka Jurai. But you can call me Miss Ayeka." She threw out a hand to Tenchi, a smile on her face. Tenchi hesitated. His eyes were still wide open in surprise as a beautiful woman, his teacher in fact, was introducing herself and making conversation with him. For some reason, it was like making a life decision whether or not to return Ms. Ayeka's handshake. Soon, she pushed him in a direction. "I'm not going to bite, Tenchi," she laughed. Tenchi nervously laughed. "Of course," he said, and ended up shaking her hand, still having no idea what in the name of all that is good and pure he was doing. In that instant, a pen dropped from Ms. Ayeka's pocket. She and Tenchi looked down at the same time, watching it hit the floor. It was like one of those Sprint commercials they had each seen so many times before. Out of embarrassment, Ms. Ayeka bent down to pick it up. Out of courtesy, Tenchi did the same. The two found themselves bumping heads with each other below his desk, out of view from the rest of the class. As Tenchi frantically began to rub his head and spew out a million apologies, Ms. Ayeka simply stared at her young, aspiring student. Somehow, she began to see him in a different light than she did just a few seconds ago. He appeared a young boy, but over the course of time it takes a pen to drop, he grew into a young man, despite the fact that he seemed very shy at the moment. He wouldn't look up for anything, and continued to blurt out, "I'm sorry, Ms. Ayeka." Ms. Ayeka finally put her index finger over her lips, and shushed Tenchi. It was a soft, subtle shush, kind of like when two people are making love and one of them won't stop talking. Tenchi finally looked up and he did stop talking. He only stared back, wondering what it was she wanted. She slowly moved toward Tenchi, and gently kissed him on the cheek. "We are going to have a great year, Tenchi Masaki," she softly whispered. Then she picked up her pen and stood up, leaving Tenchi to stare at her legs again. Only he couldn't, because he was busy wondering what the hell just happened. Finally, Tenchi stood up also, holding his cheek and staring at the floor, thinking. If this was going to be such a great year, why did it seem to start off so bad? And with that, he sat back down. Anyway, as Ms. Ayeka walked up to the front of the class, she stopped, turned around, and winked at Tenchi. Then she resumed her path, her long ponytail switching almost in unison to her ass underneath. Soon Tenchi's hand moved from his cheek to his forehead. The girl that he'd eyed for so long was now returning the favor. "Hi," she said, slumped over in an attempt to gain eye contact. "Are you okay?" Tenchi was hardly able to speak. "I...I...I think so," he let out, breathing hard and beginning to gasp. Soon after, he fainted. The face of the nice girl which sat next to him changed from a concerned expression to a shocked one. She reacted like she just witnessed a murder. "Uh...Ms. Ayeka!" she shouted. Before Tenchi knew it, he was coming to from something that happened in homeroom. He slowly opened his eyes, and found three women standing around him. Okay, two women and a girl around his age. Anyway, they all looked over his face with concern. But all he could make out was white light and the three female faces. One of the women, apparently the nurse, because she had pink hair and was wearing a lab coat with a tag that read "Nurse Washu," pulled out a small flashlight and shined it in his eyes. "Well, nothing to worry about," she said. "He just fainted. Good thing you brought him here though, Sakuya." "Well, it's nice to know he's okay," Ms. Ayeka said. "I have to be going to class now. Damn restless kids, you know how they are." With that, Ms. Ayeka was out of the room. Washu merely shrugged, knowing Ms. Ayeka's reputation. "What's this kid's name anyway?" the nurse asked. "Tenchi, I think," Sakuya replied, still staring at his half- conscious face. "That's what Ms. Ayeka called him." By now, he was starting to open his eyes completely. "Hmm. Hi Tenchi! Welcome to the nurse's office!" Tenchi grabbed his forehead and moaned. "She kissed me," he said. "Uh...who did?" "Ms. Ayeka. She kissed me, on the cheek. While we were under the desk. I don't know why, though. All I know is I've never heard of a teacher doing that before." Sakuya and Nurse Washu exchanged glances. Then they began to laugh uncontrollably. Tenchi sat up and looked at them rolling on the floor laughing. "What's so funny?" Washu was the first to display any sign of calming down. She still held on to her stomach and rolled around, but she heard what Tenchi said. "Man, you must've really hit your head when you fell down!" she said. "Ms. Ayeka? Kiss you? You've got to be kidding!" Tenchi frowned. "Well that's what she did!" he protested. By now, Washu was completely calm. She got up, but was still grinning widely. "Listen kid. I'm sure it would make plenty of sense in any other teacher's case. But not Ms. Ayeka." "Why not?" "Why not? I'll tell you why not. Ask any student-Ayeka Jurai is the meanest woman in this entire school. And if you want to stick in the males, too, then she's the meanest teacher in this school. She's strict, demanding, overbearing, basically an overall bitch. No offense kid, but before she kisses you, she'll kiss her favorite whip first." "Her favorite whip?" Tenchi gulped. "Oh, yeah. She has one of those whips. You know, those ones women use when they cuff men to beds and stuff. She doesn't use it for that purpose, though, and don't ask me where she got it-I'd like one myself. Anyway, she used to whip bad students with it, then the former principal told her not to use it." "Former principal? Did he quit or something?" "No. Ayeka strangled him to death with her whip. She was arrested and charged for murder, but wasn't convicted. When she wants, she turns on her 'charm,' if you know what I mean. Half seductive, half nice so it works on everybody. Used it on the whole courtroom at her trial and convinced them it was self-defense. The seductive half won over all the male jurors, and the nice part made every female in the courtroom, including the jurors and the judge, feel sympathetic." "This may not be any of my business, but how do you know all this?" "I'm her sister." "You're related to that monster?" "Hey! She's not that bad. You should meet my cousin, Sasami. Anyway, here's your pass to your next class. According to your schedule, you're supposed to be in Ms. Hakubi's room." Tenchi accepted the note and studied it. "Ms. Hakubi's room? Where's that?" "I thought you were a current student of this school." "I am. It's just that, there are all these new teachers, and I don't know where they teach." Sakuya had been up a while from laughing, but she finally decided to speak. "Tenchi has a point," she said, scratching the back of her head. "I don't know where half these rooms are either." "And exactly where do you have to be this period little lady?" "Me? Oh, I have Ms. Hakubi, too." She forced her arm around Tenchi's neck. He blushed. Washu sighed. "Beautiful," she said to herself. "Come on, you two. I'll show you to her class myself. "Gee nurse Washu, that's really nice of you!" "Yeah, whatever." Washu ended up showing Tenchi and Sakuya to Ms. Hakubi's classroom. She showed them the door and went straight back to the nurses office, leaving them alone. Needless to say, class had started, and they had to interrupt. Also needless to say, they were embarrassed. "Well, knock on the door," Sakuya whispered. "You knock on the door!" Tenchi whispered back. "I can't." "Why not? You got a broken arm?" "No. I'm a girl." "So? It's un-polite to knock now?" "Oh, never mind! Men are impossible!" Sakuya knocked on the door and crossed her arms, mad at Tenchi. By now, Tenchi had become angered enough to increase the volume of his speech from a whisper to shouting. "Impossible!? Oh, and I suppose women are perfect!" "Yeah, Tenchi, they are! Compared to you, anyways!" Ryoko Hakubi was reading a text book to her class when she heard what was going on outside. She was a beautiful young girl with a joke side, yet enough maturity to handle the difficulties of sharing the wonders of education. Though her cyan blue spiky hair and her yellow cat-like sort of deferred from the maturity, her contemporary dress and subtle yet wild personality set her apart from the rest. She shushed the class and gestured toward the door. The class quieted and listened as their teacher went to the door for a closer listen. She shushed the class again, this time giggling to herself. She forcefully shoved the door open, as if she didn't know there was anyone outside. Instantly, Tenchi and Sakuya were knocked down to the floor. Ryoko let out a pretend gasp and covered her mouth, looking down at her two students. "Oh my gosh!" she said in the nicest of voices. "I'm so sorry! I didn't see you two there!" From inside the class laughed. "Yeah, no problem," Tenchi said, rubbing his behind. "What are you two doing here anyway? Class has long since started." "Well, I took Tenchi to the nurse," Sakuya proudly explained. "But he's fine now and we were just coming to attend your class-..." "Tenchi, huh? So that's your name." "Uh...yeah," he replied. And her name is-..." "Sakuya. Yeah, whatever. Get inside girl. Now let's hear more about you, Tenchi." Ryoko put her arm on Tenchi's shoulder. He became nervous. "Um...I'm 17, I go to this school, I'm in the 11th grade..." "No, no, Tenchi. I was thinking more along the lines of...your sexual desires." "What!?" Tenchi asked, jumping out from under Ryoko's arm. "Relax, I'm just pulling your leg." She let her arm up and told him to take his seat. At the same time, she headed for her desk and jumped up to sit on it. She did, and crossed her legs, watching Tenchi as he edged by. When he almost came completely by, she grabbed his behind, causing him to jump in surprise. He was laughed at as he rubbed his backside. He looked up at his teacher in anger. She simply winked at him and waved. "Where did they get these teachers?" Tenchi asked himself. At lunch, Tenchi was very close to sitting alone. He sat down at what looked like a lonely table, where it was just him and lots of empty chairs. Turns out, it was a long table, and his half just happened to be empty. He found this out by looking to his right and finding Sakuya and a few friends talking. Telling himself he'd made a mental mistake and didn't want to foul up by trying re-establish himself somewhere else, Tenchi sighed and began to wallow in self-pity. That is, until Sakuya noticed him all alone. She looked over and saw him at the peak of his wallowing. She simply closed her eyes, smiled, and waved. "Hey Tenchi!" she shouted. "Why don't you come over here and join us!" Tenchi looked up. He got an invitation from Sakuya to join him! An invitation to move wouldn't exactly be re-establishing yourself. So he figured what the hell. "Okay," he responded. And before he knew it, he was sitting next to Sakuya. He and Sakuya began talking, and laughing with the rest of the group. Tenchi was enjoying himself when a familiar voice called his name. "Tenchi?" she said. He didn't look behind him, just stopped laughing and became bulging-eyed. Within a few seconds, Ms. Ayeka was standing over him with a tray in her hands. "Is this seat taken?" she asked. Before Tenchi could answer, she used her hips to forcefully shove Sakuya out, leaving the poor girl on the floor. "Uh...no," was all Tenchi could think of to say, watching an angered Sakuya give Ms. Ayeka the bird. "Good." She replied as if she hadn't even taken a seat yet. "Tenchi, there's something I have to tell you..." All the students stared at Ms. Ayeka, waiting for her to say what she had to tell Tenchi. She looked back at them in embarrassment, then she narrowed her eyes. As if it wasn't bad enough that they were red and not some pretty shade of blue or green, attempting to look at them in an angered state would give even the most fearless person nightmares. Needless to say, every student at the table decided they were finished with lunch and left in a hurry, looking frightened. Tenchi looked at the students oddly, as if he feared for their lives, which he did, sort of. Anyway, he looked at Ms. Ayeka with the same look, as if to say, "What did you just do?" She merely closed her eyes and turned back to Tenchi, as if nothing happened. "As I was saying," she continued, "I have something to tell you. I just wanted to say that..." The school bell rang. Tenchi used it as an opportunity for escape. "I'm sorry Ms. Ayeka," he said, "but I have to be going to class now. Come on, Sakuya." He helped her up, and headed for the tray disposal area. Ms. Ayeka looked back at Tenchi with a sad look on her face. That is, until Sakuya turned around and waved at her. Then the look on her face turned into an angry one. She picked up glass of iced tea from her tray and squeezed it until it broke in her bare hand. She cut herself, but didn't seem to notice. Or care. At the end of the day, Tenchi walked out of the school building and onto the school parking lot, beginning his route home, to hear a horn honk and a woman say his name. "Huh?" he said to himself. Then he looked to his left. Ms. Ayeka was sitting on her brand new royal blue 2001 Chevrolet Corvette in a sexy pose: her legs were crossed, and she beckoned Tenchi like in one of those 1-900 number commercials. He figured she was crazy. "What is it?" he shouted. As a fellow student walked in Ayeka's path of sight to Tenchi, she grabbed his head and shoved it into her car. He fell unconscious instantly. Then, as if nothing happened, she pointed at Tenchi, then at herself, and pretended like she was steering a steering wheel. After some figuring, Tenchi finally got the hang of Ms. Ayeka's charades. She was asking if she could drive him home. Yeah right, he thought to himself. "No thanks," he shouted. Ms. Ayeka put on a sad face, but didn't do a very good job of hiding her smile. She hopped off the hood of the car, opened the door, and got inside, proceeding as usual to head home for the day. Having dodged Ms. Ayeka for the last time today, Tenchi sighed. But he didn't get much relief afterwards, as someone quickly grabbed his shoulders. When they started massaging them, he furrowed an eyebrow in confusion. "Tenchi, you've got to lighten up," Ms. Hakubi said. "Maybe the last thing you need is to walk home. What you need is a nice, long ride." Tenchi furrowed his eyebrow. "Like in your Nissan R34 Skyline GT-R?" "Uh...yeah. I just prefer to use the term Skyline." Tenchi thought about it. After all, we are talking about one of the best cars ever to be built in the land of the rising sun. Stats like 277 horsepower and going from zero to sixty in less than five and a half seconds were more than enough to sway things toward a yes. Then Ms. Hakubi put her arms around him. "Um, Ms. Hakubi, I think I can manage on my own," he said, prying his teacher off hurriedly. Then he ran off. "Boys," Ryoko said to herself crossing her arms and watching Tenchi run off. "I can't wait until they become men." Slowly walking up the steps that led up to his house, Tenchi decided after about half way to jog the rest of the way up. He studied each cement step under him, and upon reaching the top, simply stopped. He looked off in the distance and wondered about today's events. Then he merely shrugged and went inside the house. "Man, what a day," Tenchi said, looking through the living room. He noticed his sister on the couch knitting. The TV was on, but it seemed as though whatever was playing was of no interest to her. "What happened?" she asked in bewilderment. Tenchi didn't expect Kiyone to respond to him, but she did. A concerned look was on her face. She actually wanted to know what had happened to him at school. This surprised him. "You don't want to know," he said. "Yes I do," Kiyone replied. "Sit down, dear brother of mine." Tenchi obeyed his sister and sat down on the sofa next to her. "Okay, here's the deal. You may not believe this, but...I think one of my teachers...is in love with me." Kiyone looked at Tenchi with a furrowed eyebrow. Then she began bursting into laughter. Tenchi merely looked up at the ceiling recollecting the moment Nurse Washu did the same thing. "Wait," she said, "I've got it. You're kidding, right? I mean, you're just pulling your sis's leg, right?" Tenchi sighed and looked down. "Okay, maybe she isn't exactly in love with me, but I definitely know that she has a small crush on me, or something." He looked back up and noticed Kiyone still laughing, trying to hide it by covering her mouth. She glanced at him, and burst into even more laughter. "Forget it," he finally said, and started to get up. Kiyone stopped him. She grabbed his arm and pulled him back down on the sofa. "Wait a minute," she said. "Okay, tell me who you're talking about." "Ms. Ayeka. This morning, when she dropped her pen by mistake after personally introducing herself to me and shaking my hand, we both went to pick it up, and she kissed me underneath the desk. And she told me that we were going to have a great year. How do you interpret that?" "Great year. Hmm...she wants to be your girlfriend." "What!?" Tenchi shouted, falling off the sofa. "But I'm 17! And she's like 23!" Kiyone shrugged. "Well you suspected it from the start." "I didn't actually suspect such a thing! I just told you like that so you'd laugh it off and leave me alone!" "Oh. Well I still think she wants to be your girlfriend." Kiyone got up, patted Tenchi on the back, and went upstairs. Based on his feelings of women, the current situation Tenchi was in was, needless to say, a nightmare. Somehow, it seemed to fit him well. He couldn't be like a normal teenager and have one girl with a crush on him. Or some secret admirer about the same age. Oh no, he had to have a 23-year-old woman who normally is mean to everyone fall mysteriously in love with him. Suddenly, he wondered if she was just some serial rapist and had found her next victim. He frowned up at the thought. "Kiyone!" he shouted, trampling up the stairs. "I know it's in here somewhere," Ayeka sighed, sorting through the pages of student files she had acquired earlier in the day. They lay protected in a binder, safe from the water that slowly dripped off her lovely, slender hands. She rested her head on the edge of her whirlpool tub with a depressing look on her face as she mused through literally hundreds of pages. After one simple sigh, she found the one with the information she was looking for. "Tenchi Masaki," she read. "Seventeen years old, eleventh grade. Not a bad student, either." Ayeka looked around at her surroundings. The entire bathroom area was covered with dark green marble and accented with gold tones. Toilet, sinks, shower stall, everything. Totaling up to a whole lot of money, Ayeka looked around as if she regretted purchasing any of it. Of course, she didn't. She was proud of it all, and felt she worked hard to get it, not being rich and all. Ayeka sighed and turned the current page she was on to find the other side blank. Suddenly, she jumped up in surprise and stood up in her tub in shock. Water dripped off and rolled down her body in addition to soapy, sudsy bubble bath. A large amount of this bubble bath had accumulated and rested on her breasts, since there was so much room to reside. Some of it rolled down her abdomen and...below that. And the rest stuck to her thighs and long legs. Still standing up, she reached down and picked up the binder, examining the empty page. "Empty?" She grabbed one end and began shaking it, papers dropping all over the bathroom floor. Ayeka spilled over the edge of the tub, scrambling through the papers on all fours. Needless to say, she was wet, water still rolling and dripping off, and a few bubble bath suds sticking to her very form. After a while, she stopped and stared off in the distance, narrowing the eyes of a face covered in soaked purple hair. Ayeka picked up the original Tenchi data sheet she had read earlier and waded it up in a fist. "Apparently, Tenchi and I have to have a talk," she said, angered at no one in particular. The next morning, Tenchi walked up to the front steps and looked at the campus of his high school all cheery-eyed. Sakuya came up behind him, and he didn't even know it. But it didn't change the expression on his face. "Hi Tenchi," she said, grinning almost as widely as he. "What's the matter?" "What do you mean?" "Usually you aren't grinning so hard. You aren't usually grinning at all. Hell, you barely smile." "Oh. I don't know," Tenchi said, looking up at the sky and rubbing his hand up and down his book bag strap. "I just feel different today." "Well, that's good, I guess. So, what do you say we head for homeroom?" Sakuya patted Tenchi on the back, and suddenly, he stared down at the ground with a questioned look on his face. She looked down at him in question. "Well gosh, Tenchi, I'm not very strong, I already know that. What is it?" "Oh man, homeroom," Tenchi said. For a second, he lost himself. "Sakuya, we have the same homeroom teacher, right?" "Uh...yeah." "And her name is..." "Ms. Ayeka." "Somehow, I was afraid of that." "Well why are you cracking up now? You've known about it since yesterday." "Because I just remembered what I was talking with my sister about yesterday." "Really? What were you talking about?" Sakuya led a hyperventilating Tenchi to a nearby park bench, just outside campus. People their age were all around them, either laying on the grassy hill behind them, or sitting on park benches, having their own private discussions. A few laughs leaked out of some, kissing resided in others. "Ms. Ayeka. I don't think she's in love with me." Sakuya let out a small giggle. "Well I could've told you that, Tenchi." "No. I mean I think she just wants to molest me." "Well, at least you know she's not in love," Sakuya said, trying to add a little sympathy to the situation. Tenchi merely looked at her in disapproval, causing her to frown. "Molest? Are you sure, Tenchi? I mean, teachers don't do that sort of thing." "They do in America." "Ugh! I don't even want to think about the US. Molest?" "Okay, maybe not exactly molest. Just some sort of sex. But if she's a woman and I'm a boy, that's all it's gonna lead to." A few seconds later the clock tower began to chime, signaling eight o'clock. "Well I'm with you, Tenchi," Sakuya said, "so do we skip homeroom?" "No, let's get going." In homeroom, everyone had something to do except Tenchi. He merely rested his head on his desk, not actually tired, just worried. He eyed the room, scanning all the desks. He even glanced at Sakuya, and found she was reading a book, apparently so interesting she didn't even notice Tenchi looking at her. A sigh escaped Tenchi's mouth, and he finally looked up to the front of the room. Ms. Ayeka was sitting at her desk, grading papers. She had on an outfit similar to the one of yesterday, only a different color-red. Underneath the desk, her legs were crossed, one sexy thigh over the other, and Tenchi noticed this, only making him feel worse about himself. She never even made an effort to look up, although she had a feeling Tenchi was looking at her. So she gently rubbed her legs together, making Tenchi nervous. It worked. He quivered and looked away. This caused her to quickly stop what she was doing, grab a blank sheet of paper, and write a cute little note on it. Then she wadded it up and threw it at Tenchi, nailing him in the head just as he looked away. Quickly, she returned to paper grading, no one in the room suspecting she just childishly threw a wadded love note. It bounced off his forehead and landed on his desk. He looked at it, then picked it up and examined it. "Who could've thrown this?" he asked. Tenchi looked around the class. No one looked up or questioned him, all apparently busy reading, writing or drawing. "Great," he told himself. Then he un-wadded it. It was an otherwise blank sheet of paper except for the large, red writing which came from a Magic Marker. Written in the typical "teacher's grade comment" handwriting, Tenchi no longer suspected who it came from. It read: "I love you Tenchi. Yours forever, Ayeka." In the bottom right corner there was a little heart. Only it wasn't exactly little. It took up about a quarter of the sheet. "What did I do to deserve this?" he asked himself. All of a sudden, the school bell rang. On almost the very second, students all around him put up their books and papers, preparing to leave. When the class was empty, Tenchi finally decided to do the same. He stopped when Ms. Ayeka closed the door. Tenchi looked up at a slowly walking Ayeka, and pretended not to notice. He resumed putting books in his book bag until Ayeka put a hand on the next book he planned to put away. "Oh boy," Tenchi said to himself. "What is it?" he asked, as if he didn't know what was going on. "I want you, Tenchi," Ayeka said, moving closer to him. Tenchi's nose began to bleed. "Um...no you don't," he said, attempting to resist. He leaned back in his seat. Ayeka climbed onto his desk. She put a finger over her lips and shushed Tenchi. Shocked and surprised, Tenchi merely covered his nose and bulged his eyes in shock. Time almost stopped as Ayeka's lips connected with Tenchi's. For a while, Tenchi remained surprised, never experiencing such a thing before. Dad would be proud. But as he began to respond, his eyes slowly closed, and he found his tongue in Ms. Ayeka's mouth. All of a sudden, common sense and all that is good and pure hit him like a ton of bricks. Tenchi quickly opened his eyes and pushed himself away as if being squeezed to death by an Anaconda. "Now wait a minute!" he shouted. "One thing leads to another and before I know it, it's not molestation but sex." "What do you mean? I'm molesting you. I've never done such a thing." Tenchi furrowed an eyebrow. "Huh? But I thought you were really bad and mean to children and seductive and sexy and..." Tenchi was interrupted by Ms. Ayeka's laughing. She got up off the desk and sat on the back of the one behind her. Gently covering her mouth like a little schoolgirl, her Ayeka's laugh subsided to a small giggle, and she finally was able to respond to Tenchi's accusations. "Not all of that is true. It is true that I'm not very fond of children; I learned that well after successfully fulfilling my aspirations in education. Seductive? I wouldn't say seductive. You think I'm sexy?" Tenchi found himself blushing. "Well...uh, I mean, what about the whip?" "It's true. I did kill the principal, and it was in self defense. He came on to me, thinking I was a fragile little something. Only he didn't know I'd heard of Sara Connor. I knew no one was going to believe me in court, so I did charm my way out of it. A plea of forgiveness worked on everyone but the judge, he wanted a lap dance. If that's all right with you, I won't share that one." "But Nurse Washu said..." "...Don't ask me where I got it, she'd like one herself? Don't believe that crap. She bought it for me a few birthdays ago and it looks exactly like hers. I asked her what do I do with it and she says 'Find a man to whip.' I say she's crazy." "So you're a troubled young woman who can't find a man?" Ayeka quickly frowned and slammed her hands on Tenchi's desk, lining her cold, red eyes up with his meek, frightened brown ones. "I am not troubled!" Ayeka calmed down just slightly immediately after her statement. She closed her eyes, turned away and formed a fist, and leaked tears despite the great anger expressed on her face. "I know I may have come on as a sex slave and I'm not really fond of children, but I really do love you, Tenchi. Since the first day I set eyes on you, I knew I had fallen in love with you." "But...you first set eyes on me yesterday." "No I hadn't. I first saw you a few weeks ago when you came with your sister to get your schedule. By then I only knew it was a matter of time before we were re-united again." "What about the age difference? I'm 17 and you're like...23. Why could you possibly have an interest in me?" Ayeka put a hand on her chest and looked down at her crossed legs, smiling through her tears. "Twenty-seven, I lied to the school about my age. I asked myself that same question," she said. "I mean, how can a little boy satisfy my needs? Then I thought about my needs. Someone to care for. Someone to care for me. Someone who understands my feelings and will console me when I'm in sorrow." Ayeka looked up with begging eyes. "I need you, Tenchi." "Ms. Ayeka, I understand your needs. But I can't provide them. I'm a child, you're an adult. I should be learning about the experience of love. You should have already. But apparently it isn't your time. Be patient, and I'm sure the right person will come." Ayeka sighed. "I'm sure you're right Lord Tenchi--er...Tenchi. I will find the right person once the time comes. But until then can I be your girlfriend?" "No! You're not even a girl." Ayeka closed her eyes and kneeled down, standing over Tenchi. "Oh, I'm sorry. I guess I couldn't help falling for such a young boy." She opened her eyes and began to rub her hand in Tenchi's hair. "A young boy with cute, brown eyes, and black hair..." Ms. Ayeka quickly, in conjunction with her other hand, grabbed Tenchi's head and shoved it into her cleavage, smearing his face all in her breasts. Tenchi started to muffle stuff out, but Ayeka ignored him and continued. "...I don't know what I could have been thinking. I could have any man I wanted, but would rather have a mere young student who has trusted me with..." Ayeka pulled his head out for a second. "What are you doing? That's immoral what you just did! I said you wanted me to be your girlfriend and I turned you down and-hey!" Ayeka simply sighed, shoved his head back in, and looked back up at the ceiling, continuing her love story freestyle poem. "Oh, stop your bitching Tenchi. Where was I? Oh yeah...the rest of his life in the hope that I would teach him everything he needs to know. It's just so wonderful." Ayeka began to cry, Tenchi's head still buried in her chest as he muffled and struggled to get free. Tenchi stood at a drinking fountain just in front of one of the many buildings on campus. He filled his hands with running water and splashed it in his face. He rubbed as if his face were covered with makeup, and ended up sniffing his hands. "Shit!" he said in protest. "Now it's on my hands." Sakuya patiently waited on a bench not far from the fountain Tenchi used. She looked up at Tenchi as he stood there, sniffing his hands. "Um...what's wrong Tenchi?" "Smell my hands," he simply said, shoving them in Sakuya's face. "What?" "You want to know what's wrong? Smell my hands." Slowly and cautiously, Sakuya motioned her little nose toward Tenchi's two open hands, and sniffed. "Wow, that's wonderful. It smells like a summer rain or something. Where'd you get it?" Tenchi looked down at his hands, wondering how he was going to get the smell off. He answered Sakuya as if the answer was ordinary. "Ms. Ayeka's breasts." Sakuya gasped. "What? What are you talking about, Tenchi?" "Ms. Ayeka. She closed me up in her room after homeroom and came on to me. When she kissed me, I got into it, then I caught hold of myself. I realized that molestation would become sex, and that's what I told her. So she laughed, and explained to me that she actually does love me. She cleared her name on the trial thing, something about a lap dance, turns out Washu bought her that whip and is the one with the experience. Then Ayeka busted into this open, heartfelt speech about what she needs. I told she doesn't need me, she needs to wait for the right person. So she said can she be my girlfriend in the meantime. But I was like no, she's not even a girl. She apologized for being in love with me and started another speech. I made the mistake of letting her coarse her hand through my hair. Next thing I knew, my head was buried between her two breasts. After struggling, she finally let me out and told me goodbye forever. But I was like, 'I have this class tomorrow.' And she was like, 'No, Tenchi, goodbye to our relationship.' It's really kind of sad. Oh, and...she interviewed me on lots of personal info including my address." Sakuya was sniffling and hanging her head down. Soon after, she completely broke into tears and jumped onto Tenchi for condolence. "Oh Tenchi! You were involved in a love story?" Tenchi, confused, looked down at Sakuya crying on his shoulder. He patted her on the shoulder. "Gee Sakuya, I wouldn't say that." "Tenchi!" some woman shouted. Tenchi looked up, the same time as Sakuya. It was Ryoko. "Tenchi!" she shouted again, unsure she had his attention. She jogged up to the place where Tenchi and Sakuya stood. Upon Ms. Hakubi's approach, Sakuya loosened and eventually broke her hug on Tenchi. Ryoko breathed hard, apparently very tired from the distance she just jogged. The only thing she did was look down at Tenchi, and smiled. Then she grabbed the sides of his face and brought it to hers. She gave Tenchi a kiss he'd never forget. His eyes didn't have any expression, half surprised and half understood. Upon Ryoko's command, the kiss ended. She just threw him back. He stumbled back about two steps and stood there with his eyes open almost as wide as his mouth. A by standing Sakuya had the same expression on her face. "I love you Tenchi," she said spontaneously. "I want us to be together forever. I know I'm a teacher, you're a student, and I'm much older than you are, but somehow I just feel we belong together forever and-Tenchi?" Tenchi remained on the ground after fainting as Sakuya and Ms. Hakubi stood over him, his eyes in a dazed state. "Was it something I said?" Ryoko said, looking at Sakuya. "He's been through this before," she replied. "You know, the whole 'teacher in love with him' thing." The End C&C: attitude29018@hotmail.com About Sara Connor: You'd never heard of the Terminator?