Disclaimer: I do not own Tenchi Muyo and or the Characters. I do not wish to be held responsible for anything illegal, for this is a fan fic and I have seen others do it and figured it was safe. I am not in any way work related to Pioneer or any other anime company so do not perches, sell, or anything of the sort. Thank you! True love Part One. It was yet another typical day at the Masaki house. Ryoko and Ayeka where arguing over the TV remote while Sasami prepared everyone's lunch. Ryo-ohki was seated comfortably at the other end of the couch, taking a nice catnap. "Give it! It's my turn, Ayeka!" Claimed Ryoko. "No way! You had the TV all day yesterday you lazy bum!" Argued Ayeka. 'Won't those two ever stop fighting?' Tenchi thought to himself as he watched the two women from atop the staircase. Sasami came out of the kitchen with a cheery smile on her face. "Lunch is ready!" she called out. "Yay lunch!" came Mihoshi's voice from the doorway of the house. Mihoshi walked in giggling the whole time. She was wearing her usual outfit, pink long sleeved turtleneck and her tan slacks. Kiyone followed in close behind the bubblehead and sighed. "Mihoshi, you can't just barge in like that." she said trying to block out the on coming headache. "We just had lunch an hour ago." "I know, but I'm hungry!" whinned the blond GP. (Galaxy Police) "you're always hungry." remarked Kiyone. "Oh hi girls, come on in!" said Tenchi as he raced down the stairs and to the dinning table. Ryoko also took a seat to the right of Tenchi and started to hang all over him as she always did. Tenchi was used to this but still felt embarrassed at the cyan-haired woman's actions and cleared his throught as if to tell her to get off of him. It wasn't that he didn't care for the fact that she did this, for he loved her very much, it was just what kind of fights would break out between Ryoko and Ayeka. Mean while Ayeka took a seat to the left of him and was glaring at Ryoko with the 'evil eye'. Ryoko just stuck her tongue out at her, Sasami placed various food dishes around the table. The dishes contained rice, fried fish, and beef noodles. "It all looks so yummy!" Mihoshi exclaimed as she sat down at the table. "Hey, who said you could eat here?" demanded Ryoko as she looked at the GP. "Well... I was sort of hungry and......... I thought that I would help myself?" she said quietly. "Well you can't!" yelled the space pirate as she started to stand up, ready to emmite pain to Mihoshi. "Ryoko! Leave her alone, she can have some food too." Tenchi said in a stern tone of voice. Ryoko just huffed as she flopped back down. Well hours later, Ayeka and Ryoko wear watching a soap opera while Kiyone, Mihoshi and Sasami talked at the dinner table. Tenchi was up in his room lying down on his bed. He sat there quietly not doing anything. He stared up at the ceiling and sighed. The silence consumed him and it felt relaxing. He hardly got any silence with the chaotic life he lived. But he had to admit, he did care for the girls who lives with him. With them there was never a time when life got dull, but instead it was full of adventure and entertainment. He did enjoy having them around. But sometimes they just pushed him to the limits. But there still was that one question that had always snaked its way into their fun and games. "Tenchi, I want to talk about something important," came Ryoko's voice in a remembrance of that one question. "I want you to be truthful and honest," continued Ryoko. "Who do you love better? Ayeka or me." Tenchi sat there thinking of what to tell her. He already made up his mind of which one he loved, but he didn't want to say anything. He just couldn't bare the pain on the one's face he didn't love the way they wanted him to. "Ryoko, I can not chose between you two...... I couldn't put any of you through any pain like that." was all he said. So there he sat. trying to make up his mind of what to do. He wanted to hold his one and only love in his arms and kiss them, but before he could come to a conclusion he fell asleep. That same night Ryoko was asleep on her favorite banister. Although Ryoko looked like she was having a peaceful sleep, she wasn't. In fact she was having the most horrifying dream she ever had in her entire life. A huge monster ran through the forest. It already killed Washu and the others, but now it wanted Tenchi and Ryoko. It was making an unearthly sound. Ryoko couldn't tell if it was roaring or growling. It chased the two down on all fours. It was completely black and a slimy residue dripped off of its strangely built body. Its eyes glowed a horrible shade of red and its body had many ridges and lumps. It also had a short stubby tail that was incapable of moving on it's own. The moon gleamed down on the creature and the strange slime reflected it's light. With out the moon the creature would have be perfectly camouflaged in the darkness of the night. It leaped for Ryoko, but was unsuccessful in its bounty for a space pirate meal. Instead it got Tenchi, for he leaped out in front of it to save Ryoko's life like he always had when she couldn't protect herself. "Run! Get away from here!" he shouted as the creature dug its razor sharp claws into Tenchi's flesh. Ryoko screamed out in horror as she sat there helplessly, watching Tenchi get torn to pieces right in front of her. "Tenchi!" she yelled out right as her eyelids shot open. She sat up and was sweating something awful. She was shaking all over her body as she sat there. 'Thank god. It was just a dream. But it seemed so real! And that noise the creature made!' she thought as she panted for breathe. "Ryoko?" came the comforting voice from Tenchi as he stood in the hallway looking at Ryoko. "What's wrong?" he asked. Tears started to form in Ryoko's eyes as she looked down at Tenchi. She was so scared from the dream that she could hardly talk strait. So she rammed into Tenchi and squeezed him in a tight hug as she started to cry in his left shoulder. The young Juraian prince was surprised by this action but wrapped his arms around her. He felt her trembling under his touch and knew that something was wrong. "Ryoko, what's the matter? Why are you shaking?" he asked her with a hint of concern in his voice. "Oh, Tenchi it was awful! Simply awful!" she cried out as she gripped him in a tighter hug. He could since her fear by the way she was acting, and this was no joke just to get his attention either. He lead her down to the couch and sat her down. "Stay right here, I'll go get you some water, and try to calm down, ok?" he said soothingly. She nodded a bit at his words and wiped the tears from her eyes and sniffed a bit. She could hear Tenchi in the kitchen getting the water. She hoped that he would come back soon. She didn't know what to do with her emotions she got when she and Zero assimilated on Dr. Clays ship a year ago. Moment's later Tenchi came out with a glass of ice water and handed it to her. "Have you calmed down now?" he asked her looking her in the eyes. She nodded and said, "A bit.." She took a gulp of water and sat the glass down on the table. "Now, what's wrong?" he asked her calmly. She tried to find the right words to answers his question. "I was having the most horrifying dream ever. This monster came out of nowhere and we couldn't stop it." She took another deep breathe to calm her nerves. "It chased every single one of us down and killed us off as it caught them." she sniffed again and a tear rolled down her face. Tenchi saw the pain and fear she was in and sat down beside her and wiped the tear away. He then put an arm around her shoulders to comfort her. "Then it was just you and me," she continued, her voice starting to break. "It leaped for me and instead got you, because you jumped in front of me and took the blow." Another tear ran down her cheek and Tenchi wiped it away gently. "You said, 'Run! Get away from here!'........... Then it ripped you to shreds.... and......" she cupped her face in her hands an started to cry again. "I thought I lost you! It all seemed so real!" she sobbed as Tenchi held her close to him. "Shhhhh. It's ok now, nothing actually happened to the others or me." he said trying to comfort the cyan haired woman as she wiped. She once again put her arms around him tightly and sobbed in his shoulders. "If I ever lose you, I don't know what I would do!" she said in a scared manner. Tenchi felt Ayekas presence at the top of the stair case and turned around a bit to look at her. Ayeka didn't seem to be upset at Ryoko hanging on Tenchi, but instead was concerned for Ryoko. She nodded as if to say 'It's alright.' and looked to the sobbing space pirate. "Hey, it's all right Ryoko you won't lose me, or any one else. Alright?" he said trying to get her to stop crying. He looked back up to find Ayeka gone and sighed quietly. He didn't know if this was upsetting Ayeka or not. All's he could do was hope. "Alls you need now is some rest." Tenchi said soothingly as he looked down at Ryoko who was coming to a stop from her crying. "I'm to scared to sleep, what if I live through that again? I couldn't bare the thought of seeing you die, Tenchi." she said quietly. He knew she was telling the truth but didn't know what to do. She looked up into his deep brown eyes and asked, "Would you stay with me until I fall asleep?" She released hi and sat her hands in her lap. He smiled a bit and simply nodded at her request. That didn't seem like a bad idea. He could make sure she was okay that way before he went to bed. She rested her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes in an attempt to fall asleep. He only smiled at her as she closed her eyes. He rubbed the side of her left arm to comfort her. She wrapped her arms around his waist in a sort of natural reaction and began to drift off to sleep. He blushed when he felt her arms wrap around his waist. It felt nice in it's own little way. But still he thought it would be wise to stay with her for at least an hour just incase. Be he accidentally fell asleep after fifteen minutes of sitting there. The next morning he woke up to a gentle hand shaking his right shoulder. His eyelids slowly opened and blinked several times. As his vision came to focus he saw Ayeka looking down at him with a small smile. He yawned and stretched a bit. He slowly got to his feet and looked down to a still sleeping Ryoko, and smiled. "Is she going to be alright, Lord Tenchi?" asked Ayeka, as she glanced down at Ryoko. "Yeah, when she fell asleep I thought it would be best to stay with her for an hour but fell asleep myself." he chuckled a bit. "Well that's good to hear." Ayeka said warmly. "Sasami is making breakfast and it should be ready soon." she added. Tenchi yawned again and said, "Alright. I'm going to get cleaned up. See you soon." Tenchi looked over his shoulder as he walked towards the stairs and saw Ayeka try to wake Ryoko up. Ryoko stretch her arms out and he heard her yawn, he also heard Ayeka mention breakfast to her before he vanished around the corner and into the bathroom. While he was washing up in the shower he couldn't help but think of Ryoko and what she went through last night. 'Poor thing. Must be stressed out or something. Maybe I should take everyone to a movie just so every can have some fun outside of the house.' he thought to himself. He couldn't help but worry about Ryoko the whole time. He was even thinking if it started to show that she was the one he loved. It wouldn't surprise him, do to the fact of how he acted in front of her and Ayeka. After his shower he went to his room and started to dig through his drawers for some clothes. He found his green t-shirt and a pair of blue jeans and put them on quickly. Now he tried to find his slippers. "Where are they?" he asked himself as he looked under his bed. When he was looking for his slippers who should appear but none other than Ryoko in the middle of his room. "How are you feeling?" was the first words out of Tenchi's mouth. She gave him a weak smile and said, "Better than last night." He only smiled at her before he went on with his search for his slippers. "Tenchi, I want to thank you for what you did for me last night." Ryoko said in an apologetic tone. Tenchi only nodded. "Your welcome, besides it was the least I could do for you." he said with a smile. "I'm mean you have been real helpful, besides. I couldn't just leave you there." She blushed at this and he continued. "What are friends for?" He then continued the search for his slippers and he ducked under his desk and be fore long Ryoko noticed Tenchi searching for something and asked, "What are you doing?" Tenchi bumped his head on the bottom of the top desk drawer as he heard the question from Ryoko. "Ouch. Oh gee..... That smarts..." he said as he rubbed his head. "Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to startle you." Ryoko said as she approached Tenchi. She looked his head over for any lumps or cuts. "That's alright, you didn't startle me. I'm looking for my slippers could you help me?" he asked as he looked around his room. She nodded and joined his quest to find the missing slippers. She suggested that he should look in one half of the room and she would look in the other half and soon enough Ryoko found his slippers in his bedroom closet. Once she handed them to him he looked her in the eyes and thought 'What beautiful eyes she has. It's like looking into a gold mine.' He blushed a bit but quickly regained his composure. "Um, t-thanks." he stuttered a bit "No problem." she answered warmly. "Um Ryoko? Can I talk to you about something?" he asked her, his voice seemed tiny and had a hint of shyness in it. She only looked at him and raised an eyebrow, "What about?" She seemed a bit startled, like she was just caught robbing a bank. Oh she hated that feeling. "Well, um.... It's about that question you asked me the other day." he said. He started to fidget with a slipper and looked toward the ground. She could tell he was nervous about something. "What question was that?" she asked. In all honesty she didn't remember what she had asked him before, but she had a feeling she was about to be reminded. "Um, when you asked who I loved...." He trailed off, getting more nervous. He started to get red in the face and started to rub his foot on the floor. "Oh....." was all Ryoko could say. She had a feeling he was going to say he loved Ayeka. She thought that she was going to be crushed, and as she said the night before, she couldn't bare the thought of losing Tenchi. "Um well my answer would be...." His heart started to pound. He was about to tell Ryoko he loved her more than anything, and that gave him quite the adrenaline rush. "I love-" He was interrupted by the sound of someone knocking on his door. He turned around to face the door and said, "Yes? Who is it?" "Breakfast is ready, Tenchi." came Sasami's voice from the other side. "I'll be right there." he answered. "Now, I'll tell you-" he was cut off short yet again when he noticed Ryoko was no longer in his room. He couldn't figure it out why she left. Then it came to him. Maybe she thought he didn't love her, but he loved Ayeka instead. He sighed and walked towards the door. He would just have to talk to her after breakfast. That was if she would talk to him. When he stepped out of his room he spotted his grandfather Yosho was standing at the top of the staircase. "Ah, Tenchi, just who I needed to see." greeted the old man. "Would you mind staying at the shrine all day today? I could use your help." he asked in his raspy voice. Tenchi sighed and said, "But grandpa, I have to talk to Ryoko about something." he explained. He really didn't want to wait till tomorrow. Yosho seemed to have read his mind. "Well that will have to wait." Yosho said in a firm tone and turned away to end the boy from arguing with him any longer. Tenchi felt as though his grandpa didn't care if he wanted to help or not. He continued down the hall and to the dinning table. All through breakfast Ryoko sat there eating quietly. She wasn't even talking along with the others. She was just to worried damned about what Tenchi was trying to tell her. She almost lost her appetite because of this as she thought 'Damnit. Well Ayeka, it looks like you won..'. Tenchi couldn't help but notice that Ryoko was depressed over something. He wanted to tell her that he loved her badly, but, no thanks to his grandfather, would have to wait to tell her until tomorrow. He even had the feeling that that was upsetting Ryoko. So he to ate quietly and said hardly anything while they all ate breakfast. When he was finished he slowly stood up and walked to the kitchen to rinse his dishes. When he got back he said, "Sorry to disappoint every one, but my grandpa wants me to work at the shrine all day. See ya." and with that he left. Ryoko sat there trying to figure out if it was cause of her or if he was telling the truth. He probably was. But now she was getting worried of being all paranoid over nothing. But she just had to know who he loved, and she hoped to what ever god was out there that it was her. Later that evening Ryoko just had to know what Tenchi was trying to tell her. It was bugging her all day, and it was time to find out. So she picked up the phone and dialed the Shrine's phone number. It rang two times and Yosho answered. "Hello, Okayoma Shinto priest speaking. How may I help you?" "Is Tenchi there?" came a familiar female voice. Yosho knew that it belonged to Ryoko. "Yes, just a minute." Ryoko heard him put the phone down and seconds later Tenchi picked it back up. "Hello?" came the voice of the one she loved. "Tenchi, it's Ryoko. I have to talk to you." she said. Her voice sounded a little uneasy. He could tell by her voice that she was worried about something. "What is it?" he asked gently. The sound of his voice relaxed her a bit and she asked, "What is it that you where trying to tell me?" her voice seemed tiny and weak. "Well, I'll tell you tomorrow. I want to talk to you in private. You know grandpa, he's probably listening in on us now." Tenchi chuckled at the idea of his grandfather doing so. It has been known to happen before. "I am not!" came another voice on the phone. "I mean!" Click. Yosho had hung up the spare phone he kept in his small house. Tenchi chuckled then said, "See. Now you get some rest. I'll talk to you first thing in the morning, I promise." "All right." she said disappointed. All though she still was afraid he was going to chose Ayeka. They both said their goodbyes and hung up. It was about midnight and Ryoko slept on the couch. She found it more comfortable than the banister tonight. Besides, she thought that it might help her get the rest she needed. But instead she was sweating up the storm and was cringing too. Sounds of fright came out of her mouth. She was having yet another dream about that huge ugly beast again. But this time it seemed more real as it replayed in her mind like it had happened for the first time. She saw Tenchi get ripped to shreds and that's when she snapped wide awake again. Tears rolled down her cheeks, and she had a hard time adjusting to the darkness of the house. She panicked and thought that the dream actually happened this time and thought that she had died. That's when she yelled out, "Tenchi?!" and the way it sounded had to emphasize the point that she was scareder than she had ever been. Seconds later Tenchi ran down the stairs and ran to her aid. "Hey, what's wrong?" he asked looking her over. He noticed that she had the same look of fear like the night before and could only guess that she had the same nightmare. He sat down on the couch next to her and tried to comfort her and it seemed to help a bit. He knew that it was time to get Ryoko checked for anything wrong by Washu. "Hey, maybe we can go to Washu's and get you some sedatives, huh? It'll help you relax." He didn't dare mention that he wanted Washu to look her over for anything. He knew that Ryoko didn't need to hear that right now. She only nodded helplessly, and he helped her to her feet. He put an arm around her waist to help support her as they walked towards the entryway of the lab. Tenchi knocked on the door and a visual of Washu's face appeared on a small screen. "What is it? I'm busy, come back later!" said the mad scientist impatiently. Tenchi looked at her and said, "Ryoko's having a bit of a problem, could you help us out?" He honestly was about ready to bust the door in and force Washu to check Ryoko out. He wanted to know why she was having the same dream twice. Washu looked down at Ryoko. There she was, the most wanted criminal in the universe, crying her eyes out while she leaned on Tenchi to balance herself. Washu couldn't bare to see her daughter like that so she said, "Bring her in." and the view screen disappeared. They entered the lab together. They found themselves surrounded by dozens of computers. As a matter of fact it looked like the computers where imitating a wall that would be made for a room. In between two computers there was a small entry way and Washu entered through it promptly. She looked over at Ryoko who was trying her damndest to calm down and then back up at Tenchi. "What seems to be the problem?" asked the genius as she gestured Tenchi to set Ryoko on a small doctor's bed behind him. "Well, Ryoko is having some bad night terrors for two nights now, and each time she wakes up she's crying, shaking all over and is plain out scared." he explained to Washu. Washu placed a hand under her chin and began to think. She has heard of such symptoms before but couldn't place the name of it right now. The only thing she could think of that sounded like this was the ability to predict the future. But she had no proof of this. "The only way I can help you two out is if I run a couple of tests. They are harmless and you'll hardly notice anything." she explained in a doctorly manner. If this had been any other occasion Tenchi might have laughed at Washu's tone and actions. But this wasn't one of those other occasions. "I'll have to take some blood, but it won't hurt you. The needles I use numb the small area you put them in right away, so you wont feel any discomfort or pain." she said as she went digging through a drawer full of doctor like equipment. Ryoko looked up at Tenchi with that look of relief, like she wanted Washu to run some tests. Washu soon found a needle and poked it through Ryoko's left arm and drew a whole vile full of blood. As Washu said, Ryoko felt no pain or discomfort, and for that she was grateful. She didn't know how much more she could go through tonight. "Alrighty then, I'll be back with the results." she said as she removed the needle and placed a lid on the vile. She turned away from them and disappeared from view into the unknown world of her lab. Ryoko chuckled a bit and said, "I guess now would be a good time to tell me what you where trying to say earlier." she gave Tenchi one of those tired smiles. "I guess it would be." He felt butterflies swell up in his stomach as his heart started to pound. "Well, I um........." he strained to find the words he had at the ready earlier, but no matter how hard he tried he couldn't remember what he had planned to say. "I had it all worked out in my head...." he said in a sheepish sort of manner. "I, uh..." he stopped with his stuttering. Enough was enough. He forgot about telling her and just decided to be spontaneous. He knelt over and placed a hand on the back of her neck and kissed her. Now she was extremely surprised at this and melted into his arms right on the spot. She then started to concentrate on kissing him back. So there they where kissing each other full on the lips and they didn't give a hoot as to what else was happening around them. Seconds later Washu walked in with the results and caught them kissing like mad and cleared her throught. "Excuse me, I'm not interrupting anything am I?" Ryoko and Tenchi stopped what they where doing and there heads snapped in Washu's direction. They started to sputter off different things trying to explain what happened, but all Washu did was cackle in her mad scientist evil manner. What seemed to be an hour later Washu was about to explain her last test as soon she went over the results from her last two. She looked the results over that where scribbled down on a couple of pieces of paper. "Well from what I gathered here tonight, I say you are either stressed out, or you are dreaming of your biggest fear and that would be losing your family and friends," she snickered and added, "and your new sex toy." Washu started to laugh hysterically at her daughter's misfortune and got red in the face from lack of air from laughing to hard. "Shut up! It isn't funny!" yelled Ryoko as she got red in the face from embarrassment. Tenchi too, seemed embarrassed at the red haired, maniacal, mad scientist's comment. She calmed down and regained her composure and said, "But seriously, other than that I think your fine. But I want to make one last test. Just to be on the safe side." she explained. "What kind of test?" Ryoko asked getting a bit worried that this next one wasn't going to be pleasant. "I want to hook you to a machine and have you go over that same dream. It's so I can look at your brain wave patterns when this dream occurs." she said quietly. Washu knew that Ryoko wasn't going to like this but she had a bad feeling about these dreams. "No! I can't go through with that again, Washu! I won't see Tenchi get killed in front of me!" Ryoko protested. Washu sighed and nodded. "I know that, Ryoko. But the only way I can make sure you are absolutely healthy is to do that." Washu did hate to have to put Ryoko through that again, because she could see the fear and grief in her eyes. But like she said there was no other way of checking her brain wave patterns to make sure they are normal through out her dream. "Ryoko, I'll be right here, I promise. Nothing is going to happen to me." Tenchi said trying to help Washu figure out the problem. Ryoko looked to the hard gray floor and sighed. 'What do I do? What if Washu's right and there is something wrong. But I can't bare that dream anymore.' She sat there trying to think of what to do. Tenchi put a hand on her right shoulder and she looked up at him. He smiled down at her and nodded. "It'll be all right, I promise." he repeated. She then gave up and said, "All right, but Tenchi has to be there when I get out of that hellish dream." she said in defeat. Tenchi nodded. "I'll e here waiting for you." He reached for her hand and gripped it in his and squeezed it lovingly, and she did the same. Washu left the small room for a moment and told them she was going to get a sleeping/re-occurring pill and some water. Tenchi sat down beside Ryoko and held her close to him in an attempt to get her ready for what was to come. She only sighed and rested her head on his shoulder and started to wonder 'why her?'. Soon Washu came back and put a couple of sticky things that had wires hooked on the end of them on Ryoko's forehead. The wires lead to a small computer and two monitors, and the computer came to life. "Now just relax and swallow this pill." Washu said in a rather soothing tone. Ryoko has never heard Washu talk like that before, and perhaps it was because of that tone in her voice that gave her the confidence to swallow the pill. Ryoko lied back on the bed and prepared herself for the worst to come. Tenchi held her hand as she dosed off into a state of sleep. Once again the dream replayed itself. But it seemed even more tense. Either that or she just couldn't go through with it again knowing how it will end. Meanwhile Tenchi and Washu watched the two monitors closely. One of them where measuring her brain waves and the other was showing what Ryoko saw in her dreams. "Just as I thought, her brain waves are way off the scales, and that's not good." Washu said as she watched the brain wave monitor closely. "I must analyze these closely." she continued. Tenchi, on the other hand, could only watch the pain and horror his beloved was going through. It was the worst part of the dream, the part Ryoko could not bare. Tenchi's death was only a few seconds away. Tenchi yelled out in pain as the monster tore him apart and Ryoko could only sit there, helpless as she saw him getting killed. Once again she yelled out in agony as he died right in front of her, But this time she didn't wake up. Instead she started to see how it was going to end. "That's enough!" Tenchi yelled. He knew that she had wake up after his death and called out for him twice, but this time she didn't. "Just one more second." Washu said as she saw the brain waves intensify. Tenchi saw the beast approach her and yelled out, "I'm ending this now!" He brought her back to the real world and she was glad he did. Everything froze on the monitors and Washu started to save the events onto a memory card. Ryoko grabbed Tenchi and cried quietly into his chest, and Tenchi rubbed her back trying to calm her down. Washu looked to Ryoko and saw her crying. "Sorry about what you had to go through Ryoko." she said in sympathy. The next morning Tenchi woke up in his room and looked at his clock. It read 11:16 Am. "Oh, crap!" he said as he kicked the sheets off of him and jumped out of bed. Ryoko slowly came to and looked at a rushing Tenchi and blinked a couple of times before she too looked at his clock. "What's the rush?" she asked after she took a glimpse at his clock. "I'm late for my shrine duties." He said as he put on his shrine pants. She yawned in reply and slowly started to get out of bed. She wore a large t-shirt that said 'I was left off for dead in Mexico -- and all I got was this lousy T-shirt' that belonged to Tenchi. As soon as he was dressed he knelt over and kissed Ryoko once. "Love you." he said as he ran out of his room and down the stairs. That gave her somewhat of a shock when he said 'Love you.' but it quickly wore off. They where a couple now and she knew that these things happened. Meanwhile back at the lab Washu tried to examine the last test she took on Ryoko and found something astonishing. "I thought that's what that was." she said, she had a hint of worry in the sound of her voice. What she was staring at might be the proof of the Masaki house hold's death. When she played the dream back she thought she recognized the black creature to be an anti Juraian beast, which meant that they fead off of the blood and energy of the Juria Royal family. And if a person who also shared the hatred for the Juraian Empire owned it, it would obey every order given to it. "So, Ryoko wasn't just dreaming out of stress or fear...... But was having a premonition." Washu said in a whisper. But when the beast killed every one in the dream that meant someone was definitely controlling it, for those beasts never attacked anyone that was not related to Juria Royal family unless ordered to. "This isn't good." thought the mad scientist out loud. "I better tell them right away." Ryoko was trying to figure out what to wear when Washu shimmered into view at about a foot away from her. "Well? What where the test conclusions?" Ryoko asked as she looked at the woman in front of her in the face. "Nothing but bad news I'm afraid. It seems that your dreams where nothing more than premonitions." Washu explained. Ryoko could tell that Washu didn't like this anymore than she did. She hung her head in disbelief and asked "Are you sure?" in a small voice. Washu just nodded. She hated to admit it, but it was true, or her name wasn't Washu Hakubi....... and it was... "So you mean, I have to watch Tenchi get killed right in front of me?" She started to sob at the thought of this. She wasn't having a good week no thanks to these premonitions. "Actually, thanks to you and Tenchi when you two came down to my lab we might be able to twist fate around a bit and come out of this alive." Washu explained, giving new hope to her daughter. Ryoko's head lifted and a small evil grin was planted on her face. "Then let's nuke the bastard." It seemed like Ryoko was back to her normal self. Later on at about 1:35 Pm Tenchi, Washu and Ryoko had the whole group together in the living room for the worst set of news they would hear yet since their lives together started. "What do you mean some guy is going to try and kill us with some Anti Juraian Beast?!" demanded Kiyone as she jumped off of the couch. The tealed haired woman wore a pair of blue jeans and a white t-shirt that was tucked into her pants and to top it off was a purple vest. "I mean, we all need to be on the look out. Especially Ayeka, Sasami, Tenchi and Yosho." she explained in a shorter version of what she had told them. Mihoshi seemed to have tears form in her eyes, which was the typical reaction for the blond GP and Sasami shuddered at what Washu had just told them. Ayeka looked down to the floor and said, "I'm sorry for what you had to live through in those nightmares, Ryoko." she said in a low tone. Right now all she could think of was the safety of the Masaki home and it's occupants. "I'm sure we'll make it out of this problem alive, Sister." said Sasami reassuringly. Ayeka gave her little sister a weak smile and nodded to show her thanks for the enlightenment. Ryoko sat down by the princess of Juria and smiled in her own devilish way. "Just think Princess, this thing doesn't only want your blood and energy but mine too, so anyway you look at it, we have to face it together." This was Ryoko's way of saying 'Cheer up. No one's going to die.' or at least she only hoped. She looked towards Tenchi and smiled weakly at him, that was the only way she could think of to keep every one calm, including herself. They had a long road ahead and she was going to try every thing in her power to keep every one cheerful. Not only that but she still had to figure out how to tell Ayeka about Tenchi and herself. She knew Ayeka wasn't going to like it much but it was better than catching them in the act. Ryoko got up from the couch and walked over to Washu. "Is there any possible way of knowing when this Beast thingy is going to attack?" she asked her. She could only hope there was enough time to start training and building up her speed and strength. "No way of telling yet." answered the red headed genius. "My guess would be if it shows up we'll know, or if the owner of this beast gives us a heads up." That was the god to honest truth. For once the Greatest Scientific Genius of the Universe had no clue as to what was going on. Her best guess was that the person hated the house of Jurai. "Well I say we start training." she paused for a moment. "Starting tomorrow." Ryoko advised finally. "That way I can hopefully get some rest. I haven't had enough sleep to start my training." the space pirate said with a heavy sigh. "I agree with Ryoko. The more we train the better prepared we are." Kiyone said with a broad smile on her face. 'I was looking for an excuse to start training again anyways.' she thought to herself, she figured this would be the best chance she'd get to do so. Tenchi stepped forward and added, "Kiyone, Mihoshi, and Ayeka can train together. Washu, Ryoko and I will train in our own way. Ayeka you are the boss of what your team does. I'll let Washu lead Ryoko and myself, because she is the wisest among us three." Washu elbowed him in the side and gave him a look that said 'stop kissing up.' "Tenchi what about me?" the blue haired girl asked. She hated it when she was left out of things like this. She also wanted to fight to protect the family. Tenchi looked at her and tried to think of a good roll for her. "Um, you can be the care taker. Make sure we eat good and if it comes to it help us nurse ourselves back to health." He smiled at the little princess. "Is that alright with you?" Sasami finally had something to do to protect the family. She nodded her head happily and smiled. "I can do that." This was important to her and she was going to do her best. She didn't want to disappoint any of the others. It was about 8:00 in the evening and Tenchi and Ryoko where sitting on the roof of the house looking up at the sky. Ryoko curled up against Tenchi and let out a sigh of contentment. "So do you think we can actually get out of this mess alive?" she asked Tenchi quietly. She didn't want the premonition to come true and see Tenchi and the others get killed. He put an arm around her and said, "We always do." and he meant it too. They always figured out how to get of these kinds of messes somehow. They even survived off of shear dumb luck. He just hoped that this would be no different. Ryoko rolled to her side to face Tenchi. She stared into his deep brown eyes and smiled. "Tenchi. This morning when you said 'Love you' and left for the shrine did you mean it?" she knew the answer, but she wanted to hear it from him. He looked back at her and nodded. "Of course I did." he ran his right index figure down the left side of her cheek as he looked into her eyes. "I will always love you." He smiled at her warmly. She sighed again then got a bit more serious. "Tenchi, what should we tell Ayeka?" She was wondering about this since she first saw the princess earlier that morning. "Well, I suppose I could talk to her about it. I'm guessing that she isn't going to like what I going to say about it but...." he trailed off and Ryoko began to feel a bit uncomfortable about his silence. "I love you and that's all there is to it." he continued. She felt a bit relieved when he said those words to her. "I guess I need to work it out in my head of how I'm going to tell her." His face twisted around from calm to concentration as he tried to plan out what he would tell Ayeka. She shifted around a bit in his hold and got comfy again. She looked a little worried. "But still Tenchi. I just don't want her to get hurt." she admitted. Tenchi did know the two for not getting along very well but knew that they could still be nice to each other when they wanted to. On occasion he caught them joking around with one another and he even saw them watch a movie or two together. With out fighting. (What a miracle...) "Well... I guess she'll have to talk to someone she feels loose around. Like Washu or some one." he suggested. "I know she's got allot on her mind but when she finds out about us..... That will tip the boat for her." he said calmly, yet there was a hint of concern in his voice. "I care for her in a family sort of way you know?" he stopped and looked up at the rising moon. "I guess I can relate to that." Ryoko said as she shifted her gaze to the stars that started to peek out with the moon. She did love to look at the stars. It helped her relax when she felt stressed about something sometimes. Out in space there was a ship approaching to Earth at a high speed. The ship itself seemed Juraian in the making but not quite. It had some different designs to it, like the hull of the ship was made of metal and more oval shape than the standard Tree Ship's hull. On board was a tall dark man. His features where covered by the shadows made by his long black cloak. But the only thing anyone could tell was that the man was about 5'8, but that was it. Along side the man was the twisted beast Ryoko had been dreaming about. It snorted at the small blue planet that had appeared in the main view screen. The man began to laughed maniacally at what was to become of his targets. "Oh this is so perfect! It's just as I planned. The space pirate told everyone of the premonitions I sent her, and now they want to train!" He began to laugh again at his own muse. "But it's to late for that! But out of the kindness of my heart, I'll give them three days. That should be at least a bit of a challenge for my precious pet!" He looked down to his "pet" and grinned evilly. "What do you think my little one?" he asked it. It made it's unearthly sounds, but this sounded as though he was happy at the sound of his master's voice. "That's what I wanted to hear." said the man. He went back to looking at the view screen and grinned. Ayeka stood up from the couch and yawned. "I think I'll go to bed. I will need all the rest I can get." she started towards the stairs. "I will see you in the morning Mihoshi and Kiyone." The two looked at her, "Good night Ayeka." said the Galaxy Police partners in unison. With that Ayeka went up the stairs and into Sasami's and her's room and closed the door. Kiyone yawned and stretched. "I think we should all go to bed." Kiyone replied. She got up and lead her bubble headed partner to the guest room. "Good idea." said Tenchi as he turned the TV off and started to his room. Ryoko got the hint and got up and also stretched. "Yeah. I'm sooo tired." she winked at Tenchi as she walked toward him. They both bolted up the stairs and into his room, where he closed his door after they both got in. By this time Ryoko fazed out of her clothes and into a gray tank top that had yellow lines that went down each side under her arms and a pair of matching shorts, but the short's yellow lines wrapped around about the last inch of each pant leg. Ryoko went out onto the small deck just outside of Tenchi's room. She leaned against the rail and let the cool night air flow across her face. It felt so nice and refreshing. After Tenchi got into a pair of boxer shorts and a plain white shirt he joined her outside. He wrapped his arms around her waist from behind and kissed her on the neck. "It feels so nice out, don't you think so?" Ryoko asked Tenchi as he looked out towards the lake. "Yeah. And the moon is hitting the lake just perfectly too." he added. She wrapped her arms around his at her waist and sat there. She was more than content with her beloved holding her the way he was. He too was content. He felt her body warmth and it stirred his senses up a bit. He never felt this way in his entire life, and to tell you the truth he was happy to be alone with Ryoko like this. Ryoko yawned rather loudly and turned around in his grip and wrapped her arms around his neck. "I love you, Tenchi Masaki." she said in a loving manner. "And I love you, Ryoko Hakubi." he answered back. They both kissed one another passionately, full on the lips. There tongues intertwined greeting one another for a second time. It felt nice to them both, to finally be able hold each other and be able to kiss. After a minute of kissing they stopped and began to pant for breathe. Ryoko looked up at Tenchi and suggested they should go to bed. "I find that a good idea, you need some rest, besides you'll need what ever sleep you can get for training tomorrow." he added. So the couple got into bed, Ryoko immediately wrapped her left arm around his waist while other arm rested slightly behind his shoulder, her hand hung on to it. She rested her head on his should too and she closed her eyes. He put his hand on her left arm and the other around her back and he held her there and they both drifted off to sleep. The next day was going to be a long and that was for sure. Tenchi, Ryoko and Washu went down to the lab for some special training that Washu had made up the night before. Once inside they approached what seemed to be a new invention "I call this the War Zone." Washu grinned at her new invention. "I made this last night for our training.." she continued. "What does it do?" Ryoko asked, a look of confusion ran across her face along with Tenchi. Nobody ever knew what to do with Washu's 'Great Inventions' if a car hit them in the face. Washu sighed and continued. "Well, I can change the way things look inside and I can have holographic people on the opposite side of us, or on the same side." She grinned and continued, "It is a day and a half worth a training out here, but in there, it's a year and a half worth of training." She now beamed with delight at her invention and cackled. Ryoko leaned over to Tenchi's right ear and whispered, "Finally. Something useful." then chuckled and stood up strait again. Tenchi just smiled. Ryoko could tell he wanted to laugh but he was trying to hold it back. "I also advised Ayeka and the others to come here and try it out," the mad scientist went on. "but they felt that we should take turns. That way they can keep a look out for the beast." She placed her hands on her hips and asked, "Any questions?" Ryoko's hand popped up and Washu pointed at her. "Um, mom , If we had to, how do we get out earlier, or if the others needed us out, how do they get us out?" Ryoko thought it to be a good enough question for her mother. Washu only shook her head in delight, for the mad scientist thought ahead of them and said, "There are two buttons. One out here, and one in there. Any other questions?" No one said or did anything and Washu turned towards the machine. "Good. Now the first game we shall play is, Capture the Flag." Tenchi's arms fell slump as did his shoulders. "Capture the flag?" he repeated. "Yes, only we shall play it Juraian style." Once they figured out that they could only use standard Tree weapons (such as the energy sword, staff, and or energy blaster.) and there abilities. (such as their powers), and that instead of a flag you had to capture all 3 leaders of the other team. Once the first person to get a hold of all three and bring them back the game ends. So with that they where standing in the middle of a jungle. Tenchi looked behind him and noticed a huge base camp set up and dozens of people where hustling about dressed in what looked to be Juraian armor. "Um, Washu, are we going to be wearing Jurai armor?" Tenchi asked as he gawked at the base camp. "No, we will be wearing fatigues." Washu waved a hand and Tenchi's, Ryoko's and Washu's close were replaced with army fatigues. "That armor is very uncomfortable." she said as she started to type on her holo laptop that had appeared right in front of her. Washu had appointed Tenchi as the leader and Ryoko in second command, and Washu was just a back up just incase something where to happen to one of them. Another words, save the smartest for the last battle. Washu had always been this way and will be that way. "So have we figured out where the other base is?" Tenchi asked as a small group of people stood around a medium sized table looking at a map of the jungle. "Well we found out that instead of keeping in one large group they sort of.." the soldier across the table from Washu trailed off. "They sort of what?" Ryoko pried. "They kind of split up into smaller groups positioned all over the jungle. In a way they have us surrounded." he answered finally. Tenchi and Ryoko looked at each other than back at the map. "That could be a problem." Tenchi said quietly. He sat there thinking of what to do. Should he split the team up too? No that wouldn't work out, for one thing they didn't have a clue as to where they wear. Then he got an idea of patrolling around certain areas for a certain amount of time with a certain amount of people. He looked towards the soldier that told them what the situation was and pointed at him. "You gather up six other soldiers. I want you to patrol this area here." he made a circular motion of a small place south west of where they wear at. "There's a small water whole, there might be a small camp down there. I want you back in an hour with your report. Radio us if necessary." Tenchi continued. "Yes Sir!" the soldier saluted in a Juraian manner and left the tent. "The rest of you do what you need to to prepare for anything that might come up. Train, eat, take a small nap, what ever that will get you ready." Tenchi told the wrest. They all saluted him and left the tent. He shook his head and chuckled. "I hate the way they salute." he said a bit amused. "So, Washu, will it seem like a year and a half in here?" Ryoko asked. Washu nodded. "I'm afraid so." she answered. "Also since it does seem like a long time in here, try not to get pregnant, I'm not trying to tease you, but it wouldn't be a good idea." and with that last remark Washu left the tent and left Ryoko and Tenchi there alone. Meanwhile Ayeka, Kiyone, and Mihoshi sat on the living room couch, waiting patiently for there turn in the 'War Zone'. "Do you think we can make it through a whole year and a half?" Kiyone asked no one in particular. "I'm sure we will. What I hope is that Lord Tenchi will be alright with that monster woman." Ayeka remarked. Kiyone guessed that she meant Ryoko. She shook her head and chuckled in amusement. "Who knows, maybe they'll come out married!" Kiyone laughed and Mihoshi could tell Ayeka wasn't liking that idea. Ayeka leveled an icy glare at Kiyone. "Shut up! If I know Lord Tenchi he wouldn't touch that woman in any sort of sexual manner!" Ayeka yelled out. If they weren't in the mountains were they where alone someone might have heard Ayeka a block away. Kiyone chuckled and shook her head. "I disagree Ayeka. Haven't you seen the way Tenchi was acting around her for the past month?" she questioned the princess. "It's totally obvious that he likes her in more ways than one." she explained calmly. Kiyone was right and didn't even know it. But she did have the feeling that there would be fire works between the two of them. The only thing was Kiyone didn't know if Tenchi told Ryoko or not. Mean while back in the 'War Zone' it was night fall already. Ryoko and Tenchi lied in a large futon in the captain's tent. "How long do you think we've actually been in here?" Ryoko asked Tenchi. He shrugged. "Hard to tell." he replied with a yawn. She rolled onto her side and placed her left hand on his chest and looked at him. "Tenchi?" he looked back at her. "Hm?" She looked for the right words then asked, "When Washu said 'Don't get pregnant'....... Did you say something about it to her?" she asked. She felt her heart pound and her face turn red from all the blood rush. Tenchi smiled at her. "No. But one day we might be able to start a family." She wrapped her left arm around Tenchi's waist and rested her head on his shoulder. She heard his heart beat steadily like a soothing melody all of it's own. The redness in her cheeks never left. "I just found a secret weapon for our war against the other side." Tenchi said suddenly. Ryoko looked up at Tenchi. "What might that be?" Tenchi said nothing but instead pulled a fuzzy little cabbit named Ryo-ohki out of the futon. "Ryo-ohki!" Ryoko shouted out. "How the hell did she get in here?!" she yelled out. The cabbit meowed at Ryoko and Ryoko slapped her forehead. "How do you think you'll be helpful?" Ryoko demanded Tenchi looked at Ryoko. He knew of a way that the cabbit could help. "Ryoko, she might be able to warn us before the enemy comes along and surprise us by telling you through that link." Ryoko sat there thinking to herself about this. She finally nodded and said, "All right. But the instant she gets in the way she's out of it." Ryo-ohki meowed happily and hopped to the end of the futon where she curled up to sleep. "Lunch is ready!" Sasami called out to the three woman that where bent over a large piece of paper that had a bunch of scribbles on it. They looked over towards the kitchen as they saw the biggest meal they have ever seen. They slowly reached the table and when they got there Ayeka asked, "How much of that are we going to eat?" Sasami smiled and handed them all at least one of everything. "At least two and a half helpings." she answered. "What?!" demanded Ayeka and Kiyone. Mihoshi seemed to be the only one happy. More notes: Yeesh! That was the first fan fic I ever wrote. I hope you people liked it. True Love Part 2 should be coming soon. And for you Ayeka fans don't you worry! I'm going to have a sequel when this story ends. I don't know the plot line but don't you worry, Ayeka will have a new love and I will make sure they get together. Well I seriously hope you liked the first part of my story, and do forgive me for my mistakes, I should get better with practice. For your comments e-mail me at: the_demon_sumoner_ryoko@yahoo.com and label the subject True Love comments or I'll never read it for I have a fear for a computer virus!