--

On 4 Apr 99 03:12:33 PDT   Shade wrote:

Tenchi Muyo
Private Bets: Arc 6- PenPens Pebble
by Shade

Finally Shade cranks out another Tenchi Fic.  So, now it is my privelage to tag my C&C to it.

Disclaimer: Tenchi Muyo! is the property of Pioneer & AIC.
PenPen belongs to Gainex and his holy church of Penguins.
No profits made from this, it's just entertainment.

PenPen??? Interesting...  What's the little tuxedo wearing birdy doing in Tenchi fic?  I guess I'll have to read and see.

Part 1: No Need For Confusion 
(Or never alter reality after ingesting 12 bottles
of someone elses alcoholic beverage)

Howd he qualify for this?

Apparently in his universe after Third Impact 
wiped out humanity his race became the dominant
species on Earth. Hes their first legendary hero. 
We never said that non-humans couldnt participate
in this after all.

That must have been the after affect of the Y2k bug, or the affect of Network TV's decision to aire another series of ALF...

But.....but...HES A PENGUIN!!! 
AND HES DRINKING MY BEER!!!

Hehehehe!  Me thinks comedy will now insue.

Wark!

No, you cant do that. What is it with you 
and romances involving older women anyway?

WARK!!

I was just asking!! Geeze, the nerve of some beings.

Wark!!

Give me back my BEER!!!

"Doby Doby Doo...."  The sound that instantly brings the fearful image of a beer stealing penguin.

WARK!!!
~~~~~~~~

Tenchi Masaki.

Crown Prince of the Planet Jurai.

Big whoop...

Warrior of Justice, Destroyer of Evil.

That only slightly sounds familar to the Tenchi that I know.  

Bearer of the Light Hawk Wings and

Now that sounds a little more like him.  But somethings missing.

the chosen of Tsunami.

Yeah, her and several other girls.  This description is making him sound better than than he really is.

With 5 beautiful women in house, he hasnt even kissed one of them yet.

Tenchi Masaki, the biggest weenie in the Multiverse.

BINGO!!!  That's the Tenchi that we know.   Him in his glorious wimpiness.

But that was going to change....

More interest is sparking.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Tenchi Muyo Universe

Today was the day.

After all the weeks of preparation and planning
her hard work would finally pay off.

It hadnt been easy keeping this a secret from the others,
shed had more then one close call while getting everything ready.

I don't know why, but hentai thoughts are starting to flare.  I think I better pop in one of my anti-hentai pills before I continue.  Nah...  

Her attempts to get Tenchi had always been foiled by 
her rivals before now. But this time shed finally be 
able to win his heart, his soul, and that yummy body of his. 

So, they've been trying to eat him all of this time.  Figures, It couldn't have been the looks that keep the girls after him.

Relaxing in the luxurious floating bath she blushed as she
dreamed of finally achieving her destiny.

Her sultry smile lit up her face,  Just you wait Tenchi, 
This night is going to be one that youll never forget!

And I since Aikan Muyo was your muse...  Oh well, if you did finish all of that story, it would burn itself into you sub-conscious.

This was not going to go over well with the other girls
when they found out about this. But it was worth it.

Mihoshi was finally going to get LUCKY!!!

Ack...  The one true innocent has gotten a change of character.  Well, maybe now she can shake the ditz persona.  Wait...  that's just silly drunk talk.  Hey, PenPen hand me another beer.

~~~~~~~~~~

Okay.....this is something I havent seen before.
Rowan raised an eyebrow, this could be....interesting.

Anybody here think Tenchi will be able to escape?
Shadow asked rhetorically.

They all thought about it for a few seconds.

Nope. The Guardian shook his head

Not a chance. After having a similar situation happen 
to him numerous times before Rowan knew better then 
to hope Tenchi would escape the horrible fate that 
awaited him at the altar

Hes going to be dragged to the altar faster
then Ranma going through a bento.
Shadow was ever blunt and to the point.

I wish I was in his shoes.

He's not alone.

~~~~~~~~~~
-Subdimension of Tenchi Universe

Lady Tokimi smiled.

Everything was going according to plan.

Her chosen agent was in place, Tsunami 
and Washu would never know about what
would happen until it was too late.

Sisters, the game is mine. As Tenchi Masaki soon will be. 

Man..  You'd think that Tenchi was the last guy alive. Everyone seems to want him.

~~~~~

>From within Herself Tsunami frowned.

Shit. The universe shook as the unthinkable occurred.

In a dimension far, far away several people watching 
the Holy Goddess of Jurai utter her first profanity ever all facefaulted.

Uh Uh...  When the nicest of the goddess starts cursing like a sailor, you know things are about to really flare up

This was not good.

It looked like she would have to take a 
more personal hand in things. Nothing could be 
allowed to interfere with Tenchis development.

She would have to talk to Sasami, it looked like it
was time to reveal that there was more to her
then just a reflection.

A GREAT deal more......

Yeah... She can also slice, dice, and chop julian fries. 

~~~~~~~~

-Masaki House

Unaware of the plots centered around him the boy in question
simply enjoyed his breakfast.

It was going to be a beautiful day.....
~~~~~~

Good morning Tenchi!

Morning Mi..ho...shi!

Tenchis greeting stumbled and
the last part came out as a high pitched
squeek. His throat felt dry and constricted
as he got a good look at what the attractive 
Detective First Class was wearing. A t-shirt,
blue jeans and a black bra. He knew it was
black because the shirt was pressed so tight 
against it that he could practically see through
the white cotton from where he was sitting. 

Excuse me...  I need to go get a mop to dry up the drool I just made.  When I'm through I'm going to that again...

A trickle of blood rolled from Tenchis nose

And mine...

to fall unnoticed into his miso soup. Tenchi-ken 
started to power itself up, a fact that Tenchi 
was all too aware of as his pants rapidly 
became uncomfortably tight. 

Are you alright?

Innocent looking blue eyes suddenly
filled his vision as Mihoshi bent down 
in front of him, her face now only a few
inches away from Tenchis. Swallowing
nervously Tenchi looked down to avoid 
showing the hentai thoughts he knew 
were written all over his face.

Oops. Big mistake, now he had an unrestricted view of her....

Dangit...  I need a towel over here.  I knew I should have taken that anti-hentai pill.

The trickle increased to a steady stream, Tenchis breakfast was
rapidly becoming something unfit for human consumption.

His reaction did not go unnoticed. Ryoko and Ayeka
were shooting looks on setting Terminate with 
EXTREME Prejudice at Mihoshi. Rivals they might
be, but in the face of a common threat they would take
the evil they knew over the one they didnt. 

Ah hahaha...Im fine Mihoshi!  Tenchi might be an idiot 
when it came to women but he wasnt suicidal. Fortunately
Mihoshi seemed to accept that and sat back down.

The girls glares relaxed.....marginally.

Tenchi relaxed slightly, then tried to calm the rest of his 
uncooperative body down now that the immediate disaster
had been averted. It wasnt easy, he seemed to have the 
image of Mihoshi leaning toward him permanently etched
into his mind. How could he think about such a sweet and 
innocent girl in that way?!

{Am I more like my dad then I believed?
Brrrr.....What a scary thought!!}

Not that bad just yet.  So far his blood sugar count is somewhere around 1/4 lemon juice.

Of all the space girls, Mihoshi had always been the nicest in 
Tenchis opinion. She didnt a malicious bone in her whole body 
and didnt know the first thing about being manipulative. Even Washu 
and Sasami had their darker sides. Part of his reluctance to accept the 
genius scientists affections was due to her often casual mistreatment 
of Ryoko. Washus cruelty to her own flesh and blood turned him off 
almost as much as her adult form intrigued him. The worst time had 
been after the visit by the Emperor of Jurai and his two wives.
~~~~~~~

Hed stayed up late that night, expecting Ryoko to make her customary 
appearence over his bed and their usual song and dance that would 
end with him sending Ryoko to her own bed to get some sleep.

But when she never showed he had started to worry. The thought 
that she might have finally gotten his message that Tenchi was not 
interested never crossed his mind, the day that happened hed 
be looking for the pod that had replaced her.

It'll be to late by then.  The cabbage people will have taken the planet before he would catch on.

Tenchi had quietly checked all of the house, then gone to look outside.
Ryoko had been nowhere to be found. Finally hed searched the one 
place he still hadnt checked yet, Washus lab. With much trepidation 
hed slowly opened the door that led to the deranged genius scientists lair.

And Mr. Jailbait returns to the torchure chamber.

The scene he found inside had shocked him to the core.

Ryoko, the strong and fearless pirate, the scourge 
of Kami only knew how many planets was...crying?

Imprisoned by a familar looking restraining device, 
the cyan-haired girl had broken down and was 
now sobbing like a little girl while she called out 
for her mommy.

Mommy???  Those scourges always become whinning helpless masses of fluff when they get locked up.

Tenchi finally realized at that moment something that hed never 

really thought about before. That in a sense Ryoko 
was still a little girl. In all the years that she had been serving that 
bastard Kagato or sleeping within her cave shed never had a 
chance to grow up, during all that time she had either been a 
slave or trapped in her astral form. Some things started to make 
more sense with that realization, Ryokos teasing of Ayeka, her 
constant need to be around him, the uninhibited way she seized life 
to live to the fullest, all the behavior of a little girl who had 
had her first taste of real freedom and was reveling in it. 

Not bad...  You just about made Ryoko sound like a victum of fate.  Whom is just living a newly acquired life.  Apparently you are a RFFC member.

And now with all the barriers down, the real Ryoko 
was revealed at last. The lost little girl who was 
afraid of the dark. 

Tenchi had brought her down, the sight of pure relief on Ryokos 
face, one that had nothing to do with her usual tricks and was just 
simply due to the presence of another living being, the fact that she 
was no longer alone, had brought a deep ache to his heart.

Could this too be a well thought out ploy.

Tenchi had held her close, stroking her hair and 
mumuring soothing comforts as she had cried and 
sobbed into his chest. It had been the first time 
he had ever initiated such an intimate contact with Ryoko.
As her sobs had died down to soft hiccups hed looked up......

...just in time to see Washu recording the whole thing.

Hed have been willing to bet everything he owned that 
she had been the one responisble for this and even worse, 
had been here and recording it the whole time too. 

Now it appears that Washu is taking notes from Nobuyuki.

A soft 
sigh brought his attention down to Ryoko, the fierce and proud 
young girl had fallen asleep after finally being freed from 
her ordeal, a heartwarming smile on her now peaceful face.

Tenchi... Shed snuggled closer, drawn by his body heat.

If Ryoko had been awake she would have seen a smile that 
shed have sold her soul to have directed at her.

Tenchi had picked up the former space pirate and carried 
her out of the lab to one of the unoccupied guest bedrooms. 
But not before shooting a look back at Washu as he left.

It hadnt been a glare of hate, or disgust, or anger. 
Washu might have wished for all of those because 
the look he had given her had been much worse.

In Tenchis eyes the crab-haired scientist had seen 
disappointment, hurt, and worst of all, pity. His stare 
seemed to bore into her soul, asking how could someone 
that could be so kind to a little child be so cruel to her 
own daughter? Where was the grieving mother that 
hed tried to comfort as she mourned for a child 
20,000 years gone? What had happened to the 
intelligent girl who had faced down Dr. Clay and that 
hed come to care for, her nurses outfit notwithstanding?

Let's not forget this is the same little mad scientist that tried to take over the world.  Several times...  And is stilling trying to do it if I'm not incorrect.

Why did you do it Washu, his look had asked her.

Numbly, Washu had dropped her recorder to the 
ground before erasing all of the tapes she had made
of Ryokos confinement.

Then she collapsed on her floating chair cushion and wept.
~~~~~~~~~~~
(To be continued)

Finally...  A TM fic that had a hook that invovled an assertive Mihoshi.  The intencipation is rising. I'll refrain from telling you to get off your butt and finishing this.  Wait...  D'OH!!!

Author's note: Do not adjust your e-mail service. Yes,
the Private Bets are being sent out of order. That's 
how I write and that's how they go, so do NOT send me 
complaints about it. 

-----== Sent via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==-----
http://www.dejanews.com/  Easy access to 50,000+ discussion forums