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As the sun rose over the lake, Tenchi walked slowly through the
woods with Ryoukou on one side and Aeka on the other. Tenchi
was sweating and twitching with nervousness. "Remember," Tenchi
told himself, "I went over and over this. Aeka and Ryoukou have
to be first. And they have to be simultaneous. No choice."
Yep. Although there was that one time Ryouko suggested to Aeka she go
first, so I could see her being a little more forgiving if he popped the
question to Aeka first.
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"Oops! Should have been both knees!" commented Washu.
"Tenchi-niichan's doing it that Earth way," pouted Sasami. "I
hope he does it the Jurai way for me."
"We'd better make sure Tenchi-dono knows about the custom, then."
Oh? What difference does it make?
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Tenchi looked back and forth between the two girls, carefully
looking each directly in the eyes for the same number of seconds.
"...will you marry me?" Tenchi asked, as he quickly produced
two Jurai engagement earrings from behind his back.
"Oh, Tenchi!" "Oh, Tenchi-sama!" said two voices simultaneously.
"No."
Peering over one of Tenchi's shoulders, Aeka gave Ryouko a superior
smile and whispered, "Tenchi kneeled to me and not to you."
Heh.
Ryouko smirked back. "And that's _just_ how you royal types like
it, don't you, Aeka-hime?"
And still some things remain the same.
"Oh, golly, Tenchi-san, I'd love to, but maybe in a little while?
My favorite show is on right now. And can Kiyone come too?"
"Dolt!" Kiyone muttered between her teeth as she elbowed Mihoshi.
"He's asking you, not me."
Aww, but she misses you, Kiyone.
"Oh, boy, it's my turn!" Sasami gleefully skipped out of the
lab.
Heh. Cute reaction.
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Outside, by the edge of the lake, Tenchi turned and faced
Sasami. He put his right hand on his tummy and his left on
his head, then glanced down at himself and quickly switched
He's going to propose to her singing, "I'm a little teacup short and
stout?" ^_^
"No, no, Tenchi-niichan. You're doing it all wrong! You're
supposed to start with your left foot. And you have to start
rubbing your tummy and patting your head at the same time.
Here, watch me; it works like this." Sasami proceeded to
demonstrate the Jurai proposal rite. Tenchi tried to imitate
it.
"Uh, Sasami; how did you know that I was trying to propose
to you?"
You're hopping up and down on one foot while patting your head and rubbing
your belly, dipsh*t! What else would you be trying to do?
In Washu's lab, Aeka and Ryoko were glaring daggers at the
screen when a burst of static obscured the happenings outside.
Washu smiled, then recited, "Oh dear. What could have
happened?"
Heh. Good precaution
"Tenchi, Sasami truly desires to marry you. And I promise
you that she... and I... will never regret it."
Of course, Tenchi might. ^_^
Tenchi smiled back at Tsunami in relief. "Okay." Tenchi
kneeled next to Sasami and carefully put an engagement
earring in Sasami's left ear.
I think you can go with 'her' for the second 'Sasami'
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"Mihoshi-san, is your show over yet? I'd really like to take
a walk with you, just the two of us..." Entering the television
room, Tenchi drawled to a halt as he stared at the sight of
Mihoshi, still lying on the sofa, but now wearing her G-P hat
and trousers with a polka-dotted bikini bra. An even coating
of chocolate syrup, honey, and popcorn covered the snoozing
Galaxy Police officer.
It's her weird way of proposing to him, isn't it?
By main force,
main force? There's got to be a better way to word that.
Abruptly he found himself pushing a much taller Washu, who
stopped and turned to face him. "I'm sorry, Tenchi, that
wasn't..." The now-adult Washu paused. "Tenchi-dono, the
last person I felt this way about has been dead for tens
of thousands of your years. The walls I've erected sometimes
take some effort to pierce. I assure you, despite occasional
appearences, I do view you as much more than an experiment."
Ah. Now that's nice.
"Mihoshi-san, are you finished cleaning yet? I'd really like
to take a walk. We can enjoy the sunset..." Tenchi stopped,
bowing his head and covering his eyes with one hand. Mihoshi,
now wearing a towel and nothing else, hopped
hopping
around the room
>from one foot to another, babbling. Kiyone just stared, then
covered her eyes in unconscious imitation of Tenchi.
"Oh, my, Tenchi asked me out for a walk! He really did! This
is just SO great; I can't BELIEVE it. I'm so... so... EXCITED!
Yes, that's it, I always thought that Tenchi just might be my
destiny, yes I did..."
Heh. Cute. It reminds me a lot of her previous 'ramblings' about the two of
them.
Fifteen minutes later, Tenchi just grabbed Mihoshi's hand and
pulled her outside, still hopping and babbling. Regretfully,
Kiyone followed, trailing. "Tenchi-san, I think you're going
to have to knock her down and sit on her."
"I can't do that to Mihoshi, not today!"
Tomorrow, or perhaps a week from Monday, though...
As Tenchi walked and Mihoshi skipped into the sunset, holding
hands, Kiyone sat in the dirt, looking after them. "I just
hope Tenchi-san knows what he's getting himself into."
When does he ever truly know what he's getting into?
Cute work. Now that the proposing is out of the way, time to get to the
main part of the story. (assuming there is one) ^_^
D.B. Sommer