D.F. Roeder wrote:
Wheeeee! :P
Here it is, as promised. Last chance for comments.
I'll take that chance.
I see you're a gambler, then. More's the fool you are. ^_^
too
loose and float off him once he hit the ocean or something. No way
was he
taking any unnecessary chances, not with the way his vacation had
gone so
far.
Heh.
Of course, if his vacation hadn't gone the way it had gone, it wouldn't
have been anywhere near as much fun to read.
Mihoshi was nearly bouncing up and down in excitement.
And we all know what else was bouncing up and down with her
Her sidearm?
was ever the obedient officer. Besides, if you couldn't trust the
Juraian Security Directorate, who could you trust?
Which doesn't hold up to close scrutiny with the application of a
little thought. :)
What? Are you one of those people who thinks the government isn't here to
help you? ^_^
To help Mihoshi out, they had rebuilt her ship, leaving it in even
better
shape than before the crash, even going so far as do Midasize it.
O_o Do they need that in a vacuum? Oh, well, maybe during
planet-fall. :P And I do mean "fall".
Heh. It's such a dated term nowadays, I wasn't sure if anyone would know
what it referred to. Sometime I feel old. ^_^
fake
diagnostic test that informed Yukinojo there had been a small
malfunction
in his memory bank that had wiped out the events in the last few
days and
that the problem had since been repaired. That had seemed
That seemed... (Vince has been chewing me out for too many 'had'
constructions, as you loose a lot of immediacy to the story. Just
thought I'd pass it on. :)
Will consider. I understand what you mean, but I hate making awkward
grammar too.
could happen. Yukinojo was happy to shut down and go on his own
'vacation' at last.
"Ahhhh." Yukinojo, in shorts and a tank top, settled down into his
virtual recliner, picked up his remote, and proceeded to catch up on
missed episodes of Transformers. "Gee, I wish I could do that."
Hehehehehehe. That image is now permenantly etched in my mind.
and that
it hadn't changed a bit since those days. After a hassle-free
check in, the
pair went directly up to their room. The room itself was very
ornate, with
tasteful ocean oriented
ocean-oriented
decorations
At least for those guests with the proper ocular apparati to see it.
:)
S'truth.
and everything seemingly in order.
There was the slight problem of the man at the front desk making a
slight
mistake in giving them a room with only one king-sized bed instead
of the
double that Tenchi had specifically asked for, but he was sure
they could
have it changed.
GAAAAHHHH!!!
Wait for it.
had been pretty warm, and it wasn't as though she had tried to
seduce him
(while she was awake) or anything. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad if
they were
to share the same bed...
Yes... yes...
See. He's getting better.
No, no. He didn't need to have any thoughts like that; they would
just get
him into trouble.
*thump!*
He's see-sawing back and forth. Just relax and it will come, eventually.
each
other's company (not counting interrogators and people trying to
kill
them). It was just that for some reason it didn't feel like enough
time.
The whole matter was all very confusing to him.
Nothing new there. :)
Sad but true. :P
"Of course!" Tenchi shouted in joy as he gave a tiny leap into the
air. He
went over to a nearby table and proceeded to smack his head into
it.
Several times.
O_o
[Aww, c'mon. You know you missed me too.]
^_^
Sometimes
it would go away, but every time I hit my head, it would come
back. But now
it's gone. The doctors must have made it go away. HAHA-"
Tenchi's laughter was interrupted as Mihoshi broke a chair over
his head. A
metal one.
Heh.
Mihoshi's always ready to lend a helping hand.
No. Not that sort of 'helping hand'. >_< You know what I mean, hentai.
of a beach did not exactly allow one to
get a good impression of it, other than it was large and had no
visible oil
spills nearby.
:j
Always something to consider nowadays, unless you like be coated in Quaker
State.
There was a swimming pool next to the hotel for those that didn't
like to
swim in the ocean. Yes, everything was just like Earth, except for
the
multiple-limbed aliens, the amorphous-blobbed aliens, the aliens
with the
big heads, the aliens...
Yes, yes. Comparative Xenophysiology is next term. :P
At least I didn't mention the alien guys whose lower anatomy entails having
two dic--
*SMACK*
right. The
ocean is clear blue. There's only a light breeze, allowing us to
enjoy the
brisk salty air--"
"--No one on the beach is wearing a bathing suit."
BONG!!! I was waiting for *something* to be wrong. :)
Of course. It's been WAYYY too easy so far in this epilogue.
that would explain it. I just knew
everyone was wearing clothing last time. Better get out of your
suit,
Tenchi." Mihoshi began to undo the straps on her bikini top.
*_*
Visuals, please. :P
Nah. This ain't no lemon. Heck, for all of the naked bodies, I don't even
consider it lime. No point in getting graphic about the details.
"Thank goodness," Tenchi sighed.
"You don't have to worry about getting sunburned. I'll be happy to
lotion
you up."
"Lotion here, lotion there... Oh, my. Tenchi!" *Giggle*
"What you want?"
"Eh?" Tenchi and Mihoshi sit up.
"You call 'Lo-shun'. Is me, your Amazon waitress."
_<
Never mind. Blame it on too few drugs in my youth. :)
I think I will.
"That is not what I meant!" Tenchi shouted.
Unfortunately. :j
At least for now. ^_^
He quieted back down once he
realized everyone was staring at him because of the outburst.
"What I mean
is, I don't think I'm really comfortable with the idea of going
out there
without a bathing suit."
"How come?" Mihoshi asked as she took off her bottoms.
*_*
FAN SERVICE ALERT!!!
Now what do you think this is, the thirteenth episode of El Hazard
Alternate World or something?
Cue cheap porno music: Vibra-slap (that's a musical instrument...
really),
Uh huh. Right.
"I guess." Tenchi started to become uneasy at the course the
conversation
had suddenly taken. He was losing an argument with Mihoshi; that
was not
supposed to happen. Perhaps the Directorate had done something to
him he
was unaware of.
Sorry, Old Bean. She was already that way.
True, but he's grasping at straws.
"And since everyone else is nude, it only makes sense you
shouldn't mind it
either. Unless you have something to be embarrassed about."
That caught his attention. "I do not," Tenchi spluttered out.
Heh. A little salvo across the bow of the male libido works wonders.
:)
I wouldn't know. I've ever had that happen to me.
Really.
"I'll go back in and check us out." Mihoshi started to head back
into the
hotel.
"Look here!" Tenchi shouted as he dropped his trunks and held his
arms wide
apart to show that he had absolutely nothing to hide.
LOL
A pity Nodoka wasn't his mom. She'd be so proud now. ^_^
All went quiet as everyone within the sound of his shout turned
briefly
towards him.
Someone snickered.
Tenchi suddenly didn't feel quite as confident as he had a second
ago.
:)
The male ego is coming under heavy fire now, boss.
television and at the movies, many of the inhabitants of the
beaches of
Aqua Regia were not the sort he would have chosen to view without
clothing.
Certainly very few of them compared with either his own, fit body
and
Mihoshi's rather well endowed one. His pride swelled slightly.
So did other things.
SCHWING!!!
Yep.
Sorry, that was crude of me. I feel suitably abashed.
Yeah, right. About as much as I feel suitably abashed for writing this.
Perhaps it had to do with that part of his
subconscious that had come to the fore from the concussion. As
much as
Tenchi was loath to admit, it had been right about a number of
things.
No! Not the latent bi-sexual tendencies (he hoped),
O_o
It was a while ago, but one of the first things the voice in his head
located was some of those hidden way deep down in the sub-consencious.
hope that matters would work themselves out, or making some sort
of
decision. Perhaps it was time to stop wasting everyone's time and
actually
make a choice. Yes, just thinking about it made him realize that,
as
difficult as it might be on him and the others, it was probably
the right
thing to do.
Maybe it's just time to date them, and THEN see what he thinks. Oh,
well. Common sense isn't a hallmark of this particular love
pentangle.
Nope. Besides, Tenchi doesn't believe he can handle dating more than one of
them at a time. Which is probably true. Can you imagine what they would do
to try to one up one another?
be fair to
Aeka and Ryouko if I didn't spend any time alone with them before
I made
any sort of important decisions, so I'm going to have to go off
alone with
each of them too. But if I was forced to choose someone right now,
I have
to admit, it would probably be you."
Mihoshi looked at him blankly. "What are you talking about,
Tenchi?"
Mmmm, I don't know about this. She's a bit, ah, non-linear in her
thinking, but I have a hard time thinking she wouldn't twig to what
he's talking about. He certainly put enough preamble on it.
Will consider revising it slightly then
"Look, what I'm trying to say is that I can now admit that I
really enjoy
spending time with you, and I know I like you a lot. An awful lot.
I'm not
sure, but I think it might even be lo..."
Tenchi trailed off as a high-pitched whistling began to fill the
air.
Ah, Deus ex Machina, in the form of Ryo-Ohki, no doubt. :)
Yep. It's gotten to the point where even Tenchi recognizes it for what it
is. ^_^
Mihoshi confirmed. "There was an evil mirror universe version of
me
that accidentally ended up in our universe once, but I outsmarted
her and
sent her back forever. There's no way it could be her. Besides,
she used to
brag about never having crashed her spaceship."
Okay, DB, you are going to HAVE to write THAT one! :)
Okay.
One day, a long time ago, an evil mirror universe version of Mihoshi came
into our universe, and our Mihoshi outsmarted her and sent her back.
The End.
Sorry about that dragging on, but I couldn't figure out a way to end it any
sooner. S'okay?
The whistling grew louder.
Tenchi nodded in understanding. "In light of what I was about to
say, that
means it can only be one, or two people."
He's learning. :)
Yep. It just takes a while for some lessons to settle in.
"Four of the big ones, about a dozen of the ones half its size,
and close
to twenty five of the ones that were about the size of Ryo-Ohki."
Ryouko
tallied. "And now we got to crash, I mean land, and let Ryo-Ohki
rest up.
And I need some rest too."
Gah. I wanna see the battle, Mommie! :(
Think of the battle against the whole Zentradi armada towards the end of
Macross and you'll get an idea of what it was like, only it was a lot
smaller and there was a lot more 'Miya'ing.
^_^
:)
Aeka held a the
Rogue "a"
I hate it when they creep in there.
no other
could?"
"Except for Yosho," Ryouko said.
"Yes, except for Yo-" Aeka cut off abruptly and scowled at Ryouko.
"No!
That's not true! I did not harbor those feelings for my brother!
Aeka's going to wet the bed tonight. :)
heh.
"Yeah," Ryouko said as she began to hover in mid-air. "We know she
nabbed
you when everyone else was looking the other way. And we took it
upon
ourselves to rescue you from her devious, I mean, witless,
clutches. Say,
you're not quite as big as I thought you'd be."
*FACE-FAULT!!!*
The Ladies' Fan Service, right? :)
Except they don't feel particularly served. :P
as Mother has always said, it's the measure of a man's heart that
matters,
not the size of his..." Aeka's eyes widened. "Lord Tenchi, why are
you and
Mihoshi naked?"
BING!!!
Yep. Now the other shoe falls.
design. "YOU ROTTEN JERKS!" An energy sword formed in her hand as
her eyes
turned blood red. She floated towards Tenchi. "So, you two have
been doing
the horizontal mambo while leaving me out in the cold!"
With a silly grin on his face, Tenchi nods up and down, repeatedly.
"Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh... wait. What's a horizontal mambo?"
Group face-fault.
Hehehehe.
to the
ground, crying. Ryouko sobbed, "I'm better than that. If you wanna
choose
Mihoshi over me, then that's all there is to it. I can handle
that. I'm a
big girl. I won't kill you or anything. I'll be just like I am
now, except
for destroying any Galaxy Police ships that tick me off from now
on."
Heh.
For Ryouko, this is incredibly gracious. ^_^
because I'm a true princess, and I'm better than that too." As
Aeka
finished her pronouncement, she noted one other interesting fact.
"Is it
just me, or is everyone else on this beach naked too?"
TING!
And here's yet another shoe to fall.
Ryouko directed a scowl at Mihoshi, but her attention was diverted
when
Aeka gasped, "This is not fair! I cannot be nude in public. I am
of royal
blood. To be in naught but my own regal flesh before the masses is
unacceptable. It would be scandalous. It would be improper. It
would be-"
"Aeka! What are you doing here?"
Aeka's jaw dropped until it nearly hit the ground. "MOTHER!"
I'm running out of sound FX, DB. :)
Then I have at last succeeded in my ultimate goal. <Insert maniacal
laughter here>
All eyes turned to see that it was indeed Misaki who had spoken.
And that
she was in the same state as everyone but Aeka.
BIG FAN SERVICE ALERT!!!
MIsaki is a healthy women, as one might expect from the Commander of the
Royal Bodyguard, and someone who can toss Ryouko around like a rag-doll.
^_^
Before Ryouko could do anything she found herself torn away from T
enchi and
given a Misaki-sized hug, which in her unclothed state, meant
having one's
face buried in an impressive set of cleavage.
*_*
She's just a caring kind of gal. Really.
"Let me go! People will think I'm a lezzie!"" Ryouko squirmed
futily in
Misaki's grasp.
"OOOH-HO-HO-HOOO!!! Don't worry, monster woman. They already think
that!"
Hehehe. Perfect Aeka response.
get by
without anyone cringing back in fear. Look, no sag." She handled
her
breasts briefly to demonstrate to her oldest daughter.
...just a tiny bit more FAN SERVICE!!!
Misaki: 'Tiny'?!
*SMACK*
:P
"THAT IS NOT WHAT I MEANT!" Aeka roared.
"You need to relax, Aeka. You could learn something from Ryouko."
Misaki
turned to the next person in line. "Hello, Tenchi." And proceeded
to greet
him in her own unique fashion.
"I can't breathe," Tenchi gasped, thinking he preferred it when he
had been
buried in Mihoshi's cleavage.
"I'm beginnin' ta worry 'bout ya, laddie!"
Nah. He's just showing his own version of fidelity.
Mihoshi tapped Misaki on the shoulder. "Excuse me, but I still
haven't
lotioned Tenchi up."
O_o
Mihoshi is just looking out for Tenchi's welfare. Certain parts of him have
seen very little sun and she wouldn't want him getting burned in said
places.
Really.
"Little Ryo-Ohki!" Misaki abandoned Mihoshi and went over to the
happily
'Miya'ing creature, who turned into her humanoid form and allowed
herself
to be embraced by the Empress as well.
You mean she didn't slam Mihoshi face-first into a nearby wall?! Or
at least up to her waist in the sand?! Hmmm, now *there's* a
picture. :)
I was tempted to do that, but Ryoko's more then punching bag for that gag.
Besides, the space pirate can take it better too.
And as they walked away, Tenchi had to wonder if the path he had
seemed to
end up pointing towards was the one he was going to journey to the
end
with.
Probably so.
Very nice, DB. I look forward to seeing more stuff come out of your
head. :)
There's more stuff in there, to be sure. It's just finding the time to
write it out, is all. Time is always the commodity I seem to have the least
of.
Thanks a lot for the detailed (and public) commentary throughout the
chapters. Your C+C was always something I looked forward to. Always
thoughtful and insightful, and it helped spur on my writing this at a
regular and steady pace. Take a bow, sir.
D.B. Sommer