Baby Mine

Disclaimer: Tenchi and the gang do not belong to me. They belong to Hitoshi Okuda.


Chapter Two


Ryoko awoke the next morning to find her bed empty. Had Tenchi’s making love to her been nothing but a sake induced dream? She was naked so that didn’t exactly help either way; however, the pain between her legs and the blood on the sheets confirmed that her virginity had been taken. And by Tenchi Masaki of all people! Ryoko laughed when she thought about it. Tenchi, her girl-shy, nose bleeding Tenchi, had actually come into her room of his own accord and had been the one to initiate the sex. Not Ryoko. However, Tenchi was no longer a girl-shy, nose bleeding boy. He had gotten over those issues a short while after the six girls moved in.

Ryoko got up and got dressed just as there was a knock on her door. “Ryoko, breakfast is ready!” Sasami called through the door.

“Arigato, Sasami.”

Ryoko phased out of her room and into the dining room. She had a feeling she shouldn’t reveal what she and Tenchi had done the night before so she said nothing and instead acted as she normally did. She teased Ayeka and clung to Tenchi. He in turn acted as he normally did and shoved Ryoko off with a gentle reprimand to stop. However, Ryoko caught his eye every once and a while and saw a sparkle in them that she had never seen before. At one point he even winked at her before returning to his food. Ryoko smiled mentally at that and took a bite of pancake.

Ryoko glanced at her stomach and wondered if she was pregnant. ‘Don’t be silly Ryoko; you don’t always get pregnant on your first time. Not to mention it would still be too early to really tell.’ However, she didn’t know if she would be given another chance. Maybe this was just a one time thing for Tenchi. So Ryoko put her feelings from last night aside and went about her normal routine for the day.

“Hey Sasami, is lunch ready?” Ryoko asked later that day.

“Yeah, can you set the table for me, Ryoko?”

“Sure, Sasami.” Ryoko pulled the plates out of the cupboard and began to set the table. The other members of the “family” began to trail into the dining room and sat down at their respective places. Once everyone was seated and the table was set and loaded with food, Ryoko gave a quick glance at Tenchi. He was looking at her, and then with a quick glance at Ayeka, he returned his glance to her and winked. Ryoko grinned and looked back down at her food. Lunch was uneventful until Ryoko and Ayeka both reached for the last piece of sushi.

“Miss Ryoko, kindly remove your hand from my sushi!”

“Since when is it yours, Princess? I don’t see your name on it,” Ryoko grinned.

“You have consumed more food than the rest of us put together! I think it would be the right thing to do in relinquishing the sushi!”

“Since when has Ryoko ever had any sense of right and wrong?” Washu laughed as she popped a piece of meat into her mouth.

“Can it, Mom. Here Ayeka, have the sushi. I don’t want to get fat like you,” Ryoko shrugged as she tossed the piece to the Juraian Princess.

“Thank you Miss Ryoko, that is the…WHAT!” Before Ayeka could make a come back, Ryoko had phased away, her laughter ringing in the air.

Tenchi hid a grin and picked up his plate to take into the kitchen. Kami-sama, he loved that woman. He smiled when Sasami entered and began zipping about the kitchen in preparation of cleaning it to get ready to start making dinner.

“What’s so funny, Tenchi?”

“Nothing Sasami, I was just thinking.”

“About what?”

“Ryoko and Ayeka and how strange they can be sometimes,” Tenchi answered, only half lying.

Sasami just laughed and began washing the lunch dishes. Tenchi, seeing that he had been dismissed, put his shoes on and went out to the fields. He began to think about Ryoko again and mentally kicked himself for not telling Ryoko how he felt when she was awake. She was probably confused about their relationship but he was thankful that she hadn’t done anything to give away what they had done last night. He didn’t want anyone to know until he had made sure that Ryoko knew he loved her. So he decided he would tell her tonight when he came back. The longer he kept his feelings hidden, the longer he would be hurting everyone. With a smile, Tenchi got back to work.

Tenchi did not tell Ryoko his feelings that night. She fell asleep before he could say the words. Nor did he tell her the rest of the week. He always got too caught up in the passion and all rational thought left him. He was never conscious enough to remember to tell Ryoko that he loved her and by the time they were going to sleep, it was too late. Ryoko was already asleep. Tenchi moaned when he once again said the words to Ryoko only to discover she’d fallen asleep. This was getting him nowhere. Maybe he should just tell her tomorrow when he knew she would be awake because at this rate she was never going to know. For some reason, it never occurred to him to tell her before he began to make love to her. He could be rather dense like that. Looking one last time at the sleeping pirate, Tenchi slid out of the bed, gave her one last kiss and then silently left before any of the other family members were awake.


Ryoko moaned as she slowly woke up. She felt sick to her stomach. Clutching it, Ryoko phased into the bathroom. That turned out to be a mistake. Her stomach gave a vicious roll and she quickly proceeded to empty it.

“Ryoko, are you okay?” Sasami’s voice called from outside the door.

“I think so, Sasami. It must have been something I ate, I’m sorry,” Ryoko said as she flushed the toilet and came out wiping her mouth with a tissue.

“It must have been the fish; I thought it smelled a little bit funny. Well, as long as you are okay now, breakfast is ready.”

“Thanks, kiddo,” Ryoko grinned as she ruffled the little princess’ hair.

Sasami laughed and hurried back downstairs. Ryoko went down at a much slower pace than normal since she wasn’t sure if her stomach was completely settled. A few minutes later everyone was seated. However, Ryoko had only had a few bites before her stomach churned again. Covering her mouth Ryoko phased away as fast as she could and once again emptied her stomach. Everyone else just stared at where Ryoko had been sitting.

“Well, how rude of her! She didn’t even excuse herself and made it seem as if Sasami’s cooking was poisonous!” Ayeka cried out in disgust.

“Is there something wrong with the food? Has something gone bad?” Sasami asked with a frown of concern.

“Everything is fine, Sasami. I’m sorry; I don’t think I’m well. I’m going back to bed to rest,” Ryoko said, coming slowly back into the dining room, a hand on her forehead.

“I’ll send some soup up after breakfast okay?” Sasami asked, perking up immediately.

“Okay, thank you, Sasami,” Ryoko smiled and went back upstairs.

“I don’t think she’s sick! She’s just trying to get out of doing any house work!” Ayeka growled.

“Oh, give it a rest Ayeka!” Washu sighed in annoyance.

Tenchi mentally agreed with Washu but said nothing as he continued to stare at Ryoko’s empty place.

“Are you okay, Tenchi? Is the food not to your liking?” Sasami asked.

“Huh? Oh, oh yeah the food is just fine Sasami, as always. I was just thinking about the things I need to do this weekend,” Tenchi smiled at the little girl who, of course, smiled back.

“Well, will you take the soup up to Ryoko after breakfast?”

“Sure, Sasami.”

“Thanks.”

After breakfast was finished, Sasami made soup while everyone else helped clear the table. Once the soup was ready Sasami dished it into a bowl and then handed the bowl to Tenchi. Tenchi then proceeded upstairs to Ryoko’s room.

“Ryoko, are you awake? I have your soup.”

“Hai, I’m awake, Tenchi, come on in,” Ryoko answered.

Tenchi opened the door and entered the room. He found Ryoko lying on her bed with an arm over her eyes. He couldn’t figure out what was wrong with her. She was fine last night so surely she didn’t catch anything since then. He was perfectly fine. Walking over to the bed, he sat down on the side and held the bowl out to the woman he loved.

“Hey, are you going to be okay?”

Ryoko peeked out from under her arm and saw the soup bowl. She sat up slowly and answered, “Hai, I think so. I just don’t know what’s wrong. One minute I feel fine and the next I feel sick to my stomach. I guess it could be a stomach virus or something along those lines.”

“Well, if you aren’t feeling better by this afternoon, I would see Washu about it,” Tenchi suggested as he sat next to Ryoko while she ate the soup. “Hey, Ryoko, when you’re finished there’s something I need to talk to you about.”

Ryoko paused with the spoon halfway to her mouth. “Yes, what is it Tenchi?” ‘Why doesn’t he just say it right now? I can eat and listen at the same time,’ she mentally growled.

“I’ll let you finish eating first, it’s kind of important but you need to eat.”

However, once Ryoko finished eating, Tenchi was called downstairs to practice with his grandfather. “Man, this is getting ridiculous! I only want to tell you something, Ryoko! Look, after dinner I need to talk to you, okay?” Tenchi urged as he backed out of Ryoko’s room with the empty soup bowl in his hand.

Ryoko just nodded as she watched Tenchi leave. As soon as he was gone Ryoko fell asleep. She didn’t know what was wrong with her but she knew she felt very tired right now and the only way to fix that was to sleep. So with a sigh, she closed her eyes and succumbed to the pull of slumber.