Sunday, September 26, 2004

Weekend at Tenchi's part 2

(morning) A: Zzzzzzzzzzz. T: Justin, get up. Breakfast is ready. A: Zzzz. Mmf. (turns over) T: (rolls his eyes, leaves) A: Zzzzzzzzzzz. R-O: (walks into Tenchi’s room) Reow? A: Zzzzzzzzzzz. R-O: Reow. Reow. (tugs at Artukei’s blanket) A: Zzzzzzzzzzz. R-O: Reow? (licks Artukei’s nose) Reow! A: Zzzzzzzzzzz. R-O: Grrrrr! (bites Artukei’s nose) A: Yow! Alright, alright, I’m up! R-O: Reow! ^_^ (downstairs) A: Mmm. That was a delicious breakfast, Sasami. S: Thank you. A: I haven’t had a meal that good in a long time. M: What? HEY! W: Well, I need to get back to work. R: Hmph. You mean back to DJ? W: Now is that any way to talk about you step-father? R: I refuse to call him that! T: Um...Justin and I are going on a hike up to the cave. Anybody wanna come with? S: Yeah! M: I’m in. R: I’ll go. (puts her arms around Tenchi) Oh, Tenchi. It’ll be so romantic. A hike on a beautiful day to where we first met. AY: What on earth do you think you’re doing!? A: Oi. Where we go again. AY: (takes Tenchi’s arm) Lord Tenchi, why don’t we visit the shrine. It’ll be much nicer than that smelly old cave. R: Grrrrr! A: (Some things never change. Sheesh! That’s turning into this week’s catch phrase!) It’s such a nice day, why don’t we do both. R and AY: Huh? T: Fine by me. (slips from Ryoko’s and Ayeka’s grasp) Let me just get changed. (runs upstairs) M: Mihoshi, you gonna come too? MI: Definitely! M: Kiyone? K: Um... (glances at Artukei) maybe. (gets up, takes plate to kitchen) A: I should go get changed too. (gets up, goes upstairs) (everyone has left the table except Makoto and Mihoshi) MI: Ooh. I can’t stand all this tension between Kiyone and Justin. Although I guess it’s normal after a breakup. M: WHAT!? MI: Oh, Justin never told you? He and Kiyone used to date. M: Really. MI: Yeah! K: (standing in the kitchen door) MIHOSHI! MI: Eek! Well, it’s been nice talking to you, Makoto. See you later. (quickly leaves) K: (mumbles) What a blabber-mouth. M: Kiyone? K: (looks at Makoto)........ M: ........ K: ....(starts to leave) M: Did he hurt you? K: ....(sigh) No, of course not. M: Then why do you act so coldly to him? K: ....(deep breath) I guess I should tell you the whole story. (sits down) Justin and I... we had a few dates. We almost went steady, but... the duties of a Galaxy Police detective leave little room for a personal life. We both agreed it wouldn’t work out in the end. I really do like him, it’s just that... M: It feels so awkward, doesn’t it? K: Yeah. It’s like every time I think about him I’m reminded about another one of my failures. M: Failure? No! You’re still friends, aren’t you? K: I don’t know. Is that how he thinks of me? M: Knowing Justin, I’m sure it is. K: (slow smile) Thanks, Makoto. (outside) A: Man, what a beautiful day. T: Yeah. The leaves are just starting to turn. A: Is this everybody? (looks around) Where’s Makoto? T: There she is. (points to the house) And...is that? It’s Kiyone. A: Huh? M: (runs up to Artukei) Hey. We’re ready to go. A: Kiyone. You decided to come after all? K: Yeah. I need the exercise. T: Well, let’s go then. (at the shrine) K: So you have a website now? That’s pretty neat. A: It’s not much, but it’s a little slice of cyber-space, nonetheless. K: I always love the view from up here. A: Yeah. (Why is Kiyone being so friendly all of a sudden?) (looks around, sees Makoto talking to some of the others) I’ll be right back. (walks over to Makoto) M: And then he says, “Lucky we didn’t say anything about the dirty knife.” A: Makoto? M: Hey, Justin-san. A: Can I talk to you for a sec? M: Sure. (Justin and Makoto walk away from the rest of the group) M: What’s up? A: Alright, Makoto. What did you do? M: What do you mean? A: What did you say to Kiyone? M: Nothing. She actually did most of the talking. A: What? M: She told me how you used to date. A: She did? M: She just needed to get a few things off her chest. She’s fine now. A: You’re not trying to play “match maker” here, are you? M: No. I know how you agreed to just stay friends. A: Uh...OK. M: OK. ^_^ (walks back to the others) A: (shrugs) OK. ^_^ Later that evening... (back at the house) R: (singing) “Yeah. I love rock and roll! So put another dime in the jukebox, baby. I love rock and roll! Come out to the club and dance with me. OW!” (applause) M: She’s pretty good. A: You gotta love the Masaki family karaoke parties. Hey, DJ! DJ: (arm around Washu) Yeah? A: That was a nice rendition of “We Will Rock You” back there. DJ: Thanks. T: Alright, you’re next, Justin. A: What? DJ: Go for it, man! M: Yeah, get up there, Sinatra! You know you want to. A: Quit shoving. M: Do one of those songs you sing late at night when you think no-one’s listening. A: OK, OK, I’ve got one. (does a lounge singer impression) OK. I’d like to bring down the tempo a bit, dim the lights a little. This next song is very special to me, and I hope you enjoy it. (pushes a button, starts singing) “To all the girls I’ve loved before Who’ve traveled in and out my door I’m glad they came along I dedicate this song To all the girls I’ve loved before To all the girls I once caressed And may I say I’ve had the best I’m glad they came along I dedicate this song To all the girls I’ve loved before”

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