About a Month Later.
"Today's the day!" Sasami thought as she crept through the house, a small gong and mallet in her hand. Slowly, she opened the door to Washu's lab and tiptoed in, making sure that the scientist wasn't awake. When she looked about and saw no one, she fully entered and stopped, looking around curiously. "Now, where is Washu's bed?"
The princess' rosy eyes graced the room, looking for a door, but instead she saw a signpost about three feet from her left. Many signs were attached to it, all pointing in different directions. They read as follows:
ß To Psuedospace
ß To Masaki House
ß To Jurai
à To Computer Lab
à To Specimen Room
à To Photo Gallery
ß To Ice Cream Factory
àTo Tenchi's Room (Hehehe)
à To The Middle of Nowhere
And at the very bottom, almost where you couldn't see, was a tiny sign with a small sleeping Washu drawing on it labeled:
ß To Bed
Sasami smiled and began to make her way in that direction, laughing to herself. She almost couldn't hold in her excitement of what was going to happen today! She turned a corner when she reached the wall and stopped dead, her turquoise pigtails swaying as she looked at the sign before her. It read:
If You're Looking For The Bedroom, You're Lost.
Sasami blinked for a moment then sighed in amusement, turning back. She went back to the signpost before and glanced at it again to make sure that she had traveled in the right direction, then noticed that the sign that had pointed her towards the dead end had changed directions, now it pointed in the opposite way. Sasami, not deterred in the slightest, then began her parade in the new direction. She turned several corners, still following the same signs. But when she reached the next really large sign, she sighed again.
You're Still Lost!!
The princess looked around carefully to make sure she wasn't having a massive practical joke played on her, then noticed the almost indistinct sign below the large one. It read:
Bedroom THAT Way!! à
With a jump of enthusiasm, the small Juraian took off in that direction, her hair swinging wildly and the gong rocked back and forth at her side. She screeched to a halt though when she came across a most peculiar sign. She was beginning to feel as though she was in Wonderland as she read this one, and blinked a few times.
To Bedroom (Look Down, Stupid!)
Sasami did as the sign told and nearly fell over at what she saw. On the ground right below where the sign pointed was a small, shiny gold doorknob.
"Washu is so weird," she said to herself as she knelt to grasp the door. A sign that hung from the handle read,
I AM NOT!
With a last chuckle, Sasami turned the doorknob and stepped down the few stairs that lay below the oddly placed door. As she reached the end of the small stairwell, the princess laid eyes on the small chamber where the scientist slept. It was a small room, but nice, with several pictures hanging from the translucent walls. In the middle of the room was the bed, and Washu, who lay on her side, her eyes closed and her face serene. Sasami snuck up to her bedside and raised the gong over the former goddess' ear, then suddenly began to bang away on it without abandon, raising a very shocked Washu from an otherwise sound sleep.
"WAKE UP, WASHU!! IT'S YOUR WEDDING DAY!! GET UP!!!" the young girl cried at the top of her lungs joyously.
"OH MY GOD?!" came the tired yet freaked out response as Washu put her hands over her ears and shook her head. "Sasami!!! You can stop with the banging now!! I'm awak-"
Washu stopped as she looked around to face the princess but noticed that she was already gone, crying back to her, "I have to go wake up Tenchi now!!!"
Washu blinked at this then chuckled to herself and stood, brushing away the last dregs of sleep. But as she stood, she felt a strange, excited feeling rise in her stomach. Sasami had spoken the truth; it was indeed her wedding day. With renewed enthusiasm; she forgot the abrupt awakening and jumped out of bed, rushing up the stairwell and into her lab, not even bothering to change into something more suitable. But as she neared the door that led from her lab to the house, she stopped and gave this considerable thought.
"Hmm.perhaps I should go change. Can't have those royals seeing my in my less than formal pajamas!"
Sasami was now walking up the staircase that led upstairs, a devilish look on her cherubic features. She had passed Mihoshi on the way up, who had said that everyone else was still sleeping.
"Perfect!" Sasami said to herself and she turned the corner and made her way to Tenchi's bedroom door. Quietly, she opened the door and peeked in, thrilled at the fact that he was still comfortably sleeping.
Poor, poor Tenchi.
Sasami again lifted her gong above Tenchi's head and let loose a barrage of mallet strikes, causing the raucous noise to carry throughout his room and, most likely, well into the hallway.
"YAAAAAA!" Tenchi cried, jolting forward in bed with a shocked expression all over his face. He took a double take as he took in the mirthfully laughing Sasami next to his bed, the gong still vibrating in her hand. "Sasami!?" he cried in disbelief. "What on Earth are you doing?!"
Sasami only laughed greater. "Time to get up, Tenchi!! You're getting married today! Better get dressed, the guests from Jurai will be here soon!" And with that, she ran out, leaving Tenchi to his thoughts.
She stood against the railing laughing, and Mihoshi looked up at her in confusion. "What's so funny, Sasami?"
"I just woke Washu and Tenchi up! They'll be out here any minute!!"
A look of extreme horror crossed the pretty policewoman's face as she stood and flailed her arms, nearly striking Washu as she exited her lab.
"NONONONO!! THE BRIDE AND GROOM CAN'T SEE EACH OTHER UNTIL THE CEREMONY! IT'S BAD LUCK!!!"
"Uhm Mihoshi.that's a Christian custom.Tenchi and Washu are getting married under Shinto rituals."
Mihoshi crossed her arms and glared. "NO! It's still bad luck. Can't see each other."
About that time, Tenchi appeared behind Sasami and looked confused as Washu immediately covered her eyes, crying, "I can't see you, Tenchi!!!"
"What?"
"Just go along with it!" she mouthed at him, and he did, although very confused. He closed his eyes and began to walk down the stairs, stumbling all the way.
"I can't see a thing now.I've been blinded," he said blankly, wanting to know what was going on.
"NOOOOO! I told you it was bad luck!!" Mihoshi screamed, looking distraught. Sasami waved her arms and scolded her quickly.
"SHHH! You'll wake everyone up!!"
"Hey, Sasami?" Washu spoke up, uncovering her eyes to look at the princess. "Are we still going to go recruit decorations in an hour?" Her voice was full of slyness. Sasami chuckled.
"Sure are!"
"Oh dear." Tenchi said as he made his way into the kitchen.
"OH! I'm missing my cartoons!"
"What is it exactly we're doing?" Kamidake asked curiously, his voice a bit unsure.
"You've both been recruited as wedding decorations, guys!" Washu cried, draping a few cherry blossom garlands over the tall wooden guardian. Sasami was working with Asaka, adding a few red roses around the top. The two former knights had been ambushed by a flower toting scientist and princess about an hour before, and now they stood transformed into walking, err.floating flower arrangements.
"A wedding?" Asaka asked, his deep voice filled with concern. "And whose wedding might that be?"
"Mine!" Washu cried happily as she added a few more blossoms to Kamidake. "Speaking of which, I need to go get ready here in a few. Kimonos take forever to get on, plus I need to find Tenchi and get those fans from him!" And so with that, she turned and started to long walk back to the house with a light bounce in her step and more than a little hurry. "Come on Sasami; I'll need your help. Don't think for a moment that I'm going to ask Mihoshi to help. She'll rip something...or worse."
Sasami smiled a bit and followed after her, promising the two guardians that they would return as soon as possible. She caught up with the scientist and walked quickly beside her, her rose eyes filled with joy.
"Today's the day!" Sasami thought as she crept through the house, a small gong and mallet in her hand. Slowly, she opened the door to Washu's lab and tiptoed in, making sure that the scientist wasn't awake. When she looked about and saw no one, she fully entered and stopped, looking around curiously. "Now, where is Washu's bed?"
The princess' rosy eyes graced the room, looking for a door, but instead she saw a signpost about three feet from her left. Many signs were attached to it, all pointing in different directions. They read as follows:
ß To Psuedospace
ß To Masaki House
ß To Jurai
à To Computer Lab
à To Specimen Room
à To Photo Gallery
ß To Ice Cream Factory
àTo Tenchi's Room (Hehehe)
à To The Middle of Nowhere
And at the very bottom, almost where you couldn't see, was a tiny sign with a small sleeping Washu drawing on it labeled:
ß To Bed
Sasami smiled and began to make her way in that direction, laughing to herself. She almost couldn't hold in her excitement of what was going to happen today! She turned a corner when she reached the wall and stopped dead, her turquoise pigtails swaying as she looked at the sign before her. It read:
If You're Looking For The Bedroom, You're Lost.
Sasami blinked for a moment then sighed in amusement, turning back. She went back to the signpost before and glanced at it again to make sure that she had traveled in the right direction, then noticed that the sign that had pointed her towards the dead end had changed directions, now it pointed in the opposite way. Sasami, not deterred in the slightest, then began her parade in the new direction. She turned several corners, still following the same signs. But when she reached the next really large sign, she sighed again.
You're Still Lost!!
The princess looked around carefully to make sure she wasn't having a massive practical joke played on her, then noticed the almost indistinct sign below the large one. It read:
Bedroom THAT Way!! à
With a jump of enthusiasm, the small Juraian took off in that direction, her hair swinging wildly and the gong rocked back and forth at her side. She screeched to a halt though when she came across a most peculiar sign. She was beginning to feel as though she was in Wonderland as she read this one, and blinked a few times.
To Bedroom (Look Down, Stupid!)
Sasami did as the sign told and nearly fell over at what she saw. On the ground right below where the sign pointed was a small, shiny gold doorknob.
"Washu is so weird," she said to herself as she knelt to grasp the door. A sign that hung from the handle read,
I AM NOT!
With a last chuckle, Sasami turned the doorknob and stepped down the few stairs that lay below the oddly placed door. As she reached the end of the small stairwell, the princess laid eyes on the small chamber where the scientist slept. It was a small room, but nice, with several pictures hanging from the translucent walls. In the middle of the room was the bed, and Washu, who lay on her side, her eyes closed and her face serene. Sasami snuck up to her bedside and raised the gong over the former goddess' ear, then suddenly began to bang away on it without abandon, raising a very shocked Washu from an otherwise sound sleep.
"WAKE UP, WASHU!! IT'S YOUR WEDDING DAY!! GET UP!!!" the young girl cried at the top of her lungs joyously.
"OH MY GOD?!" came the tired yet freaked out response as Washu put her hands over her ears and shook her head. "Sasami!!! You can stop with the banging now!! I'm awak-"
Washu stopped as she looked around to face the princess but noticed that she was already gone, crying back to her, "I have to go wake up Tenchi now!!!"
Washu blinked at this then chuckled to herself and stood, brushing away the last dregs of sleep. But as she stood, she felt a strange, excited feeling rise in her stomach. Sasami had spoken the truth; it was indeed her wedding day. With renewed enthusiasm; she forgot the abrupt awakening and jumped out of bed, rushing up the stairwell and into her lab, not even bothering to change into something more suitable. But as she neared the door that led from her lab to the house, she stopped and gave this considerable thought.
"Hmm.perhaps I should go change. Can't have those royals seeing my in my less than formal pajamas!"
Sasami was now walking up the staircase that led upstairs, a devilish look on her cherubic features. She had passed Mihoshi on the way up, who had said that everyone else was still sleeping.
"Perfect!" Sasami said to herself and she turned the corner and made her way to Tenchi's bedroom door. Quietly, she opened the door and peeked in, thrilled at the fact that he was still comfortably sleeping.
Poor, poor Tenchi.
Sasami again lifted her gong above Tenchi's head and let loose a barrage of mallet strikes, causing the raucous noise to carry throughout his room and, most likely, well into the hallway.
"YAAAAAA!" Tenchi cried, jolting forward in bed with a shocked expression all over his face. He took a double take as he took in the mirthfully laughing Sasami next to his bed, the gong still vibrating in her hand. "Sasami!?" he cried in disbelief. "What on Earth are you doing?!"
Sasami only laughed greater. "Time to get up, Tenchi!! You're getting married today! Better get dressed, the guests from Jurai will be here soon!" And with that, she ran out, leaving Tenchi to his thoughts.
She stood against the railing laughing, and Mihoshi looked up at her in confusion. "What's so funny, Sasami?"
"I just woke Washu and Tenchi up! They'll be out here any minute!!"
A look of extreme horror crossed the pretty policewoman's face as she stood and flailed her arms, nearly striking Washu as she exited her lab.
"NONONONO!! THE BRIDE AND GROOM CAN'T SEE EACH OTHER UNTIL THE CEREMONY! IT'S BAD LUCK!!!"
"Uhm Mihoshi.that's a Christian custom.Tenchi and Washu are getting married under Shinto rituals."
Mihoshi crossed her arms and glared. "NO! It's still bad luck. Can't see each other."
About that time, Tenchi appeared behind Sasami and looked confused as Washu immediately covered her eyes, crying, "I can't see you, Tenchi!!!"
"What?"
"Just go along with it!" she mouthed at him, and he did, although very confused. He closed his eyes and began to walk down the stairs, stumbling all the way.
"I can't see a thing now.I've been blinded," he said blankly, wanting to know what was going on.
"NOOOOO! I told you it was bad luck!!" Mihoshi screamed, looking distraught. Sasami waved her arms and scolded her quickly.
"SHHH! You'll wake everyone up!!"
"Hey, Sasami?" Washu spoke up, uncovering her eyes to look at the princess. "Are we still going to go recruit decorations in an hour?" Her voice was full of slyness. Sasami chuckled.
"Sure are!"
"Oh dear." Tenchi said as he made his way into the kitchen.
"OH! I'm missing my cartoons!"
"What is it exactly we're doing?" Kamidake asked curiously, his voice a bit unsure.
"You've both been recruited as wedding decorations, guys!" Washu cried, draping a few cherry blossom garlands over the tall wooden guardian. Sasami was working with Asaka, adding a few red roses around the top. The two former knights had been ambushed by a flower toting scientist and princess about an hour before, and now they stood transformed into walking, err.floating flower arrangements.
"A wedding?" Asaka asked, his deep voice filled with concern. "And whose wedding might that be?"
"Mine!" Washu cried happily as she added a few more blossoms to Kamidake. "Speaking of which, I need to go get ready here in a few. Kimonos take forever to get on, plus I need to find Tenchi and get those fans from him!" And so with that, she turned and started to long walk back to the house with a light bounce in her step and more than a little hurry. "Come on Sasami; I'll need your help. Don't think for a moment that I'm going to ask Mihoshi to help. She'll rip something...or worse."
Sasami smiled a bit and followed after her, promising the two guardians that they would return as soon as possible. She caught up with the scientist and walked quickly beside her, her rose eyes filled with joy.