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Concubine Chronicles

By: bsmart

Disclaimer:
Why the hell am I writing this? Nobody reads them and they have no legal
weight. It�s a complete waste of time and bandwidth and yet I�m still typing.
If you�re under the legal age where ever you are don�t read this, but since
you�re going to anyways at least don�t let your mommy catch you. This fic is
very much NC-17.

Note: This
is a sort of manga/OVA fic. If you�ve only seen the show then you might be a
little lost.

�� Normal Speech

�� Thought

Chapter 4: Heavy
Breathing

"There's something I
need to tell all of you, something I should have told you a long time
ago."

Tenchi's resolved faltered
for a moment as those words came out of his mouth and rather than immediately
launching into his explanation there was a pregnant pause that took on a life
of its own.

He had their undivided
attention and having every one of the girls he cared so deeply about staring at
him was disconcerting, especially given the fact that this could be the last
time he saw some of them.

Washu was looking at him
intently but there wasn't the curiosity that was on the other girl's faces.
Sasami and Mihoshi both looked at him curiously, genuinely wondering what was
going on and what was the matter. Ryoko was harder to read as she sat there
stone faced but Tenchi saw just a little glimmer of fear in her eyes. 'She's
probably been praying and dreading to hear those words for a long time he
thought, she's terrified of what I could say.' Ayeka though, while she paid attention
to Tenchi there was a sad resignation on her face, and that look galvanized
Tenchi.

"All of you have lived
here a long time with me, with us, and I...all that time I've been so, so
worried about what could happen if I...I..showed any affection to any of you
that I've just closed off."

Ryoko started to speak up,
"Tenchi..."

"No Ryoko let me
finish. I recoil any time one of you touches me, I leave the room if I'm alone
in it with one of you, I don't even...I don't even talk to one of you unless someone
else is in the room. I just can't do it any more, it's not fair to any of you
for me to treat you like lepers, and I don't have the luxury to do it anymore.
I'm just sorry that it took this to finally make me do something about
it."

None of the girls moved to
speak when Tenchi paused to take a breath.

"I've sat on what I've
felt for more that a year trying to figure out how to tell all of you but I
could never figure out how, so I'm just going to say it."

The only breath to be heard
in the room was Tenchi's as he inhaled and prepared to swing for the fences.

"Sasami, you're the
sweetest person I know, you're always cooking and cleaning around the house
without ever being asked and with less help than you deserve..."

Sasami's eyes started to
tear up, "Tenchi-niichan..."

"You're happy and
cheerful no matter what happens and I don't think we all could have lasted this
long if it weren't for you."

Mihoshi was starting to get
misty as she watched Tenchi talk to Sasami, it might not have been the ending
that she was hoping for but it was so sweet. Ryoko and Ayeka looked confused
and the self satisfied smirk on Washu's face was starting to grow, and then
Tenchi turned to Ryoko.

"Ryoko the very first
thing you did when I woke you was scare me to death, then you tried to kill
me."

Ryoko's confusion dissolved
into a sheepish grin.

"Which I repaid by
chopping off your hand."

Ryoko said nothing but the
apologetic smile remained.

>

"You're wild and
exuberant and your lust for life is incredible. If not for you none of us would
be here or be as close as we all are."

Ryoko was still a bit
confused but now she was smiling much like Sasami, so far things had gone
remarkably well for both of them. Mihoshi was still happy for Sasami and now
she was happy for Ryoko though like everyone else she was still confused as to
what was exactly going on.

The words were coming easier
to Tenchi now, he was on a roll that he didn't intend to stop; he had to get
this out before his courage failed him.

"Washu...I don't know
how many times you've dragged me into your lab and tried to extract a sample
and I know even less about how I managed to escape every time but I did. You
are without a doubt the most brilliant person I know and the kindest mother
I've ever known, to Taro and to Ryoko even."

Ryoko's smile faltered a bit
at the mention of her relationship to Washu though it returned when Washu told
her, 'Just leave it be,' across their link.

By now most everyone had a
smile on their face, though everyone was confused. In more than a year Tenchi
had never spoken to any of them like this, they were used to getting a smile at
the most; to suddenly have him telling them what he liked about them was a
shock.

"Mihoshi..."

"Yes Tenchi?"

"...no matter how bad
things may seem or how bad a mood anyone is in we can always count on you to
cheer us up. I don't think I've ever met someone more willing to put others
before herself. You're sweet and happy and a good police officer, I think
you've kept everyone more mellow than they would have other wise been during
all this."

Mihoshi blushed a deep
crimson as Tenchi finished.

Ayeka was now thoroughly
perplexed. Why would Tenchi do this? Was he just trying to soften the blow to
them before announcing who he'd chosen? Why do this to them, it was crueler
than simply telling them he'd chosen Mihoshi, at least that would have been
quick, and then it was her turn.

"Ayeka, I still don't
know why the crown princess of a star empire wants anything to do with me but
for some reason you do, and I feel honored. You're demure and proper and
everything a princess should be but you can also hold your own with Ryoko, I
just pray that one day I can be as strong in spirit as you are."

Tenchi thought he saw Ayeka
wince as he finished and a tear start to form in her eye but she didn't say
anything to him, she just smiled lightly at him and said nothing.

Tenchi took one last deep
cleansing breath, he'd tried to hit the high points about what he loved of each
of the girls, if he listed out everything he'd be here all day, and he'd
intentionally avoided some of the baser reasons he loved them lest they get the
wrong idea, this would be hard enough. 'Enough stalling, get on with it!'

'Well then here goes.'

"The reason I wanted to
talk to all of you is...I love all of you."

After a year and a half of
desiring to hear those words, though not exactly like that, the girls didn't
know how to react. They had become so used to never hearing anything
sentimental from the object of their affections that for it to finally be said
they just didn't know what to do, and none of them had expected it to be quite
like that. Even Washu, who had been expecting something like this for a while
now was affected, to finally hear that he loved her, to have it confirmed,
affected her far more than she had planned on.

When none of the girls said
anything, when they all just stared at him Tenchi launched into his
explanation, he'd make them understand. "I tried for the longest time to
just pick one of you, I did, but no matter how hard I tried I couldn't do it. I
spent weeks trying to decide which one of you I wanted to be with, but I
couldn't, I want to be with all of you." Tenchi's shoulders slumped and he
tried to look through the rug under the coffee table. "I love all of you
too much to part with any of you; I just didn't know how to tell you."

"I know this probably
isn't that weird in your cultures, but it is in mine, and...it didn't seem like
you could stand each other, I've always been afraid that you all would hate
each other more than you love me, than I hoped you loved me. I'm sorry I didn't
do this a long time ago, you all deserved better than to have to wait this
long."

For the longest time no one
said a word, not Sasami, not Washu, not Ryoko or Ayeka or even Mihoshi, and the
silence began to eat at Tenchi. 'I've waited to long, they think I'm a pervert,
they can't stand each other,' all jockeyed for position in Tenchi's mind as he
waited for someone to respond.

When someone did finally
move it was the person everyone least expected. Sasami silently slid off her
end of the couch and walked around the coffee table to Tenchi. There were tears
in the little princess' eyes when she threw her arms around Tenchi and quietly
sobbed, "I love you too Tenchi."

Even if Sasami was the one
girl he knew he'd never even get to see full grown it felt good to know thate wae wasn't rejecting him.

To all the girl's surprise,
especially Sasami's, rather than the usual pat on the back he would hesitantly
give them when one of them might hug them Tenchi wrapped his arms around Sasami
and squeezed her.

In the middle of hugging
Sasami Tenchi felt someone else standing over them. With a final tight squeeze
he let Sasami go and stood up.

"I was wondering when
you'd finally get around to saying it," Washu said with her usual haughty
attitude.

Tenchi tried to give her his
best smile, "Sorry."

Washu tried to pretend she
was judging him for a moment though she made no attempt to wipe the dampness
from her eyes. "Fine, but you'd better not make this so difficult
again."

Tenchi wasn't a short boy by
any measure but where's he'd been able to hug Sasami while he was sitting down,
even standing up his head barely cleared Washu's bosoms. It felt good to be
able to wrap his arms around her and pull her in close rather that struggling
to find a way out of her grip.

With his eyes closed he
didn't know that Mihoshi had stood as well and was patiently waiting her turn
but as soon as Washu let him go she gave him a gentle nudge and Tenchi was
immersed in a haze of golden curls as Mihoshi latched onto him. The blonde's
grip was tremendous, not quite Misaki's level but he suspected that if she
tried she could crack a few ribs. "Tenchiiii I love you!"

"I love you too
Mihoshi."

Before she pulled away
Mihoshi darted in to give Tenchi a peck on the cheek.

Ryoko and Ayeka were both
still sitting on their couches, looking at him.

"All this time?"
Ryoko asked with her voice carrying a hint of pleading. "All this time and
you never told us?"

"Ryoko I'm sorry, I
just couldn't. The way all of you fought, I was terrified that I'd tell you and
then you all would decide that you couldn't stand living together."

"So now because of
Mihoshi...," Ayeka started.

Tenchi nodded. "Yeah,
it was my worst nightmare coming true. I knew I couldn't wait any longer, if I
didn't do something about it it was only a matter of time before you were all
gone, and that I couldn't stand." It was a little tricky talking to them
with each of them on either side of him but he made sure to look each of them
in the eye.

"Why didn't you talk to
us? We could have...we could have done something."

The frustration in Ayeka's
voice ate at Tenchi. If he had spent a year in agony and frustration what about
them? He knew he loved them and he was sure they loved him; the only thing they
knew was that they loved him and he never showed them the tiniest bit of
affection back. 'The fact that they're even still here is a miracle,' Tenchi
thought.

Tenchi nervously kneeled
down in front of Ayeka and took her hands in his. "I'm so sorry I didn't
tell you sooner, I love you." /p>

"Lord Tenchi..."

"Just Tenchi Aye ple please?"

"Tenchi...," Ayeka
stopped when she saw the look in his eyes. Her knight in shining armor was
kneeling at her feet. She wanted to be angry with him, she wanted to rail at
him for waiting so long and putting all of them through this but she couldn't,
she knew that she could crush him with a word, so she held her tongue. "I
love you too."

Tenchi's plan had been to
just tell the girls how he felt and maybe some hugs, he most certainly didn't
plan on kissing them right then and there, but he did.

Ayeka was caught off guard
by Tenchi's boldness. As soon as the words had left her mouth her prince had
closed his eyes and leaned in to kiss her. At first Ayeka was too stunned to
respond but quickly the reality of her situation. His rougher thinner lips were
different than what she was used to but then again everything about Tenchi was
different that she was used to, when Tenchi tugged lightly at her bottom lip she
decided that she could learn to like different things.

Tenchi was surprised at how
well his first kiss with a girl was going; he reckoned that there wasn't a
whole lot about pressing your lips together that you could screw up but the
pressure he started to feel back through Ayeka's soft lips was reassuring. Unfortunately
as much as he wanted to continue this very pleasurable activity with his
princess he knew there was someone else he had to talk to. Tenchi pulled back
from the kiss but Ayeka tried to follow him until he put a hand on her
shoulder. Just before he turned the tip of Ayeka's tongue crept out and licked
her lips and Tenchi mirrored her actions. There was a faint taste on his lips,
so faint he wasn't sure he wasn't imagining it, a pleasant sweetness that he
wanted to taste again.

Ryoko was visibly trembling
as Tenchi closed gap gap between them. The anticipation of what she expected
Tenchi to tell her was driving her insane, every time his lips moved, even from
breathing she hoped with all her heart that he would finally say the three
little words she had waited her entire life for. But with the anticipation was
also a bone chilling terror, that he had waited to talk to her so that he could
tell her he didn't love her, to ask her to leave, and there was a bit, just a
little bit, of jealousy directed at Ayeka. Unlike everyone else Ryoko knew for
a fact that that had been Tenchi's first kiss and she had wanted it for
herself. 'There'll be other firsts,' she tried to reassure herself; 'You still
haven't kissed anyone yet.'

"What took you so
long?" Ryoko asked as Tenchi reached for her hand.

"You know me, can't
make up my mind," Tenchi said lightly trying to blow it off. He'd wasted a
year with the girls so far and that was not something he wanted to dwell on.

Ryoko quivered as Tenchi's
calloused fingers slid over hers and gripped her hand and when he squeezed it
she sucked her breath in in surprise. Tenchi was willingly holding her hand,
she hadn't had to surprise him or grab him or trick him, he was holding it of
his own free will and she struggled to commit every bit of that moment to her
memory.

"Ryoko," the soft
soothing tone of Tenchi's voice caressed Ryoko's ears in a way she didn't think
was possible. "You've known me longer than anyone has and I'm just sorry
it took me this long to finally say this." Tenchi paused to gather himself
and then looked deep into the former space pirate's eyes. "Ryoko I love
you."

Washu smiled as Ryoko lunged
forward to wrap Tenchi up in the first hug he immediately didn't fight against.
There were tears on her daughter's face as she mashed her lips against
Tenchi's. The two girl's kisses were nearly perfect expressions of their own
natures in Washu's eyes, Ayeka's was sweet and tender and Ryoko's was wild and
unreserved. 'There's a time and a place for both of those but if they want to
curl the boy's socks I'll have to sit both of them down and teach them how it's
done right,' she thought smugly.

Tenchi released Ryoko and
looked around the couches at all the girls. "Umm, wow. I didn't really
think it you all would take this so well."

"Tenchi, we've been
waiting to hear you say that for a long time," Ayeka said, "I know I
had started to give up hope of ever seeing the day you admitted that you loved
me."

Tenchi sighed deeply.
"I can't tell you all how sorry I am, I just can't. I mean, I just told
all of you that I love you and none of you are that upset. I don't mean to
sound conceited but I thought each of you wanted me for yourselves."

"Well..." Ayeka
started evasively.

"We just
sortta..." Ryoko chimed in but before either she or Ayeka could finish
their thoughts Washu cut in.
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