Misaki Tenchi was having a beautiful day!
The sun was shining, it was nice and warm, but with a breeze. He had woken up nice and well rested, he'd had a wonderful breakfast, and even training was going better than usual! The girls weren't fighting for what-ever reason. Well, at least not too much. Ryoko was floating beside him giggling happily, and the two were even having a pleasant conversation. Nothing could spoil his day! "Yeah, and then I actually blocked his third attack!"
Ryoko grinned. "Wow Tenchi. Sounds like you're getting better all the time! Say. I don't suppose you could talk your Grandpa into taking us out shopping do you? I'd like to try picking out my own Manga this time. I haven't read any mangas with people in them that fight while flying. Maybe I could pick up some moves!" She enthused, grinning, and mimed a couple of light punches.
That got Tenchi a touch nervous, but Ryoko was behaving well, so maybe it'd do her some good to reward that. "Well... I dunno, maybe. We're supposed to hide abilities and stuff. If we can find a regular dress for you so you won't stand out, then he might say yes."
"Ohhhh Tenchi!" Ryoko cried happily, and glomped him, spinning around in mid air, so as to shift her breasts from his shoulders to his face. She grinned down at him, coming in for a kiss.
And they saw and heard a huge splash in the lake.
"H-hey. What's that?" Tenchi asked, trying to look in that direction.
"Nothing. Just ignore it, Teeennnnchiiiii." Ryoko said, drawing Tenchi's name out amorously. Ryoko blushed slightly and leaned in to try to plant a kiss on Tenchi's lips, as she twirled that adorable ponytail of his, and gazed into his big brown eyes. Then someone started gasping, flailing, and calling out for her "wild stallion" or something.
Tenchi blinked, and bolted. "Hey! That's coming from the lake. Someone's in trouble!"
Ryoko blinked, staying in place, as Tenchi ducked out of her gentle and loving hold, and dashed off after a woman's voice. Ryoko wasn't pleased. Ryoko wasn't happy. Ryoko wasn't going to cut any kind of break to whoever stole Tenchi's kiss away.
"This had better be good." Ryoko ground out in her gravelly angry voice, an energy blast already charging, as she leaned forward and flew off after Tenchi, back hunched, shoulders clenched, and the scowl visible on her face at 100 paces.
Ukyo couldn't find Ran-chan. "No. What am I going to do?" Well first she came up for air, that's what she did. Then, after panting several times she heard a strange flute-like voice call out her name. She blinked, turned around... and saw a woman made of water waving at her, happily. Wow. Ukyo didn't swing that way, but she could definitely recognize the woman's beauty.
Ukyo blinked a few times. Wait. A woman made of water calling her name? "Ran-chan? Ran-chan, is that you?"
Ranma blinked a bit, swimming closer, frog style. "Well yeah. Of course it's me Ukyo. Don't know what that blond did to me, but I'm still Saotome Ranma!"
From Ukyo's perspective, Ranma was hard to distinguish from the water that she was swimming through. It was like someone took a liquid prism, and made a living person out of it. At the same time, Ranma seemed far more solid than the water where he poked out of it, and that made it easier to see Ranma's outline. Exactly how Ranma seemed more solid, Ukyo had no idea.
Well, that could wait for later. Right now, she had Ranma to talk too. "Oh, Ran-chan! I was so scared. I thought you might be dead!"
"Me? Nah. I can swim like a fish. Swam to China, remember? It's you I was worried about."
Well, Ukyo had at least partially meant the whole bit about being liquefied. Still, that comment was sweet. "Thanks Ran-chan. We should probably look for the closest shore now though." Ukyo said, still treading water, as she looked at their surroundings, trying to figure out which way to swim. She wanted to hug Ranma right now so much, but he was a few strokes out of reach, and she didn't want to risk fowling their swimming.
That's when Ranma and Ukyo heard a shout and a loud splash. They both looked over in that direction, and saw a grey-haired woman flying over toward them, and a young man splashing into the lake well behind her. A house and several hills framed the area behind the two. Oh, and that woman had an energy blast in her hand. This probably wasn't good.
"Don't worry. We'll help you!" Called the young man. "Ryoko, don't let anything happen to them!"
Ryoko glowered. "Damn. Fine. I wasn't going too attack anyway. Just wanted to find out what was going on. But if I try to help and they attack us... so help me Tenchi, they're going down!"
Ryoko flew up to the pair, and hovered in mid-air, assessing the pair. "Oh great. They're female and cute, they're competition. I think." Ryoko gave the mostly-see through one a more thorough scrutinization. She nearly turned green. Ryoko had seen the Tsunami that Sasami would grow into, and she was not looking forward to that competition if it came to that. But right now, right here, was a girl who was at least in that class of contender. "This can not be happening. Better take care of this."
Ukyo stared up at the woman, assessing her as well. "New girl, weird powers, spandex and a lot of cleavage showing. Looks like another fiancee contender. Athletic, long legs, big breasts, and she's hovering. Yeah, this isn't good."
Ranma's thought process was somewhat different. "Actual flight, energy blast. No wings. Not phoenix clan, but potent. A fury tail? How do things with furry tails fly? It's not even a squirrel tail! At least I don't need to look out for a moose girl, or worry about Russian spies. Maybe. The guy back there at least wants us helped. Hopefully we can get Ukyo out of the water before things blow up. Maybe we can find out where we are and how we can get back." Beat. "Two girls and a guy in the same place as me. I'm female. I'm naked. This is going to be painful."
Ryoko blinked as the see-through girl suddenly stopped looking like she was nearly as dangerous competition. "Her looks just somehow dropped by at least half. What's going on?" Well, Ryoko wasn't complaining about that. Still, she didn't recognize the species.
All three spoke at the same time.
Ranma: "Who are you? What are you? Where are we?"
Ukyo: "Who are you? What's going on? How did we get here?"
Ryoko: "Who are you? What are you? How did you get here?"
Then all three stopped and blinked. With all three talking it was hard to figure out what had been said. Only one of the questions was really obvious, and that was the one all three had asked.
That's when Tenchi showed up. Tenchi swam right for the clear-girl who seemed the better swimmer, but who was also closer. He trusted Ryoko to get the one who needed help more... if he told her too. "Don't worry. We'll take care of you! Come on, Ryoko, help out and grab the other one!" Tenchi slowed down his strokes, breaking his rhythm as he got close to the mostly transparent girl, and reached to touch the girl's back.'
That's when Tenchi unintentionally performed his next breast stroke, hand cutting through the water. This was also the first time that particular swimming technique applied quite so literally in all of it's meanings at once. Tenchi's hand continued it's downward arc, cutting into the water... and lodging it's self inside the clear breast of the woman facing away from him.
All four of them just froze, floating there in shock.
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