Tenchi Muyo RyoOhki- The Continuation

By Michael Chen

Overall this is a restructured story that borrows elements from it's
predecessor, Tenchi Muyo 2.5.

Ok folks, this was a complete rewrite that came to me during this weekend
while I was studying for a dreaded biology exam.  Tell me which chapter is
better, this one or the previous one.  I'd like to know because this is
really my first Tenchi fic, and I want it to be decent.

Chapter 1 - Dreams

    Sasami slowly wandered through the forest, enjoying the sights and
smells of the plants and life.  Kneeling down to get a better look at a
flower, she heard laughing behind her, and she turned around to find
everyone with her, all smiling and for once, not actually fighting.  Tenchi
was seated against a tree, smiling as he was speaking.  Sasami too smiled
as she tried to savor this brief moment in their hectic lives.  However,
the happiness proved to be short.

    Suddenly, above them, the sun was blocked out by a giant dark void that
slowly descended down to Earth.  The instant it touched the ground, the
void shrank down to a tiny point and shimmered for a moment.  Then it
happened.  The tiny point burst forth with great energy, a wall of white
light raced towards them.  It was fortunate for the those who were closest
for they didn't have to witness the horrors of friends being charred to a
crisp as their flesh were burn, soon followed by their bones.  Sasami
wasn't fortunate as she witnessed everything get destroyed.  Her friends,
family, the beautiful trees, the forest, everything was destroyed.

   Finally, the wave of energy reached her.

   Sasami shivered as she felt a darkness around her.  Wandering around,
aimlessly, her senses dulled by the lack of stimuli, Sasami called out.
"Ayeka, Ryoko?  Where are you?  Tenchi?  Washu?"  She received no response,
not even an echo of her voice.  Nothing was here, except for herself and
the screaming silence that threatened her.  She wandered around a little
bit more, and she felt the floor shifting beneath her and the still air
around her rush upwards as the floor beneath her gave way.

    Sasami woke up with a shout, as for the third night in a row she had
terrible nightmares.  And with every passing day, the nightmares were
becoming more and more intense.  Wiping the tears from her eyes, she stood
up, and ran to Tenchi's room seeking to find comfort.  Timidly, knocking on
the door, Sasami sobbed out.  "Tenchi Tenchi-ni-chan?"

    The door slide open, revealing Tenchi concerned as usual.  "What's
wrong Sasami?"

    "I had a bad dream, Tenchi."  Sasami sobbed, as she hugged Tenchi.
Tenchi picked her up, and walked into the room.  "Can I sleep here
tonight?"  Inside, she felt a lot better when she saw Tenchi smile.

   "Sure.  I guess I'll sleep on the floor."  Tenchi dropped Sasami off on
his bed, and he returned to his desk to do some studying, despite the fact
that he did not attend school.

* * *

    Ayeka muttered to herself as she walked down the stairs, in the
morning.  As usual, Sasami wasn't in her bed when she woke up, causing
Ayeka to twitch uncontrollably as she knew that her younger sister had most
likely spent the entire night in Tenchi's room.  Not that she was jealous,
of course.

    Taking a deep breath, she tried to savor the aroma of breakfast, when
she suddenly felt the urge to pound someone's face into the ground.  It
wasn't spontaneous, of course.  It was just that awful voice she heard
coming from the living room.  A voice of a certain Ryoko that was toying
with a certain object of love named Tenchi.  "Come on Tenchi, how about a
good morning kiss?"  Tenchi coughed in exclamation.  Ayeka felt a growl
surface from her throat as she visualized Ryoko forcing herself onto
Tenchi, and she stomped down the stairs purposefully.

    "What are you doing!"  Ayeka shouted as she stumbling in on Ryoko
playing with Tenchi.  "You uncouth slut let go of Tenchi this instant!"
Tenchi squirmed with pain as Ryoko allowed Ayeka's insult to affect her.

    "Ah Ryoko don't scratch me so hard!"  Tenchi said through his teeth.
Ryoko looked down in surprise, and she let go of Tenchi.

   "Oh Tenchi I'm sorry.  I'll go pound that mean woman who made me hurt
you."  Ryoko genuinely was sorry, since Tenchi would be the last person in
the universe she would like to hurt.  Ryoko stood up, and turned to Ayeka.
"Ayeka, why do you always have to interrupt us in our foreplay?  Couldn't
you bother us a little bit later?"

    Ayeka started to twitch as she heard Ryoko's reference to sex.  Her
hands clawed up and started to twitch violently.  "Ryoko, how dare you
associate such lecherous activities with my Tenchi!  In the name of the
honor of Jurai, I must punish you!"  

   Tenchi looked at the two girls locked in kill kill mode, and he tried to
break them up before they destroyed the entire house.  "Now, Ryoko, Ayeka
couldn't we settle this peacefully."  He placed a hand on Ayeka's and
Ryoko's shoulder.

    Ironically, Ryoko and Ayeka shouted back. "No!"  Tenchi cringed
backwards, and he decided he should leave the room before the two girls
broke out the heavy weaponry.  But, Tenchi as always was fated to get
involved in another one of their fights.  Each latching onto one of his
arms, Ryoko and Ayeka tugged and tried to get Tenchi to side with her.
"Tenchi agrees with me!"  they shouted at each other.

    Tenchi didn't mind it when the girls tried to get close to him.  But he
definitely minded it when they tried to wrench his arms out of his
shoulders.  Tenchi struggled, but to no avail.  He knew that there was no
way that he could stop Ayeka or Ryoko when they got angry.  He shouted out.
 "Somebody help me!"

    Almost immediately, Sasami walked in from the kitchen.  "Ayeka!  Ayeka!
 Let go of Tenchi before you hurt him!"  Sasami started to try to pry
Ayeka's iron fist open, so Tenchi to get free.  Simultaneously, on the
other side, Washu and Mihoshi tried to free Tenchi from Ryoko's grasp.
Finally after a lot of struggle, Mihoshi and Washu managed to restrain the
two battling women.

    Even this time Washu couldn't help but allow herself to make a snide
remark.  "Always fighting like children.  Tenchi, like I always say, you'd
be a lot better off with me."

    Sasami looked at Tenchi.  "Are you alright Tenchi?"

    Even Mihoshi had her say.  "Gosh, don't you two have something better
to fight over?"

    Tenchi shook his head.  "Thanks Sasami, Washu, and Mihoshi.  If you
don't mind, I think I'm going to go lie down, and wish this nightmare was
over."

* * *

    Both Ayeka and Ryoko looked at Tenchi with puppy dog eyes as they
watched him silently eat dinner.  It was unusual that Tenchi give the girls
the silent treatment that even Sasami and Washu looked at Tenchi
skeptically.  Tenchi sighed as he rested his chopsticks on his ricebowl,
and he spoke.  "Ayeka, Ryoko.  I'm not agree.  It's just that why can't you
two not fight all of the time."  Looking around, Tenchi finally relaxed his
mask of anger, and looked rather pensive.  "Well, Sasami that was a great
meal.  I think I'm going to go study in my room a bit."

    As soon as Tenchi left the dining room, Ryoko and Ayeka breathed out a
sigh of relief.  Fortunately for them, Tenchi was a kindhearted person, who
was quick to forgive, for as soon as he had seen their depressed looks, he
had forgotten all of his anger.

    Sasami yawned as she finished putting away the last dish into the
cupboard.  Recently, she hadn't been receiving a lot of sleep, and she felt
quite groggy after an active day.  Not even bothering to walk to her room,
she stumbled out of the kitchen, and settled on a comfortable couch.
Yawning loudly, she rested a little, and looked at the clouds through the
skylight in the ceiling.  It wasn't too soon that her eyes closed, and she
fell into a deep slumber.

 * * *

    A cold dark breeze blew across Sasami's face, chilling it in an
uncomfortable way.  Walking in the dim light, Sasami found herself walking
in a still world to the familiar house that she called home.  As she
approached, the house slowly began changing in front of her.  It started to
implode inwards on itself, silently.  Wood snapped, roof tiles crunched,
nails popped, glass shattered in front of her without a sound.

    Shouting aloud in exclamation, Sasami run towards the house, and called
out.  "Tenchi!  Ayeka!  Ryoko!  Washu!  Mihoshi!  Where are you?"  She
cried as she approached the ruined house that slowly faded away from her
view, revealing nothing in front of her, except for a familiar darkness.
Slowly walking alone, in the bitter cold darkness, she cried for a few
minutes, but surprisingly, the next step instantly transported her into a
grand and large hall.  At the opposite end, on a large dais of ivory, was a
giant throne.  

    However, that throne was not empty, as a woman vague familiar stood up.
 The woman was perfect in every way except for one aspect.  She seemed
rather angry and she pointed at Sasami while silently screaming out aloud.
Sasami felt another person enter the room.  Looking over her shoulder, she
found Washu sprawled out on the floor, with Tenchi standing above her still
body, his sword drawn. 

    Sasami gasped as she looked Tenchi.  His normally animated face as cold
as a statue's face.  His cold eyes locked onto Sasami, and he slowly began
to walk towards her.  Screaming, Sasami tried to run away, but no matter
how hard she tried, Tenchi bearing his blue gleaming sword followed
relentlessly, never ending.  Tenchi lunged with his sword, and she felt a
heavy thing land on her chest, and she screamed.

    Sasami fell backwards, and impacted with the ground, in her own pool of
blood.  But, strangely enough, Sasami could still see what was happening.
Tenchi without as much an emotion on his face turned away from Sasami when
he walked into the beautiful woman's arms, and both locked into a wild
embrace.  Sasami tried to move, but something was holding her down, keeping
her down.  She couldn't scream.  She watched Tenchi and the woman locked in
passionate kissing, their hands wildly clawing at each other's back.

    Sasami screamed as she bolted straight up in the couch, throwing a
surprised Ryo-Ohki some distance away.  Sasami whispered hoarsely, as she
tried to keep the dream out of her thoughts.  Ayeka who was sitting at
another couch, doing some work, looked over.  "Sasami, what's wrong?  Why
are you crying?"

    Sasami sniffled as she walked over to Ayeka.  "I had a bad dream
again."  She sobbed as she picked up Ryo-Ohki, and absentmindedly petted
her as she approached her older sister.  Ryoko, who was resting in her
usual spot, ventured to look down.

    Ayeka muttered to herself.  "Oh dear, not again.  Can you tell me what
do you see in your dreams?"

    Sasami looked at the floor ashamed.  "I'm sorry, but I don't really
remember my dreams.  But I remember that something very bad happened to
Tenchi, Washu, and me!  Some strange woman took Tenchi away."  Sasami felt
her tears start to flow freely again, as she tried to recall her terrible
nightmare, but strangely enough, she couldn't remember much.

    Ayeka eyed Ryoko suspiciously.  "Is that so?"  Ayeka focused her
attention back to her little sister.  "Why don't you take your nap right
here?  Nothing should happen."  Ayeka flashed an encouraging smile, and
Sasami settled down next to her sister again her eyes closed as she settled
into sleep again.

* * *

    The next day proved to be a lot better, as Ryoko and Ayeka were careful
not to start fighting in front of Tenchi, lest they provoke his anger.
After returning from the fields, Tenchi entered the kitchen, just in time
to catch Sasami preparing for their daily afternoon tea.  "Tenchi, could
you go get Washu?"  Tenchi sighed inwardly as he ventured to the
sub-dimensional door that led to Washu's laboratory.  Secretly, he dreaded
Washu's interest in attempting millions of tests on his body.  It wasn't
fun at all for him.

    Riding a lift down from the main floor to one of lab's lower levels,
Tenchi stepped off, and approach the red-head mad scientist who was busy
cataloging all the creatures.  Hearing a footstep, Washu turned around just
in time to see Tenchi.  Her face lit up like a light bulb.  "Tenchi.  Don't
you think you could..."

    Tenchi politely cut her off.  "I'm sorry, but Sasami doesn't want the
tea to get cold."  Washu sighed rather audibly as she stood up.

    "Well, I guess you're right, but after tea time do you think you
could."  Washu never finished her sentence as she felt her head flooded
with pain.  Excruciating and unexplainable pain filled her head, as some
invisible barrier in her head had given way to releasing a flash flood of
information.  Washu stumbled about, and Tenchi concerned, ventured to rush
forwards, and pick up Washu.

    "Washu, you don't look so well."  Tenchi looked at Washu's eyes, which
were beginning to glaze over as she slipped into unconsciousness.  "Washu!
Washu!  Are you alright?"  Washu barely responded, her voice quite slurred,
and disjoined.

   "Tenchi, pain, stop, Tokimi, must stop, can not"  Tenchi stood there
rooted to the spot completely mystified by the rubbish that Washu was
saying, and he immediately ran out of her lab.  Ryoko yawning at the
relative quietness of the house, was surprised to hear the dimension door
to Washu's lab slam open, and a panting Tenchi holding onto Washu emerge.

    Initially, Ryoko was ready to let fly a couple blasts at Washu, then
she noticed that Washu was unconscious and twitching uncontrollably.
"Something has happened to Washu!  He carefully laid Washu on a couch, and
everyone looked at her concern.  Tenchi kneeled beside her and carefully
dabbed at Washu's forehead with a cool moist cloth.  He explained what
happened.  "I don't know what happened.  One moment I was talking with
Washu, and the next moment, she nearly collapses!"

    Tenchi sighed as he dabbed at Washu's forehead.  Groaning, Washu's eyes
fluttered open just in time to see everyone's concerned faces.  Holding her
hand to her head, and surprised to find Tenchi's hand, she groaned as she
settled back, unable to sit up.  "What happened?"  she asked weakly.
Fortunately, the throbbing pain in her head gave way, and some ten minutes
later, she was able to sit up.

    "Washu, what happened?"  Washu looked at Tenchi's face, and she
resisted the urge to make a remark.  "Are you ok?  Does it hurt anywhere?"

    Washu sighed as she looked upwards at the sky.  She felt a heavy weight
pressing down on her shoulders as the sudden influx of information into her
head did not provide answers.  Instead it created more unanswered questions
that Washu desperately wanted solved, for among hidden information that had
surfaced in her mind, one thing was certain.  Lady Tokimi was coming.

* * *

    "Detective First Class Kiyone, reporting in for duty sir!"  The chief
looked skeptically at Kiyone, dressed in tattered clothing, her hair a
mess.  In other words, she was a complete mess.  The Chief looked Kiyone's
eyes, and he couldn't help but notice a twinge of insanity that was
reflected back at him.

    "Um, Detective First Class, how are you feeling at this point?  And why
haven't you reported back for duty?"  The Chief looked rather nervously at
Kiyone.

    "I'm sorry, sir, but I've never been better."  The chill in her voice
somehow made the Chief's common sense quiver in fear, but otherwise, Kiyone
seemed perfectly normal.  At least she wasn't emotionally unstable or
killing a fellow officer.  "I'm sorry for my delay in reporting back, but I
was indisposed for the moment, as I was unable to find a transport back to
Galaxy Police.

    "Err, well, considering your partner," the Chief coughed, "I'm sure
that this was a complete accident, and we'll just let this one slide."  The
Chief imperceptibly nodded his head in amazement at Kiyone, as he thought
that anyone stuck to that Mihoshi would have become a raving lunatic, at best.

    Kiyone smiled back rather cryptically at the Chief.  The Chief coughed.
 "So what would you like to be reassigned?  Mihoshi's been transferred out
of patrol, and she was reassigned to the Sol System."  Kiyone looked back
with a start, the first time that she had displayed any emotion at all.

    "The Sol System?  Isn't that off limits to Galaxy Police?"  Kiyone knew
very well that the Jurai Empire liked to protect it's privacy rather
intensely.

    "Apparently, she has gotten permission from the Crown Prince."  Kiyone
shook her head in disbelief.

    "Well, I'd like to be reassigned as Mihoshi's partner again.  I'll
depart as soon as possible.  I'm sure we'll have fun getting reaquainted."
Kiyone's voice completely reverted back to its neutral tone as deep within
her mind, she thought of a way to get back at Mihoshi for leaving her
behind amongst the wreckage of that terrible spaceship in the middle of
nowhere.

* * *

    Settling down to a big lunch prepared by Sasami, everyone prepared to
dig in when the sound of a Galaxy Police Cruiser landing in the front yard
startled everyone, and soon the table was empty as all piled out of the
door to see the incoming spaceship.  A giant Galaxy Police Cruiser with the
standard GP logo emblazened on the hull stood in front of Mihoshi and her
friends.  A hatch opened, and a beautiful woman with a slight greenish tint
to her hair stepped out.  Mihoshi broke into her usual antics.

    "Kiyone!  Long time no see!  I thought you died in the accident!"
Mihoshi had been eager to run to her partner and hug her, but something
about the manner that her partner was standing convinced her not to.  Maybe
it was the fact that her partner had her service pistol drawn and aimed at
her head.

    "Because of you, I had to sit in the middle of some pile of junk for
three months in the middle of nowhere."  Kiyone shouted through her teeth.
Everyone looked at each other, as they suddenly realized that the story of
Mihoshi's saving of the universe had a grain of truth to it.  Secretly,
deep down inside, all of them didn't believe in the Pretty Samy part.

    Mihoshi started to babble as she looked crosseyed at the pistol aimed
straight at her head.  "Well, Kiyone, I hope you weren't angry with what I
did.  It was an accident."

    Kiyone started to laugh insanely.  "Angry?  Angry?  Of course I'm not
angry.  I'm raving mad!  How could you leave me in such a place?  I could
have gotten a promotion for what I did.  But no, I had to get stuck in a
field of debris in space for three months."  Surprisingly, Mihoshi broke
out into tears, and to her partner's surprise, she ran up and hugged Kiyone.

    "I'm so sorry Kiyone.  I mean, I always mess everything up."  Mihoshi
started to sob on and on, soaking Kiyone's uniform with her tears.  Kiyone
sighed, as she lowered her pistol.  Somehow, revenge didn't really suit
her, and Mihoshi always had been a good friend to her.  Of course, except
for that critical moment when Mihoshi left her for dead, but otherwise
their partnership had been a good thing.  And the other thing was Kiyone
was never a cold blooded killer, she just couldn't bring herself to shoot
her partner.

    Tenchi walked up, and trying to reduce the tension of the situation, he
introduced himself.  "So you're Kiyone?  The partner Mihoshi's been always
talking about?"  Tenchi offered his hand, as if to shake hers.  Carefully
putting her blaster away, she offered her hand.  "Hi, I'm Tenchi, and I'm
sure Mihoshi would be more than happy to introduce the others."

* * *

    Kiyone helped herself to a hearty meal as she looked in amazement at
the story that the other's had to tell.  "So you say that Tenchi
singlehandedly defeated Kagato?  That certainly is no simple task!  Kagato
is on the list of class I criminals!"  Kiyone waited just in case that boy
Tenchi began to brag about his strengths.  For one thing that Kiyone had
learned very well from her ex-boyfriend, ex-partner, men tended to toot
their horn a little too much.  Amazingly, Tenchi didn't speak a word.  She
looked at Tenchi and couldn't help but shake her head in amazement.

    Tenchi carefully placed his chopsticks on the bowl, and he stood up.
"Well, I guess I'd better be going to the fields."  Tenchi stood up, and he
left the room.  Kiyone looked around at the peaceful surrounds.  'Perhaps
it isn't too bad that I got reassigned with Mihoshi again.  Maybe I can get
some peace here for a little bit.'

Ok, so I had to drag Kiyone into the OAV series.  Well, I kind of like her,
so you can probably blame me for that.  I have yet to determine whether the
Tenchi Syndrome should take effect for her. (ie, the weird condition in the
Tenchi Muyo OAV that makes Tenchi seem like a loveable guy to many many
women, name attributed to Andrew Huang)  Heh, if you have any opinions
before I put my pen to paper, tell me now, before I reach chapter 8.