Disclaimer: Anything in this saga you vaguely remember seeing elsewhere, I don't own, although the general plotline is, as far as I know, completely original. Basically, the same disclaimer applies from the previous saga, Continuum T. If you haven't read Continuum T, you probably should. Otherwise you'll never understand this one.
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Previously in this storyline:
Tenchi Neo Masaki has fought and defeated Sel, twice, Kagato, Aki, K'oko, and his fear of evil. He had harnessed his Supreme Saiyan powers, that is, Super Saiyan 3. He also has the ability to evolve whenever he wants, to one of the three higher forms: homo validus, homo supremus or deus omnipotens. He is now Multiversally known as God, ultimate being of reality and creator of everything to exist. He has six good friends, being five girls and a cabbit. He also shares a room with his dead clone. And he didn't think he would amount to anything.
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Supplement DB, Part I – A New Saga
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The sun rose, as it often did, over the Earth. The Earth as a whole is rather big. Well, nanoscopic compared to even a galaxy, but casting these images aside, you can see that the Earth is a rather large rock. All over it are signs of life, a city here, a section of missing rainforest there. However, the part worth mentioning is in Japan, in the Okayama province. Somewhere among the mountains was a lake. Nothing special in itself, but a house resided next to it. A large house, to accommodate five women, four men and Ryo-Ohki.
Tenchi woke up early, a natural reaction to the alarm clock. He groped around and picked up a shoe to throw at it. He wondered as he threw, not for the first time, why he didn't have his clock next to his bed, instead of across the room. He picked up the other shoe and threw it at the person sleeping next to him.
Aki stirred and murmured something. He didn't want to be woken up yet. He was having a really nice dream about fluffy white clouds. A little strange, maybe, but they were really fluffy.
Another cloud appeared in front of him and enveloped him. He couldn't breathe. He started gasping for air and found it, spluttering the last remnants of his dream from his mind.
He looked up at Tenchi, suspiciously holding his pillow above Aki.
"Come on, Aki," Tenchi said. "Breakfast doesn't eat itself."
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It had now been the better part of two months since Tenchi's return. During this time he had moved round, touring the galaxy, letting everyone know he was still alive, mainly those who hadn't heard his speech on Jurai, and freaking out those he went to school with. Tenchi had found it hilarious.
Tenchi was now back in Okayama, Japan, Earth. He felt that he deserved a rest. Despite everyone knowing exactly who he was, and having several discreditable and unauthorised 'autobiographies' released, Tenchi still enjoyed the home life.
In fact, he was working on a project.
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"So what do you think so far?" Tenchi asked. "I know you don't know what happened, but this is it. Did you like the way it was presented?"
Tenchi's video documentary of his life rewound in the cassette player. He had just finished filming his second fight with Sel, during which Tenchi became a Super Saiyan, and so what everyone had watched was the main events in Tenchi's life up to that point.
"I think it's great!" Aki praised. "Those were some nice effects you put in there, with the camera filming in slow motion some times and all."
"It's called Bullet Time™," Tenchi replied. "I did that to make it clearer, and to show how I experienced it."
"That was incredible," Ayeka said.
"Was it really exactly like that?" Mihoshi asked.
"No. It wasn't like that at all. It was that," Tenchi said. "The stuff you just watched was really me back then. It wasn't some mock-up that looked like it. Being able to manipulate time sure has its advantages."
"Yeah, and now everyone will know what really happened," Ryoko said. "I don't know about you, but I didn't like your book."
"Ryoko, again, it's not my book," Tenchi said slowly. "Half of it isn't even about me. Almost none of the proper facts got in there, and quite frankly, it's all false. I don't actually know why I keep this around." He picked up the book he was talking about. On the front cover was one of about a dozen pictures the press had of Tenchi. It was probably the best one the writers of the book thought to go on the cover. And it wasn't even a particularly good picture, in Tenchi's opinion.
"I didn't quite get how you managed to come back to life that first time," Washu said. "I know the Trinity brought you back the second time, but I don't get how you apparently willed yourself alive again that first time."
"Fairly simple, really," Tenchi said. "I revived myself. That is, when I went back to film the fight, I used a bit of my power to bring my younger self back to life."
"Isn't that cheating?" Aki asked.
"Nope," Tenchi replied, smiling. "It already happened anyway, so it couldn't not happen. Besides, if anything was cheating, it was me now bringing out my earlier self's Saiyan and Super Saiyan powers in the fights you've seen. You know, just to make sure I'd use them, which I already have done."
"Well, I thought it was scary," Sasami said. "That Sel monster was really bad."
"Yeah, he was," Tenchi said. "Unbelievably fast, and very strong too. You saw the way he dodged those bullets I shot at him. I mean, yeah, Aki could beat him, but I actually doubt Ryoko or Ayeka could. He was nearly perfect."
"But I thought he said he was completely perfect," Sasami said.
"Well, I destroyed him. That usually proves that someone isn't perfect."
"I guess. But aren't you worried that Sel will come back?"
"Not at all," Tenchi replied. "I completely destroyed him. I know he's dead. True, he could replicate from a single cell, but I destroyed everything he was. He's not going to come back."
And that was the ominous moment.
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Soon later, Tenchi took the girls to Bespin, noted throughout the galaxy to be a spa planet. A person could just turn up there and be given expert treatment to make them completely relaxed. In the thousand years the commercial business of Bespin had been running, there had never been a single disappointed customer. Quite a reputation.
Tenchi had asked his friends if they wanted a real vacation, and they all agreed. Even Nobuyuki and Yosho thought it was a good idea, and asked to come along. So the four men, five women and a cabbit appeared on the landing platform for the spaceships, with the help of instant translocation.
Instantly the view was amazing. Despite some of the larger metallic ships spoiling the view slightly, it was still an incredible place, the organic type ships seeming to blend in with the scenery. The platform itself wasn't artificial, as were nearly all others across the galaxy, but instead was itself organic. It had been grown over the centuries very specifically to the standard docking bay layout. The surrounding buildings were also natural, but very well formed. The format of the place was designed to make visitors feel relaxed and calm from the very start, by providing nothing but pleasant images wherever they happened to be. A lot of effort had been put into making people feel at home.
Of course, the Masaki home looked very little like this, aside from an odd plant that was similar to one at home. Still, it was very nice there.
The group walked towards the nearest building, which happened to be the main reception. It was fairly big, with a fountain in the middle. Calming tuneless music drifted quietly through the air, accompanied by the sound of water splashing on pink and green rocks. Decorative drapes hung from the ceiling. The sun shone brightly through the open roof. Large arches led from the reception room to the rest of the facility. A large desk was round the other side of the fountain, with a single woman behind it, despite there being five points along it where receptionists would sit. Obviously it wasn't a busy time.
While the others looked around, Tenchi approached the desk. The woman was busy leaning back, arms folded behind her head, and daydreaming. There was a signal that went off whenever a ship landed, but of course instant translocation wouldn't trigger that.
Tenchi cleared his throat. The woman didn't hear him. She was stretched out in her chair, which had rotated so that her woman was within arms reach of Tenchi. Tenchi reached out and tapped her head.
The woman jerked awake, nearly falling off her chair in surprise. She did fall off when she caught sight of Tenchi, his arm still reached out and a wary look on his face.
"Excuse me, but do you have any rooms available?" Tenchi asked, looking down at the woman. He had to, really, as she was sprawled rather unprofessionally on the floor. The woman slowly picked herself up.
"I'm sorry?" she said, trying to overcome the shock that God had suddenly appeared in front of her.
"I asked if there were any rooms free," Tenchi repeated. "I think we'll need about seven."
"Seven rooms," the woman repeated. "We have seven rooms available."
"Great," Tenchi replied. "Put them down under the name of..."
"Tenchi Masaki," the woman finished. Tenchi smiled.
"That's right," he said. "I take it you've heard of me then."
"Who hasn't?" the woman replied. "You're Mr Masaki, hero of the galaxy and God."
Tenchi nodded. "So, about those rooms?"
"Oh, of course," the woman said hurriedly, trying to do about five things at once at different parts of her desk.
"We'll be staying for maybe a couple of days," Tenchi said. "Until Thursday at the latest."
"Of course. Would the Emperor's Suite be adequate?" the woman asked.
"Well, probably not for all of us," Tenchi laughed. "But Ayeka and Sasami can have that room. I'm fine with anywhere."
"Yes, sir," the woman said. "I'll just sort out your request now."
"Please, call me Tenchi," Tenchi said. "It is my name, after all."
"Of course, Tenchi," the woman apologised quickly. "I'm sorry."
"Hey, I don't like being treated as if I'm someone special," Tenchi said generally. "Please tell everyone here just to treat me like any other customer. You can treat the others how they want, but just pretend I'm no one special. That's not an order, just a request."
"Of course, Tenchi," the woman repeated. "I'll sort out your rooms right away. If you'll just wait here for a while, I'll be right with you."
"No hurry," Tenchi said. "It's a nice place you've got here."
Tenchi walked over to Ayeka and Ryoko. The others had already spread out.
"They're just sorting out our rooms," Tenchi informed.
"Good," Ryoko said. "I can't wait until I'm in an onsen. Hey, Tenchi, maybe we can get together later and have a bit of bathroom fun?"
"Ryoko, how dare you?" Ayeka exclaimed. "This is a public place. I cannot believe you would try something like that. Actually, I do believe you'd try it."
"Was that an insult?" Ryoko asked.
"Was that a question?" Ayeka replied.
"Ladies, please," Tenchi said. "We're here to relax. Don't start fighting." Tenchi moved between the two and put an arm round each of them. "You're all my favourite."
The two cuddled up to Tenchi, hardly bothered that the other was also there.
"You know, maybe you two should try and get along," Tenchi suggested. "What do you think?"
Tenchi didn't get to know what they thought, as the receptionist approached Tenchi then.
"Tenchi, your rooms are ready," she said. "They are rooms seven to twelve inclusive, and the Emperor's Suite. Here are the keys." She handed them over. "Please enjoy your stay here, and feel free to ask for anything."
"Thanks," Tenchi smiled. "We'll enjoy it here." He called the others. "Hey, our rooms are ready. Should we check them out before doing anything else?"
The general consensus was yes, so they went to check out their rooms. Each was subtly different, but pretty much the same. The Emperor's Suite, however, was twice as big as the others, and a lot more luxurious. Ayeka and Sasami had that room. Ryoko had one to herself, as did Mihoshi and Washu. Yosho and Nobuyuki shared another, and Tenchi and Aki each had a room to themselves.
After they had looked around their rooms, they met up in the main hall, which looked a lot like the reception area, only rather bigger. They split up, agreeing to meet up again at dinner.
Tenchi, followed closely by Ayeka and Ryoko, went for a therapeutic massage. The others went to the nearest onsen, except Sasami, who wanted to walk through the woods. Aki went with her.
They walked around for a while, Sasami meeting several little creatures. She stroked and petted them all, becoming their friends. Ryo-Ohki also met some friends. Aki watched on as Sasami stopped every few minutes to greet a furry animal. He even stroked some himself.
Sasami gasped, and ran forwards. Aki went along after her, to see what she had found. It was a small squirrel-type animal. It appeared to have fallen out of a tree, and was now lying on the floor, deadly still. Sasami began to cry at the sight, while Aki looked at it and tried to concentrate.
"Sasami, don't cry. He's still alive," Aki said. "I'll heal him."
Aki crouched down and moved a hand over the fallen furry forest dweller. It began to stir, and then hopped up. It looked up at Aki, and then ran up his arm and onto his head. Sasami began to laugh as the squirrel tried its best to groom Aki, to thank him for saving its life.
"Told you he was fine," Aki smiled.
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Tenchi meanwhile was having the time of his lives. He was experiencing first-hand the pleasures of reflexology, and he liked it. Forty minutes had passed before he knew it. He was feeling really relaxed, so he went out to find the onsen. He found a quiet spot away from his father and grandfather and lay back, not caring about a thing.
Obviously, something had to distract him. It's just the way. And his distraction was caused by Ryoko.
"Tenchi, over here!" she called. Tenchi moved his head to see Ryoko hovering above the divide between the male and female sections. Of course, the most distracting thing about her was the absence of a towel or bathing suit. Completely naked, she drifted towards Tenchi.
The animé Tenchi would have long since grown his eyes to fill up most of his face, but Tenchi didn't have that luxury. He quickly turned and tried to stop his nose from bleeding, a reaction to being aroused.
Ryoko grabbed him from behind and hooked her arms around his waist. "Hold on, Tenchi," she advised, as she picked him up and flew him into the female section. He was dropped from a height into the water. He quickly came back up, and quickly turned round as he came face to crotch with Ryoko.
"Come on, Tenchi," Ryoko said. "It's nothing you don't know about already."
Tenchi just stood there, looking intensely at a point several inches in front of his nose. He failed to notice Washu and Mihoshi, which was a bad mistake.
"Well, well," Washu said. "Looks like we have a prime specimen here, Mihoshi. All ready for the donation, no doubt."
"What do you mean, Little Washu?" Mihoshi asked.
"Never you mind," Washu muttered. "Ryoko, put some clothes on, or at least a towel. I didn't raise you to behave like that."
"You didn't raise me at all," Ryoko muttered, but very quietly. Washu probably heard her anyway, but chose to ignore it, instead focussing on Tenchi and smiling rather unnervingly.
"Oh, Tenchi, hi!" Sasami called. She had just come back from her walk with Aki. She wore a towel, and probably nothing else, as were the others, excepting Ryoko. Tenchi very quickly chose not to think about that. "Ayeka, guess who's here?" she called back into the changing room.
Tenchi sank underwater, and started to blow bubbles from his mouth. He gasped for air and quickly resurfaced, to see Ayeka standing at the side.
"Sasami, it's not polite to shout like that," Ayeka told her sister, before noticing Tenchi's very nervous face. She raised a hand to her chest and stood there, watching Tenchi, as he watched her.
Ryoko broke up the moment, by moving directly in front of Tenchi's face, giving him a full view of her most prized possessions. Tenchi tried his hardest not to look, and almost succeeded. He turned around and swam away, amazed that he was able to do so.
Disappointed, Ryoko turned towards Ayeka, and disappeared. As Ayeka stepped into the water, Ryoko casually untucked her towel and held onto a corner. Tenchi's nosebleed rapidly increased as he saw the princess's form, and he collapsed backwards. Sasami kindly pulled him behind a rock, while Ayeka hurriedly ducked into the water and grabbed her towel back from Ryoko. Ryoko was laughing hard at this, despite the looks she was getting from Washu, and to a lesser extent Mihoshi.
Sasami revived Tenchi, and stood back while he shook himself awake again. She stood in front of him, smiling a bit too much.
"Wha, what is it?" Tenchi asked.
"Your nose is bleeding," Sasami said happily.
"What? No, it's because of the hot water. It always does that," Tenchi said quickly, trying to cover for himself.
"Nuh-uh," Sasami disagreed. "You're a bad boy, aren't ya, Tenchi?"
Tenchi backed away slightly, watching the girl's face for a change from the grin currently on it. Realising there wasn't going to be one, Tenchi sagged his head into the water. "Sorry for being naughty," he gurgled. Sasami patted him on the head.
"How dare you do that?" Ayeka shouted at Ryoko, barely able to contain her rage. Ryoko pointed behind her.
"They're looking," she said calmly. They were. Tenchi and Sasami were poking their heads around the rock. Ayeka hesitated, and then looked at Ryoko again.
"You," she said coldly. "You won't get away from insulting me!"
"Um, ladies?" Tenchi ventured.
"What?" Ayeka shouted.
"Nothing." Tenchi dropped behind the rock again.
A fight was inevitable. Ayeka's miniature logs appearing in the air was a sign of that. The electricity crackling through the air around Ryoko was another.
Aki popped his head over the divider between the baths. "Hey, is Tenchi here? He's not in this bit." He spotted Tenchi. "Hi, Tenchi. How's it going?"
Tenchi just pointed towards the two fighters. Aki shrugged and hopped over the tall wall and drifted between the two.
"Out of our way," Ryoko growled.
"Yes, stay out of this," Ayeka said.
Electricity crackled across Aki, both from Ayeka's log field and Ryoko. Aki flinched at the attack, but shrugged it off.
"Don't bother," he suggested. "You're here to relax, remember?"
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Somehow the matter was resolved, and they all spent the rest of the afternoon in the water. They all came out wrinkled, and after drying themselves and getting dressed they wandered round the place some more, noting anywhere they might want to try out later. But they didn't get much chance to see everywhere, as it was almost dinnertime, so they went back and found the very large dining room, the tables elegantly laid out for the guests.
Dinner that evening was nice. Although Sasami could have made something better, she was quite happy to not cook for a while and let someone do things for her.
Tenchi, as usual, was flanked by Ryoko and Ayeka. Mihoshi sat opposite him, along with Sasami and Nobuyuki. Aki sat on the left side of the table, while Yosho and Washu sat on the right.
"It's quite nice here, isn't it?" Tenchi asked, as though it needed asking.
Obviously everyone agreed, and the usual chatter began to seep in. Tenchi sat back from the table, mentally, and watched everyone.
"This really is nice," he said to himself.
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They stayed there for the next couple of days, before finally deciding to return home. They thanked the staff at the spa, and Tenchi took them back.
The house had inexplicably become untidy, despite there having been no one there for the past few days. They spent the next while cleaning up, Ryoko and Ayeka vying for Tenchi's attention. Tenchi, however, remained a decent person and praised everyone equally for what they were doing.
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It just so happened that Tenchi was walking to the shrine later on. He was going to give it its daily clean. Even God backs down when his grandfather tells him to do something. Besides, it was his turn anyway.
As Tenchi was walking along a dirt path, a part of the scenic route to the shrine, he noticed something odd. He usually let his mind wander, sensing things that were happening in other places, but today he couldn't. He stopped and frowned. He tried to use his foresight ability, but found he couldn't do that either. He tried triggering his evolution, and became really concerned when he didn't change.
"This can't be good," Tenchi said quietly.
"No, it can't." A familiar voice came from behind him. Tenchi whipped round and stepped back in surprise at what he saw.
Sel had returned. Again.
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In the next episode of Supplement DB:
Sel fights Tenchi. Again. It's "Reality Check" time, as the very meaning of everything comes under questioning. Any more information would spoil the plot, but the DB in the saga title stands for DragonBall. It's also a welcome return for the review and preview writers, as we now have an eight-episode contract. It's a much-anticipated return to work for us two, but don't expect the same kind of fanservice as in the last saga.
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