1 Ryoko's true Identity
Disclaimer: I don't own Tenchi Muyo or any of the songs I got segments from.
A/N: ~ means beginning and ending of a flashback.
1.1 Chapter One
"Visitor."
Ryoko flies around the house in search of something, or in this case someone.
"Tenchi? Oh, Tenchi?" Ryoko called, as she searched, in a soft, inviting voice. "Where could he be? Hum…Oh well." Ryoko said as she disappeared through a wall and reappeared outside.
Ryoko flew around and through the clouds, making them swirl. She then flew to a big tree next to a lake.
The trunk had spiritual ornaments wrapped around it and hanging down. She landed on a branch and just sat there and stared up at the sky, the sun was setting and night was falling upon her. She didn't seem to care.
Ryoko was thinking about her childhood, something very few people knew.
"I changed, so no one would ever know, so no one will ever find out. Could he have found out and is coming to get me? I hope not." Ryoko said to herself as she recalled an event from earlier that day.
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"Hey Tenchi!" Ryoko yelled as she held on to a basket while she floated, over the fields he was working on, to him.
"Ryoko, what are you doing here?" Tenchi asked.
"Well, I um…wanted to bring you your lunch. I made it, it's a special dish I use to make when I was a child…I hope you like it." Ryoko said as she handed him the basket.
"I never knew you could cook." Tenchi said as they walked over to a tree and sat on a fallen one.
"You never asked." Ryoko stated.
"Why did you get up and cook all of the sudden?" Tenchi asked as he offered her a piece, which she refused, and bit into the meal. "This is great!" Tenchi said in astonishment at how delicious her cooking was. "If I didn't know better I'd say this was food for the Gods." Tenchi added.
Ryoko chuckled sheepishly. "Thank you." Ryoko said shyly.
"You still haven't answered my question. Why did you get up and cook all of the sudden?" Tenchi repeated his question.
"Truthfully, I don't know. I just woke up and had the urge to cook." Ryoko replied.
"Well, I'm really glad you did! This is even better then Sasami's cooking." Tenchi commented.
"Thanks, again." Ryoko replied to the comments, which to her from Tenchi, were the highest form of praise. "Do you need any help?" Ryoko asked.
"No, I'm all done planting for the day and we should be heading home." Tenchi said as he got up and offered Ryoko his hand and helped her up.
Tenchi just smiled as they started to walk home, but what struck Ryoko as strange was Tenchi had failed to release her hand.
Ryoko actually liked feeling her hand in Tenchi's, but her concentration was taken away by a strange, yet to Ryoko, familiar light off in the distance.
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"He can't be here, can he?" Ryoko asked in a whisper.
In the bushes next to the lake Sasami was sitting on a rock, also watching the sky, when she saw Ryoko fly over to, and sit, in the tree.
Sasami was about to walk over and say "hi" to Ryoko and leave the bushes when she noticed a strange light forming on the lake. Sasami decided to hide in the bushes and observe what was happening.
A handsome young man appeared out of the light, his hair was lavender and it was not too long, and not too short, it was just right. His eyes were a bit darker purple then his hair.
He was wearing a long white, short-sleeved shirt, with slits on the shoulders and from the bottom of the shirt, which was down to his knees and ended in an arrow fashion, to his hips to expose most of his pants.
His pants were not skin tight, but they weren't baggy either, and they were lavender. Though his shoes were white to match his shirt, his cape was lavender to match his pants.
When he appeared he got down on one knee while staring at Ryoko.
"Princess, why are you here, and why do you stay here?" The strange young man asked in a near whisper.
Ryoko turned her head and stared at him in disbelief.
'No! He can't be here, not now!' Ryoko thought to herself before speaking to him. "Syoki, why are you here? You know very well why I am here and why I stay. Oh, and another thing, DON'T CALL ME THAT!!!" Ryoko whispered the first two sentences and screamed the last part.
In the bushes all that Sasami could make out was what Ryoko had yelled.
"You stay here, in disguise, because of the boy? He doesn't even return your love and yet you still stay." Syoki said loud enough for Sasami to hear.
'Ryoko is in disguise? What does he mean by that?' Sasami thought.
"He doesn't appreciate you! But I do!" Syoki screamed.
"Syoki, don't speak so loud!" Ryoko hissed.
"When the most beautiful goddess stays on this planet and pretends to be a demon I can't help but voice my opinion. You have dozens of Gods wrapped around your finger and they would kill to be able to show you love, and you stay here with him." Syoki said in a soft voice with a hint of resentment when he used the word him.
"Syoki, silence! Never call me that again!" Ryoko yelled in utter disgust at the word 'goddess'.
"I wont my friend, not until you tell me to be quiet in your true form." Syoki stated.
Tears gathered in Ryoko's eyes, so she just turned her head and remained silent.
Syoki felt bad that he was so harsh on her and tried to think of a way to make it up to her.
'This always made her feel better.' Syoki thought as he started to sing to Ryoko. "When you feel all alone, and the world has turned it's back on you, give me a moment please, to tame your wild, wild heart…"
"Syoki, not that." Ryoko cut in sleepily.
"He's everything you want, he's everything you need, he's everything inside of you that you wish you could be, he says all the right things, at exactly the right time, but he means nothing to you and you don't know why. I am everything you want, I am everything you need, I am everything inside of you that you wish you could be, I say all the right things, at exactly the right time, but I mean nothing to you and I don't know why." Syoki stopped singing when he noticed Ryoko was asleep.
He pulled out a blue rose from underneath his cape and floated up to the limb Ryoko was sleeping on. Syoki gently placed the rose on Ryoko's lap and lightly kissed her forehead before he vanished in a blinding flash of light.
When Sasami had regained her sight she saw that Ryoko was still sleeping.
'Should I wake her up? But…if she could sleep through that brightness, I doubt there's anything I can do to wake her up.' Sasami thought as she made her way back to the house.
When she got back she immediately got ready for, and went to, bed.
'I can't wait to tell Tenchi what I saw. I wonder what he will think?' Sasami thought as she drifted off to sleep.
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The next morning Ryoko awoke to the sound of birds singing their sweet melody.
"Shut up." Ryoko said in a, I don't really care voice as she shot a blue jay with an energy blast. "I just want my past to go away, is that so wrong?" Ryoko asked as she looked at the sky. "And you're definitely not helping birds!" Ryoko cried as tears began to gather in her eyes again.
She looked at her lap and saw the rose. She picked it up and stared at it with sad eyes.
"And you're not helping either, Syoki… Oh, Syoki, you always had feelings for me, feelings I never have, and never will return. Sorry…" Ryoko let the rose fall from her hand and into the lake before she finished her sentence with, "my friend."
She floated out of the tree and flew toward the house.
When she arrived, she quietly went through the roof, into her room, and went to bed.
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Sasami woke up, remembering the events she had seen the night before, and went to Tenchi's room.
Knock, knock, knock, the pounding on his door awoke him.
"Come in." Tenchi said groggily.
"Tenchi, Tenchi, Tenchi!" Sasami said softly so she didn't wake anyone else up as she closed the door.
"Sasami? What are you doing here?" Tenchi questioned.
"Tenchi." Sasami whispered as she jumped into his bed and onto his lap.
"Sasami?!" Tenchi exclaimed.
"Tenchi, you wont believe what I saw last night!" Sasami said excitedly.
"What?" Tenchi asked.
"A guy." Sasami replied.
"Sasami, you're too young to be dating!" Tenchi reminded her.
"No, not that way! I was out by the lake when I noticed Ryoko fly over to the tree and sit in it. I was about to say "hi" when I saw a strange light, so I hid behind the bushes. When the light faded there in its place stood a handsome young man about your age." Sasami stopped to let it sink in.
"Go on." Tenchi said, curious to find out more.
"Well, when he appeared he knelt down and said something to Ryoko I couldn't hear, but he must have called her a name she didn't like because she yelled "DON'T CALL ME THAT!" Then he said something about disguise, I didn't quite get understand. But that's not the best part…" Sasami trailed off to leave Tenchi in suspense.
"Well, what is it?" Tenchi asked curiously, with a hint of jealousy.
"Oh, never-mind, you probably don't want to know." Sasami taunted.
"PLEASE, tell me Sasami." Tenchi begged which made Sasami give in.
"Ok." Sasami said as she collected her thoughts.
"Well, then he said something that made Ryoko turn her head away from him. I think she might have been blushing, then he started to sing to her…"
"What?!" Tenchi cut Sasami off with a hint of either jealousy or anger.
"That's not all!" Sasami stated, fascinated by his reaction.
"What else is there?" Tenchi asked with a firm voice.
"Well, she fell asleep and…" Sasami trailed off.
"AND?" Tenchi urged Sasami to continue.
"He floated up to her and laid a rose on her lap." Sasami said.
"Is that all?" Tenchi asked in a bit of a relieved voice.
"That's not even the best part!" Sasami stated.
"What is your idea of the best part?" Tenchi asked.
"He kissed her! And… then he vanished in a blinding light." Sasami finished as she anxiously awaited Tenchi's response.
"Are you sure it wasn't just a dream, Sasami? I mean, you came to me in your night gown." Tenchi said in a soft voice as if trying to assure himself more then her.
"Pretty sure." Sasami said meekly.
"Well then, if she's asleep we should go wake her up. She's probably freezing." Tenchi said softly while leading Sasami to his bedroom door. "Go get dressed. I'll meet you down stairs." Tenchi said while closing the door behind Sasami, and got dressed.
'I knew Ryoko was hiding something, could this guy be what she's hiding from me?' Tenchi thought, as he got dressed.
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A/N: *^_^* Hey, this is my first Tenchi Muyo fic. So how is it? I'd really like to know, so please review, I'd really appreciate it! *^_^* This is fun! If you have any suggestions or want me to write a special thanks or something, just ask. I love to make everyone I possibly can, happy. *^_^* Thanks! Oh, and you may think you already know what she is and everything but it goes a lot deeper then this! *^_^*
Disclaimer: I don't own Tenchi Muyo or any of the songs I got segments from.
A/N: ~ means beginning and ending of a flashback.
1.1 Chapter One
"Visitor."
Ryoko flies around the house in search of something, or in this case someone.
"Tenchi? Oh, Tenchi?" Ryoko called, as she searched, in a soft, inviting voice. "Where could he be? Hum…Oh well." Ryoko said as she disappeared through a wall and reappeared outside.
Ryoko flew around and through the clouds, making them swirl. She then flew to a big tree next to a lake.
The trunk had spiritual ornaments wrapped around it and hanging down. She landed on a branch and just sat there and stared up at the sky, the sun was setting and night was falling upon her. She didn't seem to care.
Ryoko was thinking about her childhood, something very few people knew.
"I changed, so no one would ever know, so no one will ever find out. Could he have found out and is coming to get me? I hope not." Ryoko said to herself as she recalled an event from earlier that day.
~
"Hey Tenchi!" Ryoko yelled as she held on to a basket while she floated, over the fields he was working on, to him.
"Ryoko, what are you doing here?" Tenchi asked.
"Well, I um…wanted to bring you your lunch. I made it, it's a special dish I use to make when I was a child…I hope you like it." Ryoko said as she handed him the basket.
"I never knew you could cook." Tenchi said as they walked over to a tree and sat on a fallen one.
"You never asked." Ryoko stated.
"Why did you get up and cook all of the sudden?" Tenchi asked as he offered her a piece, which she refused, and bit into the meal. "This is great!" Tenchi said in astonishment at how delicious her cooking was. "If I didn't know better I'd say this was food for the Gods." Tenchi added.
Ryoko chuckled sheepishly. "Thank you." Ryoko said shyly.
"You still haven't answered my question. Why did you get up and cook all of the sudden?" Tenchi repeated his question.
"Truthfully, I don't know. I just woke up and had the urge to cook." Ryoko replied.
"Well, I'm really glad you did! This is even better then Sasami's cooking." Tenchi commented.
"Thanks, again." Ryoko replied to the comments, which to her from Tenchi, were the highest form of praise. "Do you need any help?" Ryoko asked.
"No, I'm all done planting for the day and we should be heading home." Tenchi said as he got up and offered Ryoko his hand and helped her up.
Tenchi just smiled as they started to walk home, but what struck Ryoko as strange was Tenchi had failed to release her hand.
Ryoko actually liked feeling her hand in Tenchi's, but her concentration was taken away by a strange, yet to Ryoko, familiar light off in the distance.
~
"He can't be here, can he?" Ryoko asked in a whisper.
In the bushes next to the lake Sasami was sitting on a rock, also watching the sky, when she saw Ryoko fly over to, and sit, in the tree.
Sasami was about to walk over and say "hi" to Ryoko and leave the bushes when she noticed a strange light forming on the lake. Sasami decided to hide in the bushes and observe what was happening.
A handsome young man appeared out of the light, his hair was lavender and it was not too long, and not too short, it was just right. His eyes were a bit darker purple then his hair.
He was wearing a long white, short-sleeved shirt, with slits on the shoulders and from the bottom of the shirt, which was down to his knees and ended in an arrow fashion, to his hips to expose most of his pants.
His pants were not skin tight, but they weren't baggy either, and they were lavender. Though his shoes were white to match his shirt, his cape was lavender to match his pants.
When he appeared he got down on one knee while staring at Ryoko.
"Princess, why are you here, and why do you stay here?" The strange young man asked in a near whisper.
Ryoko turned her head and stared at him in disbelief.
'No! He can't be here, not now!' Ryoko thought to herself before speaking to him. "Syoki, why are you here? You know very well why I am here and why I stay. Oh, and another thing, DON'T CALL ME THAT!!!" Ryoko whispered the first two sentences and screamed the last part.
In the bushes all that Sasami could make out was what Ryoko had yelled.
"You stay here, in disguise, because of the boy? He doesn't even return your love and yet you still stay." Syoki said loud enough for Sasami to hear.
'Ryoko is in disguise? What does he mean by that?' Sasami thought.
"He doesn't appreciate you! But I do!" Syoki screamed.
"Syoki, don't speak so loud!" Ryoko hissed.
"When the most beautiful goddess stays on this planet and pretends to be a demon I can't help but voice my opinion. You have dozens of Gods wrapped around your finger and they would kill to be able to show you love, and you stay here with him." Syoki said in a soft voice with a hint of resentment when he used the word him.
"Syoki, silence! Never call me that again!" Ryoko yelled in utter disgust at the word 'goddess'.
"I wont my friend, not until you tell me to be quiet in your true form." Syoki stated.
Tears gathered in Ryoko's eyes, so she just turned her head and remained silent.
Syoki felt bad that he was so harsh on her and tried to think of a way to make it up to her.
'This always made her feel better.' Syoki thought as he started to sing to Ryoko. "When you feel all alone, and the world has turned it's back on you, give me a moment please, to tame your wild, wild heart…"
"Syoki, not that." Ryoko cut in sleepily.
"He's everything you want, he's everything you need, he's everything inside of you that you wish you could be, he says all the right things, at exactly the right time, but he means nothing to you and you don't know why. I am everything you want, I am everything you need, I am everything inside of you that you wish you could be, I say all the right things, at exactly the right time, but I mean nothing to you and I don't know why." Syoki stopped singing when he noticed Ryoko was asleep.
He pulled out a blue rose from underneath his cape and floated up to the limb Ryoko was sleeping on. Syoki gently placed the rose on Ryoko's lap and lightly kissed her forehead before he vanished in a blinding flash of light.
When Sasami had regained her sight she saw that Ryoko was still sleeping.
'Should I wake her up? But…if she could sleep through that brightness, I doubt there's anything I can do to wake her up.' Sasami thought as she made her way back to the house.
When she got back she immediately got ready for, and went to, bed.
'I can't wait to tell Tenchi what I saw. I wonder what he will think?' Sasami thought as she drifted off to sleep.
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The next morning Ryoko awoke to the sound of birds singing their sweet melody.
"Shut up." Ryoko said in a, I don't really care voice as she shot a blue jay with an energy blast. "I just want my past to go away, is that so wrong?" Ryoko asked as she looked at the sky. "And you're definitely not helping birds!" Ryoko cried as tears began to gather in her eyes again.
She looked at her lap and saw the rose. She picked it up and stared at it with sad eyes.
"And you're not helping either, Syoki… Oh, Syoki, you always had feelings for me, feelings I never have, and never will return. Sorry…" Ryoko let the rose fall from her hand and into the lake before she finished her sentence with, "my friend."
She floated out of the tree and flew toward the house.
When she arrived, she quietly went through the roof, into her room, and went to bed.
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Sasami woke up, remembering the events she had seen the night before, and went to Tenchi's room.
Knock, knock, knock, the pounding on his door awoke him.
"Come in." Tenchi said groggily.
"Tenchi, Tenchi, Tenchi!" Sasami said softly so she didn't wake anyone else up as she closed the door.
"Sasami? What are you doing here?" Tenchi questioned.
"Tenchi." Sasami whispered as she jumped into his bed and onto his lap.
"Sasami?!" Tenchi exclaimed.
"Tenchi, you wont believe what I saw last night!" Sasami said excitedly.
"What?" Tenchi asked.
"A guy." Sasami replied.
"Sasami, you're too young to be dating!" Tenchi reminded her.
"No, not that way! I was out by the lake when I noticed Ryoko fly over to the tree and sit in it. I was about to say "hi" when I saw a strange light, so I hid behind the bushes. When the light faded there in its place stood a handsome young man about your age." Sasami stopped to let it sink in.
"Go on." Tenchi said, curious to find out more.
"Well, when he appeared he knelt down and said something to Ryoko I couldn't hear, but he must have called her a name she didn't like because she yelled "DON'T CALL ME THAT!" Then he said something about disguise, I didn't quite get understand. But that's not the best part…" Sasami trailed off to leave Tenchi in suspense.
"Well, what is it?" Tenchi asked curiously, with a hint of jealousy.
"Oh, never-mind, you probably don't want to know." Sasami taunted.
"PLEASE, tell me Sasami." Tenchi begged which made Sasami give in.
"Ok." Sasami said as she collected her thoughts.
"Well, then he said something that made Ryoko turn her head away from him. I think she might have been blushing, then he started to sing to her…"
"What?!" Tenchi cut Sasami off with a hint of either jealousy or anger.
"That's not all!" Sasami stated, fascinated by his reaction.
"What else is there?" Tenchi asked with a firm voice.
"Well, she fell asleep and…" Sasami trailed off.
"AND?" Tenchi urged Sasami to continue.
"He floated up to her and laid a rose on her lap." Sasami said.
"Is that all?" Tenchi asked in a bit of a relieved voice.
"That's not even the best part!" Sasami stated.
"What is your idea of the best part?" Tenchi asked.
"He kissed her! And… then he vanished in a blinding light." Sasami finished as she anxiously awaited Tenchi's response.
"Are you sure it wasn't just a dream, Sasami? I mean, you came to me in your night gown." Tenchi said in a soft voice as if trying to assure himself more then her.
"Pretty sure." Sasami said meekly.
"Well then, if she's asleep we should go wake her up. She's probably freezing." Tenchi said softly while leading Sasami to his bedroom door. "Go get dressed. I'll meet you down stairs." Tenchi said while closing the door behind Sasami, and got dressed.
'I knew Ryoko was hiding something, could this guy be what she's hiding from me?' Tenchi thought, as he got dressed.
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A/N: *^_^* Hey, this is my first Tenchi Muyo fic. So how is it? I'd really like to know, so please review, I'd really appreciate it! *^_^* This is fun! If you have any suggestions or want me to write a special thanks or something, just ask. I love to make everyone I possibly can, happy. *^_^* Thanks! Oh, and you may think you already know what she is and everything but it goes a lot deeper then this! *^_^*