Kagato Returns: The Final Encounter

1st setting: Aboard Kagato's new and improved Soja, constructed by him.

Kagato: Well Tenchi, you beat me the first time, but I'm sure this story won't have a happy ending.

(Laughs sinisterly)

2nd setting: On Earth; Tenchi's house

(Everything outside the house is calm and quiet, and Osaka and Kamidake stand their usual position at the front gate. The sun has risen and inside the house, nearly everyone is still asleep.)

Osaka: What a beautiful morning, it really reminds me of the planet Jurai

Kamidake: Yes, and it's the nearest we can get at the moment, as long as the Princesses wish to remain here on Earth.

(Inside the house)

Washu: Damn these experiments, I haven't had a wink of sleep in 3 days.

(Through a dimensional tunnel at the back of Washu's lab, Kagato enters)

Kagato: Professor Washu, what a surprise it is to see you.

Washu: Kagato! What are you doing here?

Kagato: I thought I would drop by and settle an old score. You see, four years have passed since my last defeat, and I've used those years to rebuild my ship. You aren't the only genius in the universe, Washu.

Washu: You know what? After those four years after me last seeing you, I've realised just how boring it really can be down here.

Kagato: Can you please cut to the chase and explain to me what on Earth u meant by that.

Washu: Well, what I mean is... what I'm saying is...

Kagato: GET ON WITH IT!!

Washu: What the hell, ever since I was on the ship with you.... I felt so at home, watching do your work, and since you are a scientist too, I thought that the sound of us getting together again was good.

Kagato: and you expect me to believe that? How do I know that this isn't some plan in order to defeat me again, eh?

(Tears roll down Washu's face)

Washu: No, these feelings are genuine, I just need someone to stand by, because after I lost my husband and son, I've been feeling a lonely and unloved.

(Kagato puts his hand under Washu's chin and looks into her eyes)

Kagato: Are these real tears? Would you rather be with me, than that boy?

Washu: That's what I said. But I don't know how we should break it to Ryoko, y'know, you being her real father and all.

Kagato: She'll understand, after all, what will be more important to her, family or that boy?

Washu: Believe me Kagato, don't underestimate Ryoko's feelings for Tenchi, and remember they were enough to propel her to attack you.

Kagato: Yes, and how bad it felt for me to retaliate in the way I did.

(Movement is heard upstairs as Ryoko makes her way downstairs and into Washu's lab)

Ryoko: Hey Washu, you want a bath? I heard it's nice and warm this time of year.

Kagato: Hello Ryoko

(Ryoko stumbles backwards in astonishment)

Ryoko: Kagato, how dare you show your face around here after what you did.

Kagato: I came here for revenge, but now it can become even sweeter.

Ryoko: How's that going to happen?

Kagato: Haven't you heard, Professor Washu wants to get back together with me, and why don't you join us, daughter.

Ryoko: What did you just call me?

Kagato: You heard me; I'd like us to get together again as a family. Washu, please explain.

(Washu wipes the tears from her eyes)

Washu: The story I told you and everyone else, about you being created with my egg cells and a single celled organism, known as Mass, was all a hoax. Yes, I did create Ryo-ohki using Mass, but you were born naturally, and Kagato is your father.

Ryoko: So how come I have no memories of childhood then?

Washu: After Yosho imprisoned you for seven hundred years, your memory had gone.

Kagato: But I still remember, and I'm sure Washu does as well.

Washu: Yes I do, you were such a nice child but after I was exiled and Kagato was escaping the Galaxy Police, you went down the path of crime, most likely as you never did fully know both of your parents.

Kagato: And you were imprisoned, due to these deeds.

Ryoko: Let me get this straight, Mass isn't my father, Kagato is, your my actual birth mother, and my memory is gone due to amnesia after being imprisoned.

Washu: Yes, that's exactly right.

Kagato: But to change the tone on this joyous occasion, I'm sure that after all this time, both of you must have grown a soft spot for Tenchi, as you helped him defeat me the first time.

Washu: This is true. I fell in love with him after I realised that the odds of seeing you again were slim-to-none, but you are here so I can forget about him for you.

Kagato: And you, Ryoko?

(Ryoko is getting distressed now)

Ryoko: Yes I still love Tenchi, and I'll never change my feelings, not even for my parents.

Kagato: It seems that someone has been here on Earth to long. Come on, join us and we can be like one happy family again, wait a second, this sounds nothing like the number one criminal in the universe should sound like, I kinda like it.

Washu: See, even Kagato is willing to mend his ways and forget about Tenchi.

Kagato: Stop right there, I never said that. Tenchi will still die but it would be better if my family helped me.

(Ryoko is becoming even more distressed)

Ryoko: NOOOOO!! I can't let you hurt Tenchi, I won't!

(Ryoko runs at Kagato, only to be stopped by Washu)

Washu: What are you doing, are you actually sure he wants you over Ayeka?

Kagato: And also remember that you have Sasami, Mihoshi, and later Tsunami to contend with.

Ryoko: But... but I'm sure he loves me.

Washu: He is a descendant of the Jurai Royal family, which means he is more likely to end up with one of the princesses.

Ryoko: Are you sure?

Washu: Bingo

Kagato: Ha, I love it when you say that.

Washu: Anyway, go see for yourself, Tenchi and Ayeka never usually sleeps in this late.

(Ryoko warps herself upstairs, and she slowly puts her head through the door)

In Ryoko's mind: I'm sure this can't be true, he loves me over that woman.

(Looks in and she catches a glimpse of Ayeka and Tenchi, in the same bed)

Ryoko: What?! This can't be true!

(Ryoko runs full pelt down the stairs into Washu's lab)

Ryoko: You were right, how did you know?

(Kagato smiles)

Kagato: Well she isn't a genius for nothing! Now this brings the perfect oppurtunity for us to rally together and eliminate the direct bloodline of the Jurai Royal Family!

(Ryoko has tears streaming from her eyes)

Ryoko: I'll do it...both Tenchi and Ayeka need to pay for what they have done.

Kagato: See, this is how you should really be feeling, and beating both of them should be easy, but it's Yosho that'll be the greatest problem of them all.

Washu: You said you rebuilt the Soja, we'll work out our plan from there.

End of Part One