World Cup Muyo!
Ryoko was acting strange, usually when one goes to and back (or in Ryoko's case phasing through walls) they did so looking for something. Locking up the Lab, Washu couldn't help but notice Ryoko floating around the corridors and through the walls for well over a minute. If it was to scare the hell out of Ayeka and make her turn from a carrier of a TV set to a becoming a weighing scale as it fell out of her hands to bone crushingly on her feet then Ryoko would be pleased by that and move on, but Ryoko didn't even turn back to notice Ayeka's high pitch cry to scale the TV on her feet as hell. Of course whilst Ryoko was phased she couldn't really hear anything though could see and move through anything. And besides, whilst Ayeka was screaming out in pain it would have been pointless for Washu to sign Ryoko to phase through. So instead once the ear plugs were put in, the short red haired genius calmly walked politely around the wondering Ryoko and placed a hand out in front to sign her to stop.
Stop. Washu gestured more with her hands Your not a ghost yet Ryoko, so why Casper around?
Ryoko it seemed was coincidentally skilled in sign language and gestured around with her hands as well.
I've been looking and noticing
On what exactly?
I've been looking around on what we've been doing since Z and it just seems like it was only yesterday here.
Well that's because it was Said Washu
But it can't be?
And why's that exactly?
Tenchi's PC it's Windows 2000
And?
But it's 1994! Where did 2000 come from?
Ryoko? Time doesn't fly by.
But there's a world cup going on! 2010 I should be more stunning then ever by now!
There's been a world cup going on since 86, 90 and now 94!
It's 2010 I feel this is groundhog 94! I mean Tenchi comes in day in day out and he's 18 his friends at school must be 28 by now and not be at school!
Washu sighed and gestured more with stunning complexity with her hands I know you must keep thinking this must be 1994, the same year you, Ayeka came, kagato, Z but it's not that were slow on time. No I in fact made time here subject to Washu time zone. Or more put it, I'll take as much time as I want on my research. And since Tenchi is my research the best way to have all the time to study him is to turn this household into a WASHU STUDY TIMEZONE!
Am surprised you can shout with fingers!
I know Grinned Washu So the world moves constantly whilst we remain in 'time' Plus I have certain intergalactic patent rights that run out within a decade, this serves as a good technality that I can keep royalty on a few certain things.
Hey wouldn't Tenchi have noticed this by now or his dad even?
You call the addition of faulted genetics, a self spoilt princess orbiting round what is 'the greatest being in existence' a sign of intellectual understanding?
Hey! What do you mean by faulty genetics?
Mihoshi of course.
Oh that's ok.
And you.
HEY!
Washu raised an eyebrow at Ryoko's sudden ability to 'sign shout' though Ryoko looked angry at the insult, it was notihing compared to the 'spoilt princess' who spent the time shouting and threating Ryoko with obscenities and other sorts of less than lady like manners. Not that Washu could or wanted to hear what Ayeka was saying as the emotional anger was implication enough. Washu had her eye to Ryoko who was hand gesturing angrily.
Me a genetic default? You just picked the wrong day to say that!
I wouldn't shift out of phase if I were you? Washu found it hard to surpass a smile, but she did smirk a little, the mind games were too much to hold back on this time and took her ear plugs.
Really? Of late to suggest that, you just provoked the demon of Jurai!
Phasing to existence Ryoko raised a tight fist "Let's go Wash-"
Washu was open eyed at Ayeka's intervention, at her sudden enraged strike, Ryoko was a ghost no more and how long Ayeka had waited for that happen. Ryoko crashed to the floor and the princess followed "JUST WHAT THE FU-"
Ear plugs back on Cued Washu and walked away a from a tantrum that caught Airi's attention and a beating so wild that it made Airi turn the other way even quicker.
"Am so sorry Lord Tenchi forgive my terrible behaviour, I vow to never to show another barbaric display of violence again" Grovelled Ayeka. A mummified wheelchair Ryoko had a second opinion.
"Like mother Like brat as they say"
"WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL ME?"
"Ayeka! Ryoko! Both of you! That's enough!" Demanded Tenchi as he tried to intervene between the warring two. At this point Tenchi's father Nobuyuki strolled into the lounge "Honestly I know the TV was damaged, but there's been enough arguing. Anyway there's nothing on anyway"
"Of course there is!" Said Ryoko "The world cup!"
Nobuyuki chuckled "Don't be silly Ryoko, the world cup is long over, anyway we weren't even in it"
"AGH! Of course there is one and Japan is in it this time! Don't you watch the TV?"
"Of course not I told you, there's nothing on to watch"
Damm Washu's study timzone or whatever the hell it is "The world cup 2010! In south Africa! Oh who am I kidding who even knows...hey why were you carrying a TV back then Ayeka?"
"Oh so you noticed my presence at last, too bad it was a cost of me having to limp around the house with broken toes! Now Tenchi can never watch TV with me...oh crap"
Outside the house Ryo-Oki and Sasami were coming back from a hard day's work of gathering carrots from the vegetable fields that only ever provided carrots. Ryo-Oki was meowed on the way, dancing around Sasami who giggled and clapped her hands adding a sound of dance to Ryo-Oki's jumps. The last clap was that of a thunderous explosion, Sasami and Ryo-Oki spotted a red flare of intense energy beam through the roof of the house, smashing through the windows, blowing up the walls with the aftershock forming a powerful sound wave that ripped apart from everything that was near it to which Sasami and Ryo-Oki tossed away their carrot duties and just ran for it.
"You sneaky little wench! You knew all about Johannesburg didn't you? About Washu Study Timezone! You wanted to smooch Tenchi up by showing him some 'new football' and get him to like you didn't you? Not on my watch!"
At this point hell had descended on the entire household, anything that was left of the house consisted of just the incinerated wooden flooring of the lounge. Everything was gone, mercifully there were no casualties but burnout unconscious members of the household were everywhere. Nobuyuki yelled at his son on why he 'the supreme being of the universe' wasn't doing something about that, whilst a Ryoko freed from bandaging, well on her feet was two feet away from impaling Ayeka with a crimson blade of burning energy. Ayeka was stuttering on her words for an excuse.
"Now Ryoko let's be erm...civil"
"Civil?" She spat "Aren't I the one who's meant to have barbaric customs?"
"Ryoko stop this, listen i'll go both with you to this world cup! We'll all go to Johannesburg!"
And with that the flames stopped, the terrible fear of pain and destruction had passed and Ryoko's face softened, she smiled and levitated in the air towards Tenchi.
"really Tenchi?" She said softly.
"Yes Ryoko. All of us" He said his words sounded trusting, he talked to her as for what she was a friend who he recognised the time and length of their time together and appreciated it.
"Tenchi" She said back kindly, her hands to his chin, before getting her arm over his head into a headlock. Ryoko looked to the sky fist clenching "Alright we go to Johnannesburg"
"Ryoko!" Wheezed Tenchi.
"I see it now Tenchi we march to South Africa! For friendship! For Japan! For Glory!"
"..ryoko.." He was touched by her statement till...
"...And For the two hundred and forty eight bars that will refresh us!"
"RYOKO!"
"Well, try to get a trophy back for Japan then" Said Nobuyuki weakly "I like to think we can be holders for the 98 cup"
Ryoko thought about it but punching Nobuyuki would do no good, he was blinded by washu's study timezone, though being struck with a cup with 2010 could get Nobuyuki steadily upto date...
End of chapter I
Worth pointing out that cannonwise OVA3 finished at the year 1994, so for the Muyo cast to be at the 2010 as they currently are means erm a washu-plot-device has to be installed, for only Washu can give excuse for the illogical.
Yup it's a world cup fic within a world cup. Enjoy the football/soccer!