No need for foster pirate Parent

Story set after Tenchi Muyo Ryo-ohki ova 6

I don't own Tenchi Muyo

At the Masaki home deep in the mountains of Japan a certain ex-space pirate lounged lazy on the rafters of the Masaki home. Once again sleeping off another hangover, till the loud annoying yell of a certain Jurain Princess woke her up from her slumber.

"RYOKO, RYOKO! Get down from down from there and do your chores!" Ayeka yelled form the living room floor; dust brush in hand, glaring at the former space pirate. "Honesty Ryoko, you really need to take responsibility for your chores!"

"Oh shut up Ayaka! I don't need to do no chores, you prissy Princess!" Ryoko yelled back at the Princess tossing her empty sake bottle at her. Ayeka skillfully caught the discarded container. The princess gave the Pirate another heated glare, before stomping off to continue with her chores.

Ryoko watched the Princess storm off towards the kitchen. She sighed leaning back on her preach. Letting her thoughts drift back to Tenchi wondering what he was doing. Really he was in the fields like always. Ryoko let her eye close drifting back to sleep.

The scent of Sasami's wonderful home cooking brought Ryoko out of her sleep. Even though Ryoko doesn't have taste buds she still enjoys the wonderful smell of the food. She fazed down to her seat next to Tenchi giving him a tight hug around the neck. Causing Ayaka to turn red faced in anger.

"Ohh, Tenchi!" she seductively said leaning closer to the youths face "Where were you all day I was going so lonely." She wined

"I was out in the fields Ryoko like any other day, you know that." He told the former space pirate hanging on is neck. "Well I'll have to come out on help you sometime won't I." she jokingly said still lean closer to his face. This of course caused a certain purple haired princess to grow even angrier.

"Miss Ryoko! Get your filthy hands off lord Tenchi! This instant I command you!" Ayeka yelled with no real authority.

"Why don't you make me Princess?" Ryoko yelled sarcastically releasing her hold on Tenchi has orange lightning bolts sparked around her hands; preparing for their daily fight over Tenchi.

Always trying to keep the peace Sasami intervened "Now you two its dinnertime can't this wait?" she asked the two unfortunately her words fell on death ears. As the two combats through insult after insult at each other, but this time Ayeka went too far "You Demon woman! No one could possibly love you! No one! You're nothing but a common murder!"

That last insult though a stake right though Ryoko's heart. She became deadly silent as tears built up in her eyes as she fazed away. Leaving everybody in still gawking in shock at what Ayeka said.

"Ayeka how could you say something so mean! Ryoko is our friend!" (Sasami)

"Yeah she maybe a space pirate but she's a good person! I thought your two were becoming friends!" (Mihoshi)

Tenchi didn't say anything to the Jurain Princess. He was still in shock at seeing the look of complete and utter sadness on Ryoko's face before she fazed away. He knew he had to find her and make sure she was ok. He raced up from his seat running like the wind without giving Ayeka a second glance.

Washu Greatest Scientist in the Universe and Mother of Ryoko and Ryo-ohki sat on her floating cushion. Typing away like any other day. Till she felt her daughter's distress thought their mind link. Worried she dismisses her laptop and cushion. Washu left her lab to check on her distressed daughter.

Washu exited her lab walking into the Masaki living room finding it in chaos. Mihoshi and Sasami were yelling at Ayeka. Who in turn just stuck her nose in the air arrogantly denying any fault like usual. "I will not apologize to that monster woman! That is final Sasami!" yelled the first Princess of Jurai. Washu concluded that Ayeka and Ryoko had another fight, though this time it seems that Ayeka really hurt Ryoko's feeling. Washu fazed away without the others noticing.

Ryoko sat on her favorite tree branch. It sat high in the air overlooking the valley where Tenchi's house was located. You could even see the Masaki shine and the cave she was once sealed in from there. This spot usually served as a good place for Ryoko to be alone when she was feeling down but it didn't seem to be working today. In fact it seemed to make her even more depressed. Ayeka's voice echoed the word 'Murder' was the most potent. It's not like she asked Kagato to control her and have her do all those horrible deeds! She didn't want to kill all those innocent people! She just wishes she could forget all about it or make it up to them somehow!

"It's not your fault little Ryoko." Washu's voice echoed in her head. Great now her supposed 'mother' was bothering her. She seriously couldn't and wouldn't believe that a 12 year old was her mother. Though really Washu is about 20,000 years old, it just that Ryoko couldn't see past the child like appearance. "Shut up!" Ryoko yelled before forcefully closing the link between them. Completely cutting the connection between her and her mother, she wished there was someone that understood what it was like for her.

Ayeka doesn't care, Sasami was too young to understand, Mihoshi was a bubblehead, Tenchi may have killed Kagato but it was for the greater good, Washu she didn't even want to think about. No one here understood what it was like to kill innocents with no control of your body. Tears flowed down her face as images of her victims' faces flashing though her mind. She just wishes someone could help her. Then a soft humming plays though her mind instantly calming her, Ryoko's eyes started to get heavy slowing falling to sleep, till her instincts kicked jolting her awake her energy sword ready.

"Alright who's there? What do you want?" she yelled searching the area around her for anybody "Is that you Washu! If is you better come out right now!" she screamed waiting for the midget scientist to come out, but she never did she didn't even sense the mad scientist anywhere near her. She banished her sword as she retook her seat on the branch, though this time more alert.

"Sorry to scare ya like that little Ryo just thought you could use a little help!" a mysterious voice said in her head.

"Holy shit! Am I going crazy?" She yelled wide-eyed searching for the source of the voice.

"No you're not crazy. At least I don't think you are Little Ryo." The voice reassured though it seemed to have an opposite effect. As Ryoko started freaking out even more, as she moved to the field position rocking back and forth on the branch. "I'm going insane! I'm going insane!" she mumbled well she rocked "Ayeka going to steal Tenchi and I'll live the rest of my live in misery!" She cried to the mysterious voice.

"Hey no daughter of mine is going to suffer like this!" the voice yelled, "I'm on my way little Ryo"

This causes Ryoko to come out of her rant at the statement of the voice "Want do you mean daughter! I was born in a lab, I have no father!" she screamed at the disembodied voice.

"Foster Daughter I mean, sorry for the mix up." The voice laughed "Maybe this will jog your memory my name is Space Pirate Shinjuku Kenshii. I adopted you about 3000 years ago. Right after Kagato sealed up Washu."

Ryoko now stood frozen memories from over 3000 years ago floated back to her. Images of her running away from her mother lab as Kagato sealed her in the crystal. Her walking though the wasteland of Margin and several other nasty environments that would have killed an ordinary child right away before she stumbled into an outpost, Battered and beaten she continued towards the local Pub, where she meet him a young red haired man sipping his drink, he quickly took notice of her. He set his drink down on the table. He knelt down in front of her then picked her up just as she entered the blissful state of unconsciousness. After that images of the two spending time to gather pasted from Kenshii teaching Ryoko how to fight and be a pirate, well Ryoko made Kenshii play house with her and bread his long red hair. Both seem really happy that was until Kagato show up again and took Ryoko away leaving Kenshii bleeding on the ground.

A lone tear rolled down Ryoko's face as the memories long forgotten remerged. They were very painful, yet she felt happy someone loved and cared for her someone with no alter motive unlike her supposed mother Washu. Washu really is her mother though the memories prove it though she still doesn't remember her time with the scientist.

"Are you really coming to Earth?" she asked her father, despite what everyone thought deep down she really wanted a parent's love. Washu doesn't seem to really care for Ryoko in the way a normal mother should. After all what kind of mother experiments on her daughter then leaves her in the dark! Then has the gull to video tape her crying mommy!

"I'll only come if you want me to Ryoko. I don't want to intrude on your life if you're happy with the way things are." Kenshii told his daughter "if I do come I'll have to wait for my statute of limitations to end. That will be in about two earth weeks."

Ryoko pondered on her branch for about a minute before giving her answer. "I would like to get to know you again so why don't you stop by and we can try to be a family again. If it doesn't work we go our separate ways."

"If that's what you want I'll see you in two weeks, Ja ne" Kenshii said leaving a mental image of him as a Chibi waving good-bye.

With that their link closed leaving Ryoko once again alone. Ryoko was so over whelmed at the news she didn't even notice Washu's presence in the woods nearby who heard everything via mind Link, though neither of the two Pirates noticed.

Ryoko decided to return to the house seeing as it was getting pretty late. Washu stayed on her own branch for a little while then she too phased away back to her lab.

When Ryoko enter the living room she saw an exhausted Tenchi, Sasami, and Mihoshi lying on the couch, Ayeka and Washu nowhere to be seen; Washu still in her lab and Ayeka off pouting somewhere.

"What happened to you guys?" Ryoko asked the gathered members of the Masaki Clan. They shot up from their positions on the couch bombarding her with questions such as 'are you alright' 'were have you been' and 'do you need anything?' Tenchi seemed the most worried of them all. The look on his face said he wanted to speak to her but the others prevented him from speaking up.

Ryoko was touched at they're concern for her though she would never emit it to anybody. "Sorry to worry you guys but I need to clear my head. I'm fine really if you'll excuse me I think I'll go take a nap." Ryoko fazed out of their view leaving them reinsured that she was all right. Well, all but Tenchi. After the Princess and Galaxy officer left the room he went in search of Ryoko.

Tenchi searched all over for the Space Pirate. He looked at the cave, her favorite tree, in the rafters, even the attic, but Ryoko wasn't at any of them. Just as he was about to give up he spotted Funnaho the holy tree of the Masaki Shine and his Grandfather's space ship. It was a bit of a stretch but it wouldn't hurt to look.

After stumbling down the path to the tree he found Ryoko sitting on the banks at the edge of the pond where Funnaho stood. She seemed to be talking to herself. Tenchi moved in closer to listen in better but not close enough for Ryoko to sense his presence.

"What should I do? I may remember him now but it's like watching another person really, then that problem with Washu too. At least he said he would listen to what I had to say. Unlike a certain scientist who forces me to do things I don't what to do." Ryoko stared up at Funnaho hoping the tree would provide some answers. Sadly the tree didn't respond. It didn't even do the light show thing not that she understood what those were anyway. The rustling of leaves informed the Pirate that she was no longer alone. "You spying on me now, Tenchi? I though that's what I was supposed to do?" she laughed has the Jurain Prince stumbled out of the bushes rubbing the back of his neck in embarrassment. "So you found me uh. Guess I'm not as stealthy as I thought." He laughed sitting next to the Ex-pirate "What wrong Ryoko? You can talk to me you know that right."

Ryoko looked away from him suddenly finding the leaves in the water very interesting. "Well if you don't want to tell me I understand but remember we're all here if you ever need help, you don't need to keep it inside anymore." Tenchi said as he began to stand only to be stopped by a slim hand holding tightly to his wrist. "Ryoko?" Tenchi asked sitting back down. "It's a little complicated but if you really what to know I'll tell you." Tenchi gave a reinsuring nod.

So she told him she told him about her foster father that's coming to check on her, she told him her droughts about Washu really being her mother and how she was a scared at all the changes her life may take.

Tenchi listened intently then thought over his response before giving a mental nod "Well Ryoko I think you should meet with him and see where it goes. If every goes great you could have your father back if not then he promised that he would leave you alone. So you really don't lose anything."

"What about Washu?"

"Well Ryoko that's something you're going to have sort out between the two of you I'm afraid." He told the Ex-pirate he wished he could help her more but she need to work things out with her mother on her own. He couldn't help with that.

"Well your right Tenchi!" Ryoko exclaimed turning back to her normal attitude it was hard being depressed, but she got to spend time with Tenchi so it wasn't all bad day really. "Come on Tenchi lets go get hammered!" she yelled dragging the young man down the dirt path.

"Wait um Ryoko! I'm still underage!" He struggled to get out of the pirate's grip but it was no use, so like a kicked puppy he submitted to his fate.

Deep in space trouble was approaching the peaceful planet Earth. A large unusually gold colored space ship raced towards earth. Inside a shadowy figure gave a deep evil chuckle as he looked at the screen "Finally the Gems with be mine and this time no one will stand in my way!"

TBC

Next Time Pirate Lord Oro Shishi appears

My first Tenchi fic I hope you guys like it. I also hope my sentence structuring improved from my other stories.

Don't own Tenchi

Kenshii is my own character