Hello! I must say this is my very first tenchi muyo fanfic, most likely a one shot though. This idea came into my mind as I watched the last ova episode here comes jurai. They really really need to get more episodes out….I'm starting to break down.
No need for mothers
Sitting awake at the early morning hours were starting to become routine to the young tenchi masaki. The royal family had returned again for a visit, it didn't surprise him though. After seeing alien women, meeting goddesses and flying through parts of space things like this were becoming more and more common. He thought of his Great grandmother Funaho, who at first glance was calm and serene. His great grandfather on the other hand, was stern and gruff, a man who was used to having this done his way. His other wife Misaki was nice to everyone, the only way that she got angry was if her daughters, ayeka and sasami were made fun of.
Hearing footsteps come from behind him, Tenchi turned his head, his eyes connecting to the green eyes of his great grandmother as she stood gazing at him as well. A brief moment of awkward silence passed by for a few moments before he spoke up.
"I couldn't sleep….".
A small smile appeared on her face as Funaho came over to him, sitting down next to her great grandson on the couch some seconds later. Slowly she put a hand to his shoulder, causing him to look at her. Letting out a giggle, the first queen of jurai broke the silence between them.
"….Is something the matter Tenchi?".
He watched her for a moment, he had so many questions for her.
Thinking for what seemed a eternity, he finally spoke. "was this last time the first time you saw me?".
Funaho nodded her head before answering his question.
"Tenchi If I knew about you…I would of come to see you whenever I had the chance……".
His eyes studied the older woman for a moment, the look on her face showed she was being sincere. He was brought out of his gaze as she continued on.
"….your grandfather is very absent minded….or stubborn…..just like his father".
Tenchi let out a laugh that compaired his grandpa to the very irritable Juraian king. Looking over to funaho, who had a hand up to her mouth, the two erupted into laughter. He then pointed out a fact about his grandfather to funaho.
"he always forgets the most important things...".
Her green eyes looked over to her great grandson as she replied. "his father is worse, he can't remember both of his wives anniversaries...".
Letting out a sigh, Funaho slipped her arms around Tenchi, pulling him into a motherly hug. Tenchi almost broke the hug out of shock, but he stopped when blurry memories of his mother doing the same came through his mind.
She looked down at him with sweet, almost motherly smile before saying. "I wish i could have a son like you tenchi...you would never of run off without telling me...". Her green eyes softened as she held onto him tightly, almost as if she were afraid of letting him go.
Tenchi eye's scanned her for a second, surprised by the way she held him. He finally relaxed in her arms, his head resting comfortably on her shoulder. She ran a hand through his jet black hair as his eyes slowly began to close.
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The minutes ticked by, turning into a very long hour for the queen as she held her great grandson close. Rocking him softly with eyes closed, Funaho began to hum a soft melody that she used to put her only son yosho to sleep years ago. Stopping only when he mumbled out loud a word to himself in his sleep.
"….mother…"
The queens eyes popped open when she heard him, a small calm smile appeared on her face as he laid there in her arms.
She planted a small kiss on the top of his head, before saying something to him as well. "I wish you would come to jurai with us tenchi….maybe then I could…be a mother to you….".
exhaustion slowly took over as she let out a yawn, resting her head on his she fell asleep in that spot as well. as the night wore on, funaho woke, her eyes focused on the second Juraian queen, who was watching with gleaming eyes.
misaki clamped her hands togeather and said softly "now i know where you've been!".
Funaho shook her head and motioned her sister over with her unoccupied hand. Whispering so she would not wake the sleeping boy next to her, misaki listened before leaving. only to return with a blanket to cover the two up. Misaki went back to the stairs, which led to the room the two queens were using.
Stopping in the middle of the steps, the second queen looked to the first and said "you should ask him to come to jurai again...maybe he'll agree".
Funaho nodded her head as she said "yes...that would be nice".
She closed her eyes once more and pulled the blanket over herself and tenchi, stopping to look at him she then said "i will ask you tomarrow...". putting her head back on his, she drifted back off into slumber. Tenchi's brown eyes blinked opened, he had heard some parts of the conversation between the two queens. looking up at his great grandmother, he decided to wait for tomarrow and not wake her up. closing his eyes for the last time, he felt her arms squeeze around him as he slipped back into sleep as well.
Now for the reason why I wrote this, one reason is because I've always been a fan of funaho, misaki and asuza. Making members of royalty that quirky is classic, I can't help but love that. And two is because even though tenchi has a lot of women around, I've noticed there are not a lot of mother figures in his life. I thought funaho would be a perfect surrogate mother. Read, review and tell me if I should continue, if I do I promise the chapters after this one would be a hell of a lot longer.
