Family...
Author: Daferge
"Tenchi Muyo!" and characters were created by Hiroki Hayashi
and Masaki Kajishima, and is the property of AIC/Nippon
Television, Geneon Entertainment and FUNimation Entertainment.
( I'd had an idea for a story... It just seem to write itself as a 'movie'... When I finally sat down to 'put-it-to-paper' I thought perhaps it might be easier as a Tenchi Story... After examining other 'stories' for the best spelling of character full names, I used them ( family name last ) to tell my story... Since I am using Japanese names in the state of Texas (USA), I didn't change discriptions or hair colors... I've tried to keep family connections as close as possable, but as this isn't a SCI/FI story, Washu is a 'youthful' 40/50s (not 25,000 ), Ayeka, Ryoko and Tennyo are plain EARTH teenagers, only a few years older than Tenchi... Azusa is married to ONLY Misaki and isn't Tenchi's great-grandfather ( just an uncle )... Kagato is not a 'super villain' nor Seiryo a 'bad-guy', just characters in this story, so please bear with me... I do hope you enjoy it... )
Chapter 01...
( In a dimension VERY closed to our REAL one)...
Holding a small bag of books and papers in one hand, his small 'carry-on' bag in the other, young Tenchi Masaki stepped off the aircraft and into the bright sunlight of west Texas ( in the southwestern portion of the United States ) ...
Being 13 he should have had an escort, but he'd managed to get this far because he was tall for his age and managed to look 'older'... All those years traveling with his father from job to job came in handy when he wanted to at-least appear to know what he was doing... He wasn't all that sure...
He'd spent the past 10 years living in Japan, growing up in a different culture, a different language, a different world... He only had his father's stories of 'life' back 'home' to prepare him for his new future... Was it going to be enough?...
Outside he was the picture of cool and calm, inside he was scared to death...
His sensa (teacher) had taught him that, it had kept him from getting into countless fights with the other kids... That and other things he'd learned...
He smiled, Brains and cunning overcomes muscles and brain-dead every time!was one of his fathers favorite sayings...
But 'DAD' was dead, killed saving others during a fire at work...
Nobuyuki Masaki had never discussed why he'd moved halfway around the world with his son... It was the only thing he wouldn't talk about...
The only 'family' tenchi had ever known was gone...
Until the reading of his 'will'...
It was then, with his father close friend at his side, he'd been informed that, should something happen to his father, 'relatives' back in Texas would be contacted and arrangements made for him to go live with them...
The tickets came, things were packed and he'd watched the only world he'd ever
known disappear into the clouds behind the plane...
Following the rest of the passengers into the terminal, Tenchi watched as people came forward and greeted the others...
Scanning the crowd, no one seemed interested in him...
A hand coming to rest on his shoulder, startled him...
Turning, he came face-to-face with a white-haired gentleman with glasses and a warm smile...
" Tenchi Masaki? "...
All he could do was nod and try to smile back...
Tenchi missed the hint of amusement that twinkled in the gentleman's eyes...
" You're the spittin' image of your father when he was your age... "...
There was a moment of silence...
" Sir? "...
Chuckling, the gentleman held out his hand...
" Sorry... I'm Yosho Jurai... Your grandfather!... "...
Stunned, Tenchi took the offered hand...
" Nobuyuki, didn't mention me, did he? "...
Tenchi shook his head...
" He never spoke of ANY family members!... Only that his parent had passed on some time ago "...
Yosho nodded...
" When his parents died, there was a dispute over inheritance... Your father didn't agree with others and in the end took you, some clothes and left... We hadn't heard anything, until the lawyer contacted us... "
Tenchi nodded his head, he'd alway known when he'd gotten his stubbornness from...
As they approached a small crowd, Yosho took the hand of the female with some gray in her hair...
" Tenchi, this is Airi, my wife and your grandmother... "
Tenchi nodded his head...
" Next is my granddaughter, Tennyo!... "
There was just a hint of amusement as he indicated the teenage girl next in line...
Again Tenchi smiled and nodded...
A cousin!... he thought...
Next in line was an attractive older female who seem to be have been crying... There was something about her... Something familiar?...
" And last, Kiyone... My daughter... Tennyo's mother... "
Tench smiled and nodded..
An aunt!...he thought...
" And yours... "
Tenchi jerked his head back to Yosho, who now had a HUGE smile of his face... His mouth was open as he return to his "mother", tears rolling down her cheeks... Her beautiful smile was the last thing he saw as everything went black...
to be continued...