Ryoko's doppelganger: Part 3

By kyllir

Disclaimer: standard disclaimers apply.

A/N: again, sorry about the wait and the cliffhangers and stuff.


Tenchi was in the middle of a hurricane, with Ayeka and Washu in the middle of a catfight. And Ryoko so
deep in thought, she was barely breathing. Tyoko was crying. What could he do to straighten this mess out?
Suddenly, Tyoko ran from the room with such speed that he couldn't even see her move until she was gone.
Washu had done well raising her, she could run very fast. That did pose a problem though, if she could run
that fast, then how would they catch up to her and find her? Tenchi realized that he had better do something
fast if he was ever to see his 'daughter' again.

"Girls! Stop it! This isn't going to get us anywhere! Tyoko is gone!!" at the mention of Tyoko, Ryoko
snapped out of her reverie and looked up, Ayeka tilted her chin up.

"Hmph! That little tramp! Good riddance!" this caused Washu, Tenchi, and Ryoko to glare at her.

"Hey! She isn't a tramp! She cant be more than three months old now, and she IS my daughter." Said
Ryoko defensively. Tenchi had already run out the door, concerned for Tyoko. Washu looked at Ayeka,
who was still pouting about the entire thing.

"Ayeka, you can be such a bitch! Regardless who the parents are, that is another living soul out there! And
she is suffering because you hate her so!" Washu raised her arm and slapped Ayeka across her face, which
snapped her out of whatever had been wrong with her.

"Oh dear, what have I done? Tyoko IS Tenchi's child, and a part of him... and I was jealous of her... we
must find her!" Ayeka said while rubbing her sore cheek. Washu smiled approvingly, and they both bolted
out of the door.

Tyoko was running, she was not sure how long she had been running, or how far, but she knew she must
continue to run. She knew she wasn't welcome with the others, her own parents didn't even care for her...
Tears ran down her face as she quickened her pace and ran deeper into the forest.

"Tyoko!" Tenchi, Ryoko, and Ryo-ohki were looking for Tyoko, and were already deep into the forest.
Ayeka and Washu not far from them. (Back at the Masaki house, Kiyone, Sasami, and Mihoshi were still
unconscious from fainting earlier.)

"Tyoko! Where are you?" Ryoko was calling in anguish.

"Meow!" Ryo-ohki called to Tyo-ochii.

"Tyoko!!! Come back!" Tenchi was near tears, Ryoko was already crying.

Tyoko stopped running when she reached a waterfall, she was a good twenty miles away from the Masaki
home. They wouldn't think to come this far. She settled down to sleep for the night, tears still running from
her eyes.

Tenchi, Ryoko, and Ryo-ohki would not give up easily, it was well past midnight and they were still hiking
through the woods looking for Tyoko. They were almost fifteen miles from the house, and they couldn't get
back if they wanted to anyway.

"Tyoko!!" Tenchi and Ryoko called out in unison, they were both getting hoarse.

Tyoko was still sleeping soundly, an extremely tired Tyo-ochii sleeping next to her.

Without sleep, the trio trekked through the woods, in the distance they heard a waterfall, this was good,
they could renew their energy here and continue their search. They ran with renewed vigor towards the
sound and were astonished to see a sleeping Tyoko curled up next to a bush. Ryoko checked on her, she
was soaking wet from the mist of the waterfall, and had a high fever. Her face was red and when she pulled
back one of her eyelids, her eyes did not respond to the light right away as they should have. Ryoko lifted
Tyoko and handed her to Tenchi, who began running towards home. Ryoko thought for a moment, then
called Ryo-ohki to her, who turned into a spaceship. Ryoko called Tenchi back.

"Tenchi! We'll get back faster if we ride on Ryo-ohki!" They both got on, with Tyoko safely in her
'father's arms. They made it back to the house within two minutes and found everyone worried about them.

"Tenchi! Your back!" called Ayeka. Tenchi turned around to reveal Tyoko in his arms, unconscious.

"Oh my god! Is she Okay?" Asked Mihoshi.

"It looks like she has a high fever..." observed Washu. Tenchi laid her on the couch and propped her head
up with a pillow. Tenchi's grandfather walked into the room and checked on her, her pupils were dilated
and her face was red. Her forehead was burning hot to the touch. He walked out of the room to gather the
necessary herbs for medicine. He re-emerged about ten minutes later with some leaves, a bowl, and a stone
rod thing. He placed the leaves in the bowl along with some berries, he ground them up with the stone
mixer. He then tilted Tyoko's head back and poured the resulting liquid into her mouth, he made her
swallow it.

"I have done all I can, now only time will tell if she gets better..." He told everyone.

For the next six hours, everyone was nervous, though Tyoko's condition had slightly improved, there was
still no guarantee that she'd get better. Finally, their waiting paid off, slowly, Tyoko's eyes began to
open...

"Wh.. Where am I?" she asked, rubbing her head. Her eyes were blurry, and she could not see barely
anything.

"Shhh... don't worry, you're safe now..." Said Ryoko comfortingly.

Tyoko's vision slowly came into focus, she could make out someone sitting beside her, a worried look on
her features... It was Ryoko.

"R- Ryoko? You sat with me all night?"

"Yes..." then she thought for a moment, then imitating Washu, she said. "Wait, can you do something for
me?"

"Yes, what?"

"Can you call me Mom?" Ryoko giggled, while Washu smiled across the room approvingly.

"Okay Mom." Tyoko said happily, she grabbed Ryoko and gave her a hug. Tenchi, who had fallen asleep
on the other side of the bed, woke up due to all the commotion. He saw Tyoko awake and hugging Ryoko.
Ryoko was smiling widely, Tenchi smiled too, of all the time he knew Ryoko, he hardly ever saw her smile
like that.

"Tyoko, you're awake!" He said happily.

"Yes Tenchi, I'm sorry for running away before..."

Tenchi, having heard Ryoko's example, decided to follow along the same lines.

"Wait, can you do something for me?"

"Sureness." She said with a grin on her face.

"Can you call me Dad?"

THE END... or is it???



Okay, I am working on a epilogue, and I'm not sure if I should continue with another series with Tyoko
and Tyo-ochii in it. What do you think?