Tenchi Muyo in the west... Part two...
"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.
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Chapter...11...
( Washu's Saloon... )
Ryoko slowly opened her eye...
Most to so she could get adjusted to the blight light...
Where was she?...
Out in the middle of the desert?
As things came into focus, Ryoko could see the roof of a room...
Her bedroom!...
The light was coming through the open window, it was after dawn...
DAWN!!
She sat up quickly, which started her head pounding again...
Washu had plan on leaving a dawn and Ryoko wanted to go too...
Why was she feeling this bad?...
Had Washu slipped her something again to keep her here?...
As her eyes began to focus and the pounding in her head settled to a quiet roar, Ryoko could make out a figure on the next bed...
It took a while, but soon Ryoko recognized Ry-ohki, sitting there, smiling at her...
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Upon seeing Ryoko smile, Ry-ohki was in her arms hugging her...
It startled Ryoko, but she put her arms around her little sister and hugged her back...
Her headache was disappearing...
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After a while Ryoko held Ry-ohki out and smiled at her...
" Mom's Gone?... "
Ry-ohki nodded her head...
" How long has she been gone?... "
Ry-ohki thought for a moment, then pointed at the light and dropped her hand to point at the floor...
" Before dawn?... "
Ry-ohki nodded again, all smiles...
But Ryoko was upset...
" Why didn't she wake me?... "
Still smiling Ry-ohki pointed behind Ryoko...
As Ryoko turned, the silence was shattered by a loud snore and Ry-ohki's giggling...
Ryoko could see a figure on the bed, but couldn't make it out...
She didn't have too...
She knew that snore any where...
Sakuya...
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It was all coming back...
She'd spent hours last night calming Sakuya down and she suspected washu slipped them both something...
Looking at her friend, Ryoko wondered for the hundredth time how she made such loud noises?...
She smiled, Washu claimed her snoring was louder...
Ry-ohki motioned to Ryoko and she leaned over...
Ryoko was startled as Ry-ohki whispered something in her ear...
Her eyes widened...
" Ayeka's here?... "
Ry-ohki smiled and nodded...
" Where?... "
Ry-ohki pointed at the wall...
" Next door?... "
Ry-ohki nodded...
Standing, Ryoko noted she was still dressed...
Taking Ry-ohki's hand, they made it to the door...
As Ryoko was about to open it, they heard a loud snore...
Looking at each other, they giggled and left the room...
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( The Sheriff's office... )
Kiyone brewed some coffee...
It was going to be a long day...
It was going to be a very long day...
Tenchi was coming to town...
And chances were that Kagato's day would be...
Spoiled??...
The very thought of it put a smile on her face...
The silence was broken by a soft snoring noise...
Mihoshi was still asleep and who knew when she'd awaken...
On second thought, that was a good thing...
Kiyone couldn't help but smile...
She took a sip of hot, strong, black coffee...
Oh, yes... It was looking at being a very GOOD day
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( The tribal village... )
The fur covering the entrance to the chief's tepee was pushed aside and a fur covered figure emerged...
Yugi wanted to stretch, but the fur was all she was wearing...
She pulled it tighter...
Taking a breath of cool morning air, she looked around...
It seem unusually quiet for just after dawn...
Then she saw Wild Dog approaching...
Ahhh... Here comes old Rock Face...
The nickname Wild Dog had, but pretended not to know or hear...
In all the years she'd known him, he'd never shown any emotion...
He came to a stop near her...
He started to ask something, but stopped
He sniffed the air, looked at her, then the tepee, then back at her...
Yugi could have sworn she saw the corner of his lip twitch...
" How's Seiryo?... "
Wild Dog always referred to Seiryo by name, rather than title...
After all, as his uncle, he'd watched him come into this world...
" Asleep!... "
Wild Dog looked at her, then the tepee...
" Will he be out later?... "
Yugi got a wicked look in her eyes...
Not if I can help it...
" Unlikely... "
Yugi turned and started to enter the tepee...
She was startled by a chuckling voice...
" Have fun... "
Yugi turned, but Wild Dog was gone...
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( The Jurai/Masaki Ranch )
Azusa was standing on the porch, breathing in the cool, fresh morning air...
His last letter from Yosho had mentioned the family getting one of those new Telephones devices that were all the rage back East...
Sure would be nice to be able to use one to talk to Washu or the sheriff right now...
Find out how things were in town...
Make sure Ayeka made it OK...
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Azusa felt a hand on his shoulder...
Turning, he saw Misaki holding a cup of tea...
Smiling, he accepted it and took a sip...
It was his favorite mix...
Sasami must be in the kitchen...
Misaki moved closer and took his hand...
" I'm sure they're all just fine... "
Smiling Azusa nodded and looked to the south...
Take care Tenchi...
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( Some where in the desert... )
It had taken longer than they'd thought, but Tenchi and the others had reached the stage road just after dawn...
The scout had reported the road to town clear and Tall Bears had sent him back to the village to let the Chief know they'd made it OK...
As they started down the road, towards town, they'd have to be careful not to kick up any dust...
They didn't want to create any dust cloud that Kagato's men might see and coming to investigate...
Looking towards town, Tenchi noticed dust over a slight rise...
As they got closer, the dust cloud got closer too...
Tenchi saw Tall Bears tense up...
Kagato's men?
Suddenly, They saw a small buggy top the rise and head down the road towards them...
Whoever it was, they were in a hurry...
They carefully moved off the road to let the buggy by...
Tenchi's jaw dropped as he saw that one of the two figures in the buggy had red hair...
It had to be Washu
to be continued...
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