Chapter 11: Reunion of Souls
"Ryoko! Calm down and quit making Ryo-Ohki go so fast!" Washu's voice came through the cabbit-ship's intercom.
"I wasted my time listening to you before, Washu. I'm not going to let Tenchi die because of your mistakes."
"Ryoko, will you calm down for two seconds and look at Ryo-Ohki's rear screen."
Ryoko huffed and turned her head. Her jaw dropped as the bright ship Tsunami loomed behind her.
"Washu? Are you…are you in…there?"
"Yes! If you are calm enough, both of you get your bottoms over here! Tsunami can take us faster and I can create another portal."
"Miya?" the cabbit wailed.
"Yes, let's go, Ryo-Ohki."
With those words, Ryoko teleported herself to the bridge of the Tsunami Unit, holding the puzzled little animal in her arms. Ryo-Ohki leapt from her grasp to the loving arms of Sasami.
"So, some one better fill me in or some heads are going to roll!" the pirate growled.
"Miss Ryoko. Tsunami is taking us to save my son. We need your help." Nobuyuki pleaded.
"Ok, I'm calm, someone please tell me the game plan."
Wack!
That was the last sound Ryoko heard as a hard object, propelled by Washu came in contact with her head. She fell to the ground with a thump.
"Washu! Why did you do that?" Sasami screamed as Tsunami's reflection giggled in the pool.
"Did you kill her?" Nobuyuki asked.
"Goodness, no. Her head's much too hard for that. I just needed her unconscious." Washu took off into a trot toward the pool. "Be back in a flash!" Washu leapt up into the air and dove head first into the reflection of Tsunami, splashing water all over Nobuyuki.
***
Tenchi was shocked to see Tsunami giggle. What could be so funny at this serious moment? He had quit paying attention to the visions in the pool for a moment and missed seeing the events that had just transpired.
"Tsunami?" Tenchi asked.
At that moment, little Washu came flying through the pool and into the air. She landed with a wet splash in front of Tenchi.
"Oh! You missed me?"
"Washu! How did you get here?"
"I took a leap of faith, that's all." She winked at her sister. "Tenchi, there's someone you need to see…." She stuck her hand back in the pool. Washu grunted and groaned and finally brought her hand out of the water. It was now holding a shock of cyan colored hair. Next, came the beautiful but dazed face of Ryoko.
"Ryoko!" Tenchi ran to the pool. "Washu! How is this possible?"
"Well, that's not really Ryoko…" she began.
"Oh," Ryoko rubbed the back of her head, still throbbing from Washu's strike. "Tenchi!"
"As I was saying, this is Ryoko's astral form. She's really out cold back there." Washu pointed at the pool.
"And I thank you, MOM, for that knot I'm going to have on my head." Ryoko turned to Tenchi and flew into his arms. She past right through him and fell to the floor. "What?"
"Ryoko, Tenchi, like you, is not really here." Tsunami uttered. "His body is trapped on Tokimi's ship. We need you to help us save him and to help Washu and I defeat Tokimi."
"Tokimi?" Ryoko rubbed her hip after the fall. "Who is Tokimi? Why has she captured Tenchi?"
"Well, Tokimi is Tsuami's sister." Washu began. "…and, she wants my gems. She wants Tenchi dead, and she wants my power to kill Tsunami."
"What you you mean YOUR power? Those gems are mine! I've just let Tenchi keep them in that sword. He's was going to give them back to me…right?" She whirled around to the boy who was starting to sweat.
"Well, Ryoko, you know…you're kinda too powerful…with them…and grandpa…"
"What are you saying, Tenchi?" She growled. "You don't plan to give them back? Even after…even after…we…" the pirate stammered.
"Ryoko." Tenchi whispered. Ryoko's eyes glassed over and met his own eyes with desperation.
"Hush!" Washu interrupted. "First off, those were MY gems. I gave them to you as an experiment the day that Kagato captured me and enslaved you."
"What are you talking about, Washu? What kind of power could you have?"
"Ryoko," Tsunami placed her hand on Ryoko's shoulder. "Washu is also my sister."
"You've got to be kidding!"
"It's all true, Ryoko." Tenchi replied. "And we are caught up in a battle among the sisters. Tokimi's warrior has me trapped on his ship, I have no way to escape and the ship is killing me…."
"You must find a way to free Tenchi and together defeat Tokimi's warrior. He is trying to capture all three gems. He may already have the two in Tenchi's sword…." Washu uttered as Ryoko held up her left wrist to gaze at the beautiful red jewel inlaid in her battle suit. "But as long as you keep that one, she cannot use the gem's power against Tsunami."
"Ryoko," Tenchi turned to the pirate and raised a hand to her cheek and tried to caress it, but his digits phased through her face and he was left to shrug the kind gesture away. "If Tokimi manages to get all three gems, I will die, probably all of our family will die, Tsunami will die and along with her, little Sasami and all things Juraian. I have complete faith in you, I know you can help me defeat Tokimi's warrior." His voice rang with tenderness in the girl's ears.
"Tenchi! You know I would fly through five levels of hell to save you. Of course I will help!" She turned to Washu and Tsnami. "Get us to that ship!" As she yelled at the Goddesses, Ryoko's form started to go transparent. "Tenchi!" She pleaded and reached out a hand to him.
He tried to grasp it but not before she disappeared entirely.
"Washu!"
"Oh, never mind her, Tenchi, she's just waking up on the other side. I will see you two soon. Tsunami, you better have a good battle plan!" With that, the red haired goddess in the body of a child leapt back into the pool and disappeared.
"Yes, I do have a plan." The Goddess whispered.
***
"Tenchi!" Ryoko sat up and scrambled to the reflecting pool. She started splashing her hands in the water, disrupting Tsunami's reflection. She got no closer to the boy as the water was only a few inches deep. "Oh! I never get to say goodbye to him!"
"Ryoko, Tenchi says to be brave and he will see you soon." Sasami knelt to the pirate's soggy form. "Do you want me to tell him anything?"
"Yes, please tell him…tell him…I love him."
"Ryoko, he already knows."
"Ryoko! Calm down and quit making Ryo-Ohki go so fast!" Washu's voice came through the cabbit-ship's intercom.
"I wasted my time listening to you before, Washu. I'm not going to let Tenchi die because of your mistakes."
"Ryoko, will you calm down for two seconds and look at Ryo-Ohki's rear screen."
Ryoko huffed and turned her head. Her jaw dropped as the bright ship Tsunami loomed behind her.
"Washu? Are you…are you in…there?"
"Yes! If you are calm enough, both of you get your bottoms over here! Tsunami can take us faster and I can create another portal."
"Miya?" the cabbit wailed.
"Yes, let's go, Ryo-Ohki."
With those words, Ryoko teleported herself to the bridge of the Tsunami Unit, holding the puzzled little animal in her arms. Ryo-Ohki leapt from her grasp to the loving arms of Sasami.
"So, some one better fill me in or some heads are going to roll!" the pirate growled.
"Miss Ryoko. Tsunami is taking us to save my son. We need your help." Nobuyuki pleaded.
"Ok, I'm calm, someone please tell me the game plan."
Wack!
That was the last sound Ryoko heard as a hard object, propelled by Washu came in contact with her head. She fell to the ground with a thump.
"Washu! Why did you do that?" Sasami screamed as Tsunami's reflection giggled in the pool.
"Did you kill her?" Nobuyuki asked.
"Goodness, no. Her head's much too hard for that. I just needed her unconscious." Washu took off into a trot toward the pool. "Be back in a flash!" Washu leapt up into the air and dove head first into the reflection of Tsunami, splashing water all over Nobuyuki.
***
Tenchi was shocked to see Tsunami giggle. What could be so funny at this serious moment? He had quit paying attention to the visions in the pool for a moment and missed seeing the events that had just transpired.
"Tsunami?" Tenchi asked.
At that moment, little Washu came flying through the pool and into the air. She landed with a wet splash in front of Tenchi.
"Oh! You missed me?"
"Washu! How did you get here?"
"I took a leap of faith, that's all." She winked at her sister. "Tenchi, there's someone you need to see…." She stuck her hand back in the pool. Washu grunted and groaned and finally brought her hand out of the water. It was now holding a shock of cyan colored hair. Next, came the beautiful but dazed face of Ryoko.
"Ryoko!" Tenchi ran to the pool. "Washu! How is this possible?"
"Well, that's not really Ryoko…" she began.
"Oh," Ryoko rubbed the back of her head, still throbbing from Washu's strike. "Tenchi!"
"As I was saying, this is Ryoko's astral form. She's really out cold back there." Washu pointed at the pool.
"And I thank you, MOM, for that knot I'm going to have on my head." Ryoko turned to Tenchi and flew into his arms. She past right through him and fell to the floor. "What?"
"Ryoko, Tenchi, like you, is not really here." Tsunami uttered. "His body is trapped on Tokimi's ship. We need you to help us save him and to help Washu and I defeat Tokimi."
"Tokimi?" Ryoko rubbed her hip after the fall. "Who is Tokimi? Why has she captured Tenchi?"
"Well, Tokimi is Tsuami's sister." Washu began. "…and, she wants my gems. She wants Tenchi dead, and she wants my power to kill Tsunami."
"What you you mean YOUR power? Those gems are mine! I've just let Tenchi keep them in that sword. He's was going to give them back to me…right?" She whirled around to the boy who was starting to sweat.
"Well, Ryoko, you know…you're kinda too powerful…with them…and grandpa…"
"What are you saying, Tenchi?" She growled. "You don't plan to give them back? Even after…even after…we…" the pirate stammered.
"Ryoko." Tenchi whispered. Ryoko's eyes glassed over and met his own eyes with desperation.
"Hush!" Washu interrupted. "First off, those were MY gems. I gave them to you as an experiment the day that Kagato captured me and enslaved you."
"What are you talking about, Washu? What kind of power could you have?"
"Ryoko," Tsunami placed her hand on Ryoko's shoulder. "Washu is also my sister."
"You've got to be kidding!"
"It's all true, Ryoko." Tenchi replied. "And we are caught up in a battle among the sisters. Tokimi's warrior has me trapped on his ship, I have no way to escape and the ship is killing me…."
"You must find a way to free Tenchi and together defeat Tokimi's warrior. He is trying to capture all three gems. He may already have the two in Tenchi's sword…." Washu uttered as Ryoko held up her left wrist to gaze at the beautiful red jewel inlaid in her battle suit. "But as long as you keep that one, she cannot use the gem's power against Tsunami."
"Ryoko," Tenchi turned to the pirate and raised a hand to her cheek and tried to caress it, but his digits phased through her face and he was left to shrug the kind gesture away. "If Tokimi manages to get all three gems, I will die, probably all of our family will die, Tsunami will die and along with her, little Sasami and all things Juraian. I have complete faith in you, I know you can help me defeat Tokimi's warrior." His voice rang with tenderness in the girl's ears.
"Tenchi! You know I would fly through five levels of hell to save you. Of course I will help!" She turned to Washu and Tsnami. "Get us to that ship!" As she yelled at the Goddesses, Ryoko's form started to go transparent. "Tenchi!" She pleaded and reached out a hand to him.
He tried to grasp it but not before she disappeared entirely.
"Washu!"
"Oh, never mind her, Tenchi, she's just waking up on the other side. I will see you two soon. Tsunami, you better have a good battle plan!" With that, the red haired goddess in the body of a child leapt back into the pool and disappeared.
"Yes, I do have a plan." The Goddess whispered.
***
"Tenchi!" Ryoko sat up and scrambled to the reflecting pool. She started splashing her hands in the water, disrupting Tsunami's reflection. She got no closer to the boy as the water was only a few inches deep. "Oh! I never get to say goodbye to him!"
"Ryoko, Tenchi says to be brave and he will see you soon." Sasami knelt to the pirate's soggy form. "Do you want me to tell him anything?"
"Yes, please tell him…tell him…I love him."
"Ryoko, he already knows."