Fictions Mentioned: Doctor Who, A Certain Magical Index, xxxHolic/Tsubasa: Resevoir Chronicles, Tenchi Muyo! Ben 10, Danny Phantom

Episode 8 - If I Could Save Space-Time In A Bottle

OP Song

Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations opening theme FULL Version

There was once a game in the multiverse that was known as The Rule of The Game.

This complex game was established once upon a time by The Multiverse League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Ladies.

The Avengers/The Justice League of The Multiverse.

This game began with one of the special rules that is as follows:

Whenever the two old best friends in All of Time and Space such as The Time Lord (The Doctor) and The Dimensional Space-Time Witch (Yuko Ichihara) would meet in and out of order, in and out of season, the following events would happen.

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Jim Croce -Time In A Bottle (Lyrics)

A Rule of their Game is that he always brings her alcohol, with her always knowing where and when it came from.

The First Doctor: "Really my dear, you didn't have to drink that much." he says disapprovingly in his old grandfatherly and stern fashion just as she clutches her forehead in a hangover for the next morning.

Yuko Ichihara: "Oh, yes I did." she counters as her delicate fingers stroke the curve of the bottle of the wine that was purchased from the Wine Lords

Susan Foreman: "You heard her, Grandfather. You won't be able to convince her when she is in this state." she said in a sigh of acceptance.

A Rule of their Game is that she will be the one who always serves the tea and that he has to guess where and when it came from.

Yuko Ichihara: "This is just a courtesy of etiquette, you understand." she says as she offered him the cup. Always the same words, always the same explanation that he doesn't owe her anything for it.

"He's blond this time, and young, and sweet-faced and charming and lively and maybe even happy." thought Yuko.

The Fifth Doctor: "Why thank you, Yuko." he says and smiles while raising the cup towards his lip, and guesses, and gets it right or wrong depending on the mood.

A Rule of their Game is that he can turn up at any time, and she is always waiting for him.

The thrown cushion takes his hat off as he comes through the door. He stumbles over his scarf, avoiding the vase that follows the cushion.

Yuko Ichihara: "Brute!" she hisses. "The food and drinks have gone cold because you spent half an hour standing outside!"

The Fourth Doctor: "But, Yuko," he protests, "The sunset! It was a sunset that only comes around every five hundred years!"

Yuko Ichihara: "Then why didn't you call me outside to see it?" she snaps.

The Fourth Doctor: "Oh!" his entire face was crestfallen as realizes his blunder.

Romana: "She has you there, Doctor." she says as she continues to sip her tea with grace and interest.

The Fourth Doctor: "In my defense, Romana, I have honestly no idea since I was distracted and there were these wonderful kites that were blowing in the sky which improves the mood of the sunset." he says with poor excuse.

As a result, she makes him eat the food and drink the tea, even though it is half an hour cold.

A Rule of their Game is that he doesn't bring friends when needed, for they wouldn't understand.

The Third Doctor: "Jo's going to have half of Tokyo in her shopping bags by the time I pick her up." he mourns.

Yuko Ichihara: "That too is hitsuzen." she nodded and said.

("everything is a matter of fate" (hitsuzen, 必然, ひつぜん)")

A Rule of their Game is that he doesn't come by at times that might be awkward.

Especially not after that whole fiasco where Sakura almost ended up on Skaro after wandering into The TARDIS to investigate. That cost him (The Seventh Doctor) his favorite umbrella.

A Rule of their Game is that some aspects of history shouldn't be looked at a little too closely.

She knows more than he (The Eighth Doctor) wants to know that she knows.

Especially with regards to "The Time War".

Especially with regards to "The Grandfather Paradox".

A Rule of their Game is that hitsuzen is hitsuzen and that is that.

Except when he (The Tenth Doctor) interferes and hopes and thinks that she and the others don't know about it.

Case in Point: "The Imagine Breaker" which triggered "The Imagine Point" Event.

This event became the talk of the town in the known and unknown multiverse, among their other old friends throughout The Multiverse League of Extraordinary Gentleman and Ladies (Professor Paradox, Clockwork, Washu Hakubi, etc...), The Higher Species, The Various and Diverse Multiple Pantheons, The Temporal Powers Alliance (TPA), and many other beings and denizens throughout the known and unknown multiverse.

It's because of all these wonderful and irreplaceable experiences with The Doctor that she has now come to one single conclusion that is common among the many complex faces of the man who never stops running and always manages to stumble upon one problem upon another ad infinitum.

She has now come to the conclusion that he (The Doctor) is hitsuzen, delivered in the back of the neck by a vaguely karmic chunk of the multiverse when it gets really annoyed.

A Rule of their Game is that he doesn't ask for anything, and she doesn't tell him the price.

The first time that he (The Ninth Doctor) comes to visit her after it (The Time War) has happened (she knew, everyone knew, for who among the higher races doesn't know, but part of the price of knowing is that you know it is true and that you cannot change the truth), he drinks a brandy that he had brought her as his usual gift. All of it. His eyes are dry with tears. He sits there and drinks, and the room is silent.

"NO MORE" had been spoken.

Eventually he sleeps, with his head in her lap, and she sighs and waits for the morning to come as she begins to contemplate on what the future holds for them both along with all of their friends throughout Time and Space and throughout the multiverse at large in a meta-era when The Time Lords are NO MORE and the ramifications and consequences of this said outcome.

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ED Song

Tsubasa Tokyo Revelation - Saigo no Kajitsu(full)

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Characters:

The First Doctor - A: William Hartnell

The Third Doctor - A: Jon Pertwee

The Fourth Doctor - A: Tom Baker

The Fifth Doctor - A: Peter Davidson

The Seventh Doctor - A: Sylvester McCoy

The Eighth Doctor - A: Paul McGann

The Ninth Doctor - A: Christopher Eccleston

The Tenth Doctor - A: David Tennant

Yuko Ichihara - VA: Sayaka Ohara

Susan Foreman - A: Carole Ann Ford

Jo Grant - A: Katy Manning

Romana - A: Lalla Ward

Sakura Li - VA: Yui Makino

Timeline:

Doctor Who/Faction Paradox:

xxxHolic/Tsubasa: Resevoir Chronicles:

DW TV/EU Reference:

** The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)