Tsuki no Tragedy - Chapter 2
By: Ryoko-chan
Disclaimer: The Tenchi Muyo! series and characters belong to Pioneer Entertainment, AIC, TV Tokyo, and a bunch of other people who never get mentioned in disclaimers. I don't own them or claim to.
~ Chapter 2 ~
"This is subspace?" Tenchi asked, following Ryoko.
"Yeah, I guess."
"Do you know where you're going, Ryoko?" Tenchi let his fingers touch the hilt of the Master Key, allowing him the knowledge of its presence.
"No. But this way seems as good as any." She said, flying two feet off the ground.
Tenchi sighed and looked around. How could anyone find their way in subspace? It was a grey void of, well, space. The area between dimensions and they had to somehow find the dimension where Washu, Aeka, Sasami, his father, and grandfather had been taken.
To Tenchi, this seemed like an impossible task, even with everything that's happened since the girls arrived five years ago. Now they were wondering around in a vast nothingness trying to find five people.
"Tenchi, stop." Ryoko said suddenly.
"What is it Ryoko?" He asked, looking around, seeing nothing.
Of course Tenchi knew that Ryoko's sensing abilities went far beyond his own, even with his Jurai power. Ryoko was created for stuff like this.
"There's something else here, Tenchi." She said lowly, a red ball of energy forming above her palm. She fisted her hand and her energy sword appeared.
Tenchi looked around. He could sense another presence now as well. In the darkness around them, he could hear a growling noise, though it was impossible to determine where it was coming from.
Neither of them moved, waiting for whatever was waiting in the shadows to emerge and reveal itself to them. After countless minutes, nothing happened, but the low growling noise remained.
"Maybe its nothing, Ryoko. We're probably just overreacting." Tenchi said, starting to walk in the direction they were headed earlier.
Ryoko dropped herself to the ground and stopped him. She was still on full alert, knowing that whatever was watching something was going to attack and soon.
Suddenly there was a ripple in the area around them. Tenchi looked around, trying to see what was going on.
"Did you see that, Ryoko? What was that?"
"I don't know. Maybe another dimension. We are between dimensions here, I guess any other dimension connects to subspace anywhere."
"So we could just walk into another dimension and not even realize it? How will we know when we find Dad and the others?"
"We just will, Tenchi. Maybe you were right, maybe we were hearing things. Let's go." She said, walking in her previous direction slowing still grasping her energy sword.
Tenchi followed, looking around cautiously.
*****Elsewhere in Subspace*****
"Something's wrong." Washu said, leaning back against the invisible wall of the holding cell.
"What do you mean, Washu?" Aeka asked, glancing over at her.
Aeka stretched her arms for a moment, tired of being locked up in this cell. There was never any rest living at the Masaki residence, but maybe that's why she has stayed there so long. Maybe that's why she stayed there even after Tenchi ran off with Ryoko. It seemed to Aeka that Tenchi has finally made his choice, but why did she stay around? Why did she allow herself to get into another situation where she was once again the damsel in distress, never capable of defending herself...always getting captured? Could she have defended herself against this Jiro person? Or did she want to see Tenchi again so badly?
"There is something following them." Washu said quietly.
"How can you tell that, Washu?" Aeka asked, glancing to everyone else who had been asleep for some time.
"Through Ryoko, of course. I can't communicate with her directly through whatever shields are up against this room, but I can lead her here. I can see through her eyes. There's something following them, she knows it."
"Do you know what it is? Or why it would be following them?"
"I can't tell what it is. Ryoko doesn't know, so I can't tell either. It hasn't shown itself yet. I can guess at why its following them though. Jiro is after Ryoko, its obvious. There is no one else here that he could possibly be interested in."
"Ryoko? Why?" Aeka asked.
"Because of the way she was born. She was created in a laboratory...my laboratory. She has remarkable powers that she doesn't even know about yet. She has capabilities beyond anyone's wildest dreams and if Jiro gets a hold of her, he'll use her as a blueprint to making his own fighter. One with full knowledge of its capability."
"But Ryoko's power comes from her gems. She has the only set of them, doesn't she? Besides the ones that were destroyed on the Souja..."
"No, she doesn't, but she does have the only gems available to Jiro."
"So what will happen to Ryoko if Jiro gets all of her gems? She'll be all right, right? I mean, she's gone without her gems before."
"She's gone without three of her gems, Aeka."
"I thought that was all she had."
"No, she has four gems. The three exterior gems give her power, such as her ability to fly and phase through solid objects. Her fourth gem sustains her life. It gives her the power to function as a human being. I could have created her to function without these gems, but they make her so much more powerful."
"And they also seem to be her downfall, Washu." Aeka scolded the little scientist.
"Yes, they do. You see, Ryoko doesn't even know about the fourth gem. It's what makes her truly a creation and not a human. She can never know about it."
"But without it, she will die?"
Washu nodded.
*****Somewhere else in Subspace*****
"How much farther, do you think, Ryoko?"
"I have no idea, Tenchi." She said, stopping to sit down.
"How long do you think we've been walking?"
"I don't know. Maybe about a day, maybe more."
"Feels like more."
"Then it probably has been."
"Do you hear that still?" Tenchi asked, pointing out the sound that they had both heard earlier in their long trek through subspace.
Ryoko nodded. She had known that whatever was there had been following them. She was growing anxious at having a stalker. She leaned over and rested her back against Tenchi's, stretching her arms slowly.
"Are you all right, Ryoko?" He asked, turning his head slightly to the side.
"Yeah, I'm fine, Tenchi. Just a bit tired."
Tenchi nodded. Time doesn't pass in subspace, but the human body definitely feels the effect of time no matter where it is. They had no way of knowing what time it was in their dimension or how long they had been inside subspace. They didn't know when they would find their friends and family and they definitely didn't know if they could rest with that persistent thing following their every move.
Ryoko couldn't figure out what was going on. She knew that the others had to have been taken. That was beyond obvious, but why haven't they gotten out on their own? Aeka, Washu, and Tsunami's power should have been more than enough to stop whatever their enemy was. If whatever had abducted them could defeat their power, then how would she and Tenchi be capable of fighting against it?
Before Ryoko could bring any of these questions up to Tenchi, a large black figure stepped into subspace. They had finally met their stalker. Ryoko was the first to see him and he grabbed her before she could tell Tenchi. Tenchi, who was leaning on Ryoko fell backward as she was violently pulled to her feet.
He quickly got on his feet and reached for the Master Key and ignited it. Ryoko using her own resources summoned her energy sword and slashed at the figure holding her tightly by her neck. She aimed directly for the figure's midsection...nothing happened.
"Tenchi, get out of here! You have to find the others and get them back, I can handle this guy." Ryoko said, hoping that Tenchi didn't see the figure's reaction to her energy sword.
"I won't leave you, Ryoko." Tenchi said, ready to attack the figure at its next movement.
Ryoko, at this time, was gasping for breath. The dark figure simply stood there.
"What do you want?" Tenchi shouted. "Let her go."
"She is needed for the completion of Jiro's project." The figure said, its voice deep and gravely.
"What? Who is Jiro?" Tenchi shouted.
"You'll find out soon enough." The large figure said, wrapping its other hand around the boy.
"Tenchi, no!" Ryoko said, her vision starting to blur.
*****In Jiro's Subspace Room*****
Jiro was laughing maniacally. This was too perfect! His plan was going exactly the way he wanted. His creation had both the pirate and the boy is its grasp and they would be there with the others shortly. Finally Jiro would be able to create his warrior, the warrior with the strength fifty times that of the pirate's.
Jiro had always wanted someone to perform his every whim. If the pirate could terrorize the universe with half her power, imagine what his warrior could do. The time was at hand now...his greatest invention ever.
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*End Chapter 2*
By: Ryoko-chan
Disclaimer: The Tenchi Muyo! series and characters belong to Pioneer Entertainment, AIC, TV Tokyo, and a bunch of other people who never get mentioned in disclaimers. I don't own them or claim to.
~ Chapter 2 ~
"This is subspace?" Tenchi asked, following Ryoko.
"Yeah, I guess."
"Do you know where you're going, Ryoko?" Tenchi let his fingers touch the hilt of the Master Key, allowing him the knowledge of its presence.
"No. But this way seems as good as any." She said, flying two feet off the ground.
Tenchi sighed and looked around. How could anyone find their way in subspace? It was a grey void of, well, space. The area between dimensions and they had to somehow find the dimension where Washu, Aeka, Sasami, his father, and grandfather had been taken.
To Tenchi, this seemed like an impossible task, even with everything that's happened since the girls arrived five years ago. Now they were wondering around in a vast nothingness trying to find five people.
"Tenchi, stop." Ryoko said suddenly.
"What is it Ryoko?" He asked, looking around, seeing nothing.
Of course Tenchi knew that Ryoko's sensing abilities went far beyond his own, even with his Jurai power. Ryoko was created for stuff like this.
"There's something else here, Tenchi." She said lowly, a red ball of energy forming above her palm. She fisted her hand and her energy sword appeared.
Tenchi looked around. He could sense another presence now as well. In the darkness around them, he could hear a growling noise, though it was impossible to determine where it was coming from.
Neither of them moved, waiting for whatever was waiting in the shadows to emerge and reveal itself to them. After countless minutes, nothing happened, but the low growling noise remained.
"Maybe its nothing, Ryoko. We're probably just overreacting." Tenchi said, starting to walk in the direction they were headed earlier.
Ryoko dropped herself to the ground and stopped him. She was still on full alert, knowing that whatever was watching something was going to attack and soon.
Suddenly there was a ripple in the area around them. Tenchi looked around, trying to see what was going on.
"Did you see that, Ryoko? What was that?"
"I don't know. Maybe another dimension. We are between dimensions here, I guess any other dimension connects to subspace anywhere."
"So we could just walk into another dimension and not even realize it? How will we know when we find Dad and the others?"
"We just will, Tenchi. Maybe you were right, maybe we were hearing things. Let's go." She said, walking in her previous direction slowing still grasping her energy sword.
Tenchi followed, looking around cautiously.
*****Elsewhere in Subspace*****
"Something's wrong." Washu said, leaning back against the invisible wall of the holding cell.
"What do you mean, Washu?" Aeka asked, glancing over at her.
Aeka stretched her arms for a moment, tired of being locked up in this cell. There was never any rest living at the Masaki residence, but maybe that's why she has stayed there so long. Maybe that's why she stayed there even after Tenchi ran off with Ryoko. It seemed to Aeka that Tenchi has finally made his choice, but why did she stay around? Why did she allow herself to get into another situation where she was once again the damsel in distress, never capable of defending herself...always getting captured? Could she have defended herself against this Jiro person? Or did she want to see Tenchi again so badly?
"There is something following them." Washu said quietly.
"How can you tell that, Washu?" Aeka asked, glancing to everyone else who had been asleep for some time.
"Through Ryoko, of course. I can't communicate with her directly through whatever shields are up against this room, but I can lead her here. I can see through her eyes. There's something following them, she knows it."
"Do you know what it is? Or why it would be following them?"
"I can't tell what it is. Ryoko doesn't know, so I can't tell either. It hasn't shown itself yet. I can guess at why its following them though. Jiro is after Ryoko, its obvious. There is no one else here that he could possibly be interested in."
"Ryoko? Why?" Aeka asked.
"Because of the way she was born. She was created in a laboratory...my laboratory. She has remarkable powers that she doesn't even know about yet. She has capabilities beyond anyone's wildest dreams and if Jiro gets a hold of her, he'll use her as a blueprint to making his own fighter. One with full knowledge of its capability."
"But Ryoko's power comes from her gems. She has the only set of them, doesn't she? Besides the ones that were destroyed on the Souja..."
"No, she doesn't, but she does have the only gems available to Jiro."
"So what will happen to Ryoko if Jiro gets all of her gems? She'll be all right, right? I mean, she's gone without her gems before."
"She's gone without three of her gems, Aeka."
"I thought that was all she had."
"No, she has four gems. The three exterior gems give her power, such as her ability to fly and phase through solid objects. Her fourth gem sustains her life. It gives her the power to function as a human being. I could have created her to function without these gems, but they make her so much more powerful."
"And they also seem to be her downfall, Washu." Aeka scolded the little scientist.
"Yes, they do. You see, Ryoko doesn't even know about the fourth gem. It's what makes her truly a creation and not a human. She can never know about it."
"But without it, she will die?"
Washu nodded.
*****Somewhere else in Subspace*****
"How much farther, do you think, Ryoko?"
"I have no idea, Tenchi." She said, stopping to sit down.
"How long do you think we've been walking?"
"I don't know. Maybe about a day, maybe more."
"Feels like more."
"Then it probably has been."
"Do you hear that still?" Tenchi asked, pointing out the sound that they had both heard earlier in their long trek through subspace.
Ryoko nodded. She had known that whatever was there had been following them. She was growing anxious at having a stalker. She leaned over and rested her back against Tenchi's, stretching her arms slowly.
"Are you all right, Ryoko?" He asked, turning his head slightly to the side.
"Yeah, I'm fine, Tenchi. Just a bit tired."
Tenchi nodded. Time doesn't pass in subspace, but the human body definitely feels the effect of time no matter where it is. They had no way of knowing what time it was in their dimension or how long they had been inside subspace. They didn't know when they would find their friends and family and they definitely didn't know if they could rest with that persistent thing following their every move.
Ryoko couldn't figure out what was going on. She knew that the others had to have been taken. That was beyond obvious, but why haven't they gotten out on their own? Aeka, Washu, and Tsunami's power should have been more than enough to stop whatever their enemy was. If whatever had abducted them could defeat their power, then how would she and Tenchi be capable of fighting against it?
Before Ryoko could bring any of these questions up to Tenchi, a large black figure stepped into subspace. They had finally met their stalker. Ryoko was the first to see him and he grabbed her before she could tell Tenchi. Tenchi, who was leaning on Ryoko fell backward as she was violently pulled to her feet.
He quickly got on his feet and reached for the Master Key and ignited it. Ryoko using her own resources summoned her energy sword and slashed at the figure holding her tightly by her neck. She aimed directly for the figure's midsection...nothing happened.
"Tenchi, get out of here! You have to find the others and get them back, I can handle this guy." Ryoko said, hoping that Tenchi didn't see the figure's reaction to her energy sword.
"I won't leave you, Ryoko." Tenchi said, ready to attack the figure at its next movement.
Ryoko, at this time, was gasping for breath. The dark figure simply stood there.
"What do you want?" Tenchi shouted. "Let her go."
"She is needed for the completion of Jiro's project." The figure said, its voice deep and gravely.
"What? Who is Jiro?" Tenchi shouted.
"You'll find out soon enough." The large figure said, wrapping its other hand around the boy.
"Tenchi, no!" Ryoko said, her vision starting to blur.
*****In Jiro's Subspace Room*****
Jiro was laughing maniacally. This was too perfect! His plan was going exactly the way he wanted. His creation had both the pirate and the boy is its grasp and they would be there with the others shortly. Finally Jiro would be able to create his warrior, the warrior with the strength fifty times that of the pirate's.
Jiro had always wanted someone to perform his every whim. If the pirate could terrorize the universe with half her power, imagine what his warrior could do. The time was at hand now...his greatest invention ever.
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*End Chapter 2*