Tenchi! Chapter 3 - No Need for a Rainy Day
Author: Ryoko-chan
Email: _Ryoko_@masakishrine.com
Rating: PG
Summary: Ryoko and Tenchi have a little conversation...
Disclaimer: Tenchi Muyo! is the property of Pioneer Entertainment, AIC, and TV Tokyo along with the people who created the characters and gave them life by lending their voices to them. I have absolutely no claim to them.
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TENCHI! CHAPTER 3 - NO NEED FOR A RAINY DAY
By: Ryoko-chan
This morning I was hoping that Washu would be right. That I would wake up and Ryoko would be back to her normal self. Unfortunately, that didn't happen. In fact, Ryoko seemed more confused than she had when she first woke up from her coma. Washu says now that she just needs some time to realize what is happening to her. I hope she is right.
Right now everyone is sitting around the table eating the delicious breakfast that Sasami has made for us. Occasionally I see Ryoko glancing around as if she is attempting to figure something out, like she is putting puzzle pieces back together, but I don't want to say anything to her. Washu says we shouldn't interfere right now.
Washu is taking all of this in a stride nobody else seems capable of. She seemed worried at first, but now it is as if she knows something nobody else does. Well, of course she does, she's a genius, but that isn't what I mean. There is something about Ryoko's recovery that she isn't telling anyone. At least she isn't telling me.
After breakfast I head out for the fields. Its fall now and rather cold, but they still need to be taken care of. Aeka and Sasami were clearing the table when I left and Washu had left to her laboratory. I don't know where Ryoko is.
"Meow, meow, meow." I hear behind me.
"Ryo-Ohki? What are you doing out here?" I ask her as she jumps onto my shoulder.
I turn around and come face to face with Ryoko, I jump back reflexively.
"What are you doing, Tenchi?" She asks me quietly.
"Oh, uh, Ryoko. What are you doing out here? Its really cold, you should get back inside."
"I'm all right, Tenchi." She says, hugging herself to keep warm.
"Come on, Ryoko. Let's go back inside." I say, walking back toward the house with her.
"I need to talk to you Tenchi." She says, stopping by a large rock.
"What is it, Ryoko?" I say, stopping shortly after her.
"You were in my room last night." She says suddenly, sitting down on the rock.
"I, uh, well..." I say, trying to think of a way to explain.
"I remember what happened, Tenchi. I remember everything." She says sadly, looking down at the rock.
"Oh, Ryoko..." I say quietly, not really knowing at else to say to her.
"Washu doesn't know yet. Nobody does. Why didn't you all tell me about Mihoshi?"
"Because Washu wanted you to remember it by yourself. She didn't want us to tell you."
"Where is Kiyone?"
I sigh, looking over at her.
"She left, Ryoko. Right before Mihoshi's funeral. She felt that she couldn't stay around..."
"Because of me. I don't blame her."
"Do you know what happened to you, Ryoko?"
"Not really. I only remember what I did, there's nothing to explain it."
I nod, watching her closely. She still isn't back to her old self. I don't think she ever will be now, she's even more confused than she was before.
"Do you want to go see Washu? Maybe she can help you." I say, hoping to get her out of the cold weather, seeing that she is uncomfortable.
"If I wanted to talk to Washu, I would have gone to her, Tenchi."
"Well, why did you come to me, Ryoko? I can't help you..."
Ryoko slowly looks up at me, with a hurt look on her face.
"I only wanted to talk to you, Tenchi. Who else was I supposed to talk to? Aeka?"
"I'm sorry Ryoko. Come on, we'll go for a walk then."
"All right." She says, rising from the rock she was sitting on.
We start toward the large hill that the Shrine rests upon. The sky was turning a pale blue that seemed almost grey. The sun wasn't really shining.
"You were right, Tenchi." Ryoko says suddenly.
"Right about what, Ryoko?"
"About that fight...about Miho. I was foolish for treating you the way I did. Everything that's happened, its all been my fault. It I hadn't let my pride get in the way, I would have been able to see that you were only protecting me."
"You heard what I said last night?" I ask, glancing over at her.
"Yes, and I know that Washu gave you that contraption of hers to let you enter my dreams."
"I didn't know how that thing was going to work, Ryoko. I didn't know it would be as intrusive as it was."
"I know, Tenchi. You really helped me though. Thank you." She says, throwing her arms around me tightly.
I don't say anything. I don't even move. I can't think of anything to say to her. What should I say? Oh, you're welcome Ryoko, but you see, we're not clear yet. We don't know if you'll ever be back to your normal self. You're welcome, but since it took me so long to swallow my own pride, I was a major factor in Mihoshi's death. No more than you were...and no less.
We stand there like this for what seems like forever. Ryoko's arms never loosening around me and me never moving an inch.
"Ryoko, are you all right?" I ask her quietly.
She pulls away from me, turning quickly in the direction that we were walking, drying her face.
"Yes, I'm fine, Tenchi."
She starts walking toward the shrine again and I catch up with her eventually.
"Tenchi, do you think that if I leave Kiyone would come back?" She asks, still walking toward the shrine, never lifting her head to see where she was going.
"I don't know Ryoko. You weren't the only reason she left..."
"But I was the more prominent reason, Tenchi. It is bad enough that everyone lost Mihoshi because of me. I don't want them to lose Kiyone too."
"What do you mean by that Ryoko?"
"I think it might be better if I left, Tenchi. Go back into space where I belong. I am the most wanted space pirate in the universe, remember?"
"You don't belong in space anymore, Ryoko." I say, my mind suddenly swirling at the prospect of a life without Mihoshi, Kiyone, and now Ryoko. Not Ryoko...
"Then where do I belong Tenchi? Here with you, Aeka, Washu, and Sasami? So I can live with them silently blaming me for what's happened."
"They don't blame you, Ryoko. They know what happened to you..."
"And what did happen to me Tenchi? I would really like to know! Everyone has been so damn secretive here. I can't stand it anymore! I can't take not knowing what I've done not knowing why I've done it!" She turned on me suddenly, tears streaming down her face as she tried so hard not to cry.
I knew that if she still had her teleportation ability she would have been gone by now.
"Ryoko, we'll go to Washu, she can explain everything to you."
"Why can't you, Tenchi?"
I just stand there. Why can't I explain it to her? Maybe I don't want the responsibility. Maybe I don't want to be there when Ryoko finds out that she won't be able to teleport or fly again. She loved that ability, I know she found it freeing and she'll be crushed.
"Tenchi!" She says, demanding my attention from my thoughts again.
"I just can't, Ryoko." I say weakly.
She only stands there watching me closely, her look would probably puncture a hole right through me if she wanted. She moves to say something, but before she gets the chance, it begins to pour.
We stand there in the freezing rain for what seems like hours before I grab her wrist and run told the shrine, the closest place to get out of the rain. I thought Grampa would have been here, the shrine is supposed to be open but he isn't anywhere to be found.
"Ryoko, I'm sorry."
"Why do you spend all of your time apologizing to me, Tenchi? There's nothing to apologize for. Not anymore. Everything that's happened is my doing, not yours. You can't live your life taking on my responsibilities. Or anyone else's but your own." She says coldly, curling up by the wall trying to keep warm.
"Ryoko, you are my responsibility." I tell her, getting one of Grampa's blankets and lying it on top of her.
She looks up at me and wraps the blanket around herself.
"I'm not your responsibility, Tenchi. I never have been and I never plan to be. I don't need anyone to take care of me or to watch out for me. Not anymore."
"What do you mean?" I ask her, sitting on the floor next to her.
"I mean that I don't need you to watch over me this much Tenchi. You feel sorry for me, that's all. You're hiding things from me that I should know and you refuse to tell me..."
"I'm not hiding anything from you Ryoko." I say defensively.
"Then tell me what happened to me. Why can't I use my powers anymore? Why can't I fly or teleport? I can't even create my energy sword anymore, Tenchi."
I sigh, leaning back against the wall. I begin with what Washu had told me. About how her gems had mutated her DNA. Well, I told her all I understood of what Washu had told me. I told her that Washu wasn't sure if she'd ever be back to normal...if she'd ever be the old Ryoko again.
Ryoko's golden eyes filled with tears. I hated to see her cry. I hated to see any of the girls cry but it has been happening so often lately.
"Tenchi...what if Washu can't get me back to normal? What do I do, Tenchi?" She asks me, her tears spilling over and onto the blanket.
"You stay here with us, Ryoko. Where you belong." I say, wiping a tear off of her cheek.
Her eyes meet mine as she smiles sadly.
"Thank you, Tenchi." She says quietly.
"You're welcome, Ryoko." I say, smiling back.
You're welcome...
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~End Chapter 3 of Part 5~
The Next and LAST Chapter in this Series:
Tenchi! Chapter 4 - No Need for an Afterthought.
Author: Ryoko-chan
Email: _Ryoko_@masakishrine.com
Rating: PG
Summary: Ryoko and Tenchi have a little conversation...
Disclaimer: Tenchi Muyo! is the property of Pioneer Entertainment, AIC, and TV Tokyo along with the people who created the characters and gave them life by lending their voices to them. I have absolutely no claim to them.
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TENCHI! CHAPTER 3 - NO NEED FOR A RAINY DAY
By: Ryoko-chan
This morning I was hoping that Washu would be right. That I would wake up and Ryoko would be back to her normal self. Unfortunately, that didn't happen. In fact, Ryoko seemed more confused than she had when she first woke up from her coma. Washu says now that she just needs some time to realize what is happening to her. I hope she is right.
Right now everyone is sitting around the table eating the delicious breakfast that Sasami has made for us. Occasionally I see Ryoko glancing around as if she is attempting to figure something out, like she is putting puzzle pieces back together, but I don't want to say anything to her. Washu says we shouldn't interfere right now.
Washu is taking all of this in a stride nobody else seems capable of. She seemed worried at first, but now it is as if she knows something nobody else does. Well, of course she does, she's a genius, but that isn't what I mean. There is something about Ryoko's recovery that she isn't telling anyone. At least she isn't telling me.
After breakfast I head out for the fields. Its fall now and rather cold, but they still need to be taken care of. Aeka and Sasami were clearing the table when I left and Washu had left to her laboratory. I don't know where Ryoko is.
"Meow, meow, meow." I hear behind me.
"Ryo-Ohki? What are you doing out here?" I ask her as she jumps onto my shoulder.
I turn around and come face to face with Ryoko, I jump back reflexively.
"What are you doing, Tenchi?" She asks me quietly.
"Oh, uh, Ryoko. What are you doing out here? Its really cold, you should get back inside."
"I'm all right, Tenchi." She says, hugging herself to keep warm.
"Come on, Ryoko. Let's go back inside." I say, walking back toward the house with her.
"I need to talk to you Tenchi." She says, stopping by a large rock.
"What is it, Ryoko?" I say, stopping shortly after her.
"You were in my room last night." She says suddenly, sitting down on the rock.
"I, uh, well..." I say, trying to think of a way to explain.
"I remember what happened, Tenchi. I remember everything." She says sadly, looking down at the rock.
"Oh, Ryoko..." I say quietly, not really knowing at else to say to her.
"Washu doesn't know yet. Nobody does. Why didn't you all tell me about Mihoshi?"
"Because Washu wanted you to remember it by yourself. She didn't want us to tell you."
"Where is Kiyone?"
I sigh, looking over at her.
"She left, Ryoko. Right before Mihoshi's funeral. She felt that she couldn't stay around..."
"Because of me. I don't blame her."
"Do you know what happened to you, Ryoko?"
"Not really. I only remember what I did, there's nothing to explain it."
I nod, watching her closely. She still isn't back to her old self. I don't think she ever will be now, she's even more confused than she was before.
"Do you want to go see Washu? Maybe she can help you." I say, hoping to get her out of the cold weather, seeing that she is uncomfortable.
"If I wanted to talk to Washu, I would have gone to her, Tenchi."
"Well, why did you come to me, Ryoko? I can't help you..."
Ryoko slowly looks up at me, with a hurt look on her face.
"I only wanted to talk to you, Tenchi. Who else was I supposed to talk to? Aeka?"
"I'm sorry Ryoko. Come on, we'll go for a walk then."
"All right." She says, rising from the rock she was sitting on.
We start toward the large hill that the Shrine rests upon. The sky was turning a pale blue that seemed almost grey. The sun wasn't really shining.
"You were right, Tenchi." Ryoko says suddenly.
"Right about what, Ryoko?"
"About that fight...about Miho. I was foolish for treating you the way I did. Everything that's happened, its all been my fault. It I hadn't let my pride get in the way, I would have been able to see that you were only protecting me."
"You heard what I said last night?" I ask, glancing over at her.
"Yes, and I know that Washu gave you that contraption of hers to let you enter my dreams."
"I didn't know how that thing was going to work, Ryoko. I didn't know it would be as intrusive as it was."
"I know, Tenchi. You really helped me though. Thank you." She says, throwing her arms around me tightly.
I don't say anything. I don't even move. I can't think of anything to say to her. What should I say? Oh, you're welcome Ryoko, but you see, we're not clear yet. We don't know if you'll ever be back to your normal self. You're welcome, but since it took me so long to swallow my own pride, I was a major factor in Mihoshi's death. No more than you were...and no less.
We stand there like this for what seems like forever. Ryoko's arms never loosening around me and me never moving an inch.
"Ryoko, are you all right?" I ask her quietly.
She pulls away from me, turning quickly in the direction that we were walking, drying her face.
"Yes, I'm fine, Tenchi."
She starts walking toward the shrine again and I catch up with her eventually.
"Tenchi, do you think that if I leave Kiyone would come back?" She asks, still walking toward the shrine, never lifting her head to see where she was going.
"I don't know Ryoko. You weren't the only reason she left..."
"But I was the more prominent reason, Tenchi. It is bad enough that everyone lost Mihoshi because of me. I don't want them to lose Kiyone too."
"What do you mean by that Ryoko?"
"I think it might be better if I left, Tenchi. Go back into space where I belong. I am the most wanted space pirate in the universe, remember?"
"You don't belong in space anymore, Ryoko." I say, my mind suddenly swirling at the prospect of a life without Mihoshi, Kiyone, and now Ryoko. Not Ryoko...
"Then where do I belong Tenchi? Here with you, Aeka, Washu, and Sasami? So I can live with them silently blaming me for what's happened."
"They don't blame you, Ryoko. They know what happened to you..."
"And what did happen to me Tenchi? I would really like to know! Everyone has been so damn secretive here. I can't stand it anymore! I can't take not knowing what I've done not knowing why I've done it!" She turned on me suddenly, tears streaming down her face as she tried so hard not to cry.
I knew that if she still had her teleportation ability she would have been gone by now.
"Ryoko, we'll go to Washu, she can explain everything to you."
"Why can't you, Tenchi?"
I just stand there. Why can't I explain it to her? Maybe I don't want the responsibility. Maybe I don't want to be there when Ryoko finds out that she won't be able to teleport or fly again. She loved that ability, I know she found it freeing and she'll be crushed.
"Tenchi!" She says, demanding my attention from my thoughts again.
"I just can't, Ryoko." I say weakly.
She only stands there watching me closely, her look would probably puncture a hole right through me if she wanted. She moves to say something, but before she gets the chance, it begins to pour.
We stand there in the freezing rain for what seems like hours before I grab her wrist and run told the shrine, the closest place to get out of the rain. I thought Grampa would have been here, the shrine is supposed to be open but he isn't anywhere to be found.
"Ryoko, I'm sorry."
"Why do you spend all of your time apologizing to me, Tenchi? There's nothing to apologize for. Not anymore. Everything that's happened is my doing, not yours. You can't live your life taking on my responsibilities. Or anyone else's but your own." She says coldly, curling up by the wall trying to keep warm.
"Ryoko, you are my responsibility." I tell her, getting one of Grampa's blankets and lying it on top of her.
She looks up at me and wraps the blanket around herself.
"I'm not your responsibility, Tenchi. I never have been and I never plan to be. I don't need anyone to take care of me or to watch out for me. Not anymore."
"What do you mean?" I ask her, sitting on the floor next to her.
"I mean that I don't need you to watch over me this much Tenchi. You feel sorry for me, that's all. You're hiding things from me that I should know and you refuse to tell me..."
"I'm not hiding anything from you Ryoko." I say defensively.
"Then tell me what happened to me. Why can't I use my powers anymore? Why can't I fly or teleport? I can't even create my energy sword anymore, Tenchi."
I sigh, leaning back against the wall. I begin with what Washu had told me. About how her gems had mutated her DNA. Well, I told her all I understood of what Washu had told me. I told her that Washu wasn't sure if she'd ever be back to normal...if she'd ever be the old Ryoko again.
Ryoko's golden eyes filled with tears. I hated to see her cry. I hated to see any of the girls cry but it has been happening so often lately.
"Tenchi...what if Washu can't get me back to normal? What do I do, Tenchi?" She asks me, her tears spilling over and onto the blanket.
"You stay here with us, Ryoko. Where you belong." I say, wiping a tear off of her cheek.
Her eyes meet mine as she smiles sadly.
"Thank you, Tenchi." She says quietly.
"You're welcome, Ryoko." I say, smiling back.
You're welcome...
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~End Chapter 3 of Part 5~
The Next and LAST Chapter in this Series:
Tenchi! Chapter 4 - No Need for an Afterthought.