Ryoko! Chapter 4: No Need for Stalemates
Author: Ryoko-chan
Email: _Ryoko_@masakishrine.com
Rating: PG-13
Summary: It's finally time for Ryoko to face Miho and retrieve Sasami and Aeka, but will Tenchi be able to just sit by and watch the battle or will he break a promise and interfere?
Disclaimer: I don't own Tenchi or any others from the Tenchi Muyo! saga. They are the property of AIC, Tokyo TV, and Pioneer Entertainment. Although I'd like to claim Ryoko...but I'm pretty sure I'd be sued for that and all I have is a pack of gum and a nickel. Oh well.
Author's' note: This is going to be the last chapter of this part of the series...the next one is Aeka! which is just a continuation of this one.
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RYOKO! CHAPTER 4 - NO NEED FOR STALEMATES
By: Ryoko-chan
The sun is bright. Unusually bright. I didn't sleep last night. I know that I should have, but I couldn't stop thinking about what the morning would bring. Now, here it is. Miho would be showing up soon and Tenchi and I would go outside. Tenchi will only be there to be sure Aeka and Sasami got back safely, no matter what happens to me.
I've been dressed for this fight since the sun rose over the mountains. The red and black of my battle uniform slightly distorted in the orange sunlight. I keep waiting to hear Sasami call me downstairs until I realize she is part of the reason I am going to fight. I quickly turn away from the windows and start to go downstairs.
"Ryoko..."
Tenchi was standing next to my door. I quickly turn to face him in his Jurain uniform.
"What is it, Tenchi?"
"Are you leaving now?"
I nod.
"You're coming with me, right?" I ask him, pointing out the way he's dressed.
"Yes, but you knew that already, didn't you?"
"Yes. Just remember Tenchi. You can't interfere in this fight, no matter what happens. Even if I get...killed. You still need to get Sasami and Aeka away from Miho."
"Don't talk like that, Ryoko. You'll do fine."
I sigh and start to walk downstairs with him.
"Just promise me Tenchi. You won't interfere."
"I promise Ryoko. No matter what happens, I will not interfere."
When we get downstairs Mihoshi and Washu are sitting on the couch. Kione was in the kitchen. Washu smiles to me reassuringly.
"Oh, Ryoko! Are you really going to fight that girl?" Mihoshi asks when she sees me.
"Yes, I have to Mihoshi."
Tears well up in her blue eyes. Oh god, what's she going to do? Suddenly she starts to cry and wraps her arms around me.
"Oh, be careful Ryoko!" She cries.
"I will Mihoshi." I say, trying to pry her off of me.
"Mihoshi! Come on. Ryoko has to go get Sasami and Aeka." Kione says, taking over the job of Mihoshi's crying shoulder.
"Can't we go and watch? Waiting here will be horrible!" Mihoshi cries more.
"No, Mihoshi. You have to stay here. We'll be back soon. All of us." I say, walking toward the door.
Be careful Ryoko. Washu tells me telepathically. Remember, nothing she says will hurt you anymore. Get Sasami back for us, we're starving!
I know, Mom. I say back to her, not being sarcastic about it for once.
"We'll be back soon. Come on, Tenchi." I say as we leave the wailing of Mihoshi behind the door.
"Where are we supposed to go to, Ryoko?" Tenchi asks.
"Right here." I say, looking out over the lake. "Stay here, Tenchi."
Quickly I fly out over the lake, looking around slowly. Nothing yet...
"You've finally arrived, Ryoko." I hear Miho's voice behind me, and I turn quickly.
Miho is hovering no further than twenty feet away from me. Her dark blue hair pulled tightly onto her head. She's in a battle uniform similar to mine, only it is blue and grey.
"I told you that this fight was between us."
"It is, Miho!"
"Then why did you bring your little boyfriend?"
"He is not going to interfere. He's given me his word. Quit stalling now, Miho."
"A friend of yours dropped by yesterday. That whiny purple-haired princess. She's lucky I was fighting you today. Otherwise I would have killer her."
"Shut up and fight, Miho!" I say, waiting for her to make the first attack.
"You're so very impatient, Ryoko. Are you in that much of a hurry to die? What a shame...so much might've been done with the information gathered from your dead body. Let's hope there's something left!" She screams as she quickly draws her light sword and speeds toward me.
I am ready to face anything, but I wasn't expecting her to be able to move so quickly. She grazes my shoulder before I have the chance to draw my sword. What was Washu saying about her not being able to hurt me...?
Quickly I draw my sword and charge at her. She dodges it easily and grazes my shoulder yet again. This time its burning with pain as I scream out loudly. I gather my strength quickly and throw a series of energy blasts in her direction. Thankfully she can't get passed all of them at once and one strikes her in the side.
"I expected you to fight harder than this Ryoko. To think that *you* were the most feared person in the universe. It's pathetic!"
Suddenly I can feel my arms freeze up and I begin to fall toward the water. She was using the gems against me. I have all of my gems, why can't I fight back?
"Ryoko!" I hear Tenchi yell as I quickly catch myself.
I can feel the gems in my wrists warm to my body temperature. I suddenly feel a greater energy and I throw another series of energy blasts toward Miho as I catch her unprepared. She screams suddenly, doubles over in pain and charges toward me with her light sword.
"You bitch!" She screams in my face.
I quickly block her attacks and knock her toward the water. As she's charging toward me, I can feel the third gem warm suddenly and I gather all of my energy. Using my full power will be dangerous with Tenchi around, but I'm certain I can focus it on Miho.
Miho charges at me with all the power she has when I hit her with as much energy as I can without burning Tenchi and the house into ash. There is a bright flash of light and Miho screams and I slowly fly back to the ground and collapse.
"Ryoko!" I can hear Tenchi cry as he runs over to me.
I can feel my strength fail as I try to stand up again. It has been a long time since I've used all the energy of my gems at once. I didn't recover well then, and now was no exception.
"I got her, right Tenchi?" I ask him.
Before he could answer I see Miho standing over us.
"Is that the best you can do Ryoko? I expected you would try something like this early in the fight. Really Ryoko! You definitely have lost it. Its too bad too, I didn't want to kill that sweet little girl, but now I've got no choice. Of course, that's only once I kill you!" She says, holding her light sword over me.
I try to stand to fight her, but my energy is completely drained. Before I knew it, Miho was swinging her sword toward me and I waited for it to hit me but suddenly the blade it blocked by another.
"Tenchi! What are you doing?!" I scream at him and their fight takes them further away from me.
"I'm not going to let her hurt you, Ryoko. Not anymore."
"You swore to me, Tenchi! You gave me your word!"
He doesn't answer me and I sit there, I watch them fight, cursing myself for being tricked into using so much energy so quickly. And cursing Tenchi for breaking his promise to me.
"Why are you sitting here?" Washu asks from behind me.
"What are you doing out here? Its only supposed to be me and Tenchi."
Washu just looked at me.
"I thought *you* were going to be the one fighting. I saw what you did out there Ryoko. That was stupid. You should have known better."
"Shut up! I know that. What am I supposed to do now? Tenchi swore to me...Now I can't even fight my own battles."
"Just wait, your gems need to recharge. It won't take long, be patient."
"Be patient?"
She put her hand on my shoulder and I could feel the energy pour back into myself and the gems. I quickly look up at her.
"What did you do?"
"Never mind that, go save Tenchi."
Quickly I get up and teleport between the two of them, my light sword drawn.
"Oh, Ryoko. You've rejoined our fight, how nice of you." Miho says, glaring at Tenchi.
"Tenchi, get out of here!" I scream at him, pushing Miho backwards toward the lake.
"Ryoko, are you--"
"Just go Tenchi! Go back inside with Washu. I'll be there soon."
"But--"
"GO TENCHI!" I scream, swinging the light sword sharply to block one of Miho's attacks. Out of the corner of my eye I see him walking backward toward the house.
"Sending your boyfriend into the fight. Tsk, tsk Ryoko. We had rules!"
"I didn't know he was going to fight, Miho. He gave me his word."
"Of course he did." She said as she once again swung wildly at my head.
Washu was right. Miho wasn't very bright. At least not when it came to fighting. She swung her sword wildly and couldn't block anything from the left very well. This is the perfect opportunity.
Miho quickly sees my guard down on the right and I manage to spin behind her and swing around to her left side. I swing the sword straight through her and quickly gather my strength and throw a series of energy blasts at her. Each one of them hitting her.
"Well, Ryoko. That was rather unexpected." She says, falling on the ground.
I don't say anything. I just watch her as she lies there.
"Who better to be beaten by then the most famous killing machine in the universe? I've had my wish fulfilled, Ryoko. A good fight, for sure. And here I was hoping for at least a stalemate." With that, she just disappears and the spaceship she had hidden in subspace reappears over the lake.
I start to walk toward the house and collapse from exhaustion and black out.
"Ryoko? Wake up!" I hear a familiar voice, but I can't quite place it.
"Sasami?" I ask, opening my eyes to her familiar pink eyes and freckles.
I sit up slowly, realizing that I am in the living room and the entire household was gathered around me.
"How are you feeling, Ryoko?" Washu asks. I can't see her, but she's in the fray somewhere.
"Horrible. What happened?"
"You used too much of your energy. You exhausted your power beyond extremes. We were beginning to wonder if you were going to wake up again."
"How long has it been?"
"Three days." Mihoshi said, wrapping her arms around my neck. "I'm so happy you're ok, Ryoko! We were all so worried!"
"I'm fine now, Mihoshi." I say, struggling for air. "What about Miho?"
"She's gone. You completely destroyed her, Ryoko." Washu says.
"Thank you for doing that for us, Ryoko!" Sasami says, hugging me around the waist while Mihoshi was still wrapped around my neck.
"It was no problem." I said, trying to stand up.
Finally everyone clears away and Mihoshi and Sasami let go and I start walking toward my room.
"Are you ok, Ryoko?" Sasami asks.
"I'm fine. I just need to get a bath and everything. Get everything sorted out. I'll be back down later."
She smiles at me.
I start walking upstairs, glancing at Tenchi on the way. I just walk by him and he doesn't say anything to me.
"Ryoko?" It's Aeka.
"What do you want, Princess?"
"Thank you for what you did." She sniffles. She still has that damn cold.
"Don't mention it. You do know how stupid you were for going after Miho like you did. You don't trust me now, Princess?"
"I never did, Ryoko." She says with a slightly amused smile on her face. "Go rest up. We'll see you at dinner."
I nod and head to my room. Everything's over now. I've faced my past and overcome the demons. I've done what I needed to do. I was also betrayed by a friend...by my love. This will take a while to get over. He gave me his word...
"Ryoko? Can I come in?" Its Tenchi...
"I'd prefer if you didn't Tenchi. Not right now."
He sighs and walks in anyway as I'm changing my clothes. He promptly turns red and turns around quickly. I finish dressing.
"I told you, didn't I? You can turn around now."
"Sorry...I didn't mean to walk in on you like that."
"Don't worry about it. Its not like you haven't seen me naked before, Tenchi. It's no big deal."
"Look, Ryoko. About what happened with Miho..."
"I don't want to talk about that right now, Tenchi. You gave me your word that you weren't going to fight her."
"She was going to kill you Ryoko. I wasn't going to let that happen."
I don't say anything to him. I don't even look at him.
He sighs his frustrated sigh and walks out of the room.
I collapse onto the bed and start to cry.
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~End Chapter 4~
Well, that's that.
This is the last chapter in this part of my series.
Next up is Aeka! Chapter 1: No Need for Golden-eyed Monsters
Author: Ryoko-chan
Email: _Ryoko_@masakishrine.com
Rating: PG-13
Summary: It's finally time for Ryoko to face Miho and retrieve Sasami and Aeka, but will Tenchi be able to just sit by and watch the battle or will he break a promise and interfere?
Disclaimer: I don't own Tenchi or any others from the Tenchi Muyo! saga. They are the property of AIC, Tokyo TV, and Pioneer Entertainment. Although I'd like to claim Ryoko...but I'm pretty sure I'd be sued for that and all I have is a pack of gum and a nickel. Oh well.
Author's' note: This is going to be the last chapter of this part of the series...the next one is Aeka! which is just a continuation of this one.
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RYOKO! CHAPTER 4 - NO NEED FOR STALEMATES
By: Ryoko-chan
The sun is bright. Unusually bright. I didn't sleep last night. I know that I should have, but I couldn't stop thinking about what the morning would bring. Now, here it is. Miho would be showing up soon and Tenchi and I would go outside. Tenchi will only be there to be sure Aeka and Sasami got back safely, no matter what happens to me.
I've been dressed for this fight since the sun rose over the mountains. The red and black of my battle uniform slightly distorted in the orange sunlight. I keep waiting to hear Sasami call me downstairs until I realize she is part of the reason I am going to fight. I quickly turn away from the windows and start to go downstairs.
"Ryoko..."
Tenchi was standing next to my door. I quickly turn to face him in his Jurain uniform.
"What is it, Tenchi?"
"Are you leaving now?"
I nod.
"You're coming with me, right?" I ask him, pointing out the way he's dressed.
"Yes, but you knew that already, didn't you?"
"Yes. Just remember Tenchi. You can't interfere in this fight, no matter what happens. Even if I get...killed. You still need to get Sasami and Aeka away from Miho."
"Don't talk like that, Ryoko. You'll do fine."
I sigh and start to walk downstairs with him.
"Just promise me Tenchi. You won't interfere."
"I promise Ryoko. No matter what happens, I will not interfere."
When we get downstairs Mihoshi and Washu are sitting on the couch. Kione was in the kitchen. Washu smiles to me reassuringly.
"Oh, Ryoko! Are you really going to fight that girl?" Mihoshi asks when she sees me.
"Yes, I have to Mihoshi."
Tears well up in her blue eyes. Oh god, what's she going to do? Suddenly she starts to cry and wraps her arms around me.
"Oh, be careful Ryoko!" She cries.
"I will Mihoshi." I say, trying to pry her off of me.
"Mihoshi! Come on. Ryoko has to go get Sasami and Aeka." Kione says, taking over the job of Mihoshi's crying shoulder.
"Can't we go and watch? Waiting here will be horrible!" Mihoshi cries more.
"No, Mihoshi. You have to stay here. We'll be back soon. All of us." I say, walking toward the door.
Be careful Ryoko. Washu tells me telepathically. Remember, nothing she says will hurt you anymore. Get Sasami back for us, we're starving!
I know, Mom. I say back to her, not being sarcastic about it for once.
"We'll be back soon. Come on, Tenchi." I say as we leave the wailing of Mihoshi behind the door.
"Where are we supposed to go to, Ryoko?" Tenchi asks.
"Right here." I say, looking out over the lake. "Stay here, Tenchi."
Quickly I fly out over the lake, looking around slowly. Nothing yet...
"You've finally arrived, Ryoko." I hear Miho's voice behind me, and I turn quickly.
Miho is hovering no further than twenty feet away from me. Her dark blue hair pulled tightly onto her head. She's in a battle uniform similar to mine, only it is blue and grey.
"I told you that this fight was between us."
"It is, Miho!"
"Then why did you bring your little boyfriend?"
"He is not going to interfere. He's given me his word. Quit stalling now, Miho."
"A friend of yours dropped by yesterday. That whiny purple-haired princess. She's lucky I was fighting you today. Otherwise I would have killer her."
"Shut up and fight, Miho!" I say, waiting for her to make the first attack.
"You're so very impatient, Ryoko. Are you in that much of a hurry to die? What a shame...so much might've been done with the information gathered from your dead body. Let's hope there's something left!" She screams as she quickly draws her light sword and speeds toward me.
I am ready to face anything, but I wasn't expecting her to be able to move so quickly. She grazes my shoulder before I have the chance to draw my sword. What was Washu saying about her not being able to hurt me...?
Quickly I draw my sword and charge at her. She dodges it easily and grazes my shoulder yet again. This time its burning with pain as I scream out loudly. I gather my strength quickly and throw a series of energy blasts in her direction. Thankfully she can't get passed all of them at once and one strikes her in the side.
"I expected you to fight harder than this Ryoko. To think that *you* were the most feared person in the universe. It's pathetic!"
Suddenly I can feel my arms freeze up and I begin to fall toward the water. She was using the gems against me. I have all of my gems, why can't I fight back?
"Ryoko!" I hear Tenchi yell as I quickly catch myself.
I can feel the gems in my wrists warm to my body temperature. I suddenly feel a greater energy and I throw another series of energy blasts toward Miho as I catch her unprepared. She screams suddenly, doubles over in pain and charges toward me with her light sword.
"You bitch!" She screams in my face.
I quickly block her attacks and knock her toward the water. As she's charging toward me, I can feel the third gem warm suddenly and I gather all of my energy. Using my full power will be dangerous with Tenchi around, but I'm certain I can focus it on Miho.
Miho charges at me with all the power she has when I hit her with as much energy as I can without burning Tenchi and the house into ash. There is a bright flash of light and Miho screams and I slowly fly back to the ground and collapse.
"Ryoko!" I can hear Tenchi cry as he runs over to me.
I can feel my strength fail as I try to stand up again. It has been a long time since I've used all the energy of my gems at once. I didn't recover well then, and now was no exception.
"I got her, right Tenchi?" I ask him.
Before he could answer I see Miho standing over us.
"Is that the best you can do Ryoko? I expected you would try something like this early in the fight. Really Ryoko! You definitely have lost it. Its too bad too, I didn't want to kill that sweet little girl, but now I've got no choice. Of course, that's only once I kill you!" She says, holding her light sword over me.
I try to stand to fight her, but my energy is completely drained. Before I knew it, Miho was swinging her sword toward me and I waited for it to hit me but suddenly the blade it blocked by another.
"Tenchi! What are you doing?!" I scream at him and their fight takes them further away from me.
"I'm not going to let her hurt you, Ryoko. Not anymore."
"You swore to me, Tenchi! You gave me your word!"
He doesn't answer me and I sit there, I watch them fight, cursing myself for being tricked into using so much energy so quickly. And cursing Tenchi for breaking his promise to me.
"Why are you sitting here?" Washu asks from behind me.
"What are you doing out here? Its only supposed to be me and Tenchi."
Washu just looked at me.
"I thought *you* were going to be the one fighting. I saw what you did out there Ryoko. That was stupid. You should have known better."
"Shut up! I know that. What am I supposed to do now? Tenchi swore to me...Now I can't even fight my own battles."
"Just wait, your gems need to recharge. It won't take long, be patient."
"Be patient?"
She put her hand on my shoulder and I could feel the energy pour back into myself and the gems. I quickly look up at her.
"What did you do?"
"Never mind that, go save Tenchi."
Quickly I get up and teleport between the two of them, my light sword drawn.
"Oh, Ryoko. You've rejoined our fight, how nice of you." Miho says, glaring at Tenchi.
"Tenchi, get out of here!" I scream at him, pushing Miho backwards toward the lake.
"Ryoko, are you--"
"Just go Tenchi! Go back inside with Washu. I'll be there soon."
"But--"
"GO TENCHI!" I scream, swinging the light sword sharply to block one of Miho's attacks. Out of the corner of my eye I see him walking backward toward the house.
"Sending your boyfriend into the fight. Tsk, tsk Ryoko. We had rules!"
"I didn't know he was going to fight, Miho. He gave me his word."
"Of course he did." She said as she once again swung wildly at my head.
Washu was right. Miho wasn't very bright. At least not when it came to fighting. She swung her sword wildly and couldn't block anything from the left very well. This is the perfect opportunity.
Miho quickly sees my guard down on the right and I manage to spin behind her and swing around to her left side. I swing the sword straight through her and quickly gather my strength and throw a series of energy blasts at her. Each one of them hitting her.
"Well, Ryoko. That was rather unexpected." She says, falling on the ground.
I don't say anything. I just watch her as she lies there.
"Who better to be beaten by then the most famous killing machine in the universe? I've had my wish fulfilled, Ryoko. A good fight, for sure. And here I was hoping for at least a stalemate." With that, she just disappears and the spaceship she had hidden in subspace reappears over the lake.
I start to walk toward the house and collapse from exhaustion and black out.
"Ryoko? Wake up!" I hear a familiar voice, but I can't quite place it.
"Sasami?" I ask, opening my eyes to her familiar pink eyes and freckles.
I sit up slowly, realizing that I am in the living room and the entire household was gathered around me.
"How are you feeling, Ryoko?" Washu asks. I can't see her, but she's in the fray somewhere.
"Horrible. What happened?"
"You used too much of your energy. You exhausted your power beyond extremes. We were beginning to wonder if you were going to wake up again."
"How long has it been?"
"Three days." Mihoshi said, wrapping her arms around my neck. "I'm so happy you're ok, Ryoko! We were all so worried!"
"I'm fine now, Mihoshi." I say, struggling for air. "What about Miho?"
"She's gone. You completely destroyed her, Ryoko." Washu says.
"Thank you for doing that for us, Ryoko!" Sasami says, hugging me around the waist while Mihoshi was still wrapped around my neck.
"It was no problem." I said, trying to stand up.
Finally everyone clears away and Mihoshi and Sasami let go and I start walking toward my room.
"Are you ok, Ryoko?" Sasami asks.
"I'm fine. I just need to get a bath and everything. Get everything sorted out. I'll be back down later."
She smiles at me.
I start walking upstairs, glancing at Tenchi on the way. I just walk by him and he doesn't say anything to me.
"Ryoko?" It's Aeka.
"What do you want, Princess?"
"Thank you for what you did." She sniffles. She still has that damn cold.
"Don't mention it. You do know how stupid you were for going after Miho like you did. You don't trust me now, Princess?"
"I never did, Ryoko." She says with a slightly amused smile on her face. "Go rest up. We'll see you at dinner."
I nod and head to my room. Everything's over now. I've faced my past and overcome the demons. I've done what I needed to do. I was also betrayed by a friend...by my love. This will take a while to get over. He gave me his word...
"Ryoko? Can I come in?" Its Tenchi...
"I'd prefer if you didn't Tenchi. Not right now."
He sighs and walks in anyway as I'm changing my clothes. He promptly turns red and turns around quickly. I finish dressing.
"I told you, didn't I? You can turn around now."
"Sorry...I didn't mean to walk in on you like that."
"Don't worry about it. Its not like you haven't seen me naked before, Tenchi. It's no big deal."
"Look, Ryoko. About what happened with Miho..."
"I don't want to talk about that right now, Tenchi. You gave me your word that you weren't going to fight her."
"She was going to kill you Ryoko. I wasn't going to let that happen."
I don't say anything to him. I don't even look at him.
He sighs his frustrated sigh and walks out of the room.
I collapse onto the bed and start to cry.
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~End Chapter 4~
Well, that's that.
This is the last chapter in this part of my series.
Next up is Aeka! Chapter 1: No Need for Golden-eyed Monsters