The Future - Chapter 9: A Conclusion
By: Ryoko-chan
Disclaimer: We all know the drill...the real disclaimer resides in Chapter 1.
A/N: This is just a short little chapter to wrap the series up. This'll probably be my last series for a while. I think I'll stick to one shot stories for a while. This one is short because I have a story I've been dying to work on, so I'm not gonna spend too much of my time writing this.
THE FUTURE - CHAPTER 9: A CONCLUSION
By: Ryoko-chan
Washu pulled all of the wires away from her and stood up.
"Don't EVER do that to me again!" She shouted.
She sighed as she looked around and noticed that everyone was too busy chattering amongst themselves to have heard anything that she had said.
Eventually everyone started to leave and they all left Washu alone in her lab to do some work on some of her other projects.
Ryoko and Aeka pulled Tenchi into the living room, each girl sitting on the side of him. Kiyone, Mihoshi, and Sasami came in to sit with them.
"Well, that was enlightening." Ryoko said.
"It certainly was. It proves that Lord Tenchi would do anything to save me." Aeka said proudly.
"Um, Aeka...Washu was the one that saved you." Sasami pointed out.
"That doesn't matter. Lord Tenchi was THERE...that's all that counts."
"Foolish princess. He only felt sorry for you because you looked so pathetic in your little jail cell." Ryoko said, hugging Tenchi's arm.
"You're the one that belonged in a jail cell." Aeka snapped back.
"You better watch it, I'm the one that went looking for your little sister." Ryoko said, pointing at Sasami.
"Aeka wouldn't have been in jail if it wasn't for Sasami." Mihoshi cheerfully pointed out.
Sasami laughed nervously.
"That's right...Sasami was quite the little villain, for a while. Then she just went all soft when Tenchi was in danger." Ryoko said, causing Sasami to blush.
"At least we all end up together again in the end, though." Tenchi said.
"We'll always be together, Tenchi." Ryoko said, resting her head on Tenchi's shoulder.
"Ryoko, get off of Lord Tenchi." Aeka demanded.
Tenchi sighed in defeat as the two girls began to shout.
"Its too bad you couldn't have seen everyone's future, Tenchi." Sasami said. "Aeka had been a servant girl, Ryoko got captured by me, Kiyone had been promoted to a boring job, and Mihoshi had become somewhat competent."
"Sounds interesting." Tenchi said. "Too bad I missed it."
"I wonder if any of that was real though. You know how Washu can be sometimes." Kiyone said.
"But Washu used the machine too, and Ryoko was operating it then. How could she have made that up?" Mihoshi asked.
Kiyone shrugged.
"I think everything was too intermingled to be one of Washu's tricks. It was very specific." Aeka pointed out.
"That's true..."
"I personally liked the part with Tenchi and me in Nagi's hideout at night." Ryoko sighed. "That was the best part."
"I hardly got to be near Lord Tenchi..." Aeka pouted.
Tenchi began to laugh nervously.
"You two made a cute couple!" Mihoshi said to Tenchi and Ryoko.
Aeka growled under her breath at her.
"Don't encourage her!" She said to her.
Washu typed furiously at her keyboard when Washu A and B popped up seemingly out of nowhere.
Washu ignored them and continued with what she was doing.
"What are you doing, Washu?" A asked her.
"I'm working on a complex equation that will show me how to duplicate DNA in a matter of minutes instead of having to wait for the gestation period AND the maturation of the cells."
"Good luck, Washu!" B cheered her on.
"Washu's a genius!" They said in unison.
Once the two little Washus were finished cheering, the real Washu cleared away all the confetti and started to type again.
"When are you going to tell them, Washu?" B asked her.
"Tell who, what?"
"Tenchi and the others. When are you going to tell them about the time machine?" A asked.
"Never. What they don't know isn't going to hurt them."
"But Washu, why didn't you show them their real futures?" B asked.
"Because they'll live their futures soon enough."
A and B stayed quiet.
"Go on now...go find something else to do." Washu said to them, never taking her eyes off of the computer screen.
Once they had left, Washu stopped typing and sighed. She picked up the holographic imager she used to show everyone their "futures." It had been easy enough to manipulate the images into anything she wanted. She had had that particular imager programmed for quite awhile. She didn't want to know what the future held for everyone and she had known that deep down, nobody else wanted to know either.
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~End Chapter 9~
A/n:
I said this would be a short chapter. I don't know if it was even worth writing. Thanks for reading this series though. I hope you enjoyed it. I can't say that I enjoyed writing it, but it didn't turn out as bad as I thought it would. ^_^
By: Ryoko-chan
Disclaimer: We all know the drill...the real disclaimer resides in Chapter 1.
A/N: This is just a short little chapter to wrap the series up. This'll probably be my last series for a while. I think I'll stick to one shot stories for a while. This one is short because I have a story I've been dying to work on, so I'm not gonna spend too much of my time writing this.
THE FUTURE - CHAPTER 9: A CONCLUSION
By: Ryoko-chan
Washu pulled all of the wires away from her and stood up.
"Don't EVER do that to me again!" She shouted.
She sighed as she looked around and noticed that everyone was too busy chattering amongst themselves to have heard anything that she had said.
Eventually everyone started to leave and they all left Washu alone in her lab to do some work on some of her other projects.
Ryoko and Aeka pulled Tenchi into the living room, each girl sitting on the side of him. Kiyone, Mihoshi, and Sasami came in to sit with them.
"Well, that was enlightening." Ryoko said.
"It certainly was. It proves that Lord Tenchi would do anything to save me." Aeka said proudly.
"Um, Aeka...Washu was the one that saved you." Sasami pointed out.
"That doesn't matter. Lord Tenchi was THERE...that's all that counts."
"Foolish princess. He only felt sorry for you because you looked so pathetic in your little jail cell." Ryoko said, hugging Tenchi's arm.
"You're the one that belonged in a jail cell." Aeka snapped back.
"You better watch it, I'm the one that went looking for your little sister." Ryoko said, pointing at Sasami.
"Aeka wouldn't have been in jail if it wasn't for Sasami." Mihoshi cheerfully pointed out.
Sasami laughed nervously.
"That's right...Sasami was quite the little villain, for a while. Then she just went all soft when Tenchi was in danger." Ryoko said, causing Sasami to blush.
"At least we all end up together again in the end, though." Tenchi said.
"We'll always be together, Tenchi." Ryoko said, resting her head on Tenchi's shoulder.
"Ryoko, get off of Lord Tenchi." Aeka demanded.
Tenchi sighed in defeat as the two girls began to shout.
"Its too bad you couldn't have seen everyone's future, Tenchi." Sasami said. "Aeka had been a servant girl, Ryoko got captured by me, Kiyone had been promoted to a boring job, and Mihoshi had become somewhat competent."
"Sounds interesting." Tenchi said. "Too bad I missed it."
"I wonder if any of that was real though. You know how Washu can be sometimes." Kiyone said.
"But Washu used the machine too, and Ryoko was operating it then. How could she have made that up?" Mihoshi asked.
Kiyone shrugged.
"I think everything was too intermingled to be one of Washu's tricks. It was very specific." Aeka pointed out.
"That's true..."
"I personally liked the part with Tenchi and me in Nagi's hideout at night." Ryoko sighed. "That was the best part."
"I hardly got to be near Lord Tenchi..." Aeka pouted.
Tenchi began to laugh nervously.
"You two made a cute couple!" Mihoshi said to Tenchi and Ryoko.
Aeka growled under her breath at her.
"Don't encourage her!" She said to her.
Washu typed furiously at her keyboard when Washu A and B popped up seemingly out of nowhere.
Washu ignored them and continued with what she was doing.
"What are you doing, Washu?" A asked her.
"I'm working on a complex equation that will show me how to duplicate DNA in a matter of minutes instead of having to wait for the gestation period AND the maturation of the cells."
"Good luck, Washu!" B cheered her on.
"Washu's a genius!" They said in unison.
Once the two little Washus were finished cheering, the real Washu cleared away all the confetti and started to type again.
"When are you going to tell them, Washu?" B asked her.
"Tell who, what?"
"Tenchi and the others. When are you going to tell them about the time machine?" A asked.
"Never. What they don't know isn't going to hurt them."
"But Washu, why didn't you show them their real futures?" B asked.
"Because they'll live their futures soon enough."
A and B stayed quiet.
"Go on now...go find something else to do." Washu said to them, never taking her eyes off of the computer screen.
Once they had left, Washu stopped typing and sighed. She picked up the holographic imager she used to show everyone their "futures." It had been easy enough to manipulate the images into anything she wanted. She had had that particular imager programmed for quite awhile. She didn't want to know what the future held for everyone and she had known that deep down, nobody else wanted to know either.
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~End Chapter 9~
A/n:
I said this would be a short chapter. I don't know if it was even worth writing. Thanks for reading this series though. I hope you enjoyed it. I can't say that I enjoyed writing it, but it didn't turn out as bad as I thought it would. ^_^