No need for a brain-switch! Part two
Written By Gabe Ricard
Based on characters owned by Pioneer
Here is finally the conclusion to my two parter. For those who where looking forward to this I'm sorry it took so long but here it is at last so read up and enjoy. Those who have NO idea what I'm talking about (all 99.9 percent of you) well go check out part one and then come back here. That's all I wont waste your ever so valuable time and save the babbling for the end of this fic so read on enjoy and please let me know what you think.
"Wait Aeka! I-I can explain! Really I can!" Nobuyuki who was still in Tenchi's body was feeling incredibly stupid for kissing Ryoko and was now bearing the wrath of a psychotic Aeka. Next to Nobuyuki was Ryoko who was still in a state of catatonics from being kissed by who she thought was Tenchi.
"What's going on here?" asked Tenchi seeing Aeka, Nobuyuki, Ryoko, Kamidake and Azaka.
"It's horrible father!" wailed Aeka still not aware of the brain switch. "Tenchi has betrayed our deep, eternal love for that HORRIBLE, dirty space-pirate Ryoko!"
Tenchi looked over and saw Nobuyuki who was stammering out numerous apologies and explanations and shook his head. "Don't worry Aeka it's a bad mistake. See what happened was-" Tenchi turned to face Aeka but stopped and screamed as he saw that Aeka was less then an inch from his face.
"BAD MISTAKE!?!?! THIS IS THE WORST THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED TO ME IN THE HISTORY OF EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!"
"Aeka…please calm down…Tenchi never kissed Ryoko." Aeka and everyone else turned around to see a portal appear in front of them and Washu stepping out of it.
"What do you mean Tenchi never kissed her?!?" cried Aeka running over to Washu.
Washu took a step back, "I mean that it was Nobuyuki who kissed Ryoko not Tenchi. I switched their brains so now Tenchi is in Nobuyuki's body and vice-versa."
Aeka's expression turned to that of what pure evil would look like if it had a body and face. She faced Nobuyuki who was now a very scared man. "Azaka! Kamidake! We are going to make Nobuyuki suffer very greatly for this atrocity!"
"Yes mam!" both guardians slowly advanced to Nobuyuki but stopped as Washu appeared in front of him.
"I don't think what would be very wise Aeka. You see, since their brains have been switched if you attack Nobuyuki's body you will hurt Tenchi." Aeka gave no reply only fuming back towards the house with her guardians behind her.
"Have you fixed the brain machine yet Washu?" asked Tenchi who was more than eager to file this under "Washu's experiments gone horribly wrong" and move on with his life.
"Just about," replied Washu grinning. "Still, it's going to be until tomorrow when it's finished. I'm sorry Tenchi."
"That's…okay Washu."
"Dinner everyone!" announced Sasami who had actually come out to make this announcement ten minutes earlier but had chosen to instead watch the drama that had been unfolding before her. At that moment however the drama ended and everyone made their way back to the house.
The Next Day…
Tenchi started blankly at the complex barely recognizable house design he had been staring at all of yesterday and most of today and sighed. He still had no idea what to do about this but was aware of one thing: that it was very important based on what his father had said and that his job very well may depend on it.
"Hey Nobuyuki! We're not actually working are we?" Tenchi was startled out of his thoughts and looked up from the project to see a fat, balding middle aged man holding a cup of coffee in his chubby left hand and leaning against Nobuyuki's doorway.
"Um…hey," replied Tenchi not sure who this guy was but assumed he was a friend of dads from work.
"Rough day?"
"Pretty much."
"Hey later after we get off work wanna go grab a couple drinks scope around for some cute girls? I'll bet those college girls are still there"
Tenchi couldn't help but grin a little at this comment then his expression resumed the tired state it had been in originally. "Nah…thanks though."
The man shrugged and took a long drink of his coffee. "Okay…I figured you would need a couple drinks after dealing with what's coming your way."
Tenchi gulped, "Wha…what do you mean?"
"I mean Mr. Takamishi is on his way here and he's furious that you haven't turned in the Yokomo project yet. I told you that project was too big for you to volunteer."
Tenchi was growing more anxious by the second. He looked down at the house designs and realized that must have been the Yokomo project. He also realized that Mr. Takamishi was his dads boss and from what his father had said, Mr. Takamishi was not a very nice guy.
"Nobuyuki…whats happenin?" Mr. Takamishi sipped his coffee from what looked like the most impressive looking coffee cup Tenchi had ever seen. Mr. Takamishi answered Tenchi before Tenchi could. "That's good. I've been waiting all day for the Yokomo project and you still haven't turned it in. Is it finished?" Tenchi managed to shake his head. Mr. Takamishi scowled, "Nobuyuki…this is…inexcusable. You know very well this is one of our companies most important projects. You also know very well that it is due tomorrow. If I do not have it by then, there will be dire consequences. Have a good day Nobuyuki and try not to look so nervous…it's bad for the company." With that Mr. Takamishi turned and walked out of the office.
Tenchi stared silently at the design and knew he had to psyche himself up to do this. "I CAN do this…I CAN do this…I CAN do this…I-"
"Ohhhh Mr. Masakiiiiiii."
Tenchi yelped, "Ahhhhh Ayumi! So-so good to s-see you after yesterday!"
At the Masaki House….
"Hey everyone what's new?" Aeka who was in the living room watching TV with Washu, Sasami, Ryo-oh-ki, and the still catatonic Ryoko looked behind her to see Kiyone and Mihoshi standing behind them.
After Washu explains…
"Wow! Poor Mr.Masaki!" exclaimed Mihoshi.
"And we all know who to thank for this DON'T WE?" trembled Aeka shooting her glare to Washu.
"What?"
"Shouldn't you be working on the machine to switch back their brains?"
"Oh…I finished it an hour ago. We can switch them back as soon as they come home."
"That still wasn't a very nice thing to do," reminded Kiyone who wanted nothing more then to go back to her apartment and crawl into bed but hadn't been able to and as the result was looking extremely tired.
"Okay…okay…I was just so sure it wouldn't work. I still can't believe it quite frankly."
"I guess it just goes to show you that no one in this universe is perfect not even you Washu."
Washu glanced over to Aeka and smiled then brought up her transparent computer and began typing into it quickly. A moment later, a blue light surrounded Aeka and within seconds she had been turned into the frog creature she had been turned into the first time Washu had met her.
Mihoshi walked over to Ryoko who had been pushed upright against the wall and waved a hand in front of her invoking no reaction from the space pirate what so ever. "So Ryoko hasn't moved since last night huh?"
"That's right," replied Sasami.
"I don't know if I wanna be here when she wakes up and learns that it was Nobuyuki who had kissed her and not Tenchi."
"WHAT?!?!"
Sasami who had been sitting about two feet from Ryoko nearly jumped out of her skin and Ryo-oh-ki jumped onto the ceiling. Everyone else jumped too and saw that Ryoko had awoken and had a look of anger that easily matched that of the one Aeka held last night.
Ryoko was hovering slightly over the ground. Her entire face was dark read, her eyes where as big as they could get and her entire body was shaking. "Where…is…HE?"
"He's at work," replied Washu calmly.
At that moment Ryoko's complexion turned normal and she lowered to the ground as if a sudden realization had just come to her. "What a minute…it couldn't have been Nobuyuki who kissed me…it was Tenchi, I remember…I saw his face."
Washu, who had no immediate desire to admit to being the responsible party in this took a deep breath and prepared to explain to Ryoko what, happened.
Over at Tenchi's high school…
(AUTHORS NOTE: I have no idea what so ever how Japan high school works so if there are any major glaring mistakes in this fic feel free to point them out. Otherwise bear with me on this.)
Nobuyuki emerged from Tenchi's culture class as the bell rang and leaned against the wall wiping his forehead with his arm. "Whew…and I thought my job was bad." He yawned and looked at his watch. "Good thing I only have one more class left. He put his books under his arm and felt around in his pocket making sure the six girls phone numbers he had received in the day had not gone anywhere. Nobuyuki still couldn't believe how popular Tenchi was with the girls in his school. He walked through the crowded corridor when he heard the tardy bell ring and he knew he would be late no matter what. He stopped at a water fountain to take a drink while other kids disappeared into their classrooms and a few others ran down the hall to avoid further lateness. He lowered his head to take a drink and stopped as he heard a sound of running water and looked up at the door to his left to discover it was the door to the girls shower. He stood back and saw that there was the door to the gym and a door on each side one marked girls shower and the other marked boys shower.
Unable to believe his good luck Nobuyuki walked over to the girls shower door and gave the handle a tug. His heart sank as he realized that the door would only open on the other side. This is not good he thought sadly then an idea came to him. I know, I'll go through the gym and see if I can sneak a look from there. He walked over to the gym door and to his relief opened it and stepped in. He slowly creeped into the gym and saw the gym teacher a stern, aged looking woman leaning back in a chair sleeping and was nearly giddy. Slowly walking through the gym Nobuyuki held his breath in as he walked past the gym teacher and came to the entrance to the girls shower. Wishing he had a camera, Nobuyuki slowly opened the door and stepped in coming to a long path that led to the showers. Most of the view was blocked by the curved wall at the end of the path. This however was perfect for Nobuyuki who would be able to get a good look without being seen. He advanced to the wall and craned his neck just enough so he could see beyond the wall.
"Hee…hee I'll get to sneak a peek at some pretty girls!"
"Hey!" barked a deep but distinctly feminine voice. "What the hell are you doing here Tenchi?!" Nobuyuki bolted around and discovered that the PE teacher was now quite awake and was looking furious.
"Um..I..I…well I-"
"AHHHHHHHHHH" Nobuyuki heard the sound of a shrill teenage girl scream and knew the jig was up. He tried to run but felt something hit him in the back of the head causing him to double over. Nobuyuki opened his eyes and looked straight up to see all of the girls standing around him holding wet towels in their hands.
The PE teacher smirked, "Okay girls let's teach this pervert a lesson!" the girls all nodded in unison agreement and began to slowly close in on Nobuyuki with their towels snapping against the floor as they got closer.
Back at the Masaki House…
"WASHU!!! YOU COWARD!!!" Ryoko formed another ball of energy in her right hand and threw it at the force field that was now protecting the door to the broom closet.
Ryoko was just on the verge of forming another ball of energy but stopped momentarily as Washu appeared in the space between the door and the force field. "You need to look on the bright side Ryoko."
"And what would that be?!" demanded Ryoko.
"Someone has finally kissed you!"
"WASHUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!" Ryoko began throwing a flurry of energy at the force field which all absorbed into the force field and did little else. Washu cackled and disappeared back into her lab. This didn't matter to Ryoko who was now too lost in her rage to care.
Sasami turned to Kiyone and Mihoshi and smiled, "So…are you staying for dinner?"
Later that night…
Tenchi walked up to the door of his house and yawned. Thanks partially to Ayumi amongst other things he hadn't been able to do a thing to the Yokomo project and had brought it home for his father to complete into the late hours of the night. Tenchi stepped inside the house and was greeted by Sasami who was watching TV on the couch with Ryo-oh-ki. "Dinner will be ready soon Tenchi. In the mean time you can go into the lab where Washu and father are!"
Tenchi smiled it looked like Washu had finally fixed the machine. "Thanks Sasami." He quickly took off his fathers hat and coat and made his way to the lab.
"Washu…I appreciate you fixing this and everything but…"
Washu looked up from her computer, "But what Tenchi?"
"Do I really have to be in this position?" Tenchi as well as Nobuyuki where now hanging from the ceiling. Much as they where the first time Washu had done this. "Don't worry Tenchi it'll all be over…right….NOW!!" Washu cackled and hit a final key on her computer. Tenchi felt an amazing amount of pressure on his head and almost instantly passed out.
"Ugh…I…" Tenchi opened his eyes to see Washu standing over him with a small mirror in her hand. Tenchi looked into the fear and to his great joy saw his reflection instead of his fathers. Tenchi jumped up and smiled, "I'm me again!"
"I am SUCH a genius!" cried Washu.
Nobuyuki looked into the mirror and sighed, "Now I'm an adult again." At that moment he remembered what he had to tell Tenchi. "Tenchi…I have some good news for you."
"What?"
"You have a three day holiday! Starting tomorrow!"
"Three day holiday? How did I get that?"
Nobuyuki coughed, "You know Tenchi…they have such unreasonable rules and punishments regarding the girls showers at your school. I was really quite disappointed."
Tenchi lowered his head and sighed. "That's okay dad…by the way the Yokomo project is due tomorrow."
Nobuyuki's eyes widened, "THE YOKOMO PROJECT?! I FORGOT!!!" He immediately buried his face in his hands and began sobbing as he walked out the lab.
"Thank you Little Washu," thanked Tenchi while he followed his father out.
"I'm gonna be up all night on that project!" whined Nobuyuki once they where out side Washu's lab. "This is unquestionably the worst day of my-huh?!"
Nobuyuki stopped dead in his tracks as he saw Ryoko and Aeka blocking his path. Both girls where smiling at him but there was some eerie about the smiles that was making Mr. Masaki very nervous. It didn't take him long to figure out in his mind just what the girls had on their mind. "Now girls…you have to understand the complexity of this situation." Nobuyuki backed up several steps as the girls got closer. "You see…I am a very lonely man. Ahhhhhhhh!!!" Nobuyuki screamed as Ryoko and Aeka where upon him and dragged him away to extract their revenge. Azaka and Kamidake where not too far behind either.
"Poor guy…Mr.Masaki is having a really bad day huh Tenchi?"
Tenchi turned to Kiyone and smiled, "That's nothing…you should see what happens tomorrow when he asks his secretary for coffee."
End.
Preview of the next episode
Tenchi: We've got a little something different for the next episode. Next time we're going to look in on the guardians and get their view and opinions on the chaos of the family around them.
Ryoko: Sounds boring to me Tenchi
Aeka: How DARE you speak of my guardians like that!
Ryoko: I don't remember anyone inviting you Princess!
Aeka: I don't need permission from you!
Ryoko: Oh yea?
Aeka: Yeah!
(A fight can be heard)
Tenchi: (With the fight drowning out most of his talking) Coming up next is No Need for Conversation! A focus on characters who don't get a lot of attention!
Washu: It's unquestionably yet another view of the Masaki home.
That's it for this two-parter. This re write took a little longer since I decided to add in the Nobuyuki/girls shower thing at the last minute. If anyone can tell me how one goes about getting a column on FF.NET please let me know in review. An original work is up next but my co-authored MST fic will be done very soon and the next FF7 fic will also be done soon and finally the mentioned Tenchi fic will be written soon so keep an eye open and thanks for reading. One more thing go check out the AMAZING Tenchi/ X files crossover called Strange Days written by Horosha. It's lengthy but easily the best crossover fic and Tenchi fan fic I have ever read. If you're a fan of those two things or the X-Files go check it out.