The Beginning of the End...Part 2
Begin writing: 2/16/01 2:30 pm
Disclaimer: I do not own Tenchi Muyo in any of its incarnations and or permutations, though I wish I did. Please consider this as free advertising, and don't sue me. It wouldn't do you any good anyways, I have no money and you (You being AIC/Pioneer) would only further alienate your once appreciative consumer base.
Admittedly, this is an absurd premise, but assuming the initial conditions of the fic are met, this is how I see Ryouko and Ayeka acting. And as for why Tenchi hasn't shown yet...ummm...err...he might be mentioned in this chapter, I haven't decided yet.
-Garbonzo
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"Ryouko...we have to talk..." Ayeka whispered into the phone. She couldn't believe what she'd just heard...Ryouko? With a man that's not Tenchi? Aeka didn't like Ryoko, but she had eventually come to believe that Ryouko's love for Tenchi was as deep as her own. How could Ryouko sleep with some man she'd met on the street? And for money, no less?
"Ayeka? What are you doing on the line? Did you hear..."
"Yes." What her voice didn't say, her tone did.
The two met in front of the lake. They walked beside, both silent, Aeka wondering both what she wanted to say and why she wanted to say it in the first place, and Ryoko because she had nothing to say.
"Why?" Ayeka asked, quietly.
"Why what?" Ryouko replied, flippantly.
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Elsewhere, a medium sized black van with heavily tinted windows was slowly driving up the road that went past the Masaki shrine and house. In the back, two men with shades and leather gloves were beating a teenaged fat guy with glasses.
"You sure this is where she lives?" One of the men asked.
"Yes!" The boy gabbled. "I'm certain, she hangs around with Tenchi a lot and he said that she lives with him! Please don't hurt me anymore!"
One of the men slid the door open, and threw the boy out. "Why'd you let him go?" The other asked.
"They don't pay me to kill little boys."
Amagasaki sat up in the dust, shaking uncontrollably. He had to get to a phone and warn Tenchi that some bad people were coming. He had to warn him. He passed out, unconscious on the ground beside the road.
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"Washu?" Tenchi called hesitantly into the lab. He didn't want to go inside. The last few times he had, he'd ended up strapped into some machine he'd really rather not know the purpose of and Washu in a child sized nurse's outfit. "Washu, are you there?"
"Yes, Tenchi? What do you want? Washu replied from right beind him.
Tenchi managed not to jump. "I thought you were in your lab."
"I was getting a sandwich."
"Oh."
"What do you want, Tenchi?"
"I want to know what's going on with Ryouko. She's been acting really odd for the past week or so, and I'm getting worried."
"So what do you think I can tell you? I may be her mother, but that doesn't mean that I know what's going on in her head at any given moment."
Tenchi looked at her. "I though you were telepathically linked."
"So we are."
"Well?"
Washu looked up at him seriously. "Step into my lab."
"Said the spider to the fly..." Tenchi muttered under his breath.
"I heard that!" Washu turned tohim, a mischevious grin on her face. Tenchi groaned.
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"What do you mean, what? Why are you sleeping with some man for money, that's what!" Ayeka said, shocked at Ryouko's attitude.
Ryouko shrugged. "I was bored. There's nothing to do on this dirtball planet."
"Yes, well, you have a point there..." Ayeka said thoughtfully, nibbling on her lower lip. "But that's still no excuse!" Ayeka sighed. "As much as I hate to admit it, you've got a place in his heart."
Ryouko looked shocked for a moment. "You really mean that?" She whispered. Unconsciously, she poofed her hair.
Ayeka sighed again. "Yes. But the way you are acting is no way for a possible consort of Tenchi-sama to act! How could you do something like that!"
Ryouko shrugged. "It was easy. Go out dressed real ski-"
"That's not what I meant, and you know it!"
"I was hot. I needed release. Being around Tenchi all the time has that effect on me."
A medium sized black van with heavily tinted windows drove up to the house. Two men got out, wearing dark shades and trenchcoats. They walk up to the door, ring the bell, and wait. Sasami opens the door. They show her a picture, and she nods her head, pointing towards the lake.
"Great! More fun!" Ryouko said, enthused.
"Do you know those men? Who are they?" Aeka asked.
"No idea. But probably some Terran version of the Syndicate."
"And you call that fun?"
"Yes. Good stress relief, too. You might want to try it some day."
The men approached. "One of you called Ryouko?" One asked, gruffly, his eyes on the taller bluehaired woman.
"Yep. That'd be me." Ryouko replied enthusiastically.
The man smiled unpleasantly. "Your spirits, thay are a callin you home, miss."
"Really? What makes you say that?"
"The boss is really unhappy with you. You killed one of his best pushers."
Ryouko tries to look chagrined, fails miserably, but succeeds in looking indecently pleased with herself. "Oops."
"You're coming with us." The men open the flaps of their jackets slightly, revealing large amounts of firepower. "You can come quiet, or /real/ quiet. Your choice."
Ryoko points at the guns. "What are those? Heckler & Koch MP5S's? No, my mistake, they're MP10S's. Nice guns. But, sadly, insufficient inducement."
One of the men shrugs, pulls out a Beretta, and shoots Ryouko in the leg. Or rather, trys to. The bullet seems to bounce off of her, landing on the ground flattened. Ryouko bends down and picks it up. She whistles. "Hey, you know these bullets are illegal?" The men pale slightly, looking at the flattened bullet and the unharmed woman. one of them signals behind his back. A moment later, another man walks around the corner of the building, carrying a struggling Sasami.
"Is that sufficent inducement?" One of the men asked, sweating slightly, praying that it was.
"Her? Oh, the kid. Nah, she's just the maids spoiled brat. She comes around now and again, and just won't leave. The annoying pest." Ryoko replied.
Aeka, on the other hand...surged forward, shocked, knocking the two men on their asses as she half runs, half flys up the hill towards Sasami and the man holding her captive.
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Don't you just hate cliff hangars?
End writing: 2/16/01 4:10 pm
Begin writing: 2/16/01 2:30 pm
Disclaimer: I do not own Tenchi Muyo in any of its incarnations and or permutations, though I wish I did. Please consider this as free advertising, and don't sue me. It wouldn't do you any good anyways, I have no money and you (You being AIC/Pioneer) would only further alienate your once appreciative consumer base.
Admittedly, this is an absurd premise, but assuming the initial conditions of the fic are met, this is how I see Ryouko and Ayeka acting. And as for why Tenchi hasn't shown yet...ummm...err...he might be mentioned in this chapter, I haven't decided yet.
-Garbonzo
* * * * * * * * * * *
"Ryouko...we have to talk..." Ayeka whispered into the phone. She couldn't believe what she'd just heard...Ryouko? With a man that's not Tenchi? Aeka didn't like Ryoko, but she had eventually come to believe that Ryouko's love for Tenchi was as deep as her own. How could Ryouko sleep with some man she'd met on the street? And for money, no less?
"Ayeka? What are you doing on the line? Did you hear..."
"Yes." What her voice didn't say, her tone did.
The two met in front of the lake. They walked beside, both silent, Aeka wondering both what she wanted to say and why she wanted to say it in the first place, and Ryoko because she had nothing to say.
"Why?" Ayeka asked, quietly.
"Why what?" Ryouko replied, flippantly.
* * * * * * * * * * *
Elsewhere, a medium sized black van with heavily tinted windows was slowly driving up the road that went past the Masaki shrine and house. In the back, two men with shades and leather gloves were beating a teenaged fat guy with glasses.
"You sure this is where she lives?" One of the men asked.
"Yes!" The boy gabbled. "I'm certain, she hangs around with Tenchi a lot and he said that she lives with him! Please don't hurt me anymore!"
One of the men slid the door open, and threw the boy out. "Why'd you let him go?" The other asked.
"They don't pay me to kill little boys."
Amagasaki sat up in the dust, shaking uncontrollably. He had to get to a phone and warn Tenchi that some bad people were coming. He had to warn him. He passed out, unconscious on the ground beside the road.
* * * * * * * * * * *
"Washu?" Tenchi called hesitantly into the lab. He didn't want to go inside. The last few times he had, he'd ended up strapped into some machine he'd really rather not know the purpose of and Washu in a child sized nurse's outfit. "Washu, are you there?"
"Yes, Tenchi? What do you want? Washu replied from right beind him.
Tenchi managed not to jump. "I thought you were in your lab."
"I was getting a sandwich."
"Oh."
"What do you want, Tenchi?"
"I want to know what's going on with Ryouko. She's been acting really odd for the past week or so, and I'm getting worried."
"So what do you think I can tell you? I may be her mother, but that doesn't mean that I know what's going on in her head at any given moment."
Tenchi looked at her. "I though you were telepathically linked."
"So we are."
"Well?"
Washu looked up at him seriously. "Step into my lab."
"Said the spider to the fly..." Tenchi muttered under his breath.
"I heard that!" Washu turned tohim, a mischevious grin on her face. Tenchi groaned.
* * * * * * * * * * *
"What do you mean, what? Why are you sleeping with some man for money, that's what!" Ayeka said, shocked at Ryouko's attitude.
Ryouko shrugged. "I was bored. There's nothing to do on this dirtball planet."
"Yes, well, you have a point there..." Ayeka said thoughtfully, nibbling on her lower lip. "But that's still no excuse!" Ayeka sighed. "As much as I hate to admit it, you've got a place in his heart."
Ryouko looked shocked for a moment. "You really mean that?" She whispered. Unconsciously, she poofed her hair.
Ayeka sighed again. "Yes. But the way you are acting is no way for a possible consort of Tenchi-sama to act! How could you do something like that!"
Ryouko shrugged. "It was easy. Go out dressed real ski-"
"That's not what I meant, and you know it!"
"I was hot. I needed release. Being around Tenchi all the time has that effect on me."
A medium sized black van with heavily tinted windows drove up to the house. Two men got out, wearing dark shades and trenchcoats. They walk up to the door, ring the bell, and wait. Sasami opens the door. They show her a picture, and she nods her head, pointing towards the lake.
"Great! More fun!" Ryouko said, enthused.
"Do you know those men? Who are they?" Aeka asked.
"No idea. But probably some Terran version of the Syndicate."
"And you call that fun?"
"Yes. Good stress relief, too. You might want to try it some day."
The men approached. "One of you called Ryouko?" One asked, gruffly, his eyes on the taller bluehaired woman.
"Yep. That'd be me." Ryouko replied enthusiastically.
The man smiled unpleasantly. "Your spirits, thay are a callin you home, miss."
"Really? What makes you say that?"
"The boss is really unhappy with you. You killed one of his best pushers."
Ryouko tries to look chagrined, fails miserably, but succeeds in looking indecently pleased with herself. "Oops."
"You're coming with us." The men open the flaps of their jackets slightly, revealing large amounts of firepower. "You can come quiet, or /real/ quiet. Your choice."
Ryoko points at the guns. "What are those? Heckler & Koch MP5S's? No, my mistake, they're MP10S's. Nice guns. But, sadly, insufficient inducement."
One of the men shrugs, pulls out a Beretta, and shoots Ryouko in the leg. Or rather, trys to. The bullet seems to bounce off of her, landing on the ground flattened. Ryouko bends down and picks it up. She whistles. "Hey, you know these bullets are illegal?" The men pale slightly, looking at the flattened bullet and the unharmed woman. one of them signals behind his back. A moment later, another man walks around the corner of the building, carrying a struggling Sasami.
"Is that sufficent inducement?" One of the men asked, sweating slightly, praying that it was.
"Her? Oh, the kid. Nah, she's just the maids spoiled brat. She comes around now and again, and just won't leave. The annoying pest." Ryoko replied.
Aeka, on the other hand...surged forward, shocked, knocking the two men on their asses as she half runs, half flys up the hill towards Sasami and the man holding her captive.
* * * * * * * * * * *
Don't you just hate cliff hangars?
End writing: 2/16/01 4:10 pm