The Return of Kagato chapter 4
Tenchi was surprised to see everyone waiting for him as he stepped back into this dimension.
"Are you OK Tenchi?" Tenchi looked down to see Sasami hugging him.
"I'm fine Sasami, but I'm not sure about Ryoko. Could you take a look at her Washu?" Tenchi needed to know that she was all right. He just couldn't bear it to have hurt her.
"Of course. Put her down here." Washu directed Tenchi to a table nearby.
"It looks like you won, Tenchi." Commented Yosho. "Give Ryoko to Washu to make sure she's OK. I want to talk to you." They walked away from the group who was helping Washu.
"So you were finally able to summon the lighthawk wings again. Tell me exactly how it happened." Yosho said as soon as the others couldn't hear them.
"How did you know I summoned the wings, Grandpa?"
"Well, first of all, you couldn't have beaten Ryoko without them." Yosho smiled. "And Washu let us watch the fight through another gateway."
"So why do you need me to tell you what happened? You saw it yourself." Tenchi still didn't understand.
"What we saw was Ryoko shoot at you, then dust, then you with the wings. I need to know how you felt and exactly when they were summoned. This is important." Yosho was getting sick of this conversation. "No more questions, just tell me."
"OK. I saw the blast coming toward me and I knew the Tenchi couldn't block it, so I threw that to the side. I thought that there was nothing I could do, but then I remembered what Tsunami said about trusting in my own power and it just happened. That's all I remember. I just had to stop Ryoko from fighting so she wouldn't use up all of her power. She wouldn't stop, so I decided to take the gems so she couldn't." After this explanation Yosho thought (So, Tenchi can only summon the wings when there is nothing else to do. And as he calls them he remembers Tsunami's image. Does that mean that she gave him the power or just awakened it? I must get Tenchi to the point where he can simply call the wings when he wants. It won't work to have him wait until he's forced to summon them. By then too many people could have died.)
"Tenchi, rest for an hour, then come to the shrine. I will be waiting. We have a lot of training to do."
(You've got to be kidding!! I just fought Ryoko! Ryoko!! I hope I didn't hurt her.) Tenchi thought, but he only said, "Yes, Grandpa. But can I check on how Ryoko is doing first?"
Yosho's expression softened. "Of course." Tenchi turned around and walked back toward the others.
*****Meanwhile with Ryoko*****
"I don't believe it." Washu said. "She's asleep! And here we were worrying about her."
"That whole fight and she wasn't hurt at all?" Ayeka asked. "How did Lord Tenchi defeat her so easily without hurting her? He is even more skilled than I thought."
"How could she be asleep? Didn't Tenchi beat her in the fight? How could she fight while she was asleep?" Mihoshi's stupider questions were ignored as always, but to the first one Washu responded. "She used up a lot of her power in the fight. At the end all of the power she had was coming from the gems. When Tenchi took the last gem, she didn't have enough power left to stay conscious."
"So why is she asleep?" Mihoshi's utter cluelesness made everyone cringe.
"Try this explanation. She was really tired. Do you understand that much?" Washu asked.
"I think so. So when will she wake up?" Mihoshi finally asked an intelligent question.
"Well there are two ways. She doesn't have enough energy to stay awake. To wake her up she needs energy. So we can wait for her to gain the energy back, which could take a few days, or … Tenchi hurry up." Washu called as she saw him coming. When Tenchi got there Washu continued. "She needs energy, so if we give the gems back, she'll wake up in a few seconds. If you would Tenchi." She motioned toward the Tenchi lying beside Ryoko.
"What do you mean I lost? I never lose. I still have the gems right here. He didn't take them away." Ryoko didn't take the news very well.
"The reason you have them now it that he gave them back. You should be thankful that he didn't kill you with the way you acted in there." Washu shot back.
"How would you know what happened? We were in a different dimension." Ryoko tried to call what she thought was a bluff.
"Do you really think that I can't look into another dimension? It wasn't very nice to try to kill Tenchi just because you were losing." Washu still hadn't mentioned anything that Ryoko was thinking.
"I wasn't trying to kill him it's just that-" Ryoko was cut off by Washu yelling "I know you meant to kill him!! We're physic linked remember? Do you want me to tell these people what you were thinking and feeling?" Ryoko hadn't noticed everyone watching the argument. Tenchi noticed a clock on the wall and yelled a "I hope you feel better." Over his shoulder as he ran to the shrine to make sure he wasn't late.