Written By: Gary Kendzerski
AKA: Simfreak
Simfreak@mindspring.com
Episode 5
Ryoko's Ascension
"Tenchi your home early"
"I didn't have any carrots to pull Sasami."
"Huh?"
Tenchi un-straps the basket for his back and pulls our the stuffed Ryo-Ohkie and Ken-Ohkie
"Oh my what happen to my little Ryo-Ohkie?"
"Between the two of them, they ate the entire field of carrots."
"Oh my gosh". She says as she blinks in disbelief.
"Yea, no carrots for them for a while."
"Meow" sad face on the two of them.
"Don't you start with me, you two are in big trouble. Tenchi tosses both of them on to the couch. Just stay out of trouble, both of you."
Tenchi looks down on them long enough for Aeris to appear right behind him, Tenchi goes to turn around only to bump into her.
"Excuse me, Aeris, is something wrong."
"No, not at all Tenchi:" She says with a smile on her face as she wraps her arms around his waist drawing him close.
"Now now Aeris, you better not let Ryoko or Ayeka see this, other wise your going to get into big trouble!"
"I can handle them."
"Yea, like you handled Ryoko the other day."
"Tenchi, are you worried about me?" She breaks a smile across her face and her head draws closer to his.
"Geez! You and Ryoko are too much a like!"
"What, we have the same good taste in men?" Tenchi blushes.
"Get serious!" Tenchi says and pushes her off.
"Well fine you can flirt with Ryoko but not with me huh."
"When have I ever flirted with Ryoko?" Tenchi says with a puzzled look on his face.
"Oh please, I wash you dry."
"How is that flirting! We were doing the dishes."
"Awww, but Tenchi."
Suddenly Ryoko appears behind Tenchi and puts her arms around his neck. "Good morning Tenchi."
Tenchi starts to panic but manages to get out the words "Good morning Ryoko".
"Oh good morning sis, tell me, what were you two you talking about?"
"Oh nothing just how I'm trying to steal Tenchi from you."
"What!" Both Tenchi and Ryoko say in unison.
"Just kidding! God you two are so gullible!"
"Oh yea, she's related to Washu" Tenchi says as he grins.
"Come on Tenchi; let's go have some fun" Said Ryoko.
"Oooooo, Can I come?"
"Sure I don't see why not."
Ryoko gets an angry look on her face. But then turns all sympathetic as she says, "But Tenchi I was hoping just you and me could play."
"Yea, but Aeris is our guest and it will give us a chance to know each other better."
Ryoko frowns and lets go of Tenchi, "oh fine" (hehe, maybe I can lose her in the woods so that me and Tenchi can be a lone) she thinks.
(Nice try Ryoko, but we are connected just as you are to Washu, I heard every word).
Ryoko stairs at Aeris (Damn! Why don't you just leave me and Tenchi alone).
Tenchi stands their looking at the two of them stair at each other frowning.
(Because, I think he is cute!)
(Why you little!)
Both Ryoko and Aeris clasp hands and start to fight, each pushing as hard as possible growling at each other. As Tenchi just looks on puzzled wondering why they even started to fight in the first place.
"Umm, girls, what do you want to do?" As he steps back to let the feuding girls pass.
"Just a minute Tenchi, ill be done, grrrrr, done with her in a second." As she struggles to hold Aeris back.
"Done with me in a second, yeah, grrrrrrrr, right."
"Well you two tell me when your ready, I'll be up in my room." Tenchi takes off to the stairs only to trip over Nobuyuki lying on the ground passed out sleeping (and drawling).
"Oh dad, how embarrassing" Tenchi looks around, "where's grandpa"
Tenchi bends down and picks up Nobuyuki around his shoulders. Tenchi starts up the stair but pauses to see Ryoko and Aeris still fighting each other. "What got into those two? Oh well guess I'll never know."
We see Tenchi carry Nobuyuki up the stairs, bit as he rounds the corner he sees the bathroom door wide open with his grandfather passed out in the bathtub. Tenchi pauses long enough to shake his head in disbelief and continues to take Nobuyuki to his room and place him in his bed. He then heads back too where the two girls are fighting who are still going at it and lays down on the couch and just sits their watching the two go after each other.
"Tenchi is mine!" Screams Ryoko.
"Tenchi is nobodies!" Aeris yells back.
"That's what you think!"
Tenchi starts to giggle as the two girls go at it, but then Aeris reaches over and grabs Ryoko's collar tearing her blouse and semi showing her breasts
"YOU BITCH!"
Ryoko reaches over and does the same thing, but he rips her top off completely. Tenchi eyes bug out at the site of the two and his nose starts bleeding. They both step back from each other, staring frowning, bolts of energy rage between their bodies. When Ryoko stops. And looks down at Aeris a wrist
"I thought Washu destroyed your gems."
Aeris gets a shocked look on her face as she looks down at her now exposed wrists and both gems. "Ummm, she did. Tenchi passes out with a funny grin on his face in the background."
"Then how did you- YOU STOLE MY GEMS!"
"I, I, gotta go, see ya". And she disappears.
"WASHU!" Ryoko walks over to the lab door and kicks it in.
"What's the meaning of this! Why did you give Aeris my gems!"
"Umm Ryoko, look at yourself."
Ryoko looks down to see her outfit ripped apart and her
chest exposed causing her to blush and materialize into another set of cloths,
"there we go, now what is the meaning of giving my gems to Aeris?"
"I didn't give them to her."
"So what, she stole them."
"Yea, don't tell me that you didn't notice her coming out of my lab last night during dinner? You were to busy staring at Tenchi weren't you." Ryoko nods. "Figures." She says as she rolls her eyes.
"What about my gems?"
"What about them?"
"There my energy source, oh no, ow, owwwwww. The pain". Ryoko falls to the ground in pain. "Not…….again."
"Ryoko, are you?" Washu runs to her side and comforts her. "Ok?".
"It hurts, help me, help me mommy" Ryoko says as tears stream down from the corner of her eyes.
"I know, I know. It will be all right". she says as she tries to calm her down.
Ryoko slowly starts to breath normal again and starts to relax keeping her eyes closed and resting her head in Washu's lap.
"See, its ok. You'll be fine my dear."
"What is happening to me (sniff)?"
"I wish I could tell you, really I do."
Tenchi regains consciousness and sits up wiping the blood from his nose.
"I wonder where those two went. Hmm, hope they didn't make a mess."
"Oh Tenchi, there you are."
"Hi Ayeka, what's up?"
"Oh nothing, are you busy?"
"No, I was going to take a walk with Ryoko and Aeris, but they started to fight each other."
"Hem, just like her. Well, I'd be happy to go on a walk with you." Ayeka walks up to Tenchi and wraps her arm around his. "Come on." Tenchi looks at Ayeka and smiles
"Ok."
And the two took off together. They make it as far as the front door when they hear something, a high whistling noise.
"Oh no, not again". Tenchi looks up and follows as Mihoshi shuttle falls straight down into the lake. He and Ayeka take a step back into the house as the water from the landing rains down on the surrounding area. A few moments later Mihoshi emerges from the lake, soaked to the bone and crying.
"I hate being wet."
"Are you ok Mihoshi?" asked Tenchi.
"Yes I'm fine Tenchi thanks for asking; do you know where Washu is? She asks as she wrings her hat out."
"Yea she's in her lab."
"Ok thanks" and Mihoshi walks past Tenchi and Ayeka.
"Uh, Mihoshi"
"Yea Tenchi?"
"You might want to dry off first."
Mihoshi looks down and sees a puddle of water around her feet. "Thanks Tenchi I will."
Tenchi rolls his eyes as Ayeka tugs on his arm and they starts walking towards the shrine path.
Mihoshi walks into the kitchen to get a towel, dipping water with every step she takes. In the kitchen she catches Ryo-Ohki and Ken-Ohki under the table snuggling with each other. "Awww how cute, you two are in love."
"Meow!"
Mihoshi smiles and starts looking for where the kitchen towels are kept. But she can't find them, frantically she starts opening and closing draws and doors and looking under things when Sasami comes in,
"Oh Mihoshi your home." she pauses "and wet!"
"Sasami help me please!!!" she says in a frantic voice. "I can't find the towels anywhere!"
"Don't worry, their over here". She walks past Mihoshi and opens one of the cabinets, she hands Mihoshi a towel allowing her to dry off.
"Oh thank you Sasami". She says as she starts drying her hair off
Behind Mihoshi, the kitchen door fly's open and we see Asaka and Kamadocki at the door.
"Azaka, Kamadocki what are you doing here?"
"Well mam, we wish to talk to your sister, is she around?"
"No, Tenchi and her went on a walk, can I help?|"
"Well, to tell you the truth", Kamadocki starts but is interrupted by Azaka
"WE NEED A DAY OFF!"
Mihoshi and Sasami look at them in shock
"We have been standing out side now for over a year, and to tell you the truth, its quite boring."
"I guess it would be ok." Replied Sasami.
"Thank you princes. We will return back to our posts tomorrow."
"No, problem, have fun!"
"We will princes."
Azaka and Kamadocki leave and as they go we can hear Kamadocki yell woohoo and jumps into the air. Again Mihoshi and Sasami look at each other in shock and start laughing. Mihoshi finishes drying off and thanks Sasami for the towel and leaves the room.
She arrives at the door of Washu's lab and knocks on the door. There was no answer, she knocks again "Washu are you in there?" again no answer. "Oh well, I'll just go in"
Mihoshi opens the door and walks in. It was dark and there was equipment everywhere. She makes it to the main opening and sees Washu on the ground holding Ryoko who was crying into her shoulder. "Oh my is she alright"
Washu looks up and smiles "she'll be fine Mihoshi" she says in a soft voice. Ryoko hears this and takes a deep breath and stops. She pulls away from Washu and wipes the tears from her eyes which were red from all the rubbing and crying and stands up looking at Mihoshi.
"What do you want" Ryoko tries to say.
"Oh, I just came to see Washu"
"Let me guess, you crashed your shuttle and you need another one" replied Washu.
"Wow how did you guess?"
"Gee I wonder" Washu says sarcastically.
"Can you help me Washu?"
"Well, I could."
"PLEASE!!!!!?
"Well ok, to tell you the truth I have been working on one for you for some time now."
"Really?"
"Yea, but its not ready yet".
"Umm do you have anything that I can use right now, I'm kinda only here because I forgot my cube again?"
"You mean you're in the middle of a case?"
"Heh, yea, I have to track down this girl, hey Ryoko she kinda looks like you!"
"Washu looks at the holo image."
"Its Aeris."
"You recognize her?"
"I should she's my daughter, besides you met her at dinner the other night, remember?"
"You have a daughter?"
Washu gets a puzzled look on her face "I have two."
"Really, who's the other one."
"DOH!" She smacks her hand against head.
"I am you bubble brain." Ryoko yelled.
"Oh, well there's no need to yell." Replied Mihoshi.
"Oh Ryoko, can you help me finish the shuttle." Asked Washu.
"Huh, me?" Ryoko asked.
"Yea, all the mechanical work is done, I just need you to finish programming the ships computer."
"I don't know how to do stuff like that!"
"Oh I think you will manage." Washu has the computer pop in front of her and turns it to face Ryoko. "Go ahead, give it a try."
Ryoko looks down at the computer and starts hitting a few keys. After a second of chicken pecking the keys she starts to type on it really fast. After only a few seconds of typing she stops and says, "ok, that should do it" Washu turns the computer towards her and looks at the screen.
This is amazing, I always dreamed of having a daughter as smart as me, and almost as cute! Ryoko smiles, "And I guess this proves it."
"Proves what?" asked Mihoshi.
"That each time that Ryoko assimilates a gem, she gets smarter." Answered Washu.
"Smarter?" asked Ryoko.
"Yea, there must be an incredible amount of knowledge locked in those gems for them to contain all that power."
"Then why did you have me take off the 3rd gem?"
"I don't know there was just something inside me that said not for you to have it."
"To tell you the truth, I feel good too, no I feel great, like I can do anything!"
"The energy in those two gems must have been completely absorbed into your body releaseing their full power!"
Ryoko looks at her hand and creates a ball of energy in her hand. She concentrates making it more and more powerful. The energy mass started to admit an ora or power causing both Washu and Mihoshi to turn their heads and close their eyes as Ryoko just looks at it in awe.
"What do you plan to do with that Ryoko?"
"Yes, I can't see a thing!"
But she wasn't paying attention; she was fixated on the enormous amount of energy she was creating with so little effort.
"RYOKO! Stop!" Washu screams.
Ryoko looks up and sees both Washu and Mihoshi cover their eyes from the glare of the energy. She looks back down at and lets it reabsorb back into her hands. Washu and Mihoshi open their eyes but are still blinded by the light, they raise their hands and start feeling around and end up walking into each other knocking each other down. Ryoko looks at the two of them and giggles.
"That was some light show Ryoko". Replied Mihoshi.
"Yea, a little uncalled for if you ask me." Washu said.
"It was so easy. I mean I had no idea that I could create such power. That ball of energy was as powerful as the one I shot at Hiroto."
Washu looks at Ryoko in disbelief.
"No it's true! And that wasn't nearly as much power as I could have created. I want the other one, I want the third gem!"
"NO! Don't do it Ryoko." Pleaded Washu.
"You have been telling me that since yesterday, and unless you tell me why, then I am going to get that other gem! I have to have it!"
"I cant" Washu says solemnly.
"Then I'm outta here!"
Ryoko leaves the lab leaving Mihoshi and Washu alone and all Washu could do is look on is disappointment. Mihoshi watch starts to beep.
"Oh my, Aeris, the galaxies most wanted is near by, sorry Washu I have to go" Mihoshi takes out her cube and transforms into uniform.
"Uh, huh," Washu says as she continues to look on at the door that Ryoko walked out of.
(Where are you, I know you are around here some where, I can sense you)
Ryoko's eyes shift back and forth as she flies through the air.
Ryoko looks down "There you are" and lands behind Aeris who is trying to get Ken-Ohki to transform onto a space ship but refuses to leave.
"Eh hem."
"Ryoko!"
Aeris looks down at Ken-Ohkie who has transformed back to normal and looks back up at Ryoko.
"Trying to escape are we?"
"No, why do you say that?" she says with a nervous smile on her face.
"Because you have my gem."
"Gems, I have two of them, and from the look of you, you have none".
"Hahaha, you have no idea the power I have."
Aeris gets a sudden boost of confidence see that Ryoko has
no gems on her wrists.
Don't mind if I do!!!!!" And throws a ball of energy at Ryoko, at which time
Ryoko catches it in her hands and crushes it.
"Is that all?"
Aeris looks on in shock, "that's just the beginning", and throws another energy pulse. But the pulse goes past Ryoko and into the trees behind her sending a fireball into the sky.
What was that? Tenchi asks as he sees the fireball erupt into the sky.
"It looks like it came from over there."
Tenchi lets go of Ayeka and runs in the direction the fireball came from.
"How are you moving so fast?"
"That's my little secret". She says as she activates her energy sword.
"I guess so". Aeris says as she too activates her energy sword.
The two of them race towards each other, Aeris furious and full of adrenalin, Ryoko calm and concise.
"You are no match for me" she says as the swords make contact.
"How, how are you so powerful? Where did all this energy come from!"
"You really want to know."
"Grrr, I wouldn't mind"
"The gems are in me." Aeris blinks and backs off of Ryoko. "My body has assimilated them and now I am more powerful then ever.
"Don't you mean it, remember I have two of you gems."
"No, she says, you have one of my gems, they other is a fake".
She looks down on the two gems. "I knew it, I can almost feel the difference." Aeris gets a worried look on her face as Tenchi and Ayeka come into view
"Ryoko!" Tenchi says out of breath. "What's going on, I saw an explosion?"
"Stay out of this" she says staring at Aeris, watching her very move.
"What's, going on here? Aeris are you ok?"
"Oh Tenchi, help, she's trying to kill me" she says in a worried voice.
Sasami and Mihoshi come running to investigate the fireball that erupted earlier.
"What! Ryoko you're not trying to hurt her are you?" Asked Tenchi.
"I said stay out of this!" She lifts her arm and sends back an energy spike that through both Tenchi and Ayeka backwards onto the ground. Ayeka, upset from the attack got back up immediately.
"Azaka, Kamadocki! Imprison her! Azaka? Kamadocki? Where are they?" she asks with a puzzled look on her face.
"I didn't get a chance to tell you Ayeka, but I gave them the day off."
"You did what Sasami?"
What do two logs do on their day off?
The scene cuts to the Onsen where we see Kamadocki wearing a pair of sunglasses and on his back enjoying the sun with a little bit of sun screen where his nose would be and Azaka in the water with a hot cloth over the eye glass.
"Give me that gem or I will kill you." Demanded Ryoko.
Aeris starts walking backwards in fear of her power. She tried to take off and vanish, but Ryoko shocks her forcing her back to the ground, where she continues to be electrocuted. Tenchi stands up recovering from the blast.
"RYOKO! Stop this! This isn't you". Yelled Tenchi.
"You don't even know who I am anymore; I'm not the same Ryoko that you used to know; now I am one with the gems."
"What?"
"Stop! Please stop, ok give up just please stop AHHHHHHHH" Aeris screams in pain."
Ryoko stops and Aeris slowly gets up.
"Now the gem".
Tenchi looks at Ryoko for the first time in fear. As Aeris closes her eyes to prays the gem over to Ryoko when she lifted her arm and sent a pulse of energy at Aeris striking her in the arm with the fake gems causing it to explode. Immediately after recovering from the shock Aeris regenerates her hand and looks back at Ryoko who is still looking at her with calm cold eyes.
"The real one pleases."
Aeris looks on in shock, she knew that she was only going to pray over the fake gem and Ryoko must have read her mind and acted accordingly. Ashamed at her defeat she lowers her head and prays over the last remaining gem.
"Finally I am complete!"
"Ryoko, what's going on?" asked Tenchi.
"Ill tell you what's going on, Ryoko is turning into a monster!" screamed Ayeka.
"Princes" she says with a smug look on her face, "you have no idea."
The last gem in Ryoko's wrist starts to glow bright and starts burning into her skin. The pain was excruciating 10 times worse then the other two time, and all Tenchi and Ayeka could do is look on in fear of her last words.
Washu appears next to Tenchi and Ayeka looking on in terror.
"Washu what's going on with Ryoko!" Tenchi said in panic.
"She is ascending Tenchi."
Ryoko's body begins to fade in and out, and other ghostly shapes of her start to appear, it was like looking into a kaleidoscope.
"Ascending what dose that mean?"
"It's too complicated to explain now. Just watch and remember, Ryoko we know is no more.
"NO MORE! IS SHE DEAD WASHU? TELL ME!"
"No Tenchi, much worse".
The hundreds of Ryoko's begin to converge on each other into one, then thousands then millions they few into a single body until it finally stopped. Ryoko stood up, her body had changed, she looked older, calmer, uncaring. Veils of light shot from her neck to form a cape behind her. She stood there sigh lent unmoving. Just to be in her presence was awesome. The power she emitted could be felt in every pour of your body making your skin tingle.
"It is done." She says, as her voice seemed to echo through the ages.
End Part 5