Author: Tenko
Title: Ryoko's
Truth
Chapter 5: Mother
Muyo!
Disclaimer: I don't
own Tenchi Muyo, Universe, or In Tokyo or anything else for that matter. If you
sue me, all you'll get is a cardboard cutout of Christine (gee, I use Christine
for lots of stories, don't I?) from Confusion Reigns thrown at you!
Author Notes:.
Anyhoo, I dunno where this chapter is going. You see, thanks to my friend Tongari_Gurl making me post her story
*which got messed up somehow, sorry* I lost my entire train of thought of where
Chap 5 was going! Yes, Mother Muyo is the title of chap 2 in Hope's Angel! For
those of you who don't know it basically translates to No Need for Mother (duh,
like No Need for Tenchi) and this is pry going to focus on Washu! Oh, I remember! I was going to have Tenchi
find Ryoko...but wait, he's stuck in bed for the rest of week and this may be a
valuable week, so I can't skip it! ARGH, I'm driving myself into the dirt, eh? Maybe I should *think* of my entire plot
before I write! haha I think should focus on some mommy/daughter moments
(possibly without the daughter). Ack, I can't have Ryoko getting herself
kidnapped or killed...Awww I'll figure something out! ^_~ AHHHH, ok, Tenko is
now rambling. I'll just...start typing
and see where I get! Ok? OK! Oh yeah, Washu's POV in this chapter!
Ages: Argh, I HAD
to make Ryoko 17 didn't I? That means she
hasn't even known Tenchi for a year...that won't due, she's not 19! I'll fix
later! Tenchi: 19, Ryoko: 19, Ayeka: 22, Sasami: 10, Mihoshi: 22, Washu: well
12, but you know...Kiyone: 25
Oh yeah, I dedicate
this chapter to Silver the wonderful author of The Bet and The Gamble because
she keeps reminding me of ideas I've forgotten and making me blossom with new ones
(plus this chap reminds me of her story and I dunno why; no stolen ideas!!! All
have come from the depths of my messed up lil head).
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"Yes, he'll be fine, but
he's not going to be well enough to do anything for quite a few days," I said
to Ayeka. So, Ryoko had found Tenchi
unconscious outside by the cave? Hmmm. Why was Tenchi out by the cave and why
was Ryoko out there, too. It can't be
Ryoko's normal seduction play on Tenchi this time. Our link says otherwise.
Ryoko had been hiding her emotions
from the link for so long that I was surprised when a wave of sadness that was
not my own swept through me. Ryoko had
used the link then, probably unknowingly.
"Hey, where'd Ryoko go?"
Kiyone asked.
"I dunno, to bed?" Mihoshi
pondered.
'Mihoshi, where were you when they
were handing out brains?" I asked the ditzy GP officer, slightly
annoyed. Sasami & Ryo-Ohki stayed
behind while the rest of us searched for my Little Ryoko. Nothing. That's what
we returned with. No Ryoko anywhere. Tenchi caught wind of this and asked me if I could use one of my
machines to locate Ryoko. I may have
been able to, but I told him no nonetheless. Why would I do such a thing? It's simple; Ryoko wanted to be left alone. That's why she ran off. At least I hope.
Through the link I felt some of her
sadness come from what I've done or more importantly; what I haven't done. Ryoko thinks she's nothing more than an
experiment to me. Then again, I haven't
done anything to make her think otherwise. I-I've always humiliated her or belittled her. When she brought Tenchi in, I rudely pushed her aside. No one
even noticed her as she walked out the door. Yes, it's true, walked. I have the house monitored at all times
incase something happens that I need to see (namely anyone stealing my saved
fish). I walked towards my lab with the
excuse that I had an important experiment to get to.
I reviewed the tape again. And
again. She just pushed away from the wall and walked right out of the house
without anyone noticing. I couldn't
believe it. I should really put some
cameras outside...
I sighed again and leaned back on my
pillow. She doesn't remember anything
before Kagato. By the way I'm acting, I
don't either. Does Ryoko really want a
mom? If I could open the link, then I
would know. Well, of course I could, I
am after all the greatest scientific genius in the entire Universe! I never
knew my parents so I wonder; does Ryoko feel like I did when I realized I had
no one? There are too many questions
without any answers and it's driving me crazy!
To get my mind off of my wandering
daughter, I tried to get some of my studies done. After about 15 minutes of sitting and doing nothing at all, I
walked towards the library. I took a
few steps and a door opened out of no where taking me to the library through
Sudo Space.
"The Island of Baka," I
laughed at the video's title. It was a
tape from the planet Koska where "baka" meant beauty. "Topless Lumen; no. Topmirt the Magician;
good movie, but no. No, no, no,
no..."
I scrolled through my video section
trying to find--"A-hah! There they are!"
I took five tapes entitled "TV's
Worst: Volumes I-V" down from a large black shelf and dropped them. As soon as they fell 5 inches, the five
tapes floated in a neat line behind me. The door again appeared in front of me and I walked back to the front of
the lab. I looked out at my usual
Juraian landscape listening to the birds singing and realized that anyone could
walk in on me here. I sat down sure
that my pillow would be there and thought of a place to go. I need my own Onsen
in this place. I swung my feet back and
forth through the air enjoying my child body. If I'm going to watch these tapes, it only feels right being an
adult. The only difference I feel when
I'm in my adult body is being taller, everything else was pretty much the
same...except a larger chest...but that's only natural. I hopped down from my pillow and walked
through yet another door and came out in what I like to call, "my locked
room". I know, how very special. The room was fairly small considering I only
used it as a-a baby's room. It was the
only room from my old life that I could save from Kagato. The room was my child's, my little boys (I
mean come on, did Washu's baby look like a girl to you?), and then was Ryoko's
and Ryo-Ohki when they were just "newborns".
I smiled and mused at the toys and
the broken toys (left by none other than my lovely daughter) around the
room. I haven't been in here
since...well since Ryoko was taken. She
was only 9 Earth years old (was she really 15 when she was taken? I mean I
SWEAR that I've heard that somewhere else besides The Bet & The
Gamble). Ryo-Ohki, or this Ryo-Ohki's
mother, was taken as well. Kagato wiped
all of her memories when he controlled her (yeah I know, this plot is like used
everywhere, but it is true) so she doesn't remember much of anything from
before. Well, she does remember meeting
Ayeka. I picked up Ryoko's favorite
plush toy: A rainbow colored Ryo-Ohki doll. I laughed as I remembered how much she loved to carry around that doll
ever since she was just an infant. She
had dragged it through every unimaginable substance there was but I had always
cleaned it up back to perfect. I really am a genius. She and Ryo-Ohki were inseparable when they were little.
There are so many memories in this
room alone and it's time I face up to them. I should at least explain Ryoko's past to her even if she doesn't want
me to be h-her mom...I guess I owe her. My little children were so much a like (since I don't know Washu's
baby's name...Ima call him "Bob" since I don't want to get into any
trouble with AIC or Pioneer...I mean BOB?!) when they were infants. Bob, my little darling with curly blonde
locks and chubby little cheeks was so playful...he was beautiful. He loved his Juraian printed blanket like
Ryoko loved her rainbow Ryo-Ohki doll. My heart lurches every time I think of what he might have become, if he
turned out to look like his father as much as he looked like me. Did he look more like his father or more
like me or neither of us really. Was he
a good Juraian noble or did he become a brat without his mother being there to
guide him? There are so many questions
that even with my superior knowledge I can't answer. And it kills me.
I also missed my husband (let's call
him JohnyBoy for the same reasons as 'Bob'), JohnyBoy, terribly. I didn't ever want to deal with such foolish
things as lineage and social status and all of the other horrible things adults
went through. That's why I chose to
stay in this body...a child forever. I
know it's odd, me being over 20,000 years old and having the body of a 12 year
old, but everyone needs a way to deal with their problems right? I just decided to avoid that problem all
together...like I'm avoiding Ryoko. It's not so much that Ryoko is a problem, but just explaining it all to
her and remembering everything is what's the problem. Emotions will be the death of me and the lack of them would
ensure my early grave (yeah that's pretty funny, Washu, considering you're
immortal). I sighed for what seemed
like the hundredth time that night.
I sat down in a brown rocking chair
that was beautifully crafted with flowers and birds decorated in the legs. It was the same chair that I would rock baby
Bob and Ryoko asleep in. A single tear
slide down my cheek. I motioned for the
first tape of the "TV's Worst: Volumes I-V" to be put in my old Earth
style VCR not even bothering to brush the tear away. As the movie flickered to life the lights went low in the room
for better viewing and a small incubator came into view with the silhouette of
a baby not fully formed yet. I don't
know what I was thinking when I named this TV's Worst...it's the best movie
I've ever seen (A/N: she didn't want anyone finding these tapes, so she gave
them a dull name).
*********Movie
Sequence
Another incubator came into view a tiny bit smaller with the silhouette
of something that looked like a cat/bunny mix.
"A-hah! It's going to be born
very soon!" Washu said excitedly. In her voice was the excitement of a person whose cat/dog/horse was
about to give birth and an excitement that could only come from a mother. Washu could hear the soft breathing of the
animal in yellow tinted incubator. Suddenly the creature began to stir and a soft "meow" came
through the plastic. Then Washu smiled
as the top lifted up with the sound of decompressing air and lifted back
letting the newborn creature exposed to the light. As the lid fully contracted the little creature meowed and
scurried around falling over whenever it tried to stand.
"Ahhhh, Ryo-Ohki, my little
Cabbit is born! Hahahahahahaha, I really am a genius!" Washu laughed in an
almost evil way.
"Washu you are the
greatest!" A little Washu doll popped up on her shoulder with an A on its
belt and was soon followed by another one with the letter B on it's belt.
"The greatest in the
Universe!" The Robo-Washu B said as Washu continued to laugh. All the while the little Cabbit sat watching
her with great curiosity.
"Miya?"
"You are Ryo-Ohki, the fastest and most well-built ship around and
probably the cutest thing in the entire Universe! Besides me that is!"
Little Washu said smiling and Ryo-Ohki gave her a happy, "Mrrreeeoooww!"
Washu walked to a larger wooden basket that was filled with carrots. Ryo-Ohki was designed to be able for quick
travel after birth so she was able to hop down off of Washu's shoulder and
snatch the carrot from her hand. She
hopped to the end of the long silvery countertop and jumped down. She looked back at Washu as if expecting
something from her and then she bounded off to another part of the laboratory.
"Hey, come back here, Ryo-Ohki!" Washu called after her newborn
Cabbit and ran after her.
The screen went snowy for a moment and was back in the same lab but with
only one incubator left. Washu sat on
her cushion with Ryo-Ohki on her shoulder awaiting the "birth" of
Ryoko, her greatest project...and child (she was trying to forget about
Bob...her way of dealing with problems). Ryoko was going to be the perfect being. She would be powerful beyond belief, able to heal herself, an
emotional barrier, smart, and beautiful. Washu was going to raise her as her daughter since that is what she
was. Washu had made Ryoko because she
wanted a child of her own since she couldn't have her beautiful baby boy back and
she was afraid to fall in love again. So she would create her child another
way. The being call Mass. Her egg cells. Enough said. Washu hadn't made Ryoko out of guilt, but in a sense of love and
she wanted Ryoko to know that for the rest of her days.
The incubator followed the same patterns as Ryo-Ohki's except instead of
a meowing little Cabbit, there was a sleeping baby girl. The little girl yawned and stuck her thumb
in her mouth and turned over. Washu's
heart leapt at her new little girl. She
was overjoyed with a mothers love of her newborn child and rushed to bring the
soft blue and pink clothes over along with a diaper.
"Hey there," Washu said softly and the baby opened her eyes
beautiful amber eyes for the first time in her short life. The first thing she did was giggle when saw
Washu. Washu smiled warmly down at the
little girl as she dressed her. The
little girl looked around aimlessly and focused on one spot. She looked absolutely in awe at what she was
staring at. Washu paused from changing
her to follower her gaze and she landed on...her shoulder! Ryo-Ohki hopped down from Washu's shoulder
and looked at the little girl. "Miya!"
Washu giggled at her girl's baby talk and finished changing her. Washu helped the little girl sit up and she
blinked a couple times now seeing the lighting from a different view. Her little girl was born with the brain
capacity of a 6 month old child, which was what Washu had planned for. Ryo-Ohki moved in closer to the little girl
to investigate and sniff. She returned
Ryo-Ohki's sniff by pulling on her ears and giggling away. Ryo-Ohki freaked out
and pulled away putting as much distance between the girl and herself as
possible! The girl's eyes started to
water and she started bawling (like a baby, hehe). Therefore Washu rushed to
pick her up and hush her. The little
girl calmed down as Washu stroke her cyan locks.
Just then Ryo-Ohki came back baring a carrot to make-up. Washu laughed but the girl took the carrot
anyone trying to figure out what to do with it. Soon Washu took it from her and handed her a bottle of her
patented crab milk (like the kind she fed baby Taro, err, can't remember his
name) which she fiddle with and almost spill over. Washu again laughed and fed her the milk. After eating, burping,
and playing with Ryo-Ohki, Washu set her little girl down for a nap. That's when she remembered her gems. The little red gems fell from a black hole
that appeared out of nowhere and floated in Washu's palm. She got a weird sense
of De-ja-voo (oh lordy, I can't even spell that right...then again it is 3:05
AM) but shook it off (wow isn't it weird that a camera caught all of this?). While the little girl slept Washu summoned
the gems to her and one went to each of her wrists and one on her neck. Now, she was complete.
Washu sat down in the rocking chair and dozed off with Ryo-Ohki in her
lap. Later, jostling sounds awoke Washu
(she was a light sleeper) and she immediately was at her little girl's crib!
What she saw almost made her scream...
Her little girl had not only phased right out of her clothes but she was
calling a spirit from her crib!!! Washu snapped her fingers and the spirit that
was awakening faded back into the crib and Ryoko was back in her clothes. Washu laughed, "I've finally found a
name for my little girl; Ryoko. Goodnight Little Ryoko."
**********End Tape
I sequence
By the time that the first tape was
done; tears were cascading down my cheeks. If Sasami hadn't been calling that it was time for breakfast, I would
have watched the other four tapes. I
dried my tears and reverted back to my child form. Then my normal door appeared in front of me and I walked into the
main part of my lab right out into the house. I yawned and was extremely surprised to see that it was already
morning. Well, it was about 3 AM when I
went into my lab...how many times I had I replayed that video? 5? 10 times?
"Oh there you are Washu! I was
worried you'd miss breakfast! Come on!" Sasami called to her.
"Coming Sasami."
"Good Morning, Miss Washu,"
Lady Ayeka said. I mumbled something
that was supposed to sound like 'morning' and took my usual spot at the table. Ayeka looked shocked when I didn't say
anything about calling me Little Washu, but she decided against looking into it
further. I looked around the table that was filled with delicious foods. Only two spots were vacant; Tenchi's, but he
was sick in bed and Ryoko's...and no one knew where she was. I sighed inwardly and ate my breakfast not
being able to shake the image of my Little Ryoko out of my mind.
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There, sooooo sorry
for not finding Ryoko...again! I hope you liked it and it would have been
longer 'cept it's 3:19 AM and I want this thing posted! R & R (please :) if
you'd like, 'night all!