In The Field:
"I thought I heard a voice off in the distance."
"It was probably just the wind." Ayeka feels a shiver run through her body, but it wasn't the weather. It was cause she was showing her jealous side to Tenchi again when they were getting so close. She looks back at him; the curve of his chin, the sweat glistening off his face once more as the sun sets over the mountains. The cherry blossoms fleeing something unknown.
Tenchi hands the basket of carrots to Ayeka, "Take these inside.... I need to investigate this more.." His face quivered with semi-fear as he stepped further towards the woods again.
Ayeka just stood there watching him and sighed, "I hope, I just hope Sakuya knows what she's up against and just went home. Back on that train. Return to her own world." She steps off hesitantly knowing Tenchi will have the power to fight the unknown whatever it is.
The Woods:
Sakuya lay in a heap, nonspeaking now. A blossom grazed her cheek as if a meaning for an end like laying the rose on the coffin. She seemed to be gone. As gone as the ashes from a fire, as picked flowers stuck in small princesses' hair.
Tenchi stepped on a twig and it made a *craaaacking* noise. "Eep!" he cringes and keeps his balance with the tree trunk nearby. He sees the shadow of the corpse lying a few steps away. He feels a slight sense of remorse and kneels down.
"Sakuya?" he barely gets the words out, his lips are too dry and the sun is beating too hard though it's about to disappear. No answer. "Sakuya?" She lays very still, her open palm revealing the string from his shirt.
He grasps it and screams up to the heavens, "SAKUYA!!!!" and tears stream in the corners of his eyes, and fly to the grass below barely having time to hit before disappearing and becoming one with the muddy ground. He collapses next to her and asks, "Won't anyone help me?? Washu! Ryokooo! Grandfather! DAAAAD!!" He whimpers with his head in his hands.
The Lab:
Ryoko turns to see Washu getting up and taking the vortex door up to the kitchen.
She looks back at the screen and suddenly interested sees Tenchi laying in a heap next to Sakuya crying?
Ryoko turns away for a second and thinks, "Why would Tenchi lie there next to her like that? This was supposed to get us all closer; to get the intruder out of our lives. She's not even real, Tenchi.... She's not even real. She was never real."
The Masaki Kitchen:
Sasami sat at the table, head in hands while Ryo-ohki mewed over and over again with tilted head. "Where is everyone? Dinner was ready hours ago."
Suddenly she hears the crackle of the vortex and sees Washu stretch and look about the room. "No one has shown up yet, huh kid?"
With a slight lisp she whispers, "No. I made this great miso soup and even got the fortune cookie ingredients from the market earlier this week." She points at the plate in the corner and the soup pan left steaming on the corner stove.
"I'll eat. Don't worry. I'm STARVING!" Washu grins and sits down tying the napkin around her neck.
"It's nice to see one excited member of this house ready to eat. I sent Ayeka out a while ago to get the carrots and she never returned, so I hope you don't mind that they're missing."
"Are you KIDDING?? I'm just glad there's actual food here! ...unlike the many times we've starved when out of money."
"Yes, true." Sasami bows her head as she ladles the broth from the pan into the small bowl. "I just hoped we could all enjoy it for once."
Yugi's Lair:
Her assistant pops in to check on her. "Master! What's the matter??"
She sees Yugi displayed out next to her telescope barely moving; writhing around on the ground just saying over and over again, "noNOnoNO... She wasn't supposed to be...she....nooooo...I..I was supposed to...r..rule...." She stops and gasps, eyes popping out, face turning very pale.
A big "O" expression forms on the assistant's face and in exasperation she pleads, "What would I do without you to guide me? We were supposed to rule this measly planet." She chuckles with blasted remorse, "We could've turned this place into what we wanted. The planet of floating rocks and fire; the trees turned to dust. All the humans ...all of them our prisoners of triumph!"
The assistant grew silent and took Yugi's body to the tomb that was built those years ago when her people wanted her banished. Sighing she said, "I guess it was for the best, eh?" and laughs. "I'm finally freeee!!" She skips off.
The Woods:
Tenchi looks up as the sun makes it's last shimmer upon the ground before descending to nothingness, "I would've said I loved you if you just gave me time."
He got up, brushing the dirt from his pants, and when he looked down again her body started to static and disappear. Tenchi looked in shock and held himself up barely, "W..what?"
He looked back again and there wasn't a trace. Not even his shirt string.
The Masaki Residence:
Ayeka took her shoes off at the door and walked briskly through the kitchen with the carrot basket. Ryo-ohki heard the paddings of her socked feet on the ground and jumped up and down in joy and nearly knocked the basket out of her hands.
Ayeka sees Washu gobbling her food like she hasn't seen it in weeks [maybe so if she had been working extra hard] and Sasami looking forlorn, untying her carrot apron. "I'm sorry, Sasami. I only meant to take a moment. Tenchi should be here soon. He heard a noise in the forest."
"What? I hope he's okay. Why didn't you go with him?"
"Tenchi can fight his own battles."
Sasami nodded, "I suppose you're right. Do you want a fortune cookie?"
The Lab:
Ryoko sits in silence for a while until she feels she can raise her body from that chair; she feels like she's been here for ages when it probably was only merely a couple of hours.
Looking at the screen one last time, she sees nothing is there. Not seeming the least bit surprised she gets up and mutters silently, "I'll make you mine someday Tenchi. The earth is grieving and the sun will soon rise again."
-The End-
sidenote: text beta read by Lindsey, my cousin, so if there are any editorial mistakes it's not my fault ^_-
"I thought I heard a voice off in the distance."
"It was probably just the wind." Ayeka feels a shiver run through her body, but it wasn't the weather. It was cause she was showing her jealous side to Tenchi again when they were getting so close. She looks back at him; the curve of his chin, the sweat glistening off his face once more as the sun sets over the mountains. The cherry blossoms fleeing something unknown.
Tenchi hands the basket of carrots to Ayeka, "Take these inside.... I need to investigate this more.." His face quivered with semi-fear as he stepped further towards the woods again.
Ayeka just stood there watching him and sighed, "I hope, I just hope Sakuya knows what she's up against and just went home. Back on that train. Return to her own world." She steps off hesitantly knowing Tenchi will have the power to fight the unknown whatever it is.
The Woods:
Sakuya lay in a heap, nonspeaking now. A blossom grazed her cheek as if a meaning for an end like laying the rose on the coffin. She seemed to be gone. As gone as the ashes from a fire, as picked flowers stuck in small princesses' hair.
Tenchi stepped on a twig and it made a *craaaacking* noise. "Eep!" he cringes and keeps his balance with the tree trunk nearby. He sees the shadow of the corpse lying a few steps away. He feels a slight sense of remorse and kneels down.
"Sakuya?" he barely gets the words out, his lips are too dry and the sun is beating too hard though it's about to disappear. No answer. "Sakuya?" She lays very still, her open palm revealing the string from his shirt.
He grasps it and screams up to the heavens, "SAKUYA!!!!" and tears stream in the corners of his eyes, and fly to the grass below barely having time to hit before disappearing and becoming one with the muddy ground. He collapses next to her and asks, "Won't anyone help me?? Washu! Ryokooo! Grandfather! DAAAAD!!" He whimpers with his head in his hands.
The Lab:
Ryoko turns to see Washu getting up and taking the vortex door up to the kitchen.
She looks back at the screen and suddenly interested sees Tenchi laying in a heap next to Sakuya crying?
Ryoko turns away for a second and thinks, "Why would Tenchi lie there next to her like that? This was supposed to get us all closer; to get the intruder out of our lives. She's not even real, Tenchi.... She's not even real. She was never real."
The Masaki Kitchen:
Sasami sat at the table, head in hands while Ryo-ohki mewed over and over again with tilted head. "Where is everyone? Dinner was ready hours ago."
Suddenly she hears the crackle of the vortex and sees Washu stretch and look about the room. "No one has shown up yet, huh kid?"
With a slight lisp she whispers, "No. I made this great miso soup and even got the fortune cookie ingredients from the market earlier this week." She points at the plate in the corner and the soup pan left steaming on the corner stove.
"I'll eat. Don't worry. I'm STARVING!" Washu grins and sits down tying the napkin around her neck.
"It's nice to see one excited member of this house ready to eat. I sent Ayeka out a while ago to get the carrots and she never returned, so I hope you don't mind that they're missing."
"Are you KIDDING?? I'm just glad there's actual food here! ...unlike the many times we've starved when out of money."
"Yes, true." Sasami bows her head as she ladles the broth from the pan into the small bowl. "I just hoped we could all enjoy it for once."
Yugi's Lair:
Her assistant pops in to check on her. "Master! What's the matter??"
She sees Yugi displayed out next to her telescope barely moving; writhing around on the ground just saying over and over again, "noNOnoNO... She wasn't supposed to be...she....nooooo...I..I was supposed to...r..rule...." She stops and gasps, eyes popping out, face turning very pale.
A big "O" expression forms on the assistant's face and in exasperation she pleads, "What would I do without you to guide me? We were supposed to rule this measly planet." She chuckles with blasted remorse, "We could've turned this place into what we wanted. The planet of floating rocks and fire; the trees turned to dust. All the humans ...all of them our prisoners of triumph!"
The assistant grew silent and took Yugi's body to the tomb that was built those years ago when her people wanted her banished. Sighing she said, "I guess it was for the best, eh?" and laughs. "I'm finally freeee!!" She skips off.
The Woods:
Tenchi looks up as the sun makes it's last shimmer upon the ground before descending to nothingness, "I would've said I loved you if you just gave me time."
He got up, brushing the dirt from his pants, and when he looked down again her body started to static and disappear. Tenchi looked in shock and held himself up barely, "W..what?"
He looked back again and there wasn't a trace. Not even his shirt string.
The Masaki Residence:
Ayeka took her shoes off at the door and walked briskly through the kitchen with the carrot basket. Ryo-ohki heard the paddings of her socked feet on the ground and jumped up and down in joy and nearly knocked the basket out of her hands.
Ayeka sees Washu gobbling her food like she hasn't seen it in weeks [maybe so if she had been working extra hard] and Sasami looking forlorn, untying her carrot apron. "I'm sorry, Sasami. I only meant to take a moment. Tenchi should be here soon. He heard a noise in the forest."
"What? I hope he's okay. Why didn't you go with him?"
"Tenchi can fight his own battles."
Sasami nodded, "I suppose you're right. Do you want a fortune cookie?"
The Lab:
Ryoko sits in silence for a while until she feels she can raise her body from that chair; she feels like she's been here for ages when it probably was only merely a couple of hours.
Looking at the screen one last time, she sees nothing is there. Not seeming the least bit surprised she gets up and mutters silently, "I'll make you mine someday Tenchi. The earth is grieving and the sun will soon rise again."
-The End-
sidenote: text beta read by Lindsey, my cousin, so if there are any editorial mistakes it's not my fault ^_-