I wrote this after reading a truly awful Tenchi Muyo fanfic. I won't name names. But I also had a dream similar to one really important scene. It originally wasn't with the Tenchi gang, but they fit so perfectly, I had to match their faces and voices to the bodies of my dream. That explains why they're slightly OOC. This happens five years after Manatsu no Eve, or Daughter of Darkness. I didn't include grandfather and dad. Don't ask me why, I just didn't. Strange huh?
Ummm.... I made up some characters for this story, and they are mine, but not the characters that everyone knows about- (see disclaimer below) Tenchi, Ryoko, Sasami, ect.. ect.. ect... Now, why did I decide to call this story "Even the Cabbit's a Girl"? While writing this story in my blue notebook, I had the TV on. And there was a commercial for something or other. (I am pretty sure it was Tide detergent) And the narrator, sounds like a teen girl, says something like "Poor dad. Us girls have him outnumbered . Even the cat's a girl." I couldn't help but throw that into my story. So: "Poor Tenchi. Those girls have him outnumbered. Even the cabbit's a girl." So there you have it, even if the title has almost nothing to do with the story.
Disclaimer: I don't own "Tenchi Muyo" or any of those characters. I do own the characters I made up, so please do not use them without my permission. Well, enough of my rambling; ON WITH THE SHOW!!!
Shiri
Aeka and Tenchi had officially been a couple for 2 years. And baby Shiri was the proof; She was now 15 months old. By some bizarre twist, Ryoko was OK with all of that. She had 5-year old Mayuka to keep her company. With Aeka and Tenchi goo-goo over Shiri, Washu always in her lab, Kione and Mihoshi at work, and Sasami at school, Ryoko somehow was left with the task of raising Mayuka. But Ryoko didn't mind- now that Tenchi was with Aeka, Mayuka was the closest thing to her own daughter.
Ryoko had just come inside from a walk with Mayuka and Ryo-ohki. "Mmmmm! Sami's cooking!" Mayuka exclaimed.
"Meoooow!" Ryo-ohki added. They both took off running for the kitchen. Now what was there for Ryoko to do? Boredom set in quickly for her. She had long given up on seducing Tenchi. That went out when he chose Aeka. Hmmm.... Aeka.... Naw, right now, she was in too good of a mood to pick on someone. OK then... NAP TIME! and she went to sleep on the roof.
"Stand back, Mayuka." Sasami instructed. Mayuka did as she was told. She went to sit down on Sasami's old footstool. Ryo-ohki jumped into her lap. Sasami didn't need the stool to stand on while cooking anymore because she had grown. Not very much, but just the amount to be able to cook without that stool.
"Sami," Mayuka said. That's what she called her because she couldn't quite pronounce her full name. "Sami, will you play with me?"
"Sorry, Mayuka. I'm cooking now, but I will after dinner." ((a.n.: is it just me, or does it seem like Sasami is always cooking in a fanfic?))
Mayuka made the cutest little disappointed face, which disappeared when Tenchi came into the kitchen. "Daddy!" she squealed in delight and wrapped her arms around his legs.
"Hi Mayuka." he bent down to pick her up. "Are you being a good little girl?"
"Yes! Sami says she'll play with me after diner!"
"You mean dinner."
"That's what I said, daddy. Diner!"
That scene went on for a while, but that's not important. Here's an important part: In the light of the setting sun, Ryoko woke from her nap. "Well, Sasami must have dinner ready by now." she decided to slide off the slanted roof so she could have a fun ride. She was about to go inside when something- or rather, someone across the yard caught her attention. "Hey, you!" she called.
"Huh?" the person turned around.
Ryoko disappeared from her current spot and then reappeared next to the strange person, who she then realized was a girl. The fact that she had some to the house and not the shrine was the first strange thing about the girl. The second was that she hadn't freaked out when Ryoko did her little disappearing act. And the third, the strangest combination of energy radiating from her. "What are you doing here?" she asked.
The girl pushed her glasses back in place. "Take me to see Tenchi," she demanded.
"What do you want with Tenchi?" Ryoko asked, balls of energy forming in her hands.
"Just take me to see him," she said without the slightest bit of fear or nervousness in her voice.
Ryoko's eyes narrowed as she looked at the girl. Glasses obviously too big- because they kept slipping down her nose- sat around brown eyes. She had dark purple hair, almost black, which was pulled back into a messy braid with a bow. "Why do you want to see Tenchi?" Ryoko demanded again, this time with more venom in her voice.
"Just take me to see him, or I'll get him myself!" she growled at Ryoko with the same tone.
"Right," she agreed. 'If the girl's intentions are peaceful, I don't want them to change by making her angry.'
"Sasami, this food is delicious," Aeka complimented.
"It's always yummy!" Mayuka cried, accidentally splattering noodles randomly about the room.
They heard the front door open. "Ryoko must be back," Sasami said. Then, she walked in as everyone expected, but it was not just her.
"Ryoko, who is this?" Aeka asked.
"She insisted on seeing Tenchi."
The girl glanced around the room for a bit. Then, upon seeing Tenchi, she smiled and her brown eyes lit up, and she yelled, "Daddy!"
"What the-?" "Not again!" and "I don't believe this!" were the comments heard as the strange girl ran and wrapped her arms around Tenchi.
"Hey! Get off!!" he yelled, leaping to his feet.
"He's my daddy, not yours!" Mayuka yelled.
"Um, Ryoko, I think you should take Mayuka up for a nap, now." Aeka made a suggestion, but it was more of a command.
"No." she said to the princess. "Now who are you?" she demanded.
"I am Tenchi's daughter," the girl said proudly.
"Now wait a second." Tenchi was feeling extremely confused. "I only have two daughters, Mayuka and Shiri." He added in his thoughts 'Which is more than enough'.
"Right," she nodded. "I'm Shiri."
"WHAT?!" Everyone was shocked, but no one more than Aeka and Tenchi. This was their little Shiri?? They somehow expected her to be a little less sloppy, (you know, not so careless with her hairstyle and clothes) But she did look like the baby. She had the same brown eyes, and the hair color (what chibi-Shiri had) was the same.
"But- but, Shiri is my little baby! And she- she--" Aeka was close to hyperventilation. "Washu! Is this another one of your experiments?" she yelled, not even realizing that Washu wasn't there.
But her reply came anyway, "Nope, not one of mine." She has just walked into the room.
"Actually," the supposed-Shiri said, "You are responsible. You sent me back in time to be here."
"You mean-"
"Yes. I'm from the future." everyone was silent. Then as if on cue, baby Shiri began to wail from her crib upstairs. Aeka left to tend to her
"But- why are you here?" Sasami asked.
"That I cannot say. It would interrupt the space/time continuum ((a.n.: I had no clue that you spelled it with two U's. But my dictionary says so. You learn something new every day.)) WAY too much. That's what Washu said. Or will say- or... aw I'm confused."
"If you are from the future, how are you able to contact us? When we went to the past, I wasn't supposed to have contact with my parents," Tenchi asked.
"I don't know. Do I look like a science whiz? I think NOT! Washu must have fixed something."
"How far in the future did you come from?" Sasami asked.
"12 years,"
Just then, Aeka came in with Chibi-Shiri in her arms. "So, wh-what's the future like?" she asked hesitantly.
"What is this?! Twenty questions?" Mirai-Shiri rudely asked.
Ryoko laughed a little. "I suppose you'll be staying with us?" she sighed.
"Ooooh! It's gonna be so much fun! isn't it, Mayuka?" she asked her older sister.
Adam
Kione was thrilled. Not even Mihoshi's dumb antics could bring her down now. But she couldn't tell anyone why she was so happy. (shhhh. it's a secret, but you'll find out soon enough.) They landed on Earth and headed to Tenchi's house rather than their little apartment.
When the two GP walked through the door, they were shocked to see yet another person in the house. And an even bigger shock, she knew their names! "Kione! Mihoshi!" she yelled. "You look so different!"
"Uh--" was all Kione could say.
"Hello! You look so different too!" Mihoshi, the brain-less wonder replied. ((a.n.: sometimes I wonder if Mihoshi and Washu were to trade places with Pinky and the Brain, anyone would know the difference.))
"This is Shiri-" Aeka said.
"But Shiri is only--"
"Mirai-Shiri," Ryoko added.
"What? You mean she's from the future? Well, I don't believe it."
"Hmm.... How do I prove to Kione... " she pushed her glasses up. "A-ha! Let's see it's currently April.... So it would have been two months now." Kione's heart began to speed up. "The test you took."
Kione's face lost color. "Y-yes?" "It was wrong."
If it was possible, she turned an even odder color. "Kione? Kione!?" Mihoshi shook her.
"Oh yes!" Shiri danced around on her toes. "My good friend Adam is on his way! About seven more months!"
Aeka gasped "You mean, Kione is-"
"She's gonna have a baaaay-beeeee!" Shiri looked even more pleased with herself, and she began dancing so lightly on her toes, Ryoko could have sworn her feet weren't even coming in contact with the floor.
"But the pregnancy test was negative! Well, she knew that other stuff. This must be true. There goes my happiness," Kione sighed
"Yay, Kione!" Mihoshi yelled. She gave her a hug. Everyone else was happy about this, so Kione's spirits about it were also raised.
Later that evening, Washu approached Mirai-Shiri, "Do you mind if I perform some tests on you?"
"Not at all, let's go." and the two headed to the lab.
Tenchi and Aeka were standing outside, watching their daughter play with Sasami, Mayuka and Ryo-ohki. "Tenchi, why do you think Shiri came here?"
"I really don't know, Aeka."
"When we went to the past, it was to save your mother. You don't think maybe any of us is in danger?"
"Aeka," he said wrapping his arms around her, "Don't worry. Nothing will happen, I promise."
Ryoko was watching Tenchi and Aeka from her spot on the roof. And she couldn't help but feel jealous. It didn't matter who Tenchi loved how he felt about her, but Ryoko would always feel the same about him. Just now, she kept her feelings suppressed. She wanted him to be happy, even if it meant Aeka instead of her. "Oh well," she sighed and floated down to play with Mayuka.
Later that night, everyone was outside, except Chibi-Shiri who was asleep in bed. Washu and Mirai-Shiri came out of the lab and Washu had some results. "After comparing the two strands of DNA from Chibi and Mirai Shiri, I've found them to be exactly the same." Shiri went to play with the other kids.
"Then what took you so long? It seems like something simple for you to do." Ryoko said sarcatically.
"I had that done within an hour! Shiri was just filling me in on all the technology that I have in the future."
"Maybe that's why you sent her back here. To tell the you of the past the technology of the future." Ryoko suggested.
"You're right! A genius like me would do that!" she laughed in her little hysterical laugh.
Mihoshi was asking Kione every five seconds, "Are you alright? Do you need anything?"
"I'm fine, Mihoshi." she would keep replying. Until she got so fed up, she sent Mihoshi to get her a drink so she would be left alone.
Mayuka had fallen asleep on the ground while playing with the others. Ryoko scooped the girl up in her arms and carried her into the house. She had just tucked Mayuka in, and walked into the hallway. Mirai-Shiri was there.
"What do you want?" Ryoko asked her.
"Ryoko, why do you let Tenchi go like that?"
"What are you talking about?"
"I mean, you just let him go with Aeka. You don't even attempt to interfere the way you used to."
"What is your problem, Shiri? And why the hell are you trying to break up your parents?"
She pushed her glasses up on her nose. "Ryoko, I've come back in time to tell you something. And you are the only one that must know this."
"Why me?"
"Just listen. Washu and I came to some add agreement. Washu wants a grandchild, and I want a little sibling close to my age."
"Wha--?"
"I could just ask Aeka and Tenchi of my time, but the child would be too young, not my age, y'know? I could ask the present Aeka and Tenchi, but then Washu's request wouldn't be granted. Sure she could 'create' a kid, but then she's still a mother. I don't understand her sometimes, but she wants to be a grandmother. So please Ryoko. Please." she begged.
Ryoko's eyes watched the 13-year old from the future. "I am not the one to talk to. Tenchi has his Aeka, there's no way he'd- you know."
"Don't worry. I'll take care of him. You just have to accept Tenchi if he comes to you. Will you?"
"Well, of course!" she exclaimed quickly.
"Good." she smiled and pushed her glasses up before walking away then into her newly-formed (by Washu, of course!) room.
The opportunity for this didn't happen for a month. Shiri didn't mind waiting though, she was having fun in the past. Having Mayuka as a cute younger sister was a nice change from practically having a Ryoko Jr. for an older sister. She wondered when Mayuka started acting like Ryoko. Probably when she started training her. It was so strange, seeing everyone younger. In the future everyone looked older, even Sasami, Aeka, Ryoko and Washu. But it was also strange, how she could miss them, even though they were right there. Is it possible to be homesick when you are home?
The opportunity finally came when Aeka and Sasami were called back to Jurai. 'Why didn't I think of faking something like that earlier?!' Shiri thought. ((a.n.: Which Shiri thought thart? Now, use your head. Now do you really think that a baby is thinking that?)) Kione and Mihoshi, since they were already in the region, were assigned to escort the princesses back. They were all standing outside during the long goodbye.
"Are you going to bring Chibi-Shiri with you?" Shiri asked.
"No." Aeka said, tears forming in her eyes. "I don't want to have her take this long journey at such a young age."
"Don't worry, Aeka darling." Tenchi embraced Aeka and held her close. Mayuka and Shiri giggled as Ryoko made a motion like she was hanging herself.. "We'll take care of her."
"But why won't you come with us?"
"Somebody has to stay here." Then he added softly, "Otherwise, Ryoko might burn the house down."
"HEY! I heard that!" she yelled.
The goodbye lasted a long time, and by the time the princesses had left, the sun had set. 'Not tonight,' Shiri thought. 'Tenchi is thinking of Aeka too much tonight. But tomorrow should be ok.'
The next night, after everyone was asleep, Shiri snuck into Tenchi's room. She knelt down beside him. She began to whisper things in his ear to manipulate him into doing her a favor. She was whispering things a thirteen year old shouldn't know. She stood back and then left the room when Tenchi began to move around and wander haphazardly out into the hallway. Shiri knew he was in a trance. He then wandered into Ryoko's room. Shiri smiled walked down the stairs. She sat on the couch and began reading a magazine, knowing that, soon, Majandra would be conceived.
well? what do you think? This is my first Tenchi fic that I've published. please review, i want to know wht people think about my writing! I'll try to get more written soon.thanks for reading!