Chapter the Third.
Hell and High-water.
Fear and cold. that was what Tenchi was feeling at this moment. Fear, because he
never knew when the foliage was going to attack him, or when that psycho-yet incredibly
beautiful-princess would try to blasterate his head off. Cold, because he was still half
naked. At least this tree-ship was climate controlled.
Tenchi was hopeful that he would find Ryoko soon. It would be nice to see a friendly
face around here. He had conveniently forgotten she was trying to pike him with her
lightsaber just before they got picked up by Ryu-Oh.
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Ayeka was very angry. Very angry indeed! The First Princess of Jurai had long
forgotten about the insult to her person. Now she was on a different kick. She had yet to
ventilate the (handsome) little weasel, and it was driving her nuts!
Princess was losing her focus. Princess was very very very trigger happy. Princess
wanted to make things go boom boom. Princess was...
"Halt, evil monster! I, Magical Girl Pretty Sammy, shall smite you in the name of
Love and Cuteness!" Ayeka smiled at her younger sister. "That's names, Sasami. Plural." Her
sister could be so CUTE sometimes! "Sasami? Who's Sasami? My name's Sammy! And I will stop
your evil plot!" Ayeka patted her little sister's head condescendingly. "Run along and play
somewhere else, Sasami. Big sister has grown-up things to do." Of course, when Ayeka took a
good look at her sister, she noticed something was off.
"Sasami, where did you get my Key?"
Ryu-oh apparently chose that moment to lurch to the side, as if struck, throwing both
princesses off their feet.
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"Kamidake, a rather angry cabbit-ship appears to be approaching the ship at high
speed."
"There is nothing we can do, Azaka. The Princess ordered us to guard this highly
Dangerous and Evil space pirate, and that is what we shall do."
"Oh. Okay."
Ryoko couldn't help but snicker at the stupidity of blocks of wood.
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"Meow" Ryo-Ohki cried as she rammed Ryu-Oh. Roughly translated: "Leggo my Ryoko!"
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Princess Ayeka was the captain of her destiny, and more importantly, of her ship.
That was why she was again wearing her control key, and Magical Girl Pretty Sammy was on
vacation. Sasami didn't mind too much. There was new excitement afoot.
"Azaka, report!" Ayeka bellowed in a dignified manner. "A cabbit-ship appears to be
headbutting Ryu-Oh, Princess." The glorified Lincoln-log informed her calmly. A flat-panel
hologram showed Ryo-Ohki ramming into the tree-ship, coinciding with each shudder running
through it. "So, Ryoko, your partner has come to rescue you." Ayeka shot a glare to her
upside-down captive.
Ryoko smiled menacingly. "Better watch out, Princess! this ship is made out of a
tree, and Ryo-Ohki's a vegetarian!" She cackled madly. "Quiet, you!" Ayeka snapped, though
she didn't waste any time to properly punish the Demon. She was too busy trying to
psionically captain her ship.
~Ryu-oh, raise light-hawk wing shields, and open fire, full battery!~
Ryoko watched from her awkward angle the viewscreen showing Ryu-oh first raising
three geometrically shaped transluscent shield, the firing several thick beams of energy at
Ryo-ohki. In a flash, Ryoko's ship disappeared.
The Princess mentally patted herself, and her ship, on the back for a job well done.
"As you can see, Ryoko, Juraian Tree-ships are more than capable of handling vagabond
pirate ships." She turned around to give her nemesis a righteous taunting. "Now... What in
the-" Imagine Her Royal Highness' surprise to not only see her guardians disabled and the
Pirate freed, but a rather adorable little gray creature roosting on Ryoko's shoulder.
"Ryo-ohki, sic 'er!"
Obeying instantly, the cabbit leapt from her perch and quite unexpectedly latched
onto Ayeka's face. Once the initial shock wore off, she wasting no time in screaming
loudly, (but in a proper, princessly manner) and running around like a chicken with it's
head cut off, (a dignified chicken, mind you) flapping her arms around ineffectively, (yet
elegantly) all the while shouting, "Get it off, get it of, get it OFF!!!"
Not her finest moment.
Ryo-ohki was, to her credit, dutifully trying to beat the stuffing out of the
horrible meany who bullied her best friend in the whole wide universe. Trying being the
operative word. It's hard to dish out righteous judgment when your limbs are three inches
long and covered in velvety softness. Still, she plugged on, punctuating each blow with a
loud "Miyaa! Miyaa!" Translated as, 'Take that! And that! And a bit o' that!'
Meanwhile, on the sidelines, Ryoko was ROFL. (That's 'rolling on the floor laughing'
for those who aren't computer geeks.)
This was the tableau Tenchi happened upon when he had gathered the courage to come
out from the underbrush. He almost ran again seeing the homicidal nymphos, as he had come
to think of them, but seeing the nice-yet-psychotic princess in distress. He ran up to
Ayeka and pried the animal from her face. Conscientiously, he set the critter down gently,
and helped the princess to steady herself.
"Are you all right, Miss Ayeka?" He asked concernedly.
"It was horrible. That- that thing tried to molest me!" You could see the cabbit
blush through her fur. Tenchi started eyeballing Ryo-ohki warily.
"Miyaa? Myamya!" 'What? You wish, dog-face!'
"Ahem! Tenchi. Darling. Why are you not wearing any pants?"
Poor, beleaguered Tenchi looked back and forth between Ayeka and Ryoko and came to
one, inescapable conclusion.
He was screwed. Again.
TBC
Author's notes:: After all this time, I finally drum out chapter three! Real life,
other stories, and what-have-you-not got in the way, but inspiration, and my uncanny
ability to wing it, struck, and I wrote half this chapter in under an hour. On another
note, at the end of the first chapter, when Tenchi gets lucky with Ayeka, there are a few
paragraphs that may seem non-sensical, but if you should listen to 'Unchained Melody' while
you read it, it should become clear what I was thinking when I wrote it. I doubt I got the
lyrics right, but I don't actually have the song. Oooh, what's that at the end? I used the
word screwed! I can swear! Well I try to keep it light-hearted. BIG NEWS! Tenchi Muyo's
creator, whose name happens to be Masaki, go fig, is now producing a new season of the OAV!
Scuttlebutt is, Tenchi will be choosing amongst the girls in this series! In related news,
there is also plans for a Galaxy Police spin-off. While it won't have any TM characters
outside of cameos, we will get to see Mihoshi's mom! I should get to this fic's ultimate
point, the denouement, if you will, in the next chapter. Two at the latest.
Hell and High-water.
Fear and cold. that was what Tenchi was feeling at this moment. Fear, because he
never knew when the foliage was going to attack him, or when that psycho-yet incredibly
beautiful-princess would try to blasterate his head off. Cold, because he was still half
naked. At least this tree-ship was climate controlled.
Tenchi was hopeful that he would find Ryoko soon. It would be nice to see a friendly
face around here. He had conveniently forgotten she was trying to pike him with her
lightsaber just before they got picked up by Ryu-Oh.
--------------------------------------------------
Ayeka was very angry. Very angry indeed! The First Princess of Jurai had long
forgotten about the insult to her person. Now she was on a different kick. She had yet to
ventilate the (handsome) little weasel, and it was driving her nuts!
Princess was losing her focus. Princess was very very very trigger happy. Princess
wanted to make things go boom boom. Princess was...
"Halt, evil monster! I, Magical Girl Pretty Sammy, shall smite you in the name of
Love and Cuteness!" Ayeka smiled at her younger sister. "That's names, Sasami. Plural." Her
sister could be so CUTE sometimes! "Sasami? Who's Sasami? My name's Sammy! And I will stop
your evil plot!" Ayeka patted her little sister's head condescendingly. "Run along and play
somewhere else, Sasami. Big sister has grown-up things to do." Of course, when Ayeka took a
good look at her sister, she noticed something was off.
"Sasami, where did you get my Key?"
Ryu-oh apparently chose that moment to lurch to the side, as if struck, throwing both
princesses off their feet.
--------------------------------------------------
"Kamidake, a rather angry cabbit-ship appears to be approaching the ship at high
speed."
"There is nothing we can do, Azaka. The Princess ordered us to guard this highly
Dangerous and Evil space pirate, and that is what we shall do."
"Oh. Okay."
Ryoko couldn't help but snicker at the stupidity of blocks of wood.
--------------------------------------------------
"Meow" Ryo-Ohki cried as she rammed Ryu-Oh. Roughly translated: "Leggo my Ryoko!"
--------------------------------------------------
Princess Ayeka was the captain of her destiny, and more importantly, of her ship.
That was why she was again wearing her control key, and Magical Girl Pretty Sammy was on
vacation. Sasami didn't mind too much. There was new excitement afoot.
"Azaka, report!" Ayeka bellowed in a dignified manner. "A cabbit-ship appears to be
headbutting Ryu-Oh, Princess." The glorified Lincoln-log informed her calmly. A flat-panel
hologram showed Ryo-Ohki ramming into the tree-ship, coinciding with each shudder running
through it. "So, Ryoko, your partner has come to rescue you." Ayeka shot a glare to her
upside-down captive.
Ryoko smiled menacingly. "Better watch out, Princess! this ship is made out of a
tree, and Ryo-Ohki's a vegetarian!" She cackled madly. "Quiet, you!" Ayeka snapped, though
she didn't waste any time to properly punish the Demon. She was too busy trying to
psionically captain her ship.
~Ryu-oh, raise light-hawk wing shields, and open fire, full battery!~
Ryoko watched from her awkward angle the viewscreen showing Ryu-oh first raising
three geometrically shaped transluscent shield, the firing several thick beams of energy at
Ryo-ohki. In a flash, Ryoko's ship disappeared.
The Princess mentally patted herself, and her ship, on the back for a job well done.
"As you can see, Ryoko, Juraian Tree-ships are more than capable of handling vagabond
pirate ships." She turned around to give her nemesis a righteous taunting. "Now... What in
the-" Imagine Her Royal Highness' surprise to not only see her guardians disabled and the
Pirate freed, but a rather adorable little gray creature roosting on Ryoko's shoulder.
"Ryo-ohki, sic 'er!"
Obeying instantly, the cabbit leapt from her perch and quite unexpectedly latched
onto Ayeka's face. Once the initial shock wore off, she wasting no time in screaming
loudly, (but in a proper, princessly manner) and running around like a chicken with it's
head cut off, (a dignified chicken, mind you) flapping her arms around ineffectively, (yet
elegantly) all the while shouting, "Get it off, get it of, get it OFF!!!"
Not her finest moment.
Ryo-ohki was, to her credit, dutifully trying to beat the stuffing out of the
horrible meany who bullied her best friend in the whole wide universe. Trying being the
operative word. It's hard to dish out righteous judgment when your limbs are three inches
long and covered in velvety softness. Still, she plugged on, punctuating each blow with a
loud "Miyaa! Miyaa!" Translated as, 'Take that! And that! And a bit o' that!'
Meanwhile, on the sidelines, Ryoko was ROFL. (That's 'rolling on the floor laughing'
for those who aren't computer geeks.)
This was the tableau Tenchi happened upon when he had gathered the courage to come
out from the underbrush. He almost ran again seeing the homicidal nymphos, as he had come
to think of them, but seeing the nice-yet-psychotic princess in distress. He ran up to
Ayeka and pried the animal from her face. Conscientiously, he set the critter down gently,
and helped the princess to steady herself.
"Are you all right, Miss Ayeka?" He asked concernedly.
"It was horrible. That- that thing tried to molest me!" You could see the cabbit
blush through her fur. Tenchi started eyeballing Ryo-ohki warily.
"Miyaa? Myamya!" 'What? You wish, dog-face!'
"Ahem! Tenchi. Darling. Why are you not wearing any pants?"
Poor, beleaguered Tenchi looked back and forth between Ayeka and Ryoko and came to
one, inescapable conclusion.
He was screwed. Again.
TBC
Author's notes:: After all this time, I finally drum out chapter three! Real life,
other stories, and what-have-you-not got in the way, but inspiration, and my uncanny
ability to wing it, struck, and I wrote half this chapter in under an hour. On another
note, at the end of the first chapter, when Tenchi gets lucky with Ayeka, there are a few
paragraphs that may seem non-sensical, but if you should listen to 'Unchained Melody' while
you read it, it should become clear what I was thinking when I wrote it. I doubt I got the
lyrics right, but I don't actually have the song. Oooh, what's that at the end? I used the
word screwed! I can swear! Well I try to keep it light-hearted. BIG NEWS! Tenchi Muyo's
creator, whose name happens to be Masaki, go fig, is now producing a new season of the OAV!
Scuttlebutt is, Tenchi will be choosing amongst the girls in this series! In related news,
there is also plans for a Galaxy Police spin-off. While it won't have any TM characters
outside of cameos, we will get to see Mihoshi's mom! I should get to this fic's ultimate
point, the denouement, if you will, in the next chapter. Two at the latest.
