HI! Wow, I didn't realize how short my first chapter was. Gomen! This one is longer. Hope you like it. Well,
I forgot to mention this in my first chapter, but PLEASE remember that this fanfic is based ONLY on the
OVA. There are no references whatsoever to TV, Tokyo, Pretty Sammy, or any of the movies! That's why
Kyone isn't in it and why there is no Nagi and so on and so forth. But please give it a chance! Please review!
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The loud slam of the sliding door startled Yosho out of his meditation. His eyes focussed on a very angry Tenchi, chewing on his last bit of toast.
He watched as his favorite grandson plopped on the floor, put his elbows on his knees, and his head in his hands.
Yosho waited for Tenchi to calm down. He knew that if he asked for an explanation, he wouldn't get one. He didn't have long to wait.
"Why do they have to behave like this? I'm always caught in the middle. I've gotten used to it mostly, but...Sometimes it's just too much. I wish
they could see that."
Tenchi sat there for several minutes wanting his grandfather to offer some advice. Finally he lifted his head....And got hit in the face with the pillow
Yosho had been sitting on.
"Ahh! What the hell was that for!"
"They are waiting for you to choose Tenchi! You are to indecisive. You are hurting them boy. They can't go on forever waiting for you to choose
between them just so they can go forward with their lives!"
Tenchi felt like hiding in the woodwork, but he had to say something...
"Ry...oko....."
Yosho paused in his lecture trying to put together the word he just heard.
"Nani? What did you say?"
I have already chosen grandfather. Ryoko. I love her. But it's more than that." Tenchi let his voice drop off. He REALLY didn't want to tell Yosho
what he had been planning, and was hoping that now he already knew. "...Well?"
Yosho studied Tenchi for a few minutes. "Well? Well what? When is the wedding?"
"Huh?" Tenchi sat there with a stupified expression on his face.
"You ARE going to tell them aren't you?" Yosho held his breath waiting for Tenchi's answer.
"But, Grandfather! What about Ayeka?!"
"What about her? You shouldn't worry about her. She will eventually get over you and fall in love with some noble at Juri. She got over me easily
enough...She can't stay here forever you know."
Now Tenchi was really confused! "But. I thought that...." Tenchi was silent, collecting his thoughts for a few minutes. "When Ryoko was captured
by Kagoto, you said you wanted Ayeka and I to be together, that we were closer in age and all that..."
Yosho was stunned. He didn't even think Tenchi remembered that!
"Yes. I thought that if you were to go to Juri one day, you would have to marry Ayeka. I really did think once that you could take my place as the
crown prince. But I had come to think that you were content here on Earth."
**Well, this is it! OUT WITH IT TENCHI! It's now or never!** Tenchi's palms were sweating, he couldn't belive he was finally going to tell his grandfather.
"Actually grandfather, I...I do want to go to Juri." He looked Yosho square in the eyes and prayed he wouldn't laugh or be angry at him.
~*~silence of the lambs~*~.......
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"The pin drops." Yosho took back his pillow and sat down on it. "This is going to be a longer discussion than I had originally thought. I'll make tea."
Tenchi was nearly shaking from being so nervous. He was grateful for this break and relaxed while the tea was being made. Yosho picked up the
teapot and poured two cups, handing one to Tenchi. They drank the first cup in silence and on the second Yosho began to talk.
"Let's lay out all the facts on the table: You are in love with Ryoko. You want to one day be king of Juri. But, if you are to be king you must marry a
pure blooded Jurian Royal. That would probably mean Ayeka, but not necessarily. Not unless you marry either Sasami, when she grows up, or a
lower classed royal in Juri. You are aware of all this, aren't you Tenchi?" Yosho had said all this while looking into Tenchi's eyes, looking for anything
that could hold relevance. Flashes of confusion, anger, indifference. He saw nothing except determination. That, and ambition. Something Yosho
never thought he would see in his quiet grandson.
Yes, Tenchi knew all this. He had, in fact, thought about little else since Kagoto's defeat. He knew he could do it.
"Have you come up with any kind of solution to this Tenchi?" Yosho knew of one possible solution, and wondered if Tenchi and thought of it yet.
"Well, I've come up with several, but I don't know how I could pull any of them off." Tenchi said this looking rather shame-faced. Again, Yosho wondered
what he had thought of.
"Just name one and we'll go from there." Yosho gentlely prodded Tenchi on.
"The one that seems most likely, and the option I hate the most, is that I marry both Ayeka and Ryoko. That's what bothers me the most about Juri.
You're father made the law that the king must have one wife of pure blood and another from a different planet. I couldn't do that Grandfather. If I even asked
Ryoko and Ayeka to agree to that, they would hate me. And I wouldn't be able to blame them..." Tenchi finished off his second cup of tea and put the
cup on the table. "Not only that, no matter what I do, one of them will feel betrayed. That they were in one way or another put second. What do you think?"
Yosho approved of his grandson's thoughtfulness. It would come in handy later on in dealing with Tenchi's great grandfather. But, even so, this wasn't the time
for it.
"Tenchi, I think that, in the world of intergalactic politics, that is the best solution that ANYONE could come up with. But you can't worry about it right now."
Hearing this, Tenchi's jaw almost hit the table. "But Grandfather!"
"Tenchi! Silence! No talking. Only action. That is if you are certain of your goal. Will you take my place or not?"
Tenchi was flabbergasted. Yosho clearly expected an answer NOW. And if Tenchi said yes now, that was it. Good bye carrot fields. Hello planetary rule.
Could he REALLY do that? Just like that? Sure, he knew he wanted to go to Juri, and he had thought seriously about being king, but was he ready to
do the job yet?
If he said yes now, there would be no going back. Ever.
I forgot to mention this in my first chapter, but PLEASE remember that this fanfic is based ONLY on the
OVA. There are no references whatsoever to TV, Tokyo, Pretty Sammy, or any of the movies! That's why
Kyone isn't in it and why there is no Nagi and so on and so forth. But please give it a chance! Please review!
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The loud slam of the sliding door startled Yosho out of his meditation. His eyes focussed on a very angry Tenchi, chewing on his last bit of toast.
He watched as his favorite grandson plopped on the floor, put his elbows on his knees, and his head in his hands.
Yosho waited for Tenchi to calm down. He knew that if he asked for an explanation, he wouldn't get one. He didn't have long to wait.
"Why do they have to behave like this? I'm always caught in the middle. I've gotten used to it mostly, but...Sometimes it's just too much. I wish
they could see that."
Tenchi sat there for several minutes wanting his grandfather to offer some advice. Finally he lifted his head....And got hit in the face with the pillow
Yosho had been sitting on.
"Ahh! What the hell was that for!"
"They are waiting for you to choose Tenchi! You are to indecisive. You are hurting them boy. They can't go on forever waiting for you to choose
between them just so they can go forward with their lives!"
Tenchi felt like hiding in the woodwork, but he had to say something...
"Ry...oko....."
Yosho paused in his lecture trying to put together the word he just heard.
"Nani? What did you say?"
I have already chosen grandfather. Ryoko. I love her. But it's more than that." Tenchi let his voice drop off. He REALLY didn't want to tell Yosho
what he had been planning, and was hoping that now he already knew. "...Well?"
Yosho studied Tenchi for a few minutes. "Well? Well what? When is the wedding?"
"Huh?" Tenchi sat there with a stupified expression on his face.
"You ARE going to tell them aren't you?" Yosho held his breath waiting for Tenchi's answer.
"But, Grandfather! What about Ayeka?!"
"What about her? You shouldn't worry about her. She will eventually get over you and fall in love with some noble at Juri. She got over me easily
enough...She can't stay here forever you know."
Now Tenchi was really confused! "But. I thought that...." Tenchi was silent, collecting his thoughts for a few minutes. "When Ryoko was captured
by Kagoto, you said you wanted Ayeka and I to be together, that we were closer in age and all that..."
Yosho was stunned. He didn't even think Tenchi remembered that!
"Yes. I thought that if you were to go to Juri one day, you would have to marry Ayeka. I really did think once that you could take my place as the
crown prince. But I had come to think that you were content here on Earth."
**Well, this is it! OUT WITH IT TENCHI! It's now or never!** Tenchi's palms were sweating, he couldn't belive he was finally going to tell his grandfather.
"Actually grandfather, I...I do want to go to Juri." He looked Yosho square in the eyes and prayed he wouldn't laugh or be angry at him.
~*~silence of the lambs~*~.......
.......
................
..........................
"The pin drops." Yosho took back his pillow and sat down on it. "This is going to be a longer discussion than I had originally thought. I'll make tea."
Tenchi was nearly shaking from being so nervous. He was grateful for this break and relaxed while the tea was being made. Yosho picked up the
teapot and poured two cups, handing one to Tenchi. They drank the first cup in silence and on the second Yosho began to talk.
"Let's lay out all the facts on the table: You are in love with Ryoko. You want to one day be king of Juri. But, if you are to be king you must marry a
pure blooded Jurian Royal. That would probably mean Ayeka, but not necessarily. Not unless you marry either Sasami, when she grows up, or a
lower classed royal in Juri. You are aware of all this, aren't you Tenchi?" Yosho had said all this while looking into Tenchi's eyes, looking for anything
that could hold relevance. Flashes of confusion, anger, indifference. He saw nothing except determination. That, and ambition. Something Yosho
never thought he would see in his quiet grandson.
Yes, Tenchi knew all this. He had, in fact, thought about little else since Kagoto's defeat. He knew he could do it.
"Have you come up with any kind of solution to this Tenchi?" Yosho knew of one possible solution, and wondered if Tenchi and thought of it yet.
"Well, I've come up with several, but I don't know how I could pull any of them off." Tenchi said this looking rather shame-faced. Again, Yosho wondered
what he had thought of.
"Just name one and we'll go from there." Yosho gentlely prodded Tenchi on.
"The one that seems most likely, and the option I hate the most, is that I marry both Ayeka and Ryoko. That's what bothers me the most about Juri.
You're father made the law that the king must have one wife of pure blood and another from a different planet. I couldn't do that Grandfather. If I even asked
Ryoko and Ayeka to agree to that, they would hate me. And I wouldn't be able to blame them..." Tenchi finished off his second cup of tea and put the
cup on the table. "Not only that, no matter what I do, one of them will feel betrayed. That they were in one way or another put second. What do you think?"
Yosho approved of his grandson's thoughtfulness. It would come in handy later on in dealing with Tenchi's great grandfather. But, even so, this wasn't the time
for it.
"Tenchi, I think that, in the world of intergalactic politics, that is the best solution that ANYONE could come up with. But you can't worry about it right now."
Hearing this, Tenchi's jaw almost hit the table. "But Grandfather!"
"Tenchi! Silence! No talking. Only action. That is if you are certain of your goal. Will you take my place or not?"
Tenchi was flabbergasted. Yosho clearly expected an answer NOW. And if Tenchi said yes now, that was it. Good bye carrot fields. Hello planetary rule.
Could he REALLY do that? Just like that? Sure, he knew he wanted to go to Juri, and he had thought seriously about being king, but was he ready to
do the job yet?
If he said yes now, there would be no going back. Ever.