Chapter 11
The Masaki house came into Trunks' view. He landed quietly on the porch, and almost crept inside, not wanting to cause another uproar. Plus, he felt kind of stupid for just flying away from the fight. Inside, Sasami was washing the dishes while Mihoshi was sleeping on the floor. He saw Tenchi out the window, and he was walking towards his grandfather's shrine. In the living room, Ryoko was watching T.V. and drinking something. Gohan, Washu, Yuigi, Ayeka, and Kionaye were nowhere in sight. He looked back at Ryoko who was taking a sip from her glass.
"Hey, uh, Ryoko?" said Trunks quietly. He felt like Ayeka would appear any minute and start screaming again, so he kept his volume low.
"Yeah?" she said, still staring at the screen. She seemed kind of embarressed about getting into a fight with Ayeka over their new guest.
"Did you happen to see where Gohan went?" he whispered. He wanted to talk to her, but didn't know what to say at the moment.
"Yeah, in the lab, that way." she pointed to a small door by the stairs.
"Oh, thanks."
"Yeah, go ahead and walk right in, Washu will love to show off her equipment to ya. Oh and another thing...you can stop whispering now. I'm not a librarian, and Ayeka took a walk, so there's nothing to worry about."
Trunks stopped walking and turned towards her. She smiled at him and said "Just kiddin'. You can talk however you want."
He turned away and smiled to himself as he continued walking towards the lab. She had a cute smile. Suddenly, he thought about what he had just thought, and shook his head. NO. He couldn't think like that. He was a guest here and would be leaving shortly. He grabbed the doorknob leading into the lab weakly and walked in.
Chapter 12
"Hey Trunks. Glad to see you haven't run away..."laughed Washu. Trunks blushed slightly as Gohan started laughing right along with her.
"Well...could you blame me?" replied Trunks after a moment.
"I guess not, those two are soooo scary fighting! I was afraid of getting killed!" said Gohan sarcastically.
Trunks blushed againg slightly and smacked Gohan on the head, just making the kid laugh more.
"Anyway..."said Trunks, trying to change the subject, "What on earth is this place?"
Washu looked at him with pride. "Welcome to my labratory!"
Trunks looked around in awe. This place was much more advanced than his mother's labratory, so why hadn't he heard of Washu before? He thought his mother and grandpa were the smartest people on earth.
"Uh...Washu...do you mostly keep to yourself? Because this stuff would blow my mom's company right out of the water, and yet I've never heard of you before."
Blushing, Washu started to say "Oh well, thanks..." But then she suddenly remembered the topic that Gohan had discussed with her before. Turning serious suddenly, Washu explained what had happenend to the two boys.
"Oh geez, this makes things a whole lot better,"replied Trunks sarcastically. "Well I guess that WOULD explain why I've never heard of anything here, including you Miss Washu. I just hope we can find the right parts to get my time machine working again. But I just don't get how it happened. I mean, when I usually travel through time, I can sense and see a great change in the atmosphere and the planet itself. But I couldn't this time..."
"It's because, Trunks, you're still in the same year. It's not like you went back or foward in time 10 years or 5 years or whatever. You are just in a different version of the Earth."
"Like a parellel universe?"
"Right, except there are many other 'parellel universes', not just yours and mine. You just happened to land in this one. Maybe when your time machine malfunctioned, it happened."
"Yeah, I did feel a little strange before we got out of the machine."stated Gohan.
"Oh wonderful. Out of all the parellel universes out there, I had to end up in one with crazy princesses and space pirates who will murder each other over dinner." said Trunks sarcastically, yet dryly.
The three of them laughed as Ryoko listened from behind one of Washu's liquid pillars. She had transported quietly inside right after Trunks walked in. Well, this is interesting. Two boys from a parallel universe...
Washu suddenly sensed the presence of her creation, Ryoko.
"Come on out Ryoko. I know you're there."yelled Washu, comically. It wasn't like her daughter to hide and not just interrupt like she was superior to all the rest. Ryoko felt stupid for hiding, but she came up with a sneer and an excuse.
"Well, I'm so sorry for hiding myself. I just didn't want Trunks to freak out or anything. He is our guest and shouldn't be tramatized more."
Washu glared at her, Gohan didn't know what to say, and Trunks sneered right back. He didn't want to seem like such a shy, scared little fetus anymore.
"Actually, you don't scare me Ryoko, it's the princess." he said quietly. She flinched. How could anybody be scared of that priss, and not me? She thought. "Why is it that you two are at each other's throats?"
Ryoko responded, "She's like my rival, although a pathetic one. Over Tenchi most of the time...but today she was trying to fight with me over you...."Ryoko thought about what she said, and quickly made a cover-up.
"Not that I was doing the same. She just likes to fight me..."
Trunks nodded as Ryoko continued.
"My real rival is Nagi. She's a bounty hunter who has been looking for me for years. She's found me a couple of times, but I've always gotten away. I'm lucky; I'm the only one she hasn't caught. Lord knows where she is now."
Ryoko sounded distant. Maybe worried about the fact that her days were numbered if Nagi never gave up looking for her. Each battle with her got more and more complicating.
"So, you fight much?" Trunks questioned.
"No, not at all. I play chess with Nagi. What would make you think I fight? Just because I said 'Bounty Hunter' and 'I'm lucky to have gotten away'...." Ryoko said sarcastically.
"Yeah, I figured that, Ryoko. I just wanted to make sure of it before I asked you to spar with me." Trunks responded nonchalantly.
Ryoko laughed in his face. "What are you, some lame black belt boy? What makes you think you'd stand a chance against a space pirate?"
"Why don't you go outside and I'll show you, Ryoko." said Trunks quietly with a smirk. He was so confident sounding that it sent chills down her spine.
"Ohhh...you sound so brave for a man who's about to spend a week spitting dirt."
Trunks stood there. Maybe sounded like his father, but he sure didn't under estimate his opponents. He could sense her chi, and she would make great competition, but wasn't as strong as he was.
"Well, let's see. You sound so sure, but you have no idea how powerful I am Ryoko!"
"Well, you're conceited."
"No, I'm just honest."
"Well, tell me how you're so sure that you can beat me?"
"You'll see after our little duel."
"Ok then! Outside it is..."
Trunks and Ryoko walked towards the door.
"Ladies first" said Ryoko as she held the door open for Trunks.
"Yes, I agree." he said as he pushed her out the door ahead of him. She began to feel a slight hint of fear. No one could budge her if she didn't want them to, but he did, and quite far. She tripped out the door and he laughed.
"Humph, you won't be laughing when you have bandages strapped over your bloody face."
Chapter 13
Outside, Trunks looked around. He hadn't got quite this good of a view of Earth #2 before. It was beautiful. Looking back at Ryoko, he realized that he had been spending a lot of time looking around at the view because she said "Well, are we going to spar or go talk with the birdies?" she said in a childish voice, on purpose.
"Let's see how well you do against a Super Saiyan, Ryoko!"
A blue aura began to glow around him, making Ryoko shocked. What's this? she thought. He began to scream, low at first but then increasing with his growing aurora light. Sparks shot out from him, and his hair stood on end. His eyes suddenly had no pupils, turning an emerald green, and his hair glowed. The ground beneath was shaking, collapsing, and rising. His blue jacket burst. Ryoko didn't know if it was from the aura or from his growing muscles that she couldn't help looking at. He looked extremely hot when he was freaking her out. What was happening to him anyway?
Finally, he quit screaming, but it echoed throughout the countryside. It was heard by everyone. Finally, the aura disappeared and Ryoko saw Trunks in his full power, blonde hair and all.
"Ready?" was all he said after all of this.
"Well, yes. What a dramatic light show to go along with my dramatic beating the crap out of you. It was nice. Thanks for the entertainment." said Ryoko sarcastically, but she really was terrified, mostly because she didn't know how much his power increased.
Now it was Ryoko's turn. The jewels on her wrists glowed, and laser lights began circling her. They gathered above her palm, and formed into a long sword.
"Hey, I have a sword too."
"Yeah, I know. But keep it in your pants, okay?" said Ryoko laughing.
Trunks rolled his eyes and got into his battling position.
With one swift movement, he bent his knees and leaped at Ryoko, drawing the sword from his back while he was in the air. She prepared herself by placing the sword in front of her. This was going to be one heck of a battle.
Chapter 14
"What is going on Tenchi? Are we under attack?" said Ayeka worrying. She had heard a yell and saw sparks fly.
Watching from a close distance, everyone was whispering things like "What happened to Trunks? Is it even Trunks? Does Ryoko stand a chance?"
Gohan heard all of this, and he answered everyone.
"Trunks went Super Saiyan. He's half Saiyan, like me, and the 'super' part of it means that he's powered up to his full level."
This got a "oh my" or a "oh so that explains the blonde hair". From Mihoshi, it was "MAKE IT STOP!!!
Trunks stood behind Ryoko as she tried to stand. Then, he grabbed her wrist and spun her around, harder than he meant to. She tripped and fell on him. His muscles are so massive thought Ryoko, giggling mentally. Stop that you ditz, and get up.
Before she could, though, Trunks muttered "Uh...................oops" and his face flushed slightly. He could feel the outline of her figure on his chest, and she just starred at him, making him blush more.
"Oh, uh, sorry." replied Ryoko, getting off of him. He was still standing when she fell on him, but he was leaning back on his knees a little. As she got back into a fighting stance, she hoped that her knees wouldn't give out on her again, though this time not from being kicked. Stop that you moron. You've loved Tenchi for 700 years, and that won't change just because you think some parallel universe guy is a little cute. NOW FIGHT! But the truth was, he wasn't just 'a little cute'. But before she could argue with herself more, he charged at her. The fighting continued, and everyone was starting to get bored after 2 hours, although Washu loved it. She could see the chemistry going on between the two, and it didn't have anything to do with fighting.
Chapter 15
"Admit it Ryoko, I beat you fair and square!"
Trunks was still trying to get Ryoko to admit that he had won.
"Whatever, you moron. I'm just taking a little break." Yeah, right Ryoko. You're about to faint. Go get some water, you're dehydrated!
"I'm going to get something to drink then I'll kick your...."
"Whatever. I'll find you somewhere in the forest, fainted because you were too stubborn to admit that I beat you and just go home."
"Humph" Ryoko got up from the ground she was sitting on and started walking towards the spring in the forest. Trunks had gone back to his normal form, a little worn out but not as much as Ryoko. She had fought at full power, but he had to hold back a little because he didn't want to hurt her too bad. Watching her walk beyond his sight into the forest, Trunks sat and ran his fingers through his lavender hair, shaking the sweat out of it and then wiping it out of his eyes.
Man, I'm sweating like a pig. I'd better get water myself. Walking more slowly than Ryoko, because he wasn't as desperate for water as she was, he made his way to the spring. Well, he didn't quite know where it was at, but he could find it.
Bending down on her knees, Ryoko scooped up some water in her hands and lifted it to her mouth. She had never tasted better water in her life, and began drinking a lot of it. She really needed it, too. Suddenly, she heard footsteps and giggling. Far on the other side of the spring, she could see Tenchi walking with Princess Airhead. She could see them, but she was making sure that they couldn't see her. Ryoko hid behind the closest tree that would allow her to watch them.
"Oh Lord Tenchi, you're so funny!" said Ayeka, giggling uncontrollably.
That ditz. She is only laughing to flatter Tenchi, and she's acting like a moron. Man I hate her.
Tench suddenly put his arm around Ayeka, not thinking. He just...did it. Blushing, Ayeka looked up at him through her eyelashes. "Tenchi...."
From her tree, Ryoko peered out to see what they were doing. Is he whispering to her? That knuckle-head. Wait....no.....it can't be! I refuse to believe that my Tenchi.
Tenchi. He was actually KISSING Ayeka. After a moment, they continued walking, hand in hand. No...Tenchi...you can't. YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME!!! You can't love her, I've loved you more. Longer. For 700 years, Tenchi. She has only loved you for a couple years. What about ME, Tenchi, don't you care, my Tenchi....No, not my Tenchi, Ayeka's Tenchi. I don't believe it. I've tried for so long...
Ryoko collapsed to her knees, and did something that she hadn't done in many, many years. She started crying.
The Masaki house came into Trunks' view. He landed quietly on the porch, and almost crept inside, not wanting to cause another uproar. Plus, he felt kind of stupid for just flying away from the fight. Inside, Sasami was washing the dishes while Mihoshi was sleeping on the floor. He saw Tenchi out the window, and he was walking towards his grandfather's shrine. In the living room, Ryoko was watching T.V. and drinking something. Gohan, Washu, Yuigi, Ayeka, and Kionaye were nowhere in sight. He looked back at Ryoko who was taking a sip from her glass.
"Hey, uh, Ryoko?" said Trunks quietly. He felt like Ayeka would appear any minute and start screaming again, so he kept his volume low.
"Yeah?" she said, still staring at the screen. She seemed kind of embarressed about getting into a fight with Ayeka over their new guest.
"Did you happen to see where Gohan went?" he whispered. He wanted to talk to her, but didn't know what to say at the moment.
"Yeah, in the lab, that way." she pointed to a small door by the stairs.
"Oh, thanks."
"Yeah, go ahead and walk right in, Washu will love to show off her equipment to ya. Oh and another thing...you can stop whispering now. I'm not a librarian, and Ayeka took a walk, so there's nothing to worry about."
Trunks stopped walking and turned towards her. She smiled at him and said "Just kiddin'. You can talk however you want."
He turned away and smiled to himself as he continued walking towards the lab. She had a cute smile. Suddenly, he thought about what he had just thought, and shook his head. NO. He couldn't think like that. He was a guest here and would be leaving shortly. He grabbed the doorknob leading into the lab weakly and walked in.
Chapter 12
"Hey Trunks. Glad to see you haven't run away..."laughed Washu. Trunks blushed slightly as Gohan started laughing right along with her.
"Well...could you blame me?" replied Trunks after a moment.
"I guess not, those two are soooo scary fighting! I was afraid of getting killed!" said Gohan sarcastically.
Trunks blushed againg slightly and smacked Gohan on the head, just making the kid laugh more.
"Anyway..."said Trunks, trying to change the subject, "What on earth is this place?"
Washu looked at him with pride. "Welcome to my labratory!"
Trunks looked around in awe. This place was much more advanced than his mother's labratory, so why hadn't he heard of Washu before? He thought his mother and grandpa were the smartest people on earth.
"Uh...Washu...do you mostly keep to yourself? Because this stuff would blow my mom's company right out of the water, and yet I've never heard of you before."
Blushing, Washu started to say "Oh well, thanks..." But then she suddenly remembered the topic that Gohan had discussed with her before. Turning serious suddenly, Washu explained what had happenend to the two boys.
"Oh geez, this makes things a whole lot better,"replied Trunks sarcastically. "Well I guess that WOULD explain why I've never heard of anything here, including you Miss Washu. I just hope we can find the right parts to get my time machine working again. But I just don't get how it happened. I mean, when I usually travel through time, I can sense and see a great change in the atmosphere and the planet itself. But I couldn't this time..."
"It's because, Trunks, you're still in the same year. It's not like you went back or foward in time 10 years or 5 years or whatever. You are just in a different version of the Earth."
"Like a parellel universe?"
"Right, except there are many other 'parellel universes', not just yours and mine. You just happened to land in this one. Maybe when your time machine malfunctioned, it happened."
"Yeah, I did feel a little strange before we got out of the machine."stated Gohan.
"Oh wonderful. Out of all the parellel universes out there, I had to end up in one with crazy princesses and space pirates who will murder each other over dinner." said Trunks sarcastically, yet dryly.
The three of them laughed as Ryoko listened from behind one of Washu's liquid pillars. She had transported quietly inside right after Trunks walked in. Well, this is interesting. Two boys from a parallel universe...
Washu suddenly sensed the presence of her creation, Ryoko.
"Come on out Ryoko. I know you're there."yelled Washu, comically. It wasn't like her daughter to hide and not just interrupt like she was superior to all the rest. Ryoko felt stupid for hiding, but she came up with a sneer and an excuse.
"Well, I'm so sorry for hiding myself. I just didn't want Trunks to freak out or anything. He is our guest and shouldn't be tramatized more."
Washu glared at her, Gohan didn't know what to say, and Trunks sneered right back. He didn't want to seem like such a shy, scared little fetus anymore.
"Actually, you don't scare me Ryoko, it's the princess." he said quietly. She flinched. How could anybody be scared of that priss, and not me? She thought. "Why is it that you two are at each other's throats?"
Ryoko responded, "She's like my rival, although a pathetic one. Over Tenchi most of the time...but today she was trying to fight with me over you...."Ryoko thought about what she said, and quickly made a cover-up.
"Not that I was doing the same. She just likes to fight me..."
Trunks nodded as Ryoko continued.
"My real rival is Nagi. She's a bounty hunter who has been looking for me for years. She's found me a couple of times, but I've always gotten away. I'm lucky; I'm the only one she hasn't caught. Lord knows where she is now."
Ryoko sounded distant. Maybe worried about the fact that her days were numbered if Nagi never gave up looking for her. Each battle with her got more and more complicating.
"So, you fight much?" Trunks questioned.
"No, not at all. I play chess with Nagi. What would make you think I fight? Just because I said 'Bounty Hunter' and 'I'm lucky to have gotten away'...." Ryoko said sarcastically.
"Yeah, I figured that, Ryoko. I just wanted to make sure of it before I asked you to spar with me." Trunks responded nonchalantly.
Ryoko laughed in his face. "What are you, some lame black belt boy? What makes you think you'd stand a chance against a space pirate?"
"Why don't you go outside and I'll show you, Ryoko." said Trunks quietly with a smirk. He was so confident sounding that it sent chills down her spine.
"Ohhh...you sound so brave for a man who's about to spend a week spitting dirt."
Trunks stood there. Maybe sounded like his father, but he sure didn't under estimate his opponents. He could sense her chi, and she would make great competition, but wasn't as strong as he was.
"Well, let's see. You sound so sure, but you have no idea how powerful I am Ryoko!"
"Well, you're conceited."
"No, I'm just honest."
"Well, tell me how you're so sure that you can beat me?"
"You'll see after our little duel."
"Ok then! Outside it is..."
Trunks and Ryoko walked towards the door.
"Ladies first" said Ryoko as she held the door open for Trunks.
"Yes, I agree." he said as he pushed her out the door ahead of him. She began to feel a slight hint of fear. No one could budge her if she didn't want them to, but he did, and quite far. She tripped out the door and he laughed.
"Humph, you won't be laughing when you have bandages strapped over your bloody face."
Chapter 13
Outside, Trunks looked around. He hadn't got quite this good of a view of Earth #2 before. It was beautiful. Looking back at Ryoko, he realized that he had been spending a lot of time looking around at the view because she said "Well, are we going to spar or go talk with the birdies?" she said in a childish voice, on purpose.
"Let's see how well you do against a Super Saiyan, Ryoko!"
A blue aura began to glow around him, making Ryoko shocked. What's this? she thought. He began to scream, low at first but then increasing with his growing aurora light. Sparks shot out from him, and his hair stood on end. His eyes suddenly had no pupils, turning an emerald green, and his hair glowed. The ground beneath was shaking, collapsing, and rising. His blue jacket burst. Ryoko didn't know if it was from the aura or from his growing muscles that she couldn't help looking at. He looked extremely hot when he was freaking her out. What was happening to him anyway?
Finally, he quit screaming, but it echoed throughout the countryside. It was heard by everyone. Finally, the aura disappeared and Ryoko saw Trunks in his full power, blonde hair and all.
"Ready?" was all he said after all of this.
"Well, yes. What a dramatic light show to go along with my dramatic beating the crap out of you. It was nice. Thanks for the entertainment." said Ryoko sarcastically, but she really was terrified, mostly because she didn't know how much his power increased.
Now it was Ryoko's turn. The jewels on her wrists glowed, and laser lights began circling her. They gathered above her palm, and formed into a long sword.
"Hey, I have a sword too."
"Yeah, I know. But keep it in your pants, okay?" said Ryoko laughing.
Trunks rolled his eyes and got into his battling position.
With one swift movement, he bent his knees and leaped at Ryoko, drawing the sword from his back while he was in the air. She prepared herself by placing the sword in front of her. This was going to be one heck of a battle.
Chapter 14
"What is going on Tenchi? Are we under attack?" said Ayeka worrying. She had heard a yell and saw sparks fly.
Watching from a close distance, everyone was whispering things like "What happened to Trunks? Is it even Trunks? Does Ryoko stand a chance?"
Gohan heard all of this, and he answered everyone.
"Trunks went Super Saiyan. He's half Saiyan, like me, and the 'super' part of it means that he's powered up to his full level."
This got a "oh my" or a "oh so that explains the blonde hair". From Mihoshi, it was "MAKE IT STOP!!!
Trunks stood behind Ryoko as she tried to stand. Then, he grabbed her wrist and spun her around, harder than he meant to. She tripped and fell on him. His muscles are so massive thought Ryoko, giggling mentally. Stop that you ditz, and get up.
Before she could, though, Trunks muttered "Uh...................oops" and his face flushed slightly. He could feel the outline of her figure on his chest, and she just starred at him, making him blush more.
"Oh, uh, sorry." replied Ryoko, getting off of him. He was still standing when she fell on him, but he was leaning back on his knees a little. As she got back into a fighting stance, she hoped that her knees wouldn't give out on her again, though this time not from being kicked. Stop that you moron. You've loved Tenchi for 700 years, and that won't change just because you think some parallel universe guy is a little cute. NOW FIGHT! But the truth was, he wasn't just 'a little cute'. But before she could argue with herself more, he charged at her. The fighting continued, and everyone was starting to get bored after 2 hours, although Washu loved it. She could see the chemistry going on between the two, and it didn't have anything to do with fighting.
Chapter 15
"Admit it Ryoko, I beat you fair and square!"
Trunks was still trying to get Ryoko to admit that he had won.
"Whatever, you moron. I'm just taking a little break." Yeah, right Ryoko. You're about to faint. Go get some water, you're dehydrated!
"I'm going to get something to drink then I'll kick your...."
"Whatever. I'll find you somewhere in the forest, fainted because you were too stubborn to admit that I beat you and just go home."
"Humph" Ryoko got up from the ground she was sitting on and started walking towards the spring in the forest. Trunks had gone back to his normal form, a little worn out but not as much as Ryoko. She had fought at full power, but he had to hold back a little because he didn't want to hurt her too bad. Watching her walk beyond his sight into the forest, Trunks sat and ran his fingers through his lavender hair, shaking the sweat out of it and then wiping it out of his eyes.
Man, I'm sweating like a pig. I'd better get water myself. Walking more slowly than Ryoko, because he wasn't as desperate for water as she was, he made his way to the spring. Well, he didn't quite know where it was at, but he could find it.
Bending down on her knees, Ryoko scooped up some water in her hands and lifted it to her mouth. She had never tasted better water in her life, and began drinking a lot of it. She really needed it, too. Suddenly, she heard footsteps and giggling. Far on the other side of the spring, she could see Tenchi walking with Princess Airhead. She could see them, but she was making sure that they couldn't see her. Ryoko hid behind the closest tree that would allow her to watch them.
"Oh Lord Tenchi, you're so funny!" said Ayeka, giggling uncontrollably.
That ditz. She is only laughing to flatter Tenchi, and she's acting like a moron. Man I hate her.
Tench suddenly put his arm around Ayeka, not thinking. He just...did it. Blushing, Ayeka looked up at him through her eyelashes. "Tenchi...."
From her tree, Ryoko peered out to see what they were doing. Is he whispering to her? That knuckle-head. Wait....no.....it can't be! I refuse to believe that my Tenchi.
Tenchi. He was actually KISSING Ayeka. After a moment, they continued walking, hand in hand. No...Tenchi...you can't. YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME!!! You can't love her, I've loved you more. Longer. For 700 years, Tenchi. She has only loved you for a couple years. What about ME, Tenchi, don't you care, my Tenchi....No, not my Tenchi, Ayeka's Tenchi. I don't believe it. I've tried for so long...
Ryoko collapsed to her knees, and did something that she hadn't done in many, many years. She started crying.