Tenchi Muyo Fanfic.
Marc Tuijtelaers, started 15th of June 2001
This is a fanfic revolving around the Tenchi-Muyo OAV story-
line. I must say that I do not know the complete story of TM
and the follow up stories and all the alternate realities.
And as it is only fan fiction this is no claim to the
ownership of the TM crew. Tough I do ask that any new
characters I create are not used for other stories, as most
of them are partly or completely real life people.
Garou, Children of Gaia are created and probably owned by
White Wolf. And no, this is not in the World of Darkness
setting. I believe in happy endings.
While the original story was a lemon, the lemon parts have
been placed in a new side-story so that this one can focus
more on the actual story.
Conventions:
thoughts.
* ... * Quick action/emphasis/sounds.
In short: This story revolves around a Masaki relative from
a non-Japanese branch who shows up one day. And he of course
gets involved with the girls. He also brings with him some
problems from home and abroad.
Revision note: I changed a tiny bit of the story for the
future chapters, the rest is purely corrective material that
has been changed. Also I changed the format a bit to make it
better readable on some unix/linux machines. (I didn't know
some systems do not have auto-wrap as an option.) I also
thank those who gave me replies and short reviews. My thanks
also go to those who gave me the information about Mihoshi
as I asked for.
I want to thank Zyraen and Craeyst Raygal for their support.
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No need for relatives
Chapter one.
Prologue,
The year 4810, Earth, Masaki estate.
Year 705 of Tenchi Masaki as ruler of Jurai.
Earth is now part of the Galactic Union and declared sister
planet to Jurai. With global clean-up and many other
improvements there isn't much difference between the two
planets except for rulership. Jurai is still ruled by an
emperor while Earth favors chosen rulers. Earth now grows
it's own trees of life and has it's own treeships, tough
they all are fourth and fifth in generation.
Since the advents to follow has Earth gained it's own form
of the Knights of Jurai. The Terra Knights. Among them are
many descendants of the heroes from the era of change.
The old home of Tenchi is once again a busy place, even if
it is temporary.
"Mom, do you know if the flowers have been delivered?"
"Mayuka, I'm over here with your dad. Now, what was that
about? Flowers? They don't need to be delivered darling, we
pick them from the garden tomorrow before the wedding."
"Now don't forget to tell her about the replanting Ryoko.
Otherwise Aeka might get upset if her garden gets
destroyed."
Aeka walks into the room in her flowing robe. Like nearly
all the people of the original gang she had changed a lot.
Turning from the frail girl that she was into a eternally
fully blossoming woman. Her hairstyle now more like her
grandmother Amame. Her face now a front of serene calm like
her predecessor and step-mother Funaho.
She looks at her husband and her wife-sister sitting in the
couch who were taking in the views of the many people around
them prepared the last few things of the wedding in two
days.
Tenchi for his current form had become more alike his great-
grandfather than he would ever acknowledge. A more
musculature physique and a similar, yet beardless, hairstyle
as Azusa. Now relaxing in the wide clothing of a shrine
keeper in stead of the heavy robes of the emperor of Jurai.
His second wife Ryoko had changed less in appearance, more
in demeanor. The visuals included longer hair, now
resembling Washu's, while she wore clothing very reminiscent
of those worn by Aeka.
An adult Mayuka is seen scurrying around the room fussing
over the people present. Her natural hyperactiveness had
been solved for a while by putting her in charge of the
wedding preparations. It also helped her to overlook that
she was the only girl still single of the new generation;
the generation originating from the original group on earth.
In a short time her half-sister and best friend would be
joined in marriage. Then Tenko Jurai and Leo Karamitsu would
be husband and wife.
Her attention is drawn by the sound of someone crying,
somewhere outside. The voice she hears is that of Leo's
mother. Quickly she heads out, followed soon by her own
mother, Ryoko.
Outside she sees the dark skinned woman with silver hair
sitting at the six graves a bit away from the house.
"Kitsune, are you feeling alright?" Mayuka asks in a sincere
voice. Her own hart hurt by the sight of Leo's mother, a
woman only a year younger than herself.
The sky-blue eye and grass-green eye stare at her with a
pained look. "I wish they were here to see their grandson's
marriage." She points at the two graves in front of her. The
stones barely show the names on them anymore, one in Kanji,
one in Romanji. The one in Kanji says Mihoshi, the one in
Romanji says Marcus. Besides those two there are the graves
of Itsuki, Haruna, Nobiyuki and Achika. "Leo barely knew
them."
Ryoko steps forward to Kitsune and pats her on the shoulder.
"It seems moms present might have to be used earlier." She
grins at the double tailed woman, one a tail of hair, one a
real tail; her fathers heirloom.
"What.. what are you talking about?" Kitsune's voice sounds
raw due to her crying, her eyes slightly red in the edges
due to tears.
I see darling, I'll set up the machine so we can gather
tonight and do what I planned before the marriage.
Ryoko's thoughts returns to Kitsune. "Tonight we'll all
gather at Funaho."
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At the once spacefaring tree the whole family is gathered
that evening; Tenchi, Ryoko, Aeka, Kiyone, Sasami, Mayuka,
Leo, Kitsune, Tenko, Azusa, Misaki, Funaho, Yosho, Nagi,
Belldandy, Urd, Skuld, Keicchi, Ryo-Ohki, Ken-Ohki, Kayrio-
Ohki, Sethra-Ohki and Angelis. A very colorful family indeed
if you also include Azake and Kamidake overlooking the crowd
sitting on the ground as well.
Washu, now restored with all her memories, stand before all
the gathered holding a small green cube.
"This my friends, is a memory viewer. One specially made to
view those nearly lost memories. It even uses metaphysical
methods via Urd to bring back the memories of those not
among us anymore. Tonight I want to look back in time and
see what has brought us all together. This is my gift to Leo
and Tenko, but it's not in the least a gift to all my
family." As she activates the cube all are send into a
communal dream.
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[First memory, three years before the destruction of Cain
(TMiL).]
An entity, shape shifter by nature, indescribable in
physical terms traveled the depths of space in search of a
target. This target was some kind of space station, it only
knew that it's mistress wanted it to search it out.
As the station came into view it saw that the entire station
had been destroyed. Then
he saw a small craft already far away, leaving the area.
I want you to enter the station, you will find someone
there still alive and in need of help. A loose voice filled
his head.
He focused his senses and indeed found one being
alive, somewhere in a closed off part that still was
protected from outer space.
He phased into the room and saw a half charred women lying
on the floor. The room itself was so dark that the women
couldn't see it standing next to her. She whispered. "I hope
she will be alright.." As she passed out.
The entity lifted the women up, it noticed even in the dark
the bright orange head-band on her forehead.
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[The second memory is the entire OAV 1+2 and TMiL, with the
exception that Kiyone wasn't part of the Cain situation.]
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[Memory three, the main story starts.]
A long staircase, connecting the Masaki house to the street
side. Once a day after the mailman had shown up someone has
to go all the way down to get the mail. Last few days it had
been Ryoko who could do this far faster and with less effort
than the rest, but today Aeka had to get the mail.
Trotting down leisurely, enjoying the good weather. She looks down
the hill as she sees an earthly vehicle driving off from the
base of the stair. A taxi she recognizes.
Nearly downstairs she sees someone passing the gate and
starting to climb up the stairs with a big case.
"Welcome, I'm Aeka. And who are you?" Of course talking in
Japanese.
"Excuse me... Ehrm Aeka I think... I don't know Japanese too
well, do you speak English?" She listens to the young man
now looking at her. It's a white-skinned male with dark-
brown hair, nearly golden looking. Tall, even when compared
to someone like Yosho. Luckily she had learned English and
several other human languages during her travel to earth yet
it took some time to recall.
"Oh, welcome, I'm Aeka as you had heard correctly. And who
are you?"
"My fair lady Aeka, I'm Marcus, Marcus van Gestel. I thank
you for the honor of meeting you." Bowing a bit, kissing her
hand while still keeping the large green chest on his back
with his other hand.
"Is Tenchi Masaki at home?" He looks up at her and smiles.
*GRMBL* He looks down at his stomach.
"Why yes, he's upstairs in the home preparing for dinner.
Would you care to join us?"
"Indeed, that was my plan in the first place." Looking at
her with a bit tilted head. "He didn't receive my letter,
did he?"
"Letter?" She walks over to the mailbox and opens it.
Running through the few pamphlets and bills she doesn't see
any letter. Then her eye falls on a bit of white from under
a nearby bush, she goes over and picks it up. When she looks
at who send it she recognizes the name Marcus on it. The
writing is stylish and somehow familiar. Thinking she
realized it to be similar to the writing of Nobiyuki.
"Would you please follow me?" Aeka asks him and walks up the
stairs. While walking up she occasionally looks back to see
if he can keep up with that big case.
Once at the top Mihoshi stands at the port enjoying the sun
while waiting for Sasami and Tenchi to finish preparing
dinner. Today Tenchi had decided to help Sasami, taking
hints from his grandfather to try to learn more from the
girls. She greets Aeka as she passes her and walks inside
even tough Aeka barely takes notice of her. She then looks
at the person following her. He puts down the case and
stretches. She looks at his face and is puzzled. He really
looks like someone she knows.
Mihoshi follows the foreigner inside as he walks into the
room. He clearly is puzzled by all the girls inside the
room. Aeka and Ryoko were already in a quarrel, Washu was
quietly sitting down at the table. Washu looks at Mihoshi
and then at the young man. She stands up and gets an extra
plate for him. Sasami and Tenchi are just bringing in the
food to the table.
Mihoshi notes how the young man started to grin, then walks
up to Tenchi.
"Tenchi... Ohaio wasn't it? Good to see you." Tenchi surely
looked puzzled.
Then Katsuhiro walked in. "Is that you Marcus?" He smiles,
walks over to Marcus and shakes him the hand, ignoring more
traditional Japanese greetings. "Everyone. May I have your
attention please?" Everyone listened, even Ryoko and Aeka.
"May I introduce you to one of our family members, Marcus
van Gestel."
Everyone really went silent looking slightly dazed.
"Family member?" Aeka looked totally amazed.
"A gaijin?" Ryoko added. Katsuhiro frowned at that.
Washu grins.
"Welcome to the Masaki household." Sasami cheers.
"Myaa." Ryo-Ohki adds, causing Marcus to jump seeing the
little alien cabbit.
"What the?" Marcus looks puzzled, now also noting the looks
of the girls.
"So you're some kind of nephew?" Tenchi asks.
"..." Mihoshi doesn't really know what to say, the nephews
don't look alike at all.
Katsuhiro sees the confusion of the other people. He decides
to tell them about who Marcus is and ends the short speech
with: "As for how he can be from oversees. A long time ago,
about ten years after Yosho defeated the demon a part of the
Masaki family went to Europe, following the path of chivalry
instead of Bushido. Marcus is of the same generation as
Tenchi, but of the European branch of the family." Katsuhiro
proclaims. "I even believe Marcus is a squire of a
traditions organization; the Dragon Knights Order?"
He nods. "Actually, I've become a full fledged member."
Aeka blushes.
They all sit down with Marcus sitting in between Mihoshi and
Washu. He smiles obviously enjoying the presence of the
beautiful girls. "So you turned out to be a real ladies man,
Tenchi. Even though last time I saw you, you were already
hanging on to girls. Achika that was." Smiling.
Even Tenchi could grin at that remark. "So you have been
here before?"
"Hey? Where's your dad?" Marcus asks trying to change the
subject, just remembering that Achika had died a few months
after he went back to the Netherlands.
"Still at work."
"Yeah, even when you were just a baby and I a little boy he
already put most of his time in his job."
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As they got to know each other better the stories followed
suit, especially about the happenings in the Masaki
household from Kagato, Dr Clay to Cain. As he would stay for
a while and with the weirdness going around it wouldn't be
smart to withhold the truth. Also as a true knight he was
considered to be a trustworthy enough, at least according to
Katsuhiro.
Marcus sat there, partly dazed and gaping at the girls. "So
none of these pretty girls are human? And neither are you
completely?" He falls over laughing. "Aeka and Sasami are
actually relatives to you? Wow." Looking at Aeka. "I'm
pleased to meet you your majesty." As a reaction to his far-
too-big glee Aeka only sneers at him.
Mihoshi sits down next to him. "And do you really think we
look pretty?"
"If all alien girls are as beautiful as you Mihoshi I would
say that space is Heaven." His grey-green eyes being locked
with Mihoshi's sky-blue ones. "Yes, heaven."
Mihoshi giggles and blushes extremely, grasps his arm and
kisses him on the cheek. "Thank you." This makes Marcus'
face as red as Washu's hair.
Tenchi almost takes a jealous look. Aeka looks partly joyed.
Ryoko also blushed a bit, enjoying this Tenchi with dare
thinking I really would like it if Tenchi came forward that
easily too.
Washu was sunk in thoughts, he looked a bit more clearheaded
than Tenchi and wouldn't be trapped that easy and might
actually be strong enough to break out of light confinement,
but on the other hand with her titanium constrains on the
other hand.
Sasami was just glad for meeting a new family member. I
hope he is just as nice as Tenchi is.
Mihoshi ponders.
"All right. So this lil' gal here is a space-ship which uses
carrots for fuel." He grins. "Very ecological. And cute."
Picking up the cabbit.
"Myaa."
"Even though not very cheap, with the amount of carrots she
eats." Tenchi adds.
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"Well, it seems my letter did come a bit late and got lost
at the mail-box."
Marcus and Tenchi are the only two left in the living room.
"So you want to stay here for a few days? That's fine with
me, but why if I may ask?"
"I was hoping for some training." Looking outside at the
shrine.
"Training? You mean sword-fighting?"
"Affirmative. Even though my style and choice of weapon is
very different I should be capable of learning something
here." He walks over to the big case. After having rummaged
a bit in it he walks back to Tenchi, bearing his weapon.
Tenchi jumps at the sight of it.
"If you are going to train against Katsuhiro... He's going
to beat the crap out of you. No way that you can hit him
with that... Way to slow." Looking at the five feet claymore
in Marcus's hand.
"You sure about that." In a swift motion, just as fast as
with a fencing sword he makes the 'Z' motion.
"No way."
"It's not an old-fashioned one. It's made out of Titanium
and weighs very little." He hands the sword to Tenchi. He
weighs it and finds it to be only a bit heavier than a
katana. "It's form is computer designed for air resistance
like a sports car. It's custom made for Dragon Knights."
"Hmm, Katsuhiro is in for a surprise." Tenchi grins, knowing
better.
Mihoshi and Sasami are busy in the kitchen cleaning up.
While Sasami is doing the actual cleaning Mihoshi appears to
be daydreaming.
"Mihoshi, what are you looking at?" She looks in the
direction and sees Marcus with the claymore and Tenchi
checking it out. I hope they don't get into any arguments.
Mihoshi stops her gazing and continues to clean up the last
few items.
"So where is he going to sleep Tenchi?" Sasami walks up to
the duo.
"I don't know Sasami. We don't actually have any spare
chambers anymore. And my room is to big a mess after the
latest Aeka vs. Ryoko rumble."
"He can stay in my room." Blurts Mihoshi out before she
actually thinks about it, though Sasami can make out a faint
blush on her face.
"Maybe it's better if he will sleep on the couch tonight and
we'll rig something up tomorrow." Feeling a bit threatened
on his own territory Tenchi grumbles.
"I don't mind sleeping in her room." Smiling. "I can control
myself well enough."
Tenchi goes a bit white and Sasami smiles. "Now you two
don't do anything naughty." At this comment Marcus performs
the 'Spock eyebrow maneuver' and Tenchi's face gets a bit
red.
Marcus walks over to the case and gets a bag from it with a
bedroll in it. "Where's the room?" Mihoshi gleefully pulls
him along upstairs.
"You can't be serious about this Marcus?... Marcus??" Seeing
him walking upstairs. "He is serious..." He turns his head
at Sasami. "I'm almost feeling jealous." Sasami giggles from
that remark. "I wish I was so brave..."
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Next morning at breakfast. All but Washu are at the table.
"So how was your night with Mihoshi?" Sasami quips. All the
others but Mihoshi stare at Marcus.
"Well, after I dressed for the night I went over to
Mihoshi... Kissed her goodnight and went to sleep." Mihoshi
nods at that and smiles.
"Ahh." Sasami pouts and puts the last bottle of milk on the
table.
"Can anyone get Washu?" Sasami looks at Tenchi.
"I'll go." Marcus volunteers. He looks at the bit frightened
and now relieved face of Tenchi.
Marcus quickly heads off to the door to the cellar
containing the portal as Washu had shown him the day before.
He knocks
three times at the wall to make a black door appears. Marcus
walks in and is amazed by the gigantic room he observes. He
sees a big garden with a strange tree at it's centre
somewhat resembling Funaho, the old tree outside. Then he
hears some sounds coming from a place where a lot of
machines are standing. Brisling among those machines he sees
a lot of red hair.
"Washu?" He walks up to the red haired girl. She turns
around proving to him that she isn't a girl, but a full
grown woman. "Oh my, you're beautiful. Is that really you
Washu?" Looking at Washu in adult form.
She blushes a bit. "Yes Marcus, this is the real me."
Looking a bit confused. "Then why the girl look?"
"That has its reasons."
Nodding.
"Now, would you please be so kind and help me for a minute."
A bit of a grin is developing on the red minx's face. "It's
a general measurement of your physical and mental
capabilities so I can compare it to Tenchi's, Yosho's and
Nobiyuki's. I'm interested in the effects of human DNA
together with that of Juraian."
"Fine."
"Please step over here." She guides him over to a chair and
puts on several electrodes of alien design. "You won't
notice a thing." She pushes some buttons on her console and
readouts are flashing over the screen. "That completes that.
Now only one more thing." She pushes a few buttons and the
electrodes fall off. "The last thing I need is some genetic
material." She walks over to him and casually sits down on
his lap, gleeful to feel his hard-on pressing into her
through the fabric. He only frowns at her. "The best genetic
material I can use I can get from a sperm sample." She says
with a very hot tone. He looks into her eyes.
"You can have some later if you really want some, but now a
lot of people are waiting for us for breakfast." He lifts
her up, stands up and puts her down in front of him.
A bit disappointed she walks after him. During the walk
changing from woman to girl.
Before they enter the door. "Washu, are you girls physically
like humans? Considering that Tenchi is part Juraian and you
appear as such."
"Yes."
Smiling "How come?"
"As far as I know a now extinct race once sowed the seeds
for life on several worlds, the end result of evolution
being very similar humanoids which can actually interbreed.
On most planets that is." She explains. "But there is also a
theory that it's due to the gods who made us in their images
and as most gods are siblings in the first place."
Back at the table Tenchi looks as Marcus sits down even
without a hint of worry.
Ryoko whispers into Washu's ear. "What did you do to him? He
smells as if he's very aroused."
Whispering back. "A side effect of the measurements I just
took of his physical and mental capabilities for my
research."
"Don't give me that crap, I know what you are trying to do
with Tenchi. You're probably trying exactly the same thing
on Marcus."
"I tried, a bit more subtle than I did with Tenchi. He
agreed to allow me to take a sample after breakfast."
Sipping on her milk.
Ryoko just freezes. "He.. he.. AGREED?"
"He's very different from Tenchi. This boy simply put lacks
shyness, my guess would be that he isn't a stranger to love
like Tenchi."
"Hey, would you like my help with that sample. Eh, what kind
of sample tough?" Mihoshi whispers and pouts, revealing that
she had been listening in on the conversation.
Both Ryoko and Washu face fault. The rest looks a bit
puzzled.
Washu giggles in herself.
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After breakfast Marcus first unpacks the green chest and
brings the individual luggage to Mihoshi's room where he is
going to stay for the next few nights. The chest is put
outside. Thinking about what Sasami asked before breakfast.
Grinning.
After that he walks into the lab of Washu. He looks a bit
surprised tough. He thought he would end up at the same
place, but it's a totally different room. In the lab at a
big console is Washu in her girl form busy typing something
and bit further he sees a big bed with someone sitting on
the edge of the bed. Mihoshi, under the covers. She looks at
what Washu is typing and shoves her pillow a bit more aside.
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An hour later Marcus, Mihoshi, Ryoko, Aeka and Tenchi are
sitting in the living room.
Aeka notes that Ryoko is sniffing the air a bit, once she
stops she just frowns and grumbles. "Look at the demon
woman, sniffing like a dog."
"Say you prudent princes, what I do, I do for a reason. You
just aren't blessed with a perfect working nose."
Tenchi already starts shuffling away, knowing that a fight
is on hand. "Girls." His voice fades when the crackling of a
force field fills the air.
Marcus gazes at the warring girls. "What the?" Mihoshi hugs
him, not aware of the impending danger.
The first energy bolt slams into the force field and bounces
into the general direction of Tenchi, who quickly jumps away
and runs out of the living room. The impact on the wall
leaves a big hole. Seeing this Marcus picks up Mihoshi and
runs after Tenchi.
Outside the fight is still audible. Marcus looks puzzled at
Tenchi. Mihoshi blushes while being carried in his arms. "Is
this 'normal'?"
"Yep." Tenchi sighs. "They have been at this ever since
Ryoko attacked Jurai. They have developed some personal
grudge against each other. And as each one of them wants me,
even tough it's just to harass the other." He nearly pulls
out some hairs. "I just am not sure what they really want."
"Sucks big time." Marcus has a concerned look, feeling a bit
like a big bro. "Maybe I can find out."
Tenchi smiles. "You can put her down on the ground."
Pointing at Mihoshi who at this point has snuggled herself
in his arms.
Marcus blushes. "Eh, ok." Setting her back on her feet.
"Let's see if I can stop the fight." He walks over to where
he had put the chest. He pulls out some big metal parts. As
he slips them on the others realize that it is an armor, a
half-plate, with a scabbard over it portraying a
purple/platinum dragon in a rising position. He only puts on
the breast plate tough.
"Eh, you aren't meaning to go back in there?" A sweating
Tenchi asks. "That's suicide."
"It's one of my duties of chivalry to stop such destructive
quarrels, even more so as it are two ladies. If you were any
more a man you would do so too." Marcus grumps, picks up his
claymore Ra-Klev. Tenchi just gives him an angry stare back.
Aeka is just preparing a new approach with her energy field.
Slowly building up energy to send it out as a wave, hoping
to crush the space pirate once and for all in an attack
similar to Ryoko's own. Ryoko on the other hand prepares to
go into the direct assault with her energy blade. Fast Ryoko
lurches forward to strike when a figures looms up in between
them.
"HALT." The figure in armor orders.
*Slice* the sword of Ryoko slices through the human-made
stainless steel half-plate, also creating a deep wound at
the shoulder, but is stopped after halfway into his chest as
Ryoko realizes what she is doing and dispels the blade.
"That actually hurts... Oach." *Gurgles up some blood.*
"Please stop the fighting." *Crashes down to the ground.*
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A few minutes later in Washu's lab.
"Wakey, wakey sleepy boy." She looks at the now healed body,
the skin now a bit lighter where the wound had been. In the
corner sits a crying Ryoko and only a few feet from there a
stunned princes Aeka. Mihoshi sits at the table where Marcus
had been laid upon, holding his hand. Tenchi is trying to
calm down the formerly warring girls. The younger princess
hadn't seen anything happening and is still playing in the
fields with Ryo-ohki.
"Ohhh... What a.. ride." Marcus mutters when he wakes up.
*Blinks a few times.*
"You could have killed him Ryoko, a bit more to the left and
his head would have come off." Tenchi growls at Ryoko, even
tough he feels sorry for her.
"Please don't shout at her Tenchi. I started the fight."
Aeka really doesn't know what else to say. This makes even
Washu blink for a moment.
"I don't think cutting off his head would have killed him
instantly anyway Tenchi." Washu quickly says.
"What?" All the rest.
"Maybe you hadn't noticed it, but Ryoko had sliced so far
that she had scorched his heart. He should have been dead
anyway." Washu keeps her fingers on her chin. Figuring out
the how. "Maybe it's part of the genetic alteration he has."
Tenchi walks over to Washu. "What genetic alteration?"
"He isn't completely human. Just like you are partly
Juraian, he's partly something non terran." Washu scratches
her head. "And I really don't know what that other part is,
I haven't seen it before at all."
"Maybe it's Garou blood." As Marcus sits up with a posture
as if nothing had happened.
"Blood of a who or what?" Tenchi looks puzzled.
"Garou." Washu recaps.
"What's a Garou?" Ryoko doesn't really know where to look so
she stares at the ground.
"It's the name werewolves use for themselves." Marcus grows
silent. "According to a legend of the area where I live
there once was a group of freemen who like the merry men of
Robin Hood tried to free the area of unjust rulers. They
went by the name of the ... how do I translate this ...
Goat-riders. They used large goats as their riding mounts,
but also because a few members weren't human according to
the legend, but Garou who posed as Satyrs as far as I have
been able to figure out." He looks up. "And the European
Masaki's were also part of the Goat riders and were
eventually absorbed into the local family van Gestel who
were also goat-riders."
"And maybe the Garou had also interbred with the humans."
Washu adds.
"That covers it yeah." Marcus smiles. "Actually, this
werewolf group is also very likely to have started the
legend of the Satyr a long time ago before the Goat-riders."
"So you are a werewolf?" Ryoko looks up and down at him.
"No, not as far as I know." The craziness of the suggesting
not being considered in his mind.
Tenchi hesitates a bit "Eh, how did you get a genetic sample
in the first place, I didn't see you take blood of him when
he was down and out. Or doing any scanning for that manner."
Washu smiles wryly "At least he knows how tender I can be."
Tenchi, Ryoko and Aeka gulp. Then look at Mihoshi who just
smiles at that moment from ear to ear.
"And I want to thank Mihoshi for her effort. She really
helped me out there."
"Why, thank you little Washu." Mihoshi smiles. "Your effort
was good too."
The three other faint. Marcus looks over at them. "You
shouldn't have revealed it to them this soon."
************************************************************
A few minutes later Tenchi, Ryoko and Aeka wake up in the
living room.
"What happened?" Sasami asks, sitting in the opposite couch.
"Marcus and Mihoshi brought you guys up here."
Aeka smiles, "Ooh, just a little
accident with some knock-out gas."
Washu walks into the room. "Where's Marcus?"
"He went out to Katshuhiro with his sword." Sasami thinks
about the weird happy face Mihoshi had when she went up to
her room. "Tenchi, do you know why he took a sword with him?
He isn't going to get hurt or hurt Katshuhiro with it?"
"Not likely, he came here to train with him in the first
place."
Sasami leaves the room. "I'm going to see Marcus and
Katsuhiro." Ryo-Ohki bounces after her.
"Tenchi, why can't we have fun like they had?" Ryoko asks
while jumping into his lap.
"He doesn't because he is saving him for his bride." Aeka
snides while trying to pull Ryoko out of Tenchi's lap.
A soft and confused voice of Tenchi. "Bride?"
"Ever occurred to you that he might want to do it even
before he gets married? You know, sex just isn't only the
final end result of love, it's also plain simple a very
pleasurable experience and you know I'm a hedonist." Ryoko
pouts as she now sits down next to Tenchi.
"Yeah, but..." Aeka really didn't know how to react on this.
"He doesn't want to." Knowing that to be unlikely.
"Well, I would like to, but not with the current situation."
Tenchi doesn't know where to look. "Not while both of you
are willing to kill each other for me. Or forcing me to
choose between two girls I both love." He stands up and walk
away, out to the shrine.
Ryoko looks at him as he leaves the room and
then at Aeka.
Aeka looks down.
Ryoko stands up and looks at Aeka "If we ever want to get
his love again we better stop fighting." She reaches out
"Come on, let's at least try it for him." Startled Aeka
accepts and walks together with Ryoko to the shrine as well.
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In the meantime Katsuhiro is giving Marcus a very hard time,
not even allowing him to make any attacks, just blocking and
dodging. "So why do you really want to train?" It takes a
while before Marcus can get some distance before he can
answer, dodging first fake to the right and then jumping to
the left and taking a little run.
"Because I want to be able to protect those I care for."
"Even tough you know you probably never ever will have to do
so?"
"Knowing I can is important to me." He holds up his sword.
"And for some reason I have the feeling I will need the
skill."
"Then I will train you as well as Tenchi, you are more
willing in the first place." Katsuhiro smiles as he suddenly
rushes forward, dodging the downward motion of the claymore
and while passing Marcus, hitting him with the flat of the
sword on his back. Marcus stumbles forward, barely keeping
himself from falling forward. Quickly he stretches his arm
with the sword backward hoping to hit Katsuhiro with the
hilt of his blade. Then he feels his feet being swooped from
underneath him and he goes down. "Though willingness alone
doesn't make you a warrior, you need a lot of training
still. Your know your moves, but you don't yet know how to
use them."
"Good work for an old man." As Marcus slowly gets back up.
"You win." As he smiles at Katsuhiro.
"Maybe you should try an easier opponent." Katsuhiro points
at the newly arrived Tenchi.
"Go get him Tenchi." Sasami smiles.
"But."
"Come on Tenchi, you should show your girls that you can
beat me." Marcus points at Ryoko and Aeka walking to the
shrine.
Katsuhiro passes his katana to Tenchi who actually wanted to
use Tenchi-ken. "Ahem, he doesn't use energy weapons, so
neither should you."
"Well, I wouldn't mind testing Ra-Klev against Tenchi-Ken."
Marcus quips.
"Ra-Klev?" Tenchi ask.
"My blade, it means sky-slicer. Let me show you." He flips a
switch hidden in the hilt and a high hum comes forth from
the blade. "It's now electromagnetically reinforced to give
an even stronger and sharper blade."
Tenchi now sets aside the katana and pulls out Tenchi-ken.
"You asked for it, but I doubt that thing will last for more
than one blow." The energy blade now active it immediately
attracts electric sparks from Ra-Klev, giving quite a show.
Marcus doesn't wait for more than a few moments as he gives
a big sideway swipe, keeping enough distance so Tenchi can't
use the opening he gives. Tenchi blocks the blade in time
holding it in a downward stand next to his side where Ra-
Klev would have hit him. Great amounts of sparks spring
around as the blades clash, remarkably the earth made blade
does not break, showing that the electromagnetic
reinforcement works.
A small pushing contest is held as Tenchi tries to push away
the sword from him, while having a weapon that weighs nearly
nothing is an advantage in fast combat, in locked combat it
is an disadvantage against a heavy weapon. And if your
opponent is stronger, the best thing is to have a fast
retreat as he jumps back. Marcus loses a bit of his grip due
to this and his blade's tip goes to the ground. Tenchi uses
this to bring down his blade, but is stopped mid-swing by
Marcus's fist in his stomach. Now off guard, Marcus can get
away himself, while the blow was pulled the effect was the
same.
"Time to learn some fancy moves Tenchi." Marcus holds back
his blade, his hands high and the tip to the ground at his
side. He makes a quick lunge, scraping the blade's tip over
the stone ground making it quickly superheated and then when
in reach a quick wrist turn makes the blade go one circle
round. Tenchi unused to this kind of moves looks in horror
as the blade goes only inches past his face and body, at
least that is what he thinks. As he looks down he sees that
his clothing has been sliced in one clean cut, his pants
dropping to the ground and his chest bare as the shirt's now
upgraded to a blouse. Marcus jumps back to avoid
retaliation.
"Now show me what you can do." Katshuhiro tosses Tenchi
another cord for his pants. In no time Tenchi has his pants
fixed for the time being. In the background there is a
Sasami rolling over the ground laughing and two other girls
blushing.
Once again ready and very ticked off Tenchi leaps into a
barrage of quick-blows, taking only little time to overcome
Marcus's defenses ending with a thrust, the hilt of the
Tenchi-Ken way up to Marcus's belly. Marcus looks scared,
but regains his senses quick enough.
"Congratulations Tenchi, that move would have gotten me if
you hadn't desummoned the blade itself." Tenchi smiles at
his opponent who just smiles back.
Marcus flips the switch back and the hum disappears. "This
test has proven that Remco's theories are right. I actually
thought I would lose the blade in the first strike." He
walks back outside the ring to Katsuhiro. "Thank you for
this opportunity."
"Even tough you had the last blow Tenchi, he would have
beaten you with that razor-move Tenchi. You are lucky he
didn't use his more powerful whirlwind based attack on you,
as you lack the muscle to block such an attack." Katsuhiro
warns Tenchi. The old man knowing far to well the techniques
possible with heavy melee weapons. Then again he considered.
Tenchi, still happy about his victory, no matter what
Katsuhiro is blabbing about walks over to Ryoko, Aeka and
Sasami. "Now I think I know how it feels for you two when
you are fighting over me."
Ryoko and Aeka look a bit puzzled, then realizing that
Tenchi probably also had feelings for Mihoshi. Ryoko starts
giggling. "If we actually look like that fighting we would
be put on a comedy show for sure." Pointing at his open
pants and shirt.
"Ah, damn it." Tenchi walks off to the house, not noting
that Ryoko and Aeka are following him as they aren't arguing
as usual.
"What is going on here?" Katsuhiro looks at the two girls
not fighting and walking after Tenchi like two house-wives.
"Did I miss on something?"
"Then I missed it too." Sasami cheers. "Maybe the fighting
is over?"
"I don't think so, but let's hope for the best."
Marcus now walks over to Sasami. "Let's go back to the
house, I'll help with Dinner." He
smiles.
************************************************************
Everyone is gathered at the table that evening to enjoy
another meal of Sasami (and Marcus). Some Japanese food and
some Dutch food mixed. Most aren't so sure if sprouts and
rice go together that well. In reality it is a tasty
combination as most can say after dinner.
************************************************************
An hour later in Washu's lab.
"So what means the result to me and Mihoshi?"
"Well, as you noted there is some unusual attraction to each
other. Very likely due to this 'super-natural' blood in both
of you."
"Yeah I noticed."
"And I can advice you to use protection continuously, I have
reasons to believe that one time unprotected will get
Mihoshi pregnant. With Tenchi she wouldn't have been, but
with the better compatibility it's more likely to occur."
"Hmm. Speaking of Tenchi, I noticed during the bout with
Tenchi some hatred in him. I think he's angry with me for
being with Mihoshi."
"Do you really think that he is actually attracted to me
too? He's a very good friend and all, but I wasn't really
going to interfere on him, Aeka and Ryoko."
"Then it's time to increase my attempts at getting Tenchi,
Ryoko and Aeka closer to each other." Washu grins nearly
madly. "But how?"
"If there were only one girl there would be no problem,
maybe you can get Tenchi to make up his mind." Marcus tries
to come up with anything better than this, but fails.
"I do have an Idea, a solution, but it's a rather absurd
one. I think that they fight each other because they don't
understand each other. They won't, even if they talked about
it, their visions are to colored for that. The only other
way is to make sure that both know what the other knows. In
short where there are two, there should be one." Washu
beams. "I don't know if I can copy those memories to each
other, but I can fuse them for a while so their memories do
become one."
"Fuse them?"
"As I said, where there are two, there can be only one."
"But..."
Up in the living room Ryoko, Tenchi and Aeka are watching
TV. For once the two girls aren't fighting, but neither are
attempting anything with Tenchi in the first place.
"I think I finally have the solution for your problem."
Washu says as she appears in front of the TV, startling the
observers.
"Solution, problem?" Aeka yells in a squeaky voice.
"The fighting, the 'Oh I hate her so long that we can never
get along.' problem." Washu grins in a way that makes even
Ryoko very nervous. Then with a flash the four of them are
in Washu's lab.
"The solution is simple. But requires both of you to agree.
First to this temporary version." She then looks sternly at
Aeka and then at Ryoko. "Tenchi will you please not
intervene until I am finished with my explanation?" She
points him out to sit down.
"Ryoko, Aeka, I know that a big part of your hatred flows
from what happened on Jurai, so long ago. The problem is,
explanations of both of you aren't objectionable anymore.
The only way for you two to get some peace from that is if
both of you have the experiences of the other." Both look
sternly at her. "And the only way for me to do this I have
to temporary fuse the two of you into one being." Both now
have their eyes bugging out.
"FUSE US!?!." Is their reaction.
"Does that mean that it is likely to stop their fighting
permanently?" Tenchi asks.
"Very likely, and there is little risk to it. I know quite
well the mechanics of fusing beings together like I did with
Ryoko and Zero. But I am not sure if I can make sure that
both of you keeps each other's experiences when I split you
up again."
"So what would happen if you fuse us?" Ryoko asks in a tone
she rarely has, one of complete helplessness. She remembered
her previous fusion with her 'copy' Zero.
"In short terms, due to physical stress you would be fused
for at least a week. The being existing then will be both
you, a person with traits from both of you, very likely a
tempered woman, neither completely protocol-following and
neither completely a loose cannon. The looks would also be a
combo of both of you, but I cannot predict how that would
look like. All in all the process is the same as when I
fused Ryoko and Zero, but not permanently."
"Why did you come forward with this 'solution' now?" Aeka
asks while thinking very deeply about this.
"Because you two are already having a truce at the moment."
Washu partly lies.
************************************************************
Two days later and luckily better said two days of relative
peace later.
Tenchi, Mihoshi, Sasami and Marcus are sitting in the living
room.
"So this is it huh?" Sasami asks.
"Yep. I pray to god that this fares well." Marcus replies.
"What should I call her? She isn't my sister anymore and at
the same time she is my sister."
"Probably still sister, I think that Ryoko would actually
like to hear that too." Tenchi thinks about what she will
look like. He had dreams about something like this before,
in dreams that had made him even more indecisive.
"I think we should call her Aoko or Ryaka. I myself would go
for Aoko, it's more feminine." Marcus notes.
Then a flash in front of them showing a smiling Washu and a
robed figure with a hood over the face. The robe is like the
one Aeka normally wears, but lighter, revealing the feminine
figure quite well, like Ryoko's normal clothing does.
"Hi everyone." A high and crystal-clear voice comes from
underneath the hood. A slender hand removes the hood showing
the fused face. Purple hair in a style like that of Ryoko
with bangs. Some tips of the hair-spikes showing a greenish
color stroke. The eyes are yellow, but with normal pupils,
the ears are normal and the shape of the face like that of
Ryoko. On her forehead she wears Aeka's diadem. Most are
baffled at how beautiful she looks.
"So, ehm, Aoko, how do you feel?" Tenchi asks, while looking
a bit more up and down, admiring her slim figure, wide hips
like Aeka and a firm bosom like Ryoko.
"Happy, I finally realize what happened for real on Jurai.
The reason for fighting has been truly over a
misunderstanding. Both of us did grievous harm to the
other." She walks over to Tenchi and sits down next to him.
"And what do you think of the new look?"
He gulps, having a lot of trouble keeping his member down.
"Wow." Is as much as he can utter before she places a kiss
on his mouth, fuelled by the desire of two females, an
'unfortunate side effect'.
Marcus and Mihoshi see that it's better to leave and take
Sasami with them. "I think they will be busy for some time.
Poor Tenchi, she's going to drain him dry, getting the
desire of one can be a lot, but of two, in one body. Ooh,
boy." Sasami smiles.
"Now I do hope I am not going to be auntie Sasami in three
months." Marcus looks dumbstruck.
"Three months? Don't Juraians take nine months like humans?"
Both Sasami and Mihoshi look a bit sheepish at him.
"Nine months." Mihoshi nearly looks scared. "My race only
takes five months."
Now Marcus looks ever more worried.
"If she has Ryoko's gestation time it can be as few as ten
days before she gives birth." Washu mumbles. "Then again it
isn't the time of year for her to get into heat."
"Oh my." Sasami looks up at Washu.
"Let's go get a bath." Marcus says as they are heading
upstairs.
"I'll open the woman's bath to you too." Washu says.
"Hmm, okay. But no funny stuff." He smiles.
************************************************************
A few minutes later the lil gang in towels is soaking up.
"In Europe we call these places swimming pools, not baths."
Marcus notes as he looks at the woman's bathroom.
As they get settled in Marcus and Mihoshi swim off to a
further part of the pool.
************************************************************
Back a few minutes into time, just before the others entered
the bath.
Currently Tenchi is laying back on the couch with two
beautiful eyes staring into his. He so enjoys this new, well
for the lack of a better word, 'being', that has been
affectionately named Aoko just a few minutes ago. All the
fear he had of the two now totally gone, only the feeling of
wanting to be with her remained.
"Tenchi, do you love us?"
"I love both of you... And who you are now... Oh, darn, this
is so confusing." He then decides that a good smile says
more than a thousand words.
"We... I love you too." She returns the smile.
Aoko hugs him even more tightly. "I never want to let go of
you anymore." She thinks a bit. "Tenchi, when we are split
up, will you marry Aeka and Ryoko. On Jurai it's a custom to
have more than one wife. We would be happy to share you when
we are split up again." She kisses him on his cheek.
Tenchi wraps his arms around her. "Nothing would make me
more happy than that." He kisses her back, then places
another kiss on her mouth.
She responds by opening her mouth a bit and frenching him.
*KLICK* They hear a sound from besides them. Both look at
the VERY happy face of Nobiyuki. "I'm gone for a few days
and when I come back my son has grown into a man, even if it
is with a new girl. You make me proud Tenchi, but aren't the
girls going to be angry with you, or have you sent them
home?"
Both look up a bit agitated, not from having been
photographed, but from having been disturbed. Then Tenchi
decides to play open card on his father. "Dad, meet Aoko,
she is both a new and a old friend. You see, she is both
Aeka and Ryoko, fused into one being. This way the fighting
would stop." He looks up with a happy face.
"Hi Nobiyuki, how's the project coming along?" Aoko smiles
at him.
"Is that really both of them?" His eyes nearly pop out.
"WOW." He quickly takes another picture and heads off to the
shrine.
"Now where were we?" Tenchi looks at her now with a bit more
lust in his eyes and voice.
"About here." She continues with the frenching, rapidly
becoming a lot more eager to roam their hands over each
others body.
************************************************************
Back in the bath room.
"They both seem very happy." The male in the room says.
"I'm so happy for them, tough I wouldn't have minded to join
in." The biggest airhead in the universe replies.
"If I can get that cleaning cloth I can finally get that
specimen I wanted, nah, I rather get a fresh one from
himself." The smartest genius in the universe mirts.
"Are they really going to get married? And get babies?" The
nicest princess in the universe smiles.
All are currently watching at Tenchi's room using one of
Washu's spy camera's.
"If they truly love each other, I really hope it for them. I
think tough that they'll wait for a while before they will
go as far as having children tough." Marcus now looks at
Sasami. "You apparently enjoyed the show. Live action beats
recordings any day." He grins.
Sasami blushes bright red. "I hope I grow up soon, I know
I'll be just as pretty as Aoko, then young men like Tenchi
will just swarm at me." She barely whispers, but Marcus
looks puzzled.
"How can you possibly know how you will look like when you
grow up."
"I have, wel, an adult version of myself who watches over
me. Her name is Tsunami, she has taken the form of my adult
body."
"Tsunami, ehrm, why is she running around looking like your
adult form. How...?" He shakes his head.
Sasami thinks for a while. "Let's get dressed and I'll show
you all. Mihoshi, Washu, will you two also come along?"
Both nod.
************************************************************
A quarter of an hour later at the waterfall.
Sasami sings a little incantation to open the sanctuary of
Tsunami as shimmering light envelops the groups of friends.
As Marcus opens up his eyes after the flash of light he
first sees Sasami, now in a big ornate dress far more
elaborate than anything Aeka had walked around in. Besides
him he sees Washu in her adult body with an even more
elaborate dress with a bit different style with a big
cleavage resembling a W and she is floating a bit. At the
other side he looks at Mihoshi who wears a skin tight
bodysuit made out of vines and flowers which even entangles
her hair with very large blooming flowers, below the
waistline it flows into a light brown gossamer dress and
she's barefooted. When he looks at himself he is startled to
see something resembling his metal armor, but now made out
of stone and wood, on several places covered in vines with
blooming flowers. As he feels his head he notes that his
hair is longer now. He looks at Mihoshi and as she looks at
him he looks with a dumbstruck look and points at the front
of his head, where he has several long locks pointing
forward. Mihoshi just giggles and gives him a hug and
whispers. "You look kinky."
Then they are silent as they see Tsunami floating towards
them.
"Greetings friends of Sasami, and welcome to you all. I'm
glad you finally brought them along with you Sasami. I
extend my heartfelt greetings to the champion of Gaia." As
she looks at Marcus.
"Champion?! Of Gaia? You mean of the earth mother?" He looks
very confused.
"That is the other name for her. For my niece." Now Sasami
smiles at this proclamation of Tsunami.
"Niece of Gaia, you mean..." He stumbles a bit backwards and
then decides to drop to one knee to show proper respect.
"You are a.. a.. Goddess?" He nearly looks frightened, but
the calming aura of Tsunami quickly turns it into a complete
feeling of safety. "Milady, I'm honored to be called a
champion, but I have never been asked to be anyone's
champion."
"You became my champion when you were born, Garou." A new
rich voice fills the room. The crew see a dark skinned woman
appearing next to Tsunami, her hair is white with a green
sheen to it and in a style like Tsunami's. On the front of
her head there is one golden circle, just above her grey-
blue eyes. She is dressed in a long dress made in a similar
style as the suits of Mihoshi and Marcus.
"GAIA?" Marcus is close to fainting, but quickly recovers
himself, he cannot insult Gaia by fainting. "I'm honored to
meet you too oh mother of life." He bows before Gaia.
Gaia looks at each and every person in the group. When she
sees Washu she smiles, but then looks a bit sorrowed.
"Marcus, I've guided your path from the day you were born to
make sure you can help defend the status quo together with
the champions of Tsunami. We do not know what will happen,
but we know something will happen. Therefore it is time that
you learn more of your heritage just as Tenchi has done.
Where he is connected to Jurai's Tree of Light, you are
connected to Earths Tree of Life equivalent. You will be his
aide in the time to come if he needs one." She floats in
front of him and Mihoshi. Then she kisses the front of his
head and his dormant powers are activated even tough he
doesn't know it just happened.
Marcus is just silent and baffled. He looks besides him as he feels that his arm is
being hugged by Mihoshi and he smiles.
"I want you to help Tenchi and his friends when they need
it." Tsunami says. "To be vigilant and to be brave. You have
already helped them by your very presence, by taking away
one factor that limited my champions happiness. By reducing
the amount of possible partners. I thank you for that, Child
of Gaia."
"Before I take my leave you must know one thing: You are
blessed with the powers of the Children of Gaia clan." With
that Gaia disappears.
"Children of Gaia?" Washu now looks at Marcus with a very
big glee.
"Sasami, for the reason you came here. You do not have to
worry too much, you will grow up just in time when it is
needed." Tsunami smiles at her champion of light.
Marcus now looks at Tsunami. "Yes, Sasami didn't lie when
she said she would be pretty when she grows up." He smiles
and hugs Mihoshi.
With that the group is transported back outside, all soaking
wet as they drop in the water.
"Hiiii... that's cold." Mihoshi squeels.
"That was an interesting experience." Washu says as they sit
down at the porch. All are wringing out water from their
clothing except Washu who wears insta-dry clothing. "Sasami,
could you explain why I was wearing that elaborate Juraian
dress, I'm no Juraian. Yet still I wore a dress resembling
Tsunami's."
All now look at Washu and remember her dress. Indeed it's
strange. "I really wouldn't know."
"That what you wore Marcus was unusual as well." Washu looks
at Marcus.
"Well, I think life just got a lot more complicated. But I
don't mind as long as I'm with you all." He kisses Mihoshi
and then hugs both Washu and Sasami. Feeling very cheerful.
*Sound of door opening.*
All look around to see Tenchi and Aoko in the door smiling
and arms around each other. The group then remembers what
they saw earlier and grin.
"Sasami, shall we start on dinner?" Marcus asks.
"Yep, oh sister, could you and Tenchi get some carrots for
Ryo-Ohki, before she gets all of them first?" She then walks
together with Marcus to the kitchen.
************************************************************
The next day the group is ready for breakfast. All but
Tenchi are happy and awake, unfortunately he has a lot of
power, but lacks stamina (and Aoko has far to much stamina,
doubled =^.^=).
"I see you adapt quite well to your new lifestyle." Marcus
has a lot of trouble not laughing.
*ZZzzz* "Heh? Eh what did you say?" Tenchi snaps back to the
land of the awake people.
************************************************************
A few hours later during which Tenchi slept on the couch.
All the while Aoko and Sasami had a lot of girl-talk as Aoko
felt a lot more like doing so than ever before.
Then Sasami turns to Tenchi and tells him about what
happened the previous day.
Tenchi throws the Tenchi-ken at Marcus after having heard
what happened at Tsunami's shrine. "Maybe it works for you
too, if Tsunami is involved."
Marcus focuses on the master key and after a little while it
actually reacts, in stead of the usual blue sword it erupts
in a claymore sized purple blade, amazing all in the room.
They quickly learn that it doesn't last as it just uses up
the remains of Tenchi's power and not Marcus's, it stops
glowing only seconds after being activated and doesn't
reactivate until Tenchi reactivates it.
"It seems you need your own focus on Gaia's powers." Aoko
says.
"Yeah, but what?"
"How about this." Everyone looks at Sasami as she presents
Marcus with something that looks like a bracelet made out of
oak wood and bares an uncanny resemblance to the way the
master key and Aeka's diadem are made. "I got it from
Tsunami before we left."
The European takes a look at the bracelet and gets a short
flash in his head. In which he sees the biggest tree he
knows in a forest nearby his village. It's his favorite tree
with one giant branch upon which he had spend many hours
relaxing in his youth. Then a branch falls off and reshapes
itself into the bracelet he holds. With that he is pretty
sure that it is connected to him.
Marcus put it around his left wrist and felt a similar
feeling as he had when he had the Tenchi-ken. He once again
focuses his mind on a blade and this time the same blade,
now with an appropriate energy made handle, appeared in his
hand. This time it stayed.
"All right and how about this part." Tenchi put on the ring
which allows his Juraian armor to appear. In a flash he
stood there in the elaborate garment.
"Nope, no armor in this thing." As he thought about forming
an armor the same way he brought the blade to life. "So does
anyone else here have an alternate suit like Tenchi over
here?"
"Well, both Ryoko and Aeka have battlesuits. Hey what do
they have now as Aoko?" Sasami looked questing at Aoko.
"Let's see." Aoko concentrated on a combat suit, but it
didn't really come out that way. Instead of something that
looked like a combination of their respective suits a grand
white light passed over Aoko. As the light subsided Aoko was
dressed in a big white dress with parts of cloth resembling
angel wings.
"Whoa, stunning." He didn't even notice that the Tenchi-ken
was reacting, slowly one of Ryoko's gems removed itself from
Tenchi-ken and floated towards Aoko, placing itself at the
appropriate place at her right wrist. As it activated and
mingled with the Juraian powers of Aeka, Aoko's body
produced once again an immense aura of light, nearly
blinding everyone in the room this time.
When it subsided she was once again in her normal clothing
and sat on the ground smiling. "What a ride!" The gem now
once again imbedded on 'Ryoko' no longer glowed and went
dormant.
"Why do I get the feeling that I've ended up in a Power
Rangers movie?" Marcus whispers in Mihoshi's ear. She just
giggles.
"I really wonder why all this is needed? And why so far in
advance? When I got into really using Tenchi-ken it was to
stop Kagato."
"You don't think that this means that something bad is very
soon to happen?" Marcus asks.
Outside is the loud rumbling of engines which quickly die
down to a silence.
"Ah, drat." Marcus stands up and walks outside, quickly
followed by the rest. The first thing he sees outside is a
white cabbit happily bouncing towards Ryo-Ohki.
"Ken-Ohki, Stay away from her now. Ryoko where are you, or
are you hiding again from me behind your new 'friends'." Of
course Nagi stands there, in full battle garment. Marcus
stands a few feet in front of her and takes a good look.
Then he puts one and one together.
"Are you perhaps Ryoko's sister, you two look so much
alike?" Marcus takes a step forward. "Oh, yeah, I'm Marcus."
And he bows.
Washu thinks as her eyes widen. Memories of her
time with Kagato before her entombment flooding back to her.
Nagi fumes at that remark. "I, the best bounty hunter in the
universe, a sister to that space-pirate?" She walks over to
Marcus and looks quite pissed off now.
"Well, both of you have similar hair-colors and unnatural
style, nearly identical figure, same apparent age and both
of you have a similar level of aggressiveness. Both of you
have a cabbit. More important you both resemble adult
Washu." In the background a certain red-head sits down with
a lot of worries on her face.
Nagi now has had it with this guy and charges him with her
energy sword, but is eventually held back by a Juraian
force-field. "Where is Aeka?" Nagi looks around until she
sees Aoko in her big white dress floating towards her.
"Hello Nagi." Aoko smiles friendly. "I'm sorry to tell you,
but currently there is no 'Ryoko' or 'Aeka', only me, Aoko."
She walks over to her, clearly showing both Aeka's key and
Ryoko's gems. This makes Nagi reconsidering her attack, two
gems and Jurai power, that's over her league.
"What happened to you?" She looks in utter shock. "Why?"
"We fused in order to stop our fighting." Aoko says. "Now
I'm perfectly happy, and I won't let you ruin this." Her
face turned for the worse and the angry gaze meant one
thing, 'one false move and you're dead', her body ready to
lash out with both gem and Jurai power.
Now Nagi started to actually get worried. This new being was
way to powerful for her and it was very angry at her. Heck,
she would need a starship main cannon, not a blaster for
this.
Aoko turns around. "Mother? Is what Marcus noted true?" Nagi
now also looks at Washu.
"Yes." She meekly smiles at Nagi. "She's Ryoko's twin
sister."
Now everyone looked at Washu with amazed faces. "Could you
please elaborate, if this is true, why wasn't she under
control of Kagato as well when Ryoko attacked Jurai? Why
wasn't she together with her all the time in the first
place?" Tenchi asks.
"She was born dead." Washu nearly started to cry, feeling a
guilt of long ago boiling. "I later found a way to revive
her with very elaborate machinery, I had put her in there,
but shortly after that I got captured by Kagato and never
got the chance to check upon you. Luckily Kagato didn't know
about this." She looks intense at Nagi. "Your first memories
Nagi, aren't they like this? ... You wake up, probably as an
adult, in a weird machine filled with a blue gelatin and a
respirator on your mouth, several tubes embedded in your
skin. You broke free and fled the place on a ship you found
in a cold storage and now know as Ken-Ohki and couldn't find
that place since you left?"
Nagi nodded. "That's indeed the first thing I remember." She
looked down, the reality sinking in fast. She just started
to cry, cry out loud. Washu in her adult form walked over to
her and Aoko dispelled the force field. Washu hugged Nagi,
but she didn't stop crying.
Sasami, Marcus and Mihoshi decided that it was better to
leave and nodded Tenchi to come along.
Aoko stood frozen, she thought it be a joke when Marcus
mentioned it, but now, with Washu's confession, she stood
there, staring at her 'twin'.
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"Is this the help I'm supposed to give you all? To screw up
your lives even further?" Inside on the ground Marcus sits
with his head in his hands. I don't know if what I just did
was so smart after all. Maybe I should have kept my mouth
shut. If Washu knew about this, she probably had her reason
to keep it silent. Maybe Nagi becomes too dangerous with
this knowledge. Me and my big mouth? Why can't I keep my
thoughts to myself.
"You didn't screw up our lives at all. What are you blabbing
about? If this works out as I hope, we'll have one permanent
worry less." Tenchi looked a bit confused at Marcus.
"Tenchi, consider this, if Washu knew about this as she just
showed, doesn't that mean that she kept it hidden for a
reason? What if this discovery actually is something really
bad?" He stood up and walked upstairs. "I need some time to
think about this." The rest looked after him.
"I really don't get what that is about?" Tenchi asks the
rest.
"..." Mihoshi ponders.
"No idea, maybe he thinks that now Ryoko will start fighting
with Nagi like she did with my sister?"
"I think he rather be a silent type." Mihoshi. The other two
now stare at her in disbelief.
"What did you just say?" Tenchi.
"Well, I said that I think he might not have a liking to
changes in life." Mihoshi. "Maybe it isn't the result of his
statement that bothers him. More that he altered something
that should not have been."
"Since when do you have such perceptive idea's? Normally you
would probably just sit there, smile and be ignorant of what
just happened. Did he do something to you too?" Tenchi just
looked perplexed.
"Yes, he makes me forget my horrors from the past." Mihoshi
looked down and sad.
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End of Chapter one.
Updated/Finished 18 April 2002.
Yes, this story is SI, with a difference to the real me, he
is like I would like to be, good looking and brave in stead
of having a low self esteem, which causes me to be very
straight forward. Also this version of me has a far better
perception than I do, believe me, I'm half as bad as Mihoshi
in real life and that still is very bad perception.
The legend I use in this story is a real legend and I am for
real a descendant from the Goat-Riders. Tough the garou part
is not for real.
If you wonder why I don't really change my name in the
story, simple, I don't mind it, it actually fits in with the
rest.
Marcus means 'warlike' or 'warrior' in most Latin languages.
Marc is simply the
short form of Marcus. Van Gestel is my mothers maiden name.
So all the comments, etc can be directed at Eucep@yahoo.com
See you in chapter two.
Marc Tuijtelaers, started 15th of June 2001
This is a fanfic revolving around the Tenchi-Muyo OAV story-
line. I must say that I do not know the complete story of TM
and the follow up stories and all the alternate realities.
And as it is only fan fiction this is no claim to the
ownership of the TM crew. Tough I do ask that any new
characters I create are not used for other stories, as most
of them are partly or completely real life people.
Garou, Children of Gaia are created and probably owned by
White Wolf. And no, this is not in the World of Darkness
setting. I believe in happy endings.
While the original story was a lemon, the lemon parts have
been placed in a new side-story so that this one can focus
more on the actual story.
Conventions:
thoughts.
* ... * Quick action/emphasis/sounds.
In short: This story revolves around a Masaki relative from
a non-Japanese branch who shows up one day. And he of course
gets involved with the girls. He also brings with him some
problems from home and abroad.
Revision note: I changed a tiny bit of the story for the
future chapters, the rest is purely corrective material that
has been changed. Also I changed the format a bit to make it
better readable on some unix/linux machines. (I didn't know
some systems do not have auto-wrap as an option.) I also
thank those who gave me replies and short reviews. My thanks
also go to those who gave me the information about Mihoshi
as I asked for.
I want to thank Zyraen and Craeyst Raygal for their support.
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No need for relatives
Chapter one.
Prologue,
The year 4810, Earth, Masaki estate.
Year 705 of Tenchi Masaki as ruler of Jurai.
Earth is now part of the Galactic Union and declared sister
planet to Jurai. With global clean-up and many other
improvements there isn't much difference between the two
planets except for rulership. Jurai is still ruled by an
emperor while Earth favors chosen rulers. Earth now grows
it's own trees of life and has it's own treeships, tough
they all are fourth and fifth in generation.
Since the advents to follow has Earth gained it's own form
of the Knights of Jurai. The Terra Knights. Among them are
many descendants of the heroes from the era of change.
The old home of Tenchi is once again a busy place, even if
it is temporary.
"Mom, do you know if the flowers have been delivered?"
"Mayuka, I'm over here with your dad. Now, what was that
about? Flowers? They don't need to be delivered darling, we
pick them from the garden tomorrow before the wedding."
"Now don't forget to tell her about the replanting Ryoko.
Otherwise Aeka might get upset if her garden gets
destroyed."
Aeka walks into the room in her flowing robe. Like nearly
all the people of the original gang she had changed a lot.
Turning from the frail girl that she was into a eternally
fully blossoming woman. Her hairstyle now more like her
grandmother Amame. Her face now a front of serene calm like
her predecessor and step-mother Funaho.
She looks at her husband and her wife-sister sitting in the
couch who were taking in the views of the many people around
them prepared the last few things of the wedding in two
days.
Tenchi for his current form had become more alike his great-
grandfather than he would ever acknowledge. A more
musculature physique and a similar, yet beardless, hairstyle
as Azusa. Now relaxing in the wide clothing of a shrine
keeper in stead of the heavy robes of the emperor of Jurai.
His second wife Ryoko had changed less in appearance, more
in demeanor. The visuals included longer hair, now
resembling Washu's, while she wore clothing very reminiscent
of those worn by Aeka.
An adult Mayuka is seen scurrying around the room fussing
over the people present. Her natural hyperactiveness had
been solved for a while by putting her in charge of the
wedding preparations. It also helped her to overlook that
she was the only girl still single of the new generation;
the generation originating from the original group on earth.
In a short time her half-sister and best friend would be
joined in marriage. Then Tenko Jurai and Leo Karamitsu would
be husband and wife.
Her attention is drawn by the sound of someone crying,
somewhere outside. The voice she hears is that of Leo's
mother. Quickly she heads out, followed soon by her own
mother, Ryoko.
Outside she sees the dark skinned woman with silver hair
sitting at the six graves a bit away from the house.
"Kitsune, are you feeling alright?" Mayuka asks in a sincere
voice. Her own hart hurt by the sight of Leo's mother, a
woman only a year younger than herself.
The sky-blue eye and grass-green eye stare at her with a
pained look. "I wish they were here to see their grandson's
marriage." She points at the two graves in front of her. The
stones barely show the names on them anymore, one in Kanji,
one in Romanji. The one in Kanji says Mihoshi, the one in
Romanji says Marcus. Besides those two there are the graves
of Itsuki, Haruna, Nobiyuki and Achika. "Leo barely knew
them."
Ryoko steps forward to Kitsune and pats her on the shoulder.
"It seems moms present might have to be used earlier." She
grins at the double tailed woman, one a tail of hair, one a
real tail; her fathers heirloom.
"What.. what are you talking about?" Kitsune's voice sounds
raw due to her crying, her eyes slightly red in the edges
due to tears.
I see darling, I'll set up the machine so we can gather
tonight and do what I planned before the marriage.
Ryoko's thoughts returns to Kitsune. "Tonight we'll all
gather at Funaho."
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At the once spacefaring tree the whole family is gathered
that evening; Tenchi, Ryoko, Aeka, Kiyone, Sasami, Mayuka,
Leo, Kitsune, Tenko, Azusa, Misaki, Funaho, Yosho, Nagi,
Belldandy, Urd, Skuld, Keicchi, Ryo-Ohki, Ken-Ohki, Kayrio-
Ohki, Sethra-Ohki and Angelis. A very colorful family indeed
if you also include Azake and Kamidake overlooking the crowd
sitting on the ground as well.
Washu, now restored with all her memories, stand before all
the gathered holding a small green cube.
"This my friends, is a memory viewer. One specially made to
view those nearly lost memories. It even uses metaphysical
methods via Urd to bring back the memories of those not
among us anymore. Tonight I want to look back in time and
see what has brought us all together. This is my gift to Leo
and Tenko, but it's not in the least a gift to all my
family." As she activates the cube all are send into a
communal dream.
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[First memory, three years before the destruction of Cain
(TMiL).]
An entity, shape shifter by nature, indescribable in
physical terms traveled the depths of space in search of a
target. This target was some kind of space station, it only
knew that it's mistress wanted it to search it out.
As the station came into view it saw that the entire station
had been destroyed. Then
he saw a small craft already far away, leaving the area.
I want you to enter the station, you will find someone
there still alive and in need of help. A loose voice filled
his head.
He focused his senses and indeed found one being
alive, somewhere in a closed off part that still was
protected from outer space.
He phased into the room and saw a half charred women lying
on the floor. The room itself was so dark that the women
couldn't see it standing next to her. She whispered. "I hope
she will be alright.." As she passed out.
The entity lifted the women up, it noticed even in the dark
the bright orange head-band on her forehead.
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[The second memory is the entire OAV 1+2 and TMiL, with the
exception that Kiyone wasn't part of the Cain situation.]
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[Memory three, the main story starts.]
A long staircase, connecting the Masaki house to the street
side. Once a day after the mailman had shown up someone has
to go all the way down to get the mail. Last few days it had
been Ryoko who could do this far faster and with less effort
than the rest, but today Aeka had to get the mail.
Trotting down leisurely, enjoying the good weather. She looks down
the hill as she sees an earthly vehicle driving off from the
base of the stair. A taxi she recognizes.
Nearly downstairs she sees someone passing the gate and
starting to climb up the stairs with a big case.
"Welcome, I'm Aeka. And who are you?" Of course talking in
Japanese.
"Excuse me... Ehrm Aeka I think... I don't know Japanese too
well, do you speak English?" She listens to the young man
now looking at her. It's a white-skinned male with dark-
brown hair, nearly golden looking. Tall, even when compared
to someone like Yosho. Luckily she had learned English and
several other human languages during her travel to earth yet
it took some time to recall.
"Oh, welcome, I'm Aeka as you had heard correctly. And who
are you?"
"My fair lady Aeka, I'm Marcus, Marcus van Gestel. I thank
you for the honor of meeting you." Bowing a bit, kissing her
hand while still keeping the large green chest on his back
with his other hand.
"Is Tenchi Masaki at home?" He looks up at her and smiles.
*GRMBL* He looks down at his stomach.
"Why yes, he's upstairs in the home preparing for dinner.
Would you care to join us?"
"Indeed, that was my plan in the first place." Looking at
her with a bit tilted head. "He didn't receive my letter,
did he?"
"Letter?" She walks over to the mailbox and opens it.
Running through the few pamphlets and bills she doesn't see
any letter. Then her eye falls on a bit of white from under
a nearby bush, she goes over and picks it up. When she looks
at who send it she recognizes the name Marcus on it. The
writing is stylish and somehow familiar. Thinking she
realized it to be similar to the writing of Nobiyuki.
"Would you please follow me?" Aeka asks him and walks up the
stairs. While walking up she occasionally looks back to see
if he can keep up with that big case.
Once at the top Mihoshi stands at the port enjoying the sun
while waiting for Sasami and Tenchi to finish preparing
dinner. Today Tenchi had decided to help Sasami, taking
hints from his grandfather to try to learn more from the
girls. She greets Aeka as she passes her and walks inside
even tough Aeka barely takes notice of her. She then looks
at the person following her. He puts down the case and
stretches. She looks at his face and is puzzled. He really
looks like someone she knows.
Mihoshi follows the foreigner inside as he walks into the
room. He clearly is puzzled by all the girls inside the
room. Aeka and Ryoko were already in a quarrel, Washu was
quietly sitting down at the table. Washu looks at Mihoshi
and then at the young man. She stands up and gets an extra
plate for him. Sasami and Tenchi are just bringing in the
food to the table.
Mihoshi notes how the young man started to grin, then walks
up to Tenchi.
"Tenchi... Ohaio wasn't it? Good to see you." Tenchi surely
looked puzzled.
Then Katsuhiro walked in. "Is that you Marcus?" He smiles,
walks over to Marcus and shakes him the hand, ignoring more
traditional Japanese greetings. "Everyone. May I have your
attention please?" Everyone listened, even Ryoko and Aeka.
"May I introduce you to one of our family members, Marcus
van Gestel."
Everyone really went silent looking slightly dazed.
"Family member?" Aeka looked totally amazed.
"A gaijin?" Ryoko added. Katsuhiro frowned at that.
Washu grins.
"Welcome to the Masaki household." Sasami cheers.
"Myaa." Ryo-Ohki adds, causing Marcus to jump seeing the
little alien cabbit.
"What the?" Marcus looks puzzled, now also noting the looks
of the girls.
"So you're some kind of nephew?" Tenchi asks.
"..." Mihoshi doesn't really know what to say, the nephews
don't look alike at all.
Katsuhiro sees the confusion of the other people. He decides
to tell them about who Marcus is and ends the short speech
with: "As for how he can be from oversees. A long time ago,
about ten years after Yosho defeated the demon a part of the
Masaki family went to Europe, following the path of chivalry
instead of Bushido. Marcus is of the same generation as
Tenchi, but of the European branch of the family." Katsuhiro
proclaims. "I even believe Marcus is a squire of a
traditions organization; the Dragon Knights Order?"
He nods. "Actually, I've become a full fledged member."
Aeka blushes.
They all sit down with Marcus sitting in between Mihoshi and
Washu. He smiles obviously enjoying the presence of the
beautiful girls. "So you turned out to be a real ladies man,
Tenchi. Even though last time I saw you, you were already
hanging on to girls. Achika that was." Smiling.
Even Tenchi could grin at that remark. "So you have been
here before?"
"Hey? Where's your dad?" Marcus asks trying to change the
subject, just remembering that Achika had died a few months
after he went back to the Netherlands.
"Still at work."
"Yeah, even when you were just a baby and I a little boy he
already put most of his time in his job."
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As they got to know each other better the stories followed
suit, especially about the happenings in the Masaki
household from Kagato, Dr Clay to Cain. As he would stay for
a while and with the weirdness going around it wouldn't be
smart to withhold the truth. Also as a true knight he was
considered to be a trustworthy enough, at least according to
Katsuhiro.
Marcus sat there, partly dazed and gaping at the girls. "So
none of these pretty girls are human? And neither are you
completely?" He falls over laughing. "Aeka and Sasami are
actually relatives to you? Wow." Looking at Aeka. "I'm
pleased to meet you your majesty." As a reaction to his far-
too-big glee Aeka only sneers at him.
Mihoshi sits down next to him. "And do you really think we
look pretty?"
"If all alien girls are as beautiful as you Mihoshi I would
say that space is Heaven." His grey-green eyes being locked
with Mihoshi's sky-blue ones. "Yes, heaven."
Mihoshi giggles and blushes extremely, grasps his arm and
kisses him on the cheek. "Thank you." This makes Marcus'
face as red as Washu's hair.
Tenchi almost takes a jealous look. Aeka looks partly joyed.
Ryoko also blushed a bit, enjoying this Tenchi with dare
thinking I really would like it if Tenchi came forward that
easily too.
Washu was sunk in thoughts, he looked a bit more clearheaded
than Tenchi and wouldn't be trapped that easy and might
actually be strong enough to break out of light confinement,
but on the other hand with her titanium constrains on the
other hand.
Sasami was just glad for meeting a new family member. I
hope he is just as nice as Tenchi is.
Mihoshi ponders.
"All right. So this lil' gal here is a space-ship which uses
carrots for fuel." He grins. "Very ecological. And cute."
Picking up the cabbit.
"Myaa."
"Even though not very cheap, with the amount of carrots she
eats." Tenchi adds.
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"Well, it seems my letter did come a bit late and got lost
at the mail-box."
Marcus and Tenchi are the only two left in the living room.
"So you want to stay here for a few days? That's fine with
me, but why if I may ask?"
"I was hoping for some training." Looking outside at the
shrine.
"Training? You mean sword-fighting?"
"Affirmative. Even though my style and choice of weapon is
very different I should be capable of learning something
here." He walks over to the big case. After having rummaged
a bit in it he walks back to Tenchi, bearing his weapon.
Tenchi jumps at the sight of it.
"If you are going to train against Katsuhiro... He's going
to beat the crap out of you. No way that you can hit him
with that... Way to slow." Looking at the five feet claymore
in Marcus's hand.
"You sure about that." In a swift motion, just as fast as
with a fencing sword he makes the 'Z' motion.
"No way."
"It's not an old-fashioned one. It's made out of Titanium
and weighs very little." He hands the sword to Tenchi. He
weighs it and finds it to be only a bit heavier than a
katana. "It's form is computer designed for air resistance
like a sports car. It's custom made for Dragon Knights."
"Hmm, Katsuhiro is in for a surprise." Tenchi grins, knowing
better.
Mihoshi and Sasami are busy in the kitchen cleaning up.
While Sasami is doing the actual cleaning Mihoshi appears to
be daydreaming.
"Mihoshi, what are you looking at?" She looks in the
direction and sees Marcus with the claymore and Tenchi
checking it out. I hope they don't get into any arguments.
Mihoshi stops her gazing and continues to clean up the last
few items.
"So where is he going to sleep Tenchi?" Sasami walks up to
the duo.
"I don't know Sasami. We don't actually have any spare
chambers anymore. And my room is to big a mess after the
latest Aeka vs. Ryoko rumble."
"He can stay in my room." Blurts Mihoshi out before she
actually thinks about it, though Sasami can make out a faint
blush on her face.
"Maybe it's better if he will sleep on the couch tonight and
we'll rig something up tomorrow." Feeling a bit threatened
on his own territory Tenchi grumbles.
"I don't mind sleeping in her room." Smiling. "I can control
myself well enough."
Tenchi goes a bit white and Sasami smiles. "Now you two
don't do anything naughty." At this comment Marcus performs
the 'Spock eyebrow maneuver' and Tenchi's face gets a bit
red.
Marcus walks over to the case and gets a bag from it with a
bedroll in it. "Where's the room?" Mihoshi gleefully pulls
him along upstairs.
"You can't be serious about this Marcus?... Marcus??" Seeing
him walking upstairs. "He is serious..." He turns his head
at Sasami. "I'm almost feeling jealous." Sasami giggles from
that remark. "I wish I was so brave..."
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Next morning at breakfast. All but Washu are at the table.
"So how was your night with Mihoshi?" Sasami quips. All the
others but Mihoshi stare at Marcus.
"Well, after I dressed for the night I went over to
Mihoshi... Kissed her goodnight and went to sleep." Mihoshi
nods at that and smiles.
"Ahh." Sasami pouts and puts the last bottle of milk on the
table.
"Can anyone get Washu?" Sasami looks at Tenchi.
"I'll go." Marcus volunteers. He looks at the bit frightened
and now relieved face of Tenchi.
Marcus quickly heads off to the door to the cellar
containing the portal as Washu had shown him the day before.
He knocks
three times at the wall to make a black door appears. Marcus
walks in and is amazed by the gigantic room he observes. He
sees a big garden with a strange tree at it's centre
somewhat resembling Funaho, the old tree outside. Then he
hears some sounds coming from a place where a lot of
machines are standing. Brisling among those machines he sees
a lot of red hair.
"Washu?" He walks up to the red haired girl. She turns
around proving to him that she isn't a girl, but a full
grown woman. "Oh my, you're beautiful. Is that really you
Washu?" Looking at Washu in adult form.
She blushes a bit. "Yes Marcus, this is the real me."
Looking a bit confused. "Then why the girl look?"
"That has its reasons."
Nodding.
"Now, would you please be so kind and help me for a minute."
A bit of a grin is developing on the red minx's face. "It's
a general measurement of your physical and mental
capabilities so I can compare it to Tenchi's, Yosho's and
Nobiyuki's. I'm interested in the effects of human DNA
together with that of Juraian."
"Fine."
"Please step over here." She guides him over to a chair and
puts on several electrodes of alien design. "You won't
notice a thing." She pushes some buttons on her console and
readouts are flashing over the screen. "That completes that.
Now only one more thing." She pushes a few buttons and the
electrodes fall off. "The last thing I need is some genetic
material." She walks over to him and casually sits down on
his lap, gleeful to feel his hard-on pressing into her
through the fabric. He only frowns at her. "The best genetic
material I can use I can get from a sperm sample." She says
with a very hot tone. He looks into her eyes.
"You can have some later if you really want some, but now a
lot of people are waiting for us for breakfast." He lifts
her up, stands up and puts her down in front of him.
A bit disappointed she walks after him. During the walk
changing from woman to girl.
Before they enter the door. "Washu, are you girls physically
like humans? Considering that Tenchi is part Juraian and you
appear as such."
"Yes."
Smiling "How come?"
"As far as I know a now extinct race once sowed the seeds
for life on several worlds, the end result of evolution
being very similar humanoids which can actually interbreed.
On most planets that is." She explains. "But there is also a
theory that it's due to the gods who made us in their images
and as most gods are siblings in the first place."
Back at the table Tenchi looks as Marcus sits down even
without a hint of worry.
Ryoko whispers into Washu's ear. "What did you do to him? He
smells as if he's very aroused."
Whispering back. "A side effect of the measurements I just
took of his physical and mental capabilities for my
research."
"Don't give me that crap, I know what you are trying to do
with Tenchi. You're probably trying exactly the same thing
on Marcus."
"I tried, a bit more subtle than I did with Tenchi. He
agreed to allow me to take a sample after breakfast."
Sipping on her milk.
Ryoko just freezes. "He.. he.. AGREED?"
"He's very different from Tenchi. This boy simply put lacks
shyness, my guess would be that he isn't a stranger to love
like Tenchi."
"Hey, would you like my help with that sample. Eh, what kind
of sample tough?" Mihoshi whispers and pouts, revealing that
she had been listening in on the conversation.
Both Ryoko and Washu face fault. The rest looks a bit
puzzled.
Washu giggles in herself.
************************************************************
After breakfast Marcus first unpacks the green chest and
brings the individual luggage to Mihoshi's room where he is
going to stay for the next few nights. The chest is put
outside. Thinking about what Sasami asked before breakfast.
Grinning.
After that he walks into the lab of Washu. He looks a bit
surprised tough. He thought he would end up at the same
place, but it's a totally different room. In the lab at a
big console is Washu in her girl form busy typing something
and bit further he sees a big bed with someone sitting on
the edge of the bed. Mihoshi, under the covers. She looks at
what Washu is typing and shoves her pillow a bit more aside.
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An hour later Marcus, Mihoshi, Ryoko, Aeka and Tenchi are
sitting in the living room.
Aeka notes that Ryoko is sniffing the air a bit, once she
stops she just frowns and grumbles. "Look at the demon
woman, sniffing like a dog."
"Say you prudent princes, what I do, I do for a reason. You
just aren't blessed with a perfect working nose."
Tenchi already starts shuffling away, knowing that a fight
is on hand. "Girls." His voice fades when the crackling of a
force field fills the air.
Marcus gazes at the warring girls. "What the?" Mihoshi hugs
him, not aware of the impending danger.
The first energy bolt slams into the force field and bounces
into the general direction of Tenchi, who quickly jumps away
and runs out of the living room. The impact on the wall
leaves a big hole. Seeing this Marcus picks up Mihoshi and
runs after Tenchi.
Outside the fight is still audible. Marcus looks puzzled at
Tenchi. Mihoshi blushes while being carried in his arms. "Is
this 'normal'?"
"Yep." Tenchi sighs. "They have been at this ever since
Ryoko attacked Jurai. They have developed some personal
grudge against each other. And as each one of them wants me,
even tough it's just to harass the other." He nearly pulls
out some hairs. "I just am not sure what they really want."
"Sucks big time." Marcus has a concerned look, feeling a bit
like a big bro. "Maybe I can find out."
Tenchi smiles. "You can put her down on the ground."
Pointing at Mihoshi who at this point has snuggled herself
in his arms.
Marcus blushes. "Eh, ok." Setting her back on her feet.
"Let's see if I can stop the fight." He walks over to where
he had put the chest. He pulls out some big metal parts. As
he slips them on the others realize that it is an armor, a
half-plate, with a scabbard over it portraying a
purple/platinum dragon in a rising position. He only puts on
the breast plate tough.
"Eh, you aren't meaning to go back in there?" A sweating
Tenchi asks. "That's suicide."
"It's one of my duties of chivalry to stop such destructive
quarrels, even more so as it are two ladies. If you were any
more a man you would do so too." Marcus grumps, picks up his
claymore Ra-Klev. Tenchi just gives him an angry stare back.
Aeka is just preparing a new approach with her energy field.
Slowly building up energy to send it out as a wave, hoping
to crush the space pirate once and for all in an attack
similar to Ryoko's own. Ryoko on the other hand prepares to
go into the direct assault with her energy blade. Fast Ryoko
lurches forward to strike when a figures looms up in between
them.
"HALT." The figure in armor orders.
*Slice* the sword of Ryoko slices through the human-made
stainless steel half-plate, also creating a deep wound at
the shoulder, but is stopped after halfway into his chest as
Ryoko realizes what she is doing and dispels the blade.
"That actually hurts... Oach." *Gurgles up some blood.*
"Please stop the fighting." *Crashes down to the ground.*
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A few minutes later in Washu's lab.
"Wakey, wakey sleepy boy." She looks at the now healed body,
the skin now a bit lighter where the wound had been. In the
corner sits a crying Ryoko and only a few feet from there a
stunned princes Aeka. Mihoshi sits at the table where Marcus
had been laid upon, holding his hand. Tenchi is trying to
calm down the formerly warring girls. The younger princess
hadn't seen anything happening and is still playing in the
fields with Ryo-ohki.
"Ohhh... What a.. ride." Marcus mutters when he wakes up.
*Blinks a few times.*
"You could have killed him Ryoko, a bit more to the left and
his head would have come off." Tenchi growls at Ryoko, even
tough he feels sorry for her.
"Please don't shout at her Tenchi. I started the fight."
Aeka really doesn't know what else to say. This makes even
Washu blink for a moment.
"I don't think cutting off his head would have killed him
instantly anyway Tenchi." Washu quickly says.
"What?" All the rest.
"Maybe you hadn't noticed it, but Ryoko had sliced so far
that she had scorched his heart. He should have been dead
anyway." Washu keeps her fingers on her chin. Figuring out
the how. "Maybe it's part of the genetic alteration he has."
Tenchi walks over to Washu. "What genetic alteration?"
"He isn't completely human. Just like you are partly
Juraian, he's partly something non terran." Washu scratches
her head. "And I really don't know what that other part is,
I haven't seen it before at all."
"Maybe it's Garou blood." As Marcus sits up with a posture
as if nothing had happened.
"Blood of a who or what?" Tenchi looks puzzled.
"Garou." Washu recaps.
"What's a Garou?" Ryoko doesn't really know where to look so
she stares at the ground.
"It's the name werewolves use for themselves." Marcus grows
silent. "According to a legend of the area where I live
there once was a group of freemen who like the merry men of
Robin Hood tried to free the area of unjust rulers. They
went by the name of the ... how do I translate this ...
Goat-riders. They used large goats as their riding mounts,
but also because a few members weren't human according to
the legend, but Garou who posed as Satyrs as far as I have
been able to figure out." He looks up. "And the European
Masaki's were also part of the Goat riders and were
eventually absorbed into the local family van Gestel who
were also goat-riders."
"And maybe the Garou had also interbred with the humans."
Washu adds.
"That covers it yeah." Marcus smiles. "Actually, this
werewolf group is also very likely to have started the
legend of the Satyr a long time ago before the Goat-riders."
"So you are a werewolf?" Ryoko looks up and down at him.
"No, not as far as I know." The craziness of the suggesting
not being considered in his mind.
Tenchi hesitates a bit "Eh, how did you get a genetic sample
in the first place, I didn't see you take blood of him when
he was down and out. Or doing any scanning for that manner."
Washu smiles wryly "At least he knows how tender I can be."
Tenchi, Ryoko and Aeka gulp. Then look at Mihoshi who just
smiles at that moment from ear to ear.
"And I want to thank Mihoshi for her effort. She really
helped me out there."
"Why, thank you little Washu." Mihoshi smiles. "Your effort
was good too."
The three other faint. Marcus looks over at them. "You
shouldn't have revealed it to them this soon."
************************************************************
A few minutes later Tenchi, Ryoko and Aeka wake up in the
living room.
"What happened?" Sasami asks, sitting in the opposite couch.
"Marcus and Mihoshi brought you guys up here."
Aeka smiles, "Ooh, just a little
accident with some knock-out gas."
Washu walks into the room. "Where's Marcus?"
"He went out to Katshuhiro with his sword." Sasami thinks
about the weird happy face Mihoshi had when she went up to
her room. "Tenchi, do you know why he took a sword with him?
He isn't going to get hurt or hurt Katshuhiro with it?"
"Not likely, he came here to train with him in the first
place."
Sasami leaves the room. "I'm going to see Marcus and
Katsuhiro." Ryo-Ohki bounces after her.
"Tenchi, why can't we have fun like they had?" Ryoko asks
while jumping into his lap.
"He doesn't because he is saving him for his bride." Aeka
snides while trying to pull Ryoko out of Tenchi's lap.
A soft and confused voice of Tenchi. "Bride?"
"Ever occurred to you that he might want to do it even
before he gets married? You know, sex just isn't only the
final end result of love, it's also plain simple a very
pleasurable experience and you know I'm a hedonist." Ryoko
pouts as she now sits down next to Tenchi.
"Yeah, but..." Aeka really didn't know how to react on this.
"He doesn't want to." Knowing that to be unlikely.
"Well, I would like to, but not with the current situation."
Tenchi doesn't know where to look. "Not while both of you
are willing to kill each other for me. Or forcing me to
choose between two girls I both love." He stands up and walk
away, out to the shrine.
Ryoko looks at him as he leaves the room and
then at Aeka.
Aeka looks down.
Ryoko stands up and looks at Aeka "If we ever want to get
his love again we better stop fighting." She reaches out
"Come on, let's at least try it for him." Startled Aeka
accepts and walks together with Ryoko to the shrine as well.
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In the meantime Katsuhiro is giving Marcus a very hard time,
not even allowing him to make any attacks, just blocking and
dodging. "So why do you really want to train?" It takes a
while before Marcus can get some distance before he can
answer, dodging first fake to the right and then jumping to
the left and taking a little run.
"Because I want to be able to protect those I care for."
"Even tough you know you probably never ever will have to do
so?"
"Knowing I can is important to me." He holds up his sword.
"And for some reason I have the feeling I will need the
skill."
"Then I will train you as well as Tenchi, you are more
willing in the first place." Katsuhiro smiles as he suddenly
rushes forward, dodging the downward motion of the claymore
and while passing Marcus, hitting him with the flat of the
sword on his back. Marcus stumbles forward, barely keeping
himself from falling forward. Quickly he stretches his arm
with the sword backward hoping to hit Katsuhiro with the
hilt of his blade. Then he feels his feet being swooped from
underneath him and he goes down. "Though willingness alone
doesn't make you a warrior, you need a lot of training
still. Your know your moves, but you don't yet know how to
use them."
"Good work for an old man." As Marcus slowly gets back up.
"You win." As he smiles at Katsuhiro.
"Maybe you should try an easier opponent." Katsuhiro points
at the newly arrived Tenchi.
"Go get him Tenchi." Sasami smiles.
"But."
"Come on Tenchi, you should show your girls that you can
beat me." Marcus points at Ryoko and Aeka walking to the
shrine.
Katsuhiro passes his katana to Tenchi who actually wanted to
use Tenchi-ken. "Ahem, he doesn't use energy weapons, so
neither should you."
"Well, I wouldn't mind testing Ra-Klev against Tenchi-Ken."
Marcus quips.
"Ra-Klev?" Tenchi ask.
"My blade, it means sky-slicer. Let me show you." He flips a
switch hidden in the hilt and a high hum comes forth from
the blade. "It's now electromagnetically reinforced to give
an even stronger and sharper blade."
Tenchi now sets aside the katana and pulls out Tenchi-ken.
"You asked for it, but I doubt that thing will last for more
than one blow." The energy blade now active it immediately
attracts electric sparks from Ra-Klev, giving quite a show.
Marcus doesn't wait for more than a few moments as he gives
a big sideway swipe, keeping enough distance so Tenchi can't
use the opening he gives. Tenchi blocks the blade in time
holding it in a downward stand next to his side where Ra-
Klev would have hit him. Great amounts of sparks spring
around as the blades clash, remarkably the earth made blade
does not break, showing that the electromagnetic
reinforcement works.
A small pushing contest is held as Tenchi tries to push away
the sword from him, while having a weapon that weighs nearly
nothing is an advantage in fast combat, in locked combat it
is an disadvantage against a heavy weapon. And if your
opponent is stronger, the best thing is to have a fast
retreat as he jumps back. Marcus loses a bit of his grip due
to this and his blade's tip goes to the ground. Tenchi uses
this to bring down his blade, but is stopped mid-swing by
Marcus's fist in his stomach. Now off guard, Marcus can get
away himself, while the blow was pulled the effect was the
same.
"Time to learn some fancy moves Tenchi." Marcus holds back
his blade, his hands high and the tip to the ground at his
side. He makes a quick lunge, scraping the blade's tip over
the stone ground making it quickly superheated and then when
in reach a quick wrist turn makes the blade go one circle
round. Tenchi unused to this kind of moves looks in horror
as the blade goes only inches past his face and body, at
least that is what he thinks. As he looks down he sees that
his clothing has been sliced in one clean cut, his pants
dropping to the ground and his chest bare as the shirt's now
upgraded to a blouse. Marcus jumps back to avoid
retaliation.
"Now show me what you can do." Katshuhiro tosses Tenchi
another cord for his pants. In no time Tenchi has his pants
fixed for the time being. In the background there is a
Sasami rolling over the ground laughing and two other girls
blushing.
Once again ready and very ticked off Tenchi leaps into a
barrage of quick-blows, taking only little time to overcome
Marcus's defenses ending with a thrust, the hilt of the
Tenchi-Ken way up to Marcus's belly. Marcus looks scared,
but regains his senses quick enough.
"Congratulations Tenchi, that move would have gotten me if
you hadn't desummoned the blade itself." Tenchi smiles at
his opponent who just smiles back.
Marcus flips the switch back and the hum disappears. "This
test has proven that Remco's theories are right. I actually
thought I would lose the blade in the first strike." He
walks back outside the ring to Katsuhiro. "Thank you for
this opportunity."
"Even tough you had the last blow Tenchi, he would have
beaten you with that razor-move Tenchi. You are lucky he
didn't use his more powerful whirlwind based attack on you,
as you lack the muscle to block such an attack." Katsuhiro
warns Tenchi. The old man knowing far to well the techniques
possible with heavy melee weapons. Then again he considered.
Tenchi, still happy about his victory, no matter what
Katsuhiro is blabbing about walks over to Ryoko, Aeka and
Sasami. "Now I think I know how it feels for you two when
you are fighting over me."
Ryoko and Aeka look a bit puzzled, then realizing that
Tenchi probably also had feelings for Mihoshi. Ryoko starts
giggling. "If we actually look like that fighting we would
be put on a comedy show for sure." Pointing at his open
pants and shirt.
"Ah, damn it." Tenchi walks off to the house, not noting
that Ryoko and Aeka are following him as they aren't arguing
as usual.
"What is going on here?" Katsuhiro looks at the two girls
not fighting and walking after Tenchi like two house-wives.
"Did I miss on something?"
"Then I missed it too." Sasami cheers. "Maybe the fighting
is over?"
"I don't think so, but let's hope for the best."
Marcus now walks over to Sasami. "Let's go back to the
house, I'll help with Dinner." He
smiles.
************************************************************
Everyone is gathered at the table that evening to enjoy
another meal of Sasami (and Marcus). Some Japanese food and
some Dutch food mixed. Most aren't so sure if sprouts and
rice go together that well. In reality it is a tasty
combination as most can say after dinner.
************************************************************
An hour later in Washu's lab.
"So what means the result to me and Mihoshi?"
"Well, as you noted there is some unusual attraction to each
other. Very likely due to this 'super-natural' blood in both
of you."
"Yeah I noticed."
"And I can advice you to use protection continuously, I have
reasons to believe that one time unprotected will get
Mihoshi pregnant. With Tenchi she wouldn't have been, but
with the better compatibility it's more likely to occur."
"Hmm. Speaking of Tenchi, I noticed during the bout with
Tenchi some hatred in him. I think he's angry with me for
being with Mihoshi."
"Do you really think that he is actually attracted to me
too? He's a very good friend and all, but I wasn't really
going to interfere on him, Aeka and Ryoko."
"Then it's time to increase my attempts at getting Tenchi,
Ryoko and Aeka closer to each other." Washu grins nearly
madly. "But how?"
"If there were only one girl there would be no problem,
maybe you can get Tenchi to make up his mind." Marcus tries
to come up with anything better than this, but fails.
"I do have an Idea, a solution, but it's a rather absurd
one. I think that they fight each other because they don't
understand each other. They won't, even if they talked about
it, their visions are to colored for that. The only other
way is to make sure that both know what the other knows. In
short where there are two, there should be one." Washu
beams. "I don't know if I can copy those memories to each
other, but I can fuse them for a while so their memories do
become one."
"Fuse them?"
"As I said, where there are two, there can be only one."
"But..."
Up in the living room Ryoko, Tenchi and Aeka are watching
TV. For once the two girls aren't fighting, but neither are
attempting anything with Tenchi in the first place.
"I think I finally have the solution for your problem."
Washu says as she appears in front of the TV, startling the
observers.
"Solution, problem?" Aeka yells in a squeaky voice.
"The fighting, the 'Oh I hate her so long that we can never
get along.' problem." Washu grins in a way that makes even
Ryoko very nervous. Then with a flash the four of them are
in Washu's lab.
"The solution is simple. But requires both of you to agree.
First to this temporary version." She then looks sternly at
Aeka and then at Ryoko. "Tenchi will you please not
intervene until I am finished with my explanation?" She
points him out to sit down.
"Ryoko, Aeka, I know that a big part of your hatred flows
from what happened on Jurai, so long ago. The problem is,
explanations of both of you aren't objectionable anymore.
The only way for you two to get some peace from that is if
both of you have the experiences of the other." Both look
sternly at her. "And the only way for me to do this I have
to temporary fuse the two of you into one being." Both now
have their eyes bugging out.
"FUSE US!?!." Is their reaction.
"Does that mean that it is likely to stop their fighting
permanently?" Tenchi asks.
"Very likely, and there is little risk to it. I know quite
well the mechanics of fusing beings together like I did with
Ryoko and Zero. But I am not sure if I can make sure that
both of you keeps each other's experiences when I split you
up again."
"So what would happen if you fuse us?" Ryoko asks in a tone
she rarely has, one of complete helplessness. She remembered
her previous fusion with her 'copy' Zero.
"In short terms, due to physical stress you would be fused
for at least a week. The being existing then will be both
you, a person with traits from both of you, very likely a
tempered woman, neither completely protocol-following and
neither completely a loose cannon. The looks would also be a
combo of both of you, but I cannot predict how that would
look like. All in all the process is the same as when I
fused Ryoko and Zero, but not permanently."
"Why did you come forward with this 'solution' now?" Aeka
asks while thinking very deeply about this.
"Because you two are already having a truce at the moment."
Washu partly lies.
************************************************************
Two days later and luckily better said two days of relative
peace later.
Tenchi, Mihoshi, Sasami and Marcus are sitting in the living
room.
"So this is it huh?" Sasami asks.
"Yep. I pray to god that this fares well." Marcus replies.
"What should I call her? She isn't my sister anymore and at
the same time she is my sister."
"Probably still sister, I think that Ryoko would actually
like to hear that too." Tenchi thinks about what she will
look like. He had dreams about something like this before,
in dreams that had made him even more indecisive.
"I think we should call her Aoko or Ryaka. I myself would go
for Aoko, it's more feminine." Marcus notes.
Then a flash in front of them showing a smiling Washu and a
robed figure with a hood over the face. The robe is like the
one Aeka normally wears, but lighter, revealing the feminine
figure quite well, like Ryoko's normal clothing does.
"Hi everyone." A high and crystal-clear voice comes from
underneath the hood. A slender hand removes the hood showing
the fused face. Purple hair in a style like that of Ryoko
with bangs. Some tips of the hair-spikes showing a greenish
color stroke. The eyes are yellow, but with normal pupils,
the ears are normal and the shape of the face like that of
Ryoko. On her forehead she wears Aeka's diadem. Most are
baffled at how beautiful she looks.
"So, ehm, Aoko, how do you feel?" Tenchi asks, while looking
a bit more up and down, admiring her slim figure, wide hips
like Aeka and a firm bosom like Ryoko.
"Happy, I finally realize what happened for real on Jurai.
The reason for fighting has been truly over a
misunderstanding. Both of us did grievous harm to the
other." She walks over to Tenchi and sits down next to him.
"And what do you think of the new look?"
He gulps, having a lot of trouble keeping his member down.
"Wow." Is as much as he can utter before she places a kiss
on his mouth, fuelled by the desire of two females, an
'unfortunate side effect'.
Marcus and Mihoshi see that it's better to leave and take
Sasami with them. "I think they will be busy for some time.
Poor Tenchi, she's going to drain him dry, getting the
desire of one can be a lot, but of two, in one body. Ooh,
boy." Sasami smiles.
"Now I do hope I am not going to be auntie Sasami in three
months." Marcus looks dumbstruck.
"Three months? Don't Juraians take nine months like humans?"
Both Sasami and Mihoshi look a bit sheepish at him.
"Nine months." Mihoshi nearly looks scared. "My race only
takes five months."
Now Marcus looks ever more worried.
"If she has Ryoko's gestation time it can be as few as ten
days before she gives birth." Washu mumbles. "Then again it
isn't the time of year for her to get into heat."
"Oh my." Sasami looks up at Washu.
"Let's go get a bath." Marcus says as they are heading
upstairs.
"I'll open the woman's bath to you too." Washu says.
"Hmm, okay. But no funny stuff." He smiles.
************************************************************
A few minutes later the lil gang in towels is soaking up.
"In Europe we call these places swimming pools, not baths."
Marcus notes as he looks at the woman's bathroom.
As they get settled in Marcus and Mihoshi swim off to a
further part of the pool.
************************************************************
Back a few minutes into time, just before the others entered
the bath.
Currently Tenchi is laying back on the couch with two
beautiful eyes staring into his. He so enjoys this new, well
for the lack of a better word, 'being', that has been
affectionately named Aoko just a few minutes ago. All the
fear he had of the two now totally gone, only the feeling of
wanting to be with her remained.
"Tenchi, do you love us?"
"I love both of you... And who you are now... Oh, darn, this
is so confusing." He then decides that a good smile says
more than a thousand words.
"We... I love you too." She returns the smile.
Aoko hugs him even more tightly. "I never want to let go of
you anymore." She thinks a bit. "Tenchi, when we are split
up, will you marry Aeka and Ryoko. On Jurai it's a custom to
have more than one wife. We would be happy to share you when
we are split up again." She kisses him on his cheek.
Tenchi wraps his arms around her. "Nothing would make me
more happy than that." He kisses her back, then places
another kiss on her mouth.
She responds by opening her mouth a bit and frenching him.
*KLICK* They hear a sound from besides them. Both look at
the VERY happy face of Nobiyuki. "I'm gone for a few days
and when I come back my son has grown into a man, even if it
is with a new girl. You make me proud Tenchi, but aren't the
girls going to be angry with you, or have you sent them
home?"
Both look up a bit agitated, not from having been
photographed, but from having been disturbed. Then Tenchi
decides to play open card on his father. "Dad, meet Aoko,
she is both a new and a old friend. You see, she is both
Aeka and Ryoko, fused into one being. This way the fighting
would stop." He looks up with a happy face.
"Hi Nobiyuki, how's the project coming along?" Aoko smiles
at him.
"Is that really both of them?" His eyes nearly pop out.
"WOW." He quickly takes another picture and heads off to the
shrine.
"Now where were we?" Tenchi looks at her now with a bit more
lust in his eyes and voice.
"About here." She continues with the frenching, rapidly
becoming a lot more eager to roam their hands over each
others body.
************************************************************
Back in the bath room.
"They both seem very happy." The male in the room says.
"I'm so happy for them, tough I wouldn't have minded to join
in." The biggest airhead in the universe replies.
"If I can get that cleaning cloth I can finally get that
specimen I wanted, nah, I rather get a fresh one from
himself." The smartest genius in the universe mirts.
"Are they really going to get married? And get babies?" The
nicest princess in the universe smiles.
All are currently watching at Tenchi's room using one of
Washu's spy camera's.
"If they truly love each other, I really hope it for them. I
think tough that they'll wait for a while before they will
go as far as having children tough." Marcus now looks at
Sasami. "You apparently enjoyed the show. Live action beats
recordings any day." He grins.
Sasami blushes bright red. "I hope I grow up soon, I know
I'll be just as pretty as Aoko, then young men like Tenchi
will just swarm at me." She barely whispers, but Marcus
looks puzzled.
"How can you possibly know how you will look like when you
grow up."
"I have, wel, an adult version of myself who watches over
me. Her name is Tsunami, she has taken the form of my adult
body."
"Tsunami, ehrm, why is she running around looking like your
adult form. How...?" He shakes his head.
Sasami thinks for a while. "Let's get dressed and I'll show
you all. Mihoshi, Washu, will you two also come along?"
Both nod.
************************************************************
A quarter of an hour later at the waterfall.
Sasami sings a little incantation to open the sanctuary of
Tsunami as shimmering light envelops the groups of friends.
As Marcus opens up his eyes after the flash of light he
first sees Sasami, now in a big ornate dress far more
elaborate than anything Aeka had walked around in. Besides
him he sees Washu in her adult body with an even more
elaborate dress with a bit different style with a big
cleavage resembling a W and she is floating a bit. At the
other side he looks at Mihoshi who wears a skin tight
bodysuit made out of vines and flowers which even entangles
her hair with very large blooming flowers, below the
waistline it flows into a light brown gossamer dress and
she's barefooted. When he looks at himself he is startled to
see something resembling his metal armor, but now made out
of stone and wood, on several places covered in vines with
blooming flowers. As he feels his head he notes that his
hair is longer now. He looks at Mihoshi and as she looks at
him he looks with a dumbstruck look and points at the front
of his head, where he has several long locks pointing
forward. Mihoshi just giggles and gives him a hug and
whispers. "You look kinky."
Then they are silent as they see Tsunami floating towards
them.
"Greetings friends of Sasami, and welcome to you all. I'm
glad you finally brought them along with you Sasami. I
extend my heartfelt greetings to the champion of Gaia." As
she looks at Marcus.
"Champion?! Of Gaia? You mean of the earth mother?" He looks
very confused.
"That is the other name for her. For my niece." Now Sasami
smiles at this proclamation of Tsunami.
"Niece of Gaia, you mean..." He stumbles a bit backwards and
then decides to drop to one knee to show proper respect.
"You are a.. a.. Goddess?" He nearly looks frightened, but
the calming aura of Tsunami quickly turns it into a complete
feeling of safety. "Milady, I'm honored to be called a
champion, but I have never been asked to be anyone's
champion."
"You became my champion when you were born, Garou." A new
rich voice fills the room. The crew see a dark skinned woman
appearing next to Tsunami, her hair is white with a green
sheen to it and in a style like Tsunami's. On the front of
her head there is one golden circle, just above her grey-
blue eyes. She is dressed in a long dress made in a similar
style as the suits of Mihoshi and Marcus.
"GAIA?" Marcus is close to fainting, but quickly recovers
himself, he cannot insult Gaia by fainting. "I'm honored to
meet you too oh mother of life." He bows before Gaia.
Gaia looks at each and every person in the group. When she
sees Washu she smiles, but then looks a bit sorrowed.
"Marcus, I've guided your path from the day you were born to
make sure you can help defend the status quo together with
the champions of Tsunami. We do not know what will happen,
but we know something will happen. Therefore it is time that
you learn more of your heritage just as Tenchi has done.
Where he is connected to Jurai's Tree of Light, you are
connected to Earths Tree of Life equivalent. You will be his
aide in the time to come if he needs one." She floats in
front of him and Mihoshi. Then she kisses the front of his
head and his dormant powers are activated even tough he
doesn't know it just happened.
Marcus is just silent and baffled. He looks besides him as he feels that his arm is
being hugged by Mihoshi and he smiles.
"I want you to help Tenchi and his friends when they need
it." Tsunami says. "To be vigilant and to be brave. You have
already helped them by your very presence, by taking away
one factor that limited my champions happiness. By reducing
the amount of possible partners. I thank you for that, Child
of Gaia."
"Before I take my leave you must know one thing: You are
blessed with the powers of the Children of Gaia clan." With
that Gaia disappears.
"Children of Gaia?" Washu now looks at Marcus with a very
big glee.
"Sasami, for the reason you came here. You do not have to
worry too much, you will grow up just in time when it is
needed." Tsunami smiles at her champion of light.
Marcus now looks at Tsunami. "Yes, Sasami didn't lie when
she said she would be pretty when she grows up." He smiles
and hugs Mihoshi.
With that the group is transported back outside, all soaking
wet as they drop in the water.
"Hiiii... that's cold." Mihoshi squeels.
"That was an interesting experience." Washu says as they sit
down at the porch. All are wringing out water from their
clothing except Washu who wears insta-dry clothing. "Sasami,
could you explain why I was wearing that elaborate Juraian
dress, I'm no Juraian. Yet still I wore a dress resembling
Tsunami's."
All now look at Washu and remember her dress. Indeed it's
strange. "I really wouldn't know."
"That what you wore Marcus was unusual as well." Washu looks
at Marcus.
"Well, I think life just got a lot more complicated. But I
don't mind as long as I'm with you all." He kisses Mihoshi
and then hugs both Washu and Sasami. Feeling very cheerful.
*Sound of door opening.*
All look around to see Tenchi and Aoko in the door smiling
and arms around each other. The group then remembers what
they saw earlier and grin.
"Sasami, shall we start on dinner?" Marcus asks.
"Yep, oh sister, could you and Tenchi get some carrots for
Ryo-Ohki, before she gets all of them first?" She then walks
together with Marcus to the kitchen.
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The next day the group is ready for breakfast. All but
Tenchi are happy and awake, unfortunately he has a lot of
power, but lacks stamina (and Aoko has far to much stamina,
doubled =^.^=).
"I see you adapt quite well to your new lifestyle." Marcus
has a lot of trouble not laughing.
*ZZzzz* "Heh? Eh what did you say?" Tenchi snaps back to the
land of the awake people.
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A few hours later during which Tenchi slept on the couch.
All the while Aoko and Sasami had a lot of girl-talk as Aoko
felt a lot more like doing so than ever before.
Then Sasami turns to Tenchi and tells him about what
happened the previous day.
Tenchi throws the Tenchi-ken at Marcus after having heard
what happened at Tsunami's shrine. "Maybe it works for you
too, if Tsunami is involved."
Marcus focuses on the master key and after a little while it
actually reacts, in stead of the usual blue sword it erupts
in a claymore sized purple blade, amazing all in the room.
They quickly learn that it doesn't last as it just uses up
the remains of Tenchi's power and not Marcus's, it stops
glowing only seconds after being activated and doesn't
reactivate until Tenchi reactivates it.
"It seems you need your own focus on Gaia's powers." Aoko
says.
"Yeah, but what?"
"How about this." Everyone looks at Sasami as she presents
Marcus with something that looks like a bracelet made out of
oak wood and bares an uncanny resemblance to the way the
master key and Aeka's diadem are made. "I got it from
Tsunami before we left."
The European takes a look at the bracelet and gets a short
flash in his head. In which he sees the biggest tree he
knows in a forest nearby his village. It's his favorite tree
with one giant branch upon which he had spend many hours
relaxing in his youth. Then a branch falls off and reshapes
itself into the bracelet he holds. With that he is pretty
sure that it is connected to him.
Marcus put it around his left wrist and felt a similar
feeling as he had when he had the Tenchi-ken. He once again
focuses his mind on a blade and this time the same blade,
now with an appropriate energy made handle, appeared in his
hand. This time it stayed.
"All right and how about this part." Tenchi put on the ring
which allows his Juraian armor to appear. In a flash he
stood there in the elaborate garment.
"Nope, no armor in this thing." As he thought about forming
an armor the same way he brought the blade to life. "So does
anyone else here have an alternate suit like Tenchi over
here?"
"Well, both Ryoko and Aeka have battlesuits. Hey what do
they have now as Aoko?" Sasami looked questing at Aoko.
"Let's see." Aoko concentrated on a combat suit, but it
didn't really come out that way. Instead of something that
looked like a combination of their respective suits a grand
white light passed over Aoko. As the light subsided Aoko was
dressed in a big white dress with parts of cloth resembling
angel wings.
"Whoa, stunning." He didn't even notice that the Tenchi-ken
was reacting, slowly one of Ryoko's gems removed itself from
Tenchi-ken and floated towards Aoko, placing itself at the
appropriate place at her right wrist. As it activated and
mingled with the Juraian powers of Aeka, Aoko's body
produced once again an immense aura of light, nearly
blinding everyone in the room this time.
When it subsided she was once again in her normal clothing
and sat on the ground smiling. "What a ride!" The gem now
once again imbedded on 'Ryoko' no longer glowed and went
dormant.
"Why do I get the feeling that I've ended up in a Power
Rangers movie?" Marcus whispers in Mihoshi's ear. She just
giggles.
"I really wonder why all this is needed? And why so far in
advance? When I got into really using Tenchi-ken it was to
stop Kagato."
"You don't think that this means that something bad is very
soon to happen?" Marcus asks.
Outside is the loud rumbling of engines which quickly die
down to a silence.
"Ah, drat." Marcus stands up and walks outside, quickly
followed by the rest. The first thing he sees outside is a
white cabbit happily bouncing towards Ryo-Ohki.
"Ken-Ohki, Stay away from her now. Ryoko where are you, or
are you hiding again from me behind your new 'friends'." Of
course Nagi stands there, in full battle garment. Marcus
stands a few feet in front of her and takes a good look.
Then he puts one and one together.
"Are you perhaps Ryoko's sister, you two look so much
alike?" Marcus takes a step forward. "Oh, yeah, I'm Marcus."
And he bows.
Washu thinks as her eyes widen. Memories of her
time with Kagato before her entombment flooding back to her.
Nagi fumes at that remark. "I, the best bounty hunter in the
universe, a sister to that space-pirate?" She walks over to
Marcus and looks quite pissed off now.
"Well, both of you have similar hair-colors and unnatural
style, nearly identical figure, same apparent age and both
of you have a similar level of aggressiveness. Both of you
have a cabbit. More important you both resemble adult
Washu." In the background a certain red-head sits down with
a lot of worries on her face.
Nagi now has had it with this guy and charges him with her
energy sword, but is eventually held back by a Juraian
force-field. "Where is Aeka?" Nagi looks around until she
sees Aoko in her big white dress floating towards her.
"Hello Nagi." Aoko smiles friendly. "I'm sorry to tell you,
but currently there is no 'Ryoko' or 'Aeka', only me, Aoko."
She walks over to her, clearly showing both Aeka's key and
Ryoko's gems. This makes Nagi reconsidering her attack, two
gems and Jurai power, that's over her league.
"What happened to you?" She looks in utter shock. "Why?"
"We fused in order to stop our fighting." Aoko says. "Now
I'm perfectly happy, and I won't let you ruin this." Her
face turned for the worse and the angry gaze meant one
thing, 'one false move and you're dead', her body ready to
lash out with both gem and Jurai power.
Now Nagi started to actually get worried. This new being was
way to powerful for her and it was very angry at her. Heck,
she would need a starship main cannon, not a blaster for
this.
Aoko turns around. "Mother? Is what Marcus noted true?" Nagi
now also looks at Washu.
"Yes." She meekly smiles at Nagi. "She's Ryoko's twin
sister."
Now everyone looked at Washu with amazed faces. "Could you
please elaborate, if this is true, why wasn't she under
control of Kagato as well when Ryoko attacked Jurai? Why
wasn't she together with her all the time in the first
place?" Tenchi asks.
"She was born dead." Washu nearly started to cry, feeling a
guilt of long ago boiling. "I later found a way to revive
her with very elaborate machinery, I had put her in there,
but shortly after that I got captured by Kagato and never
got the chance to check upon you. Luckily Kagato didn't know
about this." She looks intense at Nagi. "Your first memories
Nagi, aren't they like this? ... You wake up, probably as an
adult, in a weird machine filled with a blue gelatin and a
respirator on your mouth, several tubes embedded in your
skin. You broke free and fled the place on a ship you found
in a cold storage and now know as Ken-Ohki and couldn't find
that place since you left?"
Nagi nodded. "That's indeed the first thing I remember." She
looked down, the reality sinking in fast. She just started
to cry, cry out loud. Washu in her adult form walked over to
her and Aoko dispelled the force field. Washu hugged Nagi,
but she didn't stop crying.
Sasami, Marcus and Mihoshi decided that it was better to
leave and nodded Tenchi to come along.
Aoko stood frozen, she thought it be a joke when Marcus
mentioned it, but now, with Washu's confession, she stood
there, staring at her 'twin'.
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"Is this the help I'm supposed to give you all? To screw up
your lives even further?" Inside on the ground Marcus sits
with his head in his hands. I don't know if what I just did
was so smart after all. Maybe I should have kept my mouth
shut. If Washu knew about this, she probably had her reason
to keep it silent. Maybe Nagi becomes too dangerous with
this knowledge. Me and my big mouth? Why can't I keep my
thoughts to myself.
"You didn't screw up our lives at all. What are you blabbing
about? If this works out as I hope, we'll have one permanent
worry less." Tenchi looked a bit confused at Marcus.
"Tenchi, consider this, if Washu knew about this as she just
showed, doesn't that mean that she kept it hidden for a
reason? What if this discovery actually is something really
bad?" He stood up and walked upstairs. "I need some time to
think about this." The rest looked after him.
"I really don't get what that is about?" Tenchi asks the
rest.
"..." Mihoshi ponders.
"No idea, maybe he thinks that now Ryoko will start fighting
with Nagi like she did with my sister?"
"I think he rather be a silent type." Mihoshi. The other two
now stare at her in disbelief.
"What did you just say?" Tenchi.
"Well, I said that I think he might not have a liking to
changes in life." Mihoshi. "Maybe it isn't the result of his
statement that bothers him. More that he altered something
that should not have been."
"Since when do you have such perceptive idea's? Normally you
would probably just sit there, smile and be ignorant of what
just happened. Did he do something to you too?" Tenchi just
looked perplexed.
"Yes, he makes me forget my horrors from the past." Mihoshi
looked down and sad.
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End of Chapter one.
Updated/Finished 18 April 2002.
Yes, this story is SI, with a difference to the real me, he
is like I would like to be, good looking and brave in stead
of having a low self esteem, which causes me to be very
straight forward. Also this version of me has a far better
perception than I do, believe me, I'm half as bad as Mihoshi
in real life and that still is very bad perception.
The legend I use in this story is a real legend and I am for
real a descendant from the Goat-Riders. Tough the garou part
is not for real.
If you wonder why I don't really change my name in the
story, simple, I don't mind it, it actually fits in with the
rest.
Marcus means 'warlike' or 'warrior' in most Latin languages.
Marc is simply the
short form of Marcus. Van Gestel is my mothers maiden name.
So all the comments, etc can be directed at Eucep@yahoo.com
See you in chapter two.