"No Need for a Sword"
Tenchi's eyes snapped open at the sound of Ryoko's screaming. He quickly
sat up and was indescribably confused. Then he caught sight of the energy dagger
that lied a mere centimeter from his side. "What's going on, Ryoko?" asked
Tenchi.
Ryoko had a shameful look on her face. She began to sob. The energy
dagger returned to Ryoko's hand and she raised it menacingly.
Tenchi got out of his bed, still wondering what the heck was going on.
"Ryoko, what's wrong? Talk to me." Tenchi extended his hand to give a
comforting pat on the back.
Ryoko quickly batted his hand away with the hand that held her dagger. The
weapon sliced Tenchi's hand and he yelped in pain and drew it back. He examined
his hand and watched as the blood trickled from the shallow cut. What is going
on here? That thing, it's a dagger, Tenchi thought. "Ryoko, tell me what's going
on!"
She stumbled for words. What could she tell him? How could she tell him
that she came to assassinate him? How could she tell him what stopped her?
Especially when she herself didn't know. "Tenchi, I'm not who you think I am."
"You're not Ryoko Hakubi?"
"Tenchi, I'm not joking!"
Tenchi flinched at the harshness of Ryoko's voice. This _was_ serious.
"The tell me what I don't know about you."
"Tenchi, I need you to hear me out on everything and don't interrupt me."
"Yeah, sure go ahead."
Ryoko sighed and began, "Tenchi, I'm not exactly a kid who had to move to
a different city. I'm not an Earthling, Tenchi. I'm from outer space."
Tenchi wasn't sure how to take this. At first, Tenchi took this as a joke, but
something about her voice was beginning to convince Tenchi that she was telling
the truth. And then there was that dagger.
Ryoko continued, "I am enslaved to a space pirate named Kagato. His only
desire is to conquer the Universe, but he sees you as a threat and he..." She could
not continue, but she had to. Tenchi had to know of the danger to his life. "Tenchi,
he sent me here to assassinate you." She shed more tears. "And I'll do it, too!" She
held the dagger's blade to his throat. Nothing more than hardly two centimeters of
air separated Tenchi from certain death.
Tenchi didn't sweat a drop. "And why do you have to kill me?"
"Because if I don't, he will! And I've seen him kill, Tenchi! It's horrible!
He tortures! I don't want that to happen to you!"
"So you're going to kill me just like that? Without giving me a choice?"
"But Tenchi! I can't let him torture you!" She pushed the dagger closer.
Tenchi could now feel the heat of the energy against his skin. Still Tenchi didn't
flinch.
"Then do it, Ryoko. Kill me," said Tenchi.
"I will!" Ryoko began to sob. The energy dagger dispersed as Ryoko lost
her concentration. Dammit! What's wrong with me! Why can't I do this! She
collapsed on the ground and began bawling.
Tenchi placed a hand on Ryoko's back. "Calm down, Ryoko."
Ryoko stared at him in disbelief. "What's wrong with you?!? I just tried to
kill you! And yet you still wish to comfort me."
Tenchi smiled, "Guess that's just the guy I am. Now tell me something."
Ryoko looked into his eyes. God, why did he have to have those eyes?
"What?"
"Why does Kagato want me dead?"
"It's a long story, Tenchi, and you're not going to believe it."
"Well, I believed that my next-door neighbor is a space pirate, I think I'll
believe this."
Ryoko pulled herself up to Tenchi's bed and sat on it. "There is a legend
that tells of a sword. The sword is only known as the 'Holy Sword'. It contains a
power unmatched throughout the entire universe. The catch is only one person can
even touch it. Over the years Kagato searched for it, certain he was 'The One'. He
finally found it. It was on some backwater planet called Earth. He took Washu and
I with him, so he could gloat most likely. He found it in a tree in a forest not to far
from here actually. He was the only one allowed to enter and he left us out there.
When he returned his hand was blackened and he did not have the sword.
Needless to say he was mad. What's worse though is the energy that blackened
Kagato's hand was a mere fraction of the power contained in the sword. It was the
only thing Kagato feared. He was scared by the thought of something so powerful
existed hat he couldn't have."
"Well this is all fine and dandy, but what does it have to do with me?"
"Tenchi, you're 'The One.'"
"What!?!" Tenchi reeled back. "There's no way! I'm just a normal kid!"
"It is true, and Kagato wants you dead for it. He's afraid that you could take
the sword and kill him. So he sent me to kill you first."
Tenchi began to think. "Well, why don't we do it, then?"
"Do what?"
"Why don't we get the sword? You said it was near hear. Hell, I think I even
know what forest it could be in!" He leaped up on the bed. "What do you say,
huh? Let's get the sword, kill Kagato, and free you and your mom!"
"Are you kidding!?! Tenchi, this just isn't some video game! Do you realize
you could get killed!?!" Ryoko exclaimed.
Tenchi nodded. "Yeah, I do."
"What?" Ryoko gasped. What is with this kid? I tried to kill him, and he's
willing to give me my freedom. Then Ryoko remembered. The device inside of
her. Kagato had told her that if Tenchi killed Kagato, she and Washu would go
with him. She knew that Kagato would find Tenchi and kill him in the most
painful way possible if they didn't stop him. She also knew that she would die if
they did kill him. What am I going to do? Suddenly she remembered how
Tenchi had saved her life the first day they met. He had been so brave even though
the shove he gave her knocked unconscious, but not before she saw him jump onto
the machine. And slip right off the edge. She smiled.
"Hey, what are you smiling about?"
Ryoko snapped out of her daydream. "Oh, nothing." She stood up. "Yeah,
let's get him, but we only have three days to do it."
"Three days?!?"
"Yeah, that's how long I have to kill you, and after that he'll come down
here and do the job himself."
"Then let's get started."
"What? You mean right now?"
"Yeah, we don't have a moment to spare."
"I guess so..."
"Do you remember where it is?"
"Yeah, hang on," Ryoko embraced Tenchi who blushed fiercely.
"Uhhh, Ryoko what are you doing?"
"You'll see, now hold on tight," Ryoko began to levitate.
"Woah!" Tenchi yelped and held on to Ryoko. "You didn't tell me you
could fly!"
"That's not all I can do, Tenchi," Ryoko said devilishly.
Tenchi gulped and wondered what that could mean when she floated toward
the ceiling. "Ryoko, there's a ceiling up there."
"I know," she assured as she simply phased through the ceiling as if it didn't
exist and pulled Tenchi through as well. "Now let's see if I can remember what it
looked like." She closed her eyes and tried to envision the tree, or at least the
forest.
Tenchi, however, was concerned with other things. He began looking
around for any witnesses. The position he was in looked rather conspicuous, not to
mention the fact that he was high off the ground and still rising.
"Got it!" informed Ryoko as she opened her eyes.
"Got what?"
"You better hold on, Tenchi."
Tenchi suddenly had a gut-wrenching feeling, and closed his eyes. As
quickly as the nausea had come, it passed. He opened his eyes and gasped. They
were now in a forest. "What the... let me guess. You can teleport too?"
Ryoko smiled and replied, "Yep. Got to love these gems." She set Tenchi
down.
"So this is the tree, huh?" asked Tenchi as he saw an unusually thick one.
"I think so. Yep, I can see the unusual marking on it," she pointed at an odd
symbol.
Tenchi looked at the symbol carefully, "That's weird, it looks almost
familiar..."
"Well, what are you waiting for?" Ryoko pushed Tenchi into the tree.
Tenchi slammed hard into it. "Ouch! Why the heck did you do that?!?"
"Oops! Sorry, I forgot that you can't phase through matter. Here I'll go in
and pull you through," she informed as she slammed into the tree also.
"Ryoko, quit fooling around!" demanded Tenchi.
"I can't phase through it either. It's somehow blocked my powers. Guess I'll
have to make a door," she informed as a red beam sword appeared in her hand.
She drove the sword into the tree's trunk.
Suddenly Tenchi covered his ears and screamed in pain. "Take it out! Take
it out!"
Ryoko quickly withdrew the beam sword and looked strangely at Tenchi.
"What's the matter?"
"Didn't you hear that noise? That horrible shrieking noise."
"No."
"What the..." Tenchi looked up to see the symbol on the tree glowing.
"My God... Tenchi what's going on?"
"I don't know." Suddenly, Tenchi's body began to float towards the tree.
"What's going on?!? Ryoko!" Tenchi then passed right through the tree as if it
didn't exist.
The emblem stopped glowing and Ryoko began to panic. "Tenchi! Tenchi!"
"Ryoko, I'm in the tree!" Tenchi cried.
"Hang on, Tenchi! I'm coming!" Ryoko backed up and rammed into the
tree, but again couldn't phase through. "Tenchi, I can't get through! You're going
to have to find the sword on your own."
Tenchi gulped. "Great, just great." It's way too dark in here. I can't see a
thing, thought Tenchi.
As if summoned by his thoughts, a little ball of light appeared out of the
darkness and approached Tenchi. It projected a red light that traced Tenchi's
body's outline. Suddenly it shone brightly, causing Tenchi to shield his eyes. The
ball's light dimmed, and Tenchi was able to see the path in front of him. He saw a
staircase and decided to walk down it. The ball followed him. Tenchi noticed that
there was some kind of writing on the walls encasing the stairs. He traced his hand
along it, and to his surprise the ball spoke. "This wall depicts a legend of Jurai, a
planet far away from Earth."
"'Jurai?' That's Ayeka's last name!"
The sphere continued, "The legend is the one of Sword Tenchi, and its
bearer Yosho."
"Sword _Tenchi_! All right, this is getting too weird!" Every neuron in
Tenchi's brain told him to turn around and leave, but something drove Tenchi
onward continuing to trace his fingers on the wall.
"Yosho was a legendary knight of Jurai, and was the first crowned prince.
As a knight, he vowed to protect Jurai against all evil. Unfortunately, an evil far
beyond anything Yosho had experienced attacked the planet of Jurai. Yosho and
his two partners and close friends, Azaka and Kamidake, desperately tried to fight
back the evil and managed to severely injure it. It retreated, but the costs were
devastating. Azaka and Kamidake were killed, and Yosho was mortally wounded.
As Jurai's search parties found their bodies, it was too late for Yosho. They could
not save him. The teams summoned Yosho's fiancee, Princess Akeya. Yosho
entrusted Sword Tenchi with Akeya, and with his dying breath, told her of the
evil. He also told of a premonition he had. It was of the planet Jurai being
destroyed and he made Akeya promise that she would evacuate the planet. No
sooner had all the Jurai been evacuated, the evil returned and obliterated Jurai.
Satisfied that none of Yosho's descendants could ever avenge his death, the evil
left. That is how the legend goes."
"Akeya? Sword Tenchi? Jurai? Unbelievable," Tenchi said aloud. He took
another step and found himself on level ground. He continued to walk until he
found himself on a narrow path. To the left and right of him was water. At the end
of the end of the path was a large tree. Something near the tree gave off an eerie
glow. As he approached the tree he observed that the object emitting the light was
a wooden sword hilt with three red gems embedded in it.
"The 'Holy Sword!'" He reached out to touch it, but reflexively pulled it
back as blue electricity shocked him. He examined his hand and found no scorch
marks. He again tried and blue electricity arced around his arm, but caused no
harm. He reached further and as the energy burnt his shirt but left his hand
completely unscathed. He took a deep breath and grabbed hold of the sword and
removed it from its resting spot.
Suddenly a voice popped into his head saying, "Greetings!"
Tenchi dropped the sword in surprise. "Did that thing just talk?"
The voice replied, "Excuse me, but I'm not a _thing_. My name is Tenchi,
and you seem to be 'The One' who may use me. What is your name?"
A polite sword! Now I've seen everything... "Uh... my name is also
Tenchi," he replied as he picked the sword up.
"Hmm... that could cause some confusion, your friend may then call me
'Sword Tenchi.'"
"Friend? How do you know about Ryoko?"
"I know everything you know, Master Tenchi. Our memories have been
linked for some time. I know of your mission to free Mistress Ryoko and Little
Washu from Kagato."
"Then you know of the time shortage we have."
"Correct. So I suggest we get moving."
"Right," said Tenchi as he ran back up to the entrance.
"Ryoko! I got it!"
"Got what?" came a different female voice.
"Got the 'Holy..." Tenchi paused for a second. "Ayeka?!? Is that you?"
"Yes, of course it's me! Tenchi, what are you doing in that tree?!?"
"I already explained it to you, Ayeka," came Ryoko's voice.
"No! You cooked up an unbelievable story!"
"Are you calling me a liar?!?"
"Yes, I am!"
"You'll regret that!"
"Girls, stop this right now!" Tenchi interrupted. "Ayeka, I hate to admit it,
but Ryoko is telling the truth, and I'll gladly clear anything up as soon as I figure
out how to get out."
Tenchi's eyes snapped open at the sound of Ryoko's screaming. He quickly
sat up and was indescribably confused. Then he caught sight of the energy dagger
that lied a mere centimeter from his side. "What's going on, Ryoko?" asked
Tenchi.
Ryoko had a shameful look on her face. She began to sob. The energy
dagger returned to Ryoko's hand and she raised it menacingly.
Tenchi got out of his bed, still wondering what the heck was going on.
"Ryoko, what's wrong? Talk to me." Tenchi extended his hand to give a
comforting pat on the back.
Ryoko quickly batted his hand away with the hand that held her dagger. The
weapon sliced Tenchi's hand and he yelped in pain and drew it back. He examined
his hand and watched as the blood trickled from the shallow cut. What is going
on here? That thing, it's a dagger, Tenchi thought. "Ryoko, tell me what's going
on!"
She stumbled for words. What could she tell him? How could she tell him
that she came to assassinate him? How could she tell him what stopped her?
Especially when she herself didn't know. "Tenchi, I'm not who you think I am."
"You're not Ryoko Hakubi?"
"Tenchi, I'm not joking!"
Tenchi flinched at the harshness of Ryoko's voice. This _was_ serious.
"The tell me what I don't know about you."
"Tenchi, I need you to hear me out on everything and don't interrupt me."
"Yeah, sure go ahead."
Ryoko sighed and began, "Tenchi, I'm not exactly a kid who had to move to
a different city. I'm not an Earthling, Tenchi. I'm from outer space."
Tenchi wasn't sure how to take this. At first, Tenchi took this as a joke, but
something about her voice was beginning to convince Tenchi that she was telling
the truth. And then there was that dagger.
Ryoko continued, "I am enslaved to a space pirate named Kagato. His only
desire is to conquer the Universe, but he sees you as a threat and he..." She could
not continue, but she had to. Tenchi had to know of the danger to his life. "Tenchi,
he sent me here to assassinate you." She shed more tears. "And I'll do it, too!" She
held the dagger's blade to his throat. Nothing more than hardly two centimeters of
air separated Tenchi from certain death.
Tenchi didn't sweat a drop. "And why do you have to kill me?"
"Because if I don't, he will! And I've seen him kill, Tenchi! It's horrible!
He tortures! I don't want that to happen to you!"
"So you're going to kill me just like that? Without giving me a choice?"
"But Tenchi! I can't let him torture you!" She pushed the dagger closer.
Tenchi could now feel the heat of the energy against his skin. Still Tenchi didn't
flinch.
"Then do it, Ryoko. Kill me," said Tenchi.
"I will!" Ryoko began to sob. The energy dagger dispersed as Ryoko lost
her concentration. Dammit! What's wrong with me! Why can't I do this! She
collapsed on the ground and began bawling.
Tenchi placed a hand on Ryoko's back. "Calm down, Ryoko."
Ryoko stared at him in disbelief. "What's wrong with you?!? I just tried to
kill you! And yet you still wish to comfort me."
Tenchi smiled, "Guess that's just the guy I am. Now tell me something."
Ryoko looked into his eyes. God, why did he have to have those eyes?
"What?"
"Why does Kagato want me dead?"
"It's a long story, Tenchi, and you're not going to believe it."
"Well, I believed that my next-door neighbor is a space pirate, I think I'll
believe this."
Ryoko pulled herself up to Tenchi's bed and sat on it. "There is a legend
that tells of a sword. The sword is only known as the 'Holy Sword'. It contains a
power unmatched throughout the entire universe. The catch is only one person can
even touch it. Over the years Kagato searched for it, certain he was 'The One'. He
finally found it. It was on some backwater planet called Earth. He took Washu and
I with him, so he could gloat most likely. He found it in a tree in a forest not to far
from here actually. He was the only one allowed to enter and he left us out there.
When he returned his hand was blackened and he did not have the sword.
Needless to say he was mad. What's worse though is the energy that blackened
Kagato's hand was a mere fraction of the power contained in the sword. It was the
only thing Kagato feared. He was scared by the thought of something so powerful
existed hat he couldn't have."
"Well this is all fine and dandy, but what does it have to do with me?"
"Tenchi, you're 'The One.'"
"What!?!" Tenchi reeled back. "There's no way! I'm just a normal kid!"
"It is true, and Kagato wants you dead for it. He's afraid that you could take
the sword and kill him. So he sent me to kill you first."
Tenchi began to think. "Well, why don't we do it, then?"
"Do what?"
"Why don't we get the sword? You said it was near hear. Hell, I think I even
know what forest it could be in!" He leaped up on the bed. "What do you say,
huh? Let's get the sword, kill Kagato, and free you and your mom!"
"Are you kidding!?! Tenchi, this just isn't some video game! Do you realize
you could get killed!?!" Ryoko exclaimed.
Tenchi nodded. "Yeah, I do."
"What?" Ryoko gasped. What is with this kid? I tried to kill him, and he's
willing to give me my freedom. Then Ryoko remembered. The device inside of
her. Kagato had told her that if Tenchi killed Kagato, she and Washu would go
with him. She knew that Kagato would find Tenchi and kill him in the most
painful way possible if they didn't stop him. She also knew that she would die if
they did kill him. What am I going to do? Suddenly she remembered how
Tenchi had saved her life the first day they met. He had been so brave even though
the shove he gave her knocked unconscious, but not before she saw him jump onto
the machine. And slip right off the edge. She smiled.
"Hey, what are you smiling about?"
Ryoko snapped out of her daydream. "Oh, nothing." She stood up. "Yeah,
let's get him, but we only have three days to do it."
"Three days?!?"
"Yeah, that's how long I have to kill you, and after that he'll come down
here and do the job himself."
"Then let's get started."
"What? You mean right now?"
"Yeah, we don't have a moment to spare."
"I guess so..."
"Do you remember where it is?"
"Yeah, hang on," Ryoko embraced Tenchi who blushed fiercely.
"Uhhh, Ryoko what are you doing?"
"You'll see, now hold on tight," Ryoko began to levitate.
"Woah!" Tenchi yelped and held on to Ryoko. "You didn't tell me you
could fly!"
"That's not all I can do, Tenchi," Ryoko said devilishly.
Tenchi gulped and wondered what that could mean when she floated toward
the ceiling. "Ryoko, there's a ceiling up there."
"I know," she assured as she simply phased through the ceiling as if it didn't
exist and pulled Tenchi through as well. "Now let's see if I can remember what it
looked like." She closed her eyes and tried to envision the tree, or at least the
forest.
Tenchi, however, was concerned with other things. He began looking
around for any witnesses. The position he was in looked rather conspicuous, not to
mention the fact that he was high off the ground and still rising.
"Got it!" informed Ryoko as she opened her eyes.
"Got what?"
"You better hold on, Tenchi."
Tenchi suddenly had a gut-wrenching feeling, and closed his eyes. As
quickly as the nausea had come, it passed. He opened his eyes and gasped. They
were now in a forest. "What the... let me guess. You can teleport too?"
Ryoko smiled and replied, "Yep. Got to love these gems." She set Tenchi
down.
"So this is the tree, huh?" asked Tenchi as he saw an unusually thick one.
"I think so. Yep, I can see the unusual marking on it," she pointed at an odd
symbol.
Tenchi looked at the symbol carefully, "That's weird, it looks almost
familiar..."
"Well, what are you waiting for?" Ryoko pushed Tenchi into the tree.
Tenchi slammed hard into it. "Ouch! Why the heck did you do that?!?"
"Oops! Sorry, I forgot that you can't phase through matter. Here I'll go in
and pull you through," she informed as she slammed into the tree also.
"Ryoko, quit fooling around!" demanded Tenchi.
"I can't phase through it either. It's somehow blocked my powers. Guess I'll
have to make a door," she informed as a red beam sword appeared in her hand.
She drove the sword into the tree's trunk.
Suddenly Tenchi covered his ears and screamed in pain. "Take it out! Take
it out!"
Ryoko quickly withdrew the beam sword and looked strangely at Tenchi.
"What's the matter?"
"Didn't you hear that noise? That horrible shrieking noise."
"No."
"What the..." Tenchi looked up to see the symbol on the tree glowing.
"My God... Tenchi what's going on?"
"I don't know." Suddenly, Tenchi's body began to float towards the tree.
"What's going on?!? Ryoko!" Tenchi then passed right through the tree as if it
didn't exist.
The emblem stopped glowing and Ryoko began to panic. "Tenchi! Tenchi!"
"Ryoko, I'm in the tree!" Tenchi cried.
"Hang on, Tenchi! I'm coming!" Ryoko backed up and rammed into the
tree, but again couldn't phase through. "Tenchi, I can't get through! You're going
to have to find the sword on your own."
Tenchi gulped. "Great, just great." It's way too dark in here. I can't see a
thing, thought Tenchi.
As if summoned by his thoughts, a little ball of light appeared out of the
darkness and approached Tenchi. It projected a red light that traced Tenchi's
body's outline. Suddenly it shone brightly, causing Tenchi to shield his eyes. The
ball's light dimmed, and Tenchi was able to see the path in front of him. He saw a
staircase and decided to walk down it. The ball followed him. Tenchi noticed that
there was some kind of writing on the walls encasing the stairs. He traced his hand
along it, and to his surprise the ball spoke. "This wall depicts a legend of Jurai, a
planet far away from Earth."
"'Jurai?' That's Ayeka's last name!"
The sphere continued, "The legend is the one of Sword Tenchi, and its
bearer Yosho."
"Sword _Tenchi_! All right, this is getting too weird!" Every neuron in
Tenchi's brain told him to turn around and leave, but something drove Tenchi
onward continuing to trace his fingers on the wall.
"Yosho was a legendary knight of Jurai, and was the first crowned prince.
As a knight, he vowed to protect Jurai against all evil. Unfortunately, an evil far
beyond anything Yosho had experienced attacked the planet of Jurai. Yosho and
his two partners and close friends, Azaka and Kamidake, desperately tried to fight
back the evil and managed to severely injure it. It retreated, but the costs were
devastating. Azaka and Kamidake were killed, and Yosho was mortally wounded.
As Jurai's search parties found their bodies, it was too late for Yosho. They could
not save him. The teams summoned Yosho's fiancee, Princess Akeya. Yosho
entrusted Sword Tenchi with Akeya, and with his dying breath, told her of the
evil. He also told of a premonition he had. It was of the planet Jurai being
destroyed and he made Akeya promise that she would evacuate the planet. No
sooner had all the Jurai been evacuated, the evil returned and obliterated Jurai.
Satisfied that none of Yosho's descendants could ever avenge his death, the evil
left. That is how the legend goes."
"Akeya? Sword Tenchi? Jurai? Unbelievable," Tenchi said aloud. He took
another step and found himself on level ground. He continued to walk until he
found himself on a narrow path. To the left and right of him was water. At the end
of the end of the path was a large tree. Something near the tree gave off an eerie
glow. As he approached the tree he observed that the object emitting the light was
a wooden sword hilt with three red gems embedded in it.
"The 'Holy Sword!'" He reached out to touch it, but reflexively pulled it
back as blue electricity shocked him. He examined his hand and found no scorch
marks. He again tried and blue electricity arced around his arm, but caused no
harm. He reached further and as the energy burnt his shirt but left his hand
completely unscathed. He took a deep breath and grabbed hold of the sword and
removed it from its resting spot.
Suddenly a voice popped into his head saying, "Greetings!"
Tenchi dropped the sword in surprise. "Did that thing just talk?"
The voice replied, "Excuse me, but I'm not a _thing_. My name is Tenchi,
and you seem to be 'The One' who may use me. What is your name?"
A polite sword! Now I've seen everything... "Uh... my name is also
Tenchi," he replied as he picked the sword up.
"Hmm... that could cause some confusion, your friend may then call me
'Sword Tenchi.'"
"Friend? How do you know about Ryoko?"
"I know everything you know, Master Tenchi. Our memories have been
linked for some time. I know of your mission to free Mistress Ryoko and Little
Washu from Kagato."
"Then you know of the time shortage we have."
"Correct. So I suggest we get moving."
"Right," said Tenchi as he ran back up to the entrance.
"Ryoko! I got it!"
"Got what?" came a different female voice.
"Got the 'Holy..." Tenchi paused for a second. "Ayeka?!? Is that you?"
"Yes, of course it's me! Tenchi, what are you doing in that tree?!?"
"I already explained it to you, Ayeka," came Ryoko's voice.
"No! You cooked up an unbelievable story!"
"Are you calling me a liar?!?"
"Yes, I am!"
"You'll regret that!"
"Girls, stop this right now!" Tenchi interrupted. "Ayeka, I hate to admit it,
but Ryoko is telling the truth, and I'll gladly clear anything up as soon as I figure
out how to get out."