Alternation
By: Princess Ashley
Well, thanks for all the reviews, no really told me what they thought about this story becoming an epic, but I really liked the feedback on the chapter! If you read the comments on the fourth chapter, you'll see what I have in mind for the story. What I wanted to do was to put Usagi/Usaje into the episodes of Tenchi's world, I though it would make it more interesting. I really don't know if I'm going to put Usagi with anyone, so far it's just kind of one-sided with some people. I'm open for ideas! Thanks for reviewing!
Summary of Chapter 5: The whole Tenchi gang goes to the city, Tokyo, where they look for a place for Usagi to stay, and a place to work. But the real adventure happens when they get home at night, and find Washu has completed a new invention. And so starts the first chapter of Time and Space Adventures!
Chapter 5: Would you like anything to go with that?
Usagi woke up that day, after a nightmare of Queen Marissa and Mamoru and the betrayal of the scouts. She was still having nightmares of it. She shook it off, and hoped out of bed. She saw an outfit on the dresser; she had laid it out last night. It was a pair of black pants, a black halter- top, and a sky blue vest. She had blue tennis shoes to go with it as well. She smiled. Ryoko had let her borrow the halter-top, and the pants. She borrowed the vest from Kiyone. She and Kiyone had become really good friends so far. She was being really cool about the whole boy/girl thing.
Usagi put on all the clothes, and then walked down the stairs, ready for the day ahead of her. Everyone was already dressed. Grampa and Sasami were looking at a magazine, it looked like a for sale apartment and condo listing. She smiled, these were such kind people. She was starting to wonder if she ever wanted to go back to her own time. They were a lot more courteous to her than her other 'friends' were. They made her feel comfortable. And she even had a TV partner to watch all her favorite shows and share all her manga with. Mihoshi was almost just like her, even if she was a little slower than her. Mihoshi and her spent most of the time together, and Usagi was more than happy to help with the chores at the beginning of each day.
Sasami looked up. "Usagi! Come look! We found a lot of places you could live, and they're closer to us! Right outside Tokyo!" She said, all excited at her findings.
"Great, maybe we'll find one where there is a walking length job around." She was happy with her luck so far. But even though they seemed peaceful enough, she knew it wasn't always like this. They looked at condos and apartments that were really close, almost walking length. Usagi knew she would be about to make it. All those times she was late for school would be paying off soon. There was a nice clothes shopping mall close to it, and plenty of places to work, just about a few miles from there. That was nice. But before that, they all had to do the morning chores. Usagi was put into garden duty with Tenchi that day.
Usagi was trimming the verge around the carrot garden, while Tenchi worked with the hoe and planted the seeds for the carrots. Ryo-okie was with Usagi most of the time, comfortable on top of her head, she was looking pretty content where she was, watching Usagi trim the edge.
Tenchi looked to see them together, Ryo-okie wasn't even looking at the carrot seedlings, she was more interested in watching Usagi as she giggled when Ryo-okie's ears touched her face, tickling her. He smiled. Usagi really was a great person. She was very kind, and she didn't get into fights with Ryoko or Ayeka. She didn't by any reason make them jealous of her. She just seemed to enjoy their company. Mayuka had been a bit of a burden when she was calling him daddy, and made Ryoko really angry. But Usagi seemed to be a bit better. She was kind and innocent like Mayuka, yet, she still managed to make Ryoko like her, despite the fact that she was another girl, and probably more competition. Usagi just had that about her. *All her friends and family at home must really miss her, she's such a great person.* He thought. Then suddenly felt sad, she would have to leave one day, and already she seemed to have touched everyone. He looked at as her face lit up again, and giggled as Ryo-okie tickled her again. *Cute.*
It took him a while to realize he had been hoeing the same spot for about an hour, and Usagi was starring at him curiously. He blushed, then moved on, trying not to notice that she was still starring at him.
*He sure blushes a lot. Wonder why.* She thought.
"TENCHI!!!!"
A voice seemed to rise over the hills. Usagi dropped her edger, still holding the hilt in her hands, and looked over the hills.
"LORD TENCHI!!!!"
Another voice. Usagi thought quietly. *Sounds like Ryoko and Ayeka. Are they in trouble?* She asked herself, then looked at Tenchi, who kept on hoeing the garden, a look of frustration on his face. "What's wrong Tenchi?" She asked him curiously.
He looked at her, worry shown on his face. He just looked at her, as if studying her. Then he blushed again, and went to scratch his neck. "It's Ryoko and Ayeka," He said miserably. "They must be in a fight again."
Yep, for a few seconds later, Ryoko and Ayeka ran up to Tenchi, demanding that they tell the other off. Ryoko pulled harshly on Tenchi's arm, and Ayeka attached herself to the other arm. "Oh dear." Usagi thought.
Just then, clouds started to form over the fields, and it soon started to rain. As soon as the water hit Usagi, a golden light surrounded her. "Oh no!!!" She screamed. Ryoko and Ayeka and Tenchi looked at her, curious to what was happening. Then, where Usagi was once standing, a soaked Usaje was standing in her place, looking very disturbed and miserable. Ryo-okie was still on his head, and stayed there, they guessed she had already gotten used to it.
"Well, that's a downfall." Usaje said, "Whenever it rains, I turn into a guy again. Wonder how I'm going to explain that to my boss when I start working?" He chuckled, scratching his neck, watching the other stare curiously at him.
Then Ryoko smiled at him. "Well, we'll just have to make sure you bring an umbrella to work, won't we?" She laughed.
Usaje smiled at her, trust Ryoko to make him feel better. Ayeka was still holding on to Tenchi, who at the moment was turning blue under all the pressure on his arm. Ryoko and Usaje joked around for a while, while Ayeka was choking Tenchi to death. When Ryoko finally realized this, she went back to trying to pull Tenchi out of Ayeka's arms.
Usaje decided it was his turn to make himself known. "Okay everyone, if the garden is done, then we can go to the city now, as soon as everyone else is done. Okay?" He asked them.
"Okay!" They yelled, and then went right back to fighting over Tenchi. Tenchi cast a pleading glance at Usaje, as if begging him to help him. Usaje just looked innocently around as if he didn't know what Tenchi was talking about. Tenchi then got an annoyed look at Usaje, and he just chuckled a bit and walked up the stone steps to the temple to help Grampa.
Tenchi then managed to get out of the woman's holds, and then after saying bye he ran up the stairs after Usaje. Ryoko and Ayeka were left in the dust, and looking around trying to find where he had gone.
Tenchi caught up with Usaje. "What was that for?" He asked, casting and accusing look Usaje's way. He shrugged again, and kept on walking. "Why is it that you never even try to get my out of those messes?" He asked again, and Usaje shrugged again, and continued his walk to the temple. "Don't you ever talk?" He asked again. Usaje looked at him for a moment, then walked on. "Alright then keep you secrets. But tell me why you don't stay at the house? We've got plenty of room."
"Because, I used to depend on people all the time to take care of me, and they thought I was a wimp. Now I just want to do things my way and at least prove to myself if not anyone else that I can manage on my own." He said, and closed his eyes, ignoring any other comments made by Tenchi.
*Gawh, he's so individualistic. Why won't he let any one help him?* He knew there was something Usaje had left out when he had explained the story to them at dinner the other night. And Tenchi was determined to find out what.
***
Tokyo seemed to be a lot bigger than it was in Usagi's dimension. Grampa had gotten Usaje all cleaned up and turned back into a girl, since that was how she wanted to introduce herself to all the business owners and apartment managers. One of the guys who lived next store to the apartment she was looking at was really buff and seemed to flirt with her a bit. Personally, she thought he was kind of cute, so she put that complex under the possibilities list.
Soon, she had chosen a part time job, due to the fact that the manager liked her, and she was working at a very popular restaurant and she ended up choosing the apartment that the really cute guy lived next to, and to tell the truth, Tenchi did spend a lot of time telling her that it might not be safe, but she said she could take care of herself, and still a little annoyed at Tenchi being a bit over protective.
But later that night, Usagi decided to go for a walk when they got back from getting her things into the apartment, and the buff guy came over to help her a bit, and proved to be a really nice guy, and so carefree, until his girlfriend came over and started to accuse him of cheating on her with Usagi. He didn't seem to like his girlfriend very much. Usagi giggled at the memory.
She sat on a rock on the other side of the small lake in front of the Masaki home, as she adored the ripples in the water flow softly toward her. She felt soothed down. There had been so much to do that day, she had barely even had time to think about what was happening to her world now that she was gone. *I bet they're really sorry they laughed at me now, now that I'm gone and there's no one to save their sorry butts.* She thought, and an evil smirk came over her face.
"Well, that sure is an evil smile, care to share?" A voice asked from behind her. It was Tenchi.
She giggled. "Is it just me, or are you following me?" She asked him, as he sat down on the rock beside her.
"No, I always come out here before dinner. Just to be alone. Normally there would be something really adventurous going on around during the day and I just never get time to think, you know?" He said, leaning back, putting his arms and hands behind him to prop himself up.
"Yeah, sometimes I just get so caught up in what happens while the day is just starting, I never have time to think, but where I'm from, there is never a boring moment." She said, dreamily, thinking about home.
"I know, it's all these girls sitting on the barrel all day, never giving the other or me a moments peace. It's just so hectic. It's just not fair."
"Well, Tenchi, I know how that can be, considering I'm a half guy, I guess." Usagi blushed a bit. "But maybe you should just let them all know that you care about them, instead of scaring them off. I know what it was like trying to get the guy I liked to notice me. But you know, they won't leave you alone till they know that the guy at least knows they exist. When they go missing, go look for them, don't leave them in the dark. Let them know that you care. Don't be rough, woman have tender hearts. Just show some sort of affection towards them, even if it's not love." She said, to him, saying every word with a sincere touch to it.
Tenchi looked at her, drinking in all her words. Then looked into her eyes. "Usagi, I."
Tenchi didn't get to finish his sentence as suddenly they felt a bit light headed and then they disappeared. Soon they were all sitting in Washu's lab, in front a funny looking piece of machinery. There was all this equipment around it, and a big ball in the middle. They all looked up to see Washu laughing like a maniac.
"What is it Washu?" Ayeka asked, standing beside Sasami as she looked on in amazement.
"It's my new invention. It can change the states of one vertical dimension to match the chosen states encoded into this machine." She pointed to the control bank at the center of the platform.
"And that means?" Ryoko asked, hands on her hips leaning sideways, seeming as though it wasn't such a big deal after all.
Washu started to yell at her as if it was obvious. "It can change the aspect of a simple dimension to the material in the control bank." She tried to explain in clearer, but instead it just made the others more confused.
"Hugh?" They asked.
Usagi spoke up. "Wait a minute, are you saying that this machine can create a dimension that is exactly matching the coordinates of a anonymous source?" She asked, looking as though Christmas had come early, making everyone else believe that it was something good.
Washu looked as if she was a child after her own heart. "Exactly! At least someone understands the magnificence I have created." She said, as Usagi gazed shocked at the thought to be impossible invention.
Everyone else was left in the dark. "What?" They asked again.
Washu put a hand to her head a sighed. "I mean I can create a dimension that fits your ideal world." She said solemnly, like it was the simplest thing in the world to comprehend.
Ryoko got starry eyed. "Well, why didn't you say so?" She asked, as she gazed longingly at the machine. "Hey Washu, do you think I can borrow this for a while?" She asked, a little to sweetly, making it obvious that she planning to do something that was completely out of line. Tenchi seemed to get it, because he suddenly got a terrified look on his face.
Ayeka caught on as well. "I don't think so," She said, knocking Ryoko out of the way. "Miss Washu, do you think I could use it for a while? Completely innocent causes I assure you." She said, pleasantly to Washu, who was looking pretty miserable at the time.
Then Ryoko and Ayeka got into yet another fight about the machine until Washu hushed them down. "No! Besides, it's not done yet. You'll have to wait. Science takes time you know." Then she exited the room through a door that magically appeared out of nowhere, supposedly to bed, considering it was 10 o'clock at night. They must have had to skip dinner that night, no one was hungry anyways.
"Miss Usagi, why don't you stay here tonight, I don't expect the trains to Tokyo will be running at this hour. You to Kiyone, Mihoshi." Nobyukie asked them.
"Well, sure why not?" Usagi said, looking at Kiyone and Mihoshi.
"Well, we don't want to intrude." Kiyone started, sweatdrops appeared on her forehead.
"Wow, we'd love to! We were hoping we could stay here tonight since we haven't paid the rent in a while." Mihoshi couldn't finish her sentence considering Kiyone was covering her mouth.
"Mihoshi why can't you learn to keep your mouth shut." She said.
***
Kiyone and Mihoshi ended up spending the night at the Masaski's house that night, they and Usagi slept in one room where they had slept the first night. They were sleeping soundly, until they heard the rustle and creaks of the downstairs, saying that someone was walking around downstairs. They woke up to the creepy sound, and Mihoshi started to worry. They bumped into Ayeka and Sasami on the way down, why they were downstairs, creeping into Washu's lab they didn't know, but they followed silently after them, trying to not be noticed by either one.
As they walked down the stairs careful not to wake anyone up, they opened the door to Washu's lab, where all the noise was coming from. And guess who was tampering with the machine already in the middle of the night.
"Ryoko!?" They yelled.
Ryoko stepped innocently away from the machine. "What are you all doing up so late?" She snapped at them.
Ayeka spoke up, in her snobby princess voice. "We could ask you the same question, tampering with Washu's machine in the middle of the night. It's unheard of." She said.
"Come to think of it, why were you on the way down here Ayeka? All you told me was to keep quiet and come with you." Sasami asked. Then she got an idea. "You were trying to use Washu's machine to get with Tenchi weren't you?" She teased her big sister.
Ayeka blushed. "Oh no! I'll tell you what I was doing! I had a hunch that Ryoko would try to use the machine to get Tenchi and I was just coming down here to guard the machine just in case she tried it, and clearly I was right!" She was on the platform of the machine and was facing Ryoko now, they got into a fight about Tenchi all over again. Then they noticed Sasami using the machine.
"What kind of world do you want Ryo-okie?" She asked. Ryoko pushed her out of the way and started creating her ideal again. Then Ayeka pushed her, then typed in her ideal. Then Mihoshi and then Kiyone denying the fact that Mihoshi wanted them to be partners forever. Usagi didn't know what to do.
Just then Washu came in, along with the men, seeing what all the noise was about. Usagi was standing there innocently, trying to figure out what was going on. Tenchi and the men ran up beside her as Washu saw her machine in ruins and the girls ran off, it was out of control. Washu screamed and tore out the control ball that was going insane. "It's all messed up!" She cried.
Then the whole room was flying into subspace. Through dimensions they could see everything. Usagi swore she saw her world in one of them, but it passed to quickly to tell. They all heard Washu's voice.
"You are going to be traveling through time and space. The dimensions will come and I will have to cancel them all one by one. Stick together, or you all will be stuck in the warp forever, and you will never get home. I'll try to fix the machine as fast as I can, just hold on, and don't separate."
Her voice was blocked out as the warp began to spin. Usagi flew down the warp, her pigtails flying behind her. Ryoko and Ayeka were clinging to Tenchi as he yelled at them to get off, Nobyukie was trying to 'swim' up the warp, Grampa was acting as though nothing was happening, and sitting cross legged with his eyes closed as they flew through the warp. Sasami was holding onto Asaka ( I think that's his name.) Mihoshi and Kiyone were holding onto each other as they screaming in parole falling though time and space. Ryo-okie suddenly hit Usagi in the head. They suddenly fell into a dimension, and they remembered nothing after that.
*****
And that has to be the longest chapter I have ever written. ^_^ Wow, That's an accomplishment!!! YEY!!! Well, read and review please. I could really use some good feedback right about now! Pleaz review! Thankies to those who already did, you don't have to review again If you already did. Thanks!
~mo
Well, thanks for all the reviews, no really told me what they thought about this story becoming an epic, but I really liked the feedback on the chapter! If you read the comments on the fourth chapter, you'll see what I have in mind for the story. What I wanted to do was to put Usagi/Usaje into the episodes of Tenchi's world, I though it would make it more interesting. I really don't know if I'm going to put Usagi with anyone, so far it's just kind of one-sided with some people. I'm open for ideas! Thanks for reviewing!
Summary of Chapter 5: The whole Tenchi gang goes to the city, Tokyo, where they look for a place for Usagi to stay, and a place to work. But the real adventure happens when they get home at night, and find Washu has completed a new invention. And so starts the first chapter of Time and Space Adventures!
Chapter 5: Would you like anything to go with that?
Usagi woke up that day, after a nightmare of Queen Marissa and Mamoru and the betrayal of the scouts. She was still having nightmares of it. She shook it off, and hoped out of bed. She saw an outfit on the dresser; she had laid it out last night. It was a pair of black pants, a black halter- top, and a sky blue vest. She had blue tennis shoes to go with it as well. She smiled. Ryoko had let her borrow the halter-top, and the pants. She borrowed the vest from Kiyone. She and Kiyone had become really good friends so far. She was being really cool about the whole boy/girl thing.
Usagi put on all the clothes, and then walked down the stairs, ready for the day ahead of her. Everyone was already dressed. Grampa and Sasami were looking at a magazine, it looked like a for sale apartment and condo listing. She smiled, these were such kind people. She was starting to wonder if she ever wanted to go back to her own time. They were a lot more courteous to her than her other 'friends' were. They made her feel comfortable. And she even had a TV partner to watch all her favorite shows and share all her manga with. Mihoshi was almost just like her, even if she was a little slower than her. Mihoshi and her spent most of the time together, and Usagi was more than happy to help with the chores at the beginning of each day.
Sasami looked up. "Usagi! Come look! We found a lot of places you could live, and they're closer to us! Right outside Tokyo!" She said, all excited at her findings.
"Great, maybe we'll find one where there is a walking length job around." She was happy with her luck so far. But even though they seemed peaceful enough, she knew it wasn't always like this. They looked at condos and apartments that were really close, almost walking length. Usagi knew she would be about to make it. All those times she was late for school would be paying off soon. There was a nice clothes shopping mall close to it, and plenty of places to work, just about a few miles from there. That was nice. But before that, they all had to do the morning chores. Usagi was put into garden duty with Tenchi that day.
Usagi was trimming the verge around the carrot garden, while Tenchi worked with the hoe and planted the seeds for the carrots. Ryo-okie was with Usagi most of the time, comfortable on top of her head, she was looking pretty content where she was, watching Usagi trim the edge.
Tenchi looked to see them together, Ryo-okie wasn't even looking at the carrot seedlings, she was more interested in watching Usagi as she giggled when Ryo-okie's ears touched her face, tickling her. He smiled. Usagi really was a great person. She was very kind, and she didn't get into fights with Ryoko or Ayeka. She didn't by any reason make them jealous of her. She just seemed to enjoy their company. Mayuka had been a bit of a burden when she was calling him daddy, and made Ryoko really angry. But Usagi seemed to be a bit better. She was kind and innocent like Mayuka, yet, she still managed to make Ryoko like her, despite the fact that she was another girl, and probably more competition. Usagi just had that about her. *All her friends and family at home must really miss her, she's such a great person.* He thought. Then suddenly felt sad, she would have to leave one day, and already she seemed to have touched everyone. He looked at as her face lit up again, and giggled as Ryo-okie tickled her again. *Cute.*
It took him a while to realize he had been hoeing the same spot for about an hour, and Usagi was starring at him curiously. He blushed, then moved on, trying not to notice that she was still starring at him.
*He sure blushes a lot. Wonder why.* She thought.
"TENCHI!!!!"
A voice seemed to rise over the hills. Usagi dropped her edger, still holding the hilt in her hands, and looked over the hills.
"LORD TENCHI!!!!"
Another voice. Usagi thought quietly. *Sounds like Ryoko and Ayeka. Are they in trouble?* She asked herself, then looked at Tenchi, who kept on hoeing the garden, a look of frustration on his face. "What's wrong Tenchi?" She asked him curiously.
He looked at her, worry shown on his face. He just looked at her, as if studying her. Then he blushed again, and went to scratch his neck. "It's Ryoko and Ayeka," He said miserably. "They must be in a fight again."
Yep, for a few seconds later, Ryoko and Ayeka ran up to Tenchi, demanding that they tell the other off. Ryoko pulled harshly on Tenchi's arm, and Ayeka attached herself to the other arm. "Oh dear." Usagi thought.
Just then, clouds started to form over the fields, and it soon started to rain. As soon as the water hit Usagi, a golden light surrounded her. "Oh no!!!" She screamed. Ryoko and Ayeka and Tenchi looked at her, curious to what was happening. Then, where Usagi was once standing, a soaked Usaje was standing in her place, looking very disturbed and miserable. Ryo-okie was still on his head, and stayed there, they guessed she had already gotten used to it.
"Well, that's a downfall." Usaje said, "Whenever it rains, I turn into a guy again. Wonder how I'm going to explain that to my boss when I start working?" He chuckled, scratching his neck, watching the other stare curiously at him.
Then Ryoko smiled at him. "Well, we'll just have to make sure you bring an umbrella to work, won't we?" She laughed.
Usaje smiled at her, trust Ryoko to make him feel better. Ayeka was still holding on to Tenchi, who at the moment was turning blue under all the pressure on his arm. Ryoko and Usaje joked around for a while, while Ayeka was choking Tenchi to death. When Ryoko finally realized this, she went back to trying to pull Tenchi out of Ayeka's arms.
Usaje decided it was his turn to make himself known. "Okay everyone, if the garden is done, then we can go to the city now, as soon as everyone else is done. Okay?" He asked them.
"Okay!" They yelled, and then went right back to fighting over Tenchi. Tenchi cast a pleading glance at Usaje, as if begging him to help him. Usaje just looked innocently around as if he didn't know what Tenchi was talking about. Tenchi then got an annoyed look at Usaje, and he just chuckled a bit and walked up the stone steps to the temple to help Grampa.
Tenchi then managed to get out of the woman's holds, and then after saying bye he ran up the stairs after Usaje. Ryoko and Ayeka were left in the dust, and looking around trying to find where he had gone.
Tenchi caught up with Usaje. "What was that for?" He asked, casting and accusing look Usaje's way. He shrugged again, and kept on walking. "Why is it that you never even try to get my out of those messes?" He asked again, and Usaje shrugged again, and continued his walk to the temple. "Don't you ever talk?" He asked again. Usaje looked at him for a moment, then walked on. "Alright then keep you secrets. But tell me why you don't stay at the house? We've got plenty of room."
"Because, I used to depend on people all the time to take care of me, and they thought I was a wimp. Now I just want to do things my way and at least prove to myself if not anyone else that I can manage on my own." He said, and closed his eyes, ignoring any other comments made by Tenchi.
*Gawh, he's so individualistic. Why won't he let any one help him?* He knew there was something Usaje had left out when he had explained the story to them at dinner the other night. And Tenchi was determined to find out what.
***
Tokyo seemed to be a lot bigger than it was in Usagi's dimension. Grampa had gotten Usaje all cleaned up and turned back into a girl, since that was how she wanted to introduce herself to all the business owners and apartment managers. One of the guys who lived next store to the apartment she was looking at was really buff and seemed to flirt with her a bit. Personally, she thought he was kind of cute, so she put that complex under the possibilities list.
Soon, she had chosen a part time job, due to the fact that the manager liked her, and she was working at a very popular restaurant and she ended up choosing the apartment that the really cute guy lived next to, and to tell the truth, Tenchi did spend a lot of time telling her that it might not be safe, but she said she could take care of herself, and still a little annoyed at Tenchi being a bit over protective.
But later that night, Usagi decided to go for a walk when they got back from getting her things into the apartment, and the buff guy came over to help her a bit, and proved to be a really nice guy, and so carefree, until his girlfriend came over and started to accuse him of cheating on her with Usagi. He didn't seem to like his girlfriend very much. Usagi giggled at the memory.
She sat on a rock on the other side of the small lake in front of the Masaki home, as she adored the ripples in the water flow softly toward her. She felt soothed down. There had been so much to do that day, she had barely even had time to think about what was happening to her world now that she was gone. *I bet they're really sorry they laughed at me now, now that I'm gone and there's no one to save their sorry butts.* She thought, and an evil smirk came over her face.
"Well, that sure is an evil smile, care to share?" A voice asked from behind her. It was Tenchi.
She giggled. "Is it just me, or are you following me?" She asked him, as he sat down on the rock beside her.
"No, I always come out here before dinner. Just to be alone. Normally there would be something really adventurous going on around during the day and I just never get time to think, you know?" He said, leaning back, putting his arms and hands behind him to prop himself up.
"Yeah, sometimes I just get so caught up in what happens while the day is just starting, I never have time to think, but where I'm from, there is never a boring moment." She said, dreamily, thinking about home.
"I know, it's all these girls sitting on the barrel all day, never giving the other or me a moments peace. It's just so hectic. It's just not fair."
"Well, Tenchi, I know how that can be, considering I'm a half guy, I guess." Usagi blushed a bit. "But maybe you should just let them all know that you care about them, instead of scaring them off. I know what it was like trying to get the guy I liked to notice me. But you know, they won't leave you alone till they know that the guy at least knows they exist. When they go missing, go look for them, don't leave them in the dark. Let them know that you care. Don't be rough, woman have tender hearts. Just show some sort of affection towards them, even if it's not love." She said, to him, saying every word with a sincere touch to it.
Tenchi looked at her, drinking in all her words. Then looked into her eyes. "Usagi, I."
Tenchi didn't get to finish his sentence as suddenly they felt a bit light headed and then they disappeared. Soon they were all sitting in Washu's lab, in front a funny looking piece of machinery. There was all this equipment around it, and a big ball in the middle. They all looked up to see Washu laughing like a maniac.
"What is it Washu?" Ayeka asked, standing beside Sasami as she looked on in amazement.
"It's my new invention. It can change the states of one vertical dimension to match the chosen states encoded into this machine." She pointed to the control bank at the center of the platform.
"And that means?" Ryoko asked, hands on her hips leaning sideways, seeming as though it wasn't such a big deal after all.
Washu started to yell at her as if it was obvious. "It can change the aspect of a simple dimension to the material in the control bank." She tried to explain in clearer, but instead it just made the others more confused.
"Hugh?" They asked.
Usagi spoke up. "Wait a minute, are you saying that this machine can create a dimension that is exactly matching the coordinates of a anonymous source?" She asked, looking as though Christmas had come early, making everyone else believe that it was something good.
Washu looked as if she was a child after her own heart. "Exactly! At least someone understands the magnificence I have created." She said, as Usagi gazed shocked at the thought to be impossible invention.
Everyone else was left in the dark. "What?" They asked again.
Washu put a hand to her head a sighed. "I mean I can create a dimension that fits your ideal world." She said solemnly, like it was the simplest thing in the world to comprehend.
Ryoko got starry eyed. "Well, why didn't you say so?" She asked, as she gazed longingly at the machine. "Hey Washu, do you think I can borrow this for a while?" She asked, a little to sweetly, making it obvious that she planning to do something that was completely out of line. Tenchi seemed to get it, because he suddenly got a terrified look on his face.
Ayeka caught on as well. "I don't think so," She said, knocking Ryoko out of the way. "Miss Washu, do you think I could use it for a while? Completely innocent causes I assure you." She said, pleasantly to Washu, who was looking pretty miserable at the time.
Then Ryoko and Ayeka got into yet another fight about the machine until Washu hushed them down. "No! Besides, it's not done yet. You'll have to wait. Science takes time you know." Then she exited the room through a door that magically appeared out of nowhere, supposedly to bed, considering it was 10 o'clock at night. They must have had to skip dinner that night, no one was hungry anyways.
"Miss Usagi, why don't you stay here tonight, I don't expect the trains to Tokyo will be running at this hour. You to Kiyone, Mihoshi." Nobyukie asked them.
"Well, sure why not?" Usagi said, looking at Kiyone and Mihoshi.
"Well, we don't want to intrude." Kiyone started, sweatdrops appeared on her forehead.
"Wow, we'd love to! We were hoping we could stay here tonight since we haven't paid the rent in a while." Mihoshi couldn't finish her sentence considering Kiyone was covering her mouth.
"Mihoshi why can't you learn to keep your mouth shut." She said.
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Kiyone and Mihoshi ended up spending the night at the Masaski's house that night, they and Usagi slept in one room where they had slept the first night. They were sleeping soundly, until they heard the rustle and creaks of the downstairs, saying that someone was walking around downstairs. They woke up to the creepy sound, and Mihoshi started to worry. They bumped into Ayeka and Sasami on the way down, why they were downstairs, creeping into Washu's lab they didn't know, but they followed silently after them, trying to not be noticed by either one.
As they walked down the stairs careful not to wake anyone up, they opened the door to Washu's lab, where all the noise was coming from. And guess who was tampering with the machine already in the middle of the night.
"Ryoko!?" They yelled.
Ryoko stepped innocently away from the machine. "What are you all doing up so late?" She snapped at them.
Ayeka spoke up, in her snobby princess voice. "We could ask you the same question, tampering with Washu's machine in the middle of the night. It's unheard of." She said.
"Come to think of it, why were you on the way down here Ayeka? All you told me was to keep quiet and come with you." Sasami asked. Then she got an idea. "You were trying to use Washu's machine to get with Tenchi weren't you?" She teased her big sister.
Ayeka blushed. "Oh no! I'll tell you what I was doing! I had a hunch that Ryoko would try to use the machine to get Tenchi and I was just coming down here to guard the machine just in case she tried it, and clearly I was right!" She was on the platform of the machine and was facing Ryoko now, they got into a fight about Tenchi all over again. Then they noticed Sasami using the machine.
"What kind of world do you want Ryo-okie?" She asked. Ryoko pushed her out of the way and started creating her ideal again. Then Ayeka pushed her, then typed in her ideal. Then Mihoshi and then Kiyone denying the fact that Mihoshi wanted them to be partners forever. Usagi didn't know what to do.
Just then Washu came in, along with the men, seeing what all the noise was about. Usagi was standing there innocently, trying to figure out what was going on. Tenchi and the men ran up beside her as Washu saw her machine in ruins and the girls ran off, it was out of control. Washu screamed and tore out the control ball that was going insane. "It's all messed up!" She cried.
Then the whole room was flying into subspace. Through dimensions they could see everything. Usagi swore she saw her world in one of them, but it passed to quickly to tell. They all heard Washu's voice.
"You are going to be traveling through time and space. The dimensions will come and I will have to cancel them all one by one. Stick together, or you all will be stuck in the warp forever, and you will never get home. I'll try to fix the machine as fast as I can, just hold on, and don't separate."
Her voice was blocked out as the warp began to spin. Usagi flew down the warp, her pigtails flying behind her. Ryoko and Ayeka were clinging to Tenchi as he yelled at them to get off, Nobyukie was trying to 'swim' up the warp, Grampa was acting as though nothing was happening, and sitting cross legged with his eyes closed as they flew through the warp. Sasami was holding onto Asaka ( I think that's his name.) Mihoshi and Kiyone were holding onto each other as they screaming in parole falling though time and space. Ryo-okie suddenly hit Usagi in the head. They suddenly fell into a dimension, and they remembered nothing after that.
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And that has to be the longest chapter I have ever written. ^_^ Wow, That's an accomplishment!!! YEY!!! Well, read and review please. I could really use some good feedback right about now! Pleaz review! Thankies to those who already did, you don't have to review again If you already did. Thanks!
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