A Life Fulfilled
Chapter 2
Things to Regret
Author's note: Flash backs are the text with ~ at the beginning and end.
" What is it Tenchi?" Washu asked while stepping out of the lab.
" There's someone here to see you!" Tenchi signaled for her to follow him.
" For me? I wasn't expecting anyone."
" Well, we weren't expecting him either, he just showed up!"
Washu tried to think of a person that just show up randomly and expected to see her. In the end, she came out clueless. Washu's thoughts were soon interrupted by a faint...
" Mamma!"
Washu's head shot up as a familiar call rang throughout the house.
' No, it can't be!' she thought.
" Mamma!" the call rang again.
' I must be hearing things!'
A little boy crawled toward her shouting out for her, " Mamma!"
" Taro?" Washu ran toward the boy and lifted the child into her arms.
" Mama!" the boy squealed with joy.
" Oh Taro, it really is you!"
Tenchi smiled, happy to see the two reunited. Washu had never been this happy before and Tenchi enjoyed it when she smiled. It wasn't long before he noticed the injury she had suffered in her lab.
' Where did she get this?" Tenchi placed his hand over the wound and the end result was Washu screaming in pain.
" Your arm is hurt really bad. What happened?" Tenchi removed his hand and looked into her eyes.
" It's nothing, really!" Washu forced a smile but the pain was too immense, and she was unable to hold the smile on her face.
" With that kind of scream, yeah right! Here, let me help you," Tenchi placed both hands higher up on her shoulders.
Washu jerked away and turned her back toward him.
" I said I was fine!"
" Washu," Tenchi began to walk forward.
" I'm fine!" Washu yelled.
Tenchi couldn't take it anymore. He grabbed her shoulder and forced her to face him. His eyes burned in rage and he completely lost his head.
" Look Washu, your hurt, admit it! I know you don't like telling people about your problems because you don't want to burden them, but this is ridiculous! Your hurt, you need help, let me help you!"
Washu looked at Tenchi with saddened eyes.
" And you wonder why Ryoko doesn't love? It's because you lock yourself in your lab all day and don't let her in your life!"
The look of horror that appeared on the little girls face made Tenchi regret every word he had just said.
" Washu, I..." Tenchi was unable to finish.
Washu ran from him and darted back into her lab, nearly running into Sasami.
" Whoa!" Sasami yelped as Washu ran past her.
Just before Washu disappeared into the depths of her lab, Sasami noticed the tears that were streaming down her face.
" What did I do?" Tenchi let out a large sigh.
~ "And you wonder why Ryoko doesn't love? It's because you lock yourself in your lab all day and don't let her in your life!"~
" Why did I say that?"
" Tenchi?" Sasami walked toward him.
" Did you see how I hurt her?"
" What did you do to her Tenchi? How could you make her cry?"
" Cry? Oh, I didn't mean to make her cry!"
" What did you say to her?"
" I completely lost my head! I was so angry that she continued to keep her problems to herself and not let others help her that I yelled at her and ended up saying things I didn't really want to say! I shouldn't have yelled at her, I should have told her everything in a clam voice. I can't believe I told some of the things I did! Like, and you wonder why Ryoko doesn't love? It's because you lock yourself in your lab all day and don't let her in your life!"
" Tenchi, how could you say something like that?"
" I need to talk to her, to make sure she's okay," Tenchi ran after the scientist.
" I hope Washu's okay," Sasami sighed at sat down on the couch as Ryoko popped up behind her.
" What was all that about?" Ryoko asked the young girl.
Her answer was an angry glare.
" What? What is it? What did I do?!"
" Tenchi hurt Washu's feelings really bad and he's going to find her and make it up to her, get it?"
" So what?"
" Never mind!"
Inside Washu's lab, Tenchi looked frantically for the girl her hurt.
" Washu? Washu? Oh, where the heck are you?" Tenchi looked around, seeing Taro asleep in a crib Washu had made, until he was face to face with a door.
" Is she in here?" Tenchi opened the door slowly, " Washu?"
Tenchi could hear faint sobs in the room and turned his head in their direction. There, on the bed, was Washu. She held onto a pillow and pressed her face against it, sobbing madly.
" He's right...I've always pushed others away. It's no wonder...he yelled...at me, I'm so...stupid. How...can I face him...again, how can I!" Washu cried. " I'm sorry...Ryoko."
" Washu?"
" Go away!"
Tenchi couldn't believe what he was hearing. He stepped forward with no intention of turning back.
" I said leave!"
" No Washu, I want to talk you!"
" Just leave me alone!" Washu yelled.
Washu gasped when she felt two, strong arms wrap around her and pull her into a warm embrace.
" I'm sorry Washu, I didn't mean to make you cry."
Washu jerked out of the embrace and sat up with her back toward Tenchi.
" I've been such a bother haven't I?"
" No, how could you think that way?"
" I always thought that I should keep to myself and not get in the way or solve my own problems and not burden you with them."
" Washu, you burden us by not telling us what's wrong!"
" What?"
" Don't you see Washu? We all love you very much and it hurts us to see you upset. We worry about you and try our best to get it out of you."
" Great, I don't tell you my problems so I don't burden you with them and I end up burdening you with my troubles because I don't tell you! Maybe it would be better if I just leave!" Washu jumped off the bed and ran out of the room.
" Washu!" Tenchi called after her. " What have I done?"
A glimmer of light caught Tenchi's eye. He turned his head and saw a photo lying on the bed.
" What's this?" Tenchi examined the picture carefully.
The picture was of a small girl with cyan hair hugging a much taller woman with pink hair.
" Is this little girl Ryoko? Then, is that one Washu? No, there's no way that isn't Washu, that hair is unmistakable! Then, it's all true, Washu is Ryoko's mother, they look so happy together. I need to show this to Ryoko, Washu needs more than just me to tell he we love her."
Tenchi placed the picture in his pocket and raced out of the lab, making sure Washu wasn't there.
' That was strange, I didn't see Washu in her lab at all!' Tenchi thought as he closed the door behind him. He ran outside in search of Ryoko.
" Ryoko? Ryoko?"
" Up here Tenchi dear!" a voice in the trees sounded.
" Oh Ryoko, can you come down here for a moment? I need to talk with you."
" Sure," Ryoko faded and reappeared in front of Tenchi. " What do you want?"
" Look at this," Tenchi handed Ryoko the photo.
" That's me...and Washu?"
" Yes, it is. That was before Kagato was controlling you, this was when Washu was being your mother, taking care of you."
" I don't believe it! No twelve year old kid is my mom!" Ryoko threw the picture back at Tenchi.
"Ryoko!"
" Look, my mother died a long time ago! Kagato told me he killed her!"
" Ryoko, since when do you listen to what Kagato has told you?"
Ryoko didn't answer she just faded away.
" Great, now Ryoko's upset! Today is a total nightmare!" Tenchi yelled and ran back to the house.
Ryoko, on the other hand, found where Washu was hiding and place herself on a tree overlooking the area. Washu was sitting by a lake with her knees to her chest, crying her heart out.
' Can she really be my mother? We do look alike, I guess, but I've never really thought she, out of all people, was my mother.'
~ " Ryoko, since when do you listen to what Kagato has told you?"~
' Maybe he's right, I mean, maybe she is my mom. Then why would she give me to Kagato? What kind of mother does that? Or maybe I should just ask her all of these questions.'
Ryoko faded down behind her mother.
" Washu?"
Ryoko gasped in surprise when she saw her mother's tear stricken face. She looked so fragile, like a porcelain doll. She looked as if she could brake at any moment.
" Yes my dear?"
" I need to talk to you."
" About what my little Ryoko?"
" You know, mother daughter stuff."
Chapter 2
Things to Regret
Author's note: Flash backs are the text with ~ at the beginning and end.
" What is it Tenchi?" Washu asked while stepping out of the lab.
" There's someone here to see you!" Tenchi signaled for her to follow him.
" For me? I wasn't expecting anyone."
" Well, we weren't expecting him either, he just showed up!"
Washu tried to think of a person that just show up randomly and expected to see her. In the end, she came out clueless. Washu's thoughts were soon interrupted by a faint...
" Mamma!"
Washu's head shot up as a familiar call rang throughout the house.
' No, it can't be!' she thought.
" Mamma!" the call rang again.
' I must be hearing things!'
A little boy crawled toward her shouting out for her, " Mamma!"
" Taro?" Washu ran toward the boy and lifted the child into her arms.
" Mama!" the boy squealed with joy.
" Oh Taro, it really is you!"
Tenchi smiled, happy to see the two reunited. Washu had never been this happy before and Tenchi enjoyed it when she smiled. It wasn't long before he noticed the injury she had suffered in her lab.
' Where did she get this?" Tenchi placed his hand over the wound and the end result was Washu screaming in pain.
" Your arm is hurt really bad. What happened?" Tenchi removed his hand and looked into her eyes.
" It's nothing, really!" Washu forced a smile but the pain was too immense, and she was unable to hold the smile on her face.
" With that kind of scream, yeah right! Here, let me help you," Tenchi placed both hands higher up on her shoulders.
Washu jerked away and turned her back toward him.
" I said I was fine!"
" Washu," Tenchi began to walk forward.
" I'm fine!" Washu yelled.
Tenchi couldn't take it anymore. He grabbed her shoulder and forced her to face him. His eyes burned in rage and he completely lost his head.
" Look Washu, your hurt, admit it! I know you don't like telling people about your problems because you don't want to burden them, but this is ridiculous! Your hurt, you need help, let me help you!"
Washu looked at Tenchi with saddened eyes.
" And you wonder why Ryoko doesn't love? It's because you lock yourself in your lab all day and don't let her in your life!"
The look of horror that appeared on the little girls face made Tenchi regret every word he had just said.
" Washu, I..." Tenchi was unable to finish.
Washu ran from him and darted back into her lab, nearly running into Sasami.
" Whoa!" Sasami yelped as Washu ran past her.
Just before Washu disappeared into the depths of her lab, Sasami noticed the tears that were streaming down her face.
" What did I do?" Tenchi let out a large sigh.
~ "And you wonder why Ryoko doesn't love? It's because you lock yourself in your lab all day and don't let her in your life!"~
" Why did I say that?"
" Tenchi?" Sasami walked toward him.
" Did you see how I hurt her?"
" What did you do to her Tenchi? How could you make her cry?"
" Cry? Oh, I didn't mean to make her cry!"
" What did you say to her?"
" I completely lost my head! I was so angry that she continued to keep her problems to herself and not let others help her that I yelled at her and ended up saying things I didn't really want to say! I shouldn't have yelled at her, I should have told her everything in a clam voice. I can't believe I told some of the things I did! Like, and you wonder why Ryoko doesn't love? It's because you lock yourself in your lab all day and don't let her in your life!"
" Tenchi, how could you say something like that?"
" I need to talk to her, to make sure she's okay," Tenchi ran after the scientist.
" I hope Washu's okay," Sasami sighed at sat down on the couch as Ryoko popped up behind her.
" What was all that about?" Ryoko asked the young girl.
Her answer was an angry glare.
" What? What is it? What did I do?!"
" Tenchi hurt Washu's feelings really bad and he's going to find her and make it up to her, get it?"
" So what?"
" Never mind!"
Inside Washu's lab, Tenchi looked frantically for the girl her hurt.
" Washu? Washu? Oh, where the heck are you?" Tenchi looked around, seeing Taro asleep in a crib Washu had made, until he was face to face with a door.
" Is she in here?" Tenchi opened the door slowly, " Washu?"
Tenchi could hear faint sobs in the room and turned his head in their direction. There, on the bed, was Washu. She held onto a pillow and pressed her face against it, sobbing madly.
" He's right...I've always pushed others away. It's no wonder...he yelled...at me, I'm so...stupid. How...can I face him...again, how can I!" Washu cried. " I'm sorry...Ryoko."
" Washu?"
" Go away!"
Tenchi couldn't believe what he was hearing. He stepped forward with no intention of turning back.
" I said leave!"
" No Washu, I want to talk you!"
" Just leave me alone!" Washu yelled.
Washu gasped when she felt two, strong arms wrap around her and pull her into a warm embrace.
" I'm sorry Washu, I didn't mean to make you cry."
Washu jerked out of the embrace and sat up with her back toward Tenchi.
" I've been such a bother haven't I?"
" No, how could you think that way?"
" I always thought that I should keep to myself and not get in the way or solve my own problems and not burden you with them."
" Washu, you burden us by not telling us what's wrong!"
" What?"
" Don't you see Washu? We all love you very much and it hurts us to see you upset. We worry about you and try our best to get it out of you."
" Great, I don't tell you my problems so I don't burden you with them and I end up burdening you with my troubles because I don't tell you! Maybe it would be better if I just leave!" Washu jumped off the bed and ran out of the room.
" Washu!" Tenchi called after her. " What have I done?"
A glimmer of light caught Tenchi's eye. He turned his head and saw a photo lying on the bed.
" What's this?" Tenchi examined the picture carefully.
The picture was of a small girl with cyan hair hugging a much taller woman with pink hair.
" Is this little girl Ryoko? Then, is that one Washu? No, there's no way that isn't Washu, that hair is unmistakable! Then, it's all true, Washu is Ryoko's mother, they look so happy together. I need to show this to Ryoko, Washu needs more than just me to tell he we love her."
Tenchi placed the picture in his pocket and raced out of the lab, making sure Washu wasn't there.
' That was strange, I didn't see Washu in her lab at all!' Tenchi thought as he closed the door behind him. He ran outside in search of Ryoko.
" Ryoko? Ryoko?"
" Up here Tenchi dear!" a voice in the trees sounded.
" Oh Ryoko, can you come down here for a moment? I need to talk with you."
" Sure," Ryoko faded and reappeared in front of Tenchi. " What do you want?"
" Look at this," Tenchi handed Ryoko the photo.
" That's me...and Washu?"
" Yes, it is. That was before Kagato was controlling you, this was when Washu was being your mother, taking care of you."
" I don't believe it! No twelve year old kid is my mom!" Ryoko threw the picture back at Tenchi.
"Ryoko!"
" Look, my mother died a long time ago! Kagato told me he killed her!"
" Ryoko, since when do you listen to what Kagato has told you?"
Ryoko didn't answer she just faded away.
" Great, now Ryoko's upset! Today is a total nightmare!" Tenchi yelled and ran back to the house.
Ryoko, on the other hand, found where Washu was hiding and place herself on a tree overlooking the area. Washu was sitting by a lake with her knees to her chest, crying her heart out.
' Can she really be my mother? We do look alike, I guess, but I've never really thought she, out of all people, was my mother.'
~ " Ryoko, since when do you listen to what Kagato has told you?"~
' Maybe he's right, I mean, maybe she is my mom. Then why would she give me to Kagato? What kind of mother does that? Or maybe I should just ask her all of these questions.'
Ryoko faded down behind her mother.
" Washu?"
Ryoko gasped in surprise when she saw her mother's tear stricken face. She looked so fragile, like a porcelain doll. She looked as if she could brake at any moment.
" Yes my dear?"
" I need to talk to you."
" About what my little Ryoko?"
" You know, mother daughter stuff."
