1 A Life Fulfilled
Chapter 7
When Past Repeats Itself
Washu walked back into her dark lab so she could put Taro to sleep and continue her work. She had enjoyed her time with Tenchi, but, like all good things, it came to an end. Her footsteps echoed throughout her empty domain and sounded miniscule against the amount of silence in her lab. The calmness in her walking faded when her mind gave her a sudden shock of fear that was unexpected. Washu could hear faint footsteps in the distance, drawling nearer to her by every second.
" What do you want?" Washu spoke without turning to face her visitor.
" I'll ask the questions! What the hell were you doing?" Ryoko's voice screamed.
" That was completely unacceptable Miss Washu!" Ayeka's voice rang.
" What, the fact that Tenchi spent more time with me than he did with the two of you? Are you really that jealous?" Washu turned to them. " You're behavior is what's unacceptable, Miss Ayeka. You two become so uptight and wretched when someone is getting more attention from Tenchi then you!"
" We're the ones with a right to be angry! I thought you were my mother, but I guess you fooled me again! A mother doesn't tell her daughter she loves her and then tries to win the heart of her daughter's love!" Ryoko was only a few centimeters from Washu.
" You have no right to do such things with Lord Tenchi when you have a husband! How dare you Miss Washu, you should be ashamed!" Ayeka shouted.
" That was 20,000 years ago that I had a husband! I've already told both of you about my past, something I don't care to remember! Is it really my fault if Tenchi invited me to swim with him? We were teaching Taro how to swim, nothing more!" Washu tried to defend herself.
" Oh yeah, in the beginning it was that way…" Ryoko let Ayeka finish her sentence.
" But what about the game you two played?"
" That was just for fun! You two are taking everything so seriously, maybe if you lighten up a bit you would understand!" Washu shouted on the verge of tears.
" Don't start crying now Washu, it's not our fault you were stupid enough to…" Ryoko was interrupted.
" Stupid enough to teach Taro how to swim? That's no way to talk to your mother Little Ryoko!"
" You're not my mother! You never have been and never will be!"
Washu's hear couldn't take it, tears cascaded down her pale face. Had Ryoko left her once again? Was this the end? She had finally told Ryoko of her past even though it hurt her. She had finally gotten Ryoko to accept her, for what, only two seconds? Fate had drawn her a bad hand of cards, for the third time.
When Ryoko grabbed Taro from her "mother," Washu seemed to let him go into her daughter's arms. She was in pain all because of her daughter's words and she couldn't concentrate on anything, and besides, Taro might be safer with them. Washu lifted her head up in shock only to see Ryoko and Ayeka walking away with Taro.
" No!" Washu stretched her arm out, following their movements. " Taro!"
" Azaka! Kamidake!" Ayeka's guardians appeared at the sound of Princess Ayeka's voice, on both of Washu's sides. " Hold her!"
Washu ran toward them until a shield held her in place. Azaka and Kamidake trapped her in what she thought was a cage. She wasn't an animal and didn't deserve to be treated like one!
" Let me go, RYOKO!" Washu screamed as hot tears escaped her sorrow blinded eyes.
All of Washu's cries were in vain, Ryoko and Ayeka walked out of her lab without second thoughts. Washu was alone and once Ayeka left, Azaka and Kamidake let her go and watched her fall to the floor. She would have run after the two girls, but her heart was aching and she couldn't find the strength to lift her self.
Tenchi walked back to the house and saw Ayeka and Ryoko walk out of Washu's lab. He noticed Ryoko was holding Taro and that Washu was nowhere in sight. What had happened to her? Tenchi quietly walked into Washu's lab, undetected by Ryoko or Ayeka.
" Washu?" Tenchi called.
" Te…Tenchi?"
" Washu, where are you?" Tenchi began following her voice.
" In front of you."
Tenchi looked down on the ground and saw Washu on her hands and knees, crying. He rushed to her side, seeing her wounded shoulder had begun to bleed once more. Tenchi placed his arms on her shoulders and pulled her into his embrace, letting her cry on his shoulder. The two stayed like that for a while, until Tenchi grabbed a handkerchief and wrapped it around Washu's wound.
" I told you that you needed help with this," Tenchi spoke while wrapping her shoulder.
Even though Tenchi tried to make conversation, Washu remained silent, not even the slightest evidence of pain showed in her eyes. What had happened? Were Ryoko and Ayeka the cause if it all?
" Washu, what did Ryoko and Ayeka do to you?"
Outside of Washu's lab, Ryoko walked around with Taro in her arms, covering her ears whenever he cried.
" AYEKA!"
" What is it?"
" He won't shut-up!"
Ayeka sighed and took Taro away from the space pirate, " Come, come, little one, you were scared."
" Hey, what's that mean?"
" It's the truth, he couldn't stand that face of yours!" Ayeka laughed.
" You little bitch!"
" Ryoko, don't say such things around the baby, he may turn out to be like you."
" You'll pay for that!" Ryoko brought out her light sword and waited for Ayeka to arm herself.
Washu's lab remained silent, only Washu's sobs could be heard. Tenchi just sat there, in disbelief and in disgust. How could Ryoko and Ayeka act in such a way? Washu hadn't done anything wrong and yet, in their eyes, she had committed a villainous crime.
" I don't know what I did wrong Tenchi, what did I do?" Washu cried.
" You did nothing wrong, the two of them just want the attention you've been getting. They can't stand the fact that someone else is with me, I hate that about them."
Washu laughed a little and then stared at the boy near her. Sure, he was attractive, but would he ever fall in love with her, probably not. She let her head move downward once more.
" Come on Washu, let's get Taro back, he needs someone to take care of him," Tenchi raised himself and held out a hand for Washu.
" Yeah, who knows what they've done to him now!"
Chapter 7
When Past Repeats Itself
Washu walked back into her dark lab so she could put Taro to sleep and continue her work. She had enjoyed her time with Tenchi, but, like all good things, it came to an end. Her footsteps echoed throughout her empty domain and sounded miniscule against the amount of silence in her lab. The calmness in her walking faded when her mind gave her a sudden shock of fear that was unexpected. Washu could hear faint footsteps in the distance, drawling nearer to her by every second.
" What do you want?" Washu spoke without turning to face her visitor.
" I'll ask the questions! What the hell were you doing?" Ryoko's voice screamed.
" That was completely unacceptable Miss Washu!" Ayeka's voice rang.
" What, the fact that Tenchi spent more time with me than he did with the two of you? Are you really that jealous?" Washu turned to them. " You're behavior is what's unacceptable, Miss Ayeka. You two become so uptight and wretched when someone is getting more attention from Tenchi then you!"
" We're the ones with a right to be angry! I thought you were my mother, but I guess you fooled me again! A mother doesn't tell her daughter she loves her and then tries to win the heart of her daughter's love!" Ryoko was only a few centimeters from Washu.
" You have no right to do such things with Lord Tenchi when you have a husband! How dare you Miss Washu, you should be ashamed!" Ayeka shouted.
" That was 20,000 years ago that I had a husband! I've already told both of you about my past, something I don't care to remember! Is it really my fault if Tenchi invited me to swim with him? We were teaching Taro how to swim, nothing more!" Washu tried to defend herself.
" Oh yeah, in the beginning it was that way…" Ryoko let Ayeka finish her sentence.
" But what about the game you two played?"
" That was just for fun! You two are taking everything so seriously, maybe if you lighten up a bit you would understand!" Washu shouted on the verge of tears.
" Don't start crying now Washu, it's not our fault you were stupid enough to…" Ryoko was interrupted.
" Stupid enough to teach Taro how to swim? That's no way to talk to your mother Little Ryoko!"
" You're not my mother! You never have been and never will be!"
Washu's hear couldn't take it, tears cascaded down her pale face. Had Ryoko left her once again? Was this the end? She had finally told Ryoko of her past even though it hurt her. She had finally gotten Ryoko to accept her, for what, only two seconds? Fate had drawn her a bad hand of cards, for the third time.
When Ryoko grabbed Taro from her "mother," Washu seemed to let him go into her daughter's arms. She was in pain all because of her daughter's words and she couldn't concentrate on anything, and besides, Taro might be safer with them. Washu lifted her head up in shock only to see Ryoko and Ayeka walking away with Taro.
" No!" Washu stretched her arm out, following their movements. " Taro!"
" Azaka! Kamidake!" Ayeka's guardians appeared at the sound of Princess Ayeka's voice, on both of Washu's sides. " Hold her!"
Washu ran toward them until a shield held her in place. Azaka and Kamidake trapped her in what she thought was a cage. She wasn't an animal and didn't deserve to be treated like one!
" Let me go, RYOKO!" Washu screamed as hot tears escaped her sorrow blinded eyes.
All of Washu's cries were in vain, Ryoko and Ayeka walked out of her lab without second thoughts. Washu was alone and once Ayeka left, Azaka and Kamidake let her go and watched her fall to the floor. She would have run after the two girls, but her heart was aching and she couldn't find the strength to lift her self.
Tenchi walked back to the house and saw Ayeka and Ryoko walk out of Washu's lab. He noticed Ryoko was holding Taro and that Washu was nowhere in sight. What had happened to her? Tenchi quietly walked into Washu's lab, undetected by Ryoko or Ayeka.
" Washu?" Tenchi called.
" Te…Tenchi?"
" Washu, where are you?" Tenchi began following her voice.
" In front of you."
Tenchi looked down on the ground and saw Washu on her hands and knees, crying. He rushed to her side, seeing her wounded shoulder had begun to bleed once more. Tenchi placed his arms on her shoulders and pulled her into his embrace, letting her cry on his shoulder. The two stayed like that for a while, until Tenchi grabbed a handkerchief and wrapped it around Washu's wound.
" I told you that you needed help with this," Tenchi spoke while wrapping her shoulder.
Even though Tenchi tried to make conversation, Washu remained silent, not even the slightest evidence of pain showed in her eyes. What had happened? Were Ryoko and Ayeka the cause if it all?
" Washu, what did Ryoko and Ayeka do to you?"
Outside of Washu's lab, Ryoko walked around with Taro in her arms, covering her ears whenever he cried.
" AYEKA!"
" What is it?"
" He won't shut-up!"
Ayeka sighed and took Taro away from the space pirate, " Come, come, little one, you were scared."
" Hey, what's that mean?"
" It's the truth, he couldn't stand that face of yours!" Ayeka laughed.
" You little bitch!"
" Ryoko, don't say such things around the baby, he may turn out to be like you."
" You'll pay for that!" Ryoko brought out her light sword and waited for Ayeka to arm herself.
Washu's lab remained silent, only Washu's sobs could be heard. Tenchi just sat there, in disbelief and in disgust. How could Ryoko and Ayeka act in such a way? Washu hadn't done anything wrong and yet, in their eyes, she had committed a villainous crime.
" I don't know what I did wrong Tenchi, what did I do?" Washu cried.
" You did nothing wrong, the two of them just want the attention you've been getting. They can't stand the fact that someone else is with me, I hate that about them."
Washu laughed a little and then stared at the boy near her. Sure, he was attractive, but would he ever fall in love with her, probably not. She let her head move downward once more.
" Come on Washu, let's get Taro back, he needs someone to take care of him," Tenchi raised himself and held out a hand for Washu.
" Yeah, who knows what they've done to him now!"
