Obligatory disclaimers: I do not own Tenchi Muyo or any of the characters contained there in. I do not own Batman or any of the characters contained there in. The characters are the intellectual property of their respective creators. No profits are being made from this fanfic and it's sole intention is bring (possible) enjoyment to those who read it.
Look both ways before crossing the street. Don't accept either candy or rides from strangers. And your mileage may vary.
Thank you and please enjoy the story.
Tenchi meets The Joker
by Weirdbard
Chapter 3. Brining home clowns.
"This is all your fault!" Joker's voice rang out in the morning light.
"Now Mr. J, I was only thinking it would be a much better joke if we could survive it to see the effects for ourselves!" Harley said quickly as she tried to scoot back on the ground away from the angry Joker.
The Joker paused in mid stalk of Harley. She had a point. While the major part of the joke was to kill Batman with a smile, it would be quite satisfying to be able to see it for himself. The Joker, his moods always quick to change, smiled largely and said. "I just can't stay mad at you for long. Come here baby!"
Harley Quinn stayed on the ground for a moment trying to gauge whether the Joker was over his anger or this was just a trap to get her to come to him. Finally deciding that it was once again, marginally safe, to be around him she quickly leapt to her feet and threw herself into his arms. "Puddin!" She squealed happily.
Tenchi had almost reached the carrot fields when he heard a woman's voice shout something out. He was still too far away to make out what she said but he was sure that it was a woman's voice. Pausing behind some trees at the edge of the fields Tenchi prepared to peek out and see who it was. "I bet its Ryoko come to ambush me in the fields again." He thought to himself. "She hasn't pulled that one in almost several months now."
Tenchi was surprised when he finally mustered up enough nerve to peek out and saw not Ryoko waiting for him but two people he had never seen before standing in his carrot field. There was a tall man wearing bright purple pants and a purple jacket. His face was completely white and his hair was a green that was brighter than the carrot tops in the fields. The woman in his arms was wearing an outlandish costume of red and black. Tenchi after a moment placed seeing something like it from a book on medieval England he had read in school. It was a costume that belonged to someone called a jester Tenchi remembered.
"Um, excuse me." He finally said stepping out into the open.
The Joker quickly released Harley and turned to face the country bumpkin.
"Hey kid." The Joker said in his 'happy' voice which usually meant the person he was talking to was soon going to be dead. "Can you tell me what part of Gotham this is?"
"Gotham?" Tenchi asked back in confusion. "There is no where around here with that name."
"Okay." The Joker growled. "How about what part of the United States we are in then?"
"United States?! This is Japan." A shocked Tenchi replied.
"Way to go Harley!" Joker snarled at Harley. His mood already changing again. "You blew us all the way to Japan!"
"Look its obvious that you are not from around here and that something strange has happened. And when strange things happen it is usually best to go and see Washu right away." Tenchi said and made a gesture for them to follow him.
The Joker looked at Harley and shrugged. "Well lets go see this Washu. Whoever that maybe."
As Harley Quinn walked behind Tenchi she began to study him. "He's kind of cute." She surprised herself thinking. "No Mr. J. of course but still kind of cute."
Sasami was in the back of the yard hanging some laundry on the line to dry in the morning sun. Ayeka and Mihoshi were busy repairing the damage that had been done by Ayeka's and Ryoko's morning fight. It happened on such a regular basis that by now they had gotten the repairs down to an art.
Ryo Ohki, her ears perking up, ran around the side of the house to see Tenchi approaching with two people she had never seen before. Always being the curious cabbit she hopped/ran till she reached the group and leapt up on top of Tenchi's head to get a better look at the new arrivals.
"Ack! what is that?!" Harley squealed in shock. She thought at first it was some kind of oversized country rat.
"This is Ryo Ohki." Tenchi said smiling and taking the cabbit off of his head to hold her out so Harley could see her better.
Ryo Ohki looked at the strange white faced woman in front of her and cocking her head to the side she meowed a greeting to her.
"Oh Mr. J. Isn't it cute?!" Harley replied. Carefully reaching out a hand to touch the cabbit lightly on the head she started to pet her. Ryo Ohki allowed the woman to pet her and meowed again in pleasure.
"Yeah. Real cute. Bet someone could make a useful pair of gloves or a wallet out of it's hide." Joker growled to himself. Tenchi too busy watching Harley cooing over Ryo Ohki didn't hear him. Harley taking Ryo Ohki gently from Tenchi's hands turned to show it to Joker better but stopped when Ryo Ohki laid her ears back and hissed in the direction of the Joker.
"Gee, that's funny." Tenchi replied frowning at Ryo Ohki's antics. "She usually gets along with everyone."
Harley noticing the gleam in Joker's eyes quickly stepped back with the cabbit protectively wrapped in her arms. "Mr. J is more of a hyena person, um, I mean a dog person than a cat person." She finally said to Tenchi.
"Ryo Ohki? Where have you gotten off to now?" A young girl's exasperated voice called out. Both Harley and Joker looked in the direction the voice came from and saw a young girl with long blue hair come around the corner of the house that Tenchi was leading them to. She had large violet eyes and was wearing a long kind of dress thing. She pulled to a halt when she saw Tenchi standing with people she had never seen before. Ryo Ohki let out a happy meow and leaping out of Harley's arms ran over to her and quickly leapt on top of Sasami's head.
"Who are these people Tenchi?" Sasami finally asked.
Tenchi opened his mouth and then quickly shut it. Turning back to face Harley and Joker he bowed in embarrassment. "Oh I am being a bad host aren't I? I totally forgot to ask your names or even introduce myself. My name is Tenchi Masaki." Tenchi pointed to Sasami. "Her name is Sasami and you have already met Ryo Ohki."
Harley gave a elaborate dramatic bow in Sasami's direction. "The name is Harley Quinn. Pleased to meetcha."
Joker watching carefully noticed no reaction from either Tenchi or Sasami from Harley's name and decided this far into the boonies of Japan they must not have heard of her or him yet. "The name is Joker. Master of mirth. King of laughter." Not to be outdone by Harley he gave a equally dramatic bow.
Harley had been studying Sasami while Joker introduced himself and she decided that she liked the kid. She was cute as a button and had a adorable smile on her face. Harley felt as Joker brushed past her towards the girl with his hand outstretched as if he was going to either shake her hand or take her hand to kiss it. Harley felt her eyes widen and if it hadn't been for the thick white pancake makeup on her face everyone would have noticed as the blood drained from her face. She caught out of the corner of her eye that the Joker was wearing his 'special' joybuzzer in the hand he was reaching out with. That joybuzzer was rigged to not give a tiny little electric shock to startle someone but was rigged to give a lethal jolt of electricity.
Harley Quinn reacting quickly raced to Joker's side and grabbing his arm at the wrist, so as not to touch the joybuzzer herself, she made a pirouette. She managed to do it so graceful and quickly that it made it look like it was a practiced dance move her and the Joker did all the time.
Harley could see the Joker's eyes narrow in annoyance at her for spoiling his 'little joke'. As she finished her pirouette she brought herself into his arms, again being careful to avoid touching the joybuzzer and whispered up to him. "We need to find out who this Washu is and what they might know before we risk them finding out who we are."
Joker briefly nodded his head but Harley noticed the murderous glaze in his eyes did not go completely away.
"What is wrong with Harley?!" The Joker thought to himself. "First she screws up my grand joke on Gotham and now she ruins my little surprise for that welp!"
Sasami marveling at the graceful ballerina movement that Harley pulled off and seeing their brightly colored and unusual clothing asked. "Are you entertainers of some kind?"
The Joker, is manic grin growing even bigger replied. "Indeedy do! Everyone knows my name were we come from. And I always make sure to leave them with a smile on their faces." The Joker then started laughing at his own private joke.
Both Tenchi nor Sasami could explain it but the Joker's laugh gave them chills and caused the hairs on the back of their necks to rise. Sasami noticed that Ryo Ohki flattened out her ears and tensed up.
Tenchi reaching back and physically touching his neck to make sure he was not imaging the hair reaction called out to Sasami. "I found them lost in the carrot fields. I figured I should take them to see Washu and see if she can figure out how they got here and help them get back to where ever it is they wanted to go to."
Sasami nodded her head. "Okay Tenchi. She's in her lab as usual."
Tenchi nodding his head, made a gesture for Joker and Harley to follow him into the house. Sasami watched as they entered the house and then looked up at Ryo Ohki sitting on her head. "That Harley is nice enough but that Joker makes me feel weird." She said. Ryo Ohki meowed an agreement.
Joker following Tenchi into his home thought to himself. "What a dump!" Outwardly all he said was, "nice place." Looking around he spied two women placing a wall panel into place over a large burned hole in one of the walls and nailing it up. One of the women had long elaborate pigtails like the girl outside but her hair was a deep purple in color, the other one had a large mane of blond hair very loosely tied back with a ribbon. The purple haired one was wearing a elaborate ceremonial looking dress while the blond was wearing simple blue jeans and a pink blouse. They both glanced up as Tenchi entered the room.
"Lord Tenchi!" You are back early." Ayeka said embarrassed that he caught them repairing the house. She knew that Tenchi was well aware that her and
Ryoko's morning battles damaged his home but she and Mihoshi had always managed to repair and hide the damage before he came home from school or working in the fields before.
"Ayeka." Tenchi nodded. "We have guests." Tenchi finished, stepping aside so she would notice Joker and Harley. Ayeka blinked several times without saying anything as she noticed the rail thin tall man with the dead white face, green hair and almost face splitting grin. She barely noticed the smaller female figure standing beside him.
Mihoshi however with a simple happy smile replied. "Oh please to meet you!" And reached out to shake their hands in a friendly manner. Harley glanced nervously over at Joker's hand but noticed that he had slipped off his joybuzzer ring and had at some point pocketed it. Taking Mihoshi's hand the Joker bent over and gallantly kissed it lightly while Mihoshi lightly giggled.
Harley watching Mihoshi decided that she was a blond ditz and was no danger to her or Joker. So when Mihoshi held out her hand to shake Harley's, she didn't hesitate at all and shook hands with a smile of her own.
"This is Joker." Tenchi said point at him. "And her name is Harley Quinn." Tenchi then pointed at Aeyka. "Ayeka and she is Mihoshi."
"Those are very interesting and unusual names. Joker and Harley Quinn." Ayeka finally commented.
"Like Ayeka, Tenchi and Mihoshi are all that normal." Joker muttered under his breath.
"They ended up here some how and are lost so I am going to take them to see Washu and see if she can figure it out." Tenchi explained and then with yet another gesture to follow him, he went to a small door under the stairs.
"They keep this Washu person in a closet?" Harley thought to herself and glanced over at Joker, who just shrugged to show he didn't know what was going on either.
Tenchi knocking on the door waited a moment. Harley noticed a small round window set into the door light up and she could just barely see the indistinct image of a face. "Yes?" A young woman's voice asked.
"I have some visitors here Washu that showed up suddenly. They say they are from America and don't have any idea how they got here." Tenchi explained to the image.
"Bring them in Tenchi." The voice responded.
The small door opened and Tenchi nodded for them to enter.
"Um, will all of us fit in there?" Harley asked.
Tenchi gave a mysterious grin and replied. "Oh, I don't think we will have any problems."
The Joker with another shrug walked through the doorway followed by Harley, while Tenchi brought up the rear. As Tenchi entered, the door shut quickly behind him.
Harley with her mouth hanging open in shock looked around the room they were in. It was enormous! She literally couldn't see where the room began or ended. It was a bright room that had huge glass containers in it with various animals, only some of which Harley could even barely recognize.
Directly in front of her as she followed the Joker in was a small girl siting on what appeared to be a cushion floating in mid air. She had her back to them and was busily typing on a translucent keyboard that also appeared to be floating in the air without support. A few yards in front of the girl with the huge shock of brightly colored red hair was a railing overlooking what looked like a jungle setting. Harley glancing up at Joker saw that even he had his eyes bugging out and his mouth hanging open. Tenchi came in behind them and glancing at the shocked looks on their faces replied with amusement. "Yeah Washu's lab has a tendency to effect people like this."
"B b b but how?" Harley finally managed to get out.
Washu answered without looking up from her holo computer. "My lab is in a different dimension than Tenchi's house. The only thing connecting it to that dimension is the door you came in." Washu finally turned to look at them and finished. "Understand?"
Harley just shook her head no.
"Oh well, its not important." Washu muttered. "So you are from America and don't know how you got here?" Washu prompted.
Joker finally shaking himself out of his shock looked the pint size girl over. Age wise she didn't look any older than the one they had met outside but something about the eyes unnerved him. She was wearing khaki shorts, leggings and a normal enough looking top. The most outstanding features about her was her wild mane of flaming red hair and those piercing green eyes.
"I was working on a machine to bring joy and laughter into the hearts of the good people of Gotham. When my assistant here messed something up in my machine." Joker said shooting a angry glare at Harley. "The machine suddenly put out a loud buzzing noise. A swirling black cloud appeared and the next thing we knew...." Joker paused for dramatic effect.
Which was ruined when Harley finished for him. "We ended up in this guy's carrot fields."
Washu examined the two people if front of her. One thing she was positive about. They sure weren't from around Tenchi's neck of the woods. "This machine you were working on. Was it by any chance sonic in nature?"
The Joker, his eyes narrowing slightly, reevaluated his opinion of Washu. She may look like a child but she had a extremely quick mind. "Yes." He answered her.
"Sounds like to me that your machine was changed from whatever its original purpose was into a dimensional portal device." Washu turned on her cushion and tapped a few keys on her keyboard. Suddenly a high annoying buzzing noise was heard. "Did the sound you hear sound anything like this?" Washu called out over the noise.
Joker nodded his head eagerly.
"Yep." Washu commented to herself. "A unstable dimensional portal."
"Do you mean..." Harley yelled out to be heard over the buzzing noise but then stopped when Washu hit a key on her keyboard and the noise stopped. "Do you mean that not only are we not in the city we started from but we aren't even in the same dimension any more?" She finished in a normal voice.
Washu nodded her head and reevaluated her opinion on Harley. "She maybe dressed like a Fool but that young woman has a sharp brain in her head." She thought to herself.
Tenchi pulled back in shock as Joker turned on Harley and snarled at her. "Way to go Harley! Not only did you ruin my jok.., er my experiment. You blew us to another dimension entirely!"
Harley flinched. A fact that both Tenchi and Washu noticed.
The Joker turned back to Washu and once again his face was calm with his normal manic grin on it. "Can you possibly get us back to our home dimension?" He asked mildly.
"Of course I can. Nothing is impossible for a scientific genius like myself." Washu modestly proclaimed. "But it will take time for me to narrow down and define which dimension you came from. One of you will have to stay here with me so I can run tests on them to help narrow it down."
"Tests?" Harley asked in a nervous voice.
"Nothing painful." Washu assured her. "Simple scans is all. Each person carries a vibratory frequency of their home dimension inside of them. My scanner can detect that frequency and with a little adjustment and tuning, we will have your home dimension and I can send you back."
The Joker stood stroking his chin and deep in thought. "On the one hand it would be fun to get back to old Gotham and try once again to kill Batman but on the other hand, here was a whole new world that had never heard of the 'Dark Knight' or Joker. A new world he could terrorize and kill the inhabitants with jokes. And in both cases it all rested on the little girl in front of him. She could send him back if he wanted to, or even if he didn't."
"Harley gal, why don't you go back with young Tenchi here to the house and I will stay here and let Washu run the tests she needs on me. I know how tests make you nervous." The Joker cooed, already planning in his mind on the various ways he could kill Washu if he decided to.
Harley looking at Joker could almost read his mind, she had been with him so long.
"If he kills Washu that will upset Tenchi." She thought nervously. "Wait a minute! Why am I caring if it upsets this Tenchi person? I've never cared who
Mr. J hurt or killed before! All of a sudden I am worried on how it will effect some country bumpkin?! What's wrong with me?" Harley could not explain it but glancing at Tenchi she just knew she didn't want to see him hurt. Not emotionally or physically. "Are you sure Mr. J?" She asked.
The Joker frowning slightly nodded his head and made a shooing gesture. "You young 'uns scat now. We'll be fine."
Tenchi frowned slightly himself. He couldn't explain it but he knew he just didn't feel right leaving this Joker person alone with Washu. Glancing at Washu, Tenchi saw her give him a slight nod showing that it was alright. "I forget sometimes that Washu is not the young kid like she looks like. She has lived a very long time and knows how to take care of herself." Tenchi thought to himself. "Okay, come with me miss Quinn. I'll take you back to the house and you can talk to the girls." Tenchi glanced at his watch. "I, myself have to get back to my chores."
"Call me Harley." Harley replied feeling a little disappointed that she couldn't spend time with Tenchi. "WHAT? Where did that come from?" Harley thought to herself.
Washu and Joker watched Tenchi and Harley leave the lab through the door. Joker turning to face Washu asked. "So how do we go about these tests?" He failed to notice the metallic tentacles appear silently behind him and start to reach for him.
Look both ways before crossing the street. Don't accept either candy or rides from strangers. And your mileage may vary.
Thank you and please enjoy the story.
Tenchi meets The Joker
by Weirdbard
Chapter 3. Brining home clowns.
"This is all your fault!" Joker's voice rang out in the morning light.
"Now Mr. J, I was only thinking it would be a much better joke if we could survive it to see the effects for ourselves!" Harley said quickly as she tried to scoot back on the ground away from the angry Joker.
The Joker paused in mid stalk of Harley. She had a point. While the major part of the joke was to kill Batman with a smile, it would be quite satisfying to be able to see it for himself. The Joker, his moods always quick to change, smiled largely and said. "I just can't stay mad at you for long. Come here baby!"
Harley Quinn stayed on the ground for a moment trying to gauge whether the Joker was over his anger or this was just a trap to get her to come to him. Finally deciding that it was once again, marginally safe, to be around him she quickly leapt to her feet and threw herself into his arms. "Puddin!" She squealed happily.
Tenchi had almost reached the carrot fields when he heard a woman's voice shout something out. He was still too far away to make out what she said but he was sure that it was a woman's voice. Pausing behind some trees at the edge of the fields Tenchi prepared to peek out and see who it was. "I bet its Ryoko come to ambush me in the fields again." He thought to himself. "She hasn't pulled that one in almost several months now."
Tenchi was surprised when he finally mustered up enough nerve to peek out and saw not Ryoko waiting for him but two people he had never seen before standing in his carrot field. There was a tall man wearing bright purple pants and a purple jacket. His face was completely white and his hair was a green that was brighter than the carrot tops in the fields. The woman in his arms was wearing an outlandish costume of red and black. Tenchi after a moment placed seeing something like it from a book on medieval England he had read in school. It was a costume that belonged to someone called a jester Tenchi remembered.
"Um, excuse me." He finally said stepping out into the open.
The Joker quickly released Harley and turned to face the country bumpkin.
"Hey kid." The Joker said in his 'happy' voice which usually meant the person he was talking to was soon going to be dead. "Can you tell me what part of Gotham this is?"
"Gotham?" Tenchi asked back in confusion. "There is no where around here with that name."
"Okay." The Joker growled. "How about what part of the United States we are in then?"
"United States?! This is Japan." A shocked Tenchi replied.
"Way to go Harley!" Joker snarled at Harley. His mood already changing again. "You blew us all the way to Japan!"
"Look its obvious that you are not from around here and that something strange has happened. And when strange things happen it is usually best to go and see Washu right away." Tenchi said and made a gesture for them to follow him.
The Joker looked at Harley and shrugged. "Well lets go see this Washu. Whoever that maybe."
As Harley Quinn walked behind Tenchi she began to study him. "He's kind of cute." She surprised herself thinking. "No Mr. J. of course but still kind of cute."
Sasami was in the back of the yard hanging some laundry on the line to dry in the morning sun. Ayeka and Mihoshi were busy repairing the damage that had been done by Ayeka's and Ryoko's morning fight. It happened on such a regular basis that by now they had gotten the repairs down to an art.
Ryo Ohki, her ears perking up, ran around the side of the house to see Tenchi approaching with two people she had never seen before. Always being the curious cabbit she hopped/ran till she reached the group and leapt up on top of Tenchi's head to get a better look at the new arrivals.
"Ack! what is that?!" Harley squealed in shock. She thought at first it was some kind of oversized country rat.
"This is Ryo Ohki." Tenchi said smiling and taking the cabbit off of his head to hold her out so Harley could see her better.
Ryo Ohki looked at the strange white faced woman in front of her and cocking her head to the side she meowed a greeting to her.
"Oh Mr. J. Isn't it cute?!" Harley replied. Carefully reaching out a hand to touch the cabbit lightly on the head she started to pet her. Ryo Ohki allowed the woman to pet her and meowed again in pleasure.
"Yeah. Real cute. Bet someone could make a useful pair of gloves or a wallet out of it's hide." Joker growled to himself. Tenchi too busy watching Harley cooing over Ryo Ohki didn't hear him. Harley taking Ryo Ohki gently from Tenchi's hands turned to show it to Joker better but stopped when Ryo Ohki laid her ears back and hissed in the direction of the Joker.
"Gee, that's funny." Tenchi replied frowning at Ryo Ohki's antics. "She usually gets along with everyone."
Harley noticing the gleam in Joker's eyes quickly stepped back with the cabbit protectively wrapped in her arms. "Mr. J is more of a hyena person, um, I mean a dog person than a cat person." She finally said to Tenchi.
"Ryo Ohki? Where have you gotten off to now?" A young girl's exasperated voice called out. Both Harley and Joker looked in the direction the voice came from and saw a young girl with long blue hair come around the corner of the house that Tenchi was leading them to. She had large violet eyes and was wearing a long kind of dress thing. She pulled to a halt when she saw Tenchi standing with people she had never seen before. Ryo Ohki let out a happy meow and leaping out of Harley's arms ran over to her and quickly leapt on top of Sasami's head.
"Who are these people Tenchi?" Sasami finally asked.
Tenchi opened his mouth and then quickly shut it. Turning back to face Harley and Joker he bowed in embarrassment. "Oh I am being a bad host aren't I? I totally forgot to ask your names or even introduce myself. My name is Tenchi Masaki." Tenchi pointed to Sasami. "Her name is Sasami and you have already met Ryo Ohki."
Harley gave a elaborate dramatic bow in Sasami's direction. "The name is Harley Quinn. Pleased to meetcha."
Joker watching carefully noticed no reaction from either Tenchi or Sasami from Harley's name and decided this far into the boonies of Japan they must not have heard of her or him yet. "The name is Joker. Master of mirth. King of laughter." Not to be outdone by Harley he gave a equally dramatic bow.
Harley had been studying Sasami while Joker introduced himself and she decided that she liked the kid. She was cute as a button and had a adorable smile on her face. Harley felt as Joker brushed past her towards the girl with his hand outstretched as if he was going to either shake her hand or take her hand to kiss it. Harley felt her eyes widen and if it hadn't been for the thick white pancake makeup on her face everyone would have noticed as the blood drained from her face. She caught out of the corner of her eye that the Joker was wearing his 'special' joybuzzer in the hand he was reaching out with. That joybuzzer was rigged to not give a tiny little electric shock to startle someone but was rigged to give a lethal jolt of electricity.
Harley Quinn reacting quickly raced to Joker's side and grabbing his arm at the wrist, so as not to touch the joybuzzer herself, she made a pirouette. She managed to do it so graceful and quickly that it made it look like it was a practiced dance move her and the Joker did all the time.
Harley could see the Joker's eyes narrow in annoyance at her for spoiling his 'little joke'. As she finished her pirouette she brought herself into his arms, again being careful to avoid touching the joybuzzer and whispered up to him. "We need to find out who this Washu is and what they might know before we risk them finding out who we are."
Joker briefly nodded his head but Harley noticed the murderous glaze in his eyes did not go completely away.
"What is wrong with Harley?!" The Joker thought to himself. "First she screws up my grand joke on Gotham and now she ruins my little surprise for that welp!"
Sasami marveling at the graceful ballerina movement that Harley pulled off and seeing their brightly colored and unusual clothing asked. "Are you entertainers of some kind?"
The Joker, is manic grin growing even bigger replied. "Indeedy do! Everyone knows my name were we come from. And I always make sure to leave them with a smile on their faces." The Joker then started laughing at his own private joke.
Both Tenchi nor Sasami could explain it but the Joker's laugh gave them chills and caused the hairs on the back of their necks to rise. Sasami noticed that Ryo Ohki flattened out her ears and tensed up.
Tenchi reaching back and physically touching his neck to make sure he was not imaging the hair reaction called out to Sasami. "I found them lost in the carrot fields. I figured I should take them to see Washu and see if she can figure out how they got here and help them get back to where ever it is they wanted to go to."
Sasami nodded her head. "Okay Tenchi. She's in her lab as usual."
Tenchi nodding his head, made a gesture for Joker and Harley to follow him into the house. Sasami watched as they entered the house and then looked up at Ryo Ohki sitting on her head. "That Harley is nice enough but that Joker makes me feel weird." She said. Ryo Ohki meowed an agreement.
Joker following Tenchi into his home thought to himself. "What a dump!" Outwardly all he said was, "nice place." Looking around he spied two women placing a wall panel into place over a large burned hole in one of the walls and nailing it up. One of the women had long elaborate pigtails like the girl outside but her hair was a deep purple in color, the other one had a large mane of blond hair very loosely tied back with a ribbon. The purple haired one was wearing a elaborate ceremonial looking dress while the blond was wearing simple blue jeans and a pink blouse. They both glanced up as Tenchi entered the room.
"Lord Tenchi!" You are back early." Ayeka said embarrassed that he caught them repairing the house. She knew that Tenchi was well aware that her and
Ryoko's morning battles damaged his home but she and Mihoshi had always managed to repair and hide the damage before he came home from school or working in the fields before.
"Ayeka." Tenchi nodded. "We have guests." Tenchi finished, stepping aside so she would notice Joker and Harley. Ayeka blinked several times without saying anything as she noticed the rail thin tall man with the dead white face, green hair and almost face splitting grin. She barely noticed the smaller female figure standing beside him.
Mihoshi however with a simple happy smile replied. "Oh please to meet you!" And reached out to shake their hands in a friendly manner. Harley glanced nervously over at Joker's hand but noticed that he had slipped off his joybuzzer ring and had at some point pocketed it. Taking Mihoshi's hand the Joker bent over and gallantly kissed it lightly while Mihoshi lightly giggled.
Harley watching Mihoshi decided that she was a blond ditz and was no danger to her or Joker. So when Mihoshi held out her hand to shake Harley's, she didn't hesitate at all and shook hands with a smile of her own.
"This is Joker." Tenchi said point at him. "And her name is Harley Quinn." Tenchi then pointed at Aeyka. "Ayeka and she is Mihoshi."
"Those are very interesting and unusual names. Joker and Harley Quinn." Ayeka finally commented.
"Like Ayeka, Tenchi and Mihoshi are all that normal." Joker muttered under his breath.
"They ended up here some how and are lost so I am going to take them to see Washu and see if she can figure it out." Tenchi explained and then with yet another gesture to follow him, he went to a small door under the stairs.
"They keep this Washu person in a closet?" Harley thought to herself and glanced over at Joker, who just shrugged to show he didn't know what was going on either.
Tenchi knocking on the door waited a moment. Harley noticed a small round window set into the door light up and she could just barely see the indistinct image of a face. "Yes?" A young woman's voice asked.
"I have some visitors here Washu that showed up suddenly. They say they are from America and don't have any idea how they got here." Tenchi explained to the image.
"Bring them in Tenchi." The voice responded.
The small door opened and Tenchi nodded for them to enter.
"Um, will all of us fit in there?" Harley asked.
Tenchi gave a mysterious grin and replied. "Oh, I don't think we will have any problems."
The Joker with another shrug walked through the doorway followed by Harley, while Tenchi brought up the rear. As Tenchi entered, the door shut quickly behind him.
Harley with her mouth hanging open in shock looked around the room they were in. It was enormous! She literally couldn't see where the room began or ended. It was a bright room that had huge glass containers in it with various animals, only some of which Harley could even barely recognize.
Directly in front of her as she followed the Joker in was a small girl siting on what appeared to be a cushion floating in mid air. She had her back to them and was busily typing on a translucent keyboard that also appeared to be floating in the air without support. A few yards in front of the girl with the huge shock of brightly colored red hair was a railing overlooking what looked like a jungle setting. Harley glancing up at Joker saw that even he had his eyes bugging out and his mouth hanging open. Tenchi came in behind them and glancing at the shocked looks on their faces replied with amusement. "Yeah Washu's lab has a tendency to effect people like this."
"B b b but how?" Harley finally managed to get out.
Washu answered without looking up from her holo computer. "My lab is in a different dimension than Tenchi's house. The only thing connecting it to that dimension is the door you came in." Washu finally turned to look at them and finished. "Understand?"
Harley just shook her head no.
"Oh well, its not important." Washu muttered. "So you are from America and don't know how you got here?" Washu prompted.
Joker finally shaking himself out of his shock looked the pint size girl over. Age wise she didn't look any older than the one they had met outside but something about the eyes unnerved him. She was wearing khaki shorts, leggings and a normal enough looking top. The most outstanding features about her was her wild mane of flaming red hair and those piercing green eyes.
"I was working on a machine to bring joy and laughter into the hearts of the good people of Gotham. When my assistant here messed something up in my machine." Joker said shooting a angry glare at Harley. "The machine suddenly put out a loud buzzing noise. A swirling black cloud appeared and the next thing we knew...." Joker paused for dramatic effect.
Which was ruined when Harley finished for him. "We ended up in this guy's carrot fields."
Washu examined the two people if front of her. One thing she was positive about. They sure weren't from around Tenchi's neck of the woods. "This machine you were working on. Was it by any chance sonic in nature?"
The Joker, his eyes narrowing slightly, reevaluated his opinion of Washu. She may look like a child but she had a extremely quick mind. "Yes." He answered her.
"Sounds like to me that your machine was changed from whatever its original purpose was into a dimensional portal device." Washu turned on her cushion and tapped a few keys on her keyboard. Suddenly a high annoying buzzing noise was heard. "Did the sound you hear sound anything like this?" Washu called out over the noise.
Joker nodded his head eagerly.
"Yep." Washu commented to herself. "A unstable dimensional portal."
"Do you mean..." Harley yelled out to be heard over the buzzing noise but then stopped when Washu hit a key on her keyboard and the noise stopped. "Do you mean that not only are we not in the city we started from but we aren't even in the same dimension any more?" She finished in a normal voice.
Washu nodded her head and reevaluated her opinion on Harley. "She maybe dressed like a Fool but that young woman has a sharp brain in her head." She thought to herself.
Tenchi pulled back in shock as Joker turned on Harley and snarled at her. "Way to go Harley! Not only did you ruin my jok.., er my experiment. You blew us to another dimension entirely!"
Harley flinched. A fact that both Tenchi and Washu noticed.
The Joker turned back to Washu and once again his face was calm with his normal manic grin on it. "Can you possibly get us back to our home dimension?" He asked mildly.
"Of course I can. Nothing is impossible for a scientific genius like myself." Washu modestly proclaimed. "But it will take time for me to narrow down and define which dimension you came from. One of you will have to stay here with me so I can run tests on them to help narrow it down."
"Tests?" Harley asked in a nervous voice.
"Nothing painful." Washu assured her. "Simple scans is all. Each person carries a vibratory frequency of their home dimension inside of them. My scanner can detect that frequency and with a little adjustment and tuning, we will have your home dimension and I can send you back."
The Joker stood stroking his chin and deep in thought. "On the one hand it would be fun to get back to old Gotham and try once again to kill Batman but on the other hand, here was a whole new world that had never heard of the 'Dark Knight' or Joker. A new world he could terrorize and kill the inhabitants with jokes. And in both cases it all rested on the little girl in front of him. She could send him back if he wanted to, or even if he didn't."
"Harley gal, why don't you go back with young Tenchi here to the house and I will stay here and let Washu run the tests she needs on me. I know how tests make you nervous." The Joker cooed, already planning in his mind on the various ways he could kill Washu if he decided to.
Harley looking at Joker could almost read his mind, she had been with him so long.
"If he kills Washu that will upset Tenchi." She thought nervously. "Wait a minute! Why am I caring if it upsets this Tenchi person? I've never cared who
Mr. J hurt or killed before! All of a sudden I am worried on how it will effect some country bumpkin?! What's wrong with me?" Harley could not explain it but glancing at Tenchi she just knew she didn't want to see him hurt. Not emotionally or physically. "Are you sure Mr. J?" She asked.
The Joker frowning slightly nodded his head and made a shooing gesture. "You young 'uns scat now. We'll be fine."
Tenchi frowned slightly himself. He couldn't explain it but he knew he just didn't feel right leaving this Joker person alone with Washu. Glancing at Washu, Tenchi saw her give him a slight nod showing that it was alright. "I forget sometimes that Washu is not the young kid like she looks like. She has lived a very long time and knows how to take care of herself." Tenchi thought to himself. "Okay, come with me miss Quinn. I'll take you back to the house and you can talk to the girls." Tenchi glanced at his watch. "I, myself have to get back to my chores."
"Call me Harley." Harley replied feeling a little disappointed that she couldn't spend time with Tenchi. "WHAT? Where did that come from?" Harley thought to herself.
Washu and Joker watched Tenchi and Harley leave the lab through the door. Joker turning to face Washu asked. "So how do we go about these tests?" He failed to notice the metallic tentacles appear silently behind him and start to reach for him.