Chapter 3
*~The Search~*
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Ryoko dashed in through the office door, her boss stood waiting, "Well well, is it not
little miss Ryoko.. Hmm.. Now what did I tell you would happen the next time you were
tardy?" Ryoko stared at her toes and mummbled a apoligy. "That is not good enough this
time Ryoko!" Her boss's eyes were blood shot and he looked like his head was about to
pop right off, so she decided to switch to plane B. "Sir, I'm very sorry I was tardy again
please oh please-" she dropped to her knees and in a fake crying tone she whisperd "do not
fire me I'll do better next time!" Without another glance her boss (Mr.Ravitz) shouted,
"Ryoko you are fired and that is that! Now get your things and get out of my office!" Ryoko
got a hurt look on her face, her chin trembled a bit, but she went without another word.
As she was jamming things from her desk into a small cardboard box and throwing out a few
cuss words along with them she saw something that made her stop and stare for a minute. Her
hands trembling she ran her finger along the glass of a old dusty picture frame that had
been jammed at the back of her drawer. She blew the rest of the dust from the glass, and
there, inside the picture frame was a photo clip of her and Tenchi, he had his arm around
her neck and Ryoko was giving him a "lay off" look. A tear rolled down her cheek, but she
was jolted from her thoughts when her boss burst into her room and said, "Here is your last
pay check-" he acted like he wanted to say something else, instead he left the room in a
hurry.
*~*~*
Tenchi and Washu both scrammbled into Washu's lab, Washu took a seat on her floating
cushion and Tenchi stood behind her. Washu crossed her legs, cracked her fingers and popped
her neck, then she started to type rapidly on her keyboard. Screens popped up over the
entire room. Tenchi tried to lean on one and fell right through it, he jumped back up
with a gigantic sweat drop on his forehead. Washu rolled her eyes then cleared her throat
as if preparing herself to explain all of what she had just done. "So, uh, Washu what does
all this mean?" Tenchi said in a sheepish voice. A small grin came over her face then a
pointer appeared in her right hand. "Well its really quite simple for the most loved genious
in the whole universe!" Two of Washu's little robot cheerleaders popped ontop of her
shoulders and chanted, "Washu Washu she's our Genious if she can't do it, you sure can't!"
Washu grinned again then said, "Ah-hem, these screens you see are information about Ryoko,
from where she was last seen to what she ate for dinner the night before! So, now here is
our job, we have to sort through all of this and try to make some sense of it. So come on
get started, I had my 'Mega Printer 3000' print it ALL out for us!" Washu whirled around
and there sat a pile of paper 10 feet tall, Washu let out a sigh and the whole mountain
of paper work came tumbling down on them. Tenchi sat up and said, "Well then, uh, lets
get busy" ~.~
*~*~*
"God Damnit, why the hell does this always happen to me! Why cant that stupid prick screw
up some other persons life!" Ryoko kicked at a can as she walked down the crowded side walk
with her box of office supplies that was now worthless to her, except for one thing. Ryoko
looked into the box and smiled happily at the picture of her and Tenchi together. Her smile
left her face as fast as it had come, "Now what the hell am I supposed to do!" She hung
a left and walked into the first Caffe she came accross. She plopped into a cheap red booth
and dropped her box of junk in the seat next to her, a friendly looking waitress glided
up to her and said in a too cheerful voice, "What can I get for you today miss?" Ryoko shot
her a distrubed look then asked if they had any hard liquor, because she sure did need it.
The waitress's face turned into a frown, "No, I dont think so, I can get you some coffee
though". Ryoko sneered at her and said, no I'm fine just get me a coke. Once the waitress
left her she let out a big breath and slumped down into the booth to try to figure out
what she was going to do next. A idea popped into her head, but she immediatly disgarded it.
Then she thought again and said out loud, "Space Pirating was sure fun!" The Caffe went
silent and every head turned to look at her. She quickly added in, "I mean.. uh.. on that
new game... they uh.. just came out with." The talking continued and Ryoko relaxed, "I
really need to stop thinking out loud, Doh!" Thw waitress set down Ryoko's coke and gave her
a straw, Ryoko took a sip then was lost in thought again. After half an hour she finaly
smiled and walked out the door without paying or caring. Leaving behind her coke and her
her last memory of Tenchi, sitting alone in the booth.
*~The Search~*
---------------
Ryoko dashed in through the office door, her boss stood waiting, "Well well, is it not
little miss Ryoko.. Hmm.. Now what did I tell you would happen the next time you were
tardy?" Ryoko stared at her toes and mummbled a apoligy. "That is not good enough this
time Ryoko!" Her boss's eyes were blood shot and he looked like his head was about to
pop right off, so she decided to switch to plane B. "Sir, I'm very sorry I was tardy again
please oh please-" she dropped to her knees and in a fake crying tone she whisperd "do not
fire me I'll do better next time!" Without another glance her boss (Mr.Ravitz) shouted,
"Ryoko you are fired and that is that! Now get your things and get out of my office!" Ryoko
got a hurt look on her face, her chin trembled a bit, but she went without another word.
As she was jamming things from her desk into a small cardboard box and throwing out a few
cuss words along with them she saw something that made her stop and stare for a minute. Her
hands trembling she ran her finger along the glass of a old dusty picture frame that had
been jammed at the back of her drawer. She blew the rest of the dust from the glass, and
there, inside the picture frame was a photo clip of her and Tenchi, he had his arm around
her neck and Ryoko was giving him a "lay off" look. A tear rolled down her cheek, but she
was jolted from her thoughts when her boss burst into her room and said, "Here is your last
pay check-" he acted like he wanted to say something else, instead he left the room in a
hurry.
*~*~*
Tenchi and Washu both scrammbled into Washu's lab, Washu took a seat on her floating
cushion and Tenchi stood behind her. Washu crossed her legs, cracked her fingers and popped
her neck, then she started to type rapidly on her keyboard. Screens popped up over the
entire room. Tenchi tried to lean on one and fell right through it, he jumped back up
with a gigantic sweat drop on his forehead. Washu rolled her eyes then cleared her throat
as if preparing herself to explain all of what she had just done. "So, uh, Washu what does
all this mean?" Tenchi said in a sheepish voice. A small grin came over her face then a
pointer appeared in her right hand. "Well its really quite simple for the most loved genious
in the whole universe!" Two of Washu's little robot cheerleaders popped ontop of her
shoulders and chanted, "Washu Washu she's our Genious if she can't do it, you sure can't!"
Washu grinned again then said, "Ah-hem, these screens you see are information about Ryoko,
from where she was last seen to what she ate for dinner the night before! So, now here is
our job, we have to sort through all of this and try to make some sense of it. So come on
get started, I had my 'Mega Printer 3000' print it ALL out for us!" Washu whirled around
and there sat a pile of paper 10 feet tall, Washu let out a sigh and the whole mountain
of paper work came tumbling down on them. Tenchi sat up and said, "Well then, uh, lets
get busy" ~.~
*~*~*
"God Damnit, why the hell does this always happen to me! Why cant that stupid prick screw
up some other persons life!" Ryoko kicked at a can as she walked down the crowded side walk
with her box of office supplies that was now worthless to her, except for one thing. Ryoko
looked into the box and smiled happily at the picture of her and Tenchi together. Her smile
left her face as fast as it had come, "Now what the hell am I supposed to do!" She hung
a left and walked into the first Caffe she came accross. She plopped into a cheap red booth
and dropped her box of junk in the seat next to her, a friendly looking waitress glided
up to her and said in a too cheerful voice, "What can I get for you today miss?" Ryoko shot
her a distrubed look then asked if they had any hard liquor, because she sure did need it.
The waitress's face turned into a frown, "No, I dont think so, I can get you some coffee
though". Ryoko sneered at her and said, no I'm fine just get me a coke. Once the waitress
left her she let out a big breath and slumped down into the booth to try to figure out
what she was going to do next. A idea popped into her head, but she immediatly disgarded it.
Then she thought again and said out loud, "Space Pirating was sure fun!" The Caffe went
silent and every head turned to look at her. She quickly added in, "I mean.. uh.. on that
new game... they uh.. just came out with." The talking continued and Ryoko relaxed, "I
really need to stop thinking out loud, Doh!" Thw waitress set down Ryoko's coke and gave her
a straw, Ryoko took a sip then was lost in thought again. After half an hour she finaly
smiled and walked out the door without paying or caring. Leaving behind her coke and her
her last memory of Tenchi, sitting alone in the booth.