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are based on the OVA series but I thought that Kiyone was just
too good of a character to leave out so I included her. If it
bothers you just pretend its after OVA 13 and she arrived.
The Advent of Darkness Chapter II By demon891 'Xerou'
"Lunch time!" Noboyuki said sticking his head through the door to Washu's lab. "Thanks, we'll be there in a second," Tenchi yelled back. "So this means that he is defiantly still alive." "Yes, there is no telling if he will come back to Earth though, I'll keep you posted on any news I can get my hands on," Washu said. "Thank you Little Washu," Tenchi said walking towards the door. "Washu, aren't you coming with us?" "Well.I guess I could, but only if Sasami is feeling up to leaving," Washu replied. Sasami got out of her bed, "Don't worry about me I'll be fine." The whole group made their way for the kitchen to have lunch.
Back up on the mountain Ryoko and Kiyone were still trying to figure out what that giant flash of light was. They had sent Mihoshi back to the house because they thought that she would be no help in the search. "Hey Ryoko," Kiyone yelled. "Why don't we ask Katsuhito he and Tenchi were around here, he must have seen it." "Yea, good idea." They walked down the path a ways and got to the steps that led to the Masaki Shrine. "Oh man, it seems to take forever just to get up here," Kiyone said breathing panting. "Well if you would rather me fly you up." "NO!" They reached the top of the stairs and saw Katsuhito sorting files through the open shrine door. They walked up a knocked on the wall next to the door. "Come in," he said not looking at them. Ryoko and Kiyone walked into the room and sat down on the floor across from the table that he was sitting by. "Is there anything that you ladies would like to talk about?" he said taking another sip from he tea. "Um.we were just kinda wondering if you happen to know anything about the giant explosion a little bit ago," Ryoko said. Katsuhito took another sip. "It was the Light Hawk Wings, Tenchi invoked them for a very short period while we were training," he explained. "Wait a minute.how hard were you pushing him?" Kiyone asked. "Harder than I ever have before, he needs to know that the chance of another attack is imminent and he must be ready to defend his family. And there is one other reason." "What's that?" Ryoko asked. He was silent for a few moments then spoke, "I am dying." Ryoko and Kiyone gasped and looked at the ground. Then finally Katsuhito spoke up. "My years are beginning to catch up with me, and Tenchi still has things to learn so I've have been pushing him harder." Ryoko spoke up. "Well have you talked to Washu at all, I mean I'm sure there is something she can do. And if not Tsunami can bring you back then." "I am not afraid of death, it will bring on a new chapter in my journey. I will get to be with my daughter and my wife. I have said it before, this is my home and it is where I wish to be buried." Tears were forming in both Kiyone and Ryoko's eyes. "Have you told anyone else?" Kiyone asked. "No, it is not necessary yet. But when the time comes it will be up to you girls to help Tenchi, Noboyuki, Ayeka and Sasami, for I fear that they will be most hurt." They both nodded. "Its not gonna be the same around here without you, old man," Ryoko said holding back her tears. "I think you two should go back to check and see how Ayeka and Sasami are doing," he said. They nodded and left the room. "Kiyone, you go ahead I'll be back soon," Ryoko said. "Ok," Kiyone said making her way towards the steps. Ryoko disappeared and then reappeared at her cave. She sat down on a Rock at the entrance of the cave and began to cry. Again she was helpless to stop the man she loved from loosing somebody dear to him. She curled herself in a ball and cried, she didn't want to hold it in anymore. The fact that she couldn't help Tenchi when his mother died was still eating away at her, but now it had to happen again. "DAMMIT!!" she screamed, it echoed through out the cave. Then she started to think about something else, something she hadn't expected to think about. About what kind of pain this would bring to Tenchi's father. She knew what had happened to him when Achika had died. She didn't think that he would be hurt quite as much as he was then, but she knew how much he cared for his father in law and how much pain he would be in if he were to lose him. He was the man that helped him cope with the fact that his wife was gone, gone forever. Next her mind wandered to Ayeka and Sasami. She had seen what had happened to Ayeka when she thought that he was dead. But now she didn't know how deeply this would affect her. She knew that she was going to have to start being nicer to her rival and she also knew that she was going to have to let her and Tenchi spend more time to cope with this. The hardest person to predict what was going to happen was Sasami. She knew that she cared for her half-brother deeply and would be deeply hurt as Tenchi was losing his mother when he was very young. But what she didn't know was how she was going to react to it. She could only remember a few moments when she had truly seen Sasami show that she was sad. Would she try and hide it or would she show it very bluntly? Ryoko didn't know exactly what to think. She closed her eyes and began to cry more until she eventually had fallen asleep. Washu sat at the table wearing a strait face as she ate her lunch. She had sensed the pain in her daughters mind and knew what was going on instantly. She had to try her hardest to keep a strait face and to hold back her tears. She knew that she could not intervene against Katsuhito's wishes. For the first time in a long time she felt completely helpless, like there was nothing she could do to ease anybodies pain. Something else bothered her, why now was he starting to die? Nothing dramatic had really changed since they all arrived here. The only event she could think of was Tenchi giving Ryoko one of the gems from the sword. That was it; the gems were giving him just enough life energy for him to survive. And now that one of the gems was missing he was slowly starting to die. She now wondered how long he knew that this had been going on. Had he know from the moment that Tenchi had given the sword to Ryoko? Just then Kiyone walked into the house. Washu could tell by the look of Kiyone's face that she knew too. "Kiyone! Come join us for lunch!" Mihsohi said smiling. Kiyone waved her hand. "No, that's ok. I'm not very hungry and I'm kinda tired, I think I'll go lay down for a bit." "Oh, ok," Mihoshi said sitting back down. Washu put her chopsticks down. "Well I better get back to work, are you sure that your feeling ok Sasami?" "Yea, I'm feeling much better than before, thank you," Sasami replied smiling. Washu put on a smile for that short period of time before she returned to her lab. Kiyone had spread out her futon and got in under the covers. She looked outside from her bed and saw that it was beginning to rain. She sighed as she stared at the ceiling. 'Why does this all have to happen.' she thought to herself. 'Its not like he has ever done anything to deserve this fate, in fact all he has ever done was for the good of people,' 'So why him, why Tenchi? It just isn't fair,' tears began to form in the back of her eyes. But before long sleep claimed rule over her body.
Ryoko sat on a rock looking out at an open field. She saw a young boy coming up the path to the field with his face in his hands crying. When he got to the middle of the field his legs collapsed under him as he fell to the ground crying hysterically. Ryoko began to cry at the sight of this, she walked out to the boy and tried to help him up but her hand just went right through his body. She pulled it back up and looked at it. She knew that there was nothing that she could do to help this boy, she fought to hold back her tears but she was fighting a losing battle. She lost, her tears began to flow once again as she let her legs fall and laid down next to the boy. The rain began to fall from the sky; she closed her eyes and let the pain take over. When she opened her eyes everything was black. "Oh, so you've finally awoken," she heard a familiar voice from behind her. "Kagato! Your dead!" Ryoko screamed getting of the ground and changing into her battle clothes. "Hahaha, you really think that a boy could have killed me so easily?" Kagato said laughing. "You'll die bastard!" Ryoko yelled as she launched an energy ball at him. It hit his shield and bounced right off. "You fool, I shall kill you and then that foolish boyfriend of yours!" Kagato appeared behind her. She couldn't move for some reason that she couldn't figure out. He lunged his sword into her back. "AHHHHHH" she screamed in pain. The pain was overwhelming her entire being; there was no part of her body that was spared. She looked down and saw the blood pouring from her wound. She couldn't take anymore of the pain; she collapsed onto the ground and blacked out. "Ryoko! Ryoko, wake up!" Ryoko slowly opened her eyes to see Washu above her. "Washu? Where's Kagato!" Ryoko yelled getting up. "He isn't anywhere, you were dreaming." Washu said calmly. Ryoko looked around at he familiar scene of her cave. She slowly got up on her knees and put her hands on her head. "It.seemed so real," Ryoko said gazing at the floor. "Ryoko we need to talk." Washu said putting her hand on her daughters shoulder. "I don't feel like talking right now," Ryoko said as she began to walk to the mouth of the cave. "I know what has been bothering you Ryoko." Ryoko stopped walking and turned to meet her mother. "I know of a way to save him..." Ryoko didn't know what to say to that. He had said that he was ready to be with his daughter now, but she knew the pain that it would cause Tenchi if he were to die. She was torn; she didn't know what to do anymore. "Washu I." she collapsed onto the ground and started sobbing once more. Washu walked over to her and got on her knees next to Ryoko. Ryoko suddenly latched onto Washu and began to sob into her shoulder. "Shhhhh, it'll be ok," Washu whispered into her daughter's ear. "It'll be ok."
The Advent of Darkness Chapter II By demon891 'Xerou'
"Lunch time!" Noboyuki said sticking his head through the door to Washu's lab. "Thanks, we'll be there in a second," Tenchi yelled back. "So this means that he is defiantly still alive." "Yes, there is no telling if he will come back to Earth though, I'll keep you posted on any news I can get my hands on," Washu said. "Thank you Little Washu," Tenchi said walking towards the door. "Washu, aren't you coming with us?" "Well.I guess I could, but only if Sasami is feeling up to leaving," Washu replied. Sasami got out of her bed, "Don't worry about me I'll be fine." The whole group made their way for the kitchen to have lunch.
Back up on the mountain Ryoko and Kiyone were still trying to figure out what that giant flash of light was. They had sent Mihoshi back to the house because they thought that she would be no help in the search. "Hey Ryoko," Kiyone yelled. "Why don't we ask Katsuhito he and Tenchi were around here, he must have seen it." "Yea, good idea." They walked down the path a ways and got to the steps that led to the Masaki Shrine. "Oh man, it seems to take forever just to get up here," Kiyone said breathing panting. "Well if you would rather me fly you up." "NO!" They reached the top of the stairs and saw Katsuhito sorting files through the open shrine door. They walked up a knocked on the wall next to the door. "Come in," he said not looking at them. Ryoko and Kiyone walked into the room and sat down on the floor across from the table that he was sitting by. "Is there anything that you ladies would like to talk about?" he said taking another sip from he tea. "Um.we were just kinda wondering if you happen to know anything about the giant explosion a little bit ago," Ryoko said. Katsuhito took another sip. "It was the Light Hawk Wings, Tenchi invoked them for a very short period while we were training," he explained. "Wait a minute.how hard were you pushing him?" Kiyone asked. "Harder than I ever have before, he needs to know that the chance of another attack is imminent and he must be ready to defend his family. And there is one other reason." "What's that?" Ryoko asked. He was silent for a few moments then spoke, "I am dying." Ryoko and Kiyone gasped and looked at the ground. Then finally Katsuhito spoke up. "My years are beginning to catch up with me, and Tenchi still has things to learn so I've have been pushing him harder." Ryoko spoke up. "Well have you talked to Washu at all, I mean I'm sure there is something she can do. And if not Tsunami can bring you back then." "I am not afraid of death, it will bring on a new chapter in my journey. I will get to be with my daughter and my wife. I have said it before, this is my home and it is where I wish to be buried." Tears were forming in both Kiyone and Ryoko's eyes. "Have you told anyone else?" Kiyone asked. "No, it is not necessary yet. But when the time comes it will be up to you girls to help Tenchi, Noboyuki, Ayeka and Sasami, for I fear that they will be most hurt." They both nodded. "Its not gonna be the same around here without you, old man," Ryoko said holding back her tears. "I think you two should go back to check and see how Ayeka and Sasami are doing," he said. They nodded and left the room. "Kiyone, you go ahead I'll be back soon," Ryoko said. "Ok," Kiyone said making her way towards the steps. Ryoko disappeared and then reappeared at her cave. She sat down on a Rock at the entrance of the cave and began to cry. Again she was helpless to stop the man she loved from loosing somebody dear to him. She curled herself in a ball and cried, she didn't want to hold it in anymore. The fact that she couldn't help Tenchi when his mother died was still eating away at her, but now it had to happen again. "DAMMIT!!" she screamed, it echoed through out the cave. Then she started to think about something else, something she hadn't expected to think about. About what kind of pain this would bring to Tenchi's father. She knew what had happened to him when Achika had died. She didn't think that he would be hurt quite as much as he was then, but she knew how much he cared for his father in law and how much pain he would be in if he were to lose him. He was the man that helped him cope with the fact that his wife was gone, gone forever. Next her mind wandered to Ayeka and Sasami. She had seen what had happened to Ayeka when she thought that he was dead. But now she didn't know how deeply this would affect her. She knew that she was going to have to start being nicer to her rival and she also knew that she was going to have to let her and Tenchi spend more time to cope with this. The hardest person to predict what was going to happen was Sasami. She knew that she cared for her half-brother deeply and would be deeply hurt as Tenchi was losing his mother when he was very young. But what she didn't know was how she was going to react to it. She could only remember a few moments when she had truly seen Sasami show that she was sad. Would she try and hide it or would she show it very bluntly? Ryoko didn't know exactly what to think. She closed her eyes and began to cry more until she eventually had fallen asleep. Washu sat at the table wearing a strait face as she ate her lunch. She had sensed the pain in her daughters mind and knew what was going on instantly. She had to try her hardest to keep a strait face and to hold back her tears. She knew that she could not intervene against Katsuhito's wishes. For the first time in a long time she felt completely helpless, like there was nothing she could do to ease anybodies pain. Something else bothered her, why now was he starting to die? Nothing dramatic had really changed since they all arrived here. The only event she could think of was Tenchi giving Ryoko one of the gems from the sword. That was it; the gems were giving him just enough life energy for him to survive. And now that one of the gems was missing he was slowly starting to die. She now wondered how long he knew that this had been going on. Had he know from the moment that Tenchi had given the sword to Ryoko? Just then Kiyone walked into the house. Washu could tell by the look of Kiyone's face that she knew too. "Kiyone! Come join us for lunch!" Mihsohi said smiling. Kiyone waved her hand. "No, that's ok. I'm not very hungry and I'm kinda tired, I think I'll go lay down for a bit." "Oh, ok," Mihoshi said sitting back down. Washu put her chopsticks down. "Well I better get back to work, are you sure that your feeling ok Sasami?" "Yea, I'm feeling much better than before, thank you," Sasami replied smiling. Washu put on a smile for that short period of time before she returned to her lab. Kiyone had spread out her futon and got in under the covers. She looked outside from her bed and saw that it was beginning to rain. She sighed as she stared at the ceiling. 'Why does this all have to happen.' she thought to herself. 'Its not like he has ever done anything to deserve this fate, in fact all he has ever done was for the good of people,' 'So why him, why Tenchi? It just isn't fair,' tears began to form in the back of her eyes. But before long sleep claimed rule over her body.
Ryoko sat on a rock looking out at an open field. She saw a young boy coming up the path to the field with his face in his hands crying. When he got to the middle of the field his legs collapsed under him as he fell to the ground crying hysterically. Ryoko began to cry at the sight of this, she walked out to the boy and tried to help him up but her hand just went right through his body. She pulled it back up and looked at it. She knew that there was nothing that she could do to help this boy, she fought to hold back her tears but she was fighting a losing battle. She lost, her tears began to flow once again as she let her legs fall and laid down next to the boy. The rain began to fall from the sky; she closed her eyes and let the pain take over. When she opened her eyes everything was black. "Oh, so you've finally awoken," she heard a familiar voice from behind her. "Kagato! Your dead!" Ryoko screamed getting of the ground and changing into her battle clothes. "Hahaha, you really think that a boy could have killed me so easily?" Kagato said laughing. "You'll die bastard!" Ryoko yelled as she launched an energy ball at him. It hit his shield and bounced right off. "You fool, I shall kill you and then that foolish boyfriend of yours!" Kagato appeared behind her. She couldn't move for some reason that she couldn't figure out. He lunged his sword into her back. "AHHHHHH" she screamed in pain. The pain was overwhelming her entire being; there was no part of her body that was spared. She looked down and saw the blood pouring from her wound. She couldn't take anymore of the pain; she collapsed onto the ground and blacked out. "Ryoko! Ryoko, wake up!" Ryoko slowly opened her eyes to see Washu above her. "Washu? Where's Kagato!" Ryoko yelled getting up. "He isn't anywhere, you were dreaming." Washu said calmly. Ryoko looked around at he familiar scene of her cave. She slowly got up on her knees and put her hands on her head. "It.seemed so real," Ryoko said gazing at the floor. "Ryoko we need to talk." Washu said putting her hand on her daughters shoulder. "I don't feel like talking right now," Ryoko said as she began to walk to the mouth of the cave. "I know what has been bothering you Ryoko." Ryoko stopped walking and turned to meet her mother. "I know of a way to save him..." Ryoko didn't know what to say to that. He had said that he was ready to be with his daughter now, but she knew the pain that it would cause Tenchi if he were to die. She was torn; she didn't know what to do anymore. "Washu I." she collapsed onto the ground and started sobbing once more. Washu walked over to her and got on her knees next to Ryoko. Ryoko suddenly latched onto Washu and began to sob into her shoulder. "Shhhhh, it'll be ok," Washu whispered into her daughter's ear. "It'll be ok."
