Tenchi Muyo!
Disclaimer: This episode of Tenchi Muyo! is of my own creation. I do not own any portion of Tenchi Muyo. "Tenchi Muyo!" and all related characters, names, etc. are ©1992-2003 AIC Inc. and Pioneer LDC. All rights reserved.
Note: This episode takes place shortly after the events of Tenchi Muyo! Special Episode: Here Comes Jurai, Part Two.
Of Happiness and Sorrow
Episode 1:
Washu's Interesting Discovery
It is the Masaki Residence late in the middle of the night, the door which once led to the broom closet and now leads to Washu's laboratory opens. Out walks Ryoko, looking very agitated, followed closely by the little scientist Washu. Ryoko stops in her tracks and turns around to Washu. "Now listen Washu, I don't care if you are my mom, what you just did to me was completely out of line," Her voice was still shaking from earlier when Washu bound and gagged Ryoko to one of her machines for study and left her alone.
Washu looked up to her daughter surprised. She had never heard her sound so fragile before. Washu felt a pang of guilt, for she had purposely left Ryoko tied to her machines alone to see how she reacted. "Ryoko," she started, "I just wanted to see how much your assimilation with Zero affected you on an emotional basis. I was quite impressed with the results." She grinned at the ex-pirate.
Ryoko however was beginning to look angry. "Damn you Washu! I don't care about all your stupid tests. You left me all alone there! I was getting very worried and."
She stopped and looked away, but Washu had caught on to what she was saying. "You were scared?"
Ryoko shook her head in disgust and mumbled, "Yeah."
Washu's grin widened, "Why do you make it sound like it's such a bad thing? You are finally in touch with all of your emotions."
Ryoko just continues to shake her head, "I didn't know that it was going to be like this. I can't control my feelings anymore. I hate this!" Ryoko turned away again, tears now forming in her eyes.
She is about to fly away when Washu's voice stops her, but it sounds different, more mature. "I'm sorry Ryoko." Ryoko spins around to come face- to-face with Washu in her adult form.
"Ryoko," she starts, "I wanted you and Zero to become one so you could be more open with your feelings and emotions. You saw how Tenchi cared for her after Dr. Clay tried to destroy her. Don't you want to be close to Tenchi like that?"
Ryoko didn't answer but her face gave herself away, she began to blush. Washu smiled warmly, "I thought so. I did what I did so you and Tenchi could be closer. I want my daughter to be happy."
She then walked up to Ryoko and wrapped her arms around her, hugging her. Ryoko was too stunned to do anything at first, but after a couple of seconds, she returned the hug. After a few minutes, Washu let go and looked at Ryoko, her eyes shining with tears. "Well, it's getting late now Ryoko, go on off to bed."
Ryoko turned and started to fly away again but stopped. She took a deep breath and said, "Goodnight...Mom," and teleported to her room.
Washu stood in front of her lab for a few seconds, then muttered, "That's my girl," before turning around and walking back into her lab.
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The next day. Everything is going along normally. Katsuhito is in his office looking over some papers, Washu is in her lab going over some of the research she did with Ryoko last night. Tenchi is at the shrine sweeping and Ryoko is sleeping in a nearby tree. Tenchi looks over to Ryoko and smiles. He likes to watch her sleep, 'She always looks so peaceful and happy when she sleeps, nothing like when she is awake,' he thinks to himself. Mihoshi is also sleeping, but she is on the living room couch. Every couple of seconds, between snores, she mumbles about her police work. "Halt...you are in...unregistered...zone."
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Meanwhile, Ayeka, Sasami and Ryo-Ohki are all in the kitchen. Sasami is trying to teach Ayeka to cook edible meals, with little luck, and Ryo-Ohki is in her human child form watching Ayeka's blundered cooking with interest.
Ayeka finishes her "meal", which was supposed to be mixed vegetables, but looked nothing of the sort. She scoops up a rather ragged piece of carrot and turns to Ryo-Ohki. "How about a taste?" she says, "I'm sure you'll enjoy it!"
Ryo-Ohki backs up a couple of steps and shakes her head vigorously. A giant bead of sweat forms on Sasami's head. Ayeka looks hurt. "You don't want to try it?" she asks with pleading eyes.
Ryo-Ohki looked like she was about to give, but she held herself together and said quite defiantly, "No."
Sasami has been working with Ryo-Ohki ever since she assimilated with the Mass and could turn into a human form. It has been only a few weeks, but Ryo-Ohki is quickly learning to walk around without falling over and speak a few words here and there. Since Ayeka has been constantly trying to learn to cook so she could impress Tenchi and use her as a guinea pig taste tester, Ryo-Ohki quickly learned how to say no, though not politely yet.
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Washu, who was watching everything from the monitors in her lab, laughed gently. "Oh Ryo-ohki you poor thing," she sighed, "maybe you having a human form is more trouble than it's worth."
Washu always likes to keep tabs of what's going on with her new family so she placed invisible monitors all around the Masaki Residence. Now she can stay in her lab all day and still know what is going on with everybody. A beeping noise diverted her attention from the monitor in the kitchen to the living room where Mihoshi was sleeping, but she was not there anymore. "Hmm," thought Washu out loud, "Where did she disap..."
"Hellloooo Washu!" yelled a boisterous voice right behind the little genius. Washu jumped out of her cushion in surprise and fell onto the floor.
"MIHOSHI!" she yelled, "What the He...how did you get in here?"
The cheerful blonde just bent over and smiled at Washu and asked, "Whatcha doin?"
Washu stood up and stared and the ditz. "I believe I asked you first."
Mihoshi straightened up, looking shocked. "Oh my," she started, "How rude of me!" She put her index finger on here chin. "Of course, um...what was the question?"
Washu fell over with a loud thud.
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At the shrine, Katsuhito was busy with his work. He shuffled some papers and stacked them neatly on his desk. Though he was going to write down some more poems and Haikus, he couldn't think straight. He hasn't felt the same since his parents visited a few days ago. 'Should I tell them everything?' he thought to himself. 'What would they think of me if I did?' These unsettling questions have been running through him constantly, but he just couldn't bring himself to an answer.
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Tenchi, who was still outside the shrine sweeping, had no idea of the internal conflict his grandfather was going through just several feet away. He just simply swept the sidewalk leading to the shrine like he usually does. He stopped sweeping when he heard the sound of something rustling nearby. He turned to see Ryoko, who just woke up and was stretching. "Ah Ryoko, you're awake!"
Ryoko snapped her head over towards Tenchi and started to blush. She had started to sleep in the tree before Tenchi had come by to sweep, so she didn't know that he was there. "Tenchi! I didn't know you were here! How long have you been here working?" Ryoko could feel her face redden as she looked at Tenchi so she looked away and tried to calm herself down.
A bead of sweat forms on Tenchi's head. "Uh, I've only been here for about ten minutes." Tenchi thought for a moment. He's never seen Ryoko act this emotional before. He suddenly felt braver around her. "You know you look really peaceful when you sleep."
Tenchi started to laugh lightly at the effect of his words. Ryoko's entire head turned a deep shade of red as she turned to look at Tenchi, a look of complete shock on her face. "You...you watched me while I was asleep?"
Tenchi worked hard to suppress his laughter. Though he was enjoying this, he didn't want to hurt her feelings. "I watched you a little bit while I was taking a small break." He smiled warmly at Ryoko, causing her to go, if possible, even redder.
'What are you doing? Control yourself why don't you!? You look like a fool!' Ryoko screamed to herself. 'I can't,' answered a voice. Ryoko's eyes widened as she heard the voice for it was her voice, but she didn't think that. A thought suddenly dawned on her, "Zero," she said out loud.
"Huh?" asked Tenchi, "What did you just say?"
Ryoko looked down to Tenchi and saw a look of concern on his face. She shook herself out of her blush and started to talk to Tenchi again. "Oh nothing Tenchi, I...I was just thinking out loud. I think I'll go back to the house now." And with those words, she flew out of the tree and teleported away.
Tenchi just smiled lightly and started to sweep the sidewalk of the shrine again.
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Ryoko appeared in her room, looking furious with herself. "Damnit!" she said out loud, "I can't be around Tenchi like this! I need to be able to control myself!"
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Washu, who was watching the entire event unfold, laughed mischievously at her daughter's antics. "I think Tenchi is actually warming up to her," she said out loud to no one in particular.
She finally got Mihoshi to leave her lab, but it had taken a lot of persuading on Washu's part. "I had to promise that airhead to make sure that she doesn't crash in the house or lake anymore, but I think that Tenchi will like that better than her. Maybe he'll finally agree to give me that 'sample'!" She began to giggle at the thought.
She is about to start again on her research when her stomach makes a loud rumbling sound. A giant sweat bead pops on her head. 'Oh my,' she thought, 'I guess I've been so consumed in my research that I forgot how hungry I was.' With that, Washu got off of her floating cushion and went out of her lab to get a snack.
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"No Ayeka! You need to use ingredients that are fresher and less exotic!" Sasami pleaded. No matter how hard she worked with her sister, Ayeka still only wanted to make big, elaborate meals when she still had problems making simple little dishes.
"Now Sasami don't be silly. I've been catching on and I think I know what I'm." She never got to finish her statement because she tried a bit of what she was cooking, and promptly passed out!
Sasami let out a startled scream as she ran to her sister, "Ayeka! Ayeka! Are you alright?" Ryo-Ohki joined Sasami next to Ayeka. "Hurt?" was all she could say.
"Let me guess, she tried some of her own cooking didn't she?" came a voice from behind.
Sasami and Ryo-Ohki turned around to see Washu at the entrance to the kitchen. "Oh Washu," Sasami started, "is Ayeka going to be alright?"
The little scientist walked to Ayeka and examined her slightly for a few minutes. She looked to Sasami and smiled slightly. "She's gonna be just fine, she's just passed out. It looks like she will be coming to in about an hour." Washu started to giggle. "I take it that her cooking lessons aren't going too well?"
Sasami shook her head slightly. "No they aren't," was all she could say. Ryo-Ohki sighed deeply.
Washu turned into her adult form and picked up Ayeka. "I'll put her in her room and if it isn't too much of a bother, could you make me a small snack?"
Sasami pulled herself together and stood back up. "Sure Washu, I'll have something ready in a couple of minutes."
"Thank you Sasami." Washu then took Ayeka out of the kitchen and up to her room while Sasami happily started making a snack for the genius.
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Ten minutes later, Washu is merrily typing away on her computer while enjoying some of Sasami's rice balls. Another beeping sound diverts her attention back to the surveillance monitors, this time to Katsuhito's office at the shrine.
He was acting very strangely, pacing back and forth with a strained look on his face. Washu was watching him very intently. 'Hmm,' she thought, 'Why is he acting like that? I think I'll keep a closer eye on him.'
He suddenly stopped in his tracks. By the look of his face, he seemed to be seriously thinking about something. "But what?" thought Washu out loud. She was getting more and more excited by the minute thinking of what was going on.
Washu loved a good mystery, and loved to be the one to solve them even more. Her face was mere centimeters from the monitor. She didn't want to miss anything.
Katsuhito finally started to move again. He shook his head slightly while smiling and grabbed a small jug and cup that were sitting near his desk. He turned to the entrance of his shrine office and went outside.
Washu quickly changed monitors to carefully watch Katsuhito, who was now walking away from the shrine.
Tenchi looked up from his sweeping to see his grandfather leave his office. "Hello Grandpa, what are you up to?"
"Oh nothing Tenchi," answered Katsuhito, "I just felt like going for a walk."
Tenchi smiled at his grandfather "Alright then, have a nice walk."
Katsuhito returned the smile, "I'll try to Tenchi, now get back to your sweeping."
"Alright Grandpa."
With those words, Tenchi went back to his sweeping and Katsuhito began to walk away. Washu watched the direction that Katsuhito was going off in, then frantically typed in some coordinates to see where he could be heading. After a couple of seconds, her computer pinpointed a location. The eccentric genius looked at the location. "Funaho."
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Katsuhito stopped in front of his old spaceship tree. "Ah Funaho," he said, "it has been a long time since I last visited you." With one quick movement, he was standing on one of Funaho's thick branches. He sat down and started to drink what was in the jug he brought with him, Sake. Washu watched the old man with narrowed eyes.
After a particularly long drink, Katsuhito looked up at his tree and sighed deeply. "Funaho, I want to tell them but I'm afraid of what they might say. Would they ever listen to me again, once they know that I have been lying to them all this time?"
Washu was leaning so close to her monitor that she was practically falling off her cushion. She didn't dare to breathe.
Suddenly several beams of colorful light came from Funaho, bouncing off the water and going straight up into the sky.
Katsuhito looked surprised at first, but then began to laugh. "Yes you are right, I should not be concerned over this matter. I have face many trials and hardships throughout my life and come through them all quite well, but it is just that I have been like this for so many years and everyone is used to me like this. Do you think that they will accept my true form?"
Katsuhito sighed deeply again and looked down at his old wrinkled hands. "Well, I am alone here with you so I guess I should drop this disguise. It does feel nice to be the real me once in a while"
Washu gasped as Katsuhito's appearance changed from that of a man in his sixties to his true form of Yosho, the former crown prince of Jurai, who doesn't look a day older than the day he left Jurai over 700 years ago.
"What!?" Washu screamed to the monitor. A second later she fell off of her cushion and went face first onto the floor. She quickly jumped up to look at her monitor again. "Katsuhito's appearance is a fake!?"
To be continued...
Author's notes: This is my first OAV fic. I happen to think that it is going along nicely.
Questions or comments? E-mail me at: lighthawkdemon@yahoo.com
Next episode: Disguises and Surprises
Disclaimer: This episode of Tenchi Muyo! is of my own creation. I do not own any portion of Tenchi Muyo. "Tenchi Muyo!" and all related characters, names, etc. are ©1992-2003 AIC Inc. and Pioneer LDC. All rights reserved.
Note: This episode takes place shortly after the events of Tenchi Muyo! Special Episode: Here Comes Jurai, Part Two.
Of Happiness and Sorrow
Episode 1:
Washu's Interesting Discovery
It is the Masaki Residence late in the middle of the night, the door which once led to the broom closet and now leads to Washu's laboratory opens. Out walks Ryoko, looking very agitated, followed closely by the little scientist Washu. Ryoko stops in her tracks and turns around to Washu. "Now listen Washu, I don't care if you are my mom, what you just did to me was completely out of line," Her voice was still shaking from earlier when Washu bound and gagged Ryoko to one of her machines for study and left her alone.
Washu looked up to her daughter surprised. She had never heard her sound so fragile before. Washu felt a pang of guilt, for she had purposely left Ryoko tied to her machines alone to see how she reacted. "Ryoko," she started, "I just wanted to see how much your assimilation with Zero affected you on an emotional basis. I was quite impressed with the results." She grinned at the ex-pirate.
Ryoko however was beginning to look angry. "Damn you Washu! I don't care about all your stupid tests. You left me all alone there! I was getting very worried and."
She stopped and looked away, but Washu had caught on to what she was saying. "You were scared?"
Ryoko shook her head in disgust and mumbled, "Yeah."
Washu's grin widened, "Why do you make it sound like it's such a bad thing? You are finally in touch with all of your emotions."
Ryoko just continues to shake her head, "I didn't know that it was going to be like this. I can't control my feelings anymore. I hate this!" Ryoko turned away again, tears now forming in her eyes.
She is about to fly away when Washu's voice stops her, but it sounds different, more mature. "I'm sorry Ryoko." Ryoko spins around to come face- to-face with Washu in her adult form.
"Ryoko," she starts, "I wanted you and Zero to become one so you could be more open with your feelings and emotions. You saw how Tenchi cared for her after Dr. Clay tried to destroy her. Don't you want to be close to Tenchi like that?"
Ryoko didn't answer but her face gave herself away, she began to blush. Washu smiled warmly, "I thought so. I did what I did so you and Tenchi could be closer. I want my daughter to be happy."
She then walked up to Ryoko and wrapped her arms around her, hugging her. Ryoko was too stunned to do anything at first, but after a couple of seconds, she returned the hug. After a few minutes, Washu let go and looked at Ryoko, her eyes shining with tears. "Well, it's getting late now Ryoko, go on off to bed."
Ryoko turned and started to fly away again but stopped. She took a deep breath and said, "Goodnight...Mom," and teleported to her room.
Washu stood in front of her lab for a few seconds, then muttered, "That's my girl," before turning around and walking back into her lab.
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The next day. Everything is going along normally. Katsuhito is in his office looking over some papers, Washu is in her lab going over some of the research she did with Ryoko last night. Tenchi is at the shrine sweeping and Ryoko is sleeping in a nearby tree. Tenchi looks over to Ryoko and smiles. He likes to watch her sleep, 'She always looks so peaceful and happy when she sleeps, nothing like when she is awake,' he thinks to himself. Mihoshi is also sleeping, but she is on the living room couch. Every couple of seconds, between snores, she mumbles about her police work. "Halt...you are in...unregistered...zone."
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Meanwhile, Ayeka, Sasami and Ryo-Ohki are all in the kitchen. Sasami is trying to teach Ayeka to cook edible meals, with little luck, and Ryo-Ohki is in her human child form watching Ayeka's blundered cooking with interest.
Ayeka finishes her "meal", which was supposed to be mixed vegetables, but looked nothing of the sort. She scoops up a rather ragged piece of carrot and turns to Ryo-Ohki. "How about a taste?" she says, "I'm sure you'll enjoy it!"
Ryo-Ohki backs up a couple of steps and shakes her head vigorously. A giant bead of sweat forms on Sasami's head. Ayeka looks hurt. "You don't want to try it?" she asks with pleading eyes.
Ryo-Ohki looked like she was about to give, but she held herself together and said quite defiantly, "No."
Sasami has been working with Ryo-Ohki ever since she assimilated with the Mass and could turn into a human form. It has been only a few weeks, but Ryo-Ohki is quickly learning to walk around without falling over and speak a few words here and there. Since Ayeka has been constantly trying to learn to cook so she could impress Tenchi and use her as a guinea pig taste tester, Ryo-Ohki quickly learned how to say no, though not politely yet.
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Washu, who was watching everything from the monitors in her lab, laughed gently. "Oh Ryo-ohki you poor thing," she sighed, "maybe you having a human form is more trouble than it's worth."
Washu always likes to keep tabs of what's going on with her new family so she placed invisible monitors all around the Masaki Residence. Now she can stay in her lab all day and still know what is going on with everybody. A beeping noise diverted her attention from the monitor in the kitchen to the living room where Mihoshi was sleeping, but she was not there anymore. "Hmm," thought Washu out loud, "Where did she disap..."
"Hellloooo Washu!" yelled a boisterous voice right behind the little genius. Washu jumped out of her cushion in surprise and fell onto the floor.
"MIHOSHI!" she yelled, "What the He...how did you get in here?"
The cheerful blonde just bent over and smiled at Washu and asked, "Whatcha doin?"
Washu stood up and stared and the ditz. "I believe I asked you first."
Mihoshi straightened up, looking shocked. "Oh my," she started, "How rude of me!" She put her index finger on here chin. "Of course, um...what was the question?"
Washu fell over with a loud thud.
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At the shrine, Katsuhito was busy with his work. He shuffled some papers and stacked them neatly on his desk. Though he was going to write down some more poems and Haikus, he couldn't think straight. He hasn't felt the same since his parents visited a few days ago. 'Should I tell them everything?' he thought to himself. 'What would they think of me if I did?' These unsettling questions have been running through him constantly, but he just couldn't bring himself to an answer.
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Tenchi, who was still outside the shrine sweeping, had no idea of the internal conflict his grandfather was going through just several feet away. He just simply swept the sidewalk leading to the shrine like he usually does. He stopped sweeping when he heard the sound of something rustling nearby. He turned to see Ryoko, who just woke up and was stretching. "Ah Ryoko, you're awake!"
Ryoko snapped her head over towards Tenchi and started to blush. She had started to sleep in the tree before Tenchi had come by to sweep, so she didn't know that he was there. "Tenchi! I didn't know you were here! How long have you been here working?" Ryoko could feel her face redden as she looked at Tenchi so she looked away and tried to calm herself down.
A bead of sweat forms on Tenchi's head. "Uh, I've only been here for about ten minutes." Tenchi thought for a moment. He's never seen Ryoko act this emotional before. He suddenly felt braver around her. "You know you look really peaceful when you sleep."
Tenchi started to laugh lightly at the effect of his words. Ryoko's entire head turned a deep shade of red as she turned to look at Tenchi, a look of complete shock on her face. "You...you watched me while I was asleep?"
Tenchi worked hard to suppress his laughter. Though he was enjoying this, he didn't want to hurt her feelings. "I watched you a little bit while I was taking a small break." He smiled warmly at Ryoko, causing her to go, if possible, even redder.
'What are you doing? Control yourself why don't you!? You look like a fool!' Ryoko screamed to herself. 'I can't,' answered a voice. Ryoko's eyes widened as she heard the voice for it was her voice, but she didn't think that. A thought suddenly dawned on her, "Zero," she said out loud.
"Huh?" asked Tenchi, "What did you just say?"
Ryoko looked down to Tenchi and saw a look of concern on his face. She shook herself out of her blush and started to talk to Tenchi again. "Oh nothing Tenchi, I...I was just thinking out loud. I think I'll go back to the house now." And with those words, she flew out of the tree and teleported away.
Tenchi just smiled lightly and started to sweep the sidewalk of the shrine again.
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Ryoko appeared in her room, looking furious with herself. "Damnit!" she said out loud, "I can't be around Tenchi like this! I need to be able to control myself!"
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Washu, who was watching the entire event unfold, laughed mischievously at her daughter's antics. "I think Tenchi is actually warming up to her," she said out loud to no one in particular.
She finally got Mihoshi to leave her lab, but it had taken a lot of persuading on Washu's part. "I had to promise that airhead to make sure that she doesn't crash in the house or lake anymore, but I think that Tenchi will like that better than her. Maybe he'll finally agree to give me that 'sample'!" She began to giggle at the thought.
She is about to start again on her research when her stomach makes a loud rumbling sound. A giant sweat bead pops on her head. 'Oh my,' she thought, 'I guess I've been so consumed in my research that I forgot how hungry I was.' With that, Washu got off of her floating cushion and went out of her lab to get a snack.
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"No Ayeka! You need to use ingredients that are fresher and less exotic!" Sasami pleaded. No matter how hard she worked with her sister, Ayeka still only wanted to make big, elaborate meals when she still had problems making simple little dishes.
"Now Sasami don't be silly. I've been catching on and I think I know what I'm." She never got to finish her statement because she tried a bit of what she was cooking, and promptly passed out!
Sasami let out a startled scream as she ran to her sister, "Ayeka! Ayeka! Are you alright?" Ryo-Ohki joined Sasami next to Ayeka. "Hurt?" was all she could say.
"Let me guess, she tried some of her own cooking didn't she?" came a voice from behind.
Sasami and Ryo-Ohki turned around to see Washu at the entrance to the kitchen. "Oh Washu," Sasami started, "is Ayeka going to be alright?"
The little scientist walked to Ayeka and examined her slightly for a few minutes. She looked to Sasami and smiled slightly. "She's gonna be just fine, she's just passed out. It looks like she will be coming to in about an hour." Washu started to giggle. "I take it that her cooking lessons aren't going too well?"
Sasami shook her head slightly. "No they aren't," was all she could say. Ryo-Ohki sighed deeply.
Washu turned into her adult form and picked up Ayeka. "I'll put her in her room and if it isn't too much of a bother, could you make me a small snack?"
Sasami pulled herself together and stood back up. "Sure Washu, I'll have something ready in a couple of minutes."
"Thank you Sasami." Washu then took Ayeka out of the kitchen and up to her room while Sasami happily started making a snack for the genius.
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Ten minutes later, Washu is merrily typing away on her computer while enjoying some of Sasami's rice balls. Another beeping sound diverts her attention back to the surveillance monitors, this time to Katsuhito's office at the shrine.
He was acting very strangely, pacing back and forth with a strained look on his face. Washu was watching him very intently. 'Hmm,' she thought, 'Why is he acting like that? I think I'll keep a closer eye on him.'
He suddenly stopped in his tracks. By the look of his face, he seemed to be seriously thinking about something. "But what?" thought Washu out loud. She was getting more and more excited by the minute thinking of what was going on.
Washu loved a good mystery, and loved to be the one to solve them even more. Her face was mere centimeters from the monitor. She didn't want to miss anything.
Katsuhito finally started to move again. He shook his head slightly while smiling and grabbed a small jug and cup that were sitting near his desk. He turned to the entrance of his shrine office and went outside.
Washu quickly changed monitors to carefully watch Katsuhito, who was now walking away from the shrine.
Tenchi looked up from his sweeping to see his grandfather leave his office. "Hello Grandpa, what are you up to?"
"Oh nothing Tenchi," answered Katsuhito, "I just felt like going for a walk."
Tenchi smiled at his grandfather "Alright then, have a nice walk."
Katsuhito returned the smile, "I'll try to Tenchi, now get back to your sweeping."
"Alright Grandpa."
With those words, Tenchi went back to his sweeping and Katsuhito began to walk away. Washu watched the direction that Katsuhito was going off in, then frantically typed in some coordinates to see where he could be heading. After a couple of seconds, her computer pinpointed a location. The eccentric genius looked at the location. "Funaho."
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Katsuhito stopped in front of his old spaceship tree. "Ah Funaho," he said, "it has been a long time since I last visited you." With one quick movement, he was standing on one of Funaho's thick branches. He sat down and started to drink what was in the jug he brought with him, Sake. Washu watched the old man with narrowed eyes.
After a particularly long drink, Katsuhito looked up at his tree and sighed deeply. "Funaho, I want to tell them but I'm afraid of what they might say. Would they ever listen to me again, once they know that I have been lying to them all this time?"
Washu was leaning so close to her monitor that she was practically falling off her cushion. She didn't dare to breathe.
Suddenly several beams of colorful light came from Funaho, bouncing off the water and going straight up into the sky.
Katsuhito looked surprised at first, but then began to laugh. "Yes you are right, I should not be concerned over this matter. I have face many trials and hardships throughout my life and come through them all quite well, but it is just that I have been like this for so many years and everyone is used to me like this. Do you think that they will accept my true form?"
Katsuhito sighed deeply again and looked down at his old wrinkled hands. "Well, I am alone here with you so I guess I should drop this disguise. It does feel nice to be the real me once in a while"
Washu gasped as Katsuhito's appearance changed from that of a man in his sixties to his true form of Yosho, the former crown prince of Jurai, who doesn't look a day older than the day he left Jurai over 700 years ago.
"What!?" Washu screamed to the monitor. A second later she fell off of her cushion and went face first onto the floor. She quickly jumped up to look at her monitor again. "Katsuhito's appearance is a fake!?"
To be continued...
Author's notes: This is my first OAV fic. I happen to think that it is going along nicely.
Questions or comments? E-mail me at: lighthawkdemon@yahoo.com
Next episode: Disguises and Surprises