Tenchi Muyo!
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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 ©1992-2002 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.
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Of Happiness and Sorrow
Episode 11:
Hello Tokimi!
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Tenchi's eyes slowly open as he begins to wake up. For some reason, his head is throbbing like when Ryoko forces him to drink, but he knows that he hasn't had anything to drink in a long time. He also realizes that someone is lying on top of him. He looks down, expecting to see a mass of spiky cyan hair, but he is completely shocked to see straight light brown hair. He also realizes that his arms are wrapped around the mystery woman and they both are naked.
As Tenchi's shock and fear rises, so does his breathing. Soon the quickness of the rising of his chest wakes up the woman on top of him. She slowly raises her head to Tenchi. The first thing that he notices, besides the fact that she is astonishingly beautiful and the green marks on the sides of her face, are her eyes, which are an amazing mixture of blue and purple. She gives him a lustful smile. "Good morning Tenchi Masaki."
A million questions were racing through the prince's mind. The one he manages to get out is the most basic. "Who are you?"
The woman smiles at him again. "Yes I have not introduced myself. That is quite rude, considering what we did last night," she added while purring into his ear.
Tenchi went a deep shade of red. 'Oh no!' he thinks to himself, 'what happened? Why can't I remember?'
She chuckles lightly at him. "You cannot remember because I put a memory block on you. I believe that that is what is giving you your headache."
"Huh?" starts the young man, "How'd you know what I was thinking?"
"I have many powers young Masaki." She then moves up and sits on his stomach, causing him to go even redder as her body is now completely visible. He reaches up behind him and quickly grabs some tissue by his bed and stuffs them in his nose before the flow of blood could escape it.
"P.please cover yourself up!" he managed to sputter out.
"I think not. Though you will not admit it, you like what you see." She leaned close to him and whispered, "You like it very much," in his ear.
Tenchi was about to respond when Ryoko suddenly teleports into his room. "Good morn..." she stops mid-sentence at the sight in front of her. She gets a look of shock on her face, only to have it quickly replaced by a look of pure hatred. "HEY! WHAT TH..." she suddenly stops shouting and looks as if she is in a trance.
Tenchi looks over at Ryoko confused, when the woman on top of him begins to speak, "Ryoko, you will forget what you just saw and go back to your room and sleep. Do you understand?"
"Yes my Lady," she replies in a monotone voice. Ryoko then teleports out of his room.
Tenchi looks up at the woman, completely astonished. "How did you do that?"
"When I focus my powers, I have the ability to control others, but only for a short time. Especially in this mortal form?"
"Mortal form?"
She leans forward until she is just inches from his face. "I will explain everything to you soon, but for now I must leave...but I will return." She disappears, but then reappears a few moments later. "I almost forgot! My name is Tokimi. By the way, for one of such little experience, you were quite well last night."
Tenchi blushed furiously again as the mysterious woman named Tokimi vanishes. He sits up and scratches the back of his head. "Why does all of the strange stuff happen to me?" he says out loud to himself.
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Ryoko shakes her head. "Oh, what just happened?" She looks around to see that she is in her room, lying down on her bed. She stands up, only to collapse on the floor, grasping her head tightly. "Ouch, my head! Why does it hurt so much?"
After a couple of minutes, the pirate's head stopped throbbing. She slowly gets to her feet. "Alright, that's better! Now to go see Tenchi!" she begins as she teleports down into his room.
"Ryoko! I'm changing!"
"Oops! Sorry!"
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The rest of the morning went along nicely. Everyone enjoyed a nice quiet breakfast. Afterwards, Tenchi went out to man the vegetable fields. Ryo- Ohki went out to help him as she usually does. Ryoko and Ayeka went into the living room to watch the soap operas. Mihoshi and Kiyone went out for their daily patrol of the system. Sasami, as usual, happily worked in the kitchen, cleaning and thinking of what she is going to make later for dinner. Tenchi had told her shortly before breakfast that he had a special announcement to make so the little princess wanted to make a special dinner. 'Hmm,' she mischievously thinks to herself, 'I wonder what he's gonna say. Maybe it's something about Ayeka!'
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"Thanks for helping me Ryo-Ohki," Tenchi says to the human cabbit while wiping his brow.
The teen looks up at Tenchi and smiles. "No problem Tenchi, I like helping you!"
The young prince takes a look around the fields. "Wow, we're already done!" He reaches out towards Ryo-Ohki. "Come on Ryo-Ohki, let's go home."
She blushes lightly as she reaches out and takes his hand. The two of them are soon on their way back home.
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Later into the evening, the entire gang is currently in the middle of a spectacular meal made by Sasami. Every few minutes, someone from around the table gives the little princess a compliment on her spectacular meal. After a few moments, Tenchi stood up, getting everyone's attention. "Alright everybody, I have an announcement to make."
Ryoko, Ayeka and Kiyone all tensed up, knowing what the announcement was about. Everyone else was watching Tenchi with rapt attention.
"For a while now, I've been struggling with my own emotions, trying very hard to figure out what my heart wants," he stops for a moment to catch his breath. "I do love all of you very much, but I have been trying to figure out whom I love the most."
The three girls were now looking nervous. Tenchi looks to Ryoko first. "Ryoko, you were the first of this crazy group that I met. When I was younger, I was always interested in the cave. I felt drawn to it somehow. When I released you I was afraid because you looked like a mummy, then you came to me at school and looked like you do now and you attacked me, blowing up half of my school."
Ryoko grinned rather guiltily at this. She was glad that he went to her first, the anticipation, a rather new emotion she is trying to deal with, is driving her crazy.
"But then I realized that you weren't going to harm me, you were just letting off a little steam. Soon I found out that under your rock hard exterior, you are a very kind and gentle person. You are a very fun and carefree person and this house would be a very boring place without you."
By now, silent tears were streaming down the pirate's face. Tenchi smiled warmly at her and wiped away the tears on her face. Ayeka and Kiyone huff lightly.
Tenchi then turned to Ayeka. "Ayeka, when I first met you, you were, well a royal pain." Ayeka looked crossly at him as the rest of the people in the room had to cover their mouths to contain the laughter. The prince continued, "At first you were bossy, impatient and seemingly uncaring of other people's feelings." Ayeka was about to interrupt, but Tenchi held up a hand to stop her. "But when we had spent some time together in the shed to stay out of the rain, I discovered the kind and caring woman that you are today. Living with us here has helped you to understand to be tolerable and the meaning of friendship. You bring to this house a grace and beauty that no other could match."
Like Ryoko, tears were running down Ayeka's face. Tenchi quickly wiped them away. He finally turned to Kiyone. The GP officer looked extremely nervous at this point.
"Kiyone, although you have only been here for a short while, you have made quite an impact in my life. I felt an instant attraction between us. In they few times that we have been able to speak with each other, I have tried to get to know you better. It is because of your help that I was able to start to gain control of my Lighthawk Wings. By willingly becoming Mihoshi's partner again, you show a bravery that very few in this household could ever muster."
That last comment sent a ripple of laughter around the table. Mihoshi, though, looked confused. "What do you mean Tenchi?"
Everyone else began to laugh loudly at the blonde's comment. Soon, everyone was quiet again and looking expectantly at Tenchi. He began to speak again, "It has taken me a lot of thinking and soul searching and heartache, but I have finally come with a decision concerning who it is between the three of these women that I care for and love the most. The one that I love the most is..."
"Stop!" demands a commanding voice from nowhere.
Everyone looks around, trying to see who it was that spoke. Suddenly, a beautiful woman in a billowing dress appears next to Tenchi. His and Kiyone's eyes go wide as they recognize the woman. She smiles at the group of people before her. "I am sorry to interrupt, but I also have an important announcement to make." She then turns to Sasami. "Now please come out and join us sister."
The two triangle runes on Sasami's forehead begin to glow as the goddess Tsunami appears behind her. "It is good to see you again after such a long time sister. May I ask what brings the goddess of Justice to this humble little home?"
"I will explain everything shortly. But first we need to bring back the third member of our little party." Tokimi looks over to Washu. "Washu, may you walk forward?"
The genius curiously steps up. Tokimi and Tsunami nod at each other and Washu is suddenly engulfed in a brilliant white light. Yosho steps forward to intervene, but Ayeka and Kiyone quickly stop him. "No Brother, do not stop them. Tsunami would never harm her. I believe that this is something that they have to do."
Yosho reluctantly stood down. A couple of seconds later, the light surrounding the genius dissipated. She held her head for a moment, then turned to Tsunami and Tokimi, smiling. "It's really good to see the two of you again sisters."
"Huh?" was the response from everyone else.
Washu turned back to her family. "Well I guess an explanation is due." She sits back down at her spot at the table. "A very long time ago, there were three sister goddesses who watched over and ruled this dimension, Tsunami, Tokimi and myself. For a while we ruled over everything peacefully, but my and Tsunami's interest in the mortals consumed us. We soon wanted to be among them and intervene with their lives. We both took different approaches towards this: Tsunami, the goddess of Light, put her being into Jurai's Tree of Beginnings, thus giving Jurai it's power and making it the empire that it is today, while I, the goddess of Wisdom, gave up my status of a goddess to live among the people. I placed all of my powers as a goddess into three gems."
"Wait a minute!" Ryoko shouts while standing up. "My gems?"
Washu smiles warmly at her daughter. "Yes my little Ryoko. When I awoke as a mortal, I had no memories of my previous live. I was somehow enlisted in the Science Academy and the only things I had on me were those three gems. After studying them I realized that they contained great power. After you were born, I gave them to you. My daughter deserved to be strong and powerful." She gives Ryoko a warm smile.
Tokimi clears her throat loudly. "Now that we've been reacquainted and informed, I still have an important announcement to make."
Washu looks over to her sister and frowns lightly. "Hey I just remembered something. You had that bastard Clay try to capture me. Why?"
"Well," the goddess starts, "I had wanted to speak to you, but you have always been a very stubborn person." She stopped to smile at Washu, who huffed at her. "Not too many people, even most of my most loyal servants were willing to try to get you to come to me. You have a reputation of being extremely smart and crafty. Anyways, Clay was the perfect servant to send to retrieve you mainly because of his jealousy and hatred of you."
"That's not all Tokimi. I knew that old octopus head better than he knew himself. He wouldn't do such a difficult task unless he could get something really good in return. So what did you promise him?"
Tokimi couldn't help but to smile. "I see that nothing gets past you."
"Hey, I'm not the Goddess of Wisdom for nothing!"
The goddess of Justice sighs. "I promised him a galaxy, okay? And now to my announcement. Out of the three of us, I am the one who has not yet chosen a champion."
"Champion?" cuts in Mihoshi, "What is that?"
"It is destined that we three goddesses each choose one champion," Tsunami begins. "The champion would be bestowed with a portion of our powers and would be our protectors. They would communicate with us and do our bidding."
Kiyone now stands up. "Okay, so now we understand what a champion is, but who are your champions?"
"As I am sure that most of you have already guessed, Tenchi is my champion." Tsunami smiles warmly at the prince, who returns it.
Ryoko turns to Washu. "Hey Mom, who's your champion then?"
"You've just answered your own question now my little Ryoko," Washu coos to her daughter.
"W...what?" Ryoko's eyes go wide in shock. "Me?"
The former goddess of Wisdom looks at her daughter in amusement. "Well yeah. I thought you would've realized earlier when I told you that I put my goddess powers into your three gems."
The pirate sits back down, a look of complete shock on her face. Yosho looks between the two of them and chuckles thoughtfully. "I guess that explains how Ryoko was able to get past Jurai's defenses. Since Tsunami and Washu are sisters, their powers are similar."
The genius walks up to her lover and embraces him. She then tweaks his nose playfully. "It took you this long to figure that out?"
"Hey Miss Tokimi," Sasami now starts, the triangle runes on her forehead still glowing brightly, "who is your champion? Washu and Tsunami already have theirs."
The goddess of Justice looks over to Sasami, then to the woman she will become, Tsunami. "I can already see a small resemblance between the two of you. Soon you two will become one, and I am anxious to see what is to happen then. Yes now to my champion. I have done much thinking on the subject. I have just recently made a sound decision. Since your champions," she now looks to Tenchi and Ryoko, "are very close to each other, I decided to have my champion be a person who is close to them as well. Therefore my champion is none other than...the Crown Princess of Jurai Ayeka."
Everyone was in complete shock at Tokimi's words. Ayeka slowly stood up and spoke in a shaky voice, "Me?"
"Yes Ayeka. I have chosen you as my champion. You have a strong and compassionate heart. You also have a power that has yet been untapped. Please take my hand."
The princess slowly walks forward and takes Tokimi's hand. She is engulfed in a brilliant light, as Washu was earlier. Just as soon as it started, it ended. Ayeka looked the same, except for the three purple glowing stars in the shape of a triangle on her forehead. She looks at herself up and down. "I...I feel strange, like there is something different inside of me."
"That would be your Lighthawk Wings," responds Tokimi.
"You mean, that I can produce them too?"
"Yes, and so can Ryoko once she receives her other two gems."
Tenchi's eyebrows go up slightly. He reaches into his belt and pulls out the Tenchi-ken. He turns to Ryoko. "I should've given these back to you a long time ago, but with all of the excitement that has been happening around this house, I guess I've forgotten. Now please take back what is rightfully yours." He closes his eyes and begins to pray. The two gems imbedded in hilt of the sword and the one in Ryoko's left wrist begin to glow. The two in the sword vanish and reappear in Ryoko's right wrist and in the base of her neck. For a brief moment, three red circles in the shape of a triangle appear on her forehead.
The pirate looks at her right wrist and then gently caresses her neck. She looks up at Tenchi with tears in her eyes. "Oh Tenchi, thank you!" She runs up to him and embraces in a fashion that would make Lady Misaki proud. She let's go after a couple of seconds and Tenchi rubs his sides gingerly.
Tokimi steps forward. "So now all three of us have our champions. I must leave now, but I will come by occasionally to see my champion's progress in fully activating and controlling her Lighthawk Wings." And with that, she vanishes.
Shortly after Tokimi leaves, Tsunami's image disappears and Sasami's forehead runes stop glowing. Tenchi looks around the table while scratching the back of his head. "Are we ever going to have a normal dinner around here?"
Everyone starts to laugh. They all sit back down and begin to eat. Tenchi suddenly jumps out of his seat. "I almost forgot! My decision." He clears his throat before he begins again. "By being part Jurian, I am allowed to have the love of two women. And because of recent events, my original decision was not just out of love, but also destiny."
He takes Ryoko and Ayeka's hand. "Ryoko, Ayeka, for the longest time you two have been trying to get me to decide which of you I love the most. I never could decide, and now I know why. The truth is that I love the two of you more than anything. The two of you own my heart, now and forever."
Both women were now crying tears of joy. Everyone in the room is smiling except for Kiyone, who looks slightly sad and worried. 'Tenchi...doesn't love me?' she thinks while a stray tear runs down her cheek. 'I'm glad that my Lady isn't going to punish me for failing, but...' her mind trails off as she slowly goes up the stairs unnoticed. She runs into her and Mihoshi's room and collapses on the floor crying.
Tenchi gets both Ryoko and Ayeka to stop crying and embraces the two of them lovingly. The princess and the pirate begin to cry again as the group around them smiles warmly.
To be continued...
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Author's notes: I've been tossing around this idea for a long time. I wasn't too sure if I had wanted Tokimi to be a good guy or a bad guy. I finally gave in to her being good, well sort of. I thought that the Ayeka idea was an interesting twist. I'm sorry if you don't wholly agree to the Ryoko/Tenchi/Ayeka pairing, but it was what I was steering towards since the beginning.
I'm sorry out there for all of you Kiyone fans. I am also a big fan of hers, but I felt that her getting with Tenchi just wasn't right for this story. I might make a fic sometime in the future where they get together or something. Only time will tell.
Questions or comments? E-mail me at: lighthawkdemon@yahoo.com
Next episode: Here Comes Jurai...Again!
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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 ©1992-2002 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.
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Of Happiness and Sorrow
Episode 11:
Hello Tokimi!
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Tenchi's eyes slowly open as he begins to wake up. For some reason, his head is throbbing like when Ryoko forces him to drink, but he knows that he hasn't had anything to drink in a long time. He also realizes that someone is lying on top of him. He looks down, expecting to see a mass of spiky cyan hair, but he is completely shocked to see straight light brown hair. He also realizes that his arms are wrapped around the mystery woman and they both are naked.
As Tenchi's shock and fear rises, so does his breathing. Soon the quickness of the rising of his chest wakes up the woman on top of him. She slowly raises her head to Tenchi. The first thing that he notices, besides the fact that she is astonishingly beautiful and the green marks on the sides of her face, are her eyes, which are an amazing mixture of blue and purple. She gives him a lustful smile. "Good morning Tenchi Masaki."
A million questions were racing through the prince's mind. The one he manages to get out is the most basic. "Who are you?"
The woman smiles at him again. "Yes I have not introduced myself. That is quite rude, considering what we did last night," she added while purring into his ear.
Tenchi went a deep shade of red. 'Oh no!' he thinks to himself, 'what happened? Why can't I remember?'
She chuckles lightly at him. "You cannot remember because I put a memory block on you. I believe that that is what is giving you your headache."
"Huh?" starts the young man, "How'd you know what I was thinking?"
"I have many powers young Masaki." She then moves up and sits on his stomach, causing him to go even redder as her body is now completely visible. He reaches up behind him and quickly grabs some tissue by his bed and stuffs them in his nose before the flow of blood could escape it.
"P.please cover yourself up!" he managed to sputter out.
"I think not. Though you will not admit it, you like what you see." She leaned close to him and whispered, "You like it very much," in his ear.
Tenchi was about to respond when Ryoko suddenly teleports into his room. "Good morn..." she stops mid-sentence at the sight in front of her. She gets a look of shock on her face, only to have it quickly replaced by a look of pure hatred. "HEY! WHAT TH..." she suddenly stops shouting and looks as if she is in a trance.
Tenchi looks over at Ryoko confused, when the woman on top of him begins to speak, "Ryoko, you will forget what you just saw and go back to your room and sleep. Do you understand?"
"Yes my Lady," she replies in a monotone voice. Ryoko then teleports out of his room.
Tenchi looks up at the woman, completely astonished. "How did you do that?"
"When I focus my powers, I have the ability to control others, but only for a short time. Especially in this mortal form?"
"Mortal form?"
She leans forward until she is just inches from his face. "I will explain everything to you soon, but for now I must leave...but I will return." She disappears, but then reappears a few moments later. "I almost forgot! My name is Tokimi. By the way, for one of such little experience, you were quite well last night."
Tenchi blushed furiously again as the mysterious woman named Tokimi vanishes. He sits up and scratches the back of his head. "Why does all of the strange stuff happen to me?" he says out loud to himself.
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Ryoko shakes her head. "Oh, what just happened?" She looks around to see that she is in her room, lying down on her bed. She stands up, only to collapse on the floor, grasping her head tightly. "Ouch, my head! Why does it hurt so much?"
After a couple of minutes, the pirate's head stopped throbbing. She slowly gets to her feet. "Alright, that's better! Now to go see Tenchi!" she begins as she teleports down into his room.
"Ryoko! I'm changing!"
"Oops! Sorry!"
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The rest of the morning went along nicely. Everyone enjoyed a nice quiet breakfast. Afterwards, Tenchi went out to man the vegetable fields. Ryo- Ohki went out to help him as she usually does. Ryoko and Ayeka went into the living room to watch the soap operas. Mihoshi and Kiyone went out for their daily patrol of the system. Sasami, as usual, happily worked in the kitchen, cleaning and thinking of what she is going to make later for dinner. Tenchi had told her shortly before breakfast that he had a special announcement to make so the little princess wanted to make a special dinner. 'Hmm,' she mischievously thinks to herself, 'I wonder what he's gonna say. Maybe it's something about Ayeka!'
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"Thanks for helping me Ryo-Ohki," Tenchi says to the human cabbit while wiping his brow.
The teen looks up at Tenchi and smiles. "No problem Tenchi, I like helping you!"
The young prince takes a look around the fields. "Wow, we're already done!" He reaches out towards Ryo-Ohki. "Come on Ryo-Ohki, let's go home."
She blushes lightly as she reaches out and takes his hand. The two of them are soon on their way back home.
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Later into the evening, the entire gang is currently in the middle of a spectacular meal made by Sasami. Every few minutes, someone from around the table gives the little princess a compliment on her spectacular meal. After a few moments, Tenchi stood up, getting everyone's attention. "Alright everybody, I have an announcement to make."
Ryoko, Ayeka and Kiyone all tensed up, knowing what the announcement was about. Everyone else was watching Tenchi with rapt attention.
"For a while now, I've been struggling with my own emotions, trying very hard to figure out what my heart wants," he stops for a moment to catch his breath. "I do love all of you very much, but I have been trying to figure out whom I love the most."
The three girls were now looking nervous. Tenchi looks to Ryoko first. "Ryoko, you were the first of this crazy group that I met. When I was younger, I was always interested in the cave. I felt drawn to it somehow. When I released you I was afraid because you looked like a mummy, then you came to me at school and looked like you do now and you attacked me, blowing up half of my school."
Ryoko grinned rather guiltily at this. She was glad that he went to her first, the anticipation, a rather new emotion she is trying to deal with, is driving her crazy.
"But then I realized that you weren't going to harm me, you were just letting off a little steam. Soon I found out that under your rock hard exterior, you are a very kind and gentle person. You are a very fun and carefree person and this house would be a very boring place without you."
By now, silent tears were streaming down the pirate's face. Tenchi smiled warmly at her and wiped away the tears on her face. Ayeka and Kiyone huff lightly.
Tenchi then turned to Ayeka. "Ayeka, when I first met you, you were, well a royal pain." Ayeka looked crossly at him as the rest of the people in the room had to cover their mouths to contain the laughter. The prince continued, "At first you were bossy, impatient and seemingly uncaring of other people's feelings." Ayeka was about to interrupt, but Tenchi held up a hand to stop her. "But when we had spent some time together in the shed to stay out of the rain, I discovered the kind and caring woman that you are today. Living with us here has helped you to understand to be tolerable and the meaning of friendship. You bring to this house a grace and beauty that no other could match."
Like Ryoko, tears were running down Ayeka's face. Tenchi quickly wiped them away. He finally turned to Kiyone. The GP officer looked extremely nervous at this point.
"Kiyone, although you have only been here for a short while, you have made quite an impact in my life. I felt an instant attraction between us. In they few times that we have been able to speak with each other, I have tried to get to know you better. It is because of your help that I was able to start to gain control of my Lighthawk Wings. By willingly becoming Mihoshi's partner again, you show a bravery that very few in this household could ever muster."
That last comment sent a ripple of laughter around the table. Mihoshi, though, looked confused. "What do you mean Tenchi?"
Everyone else began to laugh loudly at the blonde's comment. Soon, everyone was quiet again and looking expectantly at Tenchi. He began to speak again, "It has taken me a lot of thinking and soul searching and heartache, but I have finally come with a decision concerning who it is between the three of these women that I care for and love the most. The one that I love the most is..."
"Stop!" demands a commanding voice from nowhere.
Everyone looks around, trying to see who it was that spoke. Suddenly, a beautiful woman in a billowing dress appears next to Tenchi. His and Kiyone's eyes go wide as they recognize the woman. She smiles at the group of people before her. "I am sorry to interrupt, but I also have an important announcement to make." She then turns to Sasami. "Now please come out and join us sister."
The two triangle runes on Sasami's forehead begin to glow as the goddess Tsunami appears behind her. "It is good to see you again after such a long time sister. May I ask what brings the goddess of Justice to this humble little home?"
"I will explain everything shortly. But first we need to bring back the third member of our little party." Tokimi looks over to Washu. "Washu, may you walk forward?"
The genius curiously steps up. Tokimi and Tsunami nod at each other and Washu is suddenly engulfed in a brilliant white light. Yosho steps forward to intervene, but Ayeka and Kiyone quickly stop him. "No Brother, do not stop them. Tsunami would never harm her. I believe that this is something that they have to do."
Yosho reluctantly stood down. A couple of seconds later, the light surrounding the genius dissipated. She held her head for a moment, then turned to Tsunami and Tokimi, smiling. "It's really good to see the two of you again sisters."
"Huh?" was the response from everyone else.
Washu turned back to her family. "Well I guess an explanation is due." She sits back down at her spot at the table. "A very long time ago, there were three sister goddesses who watched over and ruled this dimension, Tsunami, Tokimi and myself. For a while we ruled over everything peacefully, but my and Tsunami's interest in the mortals consumed us. We soon wanted to be among them and intervene with their lives. We both took different approaches towards this: Tsunami, the goddess of Light, put her being into Jurai's Tree of Beginnings, thus giving Jurai it's power and making it the empire that it is today, while I, the goddess of Wisdom, gave up my status of a goddess to live among the people. I placed all of my powers as a goddess into three gems."
"Wait a minute!" Ryoko shouts while standing up. "My gems?"
Washu smiles warmly at her daughter. "Yes my little Ryoko. When I awoke as a mortal, I had no memories of my previous live. I was somehow enlisted in the Science Academy and the only things I had on me were those three gems. After studying them I realized that they contained great power. After you were born, I gave them to you. My daughter deserved to be strong and powerful." She gives Ryoko a warm smile.
Tokimi clears her throat loudly. "Now that we've been reacquainted and informed, I still have an important announcement to make."
Washu looks over to her sister and frowns lightly. "Hey I just remembered something. You had that bastard Clay try to capture me. Why?"
"Well," the goddess starts, "I had wanted to speak to you, but you have always been a very stubborn person." She stopped to smile at Washu, who huffed at her. "Not too many people, even most of my most loyal servants were willing to try to get you to come to me. You have a reputation of being extremely smart and crafty. Anyways, Clay was the perfect servant to send to retrieve you mainly because of his jealousy and hatred of you."
"That's not all Tokimi. I knew that old octopus head better than he knew himself. He wouldn't do such a difficult task unless he could get something really good in return. So what did you promise him?"
Tokimi couldn't help but to smile. "I see that nothing gets past you."
"Hey, I'm not the Goddess of Wisdom for nothing!"
The goddess of Justice sighs. "I promised him a galaxy, okay? And now to my announcement. Out of the three of us, I am the one who has not yet chosen a champion."
"Champion?" cuts in Mihoshi, "What is that?"
"It is destined that we three goddesses each choose one champion," Tsunami begins. "The champion would be bestowed with a portion of our powers and would be our protectors. They would communicate with us and do our bidding."
Kiyone now stands up. "Okay, so now we understand what a champion is, but who are your champions?"
"As I am sure that most of you have already guessed, Tenchi is my champion." Tsunami smiles warmly at the prince, who returns it.
Ryoko turns to Washu. "Hey Mom, who's your champion then?"
"You've just answered your own question now my little Ryoko," Washu coos to her daughter.
"W...what?" Ryoko's eyes go wide in shock. "Me?"
The former goddess of Wisdom looks at her daughter in amusement. "Well yeah. I thought you would've realized earlier when I told you that I put my goddess powers into your three gems."
The pirate sits back down, a look of complete shock on her face. Yosho looks between the two of them and chuckles thoughtfully. "I guess that explains how Ryoko was able to get past Jurai's defenses. Since Tsunami and Washu are sisters, their powers are similar."
The genius walks up to her lover and embraces him. She then tweaks his nose playfully. "It took you this long to figure that out?"
"Hey Miss Tokimi," Sasami now starts, the triangle runes on her forehead still glowing brightly, "who is your champion? Washu and Tsunami already have theirs."
The goddess of Justice looks over to Sasami, then to the woman she will become, Tsunami. "I can already see a small resemblance between the two of you. Soon you two will become one, and I am anxious to see what is to happen then. Yes now to my champion. I have done much thinking on the subject. I have just recently made a sound decision. Since your champions," she now looks to Tenchi and Ryoko, "are very close to each other, I decided to have my champion be a person who is close to them as well. Therefore my champion is none other than...the Crown Princess of Jurai Ayeka."
Everyone was in complete shock at Tokimi's words. Ayeka slowly stood up and spoke in a shaky voice, "Me?"
"Yes Ayeka. I have chosen you as my champion. You have a strong and compassionate heart. You also have a power that has yet been untapped. Please take my hand."
The princess slowly walks forward and takes Tokimi's hand. She is engulfed in a brilliant light, as Washu was earlier. Just as soon as it started, it ended. Ayeka looked the same, except for the three purple glowing stars in the shape of a triangle on her forehead. She looks at herself up and down. "I...I feel strange, like there is something different inside of me."
"That would be your Lighthawk Wings," responds Tokimi.
"You mean, that I can produce them too?"
"Yes, and so can Ryoko once she receives her other two gems."
Tenchi's eyebrows go up slightly. He reaches into his belt and pulls out the Tenchi-ken. He turns to Ryoko. "I should've given these back to you a long time ago, but with all of the excitement that has been happening around this house, I guess I've forgotten. Now please take back what is rightfully yours." He closes his eyes and begins to pray. The two gems imbedded in hilt of the sword and the one in Ryoko's left wrist begin to glow. The two in the sword vanish and reappear in Ryoko's right wrist and in the base of her neck. For a brief moment, three red circles in the shape of a triangle appear on her forehead.
The pirate looks at her right wrist and then gently caresses her neck. She looks up at Tenchi with tears in her eyes. "Oh Tenchi, thank you!" She runs up to him and embraces in a fashion that would make Lady Misaki proud. She let's go after a couple of seconds and Tenchi rubs his sides gingerly.
Tokimi steps forward. "So now all three of us have our champions. I must leave now, but I will come by occasionally to see my champion's progress in fully activating and controlling her Lighthawk Wings." And with that, she vanishes.
Shortly after Tokimi leaves, Tsunami's image disappears and Sasami's forehead runes stop glowing. Tenchi looks around the table while scratching the back of his head. "Are we ever going to have a normal dinner around here?"
Everyone starts to laugh. They all sit back down and begin to eat. Tenchi suddenly jumps out of his seat. "I almost forgot! My decision." He clears his throat before he begins again. "By being part Jurian, I am allowed to have the love of two women. And because of recent events, my original decision was not just out of love, but also destiny."
He takes Ryoko and Ayeka's hand. "Ryoko, Ayeka, for the longest time you two have been trying to get me to decide which of you I love the most. I never could decide, and now I know why. The truth is that I love the two of you more than anything. The two of you own my heart, now and forever."
Both women were now crying tears of joy. Everyone in the room is smiling except for Kiyone, who looks slightly sad and worried. 'Tenchi...doesn't love me?' she thinks while a stray tear runs down her cheek. 'I'm glad that my Lady isn't going to punish me for failing, but...' her mind trails off as she slowly goes up the stairs unnoticed. She runs into her and Mihoshi's room and collapses on the floor crying.
Tenchi gets both Ryoko and Ayeka to stop crying and embraces the two of them lovingly. The princess and the pirate begin to cry again as the group around them smiles warmly.
To be continued...
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Author's notes: I've been tossing around this idea for a long time. I wasn't too sure if I had wanted Tokimi to be a good guy or a bad guy. I finally gave in to her being good, well sort of. I thought that the Ayeka idea was an interesting twist. I'm sorry if you don't wholly agree to the Ryoko/Tenchi/Ayeka pairing, but it was what I was steering towards since the beginning.
I'm sorry out there for all of you Kiyone fans. I am also a big fan of hers, but I felt that her getting with Tenchi just wasn't right for this story. I might make a fic sometime in the future where they get together or something. Only time will tell.
Questions or comments? E-mail me at: lighthawkdemon@yahoo.com
Next episode: Here Comes Jurai...Again!