Tenchi Universe
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Disclaimer: This episode of Tenchi Universe is of my own creation as well as the character Hayato. 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 Universe, Tenchi Muyo in Love and Tenchi Forever.
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The More Things Change...
Episode 8:
No Need for Mothers!
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Fade in: Masaki Residence, late into that very same evening. Tenchi is lying in his bed with his arms behind his head, his heart filled with a joy he hasn't felt in many years. He starts to smile as his mind goes over the events that took place a few hours ago:
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Hayato and Washu just come out of her lab after spending nearly a week in there absorbed in research. They just reveal what they had been doing in there all that time: bringing back Tenchi's mother, Lady Achika.
All three Masaki men suddenly shout. "Achika!" comes from both Nobuyuki and Katsuhito while Tenchi cries out, "Mom!"
The three of them run up to Achika and embrace her lovingly. She gladly returns the hug. "Oh, you do not know how much I've missed you three. Oh Tenchi, you've grown so much!"
They all hold on for several more emotional minutes. All of them, even Katsuhito, are crying very hard. After they let go of each other, there is not a dry eye in the house. Tenchi wipes his eyes and looks to his cousin and Washu. "How...how did you do this?" he sputters out.
Washu speaks up, her eyes shining very brightly as she speaks. "Actually, all of this was your cousin's idea. I just helped him"
Everyone looks at Hayato, who is still drying his eyes. "Well for the last few months, I've been having strange visions in my dreams where I would be all by myself in the middle of a forest, chasing a strange figure that was glowing."
"Hey!" Tenchi cuts in, "I had the same dream nearly a week ago on that night we went to the movies!"
Hayato looks over to his cousin and smiles. "Yeah, I had been going through an extreme amount of emotions that night when I stayed over at Kiyone's when I had a very personal conversation with her. I think somehow that my dreams had been pushed into your mind. I believe it is because of the similarities of our powers."
He stops for a moment to clear his throat. "Any way, the dreams were becoming clearer and more frequent as time went on. I had the suspicion that they were a premonition of the future; I've had a couple before. I had been thinking a lot about the dreams and had guessed that the woman that was in the dreams was someone I knew, and by the way that she was glowing meant that she might be dying or passed on."
"That was quite a bit of good logic," Washu states in her superior voice. "I was quite impressed on his thoughts."
"Okay so what happened then?" Nobuyuki asks.
Hayato scratches the back of his head. "Well, I was here just relaxing on the couch and watching some television when it started to mess up and flipped through channels all by itself. It stopped on the news, which was doing a piece on human cloning. It seemed to be another premonition. I suddenly put two and two together and bolted into Washu's lab."
Ryoko jumps up, catching everybody by surprise. "So that's why you ran into her lab!"
Hayato chuckles lightly. "Yeah Ryoko, that's why I did it. So I had Washu analyze my dreams for me. She told me that she had done the same for Tenchi a day earlier, but hadn't come to any conclusions. Since I had been the originator of the dreams, we were able to do more with them and find out who the person was."
Washu takes a step forward. "The scanners and examinations pinpointed that it was a very high probability that Lady Achika was the woman in the dreams. We then put our superior intellects together to come up with a conclusion: to bring her back to life."
Everyone in the room is hanging on every single word they each spoke. The little genius is clearly enjoying every minute of it. "The first thing we needed were some samples from Lady Achika: blood, hair, tissue, mind data, the basics. I used my time machine that you all used to go back in time to fight Kain to transport Hayato back several years just before Lady Achika passed on. While she was sleeping, he collected the samples with several of my devices. That was the easy part."
Ayeka cocks an eyebrow at her. "What do you mean the easy part?
Hayato decides to say a part. "Well Miss Ayeka, we had all the basic things needed to create an exact clone of Aunt Achika, including the machine to clone her, Washu made one easily. The only thing we needed was also the most important piece, Jurai power."
"When Lady Achika fought and destroyed Kain," Washu continues, "she used up all her Jurai power, which unfortunately shortened her life and caused her to pass away so early in her life. At first we thought that all of our work had been for nothing because without her Jurai power, she wouldn't live very long. Both Lord Tenchi and Katsuhito have Jurai power, but the amount needed to bring her back would kill both of them. We had almost given up."
By now Hayato is smiling. "And then I remembered about Miss Ayeka and grandpa commenting on how my powers were similar to that of Jurai's, and since I hadn't been born with them, I could give some up and not be harmed in any way."
Ayeka's eyes go wide with understanding. "Oh my, you were willing to give up some your powers?"
"If it meant for Aunt Achika to live once again, I would have given her all of it and more."
Achika beams over at her nephew, as does everyone else. Nobuyuki rubs Hayato's shoulder.
"So we worked on removing some of Hayato's power and converting it slightly to be more like Jurai's. That took us a few days of nonstop working to accomplish. We were now ready to bring her back. After a day of the cloning process, we had finally brought her back to life early this morning. We aged her a few years to cover the ones she missed. She woke up..."
Hayato cuts in, "And we spent the rest of the day examining her and filling her in on everything that has happened since her passing."
Washu is now smiling as well. "All the tests are positive, the power transfer worked, and she will now live a long, healthy life with her family. She is Lady Achika."
Everybody stands still for a few moments, letting their minds process what they have just heard. Tenchi finally speaks up, fresh tears in his eyes. "You two...I...I can't thank you two enough."
He runs up to Hayato and Washu and wrapped them both in a large hug. Nobuyuki, Katsuhito and Achika also join the hug. Once again, there is not a dry eye in the room. Achika speaks up softly through the hug, "I want all of you to know that I will be here always, nothing will tear us apart again, I promise."
A few minutes later, they pull apart. Tenchi sniffs and wipes his eyes. "Well Mom..." he stops and chuckles, "wow it feels so good to say that again! Even though you know who everybody is, you've never met any of them, so I'd like to introduce everyone to you."
And so Tenchi goes about the room with the introductions. Achika greets everyone formally and politely, but gives Ayeka and Ryoko each a small hug. When she does, she quickly whispers into each of their ears, "I'd like to talk with you a little later, okay?"
Both women are a little surprised at first, but agree to the talk.
Everyone soon sits down around each other and are in a deep conversation about the days activities, Tenchi and Nobuyuki are each sitting on Achika's side, while Katsuhito is standing directly behind her. They are all back to being a family again, plus one member.
Sasami goes into the kitchen and starts to make a spectacular dinner. Soon, they are all squeezed around the table and eating and chatting merrily.
As dinner ends, everybody does their part to clean the table and help with the dishes. Everyone is looking very tired due to the day's surprises and actions, but Washu and Hayato look like a couple of zombies, having not gotten any rest in days. Tenchi looks the two of them over. "You two should get some well-earned rest, you really deserve it."
Washu stretches and yawns loudly. "Yeah, you're right, goodnight everybody." With that, the little genius goes back into her lab.
Hayato is about to say something, but Kiyone interrupts him. "Hayato, you can sleep over at our place, I think that this house might be a little crowded tonight."
"Yeah," Mihoshi chimes in, "we could have a really fun sleep over!"
Kiyone slaps her head. "Mihoshi, you just don't get it do you?"
The blonde tilts her head to the side. "Get what?"
Everyone around the table except for Mihoshi sweatdrop. Kiyone starts to shake in anger. "Never mind."
"Okay! Let's go home now; I'm getting a little tired."
Her partner shakes her heads lightly. "That's the smartest thing you've said all day Mihoshi."
Kiyone calls a cab and it arrives in about ten minutes. With a quick round of good byes, the trio starts to leave. Just as they reach the front door, Ryoko yells out, "Hey Kiyone, go easy on Hayato okay? I know that you're glad to see him again, but he's probably really tired and doesn't need you to keep him up all night!"
The two of them stop in their tracks and go a very deep shade of red. Ryoko laughs merrily at her handiwork as they quickly run out of the house. Tenchi gives the pirate a patronizing look. "You know you shouldn't tease them so much."
She shrugs his words off. "Ah what's wrong with having a little fun? Besides, they make it so easy for me." She teleports next to Tenchi and wraps her arms around him. "And so do you," she whispers lustfully into his ear.
Tenchi goes just as red as Hayato and Kiyone were earlier. Everyone in the room laughs at them, even Ayeka.
One by one, everyone else soon goes up to bed. Katsuhito gives his daughter a quick kiss and goes back up to the shrine. Soon, only Achika, Ryoko and Ayeka are left in the living room. Nobuyuki only left when Achika told him that she needed to have a short talk with the two girls and that she'd be up shortly. "I'd like to discuss something with you two young ladies," she begins.
Ayeka readjusts her kimono. "And what would that be Lady Achika?"
"My son," she quickly replies.
Ryoko's eyes go wide. "Tenchi?"
Achika smiles warmly at the two of them. "Yes. From what Lady Washu and my nephew told me, both of you have very deep feelings for him."
Ryoko and Ayeka cast nervous glances to each other then back to Tenchi's mother. They are about to say something when Achika starts to laugh. They both let out sighs of relief.
"You don't need to explain anything to me. Tenchi has a sweetness and innocence in him that his father had at the same age. That's what I fell in love with when I first met him, he was so irresistibly cute and naive. I daresay that's one of the reasons you two fell in love with him for?"
Both girls nod their heads yes. Achika giggles slightly, and Ryoko and Ayeka soon follow. Achika looks the two of them over. "So my little Tenchi has some admirers, but does he have any feelings for either of you?"
"Yes," both women quickly answer.
Achika looks slightly taken back. "He told you two how he feels for you?"
"Well yes and no," Ayeka responds while frowning.
Achika looked confused, so the princess and the pirate explain about what they heard him say nearly a week ago.
Unbeknownst to any of them, Tenchi is listening in on their entire conversation. His eyes narrow as he heard the girls admit that they had heard what Tenchi had said to them when he thought that they were asleep. Tenchi whispers to himself, "Those two little sneaks! I should've known better than to say that when they were around!"
Meanwhile downstairs, all three women are rather giggly. Achika suddenly stops laughing, a mischievous grin forms on her face. "I just thought of a way to get my son to admit his feelings to you two."
Both of them are looking excited. "Really?" asks Ryoko
"How?" Ayeka adds.
Achika leans in and starts to whisper to the two of them. Pretty soon all three of them are in a plot to get Tenchi to confess his feelings for the two girls.
Tenchi backs up from his hiding spot and slowly goes into his bedroom. He groans lightly. "Oh boy. I can handle Ryoko and Ayeka, but my mom is going to be tough. She knows me very well and could find a way to surprise me. I'm in trouble."
It is that troublesome thought plus the knowing that his mother is back that flows through Tenchi's mind as he drifts off to sleep.
Fade out.
To be continued...
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Author's notes: This was a very informative and heart-felt story. Lady Achika is now a permanent addition to the cast in my fics. Soon, you will see how powerful she can be when Ryoko's archrival and Ryo-Ohki's boyfriend return!
Some of you might not like the idea of me bringing her back, but I've always wanted to have her as a character and I saw this as an opportunity.
Questions or comments? E-mail me at: lighthawkdemon@yahoo.com
Next episode: No Need for Bounty Hunters!
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Disclaimer: This episode of Tenchi Universe is of my own creation as well as the character Hayato. 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 Universe, Tenchi Muyo in Love and Tenchi Forever.
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The More Things Change...
Episode 8:
No Need for Mothers!
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Fade in: Masaki Residence, late into that very same evening. Tenchi is lying in his bed with his arms behind his head, his heart filled with a joy he hasn't felt in many years. He starts to smile as his mind goes over the events that took place a few hours ago:
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Hayato and Washu just come out of her lab after spending nearly a week in there absorbed in research. They just reveal what they had been doing in there all that time: bringing back Tenchi's mother, Lady Achika.
All three Masaki men suddenly shout. "Achika!" comes from both Nobuyuki and Katsuhito while Tenchi cries out, "Mom!"
The three of them run up to Achika and embrace her lovingly. She gladly returns the hug. "Oh, you do not know how much I've missed you three. Oh Tenchi, you've grown so much!"
They all hold on for several more emotional minutes. All of them, even Katsuhito, are crying very hard. After they let go of each other, there is not a dry eye in the house. Tenchi wipes his eyes and looks to his cousin and Washu. "How...how did you do this?" he sputters out.
Washu speaks up, her eyes shining very brightly as she speaks. "Actually, all of this was your cousin's idea. I just helped him"
Everyone looks at Hayato, who is still drying his eyes. "Well for the last few months, I've been having strange visions in my dreams where I would be all by myself in the middle of a forest, chasing a strange figure that was glowing."
"Hey!" Tenchi cuts in, "I had the same dream nearly a week ago on that night we went to the movies!"
Hayato looks over to his cousin and smiles. "Yeah, I had been going through an extreme amount of emotions that night when I stayed over at Kiyone's when I had a very personal conversation with her. I think somehow that my dreams had been pushed into your mind. I believe it is because of the similarities of our powers."
He stops for a moment to clear his throat. "Any way, the dreams were becoming clearer and more frequent as time went on. I had the suspicion that they were a premonition of the future; I've had a couple before. I had been thinking a lot about the dreams and had guessed that the woman that was in the dreams was someone I knew, and by the way that she was glowing meant that she might be dying or passed on."
"That was quite a bit of good logic," Washu states in her superior voice. "I was quite impressed on his thoughts."
"Okay so what happened then?" Nobuyuki asks.
Hayato scratches the back of his head. "Well, I was here just relaxing on the couch and watching some television when it started to mess up and flipped through channels all by itself. It stopped on the news, which was doing a piece on human cloning. It seemed to be another premonition. I suddenly put two and two together and bolted into Washu's lab."
Ryoko jumps up, catching everybody by surprise. "So that's why you ran into her lab!"
Hayato chuckles lightly. "Yeah Ryoko, that's why I did it. So I had Washu analyze my dreams for me. She told me that she had done the same for Tenchi a day earlier, but hadn't come to any conclusions. Since I had been the originator of the dreams, we were able to do more with them and find out who the person was."
Washu takes a step forward. "The scanners and examinations pinpointed that it was a very high probability that Lady Achika was the woman in the dreams. We then put our superior intellects together to come up with a conclusion: to bring her back to life."
Everyone in the room is hanging on every single word they each spoke. The little genius is clearly enjoying every minute of it. "The first thing we needed were some samples from Lady Achika: blood, hair, tissue, mind data, the basics. I used my time machine that you all used to go back in time to fight Kain to transport Hayato back several years just before Lady Achika passed on. While she was sleeping, he collected the samples with several of my devices. That was the easy part."
Ayeka cocks an eyebrow at her. "What do you mean the easy part?
Hayato decides to say a part. "Well Miss Ayeka, we had all the basic things needed to create an exact clone of Aunt Achika, including the machine to clone her, Washu made one easily. The only thing we needed was also the most important piece, Jurai power."
"When Lady Achika fought and destroyed Kain," Washu continues, "she used up all her Jurai power, which unfortunately shortened her life and caused her to pass away so early in her life. At first we thought that all of our work had been for nothing because without her Jurai power, she wouldn't live very long. Both Lord Tenchi and Katsuhito have Jurai power, but the amount needed to bring her back would kill both of them. We had almost given up."
By now Hayato is smiling. "And then I remembered about Miss Ayeka and grandpa commenting on how my powers were similar to that of Jurai's, and since I hadn't been born with them, I could give some up and not be harmed in any way."
Ayeka's eyes go wide with understanding. "Oh my, you were willing to give up some your powers?"
"If it meant for Aunt Achika to live once again, I would have given her all of it and more."
Achika beams over at her nephew, as does everyone else. Nobuyuki rubs Hayato's shoulder.
"So we worked on removing some of Hayato's power and converting it slightly to be more like Jurai's. That took us a few days of nonstop working to accomplish. We were now ready to bring her back. After a day of the cloning process, we had finally brought her back to life early this morning. We aged her a few years to cover the ones she missed. She woke up..."
Hayato cuts in, "And we spent the rest of the day examining her and filling her in on everything that has happened since her passing."
Washu is now smiling as well. "All the tests are positive, the power transfer worked, and she will now live a long, healthy life with her family. She is Lady Achika."
Everybody stands still for a few moments, letting their minds process what they have just heard. Tenchi finally speaks up, fresh tears in his eyes. "You two...I...I can't thank you two enough."
He runs up to Hayato and Washu and wrapped them both in a large hug. Nobuyuki, Katsuhito and Achika also join the hug. Once again, there is not a dry eye in the room. Achika speaks up softly through the hug, "I want all of you to know that I will be here always, nothing will tear us apart again, I promise."
A few minutes later, they pull apart. Tenchi sniffs and wipes his eyes. "Well Mom..." he stops and chuckles, "wow it feels so good to say that again! Even though you know who everybody is, you've never met any of them, so I'd like to introduce everyone to you."
And so Tenchi goes about the room with the introductions. Achika greets everyone formally and politely, but gives Ayeka and Ryoko each a small hug. When she does, she quickly whispers into each of their ears, "I'd like to talk with you a little later, okay?"
Both women are a little surprised at first, but agree to the talk.
Everyone soon sits down around each other and are in a deep conversation about the days activities, Tenchi and Nobuyuki are each sitting on Achika's side, while Katsuhito is standing directly behind her. They are all back to being a family again, plus one member.
Sasami goes into the kitchen and starts to make a spectacular dinner. Soon, they are all squeezed around the table and eating and chatting merrily.
As dinner ends, everybody does their part to clean the table and help with the dishes. Everyone is looking very tired due to the day's surprises and actions, but Washu and Hayato look like a couple of zombies, having not gotten any rest in days. Tenchi looks the two of them over. "You two should get some well-earned rest, you really deserve it."
Washu stretches and yawns loudly. "Yeah, you're right, goodnight everybody." With that, the little genius goes back into her lab.
Hayato is about to say something, but Kiyone interrupts him. "Hayato, you can sleep over at our place, I think that this house might be a little crowded tonight."
"Yeah," Mihoshi chimes in, "we could have a really fun sleep over!"
Kiyone slaps her head. "Mihoshi, you just don't get it do you?"
The blonde tilts her head to the side. "Get what?"
Everyone around the table except for Mihoshi sweatdrop. Kiyone starts to shake in anger. "Never mind."
"Okay! Let's go home now; I'm getting a little tired."
Her partner shakes her heads lightly. "That's the smartest thing you've said all day Mihoshi."
Kiyone calls a cab and it arrives in about ten minutes. With a quick round of good byes, the trio starts to leave. Just as they reach the front door, Ryoko yells out, "Hey Kiyone, go easy on Hayato okay? I know that you're glad to see him again, but he's probably really tired and doesn't need you to keep him up all night!"
The two of them stop in their tracks and go a very deep shade of red. Ryoko laughs merrily at her handiwork as they quickly run out of the house. Tenchi gives the pirate a patronizing look. "You know you shouldn't tease them so much."
She shrugs his words off. "Ah what's wrong with having a little fun? Besides, they make it so easy for me." She teleports next to Tenchi and wraps her arms around him. "And so do you," she whispers lustfully into his ear.
Tenchi goes just as red as Hayato and Kiyone were earlier. Everyone in the room laughs at them, even Ayeka.
One by one, everyone else soon goes up to bed. Katsuhito gives his daughter a quick kiss and goes back up to the shrine. Soon, only Achika, Ryoko and Ayeka are left in the living room. Nobuyuki only left when Achika told him that she needed to have a short talk with the two girls and that she'd be up shortly. "I'd like to discuss something with you two young ladies," she begins.
Ayeka readjusts her kimono. "And what would that be Lady Achika?"
"My son," she quickly replies.
Ryoko's eyes go wide. "Tenchi?"
Achika smiles warmly at the two of them. "Yes. From what Lady Washu and my nephew told me, both of you have very deep feelings for him."
Ryoko and Ayeka cast nervous glances to each other then back to Tenchi's mother. They are about to say something when Achika starts to laugh. They both let out sighs of relief.
"You don't need to explain anything to me. Tenchi has a sweetness and innocence in him that his father had at the same age. That's what I fell in love with when I first met him, he was so irresistibly cute and naive. I daresay that's one of the reasons you two fell in love with him for?"
Both girls nod their heads yes. Achika giggles slightly, and Ryoko and Ayeka soon follow. Achika looks the two of them over. "So my little Tenchi has some admirers, but does he have any feelings for either of you?"
"Yes," both women quickly answer.
Achika looks slightly taken back. "He told you two how he feels for you?"
"Well yes and no," Ayeka responds while frowning.
Achika looked confused, so the princess and the pirate explain about what they heard him say nearly a week ago.
Unbeknownst to any of them, Tenchi is listening in on their entire conversation. His eyes narrow as he heard the girls admit that they had heard what Tenchi had said to them when he thought that they were asleep. Tenchi whispers to himself, "Those two little sneaks! I should've known better than to say that when they were around!"
Meanwhile downstairs, all three women are rather giggly. Achika suddenly stops laughing, a mischievous grin forms on her face. "I just thought of a way to get my son to admit his feelings to you two."
Both of them are looking excited. "Really?" asks Ryoko
"How?" Ayeka adds.
Achika leans in and starts to whisper to the two of them. Pretty soon all three of them are in a plot to get Tenchi to confess his feelings for the two girls.
Tenchi backs up from his hiding spot and slowly goes into his bedroom. He groans lightly. "Oh boy. I can handle Ryoko and Ayeka, but my mom is going to be tough. She knows me very well and could find a way to surprise me. I'm in trouble."
It is that troublesome thought plus the knowing that his mother is back that flows through Tenchi's mind as he drifts off to sleep.
Fade out.
To be continued...
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Author's notes: This was a very informative and heart-felt story. Lady Achika is now a permanent addition to the cast in my fics. Soon, you will see how powerful she can be when Ryoko's archrival and Ryo-Ohki's boyfriend return!
Some of you might not like the idea of me bringing her back, but I've always wanted to have her as a character and I saw this as an opportunity.
Questions or comments? E-mail me at: lighthawkdemon@yahoo.com
Next episode: No Need for Bounty Hunters!