Previously on Supplement DB:
The adventures of time and space took Tenchi and the others to another planet, back to meet Tenchi's mother, and back again to meet a dinosaur. Tenchi distracted the Rex, leaving the others free to dispose of the wizard. Not being able to sense Tenchi anywhere, Aki decided that they should go back home. Poor Tenchi, eaten alive by a ten-ton T-Rex. That can't be the bright spot in anyone's day.
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Supplement DB, Part VIII – Back to the Past
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Back in the present, in front of the Masaki house, several things were going on. One was the door that had appeared from nowhere. It slid open and six people stepped out. The door slid shut again and promptly disappeared.
Washu, Sasami, Ayeka, Aki, Mihoshi and Ryoko just stood and stared at what was in front of them. There were four Tenchi's.
One Tenchi turned around and smiled. He walked up to them.
"Hey, guys," Tenchi greeted. "I'm back."
"How?" Aki asked.
"Neo was kind enough to offer me a lift, so I took it," Tenchi replied.
"What about the dinosaur?" Ayeka asked, tears welling up in her eyes at the sight of her love once again. She, along with Ryoko and the others, had rushed to Tenchi and were hugging him.
"It almost got me, but then I got my powers back. I took off and met Neo a few seconds later. He brought me back. Thanks for ending that distortion field, by the way."
"But what's going on?" Mihoshi asked.
The question was indeed valid, as the other three Tenchi's, all in their God forms, were standing in a small triangle, each with one hand raised up in the middle, palm vertical. A light blue glowing could be seen between their hands.
The surrounding environment was also different. It was fluctuating between what should normally be there and a field. It seemed to be normal twice as long as it was the other. But upon closer inspection, the normal scenery was altering. Heights of trees were different, and different plants appeared and went.
"Space is fractured here," Tenchi explained. "Neo, Futen and Mirai are all trying to stabilise it, and they're all in different times. That's why the space around them is changing. Neo told me all this. It appeared just after I came back."
"But why is there a temporal rift?" Washu asked.
"It's because of us," Tenchi replied. "Us and the wizard combined, our slicing through time disrupted it, causing a rupture there. It's because, when we were slicing, the person who started it wasn't around at the other end to seal the slice. They just sent us off, didn't they? They're trying to fix it, but I don't think it'll work."
"Why not?" Ryoko asked.
"Because they're a part of it," Tenchi replied. "They helped to cause the rift, so they won't be able to completely seal it."
The glow intensified, and the three Gods put forward their other hands, the frown of extreme concentration on each of their faces.
"It's going to give," Neo called to the group. "Get ready to jump!"
Jumping was another term Tenchi had recently acquired. It was what he called his instant translocation. Instantly translocating didn't roll off the tongue like jumping, so Tenchi used this term instead.
"Neo, remember what I said before?" Tenchi called back, stepping towards the struggling deity. "About erasing time? Why don't you all try that?"
"We're too busy," Futen called back. "You have no idea how hard it is to contain this thing."
"It's tearing!" Mirai shouted. Indeed it was. The glow was getting brighter.
Tenchi raised his fingers to his forehead, trying to ignore what he was about to do, at least for the moment. He watched as the glow encompassed the three Gods and advance quickly up to them. The others screamed and leapt for Tenchi. Tenchi concentrated and closed his eyes. He jumped.
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Memories flooded past Tenchi, places, people, objects. The DragonBalls. Ayeka. Home. Ryoko. Saiyan. Sasami. An energy blast. All these things merged together.
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The tiny white dot of light fused into electricity and zapped Tenchi's hands. Tenchi yelped and hugged them to his body.
"Tenchi, are you okay?" Sasami asked, sitting in front of him, leaning forward.
Tenchi blinked a few times, and looked around. He was home, just a short distance from where he had jumped. He looked at Sasami, who was looking at him worriedly.
"I'm, I'm fine, Sasami," Tenchi said. He rubbed his hands on his chest and showed them to the princess. They were now fine, as Tenchi had healed them. "I'm sorry, I must have lost concentration back there."
Aki finished his meditating and stood up. He called to Tenchi.
"Hey, Ten, what're you doing over there?" he asked.
Something was not right. This appeared to be a week ago, but it couldn't be. It was before those little demons came. In fact, just before they came.
"Um, let's go over here," Tenchi said slowly, pointing after an attempt at a tree, the tree they had stood below before, a week ago.
They walked over to the tree.
"So Tenchi, what are you showing Sasami?" Aki asked.
"Um, the Spirit Focus," Tenchi replied half-heartedly.
"I didn't know you called it that as well," Aki said. "Out here on this remote planet. I would have thought you'd come up with your own term for it."
"I do. It's Zero-Point Energy," Tenchi replied, looking round.
"Tenchi, what's with you today?" Aki asked, the concern showing in his voice.
"Oh, um, nothing. Just some déjà vu."
Tenchi was about to say something else, but stopped as he heard a voice.
'Tenchi, do not be alarmed,' the voice echoed. Tenchi looked round, trying to find the source. A faint shimmering image of Neo was standing to his right. Tenchi moved his hand to touch him, but his hand just waved through him.
"What're you doing?" Aki asked. Tenchi just ignored him, listening to the figure.
'Only you can hear me,' the voice continued. 'Don't say anything. Just listen. We three erased the timeline back until when you are now. We've destroyed the wizard too, and the demons, in your time. Only you can remember anything.'
The image faded as a part of Tenchi's memories. Tenchi shook his head and looked at Aki.
"What?" Tenchi asked. "Oh, nothing. I just thought something was there, but there isn't."
"Look, why don't you just lie down?" Aki suggested. "I think that heat yesterday has finally fried your brain."
"Maybe," Tenchi nodded slowly. He walked back over to Sasami and lay down near her on his side, watching her meditate.
"I'm back," Tenchi whispered.
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Later that day, the one-star Wind DragonBall appeared. Tenchi jumped to the mountain where he had found it before, and picked it up. But instead of jumping back home, he waited for a few moments until the next Ball appeared. This time he was ready for it. He jumped, and reappeared inches above liquid magma. He quickly formed a cooling bubble around himself, and drifted over to where the DragonBall was perched, on a small ledge on one side of the volcanic crater. He spotted it almost instantly, as he knew exactly where to look. He managed to touch it with three seconds to spare. He picked it up and jumped home.
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"Check these out, everyone," Tenchi said, barely containing his pride. Now having retrieved the DragonBall he had missed the first time around, he was as happy as anything. Now all he needed was the five-star Light Ball.
"Oh wow!" Sasami said. "You've got two more Balls!"
"That's right," Tenchi replied. He held up the one-star Ball. "This one is the Wind DragonBall, and this one..." Tenchi looked around the newest Ball, looking for the image. He found it. "This one would be the Psyche DragonBall. There are two pointy ovals around the stars in this one, so they must be eyes, the eyes of Psyche."
Tenchi added them to the very fine collection. They were probably the most valuable things ever, able to grant wishes, but Tenchi wasn't going to sell them. He needed the Balls to make his wish and restore his God abilities. For once the magical dragon Shenron had been summoned, and Tenchi once again had his God form, he would finally get around to the important things. Creating everything, for one. Forming life was another, and a separate event, as the three goddesses, the Trinity of Washu, Tokemi and Tsunami, would have to be created. And of course, Tenchi would finally get to finish his documentary about the lives and deaths of Tenchi Masaki.
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Now at the end of Supplement DB:
And that's the end of the saga. Everyone forgets everything, except for Tenchi, and it's just another normal day. Some may wonder what is to be next, so I'll tell you. In the next saga, "Apex AZ (Absolute Zenith)", something is discovered on a remote planet on the outskirts of the galaxy. Something that makes Tenchi so utterly terrified that in this next saga, strong language is actually used. There is a very good reason why Tenchi is so scared, and that's because this new danger threatens to destroy the galaxy. It's not a mad scientist, and it's not a Slider, nor a wizard. It's the Borg.