Forgetting Someone?
Ryoko awoke in a cold dark place; she could smell smoke somewhere off in the distance of where she was sitting. Her cat-like eyes searched her surroundings; it was too dark to tell where she was. There was one thing she knew for certain-she wasn't on Earth anymore...
"Looks like our guest has finally awaken..." cooed a soft voice ahead of where the ex-space pirate was. Lights flickered on; which blinded Ryoko for a moment; to reveal the interior of a space ship. "I bet you remember this place Ryoko..."
I'm on Eriko's ship!! That bitch kidnapped me! Narrowing her eyes, she watched as Eriko got up from her seat at the control area of the ship and walked smugly over to Ryoko. Why hasn't she killed me yet...? Ryoko remained still trying to conserve her energy to attack Eriko as she stood above Ryoko with a pleased expression.
Eriko was in her true form this time, her jet black hair caressed her shoulders as she laughed at the sight of Ryoko on the floor below her. "Oh how the mighty have fallen," her emerald eyes shined in the ship's lights, "Enjoy the trip?"
Grinding her teeth, Ryoko kept her mouth shut but glared at Eriko throughout the entire conversation. What does she want with Tenchi? That was the only thought running through her mind right then; deep down she hoped that he was safe on Earth.
"Ooohh, a little testy this morning are we? You didn't struggle when my brother took you here...oops! Silly me, you were too busy crying over Tenchi leaving you to notice him..." Eriko's voice was mocking as she pointed to the other seat at the controls, "You remember my dear brother Puck..." Her brother did not glance over at them; he kept his eyes straight ahead on the computerized screen.
You did not just mock me...Ryoko's hands clenched tightly into fists, "What do you want with Tenchi?" she demanded harshly.
"Revenge..." she whispered proudly, "On you..."
In a heat rage, Ryoko jumped up from the floor without a second thought and charged at Eriko with her energy sword in her hands, "YOU BITCH! LEAVE TENCHI OUT OF THIS!!" The end of her energy sword was inching towards Eriko's forehead; Ryoko's enemy would never have enough time to move out of the way.
A second later, Ryoko surprisingly found herself pinned to one of the ship's walls by a powerful arm that was across her throat. Cold steel-colored eyes pierced hers, they belonged to Puck. As Ryoko struggled to be freed, Puck pressed harder down on her throat until she finally gave up on attacking his sister. Bastard...Ryoko thought sourly as Puck continued to hold her against the wall as his sister laughed smoothly.
Puck would never appear to be very strong; he appeared as frail and lean as Tenchi was. His eyes were emotionless; hardened by the cruel deeds he was made to do by his older sister. Silver hair hid the rest of his forehead, while the dark shadows hid the rest of his face. Eriko's brother was very young, even a few years younger than Ryoko.
"You know why I am doing this to you Ryoko?" Eriko cooed as she strolled over to her brother's side with a pleasant appearance.
Ryoko tried to move swiftly but Puck was prepared for it and held her back once again; frustrated with the fact of being at a disadvantage, Ryoko let a long sigh out. "Because I almost killed you...?" she wasn't very sure with what reason Eriko could possibly hate her for.
"No..." she snapped back sharply, "It's because you stole all of my treasure and destroyed half of my ship, leaving me right next to a fleet of Galaxy Police ships! THAT IS WHY RYOKO!!" Inching herself closer, Eriko got right up into Ryoko's personal space, "You spent all of my treasure on DRINKS!!"
Spoken like a true space pirate, Ryoko sighed mentally to herself. Ryoko had done all of those things to Eriko before she had been captured by Tenchi's grandfather, Yosho. "And you're taking Tenchi to get revenge on me for that?!" the ex-space pirate laughed loudly at Eriko.
Eriko smirked, "Well he is the only valuable thing to you, and I valued my old ship and treasure more than anything else. I think it's only fair...Plus if I have your Tenchi wrapped around my little finger-I can control you in any way I want."
"Like I'd work for you! I'd rather die than-" Ryoko started to yell out in anger.
Eriko's emerald eyes darkened, "If you don't do what I tell you...I'll slice Tenchi's throat open in the middle of the night-he would never expect Lily to do that to him."
The struggling stopped, "What do you want me to do?" Ryoko grumbled under her breath in a very pissed tone.
Snapping her fingers, Puck moved his arm away from Ryoko's throat and went back to his seat at the controls. "You're going to get my treasure back for me...every single last piece of it! If you can do that in a month, I'll give your Tenchi back and my brother and I will never return to Earth ever again."
Glaring, Ryoko replied in a low voice, "Why do I have the worst feeling that I'm the one who got the short stick out of the bargain?" This is very bad...she placed her hand around her neck and rubbed it tenderly as Eriko turned away from her gleefully. Ryoko leaned against the wall she had pinned against and was on the verge of tears. Tenchi...Why couldn't you believe me?! I wouldn't be in this mess if you had...Lowering her head; Ryoko closed her eyes to hold back the oncoming tears.
"Make sure our guest doesn't try anything funny, dear brother..." Eriko ordered roughly as she faded away from view, after changing into her "Lily" form first.
There was a cough coming from the front of the ship, Puck got up from the control area once his sister had been successfully transported to Earth. In his hand was a small mechanical device; Ryoko glanced up to see him pointing it at her. "Sorry about this..." Puck whispered as he pressed the green button on the machine.
Instantly, Ryoko fell to the floor of the ship paralyzed and nearly knocked out from a shock wave the mechanical device produce. Pocketing the device, Puck easily picked Ryoko up from the ground, carrying her to the ship's cell. Carefully, he laid her on the small bed and without looking at her twice; he left the cell and set the force shield up. All alone in the completely silent ship, Puck resumed controlling the ship as he waited for his sister's signal for him to leave the galaxy.
Lying on the uncomfortable bed, Ryoko swore mentally that she would kill the both of them once she was un-paralyzed and free from her cell. Ryoko felt even more light-headed as she laid there; she wanted Tenchi or at least someone to come and rescue her from this place. I need you Tenchi...The last thought that Ryoko could remember was Tenchi holding her hand that night in Tokyo just before she fell fully unconscious.
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"WASHU!!" Tenchi bellowed at the top of his lungs, the little black box she had given him had transported him to the top of a fifty-foot tall tree. "Just wait until I get my hands on her!! WASHU!!" he continued to scream for help as Ryo-oki tried to get away from Tenchi's tight gripping hands."MEOW!!" Ryo-oki hissed at Tenchi as she clawed at his face to get away.
Screaming in pain, Tenchi lost his balance at the top of the tree and fell down towards the ground. After hitting every possible tree branch with his face, Tenchi rubbed his butt and nose at the bottom of the tree. As he got up painfully, Washu's little black transporting box fell on top of Tenchi's head with Ryo-oki following it. In frustration, Tenchi bellowed out some swear words as he stomped all the way to the Masaki house with Ryo-oki and the black box in his bruised arms.
Ayeka was sweeping up Washu's broken coffee cup when Tenchi came bursting into the house covered with bruises, mud, sticks, and pine needles. "Where is Washu?!" Tenchi demanded from Ayeka with a dark look in his eyes.
"Lord Tenchi? Why are you back so soon? Why do you smell like bird sh-"
Just then Washu walked into the kitchen with a semi-pleased look on her face, "I see that I still have a few glitches with my transporter box..." she gave Tenchi a cheesy grin as he glared at her darkly.
"A few? Washu, it transported me to the top of a hundred-foot tall pine tree! And I had to get down from there the hard way too!!" Tenchi yelled at the mad scientist.
Sasami came wandering into the kitchen when she heard all of the yelling, "Tenchi you're back!!" she ran over and gave him tight hug. "You decided to come back, Tenchi?" the Jurai Princess asked him with big green eyes.
Forgetting that he was angry at Washu, he shook his head sadly at Sasami, "I wanted to return Ryo-oki to you, Sasami."
Jumping from his arms, Ryo-oki landed in Sasami's arms with a gleeful expression, "Meow!" Ryo-oki purred at her second master and rubbed up against her affectionately.
"So you didn't miss us, Tenchi?" Sasami appeared to be hurt when she realized that Tenchi wasn't going to stay home after all.
"No-no!" Tenchi began to say in his defense, but then noticed the mess in the house. "What happened here?" his mouth hung open as he noticed dust everywhere in the house, pictures tipped on the wrong side, and broken dishes on the floor.
Ayeka placed the broom against the dinning table, "Washu's computer was being hacked this morning, right after you left, Lord Tenchi."
Nodding, Washu placed her arms behind her head, "But I showed those hackers! They didn't get one piece of information at all!" she winked to Tenchi.
He sighed with relief, "I was just hoping that it wasn't Ryoko who made this terrible mess..." Tenchi noticed the girls' expressions change into sullen glares.
"We haven't seen her since..." Sasami started with a sad sigh.
Tenchi nodded, "She'll come back...don't worry Sasami," he patted the princess on top of the head. Glancing over to Washu, he handed her the black transportation box, "Can you send me back to my car?"
"Of course! It's very simple, all you have to do is press this little 'back' button and-" as Washu flipped the black box over and over and over again, she coughed to hide her red cheeks. "Oops! I forgot to put that button on there, silly Washu!" Coughing again, she glided across the floor in her socks to her room to add the missing button.
"And sometimes I wonder how she remains all in one piece," Ayeka muttered under her breath as she picked her broom back up to finish sweeping up the broken glass.
Mihoshi came down the stairs, "Tenchi! You're back!!" she ran over and gave him a tight hug. "Has it been three weeks already?! It feels like I just saw you leave this morning!!" she smiled her ditzy blonde smile.
"It was only just this morning Mihoshi," Ayeka hissed as she swept even harder across the wooden floor to contain her anger.
"Oh!" Mihoshi let go of Tenchi, "Then why are you back so early then, Tenchi?" just as he was about to answer her, Mihoshi found something shiny on the dinning table and turned her attention to it.
Rubbing the back of his neck, Tenchi grumbled "It's a long story" as Mihoshi played with the shiny object in her dark-colored hands.
After spending twenty minutes playing with the black teleportation box, Washu finally added the "return button" that she had forgotten to add. Just as she closed her room door behind her, her computer began beeping and flashing images of a space craft leaving Earth's orbit. Another imaged came onto the computer, showing that Ryoko could no longer be reached and that Washu's computer could not track her any more.
Pressing the blue back button, Tenchi was immediately teleported back to the inside of his blue car. Tenchi checked the back seat to make sure no more alien beings would try and surprise him, and then started the car and continued on his way to Tokyo; never knowing that Ryoko would be gone forever...