Howdy y'all! Well this is getting interesting eh? Well.. let's see...seems one of you reviewers wishes to know more about Ryoko's past. Never fear oh trusty reviewer! The answer will come. But... it may be a while heeheehee... I,,, kind of haven't totally figured out that part yet. Umm... let me think here.. I wanted to say something before I continue with this. Thinks.. Oh yes that's right! Umm... I going to warn you right now that character may end up out of character... I'll try not to do it but just in case I'm warning you ahead of time.
Also one more thing. Character in the anime are not umm how do I word this???? Um.. in the same situation type thing? LOL nope that's not it. Well I'll explain it anyway. Okay... things are going to be morphed a bit... Sasami and Ayeka are not sisters and Sasami is not Tsunami either. This is just in case I choose to actually put Sasami in the story. I'm not totally sure yet. Maybe I will. Okay anyway, now that that's done and over with, let's get started.
Disclaimer- I don't own Tenchi Muyo. Yup that's right! You heard correct! I know it's hard to believe isn't it?
Chapter 3- Tenchi's Home
Siren ring throughout the night as Tenchi flees form the Quickie Mart. Panic stricken, he tries to find a place to hide from the police until everything calms down. Lightening strikes and thunder roars as Tenchi runs into a dark alley. He quickly climbs the fence blocking his path. As he jumps over the fence, his pants get caught on the fence making him tumble to the ground.
Ryoko clutches her stomach in laughter. "I could get used to this!" She says aloud. She quickly covers her mouth afraid that he heard her. She feels a sweat drop as she remembers he can't hear her. She smirks, his pants catching on the fence is just the beginning of her fun.
Tenchi quickly gets up groaning in pain. The pavement IS hard. He looks behind him through the fence to make sure he isn't being followed. Taking a deep breath he turns back around and starts sprinting. His clothes and hair stick to his body from the rain and his shoes feel heavy as they splash in the puddles as he runs.
The end of the alley is up ahead where it opens up to a street. Across the street he another dark alley. A single telephone pole stands on the sidewalk, it's light flickering on and off. Tenchi dashes out of the alley and into the light. Screeeech! The car on the road slams on the breaks and skids on the wet road. Tenchi stops and his eyes widen fearfully as the vehicle comes right at him.
Ryoko floats casually behind Tenchi not caring about the car heading towards SHe floats as if she's floating on her back on top of water with her arms crossed under her head. She smirks when she hears the car's breaks, "Tough luck kid. Looks like I saved your ass just so you can die again." She chuckles.
The car just manages to stop in front of Tenchi, and the driver honks their horn at him. "HEY YOU STUPID KID! WATCH WHERE YOU'RE RUNNING!" The driver yells out at him in rage. Tenchi gulps and takes off across the street towards the alley.
"Damn! And here I thought I'd be able to get out of this dump of a planet" Ryoko says to herself as she sighs and follows Tenchi.
"Man I have the worst luck ever!" Tenchi complains to himself as he continues to runaway, his destination, home. "First my friends go wacko on me, then Kent pulls out a gun. Police are after me, and to top things off... I nearly got killed by that car!." Tenchi gives a short laugh.
Ryoko half smirks as she listens to Tenchi, "Believe me kid. You were killed. Besides... If I'm stuck down here too long I'll get bored." Ryoko gives a knowing smile, "And we don't want that." She warns.
Tenchi stops and puts his hands on his knees breathing heavily. His legs and chest burn from all the running he is doing. Good thing he's almost home. "Well I guess I'm not totally unlucky." Tenchi says to himself. "Kent did get hit by a flying shelf."
Tenchi stands up and scratches his head in thought, "That was weird though. I was like some one picked it up and threw it at him. But no one was there, the thing was floating." Tenchi sighs, no use in thinking about events that can't be figured out. Feeling some energy return to him and hearing the distant siren of the police, Tenchi takes off again towards his home.
Ryoko yawns getting tired from sheer boredom. Exactly where is this guy going? Is what Ryoko would like to know. Finally Tenchi stops running in front of a broken down apartment. Ryoko lands on the ground and stairs at the apartment. She crosses her arms behind her head, "Well... isn't this place a dump." She comments.
The apartment is small and dirty. Graffiti is all around the walls and the windows are broken. The place looks as if it will fall down any moment. The apartment stands connected to other ones surrounding the area, each looking the same, right by the street.
Tenchi walks up to his door and takes his apartment key out. Ryoko walks up behind him and waits for him to unlock the door. Tenchi unlocks the door and opens it. He quickly walks in and shuts the door. Ryoko draws back in surprise at having the door slammed in her face. She growls a bit in anger and walks through the door into the apartment. She stops and scans the inside of the apartment. Apparently, not only does the outside look like garbage but the inside looks like shit. Obviously the guy doesn't know what cleaning is.
Soda cans, Chinese take out, and pizza boxes, are all over the entire place. The couch that sits in front of the old TV has pizza boxes and newspapers piled on it. The kitchen looks roach invest and is in need of a serious disinfectant clean up. Or be blown through the wall at least. The rug itself looks like its coated in a layer of grime.
Ryoko sticks her tongue out in disgust and turns her gaze towards Tenchi as he walks over to the couch. "I almost feel sorry for you if you have to live here." She says. Tenchi picks up the garbage up off the couch. He looks around frowns and drops the garbage on the ground. Ryoko rolls her eyes, "Well there a good way to clean up." She says sarcastically.
Tenchi sits down on the dirty brown couch and kits his wet shoes off. Too tired and exhausted to worry about his wet clothing he lays down on the couch and lets out a miserable breath. He throws the small blanket, that was resting on the back of the couch, over his body.
Ryoko floats over to him eyes him curiously, "Gee.. turning in already. Why not go out? Have some fun and run into the police. Believe me... jail cells are a lot better then this dump you call home." Tenchi closes his eyes to try and will himself to sleep. Ryoko sighs forgetting he can't hear her. Tenchi rolls onto his right side so he's facing the back of the couch.
Ryoko sits cross legged in mid air while trying to figure out what to do to pass the time. 'Maybe I should look around this dump.' Ryoko thinks to herself. She turns around and scans the apartment. It IS a really small apartment. Looks like the only rooms it has is the one she's in now and the kitchen. Not counting the single closed door across the room.
Despite the poor living conditions of the rest of the place, she bravely travels where probably no one, in their right mind, traveled before. She sticks her head through the door and looks in the room. It's too dark to see anything. Ryoko reaches next to the wall and flips a switch. Lights immediately illuminate the room revealing a, surprisingly, clean bathroom. Ryoko crosses her arms starring at the bathroom, "Well... at least he keeps THIS clean"
Seeing nothing too great in the bathroom she flips the light switch off and floats back towards the couch. The rain stops outside as the rain clouds pass by. The moonlight shines through the broken windows and into the apartment. Ryoko gazes at the picture frame faced down on the coffee table in front of the couch.
She reaches for it giving into her curiosity. The glass covering the picture is dirty. Ryoko wipes the dirt off of the picture so she can make out what it is. Her eyes stare into the picture. It's a picture of Tenchi probably just five years earlier or less. He's standing next to two older men. One is in looks old enough to be his grandfather while the other looks like his father. All three of them look so happy, smiling at the camera. In the background the area is beautiful with green trees, endless mountains, blue sky, and a sparkling lake.
Why someone would leave a place like that to live where ever she is now is beyond Ryoko. She sits the picture frame down on the table and walks over to the window. She gazes off into the full moon and into the stars. The scowl usually across her face softens as she gazes off into the night. She hears Tenchi coughing, but doesn't turn around, not caring what he is doing.
Tenchi coughs violently and snaps his eyes open. After the cough fit passes he settles back down and rolls over. His eyes settle questioningly at the picture frame standing up. He could of sworn it was faced down on the table the last time he's seen it. 'Must of did that without knowing it.' Tenchi thinks to himself.
Tenchi sighs and sits up, he rest his head on his hands as he stares straight ahead. A slight movement of a shadow catches his eyes. He slowly looks down at the shadow on the floor. An odd shaded shadow it is. It's long and curvy with spikes at the end of it. His eyes travel up the shadow to find the source of it. His eyes widen in surprise as he let's out a startled gasp at seeing a woman standing in front of his window. Her long spiky hair seems to glow in the moonlight.
Ryoko turns around hearing Tenchi gasp. She tilts her head to the side in confusion as Tenchi looks right at her. 'But he can't.' She looks back out the window to see if he might be looking at something out there. Seeing nothing out there she turns her gaze back to Tenchi, 'Or can he?'
Ryoko's eyes narrow mischievously as she smirks, revealing her abnormal sharp fangs. She begins to walk towards Tenchi. With each step she takes he takes one back. 'So he DOES see me.' She thinks to herself.
'Wh-who is she?' Tenchi thinks to himself frightened. He backs up onto a walls and gulps. The woman advancing on him continues walking towards him, "What do you w-w-want?" Tenchi asks, his voice shaking. He doesn't like the look in her eyes. Suddenly the woman disappears as she walks out of the moonlight. Tenchi blinks and looks around in confusion.
Ryoko stops watching Tenchi look around. She waves a hand in front of his face, "Hey! Hey dumbass, I'm right hear!" She says trying to get his attention. It doesn't work.
Tenchi shakes his head in disbelief, "I must be seeing things" he says as he walks over to the bathroom. Ryoko follows him and watches. Tenchi turns the faucet on and cups his hands under the running cold water. "Man, now I'm seeing things. What else is can go wrong with me?" He splashes the cold water on his face snapping him awake. He stares ahead at the mirror in front of him, "Unless it was a... ghost." Tenchi feels a shiver down his back. Then he chuckles uncomfortably, "Good thing ghosts aren't real." He says to himself.
Ryoko chuckles to herself as she get an idea. She smirks "Tsunami said I can't let him know he has a guardian angel. She NEVER mentioned that I can make him believe I'm a ghost." Her golden cat-like eyes glow in mischief.
Tenchi sighed and placed his hands on the side of the faucet and hangs his head, closing his eyes as his listening to the running water. A low sound enters his ears and he opens his eyes. His eyes widen in fear, the knobs on the faucet are moving. Hot water blasts out of the faucet causing steam to come out. Tenchi takes a step back as the letters form on the fogged up mirror.
BOO! Tenchi stumbles back and falls into the bathtub and more words are written on the mirror. HA! HA! HA! Ryoko laughs her head off as Tenchi runs out of the bathroom. Maybe being on Earth for a while won't be as boring after all. Scarring Tenchi is quite entertaining.
Ok everyone That's it for right now. Sorry there isn't more but it's 10:38 P.M. right now and I have a twenty page report due for my shop tomorrow and I only have about half of it done. LOL I hope you liked that though. I had fun writing it that's for sure. Well Review and tell me what you think of it so far. TTNC!