Hey. I'm back from Korea. I wish I could have stayed longer, with the girls and everything, but then I couldn't update this fic. Anyway, another chapter means another wish. Be forewarned, the chapter's beginning isn't that great, but it's all worth it for the end of the chapter.
Tenchi found himself in an internet café with Ryoko typing away on the PC in front of him. "Hello again, Tenchi. You're using your wishes pretty quickly. You do know that there's no expiration on them?" she said.
"I know that, but every time I make a wish, something goes wrong. And this time, I almost got mobbed by the press. I mean…" Tenchi said but Ryoko interrupted him.
"Look at that TV over there." She said as Tenchi looked up at the screen. A reporter said the top story today: Famed singer Takanori Nishikawa was found half-unconscious when press members wished to ask him about scandal rumors. As it turns out, there was an imposter who drugged him with chloroform for two days and he woke up against his couch. Authorities are looking for the imposter using what little description they have. In other news…
Tenchi stopped paying attention as Ryoko was ready to give him another idea. "Hey, Ryoko, I know that so far your advice for wishes has been crap, but I have no idea now. I'm a little shocked that now I'm wanted for drug trafficking, property damage, grand theft auto, AND being an imposter of a celebrity. I have not a clue anymore." He said.
"Fine. I found a fun idea while I was searching online and I found the perfect thing for you." Ryoko replied turning her monitor around so Tenchi could see. He saw an article with a picture above it of a small group of scientists in lab coats. "These are some of the world's greatest scientific minds. They're working on a way to cure liver cancer or something. I didn't really understand. But their scientific ability is nearly limitless in variety."
"And what is that to me?" Tenchi asked.
"Ayeka is going to see these guys at a press meeting. You could be there." Ryoko replied.
"Oh, and how is that a wish?" Tenchi asked without any hope.
"I mean I can make you one of those scientists. You'll still get to be yourself and you'll get near enough to Ayeka. All you need to do is wish it." Ryoko said.
"Alright then, let's do it!" Tenchi replied.
Tenchi found himself in a lab wearing a lab coat. Members of the press were in front of him. Next to him were his now "fellow" scientists. A woman with strange hair was answering every question with the utmost precision. Tenchi and the other scientists were almost unnoticed. Tenchi saw Ryoko in the corner of the crowd, so he quickly dodged out of the way over to her. "How is this supposed to impress Ayeka? It doesn't look like she's even here." Tenchi whispered.
"She's back behind these marauders. She was invited here." Ryoko said pointing roughly as to where Ayeka was.
"But why would she be at a place like this?" Tenchi asked.
"Well, she was invited because she has friends in high places. Didn't you know that she was rich and had connections with…" Ryoko began saying.
"What! She's rich and famous? Since when? That dashes most of my chances." Tenchi ranted, being careful to keep himself under control.( Although it didn't matter because not only was nobody listening, they didn't even notice him from how fast the questions were flying)
Soon enough, the crowd and Tenchi had calmed down. The crowd began breaking up as Ayeka came into view. Tenchi saw his chance and approached her. He introduced himself, "Hello, Ayeka. Remember me?"
"Tenchi? Wow, I don't believe it. You've been working here in reality. And to think, I once thought you were just a simple office errand boy. But I stopped thinking that long ago." Ayeka replied.
"Well, now you see me here. But there was a reason I was doing that job on the side." Tenchi said.
"And what would that be?" Ayeka asked.
"Well, to be close to you." Tenchi said as feelings flowed through him. But he was soon broken by a girl walking up to him in a lab coat.
"Hey, leave the fraternization for later. You have your single shift with me tonight." The girl said.
"Who are you? Is your father one of the scientists? And why is a twelve year old wearing a lab coat?" Tenchi asked.
"Is my father… how dare you! I'm the leader of this operation you ungrateful vagrant. I am Washu, the greatest mind in the universe! Hahahaha!" Washu chanted as wooden chibi figures popped up on her shoulders chanting, "Washu, you are a genius! Washu you are the greatest!"
"But you're only twelve. How can you be…" Tenchi asked.
"You think I'm twelve? I happen to be fifteen hun… 15 years old. And I'm a whole lot smarter then you. Now, as I was saying, you and I are working the night shift tonight. So let's go. Breaks over and the public is leaving." She said as she began dragging Tenchi away from Ayeka.
"Well, see you Tenchi." Ayeka said leaving as Tenchi felt as if she had slipped through his fingers. He began working into the night with Washu. He couldn't stop thinking that he had basically wasted another wish by doing things his way. His last wishes were. In one way or another, more successful. But then he remembered that he still had a chance to work this wish with romance. He was so straight-forward the last times, and now he might have a chance. But his hopes were to, yet again, be dashed.
"Well, did you think I would just let you slip into my operation under the radar?" Washu asked under her breath as Tenchi faintly heard her. "You are the perfect one for me then. I realized that you just might have a body strong enough. Yes, I think you might just work."
"Um, Washu, you're scaring me. Who are you then really? And what use am I to you?" Tenchi asked.
"Well now, I am looking for the strongest of bodies. You see, I experiment and push human bodies to their ultimate limits. Strength comprehendible to a bull elephant, speed equivalent of NASCAR, and in some cases, life as long lived to be 110. It worked for me. I look 12, but I am 69. Although, every test is not without it's failures. So, do you want me to make you superhuman?" Washu asked.
"Um, I don't know. What do you plan to do to me?" Tenchi asked, but Washu didn't answer. She simply reached for an assortment of needles and other things that only filled Tenchi with fear as she pulled them from the drawer.
"Great. Then let's start that I need to take two pints of blood and need to inject you with the first drug called ZHX4, but it only has a 35 chance of survival. And then, you have to…" Washu stated.
Tenchi didn't say a word. He could barely think. All he could do was run as fast as he could.
"Wait, you can have a cookie after I take the blood. Crap!" Washu said as the chibis popped up on her shoulder. "Wait Washu, use mecha-kani. Use the ultimate weapon!" they said.
"That's a perfect idea. Summon mecha-kani!" she yelled as her voice rang out. Tenchi stopped and silence fell. His legs were frozen in place as the ground below him began to shake. Erupting from the ground was a metallic giant crab. The walls next to it broke due to it's massive size. It had two huge claws that were used probably for crushing human bones. Washu was standing on top of the mechanical giant. "This is mecha-kani, my ultimate creation. It has the power to incapacitate you and still leave your vitals in tact. You will be an experiment whether you're alive or not, but your body will be intact. I will win!" Washu chanted in amazement of herself.
The giant robot crab chased Tenchi down the hall as he knew that stopping (or still running, for that matter) meant death. I wanted Ayeka to go out with me and now I'm running from a "12" year old on a giant robot crab?
The crab thrust it's claw down with Tenchi just able to jump forward to dodge it. As the crab neared, Tenchi had to make a life or death chance. He pulled his phone out of his pocket, as he had left his lab coat behind to run faster. Another wish down the drain. This wasn't much of a wish, just a mistake.
"That's it! Mecha-kani, take stance." The crab stretched out from either side as the walls were cleared. It turned it's claws forward. "In this stance, mecha-kani will attack you from a forward position. Chance of survival is slim and chance of surviving without permanent incapacitation is none. Attack mecha-kani!" Washu yelled as it began charging toward Tenchi. Tenchi had then hit "666" and pressed send as he disappeared with Washu coming toward him. "What? Where'd he… Wait! Stop mecha-kani! If you run into that wall, we'll…" Washu began yelling, but it was in vain. The pressure blew a kink into mecha-kani, which discharged and exploded. The empty complex was destroyed as Washu lay delusional above the rubble. She had failed and Tenchi was gone.
Sorry I was gone so long, but I hope I made up for it.