Disclaimer: Tenchi Muyo and all of the characters in it are property of AIC and Pioneer. I am not making any money off of this fanfic. Please don't sue me because I have nothing to give.
Notes: I decided to try something a little different from what I had originally intended with this fic. I am going to include a complete history of the known universe starting in this chapter. If enough people dislike the way that the story is headed I will resume with my original more down to earth plan.
WARNING: This is stock full of grammar errors and maybe a few spelling ones to. I apologies for it but this thing has just been taking up disk space. The chapter 3 will be better I promise!
THIS IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN...What I mean is that I haven't touched this fic in years and when I wrote this chapter years ago I thought it was a good idea but now that I read through it again I have decided I hate it but I'll post it just to show what was going to happen. I will write a proper chapter 2 too this story shortly, none of this weird bullshit that this chapter turned into...
"As Night Dawns"
Part 2A
By demon891 'Xerou'
Ryoko and Tenchi had told Sasami about Ayeka and how she was going to live. They couldn't describe the happiness that was in her eyes even if they wanted to. Both of them decided to take a walk together to try and spend some time away from it all. Tenchi decided to take her on an old trail that he knew was somewhere around here. It was mostly grown over but that didn't bother them, there was something at the end of the trail that he wanted to show her.
"Tenchi? Where are you taking me," she asked him.
"You'll see, it's just a little bit farther." They turned a corner and in front of their eyes was the most beautiful waterfall that Ryoko had ever seen. Her eyes got wide as she looked out at the scene in front of them
"Its beautiful," Ryoko said laying her head on Tenchi's shoulder.
He nodded. "I used to come here after my mother died, it was very comfortable to be here. Its very peaceful." Ryoko closed her eyes for a quick second and then opened them again noticing a pylon of smoke rising from the trees a few hundred feet from where they were.
"What's that," she said pointing up into the air.
"I don't know, but we should probably go check it out."
She nodded in agreement. They started walking in that direction and could hear the crackling of fire in the distance. As they got closer they were able to see what it was. A large field of debris was spread through the woods. Ryoko fazed into the middle of the field to have a look around. She was not prepared for what she saw next, it caused her to cover her mouth and turn her head away. There were body parts strung everywhere, human body parts. They looked as if they had been torn apart by some wild animal. Tenchi walked up from behind her and also covered his eyes in disgust at what he saw. They both quickly turned away from the wreckage and walked back to the waterfall.
Tenchi looked at Ryoko for a few seconds and then asked. "What do you think happened, back there?"
Ryoko shook her head. "I don't know. I'll contact Washu to see if she can get out here and have a look at it.
Mom? Hey mom ya there? Nothing. Mom!
Ryoko! Where are you? Washu screamed over the link.
I'm…I'm out in the woods with Tenchi, why?
Teleport back to my lab! Now!
But wh…
JUST DO IT!
Ryoko looked at Tenchi and then took his hand. "We have to go." Tenchi didn't have time to ask what was going on. Before he knew it he was standing in Washu's lab. He looked around and saw that everyone was there.
"Alright Washu, whats going on?" Ryoko asked walking over to her mother.
Washu said nothing but hit a button on her holotop and five screens popped up in front of them. Tenchi looked at the screen and saw what looked like his house being torn apart by…
By what looked like the heat that you see coming off of a road on a hot day. It just looked like distorted air.
"Little Washu what is that?" Tenchi asked stunned at what he was seeing.
Washu sighed and looked away from the screen. "They are Baeomoths, huge beetle like creatures from far out in the galaxy. They have the ability to cloak themselves and they can regenerate limbs and other body parts. They reproduce at a rapid rate and build colonies almost like ants. But I don't know how they got here, we are such a long way from their native planet."
"Those are…Those are what killed my parents," they heard a tiny voice from behind them. They turned to see Kashira standing behind them.
"What did you say?" Washu asked softly.
"Those things, they killed my parents," the girl repeated slowly.
Then Ryoko remembered the field of debris, the bodies…could those have been this girls parents. She pushed the image from her mind and then spoke up.
"Washu, me and Tenchi found a field of debris out in the woods that looked like it was pretty torn up, is it possible that they could have come on that ship."
Washu turned to her and nodded. "That is most likely the source. Ryoko I want you to come with me to have a look at the ship."
"Little Washu?" Tenchi looked at her, as she got ready to go.
"Yea Tenchi?"
"H…How is Ayeka doing?" he asked.
"She is still unconscious. I expect her to come around in a few hours or so, but we shouldn't be gone very long." He nodded. "I have locked the door and set the security in the lab to high. If you need to reach me use this radio." She handed a small black radio to him. "We'll be back soon."
Ryoko walked up and kissed Tenchi on the lips.
"You be careful," Tenchi told her breaking the kiss.
"Don't worry 'bout me," she said taking Washu's hand as they fazed out to the location where she and Tenchi and found the debris.
"Hey Tenchi!" Tenchi turned around just in time to be taken out by the petite princess. "Thank you for helping Ayeka!" Tenchi got up to his feet.
"Your welcome Sasami, but you really shouldn't be thanking me. It was Washu and Ryoko who did most of the work." She just smiled at him. He looked around for a quick second. Where had Kashira gone?
"Hey Sasami?"
"Yea."
"Did you see where Kashira went?" he asked still looking around the room.
"Who?" she asked puzzled.
"You know, the little girl, Kashira."
Sasami just stared at him not really knowing what to say. He picked up the radio and held it to his lips.
"Hey Washu?" he said into it.
"Yes Tenchi, is anything wrong?" came through a second later.
"The little girl…Kashira she, she is gone," he said through the radio.
There was a pause and then Washu's voice came back over the radio. "Uhh Tenchi, what little girl are you talking about?"
Tenchi was shocked at what he was hearing. Could they really not remember her, they must be messing with his head.
"Ryoko are you there? You must remember her, please tell me you remember her!" Tenchi asked her desperately.
Washu handed Ryoko the radio. "Tenchi, I don't remember any girl. You must have been dreaming or something."
Tenchi couldn't believe this. But before he could think about it anymore he heard loud alarms and flashing red lights coming from the walls of Washu's lab. "Washu!"
"Yea I hear it, were on our way back now," the radio was cut off. Then a few seconds later Washu and Ryoko appeared in the lab.
"What's going on Little Washu?" Sasami asked.
"A Baeomoth has made it into the lab," she pressed a key on her holotop which started a search to find it. "Its in section-4. Computer activate auto-defense in section-4!" she yelled. They all waited in suspense for the alarms to end. A few moments later they did end signaling to them that the threat was clear. Everyone gave a sigh of relief.
"How did that get in here Washu?" Tenchi asked her.
"Uhh…that's the back door to the lab, kinda forgot to lock it…" she trailed off.
They just looked at her. "Washu, where exactly does this back door lead to?" Ryoko asked.
"Why right into your cave Ryoko," she said smiling.
"Whatever," Ryoko mumbled. Ryoko saw Tenchi walking around the lab as if he was looking for something.
"Tenchi? What are you looking for?" she asked. He turned around and looked at her.
"Nothing I guess…" he replied. He walked back over to the group.
"Hey Washu?" Tenchi turned toward the diminutive scientist.
"Yea Tenchi?" she asked while typing on her holotop.
"Where are my dad, grandpa and Mihoshi?"
Washu jumped up from her floating pillows and shook her head around. "Oh no! Where did they run off to! If that bimbo breaks anything…your dad and grandpa are gonna get it!" Washu sat back down and quickly typed a few more keys on her holotop trying to locate them before it was to late. "There they are! Block 17 section-14! How did they get all the way out there?" everyone stared at Washu. "Well what are you standing around for comon let's go." She took the lead as they ran down what seemed like endless halls. As they ran they started to see some signs of destruction. There was an odd green liquid all over the walls and some of them seemed to be eaten away. Tenchi's best guess is that it is acidic. Washu held a small device in her hand that showed the exact location of Noboyuki, Yosho and Mihoshi.
"They're just ahead!" Washu yelled. They saw the three of them standing in a corner. Yosho had his bokken out and Mihoshi was hiding behind him with her blaster out. Noboyuki was standing in the very back crouched down in a little ball.
"Grandfather!" Tenchi yelled out running towards them.
"Tenchi! Look out!" he screamed. Tenchi stopped where he was and looked around trying to figure out what he was talking about. He heard something coming towards him but couldn't see it.
"AIIIEEE," Yosho lashed out at whatever it was. The bokken had broken on contact but whatever he hit collapsed onto the ground. The cloak was taken away from it and reveled a Baeomoth. A black blood poured from the wound that Yosho had given to it. Smoke then rose from the wound, the blackest smoke any of them had ever seen. Sweat was running down Yosho's face as he picked up the shattered pieces of his bokken. "Its finally happening…" he said softly.
Tenchi looked at him with a puzzled look on his face. "What's happening grandfather?"
The old man lost all the tenseness in voice. "It's nothing very important, don't worry about it. I can deal with it." He turned to Washu. "I need to go back to the shrine to retrieve something. Can you grant me access Washu?"
She shared him a long stare and nodded. She brought up her holotop from the floor and typed a few keys opening a portal. She turned to look at him.
"You can't stay long, I need to seal off this place until I can figure out what to do."
He nodded and walked through the portal. He stepped in to the familiar setting of his temple quarters. And there it was…
Sitting on a table was a book. A book with a black cover and words engraved I gold on the front. They read
'Echt VeLlanét' in ancient Jurian this means 'The Voice' or 'The Speak'
Notes: Well that was pretty short wasn't it? I'm going to write the entire Echt VeLlanét, its going to be huge and I mean huge. If enough people discourage me from doing it I may continue with my original story line. I know that this chapter is probably full of grammatical errors and stuff and I'm sorry for not taking the time to make chapter as great as it could be but I'm not in Tenchi mode right now…sigh Okay now I get to promote some things. If you write Love Hina fanfics go to