Chapter 1: Little Brother?
It seemed like a fairly normal day at the Masaki house. Sasami was busy in the kitchen, making the food for the family. She had changed so much; she was now 16 years of age. She now resembled Tsunami, she wore her hair down in one long bunch and the marking on her forehead was now 2 green dots instead of a triangle. Ryoko lay lounging on one of the ceiling support beams, as Ayeka sat on the couch below watching TV and snacking on rice crackers.
But what was really happening, was within the walls of the separate dimension within the closet, Washu's Lab. Within the lab, Washu was working on an experiment that would change the Masaki house forever.
Out in the fields, however, Tenchi and his daughter Mayuka were busy at work, plowing the fields to plant more carrots for Ryo-Ohki and Sasami. Ryo-Ohki sat not too far away, watching them work while resting in cabbit form. Tenchi stopped working for a moment, wiping his forehead with the back of his gloved hand. He stares up into the sky, looking at the clouds and wishing that they would block out the sun if only for a moment. Mayuka looks up to see her dad looking up at the sun and walks over to him, placing her small hand on his arm.
"Daddy? What's wrong?" asked Mayuka in her childlike voice. It had only been 7 years since Mayuka had been resurrected by Washu after being killed by Yuzuha.
"Oh, it's nothing Mayuka; it's just a little hot out today, isn't it?" Tenchi responded.
"M'Hm" answered Mayuka with a sweet smile and a big nod.
"Let's go back to the house, Sasami should be done with lunch soon, don't you think?" asked Tenchi as he picked up his plow and rested it on his shoulder.
"Yes! Sasami makes the best food, ever!" Mayuka said with a cheer. She turned around and waved at Ryo-Ohki.
"Ryo-Ohki-chan! Let's go, Lunch Tiiiiiiiime!" yelled Mayuka to Ryo-Ohki who replied with a loud mrew then ran off to follow them.
Back at the house, Sasami was preparing the table as Ryoko passed through the ceiling and floated upside down above the table.
"Hey Sasami, is the food ready?" asked the floating Ryoko.
"Almost, please be patient. Oh, and can you get Washu for me? I want her to be on time for lunch today." Replied Sasami as she placed a pot of food onto the table and went to get plates.
"Man…Why do I have to get Washu..?" Ryoko asked herself with a moan, unknown to her, Ayeka was standing in the door way.
"Well, she IS your mother, Ryoko." Said Ayeka mockingly, before laughing.
"Don't make me remind you of YOUR mother, Ayeka. Lady Misaki." Said Ryoko with a laugh. Ayeka didn't have a chance to reply before Ryoko had teleported out of the kitchen and in front of Washu's Lab door. Ryoko moved her hand to open the door, but just as she would grab the knob, the door slammed open and Washu stood in the doorway with a overbearing smirk.
Tenchi, Mayuka and Ryo-Ohki arrive back at the house just at the moment to see Ryoko get slammed in the face by the door and Washu emerge from her lab.
"I've done it!" exclaimed an excited Washu as she ran and jumped onto the couch.
"Done what, little Washu?" asked Tenchi as he took off his shoes and went to sit in a recliner next to the couch.
"Now, If I just told you, it wouldn't be as fun, would it?" asked Washu as she picked up one of the left-over rice crackers and began to chomp on it.
"Please tell me this isn't another one of your crazy experiments that might end up sending us to a planet on the other side of the universe…" said Tenchi with a sigh.
"What do you mean! All of my inventions are safe!" Washu exclaimed.
"If you say so…" said Tenchi. Behind Washu, Ryoko was standing, getting ready to grab Washu and strangle her, until Sasami came in and saw that Mayuka and Tenchi had returned.
"Oh, Tenchi, you and Mayuka are back." Sasami said with a surprise.
"Yea, it was a little hot outside so we decided to come in for lunch." Explained Tenchi.
"Oh, I see. Mayuka, do you want to help me finish setting the table?" Sasami asked.
"Yea!" exclaimed Mayuka before running off to help Sasami. Sasami smiled and saw Ryoko's face, it had a bruise from being hit by the door.
"Ryoko, what happened?" asked Sasami.
"Oh nothing, don't mind me…" said Ryoko as she floated away.
"Ohhh Ryoko, I want you to come to the lab after lunch, this invention involves you" said Washu as Ryoko was floating away.
"No thanks, the farther away I am from your inventions the better" said Ryoko as she began to pass through a wall.
"Such a shame, and the invention was ment for you…" said Washu, trying to spark her interest.
"Cmon Ryoko, it cant be all bad…There weren't any explosions…" said Tenchi
"yea, fine Ill be there…" said Ryoko before completely passing through the wall. Before long, Sasami called everyone into the dining room for dinner. They ate a full course of stews and rice and other recipies that Sasami wanted to try. They chatted after eating before Washu stood and started walking out, oddly, she was carrying a whole plate of food.
"Washu, what are you doing with that food?" asked Ryoko as she phased through the wall and followed Washu. Washu didn't reply, but instead went into the lab. Ryoko followed her, she wanted to see what the food was for. It wasn't long before she knew. Washu went to a room within the lab, inside was a boy with the same color hair and eyes as Ryoko, but his hair was shorter, but still was spikey.
"Washu, what the hell!" asked Ryoko before the boy jumped up and phased through Washu, he had a energy sword in his hand, similar to Ryoko's but his was purple in color. Ryoko was quick to create her own sword and block his.
"Ryosou, stop that!" said Washu before the boy dissipated his sword and walked back to his desk. "You shouldn't shout like that Ryoko, he hasn't fully activated yet."
"Who is he?" asked Ryoko, she examined the boy, he was similar to her, but his stare was empty and he didn't speak.
"To put it simply, he's your little brother." Said Washu.