Tenchi Survivor
Day 12
Jose Philipe Mendola
Authors Note: Odd. Still no hits or reviews. Oh well. Events that take place in the fic are entirely factious. Any resemblance to any person living or dead is entirely coincidental. No celebrities have endorsed any aspect of this show. (Is anyone even reading this?)
The sun rose on a clear blue sky. The birds and other such animals were out It was going to be another beautiful day.
Beautiful except that today was Banishment Day.
Ayeka and Ryoko had called off their personal battle last night. For the time anyway. They fell asleep at opposite ends of the camp. When they both woke up, they immediately began sending each other declarations of war and Arms Treaties. The rest of the survivors paid it no heed.
Katsuhito strolled out of the shelter about 20 minutes after Tenchi and Mihoshi did.
Mihoshi had gone ff to collect fresh water and firewood, leaving Tenchi to skin the side of the water for anything edible.
'This is great.' Katsuhito said to the cameraman 'we're so close to the end, the challenges are getting harder, and I'm immune today. Nothing could go wrong.'
Both Ayeka and Ryoko collided, shields and crude wooden spears in hand. It was a good charge and all, just a shame that Katsuhito was their point of contact, veritably Stuck in the middle (No songs please.).
The cameraman scanned over to Tenchi.
He was again munching on some kind of berries while he was scanning the shoreline.
Tenchi stopped to pick something up. Bringing it up to eye level, he examined it.
Katsuhito had crawled out of the brawl just as Tenchi ran back to the camp.
'Check it out guys!' Tenchi proclaimed 'Real food!'
Ayeka and Ryoko stopped in mid scuffle, spears and shields raised, and ran over to where Tenchi to see what he had found.
'What is it boy?' Katsuhito asked as he staunched a gash in his arm.
'I don't know.' Tenchi admitted 'All it says in English is 'Cod'.'
Katsuhito looked over the box. It was made of flimsy composite wood, had a sliding top and was encrusted with white crystal like objects. It was more of a rough film of them.
'What the- Katsuhito said as he scraped some of the flaky white substance off 'Chinese characters.' He stared at the box.
'Grandpa,' Tenchi said 'You can't read Chinese.'
'I know that.' He replied.
'So what exactly are you doing?'
'Waiting form someone to remind me I cant.'
Ryoko reached over and grabbed the box. She scraped off more of the white substance and revealed more Chinese characters.
'What does it say?' The cameraman asked.
'Beats me.' Ryoko replied 'I cant read this either.'
The box continued around the circle of survivors a few times, still no one was able to read it.
Mihoshi stepped out of the jungle and joined the circle.
'What are we looking at?' She asked.
'They're trying to decipher a box that Tenchi found.' Jose said, coming up from behind Mihoshi out of nowhere.
'Ah!' she yelled, just a tad surprised 'Where did you come from?'
The surrounding area went dark, lighting only Jose.
'I am from the dark abyss. A place where only fire and darkness reign supreme. The only power is fear, and the only master is hate. A bleak land that Lim Dul calls his home. A place mortals call-'
The land and surrounding area brighten and return to normal.
'Bridgewater Massachusetts.'
The survivors blinked in confusion.
Mihoshi took the box and looked it over.
'New England Salted Cod in a box. Packaged in Hong Kong.'
The survivors stared at her.
'Is that what it says? Katsuhito asked.
'Oh sure.' Mihoshi replied 'I can read that and a ton of other languages. Greek, Arabic, Chinese, German, Binary Code-'
'Salted Cod?' Tenchi asked, far from impressed 'SALTED COD?'
'Ew.' Ayeka threw in.
'Hand me that box.' Katsuhito said, pointing at it.
Katsuhito waited for a reply, but waited only long enough to realize that she was still babbling on about the languages she knew.
'Say good bye.' Katsuhito said as he kicked the box into the ocean where it, for no explainable reason, exploded.
'What was that all about?' Ayeka demanded 'That could have been lunch!'
'Have you ever HAD salted cod, girl?' Katsuhito asked.
'Well, no.' Ayeka said.
'Imagine the worst thing you can think of.' Ryoko offered.
'That's not hard to do.' Ayeka replied, making prolonged eye contact with her.
'Now multiply it by a million. THAT'S salted cod.'
'Good god!' Jose yelled, drawing the attention of the survivors 'Look what time it is! I have to think of a way to banish one of you!'
Jose ran off to continue on with his evil plot.
'Is it me,' Tenchi started 'Or was it pointless for Jose to show up just now?'
'Well he IS the host.' Ryoko said 'so he DOES think he has to show up on occasion.'
'I vote we go find some real food.' Katsuhito said 'I'm tired of cooking tree bark and feeding it to you guys every night.'
'Is THAT what we've been eating?!' Ayeka Demanded.
'I mean, uh, Skate. Yeah. I'm tired of cooking Skate every night for all of you. Yes, that will do nicely.'
'Ok then.' Tenchi said 'Let's split up and find some fresh food.'
'I'll check the rocks for shell fish.' Ryoko offered.
'I'll I'll go check the coconut grove for- skate.' Katsuhito stammered.
'All right, and I'll go search the interior of the island for a squirrel or something. We'll all meet back here in an hour so we can all eat before Jose gets back. Let's go.'
Ryoko and Katsuhito took off. Tenchi decided to head out, but was rooted to the spot when Ayeka decided to hold him up by the sleeve.
'We need to talk.' Ayeka said to him.
'Uh-oh.' Tenchi said 'is this about the magazines? I, uh, found them under my bedroll. Really.'
'What?' Ayeka asked.
'Um, nothing.' Tenchi said, wiping sweat off his forehead 'What do we need to talk about?'
'Not here.' Ayeka said glancing at the camera 'Come with me.'
They left, taking a path that lead somewhere into the jungle.
The camera focused back on Mihoshi.
'-Spanish, French, Hieroglyphics, Protoss, Dutch-'
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
'Remind me again why we're here.' Tenchi said.
'I've yet to tell you why we're here.' Ayeka replied.
'I meant on the island.'
'That's not what we're here to talk about. 'Ayeka said, turning to face Tenchi.
'So what's the point of the two of us here alone free to talk about anything we want?'
Ayeka stared at Tenchi, far from amused. Tenchi looked back in a state of confusion.
'Oh.' Tenchi said after a few seconds 'Oh-h-h-h.'
Ayeka shook her head.
'You know,' she finally said 'we've been here almost a week. Look at the surroundings. This is practical paradise. What I'm trying to get at is-' Get at what? TELL him what he is to you? TELL him that you love him? He must know. 'I'm sure we have the same feeling for each other, and, well-'
'You think we should stop putting on an act and act on those feelings we have for one another.' Tenchi finished.
Ayeka looked up from her feet. Woah. They MUST be on the same page. Oh crap, this was all going much more smoothly than she expected.
'What I'm really worried about is that one of us wont be here long enough to really get things rolling. I want to be sure we're both on the same level.'
'Trust me,' Tenchi said 'I'm not about to let anything happen to you before we get this sorted out.'
Ayeka took a step closer to Tenchi, almost afraid that he would take a step back. But that was crazy. They both knew how the other felt. Ayeka continued her approach. Tenchi smiled at her as if to assure her that he would not bite or run away.
How long had Tenchi waited for this? Forever. Forever since he saw her step off that space ship she had come in on. And here she was, finally telling him that she loved him. This was great. Nothing could ruin this now.
'Let's go you two.' Jose yelled from the other side of a large tree 'Do that on your own time. Not in front of me.'
'Damn it!' Tenchi mumbled.
'I don't believe this.' Ayeka said, visibly embarrassed.
They began walking down the path that would take them back to the camp, side by side.
Tenchi, surprising himself as much as he did Ayeka, put his arm around her shoulder. Together, they walked back to the camp.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
'OK kids.' Jose said 'I'm really sorry about this, but I'm out of ideas for at the minute for Banishment challenges. See, my mother keeps-'
'Wait a second,' Ryoko interrupted 'no banishment challenge means no banishing?'
'Well it seems so.' Jose admitted.
'This is the greatest day of my life!' Mihoshi cheered.
'Basically, if I don't find a challenge in one minute, I guess that-'
Jose stopped in mid sentence.
'Are you ok Jose?' Katsuhito asked.
Jose turned to look at a large, white house on a hill that the survivors had failed to notice until now. A Neon sign had the words 'No Vacancy' glowing in the window. The 'No' was flickering.
'What's that mother?' Jose asked the house 'No, we cant have that, can we mother? Yes mother.'
Jose turned back to the survivors.
'Change in plans children. Mother says that all the banishment challenge will be is to take a shower in the house.'
The survivors looked quizzically at one another.
'You' Jose said, pointing at Ayeka 'you first.'
'What? Um, ok.' She said, following Jose up the path to the house.
'The rest of you.' Jose said as he turned around 'Wait here. This wont take long.
Jose and Ayeka headed up toward the house
. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
It did not take too long for Jose to show up again, one person short.
'Mother says the banishment is decided. Ayeka is gone.'
'Gone?' Tenchi said 'what do you mean? She left?'
'in a way.' Jose replied 'the important thing is the bathroom was cleaned. Now, let us all forget about this and go to sleep. I'll see you in the morning.'
'But I don't-' Tenchi started.
'Let it go.' Ryoko said, latching onto Tenchi's back 'The important thing is she's gone.'
'Good night mother.' Jose said as he walked down the path that led to his cabin.
'Well that was a strange turn of events.' Katsuhito. 'A shame really. I like d that girl.'
'Good thing I bathe in the river.' Mihoshi added.
Tenchi looked back to where the house once was. There was now nothing.
Tenchi went to sleep that night telling himself that Ayeka was somewhere safe and in good health.
Yeah, right.
Ayeka is banished! (Bonus points if you can tell me what movie this was ripped off from!)
End of day 12
Day 12
Jose Philipe Mendola
Authors Note: Odd. Still no hits or reviews. Oh well. Events that take place in the fic are entirely factious. Any resemblance to any person living or dead is entirely coincidental. No celebrities have endorsed any aspect of this show. (Is anyone even reading this?)
The sun rose on a clear blue sky. The birds and other such animals were out It was going to be another beautiful day.
Beautiful except that today was Banishment Day.
Ayeka and Ryoko had called off their personal battle last night. For the time anyway. They fell asleep at opposite ends of the camp. When they both woke up, they immediately began sending each other declarations of war and Arms Treaties. The rest of the survivors paid it no heed.
Katsuhito strolled out of the shelter about 20 minutes after Tenchi and Mihoshi did.
Mihoshi had gone ff to collect fresh water and firewood, leaving Tenchi to skin the side of the water for anything edible.
'This is great.' Katsuhito said to the cameraman 'we're so close to the end, the challenges are getting harder, and I'm immune today. Nothing could go wrong.'
Both Ayeka and Ryoko collided, shields and crude wooden spears in hand. It was a good charge and all, just a shame that Katsuhito was their point of contact, veritably Stuck in the middle (No songs please.).
The cameraman scanned over to Tenchi.
He was again munching on some kind of berries while he was scanning the shoreline.
Tenchi stopped to pick something up. Bringing it up to eye level, he examined it.
Katsuhito had crawled out of the brawl just as Tenchi ran back to the camp.
'Check it out guys!' Tenchi proclaimed 'Real food!'
Ayeka and Ryoko stopped in mid scuffle, spears and shields raised, and ran over to where Tenchi to see what he had found.
'What is it boy?' Katsuhito asked as he staunched a gash in his arm.
'I don't know.' Tenchi admitted 'All it says in English is 'Cod'.'
Katsuhito looked over the box. It was made of flimsy composite wood, had a sliding top and was encrusted with white crystal like objects. It was more of a rough film of them.
'What the- Katsuhito said as he scraped some of the flaky white substance off 'Chinese characters.' He stared at the box.
'Grandpa,' Tenchi said 'You can't read Chinese.'
'I know that.' He replied.
'So what exactly are you doing?'
'Waiting form someone to remind me I cant.'
Ryoko reached over and grabbed the box. She scraped off more of the white substance and revealed more Chinese characters.
'What does it say?' The cameraman asked.
'Beats me.' Ryoko replied 'I cant read this either.'
The box continued around the circle of survivors a few times, still no one was able to read it.
Mihoshi stepped out of the jungle and joined the circle.
'What are we looking at?' She asked.
'They're trying to decipher a box that Tenchi found.' Jose said, coming up from behind Mihoshi out of nowhere.
'Ah!' she yelled, just a tad surprised 'Where did you come from?'
The surrounding area went dark, lighting only Jose.
'I am from the dark abyss. A place where only fire and darkness reign supreme. The only power is fear, and the only master is hate. A bleak land that Lim Dul calls his home. A place mortals call-'
The land and surrounding area brighten and return to normal.
'Bridgewater Massachusetts.'
The survivors blinked in confusion.
Mihoshi took the box and looked it over.
'New England Salted Cod in a box. Packaged in Hong Kong.'
The survivors stared at her.
'Is that what it says? Katsuhito asked.
'Oh sure.' Mihoshi replied 'I can read that and a ton of other languages. Greek, Arabic, Chinese, German, Binary Code-'
'Salted Cod?' Tenchi asked, far from impressed 'SALTED COD?'
'Ew.' Ayeka threw in.
'Hand me that box.' Katsuhito said, pointing at it.
Katsuhito waited for a reply, but waited only long enough to realize that she was still babbling on about the languages she knew.
'Say good bye.' Katsuhito said as he kicked the box into the ocean where it, for no explainable reason, exploded.
'What was that all about?' Ayeka demanded 'That could have been lunch!'
'Have you ever HAD salted cod, girl?' Katsuhito asked.
'Well, no.' Ayeka said.
'Imagine the worst thing you can think of.' Ryoko offered.
'That's not hard to do.' Ayeka replied, making prolonged eye contact with her.
'Now multiply it by a million. THAT'S salted cod.'
'Good god!' Jose yelled, drawing the attention of the survivors 'Look what time it is! I have to think of a way to banish one of you!'
Jose ran off to continue on with his evil plot.
'Is it me,' Tenchi started 'Or was it pointless for Jose to show up just now?'
'Well he IS the host.' Ryoko said 'so he DOES think he has to show up on occasion.'
'I vote we go find some real food.' Katsuhito said 'I'm tired of cooking tree bark and feeding it to you guys every night.'
'Is THAT what we've been eating?!' Ayeka Demanded.
'I mean, uh, Skate. Yeah. I'm tired of cooking Skate every night for all of you. Yes, that will do nicely.'
'Ok then.' Tenchi said 'Let's split up and find some fresh food.'
'I'll check the rocks for shell fish.' Ryoko offered.
'I'll I'll go check the coconut grove for- skate.' Katsuhito stammered.
'All right, and I'll go search the interior of the island for a squirrel or something. We'll all meet back here in an hour so we can all eat before Jose gets back. Let's go.'
Ryoko and Katsuhito took off. Tenchi decided to head out, but was rooted to the spot when Ayeka decided to hold him up by the sleeve.
'We need to talk.' Ayeka said to him.
'Uh-oh.' Tenchi said 'is this about the magazines? I, uh, found them under my bedroll. Really.'
'What?' Ayeka asked.
'Um, nothing.' Tenchi said, wiping sweat off his forehead 'What do we need to talk about?'
'Not here.' Ayeka said glancing at the camera 'Come with me.'
They left, taking a path that lead somewhere into the jungle.
The camera focused back on Mihoshi.
'-Spanish, French, Hieroglyphics, Protoss, Dutch-'
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
'Remind me again why we're here.' Tenchi said.
'I've yet to tell you why we're here.' Ayeka replied.
'I meant on the island.'
'That's not what we're here to talk about. 'Ayeka said, turning to face Tenchi.
'So what's the point of the two of us here alone free to talk about anything we want?'
Ayeka stared at Tenchi, far from amused. Tenchi looked back in a state of confusion.
'Oh.' Tenchi said after a few seconds 'Oh-h-h-h.'
Ayeka shook her head.
'You know,' she finally said 'we've been here almost a week. Look at the surroundings. This is practical paradise. What I'm trying to get at is-' Get at what? TELL him what he is to you? TELL him that you love him? He must know. 'I'm sure we have the same feeling for each other, and, well-'
'You think we should stop putting on an act and act on those feelings we have for one another.' Tenchi finished.
Ayeka looked up from her feet. Woah. They MUST be on the same page. Oh crap, this was all going much more smoothly than she expected.
'What I'm really worried about is that one of us wont be here long enough to really get things rolling. I want to be sure we're both on the same level.'
'Trust me,' Tenchi said 'I'm not about to let anything happen to you before we get this sorted out.'
Ayeka took a step closer to Tenchi, almost afraid that he would take a step back. But that was crazy. They both knew how the other felt. Ayeka continued her approach. Tenchi smiled at her as if to assure her that he would not bite or run away.
How long had Tenchi waited for this? Forever. Forever since he saw her step off that space ship she had come in on. And here she was, finally telling him that she loved him. This was great. Nothing could ruin this now.
'Let's go you two.' Jose yelled from the other side of a large tree 'Do that on your own time. Not in front of me.'
'Damn it!' Tenchi mumbled.
'I don't believe this.' Ayeka said, visibly embarrassed.
They began walking down the path that would take them back to the camp, side by side.
Tenchi, surprising himself as much as he did Ayeka, put his arm around her shoulder. Together, they walked back to the camp.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
'OK kids.' Jose said 'I'm really sorry about this, but I'm out of ideas for at the minute for Banishment challenges. See, my mother keeps-'
'Wait a second,' Ryoko interrupted 'no banishment challenge means no banishing?'
'Well it seems so.' Jose admitted.
'This is the greatest day of my life!' Mihoshi cheered.
'Basically, if I don't find a challenge in one minute, I guess that-'
Jose stopped in mid sentence.
'Are you ok Jose?' Katsuhito asked.
Jose turned to look at a large, white house on a hill that the survivors had failed to notice until now. A Neon sign had the words 'No Vacancy' glowing in the window. The 'No' was flickering.
'What's that mother?' Jose asked the house 'No, we cant have that, can we mother? Yes mother.'
Jose turned back to the survivors.
'Change in plans children. Mother says that all the banishment challenge will be is to take a shower in the house.'
The survivors looked quizzically at one another.
'You' Jose said, pointing at Ayeka 'you first.'
'What? Um, ok.' She said, following Jose up the path to the house.
'The rest of you.' Jose said as he turned around 'Wait here. This wont take long.
Jose and Ayeka headed up toward the house
. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
It did not take too long for Jose to show up again, one person short.
'Mother says the banishment is decided. Ayeka is gone.'
'Gone?' Tenchi said 'what do you mean? She left?'
'in a way.' Jose replied 'the important thing is the bathroom was cleaned. Now, let us all forget about this and go to sleep. I'll see you in the morning.'
'But I don't-' Tenchi started.
'Let it go.' Ryoko said, latching onto Tenchi's back 'The important thing is she's gone.'
'Good night mother.' Jose said as he walked down the path that led to his cabin.
'Well that was a strange turn of events.' Katsuhito. 'A shame really. I like d that girl.'
'Good thing I bathe in the river.' Mihoshi added.
Tenchi looked back to where the house once was. There was now nothing.
Tenchi went to sleep that night telling himself that Ayeka was somewhere safe and in good health.
Yeah, right.
Ayeka is banished! (Bonus points if you can tell me what movie this was ripped off from!)
End of day 12
