(Forward: Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.)
INTERLUDE
Establishing Shot: Blackness. In the background a pair of soft
drums can be heard. The blackness zooms out and we see the
iris of the eye, it holds a distinct magenta hue. The camera
continues to zoom out until we see the younger face of AEKA.
She is crying on the shoulder of her older half-brother YOUSHO,
who is petting her purplish hair.
AEKA
Why do they have to be so mean?
YOUSHO
<soft> They fear of what is to become
of the Empire if it becomes impure. The
public doesn't think very well of humans,
they were very upset when they found out
my mother was one.
AEKA
But why does it have to be this way?
What do we have to fear from humans?
YOUSHO
We have a lot to fear, or the consul does.
Azusa is a powerful Emperor, but it is
likely that I will be more powerful. The
Imperial Science Academy discovered
a while back that human blood, mixed
with that of a Juraian, was stronger than
that of a purebred Juraian.
AEKA
But isn't that good?
YOUSHO
It is in many ways, and in many ways
it is not. The people are very biased,
they were in outrage when Azusa told
them that Funaho was human, and that
their only crown heir was of mixed blood.
YOUSHO puts his hands on AEKA's shoulders, she looks up
into his eyes, he is staring far off into the distance.
YOUSHO
But they are wrong. <beat> A strong
Emperor can only make the Empire
stronger, but that is out of sight for them.
They only see my mother, they look
at me and see only a human, not a
Prince or a Juraian, but a human.
AEKA
<determined>I know what we can do.
YOUSHO looks down at AEKA.
AEKA
You can marry me. That way they'd
have to make you Emperor.
YOUSHO smiles a bit at his half-sisters offer.
YOUSHO
Azusa would find a way around that,
he fears what the public would do if
he didn't do what they thought was
right. <frowns> And what would
you be? Just one of the Imperial
Wives? Wouldn't you like to rule
someday?
AEKA is silent. YOUSHO digs in his pocket and pulls out the
Tenchi-Ken, it has no gems in it. He holds it in his hand and
looks to the sky with hate.
YOUSHO
I don't know what I can do anymore.
Either I'll be forced to be Emperor
for a public that hates me, or I'll be
forced to leave by a father who loves
me. <grits his teeth> There must be
some other choice.
The sight of YOUSHO is drowned out by flames that soon
part to show a much older AEKA (the one we know) running
through ruins.
AEKA
<yelling> YOUSHO! YOUSHO!!
Ooh, my love where are you?!!
A large, flaming beam falls in front of AEKA, the flames flare
up and when they die down we see YOUSHO with the
Tenchi-Ken fighting a green eyed RYOUKO. They fight
with the fury and skill of the greatest swordsmen. In the end,
YOUSHO stabs RYOUKO in the neck and extracts a small
third gem that lands in his hand. RYOUKO suddenly kicks the
sword away and flies away in RYO-OHKI.
Cut to AEKA trying to navigate through the broken and flaming
wreckage. She suddenly looks up to see RYO-OHKI flying into
space with YOUSHO following close behind.
AEKA
YOUSHO!! Don't leave me! Yousho
� how could you �
AEKA pulls through the wreckage, tearing a few of her robes,
and dashes over to where the ships just took off from. A single
tear falls from her eye and lands on the Tenchi-Ken, which is
lying on the ground in front of her. It has two gems in it. AEKA
looks down and sees the Tenchi-Ken.
AEKA
Your sword � <looks to space> your,
not coming back, are you?
AEKA clutches the sword tight against herself.
AEKA
<cries> YOUSHOOOO!!!!
Camera pans outward into space, we see the planet Jurai
Silently spinning, RYO-OHKI flies past the camera, covering
it in darkness.
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Tenchi Muyou! Created
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Special Thanks to
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Episode 3: What Dreams Are Made Of
Establishing Shot: Daylight, the sun beating down on the Masaki
household. RYOUKO is lying on the 'Newly Repaired' roof enjoying
the sun.
RYOUKO
Ahhh, <sigh> this is the life.
The warm sun, a cool breeze �
RYOUKO stiffens and sits up. A "Myaaa" is heard in the distance.
RYOUKO
A child to start the day.
RYOUKO jumps off the roof, slowly floating down, then starts
casually walking towards the lake. AEKA is looking out the
window, sees RYOUKO, then quickly shuts the blinds. SASAMI
slides open the door and walks in. AEKA is gripping the Tenchi-ken
tightly against her chest.
SASAMI
Aeka, you have to come out.
It's a beautiful day.
AEKA
I � I don't want to.
SASAMI
You can't stay here. For the last
three days all you've done is stay
in here, Tenchi is going to get a
bad impression about us Juraians
if we don't ever leave one room.
AEKA
Tenchi � Well, I suppose I could
come down for a while.
Cut to RYOUKO walking on top of the lake as if it was solid
ground.
RYOUKO
Well, lets see. This looks like
the spot.
RYOUKO sinks down into the water. Beneath the tides we
see the wreckage from the two ships lying in twisted formations.
RYOUKO paws through the wreck until she comes across
a small purple egg, which she picks up and nuzzles against
her cheek. She rises back up to the surface and carries the
egg into the house.
ADAM yawns and walks out of his room, his hair is sticking
up all over the place almost looking like RYOUKO. He walks
into the kitchen and finds MIHOSHI standing by the stove with
an apron on.
ADAM
Good Morning Mihoshi. <perk>
What 'cha cooking?
MIHOSHI
Oh, hello Adam. I'm cooking
up a nice breakfast for everyone!
ADAM
Oh, that's nice. <frowns> Wait
a minute � what ARE you
cooking?
MIHOSHI looks around at the mess of cooking ingredients
she has gathered.
MIHOSHI
<worried> Umm, well, I don't
know. <looks up> Well, I saw
this recipe once on a show and
I figured I could do it, but I don't
quite remember what was in it
so�
ADAM
Sooo, your just putting things
in a pot and hoping they come
out like you saw on TV, right?
MIHOSHI
<thinking>Ummm � Uhhh �
oohhh.. Yup, that's it exactly!
ADAM quickly looks into the bubbling pot and takes a smell,
which he instantly regrets as the fumes can only be described
as harmful.
ADAM
What on Earth did you put in
this?
MIHOSHI
Oh, you know, a bit of this, a
dash of that. Just like they
say in the show!
ADAM places a hand to his forehead and sighs.
ADAM
Okay, lets see if we can save
this before Tenchi wakes up.
<rolls up sleeve> Hand me
that spoon.
AEKA and SASAMI walk down a staircase into the living
room of the Masaki house. SASAMI gets to the floor and
immediately looks around.
SASAMI
Where is everyone?
RYOUKO raises her head up from the sofa facing away from
the staircase. AEKA turns her head away from RYOUKO after
seeing her.
RYOUKO
I dunno, Tenchi's dad left to
do work, and I don't know
where Tenchi is.
SASAMI
<sad> ooh, after I went though
all that to get Aeka to come
down.
SASAMI looks down at RYOUKO and sees the egg she had
from before.
SASAMI
What's that Ryouko?
AEKA
No! Sasami, don't touch that
thing.
RYOUKO
Isn't it wonderful, it was just
born today.
SASAMI
Wow! Did you lay that egg
Ryouko?
RYOUKO
Yup
SASAMI
Wow! So, you married Ryouko?
Who's the father?
A door slides open and Tenchi is standing in the
doorway.
TENCHI
<yawns> Oh, Aeka. Good
Morning.
AEKA
Tenchi, <faint> I just wanted
to say � to thank you � for
letting us stay, I � I thank
you for caring for � uh � the
Imperial family. So � Umm..
Thank you very much.
TENCHI
Ohh, you didn't have to thank
me, it's the least I could do.
SASAMI gasps a big breath of air, that catches AEKA's
attention.
SASAMI
Huh?! Tenchi is the father?!?
AEKA looks startled then looks on Tenchi with scorn.
TENCHI
Huh? Aeka, you look mad, is
Something wrong?
AEKA
Oooh! Nothing! You just go and
have fun with your Monster
woman!
TENCHI
Wha ---
RYOUKO appears next to TENCHI with her arms Draped
around him.
RYOUKO
Oh, Tenchi! I'm so happy to
have given birth to the child
of the man I love.
TENCHI
Huh!?!
TENCHI gets this far off look that's cross between sheer
terror and confusion. RYOUKO puts the egg in TENCHI's
hands.
RYOUKO
Here Tenchi! Why don't you
hold it, it won't be long now.
The egg begins to shake in TENCHI's hands. It rattles back
And forth before spontaneously cracking open and reveling
the hind leg of a furry animal (RYO-OHKI). TENCHI drops
the egg in fear and the rest of the egg splits open to show
all of RYO-OHKI.
RYO-OHKI
<weak> Myaaa!
SASAMI
<deep breath> Wow! Ha ha!
RYOUKO picks up RYO-OHKI and holds it against her face.
RYOUKO
There, there, that's a good little
Ryo-Ohki.
TENCHI
Ryo-Ohki, your space ship? Does
that mean �
RYOUKO
A hahahah, of course, this is the
child of my spaceship.
SASAMI
Can a spaceship have a child?
RYOUKO
My spaceship was completely
destroyed, so it reproduced itself.
TENCHI
Oh that's a relief, isn't it Aeka?
AEKA
Oooh, I � I mean � I �
AEKA runs out of the living room into a hallway. There
she runs into YOUSHO who is on his way into the house.
YOUSHO
Woah. What's all the hurry?
AEKA
I'm � I'm sorry.
YOUSHO looks into AEKA's eyes, she looks back at him,
she suddenly gasps.
YOUSHO
Is there something wrong?
AEKA
I � no, I'm sorry.
AEKA runs off out the door. YOUSHO looks back at her
with a strange look in his eye.
A plume of smoke bursts out of the kitchen and into the
Living room, followed by many coughs. RYO-OHKI
jumps out of RYOUKO's hands and onto SASAMI's
head.
ADAM (O.S.)
<chronic cough> That's what
happens when you dump a jar
of pepper into an open flame.
Now lets learn from this.
Two figures come through the smoke out of the kitchen.
TENCHI runs over to them.
TENCHI
What happened?
ADAM
Oh, not much, just having a
little cooking lesson with
Mihoshi. I think its safe to
say that I've learned not to
let Mihoshi cook anything.
<coughs> You better let the
fumes clear before going in
there.
SASAMI
Are you alright?
RYO-OHKI
Myaa?
ADAM
What's that little thing?
<pets RYO-OHKI> It's a
cute little thing.
SASAMI
Its name is Ryo-Ohki.
ADAM
Ryo-Ohki, like the spaceship
right?
SASAMI
Uh-huh.
ADAM
Fascinating.
MIHOSHI
Wow, you must really like the
name Ryo-ohki, Ryouko.
RYOUKO
You idiot, that IS Ryo-ohki. Its
the child of my spaceship.
MIHOSHI
Oh.
RYOUKO
Come on, Tenchi. I'm bored, lets
go play! Come on, come on, come
on!
RYOUKO backs up into YOUSHO coming in through the
doorway. YOUSHO wraps his arms around RYOUKO and
grabs her breasts.
YOUSHO
My my, the second time today a
beautiful girl has run into me. I
guess I'm just lucky.
TENCHI
Grandpa! I'm shocked!
RYOUKO
Grrrr, how dare you!
RYOUKO swings around to punch YOUSHO, he blocks her
punch easily with his fist.
YOUSHO
My, my, such spirit.
RYOUKO looks at YOUSHO, then at her fist, then at YOUSHO
again. YOUSHO walks over to SASAMI.
YOUSHO
So, this is your child Tenchi?
SASAMI
No grandpa, this is Ryo-ohki
the child of Ryouko's ship.
YOUSHO
Uh-huh, that's nice. <turns>
Tenchi, now that you have a
child �
TENCHI
Grandpa! That isn't my child!
YOUSHO
I think its time you have some
responsibility. You have to be
a good role model for your
child, Tenchi.
TENCHI
<louder> That's not my child!
<normal> You all are crazy!
TENCHI storms out of the room down the hallway towards
the door.
YOUSHO
Don't forget about your
training! <pause> Don't
mind him, he's the serious
type, like his mother.
RYO-OHKI jumps off SASAMI's head towards the glass sliding
door that looks out onto the lake.
SASAMI
What is it?
RYO-OHKI
Myaa. Myaaaa!
RYO-OHKI jumps towards the door until she hits it head on and
bounces back. SASAMI moves next to RYO-OHKI
SASAMI
Whats wrong? <looks up>
Oh, Aeka �
RYO-OHKI moves through the glass door and jumps off towards
AEKA.
SASAMI
Hey, where you- <hits head
against door> owwww. That
hurt. Ryo-ohki!
An explosion off screen turns everyones attention to the staircase
that RYOUKO has just punched into pieces with her fist. She is
staring at her fist and the wreckage with confusion.
RYOUKO
<blinks> What?
ADAM
Come on, Mihoshi. Lets see
if you can handle cleaning up.
MIHOSHI
Oh, I can do that.
ADAM
That's what you said about
cooking.
AEKA is looking out into the lake, some of the wreckage of her
ship is still visible. She is obviously crying.
AEKA
Ohh, I wish I could go home,
go home to Jurai. <looks
down> But my ship is destroyed
so I don't have a way to get home
or communicate with Jurai.
AEKA starts crying again. RYO-OHKI jumps up beside her and
nuzzles herself against AEKA's leg.
AEKA
Wha-- <startled> What are
you doing? Shoo shoo! Go
away.
RYO-OHKI gets closer to AEKA.
AEKA
Go away. <pauses> Alright
you just stay here and I'll
move away. <pause> Now
don't you think about following
me!
AEKA walks off screen, RYO-OHKI follows her. We see a
Bunch of scenes showing AEKA walking and RYO-OHKI
close behind. The last scene is AEKA walking up the stairs
that go to the Shrine. She turns around and looks back at
RYO-OHKI.
AEKA
I told you not to follow me!
RYO-OHKI runs off the stairs into the nearby brush. AEKA
moves closer to RYO-OHKI then stops as she sees a flower that
has a purplish color, very much like the color of her eyes.
AEKA
<picks flower> Royal Tear
Drop, but how is it -- could
it be?
A young AEKA is sitting in a field of flowers making a wreath out of
the various plants. A young YOUSHO walks up to her.
YOUSHO
What are you doing out here.
AEKA
You left me behind. <raises
wreath> For you.
YOUSHO
Thank you.
YOUSHO bows his head and AEKA puts it on his head. He picks
her up and rests her on his lap. She picks up another flower and
shows it to him.
AEKA
It's the color of your eyes.
AEKA puts it in his wreath, he abruptly puts AEKA down and takes
off the wreath.
AEKA
What's wrong?
YOUSHO pulls out the flower and holds it up to AEKA.
YOUSHO
This is Royal Tear Drop. It
should not be used for happy
occasions.
Cut to the firey view of older AEKA holding the Tenchi-Ken
to her chest. She looks down and beside where the sword was just
lying is a tiny grove of Royal Tear Drop. A tear falls though the
air, sparkling as it falls, and lands on the petal of the flower.
AEKA is holding the flower in her hand and crying over it. RYO-OHKI
appears with a beautiful flower in his mouth and holds it up to AEKA.
AEKA
For me?
RYO-OHKI
<affirmative> Myaa!
AEKA slowly takes the flower and holds it close. RYO-OHKI clumsily
climbs up onto AEKA's lap. She softly pets RYO-OHKI.
AEKA
<soft; kind> You silly thing.
Don't you know that I hate
you? <soft giggle>
RYO-OHKI raises an ear up high, then jumps to the ground and towards
the forest. It stops half way and turns to AEKA.
AEKA
Where are you going? You'll
get lost!
RYO-OHKI
Myaaa! Myaaaaaa!
RYO-OHKI continues off into the forest, AEKA follows behind trying to
catch up.
Cut to a view of leaves, the camera slowly moves upwards until
it is just above the leaves. We see TENCHI with a Boduken,
repetitively hitting a log attached to a rope; at his feet are
small wooden pedistals which he is jumping from one to another
while hitting the log. YOUSHO is behind him looking ever so excited.
YOUSHO
Watch your footing, Tenchi �
TENCHI hits the log a few more times, letting out a short "Yaa"
each time, until his foot slips on one of the small pedestals and
he falls down.
YOUSHO
<sighs> You must concentrate
more, Tenchi. <gets up> Now,
lets start with the standard
patterns.
TENCHI nods and they place their Boduken's on each other's shoulder.
The view changes so we see that it is AEKA who is peering through the
bushes, she suddenly gasps. TENCHI and YOUSHO begin a set of
complex fighting maneuvers.
AEKA (V.O.)
That swordplay. It's the
fighting style of the Royal
House of Jurai. Could it be,
could they know something
about my brother Yousho?
AEKA moves to get closer when she loses her footing and falls
backwards into the brush. TENCHI stops to look and YOUSHO hits
him on the head with an under the leg attack.
YOUSHO
Tenchi, whats wrong, your
a sitting duck.
TENCHI
Geeze! Is that part of the
routine?
YOUSHO
<flat> No.
TENCHI moves to the bush and looks down to see AEKA lying almost
upside down. He turns red and looks away.
AEKA
Oh, why? WHY!? Why
must I suffer this humiliation?
<looks to TENCHI> Gaak!
AEKA quickly straightens her robe down as respectable as it can be.
TENCHI climbs down to AEKA.
TENCHI
Miss Aeka, are you alright?
AEKA
I'm fine --
AEKA tries to get up, but her leg gives way beneath her. She lets
out a cry in pain. A close up of her leg shows that its bleeding
heavily. YOUSHO walks down a path leading up to them, he is holding
a bandage in his hand.
YOUSHO
Well, let me see what we
have here. <wraps leg>
Looks like you have a nasty
cut here.
AEKA
Thank you. Umm, Grandpa,
that fighting style you were
jus--
YOUSHO
Tenchi, you make sure she
doesn't walk on this. You
better carry her to the house.
YOUSHO walks as quick as he can away from AEKA and back to
his shrine. AEKA looks at the man questionably. TENCHI and AEKA
both turn to each other in confusion.
Cut to RYOUKO searching through AEKA and SASAMI's room. She is
opening up all of the storage units that are in the room.
RYOUKO
Where can it be? Where is
that damned sword that she
has? <sigh> Okay, if I was
the master key, where would
I be?
RYOUKO turns to the door and we hear the sound of SASAMI coming up
the stairs.
RYOUKO
Oh, boy. This isn't gonna to
look good.
RYOUKO jumps backwards and dissapears just as SASAMI opens the door
to the room.
SASAMI
Aeka! Aeka, are you here?
SASAMI jumps as she hears the sound of thunder outside.
Cut to darkness; a door opens and floods the room with light. TENCHI
walks into the room with AEKA on his back. Outside its pouring rain,
both TENCHI and AEKA are soaking wet. TENCHI sits AEKA down on log,
she shivers from the cold.
TENCHI
We'll have to wait here until the
rain stops.
TENCHI walks over to a pile of boxes and tools. He picks up a
box full of wood and sets it down between himself and AEKA.
He picks up a ball of newsprint, lights it with a match, and puts
it into the box which burns brightly.
TENCHI
There we go.
TENCHI takes off his shirt and wrings out a towel he had around his
neck. He holds the towel out to AEKA, who is still shivering
quietly.
TENCHI
Here, you can dry yourself
off with this. <pauses> Oh,
I guess I'll, go outside for a
while.
TENCHI walks out the door and closes it behind himself. AEKA begins
to take off her wet clothes, after each robe she takes off, she hangs
it over the edge of the log she is sitting on. She leaves on her
undermost robe, and uses the towel to dry herself.
In the shadows of the room, a furry figure is leaping around between
baskets of vegitables. It leaps behind basket to basket before
jumping over and landing on AEKA. In the light, we see that it was
RYO-OHKI, AEKA doesn't see this. She screams.
TENCHI hears AEKA's scream and opens the door and runs in. AEKA
rushes over and hold onto him, placing her head against his chest.
AEKA
Oh Tenchi! There's something
in here!
TENCHI looks back and forth until he sees RYO-OHKI poking her head
out from behind a basket of carrots.
RYO-OHKI
<sad> Myaa?
TENCHI
Oh, its only Ryo-Ohki.
AEKA
Silly thing, scared me half to
death.
AEKA slowly raises her head and sees that TENCHI is looking right
back at her. The both stare into each other for an uncomfortable
moment.
TENCHI
<turns head> Oh � <long pause>
I guess I should go back outside.
TENCHI heads for the door. He stops just before he's completely
outside.
AEKA
Must be cold outside.
TENCHI pauses and looks back at AEKA.
Cut to the same room, an indeterminate amount of time later, TENCHI
is sitting looking into the fire. AEKA is a bit farther off to the
side, seeming to be staring off into nowhere.
AEKA
I guess I must have
misunderstood When I saw you
with Ryouko I thought that you
were her friend.
TENCHI
Well, I'm not. But I get the feeling
she wants something from me, or
from grandpa. She never did tell
me anything about herself, can
you, perhaps, tell me what you know?
You two seem to go back a long way.
AEKA
Yes, I suppose we do. You see,
about 700 years ago, she attacked
my home planet of Jurai �
The screen blurs until we see the day RYOUKO attacked Jurai.
AEKA (V.O.)
I wasn't much younger than I am
now. She was on a rampage across
our planet. From the patrolling ships
orbiting our planet, she started her
attack. Every ship that crossed her
path was destroyed, and soon she
was on the planet surface. To our
surprise, she had broken the defense
field put up by our originating tree,
Tsunami. She caused massive
damage to all of the Royal Family
Trees, before someone was able
to stop her.
The scene blurs again, and we see that same fight scene between
RYOUKO and young YOUSHO again.
AEKA (V.O.)
My Brother Yousho was that person.
Using the Master Key, or Tenchi-Ken,
he fought her with all his might, finally
driving her off the planet.
Cut to the shot of the planet with RYO-OHKI flying past the camera,
finally blurring away and cutting back to the room with AEKA and
Tenchi. AEKA has the Tenchi-Ken in her hand.
AEKA
But he wasn't finished. He took his ship,
the Funaho, and chased after Ryouko,
never to return again. The only thing I
have of his, is this sword, which he left
behind for some reason, and these
unusual gems that have been embedded
into the sword.
There is an uncomfortable silence.
TENCHI
My grandpa used to tell me a story
about my ancestors. How they
came to this land and the fights they
used to have. He was always proud
of one story about a fight with a
Demon from another world. He said
that one of my Ancestors fought a
powerful Demon that came to Earth
one day. He said that he beat the
Demon and sealed it into the Masaki
cave, and by doing so, he gained
the Demon's power, which was sealed
in the Demon's gems that it wore, giving
him long life.
AEKA
The Demon's gems?
TENCHI
He said that the Demon would be
sealed as long as the gem he took
continued to power a magic seal
placed upon the cave. Grandpa
said the man's name was
Yousho.
AEKA jerks her head towards TENCHI and gasps. She looks at the
Tenchi-Ken and wonders. There is another uncomfortable pause.
TENCHI
Can I ask you a question? What
are you going to do now?
AEKA
I'll search. You see, I have no way
to return to my planet now, so I'll
continue the search for my brother.
But it'll be difficult, because I have
no relatives on this alien planet.
TENCHI
<yells> Its all my fault! I caused
all this. You can stay here as long
as you like. <quieter> Besides,
I guess we're related too.
AEKA
Yousho was my half-brother. Here
you might find it strange to marry
your brother, but on Jurai it is not.
Even though my parents arranged
it, I was happy with the decision.
But the thought of not being able
to share these feelings with him,
it's � it--
AEKA starts crying.
TENCHI
His ship must have crashed here
just like yours did. And he was
forced to �
TENCHI stops, afraid to say something that would make AEKA
more sad.
TENCHI
So, � cheer up. <stands>
Cheer Up, Aeka.
AEKA stops crying and nods.
RYO-OHKI comes over to TENCHI pulling a basket of carrots.
RYO-OHKI
Myaa.
TENCHI
What is it? <looks at basket>
What, you want this Carrot?
TENCHI pulls out a carrot and holds it up for RYO-OHKI. She jumps
up trying to get the carrot. He shakes the carrot above RYO-OHKI,
then throws the carrot over her head.
TENCHI
Hop!
RYO-OHKI jumps over to the carrot and picks it up in her mouth. Her
eyes glisten with joy. AEKA giggles.
TENCHI
Carrots, huh? Eat a lot of those
and you'll grow up to be a Space
Ship. <laughs>
RYO-OHKI
Myaa, myaaa!
Cut to ADAM standing by the sliding glass door looking out over the
lake. SASAMI and RYOUKO are sitting in the living room behind him.
ADAM
Looks like the rain has stopped.
Maybe we should go out and see
where Aeka and Tenchi are.
SASAMI
Good Idea!
RYOUKO (V.O.)
Maybe Aeka has that sword with
her. Yeah, that's it!
A loud crash is heard off screen.
MIHOSHI (O.S.)
Ooops.
ADAM
<sigh> I cleaned up after her last
time. It's someone else's turn.
ADAM opens the glass door and walks out, SASAMI and RYOUKO follow
close behind.
Cut to TENCHI walking down a path with AEKA on his back, RYO-OHKI
is also close behind with a bundle of carrots strapped to her back.
TENCHI
Would you like to see the Masaki
cave? Maybe we can find some
clues about Yousho.
AEKA looks off to the side of the path. Cut to a large grove of
trees with one giant tree in the center.
AEKA
What's that?
TENCHI
Oh, that's the holy tree of the
Masaki shrine. Wonder stories
hang from it. One of the stories
say if you make a wish under a
full moon it'll come true. Another
story says that if you pray to it
you can make rain come. Would
you like to see it?
AEKA
<nods> Yes.
AEKA and TENCHI are standing by the giant tree, which is growing in
the middle of a pond with stepping stones all around it.
AEKA
There is no doubt. This is Funaho.
TENCHI
Funaho?
AEKA
My brother's space ship. Remember
there was a tree like this inside of my
space ship. It is the heart of the
space ship.
TENCHI
Wow, this turns into one of those
giant space ships?
AEKA
No, this one has taken root, it can't
become a space ship anymore.
AEKA pulls the Tenchi-Ken out from under her robe and hits it against
the tree a few times. The end of the Tenchi-Ken sparks for a
second and the leaves of the tree begin to emit rays of multicolored
light into the pond.
TENCHI
Wha -- What's happening?
AEKA
This is the memory of the tree.
TENCHI
The memory �
Everything become inverted for a second, then it fades away and we
see YOUSHO's ship flying into orbit of Earth with RYO-OHKI. Funaho
fires off a bunch of shot at RYO-OHKI that hit the hull and cause big
explosions and the ship begins to crash. Funaho follows the ship
down.
AEKA (V.O.)
That's my brother ship!
TENCHI (V.O.)
And that's Ryo-Ohki!
Ryo-Ohki crashes in a giant supernova into the ground. Several
scenes flash by of Young YOUSHO and RYOUKO fighting.
TENCHI (V.O.)
That must be Yousho. And look
at Ryouko, she looks scary.
YOUSHO has one of RYOUKO's gems in his hand, and its fighting with
a normal sword. RYOUKO keeps making grabs at the gem YOUSHO
has in his hand. They are fighting in a deep crater.
TENCHI (V.O.)
This must be how the lake was made.
RYOUKO makes a sweeping grab for the gem, we see YOUSHO raise his
sword up high and cut down off screen. Cut to YOUSHO standing next
to a large stone within the Masaki cave, he holds the gem out, then
sticks it into the stone where it becomes slightly embedded.
TENCHI (V.O.)
This must be the imprisonment that
Grandpa talks about.
Cut to the outside of the cave, much later, a young TENCHI walks up
to the entrance of the cave.
TENCHI (V.O.)
That's me, I couldn't have been more
than five years old.
Young TENCHI walks deep into the cave and comes up to the stone
that YOUSHO was at before. He looks at the gem and touches it. The
gem flares up and glows, separating itself from the stone, and
landing in TENCHI's hand. The stone then breaks apart, several
pieces of the rock landing on TENCHI, burying him. RYOUKO appears
in place of the stone and flys away.
TENCHI (V.O.)
Oh, my. I released Ryouko from
her imprisonment. I am responsible.
The scene changes one last time to show older YOUSHO and NOBUYUKI
pulling TENCHI from the wreckage. YOUSHO takes the gem from TENCHI's
hand and secretly puts it in his robes. The images fade away into
nothing, the lights coming from the tree completely stop. AEKA and
TENCHI are standing by the tree still.
AEKA
He is alive. I'm sure of it. If
Funaho is alive, then Yousho
must be alive as well. <turns>
I've been mean to you, I've been
harsh and I apologize.
AEKA holds out the Tenchi-Ken to TENCHI.
AEKA
This is yours.
TENCHI
I don't understand.
AEKA
You are related to my brother
Yousho, the crown prince of
Jurai, by blood and I am asking
you if you would protect us
until he can be found.
TENCHI looks at the sword solemnly.
SASAMI (O.S.)
Aeka!
SASAMI walks across the pond using the stepping stones, RYO-OHKI
is on her shoulder.
AEKA
Sasami.
SASAMI
I was so worried about you.
AEKA
I'm sorry to have troubled you,
did you come all this way by
yourself?
SASAMI
Oh, no. Ryouko and Adam was
with us, and Ryo-Ohki led us
half the way.
AEKA
<laughs> Oh you are such a
silly thing aren't you?
RYOUKO (O.S.)
Now, isn't this a friendly scene.
RYOUKO appears with ADAM holding onto her legs. He slips off and
lands in the pond. When he resurfaces, RYOUKO stands on his head.
ADAM
That's the last time I travel with
YOU Ryouko.
ADAM stops and looks up at RYOUKO, who is on his head.
ADAM
<screams> GET OFF!
RYOUKO gives her evil grin and dissapears, then reappears next
to TENCHI.
RYOUKO
Tell me Tenchi, why were you
with this unworthy girl this whole
time, huh?
TENCHI
Because I had to, Okay? Lady
Aeka hurt herself.
RYOUKO
Hey, Tenchi! Looks like you
have yourself an interesting
sword there, mind letting me
see it?
TENCHI
I don't think so Ryouko. I know
what your up to.
RYOUKO
Up to? I'm not up to anything.
TENCHI
Yeah, right.
ADAM walks up to them, soaking wet.
ADAM
Did I miss a conversation? What
are you all talking about?
AEKA
Lord Tenchi is related to me
by blood.
RYOUKO
Uh-huh. Isn't that fascinating.
Well, if you won't even let me
see your sword, I'm outta here.
Sheesh, this is what you get for
trying to help someone.
RYOUKO flies off and disappears.
ADAM
Petty isn't she?
AEKA
I think its time we headed home
home now, come Lord Tenchi.
AEKA drags TENCHI across the stepping stones.
ADAM
Its never boring here, I'd have
to say that.
SASAMI
No, not at all.
RYO-OHKI
Myaa!
SASAMI follows after AEKA and TENCHI. ADAM turns around and takes
another look at the tree.
VOICE (V.O.)
She is a very interesting one.
ADAM spins around and searches for the source of the voice.
VOICE (V.O.)
Her power will one day be great.
ADAM continues to look around for the voice.
ADAM
What power? Sasami has power?
VOICE (V.O.)
Yes. Her power is that of all Jurai,
it is merely being masked by her
youth.
ADAM
<louder> What power?
VOICE (V.O.)
You will see her power soon. But
you wont recognize her. But her
power wont be enough, that is why
I've sent you here.
ADAM
<angry> Sent me?! Who is this?
Who are you? How are you
responsible for my being here?
VOICE (V.O.)
You made a deal with me. I would
call on you when needed. You
probably don't remember.
ADAM
I don't remember anything like that.
Who are you?
VOICE (V.O.)
I am the one who is controlling your
fate now. You promised me you
would help me in places I couldn't
get to myself. It is very important
that you be here, now. I can't
tell you what to do, but you will know.
ADAM
Why me? What did I do to deserve
this?
VOICE (V.O.)
When you have completed everything
that needs to be done, I'll return for
you. I can give you only a warning,
you are amidst beings of enormous
power, don't forget that you have none.
ADAM
Wait! Who are you? What does all
that mean! <screams> WAIT!
The camera pans backwards until ADAM is just a speck. Cut to space,
a large ship flies past, blanketing a planet in darkness. It changes
its course and points itself towards Earth.
TO BE CONTINUED�
Authors Notes:
It is very important that you know something. While WE the readers
knows who YOUSHO is, the characters don't. While I've always called
Tenchi's grandfather Yousho, it must be noted that Tenchi himself
doesn't know that his name really is Yousho, nor does anyone else in
the story.
As is quiet obvious, this is different in MANY respects to the OAV
Ep. 3 that it was modeled after. First of all, Tenchi didn't meet
Ryouko by releasing her from the cave, he met her when she crashed
into Earth after being chased by Mihoshi. So I had to make up
something that would explain how Ryouko was imprisoned AND still was
free to be chased by Mihoshi.
Wondering where Yousho is hiding that third gem of his? Well, he
needs it to be near so that it can give power to his tree, Funaho.
But we've never seen him with the gem hanging from his ear. So where
could that gem be? I guess you'll find out in the next part.
Concerning the Voice: This is one of the underlining themes in the
Full Circle series. The Voice made a deal with Adam when he was
younger, somewhere around the age of 16 or 17 (i.e. - the "Magical
Girl" age), that he would do tasks for the Voice that the Voice could
not do itself. The younger Adam thought that the Voice would call on
him soon, it never did. Now that he's 22, he's sort of forgotten
about it. There IS a reason why the Voice chose Adam for this, and
why he accepted, but that's another story.
Oh, if you know anything about me as an author you can guess who the
Voice REALLY is. And if you aren't familiar with my works, I'll just
tell you now, that the Voice is Setsuna-san, better known as Sailor
Pluto.