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	WAYWARD SON:  A Tenchi Muyo Side Story, Based Loosely On The OVAs

(Scene:  A planet, sparkling in the distance; we approach closer and zoom
through the atmosphere to a field where a young boy is playing.  He stops,
and his stomach growls.)

Boy:  I�m so hungry...

(The boy runs into a house, where a man and a woman are collapsed at a table.)

Boy:  Mom, Dad, when�s lunch?

(The mother and father are both haggard and thin-looking.)

Mother:  In a few...hours, dear...

Boy:  Aw, mom, I�m hungry now!

Father:  Listen to your...mother...now go play...

(The boy walks off dejectedly.)

Mother:   Any word?

Father:  They still don�t respond...we don�t even know if they�re hearing us�

(Cut to a racing Juraian ship.)

(Interior of ship:  A Juraian control center.)

Juraian captain:  We can�t stop to help them.  Kagato�s on a rampage again,
and we�ve got to get word to the Galaxy Police outpost.

Juraian subordinate:  But sir...not even for a few hours?

Captain:  (Angry) No!  (He turns away, closes his eyes, and bows his head.)
I don�t feel any better about it than you do, but if Kagato isn�t
contained entire planets full of people will be eradicated.

(The ship speeds away into the dark...)

(OP THEME AND ANIMATION)

(Scene:  The Masaki household, on a bright spring day.)

(In the TV room, the girls are watching the soap opera again.  It builds to
some cheesy climax, and just then...)

TV announcer:  This is a Galactic Channel Eighty News Nugget!

(The girls fall over in anguish)

TV:  Terrorists have just bombed the Juraian imperial building on Icarus
Epsilon!  (Picture of a smoking building.)  Casualties are unknown, but
rumors abound that Juraian nationals have been seriously injured or killed.
(Ayeka is shocked)  We will be bringing you updates throughout the day, so
stay tuned!

Ayeka:  Killed...oh my...

Mihoshi:  Waaaaaah!

Ayeka:  What?!

Mihoshi:  We�re missing the show!  Waaahaaah!

Ayeka: (angry face) Is that all you ever think about?!

(Outside at the shrine.  Tenchi is at the door.)

Tenchi:  (knocking)  Grandfather?  Grandfather?  Are you in there?  What�s
this...(he picks up a piece of paper on the ground.)  "Out to lunch.  Back
in 5 minutes."

(We see over Tenchi�s shoulder.  A dark shadow drops from above the eave
and onto the ground.  It holds a sword in a ready position...Tenchi�s eyes
narrow.)

Tenchi:  (thinking)  Behind me...

(Tenchi suddenly whirls and raises his bokken into a guard position, just
in time to meet the charge of the mysterious figure�who is _not_ his
grandfather!  Tenchi�s "Light Hawk Wing" sword generates as the attacker�s
energy blade clashes against it.  The figure is dressed in a Juraian
battlesuit, except that this one is all in black, with grey and white
highlights.)

Figure:  Damn.  I was hoping to surprise you.

(The Masked Man cuts loose with a flurry of blows.  Tenchi blocks them all,
some just barely...)

Tenchi:  Aah!  Who are you?  And why are you attacking me?

(He takes a good swing at the Masked Man, who leaps backwards in a power
jump.  The Man stands, and points his sword at Tenchi.)

Masked Man:  I�m here to...even the score.

(The sword fires a spray of energy blasts at Tenchi, whose sword forms into
a shield to block the bolts.  Tenchi has trouble catching them all, though,
and one slips by and singes his shirt.)

Tenchi:  (thinking)  Damn...I don�t think I can beat this guy!  (shouting)
What do you mean?  I�ve never even seen you before!

Masked Man:  (grins.)  Ah, the irony.  Well, no time for explanations now.
I�ve learned your patterns, so we�ll finish this.  (His sword begins to
charge up for a massive blast.)

Ryoko, from off-screen:  Teeenchiiiii!!!

(Tenchi makes an "oh, no, here we go again" sort of face.)

(A big beam slams down from off-screen, smashing into the Masked Man; we
see a side shot of the beam curving around some sort of energy field he�s
generating while making a really cool hand gesture thing.  Ryoko lands in
front of Tenchi.)

Ryoko:  Tenchi, let _me_ handle this.

Tenchi (flustered):  Thanks, Ryoko.

Ryoko:  (turns and hugs Tenchi)  Oh, Tenchi-you always know _just_ the
right things to say to a girl!

(We see the Masked Man relax from his "generating shield" stance.  The
ground around him�s charred to a crisp in a pattern circling around him,
sort of like that shot near the end of "Dark City".)

Masked Man:  Just like a Juraian.  Die!

(He fires a blast from his sword, right at Ryoko and Tenchi; Ryoko leaps
out of the way, carrying Tenchi with her.  Blasts track them through the
sky...Suddenly, Ayeka appears from the side of the Masked Man, wearing her
battlesuit and 
flying along the ground at high speed.  Yelling "HI-YAAAAAA!" she smashes
into the Masked Man, and carries him with her as she flies towards a tree.)

Ayeka:  Huh?  It�s him...

(She looks at the Masked Man�s face, seeming surprised.  She looks upward
and screeches to a stop just before the tree.  However, she doesn�t bother
stopping the Masked Man, and he smacks into the trunk and slides to the
ground.)

Tenchi:  Way to go, Ayeka!

Ryoko:  (thinking) I _hate_ her...

(She and Tenchi land next to Ayeka, who�s standing next to the Masked Man
with a concerned expression on her face.)

Tenchi:  Ayeka...

Ayeka:  I know this man.  He�s...from Jurai.  Or at least he _used_ to be.

(LOTS MORE STORY HAPPENS THAT I HAVEN�T WRITTEN YET)

(Scene:  Outside the hotel where Jamas and Ayeka are staying.  The two are
standing next to a Pontiac Firebird; Ayeka is looking at it with some
trepidation as James fiddles with keys.)

James:  Cars like this are how most humans get around.  The place is so big
and there�re so few of them that it seems to work pretty well...

Ayeka:  Jamas-san, I�ve never ridden anything like this before...are you
_sure_ it�s safe?

Jamas:  Sure, Ayeka-sama, safe as safe can be�just put your seatbelt on and
you�re good to go.  Ah, here we go.

(They get in.  Jamas starts the car; Ayeka is startled at the rumble of the
motor.  As Jamas begins to move, Ayeka does the "scared face".  They pull
out of the parking lot at high speed, and Ayeka screams.)

(Later, on the road...)

Ayeka:  Let me out let me OUT lemme OOOUUUUTT!

Jamas:  Calm down, girl!  Don�t worry, I�ve had the county keep the roads
in great condition.  And I know this one like the back of my hand, so
there�s nothing to worry about...(Ayeka is still wailing)...umm, here,
let�s listen to some music!  (He slides a CD into the player.  Metallica�s
"Enter Sandman" starts.)

(after a few seconds, Ayeka calms down.)  

Ayeka:  What is this?  It sounds...interesting...

Jamas:  Goes well with the speed, doesn�t it?  You never really feel how
fast you�re going until you�re right up next to something.  We�re going a
fraction of lightspeed now, but I bet no Juraian ship ever _felt_ this fast.

Ayeka:  I�think I like this...(she sits back in the seat, nodding her head
in time to the song)

(At the "BOO!" in the song, Jamas grabs her arm.  Ayeka _screams_ and jumps
upward, bonking her head on the roof.  Jamas yells and grabs at her,
bumping the wheel to the side.  The car spins out, and we see a close shot
of Ayeka�s face plastered against the window.  The car finishes spinning
and stops, the tires smoking.)

Jamas:  Aaaahhh!  Ayeka, are you all right?

(He gets out of the car and runs around to her door.  He opens it and she
slumps out, with "pinwheel eyes".)

Jamas:  Oh, damn.  Come on...(He drags her out of the car.)

(They�re sitting up on a rock point, looking at the stars.)

Ayeka:  That was _mean_.  I could have you flogged for doing that if we
were back on Jurai.  Who gave you permission to lay hands on the royal person?

Jamas:  Well, it�s just that...I...oh, never mind.  (he tosses a chunk of
rock off the point.)  

Ayeka:  And your driving!  

Jamas:  These earth cars don�t control themselves the way tree-ships do.
It�s actually kind of fun once you figure out how.  I could show you...

Ayeka:  It�s not proper for princesses to operate their own transportation.
There must be _some_ standards...ah? (James grabs her shoulders.)

Jamas:  Don�t you see what that attitude does to people?  It�s no wonder
there are so many rebellions against the Jurai when you--

Ayeka:  Oh, don�t give me that!  (she pushes his hands away.)  How is it
good for people if we go around doing everything for them all the time?  

Jamas:  That doesn�t mean you do nothing!  (He stands)  I just want for the
Juraian royalty to be more involved with the galaxy�s common people,
instead of hoarding all their power for themselves to "fight demons" and
such.  I hate that...hate them...for what they didn�t do...

Ayeka:  (surprised)...your family?

Jamas:  (nods)  They died in a plague on my planet, and they could have
been saved if a passing Juraian courier had stopped to help instead of
flying through the system and ignoring us.  There wasn�t anything to stop
them but their own _arrogance_.  That�s why I�m trying to...raise their
conciousness, as the people here say it.  With all the Juraian empire�s
power, you think that there would be less plagues, and wars, and--

Ayeka:  We try to make it a practice not to interfere with the affairs of
other peoples of the galaxy unless they�re in dire need�

Jamas:  Don�t give me that!  You just don�t think anyone else is as good as
you are�

Ayeka:  (stands)  This is going nowhere.  Let�s just get to this secret
base of yours so you can torture me or whatever.

(Back in the car�scenes of them driving along, racing around corners, etc.
Music plays...Boston, Aerosmith, Guns and Roses, hard rock stuff.  Finally,
Ayeka�s sleeping while Bon Jovi plays on the radio.  They pull up to a
blank wall.)

Jamas:  Ayeka.   Wake up...we�re here.

Ayeka:  (stirs and blinks.)  what�.WHAT?!

(POV from behind the car.  Dimly seen behind the wall is the silhouette of
a Juraian Tree...)

Well, there it is so far.  What do you think, sirs?

Mike Powers



Famous Last Words #037
"Don't worry, the DM won't hose me." 

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