Epilogue
Tenchi, Ryouko, Washuu, Tsunami, Kei, and Yuri went back to Jurai. Nine
months later, Washuu gave birth to Tenchi's first child, a son named Nobu,
a few minutes before Tsunami gave birth to Tenchi's second child, a
daughter.
Her name was Mayuka.
Kei and Yuri's new job as Co-Directors of the Jurai Intelligence Service
went much smoother than anyone thought it would. (Which meant that it was
a week before there was a major blow up involving them.) However, the
thought of having to deal with the legendary Dirty Pair did much to
discourage many potential threats to the throne from becoming actual
ones. They both lived long, happy lives, and each found love in time.
With this increased vigilance, Ryouko was finally able to take occasional
vacations from her duties as Tenchi's bodyguard ... which she generally
used to visit Earth with Ryo-oh-ki, and make a pest of herself.
At least, that's what her stated reasons were. Nobody believed her.
Back on Earth, Amy and Ryouga were married a few months after the
conclusion of these events. A few months after that, Amy was delivered
of their second child, a daughter named Hiroe. (Ryouga revealed to a few
close friends that that had been the name of one of the children he'd had
in his brief dreamlife.) Gradually, Ryouko Mizuno was reconciled with her
parents, and spent much time taking care of her little sister.
Married life agreed with Ryouga, as did having a wife who could, using the
Crystal Kingdom's satellite tracking system, find him no matter where he
was, and both factors tended to make him a calmer, *nicer* person. Ranma
and Ryouga eventually did become friends, although Ryouga would probably
have smacked anyone who suggested it. Ranma started spending more time on
Earth, and finally settled down for good when Gennosuke turned up all
right a little over a year later.
Shampoo was never seen nor heard from again by any of her friends. Or
Ranma. Gennosuke revealed to Raye the circumstances under which Shampoo
had convinced her to come back to Earth and try dealing with Ranma, but
revealed that she had stated that she would be leaving the Solar System
immediately afterwards.
Noa Izumi also lived a long, happy life in Crystal Tokyo, devoting herself
to the cause of justice and to taking care of her "son", Shinji, who like
another Shinji, did eventually grow up. During the Black Moon Crisis in
the 2980s, Noa led a Crystal Tokyo Resistance Squad on a mission to
Nemesis that wound up leading her back in time to the 2040s ... just in
time to save her husband, Asuma Shinohara, from his apparent fate. He was
rejuvenated after the end of the Crisis, and eventually became one of the
top Inspectors in the International Police Organization. (What Sailor
Pluto had to say about this went unrecorded.)
After a lengthy period of acclimation -- which will be dealt with in
greater detail elsewhere -- Sylia and Priss finally settled down together.
Priss became an ace test pilot, doing much of the initial work with the
so-called "Empathic Overload Booster". While Sylia no longer felt
comfortable with mecha design, she was often retained as a consulting
detective by the Government. Her first major case was the subject of a
major scandal that rocked the Royal Space Force to its core ... and will
*also* be dealt with in greater detail elsewhere. They eventually had two
daughters, using the so-called "Instant Nannichuan".
No points for guessing what their daughters were named.
Mina progressed down the lonely road that she had chosen for herself. She
fell deeper and deeper into the web of insanity that she was trapped in,
and her continued abuse of cybernetics was only a symptom of that illness.
She finally died shortly after the Black Moon Crisis, rising above her
tragedy for one moment of heroism.
And found peace for eternity.
Raye was *not* happy that Ranma was now living on Earth. Any encounter
between the two of them inevitably led to harsh words and violence, always
ending with Raye calling out a specific three word phrase that, for some
reason, Ranma seemed not to mind her calling him.
Serenity continued her reign, interrupted by the Black Moon Crisis, for
nearly three hundred years, guiding the humans of Earth and the Solar
System -- by the end of her reign, she was acknowledged as the supreme
ruler of Earth, Mercury, Mars, and the Jovian system -- towards the
future. Her daughter married the heir to the Black Moon Family, bringing
that wayward branch of the human race back into the fold.
And their daughter married Emperor Nobu of Jurai.
For the rest of her life -- and she was, by far, the longest living of the
Senshi -- Lita continued to serve her Queen to the best of her ability.
Her relationship with her eldest daughter was actually improved, although
her interactions with Priss were usually rather unpleasant for both sides.
And Sheila ...
Well ...
CAPTION
TEN DAYS LATER
Establishing Shot: A dusty library, somewhere in the depths of the
Crystal Tokyo University. The LIBRARIAN, a large, intelligent-looking
ourangoutan, sits behind the check out counter, reading peacefully.
SHEILA opens the door, and steps in, with a hurt and angry expression.
She stands in the door way for a moment, her eyes closed. The LIBRARIAN
looks up, startled.
SHEILA
I hate them. <beat> IhatethemIhate
themIhatethemIhatethemIhatethemI --
<beat> No I don't. <beat> DAMMIT!
She flings the door shut behind her, making a HUGE slamming noise that
momentarily stuns the LIBRARIAN, and knocks several hundred books off
their shelves. SHEILA stands seething for a moment. The LIBRARIAN picks
himself up off the floor, adjusts his robes with wounded dignity, and
starts to drum his fingers on the counter. SHEILA's eyes blink open. She
notices the LIBRARIAN, then the piles of knocked over books. She gulps
silently.
LIBRARIAN
<patient> Oooo-k?
SHEILA rubs the back of her head with a pained smile.
Cut to SHEILA picking up books, dusting off the spine, and speaking into a
portable tape recorder as she sets them on the shelf.
SHEILA
Kitab al-Azif, Japanese translation
by Hikaru Gosunkugi, 2039. Warning:
Do not open without special
precautions.
SHEILA looks at the lock that enforces that warning.
SHEILA
Do we even have the key for this?
The LIBRARIAN, working at a similar task not far away, doesn't even look
up.
LIBRARIAN
<noncommital> Ook.
SHEILA shrugs, and sets it on the shelf. She picks up another book.
SHEILA
Memoirs of Akane Tendou, nineteen
ninety ... six ...
SHEILA blinks, and rereads the cover.
SHEILA
Wait a minute, this was supposed to
have been lost.
The LIBRARIAN pauses, sets down his checklist, and ambles over to stare at
the book.
LIBRARIAN
<sharp> Ook!
He points at a small mark on the spine. SHEILA examines it.
SHEILA
"Questionable authenticity?" What?
The LIBRARIAN spreads his arms.
SHEILA
Before your time, huh?
The LIBRARIAN nods soberly.
SHEILA
Do you suppose I could take a look
at this?
The LIBRARIAN gestures to the shelves.
SHEILA
*After* I'm done?
LIBRARIAN
<grinning> Ook.
Cut to a reading desk, as SHEILA slides into a chair, and opens up the
book, and begins to read.
AKANE (V.O.)
One of the first things that was
taught in my classes at university
was to forget completely about ideas
of first causes, of moments when all
things changed. At first I fought
against the idea -- after all, I
could say that my life was never the
same after I met the man and the
woman I fell in love with. But
after I did some thinking, I started
to realize that meeting Ranma hadn't
really altered the course of my
life. Sooner or later, I think, I
would have finally had enough of
the harassment I put up with every
morning and took steps to end it
permanently. Sooner or later, I
would have realized that I *like* to
have my hair cut short, and that I
was silly to think that Tofuu-sensei
would give up on Kasumi for me if I
had long hair. Ranma didn't make me
wild like he was; I already *was*
wild, and just didn't realize it.
<beat> That's what changes, really,
in moments when everything warps.
How we look at things. New ideas,
new dreams, and new (and in some
cases, very *strange*) people make
us see things in ways that we could
never have imagined before. <beat>
That's what happened last week, I
think. After that, any illusions I
might have had about living in a
normal world were shattered forever.
And do you know something? I don't
miss them at all, anymore. <beat>
Well, maybe a little. <beat> This
is my attempt to describe, if not
explain what changed about my world
last week, so that I can understand
it better myself. If other readers
can learn from what's happened to
me, my family, and my friends ...
so much the better. <beat> It all
started when --
SHEILA turns the page and --
Cut to black.
Sailor Moon
Ranma 1/2
Tenchi Muyou
Oh My Goddess
Kimagure Orange Road
Exotica Chronicles
TOGETHER AGAIN:
1996 CHAPTER
"AND THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN"
COMING THIS FALL