INTERLUDE
Establishing Shot: Space... again. Predominantly shown is a large
planet that has come to be known as Earth. A small twinkle is shown
in the space to the left of the planet, as a ship suddenly appears
heading towards the screen.
KIYONNE (V.O.)
Officer First Class Kiyonne, ships
log, supplemental: I have arrived in
the system that the explosion assumed
to have been from the A1 class criminal
Kagato's ship, the Souja.
The ship continues to move forward passing the camera which follows
it as it moves into orbit of Earth. As it passes we notice some
signage, the Galaxy Police insignia, a strange looking string of
characters, and the name YAGAMI in script near the front of the ship.
Cut to the interior of the ship a few seconds after it passes the
camera to show KIYONNE sitting in a chair in the cockpit of the ship.
She is wearing her GP uniform, including her patented headband, under
a black leather jacket.
KIYONNE
The system is classified as A031X in
the Galaxy Police files, and is better
known as the Sol System in reference to
it's sun, the most energizing one on
this side of the galaxy. It is well
known as the home planet of the Jurai
Emperor's wife, Funaho, and has been
for the last three millennia, under a
non-interference status by the GP. In
a hopefully unrelated event, this is
the area of space that my late partner
Mihoshi had last been at before she
went missing.
KIYONNE turns in her chair to lean forward and hold her hand over one
of the buttons on the console beside her.
KIYONNE
End ships log.
She presses down on the button and leans back in her chair.
KIYONNE
Yukinojo, what's the report on the in
system wreckage and latest energy
readings. <beat>
One of the bulges on the ceiling of the cockpit pushes its way down
and opens to show two optic sensors that almost look like eyes. It
descends to be a little more than two feet in front of KIYONNE. When
it speaks, its top half and bottom half shake.
YUKINOJO
In system data has been gathered and
analyzed. There are four types of
wreckage apparent in the surrounding
space.
Behind YUKINOJO a viewscreen appears and displays various data about
shards of metal found in the wreckage. As YUKINOJO speaks, KIYONNE
takes off her jacket.
YUKINOJO
Most of the wreckage conforms to readings
and energy analyses performed during the
several brief encounters with the Souja
prior to now. Percent of error on this
fact factors down to five point three
seven.
KIYONNE leans forward to look at the data.
KIYONNE
Well, that was easy enough. Don't really
think they needed to pull me from that
concert on Yavin to do this though. <beat>
What's the data on the rest of that wreck
out there?
YUKINOJO
There are parts and debris from three ships
that are well documented in GP files. The
ships are the GP ship 'Pure Heart', the
Royal Jurai ship Ryo-oh, and the once wanted
criminal Ryo-ohki.
KIYONNE suddenly cringes and makes motions that she's dying.
KIYONNE
The <beat> 'Pure Heart?'
YUKINOJO
Affirmative. The Galaxy Police ship 'Pure
Heart' is currently issued to--
KIYONNE
Don't say it! I don't want to be hexed by
saying <beat> that evil incarnation's name.
Can you determine if there is enough wreckage
of the 'Pure Heart' to conclude that the ship
was completely destroyed and further
investigation isn't necessary?
YUKINOJO makes a motion with its optic sensors that resembles
blinking.
YUKINOJO
<flat> Negative.
KIYONNE
Shit. I wish I stayed at the concert.
Even if 'Suicidal Salarians' was playing
it would be better that finding out that
SHE is still alive.
In the Masaki house, the gang is eating Lunch around a table.
MIHOSHI suddenly sneezes.
ADAM
Bless'you.
MIHOSHI
Thank you.
TENCHI
<smiling> Someone must be talking about
you, Mihoshi.
MIHOSHI
Oh! I hope its something nice.
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Based On "Tenchi Muyou"
By Masaki Kanajaki
Episode 6: The Calm Before The Storm
Establishing Shot: Washuu's lab. The floor is indiscernible from the
walls, if there are any, but by the way all the equipment is positioned
it looks like it's a small room. WASHUU is typing on her holographic
keyboard while ADAM tries to wiggle his arm free from a vice that is
holding it under some incredibly large examining device. She turns to
ADAM and stops typing.
WASHUU
Very interesting. <beat> Much more
efficient than Ryouko's design. Not
very high on aesthetics though.
Doesn't look comfortable either. Are
you in pain?
ADAM
Not anymore, it was painful at first
but not anymore. It is very,
inconvenient though. Think you could
remove it?
WASHUU
<long and drawn out> Well... I suppose
after extensive testing I could. Maybe
a look under the intense invasive radianic
scanner would better inform me.
ADAM
Forget it, I'll just have Ryouko rip it
off my palm. I'm sure she won't have
any problems with that.
WASHUU
Nonsense, Ryouko holds you in the
highest respect. Higher than me these
days. She thinks you quite the man.
ADAM
<sarcastically> I'm sure.
WASHUU
Well, she doesn't want to kill you
anyway. It's more than I can say
about most people in this house.
SASAMI (O.S.)
Washuu? Adam? Dinner's ready!
ADAM
Oh good, I'm starved.
WASHUU
I guess I could take a break from
my strenuous work.
ADAM
<sarcastically> Oh sure, highly
strenuous.
WASHUU looks back and hits a button on a panel causing the vice around
ADAM's arm to tighten abruptly. His hand turns beet red and he
struggles violently. WASHUU laughs satanically.
Cut to the forests surrounding the lake. A small dirt path is
surrounded on both sides by tall trees that reach up into the sky but
don't block the constant stream of light pouring in. The trees sway
back and forth suddenly and there is a large flash of yellow light that
quickly dissipates and leaves KIYONNE behind. She holds up a cube that
shows what looks like a compass.
KIYONNE
Damn, her homing signal is still
Strong. <beat> Enormous amounts
of high energy potential around,
I wonder if there's been some
contamination from the explosion of
Kagato's ship.
KIYONNE walks down the path with her head down watching her cube.
Cut to Masaki household interior. AEKA and RYOUKO are watching what
looks like a soap opera, SASAMI is playing with RYO-OHKI by the window.
Zoom to show television.
MAN
Exactly what you wanted, forty
pounds of rice from the market.
Now, you know what I want in return.
WOMAN
I <beat> I don't know if I should.
What if my husband finds out?
MAN
You know you want to, and he won't
care if you do.
Cut to RYOUKO and AEKA. Their eyes widen and they lean forward towards
the television.
WOMAN
Well, I suppose it'll be alright,
as long as it's quick.
MAN
You can do it as quick as you want
it to be, I just want it so much.
RYOUKO is almost drooling, AEKA is biting on the ends of her robe. Cut
to the television screen.
WOMAN
Okay. Let's do it! I'll cook
Lunch for you!
MAN
I'll get the hibachi!
Cut to RYOUKO and AEKA. They both face fault and RYOUKO falls on the
ground. AEKA quickly picks up the remote control, turns off the
television, and starts walking off.
AEKA
I wonder what Tenchi is doing.
RYOUKO
I think I'll see what Washuu is
working on.
SASAMI(O.S.)
Hey everybody! Look what's going
on outside!
AEKA and RYOUKO turn to look out the window. Cut to exterior of Masaki
household. Rather large flakes of snow are falling but have yet to
accumulate on the ground.
SASAMI
What is that?
RYOUKO
Oh great, SNOW. <beat> I really
hate the weather on this planet.
I can't stand the cold.
SASAMI
Looks like fun. <looks down> Come
on Ryo-ohki, lets go outside and
play!
AEKA
Isn't a little unusual to have snow
in this area of Earth?
RYOUKO
Yeah, I think the last time it snowed
was close to ten years ago.
The door to WASHUU's lab opens and ADAM walks in.
ADAM
Hey! Snow! I was wondering if we were
still in a temperate zone.
RYOUKO
Don't tell me YOU like snow.
ADAM
Oh yeah! I love snow. Don't know why,
just do.
SASAMI
Adam, you want to come play in the
snow with me?
ADAM
Uh, sure. I'm done with my work for now.
AEKA
Work? What work are you doing?
ADAM
I'm working with Washuu on something
special. She says it's something that
has been on her mind for the last 1200
years. I can't say what it is yet.
<beat> Mostly because I don't know.
ADAM reaches into the doorway and pulls out a black trench coat.
ADAM
Okay Sasami, lets go!
ADAM and SASAMI walk out the glass door with RYO-OHKI. AEKA and RYOUKO
look at each other for a moment then RYOUKO walks past AEKA and into
the doorway to WASHUU's lab. A few seconds later TENCHI walks in with
a held out fist.
TENCHI
Oh Aeka! I was looking for you.
AEKA
<hopeful> Oh, you were, Lord Tenchi?
TENCHI
Yeah, I need to give you something.
TENCHI opens his fist and in his palm is a large seed with a few buds
already sprouting from it.
TENCHI
Tsunami told me to give this to you,
she said it was Ryo-Oh's seed. It
seemed very important, so I didn't
want to forget.
AEKA looks at the seed in his hand and picks it up with her two
fingers.
AEKA
Thank you very much, Lord Tenchi.
<beat> This is all that is truly
left of my ship, Ryo-Oh. But
hopefully I can grow a new tree
from this bud and Ryo-Oh won't
really die. <beat; saddened>
But I'm not sure it can grow in
Earth's soil, and if it takes root
it'll be stuck here forever.
TENCHI
Oh, <beat> maybe you can get Washuu
to make you something! She is a
genius, after all.
AEKA
Yes... yes, maybe she can. I'll go
talk to her about it. Thank you
again Lord Tenchi.
There is an uncomfortable silence and AEKA and TENCHI just look at the
floor. Suddenly AEKA looks up at TENCHI.
AEKA
So, have you seen the snow yet?
TENCHI
Snow?
TENCHI looks past AEKA and out the window to see the white flakes
dropping the ground. The snow is starting to accumulate and SASAMI and
ADAM are making snowballs by the lake.
Cut to a blurry, black and white scene with a young TENCHI playing
around in the snow seeming very happy. A woman walks up in robes with
a parasol whom we can't see the face of. Cut to TENCHI's view as he
looks up at the woman, her face shrouded in the shadow of the parasol.
WOMAN
Having fun Tenchi? You better put
on your coat though, or you'll catch
a cold.
TENCHI
Awww, mom, it's not that cold out.
WOMAN
<laughs; warmly> No, not now, but it
will be. So make your poor mom happy
and put on your coat.
TENCHI
Okay mom.
AEKA(V.O.)
Tenchi?
Cut back to Masaki household interior. AEKA is looking at TENCHI
strangly.
AEKA
Tenchi? Are you alright?
TENCHI
Huh? <beat> Yeah, I was just remembering
something from when I was young.
There's a loud smack and TENCHI and AEKA look outside to see a large
white splotch on the glass door. Outside SASAMI is laughing and ADAM
is smiling at the window. He seems to mouth the word, "Sorry," through
his smile. TENCHI sighs.
Cut to Masaki Shrine. YOUSHO is standing on the porch of the shrine
watching the snow fall with a cup of tea in his hand.
YOUSHO
Hmm... <beat> It was on a day like
today that it all happened.
KIYONNE suddenly emerges from the trees covered in snow, still holding
the cube in front of her. She's shivering quite violently as she walks
out of the trees. YOUSHO picks up an umbrella and starts walking over
to her.
KIYONNE
<to herself> Damn you Mihoshi. Even
when you aren't here you're causing
me trouble.
YOUSHO
Excuse me miss.
KIYONNE jumps, startled by YOUSHO's voice and that he's holding the
umbrella over her.
YOUSHO
It is very cold out and you don't
seem to be prepared for the weather,
perhaps you should come inside and
warm yourself before you continue on
your way.
KIYONNE debates it in her mind for all of half a second before she nods
her head and walks with YOUSHO back to the shrine.
Cut to shrine interior. YOUSHO is pouring KIYONNE a cup of tea.
YOUSHO
So tell me who you are and what you
are doing out in the snow.
KIYONNE
My name is Kiyonne, and I'm a police
officer First Class. I was send out
here to look for one of our missing
officers, we found some evidence that
suggested she might be here.
YOUSHO nods silently, absorbing the information.
KIYONNE
I wasn't expecting any snow because the
sky was clear earlier today, so it
caught me off guard.
YOUSHO
So how did you end up in the forest.
There is a direct path to the house
from the road.
KIYONNE rubs the back of her head and smiles nervously.
KIYONNE
Well, I wasn't really looking where
I was going and by the time I realized
I was lost, I couldn't retrace my
steps anymore.
YOUSHO
Hmmm... I heard you talking about
Mihoshi before. Is she the missing
Officer you were sent to find?
KIYONNE drops her cup and lunges over to YOUSHO. She grabs him by his
collar and pulls him forward.
KIYONNE
<tense; loud> Do you know who she
is? Have you seen her? Where is
she.
YOUSHO
<calm> She lives in the house at
the bottom of the steps of this
shrine.
KIYONNE drops YOUSHO and sits back and just stares for a second. Then
she starts to cry.
KIYONNE
Noooo!!! It's all gone, my peace
and quiet, my success, my life. It's
all ruined, all GONE!
YOUSHO sweatdrops.
Cut to subspace, WASHUU's Lab. A large multicolored floor stretches
into a large room with walls that go beyond the camera. WASHUU is
sitting on a floating pillow typing on her holographic keyboard. The
outline of a door appears then fills in yellow with a window as ADAM
pushes it open and walks into the Lab. He walks over to her with his
hands in his pockets.
ADAM
Washuu.
WASHUU
Adam.
ADAM
<beat> You called?
WASHUU turns in her pillow and looks up at ADAM.
WASHUU
Your work on the subspace inverter
assembly is incomplete. I was hoping
you could finish it. <beat> Now.
ADAM
<blinks> Of... of course, Washuu. I
just need to review the schematics for
reference.
WASHUU
<flat> Proceed.
WASHUU turns back around and continues typing on her computer. ADAM
reaches into his pocket and pulls out a ring which he puts on his
index finger. As he raises his hands another holographic keyboard
appears and he begins typing on it.
ADAM
Are you okay, Washuu? You see a bit--
WASHUU
I'm fine.
ADAM
<quick; quizzical> How old are you?
WASHUU stops for a moment, she is visibly pained for a second before
returning to her typing.
WASHUU
I'm old. <beat> Much older than you'll
ever be.
ADAM
Oh, of course. The many years you spent
as Kagato's prisoner are probably much
longer than I'll ever live. But you have
information that you've dated as thousands
of years old.
WASHUU
<angered> *Very* old. Happy?
ADAM
You aren't like the rest of the people here.
You're not Juraian, not like Mihoshi, and I
don't think you're like Kagato --
WASHUU
I am NOTHING like Kagato. In age, or species.
ADAM
Then how old are you... WHAT are you?
She seems to think about it for a long time before answering.
WASHUU
I'm Washuu.
ADAM
Then what does that mean?
WASHUU doesn't move for several moments.
ADAM
What do you know about Pluto?
WASHUU
It's a planet.
ADAM looks at her with his eyebrows raised.
WASHUU
Oh, *HER*. <beat> You know I did detect
her... TAINT on you, but I assumed it was
a malfunction. I really didn't think she'd
do it.
ADAM
Do what?
WASHUU
Produce a child.
ADAM
Prod... <enraged> WHAT?!
Cut to the exterior of the Masaki household. The snow is still
Falling heavily and a thick layer of it covers almost everything. A
Pair of figures walk up to the house and enter.
Cut to interior, Mihoshi is watching television on the couch laughing
hysterically. YOUSHO walks in from the hall wearing a hood and cloak
that makes him look a lot like Obi-Wan Kenobi. KIYONNE walks in
behind him and cringes when she see's MIHOSHI.
YOUSHO
Mihoshi! There's someone here to see
you.
MIHOSHI
Who? <beat; yelling> KIYONNE!!
MIHOSHI jumps off the couch and runs over to grab KIYONNE. She holds
her close and shakes her back and forth.
MIHOSHI
Oh Kiyonne! I missed you soooo much!
I thought I'd never see you again I
was stranded here without my ship an
I lost my hypercube and...
KIYONNE
Mihoshi! Shut UP! <beat; softer> I'm
almost afraid to ask. <normal> Mihoshi
did YOU have anything to do with the
debris of Kagato's ship?
MIHOSHI
Yes! <beat;very quick> Oh, Kiyonne it
was so scary, we were on the ship and
all these big faces were attacking me
and then I was alone and big snakes
were after me and then Washuu broke
out of this crystal and destroyed the
the snakes but we were trapped an..
YOUSHO
<softly to KIYONNE> How much longer
will she go on like this?
KIYONNE
Until she's told us every little detail
from the event, and believe me, she
remembers EVERY detail.
MIHOSHI
So then she made Aeka come over to the
reverse side and then he was gonna
destroy the Earth but Tenchi and Adam
showed up to stop him and...
KIYONNE, who looks like she's gonna have an aneurysm, yells into
MIHOSHI'S ear causing her to fall backwards.
KIYONNE
MIHOSHI! SHUT UP!!
MIHOSHI
Well, I'm so glad my best partner is
back! We can be a team again, Kiyonne!
We were the best!
KIYONNE
<softly> Why couldn't you just stay dead?
Cut to Subspace, Washuu's lab. ADAM and WASHUU as still just where
we left them last except for the large vein bulging from ADAM'S head.
ADAM
Her child?! <beat> Absolutely not! I'm
not.. I *CAN'T* be related to her.
Hell, I don't even know what she IS.
My mother was a magnificent person, she
died when I was a kid, but I KNEW HER.
WASHUU
Just the same, her presence almost
emanates from you.
ADAM
I tell you, she is NOT my mother.
WASHUU
Well, it would be awfully strange for
her to break the rules, she must be
the strictest one of us all about rules.
<beat> How do you know her exactly?
ADAM
I *don't*. <beat> I've been hearing her
voice recently, but she doesn't tell me
anything about her, just about some goal
I'm supposed to fulfill. And I met her
on the Souja with Tsunami, she said that
I agreed to do work for her a long time
ago, then she showed me a scene I don't
even remember from my youth. <beat;soft>
it was just after my mother died too.
WASHUU
Hmm, very interesting. I'll have to do
additional tests, you could me more
interesting than you first appeared to
be.
ADAM
So what is Pluto and why is she picking
on me?
WASHUU
Pluto, <beat> is a planet.
WASHUU smiles evilly as ADAM looks at her scornfully just as the door
appears again and AEKA walks in.
AEKA
<calling> Oh Washuu!
ADAM keeps staring at WASHUU, who returns to her typing. AEKA walks
over to WASHUU and ADAM.
WASHUU
What do you want?
AEKA
Washuu, I was wondering if you had
something I could plant Ryo-oh's seed
in that will be like it was on Jurai.
WASHUU
Of course I do.
There's a short moment of silience.
ADAM
<laughing> Will you get Aeka the device
for Ryo-oh's seed?
WASHUU
Oh, okay.
Cut to dining room of the Masaki house, a large table with KIYONNE,
MIHOSHI, YOUSHO, and TENCHI kneeling around it.
TENCHI
So you're Mihoshi's partner? I suppose
you're glad you've found her, she's
been very upset about being stranded
here on Earth.
KIYONNE
<flat> Yes, I'm so glad.
MIHOSHI
Kiyonne and I were the best Galaxy Police
Officers, first class, number one, the
top of our--
KIYONNE
I think they get the POINT Mihoshi.
<beat> Actually, I was on the way to
becoming sector chief when the
commissioner's wonderful granddaughter
was assigned to be the partner of the
best officer in the GP. Me. So now
I'm a patrol officer, but I suppose I
should be grateful to have such a
caring partner as opposed to the
hundreds of officers I WOULD have had,
all under my command to keep an entire
sector in order instead of a small
patrol. But, I guess it was fate.
KIYONNE is visibly depressed by that statement.
YOUSHO
So what are you going to do now that
you've found Mihoshi?
KIYONNE
Well, I've got to take her back to GP
Headquarters so she can testify as to
the destruction of her ship and so she
can deliver her report on the death of
Kagato.
MIHOSHI
Ooohhh, but Kiyonne, I want us to stay
here, on Earth.
KIYONNE
We can't, we have to go to HQ to get
our assignment.
MIHOSHI
But, but Kiyonne, everyone is here. We
can't leave them. We can't, we can't we
can't!
KIYONNE
Mihoshi! Just be quiet! You don't have a
choice!
AEKA walks in from WASHUU'S door, followed by ADAM. At the same
time, SASAMI and RYO-OHKI come inside from the cold snow. She
shakes off her clothes and takes off her boots before noticing
KIYONNE.
SASAMI
Oh, hello.
TENCHI
Oh, this is Kiyonne, she's Mihoshi's
partner from the Galaxy Police. <beat>
Kiyonne, this is Princess Sasami,
Princess Aeka, and Adam.
ADAM waves meekly. AEKA gives a slight bow and SASAMI waves her hand
cheerily.
SASAMI
Hi!
AEKA
It's a pleasure to meet you.
ADAM
Uh, Yo.
KIYONNE starts to wave then stops and freezes.
KIYONNE
Wait! You mean THE Princesses to the
throne of the House of Jurai? <beat>
And they were here, all along with,
<turns> YOU?
MIHOSHI smiles innocently. Suddenly RYOUKO appears in the rafters
and flies down and smothers TENCHI. AEKA quickly turns red.
RYOUKO
Oh Tenchi! Please, please, PLEASE,
make the snow stop. I hate the cold
weather!
KIYONNE
<stands; louder> AND the Space Pirate
Ryouko? Attacker of Jurai 700 years
Ago? <beat> In the SAME HOUSE? <beat>
With YOU? <beat; yelling> AND NO ONE
SEE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THIS?
Everyone looks at KIYONNE and shakes their heads slowly. She slumps
down onto the floor and sighs. ADAM walks over to her and places a
hand on her shoulder. AEKA rushes over to TENCHI and pulls RYOUKO
away from him.
ADAM
You've got to find a way to get rid of
stress. This raving and yelling like a
lunatic is very unbecoming.
RYOUKO
<yelling> Let me be Princess!
AEKA
<yelling> You get your hands off of
Tenchi!
RYOUKO
I'll do what I want Princess and you'll
not stop me.
AEKA
If you don't let go of him I'll be forced
to make you let go.
RYOUKO
Oh yeah? You and what army?
The bickering between the two continues in the background
ADAM
<sighs> Of course, around here, it's
almost normal.
Cut to Masaki house exterior, a man in a trench coat is walking up to
the house. Fade to interior as NOBUYUKI walks into the house with a
briefcase in one hand and a bouquet of flowers in the other. As he's
taking his shoes off, TENCHI walks into the foyer.
TENCHI
Oh, hey dad! I thought I heard you come
in.
NOBUYUKI quickly hides the flowers behind his back. He smiles
nervously.
NOBUYUKI
Yeah, just got back from the office. I
had to work on a house design that has
to be done in a couple of days.
TENCHI
Even today? In this weather?
NOBUYUKI
Well, some people think I don't have a
personal life, they insist that I get
these things done in such a short time.
I've designed 6 houses this month alone!
YOUSHO sticks his head into the foyer behind TENCHI.
YOUSHO
Ahhh, Nobuyuki. Going to drink some sake
with me tonight?
NOBUYUKI stands holding the briefcase in front of the flowers and
Starts walking up the stairs.
NOBUYUKI
Uhh, yeah, that sounds like a good idea.
I've got to go put this in my room now,
bye.
TENCHI and YOUSHO watch NOBUYUKI smile nervously as he rushes up the
stairs holding his briefcase in front of him.
TENCHI
What's wrong with him?
YOUSHO
The mind goes quick for those who don't
use it properly.
YOUSHO ducks back away from the foyer. TENCHI turns around and stares
into the doorway strangely.
TENCHI
And what's that supposed to mean?
Cut to subspace, Washuu's Lab. ADAM and WASHUU are both typing
furiously on holographic keyboards. It's dark all around them,
the sounds of machines clicking and popping can be heard in the
background. Simultaneously they turn around and grin. Pan around
them to show the large machine that is in front of them.
WASHUU
It's almost finished! <laughs>
ADAM
It just needs to be tuned to the right
frequency and tested. <beat> Which, of
course could take a while.
WASHUU
It's simple! For a genius like me!
MIHOSHI (O.S.)
So what does it do?
WASHUU
Well, it takes what you've always
desired and...
ADAM and WASHUU quickly stare at each other then slowly turn to face
MIHOSHI who's smiling behind them. WASHUU jumps behind ADAM and
sticks her head out from behind him.
WASHUU
AHHH!! How'd you get in here!?
MIHOSHI
I used the door.
ADAM
<slowly> You used the door?
WASHUU
You can't use the door to get in here.
You have to go through subspace first!
MIHOSHI looks like she's confused beyond her brain power. Washuu
steps out from behind ADAM and looks at MIHOSHI.
WASHUU
So what do you want?
MIHOSHI
I just wanted to know what you were
working on in here.
ADAM
<quickly> You wouldn't understand it.
WASHUU and ADAM look at each other and smile for a second.
WASHUU
So get ooooout! You'll ruin something
in here!
They turn back to see MIHOSHI is no longer standing there and has
moved over to the machine.
MIHOSHI
So what does this do?
MIHOSHI presses a button and the panel explodes with wires and
circuitry. ADAM and WASHUU dash over to her.
WASHUU
NO! Don't touch anything!!
ADAM
MIHOSHI, STOP!!
ADAM pulls MIHOSHI from the panel as a few others explode in a flash
of light. WASHUU puts her hands to her head and pull on her hair
then turns to look at MIHOSHI. ADAM quickly begins pressing buttons
on the console and looking at the circuitry.
WASHUU
Mihoshi! What did you do? Don't touch
ANYTHING when you're in here!
MIHOSHI
Sorr--
ADAM
Shit!
WASHUU
What?
ADAM
The entire sub-matrix is trashed! Not
to mention the controls for the
dimensional analyzer and conformer.
I'll take me a day to rebuild all this
damage.
WASHUU
Nooo! My machine! Mihoshi! Get ou--
<beat> Mihoshi?
WASHUU and ADAM look around but Mihoshi isn't around. They look at
each other in confusion.
Cut to Masaki household interior, living room. YOUSHO and NOBUYUKI
are sitting on the couch drinking sake. They are watching the snow
Fall through the sliding glass door which is currently open. A
Really thick layer of snow covers the nighttime landscape.
YOUSHO
A lot has happened these last few days,
Nobuyuki.
NOBUYUKI
Yes, a lot grandpa.
YOUSHO
You know, even though you aren't my son,
you're a lot like me.
NOBUYUKI
Yes, I've noticed that. <beat> I used to
be a lot like her as well.
YOUSHO
Yes, my daughter was a lot like you. I
Think she loved you because of it.
NOBUYUKI
<soft> Achika.
NOBUYUKI gets up from the couch and walks out onto the porch and
holds his cup of sake out in the snow. Several flakes fall into
it.
NOBUYUKI
She loved the snow. <beat> I hated it.
YOUSHO gets up to stand next to NOBUYUKI, he also holds out his sake.
YOUSHO
I never understood how she could love
the snow so much when I hated it. <beat>
but you know, I don't hate it anymore.
NOBUYUKI
I don't hate it anymore either. When I
got up this morning and saw it, I could
only think of how beautiful she looked
in the snow. How much she loved it, how
much it pained me to see her...
NOBUYUKI drinks the rest of his sake and looks down at the ground.
YOUSHO
It was just like today that it happened.
The snow came down furiously, but she
kept smiling. <beat> Nobuyuki?
Cut to NOBUYUKI, still with his head down. Pan downwards to show the
empty cup of sake he's holding in his hand. A teardrop falls into
the cup and settles in the center. Shortly after, a snowflake joins
it, mixing with it until the snowflake is gone.
NOBUYUKI
<strained> She smiled till the end. She
said to me, 'Time is short, but I lived
my life to the fullest, that's all that
really matters.'
YOUSHO
She always used to say that. From the
first day you two started going out
regularly. I used to think it was
that sparkle of joy she had when she
was with you talking. But...
YOUSHO drinks the rest of his sake and turns around to go in the
House. NOBUYUKI looks up at the snow, his eyes are slightly wet. He
turns and follows YOUSHO back inside closing the door behind him. Pan
left to see ADAM, standing beside the house, holding a mess of
wires and machinery, his eyes are wide and he looks a bit shaken. The
top of his head is covered in snow.
ADAM
<whispered> Tenchi's mother...
PLUTO (O.S.)
She died from a massive immune system
shut down, in this house, on November
tenth, 1985.
ADAM spins on his foot to see PLUTO standing in her sailor fuku,
holding onto her staff. Strangely, none of the snow seems to be
falling on her.
PLUTO
For all intense purposes, she died
from what seemed like, old age. She
was thirty-two.
ADAM
What really happened to her?
PLUTO
She spend all of her energy when she
was in her teens. She had none left
to continue living.
ADAM
<slowly> All her energy. <beat> How?
PLUTO
You'll find out.
ADAM
Great. <beat; annoyed> So why are you
here now? Come to give me more cryptic
information that won't be useful until
it's too late?
PLUTO
I know what you and Washuu are building.
Do not continue.
ADAM
Why?
PLUTO
The very fabric of the space time
continuum relies on the fact that only
those who fully understand it, may
manipulate it. Washuu would know that
if...
ADAM
Don't trail off like that! Why doesn't
she know? And why does she think that
I'm your son?
PLUTO
Modifications were necessary. Side
effects can be mistaken for genetic
similarities.
ADAM
Modifications?! What do you mean?
PLUTO waits a moment then turns and waves her staff until a large
portal appears.
ADAM
Don't you dare ignore me! What am I to
You? Your puppet?
PLUTO
You are my messenger. <beat> It's what
you agreed to be.
PLUTO steps into the portal.
ADAM
<yelling> Why don't I remember then?!
The portal closes with Pluto inside. ADAM blinks a few times then
shakes his head so all the snow falls from the top.
ADAM
Why am I always the one who doesn't
know what's going on?
Cut to space, interior of the Yagami. KIYONNE and MIHOSHI are
sitting in the cockpit of the ship as it orbits the earth. They are
both wearing their GP uniforms.
KIYONNE
Yukinojo, open Hyperlink-Comm to GP
headquarters.
YUKINOJO descends from the top bubble and stops right in front of
KIYONNE.
FUKINOJO
Hypercomm active. Vocal password
Identification requested.
KIYONNE
'She had so many children, she knew
not what to do.'
FUKINOJO
Password confirmed. Hypercomm open.
KIYONNE
Good. Transmit Mihoshi's report.
Suddenly a big screen appears, floating in mid air. The GP SECTION
CHIEF is on it.
CHIEF
Good job Kiyonne! Oh, I see you are
Both there! That's great.
KIYONNE
Why is that great?
CHIEF
Twelve hours ago, the Galaxy Police
battleship Shunga was stolen and is
reported to be heading in that direction
of the galaxy. I want you two to remain
there incase the ship does come to the
Sol System.
KIYONNE
Wha? <beat> WHY? This is a backwater
planet in the middle of nowhere! We
don't even have direct jurisdiction
over this area of space! It's a protected
region by the House of Jurai!
CHIEF
We've already gotten permission from
Jurai. They agree that the Shunga should
be recovered and any way that might be
achieved should be used.
MIHOSHI
Yea! Now we don't have to leave Kiyonne!
We can stay with Tenchi and Sasami and Aeka
And Adam and Yousho and Ryouko and...
MIHOSHI keeps rattling off the names of the people who live in the
Masaki household while KIYONNE keeps talking to the CHIEF.
KIYONNE
Are you sure we have to stay here?
CHIEF
Oh I'm positive. By the way, what's in
this report?
KIYONNE
The standard Mihoshi-style report. It
contains the events leading up to and
the actual death of Kagato.
CHIEF
SHE was reponsable?
KIYONNE
Not directly. From what I glimpsed at
the report, Tenchi and Adam did most of
the work.
CHIEF
Whatever. You better get going. I'll
Make sure this report gets sent to Jurai
as well. They've been probably waiting for a
conclusion to this for a long time. Section
Chief, Out.
The screen disintegrates into nothingness. KIYONNE turns to MIHOSHI,
who's still talking to herself.
KIYONNE
<frustrated> MIHOSHI! He's gone!
MIHOSHI
<confused> What?
KIYONNE hits her forehead with her hand.
Cut to Subspace, Washuu's lab. Everyone is gathered in the darkness:
TENCHI, RYOUKO, AEKA, SASAMI, YOUSHO, NOBUYUKI, KIYONNE, and MIHOSHI.
They are all looking around, a bit confused.
WASHUU (O.S.)
And now, I'd like to present to you, my
<soft> second <normal> greatest creation
of all time!
ADAM (O.S.)
Ever wish things had gone a bit different?
Ever wish that you could go back and
change a few things? Ever wish you could
have lived in a time and place where you
were a ancient Samurai warrior, or a space
faring explorer? Well, wish no longer!
WASHUU (O.S.)
Introducing the Multidimensional Time And
Space Manipulator!
Lights suddenly come on and we see WASHUU and ADAM standing beside
the large machine from earlier. A few repairs can be seen from where
MIHOSHI had destroyed things, but otherwise the thing looks sleek
and new.
ALL
Oooooohhh!
WASHUU
My Time and Space Manipulator will create
a world to your design. Just tell it
what you want and it will make it for you.
No work, no regrets, just perfection! And
It's all brought to you by the genius of
WASHUU!!
Everyone looks at the machine in awe, then, with hunger.
RYOUKO
Ooh! Let me try first!
AEKA
No, Let me!
SASAMI
Oh, I want to give it a try!
MIHOSHI
Let me have a go at it!
WASHUU suddenly stand in front of them all.
WASHUU
NO!! <beat> No one gets to touch it
until it's fine tuned. And definitely
not without proper supervision by
myself!
ALL
Awwww.
RYOUKO (V.O.)
That's okay. I'll just wait unit you're
asleep. Then I'll get MY go at it, heh
Heh haa!
AEKA (V.O.)
I'll do it at night. Then I'll erase
That dreaded Ryouko from the entire
universe and Tenchi will be all to myself.
Oh, Hohohohohohohoh.
SASAMI (V.O.)
I wonder what it would be like to be a
Superhero like in those TV shows. Maybe
I'll just look at it when everyone has
gone to sleep.
MIHOSHI (V.O.)
Ooh! I want to create a world where
Kiyonne and I are together forever and
We'll always be happy!
KIYONNE (V.O.)
I need to create a world where Mihoshi
never existed. If only to experience
that for a while.
WASHUU (V.O.)
There, that should have sufficently
scared them. They'll never think of
touching it when I'm not around.
Everyone lets our a short chuckle at once, then quickly quiets down.
All at once they all leave in different directions. Except for
ADAM, who's standing by the machine staring at them all leave.
ADAM
I get the feeling it's going to be a
rough night. I wish I knew what they
all were thinking though.
Fade to black.
Caption:
FULL CIRCLE: The Tenchi Muyou Episodes
Episode 7: Time and Space Adventures
Coming Soon.
Authors Notes:
*whew* Got that one finished finally. I put in LOADS of material
that lead up to the next few episodes. For those of you who are
keeping
track of these things, this episode is actually the combination of OAV
7,
TV 5, TV 9, and TV 11. See ya in the next episode!
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