However, this one is good fun, in that it takes the idea of
the man with the typewriter making one's life miserable for
the one's own personal amusement to the nth degree. One can
only pray the characters never find their way to the real world.
Boy, isn't that the truth!
- - - - - - - - - -
A week ago, flashes of lightning illuminated a dark castle on
Jurai. Gargoyles on the battlements sternly warned off intruders.
Hopefully only the stone type, and not the man eating, fire
breathing, death
metal singing, rows of sharp teeth type. Or is it those type?
Just stone. As far as I know.
"Perfectly, father. Eliminate the infant. Make sure I am
impregnated first. Then my descendent, the first-born, will claim
the imperial throne." The shadowed figure put the back of her
hand to her mouth as an eerie peal of laughter emerged.
Naga? Is that you? ^^
Hmmm... didn't even occur to me to use Naga. But, now that you
mention it, I wonder what Tenchi's reaction would be?
"Perfectly, mother. I am to find out all I can about the infant,
so that you can expose it as illegitimate. Then _my_ child, the
firstborn of the Prince, will succeed to the throne."
That's actually...rather nice of them, comparitively
speaking, of course.
Comparatively.
There was a theory proposed by Chris Angel I believe it was,
where the male to female birth ratio on Jurai might be abnormally
high in the female's favor; which could explain how the bigomy
thing might be so readily accepted. Either that or Misaki has
corrupted yet another little girl.
I haven't yet had to make any such assumptions, but I'll keep
that in mind.
"Like you didn't? Anyway, phase myself into your body, and
announce to Tenchi that we're both going first at the same time."
Fuuu...ssssiooonn...HHAAA!!! ^_^ We are the great Ryeka! We
will defeat our...err...we will have our Tenchi, and we will
have him right now!!!!!!!!
>From their point of view, why wouldn't it work?
"I'm sure that the very idea scared Tenchi-sama away."
With the combined might of the two of them, I'D be scared. ^^;;;
Heh. As would I.
"Of course he was. Just not for very long," Aeka replied, then
Quick blower then? ^_-
You're seventeen, you're inexperienced, and then this happens.
Even if Tenchi stayed to try, how long do _you_ think he'd have
lasted?
Heh, naa, I think better of you than that. I remember a
previous draft of Ki-ohki that had the worst case scenerio type
scene right there.
That was probably running through my mind, those two scenes in
"Ki-ohki", one with Tenchi innocently in bed with Kiyone, and
one with Sasami.
"Oh, good morning, you two. Isn't it a wonderful day?"
Kill the evil ones who are cheery in the morning...
Heh.
"You mean Tenchi-sama's amazing endurance had enough left for
_you_ after _I_ was completely satiated." Aeka paused,
This begs the question: Have they been saying things like
this for so long, they actually believe what they are saying
about the guy, when he has demonstrated nothing of this?
They probably believe Tenchi capable of amazing feats of
endurance, yes...
Mihoshi applauded in delight. "Oh, Tenchi was just wonderful!
I'll remember last night for... for always! I thought I would
just go out of my mind, it was _SO_ good. I was in... ecstacy,
that's the word, right? Utter ecstasy. But, gosh, when did
Tenchi have time for both of you? Tenchi got here only a couple
of hours after we all went to bed last night."
Hmmm...did he feed Mihoshi chocolates by hand or something? ^^;;;;;
Actually I had something else in mind (see part 4 for hints), but
your idea is even funnier.
Later, Tenchi and the girls, all dressed formally, gathered
on the veranda to await the arrival of the new fiancees, the
daughters of important Juraian notables.
Now here is something you might want to describe further. We've never
really seen Tenchi dress very formally before. Unless you
count the TV universe, but that was a formal Juraian lord
outfit too. What about how he would dress on Earth?
I kind of assumed Tenchi was _trying_ to dress formally in the
last OVA episode, while waiting for the Emperor. But you're
right, this scene would benefit from more description.
"They did," noted Washuu drily. "Your parents decided to go
on a favor-hunting expedition."
Tenchi stood still, in shock. "How many are there?"
Y'know...I don't really like the character of Tenchi, but I
would not blame him if he pulled out his LHW and started to
hack the planet into itty bitty pieces right about now.
I am mean to him, aren't I. ;)
"Oh, forgive me, my husband," chirped Lady Fuyuno as she plucked
her suitcase back from Tenchi, then took one of his arms and
batted her eyelashes at him.
I guarantee, he's imune to things like that, by this time.
If nothing else, I hope Ryouko and Ayeka have desensitised
him to some feminine wiles. Heh.
But a lady has to try...
- - - - - - - - - -
Sasami and Mihoshi happily handed out rooming assignments to the
unexpectedly-large horde. Sasami paid special attention to three
of the new-comers, the only ones close to her own age.
Washuu comes through again?
I'm assuming no extra rooms (yet). They're bunking them up into
the hallways. But, with Washuu around, something will be arranged,
no doubt...
"I'm Sasami. You must be Duchess Misao," Sasami smiled.
"Yes," replied the shy, dark-haired girl, with a tentative smile.
"You look just like your great-great-great-grandmother. Did you
know she was my best friend?"
Heheheheh. I always liked Misao. One wonders where Rumiya
is? ^_^ Course, that could be the guy that the old Misao is
married too. But then...why not one for this generation
balling his eyes out on Jurai too? Heh.
Even if there is a Rumiya around, I don't know that he'll make it
into this story. Pixy Misa, on the other hand...
"And I'm Asuka," said a slightly older, orange-haired girl.
"Let's all be good friends. It would be... convenient!"
Now that's just wrong!!!! ^_^
Which? Asuka's appearance, or the "convenient"? I have no
plans to do anything much with Asuka, though.
"We were having trouble negotiating the number down very far, so
we just reversed course. You wouldn't _believe_ what you can get
done with a marriageable prince in hand."
One thing to note: Even with Tenchi's tie to the throne and his
overwhelming power, he's still part Terran. Some prejudices
will likely pop up.
Good point. Another source of future fun!
And Tenchi isn't the only one marriageable. If one follows
the line back, Nobiyuki is distantly related to Yoshou,
not to mention Yoshou himself is marriagable as well. Heh.
That could make things even more ugly.
Hmmm... perhaps we can now make a guess about the real reason
Youshou fled Jurai and keeps his disguise?
"HAAA!" screamed a red-head, leaping high over an troll dressed
only in white cap and trousers. "Take THAT!" The young lady's
light saber sliced the troll cleanly in two. Nearby, a blue-
Noooo! Not her! Anyone but her!
Depends on which "her" you were thinking of. I had in mind someone
often found in the company of a blue-haired fencer. Maybe I'll add
the word "pig-tailed" to the next draft.
More of the newcomers jumped into the fray, wielding monofilament
yo-yos, light sabers, tiny wooden floating cans, and even more
unusual devices. Blue gore splashed everywhere.
Tenchi eyes grew larger and larger as he watched his new-found
fiancees as work.
Shit...if he ever needed something killed, all he'd have to
do is point and they'd be dead. Heh.
It just gets scarier and scarier, doesn't it? ;)
"Great plan, Washuu," Kiyone noted drily as the blue golems were
quickly reduced to small tidbits. "And now you've scared Sasami."
Kiyone pointed to where Sasami and Misao were hugging each other,
both crying. Sasami was saying something about her scary dream
the previous night coming true.
Yeah, I can see that. Hehehehehehe.
And now we know what she was doing in the same bed as Tenchi...
Early that evening, Kiyone and Mihoshi joined several of the
newcomers sitting outside enjoying the day's last light. One of
the new girls, one Menori, a slight, brown-haired girl, produced
a stringed instrument and proceeded to play a long-drawn-out,
haunting melody, somehow suited to the steep wooded hillsides
of the area.
If Haruna shows up, I will hurt you sooooo bad...^_^
Nope. No way, no-how. No plans at all.
"I agree," said another, who Kiyone remembered was named Teruzi,
the daughter of a powerful Juraian Senator. Kiyone caught Teruzi
looking at her sidelong. "What did the Smirfiends have to gain?
If it was really them."
No! Not the smurfs!!! Noooo! ^_^
"I was never very thrilled about coming here in the first place,"
added a willowy, silver-haired young lady named Pikko, "but now it
looks like it might be interesting after all."
"Indeed. Who cared about this backwater Prince? But a mystery,
now _that's_ worth sticking around for."
So where's Shaggy, Fred, Scooby and the rest with the Mystery
Machine. ^_^
I was tempted to describe one of these girls as a short, brown-
haired girl, and another as a taller, willowy red-head, but was
dissuaded by the recent Tenchi/Scooby xover post.
Inside the dark room, Lady Fuyuno was just wrapping both hands
around Mayuka's neck when the door opened. A pink cube popped
through, bounced once on the floor, and then brushed Fuyuno's leg.
With a small "poof", she vanished. In the dark, Mayuka, now
awake, burbled happily.
And Mihoshi, goddess of luck, strikes again! Well...it was
either that or maybe Mayuka turning her into a gem and chewing
on her a bit. Heh.
I thought about beams from Mayuka's eyes... might still use it
in some future chapter.
Somewhere else, Lady Fuyuno slowly sat up to face a jolly knife-
wielding teddy bear. "Naughty, naughty," said a voice. "Trying
to kill my daughter. We'll have to make sure you're properly...
entertained."
My mistake. Looks like that Mayuka might still get that. hehehehehe.
Though Yuzuha is still alive? I suppose it's possible, I
mean if you take the idea of yin and yang to it's ultimate
conclusion, you'd kill Tsunami too, if you killed Yuzuha.
That's kind of my take; that if Yuzuha is darkness embodied, she
can't really be killed, just temporarily defeated. After all, she
wasn't killed by the flashback sword-stroke on Jurai, just banished,
in the movie.
"Why am I not reassured?" moaned Tenchi.
D.F. Roeder said it far better than I. ^_^
All things considered, I'm wondering how long it will be
until Tenchi up and cracks and finds himself on a clock
tower about to pull a Frieza and blow the planet to hell.
Heh. I want front row seats to that show. So far
though, this show has been pretty entertaining too. I wonder
what you are really building toward. I hope you make the
punchline of this joke well worth the wait. So far
though, it's looking very much like you will. ^_^
I hope so too! I know in general where things are going,
but this series kind of just writes itself when I get into
a certain sort of mood. Anyway, I'm glad you're enjoying
the show so far.
Hope this helped some.
Sure did. Thanks for the comments!