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Chapter 2
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Tenchi Twins
Chapter 2: No Need for Past Tenchi in the Future
At the same time as his future self, but twenty-five years later, the younger Tenchi was just waking up. The first thing he noticed was that he was not alone in his bed and jumped in surprised, though he thought maybe he shouldn't have been surprised. "Ryoko! I told you not to sneak into my bed!"
Ryoko woke and yawned, "it's morning already? Good morning Tenchi!"
She attempted to hug him but Tenchi backed away, "Ryoko, stop sneaking into my bed, it'll cause trouble!"
"Sneaking?" She looked at him curiously. "Why would I need to sneak into our own bed, isn't it normal for a husband and wife to share?"
"But we're not husband and wife," Tenchi argued.
"Of course we are! See? This is proof," she showed him her wedding ring which she never took off. "Aren't you going to give me a good morning kiss like you always do?"
"Stop it Ryoko, you know it's not like that." Tenchi got out of bed, his face bright red.
"Mom! Dad! Breakfast is getting cold! Actually, it already got cold!" A girl called from down stairs.
"Who was that?" Tenchi wondered.
"Oh no, do you have amnesia?" Ryoko asked with genuine concern. "You don't remember that we're married and you don't recognize our daughter's voice. A fine time Washu picked to go to an academy reunion just when you might be getting sick."
Tenchi wasn't sure how to make Ryoko understand that they were not married and did not have children. Then he caught sight of the picture on the nightstand. On the picture there was a couple with two small children, a boy and a girl. He then looked at the framed pictures hanging from the walls of the room until he saw a picture of the wedding Ryoko claimed took place. He shook his head and assumed the pictures were fake before rushing downstairs.
"Tenchi wait!" Ryoko went after him.
At the table, Tenchi did not find Sasami, Ayeka, or Mihoshi and Kiyone who sometimes came over to eat with them. Instead he found a girl who looked familiar even if he was certain he had never seen her before. Her eyes were brown much like his own, and her hair was the same color as Ryoko's tied into a ponytail.
"Morning!" The girl spoke.
"Oh Tenko, it's terrible! Your father has amnesia!" Ryoko announced.
"Amnesia," Tenko repeated, "so you really don't remember anything, dad?"
Tenchi just stared at the girl, his confusion growing. "You called me dad..."
"That's because you're my father," Tenko pointed out.
"That's it, I'm calling Washu over to fix Tenchi's memory problem. I can't have him not knowing who his wife is all the time," Ryoko walked over to the phone and dialed. It looked like an ordinary phone, but Washu had modified it so it would be used to communicate though the long distances of space.
"Hello this is little Washu!" Washu's voice answered.
"Washu, we have a problem, Tenchi has amnesia and doesn't remember me or the kids," Ryoko explained.
"What did you say? I can't hear you, there's seems to be something wrong with the call," Washu's voice replied again.
"I said that Tenchi has amnesia!" Ryoko yelled into receiver.
"Oh that's right, the problem with this call is that I'm not around to answer it! Leave a message after the beep!" It had all been Washu's answering machine.
Ryoko twitched, squeezing the phone in her hand and a high pitched 'beep' sounded off. "It's Ryoko, call me back right away and change that answering machine message, its annoying!" She hung up, that was all that could be done for the time being. With any luck, Tenchi's amnesia would be cured on its own.
When Ryoko returned to the table, Tenko was telling her father a few stories, in hopes of helping him remember, but Tenchi knew nothing about those stories. "Sorry, but I don't remember any of that. I only remember staying up late studying for a test I had today at school. Oh no school! I better leave or I'll miss it!"
Ryoko stopped Tenchi, "weren't you listening? You already graduated, you don't need to go to school and you can't go to work with amnesia, so you're taking the day off. It's for your own good."
Tenchi sat down again and sighed, he wasn't sure how to handle this situation. "This is all very sudden, I'm still confused..." the proof was all around but he had no memories to go with it.
"My poor dear Tenchi, having to deal with a sudden case of amnesia," Ryoko hugged him. "It's alright; I'll spend the entire day with you and bring back your memories somehow." She whispered in his ear, "I think it would help you remember if we re-live our honey moon."
Tenchi blushed and slipped away, "Ryoko! Stop it!" She looked hurt and he immediately regretted it. "I'm sorry; I just don't remember any of the things I've been told that happened. I'm too confused right now."
"That's why I'm trying to help!" It was true; Ryoko was trying to help in her own way.
"I know..." The table went silent for a few moments as they continued eating. "It's funny," Tenchi finally spoke, "but this food tastes exactly like Sasami's cooking."
"That's because it is Sasami's cooking," Tenko pointed out.
"That's right; Sasami always sends us breakfast all the way from Jurai. Her nephew usually delivers it using Washu's long distance teleporter," Ryoko explained. "I take care of making lunch and dinner, sometimes I buy take out but my cooking has improved, it actually turns out edible most of the time now!"
Tenchi laughed, that sounded just like the Ryoko he knew. "Wait did you say Sasami's nephew?"
"Oh yes, after Ayeka finally realized you were madly in love with me she had no choice but to give up on you," Ryoko voiced with a happy grin. "Some time later she was engaged to some prince her father picked for her, but she refused him and ran off with a man from earth. They have a son now, Altran, he's sixteen. I haven't seen him today; he sometimes stays to have breakfast with us, or should I say to see Tenko."
"Mom, I don't even like him that way," Tenko complained. "Today Altran left with Tenryu, that's my brother. He said something about a man to man talk, but didn't say anything else. Well, I should be going now; I have to get to school."
After Tenko left, Tenchi changed into his day clothes, something that he had no time to do before with Ryoko worrying about his apparent amnesia. Then decided that he needed some fresh air to let all the things he head sink in. "I'm going to take a little walk, I just need some fresh air and some time alone to think, I'll be back soon."
"Are you sure you don't want me to come with you?" Ryoko asked.
"No, it's okay, I need a moment to myself," Tenchi replied.
If it was just a short walk, then Tenchi should be fine, Ryoko reasoned. "Alright, but be careful not to lose anymore memories."
"I'll be fine," Tenchi assured her. He opened the front door half expecting everyone to jump out of hiding and yell 'surprise' or 'April fool' or something like that, but it never happened; so he just walked.
To be Continued
Disclaimer, I do not own Tenchi Muyo, or Universe. I think I'll include a little name rant at the end of most chapters, at least until I run out of names to explain. Altran's name was also of random origins. There was the scene explained Ayeka's arranged married and how she rejected it and "ran off" (and eventually married) another man. The question of who had taken Ayeka "to the altar" was answered and I randomly named her son with a similar sounding word "Altran" whose initial matches his mother's. There's no real "deep" meaning in it.
Chapter 2: No Need for Past Tenchi in the Future
At the same time as his future self, but twenty-five years later, the younger Tenchi was just waking up. The first thing he noticed was that he was not alone in his bed and jumped in surprised, though he thought maybe he shouldn't have been surprised. "Ryoko! I told you not to sneak into my bed!"
Ryoko woke and yawned, "it's morning already? Good morning Tenchi!"
She attempted to hug him but Tenchi backed away, "Ryoko, stop sneaking into my bed, it'll cause trouble!"
"Sneaking?" She looked at him curiously. "Why would I need to sneak into our own bed, isn't it normal for a husband and wife to share?"
"But we're not husband and wife," Tenchi argued.
"Of course we are! See? This is proof," she showed him her wedding ring which she never took off. "Aren't you going to give me a good morning kiss like you always do?"
"Stop it Ryoko, you know it's not like that." Tenchi got out of bed, his face bright red.
"Mom! Dad! Breakfast is getting cold! Actually, it already got cold!" A girl called from down stairs.
"Who was that?" Tenchi wondered.
"Oh no, do you have amnesia?" Ryoko asked with genuine concern. "You don't remember that we're married and you don't recognize our daughter's voice. A fine time Washu picked to go to an academy reunion just when you might be getting sick."
Tenchi wasn't sure how to make Ryoko understand that they were not married and did not have children. Then he caught sight of the picture on the nightstand. On the picture there was a couple with two small children, a boy and a girl. He then looked at the framed pictures hanging from the walls of the room until he saw a picture of the wedding Ryoko claimed took place. He shook his head and assumed the pictures were fake before rushing downstairs.
"Tenchi wait!" Ryoko went after him.
At the table, Tenchi did not find Sasami, Ayeka, or Mihoshi and Kiyone who sometimes came over to eat with them. Instead he found a girl who looked familiar even if he was certain he had never seen her before. Her eyes were brown much like his own, and her hair was the same color as Ryoko's tied into a ponytail.
"Morning!" The girl spoke.
"Oh Tenko, it's terrible! Your father has amnesia!" Ryoko announced.
"Amnesia," Tenko repeated, "so you really don't remember anything, dad?"
Tenchi just stared at the girl, his confusion growing. "You called me dad..."
"That's because you're my father," Tenko pointed out.
"That's it, I'm calling Washu over to fix Tenchi's memory problem. I can't have him not knowing who his wife is all the time," Ryoko walked over to the phone and dialed. It looked like an ordinary phone, but Washu had modified it so it would be used to communicate though the long distances of space.
"Hello this is little Washu!" Washu's voice answered.
"Washu, we have a problem, Tenchi has amnesia and doesn't remember me or the kids," Ryoko explained.
"What did you say? I can't hear you, there's seems to be something wrong with the call," Washu's voice replied again.
"I said that Tenchi has amnesia!" Ryoko yelled into receiver.
"Oh that's right, the problem with this call is that I'm not around to answer it! Leave a message after the beep!" It had all been Washu's answering machine.
Ryoko twitched, squeezing the phone in her hand and a high pitched 'beep' sounded off. "It's Ryoko, call me back right away and change that answering machine message, its annoying!" She hung up, that was all that could be done for the time being. With any luck, Tenchi's amnesia would be cured on its own.
When Ryoko returned to the table, Tenko was telling her father a few stories, in hopes of helping him remember, but Tenchi knew nothing about those stories. "Sorry, but I don't remember any of that. I only remember staying up late studying for a test I had today at school. Oh no school! I better leave or I'll miss it!"
Ryoko stopped Tenchi, "weren't you listening? You already graduated, you don't need to go to school and you can't go to work with amnesia, so you're taking the day off. It's for your own good."
Tenchi sat down again and sighed, he wasn't sure how to handle this situation. "This is all very sudden, I'm still confused..." the proof was all around but he had no memories to go with it.
"My poor dear Tenchi, having to deal with a sudden case of amnesia," Ryoko hugged him. "It's alright; I'll spend the entire day with you and bring back your memories somehow." She whispered in his ear, "I think it would help you remember if we re-live our honey moon."
Tenchi blushed and slipped away, "Ryoko! Stop it!" She looked hurt and he immediately regretted it. "I'm sorry; I just don't remember any of the things I've been told that happened. I'm too confused right now."
"That's why I'm trying to help!" It was true; Ryoko was trying to help in her own way.
"I know..." The table went silent for a few moments as they continued eating. "It's funny," Tenchi finally spoke, "but this food tastes exactly like Sasami's cooking."
"That's because it is Sasami's cooking," Tenko pointed out.
"That's right; Sasami always sends us breakfast all the way from Jurai. Her nephew usually delivers it using Washu's long distance teleporter," Ryoko explained. "I take care of making lunch and dinner, sometimes I buy take out but my cooking has improved, it actually turns out edible most of the time now!"
Tenchi laughed, that sounded just like the Ryoko he knew. "Wait did you say Sasami's nephew?"
"Oh yes, after Ayeka finally realized you were madly in love with me she had no choice but to give up on you," Ryoko voiced with a happy grin. "Some time later she was engaged to some prince her father picked for her, but she refused him and ran off with a man from earth. They have a son now, Altran, he's sixteen. I haven't seen him today; he sometimes stays to have breakfast with us, or should I say to see Tenko."
"Mom, I don't even like him that way," Tenko complained. "Today Altran left with Tenryu, that's my brother. He said something about a man to man talk, but didn't say anything else. Well, I should be going now; I have to get to school."
After Tenko left, Tenchi changed into his day clothes, something that he had no time to do before with Ryoko worrying about his apparent amnesia. Then decided that he needed some fresh air to let all the things he head sink in. "I'm going to take a little walk, I just need some fresh air and some time alone to think, I'll be back soon."
"Are you sure you don't want me to come with you?" Ryoko asked.
"No, it's okay, I need a moment to myself," Tenchi replied.
If it was just a short walk, then Tenchi should be fine, Ryoko reasoned. "Alright, but be careful not to lose anymore memories."
"I'll be fine," Tenchi assured her. He opened the front door half expecting everyone to jump out of hiding and yell 'surprise' or 'April fool' or something like that, but it never happened; so he just walked.
To be Continued
Disclaimer, I do not own Tenchi Muyo, or Universe. I think I'll include a little name rant at the end of most chapters, at least until I run out of names to explain. Altran's name was also of random origins. There was the scene explained Ayeka's arranged married and how she rejected it and "ran off" (and eventually married) another man. The question of who had taken Ayeka "to the altar" was answered and I randomly named her son with a similar sounding word "Altran" whose initial matches his mother's. There's no real "deep" meaning in it.
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