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Chapter 4
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Tenchi Twins
Chapter 4: No Need for School
The Tenchi of the future had decided to try not to disturb history, and thus planned to take the place of his past self until everything was set right. He sat at the table in his usual place between Ryoko and Ayeka. The table was unusually quiet until Mihoshi spilled a cup of milk and Kiyone started scolding her.
After the two detectives quieted, the table was once again consumed by silence. It was not unusual for Washu to work on her research and experiments around the clock so the fact that she was skipping breakfast came as no surprise. The table was occupied by Ryoko, Tenchi, Ayeka, Sasami, Mihoshi and Kiyone; Noboyuki had already left for work.
Ayeka glance at Ryoko suspiciously. The space pirate was quietly eating, not even stuffing her face as usual, with a big happy smile. "You're unusually quiet today Ryoko..." from Ayeka's point of view, it could only mean she was plotting. There was no answer. "Ryoko, don't ignore me!"
Tenchi gently elbowed Ryoko to get her out of her daze. No doubt she must have been daydreaming about her future life with him, but he couldn't take back what he revealed. "Huh?"
"Ryoko, why are you ignoring me?" Ayeka's expression was a mix of suspicion and worry; something was definitely out of place.
Ryoko blinked, staring at the Jurian princess, "oh, right..." She collected air into her lungs and yelled as loud as she could, "Tenchi is mine!" Then the breakfast table tuned into a battle of tug-of-war between Ryoko and Ayeka, with Tenchi in the middle.
"Tenchi, isn't it time to go to school now? Remember that test you said you had?" Sasami reminded him.
"Test?" This did not sound good. Tenchi had been working in architecture for so long he hardly remembered anything about any other subject.
"Yes, your final exams," Sasami looked worried, "are you feeling alright, you've been studying so hard I didn't think you would forget."
"Oh right, it's okay, I'm fine. I should get going now," in his school uniform Tenchi looked like any other student, he still looked like a teenager since Jurians aged slowly, but he was in fact a grown man who had long forgotten the torturous process of memorizing useless information in high school.
As he walked towards the bus stop, he wondered what he could do to prevent history from changing for the worse by failing his exams. "Tenchi!" Then he heard Ryoko. "How was my acting? I kind of got distracted for a second there, but I know I shouldn't get confident, I still need to win your past self's heart."
"You did well," thought she was distracted at first, with her head in the clouds; Tenchi had to admit that Ryoko did pull off a believable recovery.
"I'm so glad!" Ryoko hugged him. "Have a good day back at school, must be kind of nostalgic, right?"
"Yeah, it will be good to relive a day in high school, but today isn't an ordinary day in school. I have some final exams and I don't think I'm ready," Tenchi admitted. The bus approached down the road and came to a stop, "I have to go now, see you after school Ryoko and don't do anything suspicious."
"Don't worry, everything will work out!" Ryoko waved goodbye and watched at the bus drove away. She grinned mischievously, "I'll make sure of that," and flew after the bus, hitch-hiking on the roof.
Tenchi was glad to have avoided getting lost looking for his classroom. He just followed his classmates and got there. The students took their seats and the teacher handed out the exams. When Tenchi saw his test he felt frustrated. His past self had studied hard, he was certain of it, but all of it was wasted. He tried to remember all those little useless facts and write them on the test and he generally understood things, but he didn't remember the little insignificant details.
"Psst, Tenchi," Tenchi searched for Ryoko with his eyes, without turning his head so that it didn't look like he was trying to copy. "Tenchi," Ryoko's voice whispered again. Tenchi shifted in his seat moving his foot over something that was mysteriously sticking out of the floor. "Ow, my nose!"
The teacher looked around the classroom suspiciously. But fortunately since he voice was female, he did not suspect the male students and thus Tenchi was saved from his piercing gaze.
Tenchi carefully looked under his desk and saw Ryoko passing through the floor with a paper in her hands. She had stolen the test's answers and brought them to him. Well if it was his past self taking the test after studying to hard, he would have passed it; so Tenchi didn't really see it as cheating as much he was claiming what was rightfully his. He did however, make sure to make some common mistakes here and there so that it wouldn't look too suspicious, but wrote in enough correct answers to get an A.
After the tests were over the students headed home. Tenchi was relieved when the bus finally stopped and he headed back home. He arrived to the sound of Ryoko and Ayeka arguing about the cookies Sasami had backed, each accusing the other of having eaten more than her fair share. Well, at least that was normal for this time period.
Tenchi noted the small band-aid on Ryoko's nose and felt guilty about having stepped on her by accident when she appeared through the floor to help him with the test. "Stop fighting you two!" He tried to stop them as he usually did.
"Lord Tenchi, Ryoko disappeared all day and then when she returned she ate many more cookies than she deserved!" Ayeka had no idea where Ryoko had gone but she assumed the space pirate was off drinking, or taking a nap on a tree branch, or something equally unproductive.
"I deserve just as many cookies as you do, princess, all you did was lazy around the house all day!" Ryoko argued back.
"But you ate more cookies than me!" Ayeka decided not to get into the topic of the fact that it was her younger sister that did all the shores.
"Enough!" Tenchi really did try to stop them, but a small smile formed on his face as he relived his busy past. "Please try to get along." Ryoko and Ayeka pouted, throwing their heads back and facing away from each other. Overall it was close enough to a normal day in the past of Tenchi Masaki.
To be Continued
Disclaimer, I do not own Tenchi Muyo, or Universe.
Chapter 4: No Need for School
The Tenchi of the future had decided to try not to disturb history, and thus planned to take the place of his past self until everything was set right. He sat at the table in his usual place between Ryoko and Ayeka. The table was unusually quiet until Mihoshi spilled a cup of milk and Kiyone started scolding her.
After the two detectives quieted, the table was once again consumed by silence. It was not unusual for Washu to work on her research and experiments around the clock so the fact that she was skipping breakfast came as no surprise. The table was occupied by Ryoko, Tenchi, Ayeka, Sasami, Mihoshi and Kiyone; Noboyuki had already left for work.
Ayeka glance at Ryoko suspiciously. The space pirate was quietly eating, not even stuffing her face as usual, with a big happy smile. "You're unusually quiet today Ryoko..." from Ayeka's point of view, it could only mean she was plotting. There was no answer. "Ryoko, don't ignore me!"
Tenchi gently elbowed Ryoko to get her out of her daze. No doubt she must have been daydreaming about her future life with him, but he couldn't take back what he revealed. "Huh?"
"Ryoko, why are you ignoring me?" Ayeka's expression was a mix of suspicion and worry; something was definitely out of place.
Ryoko blinked, staring at the Jurian princess, "oh, right..." She collected air into her lungs and yelled as loud as she could, "Tenchi is mine!" Then the breakfast table tuned into a battle of tug-of-war between Ryoko and Ayeka, with Tenchi in the middle.
"Tenchi, isn't it time to go to school now? Remember that test you said you had?" Sasami reminded him.
"Test?" This did not sound good. Tenchi had been working in architecture for so long he hardly remembered anything about any other subject.
"Yes, your final exams," Sasami looked worried, "are you feeling alright, you've been studying so hard I didn't think you would forget."
"Oh right, it's okay, I'm fine. I should get going now," in his school uniform Tenchi looked like any other student, he still looked like a teenager since Jurians aged slowly, but he was in fact a grown man who had long forgotten the torturous process of memorizing useless information in high school.
As he walked towards the bus stop, he wondered what he could do to prevent history from changing for the worse by failing his exams. "Tenchi!" Then he heard Ryoko. "How was my acting? I kind of got distracted for a second there, but I know I shouldn't get confident, I still need to win your past self's heart."
"You did well," thought she was distracted at first, with her head in the clouds; Tenchi had to admit that Ryoko did pull off a believable recovery.
"I'm so glad!" Ryoko hugged him. "Have a good day back at school, must be kind of nostalgic, right?"
"Yeah, it will be good to relive a day in high school, but today isn't an ordinary day in school. I have some final exams and I don't think I'm ready," Tenchi admitted. The bus approached down the road and came to a stop, "I have to go now, see you after school Ryoko and don't do anything suspicious."
"Don't worry, everything will work out!" Ryoko waved goodbye and watched at the bus drove away. She grinned mischievously, "I'll make sure of that," and flew after the bus, hitch-hiking on the roof.
Tenchi was glad to have avoided getting lost looking for his classroom. He just followed his classmates and got there. The students took their seats and the teacher handed out the exams. When Tenchi saw his test he felt frustrated. His past self had studied hard, he was certain of it, but all of it was wasted. He tried to remember all those little useless facts and write them on the test and he generally understood things, but he didn't remember the little insignificant details.
"Psst, Tenchi," Tenchi searched for Ryoko with his eyes, without turning his head so that it didn't look like he was trying to copy. "Tenchi," Ryoko's voice whispered again. Tenchi shifted in his seat moving his foot over something that was mysteriously sticking out of the floor. "Ow, my nose!"
The teacher looked around the classroom suspiciously. But fortunately since he voice was female, he did not suspect the male students and thus Tenchi was saved from his piercing gaze.
Tenchi carefully looked under his desk and saw Ryoko passing through the floor with a paper in her hands. She had stolen the test's answers and brought them to him. Well if it was his past self taking the test after studying to hard, he would have passed it; so Tenchi didn't really see it as cheating as much he was claiming what was rightfully his. He did however, make sure to make some common mistakes here and there so that it wouldn't look too suspicious, but wrote in enough correct answers to get an A.
After the tests were over the students headed home. Tenchi was relieved when the bus finally stopped and he headed back home. He arrived to the sound of Ryoko and Ayeka arguing about the cookies Sasami had backed, each accusing the other of having eaten more than her fair share. Well, at least that was normal for this time period.
Tenchi noted the small band-aid on Ryoko's nose and felt guilty about having stepped on her by accident when she appeared through the floor to help him with the test. "Stop fighting you two!" He tried to stop them as he usually did.
"Lord Tenchi, Ryoko disappeared all day and then when she returned she ate many more cookies than she deserved!" Ayeka had no idea where Ryoko had gone but she assumed the space pirate was off drinking, or taking a nap on a tree branch, or something equally unproductive.
"I deserve just as many cookies as you do, princess, all you did was lazy around the house all day!" Ryoko argued back.
"But you ate more cookies than me!" Ayeka decided not to get into the topic of the fact that it was her younger sister that did all the shores.
"Enough!" Tenchi really did try to stop them, but a small smile formed on his face as he relived his busy past. "Please try to get along." Ryoko and Ayeka pouted, throwing their heads back and facing away from each other. Overall it was close enough to a normal day in the past of Tenchi Masaki.
To be Continued
Disclaimer, I do not own Tenchi Muyo, or Universe.
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