Well, checking back here and noticed the fics, but no-one did Tenchi ... Let's write, shall we? Here's my pitiful addition to the fray ^_- ----------------------------------------------------- Somewhere in the countryside of Japan, in a nice-sized house ... It's a peaceful day. Birds singing, wind blowing through the trees, you know, things like that. Until: Ryoko : "Kyaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!" It's unfortunate that Tenchi was sitting almost right next to everyone's favorite space pirate. Tenchi : "Ahh! Ryoko! What is it?" Ryoko : "Look at this ... this ..." Ayeka : "I believe the term you're looking for is, er, BS?" Kiyone : "This ... this is horrible!" "I can't believe this! We can't condone it!" Mihoshi: "Actually, Kiyone was just telling me- " " ... that she was watching something the other day, I can't remember what, and she said, 'Mihoshi, don't you think that this anime is just a piece of - " Kiyone : "SHUT UP, YOU!!!!!" "Uh, he he, you know Mihoshi, doesn't know what she's saying ... " All : "Uh, yes ... " Ryoko : "Well, we can't just sit here and do nothing, right?" Ayeka : "Er, yes. Well, maybe Washu can help us with this?" <"Jukem jukem goko no serikere!!!" scene switch> Washu : " ... and program in the Fibonacci sequence ... add for a subspace phase variation ... " Ryoko : "Washu-san!!!" Washu : "Wha- oh, it's you, Ryoko. You look happy. What is it?" Ryoko : "Read this!" Washu : "Hmm ... really? What's the VP of programming for the Cow and Chicken Network saying that our anime is drivel?" Ayeka : "We were wondering if there was anything we could do about it, Miss Washu?" Washu : "I've got it!" All : "What! What is it?" Washu : "We bomb 'em all!!" All : "Um ... " Washu : "Ha ha! No, seriously, I've got just the thing!" Tenchi : "What's that?" Washu : "Remember my Dimensional Cause & Effect Controller?" Ayeka : "How could we forget?" Washu : "Well, I've done a little modifying ... instead of creating new realities based on certain criteria, it can now open matter conduits between realities and create nexuses between them as well!! See?" All : "No, not at all." Washu : "It can transmit matter between universes and make ... stopping points between them. NOW do you see?" Ayeka : "So what you're saying is that it can move things between universes?" Washu : "Yes! Exactly! At least they caught on this time ..." Kiyone : "What about living material?" Washu : "Well, ... yes, that should work too." Ryoko : "So what you're saying is that you could transport us to another dimension- " Washu : "Reality." Ryoko : " ... whatever, and let us do ... whatever?" Washu : "Theoretically, yes .. " Ryoko : "All right! There's a first time for everything ... " "So, whaddya say we go show those USA Today freaks who's boss?" Ayeka : "Oh, no you don't! Tenchi is going with me." Tenchi : "Oh, no ... " Ryoko : "Whaddya mean, he's going with *you*?" "I asked first!" Ayeka : "The thought of him even considering going with you is unthinkable, you, you- " Kiyone : "Look. Why don't we all go?" Ayeka & Ryoko: "That'd be a great idea!" Washu : "Great! Let's get this figured out, then! Everyone into a seat!" Washu : "Okay! Hands OFF the controls this time, kiddies! Heinlein vector, fourteen Fibonacci, and awahahay, we go!" Washu : "That was fun!" "Hey, wait for me!" <"Doesn't Ryo-oh-ki have the cutest lisp in the Pioneer dub?" scene switch> There is a flash of light, and Tenchi & Co. are standing inside the lobby of what appears to be the USA Today main office (surmised from the large plaque reading "USA Today" on one wall). The time/space travelers look around them as the author switches to normal writing for the "real" world. "So I guess it worked," said Tenchi after a few moments. Washu comes into substance behind him. "Well, of course it worked! What did you expect?" "I think he thought that the machine would blow up, or have a misset- " offered Mihoshi before Kiyone claps her hand over her mouth. "What? No way! That's always user error," explained Washu, glancing meaningfully at Ryoko. Ryoko didn't notice Washu's gaze, and did her wonderful little disappearing-jump teleport over to the elevator. "Come on, we don't have all day!" "Actually, Ryoko, we have- " began Tenchi. "Let's just get this over with," muttered Ayeka, grasping Tenchi's... elbow and firmly propelling him toward the elevator. "And so, in conclusion- " "We demand an apology!!!" The door to the editors' office burst open, and in came ... well,guess who. "Who are these people?" demanded NE #1[1]. "Hi, I'm Ryoko!" With that, Ryoko leaped onto the large, circular table that seems so popular in today's business setting. "And I demand retribution!" "Erm?" asked NE #2. "What in blazes are you talking about?" queried NE #3. Washu shoved the newspaper, still in mint condition after the turbulent vortices it had passed through in its journeys, into the face of NE #4. Gasping,he saw the now-infamous headline, "US children safe ... " "Wh- what is the meaning of this?" "Oh, come on. Haven't you caught on yet? I mean, come on, here's Washu, Tenchi, Ayeka, Kiyone, Sasami, Mihoshi, and Ryoko," said Ryo-oh-ki in that kawaii lisp. "I .. I don't have the faintest idea what you're talking about," said NE #2 faintly. Tenchi shrugged. "It figures." "These guys are worthless!" exclaimed Ryoko. "I say we just torch 'em!" She brought her hands together, preparing to do just that. NE #1 paled. "Y- you can't do that!" "Actually, we can," said Ayeka, showing him a cleverly concealed document. He read: "Otaku Regulations. 1. You shall not kill Named Otaku. 2. Any Nameless characters you come across are basically yours to do whatever you want with." "Hey, Ayeka, isn't that the Otaku Wars!- " started Mihoshi. "Quiet!" hissed Kiyone. "Does it matter?" Mihoshi shook her head slowly. "This is a waste of time," complained Washu. "Besides, I brought the perfect thing to do the job." She showed everyone a silver sphere. "What's that?" "It's a Contained Spatial Causality Device! A minor invention. Guess what it does. C'mon, just guess!" "I ... have ... no ... clue," said everyone in the room. "Oh, come on! It's a Contained Spatial Causality Device!" Total, complete silence. Washu sighed. "Alright! It completely annihilates everything within a certain amount of space!! Get it?!?" "Ooooh," said the Tenchi cast. The Nameless Editors blanched visibly. "Gimme that thing!" cried Ryoko, grabbing it from Washu's hands. Unfortunately, in doing so she pressed a small button on the side marked "Activate". Washu's voice emanated from the sphere. "Hi! Is this thing on? ... Okay. This bomb has been ... turned on ... and in about five minutes everything in the room will be a couple wisps of vapor! Ha ha! Neat, huh?" The NE's screamed. "Well, look what you did, Ryoko," scolded Washu. "That's alright. Just turn it off!" "There isn't an off switch, baka!" Ryoko made an extremely embarrased face, not unlike A-ko (but that's another spamfic which someone else can do better than I). "Um, I guess we ... get out of here, ne?" "Device detonation in ... oops, sorry, about one minute now!" The Nameless Editors sank in their chairs; Tenchi & Crew were blocking the door. "Back ... to our reality!" cried Washu. "Everyone around me. Now, I just press this button here ... " She did so. "Now what happens?!" demanded Kiyone. "Well, it takes some time for the signal to travel across the realities and back ... but when it does, we're out of here!" "And how long is that going to take, Washu?" asked Ayeka calmly. "Oh, about half a minute to get there." "HALF A MINUTE?!!?!?!?!?!" exploded Ayeka. "Well, whaddya expect? We're traversing time and space as we know it. Of course there's gonna be a little lag ... " "BUT THAT THING'S GONNA BLOW UP!!!" shouted Ryoko, summing up the fears of most of the people in the room. "Well, if you hadn't grabbed it from my hands ... " "This is all your fault, Ryoko!" accused Ayeka. "Hey, I didn't see you doing anything brilliant!" "Were you trying to get us all killed!!??!" "Ten ... nine ... eight ... " "Just shut UP!" yelled Ryoko, throwing one of her fireballs. Just as it would have hit Ayeka, the Tenchi crew disappeared. Two seconds later, the Nameless Editors jumped from their chairs. In another two seconds the bomb went off. Huddled around a monitor in Washu's laboratory, Tenchi, Ryoko, Ayeka, et al. listened. "And finally, experts are baffled by the sudden collapse of the USA Today building in New York. Structural engineers at the site say that the building collapsed due to a lack of support on the east side, where the editorial offices were. Strangely, no wreckage from the offices were found; it is as if they simply blinked out of existance." "And now, let's go to the weather desk- " "Well, it worked, didn't it?" asked Washu, barely heard over the argument between Ryoko and Ayeka. Tenchi sat to one side, resting his head on his hand and rolling his eyes. And so, here I leave you, glad that anime is here for good, no matter what some misguided souls will say. Because WE'RE the fans, and they're just ... people. Otaku forever!!! WE WILL PREVAIL!!! anyway ... -- [1] Nameless Editor #1 ... he he he ... I think I just might do this again sometime ... -|-E The Icefalcon I WILL get a webpage soon!