INTERLUDE Establishing Shot: Darkness, then Fade in. Earth, the big round globe hogging the entire view with only a boarder of black emptiness around it. The view pans backwards and suddenly a hand engulfs the Earth and squeezes it until it shatters into huge asteroids. Then Darkness again. A young girl’s face (SASAMI) suddenly appears and her eyes shoot open, showing the pinkish hues beneath her lids. AZAKA (O.S.) Princess Sasami. SASAMI turns her head, then sits up at the waist. She is in a white colored capsule with its transparent lid hanging a few feet above her head. AZAKA, a columnar wooden servant is beside her. SASAMI What is it Azaka? AZAKA We are nearing a planet that Aeka believes to be the one we are looking for. She is already out of Cryo-stasis and is on the bridge. SASAMI puts a hand to her head and shakes away the stasismares. SASAMI Alright Azaka, I’ll come to the bridge in a moment. On the Bridge, AEKA is standing in front of a large tree looking into a big screen. KAMIDAKI is to her right performing scans on the planet. KAMIDAKI We are within full scanning range Princess Aeka. AEKA Proceed with the scans, see if you can find that scurvy wretch Ryouko Various screens appear within the big one up in front, several things are displayed on the smaller screens, such as Sine waves, spectral analysis’, and infrared scans. Of course, these things are useless compared to the information displayed in the screens which we can’t see. KAMIDAKI The planet is called Earth, its within our district. There are high levels upper life energy, as well as various unknown sources. Ones of the screens lights up red. KAMIDAKI I have found the energy pattern you specified Princess. Its in a highly localized area of plant life, however, I’m am also reading a strong Jurai energy sequence. AEKA Could it be … Yousho? My fiancé? KAMIDAKI The energy sequence is being masked by some other more powerful signal, we cannot identify the individual causing the signal. SASAMI (O.S.) Aeka … SASAMI walks onto the bridge with AZAKA following close behind. SASAMI comes over to AEKA and looks at the screen showing Earth. SASAMI Big Sister? Did I hear you talking about Yousho? AEKA Well I … I was just saying how I hope this is the place where that Pirate Ryouko has gone after she trashed all of Jurai. SASAMI I wish you could think of something else, we’ve been chasing planets in this sector of space for the last few hundred years. AEKA I know Sasami, but I feel we are close to a conclusion. We will finally reap the rewards for our long hard work. SASAMI What reward is worth all this? KAMIDAKI I have pinpointed the source and laid in a course. AEKA Very good, take us in. We see the ship slowly heading towards Earth. A Twisted Plot Production In Association with Tempest Creations Written and Directed By Adam Chris Leigh FULL CIRCLE Based on Tenchi Muyou! created by Masaki Kajishima Dedicated to The Men and Woman who make The #TenchiML chat room stay alive Even when I’m not there to do so. Episode 2: That which Speaks TENCHI is sweeping up the area around the temple, ADAM is painting the side of the temple. ADAM stops for a second and TENCHI looks over to him. ADAM You know, this is exactly how I imagined spending my spring season. RYOUKO (O.S.) That’s because you don’t have an active imagination. RYOUKO appears with her arms draped around TENCHI, he looks obviously annoyed by this. TENCHI Hey! I – Don’t you feel bad not doing any work? RYOUKO Oh, all you two ever talk about is work. Tenchi, why don’t you come play around with me? ADAM Sounds like a threat … A bolt of energy hits the ground in front of ADAM, the stone sizzles a bit with the enormous energy it was just hit with. He looks over to RYOUKO who has her normal grin on. ADAM Hey! I’m working with paint here, you could set the whole place on fire. And I doubt that Grandpa would like having a charred temple. MIHOSHI walks up the temple stairs with YOUSHO, she is playing with some device that looks cubic in nature. TENCHI Oh, Hi! Mihoshi! Grandpa! MIHOSHI Good Afternoon! RYOUKO What cha’ got there MIHOSHI? MIHOSHI This? Oh this is a utility tool given to all Galaxy Police personnel, in an emergency its supposed to be able to do anything. ADAM What can you make it do now? MIHOSHI gets a tear in her eye. MIHOSHI I can’t remember! Waahhhhhh! YOUSHO There, there, Mihoshi. I’m sure you’ll figure out how to make it do something. The cubic tool begins to glow a yellow light. YOUSHO There you go, you got it to do something. The light starts to get blinding. TENCHI Perhaps you can make it stop now Mihoshi. MIHOSHI I didn’t make it start. Oooh, I bet I know what this means … ADAM What? The temple and the area around it get dark, as they look into the sky a large, plant looking ship appears. MIHOSHI It’s a proximity detector. That’s a Jurai royal family ship! They all look up into the sky and see the ship settle over a nearby lake. They all rush off to the lake to get a closer look. YOUSHO stays back for a second, then follows. The ship settles above the lake. ADAM I wonder if this is a good thing RYOUKO I don’t think so … Aeka is still on the bridge looking to the big screen. Suddenly a smaller screen appears with a zoomed in picture of RYOUKO’s face. Aeka suddenly turns red. AEKA There’s the pirate that took Yousho away from me! KAMIDAKE! Target that Pirate! KAMIDAKE Yes, Princess Aeka. The ship suddenly lurches towards the shore, one of the cannons emerges from the side and points at RYOUKO. Everyone starts to shake nervously. AEKA’s voice comes on over an amplified speaker. AEKA Ryouko, you will surrender yourself at once to be tried for your crimes against the Juraian Empire ADAM turns to RYOUKO, who doesn’t seem to be at all shocked by this. ADAM That would be you, gorgeous. RYOUKO throws her arms around TENCHI. RYOUKO Tenchi! You must protect me from this vile creature! TENCHI Uhhhh … Protect you? How can I protect you against THAT?!! ADAM Looks like an overgrown shrub. I bet my Flo-bee could take it out. AEKA turns to KAMIDAKI AEKA Is this thing on? Why aren’t they listening to me? AZAKA Princess Aeka, regarding Ryouko’s crimes against the Emipre … AEKA Later Azaka. I’m busy. Kamidaki, fire a warning shot into the lake. KAMIDAKI Are you sure that’s wise? They haven’t fired at us. AEKA Just do it! KAMIDAKI Yes, your highness. AEKA’s ship fires off a shot into the lake, the wave that ensues thoroughly drenches the gang. RYOUKO She is Evil, Tenchi! You must protect us! ADAM runs over to MIHOSHI, takes the cubic tool, and begins to mess with it. ADAM This thing must be able to turn into some sort of weapon. MIHOSHI Hey! Don’t mess with that … ADAM moves parts of the cube around until it starts to shake. Shocked, he holds it up and looks at it. ADAM I hope this is normal … MIHOSHI Oh, that’s normal. ADAM What a relief MIHOSHI For the self-destruct sequence. Everyone facefaults and stares at MIHOSHI. ALL SELF DESTRUCT SEQUENCE?!! ADAM looks around, then at the cubic tool in his hand. ADAM Uhh, here Ryouko, you take this. RYOUKO Oh thank you so … AAAAHH! I don’t want this! RYOUKO throws the cubic tool at AEKA’s ship. A screen on the Bridge of AEKA’s ship shows the small, cubic, tool landing on top of the ship. AEKA What’s that? KAMIDAKI It appears to be a Galaxy Police Hyperdimensional cube. It seems to be in the final stages of Self-Destruct. AEKA Oh. The cube explodes on the side of AEKA’s ship, a large plume of smoke is created that blocks out all view of what’s left of the Ship. RYOUKO Oh well, the witch got what she deserved. TENCHI Wow … ADAM I wonder if that person is okay RYOUKO I’m sure she isn’t, come on Tenchi! Lets play! AEKA’s ship, Ryo-ouh, moves out of the cloud of smoke to settle right above everyone. The ship has a black char mark, but is otherwise unaffected. AEKA’s laugh is heard over a loud speaker. AEKA Kamidaki! Azaka! Get them. AZAKA & KAMIDAKI (sim) Yes, Princess Aeka. The guardians fly out of Ryo-ouh towards everyone. Floating logs appear around RYOUKO, TENCHI, ADAM, and MIHOSHI and paralyze them. AZAKA and KAMIDAKI, one by one, engulf them. On the bridge of Ryo-ouh, AEKA is laughing at her handy work. TENCHI’s eyes flutter open, he is laying in a grassy circle with thick vines hanging down around it. TENCHI Huh? Where am … I bet I know where I am. Oh, I just wanna go home. I wonder how I can get out of here. As TENCHI walks through a pair of vines, they quickly stiffen and close around the opening TENCHI was trying to get though. TENCHI tries to get through many times, and each time the vines close around the opening. Finally he pulls out a small knife and attacks one of the vines by whittling it slowly away. TENCHI Hah Ha! Take this! SASAMI (O.S.) What are you doing? TENCHI I’m trying to get out of here. Huh? SASAMI is outside of the cage of vines, she walks closer to the cage and to TENCHI. SASAMI giggles. TENCHI Who are you, little girl? SASAMI I’m Sasami. TENCHI Sasami … Are you a prisoner here too? SASAMI No, Silly. This is our ship. TENCHI Your ship, so that means … Are you an alien from the planet Sasami? SASAMI No, we’re from Jurai. What’s your name? TENCHI Oh, how silly of me. I’m Tenchi. SASAMI Hello Tenchi! Will you play a game with me? SASAMI raises up a control for the cage, as she points it to the vines they move away like curtains. TENCHI wearily walks out of the grassy cage, then looks around quickly. TENCHI Thanks Sasami, hey, do you know how I might get out of here? I’m here by accident, I really have nothing to do with any of this. SASAMI I’ll so something for you, if you do something for me. ADAM’s eyes flutter open, he’s lying in a grassy circle with thick vines hanging down around it. ADAM Eh? Oh man, where am I now? This is getting way annoying. ADAM conducts the same experiments as TENCHI did in the last scene, with the same amount of success. ADAM Now this IS an interesting predicament. I wonder if someone will rescue me. I’m gonna die. RYOUKO’s eyes fly open, she’s being held upside down by the two guardians, KAMIDAKI and AZAKA. AEKA is standing in front of her. RYOUKO Well hello, Princess, you’ll excuse me if I don’t bow before you. AEKA O ho ho ho ho! Ryouko, I finally have you before me, now I can bring you back to Jurai to pay for your crimes! O Ho ho ho ho! RYOUKO Oooh, I’m so scared. The guardians send jolts of electricity through RYOUKO. She screams in pain. AEKA You SHOULD be scared of the Jurai judicial system, you’ll pay dearly for you actions against Jurai. AZAKA Princess Aeka, about those crimes … AEKA Oh, what is it now? KAMIDAKI During your cryogenic sleep, an amount of 697 years occurred. AEKA So? AZAKA So by the Stature of Limitations, no crime committed on Jurai shall be held against a person in an excess of 700 years. AEKA cringes. KAMIDAKI And as of this morning, the 700 year mark passed and the Galaxy Police destroyed the file of crimes concerning Ryouko. AEKA Whaaat?!! RYOUKO Ha Hahah! Well, your highness, it looks like I have nothing to fear. AEKA growls and the guardians send large amounts of electricity through RYOUKO, she screams until the pain becomes unbearable and she faints. The electricity stops. AEKA Wrong you still have much to fear. A small spherical DROID comes up to AEKA. NURSE DROID Aeka. Its time to sleep. AEKA Not now, I’m busy. NURSE DROID I promised the Queen that I’d keep you on a regular schedule. Now its time for bed. AEKA Oh, alright. Put this … thing, in a cell. AZAKA & KAMIDAKI (sim) Yes, Princess. AEKA follows the DROID off, then she quickly turns around and yells out. AEKA And find that Juraian sequence! TENCHI and SASAMI walk down a path with cages similar to the one that TENCHI was in on all sides. They come to a ridge and look out to see the closed structure that is AEKA’s bedroom. SASAMI There she is. TENCHI And you want me to get the hilt to her sword? SASAMI Yes. TENCHI But isn’t it hers? SASAMI Awww, just get it. TENCHI Okay okay. TENCHI walks off towards AEKA’s bedroom. When TENCHI is gone, SASAMI walks back the way they came. AEKA is lying on a giant bed, asleep, and clutching, very tightly, to Yousho’s sword the Tenchi-ken. TENCHI pauses for a moment at the foot of her bed. ADAM is sitting in his cage staring up at where the vines are controlled. ADAM I need to get out of here. No one is gonna rescue me, I must find a way out myself. ADAM stands up and moves closer to the vines. Just as he reaches them, they tighten up and block his passage. As he walks backwards, they slowly loosen and relax their grip. ADAM There must be a way to get out of here. If only I had my FloBee … VOICE (V.O.) There is a way … ADAM quickly spins around, looking for the source of the voice. VOICE (V.O.) The Vines of Jurai are sensitive to movement, and do not all act of one mind. ADAM Who’s there? Hello? Movement, huh? ADAM reaches into his pocket and pulls out a paintbrush. He walks closer to the vines but stops before they close up. He throws the paintbrush at the vines then quickly dashes out of the cage just as the vines tighten, narrowly missing him. ADAM Ha! Now lets see if I can find the others. I wonder if grandpa wants that paintbrush back. TENCHI is still where we left him, standing at the foot of her bed. He slowly walks to the side of the bed and tries to take the sword gently. AEKA’s grip is too tight for ADAM to get the sword. ADAM walks to the other side of the bed and tries again, with no luck. He finally crawls on top of her and uses all his strength to pull the sword from her grasp. TENCHI Come on, Let go … AEKA’s eyes flutter open and see TENCHI right above her. TENCHI quickly grabs her mouth when he sees she’s about to scream. TENCHI No, don’t scream. This is not what it looks like! AEKA’s throws TENCHI off her bed and screams out. TENCHI lands with a thud and looks in his hand to see he’ s holding the Tenchi-ken. AEKA AZAKA! KAMIDAKE! Get that Earthling! Kill him! TENCHI runs out of the room and into the fields with super sonic speed. AEKA My my, he runs awfully fast. TENCHI runs through the field with the Guardians following him, firing at him, barely missing. ADAM is walking down a field of cages. ADAM How on earth am I suppose to find my way out of here? This place looks more like a Zoo than a ship. Snoring is heard from a nearby cell. ADAM moves closer to get a better look to find MIHOSHI sleeping in the cell. ADAM slaps himself on the forehead. ADAM MIHOSHI! How can you sleep at a time like this?!! MIHOSHI stays asleep, ADAM gets a discouraged look in his eyes. He looks around the cell until he finds a small device hanging near the cell. He picks it up and when he does the vines around the cage open up. ADAM quickly moves inside and shakes MIHOSHI until she wakes up. MIHOSHI What happened? Where are we? ADAM You don’t remember? MIHOSHI Nope. Not at all. Did we find that Space Pirate? ADAM hits himself again in the forehead then proceeds to help MIHOSHI to her feet. ADAM We are on an alien spaceship. We were captured by these big logs and placed in cells. I have just rescued you, and now we need to find the others. Understand? MIHOSHI Ummmm… Nope. ADAM How did you ever get to be a cop? Never mind, just follow me. ADAM walks out of the cage with MIHOSHI following. He walks down a path for a while until they come to a tree with a hole near the roots of the tree. ADAM I think I saw someone jump into this hole. I think it would be prudent if we follow. What do you think Mihoshi? MIHOSHI is standing by a nearby cage, laughing at one of the animals in it. ADAM Why me? ADAM grabs MIHOSHI, still laughing, and jumps with her down the hole. As they fall, blue lights appear around them and they disappear, only to reappear on the bridge and land with a thump. ADAM Ouch! MIHOSHI Oww, that hurt. ADAM Well that certainly is not a trip I’d like to repeat. RYOUKO (O.S.) Hey! Yoohoooo! Adam! I’m over here! ADAM turns to see RYOUKO in another one of those cages. RYOUKO is by the vines and waving at ADAM and MIHOSHI. ADAM Ryouko! I’ve been looking for you! RYOUKO Well … Now you’ve found me! Let me out of this cage will ya? ADAM Now now, what’s the magic word? RYOUKO Don’t mess with me! ADAM rushes over to the cage and uses the device on it. The vines part and Ryouko hovers out of the grassy circle. ADAM Come on, lets get Tenchi and get out of here. TENCHI runs down a path in the field of cages with shots from the Guardians nearly missing his feet. TENCHI Ohh, just want to go hooome! TENCHI comes over a ridge to see SASAMI standing beside the path looking at TENCHI. She waves to him and the guardians as he approaches. SASAMI Hi Tenchi! TENCHI runs past and picks up SASAMI, the shots from the Guardians still missing him by mere inches. TENCHI Those monsters are trying to kill me! SASAMI Their not monsters, their my sister's. TENCHI Whatever they are, their gonna shoot me! TENCHI approaches a pond of water where the path he’s following forks. SASAMI points off to the left. SASAMI Go that way Tenchi. TENCHI obliges and runs left. SASAMI Jump in there Tenchi, they can’t get you in there. TENCHI Are you sure? TENCHI jumps down the hole and the sounds of the Guardians hitting the side of the tree are heard. On the way down SASAMI is cheering. The blue lights surround them, and they appear on the bridge. TENCHI Oouch! ADAM (O.S.) Tenchi! RYOUKO (O.S.) My Tenchi!! RYOUKO flies over to TENCHI and wraps his arms around him. She then moves back a bit and looks at SASAMI. RYOUKO Who’s this, Tenchi? TENCHI Uhh, This is Sasami. SASAMI Pleased to meet you. ADAM Hi Sasami! I’m Adam. SASAMI Hi Adam! RYOUKO Enough with these introductions, lets get out of here! AEKA (O.S.) I’m afraid that won’t happen, Pirate! AEKA walks onto the bridge with AZAKA and KAMIDAKI at her sides. AEKA Sasami! Are you the cause of these prisoners escape? Azaka! Kamidaki! Get them! AZAKA & KAMIDAKI (sim) Yes, Princess Aeka. The Guardians move forward towards the group. ADAM suddenly jumps in front of them all and points the device at them. ADAM Stay right there! I’ve got this … and I don’t know how to use it! AEKA O ho ho ho ho ho! That silly key won’t do anything against MY key. ADAM points the key at various things which, on command, do nothing. ADAM slowly shrinks back with the others. RYOUKO Quickly, Tenchi! Do something! TENCHI What can I do? I don’t know how to fight these things! The Tenchi-ken begins to glow in TENCHI’s hand; vines from above swing down and entrap the Guardians. AEKA (aside) How is he doing that? The master Key, its reacting to him. How is that possible, its only supposed to react to people of royal blood. RYOUKO Ryo-ohki! Come quickly! A loud “myaah” is heard in the distance and suddenly a spike from a large ship spears into the bridge and is sticking out of the ground. RYOUKO Quickly Tenchi! Lets go! RYOUKO puts TENCHI in a head lock and drags him into the ship. ADAM and MIHOSHI soon follow. SASAMI Bye bye, Tenchi, Adam. Inside Ryo-ohki, RYOUKO walks to a pair of globes that are near a chair and puts her hands on them. RYOUKO I’m going to bring her down to Earth. As long as she’s up here she can still be a danger to us. TENCHI Are you sure that’s necessary? RYOUKO Hey! Whose side are you on anyway? If you care for Aeka so much, you can go join her. Ryo-ohki turns around in space, and, because it has currently speared Ryo-ouh, both ships start heading towards Earth. As they get close to the atmosphere, re-entry heat begins to scald both ships. AEKA Ryouko! What are you doing?!! You’ll kill us both! Quickly, Azaka! Release the outer hull! AZAKA Yes your highness. Most of Ryo-ouh detaches from the ship and flies away from the ship. The parts slow down the decent of the ship as it crashes into the lake, skidding along the shoreline for miles. TENCHI, ADAM, RYOUKO, SASAMI, MIHOSHI, and NOBOYUKI are sitting at a table eating and watching Television. On the news is reports of people seeing the crash. NOBOYUKI Hmmm, last night was an interesting night. TENCHI Don’t remind me, Dad. NOBOYUKI And what are you so upset about? Everyone got back safe and sound RYOUKO Thanks to my ship. You know, I risked my life to save us all. SASAMI But it was our ship that took all the damage, so it was Ryo-ouh that saved us. RYOUKO Oh, so that’s why re-entry wasn’t so bad. NOBOYUKI Hey, weren’t there four of you girls? ADAM Aeka is outside trying to pull her ship out of the lake. ALL (sim) Ohh… AEKA runs into the house and stares at SASAMI. AEKA Sasami! What are you doing in here, eating with that … thing! You must help get Ryo-ouh free from the lake! SASAMI But the ship is too big for the two of us to pull out. AEKA But we must try! We can take it out piece by piece! AEKA runs back out to the lake. ADAM Geeze, all that time in space must have gotten to her brain. RYOUKO It figures it would happen eventually to a person like her. AEKA is pulling on one of the pieces of the ship hanging over the coastline. She pulls on the piece until it breaks off. She falls backwards holding the piece. AEKA Where is that Sasami? We can’t get stuck here! We just CAN’T! AEKA trips and the piece of ship flies out of her hand and his the ship; the ship sinks even farther down into the lake. Authors Notes: In retrospect, I wish I had watched the OAV episodes before writing the first story. They have much more attention to detail and more plot than the TV epsiodes. But I can’t change the first episode anymore, so I’m not going to. From now on, this series will be a blending of the OAV series and the TV series. The Best of Both Worlds as you would have it. The Voice will be explained later, right now all you should know is that the voice is helping Adam. For what reasons, we wont know until the next part of the story. Tenchi Muyou! was created by Masaki Kajishima and brought to North America by Pioneer Ltd. Tempest Creations, Starlight Pictures, and Twister Plot Productions are all alias’ for the same company which is respective of myself at present. While others will join me in the future, at the moment those companies are composed only of me. Created and Posted on Wednesday, June 24, 1997. All work is copyright ©1997 by Adam Chris Leigh. All Rights Reserved.