INTERLUDE Establishing Shot: Blackness. In the background a pair of soft drums can be heard. The blackness zooms out and we see the iris of the eye, it holds a distinct magenta hue. The camera continues to zoom out until we see the younger face of AEKA. She is crying on the shoulder of her older half-brother YOUSHO, who is petting her purplish hair. AEKA Why do they have to be so mean? YOUSHO They fear of what is to become of the Empire if it becomes impure. The public doesn’t think very well of humans, they were very upset when they found out my mother was one. AEKA But why does it have to be this way? What do we have to fear from humans? YOUSHO We have a lot to fear, or the consul does. Azusa is a powerful Emperor, but it is likely that I will be more powerful. The Imperial Science Academy discovered a while back that human blood, mixed with that of a Juraian, was stronger than that of a purebred Juraian. AEKA But isn't that good? YOUSHO It is in many ways, and in many ways it is not. The people are very biased, they were in outrage when Azusa told them that Funaho was human, and that their only crown heir was of mixed blood. YOUSHO puts his hands on AEKA's shoulders, she looks up into his eyes, he is staring far off into the distance. YOUSHO But they are wrong. A strong Emperor can only make the Empire stronger, but that is out of sight for them. They only see my mother, they look at me and see only a human, not a Prince or a Juraian, but a human. AEKA I know what we can do. YOUSHO looks down at AEKA. AEKA You can marry me. That way they'd have to make you Emperor. YOUSHO smiles a bit at his half-sisters offer. YOUSHO Azusa would find a way around that, he fears what the public would do if he didn't do what they thought was right. And what would you be? Just one of the Imperial Wives? Wouldn't you like to rule someday? AEKA is silent. YOUSHO digs in his pocket and pulls out the Tenchi-Ken, it has no gems in it. He holds it in his hand and looks to the sky with hate. YOUSHO I don't know what I can do anymore. Either I'll be forced to be Emperor for a public that hates me, or I'll be forced to leave by a father who loves me. There must be some other choice. The sight of YOUSHO is drowned out by flames that soon part to show a much older AEKA (the one we know) running through ruins. AEKA YOUSHO! YOUSHO!! Ooh, my love where are you?!! A large, flaming beam falls in front of AEKA, the flames flare up and when they die down we see YOUSHO with the Tenchi-Ken fighting a green eyed RYOUKO. They fight with the fury and skill of the greatest swordsmen. In the end, YOUSHO stabs RYOUKO in the neck and extracts a small third gem that lands in his hand. RYOUKO suddenly kicks the sword away and flies away in RYO-OHKI. Cut to AEKA trying to navigate through the broken and flaming wreckage. She suddenly looks up to see RYO-OHKI flying into space with YOUSHO following close behind. AEKA YOUSHO!! Don't leave me! Yousho … how could you … AEKA pulls through the wreckage, tearing a few of her robes, and dashes over to where the ships just took off from. A single tear falls from her eye and lands on the Tenchi-Ken, which is lying on the ground in front of her. It has two gems in it. AEKA looks down and sees the Tenchi-Ken. AEKA Your sword … your, not coming back, are you? AEKA clutches the sword tight against herself. AEKA YOUSHOOOO!!!! Camera pans outward into space, we see the planet Jurai Silently spinning, RYO-OHKI flies past the camera, covering it in darkness. A Twisted Plot Production In Association with Tempest Creations FULL CIRCLE Based On Tenchi Muyou! Created By Masaki Kajishima Special Thanks to The People in the Tenchi Muyo Mailing List and in #TenchiML, for mounds of information on Tenchi; Chris Davies, whom I took this format of script writing from; And to Katie Staal, who is making my life easier every day. Episode 3: What Dreams Are Made Of Establishing Shot: Daylight, the sun beating down on the Masaki household. RYOUKO is lying on the 'Newly Repaired' roof enjoying the sun. RYOUKO Ahhh, this is the life. The warm sun, a cool breeze … RYOUKO stiffens and sits up. A "Myaaa" is heard in the distance. RYOUKO A child to start the day. RYOUKO jumps off the roof, slowly floating down, then starts casually walking towards the lake. AEKA is looking out the window, sees RYOUKO, then quickly shuts the blinds. SASAMI slides open the door and walks in. AEKA is gripping the Tenchi-ken tightly against her chest. SASAMI Aeka, you have to come out. It’s a beautiful day. AEKA I … I don't want to. SASAMI You can't stay here. For the last three days all you've done is stay in here, Tenchi is going to get a bad impression about us Juraians if we don't ever leave one room. AEKA Tenchi … Well, I suppose I could come down for a while. Cut to RYOUKO walking on top of the lake as if it was solid ground. RYOUKO Well, lets see. This looks like the spot. RYOUKO sinks down into the water. Beneath the tides we see the wreckage from the two ships lying in twisted formations. RYOUKO paws through the wreck until she comes across a small purple egg, which she picks up and nuzzles against her cheek. She rises back up to the surface and carries the egg into the house. ADAM yawns and walks out of his room, his hair is sticking up all over the place almost looking like RYOUKO. He walks into the kitchen and finds MIHOSHI standing by the stove with an apron on. ADAM Good Morning Mihoshi. What 'cha cooking? MIHOSHI Oh, hello Adam. I’m cooking up a nice breakfast for everyone! ADAM Oh, that’s nice. Wait a minute … what ARE you cooking? MIHOSHI looks around at the mess of cooking ingredients she has gathered. MIHOSHI Umm, well, I don't know. Well, I saw this recipe once on a show and I figured I could do it, but I don't quite remember what was in it so… ADAM Sooo, you're just putting things in a pot and hoping they come out like you saw on TV, right? MIHOSHI Ummm … Uhhh … oohhh.. Yup, that’s it exactly! ADAM quickly looks into the bubbling pot and takes a smell, which he instantly regrets as the fumes can only be described as harmful. ADAM What on Earth did you put in this? MIHOSHI Oh, you know, a bit of this, a dash of that. Just like they say in the show! ADAM places a hand to his forehead and sighs. ADAM Okay, lets see if we can save this before Tenchi wakes up. Hand me that spoon. AEKA and SASAMI walk down a staircase into the living room of the Masaki house. SASAMI gets to the floor and immediately looks around. SASAMI Where is everyone? RYOUKO raises her head up from the sofa facing away from the staircase. AEKA turns her head away from RYOUKO after seeing her. RYOUKO I dunno, Tenchi's dad left to do work, and I don't know where Tenchi is. SASAMI ooh, after I went though all that to get Aeka to come down. SASAMI looks down at RYOUKO and sees the egg she had from before. SASAMI What's that Ryouko? AEKA No! Sasami, don't touch that thing. RYOUKO Isn't it wonderful, it was just born today. SASAMI Wow! Did you lay that egg Ryouko? RYOUKO Yup SASAMI Wow! So, you married Ryoko? Who's the father? A door slides open and Tenchi is standing in the doorway. TENCHI Oh, Aeka. Good Morning. AEKA Tenchi, I just wanted to say … to thank you … for letting us stay, I … I thank you for caring for … uh … the Imperial family. So … Umm.. Thankyouverymuch. TENCHI Ohh, you didn't have to thank me, it’s the least I could do. SASAMI gasps a big breath of air, that catches AEKA's attention. SASAMI Huh?! Tenchi is the father?!? AEKA looks startled then looks on Tenchi with scorn. TENCHI Huh? Aeka, you look mad, is Something wrong? AEKA Oooh! Nothing! You just go and have fun with your Monster woman! TENCHI Wha --- RYOUKO appears next to TENCHI with her arms Draped around him. RYOUKO Oh, Tenchi! I'm so happy to have given birth to the child of the man I love. TENCHI Huh!?! TENCHI gets this far off look that’s cross between sheer terror and confusion. RYOUKO puts the egg in TENCHI's hands. RYOUKO Here Tenchi! Why don't you hold it, it won't be long now. The egg begins to shake in TENCHI's hands. It rattles back And forth before spontaneously cracking open and reveling the hind leg of a furry animal (RYO-OHKI). TENCHI drops the egg in fear and the rest of the egg splits open to show all of RYO-OHKI. RYO-OHKI Myaaa! SASAMI Wow! Ha ha! RYOUKO picks up RYO-OHKI and holds it against her face. RYOUKO There, there, that’s a good little Ryo-Ohki. TENCHI Ryo-Ohki, your space ship? Does that mean … RYOUKO A hahahah, of course, this is the child of my spaceship. SASAMI Can a spaceship have a child? RYOUKO My spaceship was completely destroyed, so it reproduced itself. TENCHI Oh that’s a relief, isn't it Aeka? AEKA Oooh, I … I mean … I … AEKA runs out of the living room into a hallway. There she runs into YOUSHO who is on his way into the house. YOUSHO Woah. What's all the hurry? AEKA I'm … I'm sorry. YOUSHO looks into AEKA's eyes, she looks back at him, she suddenly gasps. YOUSHO Is there something wrong? AEKA I … no, I'm sorry. AEKA runs off out the door. YOUSHO looks back at her with a strange look in his eye. A plume of smoke bursts out of the kitchen and into the Living room, followed by many coughs. RYO-OHKI jumps out of RYOUKO's hands and onto SASAMI's head. ADAM (O.S.) That’s what happens when you dump a jar of pepper into an open flame. Now lets learn from this. Two figures come through the smoke out of the kitchen. TENCHI runs over to them. TENCHI What happened? ADAM Oh, not much, just having a little cooking lesson with Mihoshi. I think its safe to say that I've learned not to let Mihoshi cook anything. You better let the fumes clear before going in there. SASAMI Are you alright? RYO-OHKI Myaa? ADAM Whats that little thing? It’s a cute little thing. SASAMI Its name is Ryo-Ohki. ADAM Ryo-Ohki, like the spaceship right? SASAMI Uh-huh. ADAM Fascinating. MIHOSHI Wow, you must really like the name Ryo-ohki, Ryouko. RYOUKO You idiot, that IS Ryo-ohki. Its the child of my spaceship. MIHOSHI Oh. RYOUKO Come on, Tenchi. I'm bored, lets go play! Come on, come on, come on! RYOUKO backs up into YOUSHO coming in through the doorway. YOUSHO wraps his arms around RYOUKO and grabs her breasts. YOUSHO My my, the second time today a beautiful girl has run into me. I guess I'm just lucky. TENCHI Grandpa! I'm shocked! RYOUKO Grrrr, how dare you! RYOUKO swings around to punch YOUSHO, he blocks her punch easily with his fist. YOUSHO My, my, such spirit. RYOUKO looks at YOUSHO, then at her fist, then at YOUSHO again. YOUSHO walks over to SASAMI. YOUSHO So, this is your child Tenchi? SASAMI No grandpa, this is Ryo-ohki the child of Ryouko's ship. YOUSHO Uh-huh, that’s nice. Tenchi, now that you have a child … TENCHI Grandpa! That isn't my child! YOUSHO I think its time you have some responsibility. You have to be a good role model for your child, Tenchi. TENCHI That’s not my child! You all are crazy! TENCHI storms out of the room down the hallway towards the door. YOUSHO Don't forget about your training! Don't mind him, he's the serious type, like his mother. RYO-OHKI jumps off SASAMI's head towards the glass sliding door that looks out onto the lake. SASAMI What is it? RYO-OHKI Myaa. Myaaaa! RYO-OHKI jumps towards the door until she hits it head on and bounces back. SASAMI moves next to RYO-OHKI SASAMI Whats wrong? Oh, Aeka … RYO-OHKI moves through the glass door and jumps off towards AEKA. SASAMI Hey, where you- owwww. That hurt. Ryo-ohki! An explosion off screen turns everyones attention to the staircase that RYOUKO has just punched into pieces with her fist. She is staring at her fist and the wreckage with confusion. RYOUKO What? ADAM Come on, Mihoshi. Lets see if you can handle cleaning up. MIHOSHI Oh, I can do that. ADAM That's what you said about cooking. AEKA is looking out into the lake, some of the wreckage of her ship is still visible. She is obviously crying. AEKA Ohh, I wish I could go home, go home to Jurai. But my ship is destroyed so I don't have a way to get home or communicate with Jurai. AEKA starts crying again. RYO-OHKI jumps up beside her and nuzzles herself against AEKA's leg. AEKA Wha-- What are you doing? Shoo shoo! Go away. RYO-OHKI gets closer to AEKA. AEKA Go away. Alright you just stay here and I'll move away. Now don't you think about following me! AEKA walks off screen, RYO-OHKI follows her. We see a Bunch of scenes showing AEKA walking and RYO-OHKI close behind. The last scene is AEKA walking up the stairs that go to the Shrine. She turns around and looks back at RYO-OHKI. AEKA I told you not to follow me! RYO-OHKI runs off the stairs into the nearby brush. AEKA moves closer to RYO-OHKI then stops as she sees a flower that has a purplish color, very much like the color of her eyes. AEKA Royal Tear Drop, but how is it -- could it be? A young AEKA is sitting in a field of flowers making a wreath out of the various plants. A young YOUSHO walks up to her. YOUSHO What are you doing out here. AEKA You left me behind. For you. YOUSHO Thank you. YOUSHO bows his head and AEKA puts it on his head. He picks her up and rests her on his lap. She picks up another flower and shows it to him. AEKA It’s the color of your eyes. AEKA puts it in his wreath, he abruptly puts AEKA down and takes off the wreath. AEKA What's wrong? YOUSHO pulls out the flower and holds it up to AEKA. YOUSHO This is Royal Tear Drop. It should not be used for happy occasions. Cut to the firey view of older AEKA holding the Tenchi-Ken to her chest. She looks down and beside where the sword was just lying is a tiny grove of Royal Tear Drop. A tear falls though the air, sparkling as it falls, and lands on the petal of the flower. AEKA is holding the flower in her hand and crying over it. RYO-OHKI appears with a beautiful flower in his mouth and holds it up to AEKA. AEKA For me? RYO-OHKI Myaa! AEKA slowly takes the flower and holds it close. RYO-OHKI clumsily climbs up onto AEKA's lap. She softly pets RYO-OHKI. AEKA You silly thing. Don't you know that I hate you? RYO-OHKI raises an ear up high, then jumps to the ground and towards the forest. It stops half way and turns to AEKA. AEKA Where are you going? You'll get lost! RYO-OHKI Myaaa! Myaaaaaa! RYO-OHKI continues off into the forest, AEKA follows behind trying to catch up. Cut to a view of leaves, the camera slowly moves upwards until it is just above the leaves. We see TENCHI with a Boduken, repetitively hitting a log attached to a rope; at his feet are small wooden pedistals which he is jumping from one to another while hitting the log. YOUSHO is behind him looking ever so excited. YOUSHO Watch your footing, Tenchi … TENCHI hits the log a few more times, letting out a short "Yaa" each time, until his foot slips on one of the small pedestals and he falls down. YOUSHO You must concentrate more, Tenchi. Now, lets start with the standard patterns. TENCHI nods and they place their Boduken's on each other's shoulder. The view changes so we see that it is AEKA who is peering through the bushes, she suddenly gasps. TENCHI and YOUSHO begin a set of complex fighting maneuvers. AEKA (V.O.) That swordplay. It’s the fighting style of the Royal House of Jurai. Could it be, could they know something about my brother Yousho? AEKA moves to get closer when she loses her footing and falls backwards into the brush. TENCHI stops to look and YOUSHO hits him on the head with an under the leg attack. YOUSHO Tenchi, whats wrong, your a sitting duck. TENCHI Geeze! Is that part of the routine? YOUSHO No. TENCHI moves to the bush and looks down to see AEKA lying almost upside down. He turns red and looks away. AEKA Oh, why? WHY!? Why must I suffer this humiliation? Gaak! AEKA quickly straightens her robe down as respectable as it can be. TENCHI climbs down to AEKA. TENCHI Miss Aeka, are you alright? AEKA I'm fine -- AEKA tries to get up, but her leg gives way beneath her. She lets out a cry in pain. A close up of her leg shows that its bleeding heavily. YOUSHO walks down a path leading up to them, he is holding a bandage in his hand. YOUSHO Well, let me see what we have here. Looks like you have a nasty cut here. AEKA Thank you. Umm, Grandpa, that fighting style you were jus-- YOUSHO Tenchi, you make sure she doesn't walk on this. You better carry her to the house. YOUSHO walks as quick as he can away from AEKA and back to his shrine. AEKA looks at the man questionably. TENCHI and AEKA both turn to each other in confusion. Cut to RYOUKO searching through AEKA and SASAMI's room. She is opening up all of the storage units that are in the room. RYOUKO Where can it be? Where is that damned sword that she has? Okay, if I was the master key, where would I be? RYOUKO turns to the door and we hear the sound of SASAMI coming up the stairs. RYOUKO Oh, boy. This isn't gonna to look good. RYOUKO jumps backwards and dissapears just as SASAMI opens the door to the room. SASAMI Aeka! Aeka, are you here? SASAMI jumps as she hears the sound of thunder outside. Cut to darkness; a door opens and floods the room with light. TENCHI walks into the room with AEKA on his back. Outside its pouring rain, both TENCHI and AEKA are soaking wet. TENCHI sits AEKA down on log, she shivers from the cold. TENCHI We'll have to wait here until the rain stops. TENCHI walks over to a pile of boxes and tools. He picks up a box full of wood and sets it down between himself and AEKA. He picks up a ball of newsprint, lights it with a match, and puts it into the box which burns brightly. TENCHI There we go. TENCHI takes off his shirt and wrings out a towel he had around his neck. He holds the towel out to AEKA, who is still shivering quietly. TENCHI Here, you can dry yourself off with this. Oh, I guess I'll, go outside for a while. TENCHI walks out the door and closes it behind himself. AEKA begins to take off her wet clothes, after each robe she takes off, she hangs it over the edge of the log she is sitting on. She leaves on her undermost robe, and uses the towel to dry herself. In the shadows of the room, a furry figure is leaping around between baskets of vegitables. It leaps behind basket to basket before jumping over and landing on AEKA. In the light, we see that it was RYO-OHKI, AEKA doesn't see this. She screams. TENCHI hears AEKA's scream and opens the door and runs in. AEKA rushes over and hold onto him, placing her head against his chest. AEKA Oh Tenchi! There's something in here! TENCHI looks back and forth until he sees RYO-OHKI poking her head out from behind a basket of carrots. RYO-OHKI Myaa? TENCHI Oh, its only Ryo-Ohki. AEKA Silly thing, scared me half to death. AEKA slowly raises her head and sees that TENCHI is looking right back at her. The both stare into each other for an uncomfortable moment. TENCHI Oh … I guess I should go back outside. TENCHI heads for the door. He stops just before he's completely outside. AEKA Must be cold outside. TENCHI pauses and looks back at AEKA. Cut to the same room, an indeterminate amount of time later, TENCHI is sitting looking into the fire. AEKA is a bit farther off to the side, seeming to be staring off into nowhere. AEKA I guess I must have misunderstood When I saw you with Ryouko I thought that you were her friend. TENCHI Well, I'm not. But I get the feeling she wants something from me, or from grandpa. She never did tell me anything about herself, can you, perhaps, tell me what you know? You two seem to go back a long way. AEKA Yes, I suppose we do. You see, about 700 years ago, she attacked my home planet of Jurai … The screen blurs until we see the day RYOUKO attacked Jurai. AEKA (V.O.) I wasn't much younger than I am now. She was on a rampage across our planet. From the patrolling ships orbiting our planet, she started her attack. Every ship that crossed her path was destroyed, and soon she was on the planet surface. To our surprise, she had broken the defense field put up by our originating tree, Tsunami. She caused massive damage to all of the Royal Family Trees, before someone was able to stop her. The scene blurs again, and we see that same fight scene between RYOUKO and young YOUSHO again. AEKA (V.O.) My Brother Yousho was that person. Using the Master Key, or Tenchi-Ken, he fought her with all his might, finally driving her off the planet. Cut to the shot of the planet with RYO-OHKI flying past the camera, finally blurring away and cutting back to the room with AEKA and Tenchi. AEKA has the Tenchi-Ken in her hand. AEKA But he wasn't finished. He took his ship, the Funaho, and chased after Ryouko, never to return again. The only thing I have of his, is this sword, which he left behind for some reason, and these unusual gems that have been embedded into the sword. There is an uncomfortable silence. TENCHI My grandpa used to tell me a story about my ancestors. How they came to this land and the fights they used to have. He was always proud of one story about a fight with a Demon from another world. He said that one of my Ancestors fought a powerful Demon that came to Earth one day. He said that he beat the Demon and sealed it into the Masaki cave, and by doing so, he gained the Demon's power, which was sealed in the Demon's gems that it wore, giving him long life. AEKA The Demon's gems? TENCHI He said that the Demon would be sealed as long as the gem he took continued to power a magic seal placed upon the cave. Grandpa said the man's name was Yousho. AEKA jerks her head towards TENCHI and gasps. She looks at the Tenchi-Ken and wonders. There is another uncomfortable pause. TENCHI Can I ask you a question? What are you going to do now? AEKA I'll search. You see, I have no way to return to my planet now, so I'll continue the search for my brother. But it'll be difficult, because I have no relatives on this alien planet. TENCHI Its all my fault! I caused all this. You can stay here as long as you like. Besides, I guess we're related too. AEKA Yousho was my half-brother. Here you might find it strange to marry your brother, but on Jurai it is not. Even though my parents arranged it, I was happy with the decision. But the thought of not being able to share these feelings with him, it's … it-- AEKA starts crying. TENCHI His ship must have crashed here just like yours did. And he was forced to … TENCHI stops, afraid to say something that would make AEKA more sad. TENCHI So, … cheer up. Cheer Up, Aeka. AEKA stops crying and nods. RYO-OHKI comes over to TENCHI pulling a basket of carrots. RYO-OHKI Myaa. TENCHI What is it? What, you want this Carrot? TENCHI pulls out a carrot and holds it up for RYO-OHKI. She jumps up trying to get the carrot. He shakes the carrot above RYO-OHKI, then throws the carrot over her head. TENCHI Hop! RYO-OHKI jumps over to the carrot and picks it up in her mouth. Her eyes glisten with joy. AEKA giggles. TENCHI Carrots, huh? Eat a lot of those and you'll grow up to be a Space Ship. RYO-OHKI Myaa, myaaa! Cut to ADAM standing by the sliding glass door looking out over the lake. SASAMI and RYOUKO are sitting in the living room behind him. ADAM Looks like the rain has stopped. Maybe we should go out and see where Aeka and Tenchi are. SASAMI Good Idea! RYOUKO (V.O.) Maybe Aeka has that sword with her. Yeah, that’s it! A loud crash is heard off screen. MIHOSHI (O.S.) Ooops. ADAM I cleaned up after her last time. It's someone else's turn. ADAM opens the glass door and walks out, SASAMI and RYOUKO follow close behind. Cut to TENCHI walking down a path with AEKA on his back, RYO-OHKI is also close behind with a bundle of carrots strapped to her back. TENCHI Would you like to see the Masaki cave? Maybe we can find some clues about Yousho. AEKA looks off to the side of the path. Cut to a large grove of trees with one giant tree in the center. AEKA What's that? TENCHI Oh, that’s the holy tree of the Masaki shrine. Wonder stories hang from it. One of the stories say if you make a wish under a full moon it'll come true. Another story says that if you pray to it you can make rain come. Would you like to see it? AEKA Yes. AEKA and TENCHI are standing by the giant tree, which is growing in the middle of a pond with stepping stones all around it. AEKA There is no doubt. This is Funaho. TENCHI Funaho? AEKA My brother's space ship. Remember there was a tree like this inside of my space ship. It is the heart of the space ship. TENCHI Wow, this turns into one of those giant space ships? AEKA No, this one has taken root, it can't become a space ship anymore. AEKA pulls the Tenchi-Ken out from under her robe and hits it against the tree a few times. The end of the Tenchi-Ken sparks for a second and the leaves of the tree begin to emit rays of multicolored light into the pond. TENCHI Wha -- What's happening? AEKA This is the memory of the tree. TENCHI The memory … Everything become inverted for a second, then it fades away and we see YOUSHO's ship flying into orbit of Earth with RYO-OHKI. Funaho fires off a bunch of shot at RYO-OHKI that hit the hull and cause big explosions and the ship begins to crash. Funaho follows the ship down. AEKA (V.O.) That's my brother ship! TENCHI (V.O.) And that’s Ryo-Ohki! Ryo-Ohki crashes in a giant supernova into the ground. Several scenes flash by of Young YOUSHO and RYOUKO fighting. TENCHI (V.O.) That must be Yousho. And look at Ryouko, she looks scary. YOUSHO has one of RYOUKO's gems in his hand, and its fighting with a normal sword. RYOUKO keeps making grabs at the gem YOUSHO has in his hand. They are fighting in a deep crater. TENCHI (V.O.) This must be how the lake was made. RYOUKO makes a sweeping grab for the gem, we see YOUSHO raise his sword up high and cut down off screen. Cut to YOUSHO standing next to a large stone within the Masaki cave, he holds the gem out, then sticks it into the stone where it becomes slightly embedded. TENCHI (V.O.) This must be the imprisonment that Grandpa talks about. Cut to the outside of the cave, much later, a young TENCHI walks up to the entrance of the cave. TENCHI (V.O.) That’s me, I couldn't have been more than five years old. Young TENCHI walks deep into the cave and comes up to the stone that YOUSHO was at before. He looks at the gem and touches it. The gem flares up and glows, separating itself from the stone, and landing in TENCHI's hand. The stone then breaks apart, several pieces of the rock landing on TENCHI, burying him. RYOUKO appears in place of the stone and flys away. TENCHI (V.O.) Oh, my. I released Ryouko from her imprisonment. I am responsible. The scene changes one last time to show older YOUSHO and NOBUYUKI pulling TENCHI from the wreckage. YOUSHO takes the gem from TENCHI's hand and secretly puts it in his robes. The images fade away into nothing, the lights coming from the tree completely stop. AEKA and TENCHI are standing by the tree still. AEKA He is alive. I'm sure of it. If Funaho is alive, then Yousho must be alive as well. I've been mean to you, I've been harsh and I apologize. AEKA holds out the Tenchi-Ken to TENCHI. AEKA This is yours. TENCHI I don't understand. AEKA You are related to my brother Yousho, the crown prince of Jurai, by blood and I am asking you if you would protect us until he can be found. TENCHI looks at the sword solemnly. SASAMI (O.S.) Aeka! SASAMI walks across the pond using the stepping stones, RYO-OHKI is on her shoulder. AEKA Sasami. SASAMI I was so worried about you. AEKA I'm sorry to have troubled you, did you come all this way by yourself? SASAMI Oh, no. Ryouko and Adam was with us, and Ryo-Ohki led us half the way. AEKA Oh you are such a silly thing aren't you? RYOUKO (O.S.) Now, isn't this a friendly scene. RYOUKO appears with ADAM holding onto her legs. He slips off and lands in the pond. When he resurfaces, RYOUKO stands on his head. ADAM That’s the last time I travel with YOU Ryouko. ADAM stops and looks up at RYOUKO, who is on his head. ADAM GET OFF! RYOUKO gives her evil grin and dissapears, then reappears next to TENCHI. RYOUKO Tell me Tenchi, why were you with this unworthy girl this whole time, huh? TENCHI Because I had to, Okay? Lady Aeka hurt herself. RYOUKO Hey, Tenchi! Looks like you have yourself an interesting sword there, mind letting me see it? TENCHI I don't think so Ryouko. I know what your up to. RYOUKO Up to? I'm not up to anything. TENCHI Yeah, right. ADAM walks up to them, soaking wet. ADAM Did I miss a conversation? What are you all talking about? AEKA Lord Tenchi is related to me by blood. RYOUKO Uh-huh. Isn't that fascinating. Well, if you won't even let me see your sword, I'm outta here. Sheesh, this is what you get for trying to help someone. RYOUKO flies off and disappears. ADAM Petty isn't she? AEKA I think its time we headed home home now, come Lord Tenchi. AEKA drags TENCHI across the stepping stones. ADAM Its never boring here, I'd have to say that. SASAMI No, not at all. RYO-OHKI Myaa! SASAMI follows after AEKA and TENCHI. ADAM turns around and takes another look at the tree. VOICE (V.O.) She is a very interesting one. ADAM spins around and searches for the source of the voice. VOICE (V.O.) Her power will one day be great. ADAM continues to look around for the voice. ADAM What power? Sasami has power? VOICE (V.O.) Yes. Her power is that of all Jurai, it is merely being masked by her youth. ADAM What power? VOICE (V.O.) You will see her power soon. But you wont recognize her. But her power wont be enough, that is why I've sent you here. ADAM Sent me?! Who is this? Who are you? How are you responsible for my being here? VOICE (V.O.) You made a deal with me. I would call on you when needed. You probably don't remember. ADAM I don’t remember anything like that. Who are you? VOICE (V.O.) I am the one who is controlling your fate now. You promised me you would help me in places I couldn't get to myself. It is very important that you be here, now. I can't tell you what to do, but you will know. ADAM Why me? What did I do to deserve this? VOICE (V.O.) When you have completed everything that needs to be done, I'll return for you. I can give you only a warning, you are amidst beings of enormous power, don't forget that you have none. ADAM Wait! Who are you? What does all that mean! WAIT! The camera pans backwards until ADAM is just a speck. Cut to space, a large ship flies past, blanketing a planet in darkness. It changes its course and points itself towards Earth. TO BE CONTINUED… Authors Notes: It is very important that you know something. While WE the readers knows who YOUSHO is, the characters don’t. While I've always called Tenchi's grandfather Yousho, it must be noted that Tenchi himself doesn't know that his name really is Yousho, nor does anyone else in the story. As is quiet obvious, this is different in MANY respects to the OAV Ep. 3 that it was modeled after. First of all, Tenchi didn't meet Ryouko by releasing her from the cave, he met her when she crashed into Earth after being chased by Mihoshi. So I had to make up something that would explain how Ryouko was imprisoned AND still was free to be chased by Mihoshi. Wondering where Yousho is hiding that third gem of his? Well, he needs it to be near so that it can give power to his tree, Funaho. But we've never seen him with the gem hanging from his ear. So where could that gem be? I guess you'll find out in the next part. Concerning the Voice: This is one of the underlining themes in the Full Circle series. The Voice made a deal with Adam when he was younger, somewhere around the age of 16 or 17 (i.e. - the "Magical Girl" age), that he would do tasks for the Voice that the Voice could not do itself. The younger Adam thought that the Voice would call on him soon, it never did. Now that he's 22, he's sort of forgotten about it. There IS a reason why the Voice chose Adam for this, and why he accepted, but that's another story. Oh, if you know anything about me as an author you can guess who the Voice REALLY is. And if you aren't familiar with my works, I'll just tell you now, that the Voice is Setsuna-san, better known as Sailor Pluto.