[Previous Chapters Are Available At: http://dogbert.simplenet.com/Tempest/fiction.html] INTERLUDE Opening Shot: Darkness. WASHUU (O.S.) Okay, that brings us up to the last reality. Fade into WASHUU standing beneath the spotlight in the darkness. She has her head down as if staring into her shadow. WASHUU Perhaps the worse one of them all. I don't know why, but I felt good after the last one. I thought I had a pretty good handle on things. As she talks, the scene fades to show WASHUU fiddling with the control matrix with ADAM pacing around behind her. WASHUU I had figured out most of the problems and my data indicated that there was only one reality left: Prime. The first reality entered into the matrix, of course I know whose it was. WASHUU looks up from the control matrix at the shadowy computer in front of her then back down at the control matrix. ADAM stops pacing and looks over to WASHUU. ADAM I wish there was something more I could do. I feel so useless. WASHUU Uh-huh... ADAM I mean, I jump into the realities and get shot at, swung at, and generally get to swashbuckle around, and that's all important and stuff... WASHUU Uh-huh... ADAM But now all I do is sit around and wait for you to finish fixing that thing. WASHUU Uh-huh... ADAM I mean, as much time as I have been as your assistant, I still know next to nothing about all this ... uhh, stuff. I didn't even finish High School, let alone pick up a galactic intelligence such as you have. WASHUU Uh-huh... ADAM Uhh, Washuu? WASHUU Uh-huh... ADAM Are you even listening to me? WASHUU Uh-huh... ADAM clutches his teeth and balls his hands. ADAM Arrgg! Say something other than 'uh-huh!' WASHUU stands up suddenly. WASHUU YES! ADAM You don't have to get so excited... WASHUU I fixed it! ADAM Huh? -- Oh! Well, that good. WASHUU That's right, just gotta activated it and tear this whole charade down. ADAM Well then, lets do it. Time to get back our true reality. WASHUU sets the control matrix down and steps back a bit. Creating her shadowy keyboard she taps a few times and the globe lights up. As she continues to type, the matrix begins to float and spin. WASHUU Circuts ... check! Bio's ... check! Mechanisms ... check! Intergration ... check! Systems online. ADAM All right, back to the normal world. WASHUU Activating ... Cut to black. WASHUU (V.O.) Now! Twisted Plot Productions Presents In Association with Tempest Creations A Division of Starlight Pictures FULL CIRCLE By Adam Chris Leigh Based on "Tenchi Muyou" created by Masaki Kanajaki Episode 7: Time And Space Adventures ACT III Establishing shot: Darkness. Letters slowly form on the screen in white: R Y O U K O Fade to show a city street before a majestic looking building. A few cars are scattered along the sides of the road, all old Ford Model-T's. The scene is relatively quiet, and from the small soft sounds of birds chirping it seems like it's early morning. The screen suddenly shakes and the sound of a large explosion is heard at the same time as all the windows in the building flash white before exploding outwards. The sound of a siren is heard coming from the building before RYOUKO runs out wearing brown pants, a white shrit, and a brown vest, carrying a bag slung over her shoulder. She looks around frantically then runs over to one of the cars and speeds off. A few seconds later a group of police cars arrive. Several stop in front of the bank while two chase after RYOUKO. Cut to the inside of RYOUKO's car. She looks between the rear view mirror and the road. She wipes her brow once from sweat. RYOUKO Damn, how'd the coppers get here so damned fast? I'll have to loose them in the city. She swerves the wheel to the right and sharply turns a corner going into a side alley. One of the police cars follows suit, the other smashes into one side of the alley before tipping over and crashing, blocking off the way she came. Cut to RYOUKO. RYOUKO Ha ha! One down, one to go. Cut to first person of RYOUKO as she swerves around garbage cans and through busy streets. Cut to the outside as she comes out of the alley onto a main road and turns onto it. A second later the police car comes through and smashes into a few garbage cans but continues to follow. Cut to RYOUKO. RYOUKO Hmm... he's good. Cut to an exterior shot beside RYOUKO as the cop car begins to catch up and pull along side RYOUKO. As the car pulls up you can see that it's being driven by KIYONNE. KIYONNE Ryouko! Pull over at once! RYOUKO No way! I don't brake for anyone, not even the commissioner of police! KIYONNE You'll brake or I'll take you down! RYOUKO Try me! RYOUKO's car speeds ahead and KIYONNE steps on her gas to catch up. Cut to RYOUKO as she looks in her rear view mirror, watching KIYONNE gain on her. RYOUKO Damn, her car's much faster than mine. She's going to get me unless I can lose her. RYOUKO's attention is caught by an up coming department store with a very large side window displaying all sorts of fancy woman's dresses. RYOUKO Hmm... Cut to KIYONNE. She's talking on a very large radio. KIYONNE We're heading down 4th street. I need someone to get in front of her and block her off! DISPATCHER (V.O.) Ooh... Kiyoonnne... all the cars are at the bank. What am I supposed to do? KIYONNE Damn it Mihoshi! Can't you do anythi— oh my god! Cut to exterior of KIYONNE's car as she watches RYOUKO swerve off the road and plow into a department store through it's side window. She gapes in surprise for a second then bares down on her car and takes it in. Cut to RYOUKO. She's being tossed around inside of the car while she tries to wave people out of the way. RYOUKO Come on people, MOVE!! Cut to the opposite side of the department store. The window explodes outwards and RYOUKO drives through with her car and turns to drive down the road. A few seconds later KIYONNE drives through but slides on the debris and smashes into a car across the street. Cut to RYOUKO. RYOUKO Heh heh. Cut to KIYONNE as she climbs out of her car. She looks down the road and exhales as she see's RYOUKO's car driving away. She slams her fist into the top of the car. KIYONNE Damn! Cut to show RYOUKO driving down a long road away from the camera. Fade to show a wooden end table with a lamp and a pocket watch on it. A hand reaches over for the watch and picks it up. As the camera follows the hand, we see TENCHI in a nice suit, stuffing the watch into his pocket. In the background we can hear AEKA yelling. TENCHI looks towards the voice and the camera pans back from TENCHI, through a doorway to show AEKA yelling at KIYONNE and MIHOSHI dressed in black police duds. AEKA I can't believe this! You let her get away when you even knew she was going to rob that bank, THIS MORNING! KIYONNE There were complications, Ms. Aeka. AEKA Complications?! What, you had to actually THINK for a change? KIYONNE Now, Ms. Aeka... AEKA Now you listen to me, first! Cut to show a long hearth with a bunch of pictures propped up on it. Pan across the pictures as AEKA yells. The first few are of either TENCHI dressed up in some occasion and posing for a picture, or AEKA doing the same. AEKA That ... criminal has stolen over two million dollars from my family assets and doesn't seem to have any intention of stopping. Further pictures show AEKA with bunches of finely dressed people and TENCHI off to the side looking slightly unhappy. A few pictures show AEKA standing amidst wealth while TENCHI seems secluded in the corner. KIYONNE All of our resources have been put into catching Ryouko and any associates she may have but it's going to take time, Ms. Aeka. AEKA Time?! You're saying I should just sit here and wait for my fortune to be stolen from me? Another picture that stands out from the rest is one of AEKA in farm clothes standing with two rather old and unsightly people before a large farm. A picture right next to it is a picture of TENCHI in a simple suit, in a portrait picture with his parents looking rather happy. AEKA You cops may have never seen money with your meager pay, but I have, and even if you don't know what it means to lose millions, I DO. I will not let you leave here without some assurance that you'll catch this criminal and make her pay back everything she's taken. KIYONNE I don't think you have to be rude, Ms— AEKA That's exactly your problem, you DON'T think! One of the final pictures is a large portrait with AEKA and TENCHI. AEKA seems rather content while TENCHI is frowning. Beside that picture is a small picture taken at some party that has TENCHI smiling largely while shaking someone's hand that seems to be obscured by the frame. Pause on this picture for a few seconds. KIYONNE On behalf of the police department I must protest this treatment. We are trying best to find this criminal, and even if you do not provide regular contributions to the police department, other people do and it is those people we need to see right now. AEKA Fine. Get out of my sight! And don't come back here unless you have news of Ryouko's capture! Cut to show AEKA forcing KIYONNE and MIHOSHI out of the house and firmly shutting the door. She looks out the small window on the door and watches the two officers leave. TENCHI(O.S.) Aeka... AEKA jerks her head over, startled. AEKA Oh, Tenchi. You startled me. Pan back to show TENCHI walking over to AEKA. TENCHI You shouldn't be so harsh with the police like that. They're just doing their job. AEKA They're not doing it well enough. TENCHI I guess... AEKA What's the matter, Tenchi? TENCHI Its... nothing. AEKA Tell me so I can help. TENCHI In ... I mean. Since we've been married ... what I mean is— why did you marry me? AEKA is taken aback. AEKA Wha -– because I love you. Why are you asking me? TENCHI It's just... sometimes it seems like you-- He's cut off by the sound of something breaking. They both turn towards the source of the noise. TENCHI What was that? AEKA It's probably Sherry breaking another dish. I'll take care of her. TENCHI grabs her arm as she moves away. TENCHI No... why don't you let me handle it. I'm it's nothing big. I'll get a drink for you while I'm in there. AEKA Oh, alright. TENCHI walks off as AEKA moves over to the hearth and looks at the pictures. As she moves down the line she notices one of the pictures missing and looks around the ground for it. Cut to the kitchen. TENCHI walks in and looks around. TENCHI Sherry? Hello? As he steps forward he hears a faint cracking noise. He looks down to see the broken plate on the floor. TENCHI Oh, must have been the wind. He bends down to pick up the pieces as the camera moves with him we see beneath the counter, RYOUKO crouched up next to the cabinet. TENCHI begins to put pieces of the plate in his hand then he suddenly pauses and looks over to RYOUKO. He jumps back, startled. TENCHI Ah! The pieces drop to the floor and RYOUKO quickly moves out to put her hand over TENCHI's mouth. RYOUKO Hush! AEKA(O.S.) Tenchi? Tenchi, what was that? RYOUKO motions her head towards the door and removes her hand from TENCHI's mouth. TENCHI Uh ... nothing Aeka. I just cut my hand on a piece of broken plate. AEKA(O.S.) It isn't any of the fine china is it? TENCHI Uh.. no it's just some Faberware. AEKA(O.S.) Okay. RYOUKO listens for a few seconds then gets up off of TENCHI and helps him to his feet. TENCHI What are yo— RYOUKO Shhh! TENCHI What are you doing here? RYOUKO I came to see you. TENCHI Is it normal for you to visit the people you're stealing from? RYOUKO No, but I made an exception for you. TENCHI You can't be here, Aeka has the police looking all over for you. RYOUKO I know, that's why I'm going to head west. TENCHI Good, just run far away and don't look back. You're in too much trouble as it is, I don't want to see you get hurt. RYOUKO I want you to come with me. TENCHI You –- what?! RYOUKO SHHHHH!! Come with me out west Tenchi. Run away with me, live the real life like we did when we were kids. TENCHI I can't do that. I'm married to Aeka, I have an obligation to her. RYOUKO Ahh, screw your obligation. Does she have any obligations to you, or just your money? TENCHI What are you saying? RYOUKO Come' on Tenchi, I know it and I'm not even married to her. When she looks at you, does she see you or your solid gold sunglasses? When she holds onto you, is she holding you or your Armani suit? TENCHI I –- I don't know what you're talking about. RYOUKO Come on, Tenchi, you don't have to keep on living with her, run away with me. TENCHI This is crazy Ryouko, why did you come here, to rekindle your feud with Aeka? RYOUKO I came here because I want to be with you. Because I can't imagine a day rising without the ability to see your face. Cut to AEKA. She's adjusting the pictures for better viewing. The sound of a door shutting hard is heard from outside. She frowns and moves over to the door just in time to see RYOUKO shoving TENCHI bound and gagged into his car and hopping in herself. She stares on in shock as the car starts and guns away. Cut to the inside of the car. RYOUKO is watching the road intently, constantly checking her rear view mirrors. Meanwhile, Tenchi is removing the gag and ropes from around his arms. TENCHI This is crazy. RYOUKO You've said that already. Try something new. TENCHI Okay, you're going to get caught and thrown in jail. I'm sure Aeka saw us leaving, she's probably called the police already. RYOUKO Nah, I doubt it. TENCHI Why's that? RYOUKO It's not the right time yet, she's probably waiting for the proper light or to get in the right mood before calling the police. She also has to construct the proper speech to give so that she sounds high and respectful. TENCHI You really think she's that shallow? RYOUKO I know she is. But just in case, I cut the phone lines. RYOUKO grins evilly to TENCHI who merely swallows in response. Cut to an exterior shot as they drive off past a sign that says 'CITY LIMITS.' Fade to white. Fade to a cloudless night sky. The stars shine brightly as the camera pans downwards to show a large bridge stretching over a long bay from one beautiful arrangement of lights to another. A star streaks across the sky. TENCHI (O.S.) Will you look at that... RYOUKO (O.S.) Hmm... shooting star. Wanna make a wish? TENCHI (O.S.) I'm not that superstitious. Pan downwards to show RYOUKO's car parked along the coastline a ways from the bridge. She's lying on top of the car and watching the sky while TENCHI sits leaning up against the car, also looking up into the sky. RYOUKO gets on her arm and looks down to TENCHI. RYOUKO What superstition? Just a little hopeful feeling. A prayer that somewhere out there, someone is listening and maybe the have the magic to make it come true. TENCHI Hmm... They watch in silence for a while. RYOUKO reaches down around the roof and pulls out two apples from the front seat of the car. RYOUKO Hungry? TENCHI looks up as RYOUKO tosses an apple to him. He catches it in his hands and rubs it on his shirt. RYOUKO takes a crispy bite out of hers. TENCHI So much talk. RYOUKO Huh? TENCHI You asked how it happened. It was a lot of talking and debating. I think I was just a little caught up in the business of the matter, things were said and done before I'd even realized. One day I was just coasting along the next... RYOUKO The next you were shackled to Aeka. TENCHI I don't know about that, but I was married to her quite suddenly. RYOUKO But now you see the truth, right? TENCHI Now ... I see I've made many mistakes in my life and I'm not sure who or what I love anymore. Except maybe.. RYOUKO Maybe? Maybe what? TENCHI Maybe I love the silence. The time without decisions, when all is tranquil and quiet. RYOUKO I guess I could love the silence, if I was with you... TENCHI looks up at RYOUKO who smiles warmly back. He turns his head back to the stars and closes his eyes. RYOUKO lays down but hangs her head over the edge of the roof so she can watch TENCHI. They lay in silence for a while longer. ADAM (O.S.) Aha! Found 'em! TENCHI and RYOUKO look up towards the water to see a shimmering hole in space from which ADAM's head is sticking out of. The hole grows larger as he pushes it open and WASHUU can be seen behind him holding the large, spherical, control matrix. WASHUU There you are. TENCHI and RYOUKO stand up. TENCHI Miss Washuu! WASHUU Hmm, glad to see you still remember me. TENCHI What's going on, where are we all? WASHUU I managed to fix my control matrix that SOME people graciously destroyed on me, but when I tried to shut down all the remaining realities I discovered that only the prime creator of the realities can truly shut the program down. So we had come looking across half this simulation before we found you ... Ryouko. RYOUKO Me? WASHUU That's right, you were the first one to get to the control matrix, so you have host information to shut it down. TENCHI Of course, only Ryouko could come up with something this weird. RYOUKO takes a step back and looks obviously hurt. WASHUU Well, now that we've found you, we can end this. Lets go Ryouko, shut down this program so we can all go back to our normal lives. RYOUKO No. ALL Huh? TENCHI Ryouko, come'on lets get out of this crazy world. She looks like she on the verge of crying. RYOUKO No, I don't want to go. Tenchi... you really want to leave? TENCHI Well, of course. RYOUKO Well I... I don't want to! RYOUKO jumps off the top of the car and flies off into the city. Everyone watches as the flies away. TENCHI What was that all about? ADAM I think she's upset you're so eager to leave. TENCHI Why? ADAM Because... Cut to RYOUKO, standing atop a semi large building looking off into the ocean crying. WASHUU Ryouko... RYOUKO looks behind herself quickly then moves to jump off the building. WASHUU Wait! RYOUKO stops in mid motion and slowly turns to WASHUU. RYOUKO I'm not leaving. WASHUU Tell me what wrong, Ryouko. RYOUKO I –- this is my world, these are my dreams, but no one shares them with me. I'm alone here. WASHUU Ryouko, you're not alone, not everyone understands yet. They share your dreams, they just see them from a different perspective. RYOUKO No they don't, they think I'm weird, Tenchi ... Tenchi doesn't care... RYOUKO turns away from WASHUU and silent cries some more. WASHUU I know you're free spirited Ryouko. Some people see that and they think you're reckless and dangerous to be around. But Tenchi doesn't see that. He sees the emotion you keep inside of you, he sees the free spirit and smiles when you express that. RYOUKO Then why won't he stay? WASHUU Because he cares for a lot of people, and if he stays, they all must stay here against their will. He can't see pain to anyone, especially you, but he has been forced into this, if he's going to choose to be with you, it must be voluntary. RYOUKO I ... I guess... WASHUU Come, my daughter, let us end the charade. RYOUKO turns to WASHUU and nods silently. Then she flies off towards the harbor. WASHUU That's my girl. WASHUU looks down. ADAM(O.S.) Deep in thought? She turns around to face ADAM surprisingly. He's standing about a foot in front of her. WASHUU Adam. Stop sneaking up on people! ADAM It seems to be the only thing I can do well. Are you all right? You seem a little distraught. WASHUU I'm fine. Lets get out of here. WASHUU storms off screen, ADAM shrugs and follows. Fade to white. Fade into a view of the sun. Pan downwards to show the giant lake before the Masaki household. Pan towards the house. AEKA (V.O.) She's asleep. Cut to AEKA and SASAMI's room. AEKA is standing just inside the doorway and TENCHI is standing in the hall behind her. They are both looking at the sleeping form of SASAMI. TENCHI She must be exhausted. AEKA She's been that way ever since we came back from Washuu's reality generator. TENCHI A few of those worlds ... they were pretty rough on her. AEKA turns slowly to face TENCHI and gently grabs his hands and holds them in her own. AEKA They were rough on all of us. TENCHI looks calmly between his hands and AEKA's face before backing up further into the hall causing AEKA to break her grasp. She looks down at the floor. AEKA What do you think of me, Tenchi? Do you think ... do you think I am a little too self centered, a little too egocentric? TENCHI Gosh, no Aeka. Cut to just around the corner of the same hall. RYOUKO is leaning against the wall and listening with an expressionless face. AEKA (O.S.) What do you think, Lord Tenchi? TENCHI (O.S.) What I think is ... Cut back to AEKA and TENCHI. TENCHI I think you have a lot of pride in your people, and sometimes you get all caught up because you think that people are trying to disgrace you and when they're doing that, they're disgracing all of Jurai for having you as a princess. Pan backwards down the hall. TENCHI But Aeka, you needn't defend your or your planet's honor. I know you have it, and I think that deep down, Ryouko knows it too. AEKA is silent for a few seconds. The camera pans back until you can see RYOUKO leaning against the corner as well as TENCHI and AEKA talking down the hall. AEKA Why do you think you left me in those worlds? RYOUKO raises her head. TENCHI Those were just crazy worlds, Aeka, who knows why anyone did anything in those worlds. It's the real world that counts. RYOUKO lowers her head and moves off screen. AEKA Of course, Lord Tenchi, you're right. Cut to the walkway up to the shrine. RYOUKO is sitting on the steps looking out over the lake at the setting sun. She sighs as she watches. TENCHI(O.S.) It's beautiful isn't it. RYOUKO doesn't move, but the camera pans back to show TENCHI on the steps higher than her. He's looking at her at first then looks up at the horizon. RYOUKO It's nice. TENCHI I used to love coming down here in the evening when I was a kid. I would just sit here and watch as the sun dipped below the cloud line. These days I don't get much of a chance to do it. RYOUKO looks down for a moment, then stands and turns to TENCHI. RYOUKO Tenchi... RYOUKO(V.O.) Why do you think I'm crazy? You love Aeka don't you. Why can't you understand me? Why do you hate me? You want me to leave don't you? I –- TENCHI Ryouko? RYOUKO looks up to see TENCHI holding an apple to her. TENCHI Hungry? RYOUKO looks at the apple and slowly reaches up to take it. RYOUKO Share the silence with me? TENCHI nods and sits on the steps. RYOUKO watches him with a tearful look in her eyes. She sits on the step right in front of him and looks off into the sky. After a few moments she closes her eyes determinedly and leans back into TENCHI. TENCHI looks surprised for a moment as he holds her then blinks the look away and looks back out into the sunset. Pan backwards away from the steps showing RYOUKO and TENCHI sitting together, smiling, and watching the sunset. Fade to black. WASHUU (V.O.) It all came out all right in the end I suppose. Fade into WASHUU's lab. She's standing in her aquarium-like laboratory while hundreds of strange creatures from all over the galaxy swim in water filled tanks and tubes. WASHUU looks much older now, appearing to be a fully grown adult and talking into her shadowy computer. She looks sad. WASHUU Well, except for Sasami. She's been asleep ever since we came back, I don't know why yet, I haven't had a chance to do some tests. But I guess we're all alive. She paces around a bit before coming back to her computer. WASHUU As a scientist, I must determine what caused the outcome of an experiment. Which means, basically, I must place blame so that the same results don't happen again. If I were shallow, I could place the blame on Ryouko and Aeka and everyone who used the machine without my permission. But I know, that they wouldn't have ever used it if I hadn't told them about it before it was calibrated. It's not their fault. She sighs and puts her hand to her face. WASHUU It must be mine. Everything since I opened my mouth has been my fault. The malfunction of the machine, the near death of Aeka at the hands of the Black Knight, the problems with Sasami, the emotional turmoil I've thrown Tenchi into, the havoc I've caused Adam... She closes her eyes and whispers slowly. WASHUU My fault. I've hurt people before. I won't dance around the subject, but the things I've created have caused not only death, but have been responsible for the destruction of entire planets and systems. My hands are red already. Why does it disgust me now? Should I give it up? Will everything I invent be used for death and destruction? Or is the occasional misuse worth the lives I can save if I continue? Sometimes I envy my daughter. She knows her path and would gladly give everything in this universe for the one she loves. I have no such guidance, no such directive. I have to make the difficult decisions of day to day. She looks up and presses a button on her keyboard. WASHUU This could possibly be my final entry. End experimental log, and close file. She watches the screen for a few seconds without moving then turns on her heel and walks away. Cut to the roof of the Masaki household. It is night and the sky is filled with billions of stars. WASHUU is lying on the roof and looking up. A star shoots across the sky. WASHUU closes her eyes slowly then opens them after a few seconds. WASHUU Your steps are like an elephant's, move more quietly. A pair of legs walk into view and stand beside WASHUU. The figure bends down and lies next to WASHUU and we see it is ADAM. ADAM Sorry. WASHUU Why are you up here? ADAM I could say the same for you. WASHUU I needed some fresh air, that's all. ADAM Well, then that's what I needed too. WASHUU sighs and closes her eyes. ADAM peers upwards. ADAM Are one of those yours? She opens her eyes and looks up again. WASHUU You can't see it from here. Not even the strongest telescope on Jurai can see my planet. ADAM So you're pretty far from home? WASHUU Yup. ADAM Must be lonely out here in the middle of nowhere. Do you miss your home? WASHUU Do you miss *your* home town? ADAM I don't have much of a home to miss. Anyone who I ever cared about is long gone. WASHUU It's the same for me, my planet was destroyed when I was still young. Someday the light from it will reach Earth, and for a few billion years, I won't be able to look in the sky without crying. Then, in a few milliseconds, it will disappear again, and the planet will be lost for good. ADAM I'm sorry. WASHUU Don't be. It was over 20,000 years ago, I've gotten over it. ADAM Well you sure seem caught up on something. Washuu, I heard you in your laboratory, you can't blame yourself for this. It was ... unfortunate circumstance, don't beat yourself up over it. WASHUU You don't understand ... it's not the first time -- ADAM And it won't be the last. You are a scientist, Washuu, and the awful truth about science is that sometimes people get hurt, but life only progresses if we learn and move on. WASHUU In twenty thousand years, I've made a lot of mistakes. ADAM So you've made one more. It's good not to lose your humanity about it, but you can't torture yourself for life because of it as well. WASHUU I can't keep hurting the people I love, I just can't do it. ADAM reaches down and holds WASHUU's hand. ADAM Then, don't. Learn from this and be more careful in the future. Prevent accidents from happening, but don't forget that the very meaning of the word means that it's unexpected. You can't keep them all from happening, and it isn't worth it to try. WASHUU is silent for a long time. Then she stands and pulls ADAM with her. WASHUU Come on. ADAM Where are we going? WASHUU To my lab, I'll need your help with the dimensional calibrators. ADAM All right. ADAM starts moving across the roof with WASHUU when he suddenly stops and looks up into the sky. He frowns. WASHUU What's wrong? ADAM I –- I don't know. Something doesn't feel right. Pan backwards into the sky from the roof. Into the sky, through the atmosphere, and back into space where a large metal ship is slowly moving through space towards Earth. Flash to a hooded face that hides the upper half with shadows. Blue markings can be seen on the cheeks just below the shadow and a frock of blue hair hangs in front of the face. Flash from there to of Earth from orbit, then a picture of a large explosion, then a black screen that gets splashed with blood. Cut back to ADAM and WASHUU on the roof. He grips his head and suddenly collapses. WASHUU What's wrong?! ADAM Aarrraagghh! Something is coming, and ... it's dangerous ... its... going to kill Tenchi! WASHUU's eyes widen and she places a hand on ADAM's shoulder who's still gripping his head in pain. She looks up into the sky almost with a look of fear. Fade to black. END (TIME AND SPACE ADVENTURES) Authors Notes: You'll have to excuse the tardiness of these two parts of Full Circle, I have this very blatant and horrible habit of starting things with no intention of ever ending them. This series is a prime example of this, The Heroes We Love is a better one. We're talking about series I've started and then left to die for over a YEAR. It's not even like I'm Zen or anything and what I write is good enough that it takes a year to write. I'm just some guy with an insatiable desire to write, and no skill to write correctly. Look, even these authors notes have terrible grammar, I'm cursed! Anyway, a few things: Pretty Sami is weird. I mean, there are strange things in the world of anime, and many of them weirder than PS, but I still think it's incredibly weird. So you have to take things dealing with Pretty Sami with a grain of salt, since it's not really worried about things like continuity and stuff, just 'Magical Pretty Girl' action. Ah, just cope. There is one person that I'd like to mention right now however, since he is the one who encouraged (used loosely) me to write more of Full Circle and to torture all of you on the FFML with it. He is none other than Jeff Novotny, aka Batman. Yes, the same Jeff who helps me with As Dark As Knight also liked Full Circle. Go fig. Anyway, thanks Jeff. The future of Full Circle? Uhh, I've got episodes 8 and 9 planned out, but who knows when I'll have the initiative to finish both, since they are a two part story. If you've read Endless Nights or that devilish fic called Honor Bound, I've accidentally let it slip what's going to happen in FC 9. Once again, cope. Found an interesting thing about copyrights the other day. Apparently, writing a continuation to any story is perfectly legal as long as you credit the story as being a continuation and don't claim any of the ideas from the first as your own. Hence... "Tenchi Muyou" was created and is owned by Masaki Kanajaki, and was released by Pioneer Entertainment in association with AIC. All references and characters from this series is held under copyright by its respective owners. Adam Leigh was created by himself, and is under fully copyright of Tempest Creations. While this work is conducted in the spirit of and utilizes the characters of works held under copyright by others, the original ideas of this author are Copyright 1998 by Adam Leigh. All Rights Reserved.