Fic: Your Own (Tenchi Muyo!, PG)
Title: Your Own
Rating: PG, mild language
Fandom: Tenchi Muyo! (OAV/Okuda manga)
Subject: Washu Hakubi and Yume
Theme(s): #25 - forgiveness
Disclaimer: Not mine, unfortunately. Yume would be more well known to casual Tenchi Muyo fans otherwise. :P
Summary: ""Look after your own". That's what they say on your planet, isn't it?"
Note: This is a missing scene from the end of the Bizen arc. Takes place just before Tenchi and co. are re-united with Funaho and Misaki towards the very end of No Need for Tenchi! Vol. 6.
"Hey."
Yume felt a light nudge at her shoulder and glanced up to see Washu standing over her. She groaned audibly and returned her gaze to the ground.
"If you're here to say "I told you so", you can save it," she spat.
"I wasn't planning to."
"Good. Now go away. I don't feel like talking."
Washu didn't respond immediately, but she made a point not to move. After a short while, she finally asked, "Are you... alright?"
At that, Yume did snap. The defeated scientist jumped quickly to her feet, yelling. "I'm fine, dammit! How many times do I have to repeat that? Just fine!"
The redhead watched the tirade with a bemused expression, noting the slight quiver of Yume's legs when she stood. Yeah right, she thought inwardly. She's exhausted. She's trying her damnedest not to show it, of course, but she is. She could tell that Hishima had also noticed his master's growing fatigue. The massive warrior was hovering closely and had not strayed farther than three feet from Yume's side since Tsunami appeared.
He reached up at his creator's outburst, laying a gentle hand on her elbow. "Master Yume, please sit back down."
"And I would heed that, if I were you," Washu agreed. "A millennia or two of suspended animation can really sap at your energy levels. I should know."
"Oh, shut up," Yume grumbled as she yanked her arm away from Hishima's grasp. "I said I was fine."
Ayeka and Tenchi chose that moment to interrupt the conversation, crossing over to them from where Mihoshi was tending to the incapacitated Ryoko.
"Bizen has been secured by the Royal fleet. Lady Funaho and Lady Misaki will be arriving on the platform here shortly," the Juraian princess announced the to the small gathering. She regarded Yume and Hishima sternly. "The Galaxy Police have also been notified."
Yume's only response to Ayeka's cold warning was to "hrmph" quietly and resume her previous seated position, careful to avoid eye contact with the purple-haired woman. Washu glanced between both of them in silence, her brow furrowed as she deliberated. A few long moments passed and she made a decision.
She bent down and knelt by her former Academy classmate. "Leave."
Yume head snapped back up. "What?"
"What?" echoed Ayeka, though quite a bit louder and more incredulous.
Washu ignored the princess. "I said leave. Get in your ship and go. If you're quick, you and Hishima can make it out of here before the GP arrive."
Yume's expression was unreadable. "What about..."
"I'll take care of it. Just go."
Yume held her gaze briefly, before nodding and standing to her feet. "Hishima, we're outta here."
--
Ayeka waited until Yume and Hishima had moved out of ear shot, then rounded on Washu angrily.
"I don't believe this! After everything she put us through, you're just going to let her walk away?"
"Don't worry. I said I'd take care of it."
"That's not the point! You're willingly letting a condemned criminal walk free!" She turned pleadingly to Tenchi, who had watched the entire scene play out in stunned silence. "Lord Tenchi, say something! This is madness!"
The young man stepped forward and rested a hand on Washu's shoulder. "Washu, I don't think..."
""Look after your own"", the scientist quoted, cutting him off gently with a somber expression. "That's what they say on your planet, isn't it?"
Tenchi squeezed her shoulder lightly. "I'm not sure this is a good idea, but I think I understand. Yume was your friend, right?"
Ayeka stamped her foot in frustration before Washu had a chance to reply. "What does that have anything to do with..."
Her sentence was prematurely aborted when Yume suddenly reappeared, quietly stepping forward from slightly behind Ayeka and startling all three of them.
Washu raised her eyebrows. "What are you doing? I told you to leave."
Yume responded by reaching behind her and unclipping the Hielzen sword from it's resting place on her back. She pushed it into Washu's hands. "Here."
Washu said nothing, but Tenchi saw a significant look pass between the two scientists. Then Yume simply turned and left without another word.
"Well," Ayeka huffed. "That was a bit rude. Not even a word of thanks."
"She did thank me, Ayeka", Washu corrected as she weighed the Shadow Blade in her hands thoughtfully. "In her own way".
Note: This opening entry was inspired by the fact that Minagi did have the Hielzen sword returned to her by the end of the Bizen story arc, as she has it in her possession when she visits Yakage’s grave at the very end. But interestingly enough, we’re not shown exactly how that transpired. Either 1) Yume felt guilty enough to return it of her own accord or 2) Washu coaxed her into doing so. For the sake of the prompt, I opted for a combination of the two.
Prompt List (and brief description of Yume's character for those unfamiliar with the Hitoshi Okuda manga)
Rating: PG, mild language
Fandom: Tenchi Muyo! (OAV/Okuda manga)
Subject: Washu Hakubi and Yume
Theme(s): #25 - forgiveness
Disclaimer: Not mine, unfortunately. Yume would be more well known to casual Tenchi Muyo fans otherwise. :P
Summary: ""Look after your own". That's what they say on your planet, isn't it?"
Note: This is a missing scene from the end of the Bizen arc. Takes place just before Tenchi and co. are re-united with Funaho and Misaki towards the very end of No Need for Tenchi! Vol. 6.
"Hey."
Yume felt a light nudge at her shoulder and glanced up to see Washu standing over her. She groaned audibly and returned her gaze to the ground.
"If you're here to say "I told you so", you can save it," she spat.
"I wasn't planning to."
"Good. Now go away. I don't feel like talking."
Washu didn't respond immediately, but she made a point not to move. After a short while, she finally asked, "Are you... alright?"
At that, Yume did snap. The defeated scientist jumped quickly to her feet, yelling. "I'm fine, dammit! How many times do I have to repeat that? Just fine!"
The redhead watched the tirade with a bemused expression, noting the slight quiver of Yume's legs when she stood. Yeah right, she thought inwardly. She's exhausted. She's trying her damnedest not to show it, of course, but she is. She could tell that Hishima had also noticed his master's growing fatigue. The massive warrior was hovering closely and had not strayed farther than three feet from Yume's side since Tsunami appeared.
He reached up at his creator's outburst, laying a gentle hand on her elbow. "Master Yume, please sit back down."
"And I would heed that, if I were you," Washu agreed. "A millennia or two of suspended animation can really sap at your energy levels. I should know."
"Oh, shut up," Yume grumbled as she yanked her arm away from Hishima's grasp. "I said I was fine."
Ayeka and Tenchi chose that moment to interrupt the conversation, crossing over to them from where Mihoshi was tending to the incapacitated Ryoko.
"Bizen has been secured by the Royal fleet. Lady Funaho and Lady Misaki will be arriving on the platform here shortly," the Juraian princess announced the to the small gathering. She regarded Yume and Hishima sternly. "The Galaxy Police have also been notified."
Yume's only response to Ayeka's cold warning was to "hrmph" quietly and resume her previous seated position, careful to avoid eye contact with the purple-haired woman. Washu glanced between both of them in silence, her brow furrowed as she deliberated. A few long moments passed and she made a decision.
She bent down and knelt by her former Academy classmate. "Leave."
Yume head snapped back up. "What?"
"What?" echoed Ayeka, though quite a bit louder and more incredulous.
Washu ignored the princess. "I said leave. Get in your ship and go. If you're quick, you and Hishima can make it out of here before the GP arrive."
Yume's expression was unreadable. "What about..."
"I'll take care of it. Just go."
Yume held her gaze briefly, before nodding and standing to her feet. "Hishima, we're outta here."
--
Ayeka waited until Yume and Hishima had moved out of ear shot, then rounded on Washu angrily.
"I don't believe this! After everything she put us through, you're just going to let her walk away?"
"Don't worry. I said I'd take care of it."
"That's not the point! You're willingly letting a condemned criminal walk free!" She turned pleadingly to Tenchi, who had watched the entire scene play out in stunned silence. "Lord Tenchi, say something! This is madness!"
The young man stepped forward and rested a hand on Washu's shoulder. "Washu, I don't think..."
""Look after your own"", the scientist quoted, cutting him off gently with a somber expression. "That's what they say on your planet, isn't it?"
Tenchi squeezed her shoulder lightly. "I'm not sure this is a good idea, but I think I understand. Yume was your friend, right?"
Ayeka stamped her foot in frustration before Washu had a chance to reply. "What does that have anything to do with..."
Her sentence was prematurely aborted when Yume suddenly reappeared, quietly stepping forward from slightly behind Ayeka and startling all three of them.
Washu raised her eyebrows. "What are you doing? I told you to leave."
Yume responded by reaching behind her and unclipping the Hielzen sword from it's resting place on her back. She pushed it into Washu's hands. "Here."
Washu said nothing, but Tenchi saw a significant look pass between the two scientists. Then Yume simply turned and left without another word.
"Well," Ayeka huffed. "That was a bit rude. Not even a word of thanks."
"She did thank me, Ayeka", Washu corrected as she weighed the Shadow Blade in her hands thoughtfully. "In her own way".
Note: This opening entry was inspired by the fact that Minagi did have the Hielzen sword returned to her by the end of the Bizen story arc, as she has it in her possession when she visits Yakage’s grave at the very end. But interestingly enough, we’re not shown exactly how that transpired. Either 1) Yume felt guilty enough to return it of her own accord or 2) Washu coaxed her into doing so. For the sake of the prompt, I opted for a combination of the two.
Prompt List (and brief description of Yume's character for those unfamiliar with the Hitoshi Okuda manga)