Chris Davies Together Again: 1996 Chapter Epilogue Within a month of the conclusion of these events, Darien proposed to Serena, and a date was set for their wedding -- the events of which have been discussed elsewhere. Minako's relationship with Aethan DeGales disintegrated further over the next decade, though it was never actually "broken off" until his death in 2034. Her sanity, which had never been too firm in any event, was severely rocked by this and other tragedies, speeding her disintegration. Ranma and Akane were not to marry until nearly a year passed. It was, it should be noted, a rather peaceful ceremony -- the only fighting that went on was between the bride and groom. Ukyou sat through the ceremony with a quiet smile on her face, as though she knew something that no one else did. Shampoo was not able to attend, as recouping the expenses involved in moving the Nekohanten restaraunt to its new location forced both her and Mousse to be working almost constantly. Ryouga got lost on the way there. Kyousuke and Madoka were married, with Hiyama Hikaru in attendance as Maid of Honor, almost two months to the day after Madoka revealed her situation to him. Their first child was named for Kyousuke's late father, Takeshi. The friendship between Raye, Ayeka, and Shampoo, fostered by Urd, continued to grow. All four of them frequently gathered for a floating poker game, until Urd, with her sisters, was summoned back to Heaven in the first few years of the twenty-first century. The three who remained continued to play, however. Belldandy and Keiichi never married. He disappeared at roughly the same time that Belldandy was made to leave the Earth behind. The Ultimate Force saw to it that they were together always, though in a way that caused great chaos under heaven. Patience Masefield -- or Shinobu Masefield, as she preferred to be called -- grew up into an attractive, vibrant young woman who never showed any evidence of possessing superhuman powers, beyond having a caring heart. She eventually married a young man who was, unbeknownst to himself, a descendant of the Czar of all the Russias, and their only daughter achieved a considerable degree of notoriety. Patricia was last seen at her daughter's wedding, in 2014, after which she disappeared from history. Andrew DelaFontaine initially found employment as part of a conspiracy known as Gehirn, only to be back on the street after that group folded in the wake of the release of a certain movie. He then found work with General Nippon Orbital Manufacturing, a consortium of Japanese high-tech companies which had been formed earlier in the decade. It is believed that it was on his recommendation that the firm sponsored the work of his former student, Katsuhito Stengovitch, by that point known as Dr. Stingray. It is not conclusively known whether he had any involvement in Stingray's assassination. He died, among countless others, in the Second Great Kanto Earthquake. The Tenchi family returned to Okayama, where Ayeka confronted Yoshou, and discovered that her older brother *had* been acting to combat the Alephae on Earth -- and other alien threats. Ayeka and the others were all fascinated to hear of his involvement with the Kishin Active Defense Corps, the predecessor of the Planetary Defense Force. A few months later, the Galaxy Police reassigned Mihoshi's former partner Makibi Kiyone to work with her again, and the Tenchi family grew. It grew again a year later, when Tenchi's "daughter", the girl Mayuka, came to live with them. And then ... ... well ... Establishing Shot: WASHUU's laboratory, where she is busily typing away at her computer. MIHOSHI (O.S.) Anooo ... Washuu-chan? WASHUU pauses, and lets out a long-suffering sigh before she turns to look at MIHOSHI. WASHUU I'm not going to ask you how you got in here this time, Mihoshi. I don't *care* anymore. What is it? MIHOSHI Well, Kiyone wants to know if you'd fixed our ship yet. WASHUU Oh, *that*. Handled it ages ago. Come in and pick it up whenever you feel like it. MIHOSHI Okay! Thank you, Washuu-chan! We really appreciate this! Whatcha doing now? WASHUU You're not going to leave me alone until I tell you, are you? MIHOSHI I'm just *curious*, Washuu-chan ... didn't you say that `A mind should never cease to seek and to question all things, no matter how petty they may seem'? WASHUU gapes for a moment at the incredibly accurate imitation, and then quickly regains her composure. WASHUU Well, yes ... ahem. It's sort of a time portal. MIHOSHI You mean a *time machine*, like in that movie with that cute -- WASHUU No ... but I admire your taste! Mr. Lloyd *is* quite an attractive specimen. However, this device that I'm working on will only allow me to look back into the past ... I'm hoping to use it to clear up a few mysteries ... MIHOSHI So how does it work? WASHUU The same way any of my terminals work -- I just summon it up with a thought, no matter where I am. MIHOSHI Wow ... but you can't travel back in time. That's sad. WASHUU Time travel's overrated ... and -- She turns to look at where MIHOSHI is standing -- right beside a rather large, Kirby-esque device. WASHUU's eyes bug out. WASHUU Mihoshi -- DON'T MOVE. Don't touch anything. Don't *think* about touching anything. MIHOSHI freezes. WASHUU lets out a deep sigh of relief, and wipes her head clean of sweat. Closeup of a tiny droplet of sweat, dropping from WASHUU's hand towards the keyboard in front of her, and impacting. A large flashing light appears on the screen. COMPUTER VOICE Warning. Timeportal overdrive has been activated. Ten seconds to activate failsafe omega, at which point overdrive timeportal will open at current coordinates. WASHUU WHAAAAAAT? She turns to stare at MIHOSHI, who is still frozen -- and standing right beside a lever marked "Failsafe Omega". WASHUU Mihoshi! *Pull* *that* *lever*! MIHOSHI But you said not to -- WASHUU Doitdoitdoit! MIHOSHI grabs the lever and yanks it down. COMPUTER VOICE Failsafe omega activated. WASHUU lets out a deep sigh. COMPUTER VOICE Overdrive timeportal forming at realspace coordinates -- The rest is covered by WASHUU's furious screaming. Cut to outside WASHUU's door. KIYONE approaches it, in a mildly bad mood. KIYONE ... how long can it take to ask her to come up for dinner? She knocks on the door, and it flies open, revealing MIHOSHI in a panic. Behind them, a jet black monolith flickers into being. MIHOSHI Waah! Kiyone, hurry, get in here! KIYONE What? She looks over her shoulder at the monolith. She does that for a second, then turns back to glare at MIHOSHI. KIYONE This is because of something *you* did, isn't it? MIHOSHI starts crying just as the monolith begins to glow. There is the sound of rushing wind as it begins to suck in everything around it, starting with MIHOSHI and KIYONE. The door to WASHUU's lab quickly slams shut. Cut to an outside view of the house, as it begins to buckle under the stress of the suction. Faint screams can be heard as TENCHI, RYOUKO, and AYEKA are all sucked into the monolith. Cut to the kitchen. SASAMI, holding baby MAYUKA, is struggling against the suction to try and make it out of the house through the window, but looses her grip on the sill and starts being pulled in. Just as SASAMI and MAYUKA are about to be pulled into the monolith, the door to WASHUU's lab opens and she snatches SASAMI. WASHUU is held back from being pulled in by a harness that she's wearing. Unfortunately, the shock of being grabbed causes SASAMI to loosen her grip on MAYUKA. The baby starts to slip free. SASAMI Mayuka! Washuu-chan, help me! WASHUU starts to reach out for MAYUKA ... and then catches a glimpse of her confused face. She blinks. WASHUU *That's* where I've seen her before -- MAYUKA slips all the way out of SASAMI's grip, and tumbles into the monolith. SASAMI panics and tries to go after her, strugging against WASHUU's grip. SASAMI Washuu! Let go of me! Mayuka is -- WASHUU pulls SASAMI all the way back into the laboratory and closes the door. Cut to the exterior of the house, just as the quaking stops. A few seconds later, the van pulls up the driveway, and NOBOYUKI steps out. NOBOYUKI I wonder what sort of interesting things have happened today. The house collapses in on itself. Cut to WASHUU's laboratory. She is examining her terminal while SASAMI sits on the floor and cries. WASHUU It's stopped ... only a twenty second cycle, thank the -- SASAMI Washuu-chan! What's happened?! WASHUU Tenchi and the others have been sent back in time roughly twelve thousand years, to the height of the Silver Millenium -- or it's depth, if you believe the other side's propoganda. SASAMI Can you bring them back? WASHUU I can -- SASAMI Then what are you waiting for? Do it -- WASHUU -- but I won't. They have an important thing to do, back then, Sasami-chan. They have to stop a war. They have to protect a ship. And they have to save a soul. SASAMI Whose soul? WASHUU Mine. Cut to a shot of TENCHI, lying face down in a field of grass. He suddenly looks up and -- Cut to black. TENCHI MUYOU SAILOR MOON GALL FORCE URUSEI YATSURA (SORT-OF) STAR WARS THE PAST ISN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE TOGETHER AGAIN: The Silver Millenium Chapter Coming ... Eventually