You decide to take a walk. The forest is pleasant, a vast green hilly thickly wooded expanse, broken by seemingly everpresent carrot fields. Why these people need so many carrots, you have no idea. You see a teenage boy hoeing one of the fields. He looks up and waves. "Hi, my name is Tenchi."

You bow. "I am Kunou Tatewaki, the Blue Thunder of Furinkan High!"

He nods. "Nice to meet you. Are you here to train with grandpa?"

You blink. This is your sensei's grandson? Hoeing the fields? What offense did he commit? Menial labor is beneath the true warrior. You are not sure what to say next. "Your grandfather mentioned some friends of yours dwell here?"

Tenchi smiles. "We have a whole host of visitors. Do you... believe in aliens?"

"Aliens? I pay no attention to silly UFO stories." Such ludicrous tales of alien abduction.

He smiles again. "You may be in for a surprise, then."

Suddenly a strange woman, evocative of a cat, dressed in a tight red and green outfit steps out of nowhere. She cuddles up to Tenchi, who blushes a bit. "Time for dinner, Tenchi. You'll like what I made for you."

Tenchi rolls his eyes. "Yes, of course I will."

She picks him up, but he says to her, "I'm going to walk back with Kunou, grandfather's new student."

She frowns, then says, "Will you sit next to me then at dinner, Tenchi?" You can see she is obviously infatuated with him. You clear your throat and prepare to introduce yourself.

"Yes," Tenchi sighs. The woman smiles and vanishes. "That was Ryoko."

You are startled by the woman's sudden disappearance. "How did she..." you begin.

"She's an alien. Come on... let's go eat." You follow Tenchi, contemplating all of this...