HRO

The third episode begins with a young Ayeka in a field of flowers. She is approached by Yosho, her groom to be. Ayeka offers him a circlet made from some of the flowers that she has picked. Ayeka holds a dark purple flower up to Yosho's eyes and points out that it is the same color as his eyes. Yosho tells her that the flower is a royal teardrop and it is not to be used for "Happy Occasions". The next scene Ayeka is running through darkness towards Yosho and as he turns to face her he turns into Tenchi and tells her that Yosho is dead, in the same manner as he told her in the first place in episode 2.

Ayeka wakes up suddenly and looks out the window at the sunrise. She denies Yosho's death and suddenly spots Ryoko walking out onto the lake, nope no bridge or anything just kinda strolling across the water. Ryoko sinks beneath the water and finds something within the wreckage of Ryu-Oh, Ayeka's ship. Next Sasami is trying to persuade Ayeka to come downstairs which she hasn't done since she crashed. When Ayeka comes downstairs Ryoko is sitting on the couch holding some egg-shaped, smooth stone. When Sasami asks her about it, she tells her that it's her child, the child that she had with Tenchi. Ayeka, angered by the fact that Tenchi is Ryoko's lover and that she has a crush on him, attempts to leave the room. On the way out she runs into Tenchi. He tries to comfort her but she is upset so she doesn't listen to him. She slaps him and runs out the door where she bumps into Tenchi's Grandfather and looks deep within his eyes, she notices their color is the same as Yosho's but dismisses it as coincidence and runs off.

Back in the house the egg that Ryoko salvaged from Ryu-Oh starts to hatch. When it does a cute little Rabbit/Catlike creature comes out. Ryoko tells everyone that it is Ryo-Ohki which Tenchi recognizes as the name of her spaceship that crashed. She tells them that since the first Ryo-Ohki was damaged so badly in the crash that it use its remaining to be reborn as this egg. As Ryoko walks away she bumps into Tenchi's grandfather who catches her and his hands land on her chest. He says something, and takes a quick squeeze. She turns to punch him but he catches her fist. At first she's angry but then she can't figure out how he did that. Just then everyone looks outside where Ayeka is staring out on the lake where parts of Ryu-Oh can still be seen sticking out of the water. Sasami and Tenchi watch as Ryo-Ohki goes out through the door to comfort her. Just then there's a loud crash as Ryoko demolishes the staircase still stunned by what just happened.

Ryo-Ohki goes out to comfort Ayeka which, doesn't want anything to do with the little animal. She walks away from it but it follows her away. She finally turns around and tries to scare it away by yelling at it. Ryo-Ohki bolts and hides behind some nearby flowers which Ayeka recognizes as Royal Teardrops. Ayeka begins to tell Ryo-Ohki about her problems. After a little while Ryo-Ohki gets up and persuades Ayeka to follow her. Ryo-Ohki leads Ayeka to a clearing where Tenchi is practicing swordplay with his grandfather. She recognizes his technique as that of Jurai. But suddenly falls down the hill she'd been standing on. Tenchi stops fighting to see what it was when he gets bonked by his grandfather which is standing in with his sword going under his leg to strike his grandson. When Tenchi asks him if that was part of the technique he says "Ah...No". Tenchi and his grandfather rush over to see if Ayeka's alright when they find her they discover that she has a sprained ankle...What else could it be, and cannot walk. Grandfather orders that Tenchi carry Ayeka back to the house.

On the way back it starts to rain and Tenchi and Ayeka find shelter in a nearby storage shed. Once inside Tenchi begins to remove his wet clothes but he realizes that Ayeka is embarrassed so he waits outside. She removes some of her clothes and sits by the fire that Tenchi built before he went outside. While sitting alone in the dark something jumps into her lap and she screams. Tenchi rushes in to see what happened and finds out that it was Ryo-Ohki. As Tenchi goes back outside Ayeka asks him to stay. After talking Ayeka discovers that Tenchi is not Ryoko's lover and is relieved. Tenchi discovers that Ryo-Ohki has found something in the shed. It is a carrot, which Tenchi gives to her. Ryo-Ohki's first carrot is like a child's first steps.

The next day after the rain has stopped, they head out to return to the house with Ryo-Ohki carrying a bunch of carrots on her back. On the way back, Tenchi offers to take Ayeka to Ryoko's cave in hopes that there might be some clue as to what happened to Yosho. Ayeka suddenly asks about a large tree that towers above all the other trees in the canopy below. Tenchi tells her that tree is the Holy Tree of Masaki Shrine and he takes here there. When they get there Ayeka discovers that the tree is Funaho which is Yosho's spaceship tree. Using the master key, Tenchi's Sword, she unlocks the last memories the tree had before it crashed. the images involve Ryoko's battle with Yosho when he imprisoned her and how he used the master key to absorb the gems into it. At this point Ayeka realizes that the sword will be much more useful to Tenchi because she can't use it. After the show is over Sasami show up with Ryoko. Ryoko sees the sword in Tenchi's hand which she's been looking for the entire episode and congratulated him on taking the sword from her. When Ayeka tells her that she gave him the sword Ryoko rushes off and they all have to walk home