After the prelude it cuts to months in the future. Since shortly after his disappearance everyone has been looking for Tenchi in their own way. Sasami has returned to Jurai to try to use some of the power there. Both the Guardians and the knights are there and they greet the young princess. Washu, who needs more power to continue her search for Tenchi sends Kiyone and Mihoshi back to galaxy police headquarters to hijack control of their supercomputer. Although I suspect that Washu had other reasons for hijacking one of the most powerful computers in the universe other than searching for Tenchi.

Meanwhile Tenchi wakes up in an unfamiliar apartment to the sound of chopping. Before him he sees a woman who he seems to recognize and calls her Haruna. She looks a lot like Aeris for Final Fantasy VII right down to the pink bow in her hair. Tenchi himself looks different sporting long hair. Tenchi is attending art school and lives together with this woman who appears to be his lover. Tenchi even gets a little bit of action :). That night Tenchi is painting a portrait of his girlfriend. He manages to get the sketch before becoming tired and needing to go to bed.

Washu does manage to give Ryoko and Ayeka who are searching for Tenchi on foot an idea as to where they might find Tenchi. One day while on the bus, they spot Tenchi. Ryoko is hot on his but loses him suddenly. Ayeka soon catches up and is in disbelief that she actually lost Tenchi. Ayeka and Ryoko take up part time jobs as waitresses in a resteraunt to pay their bills while in so far away from home. On another day Ryoko spots Tenchi again, this time with a strange girl, and persues him calling his name. He does not respond and disappears into an ally with Haruna.

Tenchi wakes up in an unfamiliar apartment to the sound of chopping. Before him he sees a woman who he seems to recognize and calls her Haruna. Sound familiar? The scene is exacly the same as the one mentioned earlier yet something seems to be bothering Tenchi. He begins to sketch a portrait. Seemingly to be using the girl he was just dreaming about as a model. He soon joins Haruna for breakfast before heading out to school. While eating breakfast he tries to turn on the television which never seems to work. He shortly gives up on the televisoin before heading out to school. After school, in the rain, Haruna is waiting for him with an umbrella. She doesn't see him right away and assumes that he's already left. So she curls up in a storefront. Tenchi sees her an joins her on a romantic walk back under her umbrella together.

In the resteraunt, Ayeka is an excellent waitress. She is graceful and is getting very good tips, Ryoko on the other hand is breaking glasses, eating customers' food, and sleeping at the counter. Suddenly, the entire resteraunt's patrons disappear except for two sitting in a far booth. The sky darkens. When they look closer they see Tenchi. They go over and stand at the end of the table. Tenchi doesn't even seem to see them there, but Haruna looks at them both with a sadistic grin and does not pay them any attention. Ryoko begins calling to Tenchi who does not seem to hear them either. When Ryoko tries to touch him her hands go right through him. She tries again this time more violently but her hands still go straight through him. Tenchi complains of a headache (Which I'd have too if Ryoko put her fists through my head a few times) and Haruna rushes to his side. She gives the girls an ominous look and they both fade out of existance.

After this new information is obtained and she has control over the GP's computer and with the help of the house of Jurai, Washu manages to determine that Tenchi is trapped in an alternate universe and she suspects that the strange girl that they met in the resteraunt is the one causing it all.