You'll have to pardon me, I'm exorcising ideas, so that I can work
on my UY:TSY fic unfettered.  You'd be amazed how these things pile
up...and all these previews will be in script format, though the
stories themselves will be prose.

(The third preview will be posted tonight...)

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[Open on deep space.  There is no sound to be heard, as is somewhat
appropriate for deep space.  Nothing can disturb the peace...]

RYOUKO:  And just where do you think you were going?!

AEKA:  Tenchi and I were going for a stroll, isn't that right, Tenchi?

TENCHI:  Ah...heh-heh...

[CUT to the usual antics, inside Aeka's newly regrown Ryu-oh.  The
tug-of-war is in full force.]

RYOUKO:  Get your grubby mitts off him!

AEKA:  He doesn't belong to you!

VOICE:  Ano...

[Everyone stops and turns, aghast.  Standing to one side, dressed
completely in black, is MIHOSHI.  Her hair is down, and she's looking
very serious.]

MIHOSHI:  Aeka-san, could we make a small stop?


               KIYONE RULES OK PRODUCTIONS
                   in association with
   MANATSU NO EVE IS GONNA CONTRADICT THIS FOR SURE, INC.


[Cut to the wreckage of a spaceship.  Our cast stands off to one side.]

TENCHI:  So she wasn't lying...

SASAMI:  Well, it was really hard to believe...

[Even Ryouko and Aeka are quiet, looking round at a place that is
totally devoid of life.  We pan over to what used to be a reactor
core, where Mihoshi stands, a tear running down her cheeks.]

MIHOSHI:  Hello, Kiyone.  I'm sorry that I couldn't visit your spirit
sooner, but I've been busy.  I've met these wonderful people...I'm 
sure you'd like them...

[Suddenly Mihoshi breaks down into full hysteria mode.  Tears spring
out from her eyes.]

MIHOSHI:  OH, GOD, IT'S ALL MY FAULT!  I'M SO SORRY, KIYONE!  YOU
ALWAYS SAID I'D KILL YOU ONE DAY, AND IT WAS TRUE!  WAAAAAH!  YOU 
MUST HATE ME, KIYONE!


                          presents
                a Tenchi Muyou Fanfiction


[The rest of the cast have walked a distance away, not wanting to 
interrupt Mihoshi's grieving.  Suddenly, Ryo-ohki's eye is caught by
a movement in the darkness.]

RYO-OHKI:  Myaa?

[She scampers over to the form, which can now be seen as a body.  
Ryo-ohki pokes at it.  Sasami walks over.]

SASAMI:  What did you find, Ryo-ohki?

[Sasami looks over at the body...which suddenly shifts, revealing 
the face of KIYONE.  She is filthy, undernourished, and looks to be
delerious.]

SASAMI:  AAAAH!  TENCHI-NEE-CHAN!


                  Mihoshi            Kiyone
                              in


[Everyone gathers around, except Ryouko who teleports back to the
ship to get water.]

WASHUU:  [examining her] She's in a bad way.  Radiation poisoning,
malnutrition...she wouldn't have made it more than another month,
even with food and water.

AEKA:  Isn't that a Galaxy Police uniform?

TENCHI:  Sasami, could you ask Mihoshi to come here, please?

[Sasami runs off, returning a few moments later with Mihoshi.]

MIHOSHI:  Ki...Ki...Ki...

[Ryouko returns with some water and a first aid kit.  Washuu gives
her a tablet with the water.]

WASHUU:  This should get rid of the worst of the radiation sickness.
Come on, wake up!

[Kiyone's eyes flutter open.  The first thing she sees is the face 
of Mihoshi looking at her in shock.]

MIHOSHI:  Kiyone?  You're not dead?

KIYONE:  [very weakly] Mihoshi...

[Mihoshi grimaces, as she prepares herself for one of Kiyone's temper
fits.]

MIHOSHI:  Kiyone...I'm sorry.

[Kiyone just stares at Mihoshi.]

KIYONE:  You came back...you came back for me...you don't hate me...

[Suddenly she throws herself in Mihoshi's arms, though the act causes
both of them to collapse.]

KIYONE:  Oh, thank god!  You came back!  I'm sorry, Mihoshi!  Please
tell me you don't hate me!

Mihoshi: [stunned] Eh?


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Coming soonsih to an FFML near you.

--Sean Gaffney
--a little OOC, yeah.  It'll be explained.