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		No Need for Sailor Scouts.
			By Doug Whiddon
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	�What do you mean my room isn�t ready!?�
	The building manager sighed. �Look, we had some
problems with the last tenant and repairs are taking longer
than we thought. You�ll just have to find somewhere else to
stay for a few days. We don�t have any other rooms.�
	Tenchi fumed. He was tempted to just find another
apartment, but he knew he wouldn�t get back his deposit if
he did. It would be cheaper to find somewhere else for a
couple of days. He shouldered his backpack and left the
building. My life, and welcome to it.
	Once he was on the street, Tenchi considered his
options. He didn�t know anyone in Tokyo so he would need
to get a hotel. He checked his pockets for available cash.
Since he had paid three months rent in advance he hadn�t
brought a lot of money with him. He was supposed to open
an account and his father would transfer some funds to it.
Even if he went straight to a bank he wouldn�t have the
money for a day or two. What to do, what to do.
	Tenchi dug his cellphone out of his bag. The phone
was a gift from Washu, the batteries had a half life of
fifty-thousand years and the signal range was in light-years.
He dialed his home number.
	�Hello, Misaki residence.�
	�Ayeka, Hi. Is Grampa there?�
	�Oh, hello, Tenchi. He�s here, I�ll get him. How are
you?�
	Tenchi heard another muffled voice. �Is that Tenchi,
gimmie the phone!�
	�No way you rotten pirate.�
	Some dropped the phone, then came another voice.
�Tenchi! Are you okay? Do you need something? I can fly
there in a few minutes if you need me.�
	�OH NO YOU WON�T!� Washu dropped her two
cents.
	�I�m fine Ryoko. I just need to talk to Grampa.�
There was another scuffling sound on the other end.
	�Tenchi, is there a problem?�
	�Sort of...� Tenchi explained the problem to Yosho,
the sound of energy weapons in the background was
somewhat distracting.
	�Well, before you go looking for a hotel, why don�t
you pay a visit to a friend of mine. He runs a shrine on
Cherry Hill. He lives alone, so he shouldn�t mind putting
you up for a couple of days.�
	�Really? You think he so? That would be great. I�ll
call again later.� Tenchi hung up and went off in search of a
map.

	Tenchi found that the temple was within walking
distance and was more than half-way there when his phone
rang. Tenchi clicked the on button and almost dropped the
phone when a ten-inch-high Washu appeared on his phone.
�Washu! What...?� Tenchi was speechless.
	Washu smiled. �Holographic interface. Didn�t I
mention that?�
	�No.�
	�It�s not important. I just detected an object entering
Earth�s atmosphere. I thought it was just meteor but it�s
slowing down and not burning up. It will land near you, you
should check it out. It could be something dangerous.�
	�How do I find it?�
	A big green arrow appeared over the phone. It
pointed towards a nearby park and had �75 yards� written
on it. 
	�Oh.�
	Tenchi went off into the park. He saw the object
land. It wasn�t moving very fast, but when it hit the ground
with a thump it threw up a wave of dirt and buried itself.
Tenchi was still twenty yards away when something crawled
out of the hole.
	Whatever it was it was made of something black and
crystalline. It reminded Tenchi of Ryo-ohki�s spaceship
form.
	Tenchi spotted a girl in a school uniform on the
other side of the pit, she looked terrified.
	The creature advanced on the girl. Tenchi picked up
a handy rock and threw it at the creature. It smacked firmly
into the hard shell of it�s back. The creature turned to face
Tenchi. Jurai armor appeared on Tenchi. He drew his sword
but didn�t ignite the blade. He wanted to appear harmless.
	The creature had four arms and four legs. Two arms
ended in wicked looking claws and the other two had hands.
It looked like a giant crab.
	The crab creature charged Tenchi, it�s claws opened
wide and hands outstretched.
	Tenchi crouched low as the crab approached. It
loomed over him, bringing it�s claws down on him. Tenchi
ignited his blade and swung upwards, cutting the crab open.
The crab fell back in pieces, the pieces vanished after a few
seconds.
	Tenchi looked towards the girl, she seemed fine and
he didn�t want to stand around and answer lots of questions.
Tenchi left the way he came.

	Amy, Serena, Mina and Lita were at Raye�s temple
for there usual meeting. Raye was nowhere to be seen.
	�She�s late, usually I�m the one who�s late. Where is
she?�
	Mina patted Serena on the back. �Relax girlfriend,
she�ll be here. It�s not like we�re in the middle of a crisis.�
	At that moment Raye became visible on the shrine
steps.
	�Raye!� Serena called. �Where have you been?�
	Raye ignored Serena and continued onto the shrine,
her eyes were glazed. The girls became worried when she
walked into a wall.
	Lita grabbed Raye by the shoulders and shook her.
�Raye! Snap out of it!�
	�I�m in love.� Raye whispered.
	Two cats and four girls face-faulted in unison.

	A little later the girls sat around Raye�s table sipping
tea and eating muffins.
	Raye was telling her story. �...Anyway, I was in the
park and something hit the ground, not ten feet from me. It
looked like a meteor, but it wasn�t moving fast enough. The
impact knocked me off my feet and left a hole in the ground.
The heat was intense, then this thing crawled out of the
hole. It looked like a huge stone crab, it was all black and
shiny with big claws.� Raye was talking fast and gesturing
wildly with her hands. �Anyway, I was about to change into
Sailor Mars when somebody threw a big rock at it. It turned
and lurched off towards this guy who was just standing
there. He was dressed all in this neat white and brown outfit
that looked so cool on him. Anyway, he was holding a
lightsaber...�
	Amy interrupted. �Wait a minute. A
LIGHTSABER!?�
	Raye nodded. �Just like in Star Wars, it was blue.
Anyway, as soon as the thing saw him it charged and this
guy just stood there. I didn�t see all of what happened, the
thing was between me and the guy. All I saw was this bright
flash of light and then the thing was in pieces all over the
ground. The pieces disintegrated a few seconds later.� Raye
ran out of breath at this point.
	The girls looked at each other. They had seen too
much to not believe Raye�s story, so the question was: who
was the guy, and was there a new enemy?
	Raye caught her breath and continued. �So, anyway,
after the thing was destroyed the guy came over and asked
if I was okay and he had such a cute smile, and nice eyes
and....� At this point Raye was just babbling.
	Raye�s grandfather came down the hall, he was
talking to someone. They arrived at the door to Raye�s
room. �Raye! Can I come in?�
	Raye snapped back into reality. �Okay, come in.�
	The door slid back. �Raye this is the grandson of a
good friend of mine, his name is Tenchi Misaki. He�ll be
staying with us for a few days.�
	Raye stared, awestruck, at the young man in the
doorway.
	Tenchi waved politely. �Hello.�
	The girls smiled. All except Raye, who�s jaw had
filed for divorce from her head and was shacking up with
the floor.
	Grandfather Hino waited for Raye to introduce her
freinds, she showed no signs of doing so. �These are her
friends...� He realized he didn�t actually know their names.
	�I�m Serena.�
	�Mina. Nice to meet you.�
	�Amy. Hi.�
	�Lita. That�s short for �Hypolita��
	Tenchi smiled. �I�m pleased to meet all of you.�
	The grandfather looked at Raye and back at Tenchi.
A sly smile appeared on his face. The door slid closed.
	�Tha... that was him!� Raye whispered.
	The girls looked back at Raye. �He is cute.� Lita
said.

	At that moment a huge sphere floated high above
the Earth. The sphere was a spaceship belonging to one
Heyleyn Malcintori. 
	Heyleyn was a woman on  a mission. She would kill
the one who murdered her love. She was also a paranoid
schizophrenic with delusions of grandeur. But that�s neither
here nor there.
	She was studying read outs on Tenchi�s fight with
her first creature. The fight had been nothing, but it wasn�t
intended to be anything difficult. The next one would be
harder, and the next harder still. Eventually the creatures
would overcome the young prince. Her love would be
avenged. She swore it.

Meanwhile, back at the shrine...

	After the girls left, Raye cornered Tenchi in the hall.
�I saw what you did.� She stated simply.
	Tenchi, who hadn�t gotten a good look at her in the
park, wasn�t sure what she meant. �What did I do?� He
asked carefully.
	�In the park. With that Lightsaber of yours�
	Tenchi managed to keep his expresion neutral. �I
don�t know what you�re talking about.� He pushed past her
into the hall. 
	She pursued. �Don�t lie to me. I was there! I saw
you. What are you?�
	Tenchi sighed. �Even if I told you, you�d never
believe me.�
	�Try me. After what I saw today I�m ready to
believe anything.�
	�All right, I�m descended from an alien prince. He
came to Earth seven-hundred years ago. The weapon passed
down from him to me.� Tenchi kept things delibretly vauge, 
leaving out all the important facts.
	Raye wasn�t sure wether or not to belive him. He
sounded sincere. �What about the creature that you killed?�
	�I don�t know anything about it. I was just there
when it landed.�
	Raye thought for a moment. An alien prince. That
wasn�t realy so hard to believe. After all, she was the
reicarnation of a Martian princess. �All right, I�ll trust you.
For now. But I�ff your lying I�ll find out.�
	�I doubt that,� thought Tenchi. �Look,� he said
aloud. �I�m just here to finish high school. My old school
burned down and my next choice was here in Tokyo.� And
with that, Tenchi left.
	Raye watched him enter Chad�s room. Her feelings 
were mixed. When he saved her in the park he was like a 
samurai of old. Her very own protector, like Tuxedo Mask 
was to Sailor Moon.


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More to come, eventuuly.