Well, I finally got a way of formating these dern fanfics
right, thanks to WinHelper.  Well, anyhoo, here we are, Mugen Tenchi
Muyo! Episode #1, No Need for New Arrivals!  Finally, in the correct
format form!

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NOTE: All characters original to the "Tenchi-Muyo!
TV1" series portrayed in this story are the sole property
of AIC and Pioneer Animation. Any appearance of them in 
actual life is purely coincidental. Tenchi-Muyo!
material and paraphernalia listed within is Copyright
Pioneer Animation 1997 (c). Kyoto Minamoto, Muriyaki
Kushiragi, Chisako, Chi-Ohki, and all other related 
characters are the sole property of R&C Books and appear
through permission from R&C Books.











                                 Episode 1:

                         No Need For New Arrivals!







It's a late, stormy evening that finds Ayeka at her bedroom
window, watching the rain patter down against the glass
pane. She begins to shift away from the cloudy sky to 
contemplate something other than the adverse weather when
a diminutive sheen of light catches the corner of her eye.

She looks again, assuring herself that it was just an 
optical illusion. She squints her crimson eyes and presses
her face against the cool pane of glass. Nothing. She 
smirks, standing up and straightening her kimono. She is 
just about to turn away when that flash of light occurs
again. Having seen it full well, she presses her face 
against the glass once more.

This time, she sights it. However, this reflection
is much more than a cosmic flare. Much to Ayeka's horror,
the shiny object has become a fiery ball hurtling towards
the westerly hills. She stops for a moment to contemplate
the celestial beauty of the object until she sees what 
looks like a missile flailing towards the very room she's
in. Shrieking, she grabs up the only thing she has to 
protect her, her purse. She is cringing behind it when the
fiery flare strikes the glass and dissipates as if it were
nothing more than a water balloon.

Ayeka risks a peek from behind her purse to discover
the absence of the flare and plasters herself up against
the window once again. After a few seconds observation,
it becomes apparent that this comet is going to strike
ground in the next few seconds. She darts from her room and
begins to descend the three flights of stairs as rapidly
as her legs will carry her.

This comes as no comfort for she never reaches the ground
floor. At this moment, the comet streaks overhead and 
collides with the mountains west of the shrine. The tremor
generated by this impact casts Ayeka down the two flights
of stairs and deposits her on top of Nobuyuki.

"Miss Ayeka?!" Nobuyuki is spread eagle on the floor and 
Ayeka's face is placed quite neatly between his legs. "My,
aren't we frisky tonight?"

Ayeka does not remain around to hear the rest of Nobuyuki's
sentence. She up and pulling her shoes on.

Meanwhile, at the crash site, what had hit ground was in 
fact, not a comet, but a large spaceship. Moments after
the impact site has cooled, the spaceship is enveloped
in a white haze that swirls around into the form of a 
beautiful, naked, young woman. The only item on her person
is a gold collar, laced with several exotic gems.

Ayeka is the first to the crash site and is astounded
by the sight of the unconscious, naked woman. She kneels
beside her and reaches out to unsnap the collar from around
the woman's neck. Just as her hands touch the smooth cool
surface of the collar, the woman's eyes snap open. Before
Ayeka can respond, the woman is to her feet and holding
an orange lightsword a mere inch from her neck. "Who are 
you?!" she growls, tracing the crackling blade up and down
Ayeka's neck.

"I am Ayeka, First Crown Princess of Jurai."

A smirk forms on the face of her assailant. "A crown 
princess of Jurai, how ironic that you should be on this
backwater planet." She exudes a small chortle before 
continuing. "What's a Juraian princess doing out this far
from the protection of her system's shielding? After all,
shouldn't you be at home in you royal little bed? It's way
past all little princesses bedtime!"

Ayeka is infuriated by this snide remark, but retains
her composure.

This unknown assailant eyes her strangely. "I've never worn
the robes of royalty before."

At this, Ayeka withdraws slightly. "Wh-wh-what do you mean
by that?!"

The woman smiles devilishly as she beckons at Ayeka with
her finger. "Take your clothes off."

At this, Ayeka jumps back a foot. "WHAT?!" she shrieks
as she continues to back away cautiously from this strange
woman.

"You heard me, take your clothes off. It's raining and I'm
starting to catch cold." She then releases a psyonic blast
at Ayeka that neatly misses her head. "Don't try to fight
me, your powers are quite useless against me."

Although warned, Ayeka launches one of her patented 
electric log attacks. The woman merely stands there patting
her mouth as she yawns while the logs sizzle and crackle
around her.

After standing unaffected for a handful of minutes, the 
woman then flings her energy sword at the ground in front
of Ayeka's feet. The resulting explosion flings Ayeka 
through the air and she lands on her rump several meters
away.

Realizing that she can neither attack, nor run away, Ayeka
submits to the woman's demands and promptly begins to 
disrobe. Once her clothes are neatly placed on the ground
before her, the woman immediately dresses herself in them.
This is followed shortly by Ayeka being bound in a psyhonic
rope of some sort and places her behind a large clump of 
bushes. Before leaving, she grabs Ayeka by the chin and 
stares at her face for a few seconds. She then presses
a small, red jewel on her collar. Her body is encompassed
in a blue cloud of light for a few seconds and when she 
emerges she is the spitting image of Ayeka. The last thing
Ayeka sees before being knocked out is watching herself
laugh maniacally.



By the time the pseudo-Ayeka reaches the Masaki house,
dinner has already started and Tenchi is just arriving
home from school. The pseudo-Ayeka wanders in aimlessly
and seats herself at the dinner table. The conversation
is light and mainly concerned with the small earthquake
that occurred earlier that evening.

Towards the end of dinner, Ryoko finally turns to who she
thinks is Ayeka and asks, "Hey, Ayeka, did you see anything
before the earthquake?"

The pseudo-Ayeka remains silent as she raises another
chop-stick full of rice to her mouth. After a few seconds
of silence and eating she finally turns and looks at Ryoko
blunt-faced. "Nothing."

Rather dumbstruck by the blatant vagueness of her response,
Ryoko remains staring at this Ayeka, her mouth hanging
wide open. "You know, it isn't very polite to sit with your
mouth hanging open while another is eating," she smirks
as she continues to shovel the rice into her mouth.

Ryoko finally finds the gall to say something. "Nothing?
What do you mean by nothing? Nothing, as in you didn't
see anything, or nothing, as in you did seeing anything
out of the ordinary or nothin'--"

Before Ryoko can say anything more, she is snatched up by 
the scruff of the neck and hoisted high in the air. 
"Listen, you pathetic bitch, I'm getting really sick of you
bugging me while I try and eat! Now, shut up!"

This slip up has torn a gaping hole in her facade. In 
seconds the entire group is up and at arms. Tenchi is the
first to speak. "Who are you?"

The pseudo-Ayeka smirks. "If you want to know, why don't
you try and find out?" In this woman's hand a crackling
ball of orange energy forms. She squeezes her fist tight,
transforming the ball into a cylindrical blade. She is 
about to strike when the REAL Ayeka burst through the door,
carrying the bough of a tree in front of her.

Shocked by the escape of her prisoner, the Pseudo Ayeka
shrieks. "How in the hell did you get free!?" The Ayeka
impersonator attempts to lunge at her over the table.

Ayeka smiles. "I was fortunate that I could repel your 
psyonic ropes with my powers long enough to slip free of 
them."

Smirking, the pseudo-Ayeka reaches up and touches a spot
on her neck. A second later, the guise of Ayeka melts away,
revealing her true identity. Ryoko recognizes her in a 
second. "Muriyaki," she growls.

The woman turns toward her. "Oh, Ryoko, you remember
my name, isn't that sweet. However, I never would have 
imagined you to go 'goody-two-shoes'. I thought you were
a diehard space pirate to the end."

Ryoko glares at her. "I still haven't forgiven you for that
bank heist that you left me holding the bag at."

Muriyaki smiles, then turns to look at Ayeka. "I'll deal
with you later, right now, there's a princess that needs
a little disciplining." She then brings her hands together
and quietly mutters something to herself. Moments later,
a field of translucent energy begins to revolve around
her. When she suddenly spreads her hands, the field 
concentrates into a small spheroid between the palms of her
hands. She then whirls it around once and releases this 
concentrated blast targeted solely at Ayeka.

Ayeka ducks and the blast eradicates most of the living
room wall. "That wasn't too friendly!"

Ayeka's comment falls on deaf ears. A second volley of 
psyonic energy slices past her.

However, unlike the first two attacks, Muriyaki manages
to corner her before she can retreat. Brining her energy
sword into existence, she growls, "This time is for keeps!"
She stops, however, when Tenchi flings himself in front
of Ayeka.

"Please stop," he pleads. "You don't have to do this! You
don't have to fight us, we're not gonna hurt you!"

Muriyaki watches him for a moment, trying to gauge the 
sincerity of his words. For the first time in�whoa, has it
been that long? she thinks�here is someone being nice to 
her, someone trying to help her. Whatever else this young
man is, he's for real.

She lets her hand go limp and the energy blade flickers
out.

Tenchi smiles and takes her hands in his. "Don't worry,
you're amongst friends."

Positively annoyed by Tenchi's sympathy for the newcomer
and his little comment, Ayeka shrieks, flailing her arms
in every direction, "What about me, Tenchi?! Or don't you
remember, she attacked me!"

Tenchi doesn't respond, instead he helps the woman to the
couch. He is about to ask her name when Ryoko wraps her 
arms around him, pulling him backwards.

"Don't help her, Tenchi! She's a space pirate! She'll only
turn on you when you least expect it!"

Tenchi shoots a glare in her direction. "Ryoko, you're
a space pirate, remember?"

She releases him and knocks the back of her wrist against
her forehead. "That's right, space pirate."

Tenchi, for his part, has returned his attention to 
Muriyaki. "Tell me, who are you?" He asks, handing her a 
handkerchief to dab the tears from her eyes. Dabbing the 
tears from her eyes and sniffling a couple of times, she 
responds.

"I am Muriyaki, first princess of the Sha'lya Sha'lya
and daughter of Nadia, she who was once queen of the 
Shifters. I crashed here when-" She cuts herself short as 
she recognizes the two people entering the house, Kiyone
and Mihoshi.

"I hope we're in time for dinner, our patrol lasted longer
than we had expec--"

Kiyone stops when she sees who Tenchi's new house guest
is. A second later she has her blaster out and pointed
at Muriyaki's forehead.

Muriyaki smiles. "Well, if it isn't Detective Sergeants
Kiyone and Mihoshi, didn't expect to meet you two losers
out here in the boon docks. What happened, the Director
General reassign you two to the Minor Incident Division?"

Kiyone favors Muriyaki with a withering glare. For a few 
moments, her eyes flick over to Tenchi's. Muriyaki follows
her gaze, and then smirks as she sees Tenchi meet Kiyone's
eyes.

Well now, she thinks. So, the infamous Ice Queen of the GP
has fallen in love with an Earth boy�and he's in love with
her, if I read his look right. Evidently there's something
special about this guy�

Aloud, she says, "I thought you said something about 
arresting me?"

Kiyone's glare returns. The senior detective then elbows
Mihoshi and nods her head towards Muriyaki. Mihoshi then
steps forward, removes what looks like two knitting needles
from her jacket pocket and holds them parallel in front
of her. A second later, a small holographic screen appears
between the two and Mihoshi begins to dictate off the 
characters written on it.

"Muriyaki Kushiragi, you are under arrest for violation
of twenty-four laws of the Galaxy Federation, including
assault and battery, grand theft spaceship, breaking
and entering, extortion..."

Kiyone signals for Mihoshi to stop and then graces Muriyaki
with a cynical smile. "I don't suppose Mihoshi needs to 
read the rest."

Muriyaki looks at Kiyone with a very strange 
expression--one of sympathy. When she speaks, it's more 
with sad pity than anger. "No, Detective, you've already
said more than enough."

However, before Kiyone can say anything else Muriyaki
speaks again. "Never mind that I was under the sway of an 
evil, evil man. Never mind that my innocence and naivet�
led me to trust the wrong person." She then manages a 
small, sad smile. "I am ready to go whenever you are, 
Detective."

This is too much for the gentle-hearted, if extremely
gullible, Mihoshi, and the desired effect is achieved.
Mihoshi puts away her gun and throws herself at Kiyone's
feet. "Ki-yo-ne! We can't do this! She was an innocent
victim of circumstances!" Kiyone glares laser bolts in her
partner's direction.

However, at this moment, the jeweled collar around 
Muriyaki's neck start beeping. She looks down at it and 
then depresses a bright, blue jewel on it.

"...So, he's almost here."





Far out in the reaches of our star system appears a large
ship, space station-like in design, with five cylindrical
saucers extending away from a central one twice there size,
laid out in a five point star formation. Its hull is a dark
olive drab, smudged with a slight spot of gray. Each saucer
is domed in a non-transparent teal material. Pinnacled
on top each saucer is a T.V station-like antenna. On this
is three red lights that blink on and off periodically.

As the ship moves stealthily towards Earth, the saucers
slowly rotate around the central hub, acting like giant
inertia weights. The bridge is a shadowy, metallic looking
place, bathed in a dim, eerie light that seems to have no 
origin point. In the very center of this somber room is the
sole control mechanism for the entire station. A 
claymore-like sword, though bigger and much more ornate,
is embedded in the floor, hilt up. Float in front of the 
upturned hilt are three holographic computers, much like
the one Washu uses. Hovering before these are two smaller
holographic objects that bear a striking resemblance
to track balls.

The pilot of this massive ship is a tall, stocky man with
longish forest-green hair pulled into two braids running
parallel to his face and in a long tail running down his 
back. His brass-colored eyes glow fiendishly as they survey
the images on the screen and the small red dot indicating
Muriyaki's position. His hands suddenly go to work typing
mechanically on the floating keyboards. Very shortly there
is a long line of characters strewn across the three 
screens. In a diabolical, bass voice, he speaks.

"Chisako, calculate coordinates for an atmospheric
insertion and commence fold." The ship responds in a 
feminine-sounding voice informing her master that the 
requested actions are being carried out. The rotation
speed of saucers circling the central hub suddenly 
accelerates. The outside hull begins to spark as the 
saucers continue to accelerate until their motion is a 
dizzy blur. Massive arcs of energy are coruscating
across the hull and in a few seconds the station vanishes,
leaving no trace of its existence.



* * *



For the past twenty minutes Tenchi has been badgering
Muriyaki with the same question, but still receiving
no response.

"Who's almost here?!" asks Tenchi as he watches Kiyone
and Mihoshi exchange weary glances. He and Kiyone had 
shared several more glances and Muriyaki had caught each
one. They are in love�I just don't think either one knows
that the other loves him or her back. Maybe if I did Kiyone
a favor here, she'd be likelier to go easy on me�

Kiyone is about to answer Tenchi's question when the house
begins to vibrate violently. Scared by the eerie sensation
being exuded by Muriyaki and the unknown cause of the 
rumbling, the group quickly files outside. When they look
up into the night sky, their fears become intensified.

In the sky several kilometers above Tenchi's house, the 
form of a giant space station begins to appear. When the 
station finally solidifies, a large, green ball of energy
appears outside of it and floats to the ground. A second
later, the silhouette of a person emerges from within it.
When this body exits the spheroid, the silhouette 
transforms into the full image of a man.

This gentleman has longish-green hair tied back in a loose
ponytail, and is clad in a dark brown hooded cape, a light
gray tunic, with a slightly darker shade of gray trousers
and a pair of mahogany boots. In the scabbard draped across
his left hip is an ornate sword, jewels encrusted in the 
hilt and all the other fancies that pertain to an 
illustrious sword of that type. In spite of its 
decorativeness, there is no doubt that this thing is fully
functional. This man exudes an aura of confidence,
perhaps a little arrogance, yet, somehow that kind of 
person that you hate to love, but love to hate.

He cracks a smile as he walks over to his audience,
then takes in the scene laid before him and after careful
consideration exclaims, "By any chance would you have an 
extra place at dinner?"

Kiyone whips out her pistol and trains it on the newcomer's
head while Mihoshi shakily covers Muriyaki. "It's you. What
the hell are you doing on this planet?"

The newcomer fires a ten-cent smile in Kiyone's direction
and then turns back to face Tenchi. "I'll talk, after I've
eaten."

Thirty minutes later, after this unwelcome newcomer has 
filled his stomach with several bowls of beef and rice,
he exudes a healthy burp and turns to speak to Kiyone.

"Alright, Sergeant, you obviously know who I am, but I 
don't think everyone else here does, so I'll introduce
myself." He stands and bows. "My name is Kyoto Minamoto,
the universe�s most wanted space pirate. I' m sure the GP's
list of A1-class criminals has my name somewhere on it. 
After all, everyone is out to get me and so far no one has
even succeeded in discovering my favorite hiding place.
That sap of a bounty hunter Nagi is so incompetent,
she attacked what she thought was my ship and ended up 
destroying a GP observation satellite. So, Sergeant,
I suppose that you will want to cart me off to jail. Ah, 
the dream that every new officer has after fresh out of the
academy. Many have tried and all have failed miserably
or--" he pauses to release a chortle, then presses on 
"--have found themselves in an early grave."

Kiyone shakes her head. "I should have known you'd show up
sooner or later. After all, you wouldn't give up your most
prized possession, the last living Shifter."

Kyoto shrugs his shoulders. "What can I say? I guess I'm 
just protective of my stuff." He then refocuses his gaze
on the original purpose for his arrival. "Muriyaki,
it's time to go."

He is about to stand up and bid them all a good-evening
when Ryoko enters the room. "Hey, what's all this yelling,
I can't sleep!" Kyoto turns around to look at her and 
realizes exactly who it is. "Well, if it isn't the love of
my life, the space pirate Ryoko! It's been a long time 
since we last crossed paths."

Ryoko realizes in a split second who is addressing
her and recoils in disgust.

"Yuck! Not you! I thought I ditched you years ago in that
one bar. Don't tell me you've been following me all across
the universe!"

Kyoto smiles coyly. "Nope, however, I didn't think that you
still had affections for me. How sweet!"

Ryoko makes the up-chuck gesture in Kyoto's direction.

"Now, where did we first meet? Oh, yes, it was at that one
ritzy hotel where you were working as a maid and if my 
memory serves me right, the young princess Ayeka was 
rooming there as well. In the suite down the hall from 
mine. I had changed my appearance to that of a pompous,
wealthy old lawyer. I first met you when you came to change
the sheets in my room and--"

Ryoko clamps her hands over Kyoto's mouth. "You don't need
to tell them about what happened next!"

However, she finds herself grasping nothing. Kyoto is 
chortling. "What, about how I got you drunk and then we--"

This time, Ayeka cuts him short. "In case you forgot,
we do have young ears in here who do not need to hear your
scandalous stories. What you two did that evening was 
absolutely repulsive. I wasn't able to get any sleep with
all the noise you made!"

Kyoto smiles gently, "Well, for the sake of virgin ears,
I won't say anything more." He digs a hand into his pocket
for a second, then finally produces a small, black velvet
box.

It swings open, allowing a large fancifully detailed
diamond solitaire ring to glimmer from inside of its case.
"I still love you."

Ryoko turns away in disgust. "Don't be pathetic. Besides,
I've got someone else." She then wraps her arm around 
Tenchi's neck. He shoots her a sideways glare.

Kyoto smiles, approvingly. "You have a nice choice in men.
I can see that he is strong on the inside. I would enjoy
challenging him, but the hour has grown too late for that
sort of thing." He then teleports himself up next to Ryoko
and pecks her on the cheek. "Just remember all the good 
times...." He then gestures to Muriyaki that it is to leave
and she promptly rises from the table. Then, simultaneously
they both teleport. Once they are gone the group releases
a large sigh of relief.



* * *



It is early the next morning. We find ourselves inside
Washu's lab. Washu is sound asleep on her little floating
computer. A continuous beeping finally awakens her from her
slumber. After analyzing the information the computer
has been beeping at her the entire evening, she leaps to 
her feet and races out her lab's door. The first person
she sees is Nobuyuki, who this morning is making the 
breakfast.

"Good Morning, Professor." The voice she hears is not one
she hoped to hear again. When she turns around, she finds
herself face to chest with her worst nightmare.

"Oh, it's you." she moans.

Kyoto flashes a cheerful smile at her and says, "I haven't
seen you since you were kicked out of the Academy. Oh, and
by the way, all those nasty things they said about your 
inventions, they were all wrong. I happened to prove your
work over the years, Of course, since you were.... wherever
you were....I had to take all the credit for it, but 
still." The temperature in the room drops several degrees
while Washu's temper raises several notches.

"You took credit for my work! How could you! You were my 
prize pupil, and the first thing I taught you was to never
take credit for something you didn't do!"

Kyoto smiles, then says, "Well, times called for a 
different set of rules." He then quietly backsteps his way
away from the already pissed Washu. He then disappears
and reappears up next to the sleeping Ryoko. When she rolls
over in bed she comes face to face with Kyoto. The 
remainder of the household is awakened when they hear her
scream. The group of weary people gathers downstairs
as Kyoto crawls alongside Ryoko on his knees proposing
to her over and over again.

"Alright, Kyoto, I've had just about enough of your 
childish pranks! If you do not cease and desist, I shall
personally contact the Jurai military and have them haul
your butt off to jail!"

At this moment, Kyoto transforms into the image of Mihoshi.
"You shouldn't threaten a Galaxy Police officer, that's
a serious offense!"

The ever-vigilant Mihoshi storms up to her imitator and 
says, "Hey, don't imitate me! Imitating an officer of the
Galaxy Police is a serious offense!"

Smirking, Kyoto suddenly shifts into the form of Kiyone.
"You could be brought up on harassment charges, Ayeka."
He finally returns to his original form and flops down on 
the couch. "Go right ahead, Ayeka, I've always wanted a 
chance to destroy Jurai's defense forces. That would it 
make it considerably easier for me to jaunt down to the 
surface and pick up a couple of odds and ends." This 
statement has little effect on Ayeka, except to infuriate
her further and drive he from the room.

Sasami, the ever-watchful mediator of peace, turns to 
Kyoto. "That wasn't too bright, now she's gone to contact
the army!"

Kyoto smiles. "Doesn't matter, by the time that the fleet
would have reached Earth I could be clear on the other side
of the galaxy." Kyoto rises from his seat. "Well, it's been
fun, but I really must be going, I dearly hate having 
battles while I'm still on the ground." He disappears
for a second, but reappears a moment later behind Ryoko.
"On second thought, I think I have enough time to give you
all a quick tour of my space station." Before anyone can 
object, Kyoto removes his sword from it's sheath and holds
it erect above his head. A second later, the group is 
beamed aboard the giant station.



"Welcome all! My name is Shari and I'm you tour guide 
today!" When they first regain their bearings the group
finds that Kyoto has transformed himself into the image
of a young, attractive looking woman clad in a short, tight
fitting tour guide's outfit.

The interior of the station seems very comfortable
to Sasami and Ayeka. That's probably because to a large
extent it resembles one of the tree groves on Jurai. In 
fact, some of the trees planted in this large, park-like
setting are Jurai trees. Kyoto is very proud of his pride
and joy space station and while he's conducting a tour,
Nobuyuki sneaks off, having heard the sound of female 
voices and water. The results of Nobuyuki's exploration
have brought him to a lake-type area where literally
hundreds of beautiful, young women are frolicking naked
in the water. Needless to say, this sight pleases Nobuyuki.
So, he does the most logical thing he can think of: jump
in the lake with them.

Having never encountered any other men besides Kyoto 
before, well, naturally, they freak out. Focusing a burst
of energy similar to the kind that Ryoko would generate,
they blow Nobuyuki out of the water and send him sailing
over the tree line far off into the distance. It is at this
moment Kyoto rounds the corner continuing his tour guide
act.

"...And around this corner we have- Oh, Nobuyuki, how did
you get here?" He reaches down and grasping Nobuyuki
by the belt hoists him out of a deep depression in the 
ground. "Now, if you�ll excuse me for a minute." Kyoto then
disappears behind the bushes and one can hear his voice
mixed in with multiple female voices. He seems to be 
telling them not to be afraid. He then reappears from 
behind the bushes and motions to his tour group.

"Kiyone, if I remember correctly, you said yesterday
that Muriyaki was the last of the shifters. Here is a 
little surprise for you." He then leads them around the 
bushes and on the beach, in the water, and all sort of 
loosely grouped together are hundreds of beautiful young,
naked women. They smile shyly, a few wave, and one or two
even say hi. Nobuyuki�s jaw is still dragging on the 
ground, Tenchi is blushing furiously and turning away from
the spectacle, and Yosho greets this with his usual calm.

The reaction of the girls is somewhat more negative.

Ayeka openly states, "How distasteful!"

Ryoko raises an eyebrow. "What are you? Some kind of white
slave trader?"

Kiyone rests her hand on the butt of her gun. "Kyoto,
I could add solicitation to your charges. Running a brothel
without a license. You�d pay hefty fines for this!" Kyoto
laughs out loud, mockingly. "Yeah, right! And as if you 
could file a report that headquarters would even believe,
after all, you�re partners with Mihoshi, remember?!"

Kyoto then gestures towards the women. "Besides, they live
like this, just ask their mother." He then gestures towards

Muriyaki who is in a similar mode of dress.

It is at this moment that Mihoshi asks the obvious question
with the obvious answer. "But, if she�s their mother,
who�s their father?"

Of course everyone knows the answer before Kyoto can even
open his mouth. However, he answers nevertheless.
"That, would be me." He then gestures towards them. "Would
you care to join them? They look very comfortable
like this."

"Alright!" Mihoshi starts to undress and head for the 
beach, but is held back by Kiyone and at that Kyoto smiles.
"Jealous? Or do you quite literally have nothing to hide?"

The look on Kiyone�s face becomes that of anytime that 
Mihoshi really fucks something up.

Kyoto comes up behind her. "Here, let me help you."

"Hey!" yells Tenchi. "Leave her a--"

Kiyone is already defending herself, however. Her reaction
to Kyoto's actions is a swift kick to his groin.

He dances around clutching his testicles until he finally
collapses in the lake. However, when he stands up, he is 
merely grinning. And the strangeness of his expression
is enough to delay the reaction of what he is about to do:
a psyonic blast that aims to remove whoever�s clothing
that it is targeted at.

However, Kiyone ducks and this happens to hit Ryoko. When
Kyoto looks up to see the fruits of his labors, he is 
pleased. In a flash Kyoto is behind Ryoko and his hands
are clutching her breasts. How very sporting of him to 
cover them up. "These are so nice and soft!"

Now he is the recipient of yet another blow to his groin
(no pun intended). He slumps to the ground once again.
This time it takes him several minutes to regain his 
composure.

When he finally does, Muriyaki is at his side helping
him to his feet. "You know, you guys look like you could
use a vacation." He then makes a sweep of his hand. A 
moment later a mind generated wind lifts the group from 
where they were standing and deposits them in the lukewarm
water of the lake. He then climbs the nearest tree and does
a belly flop in a second later. He lands on Ryoko, only to
be forcibly shoved under the surface of the water by her.
He is up and dashing after her a second later spouting
his affections or what he assumes are affections,
they may just be cheap come-on lines.

Meanwhile, Tenchi, ever the gentleman, is helping the 
ladies out of the pool as best he can. The native girls,
however, seem intent on keeping him in the water. As you 
would expect, this does not sit very well with Ayeka, who
starts swatting at them and they start swatting back out of
self-defense....

Pretty soon, there is a full fledged wet T-shirt catfight.

Tenchi is about to appeal for Kyoto�s assistance,
but finds that Kyoto is in the persona of a lifeguard
and seated atop a lifeguard�s chair clad in red trunks.
Eyeing the current situation, he stands to his feet. 
"That�s not fair!" A second later, a monstrous column of 
water is sprouting out of the lake just to the left of 
Ayeka. In an instant the column crashes down hard upon 
Ayeka, burying her several inches into the sandy beach.
He then gestures to Ayeka. "However, that�s funny!" He then
adds, "You may proceed."

Tenchi eyes Kyoto and then responds with a trademark
American gesture. All of a sudden, the form of Tenchi's
grandfather replaces lifeguard Kyoto. "Tenchi, never flip
off your grandfather!"

A second later, one of Ryoko�s psyonic blasts neatly arcs
past his head. Kyoto quickly resumes his playful, S.O.B
self. "Oooh, I didn�t know you cared!" He hurls himself
off of his lifeguard�s chair, which somehow stayed static
during his sporadic changes and happens to land on Ryoko.

Kiyone and Mihoshi have finally managed to drag themselves
from the lake and the grasp of many a native girl. Kiyone
is dripping wet and mad, while Mihoshi is bawling about
her pink sweater.

It is at this moment the distant chimes of a clock bang out
the hour.

Kyoto checks his watch and then changes back to his normal
self. "Okay, party time�s over, everybody out of the pool!"

The water in the lake begins to churn and a second later
a reversed whirlpool spits out everyone who was still in 
the pool and sends them careening across the landscape.
Kyoto floats down aside Ayeka, laughing big belly laughs.
She is pulling her wet and disheveled kimono closer to her
body by the second. Kyoto looks around at the group 
amusedly.

"Boy, I haven�t had this much fun on earth in a long time!
I think I�m going to hang around with guys for a while!"
He then floats off into the groves of trees, laughing
all the way.

The group�s eyes follow him until he�s out of sight and 
earshot. Tenchi�s head droops, wearily. "Oh, boy." Ryoko
crawls up next to him. "Tenchi, remember the tale of the 
goblin?" He nods his head, sadly.

Ayeka finishes the sentence. "Lord Tenchi, I must say that
he is much worse than any goblin or demon in any legend."

Nobuyuki clamps a hand down on his son�s shoulder. "I don�t
know, I think I�m going to kind of like having him around.
Especially his lady friend. It�ll bring new life to this
tired, old family."

"Nobuyuki, when will you ever learn. Space pirates are bad
ne--"

Yosho does have a chance to finish his sentence.

Kiyone finishes it for him. "But, having the most wanted
criminal in the universe living with you is even worse!"

With this, the group issues a collective groan.





                                  THE END





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