I have Tenchi Muyo! Series in development.  I am in need of prereader and 
maybe an editor.  If anybody wants to help, please e-mail me.  Thanks.  I 
hope you guys like the beginning.


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think Tenchi is one of the best series ever made.  This is a work of love 
and I will appreciate any info, C&C, spams, anything.


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This works takes place in the OVA series.  Kiyone has joined the group and 
some time has passed since the OVA episodes.  Kiyone and Mihoshi have moved 
out and have rented an apartment.  It could have happened.

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Tenchi Muyo!
A Call to Love, Sadness, and Life

A Fan Fiction
By
Rene Chavez
(bskcase@mindless.com)




Chapter 1
A Call to a Beginning


The sun rose in Tenchi's room.  The fresh air flowed in from his window as 
he slept on.  Tenchi felt the sun's beam into his face and turned away.  He 
was beginning to wake up but wanted to savor a few more moments of his 
restful sleep.  Slowly, his senses began to awaken.  He began to notice the 
birds singing from a nearby tree.  He could hear the lake next to his home 
rustling in the wind.  For a moment, he resisted opening his eyes.  He took 
in all the peaceful surroundings, breathed, and let the bliss overwhelm 
him.

Tenchi finally opened his eyes.  The sun illuminated his room.  He pushed 
the covers away and sat up.  Tenchi looked at his alarm clock; it was still 
early in the morning.  Nobody was going to up for at least a half-hour. 
 Tenchi walked over to his balcony and stared at the beautiful sunrise. 
 The lake gave out a radiant glow.  Tenchi leaned against the balcony and 
admired the sunrise.  Everything was quiet and peaceful.

A loud crash echoed through the entire house.  Suddenly he could hear Ayeka 
and Ryoko screaming.  Tenchi lowered his head.  "Why me?" he asked himself. 
 Suddenly, his bliss turned to misery as he was reminded of reality.

Ayeka and Ryoko stood face to face with both hands clenched.  They stood 
their ground in the middle of the living room.  "You know I was planning 
this!  How dare you try to ruin this special moment, you thief!" shouted 
Ayeka.  The two gave each other dirty looks.

"I thought it was trash," replied Ryoko.  Her fangs were beginning to show. 

"It is a special Jurian gift, you dolt!  You have no idea how difficult it 
was to create it," said Ayeka.  She quickly glanced at the trashcan.  A 
paper wrapped packaged lied inside of it.  Ayeka looked at it and notice a 
small tear in the wrapping.  Ayeka became angrier and started to charge her 
force field.

"It still looks like trash," replied Ryoko.  Sensing Ayeka's power incre  
ase, Ryoko began charging up her energy powers.

Ryoko and Ayeka were about to release their powers when suddenly Tenchi 
through himself in between them.  "Stop it!" he yelled, "What's wrong with 
both of you?  You want to blow up the house?"  Quickly, Ryoko and Ayeka 
dispersed their powers and took a step back.  "Eek!" spurted Ayeka and 
quickly ran to the trashcan.  She picked up the package and ran toward the 
kitchen.  Tenchi looked at her with confusion.  A sweat drop formed on his 
head.  Tenchi has been living with these people for over two years and 
still couldn't figure them out.

Ryoko grinned and disappeared.  She suddenly appeared behind Tenchi 
wrapping her arms around his chest.  Tenchi wanted to jump from the sudden 
scare, but Ryoko's grip was too strong.  "Happy birthday, Tenchi," she 
whispered in his ear.

"Thanks, Ryoko," said Tenchi trying to be as polite as he can.  He felt 
like he was in the grips of a giant predator with nowhere to run.  Tenchi 
began to get stiff and was slowly sweating.  "I have a present for you, 
Tenchi," she whispered seductively into his ear, "would you like to go back 
into your bedroom and unwrap it now?"

Tenchi was beginning to sweat.  No matter how many times he's been in her 
grips, he still feels sudden jolts of terror.  "Tenchi!" a voice echoed 
from the other room.  It was Sasami.  Tenchi quickly slid out of Ryoko's 
arms and ran into the kitchen.

He quickly ran in and bowed to Sasami.  "Ohaiyo, Sasami," said Tenchi.  An 
expression of relief and gratitude appeared on his face.  Sasami walked up 
to him and hugged him.  "Happy birthday, Tenchi" said Sasami.  Tenchi 
smiled.  Sasami's hugs and radiance always brightened his mood.  "Thank 
you, Sasami," he said.

"I've made your favorite breakfast," said Sasami.  Tenchi took a quick 
whiff.  The food smelled great.  "That looks great Sasami," said Tenchi. 
 The food was actually making his mouth water.  Ryoko stood behind him 
resenting Sasami.  The little girl just smiled knowing that Tenchi was 
pleased.  "Ryoko, would you like to help me in the kitchen," asked Sasami. 
 "Uh, sure, Sasami," said Ryoko.  She always wanted to appear helpful 
around Tenchi.  "Breakfast will be in just a minute," said Sasami as she 
took Ryoko back into the kitchen.

Tenchi sat down at the table.  "Why me?" he asked himself.  He lowered his 
head a little more.  "Tenchi-sama," spoke Ayeka.

"Huh?" Tenchi looked around and found Ayeka standing by the doorway.  She 
fixed herself up in her usual attire.  Ayeka held a wrapped package.  She 
bloomed with a radiant smile.  Tenchi got up and bowed to her.

"Good morning, Miss Ayeka," said Tenchi.  He always felt a little 
uncomfortable being around royalty.  Ayeka walked up to him and stood 
elegantly in front of him.  Her smile radiated and Tenchi could feel her 
being excited about something.  "Tenchi, in honor of your eighteenth 
birthday, please let me present you with this Jurian treasure," Ayeka ha  
nded the present to Tenchi.

"Thank you very much, Miss Ayeka," Tenchi bowed and accepted her gift.  In 
the time he spent with her, he never really seemed to see her this excited. 
 He suddenly remembered being visited by Jurian ships a couple of months 
ago.  The ship left almost as soon as it arrived.

"Was this the reason for that little visit a while ago, Miss Ayeka?" asked 
Tenchi.  Miss Ayeka giggled and nodded.  Miss Ayeka and Sasami were very 
secretive about the visit.  "They were just here for some family business" 
giggled Ayeka when Tenchi questioned her about it.  He shrugged it off and 
put it out of his mind.  He became used to such things over the years.

Tenchi slowly began unwrapping the present.  It felt heavy and by Ayeka's 
reaction with Ryoko, it was probably delicate.  Tenchi knew he had to be 
careful.  Ayeka's eye lit up as Tenchi finally finished opening it.  It was 
a statue of him.  Tenchi took a deep breath.  The statue was fourteen-inch 
version of him standing over a crystal star.  He was wearing a Jurian 
ceremonial outfit with a sash around his shoulder displaying the Light hawk 
symbol.  The detail and work of the statue was remarkable; it was an exact 
likeness of Tenchi.

"Miss Ayeka, this is beautiful," said a stunned Tenchi.  Ayeka bowed, 
pleased with Tenchi's reaction.  "It is a special present created just for 
you," she said, "it was made by the finest Jurian sculptors from the most 
precious stones and paints in the entire galaxy."  Tenchi suddenly felt 
humbled, "Miss Ayeka, I'm not worthy of such a present."

Ayeka moved closer and put her hands on Tenchi's statue.  Tenchi felt her 
hands on his.  The statue's crystal base began to glow.  Tenchi looked at 
the light, it was the Light Hawk wings.  Ayeka's eyes met Tenchi's.  "Yes, 
you are worthy," she said in a low voice.  Tenchi felt a glow of warmth. 
 He couldn't tell if it was from the statue or Ayeka.  Tenchi looked into 
Ayeka's bright eyes, "Miss Ayeka, what does the li..."

"Oh, how wonderful," said Sasami.  Ayeka moved away from Tenchi.  Both 
their faces were blushing red.  The light from the statue disappeared.  "Do 
you like your present, Tenchi?" asked Sasami.  Tenchi placed the statue on 
the table.  "Yes, very much, thank you," said Tenchi.  Ryoko walked in 
holding a plate in each hand.  "Isn't it nice, Ryoko?" asked Sasami.

Ryoko noticed the Tenchi statue.  "Where'd that come from?" asked Ryoko. 
 "Ayeka had it made," said Sasami.  Ayeka gave a slight blush and gave 
Ryoko a quick smirk of victory.  "It's a beautiful statue because it's 
Tenchi's image on it," said Ryoko while giving a cold stare at Ayeka.

Ryoko and Sasami put the plates on the table and soon everybody began 
showing up for breakfast.  Tenchi kept the statue close to him.  Noboyuki 
and Washu walked in.  "What a beautiful statue, Tenchi," said Noboyuki. 
 "Thanks, dad.  Its Ayeka's present," said Tenchi.  "It is so detailed," 
said Noboyuki.  He then sat down and started in on his breakfast.  He was 
usually in a rush in the mornings.  Washu looked over the Tenchi statue. 
 "So that's why you wanted all that info on Tenchi's dimensions," said 
Washu.  Tenchi tensed up a little remembering all the times he had been 
strapped down to one of Washu's contraptions being analyzed and studied. 
 Tenchi didn't mind it so much, except for when she would eventually try to 
extract a "sample" from him.  He dreaded the thought of what would happen 
if she ever got one.

Washu stood up, pulled out her holographic keypad, and began analyzing the 
statue.  "Not bad," said Washu, "It is a 99.9 percent likeness of him." 
 Tenchi blushed a little.  I was strange having a statue of him staring 
back at him.  "The crystal base is very interesting, it is an extract from 
a royal Jurian tree sap, extra rare materials, princess.  I see you went 
the extra mile," said Washu.

"It was nothing, Washu," said Ayeka.  She glared at her motioning her to 
shut up.  Washu smirked, "You know, I heard about these statues.  They 
reserved for..."

"Special friends of the Jurian family," interrupted Ayeka.  Sasami giggled 
at Ayeka's response.

Washu smirked, "Yes, you could say that."  Washu disconnected her keyboard 
and sat down.  She started eating and laughing to a silent joke.  Tenchi 
looked around.  Ayeka was quietly eating.  A strong blush of red crossed 
her face.  Sasami was her cheerful self, while Washu just nibbled at her 
food.  Ryoko picked at her food while glaring at Ayeka.  Noboyuki finished 
his coffee and ran out.  Everybody seemed to know something that Tenchi 
didn't.  He took it all in and finished his breakfast.  He had to go to 
school.  He would worry about it later.  He stood up and gave his bows and 
good-byes.  Everybody wished him a good day.

Tenchi picked up his statue and walked upstairs to his room.  He placed the 
statue on his mantle next to a picture of his adopted "family."  He sat 
down on his chair and put his books into his backpack.  He stopped and 
looked over the mantle again.  He looked at the statue.  "It is 
impressive," he thought to himself.  He then looked over at the picture. 
 They all stood together in front of grandfather's shrine.  Ayeka and Ryoko 
each wanted to stand next to Tenchi, while Sasami and Washu stood in front 
of him.  Noboyuki and Katsuhito stood at the side, while Kiyone and Mihoshi 
sat at the other.  They were all smiling.  He remembered what fun that day 
was when they all had a picnic.  "Remember these days, Tenchi," said his 
grandfather at the picnic.  "You will see many things, feel many more 
things, but these moments never return.  Treasure them," he said.  Tenchi 
didn't pay too much attention to his words, but he thinks he is now 
starting to understand what he really meant.

Ryoko finished her meal and disappeared.  She reappeared on roof and 
watched him walk away.  She lied there for a while until she completely 
lost sight of him.  "That statue was beautiful," she had to admit it to 
herself.  To her, anything with Tenchi was beautiful.  She suspected 
something about that statue and she knew just who to talk to about it.

Tenchi found himself uninterested in his courses.  The teacher was going 
over the lesson, but Tenchi just couldn't get interested into his classes 
lately.  Washu was too good of a tutor.  Tenchi already knew most of the 
material covered.  He was facing graduation.  His friends wanted him to go 
with them to Tokyo University, he found himself no interested in going.  He 
always had excellent grades, but in reality, he did not want to be too far 
away from his home.  Tenchi realized some time ago that he was not meant to 
have a normal earthling life.  He may have to leave the planet someday and 
never come back.  The thought depressed him a little, but felt a small 
comfort knowing he would never be bored.

There was another college nearby he was thinking of attending.  But even 
then, he did not know what degree to pursue.  Everybody seemed to be so 
ahead of him in planning.  He gave up a long time trying to be a normal 
kid.  Having two beautiful alien women fighting over him day and night, 
dealing with the world's greatest mad scientist, and being friends with two 
Galaxy Police officers have kept him on his toes.  Not to mention the 
occasional space warlord or demon trying to destroy or conquer the universe 
he somehow ended up dealing with.  He realized he had to accept his chaotic 
life.  He wished he had a little more control.  "Life is a series of events 
we are faced with," Tenchi remembered what his grandfather said one time. 
 "We don't control the events, we can only try to handle them the best we 
can," said his grandfather.  "If only it was so simple," thought Tenchi.

Washu heard a chime on her doorway.  She paid it no mind while she looked 
over her data on her holo-computer.  "I'm a little busy right now," said 
Washu.  She had calculated who would visit her.  "I need to talk to you," 
said Ryoko in a serious tone.

Washu continued to tap on her keyboard.  "Is that so?" she asked, "What 
about?"  She liked to play with her.  "You know damn well why I'm here, 
Washu!" said Ryoko.  Ryoko stood behind Washu almost ready to attack.

"Say the secret word," said Washu.  Ryoko was getting very angry.  She 
hated when Washu made her do this.  There was no other way for Ryoko.

"Please, mom," said Ryoko, almost spitting the words out, "There, happy 
now."  Washu stood there and observed her.  Her secret computer scanners 
revealed an intense rise in her body chemistry.  Ryoko's face was turning 
red.

"Ok, it's no big secret," said Washu.  Ryoko stood a little less tense. 
 "It's a Jurian statue of Tenchi in a traditional ceremonial outfit," said 
Washu.  Ryoko crossed her arms.  Washu stood there a moment observing her 
reaction.  Washu tapped a few keys on her keyboard and a holographic 
projection of the statue appeared.  "Tenchi is wearing a traditional Jurian 
'wedding' ceremonial outfit," said Washu.  Ryoko almost fainted.  Washu 
smiled, her secret computer readout on Ryoko was going off the scale. 
 "Young love," Washu thought.  Ryoko was white as a ghost.

"The statue is gift presented to a person on their birthday or Startika 
symbolizing one's intent of a more devoted relationship," said Washu. 
 Ryoko stood there.  Her anger was beginning to boil over.  "Basically, 
Aeka has announced to the entire Jurian royal court that she intends to 
marry Tenchi.  The crystal amber from the statue's base is considered on 
the most valuable material in the entire universe.  It is almost unheard of 
being presented with a statue.  The princess must have really made some 
royal waves when she had it made.  Tenchi and Ayeka's names are probably 
the talk of Jurai by now," finished Washu.

Ryoko stood there shocked over what she heard.  She was actually 
speechless.  Washu looked at her.  Ryoko's anger was turning into sadness. 
 "Could I have lost Tenchi so easily?" she asked herself.  Washu felt a 
little sorry for her.  "Ryoko," Washu was felling a maternal pinch, "You 
know she was bound to do this.  You have to admit that she's just as 
dedicated to him as you are."  Washu had a point and Ryoko knew it.  They 
both loved Tenchi, but sooner or later, it had to come to this.  Ryoko was 
holding back her tears.  Washu walked up behind her and put her arm around 
her shoulder.

Ryoko felt a pain in her heart.  Would Tenchi accept Ayeka's proposal? 
 They would marry and leave to be with the Jurian court or stay here. 
 Either way, she would lose Tenchi and have to leave back into the empty 
space.  She was alone most of her life, but after meeting Tenchi, she 
dreaded the thought of ever being without him.  She would no longer be able 
to stay.  It would be too painful seeing Tenchi embrace Ayeka with the 
loving eyes that Ryoko dreamt he would have for her.  Ryoko stormed off and 
left.  Washu went back to working on her experiment.

"Young love," Washu thought again.  It has been so long since she ever had 
any feelings for anybody.  She stopped and looked at herself.  She never 
realized how much she envied Ryoko and Ayeka.  She paused for a moment and 
tapped some more keys on her board.  A holographic picture of Tenchi 
appeared.  "What makes you so irresistible?" she said.

She realized how much he has grown.  He was no longer the na�ve boy who 
released a demon and was captured by a princess.  Washu thought about the 
things she could teach him and the fun they would have learning.  She then 
remembered the one thing she learned in her many years in this galaxy: 
anything could happen.  "Tenchi is young," thought Washu as she pulled up a 
giant mirror and looked at herself.  "He might come around. After all, I am 
a woman and they're just girls."  Washu smiled at her reflection.  The 
mirror imaged blinked and blew Washu a kiss.  Washu smiled at her image and 
went back work.

Tenchi was at his desk talking to his friends Tokuda and Tahari.  He has 
been quiet for most of the conversation.  Their talks would eventually lead 
them into sex.  "I heard Tukori is getting married after graduation," said 
Tahari.

"Why?" asked Tenchi.

"Lets just say that his future bride-to-be has a wealthy father," said 
Tokuda, "He made himself a nice deal."  Marriage into wealth he thought. 
 That prospect didn't seem to far from him.  "I don't think that's a right 
way to go," said Tenchi.

"You got a point there," said Tokuda, "Who wants a wife that's richer than 
you.  She might even go around and order you around."  Tenchi was beginning 
to feel uncomfortable.

"Give me a woman who know how to have fun," said Tahari, "If you know what 
I mean."  Tokuda snickered at Tahari's comments.  Tenchi thoughts then 
wandered to Ryoko.

"Then you would have to worry about whether or not she would tear your 
throat out," said Tenchi openly.  Tokuda and Tahari stared at Tenchi. 
 Tenchi stared back and snickered.  Both his friends began to laugh. 
 "You're a funny guy, Tenchi," said Tahari.  Tenchi gave a pretend laugh 
and started reading from his book.  "I am so alone," Tenchi thought to 
himself.

Ryoko appeared in the middle of Tenchi's room.  She would often lie down on 
his bed and wonder how it would feel having Tenchi sleep next to her.  She 
would often pick up his scent and enjoy his presence.  Ayeka would come 
around looking for her, but she would manage to disappear before she 
entered his room.  Ryoko suspected Ayeka does the same thing when nobody is 
looking.  "Why couldn't the princess just go back home to her royal palace 
and pick any other guy in the universe," Ryoko thought.  In the entire 
universe, she was the only one in existence.  It was a fact that Washu has 
stated on many occasions: there is only one Ryoko.  There was also only one 
Tenchi.  They were hundreds of royals, but only one Tenchi.

Ryo-ohki wandered into Tenchi's room.  "Miya," said the cabbit.  Ryoko 
picked her up and placed her on her stomach.  The cabbit began to purr and 
fall asleep in Ryoko's waist.  "Why couldn't Ayeka go and find some prince 
or something and stay away from her life," said Ryoko.  She turned and 
looked at Tenchi's mantle.  The statue stood there next to a portrait of 
the "family."  She still couldn't believe Tenchi called it a family 
portrait.  She had a hard time accepting Washu as her mother, but having 
Ayeka in the "family" made her sick.  "How could I be so cursed," thought 
Ryoko.  She took a step back and started charging her energy powers.  "One 
small concentrated blow would shatter that statue into a million pieces," 
she thought.  She was about to release her energy ball but then realize 
what she going to do.  She was going to blow up Tenchi.  Even symbolic, she 
couldn't bring herself to do it.  Even in a Jurian outfit, he still looked 
so beautiful.  Ryoko lied back down on the bed.  Tenchi scent was faint, 
but still present.

Tears appeared from her face.  She did not ever want to be without Tenchi 
in her life.  She would rather die than be alone ever again.  She 
remembered every time she held Tenchi.  Every time Tenchi held her in his 
arms.  His eyes looking at her with concern and warmth.  She needed to do 
something, but what could she offer Tenchi.  Ayeka was always worried about 
the Jurian Royal family not accepting Tenchi.  Azusa, for some reason, 
hated Tenchi, but his two wives adored him.  Ayeka avoided talking about 
her father and Tenchi.  Obviously, the Jurian royalty has recognized Tenchi 
as a possible groom for Ayeka.  Lord knows they were probably suspicious of 
Ayeka and Sasami choosing to stay in an underdeveloped planet in the middle 
of nowhere.

Suddenly, Ryoko had an idea.  If Ayeka made a love token, Ryoko had to make 
one of her own.  "What do I make?" asked Ryoko.  She thought about going to 
town and buying something, but that seem so impersonal.  Suddenly, 
inspiration struck her.  She looked at the clock.  Tenchi wasn't going to 
be home for another five hours.  She picked up Ryo-ohki.  "C'mon, we have 
to go," she told the barely awake cabbit.  She just had enough time.

Tenchi was practicing his tennis game.  His battles with evil space bounty 
hunters, mad scientists, and the advances of a space pirate and princess 
made him very agile.  His grandfather as even acknowledging his skill with 
the sword.  So far, he was undefeated in his tennis class.  The coach 
wanted him to join the team, but he didn't have the desire.  He thought 
about how Ayeka, Ryoko and the rest would go see him play at the 
tournaments.  He cringed at the thought of the damage they could cause if 
they were placed in public with a large crowd.  Tenchi saw the tennis ball 
coming his way and quickly swung his racket.  The ball returned and his 
opponent was not quick enough to reach the ball in time.  Tenchi won 
another game.  A sound of cheers hit him.  He turned around and noticed he 
had a group of female admirers.  Tenchi smiled at them and walked back into 
the locker.  "When you have a princess, space pirate, mad scientist, and a 
galaxy police officer after you, how do you fit in high school girls into 
your life?" Tenchi thought.

Mihoshi and Kiyone were enjoying the Masaki's bath when Sasami walked in. 
 "How are you girls doing?" asked Sasami.  "Mihoshi got us fired again," 
said Kiyone.  Mihoshi faces blushed a little.  Kiyone gave her a mean 
looked.

"It was an accident," replied Mihoshi, "I had no idea French fries were so 
volatile."

"They're not," said Kiyone.  She still had a hard time accepting the fact 
how low her career has sank.  She wanted to go out and fight criminals from 
all over the galaxy.  Instead, she ended up partnered to an airhead and 
assigned to patrol a underdeveloped planet.  Kiyone sunk her head a little 
lower at the thought.

"Where's Ayeka?" said Kiyone.  She wanted to change the subject.

"She went to the market to pick up some things," said Sasami.  Sasami 
entered the tub.  "You will be staying here for dinner right?" asked 
Sasami.

Mihoshi smiled, "Oh yes, we couldn't afford any foo.."

"Thank you, Sasami," interrupted Kiyone.

"Tenchi would be so happy.  He rarely sees you both since you moved out and 
with all your jobs and patrols," said Sasami, "It's his birthday today."

Mihoshi gave a surprised look.  "It is!  Oh, I wish somebody told me.  I 
would have brought a present," she said.

Kiyone sunk her head a little lower.  "We don't have any money to feed 
ourselves, much less buy presents," said Kiyone.

Mihoshi thought about it for a moment.  "Oh yeah, I forgot," she said. 
 Kiyone sunk lower.  Her nose was just barely above water.  "How did I go 
so low," she thought to herself.

"Tenchi needs a scarf," said Mihoshi.  She paused and gave a thought about 
Tenchi.  She imagined giving a beautiful scarf to Tenchi.  Tenchi would be 
so pleased he would ask her out.  She then envisioned Tenchi and her 
spending time in the couch, like how couples do it on TV.  Everybody looked 
at Mihoshi as she stared blankly into nothingness.  Her face was blushing 
red.

Ryoko suddenly appeared in front of everybody.  "Hello ladies," Ryoko said. 
 She was hovering over them.  "Sasami, where's Ayeka?" said Ryoko.

"She went to the market," said Sasami.

"I'm going to be stepping out for a few hours," said Ryoko, "but I'll be in 
time for the party."

Sasami looked at her curiously, "Where you going?"

Ryoko gave her a sly grin, "Just doing some last minute shopping."  Ryoko 
gave everybody a wink, floated across the wall, and went through it. 
 Nobody liked it when Ryoko was up to something.  They suddenly looked up 
and saw Ryo-ohki in ship form.  The ship was speeding up toward space.

Ayeka was still on cloud nine.  She was afraid Tenchi would react 
negatively or even dare reject her present.  She was proud that she was 
able to present it without Ryoko interfering.  She went up and down the 
aisles picking things from Sasami's list.  She thought about how much she 
was going to miss shopping.  She actually started enjoying Earth life. 
 "Maybe Tenchi and I will live here," she thought.  Juria was in peacetime 
and her father still had many good years as ruler.  They could raise a 
family and live happily on Earth.  Plus, she would get to finally get rid 
of Ryoko.  Ayeka thought about Ryoko for a minute.  "She could stay with 
us," Ayeka thought, "as long as she know who Tenchi is married to."  Ayeka 
finished her list and headed down the checkout counter.  While she waited, 
she spotted a few magazines.  "How to keep your man," advertised one. 
 Ayeka picked it up and started reading it.  She looked at another article, 
"Hot Sex for Hot couples."  Ayeka paused a moment and looked at some other 
magazines.  She stopped and thought for a moment, then started picking all 
the magazines and placing them on her cart.

Washu was in the living room watching her favorite soap.  In her 
laboratory, a sudden beep appeared in front of Washu's screen.  Then a 
warning signal turned on.  A sudden message appeared on the screen: 
Space/Dimensional Rift Imminent.  A large concentration of energy began 
registering.  A sudden flash of light roamed the laboratory.  All the 
instruments began to shutdown.  Then slowly began to turn on again.  Any 
information on the sudden Space/Dimensional Rift was erased.  Washu walked 
into her lab.  She was holding back her tears.  "How could Vernedad leave 
Mishu for a wretched witch?" she said.  She took a deep breath and sat down 
in front of her computer screen.  She had plenty of work ahead of her and 
began typing away.

Ryoko traveled to the asteroid belt.  "Let's see, I know I left it around 
here somewhere," she said.  "Miya," replied the ship.  The ship then began 
doing a full sensor sweep.  Ryoko stood on the deck of Ryo-ohki.  She was 
growing more impatient.  "Miya," echoed the ship.  Ryoko looked at the 
screen.  "Oh yeah!" she said.  Ryo-ohki moved to the location on the 
computer screen.  A small asteroid floated in front of her.  She looked 
closer.  A small metal container was welded to the asteroid.  Ryoko floated 
up and disappeared.

She instantly reappeared over the metal box and pulled out her laser sword. 
 With a quick slice, the box opened revealing a small black bag.  Ryoko 
grinned and grabbed the bag.  She then floated back into her ship. 
 "Ryo-ohki, let's go back home," she said.  The ship then powered its 
engines and started heading back to the blue planet out in the distance.

Tenchi was going over some books at the library.  He was caught up in all 
his classes, so he decided to see if there was anything worth reading.  He 
looked over some books he found in the returned pile.  Tenchi read the one 
on top of the pile, "How to succeed in Love and Marriage."  He placed the 
book down.  "If only they would come up with one about 'How to succeed in 
keeping two alien women, who are in love with you, from killing you and 
destroying your house,'" he thought to himself.  He thought it best to go 
over the magazines instead.

Sasami, Kiyone, and Mihoshi were setting up the birthday decorations.  "I 
still wish we could have brought something for Tenchi," said Mihoshi. 
 Kiyone closed her eyes and wished she wasn't there.  "How can you be so 
dense?" said Kiyone.  Mihoshi stared blankly at her.  Sasami finished 
setting up the table.  "C'mon, Tenchi doesn't care about that," she said. 
 Sasami gave them both a cold stare letting them know better than to argue. 
 Kiyone suddenly realized that Sasami has been really working hard on 
Tenchi's party.  Suddenly, a flash of white light filled the room.  Sasami 
and Mihoshi cried out.  Kiyone tried to move but they all instantly froze. 
 Kiyone could swear she saw a hand reach out to her and pull her away, but 
the light was blinding her.  The light flashed and they all disappeared.
	
Washu picked up a surge of energy from her readings.  "This is not good," 
she said.  She quickly typed some commands, but the light suddenly beamed 
in from nowhere.  "Oh shi.." Washu didn't finish her sentence.  She quickly 
disappeared.

Ayeka found her way into the road.  "Hello, Azaka, Kamadake," she said. 
 "Greetings, your highness," said Kamadake.
	
"Did you have a nice time shopping?" said Azaka.
	
Ayeka smiled, "I actually like shopping.  I like choosing my own..."  The 
light flashed through the land.  Ayeka, Azaka, and Kamadake were gone.  The 
groceries floated in the air for a second then quickly fell on the floor.
	
Ryoko was about to reach Earth's orbit when her computer's sensors picked 
up a strange reading.  "Miya," bellowed the Ryo-ohki.  Ryoko looked out and 
saw a strange blinding light flashing from the Masaki home.  "Ryo-ohki, 
give me a full sensor swee.." Ryoko never finished her sentence.  The 
blinding light reached from outer space and struck her and Ryo-ohki. 
 Instantly, Ryoko and her ship were gone.

Tenchi walked out of the bus and into his home road.  He strolled down the 
woods when a bright light struck him.  Volts of pain struck him.  Tenchi 
screamed as he floated into the air.  He felt like he was being torn into 
pieces.  Tenchi closed his eyes and lost consciousness.

The Masaki home was now quiet.  Washu's lab was slowly shutting down.  The 
party decorations hung while food was cooking in the stove.  Suddenly a 
figure dressed in black appeared in the kitchen.  A hood covered his head. 
 The man took a few steps into the kitchen.  He raised his gloved hand and 
released a beam of blue energy from the house.  The stove and all the 
lights in the house turned off.  The man then walked into the living room 
and disappeared.

To be continued...




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