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>From a Prince to a Knight
Prologue
Disclaimer: All characters created by Hiroki Hayashi and Masaki
Kajishima, also copyright AiC and Pioneer or George Lucas. I'm making no
money from this so please do not sue me.
The High priestess Sasami waited patiently as the GP ship landed on the
pad. Its arrival signaled that all was near ready for the day. That day
being Tenchi's return. For ten long years her and the other women had had
little contact with the object of their mutual desire, though not for lack
of trying. However, Tenchi had made it very clear that he needed time away
from them to train in his gifts. The time apart had shown the girls how much
he had truly meant to them. Sasami now physical 20, realized that she very
much wished to spend her life with the young man. Even Tsunami wished this
though Sasami didn't know if this was for love or other reasons. She would
know that soon enough.
She was brought out of her reverie as the ship's doors opened and 3 women
stepped out. Two were dressed in standard GP uniforms and the third was
dressed in a similar uniform except it was black and had no hat. Sasami
approached them in a dignified manner. "I the High Priestess of Jurai
welcome you Detective First Class Mihoshi, Division Head Kiyone and A-1
operative Ryoko, to Jurai." Kiyone bowed "We are honored to be here Lady
Sasami." Sasami nodded curtly "Well, now that formalities are out of the
way." A huge grin took hold of the young women's face as she grabed all
three into a none lethal bear hug "How've you all been?!" Sasami disengaged
the hug and the four women head towards the palace talking amiably.
*****
Inside the palace, the great hall was a mad house as people tried to put up
decorations according to the commands of the current first princess. "More
to the left. No! My left. You! More streamers and balloons by the arch way!"
Ryoko chuckled "I always knew she loved bossing people around." Kiyone
frowned slightly "She's going to work those people to death."
Sasami smiled and shook her head. "Nah, she'll leave in a minute to prepare
'aahhh' her own personal gift for Tenchi."
Ryoko slowly turned to face her "What kind of gift?!" "Nothing
inappropriate. I think." Ryoko did not look convinced.
Sasami decided to change the subject "Actually dad's had the most surprising
reaction to all this. He's been almost as excited as us. He won't show it
but considering he commissioned Washu to build a space ship for Tenchi"
Ryoko blinked in surprise "He What!" Sasami nodded her head vigoursly "Its
true! I couldn't believe it either."
Kiyone looked thoughtful "Tenchi has done some rather not worthy things
while training on Yavin, Maybe your father saw him in a new light." Sasami
shruged "Maybe. Well we'd better get going." The small group heads out of
the great hall. "Say, Ryoko where's Ryo-oki?" Ryoko smiled "Still sleeping,
she had a big day yesterday."
*****
A Tydiran shuttle is cruising through hyperspace. One of its occupants is
currently at the controls. Upon closer inspection we see that he appears to
be in his mid Twenties, in the his hair now hangs over his forehead while
his pony tail reaches down to mid back (Think Tenchi Forever) he is wearing
cloths were similar to those he wore as a youth, only adjusted for his
filled out frame. Tenchi takes a look at his ETA and sees he has quit some
time before he arrives in the Jurai system.
He sits back in his seat and relaxes. His mind wanders over his past few
years of existence. The time he spent with the girls on earth brings a smile
to his face. Scenes of his life with the girls come slowly but sharply to
mind. He remembers the heat of Ayeka and Ryoko's arguments and the moments
of tenderness and caring they both showed him. He remembers Sasami's sunny
smile, and Mihoshi's frantic flailing. None of these images of the girls in
good times or bad bring him embarrassment or frustration as they used to.
Now he only smiles fondly.
Then the day off his decision played through his mind and he remembered how
his current situation came to pass...
****
The day had seemed no different from any other. The usual morning
activities (getting up, eating, fights etc) had occurred with Tenchi
eventually leaving for the carrot fields. It was here that the day began to
change. While tending the soil the quite and beauty of the area eventually
caused him to stop and admire it all. He walked over to a nearby tree and
sat down to enjoy the view. The peacefulness eased his tenseness over the
day's events and his mind began to drift.
He didn't know when it happened. One minute he was sitting thinking of
nothing, the next he was seeing diff. Versions of himself only older. The
weird thing was that each seemed to be living a completely different life.
One Tenchi was ruling the Galaxy As the Emperor of Jurai with Ayeka at his
side; another lived on earth as a simple shrine priest/artist with Ryoko.
Another showed him teaching Kendo at the Royal Academy while Washu taught
her classes, one other showed him as the head of the Galaxy Police and the
final one showed him as the Protector and Consort of Sasami/Tsunami.
All this he had seen in dreams before just never while he was awake. All
them showed lives where the good times far out weighed the bad and where he
remained friends with the rest of the girls through it all. But there was a
new image, one he'd never seen before. This one showed his older
self-standing in front of a window, he was dressed very similar he was now.
On the other side was a world covered in green, a rich forest spread across
the land under a blue sky. He saw buildings and young men and women entering
and exiting them on their way to who knows where. In one place a women was
practicing sword dueling with a man. In another a blond haired man in a
black jumpsuit was leading a younger group in mental exercises. Finally
someone tapped his other self on the shoulder and motioned for him to
follow. He nodded before turning to look right at Tenchi and smile before
following the other man.
Tenchi opened eyes he had not realized where closed and glanced around.
That last vision had left him with the feeling that he would decide his path
very soon. It was then that he noticed that the Emperor of Jurai's ship hung
overhead.
*****
Tenchi made it to his home in record time. Fortunately there was no pink
haired dope to challenge him for Ayeka's hand. Only the King and Queens of
Jurai where there. Misaki was fawning all over Sasami and Ayeka while Funaho
was talking with Washu and his grandfather was talking with the King. Ryoko
was leaning against the door jam and as such was the first to notice his
entrance and greeted him in her own special way. *Glomp!* "Hey, Tenchi
Darling!" This of course drew Ayeka attention. She started to move but
Misaki's hug trapped her. She merely glared at Ryoko with enough force to
kill. Deciding he didn't want another fight to break out Tenchi disentangled
himself from Ryoko's arms. It was a good thing Mayuka was sleeping;
otherwise she would have been subject to Misaki's ministrations.
Tenchi put on a smile "Hello Ryoyko." Yosho turned to his grandson "Ahh
Tenchi good! I was about to go get you. Tenchi noticed that all the eyes in
the room suddenly focused on him. He bowed respectfully before facing his
grandfather. "What did you want grandpa!" Yosho opened his mouth but the
Emperor cut him off, "We were in the system for a trade meeting with a new
government and we decided to stop in." Azusa watched Tenchi to gauge his
reaction. The young boy managed to keep his features calm but something
about this meeting made him feel nervous and excited at the same time. "Well
what can we do for you?" Yosho adjusted his glasses as he spook "One of
their delegation wishes to meet with myself and you later today. He has some
questions about the power we of the Royal Family posses. Considering the
amount of power you displayed he is very anxious to meet you." Tenchi
blinked in surprise at someone wanting to meet him. Azusa looked thoughtful
"Its nice he has all that power but does he has any skill with the sword?"
The room went silent. Both of Azusa's wives looked at their husband in
surprise, not having expected this so early. Funaho clears her throat to
speak when Azusa continued on. "I simply wish to see the boy spar with
Yosho, after all we didn't get to see him fight the last time." Tenchi
looked around and noticed the looks of unease coming from Azusa's wives and
daughters "That's fine, we can begin right now."
*****
Yosho grimaced; Tenchi had actually managed to defend himself admirable so
far, surprising most present, as Yosho was being tougher on him than usual.
Yosho pulled a feint fully expecting to knock Tenchi on his rear. To his
surprise the young man caught on and blocked the real strike. He tried again
and again he was blocked. He then shifted gears and tried for a little more
complicated series of attacks all of which are blocked. These turn of events
shocked many in the crowd, foremost being Azusa. His face was masked in its
usual grimace but inside he was in turmoil" Could the boy be this good?" he
thought. The only advantage he'd had over Tenchi was in skill, now that was
slipping away. This did not sit well with the Emperor. His cold eyes stared
at Tenchi trying to gauge what was going on. The young man sat in a normal
defensive stance, hands steady, his eyes.... there! That was it, a half
second before Yosho began his attack Tenchi's eyes had swiveled to where the
attack would come from then he moved to block it. As he stared longer at
Tenchi's eyes he realized they weren't focusing on Yosho, more like through
him. A person capable of predicting attacks, Azusa's eyes narrowed, this
bore looking into.
Yosho for his part was torn between feeling proud that the boy lasted this
long or chagrined his own student was matching him so early. His sword
sliced through the air, where Tenchi's head had been a moment ago. The Young
man had drifted to the side at the last second. With speed hence fore unseen
in the young, Tenchi in one fluid motion darted forward, then swung around
while dropping into a lower stance. Surprised at this Yosho was momentarily
open. Tenchi's boken connected with the back of Yoshos head sending the
older man flying. At the last moment Yosho managed to flip around and land
on his feet, smiling. Tenchi blinked several times before realizing what
happened, then he rushed over to him. "Grandpa are you all right?" Yosho
looked at his Grandson "I'm fine Tenchi. Where did you learn that last
move?" Tenchi scratched the back of his head. "Ah..er.. I saw it on Rurouni
Kenshin once." Yosho chuckled. "May be I should make watching that show
apart of your Training.
As the women approached the two men Azusa glared at Tenchi. This young
upstart was fast becoming a problem. The only reason he had maintained the
thrown for so long was due to his power and skill. If Tenchi surpassed both
then some greedy noble might get the idea to put the young lad on the thrown
and effectively rule from behind the scenes. Such things had happened
before, and Azusa would be damned before he let someone like that control
the lives of the people of Jurai. He started to think of ways to neutralize
the young man if it became necessary.
*****
The actual meeting between The New Republic and the Jurian Empire took
place aboard Tsunami. The entire Royal family
and Washu was at the meeting. Ryoko had decided to spend the day drunk
elsewhere since everyone was busy.
A knock was heard at the door. Before Tenchi could move his grandfather was
at the Door. Once opened he saw a man who appeared a little younger than his
father. He had sandy blond hair and an athletic build. He was wearing a
black jumpsuit with a cylinder attached to his belt. "You must be Luke
Skywalker." The other man nodded "And you are Yosho." The elder man nodded
"Yes, Please come in and have a seat." Luke thanked him and took the seat
across from Tenchi; Yosho sat down next to his grand son. "So, what would
you like to know?" Luke looked at Yosho evenly "I would like to see a
demonstration of your Jurian abilities to start with." Yosho stood up and
produced Tenchi-ken from, then activated the blade. "This is the master key
of Jurai, it is a focus point for the energies given to us by Tsunami.
Members of the royal family can only use this one. All Jurian need such a
focus point to use their powers, except for Tenchi." Luke stares for a few
moments at the blade before turning to face Tenchi "So this is the boy that
can create the LHW's" Tenchi shifts uncomfortably under his gaze "Er...yes."
Luke smiles "Calm yourself, I was just seeing if you had an abilities with
the Force." Yosho looked confused "The Force?" Luke turns back to look at
the older man "The force is what gives a Jedi his strength. It's an energy
field that surrounds us, penetrates us, and binds the universe together. I
wanted to see if you Jurians were using it in a way not seen before in my
area of space. However I can tell that your power comes from another source,
though I can sense that Tenchi here has some potential for the force."
Tenchi's eyes widen "I do?!" Luke smiles and nods "It probably helped focus
your Jurian powers."
Luke and Yosho began to discuss the differences in their abilities. Tenchi
gave little head to their conversation as he thought about something.
Eventually he decided to ask. "Er...sir Luke?" Luke turned to face him and
chuckled a bit "Please, just Luke." Tenchi nodded "Could the Force Push away
a dampening field?" Luke turned thoughtful for a moment. "It could push away
a small one or maybe create an area that was free of the fields effects if
the person had the skill or power. Why do you ask?" Tenchi turned to look at
both men in turn "What if I can't create LHW's. I mean except for two
situations I haven't been able to do it. Let's say I used the force to
create a null area allowing Tsunami to send me the power I needed."
Yosho's eyes widened and he turned to Luke "Is that possible?" Luke nodded
"Yes, people with a strong talent for the force can use it like that and not
know it." Tenchi nods his head vigoursly "Tsunami said to trust my own
power, what if she was talking about the force. I concentrated on it opened
a path for the power and she sent me the power to destroy him!" Yosho nodded
"That would mean you're a living focal point instead of a generator. Is
there a way I can teach him to use the force?" the last part of this was
directed at Luke who shook his head. "It would be folly for him to try to
learn on his own without a master to provide some guidance, I'm sorry."
He sighed, then noticed the look on Tenchi's face and didn't like it one
bit "Tenchi what are you thinking." Tenchi looked up at his grandfather
before turning to Luke "Is there anyway you can train me?" Yosho's eyes
widened in shock, Luke nodded "There is a Jedi academy in the New Republic.
I feel I must warn you that it will be sometime before you can use the force
with any confidence and longer before you can become a knight." Tenchi
seemed to gather his courage "I would like to try." Yosho voice finally
started working "T-Tenchi are you sure you want to do this. What about..."
Tenchi sighed, "Grandpa, everyone seems to have my life planned out for me,
but I wish to chose my own way." Yosho clamed up upon hearing this. He
remembered having a very similar conversation with his own father. The young
prince turned to face Luke "I understand what may lie ahead, and I at least
want to try." Luke smiled lightly "Do or do not. There is no try." Tenchi
nodded "All right, I will then."
*****
The news of Tenchi's decision was not received well by certain members of
the Misaki household. "*SOB* why are you leaving me!! *SOB* Why?!". Luke was
currently upstairs checking to see if Mayuka had any talent with the force.
Sasami and Mihoshi had their heads bowed while Washu and Kiyone looked on
with sad looks. The Emperor actual had a small smile on his face while his
wives had a slight frown. Tenchi's stuff was already packed, having decided
to leave with the returning delegation. The reason of course was to give the
girls less of a chance of stopping him. All ready Washu'd had to stop her
daughter from breaking his legs. Tenchi attempted to comfort both Ryoko and
Ayeka as they continued crying, "Ladies, this isn't about you. This is
something I have to do for me." That's when both girls latched onto him.
"Take me with you please!" He quickly disengaged himself from their grip.
"Luke said the training is going to require a lot of concentration, it'll be
best if I'm on my own." Both girls stood suddenly and faced each other. "I'm
quite sure Mr. Skywalker will make an exception for us." Ayeke began.
"Yeah!" Ryoko continued, getting a very nasty smile on her face, "A quick
conversation and I'm sure he will let us join you!" both girls turned
resolutely to find the Jedi. Tenchi leaped in front of them "No! Look this
is my decision. This is what I want to do. I have to find out about myself
and this will allow me to do that." Both girls collapsed to their knees.
Tenchi kneeled in front of them. "You two should find out about yourselves.
Ayeka, You haven't seen your parents in 700 years. I think you should spend
sometime with them. You don't want them to be gone before you really get to
know them." Azusa actually looked surprised when he heard this. He may have
to revise his opinion of the boy. "Ryoko, You need to find out what you want
to do with yourself. Whatever happens I will always care for you both."
Tenchi helps them to there feet and hugs them "Take care of yourselves."
They nod not capable of doing anything else. "Tenchi You need not worry
about Mayuka. We'll make sure she is fine." Tenchi smiled at his
great-grandmother and bowed. "Thank you very much." It was at this point
Luke came down stairs. The entire female side of the Misaki household glared
daggers at the Jedi who shivered involuntarily. He looked to Tenchi "Ready?"
The young prince nodded and followed him out the door to the waiting
shuttlecraft. He waved once then entered. The door closed and the ship took
of.
*****
"Shuttle Tydrian, you are cleared to land" the crisp voice of the control
officer brought Tenchi out of his memoirs. "Understood Jurai Control, am
proceeding to coords." Tenchi flipped off the comm. and sighed. He hoped his
stay on Jurai would be a pleasant one. It was at this point two arms grabbed
him from behind. "Are we there yet Daddy!!" Tenchi chuckled "Almost Mayuka,
almost" She squealed and took the seat next to him. Tenchi reflected on her
arrival at the academy four years ago. She'd decided to follow her father in
becoming a Jedi. Her arrival turned quite a few heads, many wondering how
the quite Tenchi had gotten a daughter. Once set straight they quickly came
to love the little girl. A lot of people commented that as long as she was
at the academy no one would fall to the dark side. Tenchi was actually put
in charge of her sword training, something he was sure Luke had a hand in
and had thanked him for. Mayuka now 10 was going to return to the academy
after this trip to Jurai. "I can't wait to see everyone!" Tenchi smiled at
her "Me too." Then arrowed the ship into Jurai's atmosphere.
*****
Sasami watched as the blue white shuttle slowly descended from the sky to
land on the pad. Her own anticipation mirrored in the face of her family and
friends who stood around her. With agonizing slowness the shuttles ramp
extended and Tenchi slowly descended. Even from where she was she could tell
that Tenchi had filled out in the last decade. It took all her will power
not to charge forward and glomp him, after all she was not a little girl
anymore and Ayeke had drilled into her How important it was to act proper at
all.... "Teeennnnchhhiiiiiii!!!!!" Ayeke and Ryoko yelled as they surged
forward. Sasami blinked then charged forward herself followed by Mihoshi and
Washu.
Tenchi sighed heavily but a good-natured smile spread across his face as he
opened his arms to receive the girls. It is a testament to his skill that
the combined might of 5 girls slamming into him at break neck speeds was not
enough to topple or even stagger him. Emperor Azusa grunted as his wives and
Yosho merely smiled at the spectacle. Kiyone slowly approached the fawning
group of women unable to hide her smirk. "I see your absence has done
nothing to dull your effect on women." Tenchi could only manage a smile as
the affectionate girls crushed the air out of him.
This little scene would have gone a little longer had not Azusa cleared his
throat. The girls reluctantly let go of Tenchi. The young prince rose and
bowed before The Emperor of Jurai. "Greetings sir, Ladies, it is a pleasure
to see you again." The older man simply stared at Tenchi for a long moment.
Finally he held out his hand, Tenchi Took it in his own. "Its good to see
you again Tenchi. You're looking well. I hope you enjoy your stay here."
Then he promptly turned around and strode away. Yosho came up and laid a
hand on his shoulder, "He's actual proud of you. He's just not good at
expressing it." Tenchi looked at his grandfather and smiled. "I know, I
could feel it." The older man nodded.
"Hi grandpa!!" Yosho actually jumped, turning around he saw Mayuka smiling
at him, and he grinned back and picked her up. "I see her training is coming
along just fine." Tenchi chuckled, "Yeah, she's just a step behind the twins
Jacen And Jania Solo." Yosho nodded, "well why don't we all head in and
catch up on old times." The small group headed inside.
Elsewhere a pair of eyes watched the scene unfold? "Well?" "It may not be
as easy as we though, but it will be done." "Good.
To be continued
That's all for now folks. Please send C&C.