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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.
Tenchi stood, head bowed in a darkened room. He appeared to be in
his mid Twenties, his hair now hung over his forehead while his
ponytail reached down to mid back he was wearing clothes that
were similar to what he wore as a youth, only adjusted for his filled
out frame. With a snap-hiss he activated his light saber, which
bathed the room in a red glow. A slight smile tugged at his lips
when he thought of the reaction his red blade had gotten when he
first activated it on Yavin. Many of the younger students associated
a red blade with the dark side of the force. He had been able to
convince them otherwise but it'd taken some time. In truth he
wouldn't have chosen red but Washu-chan had given him a red
crystal, as a gift and he'd have felt funny not to use it.
A slight buzzing in the air reminded him of why he was here. He
quickly took a normal Jurian battle stance, and then closed his eyes.
The first remote fired off a stun bolt, which he easily blocked, as
were the next three. Then the 2nd and 3rd remotes began firing.
Tenchi became a blur of movement as he twisted and turned
dodging what he could and blocking the rest, all the while he stayed
in the same spot. Finally the droids beeped, the signal that he'd been
practicing for 10 minutes. The droids would cease fir for 3 minutes
before starting up again, only this time they would work in concert.
Tenchi switched the saber to his right hand, then reversed his grip
so the blade ran parallel to his arm. He then dropped into a more
unorthodox stance. One of things he'd seen at the academy was
that the same basic sword styles was taught to everyone. Jedi
sword techniques were impressive but he'd decided it wouldn't
hurt to learn a few other styles.
The droids started up. Tenchi ducked, weaved and seemingly
danced around the room as he avoided the blaster fire. The
droids adjusted and began to heard him toward a wall. Smiling
slightly Tenchi leapt straight up, and kicked off the wall to sail
over the remotes. As he landed the timer went off signaling the
end of the exercise. That's when the clapping began.
Tenchi sighed as he turned to face the intruder, already knowing who
it was "Mayuka, what have I told you about sneaking into my practice
sessions."
The young blue haired girl smiled sheepishly. "I'm sorry daddy but
the captain had a message for you." She looked up at him curious
"How long did you know I was here?"
Tenchi grabbed a towel of the floor and wiped the sweat from his brow
"Since you walked in. That's why I lead the remotes away from you.
Now what is this about a message?"
The young girl looked up in thought "He said we will reach the
Jurain/GP escort in two hours. He wanted to know if he should be
expecting any royalty to board 'The Venture'."
Tenchi stared off into space for a moment then shook his head. "Tell
him no. We shouldn't see any of the royal family or other nobles
until we reach Jurai." The young girl nodded and turned to go "Oh
and Mayuka, don't forget your meditation drill." She grumbled a
bit but nodded.
As the door closed behind here Tenchi moved to one of the walls.
Touching a button a small section of it moved away to revel molted
blue pattern of hyperspace. The Venture was a modified Corellian
Corvette. One of A fleet of ships dedicated to ferrying various
nobles to and from home any Tenchi leaned against the wall and
thought of how this all began 10 years ago.
*****
Once again Tenchi found himself strapped into one of Washu-chan's
devices.The only difference this time was that it was voluntary.
Washu-chan had explained that she may have found the reason Tenchi
could not call upon the light hawk wings. Considering the ever
increasing number and power of the people arriving at his home to
challenge or kill him he figured it would be in his best interest to
reach his full potential. And to do that he'd need use of the light
Hawk wings.
Craning his neck a bit he was able to spot Washu who was typing
away at her computer. The frown was evident on her face as muttered
about impossible readings. After several minutes of this Tenchi's
curiosity won out.
"Er Washu-chan?" The mad scientist continued her muttering. Clearing
his throat he tried again. "Washu-chan!"
"What!" The Crab haired scientist looked up at him in anger, which
quickly disappeared when she saw who she was speaking to. She
sighed deeply. "I'm sorry Tenchi but these readings are making no
sense. If i read this right you are not creating any Jurian energy nor
have you ever. But that's not possible since I saw you...."
Washu-chan's voice trailed off as her eyes grew bigger.
Tenchi, feeling a bit nervous and left out began to ask what was
going on when she laughed. He stared in complete bewilderment
as the 20,000 year old mad scientist nearly laughed her self off
the chair. After a few moments Washu-chan calmed down and
shook her head. She began typing again.
"You know Tenchi, 5,000 years of imprisonment must have dulled
my skills. It never occurred to me that you could be using another
power, like the force."
Tenchi blinked "The Force? What is that?"
She continued to type away as she answered "Its an energy field
created by all living things. It's everywhere and in everything,
basically it binds the universe together."
Tenchi thought about it for a moment before asking again "Okay,
If I could manipulate this field, how would that explain the Light
Hawk Wings?"
"The force would be capable of pushing away Kagato's dampening
field away allowing you access to Tsunami's power. This would
mean you are a living focus point for Jurain energy like Tenchi-ken
instead of a generator as I thought.
Tenchi nodded as he began to understand. Washu-chan suddenly
smiled in triumph
"Bingo!" She looked at Tenchi and Smiled "Congratulations Tenchi
you have a high Midi-chlorian count."
"Tenchi blinked what the heck's a midi-chlorian?"
She started to release him from the machine as she answered.
"Small microorganism in the blood stream."
Tenchi sat up and rached for his shirt "So they allow me to use the
force?"
Washu-chan looked at Tenchi as if he'd grown another head "No,
God no! How exactly the force is used is still not clear. In fact I
was planning to solve that one after solving the mystery of the
light hawk wings. Any ways, Midi-chlorians are attracted to people
with high force potential. The higher it is the more you've got.
He nodded as he hopped of the table and walked around pieces of
equipment to look at her screen. "So this force is what allowed
me to create light Hawk wings. It pushed away the field allowing
Tsunami to send the power. Which she did again when we were
dealing with Clay and Yuzahara."
She looked up and smiled "Right."
"Okay, how do I train in its use?"
Here Washu-chan became a bit nervous "It would be unwise to try to
train yourself. There are aspects of the force that could destroy you
if you weren't ready for them. The only place you could learn is at
the New Jedi academy on Yavin." Seeing his questioning look she
continued "Its in what is now called the new republic. Here, I'll
give you the information I have on all this so you can make the
right decision." After a few deft touch of the keyboard, Tenchi found
his hands full of books on Jedi lore and Republic history.
He blinked several times "Err..."
Whish was all he got out before Washu-chan ushered him out. "Well
now unless you want to help me with my experiments its time to go."
She blinked at the suddenly vacant laboratory.
*****
It was mid day in the Masaki household, so the girls were either
resting after the morning fights or playing at their hobbies. This
allowed the Young Masaki to slip up the stairs. After a quick check
on Mayuka Tenchi finally entered his room. He set the books down
at the foot of his bed. After laying down in his bed he mulled over
the things Washu had mentioned. He really didn't want to leave but
he was no good to them if he couldn't defend them and he couldn't do
that with out full knowledge of his abilities. A small sigh escaped
his lips. It would be hard on him but it would be harder on the girls.
He had no clue how they'd take it.
His eyes drifted to the books. He couldn't make a decision with out
as much information as he could get. Moving with a little trepidation
he picked up the first book titled. "The History of the Republic."
Opening the cover he began to read.
'A long long time ago in a galaxy far far away....'
*****
3 months later
Tenchi finished packing the last of what he'd take with him to
Yavin. The rest would be shipped later. Outside he could almost
feel the sadness that had descended over the house. Ever since
making the announcement that he was leaving the girls had nearly
gone to pieces. They'd begged him to stay or at least take them
with him. But somehow he'd found the strength to remain firm.
Only Washu-chan had been supportive of his decision at first,
followed by Sasami and kiyone. The others were still convinced
this was a bad idea.
He slung the pack on his back and opened the door and head
outside. Most of the house was gathered near the lake. Already
a Jurain ship hung in the air ready to take him to his rendezvous
with a New republic patrol that would see him to Yavin. He'd
tried to avoid this but gave up when Funaho insisted.
The girls stood almost in a line, seeming like a barricade to the
ship. Gathering his wits he approached them. Ayeka and Ryoko
approached together.
"Tenchi" Ayeka began "I there no way..." Ryoko seemed in cable
of speech but he could see the hope in her eyes. He smiled but
shook his head. Almost in unison their heads bowed. Tenchi tensed,
the last time they'd asked him and he'd replied similarly, Both had
tried to break his legs to force him to stay. It had taken he and his
Grandfather to subdue them both.
He put a hand on both their shoulders "You will be fine, and I won't
be gone forever. But this is a good chance for you both to find out
who you are. Now is the time to find out what you want out of life."
He smiled "You may find I'm not right for you."
Their heads snapped up at this "Lord Tenchi ....!" "Tenchi....!"
He waved them off "At least find out okay?" They both nodded.
The others had joined the first two to form a semi-circle around
the young prince. All except for Washu-chan, She stood with his
father and grandpa closer to the lake, and Mayuka was in her arms.
Tenchi said his good byes then approached the rest, as the others
remained behind.
His father hugged him "Now you be careful, and don't forget to write."
He smiled "I will dad."
Yosho shook his hand before pulling him into a hug "No matter what
happens remember, I am proud of you." Tenchi nodded, unable to speak.
He turned to Washu-chan and his daughter. Mayuka giggled as
he caressed her cheek. "Now you be good for Auntie Washu okay. "
The babe mealy smiled, which Tenchi reciprocated "I love you to
Mayuka."
he looked up at the greatest mad scientist in the universe, and
gave her a quick hug. "Thank you for everything Washu-chan."
Instead of answering she smiled and kissed him on the cheek.
At the same time he felt something being pressed into his hand.
Looking down he saw it was a red crystal. He gave her a questioning
look.
"For your Light saber. With that baby you should be able to
rival Tenchi-ken in pure cutting power. No way am I letting you get
stuck with a substandard weapon." Tenchi was speechless for a
moment. Finally he kissed her on the cheeks. She blinked as if stung
before staring at him in surprise.
"Thank you."
With out further ado he borded the ship.
*****
The beeping of the ships comm brought Tenchi out of his reverie.
Using the force he flipped it on. "Tenchi here. What is it?" The calm
voice that came over the comm confirmed it was the ships captain
"Just wanted you to know we will be reverting to real space in 45
minutes. I thought it would be a good idea for you to be on the
bridge." Tenchi thought it over for a second. "I'll be up there in
30 minutes." "Very good sir." The comm clicked off. Tenchi took
a deep breath, 'And so the next chapter in my life is about to begin'
Grabbing his towel Tenchi headed for the shower.
Notes:
Well, it took way longer than it should have but I finally revised
this little story. This came about out of a desire to write something
other than Ranma � Stories. I will get back to the ones I've
already started. C&C would be greatly appreciated.