[FFML] [REFUGE][TENCHI]The Study of a Family Chapter 1 by gunknight

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The Study Of a Family

By GunKnight

Chapter 1

The birds were chirping, the sun was shining, the sky was clear and Mihoshi's ship was sinking into the Masaki pond. All in all, it was a typical day at the Masaki household.

However, since Mihoshi herself had not put in an appearance, the residents of the Misaki household were getting a little concerned. Mihoshi on Earth without adult supervision was a very bad thing.

"She's been down a long time."

"She must have drowned by now, nobody can hold their breath that long."

"Ryoko!" Sasami cried. "That's a mean thing to say!"

Washu laid a comforting hand on Sasami's shoulder.

"Don't worry," she said. "Even if her ship smacked against the bottom the bridge itself has three or four hours of air and it seals off automatically if there's a hull breach"

"Nevertheless, Washu-chan we probably should begin looking for her, there is a strong possibility that she made need our help."

Everybody was a little stunned. Concern for Mihoshi, coming from Ayeka!

"You know, she has a point." Tenchi said. "We can't just wait for her to save herself. Decide who's going to go, I'm letting grandfather know."

"What are you talking about, Let the little ditz ."

Ayeka dragged Ryoko aside by her ear. "Listen you, Washu has got that look in her eyes again and that means unspeakable horrors to my precious Tenchi. Since Mihoshi is one of the few things in this world that can stop that, wouldn't you agree that it is in our best interests to see to it that she is safe and sound?"

Washu with Tenchi: Bad. Washu with Mihoshi while Ryoko was with Tenchi: Great!

"Okay! Let's go rescue the blonde little ditz!"

Once in the lake, finding the ship became harder that they all thought, having forgotten that something that big kicks up a lot of silt when it hits. Miraculously, it had landed somewhat upright, with only a small breach where a hatch had torn itself off. They used it to enter into the cargo hold. In the hold, the water was knee-deep and very cold. The power had failed and only the emergency lights were running.

The deck also had a pronounced slant from where the nose had driven into the bottom

"Okay everybody, we don't have a lot of air with all four of us down here, let's split up to save time." In reality, Tenchi didn't want them doing any more damage to the ship by fighting.

"I'll stay down here and patch the damage." Washuu said. "She'll need it fixed anyway and it'll give us more time to search. And be careful something really went wrong here if her dumb luck wasn't enough to protect her."

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