I do not own Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki or the Shin Tenchi Muyo! novels nor do I claim ownership of Masaki Kajishima's various doujins explaining his works. All characters related to Tenchi Muyo! are copyrighted by someone, someone who isn't me. All original characters are totally mine, and there are quite a few of them. This story takes place in Masaki Kajishima's TM! universe but the focus is on an original character. Please read and review or I'll dance menacingly at the kitchen cabinets.
Preface
The universe is a vast and mysterious place. Unfathomably expansive, in the over four hundred thousand years of recorded history there are still areas yet unexplored by mankind. Even still, if one could afford a long enough lifespan, and if one were lucky, one might find themselves at the apex of the universe; the dimensional summit. There lies all the knowledge of the universe; there one can directly communicate with the gods…
"You called, my master." bowed the archangel Ryonosuke as he descended into the third dimension. The great hall made him appear as tiny as a speck, and the great face of the dimensional supervisor, D3, seemed very ominous and holy in that majestic setting.
"Ryonosuke, as you are aware our lady Tokimi has discovered that which she has sought, and you are no longer needed to continue you're previous role." the higher dimensional entity spoke telepathically. It is true that D3 could easily be mistaken for god.
"Heh." smirked the messenger of death, "Destroying galaxies was not simply my job, Master, it was my hobby."
"Ryonosuke, the creation of anomalies is no longer necessary. But the extreme deharmonization of existence caused by the rewinding of time by the Choushin has undoubtedly caused several small anomalies to crop up in the multiverse."
"?" Ryo was curious as to what task he would be assigned to.
"I am placing you in charge of cataloguing all of the anomalies caused by the great experiment." D3 commanded. He knew that for Ryo this boring and tedious task would be an extreme change in pace, but a being like Ryo needed to be kept occupied, lest he should find ways to occupy himself.
"I cannot comprehend the boredom I will now endure." he bowed before translocating to the area where the great whale dwelled. Waiting for him were two mortal looking youngsters of roughly sixteen and seventeen of age.
"Master." they bowed in unison. The mighty archangel floated above, wings outstretched.
"Our new duty is to find and catalogue cosmic anomalies." Ryonosuke informed them.
"From the distortion?" asked the older.
"All of them." The archangel replied.
"Will we encounter any in the same class as Z?" asked the younger.
"Z class, I like that." The archangel smiled. "No. The goddesses will never again have to deal with an entity like Z. Thank fate, I can not say I liked that man in the least." he answered. It was true that Ryo envied Z's power; that ultimate power, the life energy of the Choushin, the Light Hawk Wings.
"Why would Master D3 give such a tedious order to you?" asked the older.
"He wants to keep me occupied for a bit longer. Of course it will seem like a lot longer than a bit for you two." he smiled nostalgically, "I will miss destroying worlds. But for now we must accomplish the task at hand."
"Master Ryo, why has Lady Tokimi not made you the dimensional supervisor?" asked the older.
"I would not want that job my pupil. I am quite fond of these third dimensional beings." he smiled softly, "Not all of them mind you, only a few. In fact, I'd consider the existence of the majority of humans to be a sin in itself."
Section 1: A River like A Man
The Galaxy Police; a large organization geared towards protecting the peace and serving the public good that spans territories across the galaxy. Its power could rival most nations, but it's only allegiance is with the common people, if you are so inclined to believe that. Truth is the GP is pretty much run by the Kurimitsu Family of Seniwa. Once a powerful rival of the Juraian Empire, Seniwa is now on friendly terms and the two nations use the Galaxy Police's resources for their mutual advantages. Since it doesn't officially belong to any single nation, the Galaxy Police raises most of its funds with its amazing delivery service. Who better to deliver a package safely than highly trained officers of the law, right? Usually…
But because it delivers goods to so many places across the universe, the GP delivery service is often the target of space pirates. To combat this problem the Galaxy Police Transporter Decoy Department was set up. The job was very dangerous and the department was always overworked and its workers overstressed, until a young Earth boy was recruited as the first captain of an experimental new Galaxy Police Transporter Decoy ship. Fate had it in for this boy; because he was a cosmic anomaly he was possessed of horrible luck. Luck so bad it affected even those around him. So bad that if he were to try traveling through space he would certainly get attacked by pirates no matter the odds of the area. He was the perfect man for an experimental decoy ship, and because of his efforts most all of the Galaxy Union's major Pirate guilds have been disbanded, captured, and/or otherwise neutralized. After he was sent on something of a political mission to the Renza Union, the GP delivery service opted to cut the decoy department's budget, now that they only needed to deal with the rogue pirates left over from the guilds.
Poorly funded and housed in a previously abandoned section of the GP delivery offices is the new Galaxy Police Transporter Decoy Department. The only thirteen ship captains double as department heads and such. And just now one such man-in-charge has been called down to Galaxy Police Chief Nobeyama's office. Chief Nobeyama was one of many section chiefs, and he was particularly famous for being directly in charge of the Galaxy Police Marshal's granddaughter Kurimitsu Mihoshi. Being in charge of Mihoshi meant always having the bills and damage reports that the section captain was too frustrated to deal with stacked high atop your desk, and Nobeyama was easily excepted as the most stressed out man at HQ.
"You wanted to see me sir?" asked department head and squinty eyed Captain Togashi Tonigawa as he entered the office.
"Yes have a seat." the chief replied as he pinched the bridge of his nose. Tonigawa could tell he had a headache, but his desk was surprisingly void of papers. He seemed very tired.
"Um.."
"Eh…" moaned the chief slightly as though in some pain, "…. Do you want some coffee?" he stood from his seat slowly and walked to his personal coffee machine. Well it actually got him whatever food or drink he typed it to, but he usually just needed coffee.
"Sure." replied Tonigawa. Nobeyama poured the glass and set it in front of the captain before sitting back down with his own.
"I… I understand that you are friends with a few of the Kurimitsus?" Nobeyama looked Tonigawa in the eyes.
"I'm everybody's friend." he smiled.
"So I hear." the chief sipped his coffee. "You like your coffee? I didn't even ask how you took yours."
"Oh, no I like it. It's good." Tonigawa smiled before taking another sip. "Um, if you don't mind me asking what's this about?"
"Well…" he replied rather forcedly, "As I understand it your department is rather poorly funded and your staff is short handed."
"Yes." Tonigawa agreed. Nobeyama looked into his coffee for a few seconds.
"In fact I'd probably say that your decoy services are generally overlooked…. Often replaced even with GP escort ships when an important package is to be delivered." he looked back at Tonigawa. "Am I right?"
"Well, yes." he nodded.
"In fact…" Nobeyama stood from his seat and looked out his window. "I would bet that, if one of your ships went missing for a few days, well I don't know if anyone would even really notice." Tonigawa raised an eye brow.
"You're a spy." Tonigawa uttered the words. Nobeyama smiled exhaustedly.
"I would like your finest team to deliver a package, safely, in exchange for better funding and maybe even renovations to the leftovers you are forced to call a department office." he said at last before sitting back down.
"I'm all ears." was his answer.
"I hate that expression…." Nobeyama sighed.
"Heh! Yeah, imagine if I actually was all ears! I mean, that'd be kind of weird." Tonigawa agreed. Nobeyama didn't smile. "Ahem."
"So you accept the terms?"
"Umm…" Tonigawa looked up and then back at the chief, "You haven't really said anything other than we're to safely deliver a package…"
"Well those are the terms."
"That leaves plenty of room for interpretation I mean…" he scooted in his seat forward a bit.
"No it doesn't. Just get it there safe and without anyone knowing you're delivering anything." The chief leaned in closer. "It's very important that we keep secrecy our top priority."
"Even over delivering the package?" asked Tonigawa with a raised index finger.
"….." Nobeyama stared at him. "What kind of jackass question is that?"
"Sorry."
"Not delivering it safely is not even an option."
"Is secrecy an option?"
"No."
"Is declining your request an option?"
"No."
"W-What? What do you mean no!"
"You already know too much, if you don't do this I'll have to have you killed."
"A-Are you serious!"
"If I am I'd be scared if I were you."
"Wait a minute… Does that mean your not?"
"Aren't I, Togashi-san? Aren't I?"
"What?"