PRINCESS, PIRATE, POLICEWOMAN, WIFE...
Author: Daferge
Disclaimer: Tenchi Muyo! is copyright AIC/Pioneer Ltd.
All respective characters are property of their original owners. All original characters and ideas are property of the author.
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Chapter 01... ( It Begins... )...
(In the mountains west of Okayama, Japan )
A very bright sun shone down upon the local Shinto temple known to the locals as the Masaki Shrine...
Rested on the top of a hill, surrounded by dense woods, it overlooks a small lake...
A long set of stairs, which lead up to the temple, allowed for a very secluded and peaceful setting...
Just the place to get away from the tension of daily life and relax...
However today was going to be any thing, BUT peaceful...
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Katsuhito Masaki, the Shinto priest who was over seeing the temple ( named for his family ) , stood in full Shinto Priest attire today...
Today, he was wearing his very best robes...
Robes made from the finest silks, presented to him as a present by Emperor Go-Daigo himself...
And THAT had been almost 400 years ago...
He hadn't had an occasion to wear it in at least 300 years...
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Needless to say, Katsuhito wasn't your ordinary Shinto priest...
Before crash landing on Earth, he had been known as Lord Yosho Masaki Jurai, The Crown Prince of Jurai...
Jurai being a world and an Empire that covered a vast area of stars and star systems...
But it was quite a few light years away, almost a week's travel at normal speed...
The thought that his attire might choose now to fall apart, did concern him, but this was just too important and these WERE his very best attire...
He smiled, he though it worth the risk...
As long as he didn't have to get too physical...
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Today was the day he'd been looking forward too for some 700 years, since getting here...
He smiled and shook his head...
He had a way of seeing things before they happen, but today was something he had never foreseen...
The Masaki shrine had been created 700 years ago as a sort of protection for the world from a powerful demon that was sealed within a cave near the shrine...
And he'd been here, most of the time, as the local priest watching over that demon, making sure it didn't some how get out...
For a terrible curse would fall upon all who faced the demon..
Then, just over a year ago, the demon had been released...
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Katsuhito looked at the three males standing before him...
The older one, with the digital camera, was his son-in-law, Nobuyuki Masaki, who'd gone to school with his daughter and after graduating, had married her...
He was all smiles and taking pictures of everything that moved or didn't move...
To make sure he didn't miss anything, he had an extra camera in each jacket pocket, just in case he ran out of pix space on the camera or the battery died...
After his daughter's death, the two had taken care of the tall young man standing next to Nobuyuki, their son and grandson, Tenchi Masaki...
Who'd been responsible for the demon's release and was now about to face up to his responsibilities because of his actions...
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And right now he wasn't thinking about 'responsibilities', all he was thinking about were the three visions of heaven approaching him...
Three goddesses in matching elegant white gowns were coming straight towards him...
Each had a bow of flowers that matched the color of their eyes...
Quickly, he rubbed his nose and looked at his hand...
He smiled...
Good... No blood...
Behind him, Nobuyuki sighed and passed some money up to his father-in-law , but smiled...
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The smiling, dark haired angel in the middle was Ayeka Masaki Jurai, 1st princess of Jurai and Katsuhito's ( Prince Yosho ) half sister...
The smiling, blonde haired angel on her right was Mihoshi Kuramitsu, a Galaxy Police Detective first class...
The smiling, light haired angel on her left was Ryoko Hakubi, ex-Space Pirate, better known to some as the Demon of Jurai...
The very same DEMON that Yosho had been watching and that Tenchi had released...
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Tenchi's eye's went to the two figures just ahead of the three angels...
In the lead was a young girl with bluish hair and a big smile, Sasami Masaki Jurai, the 2nd princess of Jurai and Ayeka's little sister...
She had a basket of pedals and every so often was throwing pedals about for those following to walk on...
Behind her, was a tall, attractive, feline young lady, smiling and holding a small pillow...
This was Ryo-ohki Hakubi, Ryoko's little sister ( and part-time spaceship )...
Today she was carrying the pillow upon which rested four rings...
She'd spent several weeks, practicing how to walk in her adult form, just so she could be the ring holder...
Behind her, Ryoko smiled as she watched her, she was so very proud of her little sister...
Tenchi and the others were watching too and like Ryoko, they were all very proud of her, too...
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A small crowd was gathered, one group on ether side of the path the girls were walking down, to witness this very special event...
On the right was the Juraian Royal party, made up of THE highest members of the Juraian Royal Family...
Azusa Masaki Jurai, the Emperor of Jurai, father of Katsuhito ( Prince Yosho ) as well as of Ayeka and Sasami...
And his two wifes, 1st Queen Funaho Masaki Jurai ( Yosho's mother ) and 2nd Queen Misaki Masaki Jurai the mother of Yosho's half sisters, Ayeka and Sasami...
Also present was Lady Seto Kamiki Jurai, also known as the Devil Princess of Jurai and queen Misaki's mother, watching from behind her fan...
The dark haired gentleman standing next to her, with a thick bushy mustache was Utsutsumi Kamiki Jurai, Lady Seto's spouse...
The young lady at her side was Noike Kamiki Jurai, Seto's adopted daughter, a Galaxy Police officer like Mihoshi and the aunt of Ayeka and Sasami...
Behind them were princess Ayeka's Jurai Guardians, a pair of very large floating wooden logs, called Azaka and Kamidake
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On the other side stood the Grand Marshal of the Galaxy Police Minami Kuramitsu, Mihoshi's grandfather, who was here to represent the Kuramitsu family and watch his favorite grand-daughter get married...
Mihoshi's parents, as well as others, would be at the OFFICIAL ( and very likely HUGE) wedding that was to take place at a later date on JURAI, before the assimbled Royal Court and the people of Jurai...
The Blue haired young lady next to him was Detective First Class Kiyone Makibi of the GP, Mihoshi's ex-partner and her very best friend...
The silver haired lady with face paint standing next to Kiyone was Nagi Katsumoro, probably the most feared Bounty Hunter in the entire galaxy with Ken-ohki, her pet cabbit and ( like Ryo-Ohki ) part-time spaceship, on her shoulder...
Next was a gentleman with partly gray hair in a simi-military uniform, Captain Fragga, an ex-pirate, now bar owner and who was one of Ryoko's very few long time friends...
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Standing to the side as a group, were four females, dressed in formal Galaxy Police uniforms...
They weren't here because of Tenchi, they were here with the young boy (man?) standing next to Tenchi, their captain, 15 year old Seina Yamada, Tenchi's friend and best man...
And since Seina was known for his BAD luck, it was thought best that his crew, who seem to be able to counter act his bad luck, should also be present...
The one with brown hair was Seina's first officer and life time friend, Kiriko Masaki ( She had watched him grow and even baby sat him... )...
Next, with short blonde hair, was Amane Kaunaq, an attractive former Galaxy super model from a rich family, who had become a GP officer to prove herself, she'd introduced Seina to the GP and now found herself drawn to him...
The attractive, dark hair female standing next to her was Ryoko Balta, the Space Pirate MOST wanted by the Galaxy Police ( at least the GP males ) and who ( to the delight of all those males ) had recently been allowed to join the GP or Seina's crew to be precise...
The fourth female was a young girl of about 10 (or so she seem)...
In reality, she was Neju Na Melmas, the former 2000 year old High Priestess of Melmas, who had just recently stepped down and had also chosen to join Seina's crew in the GP...
And then, last but not least, standing just to the side, was a tall, attractive red-haired female, Washu Hakubi, the Greatest Scientist in the Whole Universe and the mother/creator of both Ryoko and Ryo-Ohki...
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As Sasami reached the alter and Tenchi, she looked up at him and smiled...
Smiling back, he winked, she was like the little sister he'd never had and he loved her as much as he did her older sister...
Sasami slowly passed Tenchi and soon joined Nobuyuki behind him...
Ryo-Ohki slowly stepped up to the alter and carefully set the ring pillow on it...
There was joy in her eyes for being able to make it, she turned and smiled at Tenchi...
Through her link with Washu and Ryoko, she could hear them whispering how well she'd done, but it was Tenchi's smile that had her full attention...
Tenchi smiled at her, like Sasami she was like a little sister, he bowed his head, so he didn't see her blush...
He didn't see Ryoko and Washu blush ether, for all three were effected...
Getting her breath back, Ryo-ohki managed to join Sasami with Nobuyuki...
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This small group of people were gethered here for one very important reason...
To watch Tenchi Masaki, a simple young boy from this small backwoods planet, who only a year or so ago had discovered that he was a prince of Jurai, marry these three very beautiful galactic females...
As the three Galaxy beauties reached the alter, they moved to stand to it's right, while Tenchi stood to it's left...
The three females stood as one, all equal in his eyes and in his heart...
So, he would accept their hands in marriage, as one...
And he wanted his grandfather to due the honors, so had the girls...
Tenchi knew that the Queens had already been planning a far more elaborate ceremony to take place on planet Jurai for the entire Empire to see at a later date...
It had been one of the things they'd had to agree to, to get this small, simple ceremony...
The last he'd heard, it would make the recent Olympic games in China look like just a local neighborhood street baseball game...
He just hoped they all survived it...
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As the four stood before Katsuhito, they all had thoughts going through their heads...
A smiling Ayeka...
The life and the love of my dreams...
A smiling Mihoshi...
My destiny!... My destiny!... My destiny!... My destiny!...
A grinning Ryoko...
He's mine!... He's mine!... He's mine!... He's mine!...
And a smiling Tenchi...
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It wasn't the ceremony that had Tenchi concerned, it was that Washu had announced that she had a surprise for them, afterwards...
Be afraid, be very afraid...
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As Washu watched, she felt some soft laughter in the back of her head...
Looking over at where Sasami and Ryo-Ohki were standing next to Tenchi's father, she noticed the image of Tsunami standing behind Sasami...
Tsunami was watching over the girls and smiling...
But sensing Washu looking at her, she turned and smiled back at her...
Again Washu heard the laughter...
She closed her eyes...
Tokimi !!
From somewhere, deep within the fabric of space and time, Washu could heard a very soft, joyous laughter...
to be continued...
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