Author Note: Hello and welcome to the start of what I hope is accepted as a story worthy of the "Tenchi" series.


Time line: Five years before the famous events of the current era.

There was a minor event at the Galaxy Police Academy. In the middle of the night, an unknown group had attacked the academy's off-limit hangar area and made off with a wide array of new weapons. The exact details of what took place were classified under Article X, Section 23 and sealed under the authority of the GP Grand Marshal, Minami Kuramitsu. Information used to explain the damage of the academy's hangars stated that the damage was due to improper storage of Space Cruiser fuel. The resulting explosion was given as the reason for the lack of survivors. This was enough to fulfill the curiosity of the media's investigation to the deaths of the workers at the hangar.

However… several individual witnesses had stated that there was some kind of battle that took place and the Galaxy Police were covering up the conflict inside a neutral area as an accident.

Fast forward to the current time.

The Jurian Coup by the false emperor Kagato and the successful defeat by the hands of the one called Tenchi became an intergalactic media sensation.

Four months later, the criminal known as KAIN escaped from his subspace room at Galaxy Police Headquarters and instantly vaporized the HQ resulting in the apparent loss of hundreds of lives. Thanks in part to a device from the mad scientist Washuu, the G.P.H.Q. was found not destroyed, but transported into subspace by KAIN as part of his revenge and returned to its regular position in space after the sudden and permanent disappearance of KAIN.

This brings time to now...

While peace and stability rules over most of space… a strange vessel floats along the edge of the Solar System's asteroid belt as it sits silent waiting for the operator to fix what appears to be a "minor" problem.

Episode 1: No Need for Old Friends

Within the confines of the strange multi-colored vessel, a single individual works on trying to get the unit operational. "Oh come on…" Taking a small electronic device out of the pocket of small pouch, the person looks through a pair of heavy glasses as a laser scorches a few wires under an exposed panel together to form a new circuit. The cockpit of the vessel is set up as a 360 panoramic design allowing full view of the unit's position. After the quick repairs, the person pulls back the glasses over his long front bangs and smiles. "Ok, time to get out of this technological ancient system…"

Flicking a few switches and closing the panel shut, the machine begins to start up. The ship's main camera comes back online to show his location just outside the system's massive collection of asteroids. Almost immediately, an alarm goes off as a lone space rock heads directly for the cockpit of the uniquely designed vessel and crashes hard into it. Shaking the pilot around in his seat, the power to the cockpit goes dead again. "Aww, DAMN IT!"

Out of frustration, the pilot kicks something inside the darkened cockpit. Unknown to him, what he had just bashed with his foot was an oxygen feeder to the cockpit. While several of these feeds existed, the force of his kick caused more damage than what was heard. The situation was dire as the cockpit had not been lacking proper repairs and the force of the kick somehow created a tiny leak in the sealed cockpit.

Six hours later…

While on routine patrol of their sector of space, the Galaxy Police ship Yagami was cruising back from the outer limits of the Solar System and made its way through the asteroid belt. In the dual cockpit of the bright red cruiser, Officer Kiyone was busy keeping watch while her less than proficient partner was keeping herself busy by sleeping on duty. "If only we didn't have to give up our cushy desk jobs in order to come back to Earth…" Looking under her left wrist, Kiyone set Yagami on auto-pilot and was ready to take a fast break when the scanners picked up a faint distress signal.

Sitting back into her chair, a map of their jurisdiction popped up with a marker showing the exact location of the call. "Strange… there aren't any regular ships that pass inside the asteroid belt of this system." Changing the Yagami's route, a new destination was programmed to check out the source of the call. "Since it's on our way back, I'm sure it's nothing."

Meanwhile, with in the still malfunctioning multicolored vessel… the male pilot leans back in the chair as the machine's emergency power keeps the cameras and communication systems still online. Reaching into a small packet, he dumps out the contents into his right palm only to discover crumbs. "Figures… this is what I get for trying to cut through backwater systems." Looking at an incomplete map of the area, he sighs and crumples up the paper object. "Lousy outdated piece of…"

Tossing the ball against the monitor, a small light blinks in the distance of space. "Hmm, now who could that be?" A small continuous beeping goes off as someone tries to flag down the troubled vessel. The incoming ship dwarfs the much smaller spaceship while Kiyone scans the ship for contraband. Finding nothing that could draw attention, a voice belonging to one of the Galaxy Police's finest comes out of the unmoving ship's speakers.

"This is Officer Makibi of the Galaxy Police…" The voice breaks off for a second as Kiyone picks up her clipboard to take down notes and sighs. "We picked up your distress signal… what seems to be the trouble?"

"Hold on a second… I need to get my monitor online." After a few seconds, a video link between the vastly different ships is established. "That's better… AH!" Looking at the screen, the pilot's toast brown eyes spot something familiar to him as the picture clears up. Calming down, the picture sharpens to allow easy communication. "It's been a while hasn't it Kiyone?"

Hearing the voice, her pen stops on the paper as the answering voice rings into her head. "Psy?" The face of a young man with jet black bangs over his face shows on her screen as each of them appear on the other's monitor. A slight smile crosses her face as he pushes away some of the hair from his eyes. "I never expected to see you in this part of space… Psy Taiwedo."

Smiling weakly, Psy scratches the back of his head and sighs. "Yea, about that…" A small explosion underneath the nose of Psy's vessel rocks the entire ship as Kiyone looks on. Suddenly, several different warnings pop up around the panoramic cockpit's numerous screens catching his attention as the ear piercing alarm goes off as well. Pulling out a keyboard from under the monitor, Psy slams his fingers against the keys as he finds the source of the alarm. "Oh no…"

The alarm was so loud that its echo inside the Yagami it caused Kiyone to cover her ears as the sleeping Mihoshi mumbled while continuing to sleep in her chair. "Psy, what's the problem? That explosion sounded bad…"

"It's worse than that…" A loud hissing sound begins to grow louder as the connection grows weak. "It seems I broke the main oxygen feed." His breathing grew labored as the air became thinner with each passing second. Clicking a few combinations of key strokes, Psy sat back in his chair and relaxed his body. "Hey Kiyone… would you mind taking me aboard your ship?" Smiling weakly, his head jerks to the right and slumps down as the hissing continues.

The green haired officer cuts off communication as she tosses aside the clipboard thus knocking Mihoshi out of her sleep. "Kiyone… where are you?" Rubbing her eyes softly, Mihoshi yawns loudly as her partner is busy loading the strange vessel at Yagami's spare repair hangar. "Damn it Psy…" Pulling down on a lever at the control panel, the strangely shaped wings of Psy's ship are locked down by several small mechanical arms. "If you die, I'll end up with even more paper work!"

Jumping onto a lift, Kiyone travels up to the vessel's cockpit and rips open the hatch with one of Yagami's internal arms. Reaching into the darkened cockpit, she grabs onto the blacked out pilot and drags him out. Feeling for a sight of life against the side of his neck, she finds an existing yet weak pulse. "Thank god… huh?" The officer finds herself floating off of the repair deck as she contacts the control room. "Mihoshi, what's going on?!"

"I was just trying to make coffee and now the gravity system isn't working. Sorry Kiyone…" Giving herself a well deserved face palm, Kiyone growls out of frustration. "Ah geez… let me stick this guy in the sick bay and I'll be right there." Pushing against the bar of the lift, she pulls the unmoving Psy through the zero gravity environment towards the exit. As Psy's body remained inactive, his mind began to wander through his memories.

Oh hell no, anything but a flashback.

End of Episode 1

Preview for next time:

As Psy's mind continues to wander around, memories of his past with a certain police officer has made their existence known…

Teenage Psy: I can't believe this, life within the GP Academy sucks! Unbearable curfew, tough classes, and… (watches as several of his fellow female cadets pass by) never mind.

Next time on Gundam Muyo

Episode Two: No Need for Academy Life

Psy: You're a nice person Kiyone… even if everyone says you're a stuck up teacher's pet.

Kiyone: Gee thanks…


Author Note: What's this? Possible character development in a fanfic… SAY IT ISN'T SO!