Prologue
Gentle rays of afternoon sun caressed the glassy surface of the small lake near the Masaki shrine, reflecting a crystalline blue sky. A soft breeze blew through the long, summer grass, causing it to dance to a tune only the earth could hear. Insects droned lazily from flower to flower as the suns rays played off their backs. It was a quiet summer day, and a beautiful one at that. Tenchi sat on the steps to the shrine enjoying that beauty, smiling gently and sighing in content as he brought his face to the sky, reveling in the warmth it provided. The same warm breeze blew through the trees of the forest, ruffling his red t-shirt and plain tan slacks, his short hair taking the same steps as the grass had.
He couldn't believe it had been 4 years already. 4 years since their adventures in Tokyo, and their fight against Yugi.
A part of Tenchi had gone missing since that day, a part of him unrequited to an emotion he could not keep under the surface. One name had stayed on his mind since that day, and that one name was his only wish, if ever he had one.
Sighing again, this time in emotional exhaustion, Tenchi began his ascent to the shrine grounds, broom in hand.
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A single light emanated from a floating control panel in the middle of a dark chamber. Here a woman with long, unruly red hair and inquisitive green eyes sat, her fingers dancing across the panel in a formation only she knew. A red dot appeared on the screen she was looking at, which momentarily caught her attention. Her eyes narrowed as she read the inscription carefully, but they widened more than before when she realized what this meant.
"She's up." She murmured into the gloom.
Gentle rays of afternoon sun caressed the glassy surface of the small lake near the Masaki shrine, reflecting a crystalline blue sky. A soft breeze blew through the long, summer grass, causing it to dance to a tune only the earth could hear. Insects droned lazily from flower to flower as the suns rays played off their backs. It was a quiet summer day, and a beautiful one at that. Tenchi sat on the steps to the shrine enjoying that beauty, smiling gently and sighing in content as he brought his face to the sky, reveling in the warmth it provided. The same warm breeze blew through the trees of the forest, ruffling his red t-shirt and plain tan slacks, his short hair taking the same steps as the grass had.
He couldn't believe it had been 4 years already. 4 years since their adventures in Tokyo, and their fight against Yugi.
A part of Tenchi had gone missing since that day, a part of him unrequited to an emotion he could not keep under the surface. One name had stayed on his mind since that day, and that one name was his only wish, if ever he had one.
Sighing again, this time in emotional exhaustion, Tenchi began his ascent to the shrine grounds, broom in hand.
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A single light emanated from a floating control panel in the middle of a dark chamber. Here a woman with long, unruly red hair and inquisitive green eyes sat, her fingers dancing across the panel in a formation only she knew. A red dot appeared on the screen she was looking at, which momentarily caught her attention. Her eyes narrowed as she read the inscription carefully, but they widened more than before when she realized what this meant.
"She's up." She murmured into the gloom.