Oh boy, oh boy! I'm so excited! This chapter of this story will be my first ever published fanfic! Now, I have written fanfics, so I don't care how hard you go on this one. Criticize me all you want, I don't care, as long as it's said nicely. Of course, if you _do_ like my fic, feel free to tell me....

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters except Oni, and I do not own Tenchi Muyo. Pioneer owns them, I think, and whoever else owns them also owns them. (How's that for a no-brainer?)

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Washu's second daughter

Chapter 1: Oni's Arrival

"Miiiiiiiiiiiiyyyyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaa!" screamed the small blue ship as she shuttled through a group of her attackers, a fleet of Galaxy Police ships that were blocking her way.

"That's it, Rai-ohki!" praised Oni, the captian, owner, and only being on the ship as she stood fearlessly at the helm, giving comands to her friend. "They'll be sorry they even _dreamed_ of taking us on!" Almost as if accepting Oni's challenge, the many ships began to surround Rai-ohki. A voice could be heard from inside one of the crafts.

"We have you surrounded!" it yelled. "There's no means of escape even you could maneuver! It would be wise for you to surrender, Oni!"

"Oh, yeah?" said Oni. "Is that so?" She turned to a prism that floated nearby. "Rai-ohki, gap at four o'clock."

"Miii," answered a cabbit's face on the prism.

Rai-ohki began to glow as she warmed up her turbos. "Miiiiii," she hissed threateningly to the ships.

Meanwhile, Oni shook her head. "Show-off," she muttered. Even as the words left her mouth, the cabbit took off, firing lasers at the ships in her path, zig-zagging through space as and evasion tactic. Soon, they were flying through a cluster of exploding ships. "Alright!" cheered Oni. "Almost home free, eh, Rai-ohki?"

"Miiiiyyyaaaa!!!!" the cabbit agreed, picking up speed once the fleet had nearly disappeared behind them.

A chair materialized under Oni just in time to catch her as she sat down hard. A slight smile touched her lips. "Well, that was fun," she said. "You know, without the GP, my life would be so boring."

Several deep blue, cabbit-faced prisms floated closer to their captain, who gazed thoughtfully into the faces. They were all identical: with black fur scattered with glittering gold hairs, big teardrop eyes, a blue round jewel on the forehead. Oni sighed. "I guess we'll never be able to find that Ryoko, huh?" she said.

"Mii," the faithful cabbit answered sadly.

"Oh well," said Oni, instantly cheering up. "It sure has been tons of fun looking."

"Miii!" protested Rai-ohki.

"Come on, Rai-ohki! Just tell me this hasn't been a blast!" said the reckless teen.

"Mi."

"Party pooper."

Suddenly, a voice came from out of nowhere: "Alright, Oni, I've got you now! This is for all of my fellow officers killed today!"

Oni jumped up. "What the--"

But she couldn't finish that thought; Rai-ohki was going down, fast! The last thing Oni saw was a small blue orb floating in space before she passed quietly out.

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Tenchi wiped his brow as he walked back to the house, a load of carrots on his back. The sun beat down on him, not helping to relieve the heat from his labors. Still, he was relieved to get his chores done for the day.

"Tenchi!" came an excited cry. Before the poor boy knew what was happening, he was being glomped by a very clingy woman with spiky cyan hair.

The carrots tumbled out of the basket and fell to the ground. All Tenchi could do was gently pry Ryoko off of him and start to pick up the goods. "Ohayo, Ryoko," he said unenthusiastically.

"Oh, Tenchi, isn't it a lovely morning?" asked Ryoko, cheerfully helping Tenchi with his load.

"Beautiful," grumbled Tenchi. "So, what are you doing up so early?"

Ryoko blinked. "What do you mean? It's almost noon!"

"Exactly what I said."

"You shouldn't be so cold, Tenchi," Ryoko pouted at his tone. "I was just trying to turn over a new leaf and be a better person. Isn't waking up earlier a _good_ trait?"

Tenchi looked up at Ryoko. "Yeah, it is. I'm sorry, Ryoko. I'll try and be more supportive."

By this time, the two found themselves at the Masaki shrine, where they found the residents of the household busying themselves with one thing or another. Yosho was sweeping the yard, Mihoshi was, as usual, napping on the porch, and Sasami was carrying out a large picnic basket. Everyone else was spreading out a blanket in front of the house. Sasami walked up to them with her basket. "Ryoko, Tenchi! We decided to have lunch out in the yard today," the young princess explained. "Care to join us?"

"Alright!" cheered Ryoko and instantly teleported onto the blanket that had been laid out. "Come here, Tenchi, I saved you a seat!" she called.

Beside her, Aeka fumed. "Excuse me, bakemono, but _I already saved Tenchi-sama a seat. Why don't you go sit by your mother, Ryoko?" Ayeka's tone was mocking, and Ryoko flushed angrily.

Washu looked up from her laptop. "Oh, that's all right, Ayeka-san. I'm sure she'll be perfectly comfortable right there," Washu's face took on a mischievous expression, "beside Tenchi-sama."

Sticking out her tongue at Ayeka, Ryoko sat down, pulling Tenchi with her. 'Thanks, Washu,' she thought, grinning happily.

The picnic continued as usual, Ryoko and Ayeka fighting over Tenchi, Sasami trying to keep the peace, Mihoshi trying to have a pleasant conversation with Yosho, and Washu typing at her laptop and talking half-heartedly to Naboyuki. Every now and then, Ryo-ohki would let out a happy "Miya!" and nibble on her carrot.

The cheery noises were broken by the splash from the lake in front of the Masaki shrine. All conversation stopped abruptly, and Washu cleared her throat, beckoning everyone to look at her. "It would appear that a spacecraft has landed in the lake," she explained simply.

Ayeka looked at Washu in annoyance. "Well, that's a little obvious, isn't it?"

"Well, of course, Ayeka-san. It wouldn't be any fun otherwise, now would it?"

"But--!" Ayeka began. She stopped. "But that would mean..." Everyone looked from Mihoshi, to the lake, and back a couple of times.

The GP officer fidgetted under all the glances. "What?" she asked nervously. "Why is everyone looking at me? Guys? Hey, stop it!"

"If it's not Mihoshi..." began Ryoko.

"Then who...?" asked Sasami.

"Well," said Tenchi, getting up from the picnic blanket, "there's only one way to find out."

Ayeka and Mihoshi clung to Tenchi worriedly as the group made its way to the lake, though no one seemed to notice. Tenchi was just glad that Ryoko was too busy trying to see the object that had fallen to start anything with the two girls. She was right, though. There was something more to worry about than to start a fight over Tenchi, so the group walked in silence to the lake.

A young girl climbed wearily over the hill, panting and gasping. She had icy lavendar hair pulled into a spiky ponytail and eyes of a green that was just as pale as the lavender of her hair. She seemed younger than most of the girls that had previously made their way to the Masaki residence, but older than Sasami, maybe in her mid-teens. This girl's build was that of Washu's, petite and slim, and she was about the same height as Washu as well.

Near the front of the group, Washu froze, her eyes wide open. "Oni," she said.

The girl finished brushing off her clothes and turned to the group. She also froze as her eyes met Washu's. "Mom?" Her voice was meek.

Ryoko stared at the newcomer. "You've gotta be kidding me, Washu!" she said. "She's your daughter?"

"You could say that," Washu answered sheepishly. She turned to Oni. "So, where've you been, anyway, Oni? And where's Rai-ohki?"

"Rai-ohki's over in the lake messing around," Oni pointed down the hill at the pond, "and we've been looking for Ryoko. I'm sorry, Mom, but we just couldn't find her for you."

A throat cleared behind Oni. She turned around to see Ryoko, who had obviously teleported to be there. "Looks to me like you just did," she said.

Oni blinked. "You? You're Ryoko?" she said in surprise. "No offense but I imagined you more...bookish, I guess is the word."

Ryoko laughed. "Me? 'Bookish'? Oh, that's rich!"

"Well, you *are* my daughter, Ryoko," Washu said. "You *should* have been a little more intellectual. I bet that Kagato's been a bad influence on you. Luckily, this girl doesn't get in as much trouble as you. She's always been a sweet little angel. Like me."

Ryoko snickered at the comparison. Beside her, Oni laughed nervously. "Well...I haven't exactly been *that* angelic..."

"Oh, you haven't?" Washu asked suspiciously.

"Eheheh...number two on the Intergalactic Most Wanted list," Oni explained.

"Wow, number two? I didn't get that far up until I was at least twice your age!" Ryoko said in surprise. "And then that blasted Yosho had to seal me up for 20,000 years."

"'Blasted Yosho'?" Yosho said, appearing behind Ryoko, his glasses glowing.

"Uh, I didn't mean 'blasted Yosho' as much as...'Yosho, the causer of an annoying turn of events'...yeah..." said Ryoko.

"Excuse me, Washu-san, but--"Ayeka began abruptly.

"Washu-chan," Washu automatically corrected.

"Washu-chan, excuse me but the rest of us need a little explanation, if you please. I mean, I know you and this Oni would know what's going on, and, of course, Ryoko has her animal instincts," (beside Ayeka, Ryoko growled angrily), "but the rest of us are almost entirely clueless to the situation. Please explain, Washu-sa--er, Washu-chan."

"Of course, Ayeka-san!" Washu's grinned at a chance in the spotlight. She cleared her throat and said, "You all know that I was trapped in Kagato's ship, right? And that Ryoko went away from me a long time ago?" Everyone nodded. "Well, between the time that Ryoko left, and the time that I was trapped in Kagato's ship, I still needed a helping hand around the lab. Besides, I made a daughter, and I deserved to have a daughter, whether or not it was the same one I made first. So I made another copy of Ryoko, but this time, I fiddled with the genes to make a whole new person; different color hair and eyes, different personality, different gems, different facial features, even. All the fiddling lead to this person here." She gestured to Oni. "Of course, then I had to get her a pet, as well as a means of transportation, so I made Rai-ohki, whom I haven't seen yet, by the way," she added in an accusatory tone to Oni. "But, not long before Kagato sealed me in his ship, little Oni-chan decided to leave her poor mother to go look for Ryoko, and I never saw her again." Washu paused and sighed. "I mean, not even a letter from my dear daughter for years and years! As far as I knew, she could have been in a traffic accident out in the reaches of space, or out partying with strange men! But, does she care that her poor mother is worrying relentlessly about her? Does she care that her mother is wondering where she went wrong, losing both her sweet little daughters like that? No siree! I bet she was having too much fun breaking rules and becoming number two on the Intergalactic Most Wanted list."

"Aw, Mom!" Oni said. "It wasn't that bad! You were frozen in that rock-thing in Kagato's ship anyway! How would you have known if I contacted you?"

"I know everything," Washu said.

"Sure." Oni sighed. "I'm gonna go get Rai-ohki. Then, if you don't mind, I'd like to stay a little while and get to know all of you," she said.

"Of course," Nabayuki said suddenly. "What's one more beautiful girl staying with us, huh? It'd be our pleasure!" Nabayuki grasped Oni's hands in a warm gesture while the young girl gave a nervous little laugh.

"I really should go get Rai-ohki now," she said, breaking free from the man's grip. When he turned around, Washu was giving Nabayuki a glare that could kill. It was his turn to laugh nervously.

"Maybe someone should go with you," Tenchi said, ignoring his father. "It might be best if you had some company. I'm Tenchi. Oni, right?"

Oni nodded. "Okay. It'll be much more pleasant than just me and Rai-ohki walking all alone. Arigato, Tenchi-san."

Smiling, Tenchi turned to the rest of the houshold and said, "We'll be right back then. Don't wait up!"

Tenchi and Oni began to walk toward the lake. "So, what's been going on with Mom lately?" asked Oni. "She was too busy talking about me to you guys that I didn't have time to ask."

"She's been hanging around our house pretty much," Tenchi explained. "She made a psudolab in the broom closet, and has been doing experiments in most of her time."

"That's Mom. Who did she pick as her guinea pig this time?"

"N-no one," stammered Tenchi hesitantly.

"You, huh?" said Oni. "Well, that makes sense. There does seem to be something about you that would interest a scientist like Mom."

"Really? Because I just thought it was that thing I did with the Light Hawk Wings."

Oni gave Tenchi a surprised look. "You created Light Hawk Wings?" Tenchi nodded. "That's funny. You don't *look* like a Jurain ship. Those guys'll never stop surprising me. First a tree, then some lady with this sea green hair, now an Earthling?"

"But I'm not a Jurain ship," Tenchi said. Then he paused. "You saw Tsunami?"

"Tsunami, is it? I was just flying around in Rai-ohki looking for Ryoko and trying to get away from the Galaxy Police, and I saw this fight taking place, so of course I had to go see what was going on. I saw a ship that looked familiar, like Kagato's and another ship that looked vaguely like my Rai-ohki, and another ship that seemed to be from Jurai. Suddenly a woman appeared with greenish blue hair and a Jurain outfit thingy and turned into a ship. Then the GP showed up and I had to leave."

"You saw that?" Tenchi said in awe.

"Yeah," answered Oni.

"That actually was your mother, and Ryoko, and all of us," said Tenchi.

"No kidding?"

"No kidding."

"Wow. That's weird. I had actually found Ryoko and I didn't even know about it." Oni stopped walking. "This is where I left Rai-ohki. Rai-ohki! I'm back!" she called.

A small black cabbit suddenly came up to the two walking. Her fur sparkled in the sun, making it look starry and cosmic. It took Tenchi a while to realize that it actually was sparkling, with a substance resembling glitter in the cabbit's fur. The jewel on her forehead was perfectly round. The cabbit had a white stomach, reminding Tenchi of his cat. Other than the color differences, Rai-ohki was a mirror image of Ryo-ohki, except smaller. Tenchi thought it was because of the age difference, but Rai-ohki looked mature, as mature as a cabbit could look, anyway.

"Rai-ohki, what have you been up to all this time? I found Ryoko! And Mom! Aren't you excited?"

"Miii!" cheered Rai-ohki. "Mii, mii-iii!"

"Whadaya mean by that?" Oni demanded. "We had fun, and you know we did. In fact, I'm almost sorry the search is over! Think of all the trouble we got into, huh?"

"Mi," said Rai-ohki.

"Fine, be that way. Rai-ohki, this is Tenchi. Tenchi, Rai-ohki."

"Pleased to meet you," Tenchi said politely.

"Mi," answered Rai-ohki.

"Alright, now that we found you, let's go see Mom!" She scooped up her cabbit and hurried up the hill. "Come on, Tenchi!" she called behind her.

"I'm coming," answered Tenchi. As Tenchi tried in vain to catch up to the girl, he smiled to himself. 'Well,' he thought, 'another addition to the Masaki residence. I should have known it wasn't over yet.'

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Well, how did everyone like the fic? More to come as soon as I...uh...write more!

Japanese translations:

Ohayo-Good morning

Bakemono-Monster

Arigato-Thank you