Disclaimer: I do not own Tenchi Muyo or the characters from the other property mentioned here. Don't want to give the surprise away, just know they there are own by their respective creators and producers and what not.
Author's Notes: This is a quick little thing I cooked up tonight after work so there's not mot to it, but I got down what I wanted to get down. It might not take effect on my current and future Tenchi fics, but it just as well might. You'll just have to wait and see. ;-)
The Power of Gods
Chapter 1- The Beast
Azusa, the Emperor of Jurai was never known for his patience. In fact, it was well known that his patience came in *very* short supplies, especially when the safety of his people were involved. So it came at no surprise to his wives when they saw him tapping his finger against the arm of his chair in annoyance. The source of the annoyance was the fact that he had been waiting for a vital piece of information for nearly an hour now. Normally, he would have tolerated these delays with a modicum of patience, but this situation was not normal.
A few hours ago a distress signal had been received from a planet on the outer rim of the Empire's territory. The transmission was so scrambled and the voice so frantic that it was nearly impossible to make out what was being said. The important part was the planet was in trouble and needed help immediately. Naturally, Azusa had sent a small fleet to investigate and deal with any threat they might encounter. Rationally, he knew it would take the ships some time to reach the planet, but the simple fear he heard in the voice of whoever had sent that message unnerved him. The last time he had heard that kind of fear in anyone's voice were captains of the failing ships when Ryoko attacked 700 years ago. Could it be someone as, or even *more*, powerful than Ryoko could be attacking this planet? But what would there be to gain? From what he knew of it, it was nothing more than an agricultural planet, producing nothing of true value. So then why? Why would anyone want to attack it? Was it an act of war against the Jurian Empire? It was true they had some enemies, but none he thought foolish enough to make a blatant attack like this.
"Your majesty, word from the fleet has just come in!" Shouted a guardsman as he ran up to the throne.
"About time," Azusa muttered, then turned his attention to the messenger. "So what is the situation there?"
"Well...sir...I think you need to see this for yourself. It's...unbelievable," the guard stated, a glint of fear in his eyes.
Azusa quirked an eyebrow as the stunted man handed him the disk with the transferred information on it. He nodded his head as the man bowed and then left the room. Azusa pressed a button on the arm of his chair and a floating screen appeared before him and his wives. He slipped the disk into a slot on the chair and a grainy video from one of the observation satellites around the planet began to play. At first it, everything appeared normal, but ever so slowly another planet began to work its way into frame.
"What in Tsunami's name?" He whispered as he stared at the moving planet.
It was like no world he had ever seen before. It was composed mostly of an orange metal with a giant white ring horizontally encasing it. What grabbed his attention most though were the two large claw-like protrusions sticking out of what he assumed was the front of the planet. His curiosity quickly turned to shock as the claws expanded and a red beam fired out towards the Jurian planet. When it was in range, the claws of the metal world sank into the soft ground of the other world and it literally began to consume it. The three rulers watched in awed horror was bit by bit this monster of a planet continued to eat the world under their rule until it was finally gone. When it was over the other planet moved on, leaving no trace of the world that had once existed in that very space. Even when the screen went blank the three continued to stare, trying to make sense of what they had just seen, but there was simply no satisfying solution they could make. None of it had made any sense. Planets do not move around the universe on their own like that and they do NOT eat other planets!
"What in the name of all creation was that thing?!" Azusa shouted and slammed his hand on the armchair in frustration.
"I don't know. But I'm going to found out," Funaho said as she stood up and began to walk out of the throne room.
"And where are you going?"
"To do research and find out whatever that...thing was."
"And I'm going with her," Misaki added, standing up and walking up to her co-wife's side.
"Why?" The Emperor asked.
"Because this thing just...ate a world with 10, 000 people on it. OUR people! If there is a way to fight it and defeat it then I'm going to find it. That is my job after all."
She flashed him a half-hearted smile before she and Funhao walked out of the room, leaving Azusa alone with his thoughts. He stroked his beard as he thought over his wives' words and the events of the video.
*A way to defeat it,* he mused in thought. *But how can we defeat an entire planet? Especially ones that can devour other planets. I know we should attack it, this does count as an act of war, but...do we have any chance at all to defeat it? Tsunami help us all.*
***
On another plane of existence, the deity in question stared down at the worried Emperor with concerned eyes. She truly wished she could help those who remained under her charge, but this threat was one even she couldn't deal with. It was a creature that had in existence long before she or her sisters came to be and even if they could reconcile their differences, she doubted they would still have the power to defeat it. No, there was only one being that could win against that opponent. The one it had battled for countless millennia before this universe even existed. The being she now found herself facing.
"Primus, you know what has happened. Your ancient foe has returned," she spoke to the metallic god.
"Yes, I do know. It is what I most feared. Unicron, the Dark God of Chaos, the enemy to all of life, has returned to the physical plane. I truly wish I could do something, but I cannot return to that world as my power is locked with Matrix. I can only guide my children and hope they put their petty differences aside to see the larger threat descending upon them."
"Then there is nothing more you can do?"
"No. I wish I could child. I truly wish I could."
The eternal silence on the plane the gods existed on seemed to incase them as the two deities lowered their heads in shame. They were the beings that countless others looked up to in times of need. But now, they themselves where helpless, relying on those very same creatures that looked to them for guidance to solve this problem. In the silence, a tear softly ran down Tsnuami's cheek as the knowledge of the carnage to come seeped into her mind. It was made all the more brutal with the knowledge that there was nothing she could do to prevent it.
Author's Notes: This is a quick little thing I cooked up tonight after work so there's not mot to it, but I got down what I wanted to get down. It might not take effect on my current and future Tenchi fics, but it just as well might. You'll just have to wait and see. ;-)
The Power of Gods
Chapter 1- The Beast
Azusa, the Emperor of Jurai was never known for his patience. In fact, it was well known that his patience came in *very* short supplies, especially when the safety of his people were involved. So it came at no surprise to his wives when they saw him tapping his finger against the arm of his chair in annoyance. The source of the annoyance was the fact that he had been waiting for a vital piece of information for nearly an hour now. Normally, he would have tolerated these delays with a modicum of patience, but this situation was not normal.
A few hours ago a distress signal had been received from a planet on the outer rim of the Empire's territory. The transmission was so scrambled and the voice so frantic that it was nearly impossible to make out what was being said. The important part was the planet was in trouble and needed help immediately. Naturally, Azusa had sent a small fleet to investigate and deal with any threat they might encounter. Rationally, he knew it would take the ships some time to reach the planet, but the simple fear he heard in the voice of whoever had sent that message unnerved him. The last time he had heard that kind of fear in anyone's voice were captains of the failing ships when Ryoko attacked 700 years ago. Could it be someone as, or even *more*, powerful than Ryoko could be attacking this planet? But what would there be to gain? From what he knew of it, it was nothing more than an agricultural planet, producing nothing of true value. So then why? Why would anyone want to attack it? Was it an act of war against the Jurian Empire? It was true they had some enemies, but none he thought foolish enough to make a blatant attack like this.
"Your majesty, word from the fleet has just come in!" Shouted a guardsman as he ran up to the throne.
"About time," Azusa muttered, then turned his attention to the messenger. "So what is the situation there?"
"Well...sir...I think you need to see this for yourself. It's...unbelievable," the guard stated, a glint of fear in his eyes.
Azusa quirked an eyebrow as the stunted man handed him the disk with the transferred information on it. He nodded his head as the man bowed and then left the room. Azusa pressed a button on the arm of his chair and a floating screen appeared before him and his wives. He slipped the disk into a slot on the chair and a grainy video from one of the observation satellites around the planet began to play. At first it, everything appeared normal, but ever so slowly another planet began to work its way into frame.
"What in Tsunami's name?" He whispered as he stared at the moving planet.
It was like no world he had ever seen before. It was composed mostly of an orange metal with a giant white ring horizontally encasing it. What grabbed his attention most though were the two large claw-like protrusions sticking out of what he assumed was the front of the planet. His curiosity quickly turned to shock as the claws expanded and a red beam fired out towards the Jurian planet. When it was in range, the claws of the metal world sank into the soft ground of the other world and it literally began to consume it. The three rulers watched in awed horror was bit by bit this monster of a planet continued to eat the world under their rule until it was finally gone. When it was over the other planet moved on, leaving no trace of the world that had once existed in that very space. Even when the screen went blank the three continued to stare, trying to make sense of what they had just seen, but there was simply no satisfying solution they could make. None of it had made any sense. Planets do not move around the universe on their own like that and they do NOT eat other planets!
"What in the name of all creation was that thing?!" Azusa shouted and slammed his hand on the armchair in frustration.
"I don't know. But I'm going to found out," Funaho said as she stood up and began to walk out of the throne room.
"And where are you going?"
"To do research and find out whatever that...thing was."
"And I'm going with her," Misaki added, standing up and walking up to her co-wife's side.
"Why?" The Emperor asked.
"Because this thing just...ate a world with 10, 000 people on it. OUR people! If there is a way to fight it and defeat it then I'm going to find it. That is my job after all."
She flashed him a half-hearted smile before she and Funhao walked out of the room, leaving Azusa alone with his thoughts. He stroked his beard as he thought over his wives' words and the events of the video.
*A way to defeat it,* he mused in thought. *But how can we defeat an entire planet? Especially ones that can devour other planets. I know we should attack it, this does count as an act of war, but...do we have any chance at all to defeat it? Tsunami help us all.*
***
On another plane of existence, the deity in question stared down at the worried Emperor with concerned eyes. She truly wished she could help those who remained under her charge, but this threat was one even she couldn't deal with. It was a creature that had in existence long before she or her sisters came to be and even if they could reconcile their differences, she doubted they would still have the power to defeat it. No, there was only one being that could win against that opponent. The one it had battled for countless millennia before this universe even existed. The being she now found herself facing.
"Primus, you know what has happened. Your ancient foe has returned," she spoke to the metallic god.
"Yes, I do know. It is what I most feared. Unicron, the Dark God of Chaos, the enemy to all of life, has returned to the physical plane. I truly wish I could do something, but I cannot return to that world as my power is locked with Matrix. I can only guide my children and hope they put their petty differences aside to see the larger threat descending upon them."
"Then there is nothing more you can do?"
"No. I wish I could child. I truly wish I could."
The eternal silence on the plane the gods existed on seemed to incase them as the two deities lowered their heads in shame. They were the beings that countless others looked up to in times of need. But now, they themselves where helpless, relying on those very same creatures that looked to them for guidance to solve this problem. In the silence, a tear softly ran down Tsnuami's cheek as the knowledge of the carnage to come seeped into her mind. It was made all the more brutal with the knowledge that there was nothing she could do to prevent it.