Love,
Moony
The Love of Evil
by Moony
Tenchi Masaki stood outside of his grandfather's shrine in the middle of the day. He had a broom in his left hand. He rubbed his sleeve over his forehead and removed the sweat that had built up. Things had been quiet. Mihoshi and Kiyone had gone off for a Galaxy Police assignment. They had been gone for two weeks now. Ryoko was off some where. She promised she'd come back, but she wanted to go and have some fun on her own. Tenchi was surprised when he heard it. Ryoko didn't usually run off and leave him unattended, though Tenchi remembered with a wince her attempts to get him to join her
Ayeka was at Jurai preparing for her crowning. She had yet to choose a husband and Tenchi was sure her heart was still set that he would come and be her husband, and yet Tenchi knew deep down that it was unlikely. Once Ayeka was queen she would no longer have time to spend on Earth and Tenchi had no time to go and see her. It was a depressing thought.
Sasami had stayed though. She at the time was in the kitchen with Ryo-Ohki; just as Tenchi, she had chores to do. Washu was somewhat still around. She would stay locked up in her lab, not to be disturbed and only coming out for meals.
When all the other girls left Tenchi was surprised how much he missed them. He had become accustom to their bickering and fighting. Now, there was no yelling between Ayeka and Ryoko, Kiyone wasn't griping at Mihoshi that they should be searching the Universe for villains, Sasami wasn't begging everyone to stop fighting, and Washu wasn't showing everyone her new inventions or blowing something up. All was quiet and although Tenchi thought that was what he always wanted, he found himself missing everything he had wished to stop now that it was stopping for good.
Ayeka would be returning only for a little while in a week, but Tenchi did not know if anyone else would be coming back to see Ayeka before she became queen of Jurai. Tenchi knew he would miss her greatly, but he also knew he couldn't and wouldn't choose between Ayeka and Ryoko as the two had constantly pleaded for him to do. It was something he had debated on with much thought and time. He had come to the conclusion that taking neither one was the best for all three of them. But his heart still ached when he thought of almost never seeing Ayeka.
"Dinner Tenchi!" Sasami cried. Tenchi smiled and shook off his trance; walking to the house. Sasami always called him early to allow him time to change from his chore clothes.
Tenchi was glad Sasami had stayed with him. It would have been almost unbearably quiet without all of them. Sasami had told him when Ayeka announced her departure, that her mother was allowing her to stay here with him until Ayeka needed her back on Jurai. Ayeka had already told Tenchi she planned on letting Sasami staying on Earth as long as she pleased. Ayeka understood how important it was to Sasami to be there and that was something Tenchi was very glad she understood.
They all soon met at the table and began their meal, Washu's genius face joining them.
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"Kiyone, I can't control the ship!" Mihoshi yelled. Tears were running down her face. She was so scared and she had plenty of right to be. She knew they shouldn't have gotten into this fight, not with a man like this. His evil was like no other.
Ryuichi was the man that made the people of the universe tremble. Even Ryoko was a little weary of him and avoided him whenever possible. Kiyone however, stated that if they could capture Ryoko then they were sure to catch Ryuichi, but now Mihoshi wasn't sure of her partner's over confidence.
"Try, Mihoshi, try!" Kiyone cried. She was just as scared at Mihoshi, but she knew she needed to be strong and focussed. Their ship had taken too many hits and soon they would be finished unless Ryuichi took mercy on them, which was very unlikely. Ryuichi's image appeared on the screen in front of the girls.
"Senseless Galaxy Police," he started with a grotesque sneer. "You women are fools to try and challenge me, and now you will pay with your lives. DIE!" his image disappeared and a white light was coming strait toward the ship. Both girls screamed and covered their heads, bracing themselves to meet their maker. Their ship blew into tiny pieces over the small universe they were in. Mihoshi and Kiyone were the first sacrifices to contribute to Ryuichi's plan. All you could now here for miles was the evil and psychotic laughter coming from Ryuichi's ship.
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NOTE:
Do not despair my dear readers! Mihoshi and Kiyone may have made it. They've made it through worse! Stay tuned to see if they can this time.