Disclaimer: I don't own Sasami, or any of the Tenchi gang.

Intro: It has been close to seven years since Ayeka and Sasami crashed on the planet Earth. Now Sasami is 15, and she is fed up with Tenchi and the crew. She can't stand all the fighting and constant yelling. Everyone has been taking advantage of her lately. She has been going to high school in the local village, but has never been very far away from the shrine or the house.

Sasami vaguely smiled as she glanced back at the small dot of the shrine and family she used to know. "Oh, Tenchi.... I thought you understood me." she sighed as she turned back to she slightly worn path in the center of the woods. The full moon shined only part way through the trees. She could hear the cars and bustle of the city getting closer and closer as she walked on into the night.

The crickets were chirping gloomily in the grasses between the giant trees. She was starting to get tired, but she hadn't brought anything to sleep in. She was so upset by what had happened that she just ran out of the house and kept going into the woods. It had all happened about three hours ago... when Tenchi and Ryoko and the others started fighting... Soon the house had become engulfed by the loud harsh voices. Sasami couldn't take it anymore. She had to get out of that life.

At about midnight (or so she guessed), she reached the out-skirts of the city. She didn't have any money and had no place to live now. "Knowing Ayeka, she's probably already called the local police.... and I bet they're searching for me by now..." she thought to herself as she neared a busy street illuminated by many light poles. The cars rushed past. Sasami sat down in the grass near the street thinking about what had happened.

"What do I do now? I have no money, I don't know anyone in this city, and I'm probably too young to get a decent job." She stood up suddenly as she noticed a police car coming nearer on the street. She quickly ran into the bushes and waited until the car had passed. The police officer had obviously not seen her. "Man... That could've been bad..." she sighed as she crawled slowly out of the bushes.

She waited for a break in the traffic, which did not come for some time, and then she quickly ran across the street. She walked for several hours silently thinking to herself until she noticed that the sun had started to rise. She was just entering the major part of the town (or so she thought). There were shops and restaurants everywhere... but none were open yet. "I'm starving..." Sasami sighed as she realized that she hadn't eaten since 5:00 the day before. "I have to get cleaned up... but where?" She sat down on a bench until the local grocery store opened. As soon as it opened, she went inside. "Where's the bathroom?" she smiled sweetly as not to arise any suspicion. "Uh... Um.... at the back... take a right at the back!" the young cashier boy responded in surprise, taken aback by her beautiful smile. "Thank you!" Sasami called back as she walked toward the back of the store.

When she got into the bathroom, she took off her filthy Kimono and underclothes. She took a wad of paper towels and drenched them in the warm water from the sink. She slowly began to clean herself off, when a knocking came from outside the bathroom door. "MISS! PLEASE COME OUT! If you're not going to buy anything, I'm sorry, but you can't use the bathroom." the manager pounded on the door several more times. "COME OUT NOW! You've been in there for twenty minutes." Sasami called "I'll be out in a second..." The manager started to grumble and fidgeted impatiently with his tie. It sounded like he was saying something like "...kids now-a-days..." Sasami quickly pulled on her Kimono. She didn't have time to tie her sash around her slender waist properly, but she left anyways. "I'm sorry for taking so long. I dropped my earring in the toilet..." Sasami said. The manager's eyes started to get wide. "Hey... I've seen you somewhere before.." "Uh, no, I don't think so..." Sasami said nervously and she started walking quickly towards the front of the store. Just as she went out the door, the manager said to himself "I was so sure I'd seen her somewhere before..."

Though she was now feeling much better about her appearance, Sasami was worried. "It didn't take very long for him to notice me... " She said nervously to herself as she quickly walked down the sidewalk. She turned into an alley and sat down by the garbage cans. "What am I going to do?" she screamed to herself. "I can't take anymore of Tenchi or the others."

After Sasami left the store, the manager had looked out the window and noticed a poster on the cafe window across the street. The girl on the run-away sign looked exactly the same as the girl he had kicked out of the store! He ran across the street dodging the traffic coming from both ways and quickly scribbled down the phone number for the police station. He ran back to the store and locked himself in his office. "Hello? Yes.. I've got some information a runaway child, her name is Sasami Jurai. I had to kick her out of my store this morning. Yes.. I can wait... No, I don't know where she is now. You're welcome. I hope you find her." He hung up the phone.

Sasami quickly glanced in the direction of the sirens. "Oh no! Not already! I was careless!" she ran to the row of dumpsters at the far end of the alley and dived in. She quickly buried herself in the rancid waste. "Please... Don't find me.. I can't go back." she screamed in her head as she heard the sirens stop.

This is the first chapter of my new story. I hoped you liked it! Hopefully, the second chapter will be out soon. -RyoOhki020