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one or two lines. Just be aware.

Comments: Sorry. I wanted to finish the current arc up in this one, so I could get Keiichi
and Co. in the next one, but it looks like it'll be one more chapter before they show up.
Yggdrasil: Chapter Two; Don't tease the goddess…
" I was hoping to wait a little longer before telling you this, but please believe me
when I say I would have told you eventually. It's not really like we could have kept it a
secret anyway… but we're not exactly normal." Tenchi said reluctantly. Peorth stared at
him, as Mihoshi got out her control cube, used it to change into her uniform, and walked
out to get in Yukinojo.
" What is going on here?" Peorth said. " The cat eyed woman… is she a devil?"
she said, nodding towards Ryoko.
" Devil? No…" Ryoko said innocently. " I'm just your ordinary space pirate."
" Space pirate? You're from..?" She said suspiciously.
" I assumed you'd know there were aliens, being a goddess and all." Ryoko
countered.
" I was aware." She said, defensively. " It's just you shouldn't be. How exactly
did she come to be here? Yggdrasil monitors these things to prevent uncontrolled
influences." She said, watching Ryoko suspiciously. Tenchi was quite sure what that
meant, or how Ryoko had managed to slip through. ' Tsunami maybe? She might have
had something to do with it. I'll have to ask her next time I see her. Which, knowing
how my life is so messed up, I'd give it a week or two.'
" Well, it's kind of a long story. Ryoko was kind of being controlled by a
badguy, and ended up here where my grandfather her in the shrine, then Ayeka and
Sasami came looking for her, and then Mihoshi just kind of showed up, and we freed
Washu, who just never really left."
" So you're all space pirates?" Peorth asked, as Ayeka gave an indignant look.
" Most certainly not!" Ayeka countered fiercly. " Sasami and I are princesses of
Jurai, the mightiest star kingdom in this galaxy. We are not some common ordinary
thugs!" Now it was Ryoko's turn to look indignant.
" Common ordinary thug! I was hardly some thug, I was a space pirate and a
damn good one. There are militaries that couldn't get within a hundred light years of the
Jurai solar system, and I got all the way to the main planet!" Ryoko said, and Tenchi
recognized the beginning of a major argument, but to his great surprise, he also noticed
Peorth, sitting, openly slack jawed, staring from Ayeka to Sasami and back again.
Sasami noticed, and was extremely uncomfortable under her gaze.
" Only you would take pride in being a pirate!" Ayeka bellowed. " You
destroyed countless non-combatant ships, wounded Tsunami knows how many. It's a
miracle of epic proportions that no one died!" She stood up and pointed her chopsticks
accusingly at Ryoko.
" And is everyone here…" Peorth finally managed.
" An alien, yeah. Mihoshi's a member of the galaxy police, and Washu, who's
not here right now, is a member of the science academy." Tenchi said. He wondered
briefly if he should tell her he was the Prince of Jurai, but thought against it. Better to
keep that to himself for the time being, until he knew more.
" Washu…" Peorth seemed to shake a thought away " Are they really princesses
of Jurai?"
" Yeah." He said. Her entire demeanor had seemingly changed because of it,
and Tenchi was wondering if it was for the better. Peorth suddenly stepped back from
the table, and kneeled, actually kneeled, before Ayeka.
" Veuillez me pardonner, votre altesse, had I but known who you were, I would
have treated you with the respect you deserve." She said. For several moments, no one
spoke just stared. Even Ayeka and Ryoko were in such belief, that someone who had
treated them all so badly would now be kneeling before them, that they forgot about their
fight.
" Excuse me?" Ayeka finally managed.
" You are a noble of Jurai, held dear by Tsunami. It is the duty of all goddess to
serve and protect the royal family of Jurai."
" So does this mean you have to be nice to us now?" Ryoko said.
" Are you a member of Jurain nobility? I think not. My responsibilities are to
them only." She said.
" Wait, I'm confused." Ryoko said, to which Tenchi saw Peorth mouth 'why am I
not surprised'. " I thought Tsunami liked everyone." Tenchi saw Sasami give Ryoko a
pleading look, wanting her to go no further. Ryoko grimaced an apology, but before
Peorth could notice their exchange, Tenchi decided to draw attention to himself.
" How exactly does this Yggdrasil work? And who exactly is Tsunami?" he
said.
" I don't see that it…" She started to say.
" I'd like to know also." Ayeka said, and Peorth immediately told her.
" Yggdrasil is like a computer that can use magic. We use it to maintain order
wherever the children of Tsunami spread. Tsunami created Yggdrasil to help oversee the
fates of mortals."
" I'd been wondering how the two were related. I never thought about it, but
being a patron goddess of an entire star empire, she's got to be busy. I've never heard
any mention of any lesser gods, unless you count the other Jurai tree's. I assume that's
what you meant by Children of Tsunami." Ayeka said, with great interest. Peorth
nodded affirmative. " It's so nice to have someone to talk to now. Since I came here,
there hasn't been anyone here capable of intelligent conversation." She said. ' Was I
just insulted?' Tenchi wondered.
" I can see that. I'm actually glad to see it. It means our Yggdrasil has been
keeping up its work. After all it's not our fault if people on other planets are badly
educated."
" Certainly not!" Ayeka nodded approvingly. " I've been here for some time
and I've seen nothing to complain about on Earth. It really is a wonderful planet. Not as
good as Jurai of course, but nice still."
" I envy you, I've never had the chance to go to the main system on Jurai. But
thanks, we try to do good work." Peorth said, sounding to Tenchi as very authentic.
" Perhaps I can arrange it. I certainly wouldn't be too difficult, though I'm not
certain about how this thing with Noboyuki works. You may have to take him…"
Ayeka said, smiling. Something in her smile seemed… off, to Tenchi. " No matter
though. We can work this all out in time. In the mean time, I have a favor to ask of
you."
" Certainly, your highness. Whatever I may I do for you?"
" I was wondering if you might redecorate mine and Sasami's room. It's nice,
but so simple." Ayeka said. Peorth pulled rose out of nowhere, smiled, and handed it to
the equally smiling princess.
" But of course!" She said, and bowed, motioning for them to go upstairs.
Ayeka chuckled happily, and went.
" Great. Now the princess has a goddess kissing her butt. Just the thing we
needed. Ayeka with a bigger ego." Ryoko said. Then noticed Sasami. " No offense."
Sasami didn't say anything, just continued to stare at the two as they went upstairs.
By the end of the night, Ayeka and Sasami were sleeping in a huge four post bed,
luxiouriously soft, under a canopy of silk. Sasami still seemed uncomforatable around
Peorth, but everyone else was cautiously hoping that Peorth's new found friendliness
would extend to them as well. It was a nice hope while it lasted. A problem quickly
arose. While Tenchi and Co. had been away in Tokyo, Peorth had moved into Ryoko's
room. Now Ryoko was back.
" I don't see why she can't sleep on the couch." Peorth said. She looked at
Tenchi as if he was a bug. They were standing in Ryoko's room. Peorth was sitting on
the bed, now luxuriantly (what else) redesigned. Tenchi was standing near the door with
Ryoko floating over his shoulder. Ayeka stood by Peorth.
" Well, she was here before you. I'm sure we can get you a room as soon as we
have to rebuild the house again, which we have to do that fairly often around here. Until
then, we have to make other arrangements." Tenchi s said. He scolded himself for being
so non-confrontational.
" It's not like she actual uses it all that often" Ayeka argued. " She sleeps
elsewhere all the time. On the rafters, on the roof, on the couch. Frankly I'm not sure
she even NEEDS to sleep. She doesn't need to eat or breathe either."
" Traitor." Ryoko mumbled, then she cracked her knuckles. " I have an idea.
I'll fight you for it. If I win, you find your own damn room." Peorth balked at Ryoko.
" I don't think you understand the powers I have at my command." She stood up
and made a stretching motion with her arms. " But if you wish it…"
" No! No fighting, damn it!" He said. Tenchi's outburst surprised Ayeka, who
had realized maybe she had gone too far. Tenchi was truly worried about what would
happen if Peorth fought Ryoko. She might be powerful enough to give Ryoko a real
challenge, and things could very out of hand. 'The Goddess versus the devil', Tenchi
thought, ' if Peorth is half as powerful as I think she may be, things could get very ugly.'
" Peorth, perhaps it would be best if you stayed somewhere else." She said
diplomatically. " Perhaps you could set something up in the store room? You could
magic yourself up something." Peorth, frowned in annoyance, never looking away from
Ryoko. " Very well." She said, making a curtsey. " You wish is my command, your
highness." She said, stood up, bowed, and left.
The morning started out calmly enough. Trying to get on princess Sasami's good
side, Peorth absolutely refused to let her cook breakfast, saying it was beneath a princess
to do that. As if it wasn't beneath a goddess too, Tenchi thought, but Sasami only nodded
and left. She didn't quite realize that Sasami actually wanted to do these things. After
breakfast, things actually settled down. Tenchi went out to work in the field, Ryoko
retired to doing nothing as usual, Mihoshi began doing her chores, while Noboyuki
headed out early to work. Peorth was not happy when she found out what Ayeka and
Sasami did around the house. She refused to let them do any work. Ayeka was happy for
the break, but Sasami kept telling him she liked doing it. Ryoko would have found it
funny seeing Peorth running herself ragged, doing all of Sasami's chores, if she didn't
feel so bad realizing how much work Sasami had been doing. ' Well, at least that stuck
up goddess is doing it all now. Maybe I'll visit her when she's cleaning the toilets." She
smirked.
Ryoko sat back on the couch, missing the rafters she used to sleep on. They'd
been replaced when Peorth 'installed' the new ceiling, but she had to admit these couches
were comfy. She frowned as a yawning princess Ayeka came down. Apparently the
two-faced princess had taken a little nap when she found out she wouldn't have to do
anything today.
" So the traitor princess wakes up. I hope your parents aren't as fickle as you, or
else I don't know how Jurai has any allies left." She said. Ayeka scowled at her.
" Some greeting, for someone who's supposed to be an ally." She said crossly.
Ryoko stared at her.
" After what you've been doing?" She hissed. " I don't see why I shouldn't put
you through the wall, you stupid princess." Ayeka stuck up her chin, insulted.
" You're the stupid one. Do you really think a few words would seriously
convince me she's willing to serve me as some holy queen?" She said. " Honestly
Ryoko, I'm insulted. I'm a princess of Jurai. I heard things like that every day. What
makes you think being told them again by some self-proclaimed goddess would change
anything?"
" So you're saying you're doing this to find out more about Peorth, and not to
piss me off?" Ryoko said. Ayeka appeared thoughtful for a moment.
" I'm saying it's the main reason." She smiled. Ryoko scowled.
" Why you.." Ryoko bristled, but Ayeka wagged her finger at her like she was a
naughty child.
" Tut tut, Ryoko. Don't make me call for my guardian 'goddess', so it were."
Ayeka said smugly.
" Like I fear that faux-divine bitch. It wouldn't take five seconds for me too…"
Ryoko snapped, but clear beautiful voice interrupted her.
" Highness?" Peorth said, standing in the front hallway, holding the laundry that
Ayeka normally would have been doing. " Is this… woman. Giving you any trouble?"
" No trouble, Peorth. Just chit-chat." She said. Peorth nodded.
" If you need anything…" Peorth said, smiling sweetly. " Don't hesitate to
ask." She turned to go, but stopped, thinking.
" Your highness, where does this door lead?" She asked, indicating the door
under the stairs.
" Oh, that door leads to Washu's lab." Ayeka said. Peorth nodded, her thanks.
" You have some nerve, Ayeka." Ryoko hissed quietly, standing up. " You
better find out what you need to real quick, because I don't know how much longer I'm
going to be putting up with this." She said, cracking her knuckles menacingly, and then
floating off. " I'm going to go find Tenchi." There was a quiet noise as she teleported
away, and what sounded like someone trying to open a door. Ayeka, startled, got up to
go find Tenchi too. Suddenly there was a huge crash from the front hall way.
" Ahhh." Ayeka heard Peorth groan. She went to look at the cause, and saw
Peorth standing in front of the door to Washu's lab. She was shaking her hand, as if she
punched something really hard. The door seemed unaffected.
" Locked." Peorth simply said.



" Oh Tenchi!" A voice cried across the carrot field. Tenchi cringed in a
Pavlovian response. Every time he heard them, something bad happened. Something
was different this time, though. He looked up and saw Sasami and Ryo-oh-ki coming
aross the field.
" Oh hi Sasami!" He said. He put down his hoe, and waved. " What brings you
out here?" Sasami ran up to him, breathing heavily in exhaustion, but still smiling
broadly.
" Peorth won't let me * huff * do any of my chores, so I thought I could help you
* puff *." She said. Tenchi sighed.
" Sasami, why don't you just take a break? You always do so much around
here." Tenchi said. Sasami shook her head.
" I know, but you and your dad so much for us, I just want to help." She said.
Tenchi looked around for something simple to do.
" Why don't you just carry the basket. Hold on.." He reached into the basket
and picked out Ryo-oh-ki.
" mwwfr." The cabbit said, with it's mouth full of carrot.
" Why don't you carry the basket, and keep Ryo-oh-ki out of it." He dropped the
cabbit unceremoniously on the ground.
" All right, Tenchi." She said, lifting it up. It was only half full, but she still
staggered under the weight.
" You don't have to pick it up, you can just drag it." Tenchi said, waving his
hands in protest. Sasami blushed, embarrassed, but she put it down.
" I'm sorry. It's just that I've been so bored since Peorth got here. She won't let
me do anything." Sasami grumbled. Tenchi moved forward a few paces, and Sasami
followed.
" Well, did you think about doing something, I don't know, fun? You know, girl
stuff." Tenchi said uncomfortably. " You could watch TV or read some manga's? I
always thought you do too much around here."
" But I like helping!" She argued. " I like knowing that people need me."
" We do need you Sasami. But maybe we need you to much. Have you ever
considered making some friends around here?" Sasami gasped.
" You don't think of me as a friend? I always thought of everyone here as my
friend." She said, near panic.
" No! No! That's not what I meant." He knelt down, holding her by the
shoulders. " You're one of my best friends Sasami. I meant more friends of your own
age. I know there aren't a lot of people living near here, but we could do something.
You could even go to school."
" But what about all the things I do?" She said.
" Maybe now that Peorth is here we could convince her to do some work?" He
said, and she looked at him skeptically. " Yeah I know. She'll probably quit tomorrow,
but maybe Ayeka and Ryoko can pick up the slack." He said. Sasami still didn't look
quite happy. " Sasami, how do you feel about Peorth?" Sasami drew in a breath.
" She seems nice." She said unemotionally, and Tenchi gave her a disbelieving
look. " I just doing like thinking about it." She sighed. " What I am." A sudden
turmoil arose in Tenchi. ' Do I tell her the truth about her and Tsunami? It's causing her
so much pain not knowing. How much would it cause to know?' Tenchi thought.
" Sasami." Tenchi said, and she looked at him with eyes beginning to tear up.
He put his arm gently on her shoulder, and smiled comfortingly at the scared young girl.
" You are you. You will always be you, and it is you whom we love. It may sound
strange, but it doesn't matter who you are as long as you are you." She looked at him for
a few seconds, then finally completely broke down. She dropped the basket of carrots,
and threw herself on Tenchi.
" Oh Tenchi Tenchi!" She said, barely understandable through her choked sobs.
" Do you really mean it?"
" Of course Sasami." He picked her up, and held her close. " I thought we went
over this before. You're important to us."
" What's going on here?" A new voice asked. Sasami gasped, and Tenchi let her
go.
" You like me too Ryoko, right?" Sasami said. Ryoko looked at Sasami, then at
Tenchi, who was nodding 'yes' vigorously behind Sasami's back.
" Of course I do, silly. What's this all about?"
" It's just with the Peorth here, I've been doing a lot of thinking about Tsunami
and me." She said. Ryoko frowned.
" Peorth, eh? Well if Peorth does anything more…" She said, but Sasami shook
her head.
" No, Peorth's been nice to me. It's just that… I don't like thinking about… I'm
not a real person."
" Sasami, yes you are." Tenchi said. " You're real enough. Even if you were
made by someone, that doesn't make you any less you." Ryoko reached over and
pinched her cheek.
" You feel real enough to me."


The day passed so quietly, Tenchi dared to hope things might settle into a routine,
like with Ryoko, Ayeka, and Mihoshi. Except for an incident in the evening, when
Ryoko tricked Peorth into arguing with her on the deck, thus neatly distracting her from
noticing the whistle of the re-entering Yukinojo. Ryoko teleported away before it hit, but
Peorth got caught in the in the impact, and actually was knocked unconscious for a few
minutes. It was all Ayeka could do to keep Peorth from taking a piece out of Ryoko.
Tenchi furiously scolded Ryoko for it, and put pressure on Ayeka to keep Peorth from
retaliating.
Peorth cooked dinner that night, refusing to let Sasami do that, despite the fact
that Sasami had begun to warm to her a little. Tenchi had to admit Peorth was a great
cook, even if the French food she cooked was a bit rich. The night passed calmly, with
Peorth again staying in the room she created in the store room, though Tenchi had no idea
what had happened to the things in the store room. The next day passed just even quieter.
Ryoko was avoiding Peorth after the talking too Tenchi gave her, and Peorth spent most
of her time with Ayeka.
Tenchi felt Peorth was adjusting well. She still gave Mihoshi and Noboyuki a
hard time, but there were no more death threats. There was some grumbling about the
workload, but not in front of Sasami or Ayeka. The third day Peorth was there went very
peacefully. Ryoko kept in line, and Ayeka prevented Peorth from doing anything rash.
But not the fourth.
Peorth was carrying two full loads of washing. The two days labor had taken a
toll on her, and although she still looked beautiful, like a goddess, it was beginning to
show. . Her hair was beginning to get mussed, and their was sweat gleaming on her
forehead. Still, she wouldn't let on to Sasami how great an annoyance this type of work
was to her. She saw it as service as Tsunami, and she didn't want to Jurain princess to
possibly feel guilty because she wasn't doing enough, though to be honest she couldn't
see why Sasami would actually WANT to do this kind of work.
" Sasami, where is Ayeka?" Peorth said. It had been bugging her all morning
(even more so the doing menial labor). It was a small house, and there wasn't anything,
as far as she'd seen, to do. Besides chores that is, and Peorth was getting nervous that
Ayeka might be doing more chores that she would graciously have to 'volunteer' to do.
Sasami put down her manga. She'd become addicted now that she didn't have any
chores, though she still hung around Peorth while she was doing her chores, occasionally
offering to help.
" I think she went to the onsen." She said. Peorth had been to Japan before. In
fact she'd been stuck living with Keiichi Morisato for a few weeks. And she knew very
well what an onsen was.
" We have an onsen?" She said, folding one of Ryoko's dresses.
" Yep. Ryoko made it right after Mihoshi came." Sasami said. Peorth gently
sighed. ' A hot spring. That would really be great right now.' She thought. ' Maybe
once I get through here I'll stop by to see if Princess Ayeka needs anything.' She took
the last dress from the washer.
" Now I just have to hang these up…"
" And today's my day to scrub the kitchen floors…"
" So princess," the words absolutely oozed out of Ryoko's mouth. " Learn
anything useful YET?" She picked up a sponge a scrubbed her arms. Ayeka sat on the
other side, sipping a cup of sake, and not looking at all amused. She stared at Ryoko for
a few seconds until a loud sound was heard.
" You could at least have waited until Mihoshi left before you said anything."
They'd both been soaking for a while, and this topic doubtlessly would have come up
earlier, except that Mihoshi had been in there as well. They weren't going to say
anything in front of the blonde bimbo that they didn't want getting back to Peorth.
" These things take time Ryoko. I can't just go up to her and say 'Oh by the way,
do you have any ulterior motives I should know about?"
" Well you'd better figure out something quick. If you don't stop this crap by the
weekend I swear I'm putting her through a wall." Ryoko grumbled. And then quieter "
and probably you too."
" All right, Ryoko. I'll tell her to ease up on you this weekend. You aren't doing
a whole lot to help though, going and putting her under Mihoshi's ship. It was all I could
do to keep her from ripping your throat out."
" I just wanted to see what she was made of." Ryoko said, then chuckled. "
What a lightweight. I've been hit by Mihoshi's ship a dozen time, and it's never done
more then piss me off. She was out for a good couple of minutes. You should have sent
he look on her face when she realized what that whistling sound was…" And she started
laughing. A smile crossed Ayeka's face.
" I can imagine. She doesn't seem to bright." Ayeka chuckled. " She's
certainly not the goddess of wisdom. Anyone on Jurai would have figured out at least
something was going on. She should have figured out something was up when I made
her promise not to hurt you."
" So, like I said before, have you learned anything yet?" Ryoko said, a little
more forcefully. " Because it looks to me like she has no desire for Tenchi. And if you
remember, that is why we're doing this."
" I know, I know. Ryoko do you honestly think I would use this as a chance to
get even for all the things you've done to me?" She said, looking crossly at Ryoko. Like
the time you tied me up and locked me in the storage room? Or the time purposefully
threw in those dark colors to ruin my light clothing? Or the…" Ryoko cut her off.
" This weekend." She said flatly. " No longer."
" All right." Ayeka sighed. She flexed her shoulders and sank deeper into the
water. " My this breeze is wonderful." Ryoko shrugged a bit, and sank deeper in too.
" You're right about that. But where's it coming from. Did Mihoshi leave the
door open?" She looked around a bit. " Oh crap…" Ayeka blinked, and turned around
too. Peorth was standing a dozen feet behind them, and apparently she'd heard enough to
get mad, because she was so angry she was trembling with rage strong enough to
generate a strong wind. Ryoko looked a bit worried though.
" Well, she was going to have to find out sooner or later." Ayeka shrugged, not
feeling particularly terrified.
" I was wondering why you didn't want me to do anything to Ryoko." She said,
through gritted teeth.
" Afraid so. Nothing personal you understand." Ayeka said. She was going to
say more but Peorth wasn't listening she stepped forward, grabbed Ryoko by the arm and
literally picked her up and hurled her through the wall. Ayeka stared, dumbfounded. She
realized belatedly, that her outer calmness during everything, even making nice with
Ryoko, had been an act for her, and she remembered how ill tempered she had been when
she first arrived. Peorth talked without looking at her.
" Princess Ayeka. No one uses a goddess first class, let alone me. I'll leave you
alone because I fear Tsunami's wrath." She said, then to fly towards the wall. " But I
have unfinished business with her. And you… I've never questioned Tsunami before,
but you make me wonder why Tsunami would honor the royal family." Ayeka sank
down into the water, feeling more thankful then ever that she was a member of Jurai.