"Please Princess, don't tell them just yet!"

*sigh* "Look, we are friends and we are not on Jurai anymore, so you don't have to be so formal with me okay. I don't know how many times I have to tell you that Ayelei. If I don't address you by your title, then you don't have to address me by mine."

"Oh, sorry Princ...Sasami. It is an old habit to break. I mean, we did spend like most of our childhood together. Besides that, I'm still trying to understand the way earthlings age. On Jurai right now, I am 713 and you are 711, but here we are 13 and 11."

"Well yes, but you have lived here on Earth will us for a while now and have finally become a bigger part of the family. Besides, you are already family since your mom and sister stay here with us. Speaking of which, I think that we shouldn't hold this off any longer."

"Sasami, my mom will want to do a brain test on me for thinking like a crazy person and most likely do a blood test to make sure someone so ignorant could be related to her. Ryoko, on the other hand, will automatically assume that I have flipped it and talk mom into doing some research on me." The child's heart fell at the assumptions.

"Ayelei how could you think something like that? Washu and Ryoko care for you a lot and would never do anything to hurt you; they are a great part of your life."

"Humph, right." Her mother had shown everyone some pictures of Ayelei and Ryoko when they were younger to jog some memories that they may have not remembered. One day, she sat down and told them about the day Ayelei was born. Ayelei's mind went wondering as she thought about the story her mother had just told them...

...Ryoko was deep in sleep while Washu was up making her the perfect birthday gift, a sister. At first, Washu was apprehensive for making another creation-correction -daughter like Ryoko. Although Ryoko's body was that of a young teenager, her mind still held the curiosity of a ten-year-old girl.

She decided to alter Ryoko's age to look like a ten-year-old little girl so she could go to school and be "normal". After a while, many of the kids at school starting teasing her for being different and unlike them. She would come home so hurt that she didn't ever want to go back to what she called 'the pit'. She would not have gone through with it if had not been for the ego of the most brilliant scientific genius in the universe.

Like with her creation of Ryoko, she took an ovum and fused it with the mass. As she was finishing the process, a loud booming noise made her come from her procedure. The sound was coming from her own daughter's room. Leaving the contents behind, she ran into Ryoko's room looking for anything out of the ordinary. She saw her daughter crouched in a corner crying while Ryo-oki was hissing at something out the window above the bed. With ease, Washu cradled the startled girl and looked out the window for any sign or false play or harm. She saw that a nearby tree was scratching against the window, which to a child, would more than likely seen like an intruder. She rocked Ryoko back to sleep trying to ensure her that there was nothing to fear.

While she was comforting Ryoko, a dark figure come into the lab with a mixture of his own to add to the experiment. Before the process could begin, he put a special type of DNA sample into the Petri dish- a pure-blooded Jurian's DNA. He figured that the cells would not merge and would most likely kill the zygote before it finished fertilizing. There was only one person cruel enough to do something such as this-Kagato. Upon hearing Washu's footsteps down the hall, he made his exit until the time was right for him to spring into action with his plans for Washu and her little family.

Washu tried her best to stay on task with her new 'offspring' but something was nagging her in the back of the head. As a mother, she was use to coming in and rocking her scared child to sleep, but Ryoko wasn't just scared, she was terrified. Also, Ryo-oki didn't usually go to a ready stance until she felt as if she or Ryoko were severely threatened. Things just didn't add up right. For unknown reasons, Washu didn't even notice the unusual presence of Jurian DNA.

Overlooking this, she continued her work, determined to be finished before her daughter's birthday. Shockingly, the three genes fused together with ease, much like pieces to a puzzle. Upon seeing the genes fuse perfectly, Washu set the dish into a tube-like life support capsule. She then started to speed up the life of the zygote to an embryo. Then, as a light blinked, the embryo started to shape into the figure of a child. Speeding up the process, Washu watched as her new daughter carried the features of eyes, ears, a nose, a mouth, fingers, toes, and internal organs. Before she new it, she was staring at the form of a new-born 1 month old baby girl.

She opened the capsule momentarily to hook tubes and cords to her so she could monitor her brain waves and normal functions. Washu took this time to take in everything about the child. Like Ryoko, she seemed totally opposite of her. For starters, her hair was a deep sea-green color and her eyes were a shade of violet. The most shocking thing about her little bundle of joy was that she had single green triangle in the middle of her forehead.

"Oh, how odd. I don't remember that with Ryoko." The thought was quickly dismissed from her head when she saw the beautiful violet eyes. It was as if she could look straight into Washu's soul with her eyes. They were young but showed so much innocence and love. Without even thinking, she quickly unplugged everything she had hooked up to her new daughter and picked her up. She looked up and smiled right alongside Washu's smile.

The warm feeling swept over Washu and before she knew it, tears were falling from her face. For a few moments, her thoughts lingered back to the son she had lost long ago. Once her sadness was suppressed, she looked back at the baby girl in her arms. She was no different from any other parent; this was the first time she held her daughter, watch her take her first breath, watch her first smile, and she was the first thing she saw. They were truly mother and daughter. "I wonder what we should call you?" She thought about every name she could but came up with a blank. I guess we will wait for Ryoko to help name you in the morning.

*yawn* "Boy, this has been a busy night. Better go and get some sleep, it's going to be a wonderful day tomorrow." She started for her room but then realized she was still holding her new bundle of joy. "I guess you will need a place to sleep also, won't you?" She asked while waving her hand in her face. By this time the baby was already in a state of dreams.

She looks so peaceful.

Washu then made her laptop appear in front of her. After keying in a few words, a room magically appeared. The door was a beautiful purple and cyan color between her and Ryoko's room. If she ever needed to check on one of the girls, she simply had to step a few feet then she will be in the other daughter's room.

While looking around the room, Washu decided to sit upon her favorite floating red pillow. The baby's room was decorated with a blue background with purple flowers drawn in like a violet landscape. The most interesting thing about the wall was the painting of a solar system. It looked as if it were painted into the wallpaper. Her crib and toys carried the same theme. There was a bird-like swing hanging in the corner that served the purpose as a baby holder. Beside it was none other than a bookshelf. In front of that was a wardrobe filled with baby clothes, diapers, powder, combs, wipes, and other ingredients needed to take care of a baby. In front of the crib floated a violet pillow. She remembered when Ryoko first got her cyan-colored floating pillow. She usually lay across it and daydreamed than sat on it and worked like her mother. Maybe when you get older, you will make better use of yours.

She gently laid the child in the crib and left for her own room for a peaceful night's sleep.

Morning time.

"Happy birthday little Ryoko!" Ryoko tore into her birthday cake as Ryo-oki ate a carrot cake Washu had specially made for her (it was technically like her birthday too). She couldn't wait to tell them about her surprise. It was very obvious Ryoko couldn't either because she gulped down the cake as if she wasn't planning on eating for the next few days.

"Okay, I'm done. Where is my surprise mom?" Every so often Washu had something interesting for her. The very first thing she ever received from her mother was Ryo-oki. One time she gave her a floating pillow in her favorite color-cyan. Then it was the time she started teaching her how to use her powers-correctly. She was thinking of everything that could top each gift after another, but this was something she was totally unprepared for.

"Alright little Ryoko, come with me. You too Ryo-oki." With that, everyone followed Washu out of the kitchen through her room until they reached a door.

RyokoI don't remember this door being here before.

"That is because it wasn't." Ryoko had forgotten for a split second that she and her mother had a special 'link', as well as she and Ryo-oki. "Well, go on and open it. I promise that you're surprise won't eat you when you touch it."

The last part of the comment made Ryoko a bit nervous to go in, but what child would turn down the opportunity to receive a gift they know they will like. Instead of walking through the door, she wanted her mother to be proud of her new powers so she decided to phase through the door. The site froze her in mid-phase. Her trunk to her head was in the room, but the rest of her stayed outside with Washu.

WashuYou had better hurry and phase through before you get stuck like that.

"Oh."

As soon as she finished phasing, she levitated to the crib to see the sleeping baby. "Mom?"

"Yes Ryoko."

"Who is this?"

"This is your new baby sister."

"Really! what's her name?" She asked in almost a yell which caused the baby to stir a bit.

"Actually, I was waiting on you to help me name her."

"Cool!"

With that yell, the baby girl woke up, but didn't cry. Washu just stood there, stunned! "She is the first child I have ever seen wake up from a noise like that and didn't cry."

"Sorry mom." Just as quick as the apology came, a number of questions popped in her head at once. "Hey, what is that mark on her head?"

"Don't know; she was born with it."

"Does she have a link like us?"

"We won't know that until she is a little bit older dear."

"Why isn't her hair like yours?"

"The same reason yours isn't."

"Will you make her a special friend like Ryo-oki?"

"No, I think yours is enough running around herself." Ryoko seemed to be at a loss for questions for the time being.

WashuI had better ask her now before she asks me another twenty questions.

"So little Ryoko, what will you like to call the baby?"

"hmm...Ayelei!"

"Alright then, from this day on, she will be known as Ayelei Hakubi, sister of Ryoko, friend to Ryo-oki, and daughter of the most brilliant scientific genius in the universe, Washu!"

Raising both hands in the air she shouted, "Yeah mom!" Washu was already levitating on her pillow and with a few strokes of her hand on her laptop, Ryoko's cyan-colored pillow was floating under her. As she settled onto her pillow, she went to pick the baby up but pulled back. She had never held a baby before. After a reassuring look from her mother, she cradled her baby sister in her arms. She started playing and cooing with her new sister. In a sing-song type of way, she said her name "Ayelei. Ayelei. Ayelei..."

Present

"...Ayelei? Ayelei! AYELEI!!!"

"WHAATT!!!!"

Without even thinking, Ryoko yelled back at her.

"Hey, don't get mad at me! You're the one who doesn't even know how to answer to your own name!"

Looking down at the ground with guilt, "Sorry Ryoko."

*sigh* "Don't be. I shouldn't have snapped at you."

Silence.

"Look, Washu and Ayeka want you both to come back inside now. They think you will catch a cold if you stay out in the weather too long."

"Okay, thanks Ryoko."

With that said and done, Ryoko phased back into the house.

"Sasami, how long was I out for?"

"Well, you were zoned out for like ten whole minutes. What were you thinking about?"

"About when I was a baby."

"Oh." Her younger childhood years were always a touchy subject so she tried the best she could not to get into it. Maybe she could hold off talking about what's been bothering them a little bit longer. The whole while they were talking, Ryo-oki was sleeping nicely on top of Sasami's head. She was starting to wake up which usually meant it was time to eat.

"I had better go and get dinner started. Let's see, Mihoshi and Kiyone will be flying in soon, Washu will be coming out of her lab, Ayeka and Ryoko should be done with their work, Grandpa comes down from the shrine, Tenchi's dad will be here any minute, and Tenchi will be really hungry after working so hard in the fields."

"Yeah okay. I'll set the table and put the tea on this time okay."

"Okay, let's go."

Sasami held on to Ayelei's hand while Ryo-oki kept her same spot on her head. With a blink of an eye, they were in the kitchen. Like Ryoko, Ayelei can dematerialize, but to a certain degree. She couldn't pass through walls like Ryoko and Ryo-oki, but she could be in one place then reappear in the place that she pictured in her mind (a.k.a. teleportation). She also posses the skills of flying and creating a light sword like Ryoko and Washu. She didn't have a link to Ryo-Oki as well as her mother and sister did, but they seemed to understand each other pretty well.

As they all let go, they collapsed onto the floor as they felt their particles and molecules return to their original place. The ending result was a tingling feeling all the way through their body. The only time Ayelei gets this feeling is when she dematerializes with another person with her. They were all laughing at the feeling started to go away.

"I love it when you do that."

"Trust me, so do I Sasami."