Disclaimer

I don't own Harry Potter. I don't own Tenchi Muyo or any of the other stories in the Tenchi universe.

I merely succumbed to the temptation of 'What if?'. This plot bunny came to me a few months ago and refused to leave me alone until I got it written.

Here is the second chapter; I hope you all enjoy it.

Authors Note

I've received some good feedback so far so thank you to everyone who reviewed.

Chapter 1

Harry lay back on his worn bed in the smallest bedroom at no. 4 Privet Drive. He had gotten home yesterday and had had a rough night. He hadn't slept well since the Third Task but last night was particularly bad.

His thoughts still replayed that night in the graveyard. He had told Dumbledore everything, well nearly everything. The white barrier that had saved him was something he still hadn't told anyone. He didn't really know what to tell anyone yet.

He was jerked out of his thoughts by a hammering on the bedroom door.

"Wake you lazy brat!" His aunt's shrill voice penetrated the closed door. "If you want to eat you had better get your chores done. You can start with the weeding. Get moving!"

"Yes, Aunt Petunia." Harry replied tiredly, dragging himself off the bed.

This was going to take ages. He had seen the flower beds last night when he got home. They looked like they hadn't been touched since he had left for school last year.

!HPNNfH!

They made an odd group walking the streets of Surrey as they followed Ryo-oh-ki. The variety of styles of clothing they wore, most of which definitely weren't British, made it obvious they were from another country.

Washu had programmed their target's energy signature into Ryo-oh-ki's sensors and were now following her towards their target.

Washu was still grumpy from last night. She had detected their target's energy signature the day before but it had been in motion all day, travelling the length of the country, until late afternoon when it had finally stopped.

Washu had been all for abducting this person in the middle of the night but had been shouted down by Tenchi and Ayeka, though it was Sasami who had managed to get the insane genius to hold off her plans.

"Can you imagine living here? This must be the most boring street on the planet, everything looks the same. We're getting close though." Ryoko commented. "Ryo-oh-ki say's that they're just a little way up this street."

"Let's go then." Tenchi said. "And can everyone at least try and pretend to be normal and not attract attention."

"Yeah, alright. I get the message." Ryoko grumbled.

!HPNNfH!

Harry was weeding the backyard when all of a sudden there was a 'meow' and a strange animal jumped on him. With a startled yelp he spun round trying to get a hold on the creature crawling all over him.

"Ryo-oh-ki." A young girl with long green hair came running into the yard. "You can't just run off like that."

The strange animal launched itself from Harry's shoulder into the girl's arms and turned to look at him. "Meow." It said looking satisfied with itself.

Harry looked at the strange cross between a rabbit and a cat with long floppy ears when a voice sounded at his side.

Harry turned to see another girl looking at him intently, her face inches away from his own, and began speaking in a slightly nasal voice.

"Hello. I'm Washu. I've come halfway around the world to ask you a very important question. Would you be my guinea pig?"

"Your what?" Harry stumbled back.

"Shut up Washu." A woman with wild, pale green hair, made her presence known."

"I agree." Another woman, with long dark hair, appeared with a young man at her side. "You are going to scare him." She said in her proper tones.

"I was just playing." The red hair girl called Washu replied.

"I'm really sorry to just burst in on you like this." The dark haired woman took control. "But we have been looking for you for a few days now."

"Why? Who are you?" Harry was backing up.

"Oh, where are my manners. My name is Ayeka, this is Lord Tenchi, she is my little sister Sasami. And this wild animal." Her tone darkened. "Is Ryoko."

"Hey who are you calling a wild animal?" Ryoko threatened.

"If the shoe fits..." Ayeka appeared totally unconcerned.

"We're not making a very good impression." Tenchi said. "We should explain why we're here."

"Good point." Washu said. "A few days ago I detected an unusual energy pulse. My instruments were able to get the energy's signature but not get a complete fix on the location. We've spent our time since tracking down the source of that energy." She focused on Harry intently. "That source is you."

"Me? I don't know what you are talking about." Harry stuttered.

"You don't?" Washu leant forward. "Nothing involving a white energy barrier, in a trilateral pattern perhaps?"

"How did you know?" Harry blurted in surprise.

"I detected it, and the energy signature of the person who generated it. I gave that signature to Ryo-oh-ki to track and here we are." Washu stated. "They are called Light Hawk Wings. You are the second person to be able to generate them by themselves."

"The second?" Harry was surprised. "Who was the first?"

"Lord Tenchi here. They are normally only able to be created by the Royal Trees at the heart of the ships of the Jurai Royal family." Ayeka explained.

"Jurai Royal Family? Royal Trees? I don't know what you're talking about." Harry was totally confused.

"Tell me about it." Tenchi grinned. "I was just as shocked as you are when I found out."

"Lord Tenchi?" Harry was surprised. "What do you mean?"

"Just call me Tenchi. I've never really felt like the prince I'm supposed to be. I was just an ordinary kid when I found out that a story about a warrior ancestor of mine who fought a demon 700 years ago was actually my Grandfather."

"And the demon was Ryoko here." Ayeka added.

"Hey? Who are you calling a demon?" Ryoko demanded.

"Ryoko, you went from being a dried up mummy to the form you have now. You can fly, teleport and go through walls. Add to that the fact that you attacked me and blew up my high school, what was I was supposed to think?" Tenchi asked her.

"When you put it like that you make me sound bad." Ryoko grumbled.

"Don't worry." Sasami told Harry. "They're always like that. You don't have to worry."

"I do actually." Harry replied. "If my aunt see's you lot I will be in big trouble."

"Don't worry about that." Washu dismissed his concerns.

"I do have to worry about it. I have to live here."

"You could come with us."

"Huh?"

"You could come with us." Washu repeated. "We can help you understand and control you new power. Something you really need to do. You have no idea just how powerful the Light Hawk Wings really are. If you don't learn to control them then you could hurt yourself or people you care about by accident."

Harry was frozen in shock at the sudden invitation and its implications when his aunt's shrill voice sounded across the yard. "Potter. What are these people doing here?"

"Umm." Harry stuttered

"We came to see our new friend here." Washu replied.

"Well you can leave again right now." Petunia yelled.

"I'll handle this." Ryoko said.

"Don't hurt her." Tenchi said.

"Yeah, yeah." Ryoko waved his concerns away.

Ryoko vanished and appeared immediately in front of Petunia. "We'll go when we are ready to go. Got a problem with that?" She growled.

Petunia gasped at her sudden close proximity then stated "You're just a bunch of useless freaks like him."

Ryoko raised a hand and formed a ball of red energy in it. Grabbing the ball, it shaped itself into a long blade.

Ryoko raised the blade to Petunia's neck. "Who're you calling a useless freak?"

Petunia stared at the blade and fell back in fear, tripping over and ending up on the ground looking like she was about to pass out.

"Ryoko." Tenchi scolded.

"What? I'm just playing?" Ryoko retorted.

"Is that how she normally treats you?" Sasami asked looking horrified.

Harry nodded.

"You have to come with us then." She pleaded. "It'll be much more fun and you'll be much happier if you do?"

"You are more than welcome to join us." Tenchi added. "It will be nice to have someone else who can create Light Hawk Wings, and another guy around."

"But... I have to stay here. It's not safe for me to leave." Harry said.

"Why not?" Tenchi asked.

"There is a madman who wants to kill me. There are protections here to keep me safe."

"Hah!" Washu laughed. "I can make barriers much stronger than the one around this house."

"How?"

"I am the number one genius in the universe." Washu laughed.

"If this madman shows up, we can handle him." Ayeka assured him. "We can protect you until you learn enough to protect yourself."

"And I can help you learn." Tenchi added.

"Please come." Sasami begged.

"Uh." Harry fell back.

"Please." Sasami looked like she was about to cry.

"Alright." Harry relented.

"Yay." Sasami cheered.

"Go and pack you things." Washu told him. "I'll just put up a barrier so that no one will notice us leave."

"I'll help." Tenchi followed him.

When they reached Harry's room they were surprised. The difference between the cramped, rundown room and the rest of the rather sterile house was obvious.

"They make you live this?" Ayeka had followed as well. "This room is practically a cupboard."

"No, it isn't." Harry countered.

Ayeka stared at him, then her eyes narrowed in suspicion and she left with a determined stride.

Tenchi helped Harry pack up his things into his trunk and when they were finished Tenchi easily picked up the trunk while Harry picked up Hedwig's cage and carried the owl downstairs.

Ayeka was in the corridor at the bottom of the stairs, staring at the cupboard.

"Why can I detect remnants of your energy in here?" She asked turning an imposing glared on him.

"It was my bedroom for ten years, until I turned eleven." Harry admitted.

Ayeka's eyes widened in shock then stormed out the back door.

"You lived in a cupboard? That's dreadful." Tenchi was shocked.

"Aunt Petunia is my mum's sister. They didn't get along. When my parents were killed and I was left here, they made sure I knew I wasn't welcome here."

"It's just as well you're leaving then."

Tenchi walked out forcing Harry to follow.

Ayeka was glaring at Petunia at a loss for words.

"Ryoko, you have my permission to hurt her. She forced our new friend to grow up in a cupboard." She finally ground out.

Ryoko's face took on a thunderous expression as lightning crackled around her. "How despicable! Not even I was ever that cruel."

"Leave her alone." Harry called out. "Please. Just leave her alone."

"You sure?" Ryoko was so surprised the lightning and blade vanished.

"Yeah. Please, let's just go."

"Barrier's up. Ryo-oh-ki, take us home." Washu called out.

Harry watched in shock as the strange animal jumped from Sasami's arms into the air and seemed to explode into a new, massive form that floated there. A series of grey spikes extended from below a central red sphere and above four massive grey arms extended, rising up and ending in sharp tips.

"Come on. Let's go." Ryoko grabbed him and lifted him into the air. "By the way, what's your name?"

"Harry, Harry Potter." Harry was too surprised to say more.