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No Need for Salvation

It was just another day near the picturesque lake somewhere in Japan. All seemed right with the world as the inhabitants of the impressive two-story house right on the shore had come home. The birds currently occupying the dock flew away as these normal people finally arrived…in their giant spaceship. A crescent beam shone on the dock, as a group of humans materialized. Well, at least, at first glance one would think they were human…except the floating one with long, cyan hair and a tail clinging on the same average-looking boy as the pretty, more on-the-ground girl with short purple hair and regal-looking clothes. Next to the purple-haired girl was a younger, teenage-looking girl with two long, blue ponytails going almost to the ground. She also wore regal-looking clothing. Next to the tail girl was another shorter girl with long spiky red hair that was also impossibly long. Behind her was a taller woman who had short, light bluish-green hair cut up to her ears Next to her was an elder man who looked to be in his eighties, but also looking very healthy for his age. The brown and gray spaceship above them suddenly shrunk and what landed was what appeared to be some odd mix of a brown cat and a brown and white rabbit. It meowed as the little blue-haired girl held out her hands and the "cabbit" leapt onto her shoulders. Yeah, this happy family was as normal as an alien family living on Earth could be.

"Wow, Seina's wedding sure was exciting, don't you guys think?" asked the boy with two girls hanging on him.

"Sure was, Tenchi," replied the floating Tail Girl. "Nothing like a good wedding with a sneak peak of their honeymoon to give a girl a few ideas."

"Ryoko!" gasped the on-the-ground girl. "That is about the most vile thing I've ever heard from you!"

"You gotta admit, Ayeka, it was a pretty good show."

At this point Ayeka started turning red with embarrassment. Ryoko simply laughed at her as the others made their way back to the house.

"I have to admit, though," said the girl with spiky red hair, "even I was surprised that Seina ended up with eight wives, what with his bad luck and all."

"I think you're right, Washu," said the other little girl as she blushed a little. "I think he broke the record for marrying the most wives at one time in our family's history."

"I think you're right, Sasami," replied the grandfather-like person, who for some reason was referred to as 'grandpa,' "but for now, I'm looking forward to getting back to our otherwise peaceful lives."

"Grandpa's right," said Washu. "Ever since Seina joined the GXP, things have calmed down a lot for us."

SPLASH!

Everyone looked back to the source of the splash and sighed as a tall blond managed to climb her way onto the dock.

"Welcome back, Mihoshi," greeting Sasami.

"Heh, hi," she replied.

(B-D)

A door appeared out of nowhere and opened as Washu entered her lab, which was contained in some kind of pocket dimension. She loved this place, where she performed all kinds of tests and experiments that would otherwise threaten single and dual-celled organisms everywhere. Besides, this is where she kept all of her stuff.

"Ah, finally!" exclaimed Washu as her clothes quickly changed from her earlier galactic formalwear to her regular black and red clothes that she loved oh so very much. She sat down in front of her view screen. "Now I can finally get some work done."

KAZAP!

"Yeaag!" she screamed as lightning struck about three inches to the right of her transparent computer screen. Washu landed hard on the floor, suffering from a near heart attack. Sure, she was the greatest scientific mind in the universe, but almost getting struck by lightning while inside a weather-free pocket dimension is enough to scare anybody's bodily functions empty. She simply sat there for about three minutes, catching her breath and pounding her chest in an attempt to calm herself. She finally had the strength to shakily pick herself up to investigate. Being a scientific mind, she was curious to see the aftermath of what she thought was impossible. It couldn't have been an attack or they would've continued with another strike while she was down. She finally approached the spot where the lightning stuck and was dumbfounded. Instead of a hole or crater what she found was a message which seemed to have be typed into the nigh-invulnerable floor that she herself had created. The language was also something that made her heart skip a beat or two. It was written in the old language her followers had used when she was the Goddess of Knowledge. She shook her head of the shakiness and read the message.

"To Washu, former Goddess of Knowledge:

This is a message to inform you that you are to meet

with a representative of Kami-sama at the shrine training

grounds at six o'clock this evening. Please dress casual

and eat before the meeting. Further details will be given

by His representative.

Signed,

Kami-sama"

"Great Kami-sama?" she whispered as she was once again floored by what was happening. "He wants me to meet with Him? This must be serious…oh my, this can't be good…………unless," she started to get that crazy look in her eye, "He wants to acknowledge my…"

KAZAP!

Washu was on the floor once again, this time on her stomach with her hands over her head. She got up and read a second message from Kami-sama.

"To Washu, former Goddess of Knowledge:

Not even close.

Signed,

Kami-sama"

Exasperated and thoroughly humbled, Washu went to her room to prepare herself for the meeting of her lifetime. It's not often that you're personally paged by Kami-sama Himself.

(B-D)

Washu sat in a transparent, floating chair on the edge of the training grounds. She knew that there would be no interruptions after the explanation she gave to Yosho. He assured her that at least no one from their group would interfere. Of course, they weren't going to say who this meeting was with lest curiosity get them killed. That is how that whole original Fall of Man thing happened, after all. She most certainly didn't want to screw this up.

"You're early, little Washu," said a kind voice just a few inches from her left ear.

"Eeepp!" eepped Washu as she nearly jumped out of her skin. Again she found herself pounding her chest, trying to get herself to calm down. Inexplicably, she muttered a common Earth saying. "Jesus Christ!"

"Yes, I AM." Washu's heart nearly stopped. Those three words had more gravity to them than anything else she had ever heard in her long life. She just had to know if he was real or if she was dreaming. "Yes, I am real, my child, and no, you are not dreaming, as the dull ache from your reaction to my Father's first message can tell you."

Washu, to her credit, did not faint, but simply fell to her knees. Never before had she ever encountered such power, so much holiness in its purest form. That's when she noticed something for the first time, causing her to double-blink as she stood.

"Um, Mr. Christ?"

"Please, call me Jesus."

"Ok, but why are you wearing pants?"

Not exactly the first question that she had planned to ask the Son of Kami-sama, but the fact that he was wearing tan Dockers and a white t-shirt with a dark blue arrow pointing up with the words "I'm with HIM" written under the arrow, kind of caught her a little off guard.

"Did you expect me to be in a tunic or robes?"

"Um…"

"Or in blindingly bright holy armor?"

"Actually, yeah."

"I understand. You do remember that my Father did say to dress casually, am I correct?"

"When are you not?"

"Man has a saying that holds true even for me. 'Flattery will get you nowhere.'"

"Ouch."

"No, but you wound me, Washu. You've hardly prayed to me since Kagato or even tried to seek any kind of relationship with me."

"Um…oh boy…"

"Even now, you are not even being open enough to be in your true form." Washu looked herself over, and noticed that she was still in child form. "I know why you choose this guise, but you do not have to."

"What, you want to make it better? What makes you think I'm worthy of something like that, huh?"

"Do not worry, Washu. I am not here to judge you, that my father's job. I am here on behalf of my Father to give you your calling."

"My calling? I thought my calling was to…oh, well I guess not, huh?"

"Actually, it is because of your scientific genius that you were selected for this mission."

"Mission?"

"Indeed. You have been chosen to save not one but two dimensional clusters."

Washu took an involuntary step back. "Whoa."

"Indeed. Please take a look at these screens." Jesus made a sweeping motion with his arm and several screens materialized in mid air. Washu brought out her own laptop, trying to scan everything around both Him and his technology. "You will not be able to scan my equipment, Washu." She hung her head for a moment. "But I will upload everything you'll need to your databanks. First, however, I shall brief you on what is going on." Jesus pulled out a laser pointer and pointed it to the leftmost screen. "This is the G4 Dimensional Cluster. The three superpowers there have just recently gone to war. A forth faction has tried to mediate things, but failed." He points to the next screen. "If all four factions here have there final battle in one dimension, which will happen if this war is not stopped, will cause a chain reaction that will destabilize their space-time continuum." He pointed to a third screen showing the results of His statement.

"That's...very bad."

"It's worse that you think, Washu." She double-blinked. "You see, this dimension is a part of the Animé dimensional cluster, and it is closely connected to the G4 cluster. Thus, if the G4 cluster destabilizes, so will this one as well."

Washu smacked her forehead as the ramifications hit her like a Mack truck. She had never in her experience even thought that there would be enough power from any mortal force that could destabilize an entire dimensional cluster, never mind two. She at best could only take down one dimension at a time.

"About how much time do we have before things get too messy?" she asked.

"Fortunately they have just begun their war, so you do have some time, but it would be wise not to procrastinate for too long in any one dimension."

"Huh?"

"You must go to several dimensions in this cluster to gather allies and friends so you may have the strength and numbers needed to stop this war. Gather them here and I shall upload everything you'll need to journey to the G4 cluster. You must beware, however, for there are forces even now that are working to take advantage of this. You must lead this league of heroes on this mission, for you have the knowledge and ability to do so. I am counting on you, Washu."

Washu wobbled for a moment. She was used to saving planets and the occasional empire, but this was two clusters of dimensions with countless people and other life forms hanging in the balance. Sure, she was a former goddess and all, but this was still a daunting task, to say the least. And she was also supposed to lead, too. She hadn't really lead anything major since she was at the academy, and that was a long time ago. And although she was very confident in her skills, she knew that one mistake could possibly cause the destruction of a dimension. These were the thoughts of the great scientist as she milled through everything she had seen and heard. It wasn't often that she got overwhelmed, but this certainly qualified. She then finally noticed a hand on her shoulder. She looked up and locked eyes with the Son of Man.

"I know you have doubts. Most people we call on do, but we know that you can do this. You must have faith in He who will watch over you. It may seem so, but We will not put more on you than you can bear. Worry not, my child," he whispered as he embraced her with a hug, "if you just believe in me, then even when you're faith wavers, I will always be there with you."

Never before had Washu felt so safe, so free of anything before. She returned His hug for a moment, then stepped back. Jesus simply looked her in the eyes with compassion.

"I have so many things to think about. I..I need some time."

"I understand."

"But," she said as she grew to her true form, "I guess I can start with just being myself, eh?"

Jesus smiled and nodded. "That is a good start. I will allow you some time to think things through, but remember, you do not have all the time in the world."

"I know."

"Very well. Be strong, Washu, and believe. I tell you the truth, this will all help when we meet again to talk about your little title of 'Goddess of Knowledge.'" as Jesus used the quotation hand gesture. Washu started to sweat. "It's not as bad as you think, but we still have to talk about that. Farwell, my child."

And then He was gone. Washu stood there for several minutes as she sorted through everything.

"That really wasn't a dream," she said to herself as she searched her feelings. She did feel safe and strong. She pulled up her laptop and found the information about the mission, confirming that it was all for real. "Well, so much for going back to that peaceful life..." than she flashbacked to the last thing Jesus had said. "I have to talk to Kami-sama about me being a former Goddess?" she nearly screamed. She buried her face in her hand. "Oh, boy."

(B-D)