A PIRATES LIFE FOR ME?...
Author: Daferge
Disclaimer: Tenchi Muyo! is copyright AIC/Pioneer Ltd. All respective characters are property of their original owners. All original characters and ideas are property of the author.
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Chapter 04...
Ayeka looked out her window onto the garden below... Of late Sasami had taken to retreating to the quiet of the small private fountain behind the Royal palace... Ayeka could see her sitting on the grass her head resting on a small bench... Ayeko smiled, it must be nice to have a place to be alone...
First it had been their being forced to return home, then there come word of Tenchi's death and now word that Mihoshi was missing... Sasami's world seem to be coming apart... Even from this distance Ayeka could tell she was crying...
Ayeka had often been tempted to join Sasami at the fountain, but thought it best if Sasami had a 'place' of her own, where she could be alone... Ayeka had forgotten that the word 'alone' had no meaning here at the Royal Palace... She missed the quiet peace of the forest around the Masaki shrine and house... The ability to take restful walks when things got hectic...
Ayeka was about to turn when she noticed a cloaked figure slowly approached Sasami from the main building...
Could it be a messenger with a message? ...
Stopping a short distance from Sasami, the figure bowed... Sasami lifted her head when she sensed she wasn't alone any more, but continued to face away from the figure, wiping the tears from her eyes...
As Ayeka watched, the figure stepping even closer, reached out, placed a hand on Sasami's head and gently stroked it...
Ayeka froze... WHAT?
Sasami turned to face the stranger and then did something totally unexpected...
She jumped up, threw her arms around the 'messenger' and hugged them...
Ayeka stood there stunned... Why?... What?... Who?...
The figure stood there for a while, stroking the back of Sasami's head... Then taking her into their arms, the stranger wrapped the cape carefully and gently around her, then they were gone...
Vanished...
"SASAMI!!!!!... "
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A dark set of eyes watched... And SMILED...
to be continued...