Tsunami's Radiance

by Gaian Knight

The start of the aftermath...

10. A9 - Future and Past

Tsunami's Radiance

Volume I

Act IX - Future and the Past

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-Shrine waterfall, following day-

"Must... think... clear and... calm... mindful... serene... wholesome... clean... unmanly thoughts." ...such was the mantra of a shmoo for a good five minutes now. It almost got to the sixth minute when... "You gonna make Grandpa wait for you at practice for much longer Al-bud?"

"AS LONG AS IT TAKES!" ...Al-kun just BUG eyes out with! Tenchi, dressed for the 'final' normal sword practice with Yosho-sama, just stands with Ryoko and Noike nearby, as Amane, Neiju and Senia come up. Noike just lays blame outright at... "And why did you have Tsunami-sama do that to poor Al-kun?"

"Because it's fun." ...Amane and Ryoko chime both said accused just traded some weird higher than normal looking high five. Senia and Tenchi just blush like mad at the memory so assaulted! Tenchi just blanches... "You do know we have kids staying at the house?!"

"Yugi helped suggest it." Ryoko seems to throw said lass under the bus with. This as Al-ohki leads a cabbit trio to the waterfall run off edge, the dirty blond creature cocking it's head at its partner-owner-such. Noike just bemoans of a visible headache. "Man, they do grow up too fast."

"Might be from that girl comic stuff from Noby-san's stash too." ...Senia imparts, and pays for it with a 'chastise' from Neiju... "Oh? Being a naughty boy hubby?"

Senia just bolted off with that. (And had a tree or six fall atop of him nearby.) Ignore the pip eyes looking back, as Tenchi just droops and holds a hand up at Ryoko. "No more yet of 'that' Ryoko." ...whit the sake' pirate smirks. "Dang, one Kaunaq Galaxy Top Secret catalog and..." ... "I said no more jeeze!" ...Tenchi goes anime big head.

Meanwhile despite Al-yutz already cold to the cell into mitochondria or such , just is 'so' forced off said yelling into remembering...

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-Static TV like images of... actually it's too dang clear of mind.-

An absconded bedroom, of tired shmoo format, entering suddenly blinking unto: "Hello Beloved." -sexy saxophone tune-

Al just... stood there. Probably too long. Probably probably too long. And then definitely too long. And then...

"Tsunami!?" ...Tenchi big-bug-eye behind Al-frozen screeches, and a sudden stampede of reacting residents all tear upstairs to the sight of lacy teal detail sight of more than R-rated fare!

Tsui so... barely dressed, blinks, as much as Al's stone again, at least until a mutual female yelp of... "ALEAIC?!"

Al-bozu went bye-bye. Out the window. Into the lake. Tsui just sighs. "Next time I'll just teleport him outright."

"Good idea." ...Hakuren warbles out.

Eventually left alone to some dangerous fem scuttlebutt yonder earshot... or at least finally when Rea drags off her peeping tom husband off to a whippin'. Yosho too by Airi. (Senia soon got dragged off to the Kamidake by the 'crew'.)

Not that Tsui didn't act off her inference, and as such Aleaic didn't escape anyway that night.

... ...

"PurepurepurepurepurePUREPUREPURE...!"

Noike then actually 'asks' Ryoko... "They didn't... uh... did they?" ...Ryoko just shakes her head. "Talk about a missed opportunity."

"You know we have kids in the house right?!" ...Tenchi 'collected' again. Ryoko just thumbs up cutely, and a said fiancé joins another fiancé migraine. Noike just mutters. "-Use up all the sake' in the house today.-" ...ala to a Ryoko devil eye bit.

"And here you are." ...Tenchi 'and' Aleaic both hear to a terror! The lady fem eyes sure aren't any less wide eyed. Tenchi bades with boken in waving arms! "Well you see Grandpa, we... what here?!" ..whit Yosho decides to start practice there and then!

The ladies sure scattered! "My poor fiancée!" Noike comically balled out! Ryoko snarls back comical. "Stop taking advantage already!" Amane just adding... "Need a Senia shield here already!" ... "- HEY! -" An afar outta sight Kiriko snaps!

Aleaic didn't even get a chance to scream (and feel pain due to the ice cold waterfall,) before ending up somehow whacked in Tenchi's arms!

"You're wet and cold Al."

"It still didn't help." ...said back to Tenchi.

And then a sudden slew of Al's tossed aside boken strokes with Yosho, that really scatters the rest all over the heck place, this as Tenchi hears. "This day, know the solid feel of truth!" ... "Like I got a choice?!"

Aleaic-waterlogged meanwhile manages to recover to a flip cartwheel about, and grabs as stiff a large piece of tree branch that he can grasp! "Sorry!" ...right before he takes boken strikes from both opposing boken suddenly! Tenchi blinks as much as Yosho doesn't, at the multipronged-branch 'weapon'. "Uh, Tsunami might not like that choice Al!" ... "It's what I grabbed!" ... "Taking after Michiko Pupil?" ... "Do I get Advil after this creaming today?!"

It was all Aleaic could do to keep up, as suddenly more than sure expected, he was using all his 'weapon' had on him, to bade off attacks that he didn't realize he was keeping up enough with. All replete even with full three-sixty spinning blunt bading motions thrown in! Yosho saw this and had the same thought as Tenchi. 'He's ready.' ...which meant before Aleaic could blink, Yosho forced both his Pupils to up their game, done flatfooted as Yosho started a deft use of Funaho-ki into the equation! Aleaic had about a split second to register the difference, before he's creamed once more.

Tenchi too, just to keep things equal. Tenchi however of more cognitive function quick welted after, complains out with arm stabbed up.. "What's with the Jurai Power suddenly Grandpa?!" ...this Yosho simply stops with. "You're ready for more." ...and plain starts to walk off with. Course Al's out cold with a doozy of a shiner. (Pick an eye.) Tenchi just bemoans... "Great." ...as the scattered particulars race back in closer. This as Yosho stops to turn back with... "Be ready by noon." ...and walks off, past Kiriko as she semi-drags a leafy frazzled Senia.

"Crap." ...Ryoko uttered at the first. Tenchi is sat next to by the others, Ryo-ohki hoping onto his lap, as Kiriko and Senia reach Al-corpse, Fuku on his shoulder, whit Al-ohki hops over and makes 'mew' pokes of Al's face. Tenchi just blustered a sigh out. "Man. If that's just the start of what it all is really going to be like..."

"...stArT OoF wHuT?" ...as is heard of a 'corpse' moan. Noike just sighs. "Something... too big for us all alone."

"NIcE tO kNOw." ...Senia joins Al's headache fest, this as the duo just sit down nearby, Neiju shifting towards Senia's lumps to put comical who-knows-where-from band-aids on his noggin, all the while Ryoko regales. "Well. I guess the kid gloves are really off. I remember 'that' level too. Even if it 'was' for a split second there."

"You mean back when..." ...Noike imparts. Ryoko nods. Tenchi guesses... "...stuff that led to the Cave and all?" ... "Well..." ...Ryoko adds of her yellow glossy eye towards a clearly relaxing Al now, on his back. "...what since our damn enemy won't give us a break either."

"Then we won't." ...Kiriko spoke out next with. Eyes focus, as she does for... "And we know we're ready. Right Tsunami-sama?" ...the last with her head raised to everyone's sorta mutual left. This as everyone sees bemused of the sudden appearance of a simple kimono dressed choshin that simply hefts Al-kun's chosen 'weapon' like a baseball bat. And a face and tapping foot that didn't look happy.

Al-hosed: "Problem loverly lady?" ...seeing 'double' teal still.

"All soaking wet, leaving me in bed alone, not having a good breakfast for the start of the day, and then get pummeled while using an implement of nature. What do you have to say for yourself?"

The lot just look bemused, as Al-kun offers amicably... "Ah... can you help me replace that branch lovely goddess of mine?"

That got a chipper. "Okay!" ...to everyone else's snicker.

Noike just comments to Neiju. "We sure know who's whipped." ...to an Al-groan.

... ...

Yosho walks off boken still held as before, as Airi appears on pan of him walking by. Of such Airi warily opinionates on equal motion of walking with. "Can he handle what he's going to be trained with husband? With what's coming? Lady Misaki isn't the kind to hold back."

"Can we keep up, after long enough of the same." Yosho says back plainly. Airi blinks and jerks a look back. "But... those strange powers of his. And Tenchi too..."

Yosho stops at such, her's in kind. "If I know my father, they will figure the vein of what they are being trained for. From such, a place of point to find merit for them both. From such, they will figure out how and when to measure out their power responsibly. Beyond that, only 'they' can be of limit to themselves. The rest we teach, to best ally them to our wanted cause."

Airi just sighs at that. "Like what I did to our daughter, before we learned better. Like... a proper mother should."

Both are of silent. Halted mode there.

And a moment later, ala Yosho: "But you'd probably do it all, all over again." ... "Probably." ...before both just walk on.

... ...

"Gee... thanks mom and dad." ...to a split shut off holo-feed from yonder below. A daughter might have an eye twitter to boot.

"We shall be just as cruel now then." ...came in turn from a rising Kamiki. Hirata then offers aloud. "Should we be ready to act if the test becomes too much for the earthling."

Seto looks back to Hirata's correction of... "That Juraian will be accorded all such with honor. We shall see if we even need bother." ...before she turns to walks towards a prepared transporter glade chamber.

Minaho just edges in side long. "Nice going."

"Yeah yeah." ...Hirata slumps with. He and Minaho so on follow with such postures.

... ...

Tsukiko finished putting away the last of the dishes from breakfast. Several of Senia's crew had come and gone, the earlier than normal breakfast of level note, little nominal family akin talk, in favor of what was coming. Tsukiko placed the last dish into the upper cupboard, and then considered for a moment.

And then she turns and walks back to her bedroom. There on a nearby desk of all otherwise earthly ware, kempt neat and clean, was a Juraian based data unit, a dark sheen unit that held the Masaki family logo, set below the formal emblem of the Jurai Intelligence Service.

She took only a look at the inert unit, the size of a large pad, and didn't bother reactivating to recheck her investigative work. The correlation of multiple sources.

She sighs... "The empress will be wanting this today." ...said of a paused uncertainty, of what was to come. Then her next of mind, for essentially the entire Valley. 'Everything will finally change today.'

Of the next sudden thing she heard. "- Oh, sorry mom... -" ...Tsukiko shot her head at in hearing, "Kai?" ... "- I guess Senia already left! -" ... "- We'll go ahead and catch up! -" ... "Yoshiko too? Wait...!"

By the time she heard bike wheels take off, she already has her report in reactive hand. "Wait! Not now! Ah dang it!' ...and just starts chasing right after.

... ...

Crystalline reflection technology made for easy stealth, for one that was adjoining her vessel to another chuan. Their core version at that.

The sight that greets the unexpected entry, is one that catches the daughter of Fenganis off guard, on teleport over. "Wha... you?!"

"Don't give it away. Your own Creator is easily endowed of ear." ...one slender short haired brunette of the Jurai royal attendant sect, quipped to the other royal dressed of the Fungesian Facet Council, ever Chinese dragon dress lay. One of arrival that snipped back annoyed. "And your own should know better of who's side you are on."

"I play my own this day, before the last." ...a serene female of ages her Juraian overloads couldn't concave of the true cruelty of age could be, of kempt endless youth. Something by definition, hard to accomplish, but yet so...

The other arrives just complaining with a wipe of her mother's akin styled pigment locks. "They should be also mindful of their scanning defenses. The demonstration maneuvers made stealth too easy. As per was your own so attempt."

"Lady Seto sent the Kamidake. I send them my son. You come all the same. All fair trades are equitable here. This day. All such true days forward."

"So we feel from the Chrysalis." ...she stops aside another guest aboard Gaea-chuan. She then offers... "Good to see you are still alive, old friend."

"For us all." ...the youthful motherly elder remarked. She then offers... "They will need you as well, all the such I cannot be."

"Bigger than us all, still is it."

Only a nod. And then only a wait...

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": ...must... warn... m-must... warn... -w-w-warn... :" ...as a badly damaged quasi-fune vessel strained its hyper unit to beyond last limits.

It was finally approaching past Sirius now...

... ...

-Alone together-

"By the way, did you know how sexy you can be love?"

"Ummhum!"

"You're dangerous."

"Verily."

"Here?"

"Yup... there cushy... right... right there..." ...a lass with an Al-ohki watch, the former pointing exact orientation and alignment, aided by a detail teal 'guide' outline glow upon the target tree's broken branch origin.

"Y-yeah... I see it! See... th... there?'"

": There! :" ...a sudden deft flare of her power allowed for a sudden snap of Choshin healing energy, to both heal-snap Al's branch weapon, back into natural place, of its parent tree of oak, but also suddenly grow anew leaves all about the same tree! As well as some new seed acorns, so demonstrated... "Good... j-wyipe!" ..Al-kun suddenly plop-crashes to the ground, and a few bonk dribble onto his head!

"Yay. Also begot new seeds as well, cushy-bun, they... oh!" ...as suddenly, some cute lil hillside monkeys pop out in a gaggle, from outta nowhere! They then rush over and start bowing to Tsunami. As she giggles at the inference, so does Al-kun to her looking eye.

"Good job monkey goddess!"

Tsui just dryly glowers... "Is that so?" ...right before a lotta monkey scratches adorn his face! "Why the face! Why the... owwieowwieowwieOW!" ...before they zip off to acorn dine, and also to a Tsui smirk and huff. "Never sass a monkey goddess." ...to a concussion filled shmoo.

Just then, as Al-ohki hops over to a dizzy eyed one, she then 'hears', to then announce. "My Sisters are asking for me. Excuse me belove." ...and Q like flashes out of sight, before a shmoo can groan-murmur anything back. The next he scrambles up with an Al-ohki and a cute lil monkey both chomping on acorns upon either shoulder. Aleaic just blinks and asks... "What was that about?" ...to Al-ohki just gulps down his acorn... "You?" ...the monkey looks with a 'what' look with chewing acorn 'adorned'. Then Aleaic decides to add... "Do you know?" ...to the healed oak tree. It just 'responded' by bonking an acorn off Al-kun's melon.

A shmoo then sniffs at his damp clothing. "Is it me?" ...and then huffs and sniffs again. "Ew... actually..."

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-Kamidake II-

"Hey folks." ...Amane calls out for the crew that didn't go to the earlier butt whippin'. Hakuren just chimes. "Hello Mister and Misses Yamada!" ...whit both said 'particulars' just stop. Senia just gulps. "Maybe yesterday was a bit much?" ... "I wouldn't say that." ...Kiriko walks by with a trailing tease right arm off his shoulder.

Ryoko then remarks. "We just finished breakfast." ...this before Senia nods. "Good. We did too upstairs. (Or is it somewhere stairs.) Anyway, Tenchi wants us for a quick meeting before they arrive."

"Roger." ...he hears all around him of female professional note. That turns the calm breakfast back to the somber note. Neiju remarks to that... "Why it suddenly more like a wake, than a party?"

Kiriko speaks of closest family explanation... "This all... could be the end of the Masaki Family... maybe the Village as we know it, on Earth."

"The end of..." ...Amane remarks, Kiriko nodding. "We just don't know what will really happen with the formal announcement of Yosho-sama's survival. There's just too much uncertainty. Jurai may really have to leave Earth."

"But it's not a guarantee." Senia offers of some strange kind of hope. The others look as their Captain replies... "And it might not be permanent if we do have to leave. The future and all that."

"Good point Senia." ...Suiren nods in kind. Senia then quips silly sounding... "I mean I'd like to come back and get my drivers license and..."

I think he stopped when he saw the faces he got back. Something akin to: abject horror.

"Or... not..." ...Senia chuckles... and cried.

...

Nothing like twin queens to dress their king for the day. Azusa sighed in his fune royal quarters, the fine carved interior, sheen and plush royal, as his wives settled his formal attire. What with the layers, puffy balls of detail and all, such took time.

Course Azusa just remarked simply. "I 'can' dress myself, thank you."

"Your mother requested this of us." Funaho simply retorted. Misaki just went about possibly too gleefully. An emperor just moaned.

"Soon you will meet young Aleaic." ...Misaki then added.

Kinda strange for an emperor to look upbeat and giddy like a kid suddenly. (As far as royal etiquette goes.) Both queens just happily smile and continue.

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It was all the Akara Second could do, to contain her rising froth. The various measurement and observation holo-screens about her, off to the left of the organ being toned of tuning, all in preparation of what was to come. The darkness here beheld too much light from these screens, beheld in theme more of some horror flick or such ominous in aura here. Atmosphere here was still from the aura. Breath not even of realized note lacking.

About her one 'good' eye, data... "(~ All the data we need. ~)" ...of their enemy's distinct waveform patterns.

Then the organ began playing it's opening aria of elongated note.

And then an off tune spate, the Second heard echoed afar off... "{~ Oh my. So mindfully unprepared. Hardly up to par. ~}"

This she then holds something in her left hands, without looking from summoning it. The light from the screens seemed to fade the mere summoning.

... ...

"An act?" ...Gyokuren squinted her eyes. This as the Kamidake crew traveled from their 'dock', through the Lab to reach the residence. Washu however on chance of converse, relented when the subject turned to... "Yup, given the signal feed was somehow live, it behooved to react as such. Not that it wasn't scary though."

Amane however sensed through her detective teeth. "But you got something out of all that. From the transmission." ...Washu with a thumbs up, all the while Tama-chan is hyper-typing in the background. "New data readings from that creep's realm of all things. I think it was a halted temporal trap of some sort, that acted like a delayed signal packet. A lot of the rules to pull all that off, had to also use our own universal rules and physics even."

"So they 'can' have a relation." ...Amane accented with a rub of her chin. Washu however imparts... "Yeah, but the power bandwidth alone behind it, is serious. Either they don't care about waste, or their form of power base is flat out higher than what we have for our version of standard energy usage."

"Standard energy usage?" ...Neiju asks. Hakuren comments alongside. "I sense you don't mean power generation alone there." ...Washu in turn waggles a 'yup' finger towards. "From what I see alone here, Dark Matter and Energy both are seriously in the equation. Maybe not even like 'this' universe's version of it. It's almost like what the Hylian Empire uses, but even moreso here. And I really mean even moreso. Plus there's evidence of this separate space of darkness really might be a true separate existence of its own. It is all really a true category of its own here.

Course you can't scare off this genius that easily. I got some contingencies cooking up here. Course that'll have to wait till after the party upstairs and all."

"Can't wait to see what you come up with Lady Washu." Senia responds with a thumbs up. Washu trades back one of her own, before rising from her hover-float cushion seat, with a stretch. "Well, I guess it's time to change the page, so to speak." ... "Looks like." ...Ryoko accents, as they head off. Washu echoes back as she leaves. "You have the Lab Tama!"

A cute 'whee', is returned.

...

"Sure is a pretty day."

"Miyah!" -such is the heftier theme tone-

Al-kun looks at his companion upon his right shoulder. "So, you were remade from that earthworm huh?"

"Meeyah!"

Their traverse takes them the long way path abouts to the Shrine. "Washu says you can become a spaceship someday, if you grow up and get strong." ... "Meewuop!"

"I guess you and Ryo and Fuku are good pals already." ... "Meewyup." ... "Hopefully someday soon we can communicate like Ryo and Ryoko does." ... "Mewwow!"

Aleaic then just walks along quietly for a good bit, the sounds of summer shifting through the trees on a warming morning. A pair of birds flock by, the sight making him start to think of his growing great love once more. As he realizes that, he also remembers how yesterday went.

-Shifting images in mind of Tsunami, upon the Mikagami, prior verily.-

Al-ohki denotes a deepening sigh, as they reach a fork in the 'road'. "Is... what I think is going on... what is really going on? I'm not..." ...he sees his cabbit lean in on noting... "...sure." ...to a soft groaty meow in turn.

Course Al-kun the also notes... "Is conversing like this, weird, or do I just need to grow up." ... "Meewop!" ... "Okay, I'll grow up." ...a shared chuckle between the two, as they proceed.

... ...

"Yeah yeah, I get it. I get it."

"This day for once Ryoko, I hope you do. Of this day, if no other." ...Ayeka made no bones in hiding. This as the common area of the residence was chock full of Masaki, to say the least. Yosho for one, despite one heck of an amount of self control emotionally driven upon, remarks calm and cool collected. "We truly must all be on our best behavior today. Our conduct may help determine if the Emperor allows us to stay on this world or not."

"You sure Grandpa?" ...Tenchi looks over, dressed in his earthly best, haori pressed and all. The particulars around, were either in best earthly business garb, or Juraian or GP akin. The Masaki particulars all wore their haori of Village note. The mood matched. Yosho nods. "As much it may not be easy to hear, and despite where the primary engender of our Valley even comes from, this world is still underdeveloped, and seen as such by the Court. Attitude also to match, despite prior visitation here by our said family. Like it or not, this planet is seen too much as crass for all too much ill thought.

In the end, whether we stay or go, may truly depend on our conduct here today. The rest is by order of the Emperor, we cannot ignore."

"Well that's just swell. There goes the vacation." Ryoko groans out. Ayeka nods. "As such all may be as so. However there is no reason if we must go, we cannot stay together, and live as we do here, on Jurai instead." ...though the grumble from Kiyone Masaki remarked in opposition.

Kiyone Makibi accented in similar tune... "That feels more like we could be in a cage there instead. No offense." ...of such Noike sighs in kind. "You may be right. At least here, no one knew of us here, at least..." ...she trails off, as Yosho nods. "I am more than aware that my announced 'survival', as its kept being so called, will place old expectations upon me. However there may still be chance to steer the course of how our lives will carry out from here." ...his tone he hopes to set a change of mood around. "We may not be necessarily constrained if I am enforced of the throne. Such could be a chance to change the way of some things, with the proper amount of diplomacy, and employed tact."

"Or just get everyone riled up, just as like." ...Sasami offered, more than understanding of the particulars. Ayeka sighs and takes her sisters hand. "Even if so, we will face it together. Like we have of everything."

"Like a real family!" ...Tenchi offers aloud, to a well needed cheer and laugh around.

Yosho saw this and smiled. 'Perhaps change will do Jurai good for once, as well.'

"Then what about Al-kun?" ...Tennyo asked aloud next. She looks about with... "Is he 'really' going to be a Knight of Jurai?"

"He'll want to." ...Yosho stated, stiffening his already folded arms, unto mixed reactions from all around.. "But all such, will only be a mere step, in finding out who he truly is." ... "Like that question you keep asking him." Tenchi cross examines back with.

"What question?" ...Senia asks next, his crew mates, Kiriko holding Fuku closest next, of what Yosho offers aloud. "Do you know who you are." ...the elder nods in his own telling. "Like it all also, from herein on and all, this may be all his story we are witnessing. Hardly to say we are wallpaper during it all, but the journey, will not be a mere fare of storytelling, for us all here to witness."

"Sounds like a lot." ...Suiren tones out.

"It is." ...becomes of the ethereal voice to enter the meeting with. Standing there with the slide windows open, the breeze playing of her robes of 'office', elegantly. The bows in the area are respectful, as even Ryoko on halted realization, and Mihoshi in akin hiccup cutely realize, also so do. Tsunami nods back for all to feel, as they all so rise. Akie of one note, standing off to the side with Taro's family, remarks... "I feel young just being near her."

Gaea and Tokimi also aside of rear each, hear their sister of accorded note here, dressed equally formally, formal Chinese white or white akin formal accented, and Nexus iconic best of celestial garb each, hear their sister remark. "And I will be there for Beloved, every step of his way. This time without fail."

"Cool." ...Tenchi remarks of his version of a kami best. Tsunami looks at her old Champion, with a nod.

"Well then indeed..." ...comes next, that sure makes for gasps and glowers around the room, as Tokimi sure blinks... "Sister?"

Washu stops and blinks. "What? I can't dress fancy as you for a day like this?" ...as her choice of garb, was as equally celestial for once, rather than even her attire of her Philosopher standing. Gaea just objects in kind... "You mean after all that time mortal, of such you constantly deride and dissuade of being of a Sister akin to us, you so approach us as such now."

"Yup." ...is all Washu needs to about cause one of the largest facevaults an anime or manga could ever see. Sure would be one for any real world room. Course it doesn't stop Tsui from remarking... "Don't make us revert you back to infant form and have you readopted elsewhere in the cosmos." ...sure put angsty and all.

"Ooooooh!" ... "Nooo!" ...a mother just stiff arm mushes a daughters face with. Course after Ryoko stumbles back, Kiyone in her formal motherly lavender kimono with Mayuka a mini-version same, comes up and 'comforts'... "Come to me later if you want to talk about what it's like to be properly raised by a proper mother. I know if can be frustrating, the stories of being abused by a bad parent and all." ...said with teary eyes at the end. (Wait, Mayuka too?) Ryoko just reciprocates. "-sniff- I know. I never even got to meet my real mother. Just one that annoyed the crap outta me!" ...Ryoko a bit comically angsty there.

Washu just started yanking up her goddess sleeves. "You both wana really start something! I'll give ya a hot momma treatment alright!" ...Mayuka giggle-goos to, with Tenchi just playing the family diplomat. "Now now Miss Washu."

Ayeka just drypans mumbles out... "Nice to know we had this meeting."

And then in of echo... ": Miss Ayeka! Nobuyuki-san's vehicle is arriving! :" ...ala... "Thank you Kamidake." ...Tenchi remarking on hearing. "Dad is here today?" ... "And Lady Rea as well, Lord Tenchi." ...as such the young Masaki looks to the venerated version. "I guess this really 'is' it." ...Yosho nodding in accent. "Now we truly see where the wind takes us."

"Or just the waves." ...Gaea decides to take a jab in. Tsui just grunts back... "Or a sun up the head." ... "I can do that!" ...Gaea 'takes meaning' off too connivingly. Course Tsui just smirks, not even turning around. "But then, you gave all that up my dear Sister." ...that Gaea just gives the universal devil eye back unto. Tokimi just shrugs and sighs.

Tenchi just warbles. "Can we begin yet?" ... "They'll get here when they get here." ...Yosho comically chides back. Tenchi just slumps at such.

... ...

They sorta lost their way. They didn't care as two Al's just strut chime sung along.

...

-Airi's personal ship in Earth orbit-

"You're 'are' sure you can handle this."

"I said I'll be on my best behavior Mikami, lay off!" ...Airi just blanched, Mikami adopting her younger 'version', in professional Galaxy Army uniform for this day. Airi just walked away from her desk, as she and her Seniwa compatriot walked to the lift, to head for the teleporter. Less more of need given personal teleporter technology, and more to play for time, as the mood on Earth, matched here.

"It's that very response, so emotional, that makes me ask." ...Mikami remarked. Airi simply remarked of nervousness. "This is an unusual day. I imagine your own nerves are unsettled right about now."

"They are, but I learned to control my metabolism. Enhancement allows you to do that."

"Are you calling me high strung?" ...Airi accused back wackily. Mikami said nothing as they both entered the left. Airi left it at that, as she pressed the appropriate holo button nearby, on the control panel. A moment left calm...

"What does your family have to say about all this." Airi asked. The Kuramitsu responded with arms folded into her professional green and white lined jacket. "The affairs of the Masaki family are their own. Jurai's however concerns us, this primarily concerning the Kerenska boy. The Kuramitsu family joins this concern."

"Man."Airi corrects on one part, memories of such upon her mind. "Seeing his demeanor in that conference with Lady Seto yesterday on that holo feed, wasn't from one that acted as a mere child. It... is scary of what Tsunami truly sees in him. It may be that, that my step father is acting as he does."

"Our intelligence puts it at infatuation. We may be wrong..." ...Mikami fingers her chin with. Airi just looks anime deeper in thought. "A long way for an autograph is that is the case. Although..." ...Airi is more mindful of the context. "...it also could do with that Sai'hon stuff we also heard about. I'm actually not sure what to make of all that exactly, other than we might finally see Lady Misaki's professional side of her Title." ...this Mikami gulps a tad in hearing, as the lift finishes his run. "Which would mean the training regimen will become far more serious. What their true endpoint is... -lift door opens- ...we can only truly guess at."

"Should we keep Aleaic as a registrant of the Academy still then? An ensign on the payrolls even." ...Airi asks, as they enter a near nature preserve, the entire ship essentially a floating greenhouse, amongst its nominal duties. Mikami nods. "I'd recommend it, to ensure we can help protect him."

"At least until he stands on his own." Airi considers as they approach the teleporter chamber proper, off the right of a common room-esc area. She however stops with, looking out at a curvature view of a glowing Earth... "But what I've seen, maybe it's not about him we concern ourselves with, maybe all of us together rather, like my husband told me."

"Very wise." ...both stopped to look out at the panorama. The moment of waiting before they could feel the right time to depart, was spent with this view in mind. Airi then heard of unusual note from her companion. "You know, before that Al-kun soul came around, I never took a good look at views like this. Not for anything more than just another world. Like we look at everything else."

"We're used to that. He wasn't. I hope we don't go destroying that, with all this."

Another moment waiting. Airi then denoted off her network line... "Both GP First and Jurai Third Guardian Fleets are in position outside the system."

"Then it is time." ...both fems stepped to the teleporter with.

... ...

-Earth... must be bored or something...-

"Look! I can fly! I can fly!" ... "Meow!"

Course the strange attempt at a short cut of a tryst of realize they really got lost, and could see the proper path to take, lent to Al-ohki lifting Al-yutz about fifteen meters up and over...

...until... "Mweeweep!" ... "YEEK!" ...Al-ohki lost his grip on the shmoo.

-!CRASH!-

...

-A few kilometers away in Okayama, at the same ice cream purveyor.-

The same at that, of prior elegant date of truly celestial note, was where the Mitohama clan picked their 'post'. Suka slurped at her vanilla mint cone. "Mmm." Mitsaka was helping feed a chocolate scoop to lil Kenu. One Tobo however stands, looking over a railed escarpment, overlooking much of the city, towards their afar charge of royal station.

"If anything happens..." ...a husband hears from a slurping wife... "...we'll warn them."

"Yeah. Course." ...Tobo quips nervous. He wasn't alone of the prefecture semi swarmed with such 'units' that had congregated from much of the planet, for this occasion.

All such made the ice cream stand, a rather popular spot this day. The fem purveyor sure was crying tears of money making joy.

Tobo then hears too much slurping, and looks back to see a sight he expected to see on his youngest tyke. "Someone is nervous. I mean Kenu is the clean one here." ...as Mitsaka just smirks over as well. That was until... "Kirito is coming." ...she 'felt' from her own 8th Generation Seed, from back at the family home.

A quirkily moment later, and the slurps multiply about, numerously. Even Kenu quickly share nervous slurps from the same scoop Mitsaka was so doing!

Made a few earthly types around look at them though.

... ...

"HaAAhahHa... hahA... I'M aLivE... ALiVe!" ...that stops with a dirty blond cabbit plopping atop his melon.

... ...

"Remember. Be the King. Be the King."

"Husband is all powerful. All knowing and wise."

Standing outside their own fune teleport chamber, as they walked with rising instilled formality. Azusa took to Misaki's and Funaho's words, with needed anchor, as much as support. "Yes."

"Show the universe who you magnificently are."

"Especially the low down Fungesians."

The last from Misaki sure put an edge in his soul and step. "As every day."

The three then rounded a carved corridor, and entered the chamber, one where a formal guard suddenly stood at snap attention. Afar near the teleporter, the mortal versions of Azaka and Kamidake, with Azusa's personal family guardians, Assentu and Kamasian, behind them.

The emperor with twin empresses to either side, saw. Azusa then simply nods.

Azaka and Kamidake turn to take the teleport down first to Earth...

... ...

Aleaic manages to wrangle himself past the trees and brush, to the proper shrine path. "Ohh... ow... it's a Titleist...ah... there." ...before he stops and looks over his form. Al-ohki floats over and picks a leaf out from Al-kun's hair. "Thanks." ..before he then looks at a golf ball of all things. The kun eyes it... "The heck? Looks like Ryoko took a swing at it once or something..." ...as the shape wasn't properly spherical. At that he just shrugs. "The things you find off the beaten path." ...and hands it to Al-ohki to cuddle with.

From there, a look back at the residence, a moment before he'd miss the gathering to come, he shrugs. "Looks nice down there." ..and decides to look up the other direction. "Let's see what Master Katsuhito-sama has for today." ...and starts to trail up.

...all the while the prior thoughts of the day, really start to hammer home in his mind.

Starting with... "Who... am I?"

... ...

'Not letting Al-kid come down yet?'

'Not yet.' ...a gem based sister, heard back from a tree laden one, of a 'distraction' lent in echo off their now emerging Link. This as the quintet await outside, as 'all' the particulars start to emerge from the residence. Tenchi's crew start to line up assemble of the fore of the dock pier, the Magica Girls taking spot aside Sasami right, Senia's off to their left in equal professional manner. Airi and Mikami line up with Senia's troop. The others of note of the Masaki Village all take place further back towards the entry gate, one lacking Azaka and Kamidake now, shown instead at the edges of both sides of the dock, at the lake edge where adjoined, with the lake.

Yosho then speaks aloud. "From this moment forward, no one speaks unless spoken to first."

"As long as nothing..." ...Kiriko starts, before... "Hey Senia!" ...comes an unexpected last to ears of note. Kiriko of decrying note. "Not you Kai!" ...as said soul arrives, Yoshiko in quick bike dropping note. Right behind them... "Kai I said... ah hell." ... "Too late mom." ... "So we see." ...Tsukiko warbles in turn to a daughter. Kai however reaches Senia... "What's going on bud?"

"Kai. Seriously. In line and shut up." ...such was the really rare command retort back that Senia used, that caused all three late arrivals to snap into line with. Yoshiko just quips confused... "What is...?" ...that Tsukiko snaps over... "Stop. The emperor is here." ...that makes Yoshiko... "Eep!" ...right as a single teleport descends in nominal manner, off to the edge of the pier. Minaho and Hirata teleport near aside of Kamidake. As such Noike accents... "Here we go." ...as the choreography begins, with the arrival of... "Lady Seto Kamiki Jurai, welcome to the Masaki Valley once more." ...Yosho offers.

Lady Seto nods, and then declares aloud... "Jurai comes!"

Off that a set of Jurai guards appear off snap teleports, five of a set to each side of Azaka and Kamidake. From there, the actual Azaka and Kamidake arrive off teleport, both to the 'water' side of the pier each, literally walking on teal-green glow 'pads' that apparently act as mini-platforms. Such is the display that captivates sight, as both then each 'mid-pier' and then turn to kneel with. The trigger for that was of Lady Seto the snap announcing: "And with Jurai, the greatest power in the universe, the Partner of First Generation Kirito, Lord Emperor Azusa Masaki Jurai. This of akin Mizuho and Karin, Empresses First Funaho Masaki Jurai, and Empresses Second Misaki Masaki Jurai, accompanying!"

Their arrival was as akin to the original day of the carnival, as they descend upon a gleam of akin starlight, as of kin gods descending from Olympus, from the very sky at that. Such is the formal arrival of heads of the Masaki family clan.

And the arrival isn't meek to the immediate senses.

... ...

All of it somehow, (likely 'someone' again,) done with a shmoo out of sight, as he calls about the Shrine office area. "Master? Yosho-sensei?" ...he calls out again, before scratching his head. He blinks around and then at his companion hoping ground side next to him. "There's no one here." ...he considers, and then decides to head over to the Hoden to make a simple prayer for the day. He doesn't see as such his companion cutely then hop to his right, and do the same.

During it all, the bloke then trails his thoughts off again.

'Am I being trained to... fight? All that Dark Jurai and...' ...as jumbled thoughts begin to orient themselves into a logic pattern train, that he wasn't sure he wanted his mind to fully accept.

He stops and asks again... "Do I know who I am." ...which was where he began truly asking himself questions, as well as wandering off further beyond the shrine, this time truly lost into himself. Al-ohki follows, possibly more aware of royal events, than would at first seem.

... ...

": {~ Fail. End. ~} :" ...the duo aboard a 'reborn' Soja, the two heard as their 'warning'.

"{~ Release. ~}"

Two hourglasses suddenly swirl within of activating 'contents'.

... ...

At about the outer most Solar Bubble Sphere entering the Sol System proper, the ship lost two of its thrust engines. The result slowed its progress significantly.

...

"Is that him?"

"That's him alright Fuuka."

"Still a bit homely a guy, for a goddess."

"Mizune." ...the other two 'scouts' all but seethe whispered back. Said sorta offender just winced back to Otoka and Fuuka. "Well he is."

The trio, acting as advance sight for the arriving royals, kept a deft tree bound vigil, as their twin 'Al' quarry, drifted away from the Shrine. This they acted all as ninja, somehow their banter not alerting a far too deep in mindful shmoo. This as the shmoo reaches a large clearing, where they note the shmoo stop, his furry companion stopping at his feet.

They then hear of far too endowed hearing... "Protector, is it." ...as the clues started clicking into place to a shmoo's connect the dots memory. The tone was of growing realization, that drew a mixed emotion of roots from. Such Otoka gulped in hearing. "Boy he'd be scary as a knight."

Fuuka sighed... "When Tsunami her lord allows it to begin." ...Mizune gulping. "You felt it too. Why... do I feel sad then."

The trio didn't trade eyes, but their minds about did the same, as they saw their 'charge', then look at his hand. Then whatever he thought next, made for a sudden snap of amazed glowers from the trio.

"What is he...?" ...Mizune all but screeched out.

... ...

The emperor looked around, at the entirety of the Masaki Earth based clan sect such. While his face didn't show past the chiseled stone given, his heart knew it was glad. Such was the regal serenity of the moment.

Almost.

'Steady sister.' ...Funaho side long whispered to Misaki, as she was clearly jittering enough, at seeing Sasami, Ayeka, Ryo-ohki, and especially Mayuka, amongst others. All such was the quivering jelly of a mother's facade. 'But it's so hard.'

Afar, Gaea had to enforce a mindful silence upon her tongue, nigh of spell like even, given her note of Lady Seto's proclaiming of the Jurai. Tsunami still was annoyed nearby as well. Washu and Tokimi just looked bland 'at it all'.

W: 'Nice to know they can be diplomatic'.

Toki: 'At least reality is in one piece.'

The 'retorts' from choshin akin, was dissuaded as Azusa looks at particulars, an 'extra' of such that Tenchi quickly teardrops from, before the emperor then remarks. "All seems well, since my last visit."

"Very." ...Funaho accents, her smile simple for the note all around.

Azusa however then walks forth, past the Knights, his wives following suit. They reach the end of the pier, whit the guards off either side turn towards, and kneel in reaction, Off that, Misaki then commands... "Stand down." ...whit the guards rise and then teleport out on the snap. The Knights remain, and step onto the pier each, but do not depart.

And then the moment after Azusa reaches the end of the pier, a moment lent of too long, intended, that Seto just hides a face moan, well and poker good, before Azusa then snaps... "Yosho Masaki Jurai!" ...the said Shrine Keeper makes pause, and then steps forth. He comes of near to the bow. "Father."

Azusa had none of it, disguise or tone. "He then flicked a hand, and Yosho's disguise was swept away with little mercy. On hind of that chill that frizzed amongst the onlooking, the said Father stated. "You, have survived. We will discuss upon this later." ... "Yes Father." ...the younger tone came back with, with a further look to a Mother whom only eyed back level, to his in turn eyed down with. Airi afar gulped a good tinge of sadness of the news.

Azusa then eyed both his daughters, and saw their uncertain looks as well. Of others seen he beheld of mindful, of his next 'target'. "Tenchi Masaki, step forward."

Yup, he freaked at first, but recovered snap swiftly to step forward as Yosho shifted to near his Mother's side. Tenchi makes of approach, and bows as best he knows how. "Sir."

Azusa just looked with a comical eye twitter, but then reverted to royal protocol with... "A Prince of Jurai and a savior you have proven. Of a Father's impart, I 'am' thankful for your care of Princesses Sasami and Ayeka."

Tenchi gulps, and nods... "T-thank you sir."

An Emperor and Father then remarked... "If however I must deal with you officially, all such will be handled as I deal with my own Son as well. Regardless of other concerns present." ...said put as he eyes over a gulping Nobuyuki. Rea eyes and shares the parental chill. Tenchi doesn't feel his own gullet warm any in said hearing. "Y-y-yes sir."

With that, Funaho then remarked aloud. "All reports concerning the situation of the Clan apparent here, are expected on call." ...this Tsukiko afar snapped. "All is prepared my Lady!" Noike calling out. "Likewise our Lady." ...with Washu then accenting. "One supposed that is needed." ...making eyes look at her warily, of various formats. Even Tsunami looks at her with a glower, as Washu just snips... "What? I only answer to one so called Juraian here. I got a rebellious streak you know."

"Don't remind us." ...Tenchi visibly droops at, Azusa actually 'accenting' with a cough akin. That seems to then be the cue for Lord Azusa then to look at Lady Misaki, whom looks back with a side cocked eye. He then measures his voice of the next. "Our Lady and Lord Creator Tsunami." ...he eyes over with a measured impart of unease, soft tone, and hidden bared teeth. Tsunami as such walks over, rather than float as per able, to then bow, of such all the particulars bow deeply at.

Of such the choshin remarks. "I wonder if I hath used my disguise, would you treat me differently."

"Does our opinion matter as such." Funaho asks back. Tsunami looks thoughtful in kind. "Of the same I have allowed all these generations, my own and yours, to conduct as per your chosen merits, and demerits the same. All of said history, I remember nonetheless."

"And not just ours either." ...Tenchi of the one to note of what is coming. Tsunami smirks, openly remarking... "I honestly now admit, I have my own demerit to add to the conundrum. My own merit to of selfishness. My own intent of the same, regardless of yours."

Azusa nods, and then begins from there... "Of that merit, we have also come. Our intent is clear and required. The situation dire. Of such, I ask your permission for access to the one that is named Aleaic Saloam Kerensky Masaki."

"Kun." ...Funaho reminds, to some chuckles around. Misaki then adds with a pull at her own robes unseen within, a bit fearful in said amending... "I also wish for his access, for the certification we have measured him up for. If... if that is allowed."

Another of those single infinitesimal seconds, infinite of thought, where the goddess had that last... final moment...

... ...

-A mindful dream. A world where a beloved was left as a mere soul untouched and pure in her heart and mind, even of the same bioformatted. Dreams of a pure life left to run its course, and kept away from the travails, so done more of a loving mother, as much as one that wanted to leave such to passion and eternity. One wanting family all her wanting personal own.

A companionship that needed little else, than to live life, as all others of mere peace all want to do.

And she'd have done it, if even an iota of history had been vectored in 'that' direction instead.

Any form of the million versions of their lives together, she then added, to a tear she couldn't shed here. That one, was shed instead from her Core Tree back on Jurai.-

... ...

'You know if would come to this. As I feared as well, from 'all' along.' ...Washu and Tokimi 'heard' from their Fungesian sister. Tsunami heard and knew 'that' attempt was over. She then took the next literal second to then look cold and hard at a set of shuddering Juraians before her, nevermind a Champion hardly so spared, from her next tone, of the third second that passes.

"Do as you will for and unto my Beloved. Be it known formally, I will be with him, ever eternal moment of his breath that passes for us to share, without fail."

That took the Emperor aback. "So as much I fear to, of..."

"Understood." ...Misaki took over the instilled assured of tone. Tsunami saw and nodded. Misaki then added... "Of them both." ...whit Tenchi felt his sweat of the summer day, freeze in hearing of. "Okay."

"Of all and more." ...Funaho added her steel to her sisters. Tenchi saw and nodded back to the steel gaze given. Ryoko afar just growled just enough for Funaho to hear... "A problem Lady Ryoko?"

"Enough of one there." ...that Washu snapped back level motherly version kind. "Which no one here will be left out of." ...that made for anew looks around. Washu eyed over just as stern to the royals. "This nothing will be hidden thereof." ...that Tsunami blinked and queeped... "But I like my cushy-bun mindfully unharmed." ...to an bemused ease of mood around.

"Is 'that' the autograph type you are seeking husband?" Misaki teased, Azusa huffing aloud. "His formal name will Light well do."

"Light?" ...Funaho also teases. Tenchi then asks curious... "Ah... is that some curse word of his, or..." ...Tsunami just snickers... "You should wait till he really lets loose with his version." ...of ancient memory that makes for further traded eye sets.

Azusa then off lessened laughter soon after, then asks simply... "Of so we may then soon here, where be this Aleaic Masaki soul?"

That was answered, before the warning thereof could reach Funaho's trained for ears.

The sudden golden sunlight flare from afar behind the Shrine hillside, made for a sudden break of 'formation' around. Amane for a stumbling forth one... "What the heck?" ... "I can feel his power from here!" ...Kiriko accents off aghast surprise. Double talk to be sure, it's not alluded less of Azusa smirking of semi-decent impressed state. Tsunami of the 'same', remarks... "So he realized 'that' little trick again." ...as Tenchi then realized, and then mentally 'teleported' his own Tenchiken into hand! The Masaki watching see, as he then looks at his begotten bobble, and then looks back. "I guess I got some learning to do too."

That translates into a worrisome snicker, from a teal tressed empress. Even Azusa jerks a wary look, as Misaki for... well... that and any moment really, doesn't look sane to the eye. "Well well well, are we not to have some 'fun' there then. Meheheheheh."

Funaho just deflatedly sighs and quips... "Dear Yosho my son." ... "Yes Mother." ... "Sister is excited." ... "To salvation, or sundering, is the next question." ...such 'both' sigh in simult to.

... ...

If she could have realized what her transport was preparing to do, she'd have cried out as much bloody murder against it, as her soul could have withstood.

All there was, was a somehow of somehow, a tear that broke past her Void filled eye, as she 'piloted' her cabbit vessel of saccloth, to its first target. Slow, as to not set off numerous sensors within Sol System.

...

The other, looked to slip with no ship aid, into the atmosphere and await just the right 'moment'.

... ...

A Second on the other hand... "(~ Let's go to auntie's house today. ~)" ...she slipped into a carefully prepared portal, to her own target.

... ...

Mizune's yap was as much clamped shut by her compatriots, as much as their own tongues are bitten into, to avoid alerting their target. Of such sight also allayed the warning that was broadcast anyway, as Aleaic imagined for his Sele'ntaken to suddenly become of his very hand! On doing so, he channels his power into the flared blades, that all of the gathering unseen afar, feel of!

Al-ohki sees, as much as his unseen watchers, with decent awe, as Aleaic 'silently' tests his power, as per flexing muscles. Such was the result of the decent flare of light, that the shmoo begins to guess at the limit of his power.

'Not too much.' ...he thinks, not sure how far he can take it, before backing off from unsure propriety. The blades stay alit, as he then begins to make further educated guesses at. 'A weapon. All that training. Almost... no... really vicious at that. Then this power. All... that stuff from the Darkness.'

He then decides off his antsy mindset, to then shift to proper posture, off what he'd learned so far, sessions and reading practiced alike, to then begin his first certain Chizima Stanza. His blades begin to twirl about himself, slowly at first, as he further begins to think... 'A purpose. This isn't all just to beat some enlightened sense into me. Master isn't doing it all just to see me look cool.' ...as he remembers the prior 'training' session Yosho allowed unto him, of such remembered eve prior.

He's already unnoticing of his advancement into the Third Stanza, that he wipes he blades about, his format, the blades dancing close to Al-ohki, whom just sits and watches. The moves are still unhoned, but the fear is fading as he swipes his near dancing format, into hand blade exchanges that begin to add more speed. But only enough as hand holds still fumble enough to slow him, but not of worry of harming himself, as he semi-realizes into the Fifth Stanza from there... 'My... power... does what I command of it. Right?' ...as he tests that with a seemingly reckless blade spin about him, at one point done free handed and allowing his blades to literally spin up upon him, to his neck. He stops with a quick grab, still feeling 'some' of the blades that literally pass through his upper arms. The cool 'sting' telltale enough that he slows back into the Second Stanza of motion reset.

Eyes watch from afar, not felt of growing, as a soul gulps mentally at a self presumed horrid truth. 'I'm a reborn soul from another era. Another world. And I end up somehow back here for what they seem to guess at me. Probably them better than me, for light sakes.' ...as he starts to imagine 'enemies' to guess at adding reaction patterns to his Chizima dance. The fluidity is lacking enough at such guesstimation, shown quickly as emotional, as he 'then' adds of mind: 'All this to stop the Dark Jurai. That Mulhorand. I know not how he knows me, but hiding from all that won't help Tenchi's family.' ...he trails off in mind, as eyes grow enough that he should have felt by now.

What he 'feels' instead, is what his memory of forced dreams were of, of some twisted format of dreams of ancient pasts not possible to normally realize. Dreams and nightmares reflect in renewed unease and strictness of his Stanza strokes and slashes, both blades spinning at points strikingly enough as if they were one pure glowing circle.

If only the soul beholding the blade kept calm, as mind turned to a Master's admonishment. The victim of his mistake of unprepared mind for prior attack, and 'that' of the same of consequence if the same became of specifics of his adopted family.

Family... -stroke- ...Sasami... -slash- ...Yugi... Mirei... -SPIN stroke- ...Misao... Mayuka... -FLARE SLASH- ...Ryoko... Ayeka... Noike... -flip helicopter akin slash- ...Kiyone both... Mihoshi... Washu... -landing supra-wide-spin-slash- ...Tennyo... Nobuyuki... Rea...

Yosho Master... Tenchi... -double back bade slash-into thrust- ...Tokimi... -uppercut swing- ...Gaea... -POWER aided triple too wide swing-

Tsuoki... Tsunami...

The last causes him to anger into a sudden forward slash stop, and a FLARE of Jurai akin power into his right hand! The left grasps at his Key to the point that blood is nearly squeezed out from his hand! Bone nearly goes with it. The blades thrumming stout.

Aleaic realizes that off a sniffed worried meow heard, that he takes a moment to then realize... 'Too... angry... too...' ...of such breath begins to return. Calming ones that he uses to soothe by, as prior expertly taught. Of such he also realizes his sweating format. "-raspy realizing breath- ...well dang me..." ...he truly realizes of a myriad of emotions, thrust down into then realizing to shunt his blades inert. A shmoo also starts to realize of his photon infused hand to then imagine better.

"Maybe..." ...he realizes to then concentrate into his hand, and decides... "Maybe a gift..." ...and concentrates into his hand, and literally decides to shape the energy in his hand into a growing short stemmed lily of akin sunlight. He sees with a smirk of welling pride. "Maybe... a better sunrise." ...he puts forth as his 'retort' to the Darkness. He then starts to think... "Now how can I surprise..." ...and turns...

He might have frozen in place there, given... wow, lotta eyes that look at him in the near afar.

A lotta eyes.

"Ah... hi Al-bud." ...Tenchi led, of a decent sized gaggle of from below, that didn't realize their amazed state of glower. Word were in short supply beyond that.

But soon quick enough, was nay the same from a frozen shmoo. Catatonic even, to the slight growing realization of the watching. Soon off of 'that', Noike asks... "Uh... you okay Al-kun?"

Nope, nada of zilch.

"Ut oh." ...Yugi alone starts to realize, as the 'flower' begins to wilt into falling photons.

And the helpful first to start to check... "You like being a statue again Al?" ...ala Ryoko whom phases over, and then helpfully pokes Al's cheek.

-YACK!-SLAM-CRASH!-

Yup, you can blink too. "Beloved!" , "Al!" , "Sunny-poo!"...Tsui and Tenchi snap shoot over, Gaea snap reaching next closest, as a shmoo is somehow reactionary upside-down against an oak tree! "pAiNPaINPaiNpaiNlOotTapAIn...!" ...he slump slides something down with!

"He 'is' a strange soul." ...Funaho openly guesses at. Kiyone momma however guesses to a Mayuka squeal... "I bet he found a new form of fainting there."

"Is that so." ...Seto adds her two Juraian marks in with, as a shmoo is somehow helped up, despite Tsui and Gaea trying to each shove the other off from Al with. Tenchi is helpful enough despite.

Meanwhile everyone ignores Ryoko's laughing, and the subsequent Washu neko-statue (trademarked at that,) that is well avoided. (Neiju and Suiren both try to shove each other into the scuffle that breaks out.) Their interest of when Al-kun warbles out... "Feels like that... ow... time I ran into a tree off Toyama, since ice, hills and... ow... all."

"We'll keep of note." ...Aleaic froze at in hearing of anew unfamiliar voice of granite tone. He looks up as Tenchi allows him a bit of space, to then offers... "Ah... Al-bud... this is..." ...that is snap ego hijacked by... "Emperor Azusa Masaki Jurai." ...him. Tenchi teardrops, as said each in turn... "Funaho Masaki Jurai." ... and... "Misaki Masaki Jurai." ... "First and Second Empresses each!" ...Azusa states of clarion. Al-kun sure is off jitter kilter, but recovers with Tsui 'prodding' to the mind. "Ah... yeah... cool... Aleaic Saloam Kerenska Masaki." ...he bows, to a... "Kun!" ...ala most around chime in. "Right!" ...Al-kun just juts up a comical finger, before blinking, and then realizing of his own accord to finish. "W-welcome to the Masaki Shrine, Residence, Valley.. ah..." ...he jerks an upward look over at Tenchi, whom just replies... "Nope. Okayama is still the same name." ... "Got us how." ...Washu quips a snip in.

Funaho counters... "One cannot do with renaming an entire planet without consent." ... "Have to 'wonder' about that." ...Washu teased of a queen's ancient origins. Not that Al-kun had a direct clue further without thinking, such prevented by of suddenly denoted 'detail'...

... ...

(July 6th - Personal note addendum for the stupid head.)

- Don't do the following. It's bad ju ju.-

-Tsui hijacked: Oh beloved dope.-

... ...

Aleaic honestly didn't know better. Maybe all that diplomatic propriety was muddled in who knows what, but: "Uh. Wow. You Juraians must like long hair!" ...he put too chipper.

Maybe not so much the...

"- YOU GOTTA PROBLEM WITH THAT?! -" ...ala every canon fem soul in da face!

"AIEECHAWAWA!"

Al-shmuck fainted.

... ...

(Journal continued - For the sake of future mental health.)

-Never nevernevernevernevernevernever talk about a Juraian Royals hair, the first time out. Or maybe ever. I'm going with freakin ever here.-

-Tsui Hijack adieu: And somehow I still love you Beloved. Yutz.-

... ...

By the time a shmoo reawoke and scrambled to his feet. "Ah-haha-ha-ha... the dock... ah... s-s-sorry." Aleaic worried of keeping his head with. Tenchi nearby just blandly mumbled. "Bonehead."

Funaho just queried to her all but enforced side... "My son Yosho," ...that cocked an Al-eye alone, "I see you missed teaching Aleaic, royal protocol." ...of such a really teardropping 'son' only can defend... "But even I didn't think he'd say something like that."

"To be fair." ...Lady Seto steps forth, Azusa quipping. "Aye our young hag?" ...Seto eyeing over to a passive king with, adding... "It was noted from our meeting yesterday, that his royal manners need refining."

Funaho eyes back, commenting, as a family around watches. "We were understood he didn't require such formal teaching." ... "Such a Masaki, he was." ...Yosho even added. Aleaic caught all of that, and both as much remanded himself, as he did of vocal objection. Such took the form of... "Okay... because I note detail too much, ah... if anyone here didn't see what happened yesterday on that ship, raise your hand. Please raise your hand?"

At least Kai and Yoshiko did afar. "We were at the library." ... "Yeah." ...though Tsukiko... "Sure you did." ...with a swat to a son's head! Al-kun saw too much and just slumped. "I hope my bathroom trips aren't burned on disc too." ... "Oh those are private." ...Tsui quick phased over to his side with. Al-kun calmly... "How could you!" ... "Because it's embarrassing blackmail!" ...both just raspberry each other with!

Sure took even the royals out for a loop. Yosho made of note... "If one would wonder what the child of a goddess would be like, this may be the chance." ...Funaho looking anime thoughtful at. "Such would be historic in our annals." ...Misaki clapping hands at. "A baby goddess to babysit."

Al's saved from another blackout faint by a Gaea sized... "Then we each have one!" ...Tsui just flare snap phasing Gaea back with. "Back of line sister." ...that Al-kun is losing his sanity all unto. Tokimi sorta saves, as she offers aloud. "Perhaps focus past my own wanton of child... -Al-BUG EYE- ...can be of his improved abilities, that we all witnessed." ...though 'that' turned dime towards Azusa, whom of note imparted. "Indeed. Though I must then ask at the first of you, young Aleaic Masaki." ... "Y-yes milord?" ...Aleaic put, a bit of a smirk from the royals that noted the same 'form' of protocol Seto had witnessed prior, as the Emperor then asks... "Is the Archives true, as are the reports, that you the one named Sai'hon." ...putting eyes on the shmoo, of the awed variety. Aleaic gulped, and remarked back... "As I keep being... told... no... yes. Yes I am... yeah." ...he put of accepting that part of himself wary but still.

"In that case." ...Azusa remarks, and then.. "Can I have your autograph?" ...he puts both forth of kooky tone, smile alike, 'and' of pad and pen. Aleaic blinked maybe a tad off kilter... of a lot...as he eyes some weird smiling eyes around. Al-kun then gets a mental nudge to his squeaky brain, and then offers... "Um... ah... would just be ah... me... my scribble there."

"Oh sure. I heard many tales in my day of youth, from your prior personage." ...Azusa put, probably killing his tough guy persona in one act. Aleaic just eyes over at Tsunami. "Lator please..." ...the first 'word' stressed as such at that. Tsui just bobs a cute nod, and then sees a shmoo make a relative scribble of:

'- crossed out- Sayi-han... solo? -crossed out-

-crossed out- Sah-han... - crossed out-

-crossed out- Tsui's former future everyday love bum... -crossed out-

-crossed out- WhatamIdoing... -crossed out-

-ding ding- Aleaic ala this Sai guy. -ding ding-'

Azusa manages not to betray a squeal, as he quips. "That will do." ...before the signature suddenly sparkles, Azusa blinking as much as the signatory. "Indeed." ..eyes snap to seeing Funaho's finger tip halo aglow. Yosho gulps, as Azusa even asks... "Did you..." ... "That all such 'would' constitute consent upon his part of the asking. Of such is our official Jurai capacity over him, as of now." ...that Seto nearby whistled at the trickery inference. Al-kun babbles... "I... I did? Ah crud..." ...when he 'gets it'. All too well.

Afar, Airi just grinds her teeth, as Mikami remarks... "My. She 'is' good." ...Airi slumps at. "I guess..." ...and hardly so looking over at... "...we still get Senia." ...said such gulps at the equal inference there, relative to what Al-kun just got saddled with.

Tenchi of another blinks of such further. "Capacity for what?" ...this Azusa, rather than complain openly and really get it later, imparts amicably. "To be a protectorate, during your official training." ... "Training?" Aleaic hears as the last to be told such. Off that, Azusa steps back and offers... "To be of the offer to become a..."

"Possibly." ...suddenly cuts off from, one Aleaic takes a look at, and grows in growing growth of growing grown unease. The source the shmoo sees... "Something isn't..."

": Attention! :" ...Misaki snaps. Sure wasn't just Aleaic that suddenly snapped to! Even family particulars, whether Masaki of not, suddenly did so! Ayeka just queeps... "I forgot she could do that with her power." ... "H-h-h-holy crap." ...Ryoko sure dang well accented. This as for all the nominal kooky nature the teal tressed second queen beheld, she wasn't so titled for nothing. She stated as such, as she eyed her shivering target of cold eye of iron. "You, are under 'my' command now! Are we clear Squire!" ...Aleaic realizes he's suddenly titled as confused such... "Wha...?" ... "What was that?" ... "Y-yes ma'am!" ... "Again!" ... "Yes Pretty Lady Commander Ma'am!" ...the last version put off 'something' he saw off the corner of his eye that Misao was putting up of some card format. Others around look with pip eyes at the 'sight'.

Sasami of whispering note... 'Hope that saved him.' ...Ayeka in kind, 'Likely not.'

Before Al-kun can think even further, or feel his hair, Misaki then adopts a parade rest pose, and walks about him slowly. Tsunami isn't there to save there, as he's circled, and more than starting to realize through a connection of Jurai Power instilled.. 'I'm being judged. I can 'actually' feel I'm being judged.' ...before he sees Misaki finish circling around... and then does it two more times.

Azaka whispers carefully to Kamidake. 'Whoa. I only got circled once.' ... 'I only got barely half a circle and... EH!? Three?!' ...seen of a shmoo that gets the 'third' circle. Funaho just quips. "We see you are interested." ...that eyes a shmoo over, as much as pauses Misaki for a tic, before she completes her circle to end up about a meter in front of her quarry.

Aleaic then eyed over to see if there was a 'second card', or any other clue to go off of for that matter, before Misaki then takes a slight grunt cough of some sort, and then a seemingly serene breath and...

": !WRONG! :"

Somehow the countryside didn't get yelled away. Literally.

Senia just holds at his ears. "W-what the heck?!" ...as more than a few fems fell over each other, trying to regain failed standing support. Noike warbles out on her back. "I need ear surgery here!" ... "What was that?" ...Mihoshi whined out. Kiyone GP partner sure had dizzy eyes with Noike fallen atop her.

Aleaic nearly doing so, gets the formal circled third degree with... "You are not fit to be a Knight of Jurai." ...catching ears off guard. Misaki however quickly adds. "You are fit to be the First Knight of Jurai." ...really catching eyes and ears off guard. Azusa even blurts... "But that title..."

Misaki stabs back with, a shuddering shmoo... "You are careless, sloppy, lacking proper focus, and not up to par and speed to the certification requirement! All these and more 'we' are going to set you by, by the standard of the One Tree you will be sworn to protect!"

Aleaic-the-muddle-brain, starts to keeping hearing more of what Misaki imparts. "We also will start with the fact, that your prior teacher only pushed you so far. Under normal circumstances, I would be appeased to simply that. I however note of the specific situation you are in fact a direct part of!"

"Pretty Lady Commander Ma'am?" ...Aleaic put out, both confused and a bit too mindful of the card that probably really wasn't freakin needed. Like at all. Misaki pushed back past her sudden need to crush a shmoo's ribs to oblivion, with her further pronouncement. "AS all such. AS all demands. AS my requirement upon you, Squire Aleaic Masaki, you 'will' find your auspice under my direct training, and of all those that I call upon, to set you upon the direct standard of your apparent prior Title of Sentai."

"How did you... the Archive...?" ...Aleaic guessed, snapped in correction Misaki asserts... "...other ancient tomes and texts lay in the Jurai Archive concerning Sentai. Study upon that prior to my arrival here, will help begin to rectify your vulgar lack of Standard. The kind that can be trusted with the lives of not only the entire Royal Family of Jurai, but also specifically of the Core Royal Tree, and beyond!"

"Pretty Lady Command..."

"Off that..." ...Misaki cut off, mostly to keep her from her snuggle norms,(really, the arms were shaking for a split moment,) to then state in further... "...we will rectify the fact that you are learning your art wrong."

"Wrong Pretty La...?"

Yugi finally yanks the card away from a looking Misao, while Misaki further... "Of the Chizima form you displayed, that I witnessed for one, you were wanton in your skill. Your style is unfocused. Motions and patterns not honed of confidence. Mind uncertain as easily felt by my own." ...the latter put at a hazard, as Tsui just grumbles a tic at that. Gaea more, but that's ignored as Misaki rounds it all down too... "In the end point, as Commander of the Royal Bodyguard, it's reprehensible to leave you in a state that does not put you at the point of the blade we 'all' have noted, you have too much of an affinity for.

All focus will be to turn you into the Title that you once held. All information puts as such as yours to relearn and re-earn. This of al focus to serve Jurai, as you once served Sentai." ...she puts at the last, that makes a shmoo a tad cool in the belly pit. "Is... this all...?" ...he trades a look around, at faces he sees again are rather awed at him. And also mindfully uneasy the nigh same.

"It. Is." Misaki finishes. She then turns and with her back to him, "But all if that is what 'you' want." ...said at the last, hiding a facade that Aleaic at the first, wouldn't have believed in the seeing. He 'did' see a version on faces that made him blink in mindful thinking. The version he started to see from Funaho, made her spin about suddenly to hide her blushing face with. The one he saw from Azusa was of a blush that was being all but forced down, with some internal mental hammer or something. The one he saw on Yosho, he heard instead as... "I think they mean... owwieowwieowwie!" ...Funaho makes a deft gab of his ear to silence by.

It was all that he began to realize off all the available clues, the level of importance being lain at his peds, that he then decided to look back at the one soul he knew would... n't? "Tsunami?" ...eyes look back all of mass mutual, at the engender of... well, all that exists, of a facade that beheld sorrow on her facade. Aleaic didn't care past protocol and turned to reach unto her... "What's wrong?" ...all eyes look as a choshin sees her fears come to her own eye, looking at him. He hears it as such as... "Everything that made you before..." ...Tsunami saw her love eye with, her resigning eye realized... "...is now in the present again. Forgive me if I fear for what is to come."

That was what all was needed to set his mind in turn, "Of what I fear to lose most."

"Then know your confidence as I know you always had. All the answers are set in the beyond from here." A goddess grew more confidence by.

"Then for my love of you, I do this. To protect you by." ...Aleaic made his decision by.

"Cool." Tsunami 'echoed' his speak by.

"More than well to begin with." ...Aleaic heard from, as he turned back to see Misaki with a relieved face upon hers. Funaho seen was the same. Azusa infers from that. "From all such, we will see the rest by as equally protected." ...Aleaic looks back with a nod.

Tsui then decides to prod in... "I wonder if that counts as a proposal..." ... "Later... all that for later!" ...Al-kun fails to save is skin by. Lady Seto the piques up... "I can help there!" ... "Oohhh!" ... "What... wait... What?!" ... "But first..." ...Misaki self inserted somehow, and managed to not cry like a lil empress under a Devil's stare retort, as much as Tsunami's 'own' glowing eye version, to then ask... "So we then understand, you Squire Aleaic, will to be a First Knight to protect Tsunami."

"Absolutely." Aleaic made no hiding his current loyalty. Pick a choice of whom was blushing. Misaki smirked through folded arms, past hers. "Let's see what else becomes of it all." Aleaic blinks and thinks... "Well, Mayuka I guess for one." ...which begets quirky smiles around, Tenchi for one... "That's a good point." ...as much as Misaki then suddenly blinks, and then... "Excuse me a second."

The next scene, was approved for all audiences only. That is, if the stomach could stand it. "Sooooooo Cwuuuttte!" ... "-SQUEAL!-"

Remember that prior trio classification for fems? Amane sure did with a manic nab of her hair! "Cuteness brain rot! Help!" ...Sasami then ever helpfully chipper. "She even had her own Wing! Isn't she cool mommy!" ... "-Squeal- Oh yes! Isn't she the best! -Squeal-" ...the Magica girls giggling. (Yugi might have a teardrop through.)

Azusa just looked tazed, as Tenchi just came up to a squeaky brain Al-kun, and slapped an arm around his shoulder. "I'd say get used to it, but... you really don't."

"If I do, I'll let Washu transplant my brain." Al-bozu quipped lay. Said genius nearby just then writes it down, with Tokimi blinking over. "...transplant... my brain... Okay, got it Al-kid! Tsui gets the body of course." ... "Okay!" ...making Al-yutz look back at Tsui for dear life!

"That will have to wait." ...Azusa spoke up next with. Misaki with Mayuka in absolute-touch-her-and-you die mode, though Kiyone tried anyway and despite a few comical looking anime grabs that she found pointless to even try with Misaki, this as the lass with looking toddler to be looks on, the queen imparting. "Oh, so you 'do' want to test him husband." ...which Al-kun begot to a stabbed wide eyed look. Azusa nodded. "We must ascertain what his proper fighting level is. Plus..." ...he actually is poking his fingers. "I'm curious of the Chizima style in action."

"Actually so am I." ...Funaho quips. Aleaic just blinks a load ton. "I thought I was sloppy and not ready!" ... "I'm actually with Al-bud there. No offense." ... "Hey, since I still haven't gotten Yosho tagged yet any." ... "You're not alone there."

"Really." Misaki quips, he remarks at the prior teacher. Yosho then offers chuckling nervously... "The best way to offer training is to slowly increase one's level, until..."

"Wrong." ...Misaki quips, Yosho getting a flick to the ear from her mother, all the while Misaki makes deft phase-dodge effects from Kiyone's manic Mayuka grab attempts. Ignore that somehow, as Misaki corrects... "One teaches to ensure what is taught meets the equal merit of the master. It would seem ego might be the problem here."

Yosho gets looked at a few Tenchi fems that makes him remark. "It would seem there is required a demonstration of such. I may..." ... "Not today son." Funaho retorts, reading her sister's mind well. Misaki then also instills for certain at a shmoo. "Plus there has to be a 'point', of the blade. Of what to protect, most of all. Tenchi I would test here, but he already saved Jurai, so he'll learn the blade at his own pace instead, as I hammer yours truly home with."

Aleaic in turn warbled: "Ah, first: Master did instill a good ton of that in training. Just to defend. And... uh... second: Can I leave a Will and Testament to my Nanny first?" ...whit Tsui just floats over and makes a wicked static snap to the shmoo-ear, so finger laden. "YEOW!" ... "I said you're mine. No leaving." ... "Okay." ...maybe a bit of whine, the cheese component past some Mayuka giggling, as Misaki offers with a sudden: "We shall test off a scenario, off which I can determine the initial course of training. Please call your Guardians down, if you would my emperor of love." ...this said Azusa cough blushes and then calls out... "Assentu! Kamasian!" ...whit two new 'logs' of Juraian technological make, teleport down. ": Milord! :" ...ala both. Aleaic sees them... "Cool." ...which cough blushes Azusa enough to bluster past. "Prepare for the trial."

"Trial? Wh... wait, now?"

-donk-donk- -dink-dink-

Before an Al-shmoo could blink, said shmoo was within the near center of the dock, Tenchi set blinking direct behind him, all four Guardians set in a square formation of about fifteen meters across at the longest, the entire party shifted over to either edge side of the dock. Facing the shmoo, two Knights he'd not formally met yet. Tenchi for one, looking at the situation, just bemoans. "I don't like the look of this."

"How do you think I feel?!" ...Al-kun is so calm.

... ...

Tama-chan kept trying away, compiling data from Washu's growing data from the incidents with the Dark Jurai. "So we 'can' find a way to hurt them back. Now we just need to reduce the data vectors to..." ...this she suddenly stops as her screen sensors go Las Vegas digital wild! Tama sees... "NO!" ...and tries to contact Washu...

...and gasps at a level A.I.s don't like to. "The Line! Cut?! How...?!" ...before she snap shot off to reach the portal exit.

-SHAAA!- ...her face stabbed open at the shock, that her body was feeling through her chest.

The piercing blade from behind, shaped like an akin Ryoko energy blade, was void of color as it impaled its target. The owner... "(~ Now now. No need to give the surprise away. ~)" ...this the Second yanks her blade from behind Tama-chan's chest. The Cyform crumples at the 'added' dark energy burn damage the blade is doing, as she hears... "(~ Worry not, you'll live long enough to see them all... well... you won't make it past that for the eulogy anyway. Forget I cared to tell. ~)" ...the transgressor then ports away in a dark bubble, leaving the Cyform to shake from 'adding' damage the strike leaves behind.

Tama-chan realizes... "One... chance..." ...and looks at her right pointing finger.

... ...

A certain choshin flicked her eye just a micron. But she was 'distracted' by the show in front of her.

...

"Commander."

The Wau GP First Fleet commander noted over from her seat, "What is it?"

The human enough male sensor technician reports... "We're receiving intermittent contact with a vessel entering the system. Its sensor pattern is degraded."

The Commander then called out. "Squad three-six, check out the contact." ... ": Roger. :" ...she heard back, as three GP patrol vessels shot off, acing off seventeen degrees off port, this as the Commander decided... "Hold off informing the emperor, but contact the Jurai flotilla to update per protocol."

"Aye Commander." ...a human fem communication technician responded.

... ...

The Akara watched as the 'assets' began making their initial moves. The 'dark' part of him, smirked. "{~ It would seem this form of entropic technology can fool even Galaxy Police sensors. How effective. ~}"

Another 'part of him', decided to comment. "{~ Poor Washu. If only I could warn of what I know. Or have I. Or possibly... ~}" ...the Akara puts, before considering. But he knew he was being 'watched'. "{~ In only moments. Then... ~}" ...this he saw one of his pawns, fly into 'local' earthspace.

... ...

The dark matter akin cabbit vessel glided all but invisibly through the upper atmosphere. The technology suddenly far too effective, for the coming intent.

The pilot snarled, before she located her final approach vector.

"(~ P... pre.. prepare the counter measure. ~)" ...as a host of Juraian bioforms were seen on holoscreen sensors. This as the enslaved Nagi tried to snarl again, but found the 'will' lacking. All she could 'do' was follow enforced programming.

... ...

"I... eyah... what?"

"Protect Tenchi until I say stop." Misaki simply repeated a second time. Tenchi sure blinked in hearing it. "Uhmmm..." ...Misaki eyeing back of as much comedy, as it was lethal akin. "Self defense or aid will nullify the trial, and reset without fail."

"Oh man." ...Tenchi worried, as Aleaic realized what his two opponents before him, were for. This as Azusa then commands... "Activate the barrier!" ... ": Sir! :" ...whit all four Guardians suddenly open large sections of their 'bodies' to then display relative vector projectors, that then proceed to enclose the Trial 'area' in a large glowing green-esc shield. Aleaic decided to go off his 'stupid finger test' syndrome, (remember the lava? Anyway,) and poke at the shield and... "YIPE! Whoowowowowo..." ...Tenchi just sighing deflated. "You're not making me feel better Al." ... "I thought the lava as bad enough!" ...Al-dope kept waggling his finger with!

Meanwhile, and verily despite the less than inducing sight to instill confidence from a shmoo's actions, Senia asks aloud of the crowded nearby crews about him. "Is this normal? This seems excessive."

"I have no idea." ...Kiriko asks, Suiren also commenting with wary eyes. "Knights must have it rough at the start."

"It's hardly that." Sasami speaks up, looking up at her sister, as her Magica crew eye uneasily. "Ayeka, is this normal?"

"No." Ayeka adds of her own disconcerted mindset, set behind her royal mannerism of training. "I... admit the Royal Bodyguard is not usually spoken of in the Court. Not without reason to. At least I haven't been given reason to ask any of it. Even with personal training with Mother was such nominally brought up. But this even seems outside normal bounds of what little I know."

Amane could only guess at... "Could it have to do with that Archive stuff? That stuff doesn't sound normal either." ...Ayeka looks over and considers with a hand to her chin. "If that is the case, I fully wonder the point past what Lord Aleaic himself hasn't realized. Between him and the Archives mentioned of."

"Hasn't realized?" ...Senia quips of that detail. Sasami adds of her eye learned. "We saw what Al-kun did back on the hill. Mother may be right in that all is needed is to train him. But..." ...she looks again at Ayeka. "...if all that only to make Al-kun see what he's not seeing in himself right now."

"You mean confidence." Kiriko made a leap of logic to. Ayeka nods back. "I fear all we may do is sculpt the fine edges to our wanted ways, the rest I am uncertain if and likely 'when' Lord Aleaic becomes of that verily realization."

"Fear is the problem here then." ...Ryoko shifts her cyan locks over from Aleaic, over to a pensive looking choshin love. "Fear of 'what' exactly then. The power level can't be it. Or the Dark crap... or..." ...the Balta version remarked of review knowledge. Her iconic 'hero' remarks instead of... "Fear of something too deep to easily face. Trust me there." ...the others hear to a different level of chill. Ryoko about phases over to Tsunami to literally ask about that, but Ayeka senses and nabs her shirt. "Not here. Later."

Ryoko looks back at the Trial, and then instead remarks to comical angst instead. "Well, if Tenchi sweetness gets hurt, I'll dump Al in honey and let Tsui lick him to death." ...that Tsui afar actually looks thoughtfully mindful in hearing.

Uh, the others though might have looked at Ryoko off kilter. Possibly. Probably.

Ayeka for one... "Just... where do you get your perverse imagination from?! I... wait... nevermind." ...as a lotta eyes just nigh brute shift over at a mother choshin, whom just bemoans... "Apparently being sealed away means zilch to them." ... "Poor form sister." ...Tokimi chided. We'll ignore those goddess eye death bolts or such, in favor of Tsunami then cheering out... "You can do it Beloved!"

"Thanks love. Really." ...Al-kun isn't finding enthused mindset from. Tsui just wacky snaps back... "I SAID YOU CAN DO IT!" ... "-warbling- wHAt'd YoU sAy?"

"Well..." ...Funaho smacked at her ears with... "...she's loud." ...Yosho rather dizzy eyed at that.

Misaki then shakes her own head clear with... "Okay, let's... er... okay okay Sis... I heard, too loud... ah, let's start the trail, on your mark Knights."

With that, an apparent future knight was forced to eye warily towards two similar eyed Knights. Tenchi saw the foe's eyes, and... 'Wait a minute.'

...

Minagi made her way to just above tree level, above the Shrine and waited, we void enforced eyes straining, all the while 'made' patient. 'That' was enforced as the Second appeared, and noted of sight. "(~ Far too focused. ~)" ...and resummoned her iota of dark matter make in hand, held as if a grenade at the ready.

Suzuka however grimaced. "(~ Even if this all works... ~)" ...as her mind tried to ignore the future of true used of consequence here.

...

A split second before she never knew what knocked her unconscious, Suka... "I'm feeling..." ..from her Seed, right before she could turn and...

...

Nagi piloted her equal 'captive' vessel, right over Okayama. The Prefecture, and the numerous Jurai guards throughout, never even got past feeling the dark pulse wave that knocked out the entire Prefecture of populous. Millions, out cold for more than too long enough as Ken-ohki is shot forth towards its target.

The author sneered to the point of blood from her mouth, as she was further forced to...

...

"{~ Now then. ~}" ...the Akara entered a dark energy version of his teleport globe.

... ...

-The moment before-

Tenchi realized... 'The Knights are afraid too?'

Aleaic couldn't get his own mind to register that, as he started to 'hear' instead... ': Know your training Beloved. :' ...he heard as such an 'echo within a whisper', his mind tried to grasp around, all the same looking at his foes.

He did however take moment to note... "N-nice to meet, ya.. ya'll... you both." ...whit "Azaka." ... "Kamidake, likewise." ...such Aleaic nodded back to, and shifted to a preparing posture, this both Knights shifted their weapon at the ready, both the Jurai Knight Staffs held of fore by Kamidake, and to the rear set by Azaka.

Azaka however whispered as seething low as he could... 'The Empress Commander didn't say we had to fight him! And in this tight space?!' ...that Kamidake whisper-seethed back. 'Not here. We do our duty, even if it is against a progenitor knight. We treat him as we have all prior opponents of spar.' ...Azaka gulping back, 'Then we have to split his attention. As long as he...' ...that Aleaic himself all too tactically mindful of his spars with Yosho and Tenchi ala double team, hath given him enough perspective, and hence... 'Only got one option. Sorry, but it'll hurt us all both.' ...as he set his stance as best he knew how, knowing the 'cage' they were in, and a set breath to snap open his Key hinges, and...

"{~ Oh my! ~}" ...ears around froze minds in hearing, Tenchi and Azusa the first to turn their heads toward... "{~ How exciting. ~}" ...Nobuyuki for one... "What?" ...Rea another... "But...!"

"N-no..." ...Tenchi felt his mind reel from what he saw, floating some twenty meters above the lake. Beyond the suffused shadow about the form, the detail... "Im-imposs..." ...Azusa joined of disbelief.

"{~ Possible. ~}"

"Ka-kaga..." ...Washu alone couldn't manage to utter. Ryoko of snap angered memory... "No!"

It was Noike's screech of horror that hammered reality home, her own 'kagato' hands to her face! "How is he alive?!"

Minds raced to consider what to do, but 'that' was stumped as the Akara snipped... "{~ Let's make you uncomfortable, shall we? ~}" ... "(~ Indeed! ~)" ... "No! Not her too!" ...Kiyone realized of her dismay, the mother realizing too late as the Second snap appears... "(~ Don't enjoy! ~)" ...and snap throws her 'grenade'! More of flatfooted moment, the 'device' of black crystal-akin of the Darkness Itself, suddenly FLARES in mid air above its target, like an EMP blast.

"Wha...?" ...Tenchi alone reacted of a sudden drop of energy level! Aleaic no less.. "...weak... h-how...?"

"B-eloved..." ...a teal choshin collapsed with, not realizing of consequence. Tokimi... "That same..."

Yoshiko and Kai for two, of the 'lesser' empowered types, are plain knocked out suddenly, the Guardians disrupted, their shield the same, as well as several of the Masaki clan, Seto herself unexpectedly included into being knocked out, but of the equal horror of the sudden act, is Azusa doubles over, gasping... "My... my Power...!" ...as he sees Funaho and Yosho doubled over. Yosho... "M-mother...!" ...as Funaho tries to grasp a hold of her power... "B-blocked... h-how? My... Tree...?"

The Akara quips over... "{~ The experiment is a success! Let's gather the chaff. ~}" ... "(~ Coming! ~)" ...the Second seemed too chipper of, on approach.

"Th... at effect from..." ...Washu started to realize, therefore Ryoko also, as the pirate hero realizes to focus into her second Gem. This before the Akara shift floats over... "{~ Now now, no commentary from the fools host. One you all were so kind to give first. ~}" ...before a Dark orb is summoned that then sprays a Dark static electric shock over his initial targets! The screeches of pain from the four Choshin stabs out to Tenchi seeing to quickening power imbursement... "WASHU!" ... "TSUI! G! TOKI!" ...Aleaic in equal growling 'growing' kind!

Something notes that, and shouts through his 'command slave'... ": {~ Kill the Pillar! Do it now! ~} :" ...that gaffs at the Akara's head. "{~ Why of all the timing! ~}" ...as a large vessel suddenly appears, the darkened features still noticed by an all fours Sasami... "That's... Ken-...ohki!" ...as Ryo-ohki mew flops over in both recognition and dizziness, one slowly allaying from Ryoko's recharging power.

The Akara then sneers off the pain echoed through him... "{~ If I must so damn must. ~}" ...and suddenly snap shifts over, and flares a dark blade over Aleaic's form! Tenchi... "N-no!" ...as at the cusp of being able to act, Aleaic senses his... "L-Light..."

"{~ Pity. ~}" ...the Akara allows, but is stopped back that at a hefted blade, by a red blade beam that suddenly stabs into his 'arm'! He snap sees as... "Hey. Try that with me instead ass!" ...as Ryoko stands enough, strength regaining by the second. The Akara sees as Ryo-ohki is about to stir, and the 'device' effect starting to wane. "{~ If you insist. ~}" ...with a snap call out instead of... "{~ Suzuka! Have the toys play with them! ~}" ... "(~ Do it! ~)" ...Suzuka is formally seen, as she clenches a dark empowered fist! Off that two 'slaves' arrive, as random particulars of the family try to also rise. Mihoshi gasps in seeing... "Minagi? Nagi?!" ...as Kiyone aims her sudden produced GP blaster from behind her! "Bad!"

Tenchi sees and... "No wait...!" ...before multiple dark blade bolts suddenly dark enflame impact all over the area! The residence already takes several hits, as Ayeka manages to throw a shield up, barely in time! "How... why is this happening?" ...her own eye laden towards four Choshin near inert forms.

Gaea of one... "How... the... Counter... illogi..." ...that the Akara hears, and then throws his blade at the dock, the recovering royals of enough sudden speed induced to make deft grabs of Aleaic, the Knights and Tenchi, by Misaki, Azusa and Funaho each! Yosho instead makes a feint attempt. "Scoundrel!" ...though the Akara just swats his assailant away! "{~ Keep your place in the refuse, Crown Prince. ~}" ...and off that bolts forth to strike at Yosho with an anew summoned dark blade!

Tenchi well enough... "Grandpa!" ...flash tosses Yosho Tenchiken, whom energy nabs into formal hand to clash blades with the Akara darkened! The two bound roll off from the blackened ground lakeside, before Yosho flips away, for Ryoko to suddenly shoot in, blade and literally both, for the Akara to react block both versions with! Ryoko just snarls on split moment... "How can you be...!?"

"{~ As you still 'are'! ~}" ...the Akara suddenly 'blinks' an eye with, and suddenly Ryoko is clutching at her head with! Tenchi sees... "No!" ...and bounds up and flip reaches to kick Ryoko away, the same Tenchiken suddenly is return flared into his hand! Sudden clashed blades, as the Akara snips. "{~ Your care for them is pointless. ~}" ...this the Akara zips back as suddenly Funaho joins the assault ,"So will your attack become!" ...that for a split moment is a two on one battle.

Ryoko lands near a part of the ruined dock edge, before she manages to reassert her mind, and roll over to the sight of a snap dark blade at her throat! Ryoko complains... "Great. Nagi again." ...the said author of the blade, looking down past sneering void eyes! Ryoko sees them and... "Or maybe not." ...and zip phases 'down' through the ruined dock, that Nagi stabs through after!

Nagi then takes two plasim bolts to her darkened face and chest, that the authors still weakened decry. "Stand down Nagi now!" ... "You heard her!" ...Kiyone accents Mihoshi's warning, that Nagi turns to and leaps to attack with! That is suddenly stopped as Nagi is literally pummeled, by one after another by succession, of Kiriko ala kick, Suiren with a plasim blaster blast, Ryoko ala Balta flat palm to the face, and Gyokuren of a team roll side kick to accent Ryoko's own attack! Nagi ends up somewhere back at the ruined dock edge!

Ryoko ala sneaky pirate takes advantage to suddenly phase up through the 'landing point', to then really blast Nagi away with! "Nice one guys!" ...she congratulates but, such halted as Senia calls out... "We gotta protect the others!" ...bout every GP related soul snaps. "Right!" ...Ryoko blinks back, but forced back forth by sudden dark blade bolts she has to block! "Wha the... aw crap!" ...before she feels a sudden dark 'thread' wrap around her neck! The first Ryoko can utter, at the sight of a less than humane looking Hunter, void eye and clear 'battle damage' alike... "You get some bad upgrade tha... AHHHH!" ...before the whip tendril of black, suddenly burns into her neck!

"Ryoko!" ...Sasami screams, as multiple GP plasim blasts are deflected by something Kiyone sees impossible from Nagi. "How the hell does she have..." ... "STOP IT!" ...Mihoshi NAILS a shot somehow past Nagi's unexpected format of 'shield'! Ryoko takes advantage and 'snip' slashes the whip off her neck, to then counter attack, despite searing pain to her neck! Her blade however 'connects' to the same 'shield'. "What?! But that's a..." ...she has no time to comment, before flipping away from a sudden overhead bombardment from... "Minagi?!" ...Kiyone GP decries, before several dark blade pulses his around the huddled enmasse grouping! The shield Ayeka has, is reinforced as Noike adds her sudden able snap own.

"W-what the heck is going on?!" ...Noike asks, as Tennyo recovers enough with ready plasim blade I hand. "Let's ask her!" ...which Noike warbles... "If I can..." ...before the two launch after Minagi in tandem! Airi shouts out, as Mikami recovers. "Support her!" ... "Which one?!" ...Amane asks, Senia snapping... "Both of them! " ... "Y-yeah..." ...Hakuren put past her less than thrill of battle, especially one that quickly is seeing multiple blasts of carnage around, as the prior trap seems suddenly nullified. Only so much as one soul sees of an inert other.

This Aleaic sees of gritted teeth. "Tsui!" ...and then sees Suzuka shoot in. "(~ Time to collect! ~)" ...to then enclose four intended victims to be enclosed in dark energy globes! This in turn causes three Juraians to suddenly burst from the nearby smoldering tree line, and shoot in with effect... "Stop right there!" ...Suzuka snap void eyes over shocked as Mizune leads Otoka and Fuuka in an assault! Suzuka snarls... "(~ Please, as if... ARGH! ~)" ...cut off by a sudden thrown plasim blade from Mizune! "Got you!" ...Fuuka yelling in kind... "Don't let her... WHAT!?" ...the three are surprised in turn, as they suddenly are impeded by their own disbelieving sight of Dark interference. Such is the shield Otoka screeches in seeing... "That can't be a Lighthawk... EEK!" ...that turns into a slashing format, that... "Mizune!" ...clips at said sudden victim of the decried that both compatriots screech.

It's the horrid screech of a female in pain that snap causes a shmoo to forget all else for a snap wrathful moment. "YOU!" ...Suzuka for a void eyed stunned moment, one before Misaki can react, sees Aleaic launch at her with Sele'ntaken blades blazing!

"(~ Damn! ~)" ...the Second barely manages to revert a Darkhawk Wing at her assailant of shielding, only for his striking blade to shear through her Wing... "(~ What!? ~)" ...before she snap kick flips back her assailant, to then lock gold sunlight beam onto a black plasim kind! Aleaic however follows through with a gut knee kick in kind, along with... "Free them now!"

"{~ No! ~}" ...a sudden interruption dark blast hits Aleaic with, before he's returned to now also deal with Azusa, with Kiritoken in hand! "Damn you!" ...joining Yosho's and Funaho's assault! Aleaic's form slams to the ground, as Misaki draws her own anger at... "SCUM!" ...snap said at the Akara, but then aimed Suzuka, whom Misaki snap commands... "Knights! The goddesses!" ...this as Azaka and Kamidake snap shoot toward the energy cage globes, Misaki erupts at Suzuka with! One of her hair binds already a pole arm by the time she clashes with Suzuka's dark blade!

"(~ You now fool?! ~)" ... "On your arse wench!" ...Misaki starts sparring Suzuka with. The Knights reach the invalid goddesses, Azaka snapping... "I'll get Tsunami. Get Washu and Gaea." ... "What about..." ...Kamidake asks, answered 'for' him by a sudden nowhere appearance of... ": I have the Mistress. :" ...the Knights see D3 in twittered eyed person. Kamidake just quips. "Kay." ...and all three make motion to free their charges.

Such that the Akara has none of. "{~ I see. ~}" ...as he blocks a three prong family assault all too swift! One Azusa remarks. "You see your doom here Kagato!" ...this the Akara snarls in kind. "{~ I see indeed. I let you have too much leeway. ~}" ...as without warning, he activates another infused Dark Power, and with no added warning, his assailants suddenly are ejected from his person! "{~ Do please enjoy the rewards of counteracting energy, courtesy of knowledge from a fallen Doctor Clay added of my own! ~}" ...such the effect of the counter inertia pulse causes all around to become rebuffed into myriad crumpled forms!

Senia's gathered crew are thrown back all with a nigh hurricane akin inertia force! Kiriko for one slams into Senia and others... "Kiriko!" ...he yelps before a random pair of limbs crash into his head, knocking him out! Many fems nearby are so screaming, as much as Misaki also is throw off from Suzuka, by her own relative reflective version of effect, echoed through her!

Suzuka snips insultingly... "(~ Didn't see that one coming, did ya! ~)" ...as Misaki tries to stand against the effect that is pressing upon everyone! This as Kagato then eyes... "{~ And forget your kind in this equation at that. ~}" ...as with even less warning, D3 sees too late a Darkhawk Wing appear from dark master to then cancel D3's very apparent existence to the dimensional plane! Of sight at least on the snap collapse of the Dark Wing!

Tenchi of his own rebuffed attempt to aid the prior assault, seeing this as well, and trying to scramble back up. "Stop it! Leave them alone!" ...this before Kagato just smirks. "{~ No. This is the end of the beginning of worse, and the beginning of even moreso. ~}" ...he then shoots over... "{~ But not with you to stop me again! ~}" ...he lunges for a revenge stroke! Ryoko... "LIKE HELL!" ...she phases to reach and save, but then also sees on split second before arrival, as does Kagato in the eye on about to slash at, "{~ What?! -flare- ...damn! ~}" ...as a sun endowed flare billows from a firefly akin orb that blinds into Kagato's face! His screeches of pain are audible, and interrupts the aura pressure!

The author of the 'attack' snarls... "Quit it!" ...as a shmoo juts 'more' such sun 'bolts' from fingertips at the suddenly reeling Akara! Kagato hollers from unused to pain, before a further screech... "(~ You heathen! ~)" ...Suzuka shoots in with, but Aleaic finds able to move enough to dodge the attack, but avoid an overslash, all the same he then snap reorients to deliver a double kick to belay the Second with! Suzuka twist reorients to shoot dark bolts at a shmoo that manages to twist double under three near hits, before snap grasping his key to ignite twin sets of deflecting blades, spinning on reasserting advance to shield blunt two more and make direct parry blade contact! Suzuka sees and decries... "(~ What kind of fool are you?! ~)" ... "Who cares!" ...and snaps in several shots that are barely parried, or blocked of Dark shields that shatter with sunlight blade contact!

"(~ Slaves! ~)" ...Suzuka selfishly screeches for, both Nagi and Minagi suddenly shooting in, Ayeka shouting... "Watch out Aleaic!" ...before both are block assailed by Misaki and Funaho each in turn! Yosho sees and then yells... "Father!" ... "Together!" ... "Yarrr!" ...Azusa and Tenchi snap attack Kagato with, as he sports a good 'light burn' smudge to his face, one that Kagato finds his seethe from. "{~ Damn fools! ~}" ...and blocks all three with a sudden slew of Dark Wings! Azusa sees... "What kind of power do you have as your cancer?!" ... "{~ Ask your boy of light. ~}" ...Aleaic afar hears, stunning and stunting his Suzuka based assault. "You can't be..." ...that Suzuka assaults with in 'kind'... "(~ That Dark Jurai say HELLO! ~)" ...with a formal blare of more than just mere fare of Darkhawk Wings. Her Three catches Aleaic unprepared and unremorsefully crashes Aleaic into the residence! Tenchi sees however... "H-how do you have Lighthawk Wings? ...Yosho and Azusa hear to a terror.

The sneering return. "{~ I don't have them. Their very name an insult to them, such are the Nullvoid Blades, they insult in turn with. Ones I am 'gifted' by a friend of yours, to defeat you by. ~}" ...of the five he has. Yosho snaps over... "Tenchi!" ...that he snap shoots over and grabs his Father. Azusa snaps... "What are you doing Yosho?!" ... "Saving us from the impossible!" ...as 'that' comes in the form of Tenchi's Six Wings suddenly! The light aglow clashes with the Dark energon that manages to equal it out! Tenchi sees aghast that a kami only feels of 'that' kind! "But... how?!"

Kagato then levels it, as he only uses his Wings to stalemate Tenchi's. "{~ I just told you. Gifts I did not ask for. Mine are of a power greater than the source of your own. The Darkverse of Vasier is all that the Light they hate, greater than the Light ever could possibly be. Their rules always trumped over our 'natural' own. Natural... depending on the relative definition. The same of good and evil, by point of view. ~}"

"Great, I got some sick Kenobi guy here!" ...Tenchi manages a wacked out decry against! Kagato sure blinks weird, right as voice of... "What are you doing Kiyone!" ...from the GP version yelling at, as said mother sees of another 'problem'. "Here!" ...as Sasami is snap given Mayuka, before she then reactively launches herself off a burst of Funaho-ki power, such Kagato sees... "{~ I forgot that Tree by account. ~}"

That is interrupted 'vocally' of... ": {~ SLAY the Pillar now! NOW, before it awakens him! ~} :" ...that comes 'out' from Suzuka, of whom is interrupted of her prior moment attempt... "(~ What do you think I was doing?! ~)" ...that Tenchi hears aghast... "That's Soth! How?!" ...that he then sees... "Mom don't!" ...as such at the point Kiyone assaulted with, the moment Suzuka reoriented to then... "(~ Damn you! ~)" ...to then catch Suzuka in the shoulder with a Lighthawk Wing blade, as she takes a Dark Blade in the abdomen!

"MOM!" ...Tenchi is distracted, such he doesn't see the fist that crashes upon his face! Kagato snips... "{~ If such it the fare. ~}" ... "- LIGHT YOU! -" ...the Akara snap is forced to see, as an already Wrathful Al-kun, blasts from the shattered roof glass of the residence, and hence double sunblade meets Akara's Blades! He's however not expecting when Aleaic adds his own five Wings into the equation, that the Akara corrupted sees his Blades cracking. The Kagato snarls... "{~ How are 'you' possible?! ~}"

Kiyone drops to a quick deft catch by Funaho, as much as Misaki holds off both Nagi and Minagi, as the while of Mizune is block covered her twin troop friends, all the same as Mizune yells out in tear streaming pain. "I... I can feel them! It hurts!" ...her own wound akin of a Mordor-esc blade stroke, the version here echoing the clash of Light on Darkness!

Tenchi is caught by Ryoko on the lunge, as an unintended cusp is reached, Ryoko shouts up. "Hold him back, so we can cut down his ass Al! Common Tenchi!" ...Ryoko shakes at Tenchi to wake up, this Aleaic manages to hear, but said the same of Kagato than then hears... "(~ Disadvantage my love! ~)"

"{~ Quite! Use the forgotten slave! ~}" ...this Aleaic blinks, as much as a dark cabbit meow echoes back. Ryoko blink looks up... "No! Ken-ohki!" ...as the said cabbit vessel suddenly begins to activate teleport beams of the caged, but not before Azusa snarls... "We have our own." ...this then Ryo-ohki suddenly mews. Sasami snaps out... "But Ken is Ryo's..." ...that Azusa about snap looks back, but such hijacked by a cunning Akara. "{~ But not without first... ~}" ...as such Suzuka then 'produces' a second 'grenade' from out all cheat akin nowhere! Misaki sees.. "No!" ...too late as Suzuka crushes in hand the iota with all ruthless angst!

The result the same as before! This time upon battle worn, and weakened from same prior, that suddenly drop, as much as Mizune balls up in tears from the pain the same inflicts! The same horridly for Kiyone! The same Kagato sees his assailant try beyond all to fight past. Kagato sees however the sun blades weaken too much, the Darkhawk Wings regain dark energy strength. For that moment that a deathblow could have come, the one bellowing in his head from a 'controller', the Akara allows instead. "{~ You interest me boy. Perhaps. ~}" ...and then blares Dark pulse that knocks him out cold.

... ...

She saw it all. She hated that she couldn't act. Such she derided of an unseen ally. Such also all was decried by her compatriot. "What do you mean you can't help!?"

Risao heard from her Juraian maiden friend. "If I could tell you, I'd pay for it with my existence in the time stream. A horrid price to pay, to be a part of his story. Curse me all of it, you light well wish."

The Fungesian felt numb at such. "For once, I feel you as an enemy, ours 'and' Jurai's alike." ...this the maiden looked down with. The mother of a son seen defeated, remarks... "I expect my husband to strike me down of it, all the same. This despite our love for each other."

That took the Fungesian Crown Princess for a loop. She couldn't imagine her father striking at her mother for any reason. The thought of it, literally caused Risao to hold at her mouth, her stomach making near vomitous complaint as such. Such 'also' made her look at the sensor screens in anger. Such was the princesses remarks... "In 'any' case, I must command of our own Creator's vessel, as per ancient agreement. The situation..."

"To what end." ...Risao was asked. That made the princess stutter into thought As such she is considered 'away' from logical course of the following by a mother present. "To hopefully an end that allows you also access to what you want. To what we 'all' want."

And the answer to return with...

... ...

"- All commands prepare for battle! All commands prepare for battle! -"

The Wau commander eyed back over open holo-comm with her Juraian counterpart. "All ships are being prepared for level one hostilities. We'll go on your signal Sir!"

The other end, one Hirata that somehow didn't get killed in the sudden earth site battle. The said Seventh Jurai Royal Fleet commander, ad-hoc in sudden charge of the First Guardian Fleet here, commanded. ": We will await his Majesty to arrive and command the assault personally. Await further instructions. :"

"Yes sir!" ...the Wau saw her command holoscreen aboard her GP Battlecruiser snap off, of such she slumped in her seat. "How... just how." ...before she then looks up and over at... "Sensors. Have you gotten a fix on that one vessel vector?" ...this a Sensor technician replies back. "Long range sensors are disrupted. We're still trying to locate the source. Our own equipment isn't malfunctioning, to add."

"The Wau commander wondered. "How are sensors affected, but not communications." ...this the communications officer remarked out. "It would seem the disruption has something gravitational to it. We're having trouble synchronizing ship to ship chronometer links as well." ...this the Sensor technician realizes... "If that's the case, I... wait!"

"What?" ...the Wau commander snapped, before a holo screen of space pops up suddenly. The sight confuses the Commander. "What is... this?"

"The disruption source. Except... no... I'm getting void zero readings from the location. The size component to it is very large, the size of a large scale ship, maybe a station."

The communication officer reports. "I'm not seeing emissions of... any kind from that location. It's like space fell into a void singularity or equal of construct."

"The source seems artificial. This system has no classified singularities or other abnormalities, according to current records."

That made the Commander consider... "But... there 'was' the..." ...and then she brought up 'related' data, that she then cross checks, and arrives at a horrid conclusion. At that, she snaps... "Contact the Jurai fleet at once!"

... ...

-Treeship Kasai, 3rd Generation-

"Mother!"

"I know." ...Kasaoka saw, as her own sensors received the same tactical report that the First Guardian Fleet begot. The sight alone made the current Tatsuki Head, shiver. Her daughter remarks over. "These readings... can't be right!"

"They are. No one is remiss here." ...Kasaoka sighed, at the sight of 'something' enlarged and historically familiar due to ever 'slight' gray metallic betrays from within the utter saccloth. Bruinuae for one felt too much terror in her eye to withstand. The gentleness of the Tatsuki nature, even with the spice of Kasaoka's genetic vein, also meant a less than preference for actual combat. Not that such should be derided, but here came of a form of a daughter that remarked back with barely held in check unease. "Mother. Should we not retreat from..."

Kasaoka asserted against her own fear with a striking tone. "We will aid our emperor without fail! No matter what we face here."

Bruinuae felt the sting against her own cowardice, for what it was. "Y-yes mother."

Not that it helped bolster Kasaoka, as she stepped forth onto the grassy 'deck' of her Treeship command bridge. Such was her stiffening huff, aided by what was said next. "Besides. We have the most powerful force for us to aid, with all that we can. Plus... we stand at the brink of our existence, as we know it. We couldn't hide from the consequences, if we wanted to now."

Bruinuae gulped, and then felt a shiver from her own 4th Generation Tree: Rozu, as it 'shared' space with the twin habitation unit docked vessel of her Mother's Tree's name.

A Communication officer in a wooden carved operation station remark over. "Kirito is in play milady."

And then aid hope, both Treebearers gasp,, as they feel wrath awake once more. Such took Kasaoka aback. "Whoa." ...as much as a serious blush to a daughter.

...

-BLINK!- "Tsunami!"

He blindly launches back up at what he still thinks is his foe into the Earthly sky! That is snap halted by Ryoko and Azaka snap holding him back. "Stop Al! Wait!" ... "Lemme go!"

"Squire!" ...Misaki's steel yet panic tinged voice shot out, making Al-kun stab a dire loom down, as Azusa then looks up... "Mind your surroundings young kun." ...this Aleaic blink realizes on detail look around... "Wha... wait... where?"

Aleaic is brought back down by Ryoko with Funaho denoting of sight around. "Welcome aboard my husband's Treeship Kirito, under said ill circumstances." ...this Aleaic is forced off hearing to turn around see the artfully crafted interior of the Kirito main audience platform 'bridge'. The entire thing an apparent to Al's eye, a floating gigantic terrace in open empty space. Nevermind seeing the regal denotes of a large elongated reflecting pool, was a slew of Juraian souls amidst the carved trappings of a royal court, amongst the stars. The shmoo saw despite himself once more, and remarked over... "Ryoko... turn me around and swat me in the head, to set me straight?"

"Today I'll just turn ya around. I'm still more than pissed from earlier and might snap your head off doing the other part." ...that Aleaic looked back over anyway. "How...?" ...Azusa remarking in flustered kind, his hands almost seeable, he was clenching at his robes. "I had us all transported into space. Our enemy seems to await us. This with..." ...he struggles the last with, this as a vast holoscreen activates for hearing eyes to turn towards. The sight is the same as the rest of the fleet were fearing of eyes on seeing. Aleaic of 'another' mind starts... "Wha... void?"

A screen of Lady Seto then pops up, as Yosho comes near his enlightened pupil. ": We're not reading it as a mistake either. Somehow the location where Soja was destroyed in the prior battle here by Lord Tenchi prior defeated Kagato, is somehow the same vessel, or relative version of, though... :" ...she trailed off of one mentioned that Aleaic gave a split eye back to, a split moment before another holoscreen pops up. ": Kiyoko reporting sire! :" ...this Azusa nods to... "Await our commands Princess Noike."

"How should we handle this." ...Funaho asked over for her husband's wisdom over strategic matters, one Azusa contorted a look of confusion. "A frontal assault on three prongs would be our main problem here. We do not have enough else to go on, to proceed 'with' much else at this point."

That brought up Minaho's image, one looking haggard, as much as such detail was becoming of detail for Aleaic to start to realize around. Scars of battle smudge at royal kempt robes. ": Our problem seems to be the very area of space we all see. Gravitational warping of some kind is apparent. I... I actually wish Lady Washu were here to explain better. :"

"Is it a gravitational vortex?" ...Yosho asked aloud, trying to 'also' get a Pupil's mind running, one still uncertain of his place here, the same though Seto offers out. ": Would not such have wake emissions of some kind? This more acts like space is being forcefully pulled in. :"

"Feels worse than that. Obviously artificial." Ryoko tries to help consider, an eye over at a shmoo, that she had 'also' had noted from a nearby love. Ayeka nearby said loved same remarks out... "Then is the problem of obvious effect here, or the apparently new form of Soja within the dark mass?" ...that a worried looking Noike on screen looks 'over' at a same loved fiancé. Aleaic saw, but also saw someone missing. A detail his muddling mind is furthered, as Seto then asks... ": Could the effect be caused by his capturing Tsunami and the other goddesses? :" ...that about sets off Aleaic, whom bites at his teeth at.

Azusa then piques up... "Whatever the effect, the worry will be if our weapons can get through." ...this Misaki then snaps. "They have to get through! They have to!" ...the tone startling minds all too clear of the problem. Aleaic finally for one cannot stop himself... "What else did I...?!" ...the 'miss' word stamped as Misaki seethes at him, as the target of a mother at the edge of her sanity. "Don't make me say it!"

Aleaic then 'saw' Tenchi's face for what it was, and remembered battle detail of a son's version...

... ...

'- A TV static memory moment someday it could be, of one that a son saw a mother being carried off, right as he was... -'

...

"Lord Tenchi." ...Funaho called over, soft of stern measure to shake a kami out of a son's tearing doldrums. Such he wavered of mixed versions of unease and acceptance of the current reality. He reverts of simplistic mode with... "How is he alive?" ...that Ayeka shoots a look around... "I have to agree!" Yosho accenting to a half-sister. "Clearly the darkness got to him even more this time, than he craved for the last time we fought him."

"More than before...?" ...Azusa mulled the meaning of the words openly. Tenchi just hollers it out... "And if not for him, mom..."

": Is still alive. :" ...Seto struck her cold tone in. Tenchi blinks past his held back, tears, Funaho also sternly remarking despite how much she didn't want to say such to a great grandson... "And such her only chance is Washu, whom we must free somehow as well." ...and then hardly less reserved towards... "...and Tsunami and her kin." ...to a out of league feeling shmoo that eyes back. His own unsettled mindset in a first time out situation puts him mentally uneasy. "I... only that..." ...which was enough for Misaki to snap into Aleaic's face!

This angered version wasn't comical.

... ...

"Just-just hold still Kiyone!" ...Rea said despite the horrid screaming. Nobuyuki snapped out helplessly. "Somebody do something!"

"Over here too!" ...Otoka decried just as equally, as Mizune in as equal disheveled pain, was forced down by her friends, as Tennyo snaps over at a holo laptop unit she managed to connect with Washu's Lab network, though 'that' was iffy enough, hence the duo amount of screaming had no medical help against so far.

"Damn Washu and her security!" ...as she tries to ignore the rancid sounds of pain. "I think... dammit... where's Tama at anyway?"

": Here! :" ...Tennyo blinks, looks around for a misplaced kooky moment. "Where?" ...before... ": Down here! Yoo hoo! :" ...that makes Tennyo look down and freak! "What the hell?!"

Akie with several other Masaki fems rush in with water for the own reasons, the elder lady more spry of movement here... "We got the..." ...they stop as Tennyo freak jitters a finger at the quizzical, and then teardropping sight, that when Akie at least realizes, she faints.

Weird for a floating finger to teardrop like that.

": I knew my back up frame unit would gross bio-peeps out. But that's why I did it! :" ...Tama 'sounds' somehow from the floating finger. Tennyo just teardrops. "The bad guys got to you too huh." ... ": Yeah, the dark energy somehow burned up my primary body, but I managed to download into my back up. :" ... "Right." ...Tennyo warbles, as only one of the random Masaki fems present, is still awake, and using her whetted napkin on her.

However further duo yells of pain cause Tennyo to look back... "Crap!" ... ": Get me to a port on your right there on that machine! Quick! :" ... "Yeah sure...!" ...Tennyo queeps out and manages to do so with her sanity and breakfast still somehow unblemished. Quick snap enough after, Tama's data-A.I. imprint reasserts control over the Lab, as such the ad-hoc medical examination beds chosen for two injured souls, specialized force fields finally pin down two writhing souls, as Tama quickly scans both Kiyone and Mizune. Tama in split moments of her returning expanded A.I. informs over Lab comms... ": It's some kind of infection, but acts like some of the data I had just processed for Washu. I think I can slow down the rate, but I'll need Washu-chan-chan's help to stop it for real! :"

"Hence our problem." Tennyo grinds through her mashed teeth. This as sedative nanites are beam ported from produced overhead projectors, that try to reduce the pain. Only just barely, as Tama gripes... ": And I lost my sexy body because of the same attack too, but I'll do what I can. :"

": But not alone A.I. girl! :" ...Tennyo for one jerks her head at in seeing. "Aww ya gotta be.."

... ...

It was so dark within the 'main hall' of the Soja, it was actually hard for them both to see past their injured eyes. "{~ That all went poorly. They still live. ~}"

Suzuka sighs with eyes that should react the nominal way to such, save for the void blood corruption and all... "(~ I know 'who' to blame, but who to take it out on next. ~}" ...both try to ignore the damage that the effects of Lightverse battle-damage did to their very skin. Complex fantasy akin aside, Kagato sneered at the results instead. "{~ One damn boy, and then a new one. All the fun because we were constantly interrupted... ~}" ...that somehow wasn't impugned on by their 'overlord'.

Their traverse carries them over the elongated 'bridge' towards the iconic Soja organ. This time to the right, of two hourglass prisons that three slaves 'inhabit', are five tube cages of force field akin glass, as such Kagato floats towards. He smirks past his 'light' scarred face. "{~ To think all their play and reduced format for playing house, would leave them so venerable. All the scan data they never bothered to realize from them so useful. ~}" ...this he speaks the next to his Second without looking. "{~ This is why you make sure the actors are all properly set. ~}"

"(~ What 'do' we do with the cast now? ~)" ...came Suzuka's next query, one on the cusp of asking 'what' could be done next.

"{~ Nothing. ~}" ...both freeze in hearing, as the shadows melt the Dusk One into formal presence behind them both. Suzuka about shattered her spine in fear. "(~ No please. Not... ~)" ...that is snap silenced thereof, as of the mind of the Akara is suddenly 'grabbed'. The effect is visible on both Suzuka, and the slaves incarcerated each!

The Dusk One snarls through blood eyes, akin to the worst red eye in existence. "{~ You insult the Master with your failure. You INSULT me by denying my command to slay the Pillar fool! You... INSULT! ~}"

Suzuka finally had a reason to cry. That part of emotion was denied, as the loved Akara feels his format being subsumed without warning or mercy! No attempt to warn of such now occurring. "(~ My... my love... AGGHH! ~)" ...the Dusk One punishes Suzuka through her enforced mindlink with Kagato, all the while the Dusk One snarls further... "{~ Ever an insult you were, from the moment you were corrupted all those ages of horrid Light ago! From the 'moment' ever so, you cloned fool. The tool that failed the Dark of the task of eradication of Sentai's carcass and all its scattered refuse of instilled ignorance to the anew scum of the Light,throughout this Existence! Ages of waste destroying and failing of rebellious impotence, self presumed experiment pointlessly awry, even at the cusp of the Teal Whore's capture, you FAIL! Again the corruption into the scum Jurai to make you puppet to sever the Whore from wretched Jurai, again you FAIL of scribe to the SAME foe!

FAILURE! ~}" ...Kagato feels his last of his free format, enslaved. The face tortured as intended. "{~ Wha... what are... ~}"

Within the tubes 'not' so unconscious, they witness the total enslavement of a realizing puppet that never had reason to consider such a thing of one of such monolithic ego prior, as already dusk skin, turns oil dark, Suzuka also screeching to the 'same fate'. "(~ Lo...lov... augghhhhhh! ~)"

The screams of the Dark, the Dusk curses of spite all the while. "{~ Now you attempt deceit, a tool of blind ambition to betray the MASTER?! Your mind so putrid for the telling so readily, to attempt?! Nay! I no longer will await your failure, and instead conduct as you were meant to MYSELF! ~}"

Screams into more void the same. Logic fails in the singularity again.

...

": ~ Horrible. ~ :"

": ~ Careful Toki sis, he 'could' hear us still. ~ :" Washu nudges a chide. Only the formal enslavement beheld 'camouflages' the converse.

": ~ It's the same tools of against Sentai, all over again. ~ :" ...Tsunami bemoans sadly.

": ~ Is Sasami and Mayuka okay? ~ :"

Washu 'nods' back to Gaea, all the converse in the Astral-stream. ":~ They're somehow okay. I can only guess why they were grabbed to. At least we got a set of new links about up. ~ :"

": ~ Our Administrators are all but reconnected. Your little toys finally becoming of use this day Sister. ~ :"

Washu 'smirks' back. ": ~ I'm surprised you didn't use your version. Someone besides me has to warn them of the assets they can still use. ~ :" ...which gets Tokimi's mind suddenly racing.

Gaea 'remarks' back, all the while their 'descended' format were left apparently asleep. ": ~ I feel my own asset about to be used. My chuan making ready. The same of your fune Sister, would be as helpful. ~ :"

": ~ Only at the last moment. I do not want harm to become of my Sister Sasami. But I am prepared to warn through your avatars Washu, nonetheless. ~ :"

": ~ Got ya way ahead of... look out Sister! ~ :" ...Washu suddenly openly yells, as Tsunami is suddenly grabbed by Kagato's 'hand!' It forces everyone awake! Worst of all is when Mayuka instantly cries as Sasami screams: "Sister!"

The moment where none watching, beyond Mayuka's crying, is where Kagato's enslaved hand, sees Soth lean 'into' the tube. The sear of cage energy meaning little to the grotesque entity. Off of that horror alone... "{~ Your sedition is allowed. ~}"

"A...allo...wed..." ...Tsunami grasps for a gasp out past her squeezed at throat. Soth sunders it home with. "{~ At the last. Of such all that matters, is the Death of the Pillar. The end of Sai'hon, and the Grandfather through him! ~}" ...which puts the others choshin or akin, for a nigh timeless loop! "But all... that..." ... "{~ Is pointless! THIS time my Master has shown me the truth of the end! The meaning of how it all ends. All on THIS night of void!

Bring him by all manner and means! Do all to aid to his earned tragedy, that the Master empowered me to enact extinction, for me at the death stroke to be used for the Master to subsume me and SLAY the Sentai Whelp to end the Eternal War! By all means... ~}" ...Tsunami feels her throat of bioformat make nearly crushed, with... "{~ ...Brig. Him. Here! Of them both True! ~}" ...the last before Soth formally enters Kagato himself, akin of a possessing wraith! Suzuka only has a moment before her own body turns 'limp' and 'tacid'.

This time, no scream. Just some form of the Akara that looked up, and had no smile to give. No mock. Only a nigh true lost soul.

The teleport that leaves them alone with a whimpering child, asks aloud unto Sasami the same... "What... do we do?"

Tsunami looks with a snarled look in kind, that Sasami feels equal welling of. "We watch him fail instead."

Not one didn't nod. Not one.

.. ...

"My Sasami needs you! Your goddesses need you!" ...was what clarified Al's mind out of muddled delirium. Of a sweating wide eye waking up of his mind. "I... yes."

"We need your garnered knowledge here, young Squire." Azusa also put in. Aleaic however remarked back at that, despite how it sounded. "Even if I know spit of what to really do here?"

"As what we command of you..." ...Misaki steeled in over her panicking heart, "...of from you 'we' will enact upon." ...that Aleaic realized, as much as Misaki steeled back at Tenchi in equal terse kind. "As your daughter needs you too Prince!" ...this Ayeka and Ryoko, Tenchi sees, are as pleading and demanding suddenly.

That turned the coin of... "How do we get our family back!" ...from as much simultaneous from Wingbearers both, if actually frightened an emperor! Azusa reactively calls out... "All commands will attack off any directed commands, no matter how unusual the circumstance that allows all such!"

": Right! :" ...came back from multiple vectors.

": Not without me you don't! :" ...comes 'another' aback moment, one Tenchi sees wide eyed! "Wha... Washu?! Your doll!" ...this a Washu-B doll snap jumps atop Tenchi's shoulder from so out of nowhere, security operatives were scrambling for an answer around. Not that it stopped... ": Can't let a goddess scientist genius of sexy format down, or keep her down either! :"

"So you say." ...Funaho sure teardrops past her norms, before she smirks more nominal. "And so we are the better."

"You guys okay Washu?" ...Tenchi asks his 'shoulder', and gets too much back. ": Yeah and no. Yeah that your mom is still alive, so is Mizune. Tama and me of what we still are left of, got them stable for the moment, but the effects of their injuries are adding up. It probably has to do with that Soth ass that has us trapped. :"

"Soth?!" ...Aleaic ruptured back to a stark glimmer of cloud akin Silverlight upon his format equal akin, to everyone's split unease, one Washu reflects... ": Yeah, and he hurt Tsunami. You better be pissed to kick his ass for that, since we all got a plan that may help. :"

"Plan?" Ryoko blinks at, as Washu-'B' then asks. ": Where'd Mihoshi and Senia get to? :"

": Here! :" ; ": We were waiting! :" ...both prior order mentioned snap over holo, with 1stCD Kiyone adds in with her own holo... ": We're ready to backup any attack you guys make. :"

": Good! :" ...the 'doll' raises both chibi arms with! ": We got the luck component, just need to lend some extra firepower to the game! :" ...such that takes the sudden form of Tenchi's and Aleaic's Keys both suddenly glowing! The other Jurai empowered feel it, to Azusa gasping out... "Tsunami-fune!" ... ": And more! :"

Aleaic garbles out... "You can't mean what you mean this means!" ...Tenchi nodding more snap accepting suddenly. "Oh yeah it does Al-bud." ...the shmoo realizes his own realization of confidence. "Well... yeah. Light of it!"

"Good." Misaki nods in full accepting of the tactical insanity incumbent. Yosho however asks next. "Will all such still be enough against... what exactly is Soja within?"

"A time-space portal rupture, gravitationally impressed into our dimension. Its connected to Vasier somehow. Yeah I know 'that' flaring name too." ...Aleaic all too readily snaps out. Ryoko blinks at hearing that... "Bout damn time we got an idea of 'what' the hell it is." ...Azusa then thumbing his beard in snap thinking... "We may need to force a combined use of all our Wings, if such is the case. Normal firepower might not even 'reach' Soja."

Funaho warily accents. "Warp, absorb, maybe turn our own fire against us. Sensors are uncertain what to target as it is. We need a pinpoint target for all ships to assault, to be effective."

": Or just strip the thing of its 'shield'. :" ...Washu-B suddenly offered off of 'allied' thought, one Aleaic seizes on something radical, off 'his' unknown ally in the plugged in mental equation, with: "Solar..."

": Huh? : / What?" ...multiple around blurt, Aleaic in kind looks up, but sees only 'dark sky' of subspace. "Ah... does this ship have a window out or such?" ...he puts crudely, but Azusa mentally aids with a task unto Kirito, such the 'sky' of the subspace section they are in, flares open space for all to see. Earth to the 'rear', the dark portal needing no aid to see by, as stars are blotted out by the Soja sized 'mass'. Off the right is seen... "Sol."

"The sun?" ...Tenchi looks as well, as ideas start to relative pop into place, as Aleaic offers, as he also asks... "Permission to be truly pissed with my idea I offer?"

"Use the colony sun somehow." Misaki offers, Aleaic going off learned aspects of solar astronomy, here of further asking... "I need a star map... distance from the sun. Some..." ...thing mentally projected off the right, the host of other holograms, and about a few dozen more pop up, to see as Aleaic guesses at the distance, and nods. "Give me about eight minutes, and you'll 'get' and opening." ...his hand squeezes at his Key with!

"We got something then!" Ryoko leads a roused group, that Funaho imparts... "We may have to bear the attack brunt for that long then."

"Or just keep him off balance." Azusa considers, then commands aloud of needed morale boost. "This we do for Jurai, and the Galaxy! All commands set attack vectors!" ...this Hirata 'looks' over as one of the extra holos, and snaps. ": We'll be ready Lord! :" ... ": We're ready too! :" ...the Wau Commander add her own version in! Azusa nods, and then looks to two Wingbearers. "We only await your preparation."

"Right!" ...both snap. Aleaic then looks at Washu-B knowing better... "Tell Tsui I'm gunning for her lips." ...to 'such' roused 'tune' in charm around! Tenchi however then gets 'his' as Ayeka with no hiding... "As to ours." ...to one on Tenchi's lips! Tenchi sure is blushed beet all, as Ryoko shoots in. "And me then too!" ...to nab Tenchi to her own kiss!

Ignore blushes of amour or parental annoyance, (one particular,) as Mihoshi and Noike... ": Hey! Don't forget us later Tenchi! :" ...that the Kiyone holo just eyes over and sighs. ": When do I get a guy already too? :" ... ": I can arrange that. :" ... ": FORGET it Seto! The last guy you tried didn't finish transgender reformatting and went and dated him... herself... er... whatever! :"

Tenchi just warbles at the info, as much as others around twitter their own eyes. "Ah... perhaps we should get going." Aleaic just nods anime squeaky.

Relative 'versions' of instruction begot two Wingbearers to their 'assigned' ships, thereafter. Tenchi with Ryoko and Ayeka. Aleaic on his own, but 'not' alone either.

... ...

-The deep of space, entering Sol outskirts...-

The sudden departure of the GP task unit from the found wreckage, allowed the Kagaku-ohki to slip into local space unimpeded. It's commander eyeing, as several sent repair units reach the derelict... "Poor Hinase. At least he'll make it with repairs. Well... I suppose we should do something about my son."

"Must we mother?" ...another shadowed female 'asked' of the mother, one said as such of one dire wary of annoyed note, at having to take an unwanted bath, or other such discordant angst. The said mother turned her own Akara locks and smirked. "What? Don't want to finally smack some sense in your brother?"

"More like shoot him in the head. Heck why still you related me to him genetically at freakin' all."

"For the fun of it." ...one Akara turned away from the other, as she mentally brought her personal crystal cabbit vessel into range of the derelict vessel, floating amongst ancient Sol Oort Cloud debris. The Akara 'sister' sighs. "You never get over your party hangovers, do you mom."

"That would mean the party stops." ...the daughter smoothes at her liquid skin tight goth akin-esc skirt dress suit, the open leg knee booted the same flair, was all echoed of a liquid skin suit black and purple-gray half slant cape. Such is the sighed at return, before the mother Akara adds in with a look at her detailed sensors, of the situation. Such signal feed 'siphons' allowed such. The Akara then remarked, also feeling of a 'son's' ancient link long disused of a hermaphrodites' impart.

Just then, a sudden teleport makes both Akara jut eye over at... ": Lady Akara! It 'is' you! :" ... "Hey Hinase, how's it hanging!" ...this the daughter Akara just fumes all angsty teenager like. "Mom! How can you be so flippant about your security like that?!"

The Mother Akara... okay Naja, just blinked back. "But Hinase is a friend Nira." ...this 'Nira' FUMES back... "Niratishi! I hate it when you use a pet name on me!" ...which teardrops the Hinase unit of diamond chosen format. ": Perhaps I am in error here. :" ...of such Naja just flutters a hand at. "Oh don't mind my space goth daughter, what since she takes after her brother too much."

Niratishi throws an ignored uber anime tantrum, one Naja just 'reorients' with a more serious tone. "I came when I felt what happened to Washu. Even Slip Jumped Kagaku here when I felt what my 'son' had become. This one I cannot sit out."

Hinase however remarked... ": But did you not go into seclusion, as Master Yakage once told? :" ...this Naja recalled memories that she nearly didn't get to have. "I'm more than aware of the temporal change. More than aware of why I hid myself, even with Washu all knowing, I so still did." ...she looks back sadly with. "And the fact I have 'another' in this area of space alone. Nevermind another daughter that knows not of me. Much I suppose I should start considering for the future."

"If we 'have' one." ...Niratishi quips past her mixed long raven and silver locks. That causes Hinase to duck to avoid a thrown gray-blue-silver crystal unit, klocking Nira in the head! Naja just reasserts dignity after with a fiddle with her Philosopher Academy tie. "If we die, your favorite dark organ rock band dies too, not that Dark Matter Scoundrels is an appropriate thing 'here' of all things." ...the latter part motherly mumbled annoyed. She then huffs. "So..." ...as Nira comes back up, rubbing her head, "...how do we make Washu-chan owe us?"

"Just use a quantum matter wake attack at the right moment, jeeze mom." ...Niratishi probes both her equal mental acumen, and pained facade. Naja just pumps a hand into her other flat palm. "And cause corporeal wake destabilization! Ohh!" ...and nabs Nira's head around her arm! "That's my brilliant scheming daughter!"

"Watch the neck and the hair! Watch the sexy hair! Watch the neck! OW!"

Hinase just teardrops. ": As long as it saves Mistress Minagi too. :" ...this Naja tongue flips back at... "Oh, we'll get her back too, right as artificial rain! Right Kagaku-kun?" ...this a sultry "Meeeoww!" is returned. Nira just giggles. "I think she's excited to meet someone too." ...this both Akara's just giggle at each other.

Hinase just teardrops again. ": I don't want to know. :"

... ...

The Darkness of Vasier, felt the pause before the coming.

Still not of movement from prior, as only a mere 'act' needed of waiting, was all that was required. The Saccloth needed little to make motion by.

"((~ You still await. Will you allow him my love?" ~))"

The Dark Lord felt the last of his strength returning. Such was the moment... "{{~ Allow. Incumbent. Deride. Fail. Revert.

All is Foreseen. ~}}" ...with a code orb in 'hand' that was losing even the 'color' of ash from it.

The 'tide' tried to warn... "((~ I verily inform that Her wisdom is flawed. Stagnant against time's flow we spit at. If a Seer's Vision is too perforated... ~))"

"{{~ Ten Trillion versions of Universal Ages of Existence have finally shown me enough. A hundred such more. A thousand beyond that. Billions upon Trillions multiplied upon nigh endless horrid, scarring upon the Dark the same! I 'do' have my Vision at last! ~}}" ...the 'tide' got her full anger of such 'hope' back, with a reverent cry... "((~ My corrupted Lord! ~))" ...as if a cheer the same.

Of such she looks to... "((~ Clay! ~))"

"{~ No need to shout. ~}" ...the grotesque version of the former Doctor, far too removed now to be recognized as the living entity version. The Dark Lord shunts his oily facade over at in turn, the 'Doctor' in kind... hardly kind... "{~ It disturbs the soothe of the void. ~}" ...this as if possible to be seen, the Clay stands before a akin holotop set, that 'he' can see, but of the pitch here, logic of normal eye to see was impossible. Vasier logic ruled here as such.

"{{~ Calculations. ~}}" ...the Dark Lord commanded. Clay only inferred. "{~ He will fail. The predictions are all but too hinged on Soth's outcome. The data of the Enemy is too assured of that. Its true results we are after, anyway. ~}"

"{{~ Transcribe the end results then. To all further. ~}}" ...this the Dusk Lady asks over instead. "((~ What of Soth chaff then. ~))"

"{{~ I will conduct at the 'appropriate' moment, to confirm. After... ~}}" ...the Greater Darkness suddenly shifts out of relative 'sight' suddenly with. Of that The Dusk Lady then hears off a 'side' note. "{~ It 'is' terrible to see him like that. ~}" ...that of some illogical reason to behold, was of a form of 'humor' between the two.

If only the 'mood' actually existed here.

... ...

-Deep space near Earth star catalog classified psi Pav star system, Jurai classification SPC-127.E-3 -

'Common common common...' ...Utsutsumi kept of a rising manta or impatience. This as he kept an eye on the space-time chronometer and vector distance parameter, on the holoscreen. This he beheld an entire Royal Fleet with him.

One of several enroute. His was the closest to snap react to the news from the Colony Planet 0315 System. The loyalty to a long time friend meant little else to decide. The ad-hoc fleet in transit with Inkueer Treeship.

As the distance shrank too slowly for his mental health, he steeled his mind for what 'was' to come.

And for what he hoped 'not' to come.

... ...

A random Masaki male looked around at the disheveled residence. He called out.. "Girls! Where are you girls!"

... ...

-Three sets of huffing lasses, as they ran.-

"But what can we do?! Yugi! Mirei! What up!"

"Keep up then, Funaho-ki isn't far! We have to help Sasami!" ...Yugi calls back! Mirei just huffed out as she ran. "We can do what we can to help! I've done it before!" ...this Yugi manages to keep up as they run through the elongating evening overcoming the Valley. "Well if it worked once..."

"What worked once?!" ...Misao yelped for an answer! What she got instead... "Don't you keep up with Jurai history?" ... "Sakuya... sis?!" ... "On call even!" ...Misao stabs her head to her other side! "Haruna!? What the...?!" ...Yugi calls back. "Hey there!" ...Haruna giving a running thumbs up at.

"There!" ...Mirei yelled as they reached the crest of the hill rise, heading down towards Yosho's Royal Tree! Misao realizes... "You mean..." ...Haruna nodding as they ran as a quintet. "...can't let the Magica team down!" ... "Jurai Power is cool like that." ...Sakuya added. Misao just blanched in turn key kind. "Then where the heck were you two all this time?!"

"Breaking hearts!" ...both Sakuya and Haruna both trade a high five with. Misao looks facially deflated as they finished running near.

... ...

Funaho twitched an eye in realizing. She then flicked an eye over at... "Yosho." ...whom 'got it' as well. He just bemoans slightly. "And I miss out on the real fun. Oh well." ...and teleports back down to Earth. Funaho snickers daintily, but then steels an eye over at her husband whom was overseeing final attack disposition, for a needed, carefully choreographed assault. Washu-B was on Azusa's shoulder now, Misaki giving terse instructions to Azaka and Kamidake, before looking back at her sister suddenly.

"Or maybe not." Funaho ironwood toned back in kind.

Azusa's wordless nod was the last two empresses saw, before they teleported to their mutual Treeship.

... ...

"I can't find the girls anywhere!" ...one of the random numbered Masaki fems decried, but all such ignored by Nobuyuki and Rea, as despite the aid that Washu-A and Tama-A.I. were doing for what they could with their conduit of abilities. Washu-A for one, aiding a fast as she could holo-type Tennyo past growing tears of more tears, as Washu-B's electro-connection lines glowed in three dimensional thin Lab air, into both Kiyone's and Mizune's medical tables. All that wonderful technology, advancement aided by personal body enhancements. Wonders Earth could scarcely comprehend a its own technological level.

": I... I... don't want to say it. :" ...Tennyo hears to... "Say it Washu!"

": I'm losing them. :" ...Tennyo nearly about tore Washu-A apart in hearing as she grasped the doll unit. "What do you mean!"

Washu-doll ruefully imparts... ": This damn dark energy deal, I... I need more time to find a counter. Worse, I'd probably be able to stop it with my goddess form, but... :" ...that broke Tennyo into a tearful heap on knees from her seat. "Mommy."

Washu-A... ": I'm... so useless... here. :"

"It's... it's okay..." ...a far too calm Kiyone tones out. Rea just streams past her tears. "Don't you dare... don't 'you' dare."

"You hold on too!" Fuuka cried for an equally all too calm Mizune. Fuuka accenting at heartbreaking levels... "Just hold on! Hold on!"

"Your... you son will save them. And... and... Kiyone."

That's when Kiyone eyed Nobuyuki in turn. Of her eyes, she felt them darkening. Of her body, she felt cold, leading into numb. Past that, something of a pit that had no end of abyss within. Of that she felt of her latent Jurai Power. The rules of the reset timeline had other unintended consequences. Where 'her's' came from, never truly explored. Hardly a reason to.

'Too late now Sister.' ...she thought of her 'other' so long since gone. Nobuyuki saw and grabbed her shoulders! "I said hold on Kiyone! Your son..."

"Yours... never mine... truly..." ...Kiyone toned of resignation. Rea was all she could do to just hand onto a piece of equipment nearby, as Nobuyuki's tears dribbled out. Kiyone whispered further... "...always... my Sister Achika's... and yours. Ch...cherished I always had to be given the chance we both lost, of... of..." ...she wavered off of digging weakness, and of a set of pasts that 'never' were again, for one 'now' that found anewing tragedy to be had.

Rea actually cursed... 'Damn you for once Tsunami... if not for...' ...that she then hears of suddenly... "Come back Mizune! Please come back!" ...Fuuka suddenly decries, as Otoka unexpectantly adds... "What's happening to her?!" ...such Rea blinks out starry eye tears as she hears Nobuyuki. "KIYONE!"

What Rea turned back to, was equaled as Tennyo looked up, and accented by Washu-A doll having an open jaw yap port, one accenting equal shock. ": But that's from... but She... :" ...as a Twilight glow suddenly encapsulated both Masaki souls.

The last Kiyone felt and saw, was as her eyes were falling into the abyss, was as Nobuyuki shouting her name for her no longer able to hear, was the void suddenly filling with stars in her vision.

And she 'heard': ": ~ So I see. ~ :"

The abyss then turned into peace.

(End Act IX)