PRINCESS, PIRATE, POLICEWOMAN, WIFE...
Author: Daferge
Disclaimer: Tenchi Muyo! is copyright AIC/Pioneer Ltd.
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Chapter 10....
( The Royal Jurai Palace...)
Azusa Jurai, Emperor of the mighty Jurai Empire, sat at his desk studying all the reports that had come in during his recent inspection trip...
Upon his return, two things had happen...
First, his two Queens, both Funaho and Misaki, had met him as he beamed down from the Kirito and proceeded to wick him off to their bedroom suite, where they had proceeded to question him, in great detail, about what had acquired on his trip...
It seems his daughter Ayeka had called, informing them of the attempt on his life and that both he and Lady Seto were fine, but had given no other details due to security concerns...
Then there were all those rumors and reports from the outpost/mining colony that had come in reporting that the Emperor had been seen defended himself during the attack, with Lighthawk Wings...
It had taken over an hour for him to answer all their questions and be allow to leave...
But with smiling faces, they had made it very clear that they weren't finished with him...
Upon exiting the bedroom suite, it wasn't hard to guess what the giggling palace staff members thought he'd been doing for the past hour...
He sighed, more rumors...
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Second, he noticed an unusual awe that members of the staff and even the Royal Guard gave him...
He thought he sensed a bit more firm snap as the guards came to attention as he passed...
Perhaps Tenchi had been right about not bothering about the rumors...
Now that he thought about it, he was sure the Queens had more reasons than just security when they chose to spend an hour questioning him in their suite, his Den was just as secure, but it didn't offer as much privacy...
He could almost see them exiting after him, giggling and adjusting their clothes...
Even MORE rumors, sigh...
Some thing in the back of his mind told him he wasn't going to get much sleep tonight...
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( A quiet Tavern... )
It had been a very quiet day, in other words, no one was dead and the tavern hadn't been damaged in a fight or shootout...
The small group of spacebikers had been sitting over in a corner, drinking for some time, when the smiling young female came in from the rain...
Their leader, tall, dark, shaggy beard, with tattoos on both arms watched as the young lady looked around, waved at the mature male standing behind the bar, before walking over to a table on the far side of the room...
He watched with a smile as she glanced around, as if she might be looking for someone, before she sat down...
He gotten to be the leader because he was the biggest, the meanest, the toughest fighter in the whole gang...
Perhaps he should go over and introduce himself...
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As he made his way over to the table, he noted that she seem to be wearing an outfit similar in style to those worn by Juraian Nobles these days...
He smiled...
Perhaps she was some Juraian high Noble lady, taking after that new crown prince of theirs and was out mixing with the lower classes for the night...
The fact that the bar keeper brought her a drink in a cup and saucer, seem to confirm it...
Perhaps he would even show her a good time, before seeing how much her family would be willing pay to get her back...
He came to a stop next to the table and smiled down at the young girl...
" Hey, Babe... Care to have a good time tonight?... "
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The young girl looked up at the spacebiker and shook her head...
" Sorry, I'm waiting for some people... Besides, I'm already seeing some one... "
Keeping a smile of his face, he wasn't one to take NO for an answer...
Leaning over the table, he placed his big rough hand on top of her smaller one...
Looking first at his hand, then at him, she sighed, then reached over her free hand and removed his hand from on top of hers...
His eyes widened at how easy she was able to remove his hand...
He stared at his hand, then at the smiling young girl...
Reaching for his blaster, he felt something pressed against the right side of his head...
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Slowly turning his head, he found himself looking down the barrel of THE biggest blaster he could ever remember...
At the other end of that blaster, was a tall, attractive, smiling blonde wearing some rather odd clothes...
But there was some thing in her eyes that told him she wouldn't hesitate to pull the trigger if he made the wrong move...
" Is this person bothering you?... "
From behind him, he heard a more mature voice replied...
" No... Besides, he's way too young for me... "
He turned back to find that the young girl was gone and a more mature female with shorter hair, was now sitting at the table...
His jaw dropped as he realized that for some reason this new female looked exactly like the young girl, only older...
What was going on here?...
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From over to the side a very harsh voice broke his line-of-thought...
" Well?... Are you going to shoot him or not?... "
He turned that way to find a young lady with light, spiky hair approaching, carrying a large bottle in each hand...
The blonde sighed and put her blaster away...
" Na... The paper work would take most of the night... And I thirsty... "
She accepted one of the opened bottles from the other female, lifted it to her lips, took a long drink, then wiped her lips with the back of her hand...
The spiked haired female smiled, but shook her head...
As they both sat down at the table, he noticed that the young girl had reappeared, her red hair long again...
She smiled and waved at him...
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He found himself moving away from the table and as he did, he backed into some one standing at the bar...
Spinning around, he found it was a tall young boy, with dark hair, who seem to be chatting with the older male behind the bar...
His first impulse was to go for his blaster, but when the boy turned and they came eye-to-eye, there was something in the boy's eyes that stopped him...
He didn't know why, but for the first time in ages he felt something he didn't want to...
FEAR...
Perhaps it was time that they were moving on...
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( Back at the Masaki House... )
It was just after dusk when Kiyone got back to the house, only to find it very quiet...
Kiyone had just gotten in from her latest patrol of the local space and she couldn't understand how Mihoshi had been able to stand such a boring patrol...
She smiled, UNLESS a certain, dark haired, young male was on her mind...
She knew that Tenchi and the girls were out running around in Ryo-Ohki, getting some quiet time alone and testing some device for Washu...
Before heading in, Washu had called her, letting her know that she'd be gone for a while and that the Masaki males, Nobuyuki and Katsuhito, would be watching Mayuka, would she watch over them?...
With a sigh and a smile, Auntie Kiyone agreed to watch the watchers...
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Passing through the kitchen, Kiyone got the meal Sasami had left in the frig before going over to Tenchi's aunt for a couple days...
Tenchi's aunt had gotten a collection of cookbooks for Christmas and had promised Sasami they'd get together to try them out...
With MOST of the family gone, this seem like a good time to try out the books...
The plate in one hand, she was nibbling a bit as she entered the living room...
She was about to pop a small piece of fish into mouth, when she noticed the figure on the couch...
She smiled as she looked down upon a sleeping Nobuyuki, Mayuka also asleep, her head resting on her grandfather's shoulder, both were smiling...
She had watched as Mayuka came into the family...
Having a grandchild had brought out a different Nobuyuki, one the girls didn't mind being around...
Of course, Washu had been some help too...
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Kiyone thought about waking them, but they looked so sweet, she wished she had a camera, so Tenchi could see it...
Glancing up, she remembered the small cameras Washu had in most of the rooms so she could watch over her new family, even when she was working in her lab...
When Washu got back, she'd have to mention it to her, if any one could find a shot, she could...
Besides she need to talk with Lord Yosho about some rumors and reports sent to her via special coding from Galaxy Police Headquarters...
In fact, the reports had come straight from Grand Marshal Kuramitsu's office...
It seems there had been an attack on the Emperor while he was visiting a Jurai planet and there some unusual rumors were now floating around...
Mihoshi's grandfather thought Mishoshi, she and the Masaki family should be informed...
Rumor had it that the Emperor was seen defending himself from assassins with a three bladed set of Lighthawk wings...
Why did she get the feeling Tenchi had been some where nearby...
It would be just like Tenchi to let Azusa get all the credit
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( The Masaki Shrine... )
Katsuhito was standing on the porch of the shrine, looking up at the stars...
He was sipping a cup of that special Jurai tea the Queens had brought on their last visit...
He wasn't sure why he was out there...
Jurai's star was on the other side of the sun from earth, this time of year...
In fact most of the Jurai Empire was on that side...
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He'd been with Washu when the attacks on his father and Seto had taken place...
Things had been very tense as they'd received blow-by-blow details as it happened via Washu's new little invention...
He didn't know who was more stunned, when Mihoshi reported that a set of Lighthawk Wings had appearing before the Emperor and began defending him...
It difficult to say who was prouder of Tenchi, him or Washu?...
He knew that the Queen's were, they wanted to know when he was coming to Jurai again...
Which meant, Tenchi would be trying his best to stay away from Jurai as long as possible...
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Things were quiet with every one gone and he'd seen Kiyone's return...
After a quick check around, he would head down to the house...
Some how he had the feeling that she would be looking for him...
He wondered if he would be able to get little Mayuka away from Nobuyuki?...
He'd been taking care of her ever since Sasami had left for a few days...
His son-in-law had become attached to his granddaughter like glue...
It kind of reminded him of his own daughter, Tenchi's mother, just after she was born...
He smiled, he'd been the same way...
Finishing his tea, he put up the cup, closed the shrine and headed down the hill...
To be continued...
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