"Sir! The Injustice has been spotted coming out of warp space, it will be coming into range in five minutes!" A cadet said from his spot, facing the captain.
"Alright, prepare to open fire when they are in range. Try to target weapons and engines only, HQ wants this guy alive!" the captain ordered, as the readings came through to his terminal.
"Yes sir! I'll inform the other ships now sir!"
--------------------
"Master Darkfox, the Galaxy Police appear to be waiting for us" An officer on the Injustice's bridge commented as she looked over to her captain.
Darkfox, a large, well-built man stood at his spot on the bridge looked at the main screen, showing five ships waiting for them.
Brushing his silver hair out of his face, he grinned, taking his seat.
"Prepare the new weapons our benefactor has supplied us with. If this stuff is as good as they promised, we'll get to have some fun." he said, something familiar about the way he spoke.
"Yes master, charging the disruption fields now" another member of the bridge replied, busy putting in the commands.
--------------------
"All ships are ready to take your commands sir, just give the word." one of the GP officers said as she opened up a communication link to all the other battle ships.
"Alright then, prepare to fire on my mark, target their main weapons array" the captain spoke out, receiving a group of replies.
The members of the bridge watched in silence as the Injustice came closer, towering over their ships.
"Fire now!" The captain ordered, watching as the ships cannons came to life, firing dead on at the Injustice. The lasers struck with a powerful blow, creating a cloud of dust before them, as it cleared a thin layer of blue energy could be seen dissipating, before the Injustice came back into full view, completely unchanged.
"Sir, the weapons didn't make contact! They were stopped just before impact!" On officer said, rushing to retrieve data from the weapon systems.
"Looks like they have a new weapon with them, try and analyse the ship, see if you can find out what that was!" the captain replied, looking at the Injustice silently, as it floated patiently before them.
--------------------
"Well, that went better then expected, the disruptor powerful if it can withstand the fire of the galaxy police cannons." Darkfox remarked. "Is the other weapon ready?" One of his officers turned around, nodding.
"It's just finished charging now master, it's ready to fire on your order" one of the crew members replied.
"Good, fire at all the ships, just leave one ship standing long enough to send out an emergency signal"
"Yes master, firing now"
The Injustice's cannon came to life, a single laser being fired at one of the ships, before being turned, going through the other four ships.
The battle cruisers were all covered in smoke, before each ship began to explode, pieces of each ship being strewn across space.
"One ship has been left intact master, it is rapidly loosing life support and its systems are all failing. They are sending out an emergency beacon." an officer commented.
"Good, leave them be, they will be dead before any help can arrive" Darkfox commanded, standing up so he could retire to his quarters. "Prepare a course for the planet earth, our benefactor wants us to retrieve something for her."
The crew faced their master, bowing to him, before continuing their work. Darkfox went over to one of the female crew-members, placing a hand on her shoulder.
"Run a check on our new weapons, then come to my chambers, I want to enjoy myself before we arrive at our destination." He beckoned, before walking away, leaving through one of the doorways.
--------------------
"Morning Tenchi" Nagi said quietly as she watched him come down into the lounge. It was early in the Masaki house-hold, it was a change for someone to be up before Sasami.
"Oh, good morning, your up early" Tenchi replied, before Nagi motioned for him to lower his voice. She proceeded to point to the opposite sofa, where Matt was still sleeping.
"Oh I see" Tenchi said, in a hushed tone. "So why are you up"
"No reason, I don't really sleep that much anyway, probably because of all my long days of tracking down bounty heads" she said, moving a little to give Tenchi space to sit down next to her. "What about you"
"Oh, I guess I just had a lot on my mind, thinking about things that have been happening ever since these girls arrived. We've really been through a lot"
"I guess you must be pretty close to them, right"
"Yeah, were almost like one big family" Tecnhi said, smiling as he spoke.
"Sounds nice, I wish I could have something like that, it's just been me and Ken-Ohki for as long as I can remember" Nagi replied, closing her eyes as she leaned back on the sofa.
"Mmm" Matt groaned as he rolled over in his sleep, turning away from the other two.
"I'm surprised Tenchi, you live here with all those girls upstairs, but you don't go out with any of them?" Nagi questioned him, sliding a little closer to him.
"W-what do you mean?" Tenchi replied, stuttering a little.
"Well, surely you must like one of the girls"
"I guess I never really thought about that, I haven't really gave myself the time to really get to know them all"
"Well" Nagi started, as she slid herself right into Tenchi, their bodies gently connecting. "I'm sure that a young man like yourself would be open to trying new things"
Tenchi blushed as she drew him closer, taking him by the back of his head and slowly bringing their lips closer. She smiled seductively at him, stopping as they were close enough to feel each others breath.
"Kiss me Tenchi" she whispered, closing her eyes as she waited for him to make the final move.
Tenchi was bright red, he was shocked by how forward Nagi was, she made Ryoko's playful manner seem gentle.
"I-I should go, I have to get ready for today" Tenchi said, quickly pulling himself away and making his way to the bathroom.
Nagi sighed, laying back down with a grin on her face.
"Oh well, maybe another time Tenchi…"
--------------------
Everything was quiet in Kiyone and Mihoshi's room, the officers were sleeping peacefully in their futons, until.
"WHAA!" Mihoshi cried out as her and Kiyone's watches started to beep rapidly, as she cried out, she sat up looking around for her watch.
Kiyone, on the other hand, rubbed her eyes before she got up and picked their watches up, turning them off before check what was going on.
"K-kiyone? Was that the distress signal?" Mihoshi asked, still half-asleep as she spoke. She got out of her futon, wearing nothing but an open shirt and her underwear, going over the kneel down by Kiyone, who was similarly dressed.
"Yeah, the data's coming through right now" she said , yawning after her sentence.
An image flickered to life above the watch, with the GP logo swirling around. A monotonous voice came on after a moment.
"This is a first class emergency message from the battle cruiser Ingachi" the robotic voice spoke out, before a sound file started up.
"This is captain Arinas, of the galaxy police. Our ship is heavily damaged and we are loosing life support rapidly. There were another four battle cruisers, but they were destroyed, were all that's left." the voice rang out, obviously in a state of distress.
"Captain, we just lost integrity on decks eleven through twenty-nine, deck thirty and below have lost all power" another voice called out.
"Put all power on decks one through ten into life support and shields"
"Yes sir"
"You have to hurry" the captain's voice spoke out again. "We don't have much longer. We were attacked by the Injustice, which was believed to be run by the space pirate Darkfox."
The message went silent for a moment, before the automated message came back to life.
"This message was sent out five hours ago, according to earth time. The Injustice was making its way towards earth at this time. At maximum speed, it will arrive in fifteen hours" the voice said before the watch went silent.
"That was the ship we were looking out for a few days ago, but why is he coming to earth?" Kiyone thought out loud.
"Oh no! Maybe he's after Ayeka and Sasami!" Mihoshi cried out, starting to get a little emotional. "We should warn them"
"Mihoshi, wait!" Kiyone ordered, but it was too late, Mihoshi was already up and heading towards their door.
--------------------
Meanwhile, Matthew had been awoken when Mihoshi had cried out earlier. Curious about what was going on, he was busy making his way to her room, mumbling as he went on.
"Damn Mihoshi, waking me up at this hour. What does she think she's doing shouting at a time like this? I was having a good nap too. I'm hungry, I'll make myself a snack later. Huh? Don't think about food right now, too busy for that" He thought. His mind drifting over random things as he stopped outside Mihoshi and Kiyone's room.
"Mihoshi?" He called out gently, hoping she could hear him without waking the others. "Mihoshi, what's going on in there? I heard a scream"
He listened carefully, hearing Mihoshi's voice, she sounded erratic.
"Mihoshi, is something wrong? I'm coming in, ok?"
No sooner had he opened the door, did he run straight into Mihoshi's chest, his face buried between her large tan breasts. Blushing red, he quickly stood up straight. Mihoshi on the other hand…
"EEEK!" she cried out, slapping Matthew as she ran back into her room.
"Mihoshi, I'm sorry! I didn't know you were-" Matthew pleaded, as the door opened again, revealing Kiyone in a dressing gown.
"Didn't know what?" She asked, looking at Matt with a glare.
"I heard her shout out earlier, I wanted to see what was going on. I didn't know she saw making her way to the door, especially dressed like that!"
"What's going on?" Tenchi said, as he and Nagi came into view from the stairway. Ayeka, Sasami and Minagi had all came onto the landing as well, surveying the scene.
"It doesn't matter right now, we have a problem" Kiyone replied as Ryo-Ohki and Ken-Ohki hopped out of Ayeka and Sasami's room.
"Well? There must be a good reason for us all being up so early miss Kiyone" Ayeka spoke out.
"We just received an emergency call from the galaxy police, there's a battleship making its way to earth. The leader is Darkfox, a dangerous man high up on the GP's deadliest space pirates list"
"Why is he coming to earth?" Nagi asked as she knelt down to let Ken-Ohki jump onto her shoulder.
"I'm not sure" Kiyone replied, unsure herself.
Mihoshi came out of her room wearing a shirt and jeans. She looked at everyone, before stopping at Matthew, who quickly looked away.
"Well, there are plenty of reasons" Minagi said, catching everyone's attention. "Think about it, Galaxy Police, Jurai Princesses, a Bounty hunter, the once-greatest space pirate and the greatest scientist in the universe, all under one roof. It's bound to be someone here"
"She's right, we would be a prime target if anyone knew about all the different people here" Kiyone said, before heading into her room.
"I better get ready, we may need to stop this guy before he come to earth, we don't know what he may do to the planet" she spoke out.
She closed the door behind her, as the others looked at each other.
"Wait, where's Ryoko?" Sasami asked, Ryo-Ohki mewing at the question.
"Oh, she's still asleep in our room" Minagi spoke out.
"That Ryoko! Trust her to sleep through this" Ayeka shouted out, before heading to her room to change. The others soon made their way off as well.
"Mihoshi" Matthew said softly, when all the others had gone. "I'm sorry about earlier, I didn't mean to do that"
"It's ok, it was just a mistake, right?" Mihoshi asked, still a little red-face from earlier.
"O-of course it was, I wouldn't do something like that on purpose"
"Well, that's ok I guess, but right now we need to get ready to deal with this guy"
Mihoshi went into her room quickly, leaving Matt to make his way to Washu's lab alone in order to get his battle gear that was left in there.
--------------------
"Ok Ryo-Ohki, lets go!" Ryoko said, as she tossed the cabbit into the air, watching her transform into her ship form.
"MREEEOW!" Ryo-Ohki called out as she floated above them.
"Ok, you too Ken-Ohki" Nagi ordered as her cabbit jumped into the air and transformed as well.
"I'll take my ship" Minagi spoke out as the ships Hinase and Yagami appeared above the lake.
"We shall go with Minagi" Ayeka spoke out, taking Sasami over to her. The three of them being transported onto Hinase's bridge.
Tenchi looked over at Nagi, who gave him a sly grin, causing him to blush a little.
"I-I'll go with Kiyone and Mihoshi" he blurted out, dashing over to them just in time to get transported onto Yagami.
Washu smiled, taking Ryoko's arm as they phased out into Ryo-Ohki.
"Well, I guess that just leaves us then" Nagi stated as the other ships flew off.
"Yeah, lets get going before we miss the show" Matt said as he adjusted his suit.
Nagi placed a hand on Matthew's shoulder, before the pair of them were transported inside Ken-Ohki.
As they appeared, Matthew knelt down, covering his mouth.
"Ugh, that wasn't good…" He said in a muffled tone.
"Yeah, it takes a while to get used to, it's not like the normal teleportation systems" Nagi said before taking her seat by one of the crystals. "Lets get moving."
--------------------
"Little Ryoko?" Washu spoke out, breaking the silence inside Ryo-Ohki.
"Hmm"
"Have you ever had any, visions"
"What do you mean?" Ryoko asked, turning to look at her mother.
"When I was testing Matt's gems, I saw images of Tsunami and two other women. As I saw them, I felt something familiar, like I knew them from somewhere" Washu said, revealing the dreams that were constantly on her mind.
"I cant say I've had any visions like that. But that sounds weird"
"It is, I don't know why it bothers me, I should be able to figure out what it means"
"Well you are the greatest scientist in the universe" Ryoko stated, guessing what Washu would say.
"I am the greatest-" Washu paused, looking at her daughter, who grinned before turning back to check on the other ships. "I should have seen that coming"
Washu sat down, as she typed away at her computer, a message popping up all of a sudden.
"Hmm? What's this?" Washu said to herself as multiple sets of data came into view.
She looked at the information carefully, before reaching into her pocket.
"Good thing I kept hold of these" She said
"What?" Ryoko turned around again, seeing Matthew's gloves resting in Washu's hand. "Wouldn't it have been a good idea to let Matt have those before we left"
"Not really, Matthew's body cant handle all the power inside the gems. Tenchi could control it, but that was because he's part Juraian." Washu paused, as she read more of the data.
"For Matt, the gems cant create a full cycle due to a lack of a large power source within his body, so instead of being able to provide him with great power, these gems have been draining his energy away, bit by bit. That's why his astromental level were low, because he cant handle the power of the gems"
Ryoko sighed, before floating over to Washu's side.
"What does that mean? What if he keeps on using them?" She asked, looking at the data on the screen.
"It could do some serious damage to his body and mind, or even worse, they could kill him…"
--------------------
Kiyone was putting in commands at her terminal, Mihoshi was just as busy, checking the ships data to make sure they had enough power in the ships core.
"You were in a hurry to join us Tenchi" Kiyone stated, spinning around on her chair to face him. "Was there something wrong"
"N-no, not really" Tenchi said, as he stood there by the door, waiting patiently.
"What about you and Matthew earlier, what was that about?" Tenchi replied.
"It was nothing, just an accident!" Mihoshi blurted out, before going back to her work.
Kiyone looked at Tenchi, before turning around to continue her own work.
"It's probably best we don't talk about that right now" Kiyone said. "We'll be in the Injustices path soon anyway"
--------------------
"Master" a member of the Injustice spoke out from the entrance to his personal quarters.
"What is it? I'm busy right now" Darkfox spoke out in the distance, the voice coming from his sleeping quarters.
"There are a small number of ships coming out way"
"And?" He shouted out, before coming into view, half-naked and showing off his toned body.
"W-well" the woman spoke out, blushing at the sight of her master in undress. "One of the ships belongs to the legendary space pirate Ryoko, she appears to be travelling with them on a path towards us"
"Ryoko? Ah, this will be a worth test of our battle systems! Have everyone take their positions"
"Yes master" she replied, bowing just before she left.
Darkfox went back to his quarters, looking at the member of the crew he had beckoned to his bed earlier, who was awaiting him under the covers.
"We shall finish this later, get dressed and report for duty." he commanded as he took hold of his black jacket and slipped it on. "The real fun is about to begin"
--------------------
"There it is, the battleship Injustice" Kiyone spoke out through the intercom linked with the other ships.
Their target loomed overhead, its size dwarfing their ships.
"I don't like this sis" Sasami could be heard.
"It's ok Sasami, Minagi will keep us safe" Ayeka responded.
The four ships floated in place, waiting as the Injustice drew itself closer, stopping the moment it came within audio range.
"Ahem" Mihoshi coughed gently as the intercom linked up to the enemy ship. "This is the galaxy police! You have been charged with the attacks on galaxy police vessels and you are under arrest! Come in quietly and there will be no trouble!"
Silence filled the air as they waited for a response.
"Maybe they cant hear us" Tenchi said, watching carefully"
"Maybe" Kiyone replied "Or maybe they don't want to lis"
"Look out!" Washu shouted through the intercom as a laser was fired at Yagami.
Kiyone took the controls, forcing Yagami's engine to fire upwards, moving out of the way just in time to dodge the blast.
"That was, too close" Kiyone gasped, catching her breath as she looked back at the Injustice
"As you will not come in peacefully, we will be forced to take you in by force!" Mihoshi spoke out again, before a voice boomed back at them.
"This is Lord Darkfox of the Injustice, you are severely outclassed. If you do not wish to be harmed turn over Washu and Tsunami to me, I will give you time to make your decision." the voice beckoned mercilessly.
"Well, he sound's pleasant" Minagi spoke out sarcastically.
"But Sasami and Washu? Why you? It sounds like an odd pair of targets if you ask me" Ayeka added, looking at the images of the others on the intercom.
"It doesn't matter either way" Ryoko said sternly "That guy wont be taking anyone away!"
With that Ryo-Ohki opened fire on the Injustice, flying to the ships side. The others followed on, taking shots at the enemy.
--------------------
"Why do they bother?" Darkfox spoke aloud, watching the ships as they fired multiple volleys of laser at his ship.
"Desperation perhaps master? Maybe the emergency beacon had no information on our shields" one of the crew said, proposing one of the many reasons.
"Perhaps, how is the disruptor field holding"
"The laser attacks are having no effect on them, its just the same as our encounter with the battle cruisers"
Darkfox grinned, as he brought up the commands for their weapon systems.
"I'll take it from here, keep all power but life support on the disrupter fields and the weapon systems"
"Yes master, transferring energy reserves now"
"Good, let's see how that like this"
--------------------
The Injustice opened fire, its laser chasing after Ryo-Ohki. Ryoko made her ship duck and weave around the laser, dodging it perfectly.
"Keep up the good work Ryoko! Just don't let that thing hit us!" Washu shouted out. "That's a high frequency laser, that could tear Ryo-Ohki in two"
"MREEOOW!" Ryo-Ohki cried out in panic, a bunch of crystals swarming over to Washu.
"Calm down, you'll be ok. It's powerful, but its slow, as long as Ryoko keeps us moving it wont hit us"
Ryoko spun Ryo-Ohki around, flying right by the laser as she moved to the other side of the Injustice.
"The rest of you hear that?" Ryoko shouted.
"Don't worry, we got it!" Kiyone replied. "We wont be able to do much out here while that laser's activated. We should try and get inside"
"There" Tenchi said, pointing at the under-side of the ship. Kiyone zoomed in, spotting the docking station. "It looks like its out of their weapons range"
"Nice work Tecnhi!" Mihoshi said happily.
Ryo-Ohki flew around keeping the laser busy as the other ships flew underneath the Injustice, breaking open the doors with a barrage of lasers.
--------------------
"What? How did they get through the disruptor field?" Darkfox shouted, standing up as he looked at the monitors.
"It seems the disruptor field only blocks projectiles, and there is a large space between the field and the docks for the ships to get in" an officer replied.
"Get ready for battle, try to incapacitate our targets, kill the others"
"Yes master, the crew responded, rushing off to get their weapons"
Darkfox grinned, walking to his quarters.
"Now, this will be fun. I always wanted to challenge the great Ryoko"
--------------------
"Everyone ok?" Nagi asked as Ken-Ohki transformed back into his cabbit form. Everyone had grouped together in the docking bay after blowing the doors open.
"It looks like everyone's fine" Washu commented from a computer terminal as she hacked into the system. "Well, it looks like everyone is on the upper levels. A lot of them are making their way down towards us now"
Ryoko phased over to Washu, looking at the ships layout.
"Alright, we can go through here, it looks like there's a service hatch here that will take us where we have to go" She said, pointing out her route.
"Ok guys! Lets get moving!" Washu called out as the others began to leave the dock.
Minagi stood there with Ryo-Ohki, Ken-Ohki and Sasami, looking at Washu.
"We'll stay here. We shouldn't let Sasami get in anymore danger then she already is"
"Alright Minagi, be careful" Washu sad before dashing over to Matt. "Oh Matthew" she said as she smiled at him cutely.
"Ah, w-what is it?" Matt asked as she stood just in front of him.
Washu pulled out a galaxy police class laser pistol and placed it in his hands.
"You'll need this if your going to help" She said, giving him a serious look
"But what about my gems? Why not just let me use them?" He asked, looking at the pistol.
"They were in my lab when we left, it's too late to go back now, trust me. Ok?"
The pair rushed off after the others as Minagi sat down, waiting for them to return.
"Be careful everyone, there's something about this I really don't like"
--------------------
Authors corner - Wow, has it really been over a month since my last update? Time seems to be flying by recently. Fortunately I have control of the computer again, but now other thinks are really going to slow down work.
Christmas approaching means that I'll be spending time getting presents.
A television project that I'm working on will be taking up a lot of time as well, so this will be a part-time piece for now.
Well, just a single review this time round.
A Fan - Glad your enjoying the story. I am trying to work on Tenchi and Matt a lot more, it's just that the amount of girls tends to make it a little tougher to get through. But who know, maybe I'll work something out.
Until next time, expect to see one hell of a battle and a few twists that could lead to something more dangerous!