PRINCESS, PIRATE, POLICEWOMAN, WIFE...
Author: Daferge
Disclaimer: Tenchi Muyo! is copyright AIC/Pioneer Ltd.
All respective characters are property of their original owners. All original characters and ideas are property of the author.
Chapter 38....
( Galaxy Police Headquarters...)
GP Detective first class Kiyone Tanaka, sat at her desk, looking at the two new pictures on the corner desk...
One of them was of a couple, a dark haired youth and her smiling, holding his arm...
The young boy was her little brother and until a week ago, she had believed he was dead, like their parents...
Then the new Crown Prince found him and it wasn't long before she'd been informed...
The Grand Marshal, himself, had sent her to meet him and to get reacquainted...
Not only had she met her little brother, but Queen Misaki, the new Crown Prince and his three wives, Princess Ayeka, Princess Ryoko and of course, Princess Mihoshi...
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All though it had been her first meeting with members of the Royal Family, she had known Princess Mihoshi for quite some time...
Before she became a Princess...
Kiyone had gone through the Academy with Mihoshi and been one of her very few friends back then...
She had watched Mihoshi struggle through against great odds, her bad luck, her carefree ways and the fact that her grandfather was the Grand Marshal...
Because she had the same first name as Mihoshi's first partner, Kiyone Makibi, Mihoshi had taken to calling her, Kiyoni...
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Kiyone remembered almost having a heart attack as a figure in an elegant Juraian gown had rushed at her as she was being presented to Queen Misaki and other members of the Royal Family...
" KIYONI!!!... KIYONI!!!... KIYONI!!!... "
As if in a trance, she watched the members of the Royal Family, carefully step aside, as if getting out of the way of a runaway star-ship...
Before she knew it, she was gasping for air, as Mihoshi gave her a hug...
She was pretty sure that all the others in the room were smiling...
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Like others at Headquarters, she had heard all the rumors and jokes going around about Mihoshi, over the years...
" Did you hear about Mihoshi?... What did she do now?... What disaster did she cause now?... How much damage did she do?... Her Grandfather will take care of it!... "
That is, until several years ago, then it was....
" What do you mean?... Mihoshi reported Kagato was dead?... Mihoshi rescued the two missing Juraian Princesses?... Mihoshi found the where abouts of the long missing Deadliest Space Pirate ever, Ryoko Hakubi?... Mihoshi met the Emperor of Jurai and his wives?... Mihoshi is living with the Juraian Princesses, the NEW Crown Prince AND the ex-space pirate Ryoko?... "
Then it became...
" The Crown Prince was killed by Pirates?... Mihoshi was kidnapped?... The Space Pirate Ryoko rescued Mihoshi?... Did you hear that the Crown Prince turned up alive and he's getting married... SO?... One of the three future wives is to be Mihoshi!!!... MIHOSHI?, OUR MIHOSHI?... Does that make her Princess Mihoshi of Jurai?... Yep!... And eventually QUEEN Mihoshi... "
And recently it was...
" Mihoshi saved a Star-liner from attacking space pirates, all by herself!... Mihoshi saved the Emperor of Jurai's life!... Mihoshi took on a whole clan of Assassins!... That's our Mihoshi!... "
Kiyone was amazed at how much opinions of Mihoshi had changed...
She wasn't surprised that Mihoshi hadn't changed...
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After she'd recovered from the hug, Mihoshi had introduced her to the Crown Prince...
" Tenchi?... I would like to introduce you to my good friend Kiyone Tanaka, we went to the Academy together... "
Kiyone's eyes widened as the person who stepped forward was the young dark haired boy about 5 and a half feet tall, with brown eyes, whom she had though was just one of the Royal servants...
" Pleased to meet you... I've heard so much about you... "
She almost fainted when he took her hand and shook it, some thing that was unheard of for Juraian upper class, much less Royalty...
She barely heard Mihoshi, who was clinging to Tenchi's other arm, continue with great pride...
" Kiyone... This is my husband, His Royal Highness THE Crown Prince of Jurai, Tenchi Masaki... "
Kiyone could have sworn that the crown prince sighed and blushed as Mihoshi recited his full title...
There were few who used Tenchi's full title, but he knew how happy it made her to be able to introduce him thus, at-least off planet 0315, Earth...
" Just call me, Tenchi... "
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After that it was all a blur...
Princess Ayeka was every thing she had imagined a Royal Princess should be...
The poster image beloved by much of the Empire, as was her sister Sasami...
( she later learned that Ayeka loved introducing herself to people as Mrs. Tenchi Masaki... )
Kiyone's dream world had quickly been brought back to reality by two words...
" ... Ryoko Hakubi... "
Kiyone found herself face to face with one of the most infamous people ever to have graced the Galaxy Police's Most wanted list...
Dressed in elegant Juraian dress, it was hard to see her as that most feared Space Pirate...
The only one ever to have attack Jurai it's self and even having broken into the Royal Palace...
Only the timely arrival of then Crown Prince Yosho, had the day been saved...
Both the Crown Prince and the Pirate disappeared for over 700 years, long enough for the statute of limitations to run out on her crimes and her file to be closed...
It was later learned that Kagato had been using her as a puppet and forcing her to do his dirty work...
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She was free, to do what ever she wanted and one of the first things she'd done, was help this young boy and others, to remove a plague upon the Galaxy, KAGATO...
" ...Tenchi's other wife... "
Brought back to the now, Kiyone had watched as Ryoko blushed?...
As she watched, the three moved to and encircled the quiet prince, Ayeka taking one arm, Ryoko the other, Mihosho moving up behind him and putting her arms around him...
It was as if they'd joined together to form one whole being...
" It's an extraordinary sight, isn't it... "
Kiyone turned to find Lady Misaki Masaki Jurai, the 2nd Queen of Jurai standing there, smiling...
She could only nod her head...
" Some day, that young boy will become a great Emperor, because he has those three and many others willing to help him... I see a bright future for Jurai... "
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"Kiyone?... "
Kiyone was brought back to the very present by one of the other office workers...
" Yes?... "
The girl had set a large stack of papers on Kiyone's desk, but Kiyone saw her eyes were on the two pictures...
" Here are some of those reports you requested... "
Kiyone knew that wasn't the real reason the girl had gone to all the trouble of bringing all those papers over..
" Is that really your lost little brother?... He doesn't look all that little... "
It had been like this ever since her return from Juria...
" Is that really Queen Misaki between you and your brother in that picture... "
Lady Misaki has insisted on getting her picture take with the siblings and a copy of both pictures, both framed, had been waiting for her when she got back to her desk...
" Did you really meet the new Crown Prince?... Is he every thing they say about him?... "
Kiyone smiled, remembering all the rumors she'd heard about the Crown Prince the past year or so, this was the easy one...
" Oh, Yes... And MUCH more!!... "
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( The Juraian Emperor's private office... )
It had been a very long and trying day for His Majesty, Emperor Azusa Masaki Jurai...
He had just managed to get away from the high Lords on the Royal High Counsel for a breather, by calling a one hour break...
It was times like this when he remembered his Grandfather's tales of when an Emperor's will was absolute and even a high lord could suddenly find his head upon a pike in some public square...
Azusa knew of quite a few of high Lords on the Royal High Counsel who didn't seem to need their heads and one or two who were real pains out right...
It was then that he noted that one of the red lights on the small panel, on the right side of his desk, was blinking...
The blinking indicated that there was an incoming call, waiting and the bulb let him know who was calling...
Realizing who it was from, it took a few extra minutes for Azusa to decide if he was going to answer it or not...
In the end, it wasn't much of a chose...
Knowing that it would continue blinking until he did, Azusa pushed the button next to the blinking light...
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The light went out and a very large com-screen appeared in front of and above his desk...
As he expected, it was professor Washu, smiling at him, probably from her Lab on planet 0315...
He really hoped that this was important...
" What can I do for you, Washu?... "
She stood there looking at him, as one of her eyebrows went up...
" I mean, Little Washu... "
Washu smiled...
" I thought I'd let you know I was going to be coming for a visit... "
Some thing in the way she said it, put Azusa on guard, an eyebrow went up...
" Ah... And when can we expect you?... "
The figure on the screen said nothing, just smiled and pointed behind the Emperor...
Turning slowly around, the Emperor of Jurai came face to face with Washu, standing a few feet away and in her arms was Tenchi's little baby daughter, Mayuka...
His eyes widened and his jaw dropped...
" Say hello to your great-grandfather... Didn't I tell you he was funny... "
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Azusa suddenly found that he had gotten up and was now standing next to his desk, the screen Washu smiling at him from the right and the life size Washu smiling at him from the left...
" How?... "
Azusa looked at Washu, then Mayuka...
Because of who Mayuka's mother was, Washu might as well of brought a small compact Planet-buster bomb to Jurai with her...
And how had she gotten all the way to Jurai and through their security with out his being at-least informed in advance?...
Was this one of those new inventions of her?...
He watched as the smiling Washu, holding Mayuka, advanced across the room to his desk and then proceeded to walk right through it...
" As you can see, this too is a projection, just like your com screen... But using it and my own special programing, I can make this very realistic 3D projection of myself... Or any thing else I want to... In fact, I've been using it in my lab for some time now, as a study aid... I just wanted to see if I could send it through the com system... "
Remembering to breath again, a question suddenly came to Azusa...
" Can you see me?... How many fingers am I holding up?... "
Washu smiled as Azusa held up a pair of fingers...
" That had better be TWO fingers you're holding up and yes, it is two way... I can see an area of about twelve feet around me, I'm just unable to interact with it... Yet... "
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Azusa managed to make it back to his chair before his legs gave out...
He took some long slow breaths, slowing his racing heart...
This was not a day to have surprises pop up on him...
Washu was still one of the few who could get a reaction out of him, besides the Queens...
" Hasn't been a good day, has it?... "
Azusa couldn't help smiling, a tiny bit...
" Perhaps we should try back when you are a little less busy?... "
" I think I can pencil you in for two decades from next Tuesday... "
Washu smiled and looked down at the little one...
" And you said he didn't have a sense of humor... "
Azusa sat there for a while, staring at the spot where Washu had disappeared, the com screen was gone too...
But, Azusa couldn't help himself, for the first time in a long time, he threw back his head and started laughing...
It felt good...
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( Near the Badlands border... )
" BBBBZZZZZZZ!!!... BBBBZZZZZZZ!!!... BBBBZZZZZZZ!!!... "
Tenchi looked up as the alarm went off, getting louder with each buzz...
" Ahhh!!!... "
But as he tried to move, he found he was unable to, something seem to be holding him down...
As his eyes adjusted to the dim lighting in the main bed room, Tenchi smiled, for on one side was Ayeka, on the other Ryoko...
They had him securely pinned to the extra-extra large bed that Washu had installed aboard Ryo-ohki, AFTER the wedding...
He sighed...
" Oh, great!... "
He didn't expect the soft, sexy reply...
" You can say that again... "
Looking to the right, he came eye to eye with a smiling Ryoko, who was licking her lips...
" I'm afraid I must, for once, agree with Ryoko on this one... "
Turning left, he found a wickedly smiling Ayeka...
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Thank goodness the alarm was only a 30 minute warning...
It took almost that long for the three of them to get up to the bridge...
Something told Tenchi that Washu had set it up that way...
Tenchi wasn't surprised to find that Ryoko was already there, sitting in his chair...
Sighing, he smiled and nodded towards her own chair...
She tried the old, sad eyes trick and patted her lap...
Still smiling, Tenchi shook his head and again nodded to her chair...
With a sigh, Ryoko faded and reappeared in her own chair...
And just as well, as Ayeka, refreshed and wearing one of her best Juraian Kimono stepped onto the bridge...
The picture of the Royal Family...
Tenchi saw Ryoko frown and her eyes narrowed...
He could also feel her emotions building, She didn't care for all the pomp of the upper class...
Outside the Royal Palace...
Reaching up, Tenchi took Ayeka's hand, getting her attention, she looked down and smiled...
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Smiling up at Ayeka, Tenchi pulled her down onto his lap, her eyes were suddenly wide open...
And she wasn't the only one, because Ryoko's eyes widened too...
Before Ayeka could say any thing, Tenchi sealed her lips with a kiss...
A stunned Ryoko started to say something, but stopped when she heard Ayeka giggling like a little school girl...
THAT was not the reaction of a member of the Juraian upper Class, Ryoko smiled as she wondered just how red Ayeka's face was going to get later...
It was times like this that Ryoko wished she had one of Nobuyuki's cameras, for the hundredth time...
Coming up for air, Ayeka closed her eyes, smiled and rested her head on his shoulder...
Seeing Ryoko frown, Tenchi winked at her...
Later!!!
Her jaw dropped...
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" Ryo-Ohki!!!... Let's go collect Washu's Data Pods... "
" Meow, meow! "
Ryoko laughed, getting both Ayeka and Tenchi's attention...
" She said 'Oh goody, an Easter Egg hunt...'... "
Tenchi smiled and Ayeka shook her head...
" Any way... The sooner we get them all, the sooner we will be able to head home... "
A sleepy voice arose from the back of the room...
" Was that the microwave alarm?... Is dinner ready yet?... "
Every one turned to find Mihoshi, wearing her favorite night gown, an old white t-shirt that showed more then it covered, with PROPERTY of TENCHI MASAKI on it...
Tenchi had tried to get Mihoshi to wear something else, but she loved it and she was going to continue wearing it, even if it was shrinking...
Thank goodness she was hugging that large stuffed Ryo-ohki doll that Tenchi had gotten from Washu for her, for last year's Christmas...
As Ryoko started laughing, Ayeka turned and buried her face in Tenchi's shoulder, crying...
Tenchi had started to worry, until he realized that Ayeka wasn't crying, but was giggling...
So, in the in, all he could do was just smile and stroke the back of her head...
To be continued...
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