The Future - Chapter 3: Forever Cursed
By: Ryoko-chan
Disclaimer: We all know the drill...the real disclaimer resides in Chapter 1.
A/N: This is Kiyone's future. When this chapter ends, its going to go directly into Mihoshi's future since I don't feel like stopping and putting a break between the two, so don't go getting confused on me.
THE FUTURE - CHAPTER 3: FOREVER CURSED
By: Ryoko-chan
After Washu tied Kiyone to the chair and had all the same things that had been connected to Aeka on Kiyone, the little scientist started the machine again.
"I don't see why all these wires are necessary. And to be perfectly honest, I don't really want to see my future." Kiyone said, trying to escape.
"Come on Kiyone, don't you want to see if we'll be working together still?" Mihoshi asked.
Kiyone sighed; frustrated.
"Don't be such a wimp, Kiyone." Ryoko said, hovering over the floor in a seated position.
"That's easy for you to say." Kiyone replied.
"It won't be so long, Kiyone." Sasami said.
"It really isn't so bad...unless you have a future like mine..." Aeka said.
Ryoko laughed to herself.
"Shut up Ryoko!"
"Both of you shut up." Washu said as the monitor started to blink as it revealed another vision for the girls.
-Kiyone's Future-
Kiyone sat in a rather comfortable looking chair behind a rather important looking desk with a frown on her face.
It had been almost two years since she had been promoted back to Galaxy Police headquarters and put in charge of the subspace containment division in charge of the largest force in the Galaxy Police. She was ecstatic when she received her promotion and she was even happier to be getting away from Mihoshi and earth all together.
Her happiness soon went away when she discovered that her promotion involved sitting behind a desk all day sifting through reports handed in by the officers under her control. She also got the distinguished opportunity of being blamed if anything ever went wrong with the containment units where several of the most dangerous criminals were held.
*If Ryoko is ever caught, this is where they'll bring her.* Kiyone thought to herself as she inspected the latest reports. *At least then I might have someone to talk to.* Kiyone bitterly appended to her previous thought.
As much as she hated to admit it, she missed Earth. Not only did she miss Earth, but she also missed Mihoshi, Sasami, Ryoko, Tenchi, Washu, and Aeka. The two princesses had left Earth a few months before she had received her promotion and as far as she knew, nobody had heard from either of them until a small group of rebels on Jurai had contacted Galaxy Police the day before to inform them that Aeka had been arrested by the new Jurain royal family.
According to Washu, when Kiyone last spoke with her, Jurai was in total chaos and trying to track down Aeka was nearly impossible from Earth. Also as it turned out, Mihoshi, Ryoko, and Tenchi were gone. Washu's theory was that they had left Earth to seek out Sasami and the former Royal Family to gain their help in retrieving Aeka.
Kiyone looked around her office and sighed. Just a few years ago she would have killed someone (probably Mihoshi) for this job, but now she just wanted out. She wanted to go back to being a resident officer on Earth and fixing people's engines.
"Kiyone?" Nariko, her secretary called her attention from a small monitor sitting on the corner of her desk.
"What is it, Nariko?" Kiyone sighed.
"Its the commander. He says that your report of your inspection of the containment units is overdue. He also said that he received a message from your old partner --"
"Mihoshi? He got something from Mihoshi?" Kiyone asked, cutting Nariko off mid-sentence.
"Yes, that's what he said."
"Okay, just put him through please, Nariko."
Moments later Nariko's image faded away from the monitor and was replaced with Kiyone's commander.
"Your report is late, Kiyone. I was supposed to have it yesterday. You know that your job is very unstable Kiyone. We need to know that we have someone competent in your position. Competency doesn't include late inspection reports. The containment units have to be constantly modified and upgraded, you know that."
"Yes, sir. I sent the report to your office an hour ago. I couldn't get it to you yesterday, I'm sorry. Nariko told me that you received a message from Mihoshi?"
"Yes, I did. I don't know why I got it. Didn't you tell your former partner where you would be working?" He asked her.
Kiyone didn't answer.
"Well, either way, I'll send the message over to you."
"Thank you sir."
The commander simply nodded and closed the connection.
Seconds later Kiyone's monitor blinked again with Mihoshi's image this time. Kiyone stared at the image for a moment before playing the message. Mihoshi looked exactly the same with her vacant look and everything.
*Please don't let her be contacting me for my help* Kiyone internally pleaded as she pressed the PLAY button.
"Kiyone, we're in trouble. Ryoko went off on her own. Tenchi went after her. I don't know what happened. We need your help, Kiyone. I couldn't think of anyone else to call. We're on Acadia, where Aeka and Sasami's family is exiled. We found Funaho and Misaki. And the king is dead. Nobody knows where Sasami is either. Please, Kiyone..."
Kiyone stared at the monitor for a while. She couldn't just leave and go chasing after them in Yagami, although she had to admit this sort of situation was why she kept her ship in such good repair. But still, she had responsibilities to the Galaxy Police. Kiyone sighed, frustrated.
"Nariko?" Kiyone asked. Soon the image of her secretary appeared again.
"Yes, Kiyone? What is it?"
"I need you to inform the commander that I have to leave, immediately. There is trouble with Mihoshi and she needs my help."
"What? But who is going to watch over the section? You can't just leave it like this." Nariko protested.
"I know. That's why I need you to find a suitable replacement."
"A temporary replacement?"
"I don't know yet."
"I don't think this is wise, Kiyone. You've always said how hard you worked to get here and now you want to just throw that away?"
"My friends need me, Nariko."
"So does the Galaxy Police, Kiyone."
"This isn't a conversation I need right now, Nariko. Please, just do what I asked. I know you're only looking out for my professional welfare, but I know what I'm doing." Kiyone said as she terminated the connection.
"Do I really know what I'm doing?" Kiyone asked herself as she rose from her desk.
She gathered everything she would need from her office and quickly went to her quarters and grabbed a few things there and left for the docking bay where Yagami was kept.
In no time, Kiyone was in space again after what she figured had been too long. She quickly made her way to Acadia, a small planet just outside the same system as the Earth. She didn't know how she was going to find Mihoshi, but something told her she wouldn't have too much trouble.
After a few hours of travel (Earth time), Kiyone arrived at the small green planet and docked at the nearest available station.
There was only one large city on Acadia. That limited the search somewhat. Kiyone started her search at the hotels, figuring that the Jurains most likely weren't camping in the surrounding forest. There was no luck with any of the hotels in the city.
Kiyone searched well into the evening and was about to give up when she saw Misaki, the second wife of the former king of Jurai and Sasami and Aeka's mother. Kiyone followed her to a small diner where, sure enough, Funaho and Mihoshi were.
Kiyone stepped into the diner hesitantly. There was still enough time for her to go back to Yagami and just go back to those containment units. She sighed at the exciting thought of that, and walked into the diner.
Mihoshi saw her right away and just stood there silently. Then her eyes lit up and she smiled.
"Kiyone! You came! I didn't think you had gotten my message."
"I did Mihoshi, now what's going on?"
"Ryoko left to find Sasami. She disappeared shortly after we landed here." Funaho, who was dressed just as plainly as Mihoshi, said quietly.
"Sasami disappeared?" Kiyone asked.
"Yes, she evacuated Jurai with us, but shortly after we landed on Acadia, she just vanished." Funaho said.
"And Ryoko just took off after her?"
"Yes, she felt that Sasami was in more danger than Aeka. She said that we at least know where Aeka is and she probably isn't going anywhere for a while." Mihoshi explained.
"That sounds like her." Kiyone said, sitting down. "What about Tenchi?"
"He followed Ryoko. He felt that she needed help, but just was too stubborn to ask him."
"So why do you need my help?"
"They're going to execute Aeka." Misaki sobbed.
"What? I hadn't heard that at the Galaxy Police. Are you sure?"
"Yes, we received notice of it early this morning. She's been tried with treason and is scheduled to be executed in five days." Funaho explained.
Kiyone just sat quietly, thinking. Why hadn't the Galaxy Police been informed of this? Where's Sasami that Ryoko and Tenchi haven't found her yet? She sighed.
"We need your help to get her back. I couldn't go by myself and it would be too dangerous for Lady Funaho or Lady Misaki to come with me." Mihoshi said. "Will you help?"
"Of course I will." Kiyone sighed. "It looks like we're getting involved with the matters of Jurai once again."
"Sure does." Mihoshi said.
"Thank you. Both of you." Funaho said, smiling.
"Yes, thank you and please bring Aeka back safely." Misaki cried.
Kiyone nodded. She was starting to realize what she had gotten herself into. She was going to Jurai to break into the palace to help rescue Aeka from people who were more powerful than the most powerful people in the universe.
"First, before you go, get some rest. You can leave in the morning. There's no sense in leaving right now." Funaho said.
"She's right. Did you bring Yagami, Kiyone? Washu repaired Yukinojo before we left Earth."
"Yes, I brought Yagami." Kiyone said.
"We should use Yagami then. We probably won't be detected with Yagami and we definitely can't go in both." Mihoshi said.
Kiyone just looked at her. There was something different about her. She made sense when she spoke and she wasn't giggling all the time. Maybe she finally straightened out her act and was actually acting like a Galaxy Police officer now.
"We'll just use Yagami then." Kiyone said, drinking a glass of water that Mihoshi had given her.
"This will be exciting, Kiyone. The two of us together again after nearly two years." Mihoshi giggled.
Maybe Kiyone was wrong. Maybe Mihoshi was exactly the same...
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~End Chapter 3~
NEXT:
Chapter 4: Together Again
A/n: Like I said before I started this part, chapter four is just going to start from Mihoshi's future. I'm not going to take a break between the two. Sorry this took so long, I'm not using my usual computer and I've been having technical difficulty.
By: Ryoko-chan
Disclaimer: We all know the drill...the real disclaimer resides in Chapter 1.
A/N: This is Kiyone's future. When this chapter ends, its going to go directly into Mihoshi's future since I don't feel like stopping and putting a break between the two, so don't go getting confused on me.
THE FUTURE - CHAPTER 3: FOREVER CURSED
By: Ryoko-chan
After Washu tied Kiyone to the chair and had all the same things that had been connected to Aeka on Kiyone, the little scientist started the machine again.
"I don't see why all these wires are necessary. And to be perfectly honest, I don't really want to see my future." Kiyone said, trying to escape.
"Come on Kiyone, don't you want to see if we'll be working together still?" Mihoshi asked.
Kiyone sighed; frustrated.
"Don't be such a wimp, Kiyone." Ryoko said, hovering over the floor in a seated position.
"That's easy for you to say." Kiyone replied.
"It won't be so long, Kiyone." Sasami said.
"It really isn't so bad...unless you have a future like mine..." Aeka said.
Ryoko laughed to herself.
"Shut up Ryoko!"
"Both of you shut up." Washu said as the monitor started to blink as it revealed another vision for the girls.
-Kiyone's Future-
Kiyone sat in a rather comfortable looking chair behind a rather important looking desk with a frown on her face.
It had been almost two years since she had been promoted back to Galaxy Police headquarters and put in charge of the subspace containment division in charge of the largest force in the Galaxy Police. She was ecstatic when she received her promotion and she was even happier to be getting away from Mihoshi and earth all together.
Her happiness soon went away when she discovered that her promotion involved sitting behind a desk all day sifting through reports handed in by the officers under her control. She also got the distinguished opportunity of being blamed if anything ever went wrong with the containment units where several of the most dangerous criminals were held.
*If Ryoko is ever caught, this is where they'll bring her.* Kiyone thought to herself as she inspected the latest reports. *At least then I might have someone to talk to.* Kiyone bitterly appended to her previous thought.
As much as she hated to admit it, she missed Earth. Not only did she miss Earth, but she also missed Mihoshi, Sasami, Ryoko, Tenchi, Washu, and Aeka. The two princesses had left Earth a few months before she had received her promotion and as far as she knew, nobody had heard from either of them until a small group of rebels on Jurai had contacted Galaxy Police the day before to inform them that Aeka had been arrested by the new Jurain royal family.
According to Washu, when Kiyone last spoke with her, Jurai was in total chaos and trying to track down Aeka was nearly impossible from Earth. Also as it turned out, Mihoshi, Ryoko, and Tenchi were gone. Washu's theory was that they had left Earth to seek out Sasami and the former Royal Family to gain their help in retrieving Aeka.
Kiyone looked around her office and sighed. Just a few years ago she would have killed someone (probably Mihoshi) for this job, but now she just wanted out. She wanted to go back to being a resident officer on Earth and fixing people's engines.
"Kiyone?" Nariko, her secretary called her attention from a small monitor sitting on the corner of her desk.
"What is it, Nariko?" Kiyone sighed.
"Its the commander. He says that your report of your inspection of the containment units is overdue. He also said that he received a message from your old partner --"
"Mihoshi? He got something from Mihoshi?" Kiyone asked, cutting Nariko off mid-sentence.
"Yes, that's what he said."
"Okay, just put him through please, Nariko."
Moments later Nariko's image faded away from the monitor and was replaced with Kiyone's commander.
"Your report is late, Kiyone. I was supposed to have it yesterday. You know that your job is very unstable Kiyone. We need to know that we have someone competent in your position. Competency doesn't include late inspection reports. The containment units have to be constantly modified and upgraded, you know that."
"Yes, sir. I sent the report to your office an hour ago. I couldn't get it to you yesterday, I'm sorry. Nariko told me that you received a message from Mihoshi?"
"Yes, I did. I don't know why I got it. Didn't you tell your former partner where you would be working?" He asked her.
Kiyone didn't answer.
"Well, either way, I'll send the message over to you."
"Thank you sir."
The commander simply nodded and closed the connection.
Seconds later Kiyone's monitor blinked again with Mihoshi's image this time. Kiyone stared at the image for a moment before playing the message. Mihoshi looked exactly the same with her vacant look and everything.
*Please don't let her be contacting me for my help* Kiyone internally pleaded as she pressed the PLAY button.
"Kiyone, we're in trouble. Ryoko went off on her own. Tenchi went after her. I don't know what happened. We need your help, Kiyone. I couldn't think of anyone else to call. We're on Acadia, where Aeka and Sasami's family is exiled. We found Funaho and Misaki. And the king is dead. Nobody knows where Sasami is either. Please, Kiyone..."
Kiyone stared at the monitor for a while. She couldn't just leave and go chasing after them in Yagami, although she had to admit this sort of situation was why she kept her ship in such good repair. But still, she had responsibilities to the Galaxy Police. Kiyone sighed, frustrated.
"Nariko?" Kiyone asked. Soon the image of her secretary appeared again.
"Yes, Kiyone? What is it?"
"I need you to inform the commander that I have to leave, immediately. There is trouble with Mihoshi and she needs my help."
"What? But who is going to watch over the section? You can't just leave it like this." Nariko protested.
"I know. That's why I need you to find a suitable replacement."
"A temporary replacement?"
"I don't know yet."
"I don't think this is wise, Kiyone. You've always said how hard you worked to get here and now you want to just throw that away?"
"My friends need me, Nariko."
"So does the Galaxy Police, Kiyone."
"This isn't a conversation I need right now, Nariko. Please, just do what I asked. I know you're only looking out for my professional welfare, but I know what I'm doing." Kiyone said as she terminated the connection.
"Do I really know what I'm doing?" Kiyone asked herself as she rose from her desk.
She gathered everything she would need from her office and quickly went to her quarters and grabbed a few things there and left for the docking bay where Yagami was kept.
In no time, Kiyone was in space again after what she figured had been too long. She quickly made her way to Acadia, a small planet just outside the same system as the Earth. She didn't know how she was going to find Mihoshi, but something told her she wouldn't have too much trouble.
After a few hours of travel (Earth time), Kiyone arrived at the small green planet and docked at the nearest available station.
There was only one large city on Acadia. That limited the search somewhat. Kiyone started her search at the hotels, figuring that the Jurains most likely weren't camping in the surrounding forest. There was no luck with any of the hotels in the city.
Kiyone searched well into the evening and was about to give up when she saw Misaki, the second wife of the former king of Jurai and Sasami and Aeka's mother. Kiyone followed her to a small diner where, sure enough, Funaho and Mihoshi were.
Kiyone stepped into the diner hesitantly. There was still enough time for her to go back to Yagami and just go back to those containment units. She sighed at the exciting thought of that, and walked into the diner.
Mihoshi saw her right away and just stood there silently. Then her eyes lit up and she smiled.
"Kiyone! You came! I didn't think you had gotten my message."
"I did Mihoshi, now what's going on?"
"Ryoko left to find Sasami. She disappeared shortly after we landed here." Funaho, who was dressed just as plainly as Mihoshi, said quietly.
"Sasami disappeared?" Kiyone asked.
"Yes, she evacuated Jurai with us, but shortly after we landed on Acadia, she just vanished." Funaho said.
"And Ryoko just took off after her?"
"Yes, she felt that Sasami was in more danger than Aeka. She said that we at least know where Aeka is and she probably isn't going anywhere for a while." Mihoshi explained.
"That sounds like her." Kiyone said, sitting down. "What about Tenchi?"
"He followed Ryoko. He felt that she needed help, but just was too stubborn to ask him."
"So why do you need my help?"
"They're going to execute Aeka." Misaki sobbed.
"What? I hadn't heard that at the Galaxy Police. Are you sure?"
"Yes, we received notice of it early this morning. She's been tried with treason and is scheduled to be executed in five days." Funaho explained.
Kiyone just sat quietly, thinking. Why hadn't the Galaxy Police been informed of this? Where's Sasami that Ryoko and Tenchi haven't found her yet? She sighed.
"We need your help to get her back. I couldn't go by myself and it would be too dangerous for Lady Funaho or Lady Misaki to come with me." Mihoshi said. "Will you help?"
"Of course I will." Kiyone sighed. "It looks like we're getting involved with the matters of Jurai once again."
"Sure does." Mihoshi said.
"Thank you. Both of you." Funaho said, smiling.
"Yes, thank you and please bring Aeka back safely." Misaki cried.
Kiyone nodded. She was starting to realize what she had gotten herself into. She was going to Jurai to break into the palace to help rescue Aeka from people who were more powerful than the most powerful people in the universe.
"First, before you go, get some rest. You can leave in the morning. There's no sense in leaving right now." Funaho said.
"She's right. Did you bring Yagami, Kiyone? Washu repaired Yukinojo before we left Earth."
"Yes, I brought Yagami." Kiyone said.
"We should use Yagami then. We probably won't be detected with Yagami and we definitely can't go in both." Mihoshi said.
Kiyone just looked at her. There was something different about her. She made sense when she spoke and she wasn't giggling all the time. Maybe she finally straightened out her act and was actually acting like a Galaxy Police officer now.
"We'll just use Yagami then." Kiyone said, drinking a glass of water that Mihoshi had given her.
"This will be exciting, Kiyone. The two of us together again after nearly two years." Mihoshi giggled.
Maybe Kiyone was wrong. Maybe Mihoshi was exactly the same...
=================
~End Chapter 3~
NEXT:
Chapter 4: Together Again
A/n: Like I said before I started this part, chapter four is just going to start from Mihoshi's future. I'm not going to take a break between the two. Sorry this took so long, I'm not using my usual computer and I've been having technical difficulty.