"Kiyone, what's this button do?" Mihoshi had asked innocently. She pushed it. Idiot.
On push of a button, and they were thrown into the Earth's atmosphere. Stuck with Tenchi, again. Not that Kiyone MINDED.
I mean, who would mind, stuck all alone with a VERY hot guy? It was pretty convenient of Kirra to get lost around here. Kiyone hoped the girl hadn't found Tenchi. She might tell him everything about Kiyone, or she might tell him nothing, which might even be worse. That child was so unpredictable. No one understood her.
Damn girl. She was better than Mihoshi, but still…that wasn't saying she was helpful. She did her own thing. She had never exactly fit in, and most people avoided her all together. Most of the guys had though she was absolutely gorgeous, and that that cold and aloof attitude of hers was so great, such a challenge to breach, but few of them had had the nerve to approach her. She had killed their hopes quickly.
Well, better get going. Kiyone hoped Tenchi had some food.
"Come on, Mihoshi, wake up! We're going to visit Tenchi!"
"ZZZZZZ"
"MIHOSHI!!" Kiyone yelled at her. "WAKE UP!"
"ZZZZZ….Huh? What, Kiyone, what is it? Oh my." She looked around at the scenery, evidentially just noticing that their ship was in metallic shreds. "Wow! What happened, Kiyone?"
"Argh…" Kiyone growled, hitting herself in the head. "YOU happened, Mihoshi. Now, come on, lets go. We're visiting Tenchi."
"Oh boy! Race you, Kiyone!" They ran off to a tiny house in the distance.
~
"Really, Washu? You, Ryoko, Kiyone, Mihoshi, AND some other Galaxy Police Girl are over there with Lord Tenchi? Well, Sasami and I had better hurry. We'll be there in about…one day. Thank you, Miss Washu.
"Sasami! Wake up! We need an excuse!"
"Excuse? For what? Where are we going, Ayeka?" A blue haired little girl looked up from her reading.
"That was Washu. She said that everyone is heading back to Earth, them plus one. So we need an excuse to visit Tenchi."
"Oh, okay." Sasami ran into the hallway to find their father. Ayeka sat down and opened a connection to the Royal Spaceport.
"Yes, please get Ryuu ready for departure. Yes, we have my father's clearance. Thank you. We will be ready in an hour. No, no escort is required. Thank you." Ayeka checked to see if her purple hair was in place, then she ran un-princessly to get packed.
~
A day later…
"Tenchi, look who's
here! Its Ayeka and Sasami!"
"Washu!! Did you invite EVERYONE here?" Tenchi accused.
"What? Who, me? No, Ayeka and Sasami were looking for Ryoko and their ship crashed."
"Then what's Ryuu
doing in our yard?"
"What?" Washu looked outside. "Oh, Ayeka, did you have to park there? Geez…"
She lifted her hands
in the air in front of her, like she was typing on a keyboard, and a
semi-transparent laptop appeared in the air below her hands. She typed something, and Ryuu disappeared
into subspace.
"There! Tenchi, they crashed! Honest!"
"Oh boy…" Tenchi
muttered. "And you're staying here for
how long?"
"Tenchi, could you
help me, please? I was…" Kirra's voice
trailed off as the light shifted and she saw the other people. She looked scared for a moment, and then ran
off as fast as she could with her injuries.
"Who was that?" Ayeka asked.
"Is it the new girl,
Tenchi? She looked about my age, but
she seems really shy." Sasami added.
"Yes, that's Kirra
Rianna. She's a lower-class Galaxy
Police officer that works with Mihoshi and Kiyone. And she's not shy, Sasami, she's scared of you."
"What? Why is she scared of me?"
"She's not scared of
you, she's scared of some memory that people remind her of. It's gotten worse, lately."
"Well,
what is she scared of?"
"She won't say. Even Kiyone and Mihoshi don't know. My guess is that she was abused, or tortured. Her ship crashed here-yes, really crashed, Ayeka- and she was hurt pretty badly, but, amazingly, nothing was broken."
"Ick. Well, maybe I can get her to reveal her story. Her ruler ought to be trustworthy, right?"
Washu vetoed this thought. "No offense, Ayeka, but you'd probably scare her more. Anyway, she's MY assistant. So there!"
"Yeah, and Kirra is a real pain in the ass, too. Oh, hi, Ayeka, Sasami. Here to arrest me again?" Ryoko flew in through the wall.
"Well, that is the usual reason, isn't it? That and our ship crashed." Tenchi snorted and Ayeka glared at him. "It DID. Anyway, hello Ryoko. How's Ryo-Ohki?"
"Ask Sasami, she's with her." Ryoko pointed to the door, where Sasami and Ryo-Ohki were greeting each other. "
"Oh, okay. Still pirating, I assume, Ryoko?"
"Jukiba jigoku, Ayeka."
"If we're done with this…?" Tenchi interrupted.
"Yes, so what are you planning to do Washu?"
Washu paused, then started eagerly. "Well, I…"