"Are we almost there yet, Washu?" Tenchi asked worriedly.
"Just a few more minutes, and we'll be able to access the ship." Washu replied, ask Ryoko steered Ryo-Ohki towards the looming ship.
"It's too quiet!" Ryoko protested. Washu hushed her.
"You can be thankful for that!"
"No, I mean it's too quiet! There's no attacks or anything, and we're almost in their ship!" Everyone had to admit that she had a point. Any normal ship would have fired at them or contacted them by now.
"Maybe they know we're coming!" Mihoshi suggested. Everyone glanced at her in surprise.
"Wow, Mihoshi finally has a realistic idea!" Kiyone said. "Amazing!"
"Wait a minute…hey, what did you just say about me Kiyone? That was mean! Are you saying my ideas aren't good? Are you, Kiyone?"
"Well, lets go meet our host. It isn't a good idea to keep pirates waiting, you know." Washu added. Ryoko steered towards the dock and landed.
Everyone walked onto the ship, while Ryo-Ohki returned to cabbit form. Washu had prepared special suits for them, and they changed into those, before walking down a hallway to the ship.
As they turned around a corner, they saw several people dressed as Galaxy Police guarding one hallway, while another turn was left clear. One of them gestured for them to take the other hall.
"Hi Matusupa! Hey, what are you doing here? Are you here to help us?" Mihoshi said excitedly. Kiyone grabbed her arm and twisted it. "Owww! Kiyone, you're hurting me!"
"So you're on their side too, Matusupa? Damn. Who else?"
The one who had gestured before shook his head and motioned for them to continue. As they walked on, the guards blocked the hallway behind them.
"No turning back now." Ryoko noted.
They met several other guards and finally they reached a door, the only way left to go.
"Everyone ready?" Tenchi asked.
Mihoshi shook her head. "I'm scared!!!! Kiyone, don't make me go!" Kiyone sighed and grabbed Mihoshi's hair, dragging her along. "Owwww!"
"Welcome." A sinister voice said. Tenchi saw the cloaked man who had taken Kirra standing in the middle of the room. He had his hood down, and Tenchi could now see a pale face and blue hair that was braided, reaching to the floor.
Kirra was tied to a post in the middle of the room, and she was trying to say something. Her mouth moved, but no words came out. She was also completely naked. Tenchi blushed and looked away, to see Ayeka and Ryoko glaring at her. Geez, did they think she was doing this to impress him?
"What did you do to Kirra? Why can't she talk?" Tenchi demanded.
"She can't talk because she lost her voice when she yelled so much."
"Why doesn't she…ummm…?"
"Oh. We wanted to see if there were any weapons on her, and clothes can be weapons, with the technology we have today. I needed her here because she knows who I am. Unfortunately, she told you, so I have to kill you all too."
"Oh, gee, how dramatic!" Ryoko said, her voice dripping with sarcasm. "Should we bow and beg for mercy, or were you just trying to look dumb?"
Kassago merely smiled and motioned for her to come forward. "Ryoko, why don't you start?"
"I'm not that stupid! Me and everyone else against you."
"Oh, come on, Ryoko, don't you think the odds are a little against me?"
"That's the point."
"Okay then. Lets get started, shall we?" He held his hand forward and a ball of light formed in front of it. "Here's a little present for you." It flew forward, aimed directly at Tenchi, who was trying to pull his light sword out of his belt. Ryoko dived, knocking Tenchi over to save him.
"Ryoko!" Tenchi yelled as she was hit in the side.
"I'm alright, Tenchi." Ryoko's smile was forced and she was holding her side. Blood trickled slowly down her clothes. "It's only a scratch."
"Ryoko…" Tenchi repeated softly. He stared at Kassago and growled, whipping out the sword. It wouldn't work for a moment, but he finally managed to get the blade ready. He charged at Kassago, yelling wildly as he brought the sword down.
He wasn't fast enough. Kassago caught Tenchi's arm and held it there. Tenchi tried to punch at Kassago with his other arm, but Kassago caught that one too.
"This is too easy." Kassago laughed, tying Tenchi to another post. Ryoko glared at him and Ayeka yelled for him to stop.
"Unhand Lord Tenchi right now!" She screamed. "Azaka! Kamadake!" The two guardians sped through the door.
"Yes ma'am?"
"Kill this man."
"Yes ma'am." The guardians opened their wooden panels to show their artillery and fired at Kassago. He teleported between them and set them both on fire with one of his blasts.
"We're sorry, Princess Ayeka." They said as the light in their glass eyes started to dim.
"Azaka! Kamadake! How could you!" She yelled at Kassago. He just winked and fired at her with a Galaxy Police gun that had been hidden beneath his robes. Ayeka's little protective wooden blocks came to help, but they were not enough. Ayeka was also hit, and she flew backwards and fainted, falling next to a Ryoko that had started coughing up blood. Mihoshi screamed as she ran around in circles.
Kassago winced. "That one is most annoying." He took careful aim with his gun and shot. Mihoshi was hit right through her head. She fell over, and never got up. Kiyone ignored Mihoshi and pulled out her own gun, which was shot from her hands. Sasami fainted at all of the blood, and Washu was…where was Washu?
Tenchi shrugged off the last of the rope that had held him. "Thanks, Washu."
"No prob, Tenchi. Now go kick some ass!" She winked. He nodded.
"Right." Kassago still had his back turned to them; his mind was focused on killing Kiyone and Sasami. The two girls were jumping around, amazingly avoiding the bullets. Ryoko had stopped coughing and had managed to hide herself and Ayeka behind the pillar that Kirra was tied to. Kirra was covered in blood, but unharmed.
Tenchi grimaced and built his energy on the anger that he got from Mihoshi's death. He hadn't liked her that much, but she had still been his responsibility. Lighthawk Wings weren't so hard to make, he was discovering. When you had the right reason.
Power was coming to him now, he sensed. The power of the Jurai would soon be his to command. There! Finally! Tenchi stuck both of his hands forward and blade of light appeared. Three shields of light, known as the wings of the Lighthawk, appeared in front of him. They passed through his body and transformed his clothing, and gave him black marks on his face.
Sensing his power, Kassago turned around. At that moment, Kiyone shot and hit him in the back. He shook, but didn't fall.
"So, you have escaped. I thought that that was to easy a death for a Jurain. Are you ready to fight now?"
Tenchi didn't answer. Instead, he charged at Kassago, yelling as loud as he could. Kassago stepped back, evidently surprised. He tried to raise his hands to shield himself, but the blade cute right through him.
"That was easy." Ryoko managed to say. She glanced at the corpses of Mihoshi and Kassago. "Ewww, Tenchi, that's gross!"
Blood covered the floor, and most of the girls were injured. Kiyone had been shot through the foot while Tenchi was transforming, so she couldn't walk very well.
"Tenchi!" Washu whispered, evidentially just thinking of something. "Tenchi, the guards. They'll attack us on our way out! We have to hurry before they realize what has happened!"
"Right!" Tenchi agreed.
The girls were about to leave when they heard a muffled noise behind them. "Oh. We forgot about Kirra!" Tenchi exclaimed. They quickly untied her.
"Thank you." She said weakly. Kirra leaned on Ryoko, and Kiyone leaned on Ayeka, and they were able to make it to Ryo-Ohki without mishap.
"Ryo-Ohki, destroy that ship!" Ryoko yelled.
"Meow meow!" Ryo-ohki said as she shot an energy beam at it.
Washu remembered Mihoshi's death. "May her spirit rest in peace!" She intoned.
"Ryo-ohki, lets go home." Tenchi said tiredly as he finally transformed back to normal. Ryo-ohki steered towards Earth as everyone else slept calmly.