Chapter 11 - Resurrection

-Sasami-

I took one more glance at Tenchi's body and was about to turn away when a brilliant blue flash erupted from his chest and mine. They two flashes met and then went straight into Tenchi. "Tsunami…" I whispered. Tenchi's body start floating in the air and was covered in a white light. As I walked towards him the glow got stronger and stronger. I stopped beside him. His body floated upright so he was on his feet. Then suddenly the glowing zoomed away from him spreading around a mile wide. His eyes shot open and he stumbled back awkwardly from the rush of energy. "TENCHI!" I yelled throwing my arms around him. That sent him more off balance and I fell atop him. "I'm so glad you're okay." I said wiping the tears that were in my eyes. I ran my finger over his head where the bullet wound had been. It was gone along with the blood on him and the ground. "What are you talking about?" he asked, "The last thing I remember was a guy firing a gun." He glanced at Jason's body and head, then the dead guy and the hand and finger. "You died…" I stated. It hit him that all the gore had happened in my rage. "Wha?" he said dumbfounded. I just smiled and hugged him again tighter brushing my lips against his.

-Tenchi-

I hugged Sasami back and started thinking. Tsunami must have revived me. I glanced at the dismembered body parts. 'Damn…' I thought, 'I never knew Sasami could do that…'

30 Minutes Later

"Sorry it took us so long." Ayeka said, "We didn't see the signal right away. We were busy…searching…" "Okay, Alexander Jackson is now one of the most powerful people around, he controls Thunder Slice alone now that Jason is dead." I stated, "Jurai can't do anything right now, nor can the galaxy police, it'd take about a month for them to get here. So it's up to us." "Great speech Tenchi." Ryoko yawned, "Now can we go kick some ass?" "Yeah." I said as I pulled my sword out of the ground where Sasami had laid it.

5 Minutes Later

I brought my sword back ramming it through a guys gut. Another guy came at me, I jumped up spinning on the sword that was still implanted in the other guys body and kicked the oncoming guy.

-Kiyone-

I ran at a girl coming at me and jumped over her, then turned around, sweep kicked, and fired. I fired at another person running at me then turned around to see someone about to bring the sword down at me. BANG! The person fell to the ground. Mihoshi was standing beside her. "You ain't leaving me out of this battle." she said smiling. She still was a bit bloody but it had dried. Someone was running at me from behind. I kicked my leg backwards hitting the guy in the nuts, then spun around making my fist collide with his temple. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Alexander hiding behind a rock cowering from the battle. I walked over to him, snuck up behind him and yelled, "BOO!" He jumped about 10 feet and spun around to face me. "Your under arrest." I said laughing as I put the handcuffs on him.

1 Hour Later

That battle was over most of Thunder Slice was defeated, the rest surrendered or fled. "Well that's the end of that, hopefully, I'm tired of this gang." I stated. Tenchi nodded as we walked back to the ship. "Just finished!" Washu said walking out of the ship with grease smeared on her face, "All the repairs are done." We all got in and sped back off to Earth. Finally.

Chapter 12 - Royalty

-Sasami-

I heard small whimpering, and walked towards the place where it originated, Ayeka's bedroom. I poked my head through the door to see Ryoko comforting a crying Ayeka. Accidentally, I bumped the door. Ryoko's head shot up. "What's wrong?" I asked quietly. "I just got a message from home." Ayeka said wiping a tear away, "I can't be ruler of Jurai if I'm a lesbian, just because the damn Council is too set in their ways, and byist." I stood back. 'Those assholes!' I thought, 'Oh, am I gonna give THEM a piece of my mind.' I walked towards Tenchi's room where Ken-Ohki was nibbling on a carrot. "Tenchi, I'm going to Jurai." I stated, "I'm gonna give those Council jerks a piece of my mind." "Why?" Tenchi asked, "What's going on?" "The Council Of Jurai is too byist to let Ayeka rule because she's a lesbian." I said as I spun around, "C'mon Ken-Ohki, we're going." "Count me in." Tenchi said, "I don't think this is fair either." "MRAAAOOOWWW!" Ken-Ohki hissed transforming once we got out of the house.

5 Days Later

"This is totally dishonorable to the all loving name of Jurai!" I yelled at the council, "All loving, yeah right, you don't accept those who are different!" "PRINCESS SASAMI!" the leader of the council yelled, "YOU ARE OUT OF LINE!" "OUT OF LINE MY ASS!" I screamed at him, "YOU'RE OUT OF LINE BY DOING THIS TO PRINCESS AYEKA!! SO WHAT IF SHE DOES LOVE ANOTHER WOMAN? YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO DO THIS!" Tenchi stood up and told me to sit down. "I think you all know who I am." he stated. They nodded. "I've lived with Ayeka, for a couple years now." Tenchi said, "Who she's in love with doesn't matter. She'll be a good leader either way. And I think Sasami is right, that YOU are the ones out of line. Love life has nothing to do with leadership, sure it fucked up Clinton's presidency, but it doesn't matter, he was still a good leader!" He sat down and sighed. Just then Ambassador Cloftor walked up. "She still is a lesbian, what kind of screwed up system would let a lesbian rule?" he asked. Tenchi hopped up and grabbed Cloftor by his collar. "Listen you pompous prick!" Tenchi yelled, "This system better do it, or how about we announce to the whole galaxy, what you're doing?" I pulled Tenchi down and he let go of Cloftor. Just then High Ambassador Menton slammed his gavel down. "ENOUGH!" he screamed, "I think that Princess Sasami, and Lord Tenchi have a point. People make your decisions, right now lets have a lunch break."

10 Minutes Later

I sat down next to Tenchi with the food I had brought. The council food tasted like crap. "These people are sadists, I swear it." Tenchi stated as he took his sandwich. "Cloftor has a reputation for making trouble with those who are different. I mean one time he started yelling at my father, bad move, he was almost executed if Ayeka hadn't stepped in." I said, "He should be thanking Ayeka, but instead he hated her." I took a bite of my sandwich. BEEP! "Did you hear that?" I asked. Tenchi nodded and we looked under the table. A bomb! I jumped away along with Tenchi and the table exploded. "If you die since Ayeka isn't allowed to rule, who will take the throne?" Tenchi asked. "You." I stated, "But if we die, and the Ayeka incident isn't over…Cloftor would rule Jurai…" Tenchi nodded. "That bastard." he hissed. Just then the security system activated and bullets started covering the room. "The control room!" I yelled. He nodded and we ran, carefully not to get hit. My uncle stood in front of us. "Sasami, what's going on?" he asked. "Cloftor is trying to kill us." I said as we ran past him. He ran after us, following close behind. I ran through the control room door to see a gun pointed at my face. CLICK! A gun was now pointed at Cloftor. Tenchi was the owner of it. "Drop the gun." Cloftor stated. "In your dreams." Tenchi said moving his arm. "DIE!" Cloftor yelled firing at me, hitting me in the leg. "You first." Tenchi stated firing. A small hole appeared in Cloftor's head as he fell to the ground. "You know…" I started, "I wish they'd just leave us alone, I mean why do all the psychos attract to us?" "No clue." Tenchi said throwing the gun to the ground. "You won't get in trouble." my uncle stated, "Not with what I saw, you did that out of self defense."

1 Hour Later

"The Council has made their decision." Menton said, "Ayeka will be allowed to rule." "YES!" I yelled hugging Tenchi, "We did it! I can't wait to tell Ayeka!"

Back On Earth

"AYEKA!" I yelled running into her room. Her head shot up at me. "You can rule, Tenchi and I outted it with the Council." I said, "Oh by the way, Cloftor is dead." She jumped up and ran over hugging me. "Thank you Sasami, thank you!" she said.

Chapter 13 - Shifted

-Tenchi-

RING!! RING!! "I got it!" I yelled picking up the phone, "Masaki Residence, Tenchi speaking." "Hey Tenchi!" the person said, "It's Selina, my family just moved back to Japan! I was thinking maybe we could, like, get together some time." "Sure!" I exclaimed, "How about today, I don't have anything planned!" "Okay!" Selina stated, "Be there soon!" She hung up. Selina had been my best friend when I was younger, until she moved away to the U.S. After she moved we kinda lost touch with each other…

1 Hour Later

I was in the fields working when she walked up. "Oh hey Selina!" I said looking up. "Hey Tenchi…" Selina stated. She looked much different now. Her red hair used to be like a boy's cut, was now halfway down her back. She was a lot taller than I remember too, usually I was the taller one. "Long time no see." I said as we walked towards the shed. I set my hoe down in the shed, when Ryo-Ohki popped out. "Well hello there!" Selina cooed petting Ryo-Ohki. That was the first thing I noticed. She wasn't scared or surprised at all seeing Ryo-Ohki. Ryo-Ohki stepped back hissing at Selina. "Bad Ryo-Ohki!" I said shooing her away, "Hmm, I wonder what got into her…" We then walked towards the house where we saw Washu standing looking at a weird gizmo. "Hello!" Washu grinned waving at Selina, "Nice to meet you! I'm Washu!" 'A' popped onto her shoulder. "Hello!" A said. B popped onto her other shoulder. "Hello!" B stated. "Hi, I'm Selina, I'm an old friend of Tenchi's." she explained unfazed by the two puppets. 'I'm just nervous seeing her again.' I thought to myself, shaking it off. "Yes, Tenchi told us all about you after you called." Ayeka said not looking away from the TV She was in the living room with Ryoko. We opened the screen door and entered. "Babbled on about you for half an hour." Ryoko mumbled. "Who's up for lunch?!" Sasami called from the kitchen. Immediately Ryoko jumped up and was in the kitchen in a flash. Selina, me, and everyone else sat down in the dining room to eat the lunch Sasami had prepared.

-Sasami-

I sat down and started eating with the others. Ayeka was babbling about how she kicked Ryoko's ass in Mario Kart, Ryoko was babbling about how she hates that game. Tenchi was conversing with Selina about the time she was away, Selina the same. I sighed as I finished and brought the plate over to the dishwater. "Hey Selina," I asked, "Why don't you stay the night?" "Sasami, that's a great idea!" Tenchi said, "If she stays the night, then we'll be able to finally discuss what happened while she was gone fully." "Thanks!" Selina said smiling. I took a double-take. Something was wrong with that smile. It just…wasn't right.

That Night

I sighed and turned over. I just couldn't get to sleep. I heard a creak and glanced over to my door. It was now open. Quickly reacting, I leaped over to my lamp turning it on to see Selina. "Hello Sasami…" she said quietly. I gave a sigh of relief. "What are you doing here?" I asked. "Oh…" Selina stated, her skin turning gray, "I'm having a bit of an identity crisis…" I screamed before her hand lurched out grabbing be my throat, making me gasp for air. Then I felt it, a needle come from her hand, and extract some of my blood. "Shapeshifter…" I managed to say. The Jurai family had heard of shapeshifters. They always kept a low profile, all we know is that they hid themselves among our society, after killing the real person, and stealing their identity. "Don't worry, I won't kill you, we have to keep an even lower profile in here, with Washu around…" she said releasing me. I inhaled deeply then looked up to see her fist coming towards my face. When I woke up, all I knew was it was dark, I was gagged, and I was tied up.

-Tenchi-

A blood-curdling scream pierced the night. 'Sasami!' my mind immediately thought, recognizing the scream. I ran towards her room to see her shaking and shivering on her bed. "You okay?" I asked kneeling by her side. "Yeah…" she stated, "J-Just a bad dream…" "It's okay…" I coaxed kissing her. She kissed me back. But there was something different about this kiss, it didn't have…I know this sounds stupid…but it didn't have love…

Later That Day

I was watching TV with Sasami. I swear she was acting different, I mean, a LOT more cuddly than usual. "I'm gonna go cook…" she said. I nodded as I closed my eyes for a nap.

I immediately woke up as a cold hand touched my neck. On instinct, I grabbed the hand and flipped the person over my shoulder. Selina stood up and cracked her neck. Her skin was a swampy gray color. "Who are you!?" I demanded, "Or better question, WHAT are you??" "You fool, I'm a shapeshifter." Selina said, "I killed the real Selina and took her shape. My real name is Minerva. But I can look like Selina…" I jumped back as I transformed, then transformed again. She closed her eyes, her clothing change, her faced changed, she shrunk some, and then…she was Sasami. "Where's the real Sasami?" I demanded. "Don't worry, I didn't kill HER…With Washu around, I couldn't…Her computer would immediately notice a missing life-sign in the house." Minerva said becoming her true form. She looked like a gargoyle, exactly like a gargoyle, all gray, green eyes, wings too… Her eyes closed and a green sword materialized in her hand. "I'm one of the strongest shapeshifters alive…" she stated, "I'm an Elite Soldier of the shapeshifter army…" I pulled my sword out as I rushed at her. She sidestepped sending me into the wall. "FLASH!" she screamed. A brilliant flash erupted from her sword blinding me. 'Okay, remember your training, use all your other senses…' I thought. I heard a soft step and spun around blocking her sword. 'Where is she?' I pondered. I dropped to the ground and sweep kicked her to the ground. She backflipped up and slashed at me, but I heard it coming and blocked. I opened my eyes. Still a bright light. I heard Ryoko's battle cry, then Minerva jumping back. "Thanks Ryoko…" I whispered. Another cry was heard, not anyone I know. SHIT! Minerva brought reinforcements. I ran at the new cry still blind, and then slashed. The person took out a knife and rammed it into my arm. I opened my eyes. I could see again! I opened them just in time to see Ayeka jumping over the couch at Minerva's backup. Slowly, I pulled the knife out of my arm, ignoring the searing pain, and stood up, running with Ryoko at Minerva. I ran at her, somersaulted over her, then spun around ramming my sword into her back. "Ouch." Minerva said, transforming into Sasami, moving out of the way of the sword, then changing back. Her wound was now healed. "Damn!" Ryoko declared, "We have to kill her in one blow." "Decapitation?" I inquired. She nodded. Minerva picked up the sword she dropped when I hit her, and ran at me. I side-stepped and she ran towards the wall. Quickly anticipating, she kicked the wall, backflipping off of it, flying at my. I blocked her mid-air attack bringing her to the ground. Ayeka was out-flanked by her opponent so Ryoko went over to help her. I jumped back from Minerva as she did the same. She came at me, and I stepped back again and again away from her attack. She cornered me into a wall and knocked the sword out of my hands. Minerva then rammed her sword at me, but I dodged so she rammed her sword into the wall. I kicked her in the stomach sending her flying without her sword. Pulling her sword from the wall I ran at her. She rolled to the side grabbing a lamppost for a temporary sword. I slashed at her, but she twisted my arm and knocked the sword into the air, then grabbed it. She slashed at me, but before it hit me, I rolled to the ground, picked up my sword and blocked the onslaught of her next attack. I pushed her off of me and then jumped up. She slashed! I blocked! She swung her sword low, but I jumped up over it bringing my sword down stabbing my sword through her brain. She fell to the ground and her body convulsed as it burst into flames. "Holy shit, is that how they always die?" I asked collapsing on the shredded couch. Ryoko and Ayeka were both nodding, lying on the floor exhausted. "I'd better go get Sasami…" I said walking up to her room. I heard a 'MMMFF!' from the closet and opened it to reveal a tied and gagged Sasami. I pulled the gag out off her mouth and untied her. "What took you so long?" she hissed as I helped her up.

The Next Day

Sasami and I were cuddling on the new couch. I didn't mind, I was very tired from yesterday. "I'm glad that we won't be bothered for a while…" I yawned as I closed my eyes. Sasami nodded laying her head on my shoulder to take a nap along with me.

Chapter 14 - Rescue Mission

-Washu-

I furiously typed away at my computer. I wanted to take my mind off of my previous thoughts…Of my son. I stopped and then it hit me. "Computer show info on Kenji Houiji." I stated leaning back. I glanced at the picture on the monitor. "I miss you…" I whispered wiping the tears from my eyes. I stood up. "That's it, I'm getting you back…" I declared, "Computer, activate Omega Code 5842: Spaceship Sagittarius." I slammed my fist down on a button near the control panel and was immediately teleported to the bridge of Sagittarius. "Thrusters at maximum burn!" I yelled bracing myself as we took off. I was zooming through space at near speed of light. I was getting my son back, and nothing was going to stop me. Suddenly, the ship came to a dead stop. "Asteroid Field ahead, switching to manual driving. I walked over to the control panel and again put thrusters at maximum burn. Left! Right! Down! Left! Up! Right! Left! Down! I watched the screen going through the asteroid field. I looked down at the controls to turn and when I looked up a giant asteroid was in front of me. "COMPUTER!" I screamed, "FULL STOP!" The ship slowed but not soon enough. I was blown back by the tremendous explosion of the control system. That was the last thing I remember before blacking out.

-Mihoshi-

"Washu?" I asked walking into her lab. I walked over to a flashing screen on her control pad and read it. I stood there aghast as I read it. "TENCHI!" I yelled running out of Washu's lab, "Washu's ship crashed! Somewhere in the Alpha Zone Asteroid Field. Except that asteroid field still has the mines from the Hell War…" "I'll tell Ryoko." he said dropping his rake, "You and Kiyone take off to the field, we'll be there as soon as possible." I nodded as he ran off.

-Washu-

"Ugh…" I moaned putting my hand to my head. I took it away to see blood. "Damn…" I stated, "What happened." It flashed in my mind. Hitting the asteroid. I looked around. I would have died if the Sagittarius hadn't been equipped with the space field. It protects me from the sub zero temperatures and no air even if half of the ship's side is missing. "Computer: Damage?" I inquired, "Computer?" I heard a crack and looked over to see a crackling cut wire. Great. The entire ship had no power. Stuck in the middle of an asteroid field with no power, and no food. I should have told the others where I was going. Then I might have had a chance. The emergency radio! I ran over to the rubble of the control panel and found the emergency radio. "Mayday, mayday, I am trapped in the Alpha Zone Asteroid Field. . I have no food, and my space field will only last for 1 more day. Repeat: Mayday, mayday, I am trapped in the Alpha Zone Asteroid Field. I have no food, and my space field will only last for 1 more day." I said. Hopefully someone would pick it up.

-Tenchi-

"This isn't going to work!" I yelled slamming my fist on the table in Ryo-Ohki's cockpit, "Washu's ship is faster than ours, it'll take a week to get to the Alpha Zone!" "Hold it!" Ryoko cried as she held up a bottle of Tobasco Sauce, "Oh Ryo-Ohki… Hungry?" After Ryo-Ohki ate it was like going at the speed of light. "Tenchi!" Mihoshi said transmitting a message onto the screen, "We're picking up a distress call…It's from Washu, we have to hurry, her space field will only last for 1 more day, and the extra air supply will only last for 12 hours, from what we've estimated." I nodded as the screen flashed going back to the open void of space ahead of us.

1 Day Later

"We're not gonna make it!" I yelled. "Tenchi…" Ryoko said quietly, "Ryo-Ohki's going as fast as she can…She's breaking down at this speed…We have to slow down!" I nodded as we slowed down. 'Hold on Washu…' I thought, 'Hold on…'

-Washu-

I had to move to the contained rooms since the space field was down. Damn… I guess I wasn't going to make it… I guess…I wouldn't see my son again… I took down the hologram of the younger me. If I was gonna die, I'd die the real me. Glancing around the room I noticed a picture. Taking it down from the shelf I looked over it. It was me, Kenji, and my husband. I heard a low rumbling and felt the ship shake as another ship latched on to mine. Another ship! That would mean the space field would be temporarily back up! I pushed the picture into my pocket and ran out into the hallway to see Mihoshi and Kiyone bent over at the edge of a bust in the ship. "We have to get the hell out of here!" Mihoshi screamed running. I ran up to Kiyone. "You ran into one of the mines from the Hell War…It's going to blow soon…Erm…Since I tampered with it…" Kiyone said turning and running. "Morons…" I mumbled under my breath. I ran with them to Yagami. As soon as we took off a large explosion followed. I glanced back to see a tidal wave of fire and debris flying towards us. "HANG ON!" I yelled bracing myself.

-Tenchi-

We saw a brilliant explosion as a line of mines went off. A tidal wave of fire and debris was flying towards, and in the center, the Yagami. "Um…Ryo-Ohki, lets get the hell out of here!" Ryoko yelled. We spent about 15 minutes in that explosion. And then, it was over. Ryoko put the screen to where the explosion originated. Nothing…The entire asteroid field was gone… The screen flashed revealing a picture of Washu. "I'm sending the quardinates of my original destination…We're going there now…" she declared. I nodded seeing it wasn't worth arguing. The screen went black as the picture of her disappeared. I went over to the control panel and looked over the path. She was insane! This path was a clear cut across shapeshifter, and Minaven *Sworn enemies who hate the religion of Tsunami* territory! This was insane! Pure insanity. The screen once again flashed as it showed a picture of the Yagami taking off. "Wait…Oh um shit…Um, Ryo-Ohki follow!" I ordered. "MRAOOWWW!" Ryo-Ohki meowed in compliance as she took off.

Chapter 15 - Across the Deadly Plain

-Tenchi-

So…we were heading towards our doom across millions of light years of enemy territory. "Washu's totally insane." I stated, "I'm gonna go to Ken-Ohki, we're gonna need a lot of fire power." Ryoko nodded. I walked over to Ryo-Ohki's space docking bay where Ken-Ohki was. "Well this is gonna be fun…" I grinned once I was out in Ken-Ohki. Walking down to the manual targeting, I started making the adjustments Washu said to make. Juraian intelligence proved that you had to adjust your weapons frequency or anything you fired would be deflected by the enemy shields. But then again, Juraians rarely ventured out this far into enemy territory. We were all alone out here…It was gonna be hell. We were going to do the unthinkable. Go out into unknown enemy territory, and try to survive. I watched as the screen showed the possibility of success. 0.1% "I love an adventure, don't you?" I asked the small picture of Ryoko in the top right-hand corner of my screen. "Yeah, fun…isn't it?" she mumbled obviously not to happy to be going into enemy territory… I was upset to, but not this upset, something was wrong.

-Ryoko-

I sat down in the chair centered in the middle of Ryo-Ohki. Almost everything we'd been coming across came back to me. Blood Slice had been mostly made of Minaven. I had a…dislike for Jurai at that time, for I thought no one should have that much power as did they. So I had joined with the Minaven until one night. This had been before I had rescued the children. They had a Juraian prince tied up and tortured him. I still can remember as I watched afraid of what would happen if I helped him, the whip going down against his bare body. Though I still think he had too much power, no one needs to go through the pain he endured. I set him free. That was the first thing that started turning me against Blood Slice. This had also all happened before I met up with Kagato. I wasn't as famous as a space pirate then, but I still was pretty wild. Now I'd again be going against Minaven. I closed my eyes and laughed. Not even Tenchi and us could make it through this, it was insane. "We're going to hell…" I laughed, "Hell, when you're not dead!"

-Kiyone-

This was way out of the Galaxy Police's jurisdiction. Only the top officials of Galaxy Police dared to enter the territory we were entering.

5 Hours Later

BEEP!! BEEP!! My eyes shot open as I glanced around. "Minaven army fleet ahead. Minaven army fleet ahead!" The computer beeped sending the flashing red light warning. "MIHOSHI, BATTLESTATIONS!" I yelled.

-Tenchi-

"We've got company…" I hissed to Ken-Ohki as I took a view of the fleet, "Holy shit…" 5 Battleships… 20 cruisers… This was over doing it. I've studied many alien cultures and the way of the Juraians. This was unheard of! A normal fleet has 1 Battleship and 10 cruisers. "Ken-Ohki, fire the main cannon!" I yelled. A brilliant flash of purple light erupted from Ken-Ohki. YES! A battle ship was taken down. I slipped into manual driving. This would be fun. 2 Cruisers were on my tail. I fired engines up straight towards the battleship. I slammed on the brakes then shot straight up as I watched the 2 cruisers collide with the Battleship's bridge. "Tenchi you have 5 bogeys on your tail!" Ryoko yelled. I fired up maximum burn and tried to escape the 5 cruisers. "I can't shake 'em!" I cried. I watched as the cruisers powered up and fired.

-Ryoko-

"TENCHI!" I yelled as I watched Ken-Ohki explode. I swerved Ryo-Ohki around aiming at the cruisers. "Missiles 1, 2, 3, and 4, AWAY!" I screamed. That was when I saw a blue glow from where Ken-Ohki exploded. Tenchi was there with Ken-Ohki, both being protected by the Light Hawk Wings.

-Mihoshi-

I watched as Ryoko swooped by and picked up Tenchi and Ken-Ohki. Suddenly the alarm went off again. I glanced at the screen. 3 more fleets closing in on us. One from the left, one from the right, and one from behind. "It's a trap…" I hissed under my breath.

5 Hours Later

"Man this sucks!" Ryoko moaned. We were in a Minaven prison. They had out numbered us 50 to 1. "I'M GETTING OUT OF HERE!" Ryoko yelled firing a ball of energy. It bounced off the wall at me. I ducked just in time and it bounced towards Washu who caught in her hand. "I TOLD YOU, YOU CAN'T BREAK OUT!" Washu screamed. I took out my hairpin and walked over to the door trying to pick the lock. I heard a click and opened the cell door only to be met with shock. Being blown back from the intensity of the shock I fell unconscious.

-Kiyone-

I ran over to Mihoshi's fallen body. "She's not breathing!" I cried as I put my hands on her chest. Tenchi walked over to assist me. "1…2…3…Breath!" I stated. Tenchi exhaled into Mihoshi. "1…2…3…Breath!" I yelled again. He once again exhaled into her. "*COUGH!* *COUGH!*" Mihoshi choked. Her hair was a bit black around the edges. "They must've put a forcefield up, a strong one, I had no idea that the Minavens actually had shock-field ability." Washu stated. Tenchi pulled out the Master Key. "Lets see if this work…" he said as he ran at the forcefield. He rammed the sword straight into the forcefield. He was blown back across the cell hitting a wall. "Whatever shock-field they have up can deflect Juraian power." he coughed standing up. "That's not the reason, it's because the Master Key is away from the ship… But… Lets try this then…" I said as I loaded the anti-matter shot into my gun. I fired at the force-field. A big swirling pool of gray and white sucked up the force-field. BEEEEEP!!! BEEEEEP!!! A red light flashed and a siren sounded. "Lets go!" I yelled.

-Mihoshi-

We ran down the corridors of the Minaven prison. A guard or two popped up but I shot them down. We emerged into daylight out of the prison. I heard guns click. Snipers all around us. "You guys go ahead, we'll take care of them!" I yelled at the others. Kiyone and I both kneeled down and started firing at the snipers. They had the advantage. I watched as 10 more snipers exited the upper corridors to join their buddies. And I also watched, as the head one, aimed a rocket launcher. "RUUUUUNNNN!" I screamed. I grabbed Kiyone by the wrist hoisting her up, then pulled her along with me as we ran to the others. "We have to get to the docking bay, that's where Yagami, Ken-Ohki, and Ryo-Ohki are!" Washu yelled. "You guys run along, I'll cover you!" I stated, "GO!" I aimed my gun at the row of coming soldiers. I fired 5 times. All of them fell down with a bullet in their head. I turned around and ran to the docking bay. BANG! BANG! I felt the bullets pierce both my legs. "Auggghhh!" I cried in pain. Falling to the ground, I pushed my self up into an upward position push-up, and dragged myself along with my hands. A boot fell in front of my face, followed by another. I looked up to see the man who had had the rocket launcher knock me out.

-Kiyone-

I heard the gun fire and the scream Mihoshi let out. "I'm going back for her." I hissed to the others turning around. Tenchi grabbed me. "You can't save her if you die yourself…" he said, "After we get to our stopping point, Jurai, we'll think up a plan. Then, Washu can go get her son." He shot a cold look at Washu who only nodded solemnly in response.

Chapter 16 - Against the Minavens

-Kiyone-

5 Hours Later

We stopped upon Jurai about 4 ½ hours later. Now we were at the newly built palace, sitting with the king and queens of Jurai. "We have some information for you on the Minaven." Tenchi said handing a little computer, which we had logged information in, to them. He handed it to Asuza and sat back down. Asuza carefully looked over the information. "Your majesty, I wish to borrow a couple ships to save Mihoshi." I stated. A guard ran in just then. "You won't have to go back to save her, they're here, the Minavens…they have just ordered us to surrender!" the guard said out of breath. Upon hearing this news Tenchi twisted the ring on his finger and transformed. He then transformed once again to the second stage. "Your majesty, I wish to join your troops in battle." Tenchi declared. The king only nodded and we ran out of the palace. "They've just gotten past our main defense in space, it'll only be a matter of time before they land." a guard who had come with us stated.

10 minutes later I saw a gleaming dot in the sky and watched it get larger and larger and closer and closer till it was in front of us. 100 soldiers joined by our side. And when I saw the soldiers come pouring out of the ship, I knew, that we had little chance of surviving.

-Tenchi-

Hundreds and thousands of Minaven soldiers poured out of the ship. Then atop the ship a large cross came out of the top. And there, nailed to the cross was Mihoshi. "LET THIS BE A DEMONSTRATION OF WHAT WE DO TO THOSE WHO WORSHIP TSUNAMI!" a man bellowed, "AND BOW DOWN BEFORE OUR GOD, LADY TOKIMI!" "Tokimi?" I whispered, "Oh shit this is bad…" Kiyone aimed her gun at the man who had yelled it and fired. "LIKE HELL, WE'LL BOW!" she screamed. The group of soldiers ran straight for us.

I jumped up narrowly missing the blow from my opponent. It was 5 against one. Not good odds. I jumped up again and did the splits knocking out two of them, then dropped to the ground sweep kicked them. I then spun my around, my swords down, cutting all of them in half. I heard a yell and turned around just in time to see a sword in front of my face. The guy who held the sword flew backwards. "Thought you could use some help." Ayeka said walking up and taking down the forcefield, "Tsunami teleported us here. Sasami is on Yagami." I nodded and sliced my sword backwards, spilling the guts out of a Minaven soldier. 2 more Minaven ships landed, more soldiers erupted from them. "LOOK!" Ayeka gasped pointing behind me. I spun around to see 1,000, readily armed, Juraian soldiers. In front of the whole pack was Grandpa. "TOOK YA LONG ENOUGH!" I yelled as I dodged another sword. I glanced up at where Mihoshi was to see Kiyone climbing up there.

-Mihoshi-

I moaned in pain as I regained consciousness. What happened? I tried to move my arms but it hurt more each time I pulled. I glanced to my left. I was nailed to a cross! Confused, I looked down at a battle raging on. Tenchi and the others and some Juraian soldiers were fighting against thousands of Minavens. All I remembered was being shot and then…I must've been captured! I glanced around once again to see a flash of blue, I took a double take to see Kiyone climbing up the side of the ship towards me. BAM! The side of the ship exploded sending Kiyone flying through the air and landing with a splintering crack against the ground 1,000 feet below. "KIYONE!" I screamed as I pulled trying to free myself from the cross. A searing pain shot through my arm as my hand and the nail that was nailed into my hand were freed from the cross. With my hand, the nail still in it, I pulled my other hand out. I fell down, my legs bent in an awkward position, the only things holding me from falling down thousands of feet were two nails. I reached up and pulled the two nails out and felt myself falling and falling! I heard a crunch as I landed on an edge of the ship, and my elbow was shoved farther into my body than it was supposed to go. I couldn't take the pain. The screams of the dying soldiers started to grow distant. My vision was fading. This was the end. "I'll see you soon…Kiyone…" I whispered.

Chapter 17 - Assimilation

-Washu-

I watched as Mihoshi fell down from the cross and landed on the edge of the Minaven ship. I looked over towards Yosho. "Yosho, cover me, I need to get Kiyone and Mihoshi to Yagami now!" I hissed. He nodded and ran in-front of me clearing the path towards the ship. I narrowly dodged a few blows but Yosho took them out. Once we got there I immediately put a little transmitter on the fallen Kiyone. I pulled out my see-through black laptop and pressed a button. Kiyone's body flickered then disappeared. I had just transported her to Yagami's sickbay. "Now for Mihoshi." I said. I grabbed the edge of the side of the spaceship and started climbing. Every once in a while a bullet chinked against the metal near me, but none hit me. I climbed and climbed until I finally reached the ledge where Mihoshi lay. I put a little transmitter on her and me and once again pulled out my laptop. Pressing the button we were both transported to Yagami's sickbay. I ran over to the control panel and slammed a button down. 2 energy fields came over Kiyone and Mihoshi's bodies, then carried them over to 2 beds. There was a loud humming noise as the cell regenerator kicked in and started moving through the forcefield over every inch, inside and outside, of their bodies. "Are they going to be okay?" Sasami asked walking in. "I…I just don't know, I'm a scientist, but, their injuries are just…too bad to know…" I sighed. There was a blip and a screen flashed next to me. I glanced to it. 5 more Minaven ships were landing. "Jurai is done for!" I exclaimed. "No it isn't." another voice said. I spun around to see Sasami, it had came from her. "Sister, what are you talking about?" I asked. "Sasami was just thinking it over, she wants to be assimilated now, that way she can save Jurai, and save Kiyone and Mihoshi!" Tsunami said as she spoke through Sasami. "NO!" I screamed, "I do not want Sasami just throwing away 3 years of her life!" "IT'S NOT YOUR DECISION!" Sasami boomed taking over her body once again, "I WANT TO SAVE THEM!" "Fine!" I hissed, "Throw away 3 years of your life! Do it! Lose 3 years that you could enjoy!" "I'm saving lives!" she screamed. She put her hand up and the air in front of her distorted. She walked forward into the distorted air and a brilliant flash of blue light covered her. Her physical features enlarged to that of a 19 year old girl's size. Her eyes sprung open and darted around. "Wha…" Tsunami/Sasami stated before falling to the ground.

-Sasami-

'All these sensations must be exhilarating, you have to rest Sasami!' Tsunami said to me. Said isn't the best choice of words. Since she's in my head. Er…her head…Oh damn this is confusing now. 'I'm so tired…' I thought back to her. There was a large flash from outside. 'Must help the others…' I yawned. I pushed myself up then collapsed upon the ground again. "Ugh, this is weird being this tall!" I moaned. 'You can FLOAT if you want…' Tsunami thought in a sigh. 'Sheesh, give me a break, I said I'm new at this!' I mentally yelled back. I closed my eyes and concentrated on being outside. I felt a tingling sensation and when I opened them I was hovering above the battle. "Whoa…cool…" I muttered.

-Tenchi-

I brought my sword back stabbing a guy. This was getting out of control. We couldn't keep fighting. I watched as the Juraian forces started to fall back. 'There's one way…' I thought. I ran over to Ayeka. "Tell Washu to fire the energy cannons of Yagami!" I yelled at her. "But the Juraians, they'll be killed too!" she yelled back. "Listen!" I hissed, "It's either them or the civilians!" Ayeka's eyes flickered. I could tell she was going through a moral decision. "Hurry up!" I screamed at her. She nodded then ran off to Yagami. There was a blue flash from above and I looked up. Tsunami? The only way she'd be here is if… "NO!" I cried. Sasami had assimilated with Tsunami! I took out my second sword and spun around hitting a guy whom was running at me. I jumped up and brought my sword down, slamming it through another persons skull. "RAAAAGGGGHHH!" Ryoko screamed. There was a bright flash of light and 10 or 20 Minaven soldiers disappeared. Sasami who was still just hovering above the fight, raised her arms and blue balls formed around each. She released clenched fists and the balls flew over surrounding 2 Minaven ships, which exploded.

-Ayeka-

Destroy thousands of Juraian soldiers? I didn't want go this far, but nothing else could save Jurai. There was a large explosion and I hit the ground as the shockwave rolled over the landscape knocking down soldiers. What had caused it? I turned around to see Tsunami floating in mid-air, and 2 of the Minaven ships gone. Wait…Tsunami? That means Sasami must have assimilated with her! "NO!" I screamed. What a waste. 3 years of her life. I stood up wiping the tears from my eyes and ran towards Yagami.

-Washu-

Ayeka ran in, tears streaming down her face. "Fire the energy cannons!" she screamed. "But you'll kill everyone down there, including us!" I yelled, "The recoil would destroy Yagami and everyone in it!" "Just do it, we need to save Jurai!" she cried. "BY KILLING EVERYONE ON IT!?" I screamed back, "I'll fire the lasers, that'll do enough damage, and we won't die at least." I walked over to the control panel and started typing.

-Tenchi-

There was a brilliant flash of red from Yagami as two thin beams erupted from it, vaporizing many of the soldiers. I wiped the sweat from my brow. The heat from that thing was intense! Wait a minute, I'd be dead right now if that had been the main energy cannons! I glanced over at Yagami only to have to cover my eyes at the large explosion that rocked the side of the ship. 'The recoil you idiot!' I thought to myself, I hadn't done any planning! Another explosion rocked the front of Yagami and I watched in horror, as Washu and Ayeka's charred bodies flew from the wreckage. I ran over to them destroying any soldiers who got in the way, Juraian or Minaven. 'THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!' I screamed at myself. I dropped down next to Ayeka's body and put my hand on her neck. No pulse. She was dead. That's when I felt it. A weird tingling sensation covered my body. I let go of my rage with myself a little bit, confused with what was happening. I looked down at my body which was now covered in a blue light. What was going on!?

-Sasami-

I watched as Tenchi was covered in a blue light. Just like when he was being resurrected! 'What's going on!?' I demanded. 'It's…so it's true…Tenchi is…my counterpart…' Tsunami thought to me, 'There was a legend, I didn't even know if it was true, that there was a second god that ruled over Jurai with me…There was supposed to be at least. But I never thought anything of it in the billions of years I've been alive.' 'You don't mean that Tenchi is…' I began. 'I was once a normal human girl Sasami…' Tsunami said cutting me off, 'Just like you. But then, when my parents died in one of the earthquake that rocked Jurai a long, looooong time ago, they died. I was so filled with sadness, grief, and anger at myself that I couldn't help them, that I ascended to being a goddess.' "Lets destroy the Minavens, for AYEKA!" I screamed. I charged up two more balls of energy to fire at the Minaven ships when there was a flash of red light above me. Another person appeared there. Lady Tokimi.

TO BE CONTINUED… Okay I know you hate me for leaving it like this, but oh well, sue me! It took me forever to write this, so please, REVIEW!!!