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Part 4 Far and Wide for Kiyone


Kiyone was relaxing in the bath. She and Mihoshi had come over
to the Masaki's place to tell the gang about the good news.
Actually, Mihoshi blabbed about it on the phone to Sasami and
when Tenchi and the girls heard about it, they decided to throw a
party for them. The party lasted for such a long time. There was
so much food, Aeka and Ryoko kept on fighting and everybody was
having such a good time that no one could keep track of the time.
It was almost midnight when the party finally ended. Tenchi
thought to look at the time when Sasami and Ryo-Ohki suddenly got
sleepy and went to sleep. Tenchi asked Kiyone and Mihoshi to stay
over at their place for the night. Kiyone had woken up early and
decided to take a bath. She really needed the relaxation. She
worked so much as an officer and doing her part-time jobs. She
could only get 3 hours of sleep. She almost quit one of her part-time
jobs because she wanted to go to bed so badly. Kiyone just sat
there relaxing in the warm bath, forgetting all of her problems.


[She'll never come back.]
Mukiiro was lying on his bed, in his cell thinking of Kiyone.
[I bet she had too much of me anyway. Why would she come here and
talk to me?]
He laid there, thinking about Kiyone. Then suddenly...
"Hey, bud!" It was Natsuri.
"Ahhh!" yelled Mukiiro. "What are YOU doing here?!"
"We've come to save you!"
"WE?"
"Hi!" said Oserenai.
"So are we gonna bust this joint or what?"
"What?"
"Never mind! We'll just bust this joint!"
"We're gonna escape?!"
"What did ya think, bozo? Of course we are!"
"No way, Natsu!"
"You've escaped like a million times! It's not like a million and
one is going to hurt!"
"Hey! I've escaped only two times!"
"Even better! Let's go!"
"What do you mean 'even better'?"
"Just get him!" complained Oserenai.
"OK, OK, don't get so fussy!" said Natsuri, lassoing Mukiiro.
"HEY!" When Mukiiro reached their point, Natsuri tied something
around Mukiiro's mouth.
"Sorry, bud, but a guy's gotta do what a guy's gotta do!"
By the same path as the first escape, Mukiiro, Natsuri and Oserenai
got out. They also took their ship and Mukiiro's space bike.

"Isn't that better?" Natsuri asked, untieing Mukiiro.
"NO!" Muiiiro said.
"I'll never understand you." Natsuri sighed. They went to a bar
on a nearby planet called Chirin and ordered a ton of beer.
Mukiiro decided that he had to get away from these two. Even though
they were his friends, he needed something that was more than
friendship. He waited for the two to get drunk.
"Guys..."
"Wha...'hic!'...izzi, Muki?" said Natsuri, very drunkenly.
"Ya...Muk...'hic!'... whaizzi?" said Oserenai.
"I'm sorry." Mukiiro said, standing up and running out of the bar.
"He sorry fo wha?" asked Oserenai.
"Hey! He ha to pay fo bill!" pointed out Natsuri.
"U ha to pay fo bill!" called out Oserenai and then letting his
head fall on the table.
"Pay fo bill, Muki!" Natsuri and Oserenai said.
Mukiiro left a note on the gang's ship and jumped onto his bike.
[Well, as long as I'm out here, I might as well do something useful.]
He felt his pocket. [Good, it's there.]

"Look Kiyone!" Mihoshi called out.
"What is it now?" complained Kiyone.
"Look at what this says!" Kiyone looked at the piece of paper that
Mihoshi handed to her. Kiyone sighed a contented sigh.
"I'm so happy I don't have to deal with this anymore." she said. She
just sat down and went back to sleep...or so it looked like. There
was something haunting her.

"This is my best bet." Mukiiro told himself. He traveled all the way
to the Milky Way Solar System. He recalled that this was where his
first REAL arrest was. He landed on the first moon of Jupiter.
[Maybe she's here.] he thought.
For months, Mukiiro searched Jupiter and its 16 moons. He only
stopped for gas for his bike which was now dirty and dusty and he
stopped for food once in a while. He had already grown a long, bristly
beard the color of his hair. It had already reached his chest but he
was still went on his journey. After a 2 Jupiterian years and 3
Jupitrian months, he finally went to Mars and searched it and its
moons. His beard had reached his waist and it took him 15 Martian
months to move on to Earth. He searched its moon and then went to
Earth itself. His beard had already reached his knees. His bike was
strong but now very dirty. He smelled awful. He still had 45,OOO Jurai
left from his share for robbing banks. He realized that Jurai was very,
very, very far from Earth and Jurain currency might not work here.
Mukiiro traveled to Pluto where currency could be exchanged for the
different kinds that the planets used. He exchanged some Jurai for
67,OOO,OOO yen. It took him 2 days to get to Pluto from Earth, exchange
money and go back. By the time he got to Tokyo, Japan, he was already
very tired. He went to hotel. Although smelly, the hotel accepted him
and his money. Mukiiro hadn't slept for years, since he left Natsuri
and Oserenai. He bought packs of special pills that could help him
stay awake for a whole month. He had bought it in a planet called
Ruriba. When he woke up, he had been sleeping for 5 days, which was
lucky because he had wanted to stay at the hotel for a week and
they might had thrown him out if he had paid for a night only. He
thought that he needed some relaxation so he paid for a big feast
and ate everything. He even got his bike clean but HE was not clean.
He travelled farther to a place called Okayama where he heard had
excellent hot springs. He went to take a bath.