Amazingly I have received a few flames from some people

Amazingly I have received a few flames from some people. I think one of them said that she had read the series from the beginning and thought that it was so over done. I would like to but this question up: If you didn't like it, then why did you read it through? Most of them said that I had no plot. Hmmmm…no plot? Considering what I know my story to be, I think it does have a plot. Also, they said that this story was so very overdone. I don't see how that can be, it's not like I stole this from anyone. I had never really read any fanfiction on Tenchi when I came up with this idea. I prefer to read Sailor Moon, Gundam Wing, and Dragonball Z fanfiction. Don't get me wrong, I like Tenchi Muyo but I don't read much fanfiction. So obviously I didn't steal this idea. One more thing, one guy said that I babble too much. I guess he doesn't like the Stephen King style of writing that I do. Oh well, that's his problem. I'm not worried too much though, obviously people are reading my stories. Beside, I don't write for other people, I write for myself, if I don't put this stuff down, then it stays in my head and drives me crazy. I put it up because I think others will enjoy my stuff. So if it is alright, I think that I will continue with my writing.

P.S. Most of the reviewers haven't read the rest of my story, so they don't understand that the plot of the story is further on. Remember, this is the Stephen King style of writing, it has SUSPENSE. It is supposed to take long, that is what keeps you in suspense.

Disclaimer: I don't own Tenchi Muyo, some other people do. Oh well, bad luck!!

Now on with the show…

Tenchi Muyo! Lost Souls Ch. 8

The ceremony was beginning, and all Tenchi could think of was Aeka. What was she doing? Is she out in space somewhere, watching the telecast of the coronation or was she on Jurai? If so, what was she after here?

He slowly walked down the aisle of the chapel, towards the center tree. Beneath this regal tree—the first and oldest tree—he would be crowned emperor of Jurai.

What he really wanted, though, was Aeka. He would give up everything, including the crown and his life, if is would only bring her home.

He kept his eyes on his destination as he passed the rows and rows of noblemen of Jurai, not paying attention to any one of them. Finally, upon reaching the end of the aisle, he caught sight of his "family." Ryoko…Sasami…Mihoshi…Ryo-Ohki…Washu…and his grandfather, Yosho.

With a deep breath, he began to climb the few steps to the tree. When he reached the bark, he was astounded by the size, but didn't show it. He brought his hand up to the bark and was soon showered with rays of rainbow lights. He was no longer in the chapel but within the mind of the tree.

"Hello, Tenchi," said a shockingly familiar voice. "That's right, Tenchi, it is me." Turning around, Tenchi found himself staring right at…Sasami.

She gently laughed. "No, I am not that Tsunami. I am the original one. The one that gave up her godliness for humanity."

"The goddess Tsunami," Tenchi repeated.

"Yes," she confirmed, "When I reached this planet more than twenty-thousand years ago, I meet and fell in love with the king. We married and I bore him a child. The child itself was born weak, and we did not know if it would survive. I found out that I could not bare anymore child also, so I did the only thing I could think of. I gave my powers to my child.

"Doing so, though, weakened me and I knew I could not survive unless I transformed. I turned into this tree you see now, and planted myself here. Later, I found out that my child could not control the power that I had given him, and so from my body I gave the bark that makes the sword Tenchi." Tenchi gasped when the realization sunk in. "I also seeded and provided the first trees of Jurai, but sadly they were not as powerful as me, and any future generations would become even less powerful.

"For thousands of years, life continued peacefully. I watched as my child grew-up and his children and so on. Then not to long ago, I heard the call of my sister, Tokimi. She opened a doorway from the fifth dimension, coming to rule humanity, not join it like Washu and I. As the time was right, I decided to once again provide protection for my children. I gave of my bark and seeded once again.

"I gave the last of my powers to produce the crown of Jurai and my last seed. Neither one was as powerful as the Jurai power that was passed on through the direct line, however, they would aide in the holder of the power. The crown was given to the first princess so that it might be merged with the Jurai power. The seed, which grew to be the new Tsunami—she had all my memories and my humanoid body—was given to the second princess. I, with all my powers gone, then began to die." She paused and took a deep breath as she came to terms with what she was going to tell him next. "I did not know that the tree would assimilate with Sasami to save her life, and I most certainly did not expect Tokimi to combine with the soul that controlled the crown.

"With your acceptance of the throne of Jurai, your power will grow. I can feel that your heart is true, I know that you will do what is right," she finished.

"What I want is for everyone to be together and happy," Tenchi said.

"I know," Tsunami said with a smile. "Good luck, my child."

Once again Tenchi was covered with brilliant lights, then he was back in the chapel. However, he was not the same; with his new knowledge, he was now the Emperor of Jurai. Everyone cheered as they realized he had been accepted by the Great Tree whose name had been long forgotten. The only thought that they had was how honored he must have felt; but only one thing was going through his mind: It was an emperor that pushed Aeka away, could he—an emperor—bring her back.

Outside, Iris informed the rest of the good news, "The Crown Prince Tenchi is now the new Emperor of Jurai."

"Then it is time," a young girl said with spirit. They all nodded in agreement, then they started across the street the most secure bank in the Universe. The First Intergalactic Bank of Jurai also had the last item that Andromeda needed: the Juraian Blossom Gem.

Andromeda waited patiently in the room next to the chapel. She heard with great pleasure as a resounding cheer flowed through the walls. Now all she had to do was wait patiently for the Emperor and his entourage.

She watched as with steady eyes as the grand doors were pushed open to let in the people. She quickly entered the commands in the computer pad that was on the arm of the throne and looked up to see the new Emperor of Jurai with the Lady Ryoko draped over his arm. Walking behind them Yosho escorted the princess Sasami, followed behind by the Lady Washu, Ryo-Ohki, and Captain Mihoshi, attaché for the Galaxy Police. She smiled as she saw her family and then they caught sight of her. They all stared at her, Andromeda and Tenchi meeting eye to eye.

"Your majesty," a guard asked as he came up to see what had stopped the emperor. When he looked into the room he spotted the intruder sitting on the throne. He immediately alerted the rest of the guard. All the noblemen following behind the Emperor and company pushed forward to see what was holding-up the procession.

"Your majesty," Andromeda said with cold calmness. It brought the guards to stand to battle readiness.

"Hello, Aeka," he emphasized her given name. Andromeda narrowed her eyes. "I'm glad you could make it to the ceremony," he finished.

"Of coarse, I wouldn't miss it for the whole of Jurai," she said, sarcasm dripping heavily.

Behind them the noblemen were heard murmuring about the new Emperor and the lost princess. "Princess Aeka," "Emperor Tenchi," "marriage," and "challenge" could be heard coming the crowd. Andromeda eyed the noblemen and gracefully stood, "I am not here to marry the Emperor," a universal gasp went through the crowd and Tenchi narrowed his gaze, "and I am not here to challenge the Emperor either."

"Then what is it that you want, Aeka," Yosho queried also emphasizing her name.

This did nothing to quell her anger, "I thought that I would visit my 'family'."

"You are here for another reason," Ryoko finally spoke up.

"You wound me," Andromeda placed a hand over her heart.

During the conversation, the palace guards slowly made their way closer the throne. Finally close enough, the palace captain ordered the attack. The guards swiftly headed toward Andromeda, but soon they were repelled by an electric field. Stunned, they quickly fell back.

Andromeda laughed and a chill went through everyone. "Fools, don't you think that I would be ready to any attack."

"Please, sister, stop doing this," pleaded Sasami.

Andromeda's gaze fell on her sister and her smile turned genuine. "Dear sister, you are so very sweet. I am glad that you have not changed. Didn't I tell you so.

"Yes, you did…Aeka," Sasami said. Andromeda narrowed her gaze in agitation.

"Why do you insist," Andromeda asked.

"Why do we insist what, Aeka," Washu asked innocently.

"I am Andromeda," another gasp went through the crowd, "You really have to accept that."

"We cannot accept that because we know that you are Aeka," Tenchi said. He took a step closer to Andromeda. she tensed; it would not be as easy to ward him off as the palace guards.

Tenchi was about to get closer when an alarm went off. A soldier came running in and announced that the First Intergalactic Bank of Jurai had been robbed. Tenchi quickly turned an accusing eye on Andromeda.

On her face was a look of feigned shock. "Dear me, you should really tighten security. This is not going well for you, Tenchi, you're already starting on the wrong foot."

That was the last straw; Ryoko ran at break-neck speed toward Andromeda. Not excepting Ryoko to attack, Andromeda was caught off guard. Ryoko smiled as she pinned her, "Didn't expect that, did you princess."

Anger then deadly calm crossed Andromeda's face. "You did catch me off guard, Ryoko. It will not happen again," Andromeda said icily. Ryoko's eyes widened with fear and suddenly she was pushed off with a tremendous force and flung into a far wall.

"No," Tenchi and Washu screamed.

Andromeda got up and brushed the dust off her robes. she looked up and everyone was shocked by her blackened gold tinted eyes. Then their gazes turned towards Ryoko, now on the floor and unconscious. Tenchi's angered face turned towards Andromeda.

She looked him in the eye, "Don't worry, she will be alright soon," soldiers ran towards Lady Ryoko to help her up, "I did warn her before."

"Andromeda," Tenchi said with vehemence.

"Good, you are learning," she said smugly, then stood ready to battle.

"Aeka would never really hurt Ryoko," he clarified.

"You are right, Aeka would not," she said, "It's a good thing I'm not."

Tenchi looked at her and then smiled, causing Andromeda to briefly lose her composure, "Thank you for reassuring me."

"What," Andromeda asked shocked, "What do you mean?"

"Thank you for reassuring me that Aeka is not gone," he answered, "She is merely lost, and I will find her."

"Don't be ridiculous, Emperor," Andromeda tried to persuade, "She is gone for good."

"If she was gone for good, you would have killed Ryoko. You did not because she didn't let you."

Shock was now completely overwhelming her facial features. Taking the opportunity, Tenchi attacked.

When the security system was turned off from the palace throne room, the crew of the Olympus entered the bank.

"Where do we find it, Iris," Hermes asked.

"It will be in the main vault on the 7th floor," she answered.

"Then let's get this over with," Ares said with eagerness, "The sooner we get this over with the sooner we can get Andromeda and leave."

"Let's get moving then," Eros said.

They all made their way to the lift and ascended to the correct floor. they followed Iris to the vault. When they reached it, Ares stepped forward and began to type feverishly at the pad, trying to unlock the vault.

"This system is hard to break, every time I get close to the code, it resets itself," Ares spat with frustration.

"Perhaps, I can try," Iris said. Ares moved away and let Iris have a try at it. She closed her eyes in deep concentration. the pad went through thousands of codes per second, but still she was unable to open the lock. "Washu has installed quite a system, not even I can open it."

"Then we have to do it the old-fashioned way," Atena surmised, "Kill it, Iris." Iris nodded and ran a high-voltage current that would fry the lock's circuits. As the pad crackled with sparks the lock was heard unlocking. Ares and Eros quickly stepped forward to open the large door. As soon as it left the doorjamb, however, an alarm went off.

"Damn, there was a back-up system," Aurora yelled over the loud sirens.

"Get the gem, quickly," Atena yelled, but Hermes was already running out with it. They all ran to the lift, but stopped when the soldiers appeared.

"Halt," one yelled.

"Truly, we are sorry, but we have an appointment to keep," Atena said. She turned towards Iris. "Iris, if you please."

She nodded and soon she was transforming. When she was finished, she opened the hatch and a green glow surrounded the rest of the group.

Inside the Olympus, everyone scrambled to their stations. From her post Atena shouted orders, "Eros, let's get out of here; Aurora, plan a course to the palace; Ares, prepare for battle; Hermes contact Andromeda; Iris, cloak." Soon they were off without any pursuers that were able to follow them.