Here it is part 5. I apologise if sometimes it seems to become jerky and the
story doesn't flow. I write mainly at work in between customers, sometimes I
forget where I was heading with it. *grin* Enjoy! please R&R. Critism welcomed.
Alone Waiting on Fate
Tenchi didn't know what to do. He knew he had to make this right but how
he was to do it, he didn't know. He ran through the halls of the Palace servants
looking startled as he moved quickly past them. He went to his personal
study and pulled Tenchi from it's resting place. He looked at the two gems
that sat in the hilt. He had the beginnings of an idea. He hid the sword
away and left for the space docks. He never made it as a dimensional tunnel
opened underneath him and he fell through it.
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Washu had done what she needed to do with Kiyone now it was time to deal
with Tenchi. She had no mercy when she purposely put the tunnel under his
feet or when it delivered him from a whole in the ceiling of her lab. She
watched with a small measure of satisfaction on her face as he fell hard and
made a noise of pain. 'I should cause you much more than that but because I
need you I won't just yet.' She coldly thought.
"Well about time you took action. What are you going to do about Ryoko?"
She got straight to the point.
"Washu? I..really don't know. All I know is that I intend to do what is
right." Tenchi was slowly picking himself up.
"All your good intentions mean nothing. Look what they have done now. Look
at the pain it is causing." Washu was becoming more annoyed.
"You are right. I have sought to do good by my actions and only have I
brought pain. I do know that I will not allow them to harm Ryoko. I almost
am inclined to help her escape." Tenchi went from Emperor of Jurai to a
farm boy in seconds. He looked unsure and scared.
"Well that is at least a start. We shall be at the prison Ryoko is being
held at in a day's time. Think of something by then. Lord Tenchi" Washu had
turned her back to him and was working on something in front of her.
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Kiyone was watching her interview with Ryoko again, this time with Mihoshi
there. Her partner was not the brightest but she often noticed the things
that everyone over looks.
She listened to Ryoko tell everything. She cried openly in front of the woman
that she had decided to trust. She knew Ryoko was playing a final gambit in
trusting her and she vowed not to mess this up. Her own heart ached as she
came to realize what had happened to make her go on such a violent rampage.
Kiyone knew that Tenchi didn't mean everything to sound the way it had and
she thinks Ryoko knows it to, now.
Kiyone studied her mannerism, her body language. She realized that as she
viewed and analyzed Ryoko that all of this spoke of a woman that had lost
all that she believed in and hoped for. Not someone that was as cold blooded
as the rumors made Ryoko seem. She listened closely to the questions as they
came up.
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"Ryoko why did you decide to attack so many at one time.?"
"I didn't think anyone would honestly care. They were just other pirates."
Came the sullen reply.
"Ryoko were you aware of that the entire time you were attacking ships"
"Yes, I was."
"Ryoko what have you done with all that you stole?"
"It is hidden away. Only I know where."
"Why?"
"I was going to make sure that if anything ever happened to Jurai that it
would be there so that Tenchi and his family would have something to fall
back on"
"Is something going to happen or were you planning to do something?"
"No! of course not! Why should I...I never want to see that planet again."
"Ryoko are you aware that you murdered people in your raids" Kiyone saw her
stiffen at the question.
"Yes I am aware that I killed people."
"Why?"
"Because I would not give them a chance to harm anyone again. They were all
wanted dead or alive. They also were judged extremely dangerous."
"Thank You Ryoko. That will be all for now." Kiyone got up and left Ryoko
sitting alone.
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"See what did I tell you Kiyone. She did have a reason she killed those
people and it wasn't just a coincident." Mihoshi piped up cheerfully.
Kiyone just nodded chewing on the end of a pen. "Mihoshi, I know your right
but it doesn't help Ryoko's case much. She still broke the law and she must
be held accountable. I really don't like this any more than you do, but it
has to be done. I can not show her anymore favoritism than I have already."
"I know, I was just hoping it would help." Mihoshi sighed and yawned at the
same time growing sleepy. "I'm going to turn in. Goodnight Kiyone."
"Goodnight Mihoshi" Kiyone started to put away the food they had been eating
and store her notes away as she watched her partner and still room mate go
to her room. She smiled glad at least one thing in life did not change.
She herself was ready to turn in after another hour of cleaning when she
heard her pager go off. She looked at it and cursed. 'What now? What could
be so damned important that they call me here with the emergency sign on it.
Only thing I could think of is if Tenchi the Emperor of Jurai was here or
Ryoko escaped.' She grumbled as she got dressed and left.
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When she arrived everyone cringed they saw how obviously annoyed their boss
was. She marched past everyone and to her office. She was in the mood to
demote someone if this was a false alarm. She went into her office and shut
the door. Sitting down she called up dispatch and asked why had she been
paged in her down time.
"We didn't want to Miss Kiyone Ma'am, but there is a woman that is here
that will not take no for an answer about seeing you." Came a shaking voice.
"Next time just throw her in jail if she won't co-operate with you. I gave
orders I was not to be disturbed!" Kiyone yelled through the terminal.
"Then, sh..should I..throw the Emperor of Jurai in jail as well Ma'am. He is
also demanding to speak to you." The woman nearly in tears now.
"No. It's ok. You did right by calling me then. Give me ten minutes then
send them up." Kiyone sighed.
"Yes Ma'am." Came a relieved voice.
Kiyone looked out her window and suddenly wished that Ryoko had escaped. It
would have been easier to deal with, than Tenchi and Washu. 'Tenchi, why
now did you have to come.' She thought as she put out the order that no one
was to talk about the Jurain Emperor here. She wanted it kept quiet. She
didn't want to hurt Ryoko anymore than they had. She composed herself just
as the door to her office was opened and in walked Tenchi with Washu behind
him.
story doesn't flow. I write mainly at work in between customers, sometimes I
forget where I was heading with it. *grin* Enjoy! please R&R. Critism welcomed.
Alone Waiting on Fate
Tenchi didn't know what to do. He knew he had to make this right but how
he was to do it, he didn't know. He ran through the halls of the Palace servants
looking startled as he moved quickly past them. He went to his personal
study and pulled Tenchi from it's resting place. He looked at the two gems
that sat in the hilt. He had the beginnings of an idea. He hid the sword
away and left for the space docks. He never made it as a dimensional tunnel
opened underneath him and he fell through it.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Washu had done what she needed to do with Kiyone now it was time to deal
with Tenchi. She had no mercy when she purposely put the tunnel under his
feet or when it delivered him from a whole in the ceiling of her lab. She
watched with a small measure of satisfaction on her face as he fell hard and
made a noise of pain. 'I should cause you much more than that but because I
need you I won't just yet.' She coldly thought.
"Well about time you took action. What are you going to do about Ryoko?"
She got straight to the point.
"Washu? I..really don't know. All I know is that I intend to do what is
right." Tenchi was slowly picking himself up.
"All your good intentions mean nothing. Look what they have done now. Look
at the pain it is causing." Washu was becoming more annoyed.
"You are right. I have sought to do good by my actions and only have I
brought pain. I do know that I will not allow them to harm Ryoko. I almost
am inclined to help her escape." Tenchi went from Emperor of Jurai to a
farm boy in seconds. He looked unsure and scared.
"Well that is at least a start. We shall be at the prison Ryoko is being
held at in a day's time. Think of something by then. Lord Tenchi" Washu had
turned her back to him and was working on something in front of her.
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Kiyone was watching her interview with Ryoko again, this time with Mihoshi
there. Her partner was not the brightest but she often noticed the things
that everyone over looks.
She listened to Ryoko tell everything. She cried openly in front of the woman
that she had decided to trust. She knew Ryoko was playing a final gambit in
trusting her and she vowed not to mess this up. Her own heart ached as she
came to realize what had happened to make her go on such a violent rampage.
Kiyone knew that Tenchi didn't mean everything to sound the way it had and
she thinks Ryoko knows it to, now.
Kiyone studied her mannerism, her body language. She realized that as she
viewed and analyzed Ryoko that all of this spoke of a woman that had lost
all that she believed in and hoped for. Not someone that was as cold blooded
as the rumors made Ryoko seem. She listened closely to the questions as they
came up.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Ryoko why did you decide to attack so many at one time.?"
"I didn't think anyone would honestly care. They were just other pirates."
Came the sullen reply.
"Ryoko were you aware of that the entire time you were attacking ships"
"Yes, I was."
"Ryoko what have you done with all that you stole?"
"It is hidden away. Only I know where."
"Why?"
"I was going to make sure that if anything ever happened to Jurai that it
would be there so that Tenchi and his family would have something to fall
back on"
"Is something going to happen or were you planning to do something?"
"No! of course not! Why should I...I never want to see that planet again."
"Ryoko are you aware that you murdered people in your raids" Kiyone saw her
stiffen at the question.
"Yes I am aware that I killed people."
"Why?"
"Because I would not give them a chance to harm anyone again. They were all
wanted dead or alive. They also were judged extremely dangerous."
"Thank You Ryoko. That will be all for now." Kiyone got up and left Ryoko
sitting alone.
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"See what did I tell you Kiyone. She did have a reason she killed those
people and it wasn't just a coincident." Mihoshi piped up cheerfully.
Kiyone just nodded chewing on the end of a pen. "Mihoshi, I know your right
but it doesn't help Ryoko's case much. She still broke the law and she must
be held accountable. I really don't like this any more than you do, but it
has to be done. I can not show her anymore favoritism than I have already."
"I know, I was just hoping it would help." Mihoshi sighed and yawned at the
same time growing sleepy. "I'm going to turn in. Goodnight Kiyone."
"Goodnight Mihoshi" Kiyone started to put away the food they had been eating
and store her notes away as she watched her partner and still room mate go
to her room. She smiled glad at least one thing in life did not change.
She herself was ready to turn in after another hour of cleaning when she
heard her pager go off. She looked at it and cursed. 'What now? What could
be so damned important that they call me here with the emergency sign on it.
Only thing I could think of is if Tenchi the Emperor of Jurai was here or
Ryoko escaped.' She grumbled as she got dressed and left.
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When she arrived everyone cringed they saw how obviously annoyed their boss
was. She marched past everyone and to her office. She was in the mood to
demote someone if this was a false alarm. She went into her office and shut
the door. Sitting down she called up dispatch and asked why had she been
paged in her down time.
"We didn't want to Miss Kiyone Ma'am, but there is a woman that is here
that will not take no for an answer about seeing you." Came a shaking voice.
"Next time just throw her in jail if she won't co-operate with you. I gave
orders I was not to be disturbed!" Kiyone yelled through the terminal.
"Then, sh..should I..throw the Emperor of Jurai in jail as well Ma'am. He is
also demanding to speak to you." The woman nearly in tears now.
"No. It's ok. You did right by calling me then. Give me ten minutes then
send them up." Kiyone sighed.
"Yes Ma'am." Came a relieved voice.
Kiyone looked out her window and suddenly wished that Ryoko had escaped. It
would have been easier to deal with, than Tenchi and Washu. 'Tenchi, why
now did you have to come.' She thought as she put out the order that no one
was to talk about the Jurain Emperor here. She wanted it kept quiet. She
didn't want to hurt Ryoko anymore than they had. She composed herself just
as the door to her office was opened and in walked Tenchi with Washu behind
him.
