Bang!
"Ryoko! Dinners not ready yet!" Sasami yelled. Mari groaned as she woke up.
"Yeah Ryoko." Ayeka said.
"Actually, you were interferring too." replied Washu. Ayeka turned red.
"Get out of my kitchen!" Sasami shouted.
"Well where can we go? That... girl is asleep on the couch." said Ryoko.
"I don't care. Go outside and play nicly. In other words, don't destroy anything."
"You're no fun." said Washu and Ryoko.
"I'm awake. You can stay in here." Mari said. She saw the girls coming out of the kitchen and
reluctantly sitting on the couch as Mari sat up.
"Good morning." said Ayeka.
"Um-hm."
There was an uncomfortable silence.
"Where's Tenchi?" Mari asked.
"Why do you want to know?" asked Ryoko.
"Just asking..."
"Ryoko, don't be rude." Sasami yelled from the kiychen. Ryoko scowled.
"Sasami seems to like you." Ayeka said.
"She's a sweet kid." Mari replied.
"Sasami likes everyone, that happy freak." Ryoko said. Ayeka gave Ryoko a warning glance.
"You look familar..." said Washu.
"Really? I don't think we've ever met. Maybe I just look like someone you knew." Mari replied.
"Hi girls!" called Tenchi.
"Tenchi!" they all called.
"Breakfast is almost ready Tenchi!" Sasami said.
"Hello Mari. Did you sleep well?" he asked.
"Like a baby."
"I don't where they got that saying. Babies dont sleep well at all." said Washu.
Tenchi laughed. "That's true." he said.
"Breakfast is ready!" called Sasami. They all went into the kitchen and sat down to eat.
"Hey Tenchi?" asked Sasami. Everyone had finished breakfast and they were all now sitting on
the couch.
"Yeah?"
"Could you take me to the store? I need to go shopping." Sasami said.
"Yeah! I'll go too." said Ryoko.
"Well then, I'm going to make sure you don't bother Lord Tenchi." Ayeka said.
"When did you become a Lord?" Mari asked Tenchi.
"No, neither of you are going. Last time you burned down the shop." said Sasami.
"But I want to be there to protect Tenchi!" Ryoko protested.
"Fine then. I'll go." Mari offered. "I know the way."
The group exchanged glances.
"Thank you Mari." Sasami said. "My grocery list is on the stand near the door."
"I'm back!" yelled Mari. She was carrying so many bags that she couldn't see anything. There
was no answer. "Hello?" she called.
Then someone took some of the bags.
"Thanks." she said. She put down the bags she was still holding.
There in front of her stood Yosho.
She started to back away.
"Why did you leave?" he asked her.
"Yosho, you know why. I wanted to watch out for Tenchi, not fall in love with him."
"You didn't even say good-bye." he said.
She sighed.
"I'll never understand you."
"We're not all that diffrent. We both changed our names. You went further and changed your
appearence."
"But I stayed."
"You didn't fall in love with your great nephew!" she snapped.
"You always said you weren't my sister anymore, so why are you my sister now?"
"I'm not..." she said.
"Then Tenchi isn't your great nephew."
"You don't understand!" Mari yelled.
"No, I don't." Yosho said.
He dropped the bags and walked out the door.
Then everyone walked in the door.
"Hi Mari! Back already?" Tenchi asked. Mari turned around with tears in her eyes. "Mari?"
She wrapped her arms around him and cried into his shoulder.
Sasami quietly pushed everyone back outside.
About half-an-hour later, Tenchi came out to tell all the girls that they could come in.
"Is Mari alright?" asked Sasami.
"I don't know. She wouldn't tell me anything." Tenchi said.
"Where is she?" asked Ayeka.
"She's sleeping in my room. I'm sleeping on the couch tonight."
There was fire everywhere. A little girl with brown hair and brown eyes ran through the
collapsing home of the Jurai royal family.
"Mama!" she screamed.
Then she saw Yosho, her brother. He caught her gaze and relief filled his eyes.
"Yosho!"
"Mesou!" he shouted. She started to run to him, but then someone grabbed her from behind.
"Let her go Ryoko!" he yelled.
Then the girl felt herself rising into the air.
She had just enough time to scream before she disapeared.
Mesou soon found herself on a ship. She was thrown to the ground and a forcefeild came up
around her to keep her from escaping.
Mari shot up in bed. Her hair was plastered to her skin and she was breathing hard. Her dream
came back to her and she fought the memories.
Mesou looked at the screen. They were far far away from Jurai now.
She had tried crying and screaming, but all that did was make her tired. Then she saw Yosho's
face on the screen.
"Ryoko, let my sister go!" he yelled.
She laughed at him.
Suddenly the force feild went down and the demon grabbed her and held her in the air.
"Now you will watch your sister die!" said Ryoko.
The girl's eyes went wide with fear.
Yosho stared at Ryoko with desperation in his eyes.
"No!" he yelled. "I'll do anything! Stop!"
But she ignored him. Her light sword cut at the girl's throat. Then she dropped Mesou.
Mesou stared at her brother as she tried to force the blood to go back in. But then everything
went black and there was nothing.
"Ryoko! Dinners not ready yet!" Sasami yelled. Mari groaned as she woke up.
"Yeah Ryoko." Ayeka said.
"Actually, you were interferring too." replied Washu. Ayeka turned red.
"Get out of my kitchen!" Sasami shouted.
"Well where can we go? That... girl is asleep on the couch." said Ryoko.
"I don't care. Go outside and play nicly. In other words, don't destroy anything."
"You're no fun." said Washu and Ryoko.
"I'm awake. You can stay in here." Mari said. She saw the girls coming out of the kitchen and
reluctantly sitting on the couch as Mari sat up.
"Good morning." said Ayeka.
"Um-hm."
There was an uncomfortable silence.
"Where's Tenchi?" Mari asked.
"Why do you want to know?" asked Ryoko.
"Just asking..."
"Ryoko, don't be rude." Sasami yelled from the kiychen. Ryoko scowled.
"Sasami seems to like you." Ayeka said.
"She's a sweet kid." Mari replied.
"Sasami likes everyone, that happy freak." Ryoko said. Ayeka gave Ryoko a warning glance.
"You look familar..." said Washu.
"Really? I don't think we've ever met. Maybe I just look like someone you knew." Mari replied.
"Hi girls!" called Tenchi.
"Tenchi!" they all called.
"Breakfast is almost ready Tenchi!" Sasami said.
"Hello Mari. Did you sleep well?" he asked.
"Like a baby."
"I don't where they got that saying. Babies dont sleep well at all." said Washu.
Tenchi laughed. "That's true." he said.
"Breakfast is ready!" called Sasami. They all went into the kitchen and sat down to eat.
"Hey Tenchi?" asked Sasami. Everyone had finished breakfast and they were all now sitting on
the couch.
"Yeah?"
"Could you take me to the store? I need to go shopping." Sasami said.
"Yeah! I'll go too." said Ryoko.
"Well then, I'm going to make sure you don't bother Lord Tenchi." Ayeka said.
"When did you become a Lord?" Mari asked Tenchi.
"No, neither of you are going. Last time you burned down the shop." said Sasami.
"But I want to be there to protect Tenchi!" Ryoko protested.
"Fine then. I'll go." Mari offered. "I know the way."
The group exchanged glances.
"Thank you Mari." Sasami said. "My grocery list is on the stand near the door."
"I'm back!" yelled Mari. She was carrying so many bags that she couldn't see anything. There
was no answer. "Hello?" she called.
Then someone took some of the bags.
"Thanks." she said. She put down the bags she was still holding.
There in front of her stood Yosho.
She started to back away.
"Why did you leave?" he asked her.
"Yosho, you know why. I wanted to watch out for Tenchi, not fall in love with him."
"You didn't even say good-bye." he said.
She sighed.
"I'll never understand you."
"We're not all that diffrent. We both changed our names. You went further and changed your
appearence."
"But I stayed."
"You didn't fall in love with your great nephew!" she snapped.
"You always said you weren't my sister anymore, so why are you my sister now?"
"I'm not..." she said.
"Then Tenchi isn't your great nephew."
"You don't understand!" Mari yelled.
"No, I don't." Yosho said.
He dropped the bags and walked out the door.
Then everyone walked in the door.
"Hi Mari! Back already?" Tenchi asked. Mari turned around with tears in her eyes. "Mari?"
She wrapped her arms around him and cried into his shoulder.
Sasami quietly pushed everyone back outside.
About half-an-hour later, Tenchi came out to tell all the girls that they could come in.
"Is Mari alright?" asked Sasami.
"I don't know. She wouldn't tell me anything." Tenchi said.
"Where is she?" asked Ayeka.
"She's sleeping in my room. I'm sleeping on the couch tonight."
There was fire everywhere. A little girl with brown hair and brown eyes ran through the
collapsing home of the Jurai royal family.
"Mama!" she screamed.
Then she saw Yosho, her brother. He caught her gaze and relief filled his eyes.
"Yosho!"
"Mesou!" he shouted. She started to run to him, but then someone grabbed her from behind.
"Let her go Ryoko!" he yelled.
Then the girl felt herself rising into the air.
She had just enough time to scream before she disapeared.
Mesou soon found herself on a ship. She was thrown to the ground and a forcefeild came up
around her to keep her from escaping.
Mari shot up in bed. Her hair was plastered to her skin and she was breathing hard. Her dream
came back to her and she fought the memories.
Mesou looked at the screen. They were far far away from Jurai now.
She had tried crying and screaming, but all that did was make her tired. Then she saw Yosho's
face on the screen.
"Ryoko, let my sister go!" he yelled.
She laughed at him.
Suddenly the force feild went down and the demon grabbed her and held her in the air.
"Now you will watch your sister die!" said Ryoko.
The girl's eyes went wide with fear.
Yosho stared at Ryoko with desperation in his eyes.
"No!" he yelled. "I'll do anything! Stop!"
But she ignored him. Her light sword cut at the girl's throat. Then she dropped Mesou.
Mesou stared at her brother as she tried to force the blood to go back in. But then everything
went black and there was nothing.
