Japan's biggest party was not a celebration for a holiday, however thousands were in attendance. The biggest party of the year was held at the Masaki house as the gremlins tore the house down. Inside all hell was breaking loose there were monsters in every room. Food was devoured as soon as it was found and even the inedible was soon eaten as a last resort. In Tenchi's room one of the little creatures searching through his stuff discovered a hiltless jeweled sword it's owner left behind in his hurry to leave. Picking up the sword the creature was instantly shocked he tossed it behind him where it was caught by another creature who was also zapped. A game of electric hot potato started for a few minutes as each of the gremlins caught the Tenchi-ken that was tossed at them.
Outside the house Tenchi and the girls waited regaining their breath as they listened to the destruction of the house.
" I say we go back in there and smash the little demons." Ryoko shouted pounding her fist in her hand. "I mean were five times bigger then the damn things."
"We already tried that in lab." Washu countered. " Besides there's too many of them you'll drain out before you kill half their number, then all they have to do is get wet and were back where we started."
" Well we can't just let them continue destroying the house." Tenchi replied "There has to be something you can do little Washu."
"Well I have a theory.." Washu answered. " I found a connection to what is happening now to what happened a few years ago in some small town in America." Washu said pulling up the info through her holo computer.
" So how did they take care of their problem." Tenchi asked curiously.
" To put it simply they just waited for the sun to come up." Washu said disappointed. "However I have come upon a strange revelation I believe it is possible to destroy the gremlin's once and for all if we kill the creatures they originally came from…namely Copperfeild, Stripe, Kara, and Fang."
"Wouldn't it be simpler to just waste this little fluff ball." Ryoko said gesturing to Gizmo. "I mean they all came from him right."
"NO…" Sasami screamed holding Gizmo tightly against her chest. " You can't kill him he's not like the others."
"No one's going to hurt him Sasami." Tenchi said easing the little princess fears. "However we do need you guys to go some where safe." He continued, looking at the house of partying monsters. " Take Ryo-oki and Gizmo to the shrine you should be safe there until sunrise."
" As for the rest of us lets prepare for a hunt…" Tenchi said heading toward the house.
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It was decided that each of the owners would find their own pet seeing as they had a better chance of recognizing their own amiss the hundreds of others.
" Now where would my little Kara go" Ayeka asked herself as she walked through the house gremlins bouncing off her shield and into nearby walls. After a while it became apparent they weren't even trying to attack her but were just going after her for the ride.
*She's the only girl so she would go some where ladylike* Ayeka thought as she headed for her room. * Wait who am I kidding she was a unruly little thing a beast….like…yeah that's it.* Ayeka said to herself as she went to find Kara in Ryoko's usual spots.
Ayeka entered the bathhouse to find Kara alone relaxing in one of the chairs drinking sake and tossing the empty bottles into the Onsen with a loud crash. " Kara.." Ayeka screamed as the little monster looked up and began to hiss at her. Tossing a half full bottle at Ayeka it burst in a splat of noxious fumes jumping out of her seat she thrust herself at Ayeka only to bounce off her shield into the water of the Onsen. A minute of silence passed as Ayeka waited the oncoming swarm of monsters. It never came looking inside the Onsen she saw all the water absorbed into the bodies of hundred of gremlins who were currently very busy.
"Well I guess that's the trouble of being the only female with a hundred guys." Ayeka muttered to herself as she saw the trouble her little Kara had gotten into.
*That will kill her soon enough* Ayeka thought with disgust as she walked out locking the door behind her.* but it's so unladylike*
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Washu entered her lab carefully avoiding all the gremlins she could blasting and slashing the one's she couldn't. Finally after making her way into the heart of her lab she watched angry as the critters tore apart her machines.
"All right which one is Copperfeild" she asked herself looking at the hundreds of critters running around. After awhile one caught her eye. The little Gremlin was calmly lining up fellow gremlins and was using Washu's dimensional teleport machine to send them to different worlds.
" A Genius." Washu said proudly as she planned its destruction. "what I need is a distraction." Washu said to herself thinking of a way to lure all the gremlins away from her target. After a minute of deep thought she had her answer shouting loudly she called out "I AM SUCH A GENIUS." And waited as her two little puppets appeared over her shoulders.
"You're the greatest Washu." Puppet A said. "You're the greatest geni……..ahhhhhh" The puppets screamed as Washu picked them off her shoulder and threw them at the group of gremlins.
"Run guys.." Washu screamed as the puppets ran from the gremlins who could not resist such a tempting snack. Seeing Copperfeild alone she struck blasting him with a ball of energy that knocked him off his feet into the dimensional teleporter. Quickly she ran to the controls changing his destination from a lush water world to the center of a newly formed sun.
"Such a waste of talent." Washu said as she watched all the gremlins chasing her dolls die out. Picking up her two exhausted partners and placing them on her shoulders they each gave her a mean look.
"You're a **** Washu." Puppet A said angrily.
"The biggest **** ever" Puppet B agreed.
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Tenchi sneaked through the monster filled hall quietly. It wasn't as hard a trip as he would have thought as he made his way to his room the gremlins he saw were either dying or failing to notice him altogether.
*The others must have done their job* Tenchi thought to himself. As he slowly opened the door to his room. Only to have all his hopes crushed, he was hoping to identify his gremlin by his fang now as all the creatures looked towards him their mouths wide open he notice they all had long sharp fangs. Not only that but his means of destroying the monster was lying in the middle of the pile of gremlins as they poked his Tenchi-ken each getting a shock.
"Crap.." Tenchi said aloud his eyes scanning the room for anything he could use as a weapon. Grabbing a nearby bat he looked waited for his enemies slamming it into they as they got in range. Looking over to where his fallen foes were regrouping he noticed one of them not fighting. It was to busy chipping away at a blowing ball with his teeth.
"Fang," Tenchi shouted as he charged the beast only to have his feet knock out from him as one of the gremlins took a bite out of his ankle. Yelling in pain he fell to the ground the bat sliding out of his grasp knocking over a few of the critters who were picking at the sword.
*Hey watch this….* One of the monsters called to his friends as he tossed Tenchi the Tenchi-ken expecting to see him shocked.
And Tenchi was shocked as he caught the Tenchi-ken he would never have believed the monsters could be so dumb. Forming a energy blade of jurian power he slashed through the gremlins with ease. A collective cry of ."Oh…shit " was heard from the dying demons as tore apart their numbers. Tenchi finished Fang's crew and faced his pet. Fang turning coward retreated out the window smashing through the glass to the ground outside. Injured but alive he called out alien cuss words and shook his fist at Tenchi from below his eyes widening as he saw a dark heavy sphere falling from above.
" You forgot your ball." Tenchi said as he watched the bowling ball crush Fang with a wet splat.
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Ryoko teleported from room to room. She had her sword formed and was ready for action, after all the creatures dying before she even got a chance at them she was also very bored.
"I searched the whole house and can't find that little freak." Ryoko said frustrated." Stupid gremlin I hope the sun gets….." Ryoko stopped she knew her gremlin was special besides the way it looked it
"The cave.." Ryoko said as she teleported out of the house.
Outside the cave was quiet their were no monsters running around which made her unsure. "If he's smart he would have guards" Ryoko thought as she formed her sword and enter the cave. Halfway through she stopped to turn back believing her instincts were wrong only to hear a deep growling from where she was last held captive.
"Sure as hell picked a great spot for a showdown." Ryoko said stepping out in front of the gremlin. "So what's it going to be Stripe, you going down easy or hard."
"RRRROOOYYYYYKKKKKOOOOO." The creature spoke surprising her taking her off guard. A blast of energy erupted from Stripe's finger hitting her in the chest. Not expecting such an attack she slammed against the cave wall in shock. The monster teleported around her but was quickly thrown off as he tried to take a bite out of her neck. His body crashing into the cave wall caused him no damage as he turned on his forcefeild before impact. Jumping up in the air it started to levitate taking flying bites at Ryoko who flew along side it trying to kill it with her energy sword.
"Stay still you flying freak." Ryoko yelled as she missed another swing at her little target. The creature waited for another lunge attack. Once again teleporting behind Ryoko it used its strength to push her into a piece of rock hanging from the roof of the cave. Smashing into the stone Ryoko staggered dizzy as the stone fell to the ground with Ryoko on top.
"Ryoko…. Tasty." Stripe shouted as he flew down on Ryoko. Waiting for the last minute Ryoko turned and formed a energy sword. The power in the sword was never used. Face to face with the sword the creature covered its eyes in pain shouting about the bright light. While it was distracted Ryoko turned grabbing the monster by the back of the neck and slamming it into the rock she was on. Holding it down with her body and strength she blasted the roof of the with her energy sending it crashing down on them. Quickly she teleported out of the way leaving the unconscious gremlin alone on the cave floor covered partially in the rubble of the cave roof.
Ryoko floated out of the newly made hole in the cave's ceiling and looked down at the creature on the floor. * A demon sleeps in this cave..* She thought to herself with a small smile. Turning she watched the sunrise.
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Epilogue
"It's for the best Sasami." Ayeka said as she walked with the little girl to the front of the closed pet shop.
"Yeah…but I'm going to miss him." Sasami said placing Gizmo in front of the door. "Even Ryo-oki likes him now."
"Yes…but it is too great a risk." Ayeka replied. "We can't afford to have another incident like yesterday."
"Your…right Ayeka it just doesn't seem fair." Sasami stated walking away.
"I know Sasami but I think we all learned something from this whole mess." Ayeka said wisely. Ayeka knew she learned her lesson no more store shopping, she learned it could cause problems you'll never expect, that and she learned of something more…something more important she learned of home shopping.
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