That was when Tenchi was absolutely certain that George had found the small device. The
terrible feeling of defeat washed over him. He had failed, and this mission was most likely an
extremely important one. Washu had told him that if she transferred him elsewhere, it would be an
incredibly important mission. And he had failed. Now what? Would everything happen as it had?
What would...
"No wonder," George said, interrupting Tenchi's thoughts. "Stupid alarm clock... Just forgot
to activate the freakin' alarm. So THAT's why it didn't wake me up. Oh, well, better get goin', or
I'll be late."
Tenchi listened, stunned, as George left.
He felt an overwhelming urge to heave a huge, happy sigh, but held it inside him.

CHAPTER 19
"Ayeka? Ayeka? Are you awake, Ayeka?"
Ayeka opened her eyes. She found her sister hovering over her.
"Sasami!" Ayeka cried.
"AYEKA!" Sasami screamed, throwing herself onto her sister. "Oh, Ayeka!! Oh, Ayeka!
Ayeka! You're alive! Oh, Ayeka!"
"Sasami..." Ayeka said, tears pouring out of her eyes. She hugged Sasami tightly.
"Ayeka!" Sasami sobbed. "Ayeka, you was going to die for me...! Ayeka, you was going to
die for me! You... You..."
"Yes," Ayeka responded, sounding incredibly mature for just a small moment. "Yes. We're
sisters, us two."
Sasami sobbed into Ayeka's embrace.

CHAPTER 20
*This is our big moment,* George thought. *The moment where I rock that little Masaki
world. The moment I change history like never before. Then, when I have Tsunami's power,
history won't matter; history will be my will.*
"Are we ready?" he asked the man sitting in front of the huge computer, taking up nearly
every inch of this huge room.
"Readier than ever," the man responded. "Tell me when."
"Let's take a look at our little Sasami," George said.
The man in front of the computer tapped a few keys, then on a huge screen in front of them
came the picture of Sasami. She was eating her food, occasionally looking up and blushing as
people commented her.
"It's almost cute," George sighed. "Picture perfect, don't you agree?"
"Picture perfect," the man repeated with a laugh. "Sir, would you like to press the button?"
"An honor," George said. He reached over and was just about to press the button, but
hesitated. He allowed himself one more moment of seeing Sasami, cute, laughing, giggling, eating.
It was an amazing sight. In that little girl, that silly little girl, was the power of the universe. In her
was the power of Tsunami; in her was George's claim to be a god.
In her was everything that he had ever dreamed of; and now he was going to climb into
those dreams.
George laughed hysterically and pressed the button.
The tiniest moment passed. It was a moment so small no clock on earth could measure it;
not even atomic clocks could have hoped to measure the space of time. The little device, attached
to the bracelet, blew up with an incredible force. The gem blew into a million pieces, and the
explosion tore George's arm clear off his body, and blew his chest wide open, making it a bloody,
chunky fountain.
The man at the computer shared this fate; his face was blown into his skull. His head nearly
flew right off his head, but it stayed attached by a thin strap of skin.
Washu's device had worked.
It took one second for time to reconstruct. In that one second all of history from a certain
point in the past clear up to this moment, was reconstructed. The future, with all of the gang
trapped in a box, simply disappeared. All the terrible things that had happened in the future simply
ceased to exist, and all the tragedies that had happened in the past were replaced by what had been
there before.
And Tenchi knew nothing more of his being in under the bed of George's house. Katsuhito,
Washu, Mihoshi, Nobayuki, Ryoko, and Ryo-ohki lost all thought of their current awareness,
locked in the force field box on the starship orbiting the moon.
All memory of the events was lost. No one could recall a thing...
...
...Not a thing...
...
...Little Sasami, her blue hair, her sparkling pink eyes... She was such a help to this family,
always doing chores and cooking, and... She never ever even gets tired.
*Yes,* Tenchi thought to himself. *I can't even imagine where I'd be without all these
people. I'd be completely lost.*
He thought about this for another moment and ate his stew. It was amazingly good, even
for Sasami. Every meal of hers was great, but this one was especially good.
*I would do anything for them,* he thought suddenly, and a shudder flew up his spine.
Tenchi snapped out of his reverie. He looked at the window; it was dark now. The light had
left, the day was gone; it was night now. Tenchi smiled happily.
Everyone continued to talk about their day, the things that had happened, and the likes.
Ayeka and Sasami, for some reason, kept quiet, sharing some sort of strange, knowing look. This
somewhat bothered Tenchi, but it didn't matter, he decided. Perhaps they were up to something,
and it was supposed to be a surprise. It didn't matter.
He was happy this night.
Perhaps he didn't know how happy he *should have been*, but he was happy.
Very happy.
*Life is amazing,* he thought.

THE END

EPILOGUE
"Ayeka? Are you asleep?"
"No."
Sasami turned over in her futon to face Ayeka's. It was very dark in the room but she could
still make out Ayeka's form under her covers.
"Did... it... happen?"
"Yes," Ayeka responded. "Yes, it did."
"You remember... everything?"
"Yes," Ayeka responded, more quietly this time.
"No one else remembers, do they?"
"No, I don't think they do."
"Should... should we tell them?"
"No," Ayeka responded. Then, after a moment, she added, "They'd never believe us."
"That's okay," Sasami said, giggling. "It doesn't matter, anyway. You know why?"
"Why, Sasami?"
"Because..." Sasami paused, trying to choke back tears. She failed. They flowed out of her
eyes. She rubbed them away but they were replaced with fresh tears. In a broken voice, she used
the words Ayeka had used. The words that had touched her heart in such a way that would never
be known.
They were sisters, forever. Someday they would probably part and go their own way, but
they would always be sisters, they would always hold a strong sisterly bond. They would always
love each other as sisters.
"Because we're sisters, us two."



AUTHOR'S END NOTES:
Uh-oh... I knew it... *whistles* I knew this one would get me. Hehe! I guess it's ok to be grabbed
by a story... I hope it grabbed you! Hehe, I really had fun writing this, I hope you enjoyed reading
it... I really do... hehe.

Okay, on to the origin of this story so I can end it! Hehe. I don't know... Some stories don't smash
into your mind at three in the morning... (I recall being unable to sleep one night and suddenly
coming up with Fire Upon Emeralds.) Well, this one was actually written based on emotions
invoked by a song, I guess. I was just sitting in front of my word processor, trying to come up with
something to write... (I write a WHOLE lot, I just don't publish a tenth of what I do, hehe)(Heck, I
barely let anyone read ANYTHING that I write!) And, I don't know, that song "Mexico" on
Incubis's CD Morning View was playing, and, I don't know, somehow it made me think of Ayeka
and Sasami's relationship as sisters.

I had always seen them as strongly bonded, but somehow that song made them seem even closer
for a while... It wasn't even the words, it was just kind-of the tune that got my brain moving. (I
can't remember the words to that song right now anyways, but I know it wasn't the words, cuz it
has NOTHING to do with sisters or whatever.) Ya know... the song tune got me started thinking
about sister-adventures, or whatever. Hehe.

Well, that about wraps up the origin of the story. And I don't have much else to say, really; I just
hope you've enjoyed reading this as much as I've enjoyed writing it! Have a good day, be sure to
review (be honest -- if you didn't like something (such as the whole thing), it's not like it's going to
kill me to hear about it.) Thanks! Have a good day (wait, I already said that), and remember,
ummm, WE'RE ALWAYS SISTERS! HEHE! or not, I'm a guy, so no, I won't be your sister. I'll be
your bro, but that's where I draw the line.

Ok, that's all I have to say. Goodbye!!!!!!!!!!!!