Tenchi Muyo: Thursday: Mornings are Good

Tenchi Muyo: Thursday: Mornings are Good

Awaking slowly Tenchi opened a groggy eye and looked about. For a moment, just a brief moment he did not remember where he was. At least until he felt her against him, Looking down just a little he saw Ryoko's head and hair resting on his chest. He listened for a moment and he not only could hear each breath but he could feel it as well. Scenes from last night replayed in his mind, as Ryoko wanted to show him how much she loved him for taking a stand for her against not only the Jurai Supreme Counsel but also the Emperor of Jurai as well.

Moving his arms around her again he held her close and could feel her skin against his. This time the closeness did not cause his nose to bleed, instead he hugged her close again and smiled happily. Looking around again he could see his clothing scattered about, even hers were scattered wildly. Leaning his head back again he thought about the future, more specifically his future with her.

Should he remain on Earth as a guardian with Ryoko as his wife? Or should he accept the Emperor's offer and become the Emperor with Ryoko as his queen on Jurai? He had told her before in private and he had also announced it several times over that he loved her and he plans on marrying her. He also knew that whichever place he chooses to go to as long as she was with him he would be happy. But he did not know which would make her happy, If he chose to become Emperor with her as his Queen what would the people of Jurai do? Would they welcome them or try to kill them. How do you rule over people that would rather see you dead? If they hated her then it would only be a matter of time before an assassination attempt would be made. However if he stayed on Earth he could take over the shrine from his grandfather and live out his days as the guardian of earth with Ryoko. And with his shield in place it would be hard for anyone to try and kill them, as they could not get through the shield.

Tenchi let out a sigh as he held his love still, he was not sure if she was still asleep, but she did not try to move away from him. The other thing he was unsure of was Tsunami, she had said that on Earth he may only affect a few where on Jurai he could affect many, and she had asked if Ryoko had lived with hate for long enough. Did she want them to move to Jurai? For now he put all thoughts away except for who he currently held, later today he told himself that he would ask her what she wanted. As to him her happiness came first.

As he contemplated his role there were others at that same time thinking about what these things would bring. In the Galaxy Police's Capital Ship the Marshal sat in his private office with his aide. He looked over the paperwork that his granddaughter had sent and reviewed the past few days in his mind. Shaking his head finally he asked his aide. "Tell me detective, in your words what do you think of this?"

"Well," he responded in a voice that sounded very feminine at first before his tone dropped, "well, the Jurai Counsel seems very upset over this, but the Emperor doesn't. Almost like he expected it. As for this Tenchi Masaki he seams to be asking for trouble by taking a planet out of Jurai's protection, however with what he has shown so far I think he is hiding a great power."

He stopped as the Marshal raised an arm. Detective Makabi, please, you're in my private office, there are not recorders here and you can feel at ease. So please drop the disguise." He leveled a serious gaze at the officer who simply nodded his head. He brought up his left arm and used his right hand to pull back a long sleeve. On his wrist was a small data pad, after touching a few buttons his image glowed then changed. His shoulders became closer together, and he shrunk a few inches. His chest became more rounded and definitely more feminine. But the most striking difference was in the face, slowly the officers' dark hair turned a light teal and the face relaxed and became more feminine as well. Thank you Kiyone, now you may continue your report.

"Thank you sir, that voice was starting to hurt." She offered in a weak smile. "As I said he is hiding a great power and if the reports are correct then he has made a staggering impact on Detective Mihoshi. When I knew her she was a little on the ditsy side, um, no disrespect sir." He waved off her comment so she could continue, "but after our accident and I was rescued I did not want to rejoin her. And from the reports from her commanding officer she was even worse than before. Repeatedly she appeared out of uniform and she has on numerous occasions not paid attention to her orders. The Earth and the system around it is a special non-interference zone so she should never have actually seen the people on it"

He nodded his head as she took a moment before speaking again, she was not comfortable talking about her old partner this way, especially since she was his family. "However she did come in contact with the locals and in the process she helped bring about the end of Kagato and bring Dr. Clay to justice. According to both of her reports each was actually the direct result of this Tenchi. So he must be more powerful than we think. As for Ryoko, her record has been cleared and from Mihoshi's report this Tenchi took her back from Kagato and then rescued her from Clay. He must care a great deal for her to risk his life twice like that." She let out a soft sigh, she wished that someone would do that for her as well. "Anyway sir she seams to have befriended a notorious Space Pirate, as well as several members of the Jurai Royal Family. And in doing so she has seen more secrets about things first hand than most other officers get to dream about."

With her thoughts on this subject expressed she stood before him wondering what he would do next. She was fearful just a little that for talking like that about Mihoshi that he might seek some punishment against her. "Well detective you are right on a number of things, but concerning my granddaughter, you were a little off." He smiled as she stood nervously before him. "You see I altered some of her reports to make them clearer, in fact she was worse than the reports indicated. I originally assigned her that system in hopes that the time alone would help her regain her focus. Instead she seamed to drift further away." He let his eyes drift to looking at the floor as he continued. "I wished that she would be Ok after some of the things that she had to go through. Looking back on it I guess it may not have been the best idea, but somehow she met these people and according to Washu she is responsible for releasing Washu from her imprisonment from Kagato and because she was freed she was able to help bring about Kagato's end. Several things have happened recently that has upset the Jurai Counsel, namely they felt an energy drain from all of their ships and the drain came from Earth."

He looked back at Kiyone as she seamed to be relaxing a bit, he thought it was funny how she just a few moments ago seamed to be worried that he would punish her for speaking her mind like he had asked her to. "Now the Jurai counsel have even more to deal with as Emperor Azusa offered his throne to Tenchi, and they are powerless to stop it. You remember how their ship Tsunami stood between us and shielded him from our attacks, then how their own goddess appeared before us all and backed the Emperor's decision. Mihoshi has somehow become in the middle of something bigger than any of us could have imagined." He shook his head as if trying to clear it from all that has happened recently.

"Sir," she began quietly, "didn't Mihoshi say that you were related to Washu as well?"

"Yes, I have often wondered how I could have lived for so long, but she has been around for even longer." He smiled softly as he thought he had finally found a missing part of his family. His thoughts were interrupted again my another rather pointed question.

"Sir, if I may? I was wondering about some of that information that Mihoshi presented to us. Many of those things when I try to access them are not accessible; I am told I don't have enough clearance. How did she get this information?"

"Ah, that is a good question. You know that I have top clearance right?" She nodded as if to say yes. "Well my granddaughter is no slouch, while she may act clueless I know she's not. Many of those things were access according to record by me, but at the time I was on the bridge."

"She broke into the GP database!"

"Not entirely, as you have said she has seen more secrets than most of us can only dream about. Why should I restrict her more? She needed that information to back her case for Tenchi and Ryoko, and I know she used my access for it. However, under the circumstances if she had asked for it I would have given her clearance anyway." Kiyone looked at him surprised, he had just admitted that she broke into their databanks, but she was not going to be reprimanded, but exalted! "I see that you do not understand why then?" He gestured to her shocked expression. Before she could answer he finished, "Well, I can understand why you feel that way. But how do I tell the Guardian of Earth that the very one he wants, as an ambassador from us is guilty of a serious charge such as this? Therefore I am increasing her security clearance and if you want I can do the same fore you."

At her surprised look he smiled and handed over her new assignment. "I want to you proceed to Earth and rejoin Mihoshi as her partner. With having four of the Royal Family, two ex felons, and of all things a new guardian with power that even caused the Jurai counsel to be fearful. I would like my two top detectives there to oversee things, and as you said she has changed and I would like to know what has happened as well."

She sighed and accepted it. There was not going to be a way out of this. He then told her that permission to return to earth would have to be granted by Tenchi instead of Jurai, as they were considered no longer in charge of that area. Kiyone returned to her quarters and packed to leave as she was supposed to be on the way back to Earth in just a few hours.