~Eclipse~



The darkness swelled to a color beyond darkness. It pushed out against the light surrounding a hooded figure, whose shrouded face looked down upon a glowing crystal ball. He cackled, moving a hand slightly to change the image within the crystal sphere. He cackled once again, then broke into a hideous laugh.

"At last," he hissed with a gleeful, malicious tone, "at last I have found her!" The image within the crystal was projected into the air. It was Sasami, smiling, with Ryo-oo-ki perched on top of her head, nibling on a carrot. Tenchi sat on one side of her, Ayeka on the other. No sound could be heard coming from them, but they were laughing and enjoying themselves. "The ultimate goddess!"

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"Tenchi, you're so funny!!!!" Sasami rocked back and forth, clutching her stomach and going through a fit of giggles. Ryo-oo-ki was trying it's hardest to hold onto it's half-eaten carrot and not fall off at the same time, but to no avail. She fell off Sasami's head and hit the floor, followed by being hit in the head with her carrot.

Ayeka, Tenchi, and Sasami all started laughing, and Ryo-oo-ki's eyes welled up with tears. "Meeeoooowwwrrrrrr," she cried, then hopped off the porch and up towards the hills, leaving behind the half-eaten carrot.

"R-ryo-oo-ki!!!! Hey, stop!" Sasami jumped up and dashed after the brown cabbit. "We didn't mean it, Ryo-oo-ki!!!" She was already becoming a young lady. Her hair was getting longer, and her triangle marks were spreading apart. Everyone teased her by remarking how much she was starting to look like Tsunami.

She was about halfway up the stairs when she caught Ryo-oo-ki. "Gotcha!", she exclaimed, cupping her hands over the the carrot-crazed fiend. She picked her up and snuggled her against her cheek. "Now, Ryo-oo-ki, you know we didn't mean it! Really! We were only playing around! Shall we go home now?"

Ryo-oo-ki nodded. "Mrrrreeeeeeooooowwwwrrrrr!!!!!" Then without warning, she jumped out of Sasami's hands and growled at the sun. The sky began to darken as the moon moved ever so slowly over the sun.

Sasami's eyes widened. "Wow! Tenchi told me about this! It's a solar eclipse! C'mon, Ryo-oo-ki!" She motioned her hand to the top of the steps and sprinted up. Ryo-oo-ki looked after her, unsure of weather to follow. Then Sasami screamed.

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Ayeka was down the path, holding onto Tenchi's left arm, Ryoko on his right. "I bet you used some foul trick to make him marry you, Ryoko! That's the only possible way! Everyone in this household knows that Tenchi-sama loves me FAR more than he loves you!"

"Dream on, Princess! That IS what you are, isn't it?"

"Oh, do shut up, Ryoko! You are so obnoxious, I'm surprised he could even stand five seconds in bed with you!!!!!" She turned her head to Tenchi and said very sweetly, "Tenchi-sama! Why don't you 'devorce' this hideous blue- haired alien and come away with me? Hmmmm?"

Tenchi looked from Ryoko to Ayeka. "P-please, Ayeka!!!!! Ryoko!!!! Let' me GO!!!!"

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

Five heads popped out of the screen door and and and the entire group looked up at the shrine. Ayeka immediatly let go of Tenchi and fell to the floor. "Th-that w-was.....Sa-sam...Sasami's voice....."

Nagisa broke the silence. The little blue-haired, pigtailed daughter of Tenchi and Ryoko sipped some of her juice and looked back up at the hill. "Why did Sasami scweam?" Tenchi broke free of the stunned Ryoko and dashed towards the hill.The others followed in suit, minus Ryoko, who was to busy trying to pick up Ayeka to follow, and Nagisa, who patiently waited for her mother. Finally, she gave up, and drapped Ayeka's arm over her shoulder, then teleported to the site.

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Sasami lay on the floor of a strange ship, fast asleep. After about 20 minutes, she stirred. Her eyelids fluttered a couple of times, then opened. She blinked repeatedly, trying to get her eyes to focus. The world zoomed in and out, dappled with differant colors. But black seemed to be the basis here. "Wh-where am I......?", she muttered to herself.

"You, my little caged bluebird, are in my ship." A man stood before Sasami, about five feet away. He had short, black hair, which covered one of his gleaming yellow eyes. He stood at about 5'3", most of his body covered in a black cloak. He bowed, then straitened, a malicious smile playing on his lips. "I welcome you with open arms and gracious hospitality." He smirked. "Tsunami."

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AU: MOSHI-MOSHI, MINNA!!!! Okay, gomen nasai ~bows~ for the short chapter. I'll try and make the next one longer. But that just seemed like the perfect place to end it. It was kinda corny, too, I admit. I toldja there were spoilers. So you have no reason to be mad at me. Leave any comments you wish! Just be careful. I might take your flame -[if you leave on]- personally. ~grins~ Oh, and if you are a final fantasy fan, check out my other stories and look at my favorite authors list. I defenately recomend reading Th' Lady Shadow's "Guardian Angel" and, errr, well I forgot what theFFX fic is called, but they're both really good. Anyway, here's a list of things to expect from the story in the future:

*Death of a pretty girl

*Nagisa using Jurain power

*Tsunami...self-destructs?!

*and many, many more plot twists

JA NE!!!!