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There was red light everywhere. Something, or someone, was holding Sasami back.She cried out for Tsunami to help her,
but there was no answer for her. Instead, the screams of the dying echoed in her ears.
"Tsunami! Help me! Where are you? Tenchi? Where are you Tenchi? Please, Someone!!"
When she looked down at her feet she saw nothing but pools of red everywhere. The redness reached up to grab her feet and
pull her down. Sasami kicked at it and tried to break free of whatever was holding her so she could run away, but she couldn't.
As she struggled, the screams morphed into laughter. When she looked up, a tall woman with strange blue-purple eyes
stared down at her. Behind her were two shadowed figures, one with with bulky clothing and straight hair, the other was slightly shorter
with spiky hair.
**Like Ryoko's**Sasami thought dazedly.
The tall woman lifted her hand. Her fingers looked like the talons of a hunting bird. In between her fingers Sasami could make
out two people scrambling to get away from her. One was Ryoko. The other was Tenchi.
**Why does she have Ryoko and Ni-chan? Why doesn't Ryoko fly away?**
Suddenly The woman used her other hand to pick Ryoko up, and dropped her into the red pools of light below. The hand
holding Tenchi began to close. He started screaming as the hand got tighter, and Sasami tried even more to get loose to
help him.
"No! Don't take Tenchi away! You can't have him, he's ours! Please don't take him away, Tokimi. Please!"
Tenchi stopped screaming. White light shown from between the woman's fingers, there was a humming noise, and then there
was a blinding flash and everything went black.
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"Tenchi Ni-chan! Tenchi!" Sasami knocked again on Tenchi's door and no response came. She was getting frightened. Had
whoever was in the dream come back?
"TENCHI!!" Sasami yelled at the door, tears streaming down her cheeks.
The door flew open and in the doorway stood a very bleary-eyed Tenchi. Sasami flew her arms around him, and, try as he might, Tenchi
couldn't get her to let go. So he pulled her into his room and closed the door.
"Sasami? I'm right here, please stop crying." Tenchi knelt down and held the little girl until she calmed down.
"Tenchi! I had that dream again. That lady tried to take you away. Only this time it was so much worse! Tenchi, please don't ever go
away again!"
Tenchi felt horrible. He figured that his leaving earlier that morning had caused Sasami's nightmare.
"I'm sorry Sasami-chan. Im not going anywhere. I promise. No one will take me away." He comforted her the best he could, but she
still hadn't let go of him. "Would you like to sleep with me tonight?" She didn't answer, but he felt her nod against his chest. "Alright"
Tenchi stood up, picked up Sasami, and carried her to his bed. By the time he had pulled the covers over her small frame, she had
fallen asleep, still clinging to him. A sudden thought popped into Tenchi's head, **I want to have kids** He laughed silently and went
back to sleep.
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Tenchi woke up to an intruder knocking on his forehead.
"Wake-y, wake-y Prince of Juri!"
Gradually a face surrounded by a mane of red spiky hair appeared as Tenchi's eyes came into focus.
"Washu-chan? Ohayo..What are you doing here?"
"I came to get you up this morning. Ryoko was too scarred to come up after you're outburst yesterday." Here Washu gave Tenchi
evil grin. "Besides Tenchi, it's almost noon."
"Nani!?!" Washu laughed as Tenchi sprung out of bed and grabbed at the clock, holding it an inch in front of his face.
"I can't believe this. I missed school! My teachers are gunna kill me!" As he said this he slumped back onto his bed.
"Oh, I think this will turn out for the best. Would you mind coming to my lab when you're done getting dressed? Good. Arigatou Tenchi."
Before Tenchi had a chance to say no, she was gone.
**It's for the best. I need to talk to her anyways. I can't believe I'm going to ask her to run MORE tests on me!....**
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On the way to the lab, Tenchi spotted Ryoko napping on the ceiling beams.
"Ryoko!"
Ryoko woke up, and when she saw Tenchi looked like she was going to cry again.
"Tenchi! Are you still mad at me?" She gave a big sniff.
"No, I've calmed down. I wasn't myself yesterday. Gomennasai." Tenchi gave a little bow to Ryoko. She gave a squeal of joy and flew over to him.
"Do you think we could go make up?" Ryoko gave him a hug and, with one hand pulled his face closer to her own.
Tenchi paused for a moment. How tempting that offer was! "Gomen, Ryoko. I have to see Washu." With that he captured her hand and
kissed it, then he walked to the lab.
Ryoko stood there for some minutes afterward, holding the hand he had kissed with the other, a look of hope and wonder on her face.
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"Took you long enough." Washu yelled at Tenchi from across the lab. She sounded angry.
"Gomen, Washu-chan." Tenchi was startled by Washu's mood swing. "Is something wrong?" He asked hestintantly. By now Tenchi was standing
in front of her.
"I'm a mother, what do you think?" Tenchi stood there for a moment, dumbfounded.
"Washu, I don't understand..."
"If you plan on marrying Ayeka, don't give my daughter false illusions. I don't care how much you love her."
Now Tenchi got it. (duh) Washu knew what just happened because of the mind link. He had confided in her for a long time now. She was the only
one who knew, before Yosho found out, that he loved Ryoko but wanted to go to Juri.
"You don't have to be angry with me Washu-chan. I've made up my mind. There's no going back now." He said this with a smile on his face.
Washu watched him closely.
"Sooo...What have you decided!!?!! Spit it out already!" Washu was easy going enough, but she truly was concerned for Ryoko. And for Tenchi.
"I'm going to Juri. In a few years maybe. And I'm taking Ryoko with me....If she'll come." He looked expectantly at the red head in front of him.
"What are you looking at -me- for?" Washu asked sweetly. She was definitely in better spirits now.
"Do you think she will come with me? And also, will she be able to find out what I've told you?" Tenchi appeared nervous.
"If you mean, 'can she read my mind and find out' no, not if I don't want her to. But she never tries anyway. To preoccupied with you." She paused
here giving Tenchi a big grin. He just blushed. "And, yes, I do think she'd go. But I doubt Ayeka will like it."
"I know, I've thought a lot about Ayeka-san. I still don't know what will happen with us. But being with Ryoko comes first. And about just now before I
came...I just thought that I should start showing it a little. Maybe if Ayeka sees this, she'll back off a little."
Washu laughed, " You mean, maybe she'll learn she's lost and won't put up a fuss when you reach for the thrown with Ryoko as you're queen!" Washu
seemed to find this very funny and continued laughing for some time.
Tenchi gave up. That was part of the truth. But mostly, he wanted Ayeka to give up on him with grace and become more friendlier with Ryoko. Tenchi
knew that deep down.....deep -deep- down, Ryoko and Ayeka were good friends who would do almost anything for each other. But, he would deal with all
that drama later. As Yosho said, first things first.
"Washu-chan, if you are done laughing yet, I need to ask you some things."
Washu, still giggling a little bit, wiped her eyes. "Yes, what is it?"
"I think you might have to run more tests on me."
"Why-ever for?"
"...The Light Hawk Wings. I need to know more about them so I can generate them at will. I've tried, when I was alone in the mountains, and I can't do it.
And also some other things. It's just, I need to know -exactly- how much power I have and know how to use it before I go to Juri. Hell, I might even have
to drop out of school and study in my free time if I'm ever going to do what I have to......With all the training I'll have to go through, my secret isn't going
to be a secret for long, is it?" Tenchi looked at Washu as if she had all the answers. It was as if she was his second mother, and with a few words
she could make everything all better again.
Washu gazed at him awhile and put her hand up on his shoulder. "It's not going to be easy. But you knew that when you made you're decision. I'll try to
make it go as smooth as possible. Now about the tests......"
They talked on and on about the tests to be done and pondered about Ayeka together, and by the time Tenchi came out of the lab dinner was already
over. There was a plate of left-overs on the kitchen counter for him. Everyone was in the den watching TV. His dad was on one side of the couch. Ryoko
and Ayeka were on the other, pulling a bag of popcorn between them. Sasami was laying down in front of the TV set with her head resting on her hands.
And Mihoshi was sleeping on the beside Sasami, some drool falling on the floor.
**This is going to change soon. Will it be for the better?** Tenchi wondered to himself. As quietly as he could, he picked up the plate of food and
headed up the stairs to his room.
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And, of course, PLEeeeAaaase review! Let me know if you like my fanfic, cus' if no one does, I'll stop posting it!
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There was red light everywhere. Something, or someone, was holding Sasami back.She cried out for Tsunami to help her,
but there was no answer for her. Instead, the screams of the dying echoed in her ears.
"Tsunami! Help me! Where are you? Tenchi? Where are you Tenchi? Please, Someone!!"
When she looked down at her feet she saw nothing but pools of red everywhere. The redness reached up to grab her feet and
pull her down. Sasami kicked at it and tried to break free of whatever was holding her so she could run away, but she couldn't.
As she struggled, the screams morphed into laughter. When she looked up, a tall woman with strange blue-purple eyes
stared down at her. Behind her were two shadowed figures, one with with bulky clothing and straight hair, the other was slightly shorter
with spiky hair.
**Like Ryoko's**Sasami thought dazedly.
The tall woman lifted her hand. Her fingers looked like the talons of a hunting bird. In between her fingers Sasami could make
out two people scrambling to get away from her. One was Ryoko. The other was Tenchi.
**Why does she have Ryoko and Ni-chan? Why doesn't Ryoko fly away?**
Suddenly The woman used her other hand to pick Ryoko up, and dropped her into the red pools of light below. The hand
holding Tenchi began to close. He started screaming as the hand got tighter, and Sasami tried even more to get loose to
help him.
"No! Don't take Tenchi away! You can't have him, he's ours! Please don't take him away, Tokimi. Please!"
Tenchi stopped screaming. White light shown from between the woman's fingers, there was a humming noise, and then there
was a blinding flash and everything went black.
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"Tenchi Ni-chan! Tenchi!" Sasami knocked again on Tenchi's door and no response came. She was getting frightened. Had
whoever was in the dream come back?
"TENCHI!!" Sasami yelled at the door, tears streaming down her cheeks.
The door flew open and in the doorway stood a very bleary-eyed Tenchi. Sasami flew her arms around him, and, try as he might, Tenchi
couldn't get her to let go. So he pulled her into his room and closed the door.
"Sasami? I'm right here, please stop crying." Tenchi knelt down and held the little girl until she calmed down.
"Tenchi! I had that dream again. That lady tried to take you away. Only this time it was so much worse! Tenchi, please don't ever go
away again!"
Tenchi felt horrible. He figured that his leaving earlier that morning had caused Sasami's nightmare.
"I'm sorry Sasami-chan. Im not going anywhere. I promise. No one will take me away." He comforted her the best he could, but she
still hadn't let go of him. "Would you like to sleep with me tonight?" She didn't answer, but he felt her nod against his chest. "Alright"
Tenchi stood up, picked up Sasami, and carried her to his bed. By the time he had pulled the covers over her small frame, she had
fallen asleep, still clinging to him. A sudden thought popped into Tenchi's head, **I want to have kids** He laughed silently and went
back to sleep.
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Tenchi woke up to an intruder knocking on his forehead.
"Wake-y, wake-y Prince of Juri!"
Gradually a face surrounded by a mane of red spiky hair appeared as Tenchi's eyes came into focus.
"Washu-chan? Ohayo..What are you doing here?"
"I came to get you up this morning. Ryoko was too scarred to come up after you're outburst yesterday." Here Washu gave Tenchi
evil grin. "Besides Tenchi, it's almost noon."
"Nani!?!" Washu laughed as Tenchi sprung out of bed and grabbed at the clock, holding it an inch in front of his face.
"I can't believe this. I missed school! My teachers are gunna kill me!" As he said this he slumped back onto his bed.
"Oh, I think this will turn out for the best. Would you mind coming to my lab when you're done getting dressed? Good. Arigatou Tenchi."
Before Tenchi had a chance to say no, she was gone.
**It's for the best. I need to talk to her anyways. I can't believe I'm going to ask her to run MORE tests on me!....**
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On the way to the lab, Tenchi spotted Ryoko napping on the ceiling beams.
"Ryoko!"
Ryoko woke up, and when she saw Tenchi looked like she was going to cry again.
"Tenchi! Are you still mad at me?" She gave a big sniff.
"No, I've calmed down. I wasn't myself yesterday. Gomennasai." Tenchi gave a little bow to Ryoko. She gave a squeal of joy and flew over to him.
"Do you think we could go make up?" Ryoko gave him a hug and, with one hand pulled his face closer to her own.
Tenchi paused for a moment. How tempting that offer was! "Gomen, Ryoko. I have to see Washu." With that he captured her hand and
kissed it, then he walked to the lab.
Ryoko stood there for some minutes afterward, holding the hand he had kissed with the other, a look of hope and wonder on her face.
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"Took you long enough." Washu yelled at Tenchi from across the lab. She sounded angry.
"Gomen, Washu-chan." Tenchi was startled by Washu's mood swing. "Is something wrong?" He asked hestintantly. By now Tenchi was standing
in front of her.
"I'm a mother, what do you think?" Tenchi stood there for a moment, dumbfounded.
"Washu, I don't understand..."
"If you plan on marrying Ayeka, don't give my daughter false illusions. I don't care how much you love her."
Now Tenchi got it. (duh) Washu knew what just happened because of the mind link. He had confided in her for a long time now. She was the only
one who knew, before Yosho found out, that he loved Ryoko but wanted to go to Juri.
"You don't have to be angry with me Washu-chan. I've made up my mind. There's no going back now." He said this with a smile on his face.
Washu watched him closely.
"Sooo...What have you decided!!?!! Spit it out already!" Washu was easy going enough, but she truly was concerned for Ryoko. And for Tenchi.
"I'm going to Juri. In a few years maybe. And I'm taking Ryoko with me....If she'll come." He looked expectantly at the red head in front of him.
"What are you looking at -me- for?" Washu asked sweetly. She was definitely in better spirits now.
"Do you think she will come with me? And also, will she be able to find out what I've told you?" Tenchi appeared nervous.
"If you mean, 'can she read my mind and find out' no, not if I don't want her to. But she never tries anyway. To preoccupied with you." She paused
here giving Tenchi a big grin. He just blushed. "And, yes, I do think she'd go. But I doubt Ayeka will like it."
"I know, I've thought a lot about Ayeka-san. I still don't know what will happen with us. But being with Ryoko comes first. And about just now before I
came...I just thought that I should start showing it a little. Maybe if Ayeka sees this, she'll back off a little."
Washu laughed, " You mean, maybe she'll learn she's lost and won't put up a fuss when you reach for the thrown with Ryoko as you're queen!" Washu
seemed to find this very funny and continued laughing for some time.
Tenchi gave up. That was part of the truth. But mostly, he wanted Ayeka to give up on him with grace and become more friendlier with Ryoko. Tenchi
knew that deep down.....deep -deep- down, Ryoko and Ayeka were good friends who would do almost anything for each other. But, he would deal with all
that drama later. As Yosho said, first things first.
"Washu-chan, if you are done laughing yet, I need to ask you some things."
Washu, still giggling a little bit, wiped her eyes. "Yes, what is it?"
"I think you might have to run more tests on me."
"Why-ever for?"
"...The Light Hawk Wings. I need to know more about them so I can generate them at will. I've tried, when I was alone in the mountains, and I can't do it.
And also some other things. It's just, I need to know -exactly- how much power I have and know how to use it before I go to Juri. Hell, I might even have
to drop out of school and study in my free time if I'm ever going to do what I have to......With all the training I'll have to go through, my secret isn't going
to be a secret for long, is it?" Tenchi looked at Washu as if she had all the answers. It was as if she was his second mother, and with a few words
she could make everything all better again.
Washu gazed at him awhile and put her hand up on his shoulder. "It's not going to be easy. But you knew that when you made you're decision. I'll try to
make it go as smooth as possible. Now about the tests......"
They talked on and on about the tests to be done and pondered about Ayeka together, and by the time Tenchi came out of the lab dinner was already
over. There was a plate of left-overs on the kitchen counter for him. Everyone was in the den watching TV. His dad was on one side of the couch. Ryoko
and Ayeka were on the other, pulling a bag of popcorn between them. Sasami was laying down in front of the TV set with her head resting on her hands.
And Mihoshi was sleeping on the beside Sasami, some drool falling on the floor.
**This is going to change soon. Will it be for the better?** Tenchi wondered to himself. As quietly as he could, he picked up the plate of food and
headed up the stairs to his room.