Tenchi Muyo! The Secret of the Three Goddesses

Episode One: Lady Tokimi's Champion

Deep in the heart of space, the bounty hunter, Nigi, flew in her ship, Risuzu. The bounty hunter ran a hand through her spiky purple hair. Just then the transparent form of an old man with white hair and a red jewel on his head appeared on her view screen.

"Who are you? What do you want?" Nigi asked defensively.

"I am D3 and I am here for the Lady Tokimi," the figure said to the hunter. "She wishes to see you. She has a job for you, Nigi."

"I'm not cheap," Nigi said, pretending she was not interested in this job.

"Oh, you will be paid and paid well," D3 told the woman and then, Nigi's world turned black...

~*~

Meanwhile, on Earth, in the Masaki household, Washu was in her lab, working very hard at her computer. "Now, who could this Tokimi be?" she asked herself. "I haven't been able to come up with anything on her." The cute, little, pink-haired scientist worked for a few more minutes before she pushed away from her computer.

"I don't know what is wrong," Washu said in frustration. "She should be here. I have the most advance technological system in the entire universe. Why isn't she here?"

Washu thought for a moment. "Hmm... that could work. I'll try that." Washu went back to her computer and typed in a few more commands for the computer to look for on the mysterious Tokimi as well as a few other things.

~*~

When Nigi awoke, she was in a strange room. The room didn't seem to have any doors. In the middle of these large vast of metal walls was a golden throne.

"What is this," Nigi cried out in anger. "Where am I?"

"You are in my throne room, Nigi," said a sweet voice as a figure slowly began to appear.

The figure was that of a beautiful woman. She had markings on her face, Nigi was not sure if they were painted there like the royal family of Jurai did or if they where true emblem of power markings.

"Who are you?" Nigi asked while reaching for her blaster.

"I wouldn't do that," the woman said and raised a hand from underneath her robes. "I am Lady Tokimi and I want you to be my champion."

"What? Champion?" Nigi looked around, looking for someway to get away from this nut case.

"Yes, my champion. I can give you great powers. Powers beyond your imagination." Lady Tokimi said and a light surrounded Nigi, making the woman feel the power Tokimi was offering her. "Do you feel it, Nigi? Do you feel all the power I could give you? This is only a fraction of it. Will you be my champion? Will you take the power?"

"What's the catch?" Nigi asked, trying desperately not to show how much she wanted this power. Oh, the things she could do with such power! "What do you want in return?"
"Not much," Lady Tokimi promised in her sweetly evil voice. "Just your loyalty, your service. I want you to be my warrior. You will attack my enemies and protect me at all cost."

Nigi was completely taken by the power that surged all around her as well as by Tokimi's sweet enticing voice.

"I'll do it," she herd herself saying. "I will be your champion."

A smile flickered on Tokimi's lips and the light that surrounded Nigi intensified. The purple haired woman screamed out in pain and her body felt as if it where on fire.

When the light cleared away, Nigi stood before Tokimi in a black champion outfit. Tokimi began to laugh as she thought of what her sisters would do now.

"My first task for you, Nigi, is that you bring me the Star of Death and Rebirth. With it, my powers shall exceed that of both my sisters' combined." Tokimi said with an evil smile.

"Yes, m'lady," Nigi bowed to her new mistress and then disappeared, reappearing in her spaceship. "Risuzu, I wish you to locate the Star of Death and Rebirth." Nigi ordered her ship. The Risuzu's computer's buzzed as it began to try and locate the legendary star.

~*~

A man in a dark cape, which hide his figures, stepped out of the shadows in Tokimi's throne room.

"Do you think she will succeed?" he asked, light only hitting his mouth as he spoke.

"Does it matter?" Tokimi asked. "I still have you, my champion."

The man nodded and disappeared, back into the shadows.

~*~

A woman, draped from head to toe in a navy blue, hooded cape, stood in her ship call the Ryuu-ohki. She suddenly felt a cold presence with her, turning her blood to ice in her veins. She clutched the baby, barely a year old, in her arms to her chest protectively.

"Don't worry, Ohtori, I will protect you. I promise." the woman valued to the sleeping child.

"Ryuu-ohki," the woman spoke to her ship, which meowed back her. "Set a course for Earth. There is someone there I must see."
"Meeeoooowwww!" the ship cried and then they went into hyper drive.