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CHAPTER TITLE: Old Enemies
AUTHOR: Ryoko-chan
CHAPTER: 4
PUBLISHED: 2/17/02
OWN STORYLINE: Heaven & Earth
A/N: Here's a little something of how and why Ryoko cast the group out of Earth and the rest of the story....
* Means note at the end of the chapter.
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Masaki Residence, 10 years and 10 days prior the beginning of H & E
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"Wake up everyone!" said the usual cheery voice of the now fourth youngest Masaki relative, Sasami Jurai. She had grown up to be a beautiful young lady now looking more and more like the royal tree of Jurai, Tsunami. She quickly hurried up to the nursery room to check up on the children of the house. The two four-year-olds, Sakura and Andrew, were already awake while the three-year-old princess Setsuna lay happily asleep. "My, aren't we chatty today? Why don't we go downstairs and wait for your mommies?" Sasami asked the awake children as she picked them up. As she headed towards the door, she stopped dead on her tracks as she heard Setsuna's loud wails. 'This child is going to be the end of me!' Sasami told herself. Apparently, she didn't know the half of it, that at the end she was going to be that child's baby-sitter. "Settle down, Setsuna. We'll get you to mommy too," she opened the door and called out for Ryo-ohki to come and help her.
As Ryo-ohki arrived, she picked up Setsuna and headed out with Sasami. "So, what are we going to do today?" she asked her old friend.
"Well, we have ten days until Sakura's fourth birthday party. We have to plan what kind of food we're going to make."
"A lot... knowing Ryoko and her child... how could you not tell that Sakura isn't Ryoko's daughter when she eats as much as her mother does?"
Sasami and Ryo-ohki both laughed. As they reached downstairs, they put the three children in a little play-pen they had made for them. "Ayeka, Maia, An'ya, Ryoko, wake up and come take care of your children!" yelled Ryo-ohki to the mothers in the family.
The first one's to come down were Ayeka and Maia. "Good morning girls," they said in unison.
"What's for breakfast today?" Maia asked.
"Well, we kinda ordered some take out. We're cooking for the picnic for later today," answered Sasami.
"So you decide to leave your duties of cooking for your family?" Ayeka asked.
"It's not that sister, it's just that... well, I wanted the picnic to be special today..." Sasami answered looking down at the floor.
"Very well. Come Maia, let's go get Andrew." Maia nodded and followed her wife*.
Sasami sighed and Ryo-ohki put a hand on her shoulder, "don't worry about it. Everything's going to turn all right. Okay?"
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Near the Masaki Shrine
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"It's nice that you could manage to come," Ryoko told her sister, An'ya.
"Yeah, royal duties are killing me. Why don't you go and take my spot?" asked the older sister.
"I doubt Ryoko could ever do that," Washu stated, "I mean, she almost destroyed Jurai once..."
"Mother!" An'ya whined. "Leave her alone! We're here to celebrate that Ryoko's been such a good mother."
Washu laughed, "she tries her best. She has however greatly influenced in how her daughter's turning out."
"Next thing we know, she'll be rampaging throughout space following her mother's footsteps!" An'ya joked.
Ryoko didn't laugh to this.
"I was just joking!"
Ryoko's face was expressionless. "I don't want my daughter to have any powers..."
"What?" Washu asked.
"I don't want Sakura to have powers. I don't want her to end up like I did a prisoner just because of them..."
"Are you mad? I was just kidding, Ryo..." started An'ya.
"I don't care. Washu, you better find a way to keep her powers down..." Ryoko said before disappearing.
"What the... has she gone mad? Why in hell would she want her powers hidden?" An'ya asked her mother.
"I know just what she means. She doesn't want to go through the same deal I went through with... I better get started on something..." She also disappeared.
"Am I the only sane one in this family?" An'ya asked herself.
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Tenchi and Ryoko's room
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Tenchi peacefully rested on the bed he and his wife shared. He turned around to give his daughter their usual hug but found himself hugging nothing but air. "Ryoko..."
"Good morning, precious," Ryoko answered her husband as she sat on a chair just across from where she slept. She always liked to watch her husband sleep since he looked like such an angel.
"My golden eyed queen... why don't you come over here and give me a kiss?" Tenchi asked stretching his arms.
"Why don't you come over here and get it?" she replied.
"But I'm not wearing anything..."
"So?" she asked with a big grin on her face.
Tenchi got up wearing nothing and ran to the spot where Ryoko was grabbing her by the wrist and pulling her to their bathroom*. He turned on the water and threw his wife in the shower fully clothed. Tenchi smiled and slowly entered the bath.
Ryoko also smiled and threw herself on her husband giving him a deep kiss bringing both their bodies into the shower. Tenchi slowly undressed his wife and showered her body with his kisses....
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Present day, Space
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"So, how long would it take us to get to Jurai?" asked Sakura.
"About 3 days," answered Mihoshi's partner, Linda.
"That's good. I thought it was going to take me more than 20 days."
"This meeting must be pretty important."
"It is..."
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Jurai
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"Welcome, home sister!" Yosho greeted his sister. "It's great to see you too sister-in-law," he said politely bowing before her getting the same treatment from Maia. "And Andrew, my how you have grown! Come and let your Uncle look at you!"
"Mooommmm..." Andrew whined far ways back.
"Andrew..." Ayeka answered in a stern voice.
Andrew sighed and came from behind a pillar. Setsuna laughed as she saw him. "You look like a girl!"
"At least I look better than you do!" Andrew stated bitterly.
"Andrew!" Maia and Ayeka yelled.
"I'm sorry princess Setsuna," Andrew said as he apologetically bowed before her sticking his tongue out to her before doing so.
"Stop all this foolishness!" Setsuna said taking Andrew by the arm quickly to her room.
"Ah, young love..." Maia said before quickly shutting up as An'ya and Ayeka gave her dirty looks.
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Back on Earth
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A chime was heard throughout Washu's lab coming from one of her computers.
"You're not answering that until you find my daughter!" Ryoko told her mother.
"What if it's her?" Washu said.
"Then I'll get it!" Ryoko hurried towards the screen and pushed the blinking button, "Sakura..."
"Well, well, look who finally decided to talk to us..." An'ya said coyly.
"Shut up!" Ryoko said turning away from the screen.
Washu then popped up on the screen, "what's up? We're kinda busy right now, An..."
"Doing what?"
"Looking for Sakura...."
"What do you mean? Did she run away or something?"
"She took the cherry blossom."
"How'd she found out it was a spaceship?"
"Wait a minute," Ryoko said pushing her mother away from the computer, "you mean to tell me you knew about it and never bothered to tell me?"
"Little sister, we never thought that something like this would happen... what did you do to make her run away?"
"I'm pretty sure it had to be because of that sex tape Washu showed her."
"'Sex tape'?"
"Yeah, our dear mother has a habit of taping Tenchi and I having sex..."
An'ya laughed hard. "She did that?"
"That wasn't the reason, Ryoko. I'm sure something else caused her to leave..." Washu said.
"Wait a minute," Ayeka said in the background and then came next to the screen, "Andrew told me that he and Setsuna had talked to her... maybe she's headed here..."
"What? Why would she want to go there?" wondered Ryoko.
"She was starting to doubt you..." Washu said.
"How do you know?"
"I heard her thoughts."
"So, you were looking into her thoughts and you never bothered to tell me?"
"You're the one that didn't want her to have any powers," An'ya cut it.
"I think it might be best if we were in Jurai when she got there," Washu stated.
"I'll go get Tenchi then," Ryoko said before disappearing.
"I'll open up the travel machine. We'll be there shortly."
"Alright," answered An'ya and cut off the communication.
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Galaxy Police Headquarters, Kiyone's room
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"Officer Kiyone, there is a disturbance by the Solar System, I thought you would like to look into it..." a young G.P. officer said as he entered Kiyone's room.
"Alright. I'll look into it," she answered. She quickly typed into a big computer server behind her the keywords: Solar. Minutes later, her voice filled the ship which belonged to Linda and Mihoshi. "What the hell do you think you're doing now, Mihoshi?"
Mihoshi spit the coffee she was drinking back to the cup, "Kiyone!!! It's great to see you again!" she said hugging the screen.
"Mihoshi, you big dope! What the hell are you doing this time?"
"Well, I'm escorting this little girl to Jurai because she has a meeting with Setsuna..."
"What little girl?"
"Me," Sakura answered popping on another screen right over the one with Mihoshi.
"Sakura? Is that you?"
"How do you... know my name?"
"I know your parents, but what are you doing up here?"
"I'm going to visit Jurai."
"But why?"
"Because I want to meet my family. I know my mom has been hiding something from me and the only way I can confirm that is if I go to Jurai."
"Alright, Linda, make sure you guys stay where you are I'll go there as soon as possible." She cut off communication and contacted Jurai...
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* They had been married for 2 years by this time.
* Ryoko had asked Washu to build them their own special bathroom...
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Next time: There's revelations, confrontations and meetings and many more things. I'll continue with the flashback and we get to see what Ryoko meant 10 years ago on her daughter's birthday. Join me next time in chapter 5: Confusion
CHAPTER TITLE: Old Enemies
AUTHOR: Ryoko-chan
CHAPTER: 4
PUBLISHED: 2/17/02
OWN STORYLINE: Heaven & Earth
A/N: Here's a little something of how and why Ryoko cast the group out of Earth and the rest of the story....
* Means note at the end of the chapter.
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Masaki Residence, 10 years and 10 days prior the beginning of H & E
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"Wake up everyone!" said the usual cheery voice of the now fourth youngest Masaki relative, Sasami Jurai. She had grown up to be a beautiful young lady now looking more and more like the royal tree of Jurai, Tsunami. She quickly hurried up to the nursery room to check up on the children of the house. The two four-year-olds, Sakura and Andrew, were already awake while the three-year-old princess Setsuna lay happily asleep. "My, aren't we chatty today? Why don't we go downstairs and wait for your mommies?" Sasami asked the awake children as she picked them up. As she headed towards the door, she stopped dead on her tracks as she heard Setsuna's loud wails. 'This child is going to be the end of me!' Sasami told herself. Apparently, she didn't know the half of it, that at the end she was going to be that child's baby-sitter. "Settle down, Setsuna. We'll get you to mommy too," she opened the door and called out for Ryo-ohki to come and help her.
As Ryo-ohki arrived, she picked up Setsuna and headed out with Sasami. "So, what are we going to do today?" she asked her old friend.
"Well, we have ten days until Sakura's fourth birthday party. We have to plan what kind of food we're going to make."
"A lot... knowing Ryoko and her child... how could you not tell that Sakura isn't Ryoko's daughter when she eats as much as her mother does?"
Sasami and Ryo-ohki both laughed. As they reached downstairs, they put the three children in a little play-pen they had made for them. "Ayeka, Maia, An'ya, Ryoko, wake up and come take care of your children!" yelled Ryo-ohki to the mothers in the family.
The first one's to come down were Ayeka and Maia. "Good morning girls," they said in unison.
"What's for breakfast today?" Maia asked.
"Well, we kinda ordered some take out. We're cooking for the picnic for later today," answered Sasami.
"So you decide to leave your duties of cooking for your family?" Ayeka asked.
"It's not that sister, it's just that... well, I wanted the picnic to be special today..." Sasami answered looking down at the floor.
"Very well. Come Maia, let's go get Andrew." Maia nodded and followed her wife*.
Sasami sighed and Ryo-ohki put a hand on her shoulder, "don't worry about it. Everything's going to turn all right. Okay?"
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Near the Masaki Shrine
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"It's nice that you could manage to come," Ryoko told her sister, An'ya.
"Yeah, royal duties are killing me. Why don't you go and take my spot?" asked the older sister.
"I doubt Ryoko could ever do that," Washu stated, "I mean, she almost destroyed Jurai once..."
"Mother!" An'ya whined. "Leave her alone! We're here to celebrate that Ryoko's been such a good mother."
Washu laughed, "she tries her best. She has however greatly influenced in how her daughter's turning out."
"Next thing we know, she'll be rampaging throughout space following her mother's footsteps!" An'ya joked.
Ryoko didn't laugh to this.
"I was just joking!"
Ryoko's face was expressionless. "I don't want my daughter to have any powers..."
"What?" Washu asked.
"I don't want Sakura to have powers. I don't want her to end up like I did a prisoner just because of them..."
"Are you mad? I was just kidding, Ryo..." started An'ya.
"I don't care. Washu, you better find a way to keep her powers down..." Ryoko said before disappearing.
"What the... has she gone mad? Why in hell would she want her powers hidden?" An'ya asked her mother.
"I know just what she means. She doesn't want to go through the same deal I went through with... I better get started on something..." She also disappeared.
"Am I the only sane one in this family?" An'ya asked herself.
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Tenchi and Ryoko's room
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Tenchi peacefully rested on the bed he and his wife shared. He turned around to give his daughter their usual hug but found himself hugging nothing but air. "Ryoko..."
"Good morning, precious," Ryoko answered her husband as she sat on a chair just across from where she slept. She always liked to watch her husband sleep since he looked like such an angel.
"My golden eyed queen... why don't you come over here and give me a kiss?" Tenchi asked stretching his arms.
"Why don't you come over here and get it?" she replied.
"But I'm not wearing anything..."
"So?" she asked with a big grin on her face.
Tenchi got up wearing nothing and ran to the spot where Ryoko was grabbing her by the wrist and pulling her to their bathroom*. He turned on the water and threw his wife in the shower fully clothed. Tenchi smiled and slowly entered the bath.
Ryoko also smiled and threw herself on her husband giving him a deep kiss bringing both their bodies into the shower. Tenchi slowly undressed his wife and showered her body with his kisses....
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Present day, Space
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"So, how long would it take us to get to Jurai?" asked Sakura.
"About 3 days," answered Mihoshi's partner, Linda.
"That's good. I thought it was going to take me more than 20 days."
"This meeting must be pretty important."
"It is..."
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Jurai
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"Welcome, home sister!" Yosho greeted his sister. "It's great to see you too sister-in-law," he said politely bowing before her getting the same treatment from Maia. "And Andrew, my how you have grown! Come and let your Uncle look at you!"
"Mooommmm..." Andrew whined far ways back.
"Andrew..." Ayeka answered in a stern voice.
Andrew sighed and came from behind a pillar. Setsuna laughed as she saw him. "You look like a girl!"
"At least I look better than you do!" Andrew stated bitterly.
"Andrew!" Maia and Ayeka yelled.
"I'm sorry princess Setsuna," Andrew said as he apologetically bowed before her sticking his tongue out to her before doing so.
"Stop all this foolishness!" Setsuna said taking Andrew by the arm quickly to her room.
"Ah, young love..." Maia said before quickly shutting up as An'ya and Ayeka gave her dirty looks.
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Back on Earth
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A chime was heard throughout Washu's lab coming from one of her computers.
"You're not answering that until you find my daughter!" Ryoko told her mother.
"What if it's her?" Washu said.
"Then I'll get it!" Ryoko hurried towards the screen and pushed the blinking button, "Sakura..."
"Well, well, look who finally decided to talk to us..." An'ya said coyly.
"Shut up!" Ryoko said turning away from the screen.
Washu then popped up on the screen, "what's up? We're kinda busy right now, An..."
"Doing what?"
"Looking for Sakura...."
"What do you mean? Did she run away or something?"
"She took the cherry blossom."
"How'd she found out it was a spaceship?"
"Wait a minute," Ryoko said pushing her mother away from the computer, "you mean to tell me you knew about it and never bothered to tell me?"
"Little sister, we never thought that something like this would happen... what did you do to make her run away?"
"I'm pretty sure it had to be because of that sex tape Washu showed her."
"'Sex tape'?"
"Yeah, our dear mother has a habit of taping Tenchi and I having sex..."
An'ya laughed hard. "She did that?"
"That wasn't the reason, Ryoko. I'm sure something else caused her to leave..." Washu said.
"Wait a minute," Ayeka said in the background and then came next to the screen, "Andrew told me that he and Setsuna had talked to her... maybe she's headed here..."
"What? Why would she want to go there?" wondered Ryoko.
"She was starting to doubt you..." Washu said.
"How do you know?"
"I heard her thoughts."
"So, you were looking into her thoughts and you never bothered to tell me?"
"You're the one that didn't want her to have any powers," An'ya cut it.
"I think it might be best if we were in Jurai when she got there," Washu stated.
"I'll go get Tenchi then," Ryoko said before disappearing.
"I'll open up the travel machine. We'll be there shortly."
"Alright," answered An'ya and cut off the communication.
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Galaxy Police Headquarters, Kiyone's room
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"Officer Kiyone, there is a disturbance by the Solar System, I thought you would like to look into it..." a young G.P. officer said as he entered Kiyone's room.
"Alright. I'll look into it," she answered. She quickly typed into a big computer server behind her the keywords: Solar. Minutes later, her voice filled the ship which belonged to Linda and Mihoshi. "What the hell do you think you're doing now, Mihoshi?"
Mihoshi spit the coffee she was drinking back to the cup, "Kiyone!!! It's great to see you again!" she said hugging the screen.
"Mihoshi, you big dope! What the hell are you doing this time?"
"Well, I'm escorting this little girl to Jurai because she has a meeting with Setsuna..."
"What little girl?"
"Me," Sakura answered popping on another screen right over the one with Mihoshi.
"Sakura? Is that you?"
"How do you... know my name?"
"I know your parents, but what are you doing up here?"
"I'm going to visit Jurai."
"But why?"
"Because I want to meet my family. I know my mom has been hiding something from me and the only way I can confirm that is if I go to Jurai."
"Alright, Linda, make sure you guys stay where you are I'll go there as soon as possible." She cut off communication and contacted Jurai...
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* They had been married for 2 years by this time.
* Ryoko had asked Washu to build them their own special bathroom...
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Next time: There's revelations, confrontations and meetings and many more things. I'll continue with the flashback and we get to see what Ryoko meant 10 years ago on her daughter's birthday. Join me next time in chapter 5: Confusion
