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CHAPTER TITLE: Revisiting the past

AUTHOR: Ryoko-chan

CHAPTER: 6

PUBLISHED: 2/28/02

OWN STORYLINE: Heaven & Earth

A/N: Here's some back storyline. This is crucial to Heaven & Earth storyline.

* Means note at the end of the chapter.

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In the past, four days before Sakura's birthday:
Across from the Masaki residence
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'Seems the family's getting ready for a party...' Reika told herself, 'or maybe they're just getting ready for my arrival...' Reika laughed.

She sat on a rock looking across to the house, 'I guess I should get started with my plans...'

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Back home
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"Are you sure someone came down to earth?" Kiyone asked her supervisor.

"Yes," he answered, "there aren't many leads to where it landed but we know that it did."

"Alright, we'll search every possible place."

"What's up?" Tenchi asked Kiyone.

"Oh, it's nothing... um... Mihoshi and I have to go do something. We'll be back as soon as possible."

Washu suddenly came out of her lab, "Kiyone, could you please come inside?"

"Yes."

Kiyone and Mihoshi went inside of Washu's lab all the while leaving Tenchi with a confused look.

"Daddy! Play with Sakura, okay?" Sakura said pulling down on Tenchi's pants.

"Oh, hey cutie. Sorry I forgot about our plans," he said pulling his daughter up to him. "Let's go look for mommy."

"YAY!"

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Washu's lab
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"What's the news?" Washu asked Kiyone.

"Some one has landed on Earth, but we don't know who it was."

Washu went over to her holo computer and began to type fast. "Go and search the surrounding areas. Look carefully. I don't want anything to ruin Sakura's birthday."

Mihoshi and Kiyone left and Washu continued typing. 'I wonder if all this has to do with Aina or Reika...'

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Inside the onsen
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Ryoko was happily playing with her daughter, both females dressed in nothing but their birth suits. For once, this was a deal that didn't bother Tenchi much. He had enjoyed for more than six years, maybe longer since he didn't admit to himself back at the hotel* that he liked his back then wife-to-be's body. She had put her daughter in a new place that Ryoko had asked Washu to build in. A mini pool for her daughter to play in while Tenchi and her would have their own fun.

Tenchi slowly waded behind Ryoko and wrapped his arms around her stomach. "My queen. Look at our daughter," he said leading Ryoko's gaze to where Sakura was.

"I can't risk her being like I was years ago. I've asked Washu to find a way to conceal her powers," Ryoko told her husband.

"I know," he said. "I don't want to go through that again." He turned his wife to face him and started to slowly kiss her neck. Ryoko let a small gasp escape her and she pulled Tenchi's hard body on her soft one.

Mr. Masaki had to admit that no matter how many times his wife and him made love, it always seemed like a new experience to her. "I'm glad I didn't let you go," he told her. He gently pressed his lips on hers and with his tongue parted her lips to search for her tongue and fully embrace it.

Ryoko by now had put a wall between their side of the pool and Sakura's so she didn't have to see her parents in action. She answered her husband's kiss with extreme passion and it got deeper by the second. Tenchi's hands roamed with hunger around his wife's body and he settled both their bodies inside of the water having his tender love inside of Ryoko.

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That afternoon
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"Alright," Sasami started, "you guys have to settle down! We have to take this picture before the birthday!" She hurried the whole family together. The three married couples were in the background. Tenchi holding Sakura and Ryoko with her arms around her beloved husband. An'ya and Yosho were both holding Setsuna. Ayeka and Maia had Andrew holding their hands. Sitting down and held by their knees were Ryo-ohki, Sasami, Kiyone and Mihoshi while Washu was standing right in front of her daughters holding the small hands of her granddaughters.

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Sakura's birthday, early morning, the other side of the lake
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Reika yawned as she woke up, 'it's judgment day!' she told herself. She had carefully planned that today was the day that she would rid herself of Ryoko. The day that her master, Aina had so carefully planned. "Too bad she was killed... by me!" Reika smirked and instantly teleported herself inside of children's room*. She picked up the still sleeping Sakura and quickly teleported inside of Ryoko and Tenchi's room and left a note on Tenchi's desk and headed back to her ship.

Once inside of the ship, Sakura slowly opened her eyes and realized that she wasn't in a familiar surrounding any more. She looked at the person that was carrying her and instantly started to cry. "Where's mommy?" she wailed.

Reika laughed and put the child down; "if she worries about your safety then she'll come and rescue you soon. Meanwhile, you'll have to step aside so I can get out of this lousy planet and reek some havoc!" And she wasn't kidding about that, as soon as her ship was out of the Earth's atmosphere, she had sent a powerful blast that hit the lake causing the water to shoot everywhere it could.

This blast had awoken every single member of the family. Ryoko and An'ya had teleported to the children's room to make sure their daughters were all right. An'ya picked up the wildly crying Setsuna while Ryoko frantically searched everywhere for Sakura. "Where is she?" she asked.

"She isn't in her crib?" An'ya asked in reply. "Maybe Sasami or Ryo-ohki have them... or maybe mom..."

As if on cue, all three women entered the nursery and asked what was wrong.

"None of you have Sakura?" Ryoko asked.

"No Ryo, the last time we saw her was last night," Ryo-ohki answered.

"DAMN IT!!! Where in hell could she be?" Ryoko shouted.

"Ryoko!!" Tenchi called from within his room.

Instantly, Ryoko teleported herself in the room and looked at the angry look on her husband's face.

"What... what's wrong?"

"Some one named Reika... she took Sakura... she's aiming to kill us..."

"Wha--?" Ryoko started but she was quickly shut up a powerful blast hit a side of their room. Ryoko made an energy shield and protected herself and Tenchi. "REIKA?"

In her ship, Reika laughed as she saw all the destruction. "This is fun! My mistress would have been so proud of me!"

Sakura watched in horror as she saw what she had seeing as her home for the four years of her existence blow to bits and pieces, 'why is she doing this?' she asked herself.

The whole family had gathered inside of Washu's lab where Washu was talking to Reika thanks to a message she had sent them. "Ryoko," Reika started, "I'm making sure you die this time. If you don't want me to hurt anyone in your precious family, not even your daughter, you head outside and face me like the woman you say you are!"

"I'm not fucking afraid of you! Give me back my daughter and then we fight!"

"Hell no! I'm keeping her. It'll add more fun to this tragedy!" Reika laughed.

The screen faded and out of sheer anger, Ryoko let a powerful blast hit the depths of Washu's lab. "DAMN HER!"

"Settle down," Washu calmly said.

"How in hell do you want me to settle down while she has my daughter as a hostage?" Ryoko yelled.

"Are you going outside?"

"Of course!"

"No! Not alone!" Tenchi said.

"Tenchi, this a matter between Reika and I. You stay here!"

"No! She has my daughter, our daughter. We have to fight together."

Ryoko sighed, "very well. Just don't get in my way."

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Outside
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"Alright, Reika. I'm out here, but I warn you, I'm not alone. Tenchi's here because it's our daughter you have taken," Ryoko said.

Reika laughed inside of her ship, "foolish humans!" she said from a loudspeaker. She then sent another powerful blast that was carefully aimed for the two lovers. It was shot and without a warning, the first and last time that Ryoko and Tenchi saw it, Tenchi had tried to stop with his ultimate power, but not even the mighty "Light Hawk Wings" could stop the blow...

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Reika's ship
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Sakura's jaw dropped as she saw what had happened to her parents. She felt something deep inside of her burn every single organ within. He peaceful golden eyes suddenly had a fiery glow in them. Rage. Something merely impossible for a child her age. A blue energy sword suddenly sprung from her right arm and she lunged herself towards Reika. She had only managed to cut her face slightly as she had felt her coming.

"What the fuck? How in hell can a child have such power?"

"You will pay for hurting my family!" Sakura said.

"There is no way!" she pressed a button nearby and a side door had burst open forcing Sakura into the vast space.

It looked as though Sakura had died, but a sudden bigger blast came from within her.

She had formed the Light Hawk Wings. Four of them. She had formed energy that was quickly building to send towards the ship. An instant later, her shot was fired and pure white energy had hit Reika's ship. It rocked violently before plummeting down to earth.

After the blow, Sakura's body fell limp and floated aimlessly in space.

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On Earth
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Reika's ship had flown straight to the ground behind the mountain where on the other side the Masaki shrine rested. Reika's body was completely out of place with blood coming out from everywhere. She managed to open the door and a shadow came into the ship. "M...Master..." was the last thing that Reika had said.

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Weeks later
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The family was keeping close watch on Sakura. She had been in a coma ever since she had been found by Tsunami and Washu had gone to pick her up and bring her back home.

Ryoko and Tenchi sat impatiently on either side of their daughter's bed looking as if they had lost something.

They had been saved thanks to the combined powers of Washu, An'ya, Yosho and Ayeka.

The last weeks seemed like an eternal hell wondering what had caused Reika to do such a thing and what had happened to cause Sakura into such a coma.

"She used a greater power that yours, Tenchi," Washu started to explain. "Her body was too small to handle such energy and her whole system collapsed when she used it. I'm afraid that she might not wake up..."

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Present day
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"I'm sorry, Sakura," Ryoko said to her daughter as she was in her embrace. "I didn't want those powers to come back and hurt you. It took almost a year to get you out of that coma and the same to get you back to your normal self. I asked Washu to erase all memories from everything that had happened before and I banned the family from Earth. I know I had no right to do so, but I was only looking after her," she said now having lost control of her emotions and bawling. "I didn't want to go through that again..."

Sakura was in shock of what her mother had just told her. She had survived and managed to get her life back to normal after using such strength to revenge her parents. She had forgiven her mother before she knew it and she knew that it was time to start anew.

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* OAV episode 4. The hotel or whatever Tenchi's great aunt ran with the hot springs.

* Reika also has the teleportation power.
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A/N: This was my birthday gift for you guys. Wish me happy 18!!! ^_^

Next Time: The hard parts have gone by. Why did Reika call to her master in her last moments? There are many loopholes in the history of our family, but it is time to move on. The family has a wonderful gathering and the children are back together. Sakura has a date and all's good for now. Chapter 7: Time of Peace