The Adventures of Space Pirate Sasami
Chapter 1: Into Sargasso
A/N: This next chapter is the first real adventure of Space Pirate Sasami. Please note that this is rated PG:13 for a reason (the insane man who you will read about later on). Thank you for reading and please review! Also, if you think the mini-adventures of Kurai Sakura (aka: The Disclaimer) are funny please include that in your review! I want opinions!
Disclaimer: Kurai Sakura is in Ryouko's space pirate outfit and she's sneaking out of the AIC/Pioneer headquarters! She is just about to board her ship, Jen-Ohki, with all the Tenchi Muyo products on earth, when Kagato beams all the merchandise up on the Soja! Since Kagato was unleashed upon the earth by AIC/Pioneer, technically all the merchandise went back to AIC/Pioneer! Poor Kurai Sakura!
It has been a full week since Ryoko and I left the Masaki house. Neither of us has mentioned what we left behind, that's probably for the best in Ryoko's case. Surprisingly, Ryo-ohki has a lot of extra rooms on her. I have a fairly large room, decorated with frilly blue curtains that are the color of the sky on earth. I also made a Ryo-ohki plushie in my spare time. On board, I mostly help Ryoko with the cooking and care of Ryo-ohki, while she makes sure we aren't caught by the Galaxy Police. I wonder how Jurai is taking my change…
"Meow!" One of Ryo-ohki's crystals meowed at me. I still have trouble understanding how Ryo-ohki works, even though both Washu and Ryoko have tried to explain it to me at least once.
I followed the crystal out the door and it lead me to the main room, where Ryoko controls the Ryo-ohki. I still don't know any of the technical terms for the ship either.
"What's wrong Ryoko?" I asked noticing she looked tense.
"Ken-ohki is trailing us…" Ryoko said faintly. She had that weird tone in her voice that she only used when talking about Nagi.
I was scared. What if Nagi took Ryoko away, and brought me back to Jurai? What if Nagi took me back to Ayeka and Tenchi? What if she killed Ryoko? So many thoughts were running through my head, that it took me awhile to notice Nagi was talking to Ryoko on screen.
"That's really low of you Ryoko, stealing the second princess of Jurai. I thought better of you…" Nagi smirked at her.
"Now you wait just a minute Nagi!" Ryoko argued, "She came here on her own will, I didn't take her!"
"That's not what Jurai is saying!" Nagi laughed.
I stepped in view of the screen, "What is Jurai saying then?" I shouted, trying to sound brave, like a space pirate.
"Princess Sasami?" Nagi sounded surprised, "So it is true…"
"Please tell me!" I asked, reminding her of my question.
"As I said, Jurai is claming that Ryoko stole you for a slave aboard the ship Ryo-ohki. There have been orders not to fire on the Ryo-ohki as to not accidentally hurt the princess. Do not worry though Sasami, I will have Ryoko's head and return you to Jurai." The screen showing Nagi's head vanished and Ken-ohki fired on Ryo-ohki.
"I guess she's not abiding by the rules." I said to Ryoko.
"Bounty hunters never do," She replied as Ryo-ohki sped faster into space, Ken-ohki following close behind. Ryo-ohki loop-the-looped a few times to try and throw Ken-ohki off their trail but to no avail. A blast from Ken-ohki showed Nagi's triumph and threw me off my feet into the wall.
"We've got more than we bargained for Sasami!" Ryoko shouted as Ryo-ohki swerved to avoid a Galaxy Police Ship. Another screen popped up.
"This is the Galaxy Police!" A male officer with black hair shouted, "Surrender now or prepare to be boarded."
"Hey Sasami! Get a load of this!" Ryoko called over to me, somewhat amused.
"Oh! Hello Mr. Galaxy Police Officer!" I said cutely, "Can you go away now?"
"Wha-NO! I've been ordered to take you home, Princess!"
"B-but I wanna be a space pirate!" I pretended to cry, Ryoko looked as if she would die from laughter.
"Waaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!" I screamed over the line.
Ryoko shut off the screen before bursting into laughter.
"You are too good Sasami!"
I winked at her and she ordered Ryo-ohki to go straight. Ryo-ohki seemed surprised but continued, on leaving the flabbergasted Galaxy Police officer behind. After awhile Nagi stopped her pursuit as well.
"Ha! Even Nagi is worn out!" Ryoko yelled happily.
"Uhh…I don't think she stopped because she was worn out…look where we are again!" I said, secretly smiling to myself. We were in Sargasso, where I had first met Mire.
"Oh yeah, the place where that creepy ship was, of course, I wasn't afraid. Your sister was trying to warp her face with a mirror though!"
Both Ryoko and Sasami fell silent. Ryoko, because she figured Ayeka had won Tenchi, and Sasami because she slightly missed her sister.
"Hey Ryoko?" Sasami broke the deathly silence.
"Yeah?"
"Do you think we could go search some of the old ships?"
"Sure! Maybe we'll find some good loot in some of the bigger ones!"
"Without Tenchi, Ryoko certainly does have a one track space pirate mind!" I thought to myself as I got into my new space pirate suit. It was a deep blue with a wave of misty purple coming off one side. It was also tight and easy to move in just like Ryoko's red and black body suit she wears all the time! I loved matching Ryoko; she was a real cool role model, and an even better space companion!
"Sasami! Grab your Laser Gun. You might need it if there are other pirates ahead of our plans."
"Right!" I said grabbing it and cheerfully walking inside the long connector that lead inside the first ship.
Ryoko laughed as I skipped down the connector, "You may be a space pirate now but you're still the ever-cheerful Sasami!"
---Earth, no longer Sasami's POV ---
"That horrid, horrid, demon woman!" Ayeka cried into her fists, "Stealing poor innocent Sasami away…Sasamiii!!!"
"Don't worry Ayeka, we'll get Sasami back," Kiyone said with her usual confidence, "The chief had assigned Mihoshi and I to this case because we know both of them personally.
"I wonder why Ryoko took Sasami…" Mihoshi thought out loud.
"Ryoko has really disappointed me," Kiyone said grimly, "I really thought she had changed her ways after falling in love with Tenchi, but it seems as if Tenchi was just a set-up to kidnap the Princess Sasami and launch an attack on Jurai…"
"You don't really believe that, do you?" Tenchi said, snapping out of his thoughts, "That she never really loved me?"
"I'm afraid so Tenchi…" Kiyone answered, "Don't worry though, Ryoko will be punished severely, depending on what the Princess Ayeka orders her to."
"I'm going to kill her! I'm going to chop that deranged mind right of her neck!" Ayeka shouted in rage.
"Don't you think that's a little severe?" Tenchi asked with concern, "I'm sure she hasn't hurt Sasami!"
"I don't care! She stole her away, and that's all that matters," Ayeka answered, her voice as cold as ice.
Suddenly, Kiyone's communicator went off.
"We have a message on the Yagami!" She announced, "Mihoshi, come on!"
Mihoshi was nowhere to be seen.
"Grrrr…MIHOSHI!" Kiyone shouted, "Tenchi, will you send Mihoshi to the Yagami if you see her?"
"Sure Kiyone," Tenchi answered, not fully listening. Tenchi's mind was elsewhere; wondering where Ryoko was and what she was doing at his moment.
---Back to Ryoko and Sasami, Sasami's POV---
"Oh wow…" I breathed, "This is a primitive Jurain Ship!"
"Wow! Really?" Ryoko answered, shining her flashlight around. They had stepped into a large room that had been decorated with the standard Jurain Trees, but it also had unusual and large pink gems on the ground in specific places.
I cleared some dust off a golden plate. It read: Yume, tree of Princess Hikaeme.
"Princess Hikaeme! I read about her! She was the sister of Queen Teguchi! She ran away in her space tree to escape a war, and was never found again! So this is where she ended up!"
There was a strange sound and both Ryoko and I turned around. Standing before us, was a transparent girl in Jurain Robes. She had an outfit that was similar to mine and a headdress like Ayeka's.
"Hello!" She said politely, "What are your names?"
"My name is Sasami, and this is my friend Ryoko!" I answered, "May I ask your name?"
"My name is Hikaeme," the girl answered simply.
"The Princess Hikaeme?" Ryoko asked.
"I'm not sure, I don't remember…" Hikaeme answered sadly, "All I have is that over there…" she pointed to a picture on the wall of herself in fancy Jurain robes.
"It's just like Mire…" I thought sadly, "Why are their cases so alike?"
"Will you play with me, Ryoko, Sasami?" Hikaeme asked hopefully.
"Maybe later," Ryoko answered, " Sasami, may I speak to you alone?"
I ran over to where Ryoko was standing. She had a weird look on her face so I listened to her carefully.
"Sasami, I have a feeling that she is the ghost of Princess Hikaeme!" Ryoko said, "Tell me Sasami, were you really in the mirror when Ayeka said she saw you?"
I answered Ryoko truthfully, "Yes I was. I met a friend named Mire there."
Ryoko gasped, "Mire? Not the ambassador to Jurai's daughter Mire from the planet Genth? She was said to have disappeared as well when she took her father's ship exploring!"
I gasped. Something was definitely wrong here. Why were all these famous girls stranded alone in Sargasso? Were they really ghosts? Mire had lost her transparent-ness when she had gone into my mind…did that mean that she still existed somewhere? Maybe she existed in someone's mind!"
"He's here!" I turned around to see a very happy Princess Hikaeme, "He's coming! He comes here once and a while to talk to me! You will like him, he is nice!"
"Who is he?" Ryoko asked.
"His name is Sargasso, and he's a prince of some planet. He comes here to have tea with me!"
"Sargasso!" I shouted, "That's the name of the ship graveyard we're in!"
"Very good Princess Sasami…" a voice from behind me taunted.
"Oh Sargasso! You are here! Come meet my friends Ryoko and Sasami!"
A man in Jurain robes approached Ryoko and me. His wavy blue hair bounced up and down and his red eyes scanned me.
"Hikaeme, do you think I could have some time alone to introduce myself to your friends? They look quite nice."
"Yes, of course." Hikaeme faded from sight.
"What do you want?" Ryoko angrily asked.
"You, my dear," He answered, "Let me explain before I take your memories. I was once the prince of a now dead planet. We were attacking the Jurai Royal Family when Princess Hikaeme's ship flew out of Jurai's atmosphere. I followed it, intending on capturing her along with her family. When I boarded her ship, being young, she tried to bargain for her life. Her bargain was her doll collection for her release. I love young girls, so I playfully accepted her bargain, not really intending to keep it. When I saw her collection of dolls an idea hit me. I had always wished to be a father but my wife had long since died. I swore I would never marry again over her grave, which meant that I would never have any little girls of my own! I could however, steal other people's girls. I used a machine to steal Hikaeme's memories and body and left her soul on this ship, where she could remain her with me forever. Soon, more little girls came through and I did the same to them. They each live on their ship, and once in awhile I will visit each of them. They all treated me like a father, and I grew to love them that way. I have my own collection of little girls!"
"You sick monster!" Ryoko yelled, "Their parents' hearts must have shattered the day they found out their children were missing!"
"I don't care about their parents," Sargasso replied, "Although I do have some of the mothers with me as well…"
I was confused. How could he only keep little girls, and yet also have their mothers? So I asked him, "How can you have only little girls and have some of the little girl's mothers?"
"Quite simple actually," Sargasso smiled, "I just reverted them back to child form, which is what I plan to do to you, Ryoko."
Ryoko growled and Sargasso smirked at her.
"You're a meany! You should let all the girls go!" I shouted.
"I'm sorry you feel that way little Sasami," Sargasso replied sarcastically, "but don't worry, you wont remember any of this after I take away your memories!"
"I have one more question for you Sargasso!" Sasami yelled, "Why do you keep a picture of each girl on their ships?"
"That's where I have hidden their memories. If they used the powers they gain from losing their body, they can travel through memories of other people. If they realized that the pictures held their memories, they could re-live them and they would regain their body. Unfortunately for them, they don't have enough memories to remember that!" Sargasso laughed evilly, "And now I am tired of having to wait to see what you look like young Ryoko!" A flash filled the room. When I could finally see again I gasped.
"Oh my goodness Ryoko!"
I looked at her. She pretty much looked the same except that she was a bit shorter.
"Ahh, and look you are still beautiful," Sargasso commented and Ryoko hit him, "and still impolite I see. Ah well, that will change once I erase your memory!"
A/N: Dun dun dun! Did you like it? If you do, review (hey that rhymes) and if you want, I will reply to you (still rhymes)! ^_^ I will probably upload another chapter tomorrow.