The Adventures of Space Pirate Sasami
Unrequited LoveA/N: Domo to all who have reviewed! ^_^ Kuso on all of those who haven't! Gomen, I didn't mean it! ^. ~ Thanks to MajinBulmaRyokoMasaki for the tasty Tenchi cookie! I enjoyed biting off Tenchi's head!!! *Laughs evilly* You also gave me an idea for the mini-adventures of Kurai Sakura (aka: The Disclaimer)!!!
Disclaimer: Kurai Sakura is seen sneaking out of the AIC/Pioneer Headquarters with a box of the only Tenchi Muyo Cookies in existence! She sneaks behind an alley corner, ready to tear the box open when Mihoshi comes out of no where, takes the box, and eats all of its contents. Since Mihoshi belongs to AIC/Pioneer, technically the cookies went back to AIC/Pioneer!
"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! Hikaeme!"
The Princess Hikaeme appeared from out of nowhere, "Yes Sargasso?"
I was confused. I didn't want to lose my memories! I didn't want to lose the happy memories of cooking with Ryo-ohki, or attending the town carnival, or of sneaking out during study to my garden! I didn't want to lose any of my memories, even the bad ones so I can learn from them! If I lost my memories…I would be a lost soul…I couldn't control myself any longer and burst into tears.
Hikaeme saw my outburst and asked, "Why are you crying Sasami?"
I cried louder at her misfortune. She probably once cried just like me, and now she didn't remember. I had to remind her, "Because Sargasso is going to take my memories and body away!"
"That's right!" Young Ryoko joined in, "He took your memories and body away too!"
"That's not true Hikaeme!" Sargasso shouted, "Who do you believe, these strangers, or me?"
"Princess Hikaeme!" I wailed, "Don't listen to him! Look into the memories of your picture and you will remember!"
I think Princess Hikaeme was confused, as she looked that way. Soon, like me, tears started to form in her pretty blue eyes and her body shook from crying, making her purple hair bounce.
Young Ryoko ran up to her with her picture, "Look at this Hikaeme!" She shouted, "Look through your memories!"
"Nooooo!" Hikaeme shouted, "I believe Sargasso! Go away!"
Sargasso smirked at his victory.
"Now you shall join Princess Hikaeme, Lady Mire, Young Queen Dincey, Jurakassa Lorith, Kintella, and Gisellue!" Sargasso laughed, forgetting Princess Hikaeme was still present.
"Who are all of those people Sargasso?" Hikaeme asked, "And why are Sasami and Ryoko going with them?"
Sargasso looked like he had just seen a ghost, "Well Hikaeme…err…Princess Hikaeme was a former princess of Jurai, Young Queen Dincey was a queen who was crowned at an early age, Jurkassa was a space pirate's daughter, Lorith was a rich man's daughter, and Gisellue was a mother of the Princess Hikaeme." Sargasso ended right there, ignoring Hikaeme's second question.
"Am I a princess?" Hikaeme asked confused.
"No!" Sargasso shouted.
"Yes!" Young Ryoko and I countered. This made poor Hikaeme even more confused.
"Do you want to learn your past Princess Hikaeme?" I asked kindly. She nodded eagerly. "All you have to do is look into the memories of your picture."
"Really?" Hikaeme asked, glancing at her picture.
"Really."
"No!" Sargasso shouted, grabbing the picture.
"Not so fast!" Young Ryoko shouted, grabbing at the picture.
"You should be talking…" Sargasso grabbed out a gun-like thing and pointed it at Young Ryoko.
It was too late, I couldn't even shout in protest. It all happened too quickly…
---Tenchi's House, no longer Sasami's POV---
"I refuse to believe it!" Instead of crying, Sasami's older sister Ayeka now paced the room shouting in rage, "I refuse to believe that Sasami has joined that scum bag of her own free will!"
"But Ayeka, we saw with our own eyes, Sasami was playing with a Galaxy Police Officer just like a pirate would! He even got it on tape!"
Mihoshi giggled, "Yeah, it was really funny!"
"MIHOSHI!" Kiyone yelled.
"I'm sorry Kiyone!" Mihoshi wailed.
"Can we see this footage?" Washu asked curiously.
"Actually, yes you can," Kiyone answered, "Everyone onboard the Yagami!"
---The Yagami, still not Sasami's POV---
"B-but I wanna be a space pirate! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!" The video shut off. Ayeka stood there with her mouth wide open, very un-lady-like. Tenchi was finding it hard not to laugh, as was Washu and Mihoshi.
"Well, at least Sasami is doing her new job well!" Washu laughed nasally as she exited Yagami.
Snapping out of her trance, Ayeka took her anger out on Washu.
"Washu-san-" Unfortunately for Ayeka, she had already angered Washu.
"Call me Washu-chan!"
"WASHU-CHAN I do not appreciate your support for Sasami in this matter!"
"Well that's too bad, I think both Ryoko and Sasami were very smart in leaving the house," Washu answered.
"Washu-chan, why do you think that?" Tenchi asked wondering if Washu knew why Sasami left.
"Do you regret what you said to Ryoko?" Washu asked sternly.
"Well…I…err..umm…" Tenchi tried to answer. In truth, he regretted deeply what he said to Ryoko, he didn't actually want her to leave and wanted her back desperately, but it was hard to forgive what she had been found guilty of…
---Before Ryoko Left, Tenchi's Memories---
"Tenchi-sama! Save me!" I rushed out of the living room to Ayeka's cry coming from the kitchen. As I ran into the kitchen I passed Sasami who was crying in the corner.
The scene before my eyes was unbelievable. Ayeka was pushed up against the wall and Ryoko had a knife pointed at her.
"Ryoko!" I shouted, "How could you?"
"But Tenchi, I-"
"But Tenchi nothing!" I shouted, "Ayeka, was she trying to kill you?" Ayeka nodded slowly.
"Ryoko! Upstairs! Now! We need to have a talk!"
"No Tenchi! It was Ayeka!"
"Nonsense! You were holding the knife! How dare you accuse her of such things?"
"Tenchi I refuse to go upstairs until you listen to me!" Ryoko shouted.
"That's it Ryoko, OUT! Out NOW!"
"Fine then! I will leave!" Ryoko phased upstairs and slammed the door to her room. After putting the knife back to its proper place and comforting Ayeka, I went to go find Ryoko. On my way out of the kitchen I passed Sasami.
"Tenchi! You're mean! And I'm not cooking any more meals for you ever again so there!" I stared blankly at her. That was the last time I ever saw her.
---Back to Yagami, no one's POV---
"No! I don't regret what I said to her Washu-chan!" Tenchi shouted.
Washu sighed," I guess you will never find true happiness then…" She then exited Yagami with everyone following her, leaving Tenchi alone.
"Find true happiness? What does that have to do with Ryoko?" Tenchi thought.
---Sargasso, Sasami's POV---
"Where am I?" Young Ryoko asked, "Who am I?" I started to cry. He had taken her memories!
"What did you do to Ryoko?" Hikaeme asked angrily.
"I helped her Hikaeme-chan," Sargasso replied, "Now she wont be pained by her sad memories, she'll only have happy ones with me!"
"Then why is Sasami crying?" Hikaeme yelled. I grabbed the picture of Hikaeme from Sargasso while he was distracted and talking to Hikaeme.
"Hikaeme! Use this!" I tossed the picture to her. I saw Hikaeme stick her head through it.
"No!" Sargasso cried. Slowly, I saw Hikaeme's body look more solid. When she finally pulled her head out of the picture she glared at Sargasso.
"You meany!" She shouted, "You took advantage of me!"
"I'm sorry Hikaeme, the truth is…I loved you, I could never marry you because of the promise to my former wife, but I wanted to keep you forever..I guess it just got out of hand…"
"Will you set all the other girls free Sargasso?" I asked timidly.
"Yes," he nodded, handing Young Ryoko a picture frame, "Look through this." Ryoko went through her transformation a little differently. As her body took on a solid form, it also grew, until she was back to normal.
"Ryoko!" I ran over to my friend and hugged her.
"Hikaeme," Sargasso started, "Would you do me the favor of releasing all of the girls?" Princess Hikaeme nodded.
"Wait!" I shouted letting go of Ryoko, "Do you think I could release Mire?" Sargasso and Hikaeme agreed.
"C'mon Ryoko! Let's go!" I shouted tugging on her hand.
"Wait a second Sasami," She said pulling away gently.
"Sargasso, did your wife love you?" She asked him.
"Well…yes, we were married," He answered.
"Then wouldn't your deceased wife want you to be happy?"
"Yes, of course she would."
"Then I'm sure she wouldn't mind if you re-married. Don't you agree?" Sargasso pondered this awhile, and then smiled up at her.
"I believe you are right my dear, you must have a wonderful love life with your knowledge."
Ryoko smiled at him, "Sadly, Not so." Then she joined me and we hopped aboard Ryo-ohki.
---On Board the Ryo-ohki, Sasami's POV---
"That was some adventure wasn't it Ryoko?" I asked happily. Ryoko, however, was deep in thought.
Finally she asked, "Do you think I should go back to Sargasso and ask him to change me into a child?"
"Why?"
"Because maybe Tenchi would like me more if I was a child…he always liked you…"
"But I thought we were leaving Tenchi…" I trailed off.
"I never really wanted to leave Tenchi, I only left because he told me to."
"But you're Ryoko, the infamous Space Pirate Ryoko! Why do you take orders from a prince?"
Ryoko sighed, "Because I love him Sasami, and I want to make him happy. If leaving makes him happy, then I will."
"But he's not happy! Don't you see he loves you Ryoko?"
"Then why did he kick me out of the house Sasami?"
"What did happen in the kitchen anyway?" I asked, trying to change the subject a little.
"Well…it all started when…"
---Ryoko's Memories of before she left---
"Sasami, do you think you could teach me how to cook?"
"Sure Ryoko!"
That was when Ayeka entered. That prissy princess…
"Sasami, I would very much like to learn to cook too!" The prissy princess ordered.
"I'm sorry Ayeka," Sasami politely apologized, "But I just can't teach more than one person at a time!"
"As your sister and First Princess of Jurai, I believe I should be taught first!"
"Listen Princes," I backed myself up, "I asked first!"
"Sasami, please go outside just in case things get rough," Ayeka tapped Sasami's bum with the back of a wooden spoon, "Go on, hurry now!" Reluctantly, Sasami obeyed her sister.
"Listen Ayeka, all I want to do is learn how to make Aka Miso Soup*. Maybe Sasami can teach me how to make that, and then teach you how to make something you want tomorrow, is that ok?" I tried to reason.
Ayeka picked up a huge sushi knife and started to wave it around as she talked, "No it is not ok! I know you are just doing this to please Tenchi-Sama! And let me tell you, space scum like you does not deserve a man like Tenchi, well bred princesses however, are another story!"
"This is not about Tenchi, Ayeka! I want to learn how to make Aka Miso Soup because it's my favorite kind, and sometimes I miss dinner and don't have anything to eat!"
"Serves you right if you miss dinner!" Ayeka said, swinging the knife out in front of her.
"Hey! Would you be careful with that?" I shouted.
"Listen Ryoko! I want you out of the picture. Tenchi-sama is MINE. If you don't agree to leave, I will force you to," As she said this she backed herself into a corner and I turned to face her.
"Make me."
"Tenchi-sama! Save me!" She cried as she pushed the knife into my outstretched hand. Before I realized what was happening, it was too late…
---Back to the present, Sasami's POV---
"That's horrible Ryoko! We should go back and tell him right now!" I shouted.
"Would he believe me? We'd need your sister to confess first, and you know she won't. Let's just go release that friend of yours, ok?"
"But Ryoko, you must be heart broken."
"Believe me, I am," Ryoko replied slowly, "The cruelest thing in the universe is unrequited love…"
A/N: Next, Sasami and Ryoko go to free Mire! Yay! Will Tenchi ever realize what a stupid guy he is? You'll have to wait a few chapters to find out! ^. ~ I should have a new one up by Friday at the latest hopefully.