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Here's chapter 2...

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~Masaki House~

"Hey, Has anyone seen Ryoko, or Ryo-Ohki?" asks Tenchi, walking down the stairs.

"No." Noboyuki replies, looking up from the paper he's reading, "Not since yesterday, around noon."

"Hmmm. I wonder where they could be?" Tenchi wonders, aloud, "Sasami should know where Ryo-Ohki is. I'll go ask her."

With that, Tenchi heads to the kitchen to talk to Sasami. He pokes his head slightly inside the kitchen, where the young light blue-haired girl is busy, scurring about to get breakfast ready.

"Hey, Sasami?"

"Sorry, Tenchi." the girl responds, continuing to go about preparing the food, "I can't talk right now. I'm kinda busy."

"Oh, Sorry." Tenchi says, then pulls his head back out and slides the door shut. 'Maybe Washu knows what's going on?' he thinks, glancing toward the door that leads to Washu's lab, 'Oh boy...' He walks over to it and reluctantly opens the door... he really hates going into Washu's lab.


~Hall Closet/Washu's Sub-space Lab~

"Uh... Little Washu?" Tenchi says, as the door into the lab disappears behind him.

"Yeah Tenchi? What do you want?" the dark pink-haired genius responds, without turning her attention away from her work.

"... I was wondering," Tenchi says, "Do you know where Ryoko, or Ryo-Ohki are? I can't seem to find them anywhere."

"No..." Washu replies, "But, I'm trying to find them."

"Find them?" echoes Tenchi.

"Yes. It appears they're not on Earth, anymore." Washu says, continuing her work, "Speaking of people... Have you spoken to Princess Ayeka, this morning?"

"Uh, Now that you mention it... no, I haven't." the guy replies, "Wait. What does this have to do with Ayeka?"

'Everything!' Washu states, in her mind, then says, "Nevermind. I have to find Ryoko and Ryo-Ohki. Now, Get out."

Tenchi decides that he best listen to the genius, and he leaves the lab.

'Where are you, Ryoko?' the scientist wonders 'Why did you let your feelings for that woman cause you to leave? Trouble's coming and... without your powers, I fear victory may be out of the question...' :!scene switches to a nearby monitor, showing the image of a very large space-ship, known as the Ryuga, closing-in on the Earth's Solar-System!:


~In Space/Just outside Earth's Solar System~

Inside the Ryuga, Raziel is sitting in a large seat set against the back-wall of the ship, with his head lowered and his eyes closed.

He raises his head and opens his eyes, "Soon..." he says, "Soon, I will have the power I desire... I will possess the jewels and the secret of Jurai."

Raziel stands and walks forward a few steps, then looks into a viewer at his destination... Planet Earth.

"Prepare yourselves! Ryoko, Princess Ayeka... I shall soon take your powers! Hahahahahaha!" ...


~Somewhere in Deep-Space~

"Miya!!"

"What is it, Ryo-Ohki?" asks Ryoko.

"Miya! Mya, Mya. Miya!" replies Ryo-Ohki.

"A ship? Heading toward Earth?" the demon-woman says, "Forget it!" she waves her hand slightly, "I left that existence -if you can call it that- behind. There is NO WAY that I'm going back there!"

"Mya, Miya, Miya! Miya, Mya! Miiyyaaa!!"

"The Ryuga!?" Ryoko responds, her amber eyes widening, then in her mind 'That means Raziel is heading for Earth! But, Why would he... !?!?' then, it hits her 'He's probably after my jewels! Well, He's gonna get a surprise, cause only *one* of my jewels is still on that planet! Ha!'

"Miya, Mya?" asks Ryo-Ohki.

"What if it's Tenchi's, or Ayeka's, power he's after?" questions Ryoko.

"Miya! Mya, Mya." the cabbit-ship replies.

"I see. You're worried about them." Ryoko says, closing her eyes and lowering her head, she brushes her hand over her strangely-styled cyan hair, "No. We're not going back." she finishes simply.

"Mya..."
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To Be Continued...


Ramblings: Tune in next time, for the next episo-- chapter of this fic. So, Til then.