Disclaimer: No, I don't own Tenchi Muyo. If I did, I wouldn't be writing fanfics, I'd be writing episodes. Some very rich people own Tenchi Muyo, and I envy them. I also beg them not to sue me. I'm just a pathetic fan. Besides, I'm very attached to my penny, (that's right, all the money I have is a penny, ONE penny) and I don't want it taken from me.

Souki (Remembering)

Prologue
"Kagato, have you managed to find my gems yet? I had them locked away perfectly; who could've stolen them? No one knows about them but the two of us." Washu said.
"As a matter of fact, Washu, I have located you gems. It seems the thief took them all the way to a small, primitive planet called Earth. They don't seem to be moving. In fact, I don't believe they are in anyone's possession right now. Maybe the thief dropped them," Kagato replied. 'Damn fool. Why can't you carry out a task of simple theft?' He thought to himself, silently cursing at the idiocy of his hired help.
"Good!" She exclaimed, "Maybe we can get to them before the thief notices they're gone."
"I can go, Washu," Kagato offered. "You've got classes to teach. Finding the gems should be no problem at all."
"My classes could easily do without me for a few days; the students might even consider it a blessing," She chuckled, "But you are just a student. I wouldn't want you falling behind in your schoolwork to go chasing down my gems."
"No!" He exclaimed with just enough urgency in his voice to earn him a suspicious look from his diminutive teacher. "Let me do this. I want to prove to you how much you've taught me."
"Well, okay. If you want to go that bad, then go ahead," She complied, though still a little leery about sending Kagato on this mission. "I guess I'll stay here and grace my students with the knowledge of The Greatest Scientific Genius in the Universe!" 'Hmm, something about Kagato is very suspicious. I'll have to keep an eye on him.' She thought as she finished her little outburst.
"You won't be disappointed, Professor," He assured. "I'll bring your gems back as soon as possible."
"Well, we'll see about that. I'll gather the equipment you'll need; you should go ready the Souja." She suggested. 'For your sake, Kagato, I hope you aren't planning something evil.' She thought to herself as Kagato took off down the path leading to the spaceship.

School was out for another weekend. She walked home in the warm, mid- October sun with eyes cast downward toward the ground. She wasn't depressed or anything, a little lonely maybe, but not depressed. She just found the ground more interesting than the afternoon sky. Plus, her light blue eyes were quite a bit light sensitive, so looking at the ground was less painful, and, while she still had to squint her eyes some, she didn't have to squint them quite as much.
While walking along the sidewalk and inspecting the ground traveling in front of her, she saw a faint sparkle coming from the grass near one of the small pine trees beside the path. She walked over to the tree and bent down to inspect the patch of earth where she had noticed the sparkle. She reached out her long, slender arm and ran her fingers through the grass, hoping to find whatever it was that had caught her eye. She spent several minutes pawing at the ground, trying to find the sparkling item that was the current object of her curiosity. She had crawled around the tree in search at least three times, but each time she turned up empty-handed. She even began to consider the possibility that maybe the sparkle she had seen, or thought she saw, was just a glare from sun reflecting off of her glasses. However, something told her to keep looking. Five more minutes passed without any sign of the mysterious object, and she began to lose hope. Suddenly, she spotted the sparkle again and instantly made her way over to its source. She reached into the grass and pulled out. a small sliver of silver glass.
'That's all it was, you stupid girl,' she silently laughed at herself as she stared at the piece of glass, 'just a dumb piece of glass.' As she stood up and started to walk away, her laughs slowly increased in volume. By the time she time she threw the glass into a bush before crossing the street to her house, it would have obvious to anyone standing within a couple feet of her that she was laughing. She didn't know why she kept laughing like that, but she kept on just the same.
When she reached the front door of her house, the feeling that had urged her to keep looking for that shining object was suddenly renewed. She had no idea why, I mean, she had already found what had caught her eye. It was just that little piece of glass, but no matter how much she tried to tell herself that, she still found herself longing to search beneath the tree just once more. Before she even reached the door handle, she was turning around to resume her search. She walked all the way back to the exact spot in which she had first seen the sparkle and, once again, dropped down to her knees and ran her fingers through the grass.
After only a few short minutes, she found what she had been looking for the entire time. She grasped her hand around her mysterious treasure and pulled it from the grass. Then, with a surprised look on her face, she examined the three circular spheres she held in her palm.
"That's weird." She said aloud as she held them up into the sunlight to watch it gleam off their surfaces. "Who would be careless enough to leave three beautiful, perfectly round gems laying here in the grass? Oh well, guess whoever used to own these didn't need them all that much. They're mine now." She shoved the gems in her pocket and walked back home.

A/N Well, I know it's short, but this is just a sample of what's to come. I have the rough drafts for several chapters already written, but I won't go through the trouble of revising and typing them up if no one will read them. So if you like this story and want to see what happens next. SEND ME REVIEWS!!!! You can send them to me at my email address (TigerGem5665@yahoo.com) or you can IM me and tell me what you thought. My screen name is TigerGem5665 (surprise, surprise). Please R&R. The next chapter will cover what happens when Kagato comes to Earth in search of Washu's gems. Don't miss it!