Tenchi Muyo!
Disclaimer: This episode of Tenchi Muyo! is of my own creation. I do not own any portion of Tenchi Muyo. "Tenchi Muyo!" and all related characters, names, etc. are ©1992-2003 AIC Inc. and Pioneer LDC. All rights reserved.
Note: This episode takes place shortly after the events of Tenchi Muyo! Special Episode: Here Comes Jurai, Part Two.
Of Happiness and Sorrow
Episode 6:
Partners of Mystery
"Tenchi, today I want to train you to use your Jurai powers."
Tenchi took a step back, completely shocked. He and his grandfather just made it to the top of the steps to the Masaki shrine. Tenchi a few minutes earlier was about to go to the onsen to confront Ryoko and Ayeka to tell them his true feelings for them when his grandfather stopped him and told him that he had to train. They were both very quiet the entire trip up the steps, but now Tenchi is just standing in front of his grandfather with a confused look on his face.
"Grandpa, why?"
"Why?" the Jurai warrior looked at his grandson frowning. "Tell me Tenchi, have you ever been able to successfully activate your Lighthawk Wings manually since you discovered them?"
Tenchi bowed his head slightly. "No I haven't. I've tried plenty of times, but the only times that I activated them when I was in mortal danger."
"Then that is why we are training Tenchi." The Shinto priest held out his hand towards his grandson. "Tenchi, give me the Master Key."
Tenchi looked at his grandfather perplexed. "Grandpa, I don't have it on me."
Yosho frowned again. "Then call it to you."
"Huh? Call it to me? How?"
Yosho now started to smile. "Then that is what we will start the training with."
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"Boy, I feel so much better! That dip was perfect!"
"Yeah princess, let's go see if Tenchi is done meditating yet."
"Yes, let us do that."
Ryoko and Ayeka walked into the house in good spirits. They took a look around when they got inside to see Sasami, Ryo-Ohki and Nobuyuki sitting on the couch watching television. Nobuyuki looked over to them. "Hey girls, have a nice dip?"
Ryoko smiled at him. "Yeah, it was great! Oh hey, is Tenchi done with that meditating thing?"
"Yeah," Nobuyuki answered while scratching the back of his head, "He ran down here and was about to go to you girls, but then Dad came in and told him that he wanted him to train a bit."
Both girls slumped their shoulders and drooped their heads, sigh bubbles escaping their mouths.
Ryoko stood back up and shrugged. "I think I'll take a quick nap." She stretched and then phased onto her napping rafter above them.
Sasami got up off the couch and started to walk to the kitchen. She stopped and looked over at Ryo-Ohki, who was still watching television. "Hey Ryo- Ohki, I'm going to start with dinner, do you want to help?"
Ryo-Ohki waved her hand up, saying, "Later," all the while not taking her focus of the television.
Sasami giggled lightly and walked into the kitchen, thinking, 'Hmm, what will I make today?'
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"...This is Detective First-Class Mihoshi out!" exclaimed the GP officer with a sharp salute as she finished her oral report to head quarters. "Yukinojo?"
"Yes Miss Mihoshi?" answered the main intelligence unit of Mihoshi's ship.
"Send the report to HQ please."
"Yes Ma'am!"
Mihoshi stretched for a couple of seconds and started to smile. "And now we can go home! I can't wait to get there, I'm starving!" Mihoshi jumped into the pilot's seat, turned on the engines and blasted away to her home away from home, earth.
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Tenchi and Yosho were now at the training grounds in the forest near the shrine. Yosho was watching as Tenchi tries to summon the Tenchi-ken and gives him advice to help him towards his goal.
"That's it Tenchi, concentrate. Imagine the Master Key coming into your hands."
Tenchi's eyes were closed as he concentrated on his grandfather's instructions. He could feel a warmth coursing through his body, and suddenly, he felt something in his hands. He opened his eyes to see the Tenchi-ken resting in his hands. A large smile escaped his lips as he looked up too his grandfather, who was also smiling.
"Well done Tenchi," Yosho started, "you successfully called the Master Key to you, now I want to see how well you use it." He reached inside of his training shirt and pulled out an energy sword.
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Meanwhile in a strange and unusual dimension hidden from the mortal world, the goddess Tokimi ponders her next move. She watches with interest as the former prince Yosho trains his grandson, the crown prince Tenchi.
"He should be able to create five Lighthawk Wings. It is very curious in that he can only summon three. This requires more attention, D3."
The demi-god and servant of Tokimi appears in front of her. "Yes Lady Tokimi?"
"Send one of our servants to the Masaki Residence on earth. I want to keep a close eye on my dear sisters and Tsunami's Knight."
"As you wish." And with that, D3 disappeared.
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"Mihoshi! Mihoshi! Wake up Mihoshi!"
Mihoshi's eyes fluttered opened. She let out a long yawn while asking, "What is it Yukinojo?"
"You have an urgent message from Head Quarters."
She sat up in her chair, suddenly alert. "An urgent message? Patch it through Yukinojo."
"Yes Ma'am!"
A screen appears in front of her and Captain Nobeyama is on the screen. Mihoshi stands up and salutes him. He starts right away, "At ease Detective Mihoshi," he waits until she stops her salute before he starts again, "I'm glad I could get through to you. I just brisked through your report and it seems that, aside from the visit from the Emperor of Jurai and his wives, that not much else has happened in your area, is that correct?"
"Yes!" Mihoshi chimes in, "All has been pretty well in my sector."
The Captain looks relieved. "That is great." He stops for a moment to wipe his brow with a hanker chief. He looks back at Mihoshi, now smiling. "Now for other matters. You've just been assigned a new partner."
Mihoshi's eyes go wide. "Really?"
"Yes. She was near your area when she was assigned so she will make it to earth before you. I think that you will be surprised to know that she personally requested to be your partner, despite your past history with her."
Mihoshi starts to look both confused and excited. "I know her? Who is she?"
"Your new partner is Lieutenant..."
Someone watching Yukinojo from the outside would have sworn that it was exploding from the way it shook when Mihoshi shouted, "WHAT!?"
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"Tenchi! Stop trying to hit me, that won't work! Let your powers guide you! Focus!"
Tenchi jumped back away from his grandfather. 'He's right,' he thought to himself, 'I'm always trying to hard to hit him or any of my targets. I still have trouble using this sword at times.'
"Come on Tenchi, focus! Feel your powers, they will be the deciding factor in a fight, whether you can properly use them or not."
Tenchi closed his eyes and began to focus. Suddenly, he felt his entire body relax, as he was earlier while in meditation. He could almost smell the cinnamon incense. He opened his eyes, focused. Before he knew what he was doing, he was charging straight at his grandfather.
Yosho blocked the attack just in time. Suddenly Tenchi came at him with a furry of attacks, each one just narrowly blocked or dodged in time. Yosho was now acting on pure instinct, his grandson attacking him with such speed and determination that he didn't have time to even think.
Tenchi went in quick with a swipe followed with a leg sweep. Yosho blocked the swipe, but wasn't quick enough to dodge the leg sweep and was knocked on the ground. He was about to get back up, but the sound of a humming blade very close to his neck stopped him in his tracks.
He looked up to see Tenchi standing over him, a look of extreme concentration on his face, pointing the Tenchi-ken at his neck. Tenchi and Yosho both broke into identical grins.
"Excellent Tenchi! That was wonderful! I would not like to be your enemy!"
Tenchi started to laugh while he reached down and took his grandfather's hand to pull him up. After Yosho got back up, he began to dust himself off.
Tenchi looked down at the sword, it's blade now gone. "I focused on when I was meditating, when my body and mind were both relaxed. I suddenly felt a power surge through me and before I knew what I was doing, I was attacking you like I never had before."
Yosho looked at Tenchi thoughtfully. "That is why I recommended that you meditate Tenchi, to help focus your body and mind. With both focused on fighting me, your powers activated and gave you the power you just displayed."
Tenchi scratched the back of his head with his free hand, amazed. "Wow, does this mean that I might be able to activate my Light Hawk Wings?"
"Possibly, but we will leave that until tomorrow. Right now you have chores to do."
"Huh? Oh yeah, I forgot. I'll get right on that grandpa," said as he turned around and walked towards the shrine.
"Tenchi," Yosho suddenly yells out. His grandson turns around. "Good work today, I am proud of you."
Tenchi smiles like a child. He says, "Thanks grandpa!" before turning around again and running towards the shrine.
Yosho chuckles to himself. "You are growing up very fast now Tenchi. If our next training sessions are anything like this one, I have no doubt that you will be able to successfully activate your Lighthawk Wings."
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"Ryo-Ohki, you finally decided to come and help with dinner?"
"Yeah, show's over," replied the teen.
Sasami giggled at her friend. "Well I started kinda early so right now I'm making some small snacks. I'm just about done with them, can you bring them out to everybody?"
"Sure," replied Ryo-Ohki as she took the tray out to the living room.
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"Ah Ryo-Ohki, you brought us some snacks!"
"That is good, I was getting a little hungry."
Ryoko, Ayeka and Washu were all sitting on the living room couch, having some 'girl talk' as Tenchi likes to put it. Nobuyuki went up to his old room, which is now Mihoshi's. He still keeps some of his old design plans in there for research.
Ryo-Ohki sat down next to Ryoko and they started to eat the snacks. Ryoko watched them slightly enviously. Washu noticed her daughter's actions, as well as some of her thoughts. An idea quickly came to her. "You know Ryoko, I could perform a simple operation to give you your sense of taste."
Ryoko's head shot up, she was looking torn between not caring and excitement. She tried to act normally when she said, "Why would I want to be able to taste things?"
Washu sat up, now with a mischievous smile on her face. "Because if you could taste, then you could make edible meals for Tenchi and possibly impress him."
Ryoko felt a flush go across her face as the other girls giggled at her. She looked around embarrassed. "Well, since you put it that way, I guess I'll go do it."
Washu jumped off of her seat, thoroughly excited. "Great!" she started, "Let's get a move on!" She then grabbed Ryoko's hand and began to drag her into her lab.
Ryoko yanked her hand back to her. "Wait Mom! How long is this going to take?"
"No time at all!" she answered, "I thought that you'd want your sense of taste sooner or later, so I had everything ready for you when you were! The small surgery should only take about one hour, and you will be able to taste by dinner!"
Ryoko didn't say anything, but reluctantly let her mother drag into her lab. Just before the door shut behind her, she shouted out, "Wish me luck," to Ryo-Ohki and Ayeka.
The teen looked over to the princess, looking slightly worried. "I hope that it goes good."
Ayeka giggled and said, "You mean 'well'. 'I hope that it goes well'. And yes, so do I."
Ryo-Ohki just shrugged her shoulders and helped herself to another snack. Sasami then walked in from the kitchen. "Hey, what was all that noise about?"
"Oh nothing Sasami," Ayeka started, "Wa...I mean Little Washu is going to give Ryoko her ability to taste."
The little princess' eyes lit up. "Really? So she can finally enjoy my cooking!? Ooh I'm gonna make something really nice!" And with that, she ran back into the kitchen.
Ryo-Ohki suddenly looked at Washu's lab thoughtfully. "saké."
Ayeka looked over at Ryo-Ohki confused. "What did you just say Ryo-Ohki?"
Ryo-Ohki looked back to Ayeka smiling. "Ryoko and saké."
Suddenly the thought dawned on Ayeka. She started giggling. "Oh I see now, you make a good point. I also wonder how much Ryoko will like saké now that she can taste it."
Both girls started to giggle mischievously.
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Mihoshi was speeding towards the earth as fast as she could, feeling happier than she has in years. She was practically singing out loud, "Oh I can't wait to see her again! This is gonna be great!"
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About an hour and a half later, everybody, minus Mihoshi, were sitting around the table eating dinner. It was a very enjoyable and memorable dinner. Ryoko was visibly enjoying the food, and her newfound sense of taste. Her eyes kept on lighting up each time she put another piece of food in her mouth. Sasami went into a fit of giggles each time she saw Ryoko's expression. Tenchi told them all about the training session her had earlier and everyone was impressed.
Ryoko folded her hands on Tenchi's right shoulder and put her chin onto her hands. She looked at him with those beautiful, feline-like eyes while saying, "Oh my Tenchi is getting so strong!"
Tenchi looked over to her and smiled. "You know it!"
Everyone looked over at Ayeka to see how she would respond, but she just simply looked over at them and shook her head and smirked lightly while still eating.
Washu was sitting next to Yosho as usual, but he still wasn't talking to her much. She kept on turning to him, looking like she was about to say something, but changed her mind at the last moment.
A knock at the front door diverted everyone's attention. Tenchi got up and went to see who it is. He opened the door and stood face to face with a pair of pretty blue eyes that belong to a very beautiful woman. She was a little taller than Tenchi, and from the look of her clothes, she appeared to be a Galaxy Police officer. Her uniform was slightly different from Mihoshi's. She had on an orange tie and orange fingerless gloves. She did not wear a hat, but an orange headband that stopped just below her hairline, which was long and dark green.
She saluted Tenchi as soon as he opened the door. "Greetings, I am Detective First-Class Mihoshi's new partner, Lieutenant Kiyone Makibi."
To be continued...
Author's notes: I've been wanting to bring in Kiyone right from the get go. She is one of my favorite characters in the Tenchi series. I like the thought that she is sort of a bad guy right now, being one of Tokimi's servants and all. Soon things will fall into place and the goddess wars will begin!
Questions or Comments? E-mail me at: lighthawkdemon@yahoo.com
Next episode: Kiyone Joins the Party!
Disclaimer: This episode of Tenchi Muyo! is of my own creation. I do not own any portion of Tenchi Muyo. "Tenchi Muyo!" and all related characters, names, etc. are ©1992-2003 AIC Inc. and Pioneer LDC. All rights reserved.
Note: This episode takes place shortly after the events of Tenchi Muyo! Special Episode: Here Comes Jurai, Part Two.
Of Happiness and Sorrow
Episode 6:
Partners of Mystery
"Tenchi, today I want to train you to use your Jurai powers."
Tenchi took a step back, completely shocked. He and his grandfather just made it to the top of the steps to the Masaki shrine. Tenchi a few minutes earlier was about to go to the onsen to confront Ryoko and Ayeka to tell them his true feelings for them when his grandfather stopped him and told him that he had to train. They were both very quiet the entire trip up the steps, but now Tenchi is just standing in front of his grandfather with a confused look on his face.
"Grandpa, why?"
"Why?" the Jurai warrior looked at his grandson frowning. "Tell me Tenchi, have you ever been able to successfully activate your Lighthawk Wings manually since you discovered them?"
Tenchi bowed his head slightly. "No I haven't. I've tried plenty of times, but the only times that I activated them when I was in mortal danger."
"Then that is why we are training Tenchi." The Shinto priest held out his hand towards his grandson. "Tenchi, give me the Master Key."
Tenchi looked at his grandfather perplexed. "Grandpa, I don't have it on me."
Yosho frowned again. "Then call it to you."
"Huh? Call it to me? How?"
Yosho now started to smile. "Then that is what we will start the training with."
______
"Boy, I feel so much better! That dip was perfect!"
"Yeah princess, let's go see if Tenchi is done meditating yet."
"Yes, let us do that."
Ryoko and Ayeka walked into the house in good spirits. They took a look around when they got inside to see Sasami, Ryo-Ohki and Nobuyuki sitting on the couch watching television. Nobuyuki looked over to them. "Hey girls, have a nice dip?"
Ryoko smiled at him. "Yeah, it was great! Oh hey, is Tenchi done with that meditating thing?"
"Yeah," Nobuyuki answered while scratching the back of his head, "He ran down here and was about to go to you girls, but then Dad came in and told him that he wanted him to train a bit."
Both girls slumped their shoulders and drooped their heads, sigh bubbles escaping their mouths.
Ryoko stood back up and shrugged. "I think I'll take a quick nap." She stretched and then phased onto her napping rafter above them.
Sasami got up off the couch and started to walk to the kitchen. She stopped and looked over at Ryo-Ohki, who was still watching television. "Hey Ryo- Ohki, I'm going to start with dinner, do you want to help?"
Ryo-Ohki waved her hand up, saying, "Later," all the while not taking her focus of the television.
Sasami giggled lightly and walked into the kitchen, thinking, 'Hmm, what will I make today?'
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"...This is Detective First-Class Mihoshi out!" exclaimed the GP officer with a sharp salute as she finished her oral report to head quarters. "Yukinojo?"
"Yes Miss Mihoshi?" answered the main intelligence unit of Mihoshi's ship.
"Send the report to HQ please."
"Yes Ma'am!"
Mihoshi stretched for a couple of seconds and started to smile. "And now we can go home! I can't wait to get there, I'm starving!" Mihoshi jumped into the pilot's seat, turned on the engines and blasted away to her home away from home, earth.
______
Tenchi and Yosho were now at the training grounds in the forest near the shrine. Yosho was watching as Tenchi tries to summon the Tenchi-ken and gives him advice to help him towards his goal.
"That's it Tenchi, concentrate. Imagine the Master Key coming into your hands."
Tenchi's eyes were closed as he concentrated on his grandfather's instructions. He could feel a warmth coursing through his body, and suddenly, he felt something in his hands. He opened his eyes to see the Tenchi-ken resting in his hands. A large smile escaped his lips as he looked up too his grandfather, who was also smiling.
"Well done Tenchi," Yosho started, "you successfully called the Master Key to you, now I want to see how well you use it." He reached inside of his training shirt and pulled out an energy sword.
______
Meanwhile in a strange and unusual dimension hidden from the mortal world, the goddess Tokimi ponders her next move. She watches with interest as the former prince Yosho trains his grandson, the crown prince Tenchi.
"He should be able to create five Lighthawk Wings. It is very curious in that he can only summon three. This requires more attention, D3."
The demi-god and servant of Tokimi appears in front of her. "Yes Lady Tokimi?"
"Send one of our servants to the Masaki Residence on earth. I want to keep a close eye on my dear sisters and Tsunami's Knight."
"As you wish." And with that, D3 disappeared.
______
"Mihoshi! Mihoshi! Wake up Mihoshi!"
Mihoshi's eyes fluttered opened. She let out a long yawn while asking, "What is it Yukinojo?"
"You have an urgent message from Head Quarters."
She sat up in her chair, suddenly alert. "An urgent message? Patch it through Yukinojo."
"Yes Ma'am!"
A screen appears in front of her and Captain Nobeyama is on the screen. Mihoshi stands up and salutes him. He starts right away, "At ease Detective Mihoshi," he waits until she stops her salute before he starts again, "I'm glad I could get through to you. I just brisked through your report and it seems that, aside from the visit from the Emperor of Jurai and his wives, that not much else has happened in your area, is that correct?"
"Yes!" Mihoshi chimes in, "All has been pretty well in my sector."
The Captain looks relieved. "That is great." He stops for a moment to wipe his brow with a hanker chief. He looks back at Mihoshi, now smiling. "Now for other matters. You've just been assigned a new partner."
Mihoshi's eyes go wide. "Really?"
"Yes. She was near your area when she was assigned so she will make it to earth before you. I think that you will be surprised to know that she personally requested to be your partner, despite your past history with her."
Mihoshi starts to look both confused and excited. "I know her? Who is she?"
"Your new partner is Lieutenant..."
Someone watching Yukinojo from the outside would have sworn that it was exploding from the way it shook when Mihoshi shouted, "WHAT!?"
______
"Tenchi! Stop trying to hit me, that won't work! Let your powers guide you! Focus!"
Tenchi jumped back away from his grandfather. 'He's right,' he thought to himself, 'I'm always trying to hard to hit him or any of my targets. I still have trouble using this sword at times.'
"Come on Tenchi, focus! Feel your powers, they will be the deciding factor in a fight, whether you can properly use them or not."
Tenchi closed his eyes and began to focus. Suddenly, he felt his entire body relax, as he was earlier while in meditation. He could almost smell the cinnamon incense. He opened his eyes, focused. Before he knew what he was doing, he was charging straight at his grandfather.
Yosho blocked the attack just in time. Suddenly Tenchi came at him with a furry of attacks, each one just narrowly blocked or dodged in time. Yosho was now acting on pure instinct, his grandson attacking him with such speed and determination that he didn't have time to even think.
Tenchi went in quick with a swipe followed with a leg sweep. Yosho blocked the swipe, but wasn't quick enough to dodge the leg sweep and was knocked on the ground. He was about to get back up, but the sound of a humming blade very close to his neck stopped him in his tracks.
He looked up to see Tenchi standing over him, a look of extreme concentration on his face, pointing the Tenchi-ken at his neck. Tenchi and Yosho both broke into identical grins.
"Excellent Tenchi! That was wonderful! I would not like to be your enemy!"
Tenchi started to laugh while he reached down and took his grandfather's hand to pull him up. After Yosho got back up, he began to dust himself off.
Tenchi looked down at the sword, it's blade now gone. "I focused on when I was meditating, when my body and mind were both relaxed. I suddenly felt a power surge through me and before I knew what I was doing, I was attacking you like I never had before."
Yosho looked at Tenchi thoughtfully. "That is why I recommended that you meditate Tenchi, to help focus your body and mind. With both focused on fighting me, your powers activated and gave you the power you just displayed."
Tenchi scratched the back of his head with his free hand, amazed. "Wow, does this mean that I might be able to activate my Light Hawk Wings?"
"Possibly, but we will leave that until tomorrow. Right now you have chores to do."
"Huh? Oh yeah, I forgot. I'll get right on that grandpa," said as he turned around and walked towards the shrine.
"Tenchi," Yosho suddenly yells out. His grandson turns around. "Good work today, I am proud of you."
Tenchi smiles like a child. He says, "Thanks grandpa!" before turning around again and running towards the shrine.
Yosho chuckles to himself. "You are growing up very fast now Tenchi. If our next training sessions are anything like this one, I have no doubt that you will be able to successfully activate your Lighthawk Wings."
______
"Ryo-Ohki, you finally decided to come and help with dinner?"
"Yeah, show's over," replied the teen.
Sasami giggled at her friend. "Well I started kinda early so right now I'm making some small snacks. I'm just about done with them, can you bring them out to everybody?"
"Sure," replied Ryo-Ohki as she took the tray out to the living room.
______
"Ah Ryo-Ohki, you brought us some snacks!"
"That is good, I was getting a little hungry."
Ryoko, Ayeka and Washu were all sitting on the living room couch, having some 'girl talk' as Tenchi likes to put it. Nobuyuki went up to his old room, which is now Mihoshi's. He still keeps some of his old design plans in there for research.
Ryo-Ohki sat down next to Ryoko and they started to eat the snacks. Ryoko watched them slightly enviously. Washu noticed her daughter's actions, as well as some of her thoughts. An idea quickly came to her. "You know Ryoko, I could perform a simple operation to give you your sense of taste."
Ryoko's head shot up, she was looking torn between not caring and excitement. She tried to act normally when she said, "Why would I want to be able to taste things?"
Washu sat up, now with a mischievous smile on her face. "Because if you could taste, then you could make edible meals for Tenchi and possibly impress him."
Ryoko felt a flush go across her face as the other girls giggled at her. She looked around embarrassed. "Well, since you put it that way, I guess I'll go do it."
Washu jumped off of her seat, thoroughly excited. "Great!" she started, "Let's get a move on!" She then grabbed Ryoko's hand and began to drag her into her lab.
Ryoko yanked her hand back to her. "Wait Mom! How long is this going to take?"
"No time at all!" she answered, "I thought that you'd want your sense of taste sooner or later, so I had everything ready for you when you were! The small surgery should only take about one hour, and you will be able to taste by dinner!"
Ryoko didn't say anything, but reluctantly let her mother drag into her lab. Just before the door shut behind her, she shouted out, "Wish me luck," to Ryo-Ohki and Ayeka.
The teen looked over to the princess, looking slightly worried. "I hope that it goes good."
Ayeka giggled and said, "You mean 'well'. 'I hope that it goes well'. And yes, so do I."
Ryo-Ohki just shrugged her shoulders and helped herself to another snack. Sasami then walked in from the kitchen. "Hey, what was all that noise about?"
"Oh nothing Sasami," Ayeka started, "Wa...I mean Little Washu is going to give Ryoko her ability to taste."
The little princess' eyes lit up. "Really? So she can finally enjoy my cooking!? Ooh I'm gonna make something really nice!" And with that, she ran back into the kitchen.
Ryo-Ohki suddenly looked at Washu's lab thoughtfully. "saké."
Ayeka looked over at Ryo-Ohki confused. "What did you just say Ryo-Ohki?"
Ryo-Ohki looked back to Ayeka smiling. "Ryoko and saké."
Suddenly the thought dawned on Ayeka. She started giggling. "Oh I see now, you make a good point. I also wonder how much Ryoko will like saké now that she can taste it."
Both girls started to giggle mischievously.
______
Mihoshi was speeding towards the earth as fast as she could, feeling happier than she has in years. She was practically singing out loud, "Oh I can't wait to see her again! This is gonna be great!"
______
About an hour and a half later, everybody, minus Mihoshi, were sitting around the table eating dinner. It was a very enjoyable and memorable dinner. Ryoko was visibly enjoying the food, and her newfound sense of taste. Her eyes kept on lighting up each time she put another piece of food in her mouth. Sasami went into a fit of giggles each time she saw Ryoko's expression. Tenchi told them all about the training session her had earlier and everyone was impressed.
Ryoko folded her hands on Tenchi's right shoulder and put her chin onto her hands. She looked at him with those beautiful, feline-like eyes while saying, "Oh my Tenchi is getting so strong!"
Tenchi looked over to her and smiled. "You know it!"
Everyone looked over at Ayeka to see how she would respond, but she just simply looked over at them and shook her head and smirked lightly while still eating.
Washu was sitting next to Yosho as usual, but he still wasn't talking to her much. She kept on turning to him, looking like she was about to say something, but changed her mind at the last moment.
A knock at the front door diverted everyone's attention. Tenchi got up and went to see who it is. He opened the door and stood face to face with a pair of pretty blue eyes that belong to a very beautiful woman. She was a little taller than Tenchi, and from the look of her clothes, she appeared to be a Galaxy Police officer. Her uniform was slightly different from Mihoshi's. She had on an orange tie and orange fingerless gloves. She did not wear a hat, but an orange headband that stopped just below her hairline, which was long and dark green.
She saluted Tenchi as soon as he opened the door. "Greetings, I am Detective First-Class Mihoshi's new partner, Lieutenant Kiyone Makibi."
To be continued...
Author's notes: I've been wanting to bring in Kiyone right from the get go. She is one of my favorite characters in the Tenchi series. I like the thought that she is sort of a bad guy right now, being one of Tokimi's servants and all. Soon things will fall into place and the goddess wars will begin!
Questions or Comments? E-mail me at: lighthawkdemon@yahoo.com
Next episode: Kiyone Joins the Party!