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 9:
Tokimi's Request
Tenchi's eyes fluttered open. He yawned lightly and looked down at the spiky cyan hair on his chest and to who it belongs to. He began to smile while he watched her sleep. He tensed up as he thought of something. He took a quick look at himself and Ryoko. 'Phew, clothes are still on,' he sighed to himself.
Last night, Ryoko offered to give Tenchi a massage to help him relax. 'She was really good,' he thought, 'I still feel all nice and relaxed!'
For the next several minutes, Tenchi just lay there listening to Ryoko's heartbeat. As the smells of Sasami's cooking began to travel into his room, Tenchi decided to get up. He looked down to Ryoko and shook her lightly while saying, "Come on Ryoko, wake up," lightly to her. She stirred and moaned lightly, but didn't wake up. Tenchi smiled and then kissed her on her forehead. That did the job as she slowly lifted her head to look at him. "Good morning Ryoko."
"Mornin' Tenchi."
Tenchi reached up and caressed the side of her face. "You look so beautiful when you sleep."
Ryoko instantly began to blush and try to cover her face with her hands. She shook herself back together and smiled back at him. "So, you enjoyed your massage?"
"Oh yeah," he answered, now standing up, "That was just what I needed. Thanks Ryoko."
Ryoko jumped off of his bed and stretched. "I'm just glad that you're happy my Tenchi." She teleported behind him and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Just tell me when you want another one and I'll be ready!"
Tenchi was no shaking his head lightly. "Oh what would I do without you Ryoko?"
"I dunno," she answered while shrugging her shoulders, "probably be miserable."
They both laughed and Ryoko gave him a kiss on the cheek just as Ayeka was walking in. She stomped her foot and narrowed her eyes at the two of them.
"Good Morning princess!" Ryoko said brightly to her, "did you sleep well by yourself? Tenchi kept me nice and warm all night long!" She was now smiling where her fangs were poking out.
The princess huffed and stormed out of Tenchi's room. "Ayeka wait..." Tenchi tries to plead to her, but she wasn't listening to him.
"Oh well Tenchi, let's go down for breakfast! Ayeka will be down there."
Tenchi was about to say something, but stopped and shrugged and went downstairs with Ryoko.
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Ayeka just ran into her and Sasami's room. She sobbed slightly as she collapsed on the floor. "Oh Tenchi," she started, "it seems as though you are drifting away from me. For a short while, Ryoko and I were willing to share you and we were quickly becoming friends, but now you are spending more and more time with her as I feel my old hatred and jealousy of her growing. Oh why my Tenchi? Why are you spacing yourself from me? What have I done?"
Suddenly, Sasami shouts up, "Hey Ayeka, breakfast is ready!"
"I will be down in a minute Sasami," she replies.
"Okay!"
Ayeka sniffs and stands back up, now looking determined. "I just have not been as foreword with my feelings as Ryoko has. Well I am through playing the shy, proper princess! From this moment on, I will be more direct and expressive with myself! Tenchi my love, soon you will love me as much as I love you, and to hell with the consequences!"
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Up at the shrine, Washu was laying on top of a sleeping Yosho with a smile on her face. She started to trace her finger along his chest in a similar fashion as Ryoko does to Tenchi. She suddenly looked up at him suspiciously. "Are you awake or are you just dreaming of me?" she asked with a smirk.
"Does it matter?" he replied, now opening his eyes, "Either way, you are here with me." The two of them began to laugh. "That was some way of apologizing to me last night," he said while scratching the back of his head.
She stood up and put her hands on her hips. "Well buddy, that was a hell of a way to accept!" she replied with a devious smile.
Yosho shook his head and chuckled, "It has been a long time since I have been in a no-win situation with a woman."
"Well you'd better get used to it Yosho. I'm the Greatest Scientific Genius in the Universe, and I never loose a fight!" She is now standing over Yosho proudly.
The former prince slapped his forehead and muttered, "What have I gotten myself into?"
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"Mmm! Sasami, I know you probably are getting tired of hearing this, but your cooking is excellent!"
"Thanks Kiyone," replied the little princess, "and I never get tired of people liking my cooking."
Everyone around the table began to laugh. With the exception of Washu, Yosho and Nobuyuki, who was at work, everybody was now eating breakfast. Ayeka had regained her composure from earlier and was happily sitting at her usual spot next to Tenchi. "Lord Tenchi," she began, "will you be training with Brother Yosho today?"
Tenchi looked up from his plate. "Yeah I will be. I really want to be able to completely activate my Lighthawk wings and find out what is going on with those other two."
"That is good. I will be attending your session today."
Ryoko shot Ayeka a suspicious look while Tenchi looked quizzically at her. "Why do you want to watch me practice Ayeka?"
She smiled warmly. "Well, I have assigned you to be my protector while I stay here on earth. I am interested in seeing how well my protector's skills have developed," she added while placing her hands gently on his.
Tenchi blushed lightly at that comment and pulled his right hand away to scratch the back of his head again. "Well I guess I wouldn't mind if you came."
Just then, Mihoshi and Kiyone's Galaxy Police bracelets begin to beep. Kiyone takes one look at her bracelet and jumps up. "Someone is coming awfully close to this area." She then looks to everyone, "Sorry, but we need to investigate this at once. Come on Mihoshi." The two officers then run to the entrance to Washu's lab.
A small alarm rings out as Mihoshi reaches for the door handle. A camera pops up and looks at Mihoshi. "Please state your business here Mihoshi," it speaks in a mechanical sounding voice.
Kiyone raises an eyebrow at it. "Uh, we need to get to Yukinojo. Galaxy Police business."
The camera turns away from Mihoshi to look at her partner. "Ah Kiyone, please enter. Little Washu is not here at the moment so I will guide you to your cruiser."
The camera disappears and the door opens. "Uh, thanks," Kiyone says before going in with Mihoshi. A few minutes later, the usual roar of engines is heard as Yukinojo leaves earth.
Ryoko takes one last look at the door to Washu's lab. "Have any of you noticed that Mihoshi has been acting kind of strange lately?"
"Yeah," Ayeka starts, "she has been a little less clumsy and bubbleheaded. Perhaps it is because of Kiyone."
"Could be," Tenchi shrugs as he continues to eat.
For a few minutes, the group eats in silence. Sasami suddenly looks up. "Hey, where's Washu? That computer thing said that she isn't in her lab."
Ryo-Ohki looks up at all of them. "Yosho," she says with a grin.
"Grandpa?" Tenchi asks, "What does he have to..." he suddenly trails off as his eyes go wide. "You don't mean that those two are...?"
Ryo-Ohki's grin widens as Ryoko and Sasami start to giggle. Ayeka shook her head lightly. "Oh dear. I have had a feeling that something was going on between the two of them for some time now."
Ryoko looked over to Ayeka, surprised. "Really? How could you tell?"
"Body language," answered the princess in an offhand sort of way, "the two of them were always close friends, but when Brother Yosho revealed his true form, I noticed a change between the two of them. Little Washu had a little gleam in here eyes whenever she looked at him, and he would tense up slightly whenever she was nearby. It is somewhat childish, but cute nonetheless."
"Wow Ayeka," Tenchi started while once again scratching the back of his head, "you really pay attention to people!"
"Oh, that is something that I have always done Lord Tenchi," Ayeka says to him, now getting a small gleam in her eyes while looking at him. Giant sweat beads form on everyone else's heads, while Ryoko covers her mouth to keep herself from bursting out laughing.
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"Halt! This is the Galaxy Police and you are now entering a restricted area! Please turn your vessel around and leave here immediately!" Kiyone shouted to the ship, which just crossed into their area of patrol.
Suddenly the ship stops and a command code flashes across their screen. Kiyone's eyes bulge as she reads the code. "Kiyone," Mihoshi starts, "what should we do now?"
Kiyone looks at her partner and begins to calm down. 'You know what you have to do,' she thinks to herself. "Mihoshi, could you try to get a readout of that vessel?"
"Okay!" she says brightly. Mihoshi leans in slightly to start her readout, when a blunt object hits her in the back of her head, knocking her out.
"I'm sorry Mihoshi," Kiyone starts while standing over her prone partner, "but this is something that you can't be a part of." She then looks back up. "Yukinojo?"
The main intelligence unit comes out from above. "Yes Miss Kiyone?"
"Yukinojo, please shut down for a while but keep communications open, I have some private business that I need to attend to."
"I do not understand your request Miss Kiyone. That order is not valid with my functions or Galaxy Police regulations."
Kiyone puts her hands together and looks pleadingly at the intelligence unit. "Please Yukinojo? This is really important to me."
Yukinojo thinks for a second and sighs lightly. "Well I guess I could shut down my functions for a while." A red button starts to flash on her control panel. "Please push this button when you are finished with your affairs to restore my power." He suddenly notices Mihoshi lying on the floor. "What has happened to Miss Mihoshi?"
"Huh? Oh she is taking another nap. And thank you so much Yukinojo."
"You are welcome Miss Kiyone. Shutting down now." There was a brief humming noise of equipment powering down and then silence.
Kiyone sighs with relief. "Okay," she starts into the communicator, "my partner has been subdued and our cruiser has just been shut down. What is it that you want?"
"Her Ladyship sends a message," replies a raspy voice, "she wishes to speak to you personally."
Kiyone tenses up. "She wants to speak to me? O.okay."
The other vessel turns around and starts to fly away as a large portal appears in front of Yukinojo, pulling it in.
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Yosho just walked out of his shrine office. He was drinking some tea when he spotted Tenchi just making it to the top of the stairs. "Good morning Tenchi."
"Morning Grandpa. I'm here to start training."
Yosho narrowed his eyes at his grandson. "You are here quite early."
The prince began to scratch the back of his head again. "Yeah, well I really want to be able to have full control over my Lighthawk Wings."
The priest smiled at his grandson. "Alright Tenchi. Just give me a few minutes to finish my tea and we will start the training."
"Okay grandpa. That should give Ayeka some time to make it up here. She wants to see me activate my Wings."
Yosho nodded and went back into his office. 'Hmm, Ayeka is being a little more direct than usual,' he thought to himself, 'she possibly could feel threatened by Tenchi's growing affection for Ryoko. I just hope that he heeds my advice.'
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Kiyone opened her eyes to find herself in the temple of her master. She stood up and began to look around, only to quickly go down to one knee and bow to her master. A figure of a beautiful woman with blue and purple eyes and green marks on the sides of her face appears towering over Kiyone. "Lieutenant Makibi," started Tokimi's sweet voice, "I have summoned you here ask you something."
"Yes my Lady," the detective began, "I live to serve you. Please ask away."
The goddess smiled lightly as she looked down at the officer. "When I found you, you were nearly dead. You were stuck out in the middle of nowhere for so long that you were beginning to give up hope that you would be rescued. Because of me, you now live and have progressed through the ranks in the Galaxy Police."
"And I am forever grateful to you for your kindness and compassion to me. I will be your humble servant until the end of my days."
"Yes. Now tell me, what do you think of the boy?"
Kiyone looked up slightly. "Tenchi?"
Tokimi smiled and nodded. "Yes. The grandson of Yosho and Tsunami's Knight."
"Well I think he is really nice my Lady. He lets me stay in his house and live with his family without complaint. He is a very kind and generous person. I respect him greatly."
The goddess gave her servant an awkward smile. "There is more to that Lieutenant. I can feel it. You cannot hide your feelings from a goddess. Please stand up and face me."
Kiyone slowly did as she was told. There was a slight note of fear in her eyes.
"You have no need to fear me child. I only wish for you to look at me when you tell me of your feelings for the boy."
The GP officer scratched the back of her head lightly. "Well." she began, "when I first saw him, I thought that he was kind of cute and I noticed that he acted all awkward around me and blushed if I looked at him warmly." She was now beginning to blush herself. "I don't know what it is about him, but I am very attracted to him, and I think that he is attracted to me also."
Tokimi was now smiling warmly at her. "And because of your help, he was able to activate his Lighthawk Wings, though he still needs to work on the two he has not completely activated as of yet." She suddenly disappears and reappears in front of Kiyone in her natural height. Kiyone instantly went back down to one knee and bowed again. "Yes, you have proven yourself much more useful than I had originally planned. I want you to get closer to the boy. Help him to achieve his goal. The daughter of Washu and the first crown princess of Jurai will give you some competition, but I have faith in you my loyal servant. Now go back to your new home and keep an eye on the boy."
Kiyone stands up. "Yes my Lady." Tokimi creates a portal next to her and Kiyone walks through it.
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Tenchi's eyes shoot open and three glowing triangles appear on his forehead. Three Lighthawk Wings appear in front of him. Tenchi instantly notices that they seem to be upside down from the way they usually appear. Tenchi's eyes go wide as the two other Wings start to appear on each side of the top one, making a star formation.
Ayeka gasps as she watches the entire event unfold in front of her eyes. She leans next to her brother and whispers, "Do you think that he can make more than five Wings Brother?" into his ear.
"I do not know Ayeka," he whispers back, "I never even knew that he could make more than three until yesterday."
The both of them revert their attention back to Tenchi, who is now closing his eyes and concentrating hard on the two extra wings. Sweat is pouring off of his forehead, this is taking a lot out of him, but it is easier than it was the day before. He opens his eyes again to see the two Wings are now glowing brighter, but aren't fully complete. Suddenly, he feels the power drain from him and the Wings disappear. Tenchi falls to his knees and starts to wipe the sweat off of his face.
Yosho and Ayeka are quick to his side. "Excellent Tenchi," Yosho proclaims, "another session or two like this one and I am sure that you will be able to activate all five Wings!"
Ayeka wraps her arms around Tenchi. "Oh Lord Tenchi, you were wonderful!" She then leans in and kisses him on the cheek, causing him to blush lightly.
Yosho chuckles lightly. "Tenchi, when you are done cooling down, I want you to sweep the shrine steps. That will be all for today."
"Thanks Grandpa."
Ayeka backs away from Tenchi. "Lord Tenchi, would it be alright if I could help you with your shrine duties?"
"Huh? Oh sure Ayeka! Thanks!"
The princess smiled warmly at him. 'All right,' she thinks to herself, 'I need to tell him how I feel for him, and I will not hold back!'
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"Mihoshi. Hey Mihoshi, wake up!"
Mihoshi slowly opened her eyes to see Kiyone standing over her. She moaned lightly as she rubbed the back of her head. "Kiyone, what happened?"
"I don't know Mihoshi. You were about to get a readout of the vessel when you passed out. I've been spending the last hour trying to get you up."
"What happened to the other vessel?" the blonde asked while sitting up.
"Well shortly after you passed out, they just turned around and left." Kiyone shrugged her shoulders lightly, "I guess they didn't want to mess with the Galaxy Police."
Mihoshi stood up and rubbed the back of her head tenderly. "Ouch, I must have hit my head when I passed out." She shrugged, "Oh well! Let's go home, I'm starving!"
"Alright Mihoshi." Kiyone sat back in her chair and looked up. "Yukinojo?"
The main intelligence unit came from his resting spot. "Yes Miss Kiyone?"
"Our patrol is done. Please set us on a course back home."
"Yes Ma'am!"
Kiyone leaned back in her chair, deep in thought. 'My Lady wants me to get closer to Tenchi,' she thinks to herself. A small smile escapes her lips. 'Maybe that means I should get closer to him physically and intimately. Hey, I wouldn't mind, I really do like him.' She sat back up in her chair, now looking determined. 'Watch out Tenchi Masaki, cause I'm gonna make you mine!'
To be continued...
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Author's notes: This episode has hopefully answered some questions as to why Kiyone is a servant of Tokimi. Soon you will see some more action as a new foe appears.
Questions or comments? E-mail me at: lighthawkdemon@yahoo.com
Next episode: The Choices we Make
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 9:
Tokimi's Request
Tenchi's eyes fluttered open. He yawned lightly and looked down at the spiky cyan hair on his chest and to who it belongs to. He began to smile while he watched her sleep. He tensed up as he thought of something. He took a quick look at himself and Ryoko. 'Phew, clothes are still on,' he sighed to himself.
Last night, Ryoko offered to give Tenchi a massage to help him relax. 'She was really good,' he thought, 'I still feel all nice and relaxed!'
For the next several minutes, Tenchi just lay there listening to Ryoko's heartbeat. As the smells of Sasami's cooking began to travel into his room, Tenchi decided to get up. He looked down to Ryoko and shook her lightly while saying, "Come on Ryoko, wake up," lightly to her. She stirred and moaned lightly, but didn't wake up. Tenchi smiled and then kissed her on her forehead. That did the job as she slowly lifted her head to look at him. "Good morning Ryoko."
"Mornin' Tenchi."
Tenchi reached up and caressed the side of her face. "You look so beautiful when you sleep."
Ryoko instantly began to blush and try to cover her face with her hands. She shook herself back together and smiled back at him. "So, you enjoyed your massage?"
"Oh yeah," he answered, now standing up, "That was just what I needed. Thanks Ryoko."
Ryoko jumped off of his bed and stretched. "I'm just glad that you're happy my Tenchi." She teleported behind him and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Just tell me when you want another one and I'll be ready!"
Tenchi was no shaking his head lightly. "Oh what would I do without you Ryoko?"
"I dunno," she answered while shrugging her shoulders, "probably be miserable."
They both laughed and Ryoko gave him a kiss on the cheek just as Ayeka was walking in. She stomped her foot and narrowed her eyes at the two of them.
"Good Morning princess!" Ryoko said brightly to her, "did you sleep well by yourself? Tenchi kept me nice and warm all night long!" She was now smiling where her fangs were poking out.
The princess huffed and stormed out of Tenchi's room. "Ayeka wait..." Tenchi tries to plead to her, but she wasn't listening to him.
"Oh well Tenchi, let's go down for breakfast! Ayeka will be down there."
Tenchi was about to say something, but stopped and shrugged and went downstairs with Ryoko.
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Ayeka just ran into her and Sasami's room. She sobbed slightly as she collapsed on the floor. "Oh Tenchi," she started, "it seems as though you are drifting away from me. For a short while, Ryoko and I were willing to share you and we were quickly becoming friends, but now you are spending more and more time with her as I feel my old hatred and jealousy of her growing. Oh why my Tenchi? Why are you spacing yourself from me? What have I done?"
Suddenly, Sasami shouts up, "Hey Ayeka, breakfast is ready!"
"I will be down in a minute Sasami," she replies.
"Okay!"
Ayeka sniffs and stands back up, now looking determined. "I just have not been as foreword with my feelings as Ryoko has. Well I am through playing the shy, proper princess! From this moment on, I will be more direct and expressive with myself! Tenchi my love, soon you will love me as much as I love you, and to hell with the consequences!"
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Up at the shrine, Washu was laying on top of a sleeping Yosho with a smile on her face. She started to trace her finger along his chest in a similar fashion as Ryoko does to Tenchi. She suddenly looked up at him suspiciously. "Are you awake or are you just dreaming of me?" she asked with a smirk.
"Does it matter?" he replied, now opening his eyes, "Either way, you are here with me." The two of them began to laugh. "That was some way of apologizing to me last night," he said while scratching the back of his head.
She stood up and put her hands on her hips. "Well buddy, that was a hell of a way to accept!" she replied with a devious smile.
Yosho shook his head and chuckled, "It has been a long time since I have been in a no-win situation with a woman."
"Well you'd better get used to it Yosho. I'm the Greatest Scientific Genius in the Universe, and I never loose a fight!" She is now standing over Yosho proudly.
The former prince slapped his forehead and muttered, "What have I gotten myself into?"
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"Mmm! Sasami, I know you probably are getting tired of hearing this, but your cooking is excellent!"
"Thanks Kiyone," replied the little princess, "and I never get tired of people liking my cooking."
Everyone around the table began to laugh. With the exception of Washu, Yosho and Nobuyuki, who was at work, everybody was now eating breakfast. Ayeka had regained her composure from earlier and was happily sitting at her usual spot next to Tenchi. "Lord Tenchi," she began, "will you be training with Brother Yosho today?"
Tenchi looked up from his plate. "Yeah I will be. I really want to be able to completely activate my Lighthawk wings and find out what is going on with those other two."
"That is good. I will be attending your session today."
Ryoko shot Ayeka a suspicious look while Tenchi looked quizzically at her. "Why do you want to watch me practice Ayeka?"
She smiled warmly. "Well, I have assigned you to be my protector while I stay here on earth. I am interested in seeing how well my protector's skills have developed," she added while placing her hands gently on his.
Tenchi blushed lightly at that comment and pulled his right hand away to scratch the back of his head again. "Well I guess I wouldn't mind if you came."
Just then, Mihoshi and Kiyone's Galaxy Police bracelets begin to beep. Kiyone takes one look at her bracelet and jumps up. "Someone is coming awfully close to this area." She then looks to everyone, "Sorry, but we need to investigate this at once. Come on Mihoshi." The two officers then run to the entrance to Washu's lab.
A small alarm rings out as Mihoshi reaches for the door handle. A camera pops up and looks at Mihoshi. "Please state your business here Mihoshi," it speaks in a mechanical sounding voice.
Kiyone raises an eyebrow at it. "Uh, we need to get to Yukinojo. Galaxy Police business."
The camera turns away from Mihoshi to look at her partner. "Ah Kiyone, please enter. Little Washu is not here at the moment so I will guide you to your cruiser."
The camera disappears and the door opens. "Uh, thanks," Kiyone says before going in with Mihoshi. A few minutes later, the usual roar of engines is heard as Yukinojo leaves earth.
Ryoko takes one last look at the door to Washu's lab. "Have any of you noticed that Mihoshi has been acting kind of strange lately?"
"Yeah," Ayeka starts, "she has been a little less clumsy and bubbleheaded. Perhaps it is because of Kiyone."
"Could be," Tenchi shrugs as he continues to eat.
For a few minutes, the group eats in silence. Sasami suddenly looks up. "Hey, where's Washu? That computer thing said that she isn't in her lab."
Ryo-Ohki looks up at all of them. "Yosho," she says with a grin.
"Grandpa?" Tenchi asks, "What does he have to..." he suddenly trails off as his eyes go wide. "You don't mean that those two are...?"
Ryo-Ohki's grin widens as Ryoko and Sasami start to giggle. Ayeka shook her head lightly. "Oh dear. I have had a feeling that something was going on between the two of them for some time now."
Ryoko looked over to Ayeka, surprised. "Really? How could you tell?"
"Body language," answered the princess in an offhand sort of way, "the two of them were always close friends, but when Brother Yosho revealed his true form, I noticed a change between the two of them. Little Washu had a little gleam in here eyes whenever she looked at him, and he would tense up slightly whenever she was nearby. It is somewhat childish, but cute nonetheless."
"Wow Ayeka," Tenchi started while once again scratching the back of his head, "you really pay attention to people!"
"Oh, that is something that I have always done Lord Tenchi," Ayeka says to him, now getting a small gleam in her eyes while looking at him. Giant sweat beads form on everyone else's heads, while Ryoko covers her mouth to keep herself from bursting out laughing.
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"Halt! This is the Galaxy Police and you are now entering a restricted area! Please turn your vessel around and leave here immediately!" Kiyone shouted to the ship, which just crossed into their area of patrol.
Suddenly the ship stops and a command code flashes across their screen. Kiyone's eyes bulge as she reads the code. "Kiyone," Mihoshi starts, "what should we do now?"
Kiyone looks at her partner and begins to calm down. 'You know what you have to do,' she thinks to herself. "Mihoshi, could you try to get a readout of that vessel?"
"Okay!" she says brightly. Mihoshi leans in slightly to start her readout, when a blunt object hits her in the back of her head, knocking her out.
"I'm sorry Mihoshi," Kiyone starts while standing over her prone partner, "but this is something that you can't be a part of." She then looks back up. "Yukinojo?"
The main intelligence unit comes out from above. "Yes Miss Kiyone?"
"Yukinojo, please shut down for a while but keep communications open, I have some private business that I need to attend to."
"I do not understand your request Miss Kiyone. That order is not valid with my functions or Galaxy Police regulations."
Kiyone puts her hands together and looks pleadingly at the intelligence unit. "Please Yukinojo? This is really important to me."
Yukinojo thinks for a second and sighs lightly. "Well I guess I could shut down my functions for a while." A red button starts to flash on her control panel. "Please push this button when you are finished with your affairs to restore my power." He suddenly notices Mihoshi lying on the floor. "What has happened to Miss Mihoshi?"
"Huh? Oh she is taking another nap. And thank you so much Yukinojo."
"You are welcome Miss Kiyone. Shutting down now." There was a brief humming noise of equipment powering down and then silence.
Kiyone sighs with relief. "Okay," she starts into the communicator, "my partner has been subdued and our cruiser has just been shut down. What is it that you want?"
"Her Ladyship sends a message," replies a raspy voice, "she wishes to speak to you personally."
Kiyone tenses up. "She wants to speak to me? O.okay."
The other vessel turns around and starts to fly away as a large portal appears in front of Yukinojo, pulling it in.
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Yosho just walked out of his shrine office. He was drinking some tea when he spotted Tenchi just making it to the top of the stairs. "Good morning Tenchi."
"Morning Grandpa. I'm here to start training."
Yosho narrowed his eyes at his grandson. "You are here quite early."
The prince began to scratch the back of his head again. "Yeah, well I really want to be able to have full control over my Lighthawk Wings."
The priest smiled at his grandson. "Alright Tenchi. Just give me a few minutes to finish my tea and we will start the training."
"Okay grandpa. That should give Ayeka some time to make it up here. She wants to see me activate my Wings."
Yosho nodded and went back into his office. 'Hmm, Ayeka is being a little more direct than usual,' he thought to himself, 'she possibly could feel threatened by Tenchi's growing affection for Ryoko. I just hope that he heeds my advice.'
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Kiyone opened her eyes to find herself in the temple of her master. She stood up and began to look around, only to quickly go down to one knee and bow to her master. A figure of a beautiful woman with blue and purple eyes and green marks on the sides of her face appears towering over Kiyone. "Lieutenant Makibi," started Tokimi's sweet voice, "I have summoned you here ask you something."
"Yes my Lady," the detective began, "I live to serve you. Please ask away."
The goddess smiled lightly as she looked down at the officer. "When I found you, you were nearly dead. You were stuck out in the middle of nowhere for so long that you were beginning to give up hope that you would be rescued. Because of me, you now live and have progressed through the ranks in the Galaxy Police."
"And I am forever grateful to you for your kindness and compassion to me. I will be your humble servant until the end of my days."
"Yes. Now tell me, what do you think of the boy?"
Kiyone looked up slightly. "Tenchi?"
Tokimi smiled and nodded. "Yes. The grandson of Yosho and Tsunami's Knight."
"Well I think he is really nice my Lady. He lets me stay in his house and live with his family without complaint. He is a very kind and generous person. I respect him greatly."
The goddess gave her servant an awkward smile. "There is more to that Lieutenant. I can feel it. You cannot hide your feelings from a goddess. Please stand up and face me."
Kiyone slowly did as she was told. There was a slight note of fear in her eyes.
"You have no need to fear me child. I only wish for you to look at me when you tell me of your feelings for the boy."
The GP officer scratched the back of her head lightly. "Well." she began, "when I first saw him, I thought that he was kind of cute and I noticed that he acted all awkward around me and blushed if I looked at him warmly." She was now beginning to blush herself. "I don't know what it is about him, but I am very attracted to him, and I think that he is attracted to me also."
Tokimi was now smiling warmly at her. "And because of your help, he was able to activate his Lighthawk Wings, though he still needs to work on the two he has not completely activated as of yet." She suddenly disappears and reappears in front of Kiyone in her natural height. Kiyone instantly went back down to one knee and bowed again. "Yes, you have proven yourself much more useful than I had originally planned. I want you to get closer to the boy. Help him to achieve his goal. The daughter of Washu and the first crown princess of Jurai will give you some competition, but I have faith in you my loyal servant. Now go back to your new home and keep an eye on the boy."
Kiyone stands up. "Yes my Lady." Tokimi creates a portal next to her and Kiyone walks through it.
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Tenchi's eyes shoot open and three glowing triangles appear on his forehead. Three Lighthawk Wings appear in front of him. Tenchi instantly notices that they seem to be upside down from the way they usually appear. Tenchi's eyes go wide as the two other Wings start to appear on each side of the top one, making a star formation.
Ayeka gasps as she watches the entire event unfold in front of her eyes. She leans next to her brother and whispers, "Do you think that he can make more than five Wings Brother?" into his ear.
"I do not know Ayeka," he whispers back, "I never even knew that he could make more than three until yesterday."
The both of them revert their attention back to Tenchi, who is now closing his eyes and concentrating hard on the two extra wings. Sweat is pouring off of his forehead, this is taking a lot out of him, but it is easier than it was the day before. He opens his eyes again to see the two Wings are now glowing brighter, but aren't fully complete. Suddenly, he feels the power drain from him and the Wings disappear. Tenchi falls to his knees and starts to wipe the sweat off of his face.
Yosho and Ayeka are quick to his side. "Excellent Tenchi," Yosho proclaims, "another session or two like this one and I am sure that you will be able to activate all five Wings!"
Ayeka wraps her arms around Tenchi. "Oh Lord Tenchi, you were wonderful!" She then leans in and kisses him on the cheek, causing him to blush lightly.
Yosho chuckles lightly. "Tenchi, when you are done cooling down, I want you to sweep the shrine steps. That will be all for today."
"Thanks Grandpa."
Ayeka backs away from Tenchi. "Lord Tenchi, would it be alright if I could help you with your shrine duties?"
"Huh? Oh sure Ayeka! Thanks!"
The princess smiled warmly at him. 'All right,' she thinks to herself, 'I need to tell him how I feel for him, and I will not hold back!'
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"Mihoshi. Hey Mihoshi, wake up!"
Mihoshi slowly opened her eyes to see Kiyone standing over her. She moaned lightly as she rubbed the back of her head. "Kiyone, what happened?"
"I don't know Mihoshi. You were about to get a readout of the vessel when you passed out. I've been spending the last hour trying to get you up."
"What happened to the other vessel?" the blonde asked while sitting up.
"Well shortly after you passed out, they just turned around and left." Kiyone shrugged her shoulders lightly, "I guess they didn't want to mess with the Galaxy Police."
Mihoshi stood up and rubbed the back of her head tenderly. "Ouch, I must have hit my head when I passed out." She shrugged, "Oh well! Let's go home, I'm starving!"
"Alright Mihoshi." Kiyone sat back in her chair and looked up. "Yukinojo?"
The main intelligence unit came from his resting spot. "Yes Miss Kiyone?"
"Our patrol is done. Please set us on a course back home."
"Yes Ma'am!"
Kiyone leaned back in her chair, deep in thought. 'My Lady wants me to get closer to Tenchi,' she thinks to herself. A small smile escapes her lips. 'Maybe that means I should get closer to him physically and intimately. Hey, I wouldn't mind, I really do like him.' She sat back up in her chair, now looking determined. 'Watch out Tenchi Masaki, cause I'm gonna make you mine!'
To be continued...
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Author's notes: This episode has hopefully answered some questions as to why Kiyone is a servant of Tokimi. Soon you will see some more action as a new foe appears.
Questions or comments? E-mail me at: lighthawkdemon@yahoo.com
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