Night after the Carnival
Part 9
Tenchi sat alone under the great tree of Tsunami.
His mind was filled with so many things.
"Grandpa and Tsunami,
The attacks on him and his friends,
His father locking himself away in his study,
His feelings for the girls"
His mind jumped from one to the other.
"Why couldn't I have just remained a simple school boy?"
Even as his mind brought this thought to light.
His feelings for that life where not as strong as they had once been.
Yes that life was much simpler then but it was also a lot more boring.
He wasn't anything special just a normal boy with a normal life.
He thought back to his younger days when he dreamed of going into space or flying a jet plane.
Now look at him, he is actually living his childhood fantasy.
His mind drifted back to the girls.
His father had been right.
They did brighten up life in his home.
"Tenchi." Yosho called out to him.
Tenchi was snapped out of his thoughts.
He turned to see his grandfather standing there with Z just behind him.
He got up to head over that way when he noticed that Z was wearing bug yellow rubber gloves.
"Doing Ryoko's chores again?" he asked him.
Z looked down
"Oh." He quickly took off the gloves.
"It is time for your training Tenchi."
Yosho said as he took a seat next to the tree.
Ryoko and Ayeka where sitting in the living room watching their favorite soap.
Sasami was playing just outside of the house with Ryo-oki
The sounds of her laughter and the cabbits meowing could be heard inside
"Oh Ryo-oki this is so much fun" she said cheerily.
"Meow meow." The cabbit answered.
"Meow?" Ryo-oki turned around to see Sasami standing completely frozen.
Sasami dropped to her knees.
Her eyes had a far away look about them.
The cabbit tried to get her to answer, but nothing she did got any response from the little princess.
Worried Ryo-oki darted into the living room
"Meow Meow! Meow Meow!"
the little cabbit hoped up and down in front of the TV.
"Come on Ryo-oki you are blocking the TV." Ryoko protested.
"Yes and it is coming up on the best part." Ayeka joined in.
The cabbit refused to move.
"Oh Ryo-oki come on."
Ayeka Protested even louder trying to see around the cabbit.
Ryoko sat up "Ayeka wait." She said.
After a few seconds
"Something is wrong with Sasami."
Ryoko looked out side the front windows at the little girl still on her knees.
"Sasami?" Ayeka was already getting up and heading for the front door.
But Ryoko teleported and got there first.
'Hey are you alright?'
Ryoko asked trying to stir the little girl.
The front door was flung open as Ayeka rushed out and dropped down next to her sister.
"Sasami what is it?" Her voice was shaking.
Tears began to run down Sasami's cheeks.
She blinked her ruby eyes once
"Mother." She spoke in a whisper.
Then she realized she was back.
"Oh Ayeka something bad is going to happen to mother."
She flung her arms around her sister and began to sob.
"Washu." Ryoko spoke over their link.
"Yes what is it my little Ryoko?" she replied back.
Ryoko cringed at that comment
"Damit! Mom this is serious." She shot back.
"Something has happened to Sasami."
Ryoko told her after she calmed down a little.
"I will be right there."
Washu said just as a portal opened up just outside the house.
Ayeka helped her sister up.
"Washu will know what to do Sasami lets go talk to her."
Sasami's crying had dead down to just some sniffles.
"Ok."
Was all she could get out.
Washu was already standing out side of the portal.
"What is it Sasami? Have you had another one of those dreams again?"
she asked the concern showing on her face.
Sasami let go of her sister and a walked over closer to scientist.
"This was different this time Washu. I wasn't asleep this time, I was just playing with Ryo-oki when all the sudden I saw mom and auntie Funaho in danger."
"Do you know what kind of danger?" Ryoko asked.
" I don't know just that they are in a lot of pain."
Sasami replied.
Deep in space two massive fleets of ships were headed for each other.
The admiral of the jurian fleet watched his screen closely.
The mammoth Greek flagship was still not up with the rest of its fleet.
If I can reach the main fleet before the flagship gets there.
We will be able to wipe out the fleet and leave the flagship vulnerable with none of the other ships to help defend it.
"Increase our speed." He ordered.
"We must engage the enemy fleet before the main ship can get there."
"Yes sir." His navigator called out.
D3 was also watching his screen.
"Your grace" the high priest spoke up.
"The jurian fleet has increased its speed."
He stepped closer to the screen.
"They are trying to reach our ships before we do."
He watched for a moment more.
"Shall we match them as well my lord?"
he asked turning to look up at the great god.
'No." was all D3 said.
"But my lord if they manage to break thru.
We will be vastly out numbered."
D3 glared down at him
"Do YOU Dare Question Me?" he thundered.
The high priest dropped to his knees trembling.
"No my lord I wouldn't dare please forgive me I forgot my place."
D3 sat back up in his throne.
"We will let them think that they have the upper hand for now."
His voice returning to normal.
"Sir we will be within firing range in less then 45 seconds."
His communications officer informed him.
"All ships." He said as he stood up.
"Open the light hawk wings."
Outside the darkness of space began to shimmer as the hundreds of ships opened there wings.
Most of the ships only had three wings.
The commanders of the first, second, and third fleets had five.
The admiral was the second finest ship in the whole jurian navy.
His ship had six wings only Tsunami was stronger with ten.
"As soon as we are in range, open fire." He ordered.
The fleet closed in, the light hawk wings blazing.
"Sir we are in range." The ensign informed him.
The admiral looked out over the scene, the enemy was everywhere.
There ships where arranged in such a way that every other one was just behind the next one
"All ships pick your targets and Fire!"
he ordered.
The Greek ships that where in the front line fired a barrage of lasers into the Jurian fleet.
What shots hit where absorbed harmlessly by the light hawk wings.
The ensign called out.
"Take out those ships." He ordered.
The fleet returned fire but this time they shot passed the front line.
Some of the back ships where hit but most of the fire was taken by the front line moving into the line of fire.
"They are sacrificing themselves." The ensign said in disbelief.
The back row of Greek ships fired again.
The Jurian fleet was rocked once more by explosions.
Two of the blast hit the flag ship.
The force was so great that it flung the ship on its side.
One of the light hawk wings was tore away from the ship.
The admiral was overwhelmed with the pain of his tree.
He fought to clear his head of the feeling.
All around him were small explosions and the choking smell of smoke.
He pulled himself up off the floor.
Looking around he saw that except for some small fires his ship was still intact.
"Get these fires out." He ordered.
There was no answer.
He shot a look over to his second in command.
The station was empty.
Lying on the floor was the body of his second knight, blood running.
"Damn." He muttered under his breath
He ran over to the now vacant station.
All along the Jurian ships cannons slid out.
Small balls of energy formed on the ends of each of the small power rods that formed the inside of the ships cannons.
Drawing their power in and then firing into the masses of the Greeks ships.
Soon great explosions tore through the ranks of the Greeks as the blast found their marks.
Knights cheered as they saw ships being ripped apart by great explosions and others burning, drifting from their ranks unable to carry on the fight.
The admiral stood quietly on his bridge.
His eyes focused on the back row of ships.
He could see their sides opening up and massive guns sliding out.
A small knot of fear creped into his stomach.
"TARGET THOSE BACK SHIPS!" he screamed out.
But it was too late.
The second wave of enemy ships fired their huge guns.
The impact rocked the admiral's ship.
"Damage report!" he shot out keeping his balance by holding on to his chair.
"Sir our light hawk wings have held but we won't be able to take to many more hits like that."
His second in command reported.
The admiral brought up his screen.
He viewed his fleet.
Several of the smaller ships had been completely blown apart.
Others where severely damaged, missing one or two of their light hawk wings.
"Sir we lost a fourth of our fleet."It didn't take him long to get his ship righted.
"sir." The ensign looked over at him the fear showing plainly on his face.
"What is it ensign?"
"Sir the Greek flagship." He brought up a screen
"it is here."
Not far behind the rest of the Greek fleet was the massive flagship.
"Our ships are suffering heavy losses."
The ensign informed him as another barrage of blast came from the second line of ships.
"Get me my commanders." The admiral told him.
D3 watched the battle from his ship.
"My lord our losses are great." The high priest mused.
"But the Jurians will soon be crippled."
D3 rose from his command throne.
"It is time we make our presence known."
"By The Goddess!" the ensign was on his feet staring at the screen.
Screens began to open up all around the bridge as other captains had seen it as well.
"Sir we must retreat!" one of them spoke out.
The admiral went back to his command seat.
"Knights." He choose his words very carefully.
The battle was raging all around him there was another explosion.
A screen of one of his captains would fizzle out.
"We are all that stand between these bastards and our home."
He stood up. "By Tsunami and our queens I will not retreat.
First and second fleet you show them why we are the mighty fleet of Juria."
He clenched his fist.
"The flagship is mine."
"Yes sir." They all said in unison.
"Commanders clear me a path." He ordered.
The first and second fleets lead ships moved in on either side of the admiral's.
All three charged forward cannons blazing.
They ripped thru the ranks of the Greeks.
The ships blowing apart under the onslaught of jurian fire.
Ahead the admiral got a good look that had brought the fear through his men.
Out there loomed the Greek flagship.
in front of it was what looked like light hawk wings except they where a deep purple in color.
The ship had ten of them.
"My lord they come." The high priest spoke.
"Very foolish these Jurians."
"Give them a taste of our power." D3 commanded.
"As you wish my lord."
The four power canons fired.
The commander of the first fleet took all four shots.
His ship burst into flames blowing into hundreds of pieces of burning wreckage.
The admiral shielded his eyes from the flash of the explosion.
"Admiral I will distract that bastard."
The voice of the first commander came over the com.
The Admiral shot up from his chair "I Will be ready."
He stood bravely on the bridge of his ship.
Aboard the command ship of the first fleet its captain had shut off his com.
"Full power to the light hawk wings." He ordered.
Outside the wings of the ship began to shimmer and expand.
The ship moved away from the bigger ship of the admiral's.
It picked up speed as the wings formed a complete circle in front the ship.
The Admiral watched as the commander moved away from him.
He already knew in his mind that he wasn't going to stop what was about to happen.
He walked away from his chair to face the center of his bridge.
He lowered his head and closed his eyes.
Deep in the center of the ship his royal tree began to shoot small beams of power into the water that surrounded it.
In front of the Admiral his jurian key floated before him.
The light hawk wings of the ship started expanding until they had over lapped each other.
"Tsunami remember us this day."
The first fleet commander spoke as he watched the main guns of the Greek flagship power up.
The black sparkle of power from the guns danced across his eyes "maxim speed!" he ordered.
The guns fired.
"Good luck admiral."
Was all the commander could get out before all four blasts struck his ship.
The oncoming explosion shook the jurian flagship.
The admiral was already lost in his power to notice it much.
The wings of his ship had now formed a circle in front of him much like the one of the first command ships had.
The circle folded back over the ship as the admiral raised his head up.
He reached his hands out to his floating jurian key.
He pushed all his power into it.
The energy crackled from his hands flowing over his key.
A massive ball of orange energy appeared in front of the light hawk wings.
For a split second it just hovered there then it was released,
hurling towards the Greek flagship.
There was a blinding flash of light followed by a planet shattering boom.
All the screens of the Jurian flagship went blank from the repercussions of the blast.
The light hawk wings shimmered once then twice and were gone.
"Get those screens back up." He ordered.
"Yes sir." The ensign was working franticly to comply.
After a few moments the screens flickered and where back up.
All the admiral could see was nothing but a huge cloud of smoke.
He peered deeper to try to see.
His eyes grew rounded as in the cloud was ten shinning dark hawk wings.
"No this can not be." It seemed that the admiral's face had aged several years.
"Finish this." D3 spoke to his Priest. "The planet Juria awaits."
"Yes my lord." The high priest bowed.
The ship lunged forward on a straight course for the last remaining Juria ship.
"We will be there shortly." The priest informed D3
"Sir they are going to ram us." The ensign reported his fear not covered very well.
"Sir?" the ensign turned to stare in disbelief at the now lost admiral.
"Sir what should we do?" the Ensign pleaded.
But the admiral could not respond.
with out the light hawk wings they were powerless to stop them and even with the wings they,
no,
he had failed.
The admiral dropped to his knees
"my Queens I am sorry."
Was all he got out before the Greek ship collided with his.
Back on Tsunami it was getting close to supper time.
Every one had gathered at the dinning table.
Tenchi looked around and again his father wasn't there.
"I am going to get father he has to eat."
He said getting up from the table.
"I will go with you Tenchi." Ayeka replied starting to get up also.
"No that is ok Ayeka you stay here and finish eating I won't be long."
Ryoko gave her a nasty glare but didn't say anything.
She was not about to let Ayeka prove to Tenchi that she was just a silly girl.
Tenchi knocked on his fathers study.
"Dad it is dinner time don't you want something to eat?"
he called thru the door.
He stood there for a while but got no answer.
He knocked again
"Dad are you in there?"
Still there was no answer.
Tenchi slowly opened the door.
It was dim inside, the only light coming from the desk lamp on his work table.
"Dad?"
Tenchi called into the room.
He looked over at the table but his dad wasn't there.
He stepped on inside.
"Dad?" he called out more time.
Suddenly he saw his father lying on the floor not moving.
"DAD!" Tenchi ran over to his father
"Dad wake up. What is the matter? Are you ok?"
Nobiyuki wouldn't move in his hand he clutched a long roll of paper.
Tenchi couldn't wake him.
Not knowing what else to do he ran out of the room.
"Grandfather." He called out into the hall.
"Something is wrong with dad."
"Oh my." Mihoshi replied worried.
Everyone else was getting up from the table and heading for the study.
Washu was the first to get there.
"He is unconscious."
She said stating the obvious
"I know that Washu what is wrong with him?" Tenchi said getting annoyed.
"Well I don't know yet Tenchi I have to get him to my lab and do some test on him."
She answered.
Tenchi bent down to pick up his father.
"Let me help you Lord Tenchi."
Z said coming into the room to help him.
They both hefted up the still unconscious Body of his father.
Washu lead the way to her lab.
Inside it didn't take her long to hook the poor man up to an unnamable amount of machines and gadgets.
"Well do you know what it wrong yet?"
Tenchi asked impatiently.
"Hold on a sec Tenchi."
She half commented while she was studying her computer screen.
"Well for one he is completely exhausted.
I suspect from all that time in his study without eating."
She sat up and rubbed her chin
"I wonder what it was that he found so interesting in there?"
she asked herself more then anyone else.
"Maybe it was this."
Ryoko answered pulling the long roll of paper out from his tightly grasping hand.
"I don't care about that I just want to know if he will be ok."
Tenchi was getting really angry now with no one answering his question.
"He will be ok he just really needs some rest and when he wakes up he will need to eat something to get his strength back."
Washu finally answered him.
"This looks like a jurian ship."
Yosho comment looking at the paper that Ryoko had unfolded.
The others, except for Tenchi had turned to see what was on the paper.
"Yes you are right, but I have not seen any ship in the fleet look anything like this one."
Ayeka said getting a closer look herself.
"It looks a lot like this one except for this and this."
Mihoshi joined in
"oh and this and this."
"Ok Mihoshi we get the point."
Kiyone said annoyed.
"But why would he draw a Juria ship?" Sasami asked.
"That is a good question Sasami."
Washu took the paper.
"One that I will find out."
She said going back into her lab.
Later that night Tenchi was still sitting beside his father.
He had not left since Nobiyuki had been brought in.
his mind swirl with thoughts of his mother.
How she had been taken from him at such a young age.
A small tear ran down his cheek,
god how he missed her.
Now that same fear and sense of loss filled his heart.
At one moment he had thought that he was going to loose he father as well.
"Tenchi?" he quickly turned at the sound of his name
"oh Ayeka."
He said seeing the princess standing just off from the darkness of the lab.
She was holding a plate of food.
When the others had left he had stayed behind with his dad and missed dinner.
"Sasami made this for you."
she said coming in closer to where he was standing.
"Thank you Ayeka but I am not very hungry right now."
He replied.
"Oh well I will have Sasami put it up for you maybe you will be hungry later."
Ayeka put the plate down at the end of the bed.
She closed her hands together and put them down in front of her.
For a long while the room was silent except for the light sounds of Washu's machines.
There steady humming was numbing.
Ayeka didn't know what to say.
But she felt that she had to say something.
She could see that he was going thru a great deal of pain
. And it hurt her to see him this way.
"Ayeka." He spoke breaking the long silence.
She looked up at him but his head was still down.
"Yes Tenchi what is it?"
she answered.
She could see he was struggling with something.
It must be very important for him she thought.
She dared not speak for fear that what ever it was he was about to tell her he wouldn't if she pressed it
. Finally he looked up at her.
"Have you ever lost anyone close to you?"
His eyes seemed pleading.
Her heart skipped,
his mother.
her mind wirled.
She remembered the only time in her life that she had seen so much death and destruction.
It was the time that Ryoko had attacked Juria.
"Yes." She said.
"I have seen death up close."
"But was it someone who was close to you?" he asked again.
She couldn't stand the look in his eyes any longer.
But she wouldn't dare leave his look either.
"I lost my uncle when Ryoko attacked the palace."
She finally looked down as the images flooded into her mind of that day.
"I remember that there was smoke and fire all around I couldn't hardly see.
I was very scared I had gotten separated from the rest of the family."
She steadied herself on the bed.
Every dark fear that she had dreamed about was again racing across her mind.
"I had came around one of the corner pillars of the palace and there he was laying face down."
She choked down the lump forming in her throat.
"There was so much blood."
Again she couldn't finish speaking.
Suddenly she was frozen; his hand was on her arm.
She didn't realize that she had started crying.
Her tears had run along her cheeks and were falling onto the sheet of the bed.
She could feel Tenchi turning her towards him.
Again she didn't know what to do.
"I am sorry." He said.
"I did not mean to bring up such bad memories."
"It is ok really, I shouldn't be acting like such a baby."
She replied wiping off her cheeks.
Tenchi let her go.
Her words hurt him deeply.
"Ayeka?"
She looked up at him.
"I didn't mean what I said earlier, I was angry but not at you two."
He took in a deep breath.
"You both are very special to me."
She couldn't get her lungs to take in air.
What did he say?
Her mind flooded with emotions.
She couldn't believe what she had just heard.
He thinks I am special rolled over and over in her mind.
"Oh Tenchi." She moved closer to him.
Tenchi found himself face to face with the princess.
He was completely lost in her ruby eyes.
With out knowing it he was slowly leaning closer to her.
His lips mere inches from hers.
So do they kiss or don't they. Oh my oh my you will just have to wait till the next chapter comes out.
(Mihoshi hasn't finished the report yet)
He he I love this stuff. Anyway thanks again to NCcatfan for the proof reading. Without his help I am sure this wouldn't even pass the third grade-spelling test. And again if you wish to drop me a line and tell me what ya think *good or bad* then just send me an email and I will be glad to answer any questions that I can.
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Tenchi sat alone under the great tree of Tsunami.
His mind was filled with so many things.
"Grandpa and Tsunami,
The attacks on him and his friends,
His father locking himself away in his study,
His feelings for the girls"
His mind jumped from one to the other.
"Why couldn't I have just remained a simple school boy?"
Even as his mind brought this thought to light.
His feelings for that life where not as strong as they had once been.
Yes that life was much simpler then but it was also a lot more boring.
He wasn't anything special just a normal boy with a normal life.
He thought back to his younger days when he dreamed of going into space or flying a jet plane.
Now look at him, he is actually living his childhood fantasy.
His mind drifted back to the girls.
His father had been right.
They did brighten up life in his home.
"Tenchi." Yosho called out to him.
Tenchi was snapped out of his thoughts.
He turned to see his grandfather standing there with Z just behind him.
He got up to head over that way when he noticed that Z was wearing bug yellow rubber gloves.
"Doing Ryoko's chores again?" he asked him.
Z looked down
"Oh." He quickly took off the gloves.
"It is time for your training Tenchi."
Yosho said as he took a seat next to the tree.
Ryoko and Ayeka where sitting in the living room watching their favorite soap.
Sasami was playing just outside of the house with Ryo-oki
The sounds of her laughter and the cabbits meowing could be heard inside
"Oh Ryo-oki this is so much fun" she said cheerily.
"Meow meow." The cabbit answered.
"Meow?" Ryo-oki turned around to see Sasami standing completely frozen.
Sasami dropped to her knees.
Her eyes had a far away look about them.
The cabbit tried to get her to answer, but nothing she did got any response from the little princess.
Worried Ryo-oki darted into the living room
"Meow Meow! Meow Meow!"
the little cabbit hoped up and down in front of the TV.
"Come on Ryo-oki you are blocking the TV." Ryoko protested.
"Yes and it is coming up on the best part." Ayeka joined in.
The cabbit refused to move.
"Oh Ryo-oki come on."
Ayeka Protested even louder trying to see around the cabbit.
Ryoko sat up "Ayeka wait." She said.
After a few seconds
"Something is wrong with Sasami."
Ryoko looked out side the front windows at the little girl still on her knees.
"Sasami?" Ayeka was already getting up and heading for the front door.
But Ryoko teleported and got there first.
'Hey are you alright?'
Ryoko asked trying to stir the little girl.
The front door was flung open as Ayeka rushed out and dropped down next to her sister.
"Sasami what is it?" Her voice was shaking.
Tears began to run down Sasami's cheeks.
She blinked her ruby eyes once
"Mother." She spoke in a whisper.
Then she realized she was back.
"Oh Ayeka something bad is going to happen to mother."
She flung her arms around her sister and began to sob.
"Washu." Ryoko spoke over their link.
"Yes what is it my little Ryoko?" she replied back.
Ryoko cringed at that comment
"Damit! Mom this is serious." She shot back.
"Something has happened to Sasami."
Ryoko told her after she calmed down a little.
"I will be right there."
Washu said just as a portal opened up just outside the house.
Ayeka helped her sister up.
"Washu will know what to do Sasami lets go talk to her."
Sasami's crying had dead down to just some sniffles.
"Ok."
Was all she could get out.
Washu was already standing out side of the portal.
"What is it Sasami? Have you had another one of those dreams again?"
she asked the concern showing on her face.
Sasami let go of her sister and a walked over closer to scientist.
"This was different this time Washu. I wasn't asleep this time, I was just playing with Ryo-oki when all the sudden I saw mom and auntie Funaho in danger."
"Do you know what kind of danger?" Ryoko asked.
" I don't know just that they are in a lot of pain."
Sasami replied.
Deep in space two massive fleets of ships were headed for each other.
The admiral of the jurian fleet watched his screen closely.
The mammoth Greek flagship was still not up with the rest of its fleet.
If I can reach the main fleet before the flagship gets there.
We will be able to wipe out the fleet and leave the flagship vulnerable with none of the other ships to help defend it.
"Increase our speed." He ordered.
"We must engage the enemy fleet before the main ship can get there."
"Yes sir." His navigator called out.
D3 was also watching his screen.
"Your grace" the high priest spoke up.
"The jurian fleet has increased its speed."
He stepped closer to the screen.
"They are trying to reach our ships before we do."
He watched for a moment more.
"Shall we match them as well my lord?"
he asked turning to look up at the great god.
'No." was all D3 said.
"But my lord if they manage to break thru.
We will be vastly out numbered."
D3 glared down at him
"Do YOU Dare Question Me?" he thundered.
The high priest dropped to his knees trembling.
"No my lord I wouldn't dare please forgive me I forgot my place."
D3 sat back up in his throne.
"We will let them think that they have the upper hand for now."
His voice returning to normal.
"Sir we will be within firing range in less then 45 seconds."
His communications officer informed him.
"All ships." He said as he stood up.
"Open the light hawk wings."
Outside the darkness of space began to shimmer as the hundreds of ships opened there wings.
Most of the ships only had three wings.
The commanders of the first, second, and third fleets had five.
The admiral was the second finest ship in the whole jurian navy.
His ship had six wings only Tsunami was stronger with ten.
"As soon as we are in range, open fire." He ordered.
The fleet closed in, the light hawk wings blazing.
"Sir we are in range." The ensign informed him.
The admiral looked out over the scene, the enemy was everywhere.
There ships where arranged in such a way that every other one was just behind the next one
"All ships pick your targets and Fire!"
he ordered.
The Greek ships that where in the front line fired a barrage of lasers into the Jurian fleet.
What shots hit where absorbed harmlessly by the light hawk wings.
The ensign called out.
"Take out those ships." He ordered.
The fleet returned fire but this time they shot passed the front line.
Some of the back ships where hit but most of the fire was taken by the front line moving into the line of fire.
"They are sacrificing themselves." The ensign said in disbelief.
The back row of Greek ships fired again.
The Jurian fleet was rocked once more by explosions.
Two of the blast hit the flag ship.
The force was so great that it flung the ship on its side.
One of the light hawk wings was tore away from the ship.
The admiral was overwhelmed with the pain of his tree.
He fought to clear his head of the feeling.
All around him were small explosions and the choking smell of smoke.
He pulled himself up off the floor.
Looking around he saw that except for some small fires his ship was still intact.
"Get these fires out." He ordered.
There was no answer.
He shot a look over to his second in command.
The station was empty.
Lying on the floor was the body of his second knight, blood running.
"Damn." He muttered under his breath
He ran over to the now vacant station.
All along the Jurian ships cannons slid out.
Small balls of energy formed on the ends of each of the small power rods that formed the inside of the ships cannons.
Drawing their power in and then firing into the masses of the Greeks ships.
Soon great explosions tore through the ranks of the Greeks as the blast found their marks.
Knights cheered as they saw ships being ripped apart by great explosions and others burning, drifting from their ranks unable to carry on the fight.
The admiral stood quietly on his bridge.
His eyes focused on the back row of ships.
He could see their sides opening up and massive guns sliding out.
A small knot of fear creped into his stomach.
"TARGET THOSE BACK SHIPS!" he screamed out.
But it was too late.
The second wave of enemy ships fired their huge guns.
The impact rocked the admiral's ship.
"Damage report!" he shot out keeping his balance by holding on to his chair.
"Sir our light hawk wings have held but we won't be able to take to many more hits like that."
His second in command reported.
The admiral brought up his screen.
He viewed his fleet.
Several of the smaller ships had been completely blown apart.
Others where severely damaged, missing one or two of their light hawk wings.
"Sir we lost a fourth of our fleet."It didn't take him long to get his ship righted.
"sir." The ensign looked over at him the fear showing plainly on his face.
"What is it ensign?"
"Sir the Greek flagship." He brought up a screen
"it is here."
Not far behind the rest of the Greek fleet was the massive flagship.
"Our ships are suffering heavy losses."
The ensign informed him as another barrage of blast came from the second line of ships.
"Get me my commanders." The admiral told him.
D3 watched the battle from his ship.
"My lord our losses are great." The high priest mused.
"But the Jurians will soon be crippled."
D3 rose from his command throne.
"It is time we make our presence known."
"By The Goddess!" the ensign was on his feet staring at the screen.
Screens began to open up all around the bridge as other captains had seen it as well.
"Sir we must retreat!" one of them spoke out.
The admiral went back to his command seat.
"Knights." He choose his words very carefully.
The battle was raging all around him there was another explosion.
A screen of one of his captains would fizzle out.
"We are all that stand between these bastards and our home."
He stood up. "By Tsunami and our queens I will not retreat.
First and second fleet you show them why we are the mighty fleet of Juria."
He clenched his fist.
"The flagship is mine."
"Yes sir." They all said in unison.
"Commanders clear me a path." He ordered.
The first and second fleets lead ships moved in on either side of the admiral's.
All three charged forward cannons blazing.
They ripped thru the ranks of the Greeks.
The ships blowing apart under the onslaught of jurian fire.
Ahead the admiral got a good look that had brought the fear through his men.
Out there loomed the Greek flagship.
in front of it was what looked like light hawk wings except they where a deep purple in color.
The ship had ten of them.
"My lord they come." The high priest spoke.
"Very foolish these Jurians."
"Give them a taste of our power." D3 commanded.
"As you wish my lord."
The four power canons fired.
The commander of the first fleet took all four shots.
His ship burst into flames blowing into hundreds of pieces of burning wreckage.
The admiral shielded his eyes from the flash of the explosion.
"Admiral I will distract that bastard."
The voice of the first commander came over the com.
The Admiral shot up from his chair "I Will be ready."
He stood bravely on the bridge of his ship.
Aboard the command ship of the first fleet its captain had shut off his com.
"Full power to the light hawk wings." He ordered.
Outside the wings of the ship began to shimmer and expand.
The ship moved away from the bigger ship of the admiral's.
It picked up speed as the wings formed a complete circle in front the ship.
The Admiral watched as the commander moved away from him.
He already knew in his mind that he wasn't going to stop what was about to happen.
He walked away from his chair to face the center of his bridge.
He lowered his head and closed his eyes.
Deep in the center of the ship his royal tree began to shoot small beams of power into the water that surrounded it.
In front of the Admiral his jurian key floated before him.
The light hawk wings of the ship started expanding until they had over lapped each other.
"Tsunami remember us this day."
The first fleet commander spoke as he watched the main guns of the Greek flagship power up.
The black sparkle of power from the guns danced across his eyes "maxim speed!" he ordered.
The guns fired.
"Good luck admiral."
Was all the commander could get out before all four blasts struck his ship.
The oncoming explosion shook the jurian flagship.
The admiral was already lost in his power to notice it much.
The wings of his ship had now formed a circle in front of him much like the one of the first command ships had.
The circle folded back over the ship as the admiral raised his head up.
He reached his hands out to his floating jurian key.
He pushed all his power into it.
The energy crackled from his hands flowing over his key.
A massive ball of orange energy appeared in front of the light hawk wings.
For a split second it just hovered there then it was released,
hurling towards the Greek flagship.
There was a blinding flash of light followed by a planet shattering boom.
All the screens of the Jurian flagship went blank from the repercussions of the blast.
The light hawk wings shimmered once then twice and were gone.
"Get those screens back up." He ordered.
"Yes sir." The ensign was working franticly to comply.
After a few moments the screens flickered and where back up.
All the admiral could see was nothing but a huge cloud of smoke.
He peered deeper to try to see.
His eyes grew rounded as in the cloud was ten shinning dark hawk wings.
"No this can not be." It seemed that the admiral's face had aged several years.
"Finish this." D3 spoke to his Priest. "The planet Juria awaits."
"Yes my lord." The high priest bowed.
The ship lunged forward on a straight course for the last remaining Juria ship.
"We will be there shortly." The priest informed D3
"Sir they are going to ram us." The ensign reported his fear not covered very well.
"Sir?" the ensign turned to stare in disbelief at the now lost admiral.
"Sir what should we do?" the Ensign pleaded.
But the admiral could not respond.
with out the light hawk wings they were powerless to stop them and even with the wings they,
no,
he had failed.
The admiral dropped to his knees
"my Queens I am sorry."
Was all he got out before the Greek ship collided with his.
Back on Tsunami it was getting close to supper time.
Every one had gathered at the dinning table.
Tenchi looked around and again his father wasn't there.
"I am going to get father he has to eat."
He said getting up from the table.
"I will go with you Tenchi." Ayeka replied starting to get up also.
"No that is ok Ayeka you stay here and finish eating I won't be long."
Ryoko gave her a nasty glare but didn't say anything.
She was not about to let Ayeka prove to Tenchi that she was just a silly girl.
Tenchi knocked on his fathers study.
"Dad it is dinner time don't you want something to eat?"
he called thru the door.
He stood there for a while but got no answer.
He knocked again
"Dad are you in there?"
Still there was no answer.
Tenchi slowly opened the door.
It was dim inside, the only light coming from the desk lamp on his work table.
"Dad?"
Tenchi called into the room.
He looked over at the table but his dad wasn't there.
He stepped on inside.
"Dad?" he called out more time.
Suddenly he saw his father lying on the floor not moving.
"DAD!" Tenchi ran over to his father
"Dad wake up. What is the matter? Are you ok?"
Nobiyuki wouldn't move in his hand he clutched a long roll of paper.
Tenchi couldn't wake him.
Not knowing what else to do he ran out of the room.
"Grandfather." He called out into the hall.
"Something is wrong with dad."
"Oh my." Mihoshi replied worried.
Everyone else was getting up from the table and heading for the study.
Washu was the first to get there.
"He is unconscious."
She said stating the obvious
"I know that Washu what is wrong with him?" Tenchi said getting annoyed.
"Well I don't know yet Tenchi I have to get him to my lab and do some test on him."
She answered.
Tenchi bent down to pick up his father.
"Let me help you Lord Tenchi."
Z said coming into the room to help him.
They both hefted up the still unconscious Body of his father.
Washu lead the way to her lab.
Inside it didn't take her long to hook the poor man up to an unnamable amount of machines and gadgets.
"Well do you know what it wrong yet?"
Tenchi asked impatiently.
"Hold on a sec Tenchi."
She half commented while she was studying her computer screen.
"Well for one he is completely exhausted.
I suspect from all that time in his study without eating."
She sat up and rubbed her chin
"I wonder what it was that he found so interesting in there?"
she asked herself more then anyone else.
"Maybe it was this."
Ryoko answered pulling the long roll of paper out from his tightly grasping hand.
"I don't care about that I just want to know if he will be ok."
Tenchi was getting really angry now with no one answering his question.
"He will be ok he just really needs some rest and when he wakes up he will need to eat something to get his strength back."
Washu finally answered him.
"This looks like a jurian ship."
Yosho comment looking at the paper that Ryoko had unfolded.
The others, except for Tenchi had turned to see what was on the paper.
"Yes you are right, but I have not seen any ship in the fleet look anything like this one."
Ayeka said getting a closer look herself.
"It looks a lot like this one except for this and this."
Mihoshi joined in
"oh and this and this."
"Ok Mihoshi we get the point."
Kiyone said annoyed.
"But why would he draw a Juria ship?" Sasami asked.
"That is a good question Sasami."
Washu took the paper.
"One that I will find out."
She said going back into her lab.
Later that night Tenchi was still sitting beside his father.
He had not left since Nobiyuki had been brought in.
his mind swirl with thoughts of his mother.
How she had been taken from him at such a young age.
A small tear ran down his cheek,
god how he missed her.
Now that same fear and sense of loss filled his heart.
At one moment he had thought that he was going to loose he father as well.
"Tenchi?" he quickly turned at the sound of his name
"oh Ayeka."
He said seeing the princess standing just off from the darkness of the lab.
She was holding a plate of food.
When the others had left he had stayed behind with his dad and missed dinner.
"Sasami made this for you."
she said coming in closer to where he was standing.
"Thank you Ayeka but I am not very hungry right now."
He replied.
"Oh well I will have Sasami put it up for you maybe you will be hungry later."
Ayeka put the plate down at the end of the bed.
She closed her hands together and put them down in front of her.
For a long while the room was silent except for the light sounds of Washu's machines.
There steady humming was numbing.
Ayeka didn't know what to say.
But she felt that she had to say something.
She could see that he was going thru a great deal of pain
. And it hurt her to see him this way.
"Ayeka." He spoke breaking the long silence.
She looked up at him but his head was still down.
"Yes Tenchi what is it?"
she answered.
She could see he was struggling with something.
It must be very important for him she thought.
She dared not speak for fear that what ever it was he was about to tell her he wouldn't if she pressed it
. Finally he looked up at her.
"Have you ever lost anyone close to you?"
His eyes seemed pleading.
Her heart skipped,
his mother.
her mind wirled.
She remembered the only time in her life that she had seen so much death and destruction.
It was the time that Ryoko had attacked Juria.
"Yes." She said.
"I have seen death up close."
"But was it someone who was close to you?" he asked again.
She couldn't stand the look in his eyes any longer.
But she wouldn't dare leave his look either.
"I lost my uncle when Ryoko attacked the palace."
She finally looked down as the images flooded into her mind of that day.
"I remember that there was smoke and fire all around I couldn't hardly see.
I was very scared I had gotten separated from the rest of the family."
She steadied herself on the bed.
Every dark fear that she had dreamed about was again racing across her mind.
"I had came around one of the corner pillars of the palace and there he was laying face down."
She choked down the lump forming in her throat.
"There was so much blood."
Again she couldn't finish speaking.
Suddenly she was frozen; his hand was on her arm.
She didn't realize that she had started crying.
Her tears had run along her cheeks and were falling onto the sheet of the bed.
She could feel Tenchi turning her towards him.
Again she didn't know what to do.
"I am sorry." He said.
"I did not mean to bring up such bad memories."
"It is ok really, I shouldn't be acting like such a baby."
She replied wiping off her cheeks.
Tenchi let her go.
Her words hurt him deeply.
"Ayeka?"
She looked up at him.
"I didn't mean what I said earlier, I was angry but not at you two."
He took in a deep breath.
"You both are very special to me."
She couldn't get her lungs to take in air.
What did he say?
Her mind flooded with emotions.
She couldn't believe what she had just heard.
He thinks I am special rolled over and over in her mind.
"Oh Tenchi." She moved closer to him.
Tenchi found himself face to face with the princess.
He was completely lost in her ruby eyes.
With out knowing it he was slowly leaning closer to her.
His lips mere inches from hers.
So do they kiss or don't they. Oh my oh my you will just have to wait till the next chapter comes out.
(Mihoshi hasn't finished the report yet)
He he I love this stuff. Anyway thanks again to NCcatfan for the proof reading. Without his help I am sure this wouldn't even pass the third grade-spelling test. And again if you wish to drop me a line and tell me what ya think *good or bad* then just send me an email and I will be glad to answer any questions that I can.
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