After a few hours on Jurai Tenchi and the others were preparing for some pre-wedding activities, in just two hours all of Jurai would be see Yosho and his new bride Mila at a traditional Jurai type royal dance. Millions would catch their first real glimpse of the couple as their image would be broadcast around the Jurai Empire. There was excitement in the air has the people of Jurai discussed the event among themselves and its implications.

Tenchi and Adam were in some guest quarters getting their dress uniforms on, both had a slight distaste for such events that they both deemed boring. The young captain was fumbling around with his uniform trying to make sure everything was in place. Adam on the other hand was quite used to such affairs on Fo and other places, he was relaxing and watching with some amusement at Tenchi trying to get his dress uniform just right.

Washu was in her adult form wear a stunning red evening dress that fit her like a glove reviling how shapely a woman she really was in her "grown up" form. She was sure to get a lot of stares from most of the males regardless of species. She was waiting on her daughter and thinking if she could get Adam to blush sometime during the evening, especially if she could corner him in a quite out of the way place.

"Hey mom, how do I look?" Ryoko asked as she stepped into view. Washu looked at her, her uniform, the sergeant stripes pinned on her collar, and the medals she proudly wore on her chest looked perfect. Then she noticed how her daughter looked from the neck up. She had very little make-up on but looked stunning anyway. She held back some tears as she hugged her daughter. "I am so proud of you Ryoko." Ryoko smiled and closed her eyes as she rested her chin on her mother's shoulder and they both held each other for a few more moments.

Sasami was wearing a royal gown fit for a young princess it was mostly white with some pink here and their, she would at least please her mother. She was currently waiting for Aeka who was supposed to come by her quarters. Till then she was fixing up Ryo-oh-ki who was letting it be known that this kind of dress up was not any fun at all.

Aeka was sitting down looking into a large mirror, she used to enjoy dressing up and going to such royal events, but they seemed rather pointless to her now. Sure she looked every bit a Jurai princess in her colorful evening gown, but she just was so tired of playing the part. She wondered how Adam managed to do it sometimes. For a moment she felt like getting into her Earth Eagle fighter and flying off into space. That is when she pressed a button on the imaging device and stared at the two pictures forming in mid-air.

She shed a tear as the pictures of Chip and Larry stared back at her. These were their formal military pictures, the kind displayed proudly in the homes of relatives. Akea had sent a communication to both their families expressing how brave she thought they were, even though she had only known them for a few weeks. She asked if they would honor her by sending them their picture so she could remember them by, they gladly send them with their thanks.

A few moments later she thought better of fleeing into space. It was strange but she seemed to draw strength from their memory. "Thanks again my friends, in a strange way I feel you two are still watching over me, like guardian angels that your people talk about sometimes, it is comforting." Aeka said with a smile. She got up and left the room with a determined step.

Aboard the West Virginia there was an uneasy mood setting in. They had just gotten reports of a strange energy source heading toward Jurai. Captain Washington was starting to become concerned, and wondered why the Jurai fleet was not in a rush to investigate the matter. The Jurai general in charge of Jurai planetary defenses had contacted the Earth ship and shared the concern and was quietly getting the planet's defensives ready just in case, he also put a quite request for any Jurai ships near the home world to change course and head toward Jurai. Captain Washington sent out a secret communication to EDF command on the situation. The energy source if it continued on its present course would be near Jurai in a couple of hours.

The ceremony went off with out a hitch and Yosho and Mila stood before Jurai hand in hand with fake smiles on their lips. Then the dance began as Jurai royals and representatives from a variety of worlds talk, dance and eat. Tenchi, Adam, and Ryoko were standing by the drink table; they had standing orders to make sure none of the Earth diplomats drank too much. An hour later the three of them were relived from their duties by some EDF Marines, which is when Tenchi and Ryoko sneaked out on one of the balconies that were still in ear shot of the music, but out of sight. "Tenchi what are you doing?" Ryoko asked. Tenchi bowed and extended his hand. "Why asking a beautiful woman to honor me with a dance of course." Ryoko blushed, smiled and takes his hand.

Kiyone was in her police dress uniform with Sasami and Ryo-oh-ki. Sasami was talking to the children of the various diplomats and doing her best to play the part of being a Jurai princess. The young cabbit was watching with child like fascination at the various dances. Washu had a few male diplomats surrounding her. The Emperor surrounded by his knights was talking with his son and his future daughter-in-law, he made a mental note of their fake smiles.

The Emperor's wives along with Aeka were chatting with various guests. Aeka had noticed that Tenchi and Ryoko had slipped out, and Adam too seemed to disappear. She sighed, and then smiled at thought of the stir that would come about if she asked a lowly Earth sergeant to dance, but where was he? Adam was out on another balcony looking up at the sky, he had another strange feeling. That is when a Young Creen woman walked out and went up to Adam and hugged him. "Adam it is good to see you again, why are you not enjoying yourself?" She asked.

Adam grinned at the young woman and she smiled shaking her head. "I see you still do not like these diplomatic functions. Well I believe father wants to throw one to honor you personally, and "no" on your part was not an option." She said as she sternly looked at him. He laughed. "How is your Father, Bilu?" She folded her arms as she replied. "Being the leader of an entire planet is not easy we just had our first elections for the planetary Congress, in two years we will elect someone to be President, my father is looking forward to it. So no excuses Adam, in three weeks you better be on Fo and look like you are at least enjoying yourself." Upon completing her sentence she reached and kissed him on the cheek then went back to the dance.

Aeka had noticed a Creen female coming in from a balcony. She went to see if Adam was out there, when she saw him she then went to his side. Adam turned around and bowed. "Princess, are you enjoying the diplomatic dance?" He said as he smiled at her. She smiled back. "Adam I have been to so many of these things that I honestly just keep smiling and shake my head a lot. So why are you out here?" She asked. He said he just needed some fresh air.

For the next few minutes they talked and Aeka laughed at the story of the last time he had to guard the drinks from Earth diplomats. "When I finally got a few of them back to the embassy they were absolutely drunk. One diplomat got up on a table in the reception area and started to dance. Another one stole a Wolverine and went for a joy ride, nearly causing an interplanetary incident. Maybe I should get back to my post and relieve those Marines; they just got back from fighting pirates." Adam said then took a step. That is when the music started playing again.

Adam was surprised when Aeka grabbed him and said with a smile. "You can return to your post after this dance." He did not argue. Sasami and Washu had gotten curious as to where Adam had gone; they peeked out and saw Aeka dancing with him. The two females looked at each other and smiled. Washu retreated to find Kyione to do a little gossiping. Sasami smiled and said to herself, "Adam you have been taken and you do not even know it yet." She turned to leave when her smile turned into a look of concern, she could feel the strong emotions starting to stir in his heart about Aeka, but something else was there that was stronger, a sense of worry.

When Aeka first met Tenchi she was a little shy around him, but for some reason she was not that way with Adam. Maybe it was because she had gotten to know him a little; maybe it was because they were so much alike, yet vastly different. Whatever the reason there was no place she would rather be at this time then sharing a dance with him. His kindness and gentle heart had won her over; she truly was falling in love with him. This was a true honest love, with Tenchi it was love mixed with a school girl like infatuation or crush. When the dance was over she grabbed Adam by the face bent him down and kissed him on the lips. She turned around and went back to the diplomats with a smile on her face, this time things would be different and she would not be denied her heart's desire, not this time.

Adam stood their stunned and muttered. "What just happened?" He had to admit he was becoming attracted to Aeka. She was a very kind, yet strong woman, and like him knew heart ache all too well. She was also one of the most beautiful women he had every seen, but she also had an intense inner beauty as well. Maybe they could...oh what was he thinking, she is a princess and he was just a lowly sergeant in the EDF. Suddenly Adam has an intense feeling shoot through him, and whips around and looks at the same patch of sky he had been looking at early. With a little fear in his voice Adam whispers to himself, "Something is here."

Captain Washington was pacing the Bridge of the West Virginia; she knew that her ship was the only one in the area. General Tigil had been in constant contact with her trying to organize a defense, praying that it was unnecessary. However a recent scan of the energy source was showing that it was positioning itself just outside Jurai's orbit, she would have to make a decision.

General Tigil was sitting in the command center of the planetary defense, and he also had to make a decision, he wondered if the Jurian high command was full of idiots. Though their planets defenses were impressive, he still felt naked without part of the fleet here. Their were a few Jurai ships in orbit and a few more that would be their in minutes, but the bulk of the fleet would take days to assemble as they would trickle in little by little. He knew it could cost him his position but he had to contact the Emperor. Suddenly a young officer spoke up from his station, "Sir the West Virginia has just went on full combat alert and is ready to launch its fighter and mechs, what should we do?" The General stood up, "Order all ships in orbit to do the same, all defenses are to be made ready planet wide!" After issuing the command his voice became softer, "Someone get me the Emperor."

Washington had given the order and fighters, bombers, and mechs were taking up defensive positions.

Back at EDF Command in orbit around Earth the Supreme Command of the EDF, Admiral Jessica Long rushed into the main command center with a surprised look on her face. Major John Brick tries to fill her in on the situation, "Sir, the West Virginia as gone on combat alert." He pauses and directs her attention to one of the many screens in the command center. "A few days ago the Betsy Ross took readings on a strange energy source heading into Jurai space. The Jurai military was given a full report, but it seems they did not take it very seriously. No one knows what it is, but most likely is not a natural occurrence." The Admiral looked at the screen, "Major get me in contact with the Earth Congress, and get me in communication with Captain Washington."

Washington was sitting in her Captains chair on the bridge when something started to become visible where the energy source was, "Damn, cloaking technology!" She yelled with obvious surprise and disgust.

Adam had already told Tenchi, Washu, and Ryoko that something was here. They were stunned as in the middle of a dance and alert siren went off. Azusa was rushed to the most fortified place in the palace along with his family. Diplomats and military personnel were running everywhere. Across the planet defenses where being deployed as a frighten populace could only wonder.

Adam, Tenchi, and Ryoko went to one of the palaces docking bays that were full of Earth military and civilian craft. All the military craft were rushing out like hornets heading into orbit. After a few moment only Tenchi's and Adam's Eagle was their with Ryoko's space worthy Knight, they were waiting to get fuel. Sasami and Ryo-oh-oki suddenly came rushing in with Aeka, Washu, and Kyione close behind. Closely behind them was a group of Jurai knights and palace guards.

Sasami and the young Cabbit embraced them as they were standing closely together waiting for fuel. Both young ladies were over come and unable to speak. They both hugged each one of them and then stood back to where Aeka, Washu, and Kyione were standing, all were teary eyed. No one spoke a word, Tenchi and Ryoko's were the first to leave, they climbed into their Eagle and Knight smiled at everyone, waved and flew off.

Adam was waiting as the maintenance crew was prepping his Eagle. He turned to see the tears flowing down worried cheeks. He smiled and bent down. Sasami and Ryo-oh-ki rush to him and embrace him again. Sasami is especially worried she has a strange feeling that this battle will be far greater than the last. "Adam, you all have to come back, all of you!" She says. He stands up and places a hand on the outside shoulder of each girl and smiles. "Ladies do not worry, everything will be fine, you hold down the fort ok?" They both nod. Adam gets in his eagle salutes his friends then rushes toward the sky.

"Ok Adam, Ryoko, let's get up there, they say who ever it is they had some sort of cloaking, let's see what is behind the curtain." Tenchi says as Adam and Ryoko fall into formation.

After a few moments they take position with the West Virginia. "Tenchi, Adam look at those things, there is only four, but they must be over ten miles each, they do not look like ships just flying blocks." Ryoko says as she takes reading. Tenchi is puzzled. "Adam have you seen anything like it before. Wait a minute look far away from each other they are yet look to be forming a perf........oh no, it's a gate of some sort!"

Like a swarm of Japanese hornets, enemy fighters, robo-bugs, and grey mechs come pouring through gate. The Jurai and Earth defenders start firing away seeming inflicting heavy damage on the swarm, there are so many that they cannot miss, nor can they stop them. Jurai orbiting defense stations along with the Jurai ships in orbit try and use some long range energy weapons to destroy on of the four blocks making up the gate, but they have excellent shielding and can actually maneuver together to avoid the blasts.

Enemy capital ships are also starting to come through the gate; a majority of them take positions putting themselves between the planet and in coming Jurai forces rushing to the aid of their home world.

Ten minutes into the battle a small gap in the orbiting defenses are breeched, enemy capital ships come through the gate and form a wedge in the gap as they start to launch a planetary invasion force heading down toward Jurai.

"Blue seven you got two on your tail, move to area 2A, I will cover, blue seven!!!" Adam screamed as an Earth eagle went up in flames, he heard the pilot's final scream. He flew after the two enemy fighters and blasted them to pieces. Then a squad of gray fighter started to attack, suddenly they were gone. Adam was going through the enemy like a hot knife through butter but there number only increased.

Ryoko and Tenchi were escorting a badly damaged Knight back to the West Virginia. After that they got orders to take some forces and defend help defend the Earth embassy that was near the royal place. Two squads of Knights and one of Eagles, 18 ships in all head for the surface. They could see that the enemy was landing troop carries and other things in a desert area of Jurai, a beachhead. It would not take long for them to swarm over the planet from there.

"Adam this is Tenchi, meet us at the embassy, over?" Tenchi said as he gazed to his left watching a Jurai cruiser ram an enemy heavy capital ship. "Roger Captain, I will meet you there, got some company to take of first, out." Ryoko and Tenchi gave a sigh of relief, but they new the situation was bad.

The emperor, his wives, and his children were in the war room. The Emperor sat watching a screen and listening to the voices of Earth and Jurai soldiers scream their last. Sasami, Aeka, Washu, Kiyone, and one young cabbit listened with teary eyes at the screams and confusion. Ever so often they could hear Adam or Tenchi speaking. They could also her Ryoko snarling at the enemy. All over Jurai people watched in horror as the night sky was full of lights, and the seeds of panic filled every heart as word of the enemy landing forces in one of the deserts, for now it was a light show, but the battle would be coming to them soon.

General Tigil went up to the Emperor in the war room. "Sir it may be best to evacuate you and the royal family off world sir." The Emperor refused. Instead he wanted to know how this could have happened, nobody had an answer.

Washu was in her child form again looking at her portable screen. "How could I have missed it, how?" She asked herself. Kiyone and Aeka were holding on to Sasami and the young cabbit feeling totally helpless. Sasami could sense something strange from Adam, a strange calm, sure he was angry about watching his comrades dying, but what usually took a great deal of focus, he was doing with ease. Still she could hear two words repeated over and over again in his mind, "so many".

Admiral Jessica Long was preparing for a speech. Both military and civilian wait to hear her as the huddle around a variety of screens of various sizes. "People of the United Republics of Earth twenty minutes ago an unknown alien force has attacked the Jurai home world with an overwhelming amount of military force. These Aliens have been responsible for attacking Jurai, Earth, and other world's installations in the past few years. Little is known about them, what is known will soon be made available to the everyone. Five minutes ago the Earth Congress declared war on these unknown aliens and is preparing to send aid to Jurai as we speak. All military outposts, ships and personnel of the EDF and national forces are now on full combat alert. Further details will be made available on this and the Jurai situation, may God watch over us all."

Adam, Ryoko, And Tenchi were walking around the embassy compound as their ships were getting restocked with fuel and ammo. Ryoko was listening to reports from the battle above as EDF personnel gathered around her. "The West Virginia is taking a pounding but is still in the fight, there is only a trickle of ships coming through the gate. Their invasion force is still assembling in a desert south of her. Jurai ground forces are mobilizing; Jurai combat ships are pouring into the solar system, but are still unable to get through the blockade." Ryoko shook her head, how could Jurai be on the verge of a disaster like this?

The Emperor sat in his chair; he was currently listening to an exchange between an Earth eagle squadron commander and her group. He briefly smiled. These Earthlings never ceased to amaze him; only four hundred years ago they did not even have a colony in their own solar system, now they spanned the galaxy. The just kept advancing by leaps and bounds, with every new advance it would not be too long before it was obsolete with even newer ones taking its place. And to be honest Jurai had been arrogant the past thousand years, but it was time to begin to use the full power at his disposal. He had a feeling that this was just the tip of the ice burg; he closed his eyes and prepared himself.

The EDF and national forces started sending ships into Jurai territory to try and relief Jurai, but it would take time for them and a large portion of the Jurai fleet to get there.

Every military base and ship the Earth had went on alert and where scanning for any "unusual reading", surprise spread though out the Earth territories as some were hearing the news for the first time.

The Enemy's ground forces started to move on the capital and other selected areas. In these areas, as in orbit, titanic struggles for survival were being played out. Jurai and enemy forces clashed as the enemy got there first distasteful bites of Jurai knights, it would be a meal that they would soon not forget.

In the capital the enemy slowly moved into the city and pushed toward the palace. All the embassies had moved both their military and to the palace, their military forces joined with the royal guards and Knights to form a heavily armed ring around the palace, and they waited. Adam and Tenchi had been the last ones to land in the defensive area just before the first enemy fighters started to bomb the area.

Adam got a funny feeling as he glanced into the city, refugees were still coming in and the military was doing their best to get them safe. Then he felt something coming toward their position, something familiar, suddenly fifty red armor clad figures flew over lead by one in golden armor with twin horns sticking out of the helmet. They ignored the forces around the palace and bust right into the palace.

The Emperor and the rest feel the palace shake as a voice can be heard throughout the palace "Alert! Intruders in the palace, all personnel to their posts, defend the Emperor!" They Emperor and company were moved to the throne room, He sat on his throne and prepared himself.

Tenchi, Adam, and Ryoko flew to the palace just as the enemy ploughed into the forces defending around the Palace. They docked their ships and found the palace in chaos. They saw what was left of some of guards and Knights; this was going to be messy. Suddenly they found themselves in the throne room, Washu had transported them there. Before anyone could say anything part of the farthest wall from the throne exploded. In came the red armored figures, they looked even more frightening in person.

Kiyone and Adam looked at them with anger quickly rising in their hearts. The Royal knights fly into them using energy blasts and their swords. The red armored avoid most of the blasts and the swords with discomforting easy as the some of the Knights fall. Yosho joined in with his Tenchi light sword, he managed to injury one of them but could not get close enough to deal a death blow. Funaho clutched Sasami and Ryo-oh-oki huddling behind Misaki, Washu, and Kiyone. The detective had her weapon drawn and ready as Washu had raised an energy shield to protect them.

Aeka and Ryoko were teaming up and landing some blows and connecting with some energy blasts, but they did not seem to keep them down for long. Tecnhi had formed a light sword and was trying to impale an enemy or two, when that did not work he used his a controlled short burst of light hawk powers and blasted two of them to the ground, they did not get back up. Adam was doing an impressive dance, but his rifle did little more than briefly blind the enemy when he shot them in the face, Washu noticed no matter how fast the enemy moved Adam was a step ahead, she was not the only one.

Suddenly the Emperor glowed with a white aura forming a light sword and with incredible speed cut one down the middle, each half fell in opposite direction, he growled at a half dozen of the enemy and blasted them out of existence. Tenchi with a surge of power basted ten in a similar fashion. Aeka and the others watched in fascination at the displays that Azusa and Tenchi showed, powerful control bursts of energy.

The red armored figures started to hesitate, that is when the Golden one started clapping from its place of observation, it appeared to be female and she spoke, "Very impressive, so this is the great power of Jurai I have heard so much about, not bad. And you, Tenchi is it not, you have a similar but different power, interesting. Still you are no match for me and those whom I serve, so just tell us now, where is the one called Adam Jones? He has something that my masters want." Everyone looked at each other with surprise, except Washu.

"Ahhhh there you are, let us make this brief, come let me strike you down of your own free will or this planet will be destroyed." She paused as Adam just looked at her. "Oh are you hoping that the "power of Jurai" will win the day if it is unleashed in full? Well think again, usually it would be a problem but a recent ally of my masters has made a way around it." Suddenly a round floating ball of white energy pops out of nowhere, but its effects are clear.

Adam was horrified as most of his friends started to fall on the floor and scream out in pain, only Kiyone seemed unaffected. He tired to go to the closest person, Sasami, side, but was told to stand still or else. Adam bows his head and said. "Fine, kill me then." The Golden one sounded disappointed, "My that was rather quick, oh well." She raised her hand toward him and with a blue energy blast knocked him clean into the wall."

Sasami felt the pain that had so quickly overcome melt away, she almost felt relieved, and that is when she could not feel something. She whipped her head around just in time to see Adam's body fall to the floor. The others were still woozy and confused. Sasami stumbled over to Adam who was face down. She turned him over and saw a sight she would never forget. There was a hole deep in his chest where his armor should have been.

Aeka and Ryoko were startled back to their senses but an almost inhuman scream. "Noooooooo!!!!!" It was Sasami. One by one as the others gathered their wits they assembled around Sasami. A few silent minutes passed as tears started to flow freely, the red and gold armored figures watch with glee, but make no more moves as the sound of battle still rages outside.

Washu frantically tries to revive him, but fails. Suddenly Tenchi turns around and makes a beeline toward the golden figure with the look of death on his face, The Emperor does not know why but he is still very weak and leans against the wall with his two wives at his side, all were in tears. Kiyone knells with her head down near Sasami as rage fills her heart, rage at the enemy and at herself for being unable to do anything about it.

Ryoko plows into the remaining red armored with a strength she never knew before. Tears stream down her face as she vents her anger on the now surprised enemy. Aeka cradles Ryo-oh-oki as the young child trembles, Aeka expression is one of being lost. Tenchi goes hand to hand with the golden female, they seem equally matched, for the moment. Suddenly the white ball of energy glows again and Tenchi falls, but this time he struggles to his feet, anger still pumping through his veins.

Sasami tenderly cradles the body of her fallen friend. She bends down and kisses him on the forehead just as her fore head starts to glow. Sasami then notices she is someplace different. Adams memories flash by her, and she realizes she is in his mind again. That could only mean he is still alive, but the place was growing dark and cold. However there was a bright light in the distance and she ran toward it.

The light came from a room that was all white and glowing, in one corner was a ball of orange light. She did not know how she knew, but this is what the enemy wanted. On the far side of the room she saw three figures and an extra on that looked familiar, it was Adam. Two of the figures were carrying him while the other leads the way.

As she got closer the beings were dressed in a pure white the likes she had never seen before, Adam was in his battle armor but look asleep. She lunged out and grabbed Adam jerking him back into her grasp, but his weight knocked them both to the ground. There on the floor she held on to him tightly. "You cannot have him!" She yelled at the figures.

Two of the figures were female looking the third was a powerfully looking male. One of the females knelled down with such a pure smile that Sasami was briefly awe struck, so was Tsunami, but she was strangely silent. "It is time for him to rest now young one." She said in a voice that had to be angelic. "No, he still has things to do, he cannot leave...he just can't." Sasami felt the tears start to flow again.

That is when the female tenderly dried her eyes with part of the robe she was wearing. "Young one his only other choice, is to accept that." She points to the glowing ball of orange energy. "Then he accepts." Sasami replies. "It is too late it is his time, and we are simply here to lead him home." The being looks toward her companions. "You mean his God? Then let me speak to Him, I will do anything, just do not take him." Sasami clutches Adam tighter. "You do not understand even if he could take his life back he would have to accept that power and be it's guardian, while it will give he great power, great sorrow also goes with it, he has not seen enough?"

Sasami cannot speak anymore she is too overcome. She slowly lets the grip on him loosen as the other two beings begin to take him from her. With one final plea she looks up not knowing if she is taking to his God or whatever then hangs her head. Suddenly the room gets brighter and the three beings fall to their knees. Sasami watches as an unseen presence lifts Adam up and gently takes him to the orange ball of energy as the Adam and the energy become one, Sasami can sense something else being added. The three beings smile at her.

In the next moment Sasami is holding Adam again with Aeka, Washu, Kiyone, and stunned cabbit stare at Adam. Sasami looks down and sees Adam glowing with a pure white light as his chest is healing itself. Then when that is completed he starts to glow with an orange light, then it fades, Adam opens his eyes. The group is startled to find his eyes glowing orange.

The golden female laughs as she doges one of Tenchi's punches, "Oh my Tenchi I can see why some of the allies of my masters have an interest in you. I can sense a lot more power from you than you are using, can it be you do not know how to control them yet, like your female friend, she is strong too." Tenchi replies in a angry tone, "Shut up! You butcher! First Sara, then my comrades, what was left of the Purn, and now my best friend you will pay for this, you all will!" The golden female seems amused.

"Oh really, you have no idea what your dealing with do you? Let me be blunt, you have seen but a fraction of what my masters are capable of, and our allies alone can make this pitiful universe shake with fear. Beat me if you can, defeat the forces we have gathered here and destroy the gate. It makes no difference, those far stronger then me are waiting. You were beaten before you were even born!" Tenchi attacks landing a flurry of punches and kicks, the two warriors fail to notice that most everyone else's attention is somewhere else.

Adam stands up with his eyes still glowing as Washu examines him with her computer, "This is strange I cannot get a clear reading, what type of energy is this?" Kiyone touches him and finds that he still feels human. "Adam are you ok?" Sasami asks sensing the strange power coming form him. He just looks at her and smiles.

The battle between Tenchi and the golden female ends when the female notices Adam, and tries to attack him. "No it is ours!" She said as she throws a punch, Adam catches it in mid-air with one hand and crushes it, then knocks her out with a uppercut to the jaw. She is quite surprised as some of her remaining red armored comrades start to run. To everyone's amazement Adam starts to fly around the room, the rest of the remaining red armored ones still standing fall dead to the ground.

Around Jurai and in orbit the battle still rages, the enemy had come like a flood sweeping over everything, but the tide was changing. The enemy flood was now being held up, for the moment. It was a critical time, would the flood break through the walls of resistance or would they be pushed back. Reinforcements for Jurai were still a few hours away but victory or defeat would be decided in the next few minutes.

The golden female recovers and gets up on shaky legs. "Ha, you think you have the advantage now?" Everyone wonders why Adam and the female look up.

Suddenly a metallic ball the size of a large city shoots out of the gate. It hits Jurai's atmosphere and explodes, shaking the entire planet. The wall of resistance starts to break as the enemy seems uninterested as the Jurai shakes. After the explosion the atmosphere slowly disappears.

"Ha, ha, ha, ha...your Jurai Power seems rather unimpressive, maybe in time it would have reached its former glory, even then it would be hard pressed to fix this with damaging this planet." The golden female says as she stares at Sasami. Azusa realized something, every since the disappearance of Tenchi and the others the very power that made Jurai supreme had been different somehow. Yes he had always known it was weakened as if going through some change.

Sasami had tears going down her eyes as Tsunami weeps. This union was not just for the purpose of saving Sasami's life all those centuries ago, but also for a chance for the power to become new and maybe even stronger. Sasami would be the key, as she grew so would the power, and with her pure heart Sasami would make that power a force for good as never before. However the goddess could feel a familiar hand even now preventing her from using her power, who was it? She simply could not think as she could feel the fear of Jurai, especially the children. Everyone rushed to the closet balcony, the fighting was still going on as the sky was slowly being eaten away, when it was gone the few that would survive aboard ships would still have to face the enemy.

"Washu can you do anything?" Kiyone asked. Washu was holding a cabbit who seemed terribly afraid. "Nothing, and Ryo-oh-ki cannot transform, something from that explosion is interfering with her." Washu said as she slumped over the young cabbit girl in defeat, was she not the powerful Washu, how could she be helpless?

Tenchi was thinking maybe he could do something but what? Could he save the entire planet like he did Aeka and Mishoshi aboard Dr. Clay's ship? Ryoko grabbed his hand. Maybe they could survive this, but she did not want to be anywhere else but here and now with Tenchi.

Aeka put her hand on Sasami's shoulder, tears in their eyes shed for their people, soon billions would be dead. The only one not concerned was Adam. He walked over to Sasami and with his finger wiped away her tears. "Do not worry little sister, let big brother handle this one." He says as he smiles at her. He seen flies off into the diction of the expanding rift.

The rift was causing havoc all over Jurai as power forces started sucking people out into space. The West Virginia and Jurai defense forces did not know what to do. In the mist of chaos a young girl no more than five years old is suck up off the ground, he mother is about to jump after her but some soldiers hold her back. The child desperately reaches down as her mother disappears from view, she is not alone in the air as thousands of children are snatched from the ground.

A mother weeps in the arms of a soldier who is barely able to keep them on the ground. She turns around in utter surprise as she hears her child call for her. The mother sees orange glow dots all over the sky, one starts to larger as it gets closer. Her tears turn to joy as she sees her child surrounded by an orange light fall right into her arms. They look around and see more people guided back to the ground.

Sasami and the others watch with a sense of wonder as the sky is filled with orange dots. Then the gap in the sky is surrounded by a large orange circle of energy that slowly restores the damage in the sky. With a final surge of power the gap closes as a wave of orange light shoots out from that spot , then harmless multicolored bits of energy fall to the ground. The enemy had stopped fighting and then starts to retreat.

Adam reappears and is quickly embraced by Sasami, joyful and amazed looks are on all but one face. Adam is nearly mobbed by the others while the golden female just looks on. "How can this be, you cannot have mastered this power to such a degree in such a short time. But no matter, there are other sources out there and if we find them this set back will not matter." She disappears. The enemy retreats through gate has Earth and Jurai forces get their final shoots in, then with the combined fire power of growing fleet they destroy the gate. Cheers go up all over Jurai.

Three weeks later.....As promised Adam is on Fo. He is currently by a lake at night leaning against a tree near the Fo Congress building. They had revealed a statue in honor of all the EDF forces that fought for Creen freedom. He had been especially honored and would have the Creen's highest military medal named after him, The Adam Jones Medal of Honor. So much had happened in the weeks after the attack. Earth, Jurai, and their allies had declared war on the mysterious enemy.

Adam had been made an officer be a special request of the Earth and Jurai governments, a two star general no less. It was kept secret that he was the power behind the strange orange lights and he was to put together a force that would explore and find out more about the enemy and where they came from. He laughed at the thought of him being in charge of over a hundred of the latest capital ships from the EDF and Jurai. Then he frowned, being a sergeant gave him certain freedoms that an officer did not have.

Another surprise was that the Emperor of Jurai had made him a Jurai Lord, this usually would have caused a stir, if not for the events of the past few months. He had been given the property of a very wealth Lord who had passed on without an heir. Plus the Emperor surprised everyone again when he announced that Adam would marry Aeka, he cared for Aeka, but did she feel the same way about him, did she still care for Tenchi would she die like Mishoshi?

"Lord Adam are you there?" a voice said that woke him out of his thoughts. He turned to see Aeka coming toward him. The light from the lake and the three Fo moons seemed to sparkle around her. She knells down beside him with a smile that stuck Adam in the heart. "Lord Adam what am I do with you, sneaking off like that, but Bilu and her father just laughed." She said as she tidy up his ruffled uniform. "Aeka, do you want this marriage?" The questions catches her slightly off guard. She looks him in the eye and replies. "Father has given the commend we dare not disobey, unless you want to cause a "interplanetary incident"." She then leans in close to him, "Besides, I hear the perks are well worth it." She then kisses Adam and puts her arms around his neck. "Now, now children behave yourselves." Adam and Aeka turn to see Washu standing over them with a wicked smile. "Come on you two Tenchi, Ryoko, and Kiyone are waiting, let's go and have some fun, you two can "explore" on the honeymoon." Akea and Adam both blush, look at each other then laugh.

On Jurai Sasami is sleeping with a small cabbit snuggled in her arms. She is dreaming. The lady that was in her dream before is back. She is standing at a table looking down on a arena. She is surrounded by dark unfamiliar figures, very different than before. Beside Sasami is Washu, on the arena are miniature versions of both friends and foes, many were unfamiliar. "So you want to play?" Sasami says in a very stern voice. She grabs three figures and places them ahead of the others in the center. They are Tenchi, Ryoko, and Adam. "Your move." Sasami says with a confident smile.