"Azuka.could it really be you" Ryoko stared hard at the woman, as if she
was replaying her old life looking for a picture of the woman standing
before her. Ryoko looked up at the silver and blue ship, looking for their
old symbol. She saw it, under the left engine, towards the intake valve
there was a picture of Ryo-Ohki with her ears spread gliding. There were
only three people who knew about this symbol, and two of those people were
standing there now, Washu and herself.
"Well Ryoko, you sure have changed. I guess the past 700 hundred years have gone well for you" Azuka said looking around at the Masaki home and the land that surrounded it. "How long did it take you to conquer this planet and take these slaves? You even have two princesses of Jurai and two GP officers, even though their rank is kinda low". Azuka tried to act like nothing had happened. She tried to hide the feelings of happiness and relief that she had because she found her friend Ryoko. She was doing well she thought.
Ryoko had learned to express her feelings better that Azuka. So Ryoko let her happiness show and ran up to Azuka hugging her.
" I thought you might have gotten caught when those GP ships arrived. I thought they may have tracked you". Ryoko said through here tears.
"What GP ships, there were none on my sensors when you made me jump. I know you're not telling me that more ships came after I left." Azuka said startled by the show of affection shown by Ryoko but still secretly enjoying the surprise hug.
" Yea there were lots more, I couldn't even attack I was so focused on evasive moves. I knew I couldn't go on dodging forever but I was happy knowing that you could escape so I was ready to embrace death. Then all of a sudden I see 5 Jurai ships get destroyed. I looked all over trying to see who my savior was, I was hoping it was you with some more ships but I was wrong. It was Kagato. He had found me again. I tried to get away while he distracted the enemy vessels but he had forced Ryo-Ohki back into a cabbit and put us in a transport sphere took us onto his ship for some 're- education'".
" So that's why when I came back all I saw was the wreckage of those ships. Well how did you get here?" Azuka asked
" Hey Ryoko when are you going to introduce us to your friend?" Tenchi asked hesitantly not wanting to interrupt the reunion of the two women.
"Sorry bout that Tenchi. Azuka let me first set you straight about something. I did not conquer this planet, and these people are not my slaves, well Tenchi is my love slave, but the rest are friends" Ryoko told Azuka while sending a kiss Tenchi's way.
"So this is the Tenchi I've heard so much about. You sure picked a cute one Ryoko, you think I can try him out some time?" Azuka asked examining Tenchi.
" You keep your dirty hands away from my Lord Tenchi!!" a screaming Ayeka said while flying in to attack Azuka.
"Your Tenchi? I thought he was yours Ryoko, out of my way girl" Azuka easily stopped Ayeka's attack and knocked her down then went back to examining Tenchi.
"The truth is Ms. Azuka." Tenchi started
"Just Azuka please" Azuka interrupted.
"Ok, The truth is Azuka, I'm not anyone's love slave. Ryoko was just joking". Tenchi tried to explain to Azuka.
"Too bad for you I guess. I've heard some interesting stories about Ryoko and her lovers. Well anyway Ryoko who are the rest of this people?" Azuka walked away form Tenchi, and started towards Sasami.
"The one with the blue hair is Sasami, she makes the best food I've ever had in my life. Its even better than that little beach planet we found on that job Azuka." Ryoko said with a little drool coming out of her mouth from thinking about Sasami's food.
"Really. can't wait to try that, well who is the little girl with the pink hair". Azuka asked pointed at Washu.
"You already know her, look closely" Ryoko said trying to hold back her laughter.
" Hi little Zukie" Washu said in her older version voice but still staying in child form.
"WASHU!!!, What happened to you? You look like a twelve year old." Azuka stared at Washu trying to see the older 27 looking Washu that she remembered. After about 5 minutes of staring Azuka realized that this was the woman who made her ship and Ryo-Ohki. Washu just stood there with a big smile on her face.
"Mom you're enjoying seeing her like this aren't you" Ryoko asked her mother Washu.
"You know it. She used to be so under control when meeting people. But I completely took her by surprise. I love doing that to her". Washu said while materializing her favorite floating cushion.
"Wait Wait Wait, Washu you are Ryoko's mother!?!?! This is almost too much". Azuka sighed and waiting for the rest of the introductions.
" I am Princess Ayeka of Jurai and I'm Tenchi's fiancée, we were destined to be together. SO STAY AWAY FROM HIM!!" the princess of Jurai wanted to make sure she didn't have another rival for Tenchi's heart.
"My name is Sasami, I have just a few questions for you if that's ok." The blue haired girl came up to Azuka with a small note pad and pen ready to take down Azuka's answers. It was hard for anyone in the house to say no to Sasami, and Azuka was no exception.
"Sure kid, go ahead" Azuka said smiling at Sasami.
"First, what is your favorite food" Sasami had a serious look in her face, a look she only had when something concerned the cooking in the Masaki home.
"Hmmmm.. I guess I like anything spicy really, I don't know if that's any help" Azuka replied trying hard not to laugh when she thought that the 12 year old girl standing before her might be the most mature person in a house full of adults.
" Oh it helps thank you Miss Azuka, now for the drinks, what do you like, sake like Ryoko, beer or green tea? Whatever you want we can get it" Sasami obviously took pride in her work with food and pleasing the members of her extended family.
" It really depends on my mood, so if your talking about today I'm in the mood for sake please" Azuka watched the girl write down her plans for dinner that night while looking she checked back to a previous page she had written that contained everyone's likes and dislikes. Azuka could tell she would love Sasami's cooking.
"Thank you so much Miss Azuka, now I can go get ready to prepare dinner" Sasami rushed off towards the vegetable shed with Ryo-Ohki in her wake.
"Wait a minute, wasn't it just breakfast time?" Tenchi said checking his watch to make sure he wasn't going crazy.
"Tenchi, its almost 3:00, shouldn't you be at the shrine by now" Washu said looking up an the sun and doing the calculations in her head to figure out what time it was without using a watch.
"Grandpa is gonna kill me, Nice meeting you Azuka, could you do me a favor Washu and keep Ayeka and Ryoko from finishing their fight. Thank you. Bye everyone see you at dinner" Tenchi said running off to the shrine at the top of the large flight of stairs.
"Guess that just leaves us girls. Well everyone knows what their chores are for today so lets get to 'em." Washu said so she could get some time to talk to Azuka.
"Azuka I want to talk to you about something, how about going to your Highwind, I wanted to take a look at how you have been keeping it up over these past centuries, and to answer a few questions I'm sure you have." Washu said already waking towards where Azuka landed her ship.
"I wonder how you always know just what's on my mind Washu" Azuka said while following Washu to the Highwind. "I'll answer that when we get to your ship" Washu said and keep on walking.
Sorry it took me so long to get this chapter up. Had to get ready for school ( I started today) and I had football practice everyday so I only had a little time to write. I hope it wont take this long to get the next chapter up. Anyway as always r/r.
"Well Ryoko, you sure have changed. I guess the past 700 hundred years have gone well for you" Azuka said looking around at the Masaki home and the land that surrounded it. "How long did it take you to conquer this planet and take these slaves? You even have two princesses of Jurai and two GP officers, even though their rank is kinda low". Azuka tried to act like nothing had happened. She tried to hide the feelings of happiness and relief that she had because she found her friend Ryoko. She was doing well she thought.
Ryoko had learned to express her feelings better that Azuka. So Ryoko let her happiness show and ran up to Azuka hugging her.
" I thought you might have gotten caught when those GP ships arrived. I thought they may have tracked you". Ryoko said through here tears.
"What GP ships, there were none on my sensors when you made me jump. I know you're not telling me that more ships came after I left." Azuka said startled by the show of affection shown by Ryoko but still secretly enjoying the surprise hug.
" Yea there were lots more, I couldn't even attack I was so focused on evasive moves. I knew I couldn't go on dodging forever but I was happy knowing that you could escape so I was ready to embrace death. Then all of a sudden I see 5 Jurai ships get destroyed. I looked all over trying to see who my savior was, I was hoping it was you with some more ships but I was wrong. It was Kagato. He had found me again. I tried to get away while he distracted the enemy vessels but he had forced Ryo-Ohki back into a cabbit and put us in a transport sphere took us onto his ship for some 're- education'".
" So that's why when I came back all I saw was the wreckage of those ships. Well how did you get here?" Azuka asked
" Hey Ryoko when are you going to introduce us to your friend?" Tenchi asked hesitantly not wanting to interrupt the reunion of the two women.
"Sorry bout that Tenchi. Azuka let me first set you straight about something. I did not conquer this planet, and these people are not my slaves, well Tenchi is my love slave, but the rest are friends" Ryoko told Azuka while sending a kiss Tenchi's way.
"So this is the Tenchi I've heard so much about. You sure picked a cute one Ryoko, you think I can try him out some time?" Azuka asked examining Tenchi.
" You keep your dirty hands away from my Lord Tenchi!!" a screaming Ayeka said while flying in to attack Azuka.
"Your Tenchi? I thought he was yours Ryoko, out of my way girl" Azuka easily stopped Ayeka's attack and knocked her down then went back to examining Tenchi.
"The truth is Ms. Azuka." Tenchi started
"Just Azuka please" Azuka interrupted.
"Ok, The truth is Azuka, I'm not anyone's love slave. Ryoko was just joking". Tenchi tried to explain to Azuka.
"Too bad for you I guess. I've heard some interesting stories about Ryoko and her lovers. Well anyway Ryoko who are the rest of this people?" Azuka walked away form Tenchi, and started towards Sasami.
"The one with the blue hair is Sasami, she makes the best food I've ever had in my life. Its even better than that little beach planet we found on that job Azuka." Ryoko said with a little drool coming out of her mouth from thinking about Sasami's food.
"Really. can't wait to try that, well who is the little girl with the pink hair". Azuka asked pointed at Washu.
"You already know her, look closely" Ryoko said trying to hold back her laughter.
" Hi little Zukie" Washu said in her older version voice but still staying in child form.
"WASHU!!!, What happened to you? You look like a twelve year old." Azuka stared at Washu trying to see the older 27 looking Washu that she remembered. After about 5 minutes of staring Azuka realized that this was the woman who made her ship and Ryo-Ohki. Washu just stood there with a big smile on her face.
"Mom you're enjoying seeing her like this aren't you" Ryoko asked her mother Washu.
"You know it. She used to be so under control when meeting people. But I completely took her by surprise. I love doing that to her". Washu said while materializing her favorite floating cushion.
"Wait Wait Wait, Washu you are Ryoko's mother!?!?! This is almost too much". Azuka sighed and waiting for the rest of the introductions.
" I am Princess Ayeka of Jurai and I'm Tenchi's fiancée, we were destined to be together. SO STAY AWAY FROM HIM!!" the princess of Jurai wanted to make sure she didn't have another rival for Tenchi's heart.
"My name is Sasami, I have just a few questions for you if that's ok." The blue haired girl came up to Azuka with a small note pad and pen ready to take down Azuka's answers. It was hard for anyone in the house to say no to Sasami, and Azuka was no exception.
"Sure kid, go ahead" Azuka said smiling at Sasami.
"First, what is your favorite food" Sasami had a serious look in her face, a look she only had when something concerned the cooking in the Masaki home.
"Hmmmm.. I guess I like anything spicy really, I don't know if that's any help" Azuka replied trying hard not to laugh when she thought that the 12 year old girl standing before her might be the most mature person in a house full of adults.
" Oh it helps thank you Miss Azuka, now for the drinks, what do you like, sake like Ryoko, beer or green tea? Whatever you want we can get it" Sasami obviously took pride in her work with food and pleasing the members of her extended family.
" It really depends on my mood, so if your talking about today I'm in the mood for sake please" Azuka watched the girl write down her plans for dinner that night while looking she checked back to a previous page she had written that contained everyone's likes and dislikes. Azuka could tell she would love Sasami's cooking.
"Thank you so much Miss Azuka, now I can go get ready to prepare dinner" Sasami rushed off towards the vegetable shed with Ryo-Ohki in her wake.
"Wait a minute, wasn't it just breakfast time?" Tenchi said checking his watch to make sure he wasn't going crazy.
"Tenchi, its almost 3:00, shouldn't you be at the shrine by now" Washu said looking up an the sun and doing the calculations in her head to figure out what time it was without using a watch.
"Grandpa is gonna kill me, Nice meeting you Azuka, could you do me a favor Washu and keep Ayeka and Ryoko from finishing their fight. Thank you. Bye everyone see you at dinner" Tenchi said running off to the shrine at the top of the large flight of stairs.
"Guess that just leaves us girls. Well everyone knows what their chores are for today so lets get to 'em." Washu said so she could get some time to talk to Azuka.
"Azuka I want to talk to you about something, how about going to your Highwind, I wanted to take a look at how you have been keeping it up over these past centuries, and to answer a few questions I'm sure you have." Washu said already waking towards where Azuka landed her ship.
"I wonder how you always know just what's on my mind Washu" Azuka said while following Washu to the Highwind. "I'll answer that when we get to your ship" Washu said and keep on walking.
Sorry it took me so long to get this chapter up. Had to get ready for school ( I started today) and I had football practice everyday so I only had a little time to write. I hope it wont take this long to get the next chapter up. Anyway as always r/r.