Chapter thirty-five: Coniniaue's fury

Everyone watched intently as Washu sipped from a bottle of sake. "WASHU!" Edward snatched the bottle. "Tell me what's going on!"

"Well, obviously, Coniniaue is from Jurai!" Washu replied. "When someone does not know they are from Jurai, when they touch the kin of the king, they will remember everything about their past lives on Jurai. When people from Jurai are killed, they are recreated to live here. Like Tenchi."

"But I didn't have such a flash of memories when I touched Ayeka, or Sasami." Tenchi started.

"That's because they TOLD you first." Washu cut in. "If they tell you first you don't get the flash."

"I… I remember a boy…" Coniniaue muttered. "Who…?"

"I thought I recognized you!" Washu exclaimed. "You are from the royal family, Ayeka and Sasami's cousin. I saw your hair and I just remembered you."

"Cousins?" Sasami asked. "We have a cousin our age?"

"Well, very distant cousin. Remember, I'm 20,000 years old so I know this stuff. Coniniaue's family died when Coniniaue refused to marry her fiancé and have children. This probably happened… In the late 1800s, before you died. You think someone would remember you."

"I'm from Jurai…?" Coniniaue asked. "You mean… I have like… Powers?"

"Yeah. You have to get angry enough."

"What?" Coniniaue fumed. "Angry ENOUGH? You'd think after years of fighting off my sister I'd have been angry enough!"

"You didn't say anything about your sister yet…"

"Shut up!" Coniniaue replied. She curled her legs up to her chest and hugged them, crying into her knees. "I don't want to be from Jurai! I'm so weird as it is! I have a metal arm, I have no blood or distinguishing marks, it's all too much! My life sucks!"

"Coniniaue…" Edward put an arm around her. "Calm down, it's okay…"

"No, it's not!" Coniniaue shouted. Her fist clenched, but when she opened it, there was a small ball of red energy.

Ryoko, being the strong girl she was, plucked the energy ball from Coniniaue's hand and examined it. "You've awaken your powers, Coniniaue…"

"I don't want any powers!" Coniniaue replied. "I have alchemy!"

"Alchemy isn't nearly as powerful as Jurai magic." Ayeka explained. "Jurai magic reacts to emotions. You cannot use it when you are happy, but when you get angry enough, you can use it to your heart's content. Jurai powers include energy blasts, levitation, and a bunch of other stuff. We just need to practice with your powers a little…"

"No!" Coniniaue sprang up and jumped out her window, landing below. "If you want to make me practice, you're going to have to find me!"

"Dominique!" Coniniaue called throughout the town. "Dominique! Where are you?"

Suddenly she was pulled into an alley. Dominique, smirking, was dressed in the same outfit as Coniniaue. "I thought you'd need me."