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Shogun Muyo - Chapter 13 "Road to Destruction"

It had been nearly a week and a day since Ayeka left for Jurai. It was getting nearly half way through the summer; Tenchi had spent the vacation training with Daimyo, thanks to his grandfather having to leave to America. But in the days with Daimyo's absence he was able to sleep a little longer, having woken up so early for a long while, caused him to sleep only thirty minutes longer than Daimyo would allow him too. But remembering Daimyo's departing words when he left for Jurai with Sasami and Ayeka, he trained hard still, which was why he was currently practicing at 5:30 in the morning.

Tenchi was practicing his sword technique, he imagined striking the bokken at an opponent. The opponent he chose to imagine fighting was Daimyo, he would imagine that Daimyo would avoid his attack somehow and would try to adjust to his opponent's evasion of his attack.

"That's a nice form you've developed Tenchi." A familiar voice made it's owner's presence known.

He was concentrating on imagining his opponent that he failed to notice the presence of another person there. Stopping his training he turned to the red haired woman who walked up here to the training area.

"Oh, good morning little Washu."

"Good morning Tenchi, another early start I see."

"Yeah, I couldn't sleep, used to getting up this early I guess. So what brings you out here this early in the morning?"

"What? I need to have a reason to come out and see my favorite gene pig. Besides, I usually get an early start on the day Tenchi, keeps me ahead of everyone else in the scientific community. But actually this time I do have something that I wanted to tell you. I just picked up Mihoshi's ship entering the sol system, it appears Ayeka and the others are returning."

"Oh, that's wonderful news little Washu. When will they arrive?"

"Well judging from their speed, I would say sometime around lunch. So you have plenty of time to continue training, but then again. . ." She trailed off in her conversation and had a look about her that seemed to cry out trouble. She walks toward Tenchi, stopping at a distance short enough to breathe on him. He suddenly finds himself looking upon a teenage Washu close enough to kiss him. She hugs him around his neck to prevent him from stumbling backwards in surprise. Standing there, pressing herself against him, she continues what she was going to say.

"Of course there's also plenty of time for you to spend with me Tenchi."

"W. .W..Washu." Tenchi murmured out, his body trembling from discomfort.

Washu lightly giggles. "That's what I like about you Tenchi. You're so innocent around women. But you can relax, I'm just playing with you." She finished letting go of him and returning to her normal appearance. "So you have enough time to continue training, but may I make one suggestion Tenchi?"

Tenchi stood still waiting to see what she was going to suggest.

"I would suggest you take a shower before they arrive though." She said holding her nose and waving her hand in front of her face.

He realized that he was sweating from getting carried away in his training and could probably stand to use a bath before their arrival.

"Haha. Yeah, you bet little Washu. Oh and thanks again for letting me know they were coming."

"No problem Tenchi."

Washu waves goodbye to Tenchi and heads back toward her lab. Tenchi couldn't help but smile at her antics, sure they were annoying, but his life would be boring without it. Returning his attention back to his bokken, Tenchi raises it back to ready position and begins training anew.

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The eyelids of a beautiful sleeper open, bringing her back from her dreams to return to the world once more. She rolls over to the edge of her bed and sits up; she looks around at her surroundings and takes in the sights once again. Mireya had been given a room by Washu to sleep within her lab. Even with the passing of a few days usage of her new room, she still couldn't get used to the idea of such a huge space could be contained in such a small area. She rose off the bed and stretched her tired muscles, trying to get the rest of her body to wake up. She puts on some clothing that Washu had also supplied her, she had found the scientist to be a nice person. Although she had found the small geniuses examinations a little scary, which made her a little uncomfortable with Washu. Walking out the room that was provided to her, she walks into another part of Washu's lab that her room was joined to. She had to cut her way through Washu's lab in order to get back to the Masaki home, but didn't mind the inconvenience, she liked to look at the different animals that Washu had collected into her lab. She had found some of the different animals cute and adorable, but there was also a few that scared her when she first saw them. She cringes at the thought of a giant fish with lots of teeth that swiped at her when it first swam by. She was also embarrassed at how she screamed when it surprised her, causing Washu to laugh.

"Oh, good morning."

Washu's greeting to her knocked her out of her trance of thought.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't see you. Good morning, miss Washu."

"Please don't be so formal. You can just call me little Washu, remember." She replied smiling.

Mireya had found it odd that she wanted to be called little Washu, when she first heard of how old she was from Tenchi. But, if that was what made her happy.

"Yes, I forgot, thank you little Washu."

"Aaahhh, I nearly forgot." Washu bonked her head with her knuckle. "I thought you'd like to know that the others are on their way back here to Earth. They should arrive here in a couple of hours."

"Truly?"

Washu smiled and nodded to her.

Mireya's face seemed to come alive at the news of Ayeka's return. Washu hadn't seen her face look so joyous since she had met her.

"Thank you." Mireya said before she walked away.

Washu stood and watched her leave. She couldn't help but chuckle to herself. "Girls as bad for Ayeka as Ryoko is for Tenchi."

Washu returned her attention back to the work at hand on her computer. Comfortably seating herself on her floating futon, she began typing away on her computer.

"Just hope she doesn't get her heart broken."

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"Mihoshi." The robotic voice of Ukonojo, her ships computer, called her attention away from her tea.

"Yes, what is it Ukonojo?"

"We are about to enter Earth's atmosphere. We should arrive at our destination in approximately 2.3 minutes. Shall I announce our arrival over the com, or would you like to announce it yourself?"

"Um. . .that's ok Ukonojo, you can announce it. I'm so happy to be able to return to Earth again Ukonojo and I also get to see Tenchi again." Her face reddens a little at the thought of telling Ukonojo she was happy to see him again. She brings her hands to her mouth as she begins to giggle innocently in her chair.

The cockpits door opens as the firstborn princess of Jurai walks in. Mihoshi looks behind her chair to see Ayeka. "Oh, Ayeka, Ukonojo was about to announce that we were about to land on earth in. . .um." She trailed off trying to figure how much longer till they landed.

"Approximately 1.5 minutes till we arrive." Ukonojo finished for her.

"Oh, yeah, thank you Ukonojo."

"No problem Mihoshi, firing boosters to slow our descent." He announced as the ship gently rocked from entering the atmosphere.

"Good. I came to see how much longer it was going to take. We'll go collect our things." Ayeka said walking out the door.

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"Do you see them yet Tenchi?" Washu asked, as they all waited for the return of the others from Jurai.

"No, little Washu. I don't see them yet, are you sure they're almost here?" He replied, shielding his eyes from the sun, while trying to see Mihoshi's ship.

"I'm positive Tenchi. I'm the greatest genius in the universe, I'm not wrong about simple things like calculating the time of entry for a ship." She replied, feeling annoyed that he questioned her genius.

"Oh, sorry little Washu, I know you're not wrong. It's natural for someone to ask a question about being right; I guess I asked it not thinking about it. I didn't mean to insult you." He apologized, feeling bad for hurting her feelings.

Washu smiled and was about to accept Tenchi's apology when. . . "Hey, I see them!" Ryoko yelled pointing to a small red dot in the sky.

With conversation forgotten, Tenchi and Washu cast their attention back to the sky to see Mihoshi's ship coming down.

"Think we should take shelter?" Ryoko asked, thinking of the times Mihoshi splashed down into the lake.

"No I believe it's safe Ryoko. Her ship seems to be slowing down." Washu answered.

Mireya sat on the grass in front of the porch, her back leaning against a support beam for the roof. She had usually kept herself at a distance from everyone else, she wasn't comfortable being around them yet. Her eyes cast skyward, to see the return of the woman who captured her heart, but couldn't return her heart to Mireya's. She felt happy the woman she felt so strongly for returning, but also saddened, she knew her love wouldn't embrace her in a deep hug, for fear of the others seeing. She also felt anger enter her body, as she looked toward Tenchi. She didn't trust Tenchi, she felt that he would only hurt Ayeka and she had already suffered enough. She returned her eyes toward the ship, not wanting to feel anger at this moment, she wanted to feel happiness.
Mihoshi's ship quickly became bigger as it came into better view. Normally people would take a couple of steps back at the descent the ship was making toward them, but they were use to this sight. Mireya, who wasn't comfortable with the sight, was a little nervous, she didn't know if the ship was going to be alright. She wouldn't know what to do if the ship crashed and killed Ae. She couldn't seem to imagine how to react, it was unthinkable to her. She began to say a prayer to herself, for Ayeka to have a safe landing.
The ship gradually slows down and comes nearly to a stop ten feet off the ground. It's gear extract from the bottom as it connects with the ground and the sounds of the engines of the small ship whine down.
Tenchi and the others approach the small ship as the outer door opens up. Mihoshi is the first to emerge from the ship, she joyfully waves at her friends that are out to greet their return. Ayeka is second to come into view as Mihoshi jogs down the ramp of the ship to revisit everyone, with Sasami walking beside her. With Daimyo filling the rear carrying the luggage that was taken onto the trip. Tenchi noticed he didn't look like he had a great time on his trip.

"Hey everyone we're back!" Sasami cheered running to the group.

"Welcome back Sasami. We missed you, especially your cooking." He chuckled scratching the back of his head.

"Oh, that's right. I should get started on making lunch." Sasami replied.

Sasami hurried past Tenchi, but before he could tell her that it wasn't necessary, he caught sight of Ayeka.

"Ah, welcome back Ayeka. We missed you and the others, it's good to have you all back again."

Ayeka didn't hear Tenchi's greeting, she was looking at Washu, thinking about the last time she had seen her was in her lab. She felt the anger that she had that day present in locking eyes with the small scientist. Ayeka's gaze at the scientist may have been able to burn a hole through her if she was able to try harder.

"Ayeka?"

"Hmm. . .I'm sorry Tenchi I guess I was lost in thought for a moment. Yes, it's nice to be back."

"Hope you enjoyed your vacation." Daimyo said entering the conversation. He drops the luggage of the two princesses on the ground.

"Because your ass belongs to me again." He said to Tenchi.

Tenchi scratches the back of his head. "Oh. . .it's great to have you back to." He replied trying to laugh.

Ayeka closes her eyes and tosses her head away from Daimyo and walks away from the two men. She walks toward the house and sees Mireya standing near the front porch of the house. Ayeka feels a smile come onto her face from seeing her friend again. She had missed the woman who had helped her when she needed help the most, it was because of Mireya, she was still alive.

"Hello my love. I have missed you. Are you well?" Mireya asked as the two met.

"Yes, I am fine, I have missed you as well."

"My heart flutters from hearing your voice again Ae. I felt so empty, not being able to see your beauty every day." She brushes her hand against Ayeka's cheek.

"Hi, you are Mireya right?" Mihoshi asked walking to the two girls.

Ayeka steps back from Mireya to have more space between the two. Mireya notices Ayeka shying away from her, but tries to hide the look of hurt from Mihoshi. "Oh. . .yes."

"I'm sorry, I wasn't able to meet with you much when I first came here. Oh and I would like to say that I love your hair, it's so beautiful."

Mireya blushes slightly from the detective's complement. "Oh well thank you very much."

Ayeka continues to walk into the house, leaving Mireya to talk to Mihoshi. She notices the princess walking off, she had to hold herself back from wanting to walk with her. She didn't want to come off rude to the detective and she knew that Ayeka wanted their relationship kept distant with the others. Mireya turned her attention back towards Mihoshi, when she noticed a pair of eyes looking at her. Washu was walking toward the house not to far behind Ayeka. She looked at Mireya with a slight smile on her face. It was the scientist's smile that caught her attention the most.

"Huh, young love." Washu whispered as she walked past Mireya.

She said it just loud enough for Mireya to hear, but Mihoshi didn't seem to catch what the scientist had whispered to the white haired woman.

"So what's your favorite cartoon?" The innocent minded policewoman asked.

Mireya could only reply with a lost look about her face.

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"Ayeka." A voice of a resident of the house called to her to get her attention.

She knew the voice and knew what was going to be said, but she didn't want to hear what she had to say. Knowing she couldn't avoid it, she decided to just stop it.

"Forget it Washu. I know what you're going to say. I don't want to hear it." She replied, not bothering to face her.

"Actually I don't think you know what I'm going to say."

Hearing Washu's reply Ayeka turned to her, anger written in her eyes. Washu drops down onto her knees, places her hands down onto the floor and places her head between her hands.

"I would like to plead for your forgiveness Ayeka." She asked with her head facing the floor.

"Forgiveness for what?" Ayeka snapped back at her.

"I am sorry that I was not able to help you when you needed it. I have always considered myself able to help when needed, to be able protect everyone that I cared for. I failed to help you in time and I blame myself for whatever happened to you on Draka. So I ask for your forgiveness."

Ayeka looked around to make sure no one was seeing Washu asking for Ayeka to forgive her. "Alright, I forgive you. Now get up before someone sees you." "Only if you agree to talk to me. If you talk about it Ayeka, I can help you coop with whatever happened to you."

Ayeka was panicky about someone walking into the room and seeing this. "Yes, very well, I'll talk with you just get up."

She bent down and pulled Washu up to her feet. "Hey Ayeka, I was wondering what you would like to eat for lunch?!" Sasami asked poking her head around the corner to look into the room. "Hey, what happened?" She asked from seeing Ayeka helping Washu to her feet.

"Oh. .nothing. . .uh, Washu tripped and fell down." Ayeka replied

"Yeah, I guess I'm just clumsy today." Washu added, bonking her head.

"Oh would you like something for lunch also Washu?"

"No thank you Sasami, I fixed myself a snack earlier and I'll due till dinner."

"I'll take some sushi and some rice cakes please Sasami."

"Ok Ayeka."

As Sasami goes back into the kitchen to fix up lunch, Ayeka takes a sigh of relief.

"That was close."

"That was some good thinking Ayeka, I gotta admit, I'm kind of impressed."

"You." Ayeka sternly glared at her. "I need to talk to you in your lab. Now." She stated pointing to Washu's lab door.

"Ok, ok, take it easy." Washu said trying to keep the poor girl calm.

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"Ok shrimp. Let's see if you've been practicing any since I left for a week."

Tenchi and Daimyo square off, to pick up on training since Daimyo left for Jurai. Tenchi had seemed to grow stronger since he began training under Daimyo. He had more confidence in himself and he seemed to be tougher than he had ever been. A cyan haired beauty observed their practicing from a branch in a nearby tree. She had noticed the changes in her Tenchi when they first began to appear. She didn't know whether the change in him would affect her feelings for him. But as time has gone by, she feels that her love for him would never change, even if he did.

* Oh Tenchi. You've changed so much in such a short amount of time. At first I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to protect you, but now I think your confidence is kind of sexy. * She paused in her thoughts to cover her mouth as she began to giggle innocently at what she had just thought.

She stopped giggling and remembered that her infusion with Zero just caused her to giggle like that. * Oh yeah, I nearly forgot about you being a part of me Zero, guess I didn't realize you still make me act a little differently now. *

"Uuuggh." Was the sound Tenchi made from the punch Daimyo landed into his gut. He had some air in his stomach when he was sparing with him, Daimyo seemed to be pushing harder than he had been before leaving.

Seeing Tenchi hunch over from Daimyo's punch, Ryoko had to hold herself from flying toward them and kicking Daimyo's teeth in.

"Common Masaki. Don't tell me you still haven't advanced any since I left. Am I wasting my time here? I thought you were supposed to be strong."

"I. .Am strong." Tenchi answered him getting back into his fighting position.

"Oh good, then we can continue." He said, attacking Tenchi to restart their sparing.

* Hmm, they really seem to be going at it. Must have been like me when Washu gave me that dimensional training area she made for me. But unlike those two, I think I've already reached my limit, so I don't think I'm going to use that anymore. Which reminds me, I guess I'll have to thank Washu for making that for me sometime. * Ryoko thought while watching them fight.

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"You want to what?!"

"I believe you heard me the first time Washu."

"No way Ayeka! You've already been through enough, you traveled between dimensions by way of a device that I had believed to be a defect. Not to mention the day after you return you travel to Jurai and back. And now you tell me you want to return to Draka?!"

"I do not wish to repeat myself Washu. I am returning with Mireya and . . .Daimyo."

"But if you travel through that again, you may push your body too far Ayeka. What if you die?!"

"I don't care! I want you to do what I asked as soon as possible. What risks I take is my business, so just do what I say!!"

Ayeka turns and walks out of Washu's lab, obviously steamed from the conversation, her fists clenched together as she walks out. Washu stands next to the machine that her daughter and the princess accidentally activated that terrible day.

* Ayeka, you have changed so much. You used to be so kind and gentle, yet tough when you needed to be. But now you aren't a shadow of who you used to be. You've become so hateful. .I fear for you. I can't help but wonder if there is any part of you left to save. * She silently thought to herself.

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"Daimyo, may I speak with you?" His white haired companion asked walking into sight at the training area.

Daimyo and Tenchi noticed her approach and had stopped training to see who it was.

"Yes, of course. Tenchi."

Upon saying his name, Tenchi understood that Daimyo wanted to be alone with his talk with her. "Sure, we'll continue later."

"Now your starting to sound like a warrior. Perhaps there's hope for you yet boy."

Tenchi couldn't help but grin at his training partners remark as he walked toward the house to visit with the others. Mireya sat down on a log that was nearby, Daimyo leaned against the tree next to it.

"So what did you want to say?" He asked.

"I was thinking, now that you have returned, we may go back to Draka and free our people."

Daimyo's face didn't show any sign of a reaction to the conversation. "I thought you would say that, but wasn't expecting it for a little while yet."

"Daimyo, our people suffer the longer we sit here and do nothing. Trowa must be removed from the throne, our world is in ruin under his boot."

"You think I don't know how horrible our world is? I've lived there my whole life you know."

"We have been given a break from those horrors of our world, but others are less fortunate than we are. We must help them Daimyo, with our combined strength and the scales, we can defeat Trowa!"

"No! I won't use those. Never!"

"Daimyo why won't you accept your extraordinary gifts and use them?"

"Because they scare me!" He said loudly near her face. "I'm afraid that if I let myself go with them, I'll do something horrible. I don't want more death Mireya, our people have seen enough of it."

"Just use them this once Daimyo, that's all I ask. I beg you for the sake of Draka, use them."

"I can beat him without using the scales. Would you believe me if I told you that boy I'm training has the power of the Light Hawk Wings."

Mireya's mouth drops open. "Are you telling me HE is the hawk of legend?" She asked in disbelief.

"That's what I've heard."

"Then this is it. The prophecy will at last be fulfilled. The two of you will bring Trowa's rein to an end, why aren't you wanting to rush off now and free everyone we've known and cared for? Your victories practically assured."

"We just returned from a long trip, I would like to have at least a day to prepare."

"Very well then, tomorrow we return."

"You didn't have to take it so literally Mireya."

"That's more than enough time, tomorrow we fight."

As Mireya walks away, Daimyo can't help but wonder if she was right, about the prophecy being true. If they return tomorrow, by the next days end their people could be liberated, free to begin anew. He had always wanted it to be true, he had hoped the legend would come to pass. But he felt that the scales were something he shouldn't try to tap into, seeing how he had nearly killed Mireya the time that he had tapped it.

* This legend is turning into a salvation and a damnation at the same time. I hope it doesn't have to come to the scales, I may enjoy the feeling of enragement that comes over me. And because of that part of me, I don't wish for the scales. I won't use them. . . .I won't. * He thought in silence.

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That night the dinner table should have been talkative with questions being asked about their trip and what had occurred during their absence at the house. But instead the atmosphere felt discomfort. Like there were questions wanted to be asked, but no one wanted to ask them.

"Tenchi." Daimyo said, breaking the silence. "I want to say that I believe you have improved much since we started your training under me. And I want to thank everyone here for their. ." His eyes looked toward Ayeka. "hospitality. Mireya and I have both decided that we should return to our world tomorrow."

Sasami seemed to stop everything as she heard Daimyo speak. * What?! Going home. . . .but. . . . . * She couldn't even think of anything to say from her shock. She felt her stomach sink down, like suddenly falling from a great height.

Ayeka perked up when she heard him say they were going to return, she had to think to suppress her wants to smile at the news, for fear the others would take her smiling the wrong way. At last, everything seemed to be coming together for her, she would finally be able to return and find Voog.

Tenchi felt a little surprised, not at his announcement of their departure, but rather how he felt about it. For the first couple of weeks, Tenchi thought that he would have been jumping for joy whenever he left for good, but now that he had finally gotten used to Daimyo being there, it would somehow feel. . . .lonely.

" . . ." Was the next sound made in the room, Mihoshi sat next to Mireya, her eyes saturated with tears.

"What's the matter Mihoshi?" Tenchi asked.

" I just hate having to hear. . . .goodbyes." She finished burying her face in her hands weeping that the new people were going to leave them.

Mireya pats Mihoshi's back to comfort the detective first class. "It's alright miss Mihoshi. Daimyo and I have important things to take care of back home. It would be selfish of us not to return to do our duty."

Mihoshi uncovers her face and looks at Mireya with tears running down her tan colored cheeks. "Duty. . . .Are you and Daimyo police officers like me?" She asked.

Daimyo felt uncomfortable telling them why they were going to return home. He was able to not have to tell the others about how bleak his world was up until now. He tried to think of something to tell Mihoshi without bringing dishonor to his world. He felt ashamed at how bad his planet had become and didn't want to discuss it with them.

"No, Daimyo and I are the only ones that may be able to overthrow a tyrant on our world that has all but decimated its beauty." Mireya answered the detective.

Daimyo's posture drooped down. * Well so much for thinking of a good way to bend the truth a little. *

"Oh, that sounds terrible." Tenchi replied. "I. . .I wish there was something that we could do to help."

Ayeka's face seemingly glowed. Tenchi had given her the opportunity that she was waiting for. "Perhaps we could go and help you." She said wanting to jump up onto her feet.

Daimyo was all too surprised at Ayeka's eagerness to help them. * She's treated me lesser than a dog the whole time I've met her, now suddenly she wants to help us liberate our world? What is up with this woman? * He thought in confusion.

"Ae, we couldn't ask that any of you come with us. We couldn't tell you how dangerous this idea is. There is a great chance that if any of you go. . . . .you may never come back."

"Oh we don't mind, besides it's the right thing to do right Tenchi?" Ayeka looked to him for his reply.

"Oh, uh. . . .well. . .I. . ." He muttered in a loss for words.

"Alright then it's settled we'll go with you." Ayeka said looking at Daimyo and Mireya.

"Hold on just one minute little princess!" Ryoko said making her presence known. "You can't make that decision for everyone! What if something happens to Tenchi?!"

"Tenchi is more than capable of handling himself! If you don't want to go fine, but I'm going with them!"

"Ayeka. . . . . . . .I cannot let you go alone. If you are going to Draka, then I will accompany you." Tenchi replied to her.

Ryoko felt a mixture of anger and despair rise up in her heart from hearing Tenchi and Ayeka's words. She couldn't decide to try to scold Ayeka for convincing Tenchi to go, or to cling onto Tenchi and plead him to take his words back. Feeling either of the two wouldn't work at the moment, she phases out of the room and flies into the nights sky to weep in private.

Mihoshi rises to her feet and salutes everyone at the table. "As Detective First Class Mihoshi, it is my duty to protect civilians and members of the royal family."

Tenchi nods his head. "Thank you Mihoshi."

Washu clears her throat to get everyone's attention. "I find it surprising that nobody has thought to even ask if I had the coordinates for their homeworld yet, or if I really wanted everyone else to go with them."

Ayeka glares at Washu, she knew that Ayeka needed to go with them and still butted in like this.

"Oh, I completely forgot about that little Washu. Do you have their worlds coordinates?" Tenchi asked, feeling dumb for not thinking about it.

Washu crosses her arms and closes her eyes. "Yes, my invention to sniff out Daimyo's world found it a couple of days ago. So you could leave." She opens her eyes and looks at Ayeka. "If you really want too."

Tenchi nods. "Well I guess this means we're going to Draka tomorrow."

"Then I would suggest you get some rest, you'll be traveling between dimensions and it can have a little strain on your body." Washu suggested.

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The next morning seemed to come quickly to the residents of the Masaki household. To Ayeka it took an eternity for the night to go by. Each member of the house got cleaned up as they normally would in the morning. A bath in the onsen, brushing teeth, and using the bathroom, were some of the things done during that process.

Tenchi was feeling a little concerned about Ryoko. She had disappeared last night at dinner and so far today he hasn't spotted her around the house. He had passed by her favorite support beam to nap on, the onsen, and even went outside to glance upon the roof top to see if he could see her there. But he had no luck in finding her.
He sat at his desk in his room and looked out the window to contemplate on the things that have happened in his life. The first big thing that happened that he thought about was the death of his mother. He found himself wondering a lot about what it would be like if she were there today. He wondered how she would have taken the fact that six alien women feel onto the earth and ended up living in their house with them. He didn't get to know her that well, but he thought that she would have taken to the girls in no time.

"Tenchi?" A voice saying his name snapped his attention back to the world at hand.

"Hmm, ah Ryoko. I've been wondering what happened to you, you left during dinner and I didn't know where you went."

"I. . .I had to clear my head a little bit last night Tenchi. I didn't mean to worry you."

"Hey as long as your alright."

"So when are we leaving?"

"Huh? You mean your going to go with us?" Tenchi asked a little surprised.

"I told you a few days ago Tenchi. I will always be there for you. That was a promise." She hugs Tenchi. "I would do anything for you Tenchi." She said to him in the embrace.

Outside the doorway was a white haired woman who was leaning against the wall to Tenchi's room. She had her arms crossed and her eyes closed, hearing what was being said in Tenchi's room, she opens her eyes and walks toward the stairs to go down into the living room.

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Daimyo sat in meditation under a tree near the home, so when the time came for them to depart they would be able to find him. He was contemplating on a lot of things, most of all his fear of the Scales that he seemed to posses. He was never able to feel comfortable with this power that he had tapped into only once before, but that nearly took Mireya's life.

* Why must I be the one that was cursed with this power? Why do I feel afraid of this power? When I used it I was able to defeat my brother, Botaro. So why am I so. . .*

His meditation to discover the answers to his questions was interrupted when he sensed a disturbance nearby. He sensed someone's energy a small distance away. Suddenly a disturbance in the air coming closer to him, fast. He quickly brings up his hand and grabs whatever was coming toward him so fast. He opens his eyes and looks into his hand to see a medium sized pebble. He looks in the direction to see the thrower of the small stone.

"Funny I don't remember insulting you recently Sasami." He said to the thrower of the pebble.

She walks over to him and punches him on the shoulder. "Ooww. Hey why are you trying to hurt me?"

"Why are you leaving? Aren't you happy here?"

"Yes I'm happy being here, but like we said last night, we have to go back."

"I know, but. . . .I just don't want you to go." She said clinging herself onto him. "Please stay here Daimyo, this could be your new home." She breaks the hug and looks into his face. "And you can stay here with me."

"I would like that Sasami, but I must return to Draka, our people need my help."

Sasami's head lowers from his response. "I know Daimyo. It's just that. . . . ." She begins to feel her heart race, as tears swell in her eyes. She gazes into Daimyo's eyes. "It's just that I'm afraid." She says clinging herself onto him. "I'm afraid that if you go back, I won't ever see you again." She cries into his shoulder.

He cupped the back of her head and gently patted it to try to calm her down. "It's alright Sasami, I promise that I'll come back and visit you when we're done."

She lifts her head to look him in the face. " You really mean it?"

He nods his head to her. "I promise."

She smiles and hugs him again. "Just be careful."

Thank you for reading this far into my story and I hope that you are enjoying it greatly. The next chapters will hold some great battles in it, so it may take a while for me to write them out. The title of the next chapter: "Armageddon Dancers Part 1"