Chapter 2, part 2
"Where am I?"
Sasami awoke to the gentle breeze blowing in from the open French doors on the other end of the room. She was laying in a large, white linen bed and was surrounded by a beautiful victorian room. She was dressed in a light white nightgown that felt as soft as Ryo-Ohki's fur after bath time. Stunned, shocked, and rather dizzy, she hadn't noticed the stranger sitting tentively at her bedside.
The young man was rather handsome. Blonde-white hair was held loosely back in a ponytail, and he was dressed in a casual, but still very nicely pressed white shirt and plain black jeans. His eyes were an amazing, deep green and that captivated Sasami, until she fell from her trance to realize that he was softly brushing her hand with his fingers.
"What do you want from me?" Sasami hissed at him, ripping her hand away from his grasp.
"Why, you know exactly what I want. And it doesn't seem like such an unreasonable offer. You can live here with me. And we can get married and be with each other forever…" Kurijo leaned towards her, as if to give her a light kiss, but she gave him a disdainful look. He stood and walked to the open French doors leading to the terasse. "I hope you've found the accomedations to your liking. Breakfast will be served shortly. I thought we could go down for it together, but it seems that you need a bit of time to adjust to your new home, so I shall send someone to escort you." He walked over to her slowly and sat down on the bed. Slowly, his hand went around her waist as he pulled her close to him, "Give this all a chance. Give me a chance." His hand softly brazed her cheek. "I could make you the happiest girl in the world."
"I was happy." A tear began to run down her cheek as she pushed him away and fell back into the soft covers.
Kurijo sighed and exited through the great wooden doors on one wall of the room, leaving Sasami to cry hopelessly in her pillow.
"Well, she's still alive. Give her here and let's see what kind of diagnosis I can give." Washu said with a twang of sympathy.
Ayeka slowly let go of her sister and curled into Tenchi's arms as Washu poked and prodded at Sasami's motionless figure. "Slow pluse and breathing rate…normally, I would have said she's fainted, but her eyes are wide open. Perhaps another out of body episode?"
"But then just what was that scream we heard before? Could someone be attacking her soul?" Ryoko crossed to meet them from the other side of the room.
"But who would want to attack her? She's just a child" Mihoshi stated from Tenchi's side.
"But you know how great a power she holds…" Washu turned slowly towards Ayeka. "Would you mind if I run some tests to see what is happening? In my lab I mean."
From out of sobs, the princess gave a small nod. And with that, Washu began to cart the body through the porthole.