MASAKI TALES Vol. V -
QUEST...
Author: Daferge
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Disclaimer: Tenchi Muyo! is a copyright AIC/Pioneer Ltd.
All respective characters are property of their original owners. All original characters and ideas are property of the author.
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Chapter 02... It begins...
( Juraian News Broadcast... )
The announcer appeared on the screen, facing the camera, his face void of expression, a trait that had gotten him where he was...
His eyes moved slightly as he quietly read the words being printed on a screen just above the camera he was looking into...
After a few seconds, an eye brow rose and a slight smile appeared and was gone...
Taking a slight breath, he began...
" In recent days, rumors of an attack upon the Juraian Royal family have been circulating... An official for the palace has released an official report, now that the incident has been fully investigated... "
The announcer allowed himself a slight smile as he continued...
" At a recent Royal Palace event, attended by not only Emperor Azusa and his Queens, but also Crown Prince Tenchi and his wives, an elderly war veteran experienced a mental flash back to the infamous terror raid 700 years ago... Seeing the ex-space pirate Ryoko near our beloved Princess Ayeka and acting on impulse, he rushed to protect her... In the ensuing confusion, some drinking glasses were broken and some slight injuries accused... The veteran was taken into custody, but after being examined, was released to family members... Before that, he apologized to Princess Ryoko for his rude behavior... However, it was Princess Ryoko who apologized for having put him through the original nightmare, 700 years ago... Princess Ayeka then thanked the veteran for having come to her defense and to the amazement of on-lookers, kissed the elderly veteran on the forehead... The Crown prince and his family have ask that the veteran's name be with-held and that no charges be pressed, thus ending the matter... "
The image changed to one of members of the royal family on a balcony, waving...
" These images just in... In order to calm the worries of tens of thousands who had gathered outside the palace after the recent rumored attack, the whole royal family is seen here, on the palace balcony, waving to the cheering crowds below... "
The image focused on the Juraian Emperor and his two wives...
" In a rare appearance, his majesty, Emperor Azusa is seen here with his two Queens... "
The image changed to a dark-haired, smiling young male with three attractive females, also waving...
" Also seen here is Prince Tenchi and his three wives, Princess Ayeka, Princess Mihoshi and Princess Ryoko... "
The announcer reappeared...
" This new openness is believed to be due to the influence of the new Crown Prince... As such, the popularity of the Juraian Royal Family is at it's highest in almost 1300 years... Now for the weather... "
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( Aboard the Mikagami... )
As the news cast ended Lady Seto sighed...
Ever since the incident, several days before, her communication station had been flooded with inquires about the incident...
Because of her close ties, with both the Royal family and the military, not only were high ranking officers contacting her, whole units were inquiring about the health of the Royal family, especially the Crown prince and his wives...
Messages of concern, not only from active duty personal, but from retired ones she hadn't even know were still alive...
She was glad of the news cast, noting that some one or thing was missing, it seem that Ryo-Ohki wasn't to be seen...
Washu had acknowledged that Ryoko was the one effect the worst, being the closest to the Bio-weapon when it was smashed, but hadn't mentioned any one else...
It would seem that both of Washu's daughters had been effected...
But that didn't seem enough to cause the concern that she had seen on Washu's face and heard in her voice, unless-...
She replayed the newscast, forwarding it to a closeup of Tenchi and his wives, stopping it...
Although Ryoko was holding Tenchi's hand, she seem nervous, not her usual cheerful self...
Lady Seto's eyebrow went up and she smiled...
That isn't Ryoko...
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Looking really close, Lady Seto saw slight differences, little things only a really sharp eye would catch and then only if they knew Ryoko really well...
She smiled...
It seem that Washu had gotten a stand-in, but some one they truly trusted...
Then she recalled an incident where Washu had discovered that one of her assistants, from before Kagato kidnapped her, had used DNA samples from Ryoko to create his own daughter, one who looked a lot like Ryoko, until you got them side by side...
The student had been cloning himself, so that he could finish some research, but in the end had recently died...
The whole incident had been kept quiet and nothing else mentioned, however, the Masaki's had accepted the daughter as another member of their own odd family, a silent member...
Not as much to protect the family as to protect her...
Ties to the Royal family, especially close ties, tended to put ones life and freedom at risk...
And like her "clone sister/mother", she liked her freedom, to go where she wanted, when she wanted...
So very few knew of her existence, much less her Royal connections...
She smiled at the though of Azusa's reaction to meeting another Ryoko...
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Having gone into the 'family' business ( in other words, following in her older sister/mother's footsteps, she'd become a space pirate ), but she tended to only attack those people outside the law, stealing from thieves, etc...
Lady Seto had kept an eye on her, least she step over a fine line, but she seem to be more helpful than harmful...
In fact, a number of times wrong doers would send out an S-O-S when being attacked and had Lady Seto show up to rescue them, only to find that the 'stolen' cargo was still there, usually an illegal cargo...
Then, when they claimed that it was the pirate Ryoko that had attacked them, they discovered that the 'supposed' attacker was some where public with thousands of witnesses...
Minagi was a real treasure, indeed...
When Lady Seto first encountered her, she thought it was Ryoko, until she noted the two thin red lines on each cheek...
That and the fact that she had an entirely different advanced star-ship...
Lady Seto smiled as she thought about how frustrated the opposition must be, thinking their attack had failed...
With luck they would never know how successful it had really been...
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( Royal Palace... )
Princess Ayeka was sitting in a chair across the desk from her father, the Emperor of Jurai, Azusa Masaki Jurai, sipping tea in his office...
In cushioned chairs on both sides were his wives and advisers, the two Queens of Jurai...
To his left his Minister of Intelligence, the 1st Queen of Jurai, Funaho Masaki Jurai, her brother Yosho's mother...
And to his right, the Supreme Commander of the Royal Bodyguards, 2nd Queen of Jurai, Misaki Masaki Jurai, her mother...
They were gathered here for several reasons, the first being that his office was the local access point for Washu's new sub-space travel route...
No one would even know that she was on the planet, unless she left the room...
The second was that with Washu's up-grading of it's security measures, the room was the most secure place on Planet Jurai...
There fore they could speak freely, these walls had no ears...
And that was why Ayeka was here, to up-date her parents on recent matters...
Washu had thought it was best that she be the one and she had agreed...
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Her father, was looking at the doorway to the small bedroom that he had used for centuries when ever he hadn't felt like going all the way to the royal bed chambers or when one Queen or the other was upset with him about some thing...
With an adjustment that professor Washu had made, a black curtain would fill that doorway and by stepping through it he could travel to places light years away within minutes, instead of days or even weeks...
He still found it hard to believe...
In fact, just a little earlier, the door to the bedroom had closed on it's own, as he sat at his desk...
It was the first notice he had that he was going to have guest, so he had contacted his Queens and asked them to come to his office, nothing else being said...
They had both entered his office shortly there after, to find not only Azusa, but Ayeka there...
After the usual hugs and such Ayeka had them sit while she brought them up to date...
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Azusa had seen the news broadcast and had actually smiled at the reporter's statement about popularity...
Since coming to the throne, he'd had to concentrated on 'RULING' and what was good for the Empire, as well as the Royal family...
However, with the flood of inquires about the health of members of the family, especially of the Crown Prince and his wives, it had been decided that a statement, the first in almost a decade, should be given out...
Professor Washu and Queen Funaho had handled the details...
He'd been surprised at how detailed and accurate it was, he'd expected just a few word saying every thing and every body was alright...
But Both had insisted, even the parts about Ayeka and Ryoko...
Any doubts he might have had disappeared as they both reacted as future Queens of Jurai should...
In Ayeka he now saw a determination that had not been there before, thanks to Ryoko...
And he was sure the way Ryoko had bowed to the aged warrior and even apologized for something that happen 700 years ago had been an eye opener to others, as it had been for him...
It seem that she too had also learned a thing or two, from Ayeka...
And both had acquired much from their husband, Tenchi Masaki...
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As Washu had said, 'A picture was worth a million words'...
It was amazing how just showing themselves for a short time on the balcony had helped...
And being introduced to her newest daughter had been a real eye opener...
Although she looked exactly like Ryoko, Minagi had a shyness that he'd found very refreshing...
She reminded him of Ryo-Ohki when she was in her child form, so innocent...
As Ayeka began to speak, he return to the present...
Looking closer, he could see true emotion in her eyes as she spoke...
Ryoko and Mayuka were stable, for the moment, but been put into stasis pods, in effect frozen in time...
Azusa recalled how Ryoko had complained about the cold weather on coloni world 0315, so even if it saved her life, she wouldn't like it...
It seem that Ryo-Ohki had also been weakened, but was still able to get around, just not in her star-ship form...
As for Washu, having exhausted every other known source of data she could think of, she was now on her way to that mysterious super world of Avalon, to access data that was rumored to be older than Jurai was...
However, since most of their data had been recorded on 'paper', it might take a while...
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Misaki was the one who noticed how tired her daughter was...
" How long did you spend at Ryoko's bedside?... "
Startled, Ayeka's mouth fell open as she saw the three of them smiling at her, her head dropped and so did her voice...
" Until Washu had me come here to talk to you... "
It had only been a few days, but it had seem like weeks or even months...
She remembered sitting in a chair, Ryoko laying there so pale and weak, almost lifeless and there was nothing she could do...
When Washu decided to put them both into stasis chambers, she'd watched, Tenchi on one side, Mihoshi on the other...
Even Sasami had been there, standing in front of her sister, holding Ryo-Ohki...
Nagi, the most infamous bounty-hunter in the galaxy had even asked if there was any thing SHE could do...
Washu had let her help gently put Ryoko, naked into one of her special glass-like containment pods...
Tenchi had been the one to put little Mayuka in her pod, with a kiss on her cheek...
Once the pods were sealed, he had pulled up a chair and sat there, watching and waiting, on the other side from Ayeka...
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Sasami and Mihoshi had come in to check on them, but hadn't tried to get them to leave, Sasami had brought them tea and plates of food when they didn't appear for meals...
Then usually having to stay and make sure her 'big sister' ate it, while Washu did the same for Tenchi...
Tenchi was taking it the worst and finally, Ayeka and Mihoshi had asked Washu if she would do some thing, which she did...
He hadn't even felt the needle as Washu applied it to his neck...
Ayeka had smiled as she and Nagi had carried him from the lab and into the living room...
She had taken his place, letting him sleep on the couch, Sasami and the others watching over him...
She had just sat there, watching over both Ryoko and Mayuka, stroking little Ryo-Ohki who had climbing up onto her lap and fallen asleep...
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As it was, Washu had given her a booster shot just before she came, to help her make it and then informed her that upon her return she was to go directly to bed...
Sasami said that she would see to that, with Kiyone and Nagi's help if need be...
Tenchi, who had gone with Washu to Avalon to access their data, had even given Kiyone and Nagi permission to do what was needed to get Ayeka to rest...
Both Kiyone and Nagi had looked at her with a wicked smile on their faces...
Mihoshi had just smiled and nodded her head in agreement...
She had taken Ayeka's place in the lab, while she came to Jurai...
Asleep on Washu's couch, next to the pods with Ryo-Ohki in her arms...
Sasami had tucked her in, under a blanket...
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As things got quiet, the bedroom door closed on it's own, drawing everyone's attention...
After a moment, the door reopened and there was a black curtain there...
Before any one could react, Sasami's head appeared from the curtain and looked around before stepped into the room...
Ayeka had to smile, it reminded her so much of her fellow sister/wife when she would enter a room, through a wall...
Right behind her came her bodyguard Nagi Katsumoro ( the feared Bounty hunter ) and officer Kiyone Makibi of the Galaxy Police, both in civilian clothes...
As Sasami got quick hugs from her mother and father, Ayeka sighed and stood up, it seem that it was time to go...
" It seems my 'escorts' are here... "
At the confused look on her mother's face, Sasami spoke up, giggling softly...
" Ayeka promised Tenchi and Washu that she would go to bed and get some sleep after she came here... WE"RE here to see that she does just that... "
She looked at her dear sister's tired face and continued...
" We've fixed a bed in the lab... Right next to Mayuka and Ryoko for you... "
She smiled as she finished...
" Mihoshi and Ryo-Ohki are warming it up for you... "
With that, Ayeka sighed and allowed herself to be escorted home...
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( A Darken World... )
Unlike else where in the galaxy, the news report wasn't viewed favorably every where...
In this darken room, no one dared to speak, no one dared to even move...
The only one to move was the dark figure at the far end of the table, in the shadows...
He set a rather large gun on the cold stone table before him...
At the other end of the table a figure was laying on the floor, his head blown off...
" Does any one else have any optimistic thoughts about the incident?... "
No one spoke, no one breathed, they all looked at the dead body...
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A short time later a figure entered the room and stood next to the body...
It chuckled...
" I see you had a disagreement... '
The figure at the other end of the table reached for the gun on the table, but stopped and sat back...
SIGH!...
"OUT!... "
The others didn't need to be told twice...
In minutes there was only two live figures in the room...
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It was the one standing who broke the silence, tapping the body with his foot...
" You realize that he was right... Some one had to be effected if the Imperial family showed it's self like that... "
The reply was so low the new comer had to lean closer...
" Didn't quite catch that!... "
" I said, I know... "
The new comer looked down and tilted his head...
" Then why?... "
A deep hollow voice replied...
" Because I haven't killed any one in a while and I felt like it!... "
The new comer chuckled...
" Well... As long as you had a good reason!... "
The other figure also began to chuckle...
If any one had hear the sound it would have sent ice shivers up their spines...
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( Earlier, in sub-space... )
A number of people were standing on a small island, in the middle of a fair size lake, surrounded by a lush forest of trees...
Looking around, one might have thought they were on a planet some where and not in an artificial environment...
For this was the transfer point of Professor Washu Hakubi's new sub-space transportation system...
For upon this small island, a doorway could appear and take a traveler to any of a half dozen planets which were light-years apart, just by stepping through it...
It allowed her and other family members to move around the vast Galaxy quicker and quietly...
At the moment, this world had another function...
At one end of the island, a small bridge connect the island to an even smaller island, upon which a small tree resided...
At the moment, a young female, with dark hair was standing by the tree, her hand on it's trunk, her eyes closed...
Washu had used this quiet, safe world to help the tree, Ayeka's Ryu-Oh recover, so that it could be restored within a Juraian Tree-ship...
On the larger island three males and two females watched and waited, patiently...
Washu and Sasami watched as Ayeki spent some time with Ryu-Oh, for the first time since the incident...
Through the implanted com unit Washu had, she could hear Ayeka as she spoke gently to her companion mentally...
Washu saw Tenchi smile as he too listened...
The other two, older males could only stand by and watch in silence...
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One, dressed in an all black outfit, was the leader of a clan of ninja assassins, but he now had much greater responsibilities...
His clan had been accused of attacking the Emperor of Jurai, a crime that demanded their total elimination, to the last member...
However, the crown prince had accepted their word of honor that they had not been involved and saved them, bringing them to this world hidden within sub-space...
Not only would the member be safe from whoever had tried to get them destroyed, but they were now responsible for protecting this special secret transportation system...
Even if he didn't owe his life to the crown prince, the clan leader had seem greatness within the prince and a just cause worth following...
The prince's appearance and reassurance had helped calm their fears about the recent attack...
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The one in the robe, holding a staff, had his own responsibilities...
He was from a world known only in legends, Avalon and his name was Merlin...
And, although he looked the part, he wasn't a magician...
He just happen to be from one of the oldest worlds in the Galaxy and by far, it's largest...
Right now he and the others were on their way to his world, to access THE oldest library of knowledge in the galaxy...
At-least He, Tenchi and Washu were, Ayeka would be exiting through another door, to Jurai, while Sasaami returned home...
AS soon as they were ready, Washu would open a door to his world and a number of assistants Merlin had arranged for would join them and collect the boxes setting over to one side...
The boxes, moved here by clan members, held items Washu needed for her research in the library...
AS they all watched, Ayeka opened her eyes and gave her tree a hug, they were ready to go...
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( Elsewhere in the Galaxy... The day after the incident, at Galaxy Police Headquarters... )
The Ambassador of the Galactic worker's Guild had been waiting half the day to see the Grand Marshal...
And just as it was becoming his turn, a small female had shown up and been taken right in with out a word...
To make it worse, the assistant hadn't answered any of the ambassador's questions about why a 'child' should rank above him...
He'd considered that she might be a member of a royal house hold, but he had knowledge of not only the members of the Jurai and Airai families, but also a number of other minor Royal households...
The young redhead wasn't from any of them...
He'd even managed to do some research on the new Juraian Crown Prince's new family...
The new Prince and his three wives...
Though it was hard to tell where 'Truth' left off and 'Rumor' took over...
The mysrerious male half-breed grandson of the the former Crown Prince, missing for 700 years, not even 20 years old himself...
A spoiled 1st Princess, who had left her duties behind to go off on a search for her older brother and betrothal, for almost 700 years...
Then there was the Marshal's disgrace of a granddaughter, who during her short career, had caused almost as much havoc and chaos as the Galaxy hated and feared devil, Kagato, had...
And finally, there was Kagato's henchman and right hand, the space pirate Ryoko Hakubi, who, shortly before attacking the Juraian home-world, had visited his home-world...
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Even after 700 years, there were still places on his world that hadn't recovered fully...
By the time Kagato was through, an asteroid was more liveable...
No, there was no way that female, hell-spawn had changed, no matter what the news reported...
It was too bad that attacker the other night hadn't managed to kill her...
Thou it seem that he had been one of the few who seem to be happy about it...
A fact he'd had to keep to himself...
It seem that most of those he knew or talked to had been taken in by that Juraian propaganda and were showing real concern for the members of the Royal family...
But he hadn't been fooled, he'd met a great many members of the various Royal families, Juraian and others, over the centuries, they were ALL full of themselves and looked down on every body else...
At that moment the door to the inner office opened...
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" ...and be sure to give my regards to the others, Professor Hakubi... "
Being a politician, the ambassador had a way of catching bits and pieces of conversations that could be of use to him...
This time he caught the name HAKUBI, a very uncommon name...
His emotions over-rode his better judgment...
Standing up, he put himself between the young female and the door...
Being rather tall, he towered over her, his fist on his hips, a stance that he used often with shorter people to get his way...
As the assistant started to stand, the young female made a slight gesture with her hand and he sat back, smiling...
Several GP officers, who were there to see the Marshal, started to stand, but a gesture from the Marshal's assistant stopped them...
He had never cared for this ambassador, too full of himself...
Smiling, he wondered who his replacement would be...
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The female heard a voice asked her a question that only she could hear...
Do you need some help?...
She continued to smile as she replied...
We agreed that we didn't need you or Mihoshi showing up at headquarters, too many questions...
She couldn't help loving her new son-in-law, as much as Ryoko and Ryo-Ohki did, with all her heart...
Professor Washu Hakubi, a female of infinite mysteries, looked up at the towering figure standing in her way...
Her adolescent form had it's advantages, but it also had it's Disadvantages...
It allowed her to travel unnoticed, also the young could do things adults couldn't, she sighed, but continued to smile...
It also allowed others to think they could do as they wished...
She considered what he would look like, only 12 inched tall and covered with fur?...
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She'd seen the assistant start to come to her aid and waved him off, she had also seen the smile as he kept his fellow officers out of this...
" Your name is HAKUBI?... "
She started to ask, but remembered the Grand Marshal using her title as she exited his office, she nodded her head and continued to smile...
" Any relation to that demon hell spawn, space pirate, Ryoko Hakubi?... "
Washu managed to continue smiling as she sent an order, mentally...
DON'T YOU MOVE!...
She had felt Tenchi start to leave the ship they were traveling in, which Mihoshi was piloting...
UFF!...
Curious, Washu accessed the bridge camera with her mind...
She just manage to not start giggling...
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Tenchi was in the co-pilot's seat, as she'd left him, however Mihoshi was now in his lap...
Not only was Mihoshi out of the regulation uniform that she had been wearing earlier, she was now wearing that naughty officer outfit from before the wedding...
Facing him, she was using her legs to secure him to the seat, her control cube in one hand as she ran the other through his hair...
" Washu said you were to stay here and I know my wifely duties... "
Washu smiled, he wasn't going any where, so she closed the link...
Looking up, she found the taller male was now waving a finger in her face...
" WELL!... "
Reaching up, she took hold of his finger and blinked her eyes...
As every one watched, she morphed into her adult, taller form...
With a very gently squeeze ( for her ), his eyes widened and he went down on his knees...
Now, looking down into the Ambassador's eyes, she answered him in a soft, deadly tone...
" As a matter of fact, she's my daughter!... Is that a problem?... "
The Ambassador just shook his head...
She noted that the assistant was trying his best not to laugh and the other officer's eyes were as wide as their smiles..
" Sorry fellows... But I'm spoken for!... "
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" Humm!... "
Looking behind her, she saw the Grand Marshal standing in his door way...
" I was wondering where my next appointment was!... "
He didn't smile, but she knew he wanted to as he nodded his head slightly...
She released the Ambassador's finger as she returned to her young female form, no one said a thing, would any one believe them?...
As she exited, she heard the Grand Marshal's strong voice...
" It's so nice of you to drop by... I've been meaning to discuss your NEW assignment... I understand it gets just as cold in the daylight as it is at night on that planet!... Are you into winter sports?... "
Washu smiled as the door closed...
Unable to contact Mihoshi OR Tenchi, she decided to visit the gift shop down on the main floor...
It look like she had some time on her hands...
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( Now, Washu's lab...)
A figure, wearing a robe, stood before a tall glass pod containing a beautiful naked female with light colored hair...
Minagi ( Ryoko's clone twin) stood before her 'sister's' container, her hand on the glass...
Washu had asked her to stand in for Ryoko with the rest of the family, to hide Ryoko's being so ill...
Tenchi and the others had agreed and helped her...
But she didn't know what she would do if something happen to Ryoko...
Replacing her was out of the question...
With her adoption, she now had a real family, one that accepted her for herself...
Her brother-in-law ( she blushed as she thought of Tenchi ) would not ask it of her, nor would her sister-in-laws, Princess Ayeka and Mihoshi...
Thinking of Mihoshi, she looked over at the bed that Sasami and the others had brought in for Ayeka and which was now occupied by Mihoshi and Ryo-Ohki...
Tears flow as she smiles at the thought of her new mom, her new sisters and even her new brother...
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Sensing some thing, she turn to find a strikingly beautiful female standing next to her...
How had she entered without Minagi hearing her...
It was then that Minagi noticed the unusual markings on her neck and cheeks...
Minagi watched in amazement as the female reached out and put her hand through the glass, reaching up to gently stroking Ryoko's cheek...
Impossible!
Minagi's eye widened, that cylinder was contained within a stasis field and nothing in the galaxy could effect it...
Moving back slightly, the female withdrew her arm from the container...
Then the female turned her head and Minagi found herself eye-to-eye with this stranger...
Minagi thought she saw a slight sadness for a moment and then it was gone...
She then noted that the female was looking behind her...
Turning, she discovered Tenchi's grandfather standing there, sipping tea from a small cup...
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With a smile, he broke the silence...
" It's been a while, Lady Tokimi... "
Minagi had heard that name before, some where...
Then her eyes widened...
The Goddess Tsunami has a sister by that name...
One of the three Chousin Goddesses...
She barely hear Katsuhito's next comment...
" Here to visit your niece?... "
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Minagi's eyes moved from the goddess to Ryoko and then to the Shinto priest before returning to the Goddess...
Her mouth must have been open, because the Goddess reached over, placed a finger under her chin and closing it...
Minagi couldn't move or speak, but she heard a voice in her head...
There is much for you to learn about your new family...
She didn't see the slight smile appear...
AND your new relatives, my child...
Minagi suddenly had a strong urge to climb into that bed with Mihoshi and hide under the covers...
Minagi knew she heard chuckling as the female faded before her eyes...
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( Under the sea... )
IT had been watching the unusual power source it had recently detected...
There was a taste to it that seem familiar, but just beyond the memories that it could access at the moment...
Perhaps when the awaking was finished IT would be able to identify the power...
Then, perhaps, they would all go and see what it was...
But for now IT could only sit and wait...
It was so hard, for this power wasn't all that far away...
On a small landmass, just beyond this large body of water it was under...
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Then, it happen...
One moment the taste had been there, the next, it was gone and was no where to be found...
Since IT awoke, it had slowly, carefully studied this world that IT was on, using what little power IT could spare...
This was a very primitive world, creatures just able to get to the single moon that orbited it...
Traveling beyond the range for IT's sensors to detected, in an instant, was even beyond IT's abilities...
Another Question unanswered...
But the 'taste' had also caused an odd reaction...
It had no only caused JOY, but it also caused FEAR?...
IT would have to be careful about contacting such power...
But soon!...
Soon...
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To be continued...
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Please feel free to comment and review for any errors...
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