Masaki Family Secrets...
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Masaki Family Secrets...
Chapter 10... Conflict...
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( Airai, the Airaian Home world... )
Zanata six was a small world, situated in the buffer zone between the Juraian and Airaian Empires...
The Royal family ruled over a world where Juraian and Airaian lived peaceably, creating a very rich world...
Then, several decades before, the evil mad man, Kagato threw the world into chaos when he attacked it and killed the ruling family and all their supporters...
In all the chaos, one of the few surviving advisors stepped in to take control and in a short time things settled down...
When all the dust had settled, he was in complete control and he proceeded to rule with an iron fist, turning the once peaceful
world into a fortified world...
So, when he was recently over thrown, there was great rejoicing in both the Juraian and Airaian Empires...
However, certain facts had come to light that would shake both empires...
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In high orbit above the planet, units of the powerful Airaian Space Fleet were arriving one by one...
Various ships of the fleet had been ordered to return and await special orders from the Royal High Council...
There was just one problem...
At the moment there wasn't any Royal High Council to give any orders...
Even his royal Highness King Akio Magma was no where to be seen...
because there were others occupying the chairs in the Grand Council Hall...
Sitting at the head of the table, in the chair normally used by the king, a male in the robes of a high priest had his elbows on the table, his fingers interlocked and his chin resting on his fingers...
The other chairs were occupied by members of the military...
One by one, the officers were presenting their reports...
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All security post at the spaceport had been secured, civilian personnel replaced with military and given the day off...
All broadcast facilities in the capital had also been secured, part of a practice security drill in case of emergencies...
All Royal guards had been replaced by military personal in Royal Guard uniforms and were stationed at all exits and in all major hall ways, this was also refered to as a drill...
And the last member of the High Council had been collected...
Each being told that there had been a treat to their life and they were being taken to a secure area for their own protection...
As it was by specal order of the King, there had been no objections nor any resistance...
A Space fleet officer reported that the ships given special orders to report to the home world, were now all in orbit...
Another reported that the King and Queen had been secured in their quarters, after the comm units in the room had been disabled and the doors to the balcony secured...
Their personal attendants and staff had been escorted to their rooms, guards placed to prevent contact with each other...
Military grade Communication jammers had been activated and as such only special units, controled by them, allowed access to the world outside the Palace...
The Palace was now secure...
The priest nodded his head and smiled...
That went smoothly...
Or so he thought...
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(Some time back...)
The high priest came upon some information that only the Royal High Council had knowledge of...
It seem that the new crown prince of Jurai, who had been making such a name for him self, also had ties within the Airiain Empire TOO...
In fact, he was the grandson of the king's only daughter, which put him in direct line for the Airian throne, as well as the Juraian one...
However, for some reason, the Royal High Council showed no sign of worry or even caring...
So, being a devoted follower of the Goddess Tsunami, he swore that Jurai would not swallow up Airai as they had so many other worlds, in past centuries...
It hadn't been hard to find other like-minded members, especially in the military and a plan was quickly formed...
Using civilian and military emergency plans, they would secure the capital, the palace, along with the king and government...
When that was accomplished, they would then convince him that he had to abdicate and then they would find a member of "Royal Blood", without ties to Jurai and putting THEM on the throne...
The fact that this new KING would be little more than a puppet didn't even concern them...
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( The present... )
So, he didn't notice the short, dark haired female, until she tapped him on the shoulder...
Looking up, he noticed the female for the first time...
Where did she come from?...
Her hair hung down to her neck and the lard, round glasses on her nose seem to cover half her face...
She was dressed in standard wear of the palace staff and she seem to be waiting for him to reply...
" Yes?... "
He didn't see the female's eyes go up for a moment or hear a slight sigh...
He did see her tilt her head slightly before replying...
" There is a call from a Lord Volcana... "
A Space Fleet officer spoke up...
" Sir... He's the officer chosen to command the Defence fleet we have assembled... "
The priest thought for a moment before replying...
" Was he... "
He left the rest in the air...
The officer continued...
" He is one of our finest officers and believes in following orders... He's highly respect through out the fleet and handled the recent rescue of the princess in the Zanata six affair... "
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The priest turned to the female...
" Very well, put him on screen... "
A large, transparent screen appeared above the Council table...
It showed a officer standing on his command bridge, other members of the crew behind him, busy...
There was a slight pause before the officer spoke...
" Volcana, 1st Airaian Special Assault Wing reporting as ordered... "
The priest smiled, but Volcana continued before he could speak...
" Excuse me, sir!... But my orders were to report to the Royal Council when I arrived!... "
The priest eyebrows narrowed slightly, he would have to be tactful with this one...
" This is the Royal Council... However, there has been an emergency and contingency plans have been activated... While the King and Council are unavailable, I have been authorized to handle matters here... "
Volcana had been eying the others and assessing the situation, not too difficult...
" Yes sir... My orders?... "
The priest smiled, they HAD chosen the right one...
" You are to assume command of the units assembled in orbit and take up defensive positions... We done for see any problems, but it is best to be prepared... "
Volcana said nothing, just nodded his head...
" Contact us if there are any problems... That is all... "
With a wave of his hand the screen disappeared...
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( Aboard the Washi (Eagle)... )
Lord Volcana stood there after the screen had closed, her now clenched his fist...
Why that little...
The voice of his 1st officer brought him back to the present...
" Sir?... What does this mean?... "
He managed to smile as he looked at his second in command, a female who'd been with him long before he assumed command of ether his ship or the very special 1st Airaian Special Assault Wing...
Some had laughed at his chose, but he knew better...
Like other units in the fleet, he had a good number of females in his special unit and not just on the ships...
A good portion of his Special Assault unit had been female, cause in a fight, no one fought harder or dirtier...
His thoughts took him back to his recent introduction to the Juraian Crown Prince...
Princess Ayeka of Jurai, the Galaxy Police officer Mihoshi Kuramitsu and the infamous space pirate Ryoko, three of the most powerful females in the Universe backing him up...
And if that wasn't enough, he was married to all three of them...
Juraian or not, THERE was some one you just had to admire...
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He sighed before replying...
" It means, we contact the other ships and begin organizing them into defence units... "
He knew that that wasn't what they were wondering about and signed softly...
" The situation below is unknown at the moment... Right now we need to do our duty and stay focused... If we don't remain calm and organized, we'll be of little use when we're needed most... "
He saw that the crew was worried, but were willing to accept his words and orders, they went about their duties...
He spoke softly to his 1st, not wanting to be over heard...
" Scan of the capital and palace?... "
She was able to obtain the data quickly and quietly, handing him a pad displaying the requested data...
He nodded and sighed...
The new force field over the palace was activated and working...
The report he'd seen estimated it would take the fire power of a good number of the fleet's largest ships to even dent it...
To take it out, would require a huge amount of fire power and the collateral damage would destroy every thing within 15 kilometers of the target...
It seem that there was nothing they could do, for the moment...
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( The Juraian Palace... )
Emperor Azusa sat at his desk studying the reports that had come in since the embassy in the Airia Capital reported it's very disturbing news...
Since that recent meeting of the two families, things had been looking quite promising, until these latest reports...
It seem that military forces had surrounded the compound and no one was to enter or leave during an emergency drill...
Observers also reported that a very powerful force field had been activated over the palace and all contact with the palace cut off...
In orbit, Juraian civilian ships had reported a large buildup of military ships, mostly medium to light, with a few heavy class ships...
His attempt to contact the king had received a polite " The King is unavailable at the moment" reply...
So he wasn't paying attention as 1st Queen, Lady Funaho, his Minister of Intelligence put in a call to Lady Seto aboard her tree ship the Mikagami...
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( Aboard the Mikagami... )
Lady Seto studied the image of Queen Funaho as she spoke...
" If you would, could you drop off some presents on your way out on patrol?... It would mean a lot... "
She hadn't been planning to go any where near the Airai home world on her way out and Funaho knew it...
In fact it was in an entirely different direction...
But a request from a member of the Royal family was not to be taken lightly...
She wasn't sure why, but some thing told her that she would find it interesting...
" Why of course... We were about to leave... Send them up and we'll be on our way... "
The released look on Funaho's face said volumes...
" They're on their way... And again, Thank you... "
As the screen closed and disappeared Lady Seto looked at the members of her crew on the bridge...
" Well?... What are you waiting for?... Plot in our new route and inform the rest of the task force... We'll be taking a slight detour before we go hunting today... "
With a wave of her fan the crew were off to their duties...
Sitting down in her command chair Lady Seto considered the request...
What are you up to Funaho?...
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( Galaxy Police Headquarters... )
Grand Marshal Minami Kuramitsu looked at the officer before him...
He had known her a long time and this had been quite an active time for her recently...
The green haired Airi Masaki had recently been reunited with important members of her family, in this case, hir husband and their grandson...
As she was of the Airaian Royal family and her husband Yosho was of the Juraian Royal family, two major rival powers, their union was known to only a few, until recently...
Her involvement in the recent Zanata six incident had brought her face-to-face with her grandson, who thought her dead...
She was in headquarters, filling out a report on the incident, when reports began to come in from her home world...
She had put in a request for a fast ship to take her home at once, to be with her parents, the King and Queen...
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The Marshal considered her request before making a call...
Recalling what had happen last time, he decided to agree, but on one condition...
" Alright... I'm going to assign the Lightning to take you home... It should get you there quickly and safely... "
Airi thought for a moment, trying to recall which ship and class the Lightning was, it had been a while since she'd been involved with headquarters, working at the Academy...
Her eyes widened as she recalled the ship...
Before she could say any thing a smiling Marshal spoke up...
" Do you think that will be enough?... "
Speechless, she could only nod her head...
" Then you should be on your way and I'll inform the captain of your coming and destination... "
He held the door for her...
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As she left his office and headed towards the docks she shook her head...
The Lightning was one of the GP's newest heavy cruisers, one of the most powerful ships in the GP fleet next to the Capital ships...
In fact it was the flagship of a powerful GP task force used to counter Raiders...
Besides the Lightning, there were a number of light cruisers and escort ships, all fast and heavily armed...
She was headed home, but she wasn't going alone or powerless...
Her eyes narrowed as she thought of some one getting in her way of seeing her parents...
She chuckled as she continued down the hall...
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( The Royal Apartments... )
Emperor Akio Magma had been pacing back and forth, since being escorted here from the Council room...
To have a priest of Tsunami organize a coup d'etat of his government...
Would he ever be able to show his face in public?...
Why hadn't he noticed some thing, any thing...
Did Azusa have to put up with some thing like this?...
Then he remembered Azusa's Queens, Funaho and Misaki...
Now there were two females you didn't want to get upset...
He looked at his wife, Aimi, sitting quietly in a padded chair, doing some thing with a small object in her hand...
This whole thing didn't seem to get to her at all...
He smiled, he wouldn't trade his Queen for ether or both of Azusas...
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See her husband looking her way she smiled and gestured for him to join her...
She wasn't sure, but they could easily be under observation...
Not really accomplishing any thing with his pacing, the King joined his Queen...
As he came to stand next to her, she took is hand and squeezed it...
It was amazing what just her touch and smile could do...
As he watched, she turned the small device in her hand so he could see the small screen...
It took a moment, but his eyes widened and a smile formed as he read the few words written there...
THE CAVALRY IS ON IT'S WAY!
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To be continued...
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