Mayuka 'eep'ed slightly, remembering the silver hair of doom. She quickly jumped behind 
her daddy and clutched on to him for dear life. Tenchi sweat dropped, but less than last time. 
He had gotten use to mayuka's -unknowingly to her- developed body. But he was her 'daddy' one 
way or another. But right now, the company within him house that had suddenly appeared was on 
his mind. 

     "Tenchi?" a voice called. Tenchi smiled. 

     "Ayeka, guess whos here to say hi...." Ayeka walked down the stairs, wondering what was 
going on.

     "Mayuka?!?!"

     The two females looked at each other, measuring up each other from a distance. The 
distance closed dramaticly, as they cried happy tears and hugged, saying nonsenses to each 
other.

     "Meow!!" Ryo-Ohki jumps up into Tenchi's arms.  "Meow! MEOW!!"

     "Ryo-Ohki?" Tenchi looks a little confused, and scratches the cabbit behind the ears. 

     "Meow!"  Ryo-Ohki purrs happily. Tenchi smiles. 

     "It's nice to see you again too, Ryo-Ohki!"

     Ayeka spots the cabbit, suddenly sobering up, "Ryo-Ohki?  If Ryo-Ohki is here, then.." 
she frowns, and looks around at all the people, searching for one familiar face.

     The world started to come back into focus for Yuzuha, The sounds from the voices in the 
room invaded her thoughts. She slowly tried sitting up finding that when she did so she fell 
back over. "OOooooowWWW!" she groaned. Now she did it she ached all over and she transported 
herself into her enemies house. *Am I crazy!* She thought, before blacking out again.

     Then Tenchi walked over to Yuzuha with a look of bewilderment on his face. He saw that 
she was indeed in no shape to fight anyone. Turning to Ayeka his expression changed "Ayeka go 
ready a bed for Yuzuha." Ayeka's eyes got big, "But Tenchi after what she did." "She's here 
for a reason Ayeka and she's in no condition to tell us now, so please go prepare her a bed." 
Ayeka then hurriedly did what she was asked.

     Kagato looks around looking bemused "It looks like they've all gone." A dark portal 
appears above him and he elevates up into it. He sits down in his chair inside the souja and 
has a smirk on his face "The re-animation is 86% and no doubt in my mind they've returned to 
Tenchi and the others." A huge humming sound rattles around the souja as the gems start 
charging up. He thinks to him self  "if I follow Washus theories I'll bend space to such an 
extent dimensional travel can be accomplished. Anyway I think its time to pay Tenchi another 
Visit" A huge flash that lights up the surrounding space and then the souja disappears.

     Sikaru followed everybody into the house. Suddently a thought hit her and she blurts out, 
"I'm sorry to just butt in but we did leave a guy back there with a masive ball of 
Anti-Matter...."

     Mayuka sweatdropped, realizing the truth. "Well, honestly, I hope he doesn't barge in on 
us! I'm going to see grandpa!!!" Mayuka ran around the corner of the room shouting a loud and 
cute " GRANDPA!!!!!" At the moment, family was a higher priority than the shirt she was 
wearing. "GRANDPA!!! I'M HOME!!!!!"

     Still standing there with his sword drawn but in a place completely new to him now, the 
blue haired man sweat drops and turns the blade back into a rod, stuffing it in a pocket. 
"This day just keeps getting wierder and wierder..."

     He shuffles over to Tenchi and puts out a hand. "Guess i better introduce myself. Kirin, 
Kirin Vega. And you?"

     Mayuka hugged gramps so tightly that he turned a shade of blue from the lack of oxygen 
in his system. She finally released him, and he weezed in air, turning back to his normal 
coloring.

     "Grandpa!!"

     "Let me catch my breath, I'm getting 'old'." Mayuka stepped back, not quite getting the 
joke.

     "OH yeah!," mayuka said happily," I found some nice people! AND one cute guy!!!"

     "Fishing already?"

     "Huh?" Mayuka cocked her head to the side slightly, not getting that one either.

     He quickly shakes Kirin's hand. "I'm Tenchi, Tenchi Masaki. I don't really have time 
now to introduce everyone though." He lifted up Yuzuha in his arms. "I'll put Yuzuha to bed, 
then I'll be right back." He then quickly went into the prepared room.

     As Ryoko wandered back to the house, having it seemed Kagato disappeared. On the way she 
looked down, seeing a small girl.. Landing to the ground from her floating she slowly picked 
her up, and saw the small girls eyess glare up at her. "Hey Chibi." Ryoko said simply, 
wondering where she'd come from. "You okay? Wheres your parents?"

     Meanwhile deep in space a blinding light is seen, as the huge silhouette of the souja 
pulls through a vortex Kagato looks amazed "Washus untried theories were correct" he smiles to 
himself "I must of miscalculated the distance involved. His grin increases "well It seems that 
I'm close to the Galactic Police Headquarters." His grin increases even more "Well its well 
over due to exterminate that nuisance once and for all." The souja turns around slowly. A 
huge humming noise is heard as the gems glow and suddenly a huge beam flashes out flying in 
the direction of the huge space station. In the far distance a huge explosion is seen, as the 
police HQ is totally obliterated. Kagato has an evil grin on his face and then turns "well I 
think its about time I go repay tenchi." The huge ship turns in the direction of earth and 
starts to move at a moderate speed.

     Sikaru walked outside and sats down on the steps. She sighed to herself as she played 
with a strand of hair. Her gut gave her an odd feeling that things weren't going to stay 
peachy for long. Danger was comming and she could feel it. The gem on her neak glow an 
unnoticable blue as her worry grew.

     Sikaru looks up at sasami. "uh..oh hi" Smiles softly. "I'm...just worried that's all" 
moves the hair out the way. "It sure is peaceful here..."

     Mayuka looked around, wondering just SLIGHTLY where everyone went. She had her arm 
attached to grampa, but the room was deserted. "Uh..guys?" Mayuka looked puzzled at grandpa, 
but he only smiled. "Why don't you change, Mayuka. I'm positive everyone is outside somewhere, 
waiting for us to join them. Mayuka smiled. "OK!!"

     The little girl slowly opened her eyes. She felt sore, to say the least... Then, she was 
silent, staring into Ryoko's feline bright, golden eyes. Ones that reflected herself. And only 
one thing came to mind.... She cried.

     "Oh my goodness!  Where did I just send that poor girl to?  When Tenchi finds out that 
I... well, on accident of course, some what- sort of blasted his daughter into the other end 
of subspace, he's going to be angry for an undeterminable amount of minutes..." Washu said 
from inside her lab.

     Ryoko sweatdropped, not knowing what to do. "There there.." She said lamely, patting her 
back as they floating their way home. "Don't cry!" This was before she began to get 
annoyed.... "Alright, how do I get you to stop crying?"

     Mayuka looked in her drawers in her room. "What to wear?" she asked herself. "I KNOW!!!"
Mayuka began looking through the layers of clothes in the dresser, tossing the ones she 
didn't like over her shoulder. "Drat, where is it?" Mayuka stopped, remembering where she had 
last put it. *OH NO..* Mayuka winced. She had put her favorite clothes in the OTHER room, 
where her 'mother' was. Yuzuha, was in that room, asleep.

     Sikaru stands up and looks up at the sky blinking from the sun's brightness. "This isn't 
good...I know it isn't..." A weird feeling over comes her as she feels a terrible force 
aproaching. Turns to sasami. "Sasami, right? Where's that tenchi guy. It's important!"

     The little, green-haired girl wiped her eyes rapidly. When she finally cleared her vision 
of tears, she looked at Ryoko with great confusion. What was this person.. doing? She seemed 
so.. familar.. Quickly she shurrged off the thought. The main question still was being 
pondered in her mind... "Where am I?"

     Mayuka sneaks inside the room where her DNA mother was, tip-toeing around silently, 
praying she wouldn't wake. Mayuka opened a drawer quietly, then it slammed onto the floor. 
Mayuka winced and turned her head to the side. No quicker pattern of breathing, all clear. 
Mayuka breathed out a sigh of relief, and took out some clothes. Another dress, white with 
light blue trimmings. Mayuka gave a smile, and ran out of the room. She quickly put it, 
running down the hallway and downstairs at the same time-miraculously not killing herself by 
falling down. "DADDY!!!" Mayuka swirled downstairs, a sunny smile on her face. Then it was 
completely wiped off as she took a look before her.

     Ryoko looked down at the small girl, tilting your head. "Why, at the misaki shrine!" She 
smiled, pointing at the stairs they had been floating down. "Where are you from?" She asked 
softly, then remembered. Though she hated it.. she figured she better ask Washu a bit.. <Oi, 
Washu!> Ryoko said telepathicly, refusing to call her mother. So often this had annoyed the 
pink haired girl/woman, but Ryoko didn't care. It wasn't her concern. <Washu, i found this.. 
Kid.. I'm gunna take her back to the house, okay?> She smiled down at the small girl, hopeing 
to get some answers soon.

     Ryo-Ohki runs out of the Masaki house, bounds up to Ryoko. "Meow!! Meow!!" She looks at 
the kid. "Meow? Meow!"

     Ryoko smiled as she let Ryoohki jump upon her arm, and showed her the child. "What do you 
think we should do?" She asked simply to the cabbit.

     Having been standing there for several minutes now, Kirin gave up on waiting for Tenchi 
to return and looked about himself, finding Ryoko there with the child. "Is she yours?"

     Ryoko shook her head no, and only looked worrily at the child. She felt some kind of 
weird.. Bond to it..

     Ai blinked, staring at now all of them. So was so very.. confused.. She stayed silent, 
scared out of her mind, no doubt. She leaned closer to Ryoko, feeling a.. a.. bond..?

     Kirin shrugged, and watched the two together. He seemed to sense some sort of bond between 
them.

     Mayuka's jaw hit the floor of the Tenchi household with a bang. she gathered it up and 
snapped back to her regular self. "N..nn..nani?"

     Yuzuha slowly opened her eyes to the alien surroundings she was now in. It was a bedroom 
but who's? She sat up and then stood up rather wobbly, taking a step she tripped over the 
dresser that was left on the floor. "AAAAaaaAaAAAah!" She shrieked as she hit the floor. This 
was turning out to be a real bad day for her. She struggled to regain composure worsening the 
situation and getting tangled in the clothes that were left in the drawer. She sweatdropped 
hearing footsteps approaching.

     Mayka was about to stutter something when she heard a shriek upstairs. *Oh no!!! SHE is 
awake..what do i do?* But being the kind soul she mostly was most of the time, she ran upstairs.

     Jin blinked as he heard the scream from the house. He ran back into the room and upstairs. 
"What?! What's wrong?!"

     Her head turns towards the house as she hears a skriek. All her worries get pushed to the 
back of her head as she runs up the stairs. "What's wrong?"

     Struggling even more as the sound of approaching footsteps grew louder she only managed 
to get herself tangled up in the bras and panties that had been in the drawer. She then 
stopped, exasperated, and had noticed that the sound of footsteps had stopped. She slowly 
looked up at the doorway to see Mayuka and two of her friends trying to stifle their 
laughter. *Big sweatdrop, as Yuzuha is frozen in embarrassment.*

     Kagato looks out of the screen at Earth and smiles he gets up from his chair and suddenly 
his evil smile is wiped off his face "experiment 102 Ai, it can't be but the power signals are 
that of..... " he shakes his head. "But it can't be the signals are that of great power. I 
thought she was defective." His eyes Lighten up, and his smile returns "Yosho, Ayeka and 
Sasami are still in the same co-ordinates as my last visit." he sits back down. "Tenchi you 
were the key to my last defeat, but you'll be my the key to my success this time. The greatest 
power in the universe shall be mine. Make no mistake." The gems start to charge. "well I guess 
I better prepare my self for the little visit." he rubs his chin "experiment 102 she still is 
influenced by the power of the Souja. I wonder what her relationship is with the others? Well 
I guess I'll use her to get Tenchi for me."

     Ai felt a shiver, and then sneezed. Quickly she wiped at her irritated nose, and looked 
around. Her eyes traveled around her surroundings, her stomach knotting. "I..I" Was all that 
came from her quivering lips. Did she feel.. this famlar... But.. but what..? Tiny hands 
gripped tightly to Ryoko's clothes.

     Ryoko looked down glaring at the small Ai. Wondering what to do, her eyebrows rose with 
a thought. "Hey... You hungry? THirsty? Gotta pee?" Ryoko wasn't to good with children....  
"Listen.. Ya gotta tell me stuff here.." Her voice was begining to plead. "I really dunno what 
to do..." 

     The little girl looked up to Ryoko, and then simply tilted her head. She helplessly 
clentched her tiny fist under her chin, and her eyes grew large. She let out a wimper...

     Ryoko looked quite pitiful. "Listen kid.." She said in her softest voice, which wasn't 
really that soft. She held closely to her, keeping her protected, as they walked through the 
door.

     The little ones eyes trailed up to Ryoko, she looked blurred. Her face became buried into 
her clothes, letting her tears soak into Ryokos clothes. "Kowaii.. kowaii.." She whispered, 
reapeating it over and over.

     Jin was able to control his laughter long enough to go over and help untangle Yuzuha from 
the clothes. He smiled slightly. "Are you alright?" Then Jin heard a...sort of sobbing sound 
from downstairs. He turned back to Yuzuha and lifted a finger to stop her from answering. 
"Sorry, but could you hold that thought?" It was slightly more of a command then a question, 
and Jin went downstairs to see Ryoko and Kirin. Ryoko was hold a small child. He 
quickly went over to them. "Who's the kid? Is she okay?"

     Ryoko sweatdropped. "gah........"  How was she supose to care for this thing?! She flew 
her ass inside the house, holding the child until they ran into...Tenchi? Blinking, she still 
held the kid. In some weird way, they almost looked like mother and daughter.

     Mayuka sweatdropped as she was left alone with Yuzuha, and pressed herself against the 
door, hoping someone would give her a good excuse to leave quickly..

     [Washu comes dashing around the corner]

     Ryoko!  Have you seen-

     [Catches a glimpse of "Punk-Looking Girl" Ai]

     WAHH!!!! WHO THE HELL IS THIS, AND WHERE EXACTLY DID YOU FIND HER, RYOKO?

     Ryoko fell back, child in arms. "W-Washu!" Ryoko said, voice on edge. She had nearly jumped 
out of her skin when she had seen the small scientist walk from the corner. Looking down at Ai, 
she tilted her head and blinked. "Punk Kid?" Hert voice was a little offended, and she held the 
child close to her chest and glared at Washu. "Don't hurt her feelings!" She said in a hushed 
matter. What was making her so protective she didn't know...

     [Takes note of Ryoko holding the child.]

     "Um... Ryoko... do you realize just what it is you're doing?  Even if you finally caught 
Tenchi off guard long enough, the baby wouldn't have been born yet, let alone get this old.  
Tell me something... where did you find this pun... er, young lady?", Washu asked, already 
knowing the answer.

     "I found- WAIT! Whjy do i gotta tell you anything?" Asked Ryoko, raising an eyebrow. The 
child had now began gripping tightly to her shirt, and she knew she was scared of losing her. 
"Washu, what do you already know? Shes.. Shes gunna have to leave... Isnt she?" She made it 
sound like it didn't matter, that she could care less. But if you knew Ryoko by now, you could 
tell otherwise. Or look into her trembling eyes.....

     "I.." Replyed the child in a trembling voice. Her eyes looked longingly back to Ryoko. She 
trembled to end. "I..I dunno.." She whispered, loking into the mad scientist bright green eyes. 

     Stands behind the Mayuka. "Um..Mayuka are u ok? You seem...you know tense" Looks from 
Mayuka to Yuzuha and trying to stop giggling. She totally forgot the uneasy feeling she had 
gotten earlier.

     Mayuka gave an airless gulp, nearly scared to death by the sudden sound of voice. 
"Y..y...yeah!!" Mayuka sweatdropped, wondering how she had gotten herself in such a perdicament.

     Yuzuha looked at Mayuka quizzically then saw the fear in her eyes. "Are you still scared 
of me?" she asked. "I won't hurt you Mayuka, I realized after Tenchi nearly killed me that I 
still have a good side." Tears started to form in her eyes. "That infernal tree of darkness!" 
she sobbed. "It's had control over me all this time tempting me with it's power." She looked at 
Mayuka with desperation in her eyes. "I need you to help me, I need you to show me how to cross 
over into the light." She then walked over to Mayuka and hugged her crying.

     Mayuka froze, feeling arms around her (Yuzuha is shorter than Mayuka, right?) waist, then 
softened. She put her arms around her mother and held her close. It looked quite like a mother 
letting a child cry thier heart out..and just being there. Mayuka sighed and hugged her mother 
tighter. "I don't know the way myself, we'll go together."

     Jin scratched his head and looked around. "Jeez, so much stuff has happened to me in today 
then it has in one year...." He turned back to the others. "I'm going to check on Mayuka and the 
others upstairs," Jin quickly ran up the stairs and back into the room. "Hey, is everything 
okay in here?"

     Mayuka smiled at jin, her mother was back to her 'normal' air of affairs. Mayuka felt glad 
to see Jin, she got up and ran up to him-giving him a tight hug. "Where is everybody?!?!" Mayuka 
clug to Jin, eye wide. "I went downstairs, but no one was there!! Where is everybody?" Mayuka 
was feeling unstable. *Whats wrong with me? They're probably outside, whats going on with me?*
Mayuka started to tremble, why she couldn't understand.

     Ryoko growled at Washu. "Give the kid back!" Her voice was loud, filling the house. "What 
are you doing?!"

     Mayuka heard Ryoko's voice from below. "YAYE!! Ryoko is here!!" Mayuka dragged everyone 
downstairs, a smile on her face.

     Ryoko did not notice the small party that had now flooded downstairs, she was busy. "Washu! 
Tell me why you took her!"

     Mayuka squealed with delight when she saw the little girl. "How CUTE!!!!!! Can i hold her? 
Daddy!! Can we keep her?" (j/k on the 'can we keep her,' folks ::sweatdrop:: though it sounds 
like Mayuka, doesn't it?) Mayuka's eyes sparkled and she ran into the kitchen, taking a cookie 
from a jar. She came back, handing it to the lil girl. "Ryoko!!! Where did you find her? Shes so 
adorable!!"

     Ryoko sweatdropped. "Thats not really the probnlem..." She said in a dull tone, grabbing 
Ai-Chan back while Washu was destracted. "But this kid was just laying there so i figured..." 
She blushed, knowing she only did these 'nice things' once in a while. Though more so since she 
had lost her powers for a few days (Tenchi Manga), and grown closer to Tenchi... And everyone 
for that matter. She had been softer... WAs she getting soft?

     [Taking Ai by the arm back outside]

     "No Mayuka, we can't keep her, and NO RYOKO, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET IN THE WAY!  SHE'S 
GOING RIGHT BACK TO WHERE YOU FOUND HER AND THEN SOME!  DON'T YOU REALIZE WHERE SHE CAME FROM?"

     "Wait! Er...Washu!" Jin ran up behind Washu and tapped her on the shoulder. "Now wait a 
second....Washu, right? I don't know why you're doing this, but....look at her, she's only a 
child! Are you just going to leave her where Ryoko found her?"

     "Washu your being insane!" She screamed over the childs crys. Running, she got up in 
Washu's face. "Where did she come from? And how do you know? How is this smal lthing of any 
harm?!?!" It hurt her to think she was hurting such a small child.... At the end of her road, 
she looked to the ground. "Washu... Can't we just keep her for tonight..? She can get hurt.. Or 
worse.." She said this in a rude manner, but you could also her the sensarity.

     Ai's face was full of confusion. Tears ran in heavy streams down both her cheeks, reddening 
them. "I'm scared!!" SHe cried, reaching back toward the group. She didn't know WHERE the next 
line came from.. But it just felt right.. "Mama.. Mama.. stop it!!" She tried despretly to pull 
away, she looked back to Ryoko.. And the nice girl who had given her a cookie.. "Help me.. I'm 
scared, I'm scared!! He'll get me!!' Even if he had only been from a dream.. Was it a dream?

     Ryoko didn't know what else to do... Quickly she reacheed out and grabbed the small girl 
again, who grabbed her tightly and seemed like she wasn't letting go any time soon. "Your 
scaring her!" Scolded the golden eyed pirte, frowning. She sounded like it was about to get 
voilent... "Washu! You know better! Why are you being so harsh?! Would you treat your *OWN* 
child like this?" Her words were harsh... But she was angry, and at the same time... hurt?

     The little girl held to Ryoko for dear life. She trembled violently, and cried. She buried 
her head into The cyran haired womans shoulder, and wouldn't leave. "I'm scared.. I'm scared.." 
She continuied to repeat.

     Bewildered at the scene she had been dragged into, Yuzuha spoke up. "Washu, it's really 
hard for us to understand just what is so dangerous about this little girl." She then locked 
glares with her. It was at this time that she realized that Yuzuha was in the Masaki's living 
room.

     Meanwhile Ryoko didn't know what the hell she was doing. Slowly she stroked the little 
girls headd and looked to Washu. "She... She called you mom Washu.." She sounded a bit 
frightened by this. Even though she wouldn't ad,mit it... Did she have a sister?

     Sikaru just stood there confused as heck and trying to sort out her thoughts. "Um...miss 
washu, you act as though this young girl is of any threat to us. You know I think we would all 
apreciate if you explained what's going on..." She kept her voice calm opposite of what she's 
feeling inside.

     Tenchi nodded. "Yes, I know I would..."

     Jin nodded in agreement. "Hai. Me too,"

     Mayuka looked at Yuzuha with sad eyes. "Thats not what you planed for me." Mayuka looked 
away and walked out to the backyard, slamming the door behind her.

     A voice from behind everyone piped up. "Me too! From the top please!" Kirin suggested.

     The small girls eyes then raised, were her eyes.. glowing..? But, only slightly. "He's 
near!!" She screamed, digging her face into Ryoko's shoulder. "I'm scared! He'll get me!! Make 
him go away!!"

     Getting impatient, Kirin forestalled any comments about the glowing eyes. "Uhm... we still 
haven't been told the whole story about how this kid is supposedly dangerous..." He blinked and 
crossed his arms quite absolutely, tapping his foot. After the group stared at him for a few 
seconds, he thought to himself, 'Why do I even care? Why am I here? And most importantly... is 
this chick with the kid single!? No... wait... A much more important question needs answering!' 
He then shouted very loudly, "WHERE ARE THE GOLDFISHES!?!?!?" and proceeded to search the Masaki 
household for goldfishes.

     Her crystal around her neck glows the smae light color the child's eyes are glowing. 
0o What is going on? o0 finally notices that her crystal is glowing. Looking back and forth to 
the crystal and the child her mind goes blank. "What is going on?!?!" The same evil sense yet 
again over comes her.

     Yuzuha broke her stare with Washu she then turned quickly to where Mayuka had ran and 
opened the door she had so promptly slammed. *What had made her angry?* "Mayuka where are you.
"Yuzuha said. "I'm sorry for what I did, I just think that Washu is overstepping her bounds. 
"Searching the area Mayuka had disappeared. Yuzuha sat against a tree and let out a sigh.