Tenchi Muyo Fan Fiction ❯ Ah My Tsunami Muyo! - The Human Sphere Saga ❯ Part Seven - And the Gates of Her Heaven Shine Open ( Chapter 7 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
By: Gaian Knight
At the end of reality, who and what will survive? Is Al and Tsui even a part of this equation? *Buys stock in Advil..*

(Warning, heavy lime, borderline lemon content included. You're warned. =oo= )

Anime/Manga: Tenchi Muyo Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Comedy / Adventure / Action / Sci-fi / Romance | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 01.29.2008 | Pages: 53 | Words: 47.6K | Visits: 197 | Status: Completed

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes..
 
..always perseveres.
 
~ 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
 
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(( This chapter contains some lime content, reader discretion advised. Don't say I didn't warn you.. ))
 
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(Ah My Tsunami Muyo: Part Seven - And the Gates of Her Heaven Shine Open)
 
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The Plane of Genesis: The place of where beginning and end coexist.
 
Neither hold dominion, nor do they share. It also lacks substance, as it's as if anything, time alone. Time does not hold sway as a substance, yet here it has something to give the minds eye. The mind is given processes to attempt even the most rudimentary analysis. But even the most unfathomable logic fails here. Master and masterless. Where anything with the proper tools and abilities can accomplish the impossible, and there are those that strive to do that very thing.
 
One is named Kagato. Another goes by Trakalin.
 
And now both are the cause and maker of the traumatic event that now threatens Everything. One however is the master of this scenario. "{{~ Time! ~}}"
 
The chronometer, a strange relic to use in this Plane, but one set to operate outside of normal temporal physics. (And nothing 'here' is nominal anyway.)
 
:: 0:30:32.. ::
 
"{{~ Almost time my dear, almost time to send all into my ultimate nightmare!! ~}}" ..a look up with silver eyes of malevolence, at a pair of trapped souls, in one frozen form. The sight still gives him lewd thoughts, ones he relishes as he waits.
 
Just then, Clay and Yume appear, both holding an object. Kagato senses the vile (i.e. `good') nature of the auras from them, as it's the special objects stolen from Al's and Tsui's Residence. Kagato just snarls off of this. "{{~ Emplace them. It's time to charge the Program with them.. ~}}"
 
"{~ Indeed. ~}" Clay says with equal revulsion. Even with the Protection Hex he's using, it's nearly unbearable still to be near these two simple items. Even now, they seem to be growing in strength just by existing. The two demons gingerly, yet swiftly, head up to the Pedestal, and carefully place the objects into two small orifices, to either side of the now slowly melting crystal, this another Hex Program set by the counter now counting down irrevocably.
 
"{~ At last, in our grasp. Dreams only a demon can wallow in, now come to pass. ~}" Yume gloats to herself, as she and Clay look at the items set in the small ports: A glinting silver picture frame. A extra, extra large woolly sweater.
 
"{{~ Begin the Locking Protocols, and initiate the Focusing Dish.. ~}}" Kagato prods further with. Yuzuha inputs the commands into the Hex Computer, and a growing energy arc sound is heard. "{{~ Ready Boss.. ~}}"
 
Kagato smiles a toothy grin. "{{~ Splendid........ ~}}"
 
Suddenly, a LOUD buzzer sounds about them, echoing eerily. "{~ Master!! ~}" Minagi screams.
 
"{{~ Ah, about time those fools showed. We can't conduct a proper ritual without guests. ~}}"
 
Kagato then calls over Hishima, one with it's left arm missing. "{{~ Now, assuming you can follow orders 'properly' this time, inform the Horde commanders to begin the prepared ambush. At ANY time they desire. GO! ~}}"
 
"{~ Yes Milord.. ~}" The Demon servant phases away to conduct orders. Kagato then speaks without looking. "{{~ Your 'idea' Yuzuha.... is a great disappointment. Not a choice of foresight. ~}}"
 
Yuzuha BRISTLES furiously at Kagato's insult, especially at a time like this, of her idea of creating a special servant. She didn't like creating the beast anyway. Kagato then heads over and heads around the device, to look over the massive scape that is the Plane.
 
In reality (so to speak..), the Plane is like two massive storms sandwiched over each other. The upper is a froth of stormy white, stretching in all directions left, right, forward, backward, into forever. The lower 'layer' is a negative, midnight black realm, just as vast, just as expansive, just as stormy in appearance. Between the two masses, is a thin lane stretching from center, or to the left and right into as much forever as the layers. The color barely visible in between, extremely far off, or extremely close in, is a mix of dark purple, and dark gray. Occasionally, a bolt of time-lighting arcs between the two layers. But there is no sound, this Plane does not support such, other than in the rocky, cragily plateau that serves as the operations base for the device, and the Planar Hex Program.
 
Kagato looks out at this simple Plane of existence, and smiles.. "{{~ So simple a thing, so much Power to absorb. So shall it pass. It's MY turn now Master!! At long eternally last!! ~}}" *Grasped fist - CLENCH!!*
 
The sound of an explosion catches, but doesn't turn his attentions. "{{~ Right on time. ~}}"
 
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*A few moments before., Jurai Core.*
 
A dark Portal now stands between the Dimensionals, a Mortal, and Washu, whom is hovering over an angelic monikered keyboard. Her task completes of forming the portal with.. "~ Okay, it's ready. ~"
 
Aleaic looks at the Portal with trepidation, not unshared between the others. "Tsui is through there? And Sasami?"
 
"~ Yep. ~" Is the only response Washu gives.
 
"{~ Scared Little Al? ~}"
 
"~ Oh do be quiet demon! ~" .. "{~ Give me a break! ~}"
 
"Enough please! I am nervous!"
 
Washu then turns to the clock she's using, approximating quite closely to the actual clock in the Demon device. "~ Let's not dally, we can't let Al keep Tsunami waiting. ~" Aleaic turns from nervous, to nervous and blushing.
 
"Okay okay okay! Stop making me the center of all this!" Aleaic tugs at his tunic, part of the current attire of a simple gray/white battlesuit and cloak, apparently his attire from his 'previous' life. Al looks around, and sees everyone else, minus Washu, are also in battlesuit attire. Tenchi's suit of black, gold, and white seems to stand out among the rest, a pair of rings around both arms seems to signify something special about it. Even Misaki and Funaho, despite their standing, have chosen to accompany the 'force' into the vastness.
 
But this was only the tip of the iceberg.
 
"(~ Inform the Host to begin engagement as soon as we enter. ~)"
 
Washu only laughs. "~ You're a bit too late for that Misaki.. The Host engaged about a minute ago. ~" Misaki, along with the others, look at Washu. "~ What? I can do melodrama as good as anyone. ~"
 
Funaho and Misaki only groan and shake their heads, Yosho though pats Washu on the shoulder. "~ That's my betrothed. ~"
 
"~ Um. If the battle started already WHY are we standing here? " ~" Kiyone brings harsh sense back into the air. Just then, the air becomes severely dead in feeling, as the End finally comes for Jurai Core. Everyone turns dourly pensive, as Tokimi walks in just then, her words not a necessity, other than for melodramatic effect, (her trait to the last....) "~ I'm sorry. But, I have to inform unfortunately, all efforts have failed. ~" She stares at the others with purple eyes, soft and saddened. "~ There is no way back after you enter. The System will crash soon after you leave. ~"
 
Tenchi looks back sternest. "~ We'll find a way, we have to. ~"
 
"~ Come with us Sister. ~" Ayeka offers without hesitation, more than realizing their familial bond, Misaki looking hopes just as dearly, but Tokimi only shakes her head in turn. "~ I cannot. I am still connected to the Mainframe System. I will go when it does. I am sorry. ~" And for once in what feels like Eons, many present truly feel the pangs of losing someone that's actually dear to them, despite her tact and harlot like manner.
 
"Don't be. It's not over yet." Aleaic says quickly, nodding to Tokimi, before then he leaps into the Portal first. Washu yells in response, but finds the rest one by one entering the portal, leaving only Yosho and herself with Tokimi. Washu looks back for what probably is the final time to look upon her comrade. "~ It's been nice knowing you T. ~"
 
Tokimi, feeling the System shutting down all over, only smiles. A tear sheds in sorrowful acceptance. "~ No more than I myself, Washu.. take care. ~"
 
Before Washu can say further, Yosho grabs her right hand, and pulls her into the maw of the Portal. Tokimi sees the portal swirl to a close behind them. She then returns to the bare remains of the Oversight area. The goddesses here already have collapsed from the lack of energy, essentially extinguished. Any left are praying their last as well, as the sound of entropy comes for them.
 
She then simply sits at her cherished station, and waits.
 
"~ Never thought I'd see this day. Father. ~"
 
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*Overall.*
 
The End is as much a contrast to each realm as can be. But both end the same way nonetheless.
 
The Virus in it's unrelenting power of it's program code, finally overcomes the last of both Jurai Core's and Hell Core's final Firewalls. The Virus overcomes and quickly lays waste to the immediate core root structures of both Great Trees. Archives fall quickly thereafter, as the maw in it's haste, consumes many Dimensionals and Abyssals alike in it's indiscriminate progress.
 
Their passing isn't painless though.
 
As much the same as has befallen the Mortal Plane, the effect leaves all color ashened, and brittle to the slightest friction of Entropy. The End is swift, as encoded, with the Trees both giving out an apparent last breath of sorts, their meek signal of End is sent to one another.
 
Both seem to accept the final reality incumbent.
 
The Angels, Seraphim, and Dimensionals accept the signal, and cease, as the Virus consumes them.
 
The Abyssals, Demons, and Constructs are much less serene, as they THROW themselves at the Virus, going down with the last.
 
In the end...
 
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*Core.*
 
Tokimi watches, as the Virus breaches the far chamber, the Signal being the moment she chooses to do the one thing she has never done. She prayed to Father, now long gone, for forgiveness. "~ I Love you Father. ~"
 
She feels her color fade, then her shell, her spirit, her will.
 
And finally, sweet embrace of darkness.
 
A last tear fades away with her.
 
...but it never lands.....
 
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*Plane of Genesis: 24 minutes.*
 
"Holy........... Lords................"
 
Aleaic's impudence allows him to be the first to see the mass of the Final Battle in it's horrifying glory, as uncountable Seraphim and Host warriors assail at the lines of apparent equal numbers Abyssal legions! The conflagration is so massive, it literally acts like a titanic ocean current, swaying with the tides of fortune, constant as his sunlight on Earth once was. The very color natural of both sides show where the battle ebbs and flows without cease.
 
He also finds that the entire Final Battle is taking place on a massive island of death-like gray, moonlike even, granite. The 'island' stretched for a good distance off to his left, and then upwards towards an obvious peak.
 
Aleaic acts calm. "Father help us."
 
Aleaic is so engrossed, he never sees the demon that nearly cleaves him from behind, just the aftereffect of the Hex blade that cuts it down into a smoldering lump. Al jumps! "YIPE!!"
 
"{~ Jeeze Al, you trying to get yourself killed!? ~}"
 
"Already too late there Ryoko!"
 
Everyone else masses around Al, looking at the Battle before them.
 
"~ Told ya. ~" Washu gloats. "~ 'Yeah yeah genius girl..' ~" Everyone else responds, minus Al. "~ Okay okay. I'll stop. ~"
 
Aleaic tuns back and asks a silly question. "How are we still alive? If Core shut down."
 
"(~ Ah, that is the secret of the Plane of Genesis. ~)" Funaho begins. "(~ ALL laws fail here. Except for the ones that can change it, such as us. ~)"
 
"~ And Kagato, he's out there. ~" Washu finishes tartly. "~ Yeah, but where? ~" Mihoshi asks the obvious.
 
As they try to gain their bearings, fighting off the occasional Abyssal, they decide to begin a direct approach. At least until Ryoko looks to her left suddenly.. "{~ LOOK OUT!!!! ~}"
 
A pair of Hex beams SMACK around everyone, as Ayeka throws up a Shield, more than able to counter the attack.
 
"~ Weak. ~"
 
"{~ I beg your pardon Goddess. ~}" The voice belongs to one of two, Minagi and Hishima. Minagi is the spokesperson. "{~ I though that was a swell ambush. ~}"
 
"{~ Enough dallying, INCINERATE!! ~}" Hishima begins pummeling Ayeka's Shield with his one functional arm, but the shield reinforced by Achika, Misaki, and Funaho at the same time. Ryoko then makes Hishima pay, with a well placed Ice Hex. Hishima is half frozen by the time he lands. Minagi just laughs. "{~ Some team member you are. Whatever. Let's try this! ~}"
 
A large Hex barrage begins, as Minagi pummels at both Ryoko and the Shield with numerous Hex Glaives, the spinning disks of fire and brimstone take a toll on the Shield, Ryoko just blasts the ones near her quickly away!
 
"(~ We can't keep this delay up! ~)" Funaho yells.. "~ Agreed!! ~" The voice is Tenchi's, just before he leaps at Minagi's blind spot, using his Energy Sword Weapon Program!
 
"{~ GET BACK BLAST YOU!! ~}" Minagi hollers, turning her Hex blades upon Tenchi, whom more than skillfully dispatches the assault, before almost landing a nasty downslash with his sword, catching her in the cheek! "{~ AUUUUUUGHHHHHHHHH!!! ~}" Minagi shouts, the pain is severe to her. "{~ DAMN YOU DEITY!! ~}"
 
Hishima tries to assist, but is pummeled by Ryoko mercilessly, only his agility avoid an outright death. "{~ Damn you woman!! ~}"
 
"{~ I aim to please, for myself and literally! ~}" Ryoko cracks, and then unleashes a second barrage, before she notes something hurtling towards her!! "{~ EH!? TENCHI!! ~}"
 
Ryoko just BARELY catches him, and LUNGES out of the way as Minagi chases after them, arms literally ablaze!! Ryoko ducks low, causing Minagi's path to shoot 'right' into the path of Hishima's own coming attack!! Minagi never sees it coming!!
 
"{~ Ouch. ~}" Ryoko utters, as a cindered Demon drops to the ground near Hishima. "{~ DAMN!! ~}" Hishima decries out in pain. Minagi coughs back.. "{~ *coughx10 ..ack*.. you said it....... Hishima.... you TWIT!! ~}"
 
The aerial battle meanwhile has allowed the others to move away from the area, past several lines of the main Battle. "~ How much time we got left?!! ~" Achika yells.. "~ Ahh.. about 20 minutes! ~" Achika curses Washu's all too perfect time keeping. "(~ We won't make it at this rate! And the other demons haven't shown themselves yet!! ~)"
 
"~ Well, we lost Ryoko and Tenchi back there. ~" Washu also informs unwanted.
 
"{~ No you didn't!! ~}"
 
Everyone looks back and sees Ryoko and Tenchi reaching them, they don't see Minagi and Hishima however.
 
"~ Everybody hold it! ~"
 
More than a few agitated retorts come back at Washu. "~ We don't have time for this W! ~" Kiyone voices for the lot.
 
"~ Shut up. You guys know what's at stake. I've prepared a special Program to help us out. ~" .. "~ Washu. ~"
 
"~ Can it Kiyone, we can't arrive in a big group, so here's what we are GOING to do! ~"
 
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*A minute later.*
 
"{{~ There they go. ~}}" Yuzuha announces, as the large group suddenly turns into three sets of smaller ones. "{~ What are they doing? ~}" Clay asks in uncertainty.
 
"{{~ Divide and conquer of course. It's what we'd do. ~}}" Yuzuha chuckles.. "{{~ The one we have to worry about, is the one with the Mortal. ~}}" Yuzuha chuckles, looking back at the Pedestal. The Crystal is almost melted completely, only a thin film, and a Freeze Hex remains.
 
"{~ Which one? ~}"
 
"{{~ What? ~}}" Yuzuha look back.. "{{~ You on Darkweed again? ~}}"
 
Yuzuha looks at the groups, where Clay is indicating. His eyes are enhanced for vision, and it's a bad time he decides he needed it. "{~ There's a 'Mortal' in each group!! ~}"
 
"{{~ WHAT!?! ~}}" Yuzuha nabs a Hex scope, and sees each group indeed does have an 'Aleaic' in it! Each also has the other split up members. No one is unaccounted for!
 
"{{~ Cute trick Washu. They're even lifelike. ~}}" Yuzuha then looks thoughtful for a micro-second. "{{~ Get me Yakage, and find the other Demon Lords, quick!! ~}}" Clay shoots off to find the others.
 
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*Below.*
 
Even if it is a simple trick, it's a damned effective, one. The one stuck at the center of all this, is used to effect as a wild goose chase ensues! The three 'versions' of Aleaic all act normal, act even with a basic brain. This allows them to move in the three directions the group as chosen, and not as simple as dragged along marionettes.
 
"~ Washu, you're a... ~" Washu waves a hand as she runs behind Mihoshi.. "~ Gloat later. Run now! ~" Misaki, whom is running in the group with Washu looks aghast! "(~ You!! Forgo gloating!? We 'are' doomed! ~)"
 
Washu looks at Misaki in a truly deadpan glance. Their 'Aleaic' meanwhile just runs.
 
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Al number two, with Kiyone, Ayeka, and Yosho, runs with equal ferocity. This one as well is silent, the rest only discuss tactics for getting past the ones likely to meet them shortly.
 
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Number three is in the largest grouping, as Achika, Tenchi, Ryoko, and Funaho 'accompany' him..
 
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Number one is taking a wide left route, with three down the right, two down the center. All three meet resistance by Abyssals, all three deal with it convincingly. This makes the task of which group to attack problematic.
 
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*Above..*
 
"{{~ Washu does it again. ~}}"
 
"{{~ Indeed. ~}}" Yuzuha bemoans Yakage's mock copying of her own assessment from a few moments ago.
 
"{~ It's got to be the one with the Chosen in it. ~}" Minagi begins, sporting a self healing arm. "{{~ You know, you'd be a good commander............. NOT!! OF COURSE THEY EXPECT US TO THINK THAT!! ~}}" Yuzuha snaps back.
 
"{~ Excuse me for being in Hell. ~}"
 
"{{~ Then which do you think he is actually in? ~}}" Yakage asks Yuzuha..
 
"{{~ I.............. I.......... ~}}" Being asked for a command decision of this magnitude is not her strong point. And she wishes to replace Kagato, the poor wretch. "{{~ HEY!! ~}}"
 
"{~ Now now Demoness.. ~}" .. "{{~ DON'T PATRONIZE ME OCTUPUS HEAD!! ~}}"
 
Yakage decides now is a good time for some tact. "{{~ Demoness, allow me to handle this task. ~}}"
 
Yakage, even for a demon, always seemed so trustworthy to listen to. (A secret Portfolio set of Deception and Magnetic Personality has that effect.) "{{~ Very well Lord Yakage. Take the troops, and deal with all three groups. Concentrate on the Chosen, he's the one that will most likely interfere with Lord Kagato. ~}}"
 
Yakage bows, and grabs all the Demon Lords, and a Force of special Abyssal constructs.
 
Yuzuha watches as they move on to their folly.
 
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*Further above, at the Pedestal.*
 
Kagato looks on as the Battle below crests and waves, as he feeds off the Dark misery of the Battle of the End, like a child on a free piece of cake.
 
"{{~ Magnificent. So much misery and pain to feed. It's good to be the Demon. ~}}"
 
Just then, a crack sounds out behind him. "{{~ Ah, the Hex finally wore off. Now to remove the Freeze Hex. ~}}" Kagato then turns to deal with the Final Protocol.
 
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*Below: 15 minutes. *
 
"{~ GET OFF MORON!! ~}"
 
A red Hex blade pierces the hide of an Abyssal that thought folly of easy victory. Achika and Funaho Decomposition a whole swath of similar Demons, just as a Host troop flies in and pierces the ring of evil they were in, the escape is well made.
 
Tenchi meanwhile makes good his defense of the Mortal. "~ Man, you are a load to defend Al. ~"
 
Aleaic-3 only looks to the clear path ahead.
 
Meanwhile..
 
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"~ Misaki! WATCH OUT!! ~"
 
Mihoshi NAILS a Abyssal with a well placed shot from her Spell Blaster. Washu meanwhile pushes forth with Al-1, trying to find a breather to choose the next path from. It takes another minute to actually get there.
 
"(~ This grows weary friends. ~)"
 
"~ You could always berate their manners until they dropped. ~" Misaki smirks at Washu.. "(~ What manners? ~)" .. "~ WATCH OUT!! ~" Mihoshi nails another pair of Demons. "~ Thanks girl. ~"
 
Aleaic-1 guestures to their left, where a break on the Battle is clearly visible.
 
"~ There's our trap. Wondered when they'd get involved. ~" Washu smirks, leading Al-1 by the arm ahead, fully aware of what awaits them.
 
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Meanwhile, Adieu unto.
 
Aleaic-2 is more animated, knocking a demon off of Kiyone, before Yosho dispatches it. "~ Thanks Al. ~' Yosho however chastises Al. "~ You should not draw attention to yourself Sensei. ~"
 
Ayeka meanwhile shoves off a trio of Demons, just before a Seraphim Lance dispatches them, and a series of others.
 
"~ We need a quicker way fellows!! ~" Ayeka shouts, her Shield Program becoming quite strained. Just then a LARGE flash followed by a thunderclap draws their attention. "~ That was Washu's group! ~" Ayeka yelps, as Yosho commands. "~ We move, now!! ~"
 
Kiyone GRABS Al-2's arm, and forces them forward, but right in the path of.. "{~ Ah! Lady Kiyone. A pleasure. ~}" Kiyone then thinks aloud. "~ Great, it HAD to be an octopus head, why not someone else?! ~"
 
Clay bristles again at this insult. "{~ Because, you can't be very much a worthy target for my masters! ~}" Before then a Spell Bolt NAILS Clay in the head as Kiyone's retort. "~ You less Clayhead ~"
 
Clay tries to counter with a quick Hex, only to get NAILED three consecutive times by Kiyone and Yosho `each'! Al-2 then hightails it past the trio, with Yosho and Kiyone chasing and cursing behind him.
 
Clay looks nice and blasted, and is out of it.
 
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*Above..*
 
Yuzuha looks at the closing battle below, not even caring about the Battle of primary note anymore. "{{~ What's going on? Just incinerate the blokes already! ~}}"
 
She never sees the Scepter that SMACKS her from behind.
 
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*Al-1.*
 
Washu's Program Shield strains against the massive Hex Sword strikes Yakage is giving it. Misaki and Mihoshi continuously pull Al-1 out of the way, the both of them exchanging shot attempts at Yakage when they get the open chance.
 
"~ I don't think I can hold him off!! ~" Washu warns, before Yakage then in a brilliant tactical maneuver, counter-spins his body around the length of Washu's Shield, as Washu tries to reangle it, but this leaves a momentary opening, one where Yakage takes full advantage of.
 
With a Hex blade through her ribs.
 
"(~ WASHU!!!!!!!! ~)"
 
Mihoshi and Misaki immediately PUMMEL Yakage, who blanches at the amount of force received. Al-1 then reaches Washu, now bleeding energy out of her wound. "~ .........ahhhh....ah.......ahh.. damn it all. ~"
 
Al-1 gives a soft look, and then a look that turns Washu's energon COLD!! "~ FOR THE LOVE OF..... NO AL NO!!!!!!!! ~"
 
Yakage, about to counter the barrage finally, just then notes Al-1's form leap at him!! He tries to swerve to slash back at, but a pair of Spell Bolts SMACK him in the neck! Al-1 lands on him and begins hammer blowing his face hard!
 
"{{~ AHGG!!!!!!! ARGHA!!!!!! AHHHHHAAAAGGGH!!!!!!!!! ~}}"
 
"{~ Master!! ~}" Minagi shoots in to assist her Master, and points a Hex Blade right at Al-1's back.
 
"~ AL!! GET OUT OF THE WAY!!!!!!!! ~" Mihoshi screams, as Al-1 doesn't listen, before Minagi's blade pierces right through Al's back!!
 
"(~ NO!!!!! ~)"
 
For an instant, Minagi feels satisfaction, just before Al-1's form begins to GLOW fiercely!! "{~ WHAT THE HELL!?!?!? ~}"
 
"{{~ ARGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! ~}}"
 
By the time the Holy Shockwave Spell dissipates, having swathed away a whole Abyssal Legion in the process, Yakage and Minagi are knocked out cold as well! Washu is partially healed by the sheer force of the Holy Energy of it's own make, enough to allow movement, weak even still it is.
 
The casualties begin to mount.
 
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"~ Cripes! ~" Kiyone yells, the effects of the 'explosion' more than easily felt even at their distance.
 
"~ We just lost one. ~" Yosho needlessly responds. Al-2 only pulls at Yosho's tunic. "~ Yes, right miboy. ~"
 
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*High above, Pedestal..*
 
Kagato, after having turned to the sight of Al-1's death.. "{{~ That wasn't supposed to happen. ~}}"
 
Kagato immediately returns to unfreezing Tsunami/Sasami with enduced haste.
 
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*Below.*
 
"~ Are they alright? ~"
 
Funaho tries to sense, while Ryoko looks from higher on above. "{~ I can't tell, too much Holy energy. ~}"
 
"(~ Washu's hurt, and one of the Aleaic's is gone. ~)"
 
Tenchi, Achika and Ryoko visibly turn a shade darker. "~ DAMMIT!! ~"
 
"{~ Tenchi hold on! ~}"
 
Al-3 sees and shoves Achika and Tenchi out of the way, just before a Lance explodes all around them!!
 
"~ AL!! ~" Tenchi yells back, before Ryoko sees it's Hishima who's at fault. Behind him is Yume. "{~ You bastards!!!! ~}"
 
"{~ Flatterer. ~}"
 
"{~ Yume, shut up. It's time to eradicate these fools for Master! ~}" Yume just eyes Hishima with daggers. "{~ Come now minion, one must play with one's dinner. ~}"
 
"{~ What............. a pair......... of POMPUS IDIOTS!!!!!!!! ~}"
 
Hishima and Yume take a dim view of Ryoko's retort, and both fire Level 10 Hex Bolts at Ryoko, which leaves them WIDE open to the counter Achika and Tenchi combine to deliver. A series of bolts and spells fly back and forth, while Funaho protects a wounded Al-3. Finally however..
 
"{~ Man, you guys are THICK!! ~}" Ryoko shouts with another of bolts to punctuate by. Tenchi moves to help support Ryoko, while Achika doubles with Funaho. "~ Give it up, you can't beat all of us! ~"
 
Yume looks at Tenchi, quite with the sneer. "{~ Who said we had to? By the time you get past us, it's too late Council Boy! ~}"
 
The four with Al-3 grow cold, too much against such logic.
 
But they all miss Al-3's reaction, as he suddenly leaps at Hishima, landing and attacking in a similar fashion as Yakage found out. "~ NOT HIM TOO!! ~" Tenchi acts to pulls Al-3 away, and finds it's too late, Yume having not learned from Minagi's mistake.
 
The blade that punctures Al-3 sets off a 'strange' energy wave, one that SEARS at everyone's minds, but the Demons feels most ACIDLY.
 
Laugh as if ye must, but that energy is Love incarnate.
 
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*Above. *
 
A second wave hits 'something', just as it reaches the mid terrace leading up to the Device.
 
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*Pedestal.*
 
Kagato makes good the Hex release, with the Goddesses are left to reawaken by themselves.
 
Because he knows what's going on now. "{{~ Excellent plan Lady Washu. I must applaud your genius. It's even surpasses my tactical ability. ~}}"
 
Kagato then looks down towards the steps, towards an apparently empty area. "{{~ To a point. ~}}"
 
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*Below.*
 
Ryoko manages to awaken with Tenchi's help, a kiss helps there indeed. "~ Are you alright beloved? ~" Achika looks on at her son. “~ The times you young ones pick. ~” Ryoko meanwhile is recovering from the 'attack', as her Demon side took a harder brunt than the others allied did. (Though her Goddess half is what saves her.) Again, many Abyssals have fallen ash to a wave of energy. Ryoko then realizes. "{~ Wha? AHH! AL! ~}"
 
Tenchi steadies her. "~ Hold! It... it's too late. ~"
 
Ryoko lays back down, about to cry. "{~ Th.. that's.......... two.......... of them.......... ~}"
 
Everyone in the group is at the brink of despair.
 
*FLARE!!*
 
"~ WHA!!!! ~" Tenchi looks up!
 
"(~ That light!! ~)" Funaho adds.
 
Over in the area where the last Aleaic 'clone' is, now is a large streak of light that shoots towards the high plateau area above. "~ What.............. oh CRUD!!!!!! ~"
 
Tenchi suddenly power leaps double time into the air! "~ Catch me up!! ~" Tenchi then jets towards the Hex Device plateau, following the course well behind where the light streak is going.
 
"(~ What's going................ oh..............
 
.............OH!! ~)" Funaho realizes.
 
"{~ 'OH' WHAT!?!? ~}" A hybrid not as fast. “{~ Shut up author! ~}”
 
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*Overall.*
 
The Battle has changed dramatically.
 
The pair of power waves Al's 1 and 3 left behind tore massive gashes in the Abyssal lines. Legions have fallen, allowing the Host to move forward right to the base of the Plateau. With all the Abyssal Lieutenants apparently knocked out, no true effective defense remains, as the mob of demons fall heavily to the much better organized Host.
 
But it is quite too good to be true.
 
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*Below.*
 
Kiyone, Yosho, and Ayeka move quickly, with their charge's sudden and impressive flight, and then the sight of Tenchi following it. "~ What the....... holy heck is........ going on!? ~" Kiyone rasps out between breaths.
 
"~ If we don't....... hurry....... we may miss out on why!! ~" Ayeka also rasps as she fly's.
 
Three groups, one slowed by injury, fly as quickly as possible to reach the same point.
 
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*Plateau.*
 
The light streak finally meets it's owner, as it strikes with a powerful glow, one that reveals the owner. "OH.. Ugh.. Agh.. man....... eyyeeee...." Aleaic struggles to regain his original senses. Being split into three forms while observing from an invisible fourth was a MAJOR stretch of abilities.
 
"~ Are you well Mortal? ~" Aleaic's form finally separates from that of the shadowy host that got his primary soul to this point. "Well enough Mayuka, thanks."
 
Aleaic is looking back down below, thanking Washu for her ingenuity, though it cost him any backup support in the process. The rest Dimensional or Abyssal, never suspected the true nature of the Severing Spell. Having split his essence into a Holy, Love, Essence, and last, the Shadow/Physical components, which were carried by the Gray Angel past all the defenses, they got him past the Battle, and the Lieutenants.
 
It also made Mayuka REAL satisfied to have what for on her creator. She prefers her new, 'true' parents now. Now their chance had come. "Let's get up there quick. It's about ten minutes to go." Mayuka, holding a special Holy Scepter that contains a number of charges of many powerful Goddess Spells, nods.. "~ Stay behind me.. ~" Mayuka speaks more hushed, knowing they're both probably hosed, but trying to push their luck anyway. Aleaic and Mayuka begins ascending the last few step terraces. Suprisingly, they make it to the top.
 
Al sneers of his luck all the same. "Oh 'peachy', he just HAS to be melodramatic huh?"
 
Aleaic's next sensation, is of the ground unto his back, as a explosion wracks all around them. "MAYUKA!!"
 
"~ I'm fine!! ~"
 
Mayuka, after throwing Al clear, a bit too close to the edge of the Plateau, overlooking the unfathomable drop beyond. "YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!" =@@=!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Aleaic 'scrambles' away, as Mayuka drops near the stairway, as the Alpha Demon Lord hovers down on a swirl of silver smoke."{{~ So much for the hired help. ~}}"
 
Aleaic and Mayuka both look on VERY warily. Neither, alone or combined, have the power to stand against this demon.
 
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*Lower.*
 
"~ JEEZE!! THAT DOPE!! ~"
 
Tenchi is flying like a Class Two after a carrot!!
 
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*Below.*
 
The rest are silent, as they silently rush past the Battle to reach the Plateau. Ryoko and Ayeka fly fastest, followed by Mihoshi and Kiyone, the rest lagging/protecting the rear.
 
"~ Washu. ~"
 
"~ Yeah Hubby? ~"
 
Yosho smirks. "~ Nice plan, but no foresight for this eventuality. ~"
 
"~ Hey! I had to chance it!! It fooled them didn't it? ~"
 
“(~ And us too you should know. ~)” Funaho quips back. Washu just teardrops before her injury makes her wince.
 
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*Plateau.*
 
"{{~ So. Should it be a quick death for her sake? Or a painful experience for your sake Mortal? Either way I will relish.. ~}}" Kagato sneers so hard, blood drips from a fang. Aleaic clenches his hands in kind, forgoing any such sense of games. "You let her go now!!!!!!!!!"
 
Mayuka has to jump in front of Al, just keep him from leaping at Kagato. "~ Stay the course Mortal.. ~" Kagato just sniffs thickly.. "{{~ Don't insult me. It might be all so much a pretty fairy tale to save the damsel at the last moment. But get real, I have her. And you cannot get past me!! ~}}"
 
Aleaic sneers back, no trace of fear remains at this critical juncture. "You so sure of that? I'm getting Tsunami and Sasami back!!”
 
Kagato twirls his blade for effect, before leveling it to his left. "{{~ My my, how cocky for a Mortal. Let's test that! ~}}"
 
Mayuka BARELY throws up a Shield from the Scepter in time, to counter Kagato's initial barrage! Aleaic meanwhile tries to dive towards the Device, but meets only the molasses effect of a Slow Hex. "{{~ Such a basic play. How drool. ~}}" Kagato then moves to high slash Al, but Mayuka forces him to flip back, as a Level 5 Spell Bolt sears past, the rapid fire effect drives him to the far right! "{{~ Test this!! ~}}"
 
A single heavy blast SMACKS the Shield Mayuka throws up, such is the power of Kagato's Hexes. "{{~ How disappointing. ~}}" Hardly impressed at this, He then never sees the sidekick Al lands to his cheek, but he feels it as he lands, more than both surprised! (As well as PISSED!)
 
"How was 'that' test?"
 
Kagato snarls as he wipes away some demon blood from his mouth. "{{~ ERGggggggggghhhhh. Hmm.. heh.. HAHAHAHAH!!!
 
GOOD!! Very good! More than worth an attempt from a Mortal. ~}}"
 
Aleaic just spits. "Can it, I don't care for your dialogue."
 
Kagato looks more than insulted. "{{~ When a better compliments you, you should be more appreciative before such shreds your carcass apart! ~}}"
 
Aleaic is the one to smirk this time. "You always talk this much?" Mayuka...
 
Kagato decides upon an 'example', charging for a more than lethal Hex Blast, before that is he catches the Scepter in the arm, shredding it, as well as throwing his aim off! Right at the Crystal above!! "TSUI!!!"
 
Aleaic watches in horror, as the blasts connect, only to see the shots don't have any effect. "EH?!" A purple Hex Shield ripples away from the impact point. Aleaic gulps before looking back, catching a face full of tossed Mayuka head on at him! Both end up sliding 'too' close to the edge again to boot!!
 
"Ahhhhhhhh.........ow........argh..."
 
"~ Ow. Dang, you okay? ~"
 
"Been better.. ack!!" Al balks his eyes suddenly! Mayuka rolls off of Al just as Kagato hovers near the two. "~ Uh oh. ~"
 
"{{~ This has been short and utterly pointless. Time to die instead of waiting it seems.
 
I'll tell Tsunami goodbye for you Mortal. She'll join you soon in the afterlife!! ~}}"
 
Aleaic instantly becomes ballistic after hearing this, and does actually leap at Kagato this time!! Mayuka lunges too late to stop... "~ AL NO!!!!! ~"
 
"{{~ STAY BACK!! ~}}"
 
Kagato NAILS Al in the chest point blank with three shots, causing Al to tumble right to the edge again, and partially over it! Almost all the way.. "~ OH FATHER NO!! ~"
 
Kagato, thinking he's finally done it, turns to deal with Mayuka. He barely starts to raise his hand before.. "{{~ Eh? .............IMPOSSIBLE!! ~}}"
 
Aleaic manages to pull himself back onto the flat level, somehow sporting a Shield Program!! Even Kagato is shocked beyond comprehension! "{{~ IMPOSSIBLE!! You can't have a Shield of such strength!! Nor one at all even! ~}}" A question Al reciprocates unto himself, as even with the spirit of his old persona helping, it's not strong enough to stop the Hexes Kagato is lobbing alone!
 
That's when he and Kagato realize at the same time. Despite how impossible it all could be...
 
:: Her.. ::
 
Aleaic looks in awe. Kagato with a grievous sneer. Somehow, despite her captivity and condition, she is able to assist Al at this most critical of moments!
 
"Tsui....." ..before he remembers Sasami is also in there.
 
"{{~ Hell to that Goddess!! ~}}" The demon turns back at Al fully.. "{{~ Fine. She might be able to play a party favor for you. But she can't keep doing it forever!! ~}}" Kagato in hateful spite, then begins powering up his most powerful Bolt Hex, one not even Tsui could save Al from in her condition. (Possibly not even if normal to begin with!)
 
"{{~ Now. SAY GOODBYE!! ~}}"
 
A sickening metal-energon shriek lets loose, as Kagato unleashes the full fury of his hate upon the Mortal! So much is in the power of the Bolt, that the air domes around the point of release in three HUGE layers!! Aleaic sees this, and senses Mayuka's vain attempt to reach him.
 
"Goodbye my love. " Aleaic closes his eyes.
 
Then the blast connects.
 
When it starts to barely dissipate.. "{{~ EH!? YOU!!!!!!!!!! ~}}"
 
Aleaic feels his being still, (somehow,) then looks up in wonder, and then sees.. "Eh? HUH!? Whoa!!" .. "~ You okay Sensei? ~"
 
Aleaic nods, and looks in wide eyed awe, as Tenchi has thrown up some kind of Shield, though the type is unrecognizable to him. Kagato, more than recognizing however, blandly looks at the new arrival with disgust. "{{~ So, the Council boy has finally arrived. ~}}" Kagato all the same hovers back some.
 
*8 minutes, 34 seconds.*
 
"~ You can't win Kagato. We won't allow it! ~"
 
Kagato warily sizes up his new competition, before him, as the 'boy' is displaying three bands of energy, detailed with the look of very large Angel Feathers. They occupy a pattern and span of a 'Y' shape. The glow and halo they give off is seriously intense!
 
"{{~ So you finally Invoked your true power of the Angelhawk Wings. Magnificent. ~}}"
 
"~ What's it to you? ~" Tenchi retorts, uncaring of Kagato's impression.
 
"{{~ But you haven't gone the last step. What a pity. ~}}"
 
"~ If you stop this now Demon Lord, I won't have to. ~"
 
Mayuka meanwhile, has reached Al, who, despite the miracle, is still smarting a bit from the pressure, not to mention the heat of the blasts upon his chest from such close range. "You okay Mayuka?"
 
"~ Better than you right now. ~"
 
*7 minutes.*
 
"So now what?" Aleaic asks out loud. "~ I'll deal with him, you get to my Sister, Mayuka will cover you.. ~" Tenchi says, never taking his gaze off of the Demon Administrator as he speaks.
 
Kagato however has other plans. "{{~ I think it's time. Pardon this and me. ~}}" Kagato then mentally has a trigger initiated on the Device, and it begins shuddering more and more, along with the very 'ground'!
 
"~ WHAT DID YOU JUST DO KAGATO!!? ~" Tenchi rages.
 
"{{~ I have to put the Device in final position, and it's doing that right now. ~}}” ..the demon then sneers mainly at Aleaic. “{{~ Or did you think it'd just be a walk in the park to get her? What fools!! ~}}"
 
Aleaic looks from Kagato, to the now levitating Device, as the Pedestal starts floating away from the Plateau. "TSUI!!"
 
Mayuka suddenly nabs Al, and begins hoisting him towards the Pedestal. Kagato is caught off guard by this act, and almost misses seeing Tenchi take advantage with a head slam!! Kagato skids to a halt a foot from the opposite edge. "{{~ Nice shot boy. ~}}"
 
"~ You'd better concentrate on me instead of that Device, or it'll hurt even worse! ~"
 
Kagato laughs at this blackly. "{{~ Pain. What would you know of pain BOY!! ~}}"
 
The Demon then rapid-fires multiple Hex Bolts at Tenchi's Wings, the power strains, but doesn't break them. "~ More than you know old coot! ~"
 
Kagato is taken aback by this insult, which rewards him with a boot to the face, followed by a shot to his back by one of the Wings! "{{~ MRUAGGHHHHHHHH!!! ~}}" *SLAM!!!* Tenchi's further assault causes Kagato to end up near the stairs, more blood seeps out. "{{~ It's been so long since I've been tested this magnificently. Oh but if we had more time, how I'd love to test you boy!! ~}}"
 
Tenchi is the one to smirk this time. "~ What's stopping you demon? ~"
 
Kagato the displays the most frightening grin he can manage. "{{~ Destiny. ~}}"
 
Tenchi then receives a flurry of shots, alternated with blade and physical attacks, the onslaught is so severe he almost misses the edge of the Plateau, but he leaps away in time. This, however gains him more of this constant barrage, finally driving Tenchi into the Plateau in a cloud of dust, and finishing Bolts. Aleaic and Mayuka looking down, just teardrop. “Looks like he's testing Tenchi enough already.” .. “~ No kidding. ~”
 
"{{~ *panting..* ..so boy........ ~}}" Kagato looks, upon the dust cloud that is Tenchi's crash area. "{{~ ........now you understand to your GRAVE!!!! ~}}" Kagato releases another Power Hex, only to have it knocked away from below by Tenchi's Wings. And then.. "{{~ WHA!? ~}}" ..a second later, as a pair of Spell Bolts SLAM into him from his left. Tenchi looks over with a jerk of his head, as Ayeka and Ryoko finally reach Tenchi.
 
"{~ Tenchi! ~}"
 
"~ Lord Tenchi?! ~"
 
Tenchi appears from the smoke and dust.. "~ I'm fine. ~" ..he responds calmly. "~ Where's Kagato? ~"
 
The three look towards where he landed. "{~ Uh oh. I can't sense him! ~}"
 
"~ Sensei! ~" Tenchi yelps, remembering and looking up. Ryoko and Ayeka looking, gasp in shock! “{~ Now what is that idiot.... eh? Is that crystal....?!?! ~}”
 
*5 minutes, 47 seconds.*
 
Mayuka has to actually chase hard after the Pedestal, it having gained a load of speed as it rises. "~ Get back here! I got a package for ya!! ~" Aleaic just pucks his lips at this. "First class delivery eh?" Aleaic ekes. "~ Ultimate Delivery with a special charge Mortal. ~" Mayuka mocks lightly her retort, which makes Al laugh this time, despite the butterflies in his gullet.
 
"Careful, it's got a Shield of some kind up!"
 
"~ I sense it! You hold on and get on, no matter what happens! ~" Aleaic only nods, not sure what this may entail.
 
Suddenly, a Hex Bolt SCATHES by Al's left calf leg!! "ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!"
 
"~ Oh Gods. ~" Mayuka looks back at the source, and then DIVES under two more bolts. "~ HANG ON!!!!!!!! ~"
 
Mayuka swerves in a violent jink, as Kagato pursues despite the pain in his own back! "{{~ You will not escape me!! ~}}" Another Bolt Kagato shoots then clips Mayuka's right wing! "~ AUGH! I can't hold on!! ~"
 
Aleaic feels her slipping, and then sees where they are. "LET ME GO NOW!!"
 
"~ NO! WE'RE TOO HIGH UP!! WAIT... ALEAIC!! ~"
 
Aleaic forces her to release her grip, and he falls a good distance, barely making contact with the bottom step of the Pedestal with his left hand, only by a 'MIRACLE' does he hold on!!!
 
"{{~ DAMMIT!!!!! ~}}"
 
"~ He did....... ohhhhhhh..... ~" Mayuka suddenly blanks out from the Bolt's effects, and begins plummeting. Her next sensation however is of being caught by someone... "~ E.. eh? Ryoko!? Wha?! ~"
 
Ryoko winks back. "{~ Told ya. Can't let you die on us now kid. I haven't taught you proper spitting yet. ~}" Mayuka just looks with watering eyes.
 
Kagato sees this, and ignores it, intent on blasting Al off the Pedestal! "{{~ ENOUGH OF THIS!! ~}}" Kagato about fires a shot, only to feel the effect of a SHOT to his left side again, this time it's VERY powerful! "{{~ MRUAGHHHHHHHHH!!! ~}}"
 
Tenchi moves to block, as Ayeka takes his right side aft. "~ Have you no decency Demon? ~"
 
Kagato recovers to float back at level with the two. "{{~ That's an oxymoron Boy. I CAN'T be decent!! ~}}" Kagato lets fly another Power Hex, one Ayeka and Tenchi barely block! "~ He's even stronger than ever before beloved! ~" Ayeka overstates the obvious. "~ But not unbeatable. We can take him! ~" Both then fires all they got!
 
Kagato then feels a split second later, the effects of a combined Holy Spell Program, the intensity burning to the demon-bone! "{{~ *Wincing, panting, snarling..* ..very VERY good, you both are quite..... the pair..
 
But I've come too far to let you destroy my Dream!! ~}}"
 
"~ What dream!? ~" Tenchi and Ayeka demand simultaneously.
 
"{{~ Oh, how sad. Don't you know? ~}}" Kagato laughs/pain-winces.
 
*4 minutes, 12 seconds.*
 
"{{~ I have the chance to finally create the true perfect order, not one based on desires of Mortals, or even us Dimensionals. Instead one where I, and ONLY I rule, never to be overthrown or questioned! To create my perfect race without interference, the perfect existence to dictate, where I rule absolute, unquestioned, uncompromised, unANYTHING!! ~}}” ..he then impresses the next in pure evil. “{{~ And one where there is no moral code to stop me from doing what how I wish to rule! For unlike all others, even Trakalin the Traitor, I can clearly see the truth I wish for, not one for ANYONE else except ME!! Where All and Everything do as I wish it to, unto MY perfect universe!
 
And you will not stop me!!!!!!! ~}}"
 
Kagato then UNLEASHES the Ultimate Hex of Death, the wave SLAMS of utter pain into Tenchi's and Ayeka's beings, and Al above all but loses control of his feeling.
 
"{{~ ALL OF YOU DIE BEFORE ME!!!!!!!!!!! WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!
 
*SMASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!* AUGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! ~}}"
 
Kagato's attack is mercifully interrupted by both Ryoko's and Mayuka's boot heels! The Demon Lord ends up onto the 'ground' below HARD!
 
"{~ Blowhard.. ~}" .. "~ You said it Mom. ~"
 
Ryoko looks bemused at Mayuka's response, before Kagato recovers.
 
At that moment, Al finally wenches himself onto the steps, and begins ascending.. "Here I come."
 
-----
 
Kagato realizes and sees this, yelling vainly.."{{~ NO!! STOP!! ~}}"
 
"~ FREEZE!!!!!!! ~"
 
Kagato spins and sees two Relief Services Spell Emitter Pistols stuck point blank in his face! "{{~ Why, my ladies.... ~}}"
 
"((~ You make one move, and your head is a VACUUM, SLIMEBALL!!! ~))"
 
Both Kagato and Kiyone are caught off guard by Mihoshi's venomous intensity. "~ Whoa....... down partner girl.. down. ~"
 
"~ KIYONE!!!!!! ~"
 
"~ RIGHT, RIGHT!! ~" Pointing her gun again.
 
"{{~ SORRY LADIES!! ~}}" Kagato Shadow Teleports swiftly away before the two can react. "~ CRAP!! ~" Washu behind utters in disdain. She starts to move, but Funaho's grip stops her. "(~ It's too late for us to help Washu. ~)" Funaho speaks from behind, as she and Achika finally put her down. Washu looks on helplessly, as she is forced to agree. "~ Then it's Tenchi's time after all. ~"
 
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*3 minutes.*
 
As Aleaic suddenly struggles to push through the pressure of the Hex Shield trying to stop him, Kagato makes a last bid to stop him, and Ayeka and Ryoko with Mayuka have moved to shield the Mortal. After a set of blast shots at the Shield, Kagato ends up levitating near them. "{{~ Where is the boy wenches!? ~}}" ..not realizing..
 
"{~ What's it to you dope! ~}"
 
Kagato's sneer directs at his once slave. "{{~ Oh I see, can't face me, so he uses the women as a SHIELD!! ~}}"
 
"~ You want to try us Demon-Administrator, you do it. You got one shot!! ~" Ayeka taunts, trying to buy Al more time.
 
*2 minutes, 45 seconds.*
 
"{{~ So be it, I will!! ~}}" As expected, Kagato, in his enraged haste and dementia of the moment, throws ALL of his energy at the three females at once!
 
"{~ HOLY ME!! ~}" .. "~ WATCH OUT!!!!!! ~" Mayuka and Ryoko instantly scream as throws her full weight into the Shield! The force Hex energy is too much for the Shield all three support, the Shield collapses.
 
"~ NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ~"
 
Kagato leans over his side to see, all too late, to his wide eyed disdain!! "{{ ~ CRAP!!!!!!! ~}}"
 
Tenchi has already made that 'last' step, as he has wrapped the Angelhawk around him, and the Ultimate Force Program merges with the new master. He's already flying at Kagato with the Angelhawk Sword, the look in his eyes is aflame of Holy Jihad!!
 
"{{~ HAH!! ~}}" Kagato screams with bloodlust. "{{~ AT LAST!!! IT ENDS!!!!!!!!!!! ~}}"
 
The Demon Lord engages his Energy Hex Sword to maximum, and instantly CHARGES at Tenchi, equal of battle lust!!
 
"~ ARAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!! ~"
 
"{{~ HHHHHAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!! ~}}"
 
*CLASH!!!*
 
*SLICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
..
 
................Tenchi and Kagato turn at once, both sporting slashes to their chests......
 
..Kagato's cut..
 
..doesn't heal as well as Tenchi's does. As Tenchi strains to heal himself successfully, the Demon-Admin realizes......
 
"{{~ .........I...........I am............. beaten? ~}}" Kagato is more shocked than anything else. He starts to fall, when in COMPLETE surprise to everyone..! "{{~ Ah....... EH?! WHAT!? ~}}" .. “~ What the??!! ~”
 
An instant later, of all people to come to the 'rescue', Yuzuha catches Kagato a short bit into his fall, whom realizes.. "{{~ Y......Yuzuha? ~}}"
 
"{{~ Don't you die just yet boss. ~}}"
 
Tenchi doesn't know what to think, a Demon with COMPASSION!?
 
*1 minute, 30 seconds.*
 
Aleaic is straining heavily against an SEVERE amount of pressure, and he's only midway up the steps! Considering the distance is only thirty steps, the challenge seems impossible! "(I.. I can't get though!!)"
 
Just further, off, Ayeka and Ryoko recover, Ryoko still helps Mayuka, whom is still quite weak. They all turn as Al's panic begins to rise.
 
"~ We have to disable the Shield! ~"
 
Ryoko looks on, and sees.. "{~ No need!!! ~}"
 
Even further away, Tenchi, and Yuzuha holding Kagato also hear. Kagato still allays his brand of hope. "{{~ Heh.. just need to hold on a little more. ~}}"
 
"{{~ We can still do it Boss. ~}}" Kagato has to look at Yuzuha in awe again. "{{~ Why..... help me? ~}}"
 
"{{~ Because. ~}}" Using a portion of her power to sustain him. "{{~ I also am a loyal demon, that's my Portfolio as a second. Damn ask why, I just am. ~}}" ..not mentioning she realized being in charge at the very end of all things gave we such a panic. (Kagee: “Wimp.” Yuzh: “Aw, shut up!”)
 
"~ Al won't make it!! ~" Tenchi yells in worry!
 
*1 minute.*
 
At the Plateau, the rest of the Dimensionals, including the demons, whom now just watch. All pretenses of fighting now is moot. The Host, and remaining Abyssals have also halted the Battle.
 
All know time is up.
 
"~ By Father. Come on!! ~"
 
"~ You can do it Sensei!!!!!!!!! ~"
 
Achika's and Kiyone's well intentioned cries of support seem moot. Aleaic can no longer move on his own power. The Pressure is a WALL of Force!! "(What do I do? Oh Gods Tsui!!)"
 
:: Open your heart to your past.. ::
 
For a moment, time stops, as Al hears a whisper of some kind, by whom.............. is 'impossible'.....
 
"......D.................dad?"
 
:: Do not be afraid of your past......... use it......................
 
.......use it for her. ::
 
A tear sheds out, which ends up being a formal key that unlocks the barrier of physical fear he has unknowingly been using to keep from using all his dormant Dimensional Powers, made available when Trakalin unlocked them. But this Power he uses for only one instinct, as a pillar of light beams tall from Al, off his now FERECELY glowing sigil!!!!
 
*30 seconds.*
 
The pressure from the shield aura suddenly becomes like nothing, as the light from Al's forehead seems to slash away the Wall like chaff. Aleaic realizes and RUSHES to get to Tsui!!
 
"{{~ IMPOSSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ~}}" Yuzuha yells to her utter horror!!!!
 
"{{~ I warned you... if they merged. ~}}" Kagato just looks on, his dream slipping away.
 
Tenchi can only look in awe as it's 'beyond' unheard of for a Mortal to use Dimensional Powers. "~ Go Al... ~" Tenchi can only whisper in rapt awe.
 
*..20........*
 
Aleaic, half expecting some response from the demons, reaches Tsunami's/Sasami's form and immediately places his hands on it. "TSUI! I'm here!!".........and instantly regrets it............
 
A pair of the blackest eyes anyone could imagine, much less WITNESS snap open! "TSUI?!!!!"
 
A POWER wave of unfathomable force both blows him back a good ten steps, and arcs plasma lightning onto him! Al however survives due to his Power, BARELY.
 
*..13.......*
 
In that moment, ALL the Dimensionals, Heaven and Hell, feel the power being emanated.. ........such............
 
..............Evil................
 
"{{~ MASTER?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! ~}}" Yuzuha us the first to utter in abject, utter primal shock. Kagato meanwhile, as the final seconds count down, realizes.. "{{~ Mulhorand, the Ultimate Demon, Ultimate in all aspects of Evil. What we as Demons do, is HIS reflection..
 
Our intentions are HIS.
 
Therefore. ~}}"
 
"~ He is part of the Evil your plan intended to do.
 
Literally. ~"
 
How clearly Tenchi understands the same as Kagato speaks to the testament of how intertwined Heaven and Hell truly are.
 
Aleaic meanwhile screams in horror.. "GET OUT OF THEM!!!!!!!!!"
 
*..8..*
 
"{{{~ *Speaking through Tsunami.* This Vessel has it's purpose, your request is Denied!!! ~}}}"
 
*..5..*
 
"*GROWL!!* Then I'm coming in there myself and KICKING you out!!!!!"
 
*..3..*
 
Aleaic literally braves another Death Bolt, even as he feels his life energy drain from him!
 
*..2..*
 
"I'm........ not........... LEAVING HER!!!!" Aleaic latches on despite the terrible pain of black fire that ravages him!!
 
*..1..*
 
"{{{~ YOU FOOL!!!!!!!!!!!! ~}}}"
 
*End.*
 
"(TSUNAMI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)"
 
All and Everything Ends with the envelope flash of the Cosine, the two objects, the two Goddesses now apparently corrupted, and the energies of no less than that equal to a whole Class-3 spiral galaxy, stored in the now discharged capacitors.
 
The Time/Gravity constant enters the Impossible state of all Laws of Physics, even on the current Plane, reverse and transpose. All and Everything becomes the All and Nothing and back again. The entire process floods back and forth like unfathomable, instant Class Five typhoons generating and dissipating every second!
 
The Mortal mind cannot exist in this impossibility, as all reality collapses. Total Order and Total Chaos combine as one in this superscape. All and nothing switch back and forth, as does Genesis and Armageddon. Aleaic's mind tears apart and shunts back together, as the tidal wave continues.
 
In this, all existence actually falls to the Power of Mulhorand, as It's will, now in control, simply takes all existence, and shatters it.
 
The 'death' of the Dimensionals, Hell and Heaven, is swift and suprisingly merciful. At this point, only at the core, do the consciousness of Mortal, supported by Dimensional power, and true Dimensional, due to being merged, exist.
 
Mulhorand of Hell only needs 'flick' this off to begins the utter Entropy of the Superstring.
 
The End of Ends.
 
"{{{~ I have my Will, all now belongs to me!! Let the True End commence!!!!!! ~}}}"
 
"~ ....not......... not while............... ~"
 
"(~ Aleaic!!!!!!!! ~)"
 
Aleaic 'hears' Tsunami's/Sasami's scream from within their disintegrating shell. "~ TSUNAMI!!!!!!!! ~"
 
Mulhorand cannot understand.. "{{{~ BEGONE!!!!!!!!!!! ~}}}"
 
A POWER WAVE SLAMS into both of their souls, but Aleaic and Tsunami/Sasami will not let go so easily! "(~ REACH FOR ME!! ~)" Aleaic takes the dual tone of his goal, and finds the unknowable strength to push past the Wave of agony!
 
"{{{~ I SAID BEGONE!!!!!!!!! BEGONE USELESS TWINS OF HOPE!!!!!!!! ~}}}"
 
Wave after ENRAGED wave SLAMS into them, burning, searing, roasting their shells over and over until both are utter cinder black! But even as their shells wither and ash away, they are still reaching for each other! Only the Ultimate Demon of End could see this as futile, as anyone else would see the moving of mountains, Solar Systems even, the will for each other is so powerful!
 
How and why soon become clear, as their true forms begin to emerge from the shattered shells.
 
"~ A LITTLE MORE!!!!!! ~"
 
"(~ CLOSER!!!!!!!! ~)"
 
"{{{~ CEASE THIS!!!!!!! CEASE IT!!!!!!!!! CEASE THIS FOLLY!!!!! ~}}}" Mulhorand cannot fathom this as he shatters with his voice. Despite all, they WON'T Die! Even with everything gone, they WON'T Die!!
 
"{{{~ DAMN YOU BOTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ~}}}"
 
The sound of fear and shock begin entering the Ultimate Demon's voice, as it's taking FAR more energy to deal with them than It ever considered! Then the last of the shells blow away in the energy waves, all matter has dissipated, leaving only torrents of energy in it's purest state, and it's what's in this maelstrom that TERRIFIES him!!
 
"{{{~ This cannot EXIST!?!?!!!!! ~}}}"
 
At that moment, Tsunami/Sasami and Aleaic succeed in grasping each other, even as beings of pure energy, the sensation is still the same.
 
But it's the two forms making the joining that is so unfathomable. Aleaic's form, supported to his realizing shock by the essences of Gaea, Trakalin, and most importantly Father, makes his form a literal star, the halo, flare and essence is so bright!
 
Tsunami's/Sasami's form is much weaker, but gaining strength immediately from the joining. The Essence in one sense is pulling on Aleaic's, all the while shearing/tearing itself away from the hold Mulhorand still has, even despite it's relentless, murderous attempts to destroy her Soul/Essence! Mulhorand somehow forgets that being linked to the soul that allowed him to create the Cosine, is also is a trap he realizes he cannot let go of, for he will lose the energy he needs to control the Cosine! And that energy is being used by Tsunami in turn, to then feed off Al's, the two beginning to amplify each others effects in a growing cycle! The more it amplifies, the more strength Tsunami's/Sasami's soul finds to tear away from Mulhorand's grasp.
 
All too soon, Mulhorand realizes all is folly.
 
But His is total Evil, and Spite is what he is.
 
"{{{~ So be it. My Will is not enough, but without me, the Goddess Tsunami cannot sustain her strength! ~}}}"
 
The two entities suddenly fill with dread. "{{{~ And then ALL will eradicate!! If I cannot be the Supreme, you both will not find Paradise!!!!!! ~}}}"
 
The Demon then deliberately begins tearing itself free of Tsunami/Sasami, such this is UTTER pain for them! "(~ *SCREAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!* FATHER HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ~)"
 
"~ NO!!!!!!!!! ~" Aleaic instantly begins to lose feeling from her, as she begins to melt away from him!
 
"~ SOMEBODY HELP HER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ~" Is all Aleaic can scream out!
 
At that moment, Aleaic's form literally EXPLODES with light, as the One Father finally reaches out to begin stopping the Final End. The voice that echoes out causes the ugly situation to ease very suddenly. "::[~ Brother, not even you can fathom total Destruction. ~]::"
 
Mulhorand suddenly recoils at the sound of Father.
 
"{{{~ I WILL NOT ASCEND MY 'WILL' TO THESE WORDS!! ~}}}"
 
Meanwhile, Al and Tsui/Sasami's souls rejoin, and embrace each other fully, preventing with all their might of any force from separating them.
 
"~ Are.. are you alright? ~"
 
"(~ In a moment. ~)" Aleaic still hears the same soothing voice from the beginning.. from..... both....... beginnings....... "~ What the? ~" He can suddenly sense a lot more than just from the Wish event. "~ I.. I can.. ~"
 
"(~ Will this fiend.. let..... GO!? ~)"
 
Tsunami's/Sasami's soul tugs at the snare still connected to Mulhorand. "{{{~ THUS shalt not PASS!!!!! ~}}}" ..still ever eternally spiteful. “~ Will he shut up too? ~” Al seethes, swearing he still has the ears to become deaf by.
 
A sense of a deep sigh then plys out. "::[~ Has your self worth in the Grand Scheme become so utter and nothing to yourself? What about the existence you lived in? Was it so terrible to exist in? So much to allow you to contemplate the End of yourself into annihilation Brother? ~]::"
 
"{{{~ You created the nature of good and evil, and is not this WHAT I am? WHAT I aspire Existence unto?! ~}}}"
 
Father releases a wave of laughter, one Mulhorand does not understand, and He begins to consider giving into his Spite again. "{{{~ What's is 'so' funny?!! ~}}}"
 
"::[~ Oh... *chuckling......* .......dear, dear Brother. You already achieved your desires. ~]::"
 
"{{{~ Eh? ~}}}"
 
"~ EH!? ~/(~ EH!?? ~)" The Lovers look in confusion at this statement. Al swears he heard a cow moo sound somehow. The One laughs some more.. "::[~ Brother. You achieved your desire upon creating the Cosine. You became your desire. And now you exist in it. A realm of nothing into eternity. Is it so much now at your pinnacle, that now that you have it, that you wish to destroy it? ~]::"
 
"{{{~ I wish to keep it. What more do I care for? ~}}}"
 
"::[~ To create what? Here, you have total power, with nothing to hold sway with it. These two souls listening, they will not be that, a folly to enforce to try unto them now. As such therefore, you have no one to command, to terrorize, to do anything..
 
..trust me, I KNOW you, this is NOT what you want. ~]::"
 
Mulhorand begins to wilt, the Logic is too strong. That, and the fact that being the Brother of the Creator means it's your Existence on an open book. "{{{~ I suppose, I did 'win'. Did I not? ~}}}"
 
Mortal and Goddesses both suddenly feel the energy around them shift, the feeling of darkness wanes.
 
"::[~ Now, where would you go to? Whom to rule? ~]::"
 
"{{{~ Yes yes yes. Stop pestering me. ~}}}"
 
"::[~ Then, will you relinquish your Portfolio for now? Allow a chance for things to Return? ~]::"
 
Aleaic guesses the gist behind all this. "~ Um.. so does this mean it over? ~" Tsui only `shrugs'. (As much as an energon being of purity can.)
 
The feeling of Father looking over at them, then back to His Brother. "::[~ Cometh with me, this world is not ours to meddle with now. We already did thus at the Beginning, and this is not End anymore. ~]::" Mulhorand does the same, looking at the two, then at Brother.
 
"{{{~ *Thick oily sigh of defeat.* And I suppose trying to fight you any further is futile. I mean, I'm still smarting from when your locked me down into Hell. ~}}}"
 
"::[~ So you finally go back at me for that one, this I acquiesce. ~]::"
 
Aleaic and Tsunami/Sasami suddenly hear 'two' great laughters fill the endless void, and almost like a cue, the maelstrom swirls down to a soft breeze in make.
 
"~ Are..... are they..... really.........? ~"
 
"(~ So it seems. ~)" Tsunami/Sasami is as surprised by this turn of events.
 
If there is anything that rules in this world, universe, whatever that makes sense: It's family. For the One and Brother in End are at the core, at the base of everything they are. What they were created themselves as.
 
Family, brothers............ ..Immortal blood.
 
One knows another like.. like, well......... Anything..
 
"{{{~ I then acquiesce my Will. Do as you wish with it. ~}}}"
 
For a few terse moments, the two, Tsui/Sasami and Al don't hear Father reply. Then the growing sensation that the comment wasn't directed at him in the first place.
 
"~ Um.. eh? Ah..? ~"
 
"(~ You don't mean... ~)"
 
Suddenly, the essence of Tsunami/Sasami is formally released by Mulhorand. This really unnerves them both. "~ Are.. are you serious!? ~" Al stutters. The aura of Father suddenly becomes striking, as it glows commandingly over them both. "::[~ The words you heard are true. This is not our world to do as we wish. We only created it. And now we relinquish the decision of what to do with it to those we created out of light and dark.
 
However and whatever you decide to do with it, it will be reflected of who you are, and how you see existence as a whole. We can do no less than you can do more. ~]::" Tsui/Sasami and Al feel a growing twinge of discord. "::[~ That... is 'your' Will.. Let Your wills be done. ~]::"
 
However stupidly simple it seems at that point and time there and then, the Creator and Brother then begins simply.... vanishing. Moreover, Aleaic suddenly loses his sensation of Trakalin and Gaea, as the soul of Sasami becomes completely dormant within Tsunami. "~ But.. you said the Contract!! That Vaccination thing!? The Severing! ~"
 
Father's essence focuses back upon Aleaic for a moment. "::[~ Upon thou again, thy thoughts? You forget our converse. If it is your existence, do you care who says what in response, or in consequence? Or did I miss your intentions for each other back at the Council Chamber? If I was wrong, please elaborate properly. ~]::"
 
Aleaic backs down, apparently the answer is there in stone, if not chiseled. "~ I.. I see...I think. ~"
 
Then very unexpectantly... "{{{~ May all the Powers of Hell and Heaven be with your choice. You have more power than I imagined, I admit Jealousy, as my Portfolio. For it allowed Brother to sway me. So be it done. ~}}}"
 
"::[~ Well said Brother. You do take after my auspice. ~]::" The two then begin fading from perception. "{{{~ Since we have to wait, where should we get a drink? ~}}}"
 
Father chuckles before they vanish, and speaks a last.. "::[~ Look at thy not me Brother, for thou destroyed all sources of mead. Let us wait a moment, there will be something available soon. ~]::"
 
And with that, they are gone from perception.
 
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****The Infinite Unbounded Beyond****
 
This is the Cosine. The Rift. The Unmade.
 
And of course, it goes beyond saying that this is beyond ANY imagination. But it's, also kinda...
 
Boring.
 
After everything that went into getting to this very point, the one feeling anyone may have in this situation now, is of nothing. Absolutely nothing. Now that only two glowing orbs of souls actually technically exist, in a realm where all possibilities are fathomable. It ponders to question: What to do with it?
 
"~ Are you well beloved? ~" Aleaic's first sense is to ensure that his beloved is alright. "(~ I am. ~)" Hers is no less needing of the other, no less intense in desire. For a moment, they just relish in being near each other once again.
 
Al then chuckles... "~ You see? This is how far I can go to get us alone. ~" Tsunami's laughter fills his hearing, whether sound actually can exist here is apparently moot. The 'sound' alone is soothing. "(~ But I wonder, did it have to take literally everything to do it? ~)"
 
Aleaic feels a pang of guilt, but it's squashed as Tsunami gently 'holds' him again.. "~ So...... I.... um.. ..what now? ~"
 
Tsunami giggles. "(~ You were connected to Father, you tell me. ~)"
 
"~ I don't know about that. I feel more connected to you than Him. ~"
 
If Tsui could shed a tear, she would now. "(~ I'm glad. ~)"
 
Aleaic then looks/feels thoughtful.. "~ If this is the place where anything can happen.. well.. ~"
 
At this moment, Aleaic semi-jokes around with the idea of a Hot Spring Universe, with.. well, guess..
 
"( ~ That would be nice, to relax for all time, and.......... eh? ~ )" ..the lack of foresight begins a small chain reaction, where a portion of existence ACTUALLY tires to become what Aleaic is thinking!!!!!!!!!!! "~ WHOA!! NONONONONONONONONOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ~"
 
Aleaic manages to 'remove' the development, much to his deep embarrassment, and to Tsunami's nearly unending laughter. "~ Man.. *panting... enduring Tsunami's laughter.* ..this is going to be scarier than I thought! ~"
 
Tsunami, still laughing, also begins to grow an idea of a joke in her consciousness, something to do with endless weddings.. (and now we know..)
 
"~ Eh? WAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!! TSUI!!!!!!!!!!! ~"
 
Tsunami looks, and sees HER version of existence begin to coalesce. Just as FURIOUSLY, she mashes down the forming reality!!!!
 
"~ TSUI!?!? You HAVE set up such thoughts huh!? ~"
 
Tsui only blushes, but isn't laughing. Aleaic and Tsunami in fact, 'aren't' laughing anymore. "(~ I think we need a little discipline. ~)" .. "~ *gulp* Agreed. ~"
 
Aleaic then does have one simple idea, as he 'imagines' the both of them as the previous physical beings once more, at least to work a template off of. The feeling of corporeal form returning to her surprises Tsunami greatly. "(~ Al? Why? ~)"
 
Aleaic smiles.. "~ I'm used to this way of being, being pure energy doesn't suit me. ~"
 
Tsunami feels a tic introverted then. "(~ But does this mean, you...... don't........ ~)" Aleaic takes the arms he knows so well.. "~ It means I am simply used to you 'this' way. For whatever else, Father chose these forms for us. And I can understand why. For it was the way I met you, not as energy, but as flesh and blood. Either way, I love you no matter what.
 
But it's actually not just for us. ~"
 
Tsunami nods, more than content to fall into his logic. "(~ I know. I miss them too. ~)"
 
Aleaic chuckles in kind. "~ At least it's not ALL Hell now like Kagato wanted. Sheesh. ~" Tsunami nods, then by twist of tryst, both begin considering what Total Hell would have looked like. Aleaic's imagination is more livid than Tsunami's.
 
Either way, it almost (DARN near,) gets out of their control!!
 
"~ YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!! =@@=!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ~/(~ YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! @_@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ~)"
 
By the time they are both through, panting heavily, frazzled from SMUSHING down their nearly tragic, albeit funny, creation of Total Hell, they are holding onto each other for dear life!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
"~ No more imagining! ~" .. "(~ Yes dear! ~)"
 
After a fashion, lying back to back, both regroup their thoughts, and begin to 'quietly' think of a solution.
 
"~ Why not put it all back? ~"
 
"(~ Pardon? ~)"
 
Aleaic looks at Tsunami, and continues his simple train of thought.. "~ What's wrong with putting it all back to the way it was? Minus the Armageddon stuff. ~" Tsunami looks at Aleaic with uncertainty. "(~ That could be so complex to do love.. ~)"
 
Al pushes on... "~ Look. Father and Mulhorand are still alive, and they remember everything, as will we. Let's just set it all like it was all an aftermath to what happened here. I don't know about you, but that's the only world I know how to live in. ~"
 
Tsunami turns a shade softer. "(~ Yes. Yes that should mean the Twin Trees can do most of the work for us. ~)" Tsunami then looks unnerved. "(~ But that also means both Networks are shut down cold! I don't know if we have the energy to restart them ourselves! ~)"
 
Aleaic then takes a turn at being wise. "~ But.. isn't this the place where anything can happen? I mean, shouldn't we be dead or something as it is? ~" Tsunami giggles in reply.. "(~ You answered your own question. ~)" Aleaic was expecting that answer. "~ Then why should the 'normal' scheme of things stop us? That's for after reality is reconstructed, not now. Call it... I dunno.. the Ultimate Bootstrap Initiation. The Superstring and the Trees can take care of it from there and earn their pay. ~"
 
Tsunami looks at Al in awe, the simple thoughts of Mortals can sometimes be amazing. "(~ Then we have a plan. ~)"
 
"~ Um, two things. Selfish really. ~" Aleaic interjects, as reality starts to froth and spin, as if it already knew what was coming.. "(~ Yes dear? ~)"
 
"~ Now. I know Father means well, but we lost our Contract. How do we keep anyone from keeping us away again? ~"
 
Tsunami answers this with such a powerful and passionate kiss, it almost creates it's own mini-universe out of it! (Almost to a halted point, since Tsunami is careful and direct despite the intense emotions flooding her soul. When she releases the kiss finally. "(~ If anyone takes us apart, I will always find my way back to you. I don't care what end up in our way. After all, did not our love transcend the simple nature of that Wish? ~)"
 
Aleaic has a very content look on his face. "~ Duhhhh... oh yeah... yep yep yep. ~" Tsunami giggles at Aleaic's primal response. "(~ If that answered your question, what was the other? ~)"
 
Aleaic for about two seconds is still enraptured from the kiss, then finally responds, much to Tsui's chiding. "~ Um, sorry, ah. ..what was it? Oh yeah. Considering.. um.. the last.. before all this stuff happened, you never answered my question.. and.. ~" Aleaic finishes this half question with a look that she has seen before. "...um.. you know.. from before.. the.. night.. I guess......?"
 
Tsunami's heart then skips a beat. Obviously, with all the traumatic events that occurred, she never answered the one that was lodged in her throat and mind.
 
And she 'knows' what he is talking about.............. "(~ Yes............ yes...... I will. ~)"
 
Aleaic's heart then literally stops for an instant, as realization sets in. "~ Then..... uh.. ah.. we better get reality back to the way it was.....
 
Guess we have a wedding to plan. ~"
 
Then in that moment, whether it was intentional or not, their kiss starts the reaction that allows reality to be reborn. The wave of light that encapsulates them floods across all reality, both as complex as it is made simple. When the Trees do come back Online, they immediately begin reconstruction via the stored memory archives that they both share. Father's and Mulhorand's encoding ever present as they are.
 
Light and Darkness combine to restore that which both helped create in the first place. Sometimes, it is as much War, as it is Cooperation, that rules the Twin realms of Eternity. The processes of celestial minds is an archaic way, but it works when needed and wanted.
 
First, Jurai Core, and Hell Core reinitialize, then their respective constructs, entities, everything they both need to function. Then the will of the two is initiated, as the Mortal Plane is reconnected back to it's Foundation. By the time all the structures of Mortality are reconstructed back into existence, it's like to them, nothing ever happened. Even the timebase is set to the moment at initial Decomposition.
 
Normal is as Normal does.
 
To a point............
 
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"~ Eh? Where? How?! ~"
 
Tokimi looks around suddenly, as one second she believes she has vanished, the next, she is back to normal. A voice below shouts up to her..."~ All systems are normal! ~" Brentai's voice stabs out as well. "~ Everything is back!! ~"
 
Tokimi looks over at her subordinates, and tries to fight off her confusion.. "~ Impossible, we were destroyed. ~"
 
While the Sysops run back and forth to begin assessing a summary of events, Mortality continues on like they didn't know any better. And that's by design, only the Dimensionals realize and know better, both in Heaven and Hell, and know as of consequence.
 
Some things Mortals are better left not knowing. It's a headache enough for the Gods.
 
And as such, the event officially known as the Trakalin Incident finally closes here.
 
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..almost..
 
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*Jurai Core.*
 
"~ Report. ~"
 
A summary Padd is placed on the hand of the Head Administrator, she takers a gander at it, and sniffs. "~ That's it? ~"
 
"~ Yes Lady Tokimi. As we can ascertain, there are no lasting repercussions on the System, the OS Shell runs just fine at an efficiency of 98.2%, the Mortal Plane is also no worse for wear. ~"
 
Tokimi looks from Brentai, and then back at the report, flipping through a few 'pages'. "~ I see. ~" ..even the Class Two's are as rambunctious as ever.
 
But something catches her eye. "~ What's this abnormality? ~"
 
Brentai then looks more solemn.. "~ That's the problem. There was a complication during the Reinitialization. ~"
 
Tokimi blinks and begins to delve deeper into the information given. She soon begins to regret it.
 
"~ ...........................oh no...... ~"
 
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*Hell Core.*
 
A pair of silver and blood-red eyes look out into the panorama view of Hell Core. So his dream died. He still has his Position and it's Power for a good while, if only a few million years, give an Eon or ten.
 
It's not so bad. (So to speak.)
 
"{{~ Master. ~}}"
 
Kagato doesn't turn to acknowledge Yuzuha, but nods all the same. "{{~ Is it true? ~}}"
 
"{{~ Our sources indicate it's serious. ~}}"
 
Kagato never regrets, but he still can feel. As it is, this situation is related to their lives being restored, and he doesn't like this feeling within at all. Not one 'bit'.
 
"{{~ Indeed............ a pity...........
 
..to come so far despite us, and then to encounter more when we didn't even do anything to cause it. Incomprehensible. ~}}"
 
Yuzuha only sniffs her nose in a stiff huff. "{{~ Let them suffer. ~}}" Kagato does look back at this either, Yuzuha's Portfolio apparently coming forth. "{{~ They ruined our scheme did they not? ~}}" With that, Yuzuha simply leaves. Kagato meanwhile just looks to the viewscape of the Abyssal, deep in thought.
 
"{{~ No my Second. They ruined THE scheme..
 
No one should pay for doing as their heart demands. But did they not know the risks.. ~}}" Kagato then rubs his chest area, where he was slashed.. "{{~ ..as we do? ~}}"
 
The fiery plume from a large Exhaust Port far off gives no answer.
 
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**Mortal Plane, Terra, Japan. Tekomi Prefecture, Kerensky Shrine..
 
..two days later.**
 
It's quiet, much, 'much' more quiet than it should be. The joy of knowledge that everyone was restored, is severely tempered by news something went very wrong during the Reinitialization.
 
"~ Oh my my my, you sure can make a mess of things. ~" Washu quips, looking at the latest data coming from the isolation ward.
 
"~ Is she alright Washu? ~" Sasami asks behind her, holding Ryo-ohki and Ken-ohki tight in worry. Washu looks behind, still uncertain about `another' aspect of all this.
 
"~ *sighs..* Wish I could tell you kiddo. She's still giving off inconsistent readings. ~"
 
Nearby, Achika and Tenchi listen on, as news of Tsunami's health does not improve in tone. "~ Sister. ~" Tenchi says in deep worry, his brow hasn't changed in it's tense state for two days.
 
*A beep from a separate console alerts Washu..* "~ Eh? ~" Washu looks over, and then finally smiles somewhat.. "~ Ah, Sensei has finally awakened.......... uh oh.... ~" Washu records a DEFINITE jump in hormonal, astral and mental activity levels! "~ I think he just realized something. ~"
 
If the Lab was part of the normal fixture of the residence, they would have noted a GIANT stomp from the 'roof' about now. "~ I'll take care of him, assuming Mihoshi isn't asleep.. ~" Achika informs, as a camera set up in Al's room, shows the Mortal head of the hold looking around frantically, before look at something on the floor, and then shaking his head..
 
..a tuft of blond hair is noticeable in the very lower left pane of the image.
 
"~ Nah, it could NEVER happen. ~" Washu chides Achika's ignoring of the obvious. Achika just flusters off Washu, before heading out of the Lab to take care of Al.
 
Washu meanwhile turns back to the readouts for Tsunami's vitals. Still, they show of all the readings of a coma.
 
"~ Sis.......... *sniff..* .........Sis please... ~" Sasami wraps around Tenchi's chest, and begins sobbing quietly again. Washu, despite herself, also sheds a tear. There seems to be nothing that can stop the apparent inevitable.
 
Tsunami may actually die after all.
 
Even in the immortal sense.
 
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Journal Entry - 17th May, 3419
 
*Recording Terminal / Module 1024C*
 
It's been TWO days!?!
 
What the heck happened!? One moment I was kissing Tsunami, the next I felt everything tearing us away from each other! Apparently Father either lied to us, or something was COMPLETELY missed when we decided on he course of action to take.
 
I....... I know it was for the best, but it seems we are the ones to suffer for it again. I'm sick of this crap!
 
*A growling sound can be heard..*
 
WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE TO........... *an indeterminate sound can be heard, almost like something..
 
..squeezed to be crushed..* ..why?
 
Why is it so damned hard to allow us a simple life together? I don't really know what to think anymore!! I'm just glad I got rid of those dammed powers when we reset existence. They might have been behind this situation too, so be done with those `tools' and all.
 
But DAMMIT!! WHY THIS?!! WHY!??????
 
*Silent for a few minutes.*
 
Now, apparently my Beloved Tsunami is in a coma., a result of something that occurred during the reset of the Twin Trees. I tried asking what happened, but even Washu does not know. At least yet anyway, so she swore to solve for me. I believe her there.
 
Man, I'd truly give up all I learned these past few days, just to see her up and walking again. I... I don't know what to think anymore.. *The voice begins to crack, but catches himself.*
 
No.. no, Tsunami wouldn't cry, not after what we managed to pull.
 
Damn it all though... ..when will we get a cascaded 'break'?!!
 
*End datarecording.... 0412.10.*
 
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*Downstairs, very early next morning.*
 
Aleaic can't sleep, so he decides to head down and finally eat some of the leftovers set in the oven. A short warm-up in the food heaters, and a less than enthusiastic meal is commenced. At least it takes amazing as much as leftovers, such is Sasami's cooking. Only part of the food is eaten in the end, despite having not eaten in two days, and moreso since after he learned the news, he lost essentially all of his appetite. It's not wholly back in the first place, but it's touched, so starvation is set off for another day.
 
But if things don't change soon, starvation may be palatable.
 
"..what will it take.." Aleaic asks through a dragged breath. Almost a mantra of the past day or more.
 
"{~ Hello! ~}"
 
Aleaic was so deep in his stupor, this STUNS him through the spine!! "Yaaaaa!! Ryoko!"
 
Ryoko flips back to a normal floating position, non-upside down in position, after getting a good rise out of the mortal. "{~ Couldn't sleep huh? ~}"
 
Aleaic, still frazzled overall, just nods as he slips back into his sorrow. "No way in heck." ..Al says, prodding his scattered meal.
 
"{~ Mother might scold you for leaving your room like this. You shouldn't be moving ye.. ~}"
 
"I'm fine."
 
"{~ You sure? I could.... ~}"
 
"I SAID I'M................ f.......fine.....
 
..sorry. " Aleaic immediately apologizes for his rancid response. Ryoko however didn't get fazed by it, more, she becomes worried. "{~ This isn't like you. Even during the worst Ayeka and I got into. I guess it really is true. ~}"
 
Aleaic flops back and slides the half eaten plate away. "What is?"
 
"{~ That.. ~}" Ryoko starts, as she 'helps' Al clean the plate. "{~ *full mouth..* ..you can't live without each other. ~}"
 
Aleaic just sighs.. "This isn't the time for romanticism."
 
"{~ Is it not? ~}"
 
Aleaic looks at Ryoko strangely. "Who are you? Where's the real Ryoko?"
 
Ryoko actually laughs hard at this, almost gagging on a morsel, and almost threatening to wake up the household. "{~ I don't believe it.. you.. *lol..* ..made a joke I actually LIKE!! *LMAO*. ~}"
 
Aleaic just groans. "Glad you approve."
 
Ryoko continues through her chuckling, "{~ Don't.... *lol..* don't you get it? ~}"
 
Aleaic puts an edge in his voice slightly.. "Get what?"
 
"{~ ..*lol..* ..if...... if you can make ME laugh....... and this is a first, trust me.. ..then isn't anything possible? *lol..* ~}"
 
Aleaic turns from contorted, to thoughtful. "I.............yeah......... I think I........"
 
"{~ Well then.. *still chuckling..* ..I think my damage is done. ~}" Ryoko eats a last bite off the plate, then.. "{~ *...gulp...* Sasami's a genius. Uh ....just don't you give up on 'us'. Especially for her sake.... kay? ~}"
 
Aleaic nods and chuckles to lighten his mood, barely, before Ryoko floats off to find Tenchi, and then darkens his mood, definitely.
 
"Easier said than done."
 
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*Later that morning.*
 
Much of the family awakens, and head downstairs to find Aleaic has fallen asleep on the couch. They leave him be and start to have what was supposed to be a quiet breakfast. It's quiet at least until Ayeka and Ryoko fight a touch too loudly over a breakfast roll.
 
"~ Hey! Not so loud! ~" Achika scolds angrily, but it's too late. A loud snarl from the couch stops the apparent fight cold. "Can't I die in my sleep in PEACE!?" Al bellows, and stomps to the front arch. Aleaic's short fuse and the remains of his dignity help force him out of the front arch, bare feet no less.
 
"{~ So much for last night. ~}" This gains a look from Ayeka and Tenchi.. "{~ What? We talked, I though.... ..what!? ~}"
 
"~ Miss Demon-boob strikes again. ~"
 
Ryoko courteously overreacts. "{~ Say that again!! ~}"
 
"~ Ayeka. Ryoko. ~"
 
The two suddenly mentioned cringe under Tenchi's rather stern voice. (And sure makes Achika's eyebrow raise a good deal.)
 
---
 
*Outside.*
 
Aleaic runs the gamut of fractured emotions at present, so much the normal hover traffic of afar is zilch to his ears. Asking Washu last night before going back to 'sleep', about Tsui's condition nearly dropped the pit in his stomach. The fact that his less than peaceful slumber on the couch, albeit cushy, was interrupted by the argument, has made this one LOUSY heck of a morning. And not even the view of the Orbital Ring in the morning sun, nor the smell of the sea, not even the blossoms on the trees help break this mood.
 
Aleaic is about to submit to his internal dementia, when a HUGE shout is heard coming from the house. "What th..... *turning around...* WAAAAAAA!!!!!!"
 
The sight of a stampeding Washu, RIGHT UP TO HIM, all but breaks his will to stand in one place!!! Not many things can be so terrifying to witness! "WASHU!!!!!! ACK!!!!!!!!!" Aleaic has a second to prepare before Washu YANKS him by the arm rather PAINFULLY!! "WASHU!!!!!! *girlishly..* AGHHHHH!!! GACK!! HELP!!!! RED CRAB ATTACK!!!"
 
"~ Come on Al!! I figured it out!! COME ON!!!!!!!!! ~" A second yank forces Al's inertia to comply with Washu's 'gravity'. It takes them past a bunch of surprised and confused family members, including a bowled over Keturia who just came through the kitchen door, now on her tushie!! "WAAAAAA!!!! WHAT THE HECK!?"
 
By the time Mihoshi and Sasami help Ket up, the Lab door has SLAMMED closed! (Along with a definite locking sound.) "~ Sorry, Washu must be uppy about something. ~" Sasami informs. "~ I'll say. She's never this outgoing. Usually. ~" Mihoshi's assessment is dead on.
 
Shall we not know the reason why fellow readers?
 
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*Lab: in the deep, dark recesses.*
 
Along all directions, everywhere, eye catching super high technology that the Human Sphere Military would BEG with their souls to Kagato to get their hands on. So at least before they realized too late, that this is not really technology, but the work of madness.
 
Even if it is Goddess in flavor.
 
"Um.. Washu, I......"
 
"~ Quiet, I'm in charge here! ~"
 
Aleaic still feels the inexorable pull of the Red One, as they end up someplace within the deep, shadowy dark places of the Lab, whence they are is unrecognizable. (Not that he'd spend anytime trying to map out this insanity, not for any credit amount!)
 
"HEY!! HEY!!!! WAAA!! *WHUMP!!* Washu!!"
 
Washu finally flings Al into a seat of some kind, but the only thing that thankfully protrudes from it, is an angled light of some kind. Probably a sensor, but at least an unobtrusive one at the very least, Aleaic sighs in relief. (He's seen versions with more attachments than work droids in Ore Mill plants.
 
"Washu, can I.."
 
"~ NO!! You listen to me mortal!! ~"
 
That does get Al's dander up.. "WASHU!!"
 
"~ Hey, you want to save Tsunami or not!? ~"
 
"Eh?" This makes Washu smirk upon his reaction.. "~ Now. ~" Washu sits at a non-descript station, one probably the same as the one Al usually finds her in. But then, it could have been different everytime. (Al stops this disturbing train of thought. Better not delved in.. ..very.....)
 
"~ What to do about this problem eh? Eh eh? ~"
 
"Washu. "
 
Washu simply begins typing at her custom holo-top, and a screen pops up. One with some strange data patterns running across it. "~ See this? ~"
 
"How can I not?" Aleaic responds more than a bit annoyed.
 
"~ Tsk tsk. You don't recognize your and Tsunami's combined patterns? ~"
 
"Huh?!" Aleaic as expected takes a closer look, but he can't discern anything useful from the data. "You sure?" *BONK!* "OW!!"
 
"~ Don't diss the Goddess, of course it is! You just don't usually have it set as a Multi-phasic energy wave. ~"
 
Al looks dryly. "Gee.. my bad. I've been too into more 'normal' pursuits.. school, girls, school, parents, girls/goddesses."
 
Washu just raspberries Al this time. "~ Hey, you're only supposed to be cute for Tsunami, not me. So don't be. ~" Washu points at the patterns. "~ This is the combined pattern wave you and Tsunami have at this moment in time."
 
"I.. see........ I guess."
 
Washu grins.
 
"I think. "
 
Washu groans. "~ You mortals. Fragile in the head. No wonder Tsunami took to you so. ~" Aleaic fails to conceal his blush. "~ Trust me, this is how you and Tsunami look on a computer. But it's not a pure one. ~" Aleaic turns his attention to the serious tone. "Explain."
 
Washu brings up some other apparently related data, but something does start to stick out of all of it. It's all either data on himself, his Alpha Goddess, or both. By the indicated timeframe data, it also shows something between around the time they first met, and the present time. There's also data relating to a point in time about a year and a half ago, about the time of when Tokimi was staying with them. Something dealing with unexplained phenomenon no one could explain at the time.
 
The phenomenon that kept Tsunami and Aleaic from expanding their relationship properly.
 
"The Hex Port." Remembers from his `trip' in Heaven.
 
"~ BINGO!! ~"
 
Aleaic feels cold, this shouldn't... "But, it was destroyed wasn't it?"
 
Washu looks back and smirks.. "~ Uh, no. It was still there all this time, and I suspect it was there during your little tryst during Genesis. ~"
 
"Huh? HOW!?"
 
Washu forces Al to calm down. "~ Now now. Not the ears, just the brain. ~`"
 
"Sorry." Aleaic tries with growing vain to settle down. "But if it wasn't destroyed!"
 
"~ Remember, it's creator was Decomposed, all of us were. Only you two weren't, besides Father and 'you-know-who'. ~"
 
Aleaic looks thoughtful for a second before looking back at Washu. "Voldermort?"
 
*WHAM!!!!!!!* "~ WRONG SERIES YOU NITWIT!!!!! ~" Washu screams after using the 'Super bad pun Punishment Hammer'. That whack takes Al a good minute to recover from. "SoRRy i jOkeD.... ow........ th.. that one hurt..!!!" Aleaic moans/whines in pain.
 
"~ Stop your whining. ~" Washu chides, as she turns back to the data. "~ Now, I suspect the nature of the Hex Program was to activate whenever you two were in close contact. That ended when Hell Core was destroyed by that Virus, since it had no energy to activate with. Hence, it was dormant up until you guys had reality restored. Hence........ ~"
 
"Meaning that when all was said and done, the Hex was reactivated. Damn. "
 
Washu sighs thickly, rubbing her long hair. "~ Yep. ~" Washu then adds... "~ Worse, I can only imagine how amplified the effect was when Hell Core rebooted. ~"
 
Aleaic feels this world crash like shattered stained glass.. "We.......... we couldn't.......... we....... it.. it's my fault.......... it's..... "
 
Rather than a comforting shoulder, there's a YANK again.. "~ HEY!! Weren't you listening? ~"
 
"What!!" rubbing his shoulder.
 
"~ You want to help heal her? ~" Aleaic gives his rapt attention again.. "Huh!? How?"
 
Washu then activates a scanner device of some kind, set into that lone probe upon the seat he was thrown into, and runs a blue beam colored scan over Al's body. "Eh?" Washu then turns to the holo-top and begins to input the scan data. Her eyes light up.. "~ AHAH! Thought so. ~"
 
"'Ahah. Thought so.. 'What?"
 
"~ You still have enough dimensional energy remaining. ~" Aleaic looks on in neutral.. "What? I thought it was all used up in the Reinitialization. Thought I was rid of it all."
 
"~ Trust me on this one too. Once you've been connected to the System, the energy doesn't ever really go away. All mortals are capable of this, for the sake of evolution at least. ~” Aleaic sits back down again.. "Peachy..... a legacy."
 
"~ And one we can use. ~"
 
Al looks more interested now.. "Okay......... how?" (..and wary....)
 
Washu then hits a button, and a small case falls out of a subspace hole in midair. "~ Here. ~" ..and then she tosses it to Al, whom manages a sloppy grab. "Huh?" Looking the case over.. "What's this Washu?"
 
"~ A Dimensional energy amplifier. ~"
 
Al looks up cock-eyed. "Kay. Why? "
 
"~ It's going to be a simple matter of which energy is stronger, the Hex, or yours. ~" Aleaic still has a plaster mold of confusion.. "~ It'll determine Tsunami's fate in the end... though.. ~" Washu adds. Al looks with a noticing gaze.
 
This cracks when he sees the next look on Washu's face. It makes Aleaic unnerved!! "W..W..W..W...Washu..... Washu? Th.. that look....? What are.... you thinking?"
 
Washu has a 'very' SLY look on her face, like the most naughty thought struck her mind. "~ Sensei? ~"
 
Now Al is VERY scared. She 'rarely' uses his title unless something scary is attached to it. "I think I'll run now."
 
"~ You're going to have to do your duty Little Sensei. ~"
 
Half of Al tries to wrest him from his spot, begging survival. The other half sticks him in place like cement, for knowing the rest of...... whatever...... "(For the love of me..) ...um, el.. elaborate..... please?"
 
Washu makes a jumpy/beaming/clapping stance of happy happy, joy joy. (Now Al is three fourths the way towards screaming a futile retreat.)
 
"~ Oh it's quite simple, first you have to overpower the Hex in some fashion, and then. Heh, you 'heal' her Network. ~"
 
Aleaic believes this isn't as bad as it sounds, poor shmuck. "Is that all? The way you were sounding, I thought it'd take some kind of.. `iffy' stuff.” ..the kind that made for eventual La Mans classes.
 
Washu however smiles a toothy grin, a lethally sly one.. "Uh...... UH.. W..WA..wait a minute!"
 
Washu then takes Al by the arm, and heads 'someplace'. "~ Sorry, but it's possibly the only way to deal with this problem. ~" Al's arm feels like it's being wrenched off, Washu is suddenly so steely.. "~ After the Hex is removed, she'll probably be 'very' weak, and if you use this device to channel enough energy to make her strong enough, then you can start the REAL healing process. ~"
 
"But but but but but......"
 
"~ Energy for us comes in many forms. Love in more forms than even other types of emotions can count. Complexity and all that. I'd bore you further, but I think you can guess the rest of the reasoning. After all, you do love her, yes? ~"
 
Aleaic looks at Washu with annoyance, derived by the situation.. "Of course I do. But don't I need permission from Achika or someone else first?"
 
"~ No time, the Hex really did a number on Tsunami, since she was more connected to the System than you were. At best, she's only got a few hours before the Hex drains her of energy. It was damaged too in the Reinitialization, trust me, this is probably the only way! Besides, you're both grown up, like you don't have fantasies that my scans haven't confirmed. ~"
 
Aleaic's panic is tempered by Washu's desperate/comical tone, not to mention her serious insistence. "Why is this suddenly turning into a less family oriented fic?" Aleaic then questions his sanity of his own comment.
 
"~ It s a romance fic, they'll live. ~"
 
"Who's 'they'?"
 
In the midst of this moving (literal and figurative,) discussion, they have passed into a new, strange, 'all of the above-creepy', domed, gray hued chamber of the Lab. This one is a simple semi-lit chamber, with only one apparent detail to it. That of a single, LARGE raised platform, about one hundred meters across in radial diameter. The glint of the raised lights hovering overhead makes a smooth sheen on the device's surface. That, and a small, raised panel is the only interruptions in an otherwise dull chamber.
 
"Where are we now?"
 
"~ Hey, you always wondered how most of us got here in the first place? ~"
 
"Yeah? So?"
 
Washu lets go of Al's arm (which he rubs reflexively,) and walks over to the panel. A few entered commands, and the blave platform suddenly FLARES to life!! "WHOA!! WAAAA!!!!" *THUD!!* "....ow....."
 
"~ Sorry. ~" Washu walks back and helps a strained Al to his feet. "Ahh. A portal, so that's how..."
 
"~ ....Ayeka and Ryoko followed Yosho back in the beginning, yes. Plot devices are so vague you know. ~"
 
Aleaic contorts his face in confusion. "What about Kiyone and Mihoshi?"
 
"~ They ported through the roof of a local law enforcement station.. ~" Aleaic nods his head simply. "Ah. Go figure."
 
Suddenly, Washu grabs Al's arm again, this time an iron vise grip, barely non-painful, but full of purpose. "Washu!?!!"
 
"~ If I could have, I would have solved this dilemma a LONG time ago, even while you were asleep. Trust me.. ~" Washu strikes a chord for her cause.. "~ ..you.. ~" Aleaic feels himself being yanked towards the portal, as it becomes..... "WASHU!!" .. "~ ..are her only hope now!! ~"
 
The force of the imposed inertia is far too strong to counteract!! As Al yells/yelps/screams girlishly, he suddenly feels himself flip upside down past the edge of the portal, just before he feels the liquid event horizon of the portal.
 
Everything becomes silvery-white in his eyes.
 
"~ Heh. ~" Washu watches as Aleaic disappears into the portal, on his anointed mission of 'mercy'.. "~ Good luck lover boy. ~"
 
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*Residence, a moment before.*
 
Everyone has resettled down after Washu's spirited display of her nature, as not even Yosho could explain it, other than it had something to do with Sensei. Beyond that, breakfast went quite well, everyone dining on another Sasami/Achika masterpiece. Thus leading to a breakup of chores, with obviously Aleaic is occupied, so Tenchi decides to pick up the slack. This leads to Mihoshi getting the drop on Ayeka and Ryoko with Tenchi, and thus lead to a 'normal' flustering of peacock feathers among the females. (Trust such, the description fits, it's not a gender thing. Oh okay, so it is.)
 
"~ Don't they ever give up? ~" Tenchi growls.
 
*BOOM!!!!!!!*
 
By the time the smolder clears, the three find their object of affection has a less appeased look on his face.
 
"~ Uh oh. ~/{~ Uh boy. ~}/~ Oopsie. ~"
 
"~ *Ack..* Ahem......
 
........ ladies, please follow me. ~" Tenchi simply puts the length of his broom across his back and holds it that way, as he walks deeper into the woods. Said ladies don't dally in kind.
 
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*Kitchen.*
 
"~ Bout time son. ~" Achika whispers, as she and Sasami watch the three hens follow him quietly till unseen anymore. "~ Wow. Brother's finally pulling his weight some. ~" Sasami adds, as she puts a plate away. Achika chuckles at her youngest 'daughter's' assessment, as she hands another plate to her. Even though she fully knows that Sasami is apparently no more than a split sentience from the elder daughter, she fully embraces Sasami as a cherished kin as much as Tenchi and Tsunami are.
 
The thought of her daughter in a coma becomes visible on her face, this Sasami notices and offers. "~ She'll be fine. You'll see. ~"
 
Achika looks at Sasami neutrally, then with a serene look that could warm a basic demon. "~ I hope you're right. ~" Achika responds quietly, a hint of a crack in her gentle voice. Sasami then nudges her mother in the ribs. "~ Sasami-chan? ~"
 
"~ Mother, what about Nobuyuki? ~"
 
Achika suddenly becomes defensive.. "~ I don't know what you're.............. um.. what about him? ~" Sasami giggles.. "~ You keep forgetting to call him back, he's sounding more worried everytime he calls. ~"
 
Achika's heart jumps a beat. "~ Really? ~"
 
"~ Mom. You can't keep moping about Big Sis all the time! Al and Washu got that covered. ~" Achika turns more stone like, just as she throws her dish towel over her shoulder. "~ He'd better treat my daughter with respect. ~"
 
"~ Mom.. ~" Sasami chides.. "~ ..it's a bit late to worry about that. Even I accepted it a long time ago. ~"
 
Achika looks at Sasami with surprise, then looks level outside, at nothing in particular. "~ I know. It is all still an uncertainty, even though I respect and even envy their relationship.
 
Hey, what's a Mother to think? ~" Sasami giggles and gloms onto Achika, just before she chides again. "~ That's no excuse for ignoring Nobuyuki. Come on, I can finish here Mom. ~"
 
"~ Sasami. ~"
 
"~ Mom! ~" Sasami huffs in mock anger. "~ Okay okay, yes ma'am!! ~" Achika salutes, before chucking the towel and skipping off giddily. (A bit too actually.) Sasami just laughs before turning back to the dishes. "~ Poor guy. ~"
 
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*Forest.*
 
"~ Hold. ~"
 
Ryoko, in the lead of the trio, also deep in thought, almost misses Tenchi's command. Ayeka and Mihoshi, also in deep thought do miss this, and collide with Ryoko, making a large, frazzled mess of limbs! "{~ HEY!! GET OFF!! ~}" Ryoko yells, shoving the two others back.. "~ OW!! (M) ~" "~ DEMON!! (A) ~"
 
Tempers almost flare again, when the last thing they expected is said. "~ Do you three mind? I want to say I love you to you three properly! Okay? ~"
 
The three are stone statues, only their hearts move any. "~ T..Tenchi? ~" ...intermittently.
 
"~ Lord Tenchi.. ~"
 
"{~ Did..... did you just say... ~}"
 
Tenchi looks at the three in turn, and says the same thing first to Ryoko, Mihoshi and Ayeka..
 
"~ I love you (x3) ~"
 
Their hearts are screaming at them for them to respond.. all they manage is........
 
"~ Duuuuuyyyahhhhhhhh..... ~/{~ Whoohooowoo.... ~}/~ ................wow......... ~"
 
Tenchi blinks twice, then smiles..... "~ Well, that worked. ~"
 
Ryoko struggles, and then YELLS at the top of her lungs!! This startles the heck out of the other three!
 
"~ Ryoko!? ~" Mihoshi questions tartly. "{~ I DON'T believe this!! ARGHH!! All this time!! All these Eons!!
 
And you NOW decide to play with us like this!? ~}"
 
Tenchi looks `quite' hurt.. "~ Play!? ~"
 
Ryoko sniffs at Tenchi, trying to hold onto her steel resolve. "{~ You heard me! Who said you had the right to mess with us this way!? HUH!? ~}"
 
"~ RYOKO!! ~"
 
"{~ SHUT UP GODDESS! ~}" Ryoko spits at Ayeka, her demon side more than coming out. At this, Tenchi feels Ryoko starting to panic.. "~ Ryoko I.. ~" ..he tries to raise a calming arm.. "{~ STUFF IT!! ~}" Ryoko almost grabs Tenchi by his raised arm.. "{~ Where was this emotion when we first met you, HUH?! Where was it when we came here after you, HUH!? ANSWER ME DAMMIT!!! ~}"
 
Tenchi sighs and nods his head, Ayeka should be aghast, but she too has similar feelings, she having endured all this as long as Ryoko. Mihoshi is more neutral, more due to time, but it's close to the same feeling. Tenchi notes how similar their façades look at this point, all too empathic so.
 
Ryoko is just about to continue her tirade, when Tenchi's strong hand grabs her overextended arm. "{~ HEY!! ~}" Ryoko almost reflexively engages her Hex Blade, when the next feeling she feels is of the same warm fire she's seen Tsunami give her Sensei time and time again. One that she's 'long' burned for, and is now actually receiving. "({~ Ohh......... WOOOOOOWWWWW..... ~})"
 
Ayeka and Mihoshi look in rapt shock, and growing desire as Tenchi brings his surprise to full bear. Ryoko's resolve melts like ash in a wet wind. An eternity of forty-five seconds passes, as Tenchi then releases the kiss. Ryoko then almost drags him in for more, but a cough from Ayeka interrupts.
 
"~ May we have a try demon? ~"
 
Ryoko just groans, and considers doing Tokimi an instant favor right there.. "{~ Yeah.... um.... yeah..... ~}" ..part of her mind, thankfully for Ayeka, is still dreamy as it is. Tenchi then looks at Mihoshi and Ayeka softly.. "~ Yes. Ryoko is correct, I have made an arse of my true feelings. So much it took a certain kick in the boot from a well intentioned Council Member to get me to accept what I already knew. ~"
 
Tenchi looks back at Ryoko, now leaning on a tree from a head flush.. "~ That I did love you all, each of you. ~" ..back at the other two.. "~ From the moment we met with our eyes. ..it was, just...... just my..... ~" Tenchi swallows his pride for the next part. "~ ..my fear and pride in trying to come to Father's expectations, that got in the way of my.. my accepting the truth. ~" Tenchi takes time to look into each of the females eyes intently. "~ In one way or another, you made me feel special, so much I won't choose one above another. I cannot, the situation didn't allow me the luxury. And.......... well.. ~"
 
"~ Yes Tenchi? ~" Mihoshi nudges with her voice.
 
"~ Well, you all..... are so...... exotic. So beautiful, that..... the fact you wouldn't allow me to choose in any case. Heck, you couldn't even beat each other. I was left but one option to myself, and if it is selfish, I don't care. A few hundred thousand celestial years is long enough. I will share my love with the each of you as much as my Will allows. ~" Tenchi then smiles brightly.. "~ And then some. So help me, and then some. ~"
 
Tenchi looks so determined, that Ayeka, Mihoshi, and especially Ryoko allow themselves to melt their defenses away.
 
"~ Are....... are you.... sure Lord Tenchi? I don't...... ~" Ayeka pensively begins, while fidgeting.
 
"{~ I can.. ~}"
 
Everyone looks in surprise at Ryoko.. "~ You can? ~" Ryoko looks at Mihoshi, reconsiders for a second, and then responding. "{~ That one kiss just shut up every gripe I've had for the past several Eons. And if it has to be shared, with 'that' much passion put into just a fraction of attention, is MORE than worth it to accept. ~}" Ryoko flip twirls around to face Tenchi. In her more characteristic, seductive manner. So much that she's laying in the air, legs crossed, arms set so that the hands lay under her chin, almost like she was laying on a mattress.
 
"{~ I can't wait anymore, and I know I'm getting my worth now. ~}"
 
Tenchi at first looking unnerved, now looks calmly back at her level eyes. "~ Then I shall give it. ~" Tenchi looks again at Ayeka. "~ To each of you, if you will let me demonstrate. ~" Ayeka's heart skips a beat, as Ryoko watches Tenchi calmly walk over to her and place a kiss just as passionate onto her lips. Ayeka feels her world aflame with a desire she could only dream of till now.
 
"{~ You weren't kidding. ~}" Ryoko actually colors impressed. Tenchi then lets go of Ayeka after an equal amount of time (he literally counted,) as Ryoko had, and then surprises Mihoshi whom wasn't expecting this to be real. "~ Ohhhhh my. ~" Mihoshi squeaks out before she too falls under the spell of Tenchi's kiss.
 
When all is said, left and done, three previously uncertain females now have a nice warm glow in their eyes, even Ryoko after Tenchi reasserts his intentions with a second kiss.
 
"~ Was this a satisfactory demonstration? ~"
 
Tenchi's uncharacteristically sly question is met with 'lavish', glossy eyed nods of approval.
 
"{~ Do we get to 'expand' this demonstration? ~}" Ryoko leaves in the air with a snicker.
 
"~ Oh please demon tripe. Must 'everything' come down to mating? ~"
 
"{~ Hey! It's my nature goddess, and don't think you weren't thinking of either. ~}" The lack of a response from Ayeka makes Ryoko laugh like the devil she partially is.
 
"~ Um.. who would go 'first' anyway? ~"
 
Mihoshi's question, direct while legitimate, causes the three to think all of a sudden on this matter. Tenchi realizes the danger he suddenly faces.. "(~ Maybe I pushed too hard. Uh boy..... ~)"
 
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*Shrine Office.*
 
With two groups accounted for, this leaves Yosho, Keturia, and Kiyone to their own devices, which takes them to sharing a pot of morning tea. As it steeps, they share more basic thoughts. "Can I ask something?"
 
"~ Of course milady. ~" Yosho returns for Ket, while pouring the tea.
 
"I.. I know most of the story now. I'm glad it's my brother that can comprehend it more than I ever could. But you mean to tell me that Sasami and Tsunami are the same person?"
 
Kiyone picks up for Yosho, as he's more concentrating on the tea. "~ Yes, for you see, they were joined once as a whole when Tsunami was very young. ~" Kiyone continues after taking a sip of tea.. "~ Yum.. anyway, Sasami was 'conceived' with the approval from Father after.. well...after something happened to her a long time ago. Something she lost. It was when Trakalin betrayed Heaven the first time, and..... um.... ~" Keturia could tell Kiyone was withholding information, what it was she couldn't tell, since it all was already much above her head. So much that she only made a simple lie about her brother up for the parents just to keep them from nosing in too much. Luckily Al had awakened before they got too worried, with one small bomb defused.
 
But this apparently felt related, how she dare not ask about, so she left it quietly. Kiyone however knew all too well, as it DIRECTLY impacted the situation now occurring. But she continued from past this point. "~ After Tsunami recovered enough from her loss, Achika decided that a new 'Sister' would help alleviate some of the burden of loneliness. She procured a portion of Tsunami's essence, and combined it with part her own to create Sasami, this with Father's blessing.
 
Apparently Hell Core somehow knew about this too, and used this when they captured them both. After reality was restored, Sasami was restored as well, but this took away energy Tsunami could have used to fight off her current condition. ~"
 
Kiyone of course doesn't know that it's the fault of the Hex Port.. "~ Thankfully, Sasami doesn't know, none of them do. And I hope such doesn't leave this room. ~"
 
Ket and Yosho both nod.. "No problemo." .. "~ Agreed. ~"
 
Keturia immensely enjoys a good draw of the tea, a proper distraction. "This is sooooo good!"
 
Yosho chuckles. "~ The mead of Heaven, when in leaf format, makes all others seem mundane. ~" ..he chuckles again when Ket keeps enjoying it. After a bit of this Ket thinks of another question. "What about this thing about only me and Bro remembering all this? Why us?"
 
"~ We trust you two. ~" Kiyone answers simply. This makes Ket look at Kiyone in awe. "Really?" ..is her meek response.
 
"~ You have been with us as long as Sensei has. It's not something we consider lightly. ~" Yosho confides, and Kiyone nods. For the first time, after Ket hears this confession, she feels a warmth that Aleaic has from time to time spoken to her about. A special type of belonging only family can cherish. She reciprocates.. "Thank you. " ...as the only response worthy to return with. Kiyone and Yosho both nod back.
 
"I hope there 'will' be a wedding. Being a cousin sounds much more fun now." This begins a small chorus of laughter from the three, their day becomes content. Yosho glances softly at Ket while hearing, and pours more tea for her.
 
But the last emotion belongs to the core of this family, as a personal mission ensues.
 
=====================================
 
*Somewhere in a Paradise.*
 
*Thump.* "...ow...... eh? ..huh? What the? Where am I now?!"
 
Aleaic raises his head, after having continued his 'fall', ending it with a soft yet firm landing on... “Eh? Clouds?
 
Aleaic manages to stand, though it feels like walking on a cross between a waterbed, and jelly-foam cushioning. "Weird."
 
He looks around to see a Perfect blue sky, cascaded all about by equally Perfect clouds, all of which stretches in every possible direction. The sky is so much a sapphire blue, the clouds are so much a pearlalescent white, almost like they could be solid, that this is `as' Heaven could get. Then he realizes some of them are, for parts of the clouds, hazy and fluffy, start to merge into more solid shapes, many of which are flattened like walking surfaces. Though they mesh perfectly with the clouds along it's 'edges', even with add-on cloud formations below these 'floors'. The stairs between these platforms of clouds, are seen as partial glasslike steps also meshed within miniature clouds. Aleaic can even see elongated tube like `clouds' that seem to be pillars of some sort. That's when everything begins to click into place, as it's apparent that there are MANY levels and platforms of clouds that turn into constructs of white marble, or white glass, sometimes diamond, sometimes pearl, but all either white or clear glass or crystal, all or which is enhanced in some form or fashion by glinted, flared light from some unseen light source, as well reflected of the sapphire sky framing the clouds!
 
As mentioned, this all seems to go on forever.
 
"Wow..." Al thinks to himself out loud. "..nirvana."
 
Aleaic then realizes what his mission here is.. "WAA!! Wait a tic! WASHU!! HEY!! WASHU!!!!!!!" ..he shouts vainly into the sky, apparently too aware of his mission here. "There's GOT to be a better way! Washu!!!
 
WASHU!! COME ON!!" ..he continues this for a good bit, but soon realizes it's vain. He realizes he is now trapped here. "Errrrrrrrrrrrrr..... dammit.. why me?! WHY!!" Aleaic yells, and then promptly forgets his footing, and slips on the apparently semi-slick surface! His yelp of panic utters out as he falls to what he thinks is his doom!
 
Only to meet another soft yet firm landing. "Eh?!?" Another platform, this time a much larger surface. This time he only sits, and look above from where he fell. When he does, a small box hits him on the head. "Ow! EH? Oh that thing." He lifts the small container with the device Washu said was needed to overcome the Hex.
 
But where to find Tsunami in this vast place. "Man, she coulda given me a map to work with. Jeeze."
 
Aleaic gets up again, and this time ensures his footing by testing the platform. “Seems sturdy enough. What kind of place is.. WHAO.. WAA.. whoooo.."
 
The footing is more loose in places, as it is a cloud in essence. "I need some Dramamine here.. yeee.." ..as Aleaic manages to feel his footing, soon more confident in it, and begins to explore this place a bit. "Alright, I presume Tsui is here too. Gads.. this can't be right.. it just...... just....."
 
Something 'tugs' at his mind just then. He look over to his left, and... "Tsui."
 
He begins to follow this 'feeling', passing through platforms more seeming like of a set of residential rooms. A `living room' like level with all kinds of antique furniture upon it, with then in order: a kitchen like area, a restroom area with a large spa like tub upon it, and then a level with a art gallery of a sort, with next a set of small sub levels. At least the 'stairs' are much more solid than the platforms, as apparently this world is set up like a large open air zone of habitation.
 
It's even more interesting as Al notes that platforms are very expansive, with green grass blanketing upon many. And of all things, cherry blossom trees in permanent bloom, even giving off small clouds of said blossoms. It's like a permanent sense of romance was created here. All created to be awed by even.
 
Aleaic passes through about midway along one of the largest platforms, one with a garden of majestic flowers of many kinds, when he senses the direction he should go is up. He just then he sees a nearly unseeable glint, which makes him come closer. This reveals a gilded, spiral staircase that leads where he feels the pull. The 'stairs' seem so transparent that they are almost the work of a dream, and with everything he's seen, it actually occurs to him that his could be a dream world. If not for the fact he still feels the bump on his head where the box hit it.
 
Course dreams can be painful at times. As well as far reaching in consequence.
 
"This must be it. Oh man, why me? Can't this be a simple in and out?" Aleaic realizes his words and hits himself.. "Bad boy! BAD boy!"
 
Aleaic quits tarring himself, and then looks back up, feeling the pull of a weakening essence, and finally swallows his pride. The first step is also tested, to see if the steps are a dream. Yet they hold solid, despite their unnerving transparency. He then begins to ascend, albeit warily.
 
This then, starts a second 'weird' effect, as the once perfect blue sky suddenly start to become more dusk, as if the steps upward were leading him into nightfall.
 
"HEY!! QUIT IT!!!!!!!" Aleaic huffs, as he bemusingly takes a few steps back and forth, up and down, creating a sort of playful effect with the daylight. Al then dryly stops and stares. "Man..........." Aleaic groans looking back up, where a thick moonlit cloud layer can be seen. "....can't this be any 'more' melodramatic?"
 
Another 'tug' gets him going again, and this time he fully enters nightfall, graced of course by moonlight, though it also has no apparent source. When Al pokes through the layer onto this apparently special layer, all is a deep midnight black, with a midnight blue horizon seen below the cloud layer. Here, sharp stars as crystal bright, as living diamonds shine here.
 
"I'm being set up. Let me guess..." Al looks around and sees only clouds, though raised and even silky in texture in places. "..this is a bedroom?
 
..but where...? Eh? ...ah?"
 
Aleaic finally sees her, as a light teal glow halo surrounds her, one weak and muted in feel. He also sees her in nothing less than the very robes he first saw her in when they first met. Apparently either by design, from the reinitialization, or just blind chance. His resolve starts to fade once more.
 
"Tsui." ..and garners more strength in the next breath.
 
Aleaic feels another weak tug, this time he can sense something 'pulling' something away from her. "TSUI!" ..as Aleaic begins to grow closer. He then suddenly senses an ill force growing between them. He immediately notes this as the Hex Port.
 
The closer he gets, the more powerful the Hex becomes, now betrayed by the Plane it's trapped in. As a result, and the fact it cannot access Hell Core directly to create a schism, as it's Programming code instructs it to, it's forced to sustain itself by stealing energy from the Goddess! As it does, and as Al gets closer, it tries more and more in vain to create a schism, trying to create or draw ANYTHING that would interrupt their contact, as it has does for the past two years at any and every opportunity.
 
It of course doesn't know that this was meant to only create energy of discontent necessary for Trakalin's and Kagato's plans. Now ronin from it's creators, it begins to react erratically, trying to continue it's blind codeset. This begins to create a painful sensation within Tsunami, noted as she grunts, grits and moans painfully.
 
Aleaic sees and finally has to back off. "Dammit!" He realizes quickly, unless he figures out a way, he'll lose her fast!
 
"Okay.. alright. Dark, cut off energy trying to sustain itself.
 
..hmmm, energy... you want energy to keep you going, to keep us apart." Al looks at the device container, and though it was meant for Tsui, he thinks he can try something.
 
"And it has to be energy too, no matter the source." ..remembering what Washu told him earlier. Aleaic looks towards Tsunami. "Tsui!! Can you hear me?!" A weak nod of a sort comes from her head, Al presumes it's a 'yes'..
 
"Is there a way to reverse the polarity of the energy that the Hex exists as?" Those Physics-tech classes are coming in real use now.
 
Al however can't sense or hear anything for a moment, but then a weak sound comes out....... "~ ..........yes................ ~"
 
Aleaic heartens at this sound, and then asks.. "I got a device meant to heal you.. but.. can I use it to reverse the polarity of the Hex?"
 
Again a silence, and then....... "~ ......ma....mayb...... be..... ~"
 
Aleaic isn't as sure this time, but then he remembers the energy from the device was meant to amplify his own celestial energy.
 
Only one way to find out.
 
Aleaic starts towards Tsui again, and again the Hex springs to life. As Tsui's growing cries sound out, Al almost retreats again, except this is preempted by him opening the case of the container. A sparkle of energy flies out, and STABS into Al's chest! Immediately, Al can sense his dormant celestial energy pipe upwards, and then senses the Hex notice this, as it switches from draining Tsui to Al instead. Aleaic can then start to feel the burning sensation as energy is literally torn away from him. Al begins to grunt as the burn begins to intensify. "Oh no... eghn.. you don't pally."
 
Aleaic remembers how he channeled his energy, and then begins to deliberately feed the Hex a certain frequency of energy. The Hex reacts by trying to shift it's own frequency to continue an efficient drain, concentrating away from Tsui. This then is countered by Aleaic coming up with what would be his most brilliant, yet simple tactic.
 
Amplitude modulation.
 
A signal of alternating waves, starting off from a base zero point, running up along the positive, and then down towards negative, before ending in a circle like pattern, back at zero level before continuing again. As long as there is energy for this signal, it can be continued into forever. It also can be altered to contain many things, a simple radio signal is one.
 
Another is a set frequency for power applications, and another can use it as a digital clock wave set. This one, as Al decides to use, is in a celestial sense. Al begins by forcing the frequency off again, the Hex counters, then Al moves it again.
 
Again and again Al shifts, forcing the Hex to follow. The Hex is so blind to it's need, it has no sense of the tactic being used. It becomes desperate, as it decides to return to Tsui for sustenance. Al quickly catches this and tantalizes the Hex again by quickly making vulnerable his energy if for just long enough to drag the Hex's attention back.
 
Al begins to gain the advantage, though it's starting to tire him. The Hex also tries to speed up matching frequency, trying to anticipate Al's moves somehow. Aleaic then begins to sense the Hex is obsessed with him, so much that he begins the second phase, as he channels his energy back and forth as positive and then negative energy. The Hex notes this and shifts it's absorption to match this new change.
 
Al begins to multi-phase his 'Sine Wave', making the Hex do the same, adding several energy formats he learned from Washu, into the fray. The Hex suddenly is working harder than it's capable. Tsunami feels all this, and looks over, seeing in the realm of energy, as the Hex becomes literally visible from the friction all the shifts in energy and frequency create.
 
She also sees how precarious Al's position is.
 
She tries to assist.
 
Al and the Hex sense this.. "TSUI NO!! DON'T DO ANYTHING!!!"
 
The Hex almost breaks away from the cycle to sustain it's now quite depleted energy from Tsunami, which at this point would all but 'kill' her! Al is forced to play his hand, and SHOVES a large pulse of energy into the Hex. Al falls to his knees, but is then surprised when the Hex reacts erratically by this new feed. Instead of coming back, it spasms wildly!
 
"~ It...... it's confused........ ~"
 
Aleaic hears this, and takes a HUGE change, gambling a ton on physics. "I have to..... try......."
 
Tsunami senses too late what Al's going to do, and tries to cry out a plead. Al is too fast, as he SHOVES a massive pulse of energy, sine waving back and forth in a vicious pattern, shifting the frequency and pattern, as well as in amplification. The Hex receives this channeling and can't take the amount in it's weakened state!
 
The Hex code begins to shut down, but this isn't enough for Al.. "LIKE HELL YOU'RE GETTING AWAY NOW!!!!!"
 
Aleaic SLAMS a single torrent of positive energy into the Hex, and it works! The code is overloaded, and the energy disembowels upon itself! The final spasm from the Hex turns it into raw positive energy, as the sight of a tiny sun appears between himself and Tsunami!
 
Al collapses completely to his cheek and chest, gasping for breath. He soon raises it back up to look. "Hah...... ah...... ugh.. damn that was tough.." He notes his weakened state, but quickly shoves this aside, and uses his will to shunt the now pure energy into Tsunami, her form readily absorbing the ingenious gift.
 
"~ Oh...... oh my....... ~" Is Tsunami's first words from recovery, more from awe than from sensation. Aleaic forgets his fatigue and staggers over to Tsunami's side, as she is sitting up.
 
"Are.. are you okay Tsui?" Al gulp-gasps out, and this is returned with a simple hug. "~ I can't believe you did that! That was amazing beloved! ~"
 
Aleaic just blushes, worse when Tsui places a hand on his cheek. "I.. I couldn't just... well.. I..."
 
Tsunami smiles, before she then realizes a sensation is running into her hand from his cheek. "~ Oh my. ~"
 
Aleaic notes this as well and.. "Wha.. what is this?"
 
"~ It's who you are protégé. ~"
 
Tsunami and Aleaic JUMP when they hear Trakalin's voice! "TRAKALIN!?" Al's surprise yelp makes Tsui jump a bit even more! "~ Al!! ~"
 
"Sorry."
 
Trakalin's voice then chuckles, though from nowhere apparently.. "~ You two were always quite the couple. ~" Aleaic and Tsui try to locate the source of Trakalin's voice.
 
"I don't see.. eh?"
 
"~ Dear, your chest! ~"
 
Both look down and find the small, rounded non-life form of the once god of the Council, upon Al's breast bone. It sparkles slightly as it exits Al's body, which suprises the HECK out of Al. "How?!!" Al says wide eyed!!
 
"~ I thought he vanished from your body Al? ~"
 
Trakalin chuckles again.. "~ No. I was simply dormant Tsunami. When Father left the Plane of Cosine with his Brother, Gaea and I were still there, watching silently, when you both decided the Fate of Reality. We were both impressed, with such a large responsibility upon both your shoulders, and you performed admirably. We both were 'very' impressed. ~"
 
"We?"
 
Just then, a second twinkling form, this time the full form of Gaea, as her form coalesces into view, her snow white pigment beauty, as breathtaking as Tsunami's. "~ Mentor!! ~"
 
Tsunami receives her hug from her long missed teacher, Aleaic can't help but be touched. "~ Mentor. I had no idea... ~" Gaea ruffles Tsui's hair.. "~ No, of course you couldn't have known silly. ~" Tsunami blushes at this chide. Trakalin then offers to Al's disdain. (The blushing kind.) "~ This Mortal vessel is quite resilient, considering it held not only my, but Gaea, as well as Father's essence as well, into the end. It even held Kagato's essence for a short time. ~"
 
Tsunami looks in awe at Al again.. "~ You've been busy. ~" Aleaic just shakes his head. "Too busy. Personally, I'd prefer those technical finals tests over all that. Ugh-gods, you guys take up room!"
 
By the time the laughter settles down from this, Trakalin speaks again further. "~ The feeling you both were experiencing is the catalyst that I tried to ruin in the beginning, when my pride and loathing of Heaven blinded me to great acts of travesty. It is also the same power that I now surrender unconditionally to. Your power combined far surpasses my own. ~"
 
"Trakalin?" Aleaic is uncertain, but Gaea helps answer this by taking his hand, and placing it into Tsunami's. The sensation of spikes of warm energy lances between them.. "Whoa." .. “~ Holy. ~”
 
Gaea smiles, and if he could, so would Trakalin. "~ Indeed, and it's what we both inadvertently nurtured. And what we almost destroyed in the name of Heaven. ~"
 
Trakalin then floats away from Al, and towards Gaea, halting before the two, as he feels his time is short. "~ And now, with my passing, I truly give my blessing, for however much it matters. I do 'truly' wish you both a long and happy relationship, for however it lasts.
 
And with, I give thus as my last act before passing on. ~"
 
Aleaic and Tsunami speak as one after hearing this.. "Trakalin?!" .. "~ Trakalin, no you can't! ~"
 
Trakalin simply chuckles. "~ No. My time is now long passed, and remaining to possibly cause more harm would be a grave failure as a teacher, and worse as a student of your love for each other. ~"
 
"Trakalin, I.. I don't.."
 
The non-lifeform floats away towards Gaea, clutched by the goddess tenderly. Trakalin informs further.. "~ That I cannot answer, I no longer can teach that which you both know better. Never let go of that.
 
And not for any other legacy, but for yourselves. ~"
 
Aleaic, seeing there's no way to stop this, simply nods. "We will."
 
With that, they both simply begin to phase away, as Gaea watches Trakalin allow himself to decompose away. "~ Trakalin.. ~" Gaea says her sorrows.
 
"~ Farewell. ~" Trakalin utters, just as his tiny prison disintegrates into the celestial beyond.
 
Gaea, watching this, sheds a tear, and then a soft smile. Al and Tsui watch and both shed tears, Tsui more than Al, this only because Al didn't know Trakalin as well he believe he should have. It's not cold feelings, just cold circumstances he doesn't fully understand yet.
 
And that time is not now. This is a time for other things.
 
"~ He always was a melodramatic. ~" Gaea sadly sighs.. "~ Always. ~"
 
Gaea then looks back at the two before her and smile. "~ Be happy for each other, and be well..
 
..oh... ~" Gaea says before turning away.. "~ ...and I'll be there for the wedding,. Until adieu. ~"
 
Gaea then teleports out of the mini-Plane leaving the two, at long terribly last..
 
..**Alone**..
 
For a few anxious moments, the two look around, feeling around, then looking at each other. Expecting something, 'anything' to interrupt them. Anything at all. Becomes annoying the silence does. But in the end, there is nothing.
 
There is finally nothing but them. "I.. I.. think we're really alone now."
 
"~ Yes.... *smiling..* ..yes we are. ~"
 
Aleaic looks longingly at Tsui for a few moments, then realizes.. "Uh........ AH! Is this.. I mean, I.. is... I.." Tsunami simply giggles again, caressing his face, and starting to understand why he 'really' is here. Doesn't take a red headed genius to guess such. "~ It's.. it's alright. Alright if you don't want to. ~"
 
Aleaic automatically engages his defensive reflex, but not to escape.. "Oh no! Nonononono! It's not that.... I.. I mean, I.. .I just don't.. um.. well.. I.. I've never, that is.."
 
Aleaic, despite his defensiveness, feels a hunger inside that has been long smushed, crushed and mushed under the weight of titanic, extraordinary forces. A hunger of wanting and desire that he doesn't realize that Tsunami has had even more than he. She decides to act first, even as Al still stammers, as her kiss, coupled by the energy coursing between them, starts a passionate chain reaction.
 
At least until.. "I.. whoa.. I.. don't want you to think that, this all.. is just to.." This last argument dies a pleasurable death, as Tsunami continues to passionately kiss Al, speaking through them... "~ You forget.. ~" ..more soft/electrifying kisses.. "~ ..we are not bound by any contract, what we.. ~" ..and yet more, annihilating Al's resolve.. "~ ..do is what we wish from now on. ~"
 
Aleaic can only nod, his senses are losing coherency. "Is.. is that what.." ..losing himself in her. "..stopped us.. before?"
 
Tsunami pulls away, but only to answer quickly.. "~ If it did, it can't now. ~" Tsunami ends the discussion by pulling Aleaic onto her, both sinking into the thick, soft clouds, as a swath of silk and quiet light covers them. Aleaic does indeed have an actually 'serious' task, as the energy now being shared is meant to strengthen Tsunami's Network Link. This the intent of Washu's `device'.
 
But by all means, this doesn't mean it's burden unshared, nor found undue pleasure in.
 
The pleasure they find at long last for the next extended while goes beyond either of them considered experiencing, as Tsunami's desire more than overwhelms what Aleaic considered enduring, and for a time, endures far far more. As the energy Tsunami needs finishes tapping her, her passion engages into overdrive, and two long, terribly frustrating years, all that pent up desire is unloaded, as she even summons her Angel to 'assist' in delivering her overdue commandment of eroticism. Aleaic meanwhile makes good stead of himself, but quickly gives in to what Tsunami is dishing out, well past giving in to his imprisoned desires as well.
 
But this only is the beginning, as Tsunami unleashes every trick and spell she can muster to increase the passion and pleasure of the moment, even tinkering at the brink of losing their ability to keep self-aware, that is how powerful they make their first experience for each other. But eventually, this overcomes them both, and the climax of their first experience of making love shatters their barriers for each other. Tsunami even locks her Link permanently to Aleaic's mind to make the experience that much more intense!!!
 
If there is a description to even come close to use here, it's like white raw pleasure the size of a whole Galaxy going supernova!
 
And this may be a poor description at that. (And that's before the 'super' hits.)
 
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*Rest of Existence.*
 
The moment before the 'super' hits, everyone at the residence is simply awaiting any word from Washu of Tsunami's condition. And the rest of the universe just is concerned with it's own affairs, with Heaven and Hell no more or less.
 
At the moment of the climax though, something literally and figuratively hits them all like a tidal wave! The description is valid, because for a moment, everyone in the household feels the wave grown in a strange slope, and then a SHARP rise in passionate energies, washing over them in a cold sweat.
 
Achika, who at the time is at Nobuyuki's dwelling, feels it harder than he does. But both feel even 'more' a short time later, as they literally give into the moment.
 
Sasami meanwhile is hit much 'harder' than the others, and runs upstairs to 'endure' the feelings she's experiencing second hand.
 
Ayeka, Ryoko, Mihoshi, and Tenchi all feel it at the same time, and REACTIVELY shoot somewhere into deep space to sort their 'feelings' out.
 
Washu, whom is at that moment writhing in laughter on the floor of the portal chamber, being the architect of far more than she anticipated, well.. we'll leave the 'what she did' WELL enough alone.
 
Yosho, quietly excuses himself to walk the sensation off outside, not quite as 'emotional' as the others. Kiyone then tries to excuse herself, but Ket stops her, just to simply get Kiyone to explain what she's feeling. “What happened now?”
 
Kiyone just responds by smiling. "~ Your brother finally beat Fate. ~" Kiyone then leaves and heads to her room in one of the adjunct residences. Keturia just sits there to contemplate the words and intent.
 
..finally.. "Must have been quite a road to do it... heh.. ..change can be sure crazy." ..she then heads out to town for the evening to keep from doing anything rash. She'd return later however to Yosho still sorting his feelings out. They both found something to sort out after that.
 
As for the rest of the Universe? And Heaven along with Hell?
 
Well, let's just say, the coming year may see a sort of baby boom.
 
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*Back in 'Paradise'.*
 
Heaven is a tough word to describe the feeling that slowly ashens away, leaving two beings to simply hold each other, simply to caress and to be.
 
They simply hover within the silky, feathery clouds, with her Angel back within, but the Wings extended and wrapped around Al's form. Their bare skin being caressed by each other as they doze in and out of blessed sleep. After a while though, a breeze of some kind shivers them both awake, and when they awoke, both came to full realization (which was a miracle of sorts.)
 
The amount of pleasure they had just experienced should have made them both vegetables. But this is possibly an overstatement, as anyone making love for the first time can exaggerate what they feel. But the 'constructive' criticism from certain family members may soon make the feelings quite believable.
 
But that may be long a timespan off in coming, so as Tsui purrs.. "~ Oh........ dear, that was exquisite. ~"
 
Aleaic tries to find a sense of orientation, not to mention bodily sensation, as he's not sure if they are laying up, or down.. "Um.." ..or even 'laying'.. "..what direction are we laying? I can't tell." Tsunami simply reorients them both mentally to a recognizable cloud level. "~ If you think that is something... ~" ..Tsui purrs while rubbing Al's arm.. "~ ..we should try it in the open air. ~"
 
Al's eyes go wide! "UHH! I can't fly!"
 
Tsunami slits her eyes at Al seductively, not being deterred by simple physics. (Funny thought in fact.) "~ Silly, in this room, we can do anything we wish. ~" Aleaic looks neutrally at Tsui.. "Um, there's something I should know about this 'place', shouldn't I. ~"
 
Tsunami giggles heavily, before looking intently at the mortal. "~ This is my room. ~" .. "It is?" Al replies simply.. "~ Yes. This is my special chamber in Heaven. It's separate as a sub-dimension, and all Alpha Goddesses and Avatars hold them as their own for privacy needs. This dimension is small by the standards of Father and the Council, but the intent is simple. I don't know about Demons, but it's probably similar, though I defer to imagination there and all. Ugh. ~"
 
"Small?" Aleaic cranes his melon at one word he noted, and then around at the 'room', before deciding it more is befitting a palace of godly proportions. "If this is small, I have a plot of land called the Milky Way Galaxy to sell ya. It's also 'small' by galactic standards."
 
Tsunami just punches Al in the chest, and then marvels at how muscular it is, even stroking it a bit. "Is this small as well?" Al looks down and blushes like a firecracker exploding in his face. "Oh, ah.. it's not much, I need to exercise more, Yosho keeps kicking my butt in the boken practices."
 
"~ I can help with that. ~" Tsunami whispers, rubbing lower on his chest. "Um... h.. how if I may ask?" Al says, his blood starting warm again.
 
"~ You know, it's a strange thing this.. time.. ~" Tsunami starts, reaching lower and lower.. "~ ..it can be manipulated if you know how to. All kinds of things can be conducted from such. ~"
 
"Oh?" Al says, caressing her long, luxuriously thick mane of teal hair. "~ Yes. If you compress it enough, a day can become a week.. *very seductive smile...* ..like in here....... in 'my' room. ~"
 
Aleaic looks thoughtful (somehow) for a second.. "Um ...so you are saying, we have a 'week' in here?"
 
"~ Oh... ~" Springing the trap.. "~ ...I thought you'd never ask. ~"
 
Aleaic slowly begins to be pulled back under the clouds. "Help."
 
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Journal Entry - 18th May, 3419
 
*Recording Terminal / Module 1025C*
 
I.. am sore........... and as about as content I can possibly be, or deserve for that matter.
 
That sure was a 'week' to remember indeed, though at times I got an overload and needed a short recoup time. Tsunami is as much a healer as a pistol, and I'm 'not' kidding, as I got both in large doses.
 
I also, afterwards when we returned finally, got a quick earful from Achika, who apparently had to get her motherly instincts out of her system. After that, came the first question of the now upcoming wedding. The coming days and weeks are going to be chalk full with that theme. I better find some good aspirin, I think I'll be need them.
 
Ket meanwhile keeps pestering me about the 'event', one said I'm still sore from. I no longer will doubt Tsunami's imagination, like I had cause to in the first place. This is all I will give sis as an answer, and hope Ket can find a boyfriend soon to experience it for herself, and STOP bugging me about it. (Saying that, I keeps noting something weird with her too. Can't.. um... I'm blabbering here.)
 
Sasami meanwhile has become a touch more friendly towards me, and I just play this off as emotional linkage to what Tsui and I 'did'. Sasami may need to help find a 'distraction' of her own before she grows up. I don't think I can survive two of them.
 
Now and so, Tsui has free reign to share my room, leaving Sasami with her own room. As I speak, Sasami is unpacking a portal to her 'room', about as spacious as the elder sister's. (What happened to the `Alpha' bit?) And the other mentioned is now linking a portal hatch on a bare wall in my room that will connect to hers.
 
My days of sleeping alone just ended. Good and ill of it.
 
Well, at least I get to keep my terminals, of which I have an upcoming need for. I decided to take an offer from the Tekomi Supernet Data-node Center. At least for the coming two years, I will ease myself into the abilities of an administrator, as well as to stay in a place I truly cherish. Might help me understand the way my celestial family thinks, that plus.. well..
 
It may make my Father unhappy that I am not coming home, or following in his footsteps, but it's my life, not his. But somehow I doubt it will end the relationship, more, I think he's looking forward to possibly being a Grandfather in the future. (Yeah, Ket is SUCH a blabber mouth to mother. Ugh.) But one challenge at a time.
 
In another interesting turn of events, Tenchi has officially Linked with not only Ryoko and Ayeka, but Mihoshi as well. And, um, we aren't the only ones sore, Tsui and I that is.. heh. It seems they are far less agitated with each other, as Tenchi readily admitted he wanted to `express' himself for them as much as... well, my part is said enough.
 
I should also note that Achika is limping too! Tsunami got back at her mother for getting on me. I think all sides are even now. (Course does Nobuyuki know the truth? Though... does such a thing matter in the end? Um... wait.. wrong kind of discourse here.)
 
Two other bits of note. One: Washu... well.. ..I will 'have' to get back at her for what she did, even if the intentions were true enough. I'll bring this up with Tsui at a later date. I mean sure goddesses garner energy from true and honest feelings and all, but after what she 'induced'' for that Recharge thingy... ergh... one genius is getting something from moi someday! I... er... anywho...
 
Two: Yosho, has become much less reclusive, joining in much more at the meal table actively, rather than the reserved demeanor I've noted these past two years.. what more, he now seems to favor sitting near Ket, though I'm probably seeing things. (Wait.. I just... no wait, my mind is still fuzzy from... nevermind.)
 
What with that 'week', I doubt much of my cognitive abilities survived anyway. But still I have one more thing to do, and so...
 
*End datarecording.. 1845.56.*
 
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*Aleaic's room, ala subverted.*
 
Aleaic puts down the journal Padd, and looks back at the work Tsunami is engaged in, with the help of Achika. Yes, the same Achika that was berating Al a few hours ago, is now helping place the final touches on the arcane Spell Glyph that will represent the Gate to Tsunami's 'room'. It even will have a special Program Lock only Al and Tsui can use.
 
But they have to be sparing with it, at least until they are married. Something about time-energy constraints. The idea of being ten years older within a month of use could bring attention to their activities, unless a counter was devised. One would be ready by the wedding, though that particular date wasn't set yet.
 
"Heh.." Aleaic chuckles, watching the serene and arcane runes being inscribed. "..never though my room would be home to such fine art." Achika look over her shoulder at Al.. "~ Nothing but the best for my daughter. And son-in-law.. ~" Aleaic coughs a bit at this, gaining giggles from the two goddesses. Aleaic then looks away, and over to the left, onto the desk, where the two missing items, not noticed till well after the Trakalin Incident and subsequent Genesis Event, were saved thanks to Tenchi, and a demand Kagato didn't even bother refusing. (Being beaten, and the fact the items were so disdained by the Demons helped `negotiations'.)
 
The first was sweater Tsunami knitted for Aleaic last Christmas, and the second a picture set in sterling silver for a frame, depicting their second victory, and their first in the famed Outer Systems race. (An even 'more' grueling race than the Inner System race was.) Both were important to their intended recipients, because both had something special to share with the simple item. Al preferred the sweater since it was deliberately made three sizes larger to allow 'room' for snuggling. The picture because this is where they truly came into their own, and showed the Human Sphere who they really were. No wonder they apparently were considered important as tool for Hell's plans. They were connected to the both of them, endearingly.
 
But there was one item that would surpass even these. "Hum.. where oh where.." The now Tekomi graduate stands and heads over to the dresser off to the side near Achika, of whom her and her daughter have stopped what they were doing and looked over at Al.
 
"~ Where what love? ~" Tsui asks, Al ignores her just long enough to find his target. "Ah.. ..can't put this trinket off anymore."
 
Al then turns towards and walks nearer to Tsui, all the while covering an item, before he then Al stops in front of Tsui... "If I may. I forgot to finish adorning this." ..and uncovers the Engagement Ring box, now open, revealing the ring inside. Tsunami GASPS at the ring, a special custom made ring set as a large teal jewel 'leaf' with a single large 'bead' of water, represented by a perfect diamond, a true 24 karat, perfectly clear and flawless. The gold is actually an Electrum white gold, quite pure and solid. But better yet, it's got a small niche opening where the true wedding ring will soon end up, but as what this will look like is anyone's guess, as even Al doesn't know yet, a special request he had made to surprise all at the right time.
 
(And one he just hopes that doesn't backfire in hindsight.) But if the reaction to this ring is an indication, Tsunami couldn't have cared less if it was a cheap piece of tin with a broken glass bead glued on it.
 
"~ AL!!!!!!! ~" Tsunami just jumps on him and kisses him all over madly, Achika just trying to stay out of the way for dear life! "WAAAA!!" *THUMP!!* ...ala back he goes onto the bed, but Tsui's more restrained this time, more just happy as a cabbit in a patch. "~ Oh.. Woooooooooow....! Just wow! ~"
 
Aleaic simply takes the ring out of the box, and slides it onto a better position. "There... ....one down, one to go."
 
Tsunami just hugs Al like the dickens again, just before a cough rings out.. "~ Okay you two, wait until after dinner. I still need help with this. ~"
 
Just then, Tenchi sticks his head in.. "~ What's the noise all about? ~" Achika points for Tenchi.. “Uh..” ...and he then sees Al and Tsui's position, and then at the obvious light catcher on Tsunami's finger. "~ Wow.
 
Oh ..ahem, um.. dinner is almost ready. I think Sasami has a nice spread planned tonight. ~"
 
"~ Thank you son. ~" Achika nods to him, Tenchi whom makes a wink at Al before leaving. Achika just chucks aside the portal task like it was zilch just then. "~ Time for din din.. well, let's finish this tomorrow. ~"
 
Aleaic looks at Achika with worry.. "But.. uh, with the portal unfinished, how will we sleep tonight?" A certain goddess giggles at this absurd question. "~ Sleep? ~" Tsunami says simply, before standing and following Achika out of the room.
 
Al decides to find some Vitamin E real quick before nightfall, and reaches for the CPU.
 
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*Midnight, in a recently silent room.*
 
Thank goddesses for Silence Spells. (And for the Vitamins...)
 
"Whoa..."
 
Tsunami just snuggles, her hair draped all over Al's chest and neck, the vintage is getting 'much' better and better. "~ Much agreed unto. ~"
 
Aleaic is about to ask a question, but thinks better of it. He instead goes with a simpler theme.
 
"I love you."
 
Tsunami smiles widely, though hidden by the direction her head is in.. she sheds a last tear, one hopefully meant to be the last. For now is only there room in her mind for happier thoughts. She opts for the simple approach too. "~ I 'love' you. ~"
 
Al snuggles just a bit more.
 
In other rooms and matters, Tenchi is learning his 'lessons' in being Linked. Sasami is enjoying her own room once again. Achika is out yet again with Nobuyuki. Washu, Yosho and Keturia are in the Shrine Office just talking. And Kiyone has went back to Heaven for a status update report, as well as to check up on Mayuka's recovery, whom will come back with her, when Kiyone is all said and done.
 
A sentiment apparently now in large quantities in this once frazzled, stretched, and tense hold. They have been tested, and they persevere. And now they look forward to a brighter future, and to any test that comes their way. But the only thoughts in one certain room before they drift off to sleep, is one and only one:
 
'I love her/him......'
 
The soft wind of the night air, lacking even launch sounds, is the only sound heard afterwards.
 
(End Part Seven)
 
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((But not the end................................))
 
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