Tenchi Muyo Fan Fiction ❯ The World Of Endless Tears ❯ The Silver Kitten Is Born ( Chapter 3 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Saiyan Moon Goddess: "I thought I would never update. I'm having MAJOR writer's block. To many things to think about."

"By the way, guys! Guess what? Yesterday was my birthday!"

~The World of Endless Tears~ By Saiyan Moon Goddess

~Chapter 3: The Silver Kitten Is Born~

Sasami hummed happily to herself as she cooked dinner. She would have everything ready for when Tenchi and Ryoko came back. Right now, Tenchi and his wife had left to the city to do some shopping. Washu was busy in her lab with another experiment.

"This is so great!" Sasami said. "Tenchi and Ryoko will love this!"

Just then, Washu ran into the kitchen. "Sasami!" She looked really worried.

Sasami turned to the mad scientist, confused at her outburst. "What's wrong Washu-san?"

"Something has gone terribly wrong!" Washu yelled. "I was testing my new Universal Scanner and I discovered the something horrible!"

"What is it? Your scaring me, Washu-san." Sasami cowered a little.

"Planet Jurai is gone!"

"Nani? What do you mean gone?"

"Gone! As in 'no longer there'! Gone as in 'it disappeared'!" Washu yelled.

Sasami gasped. "But how can a whole planet just disappear like that?"

"That's the other thing." Washu said. "I kept using the scanner to see if I could locate it."

"And?"

"I found the planet's particles scattered through the area where it once was."

Sasami took a panicked expression as well. "You mean..."

"Hai, Sasami, Planet Jurai has been destroyed."

Sasami fell to her knees in shock, tears forming in her eyes, dinner suddenly forgotten. Before either of them could say another word, they heard the front door slide open forcefully, and they heard two pairs of feet running into the kitchen behind Washu. They turned to see who it was.

The scientist and the girl gasped as they saw two exhausted girls. Both had their clothes torn, a few bruises, and looked like they had run through all Japan and back.

"Ayeka! Kiyone!" said Sasami. "What happened?!"

"Sit down." said Ayeka. "This is a long story."

"Where are Ryoko and Tenchi?" said Kiyone.

"Out in the city." Sasami replied slowly, weakly.

"Oh no." Ayeka said, her eyes widening.

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"Tenchi, let's go there! I want ice cream!"

"Okay, Ryoko. Just calm down."

They continued on their way through the streets, Ryoko feeding the third cone to Ryo-ohki.

Ryoko was, according to Washu, due to give birth any day now. It's only been seven months since Tenchi got her pregnant, and her child grew and matured faster than a human child. Not only was this the baby of the powerful ex-space pirate Ryoko, but also the Prince of Jurai Tenchi's as well. This kid would grow to be powerful, they knew. They hoped to have a peaceful life in the Masaki shrine. Never to worry again about fighting anymore life-threatning enemies. Still, Ryoko wanted to train her kid in case of emergency and have her/him prepared.

So far, they had done little shopping, more like sight-seeing since they rarely visited the big cities. They mostly bought some new things for their upcoming bundle of joy. Ryoko enjoyed every second she got to spend with her husband.

"Where can we go next?" Ryoko asked as she finished her ice cream.

"How about the movie theather?" Tenchi suggested. "I heard there are good movies showing this month."

"Sounds great! Let's go!" Ryoko pulled Tenchi along.

"Ryoko, careful!"

"I'm fine, Tenchi! Stop worrying so much."

The couple reached a huge fountain at the center of the city square. Two dolphins surrounding a human male and a mermaid decorated its center. Ryoko and Tenchi stopped beside it and Ryoko stared at it with lively golden eyes.

"Look, Tenchi, that's so romantic!" Ryoko said, a smiled gracing her red lips.

Tenchi glanced at the fountain. "It sure is." He smiled at her. He pulled her closer to it and they stood right in front of the mermaid and the human statue. Tenchi placed a hand on her shoulder and the other on her chin. Ryoko placed her hands on his shoulders. They closed their eyes, leaned in, and kissed. Ryoko's large belly pressed against Tenchi, so the pair couldn't kiss deeper.

A flash and a strange sound brought them back from their own little world. They looked down to their right and saw a boy about nine years old with a camera grining at them.

"This is great!" he said. "I'll give this picture to my dad and he can write that romance novel he's been crazy to do." With his price in hand, he ran off.

Ryoko chuckled amusingly as they watched the boy leaving. "What a noisy, kid."

Tenchi took his wife chin and turned her head softly back to him. "Don't say that, honey. We'll be having one soon."

Ryoko grin and shrugged. "Yeah, I guess." Ryo-Ohki meowed on her shoulder.

"Shall we go then?" Tenchi held out his arm, which Mrs. Masaki gladly accepted.

As they were about 10 meters away from the fountain, the thing suddenly exploted into trillions of particles behind their backs. The force from the explotion send Tenchi crashing into Ryoko's back. They cried out in surprise. Tenchi turned and made it so Ryoko fell on top of him instead of squashing her belly on the hard ground.

Frightened screams from the citizens nearby ran in their ears as Tenchi sat up, helping Ryoko up into a sitting position as well. People ran around like crazy around the city square. Some cars on the streets crashed and smoke rose from where the fountain once was.

"Tenchi, what's going on?" Ryoko said as she held on to her husband tightly.

"I don't know, Ryoko, I don't know." Tenchi held her close and glanced at his surroudings to see if he could find the source of the chaos.

*She's here, I can feel it.*

Tenchi and Ryoko both gasped. Where had that loud voice come from?

"Well, what do we have here?"

The couple turned to the owner of the new voice and saw a bishounen with long beautiful blue hair and lime green eyes. He gave them a smirk which turned his face more attractive.

"I have a price here." he said. "I can feel power in both of you."

"Who are you?!" Tenchi said, glaring.

"My name is Katu." the man said. "I'm helping my master in his search. You do look powerful, but it must be up to him to decide whether or not one of you is the one he's looking for." He started floating away.

"Hey, wait!" Tenchi called after as both he and Ryoko stood from the floor. Katu ignored him and starting destroying the city and killing the people who were running away.

"NO!" Tenchi took out Tenchi-ken and the sword's blade came to life. Tenchi was prepared to protect the people and his love from harm. But just as the hero prepared to go after Katu, a black ball of purple flames appeared before him.

"Tenchi, look over there!" Ryoko warned him.

The two stared at the sphere took form. As the flames disappeared, a man was left floating in mid air. Long silvery hair went to his shoulders, tan skin, and eyes as blue as ice opened to stared at the couple. He smirked.

"I'm looking for the one with silver hair." was the very first thing he said.

Tenchi and Ryoko were confused by his words. The man floated closer to them, apparently approching Ryoko. "I know she's here. I can feel it."

Reliazation came on both of them when they recognized his voice as the loud one that speaked earlier before Katu appeared.

Tenchi stepped between the mysterious man and his wife, weilding his blade. "Don't come any closer! You lay a hand on my wife and I'll cut off a lot more than just that."

"Tenchi." Ryoko whispered.

The man chuckled. "Who are you to stand in my way, boy?" The way he talked remind them of Kagato.

"Tenchi Masaki." Tenchi replied. "And I won't hesitate to use the power of Jurai against you!"

"Jurai, huh?" the man laughed this time. "That dead planet? You might as well give up."

"I won't!"

Ryoko stared between the two. What did that man want exactly? It couldn't be her that he was after, right? He talked about someone with silver hair. But her hair is cyan, not silver. In her pregnant state, she could only watch as Tenchi dashed foward to attack the man directly. Tenchi went over his head with the Tenchi-ken, and the sword...

collided with an invisible shield.

"TENCHI, LOOK OUT!" Ryoko cried.

The man dressed in robes send a huge energy ball crashing with Tenchi's chest. The prince of Jurai was sent flying over thirty metres away and left a crater on the ground.

"My name is Shi." said the smirking man. "Pray that you live to remember it."

"TENCHI!" Ryoko teleported to her loves side, with Ryo-Ohki still hanging on to her, and held him up. "Tenchi, say something!"

Tenchi groaned and opened his eyes. "Are you okay, Ryoko?"

"Forget about me!" yelled the worried Ryoko. "Did he hurt you badly?"

"Aw, what a sweet reunion." Shi appeared behind them. "It's a shame I have to...interrupt it."

Ryoko turned and glared. "You hurt my Tenchi." Her body glowed with power. "I won't forgive you!"

"Ryoko, don't, please!" Tenchi cried out weakly. "You can use your powers! You can hurt the baby!"

Ryoko then came to her senses and calmed down. "He's right." he muttered. She held Tenchi's hand tightly. "Hold on, Tenchi! This will be a long ride!"

"Ryoko, what are-" Tenchi was unable to finish that sentence as the two teleported out of the scene.

Shi merely chuckled. Katu appeared behind him. "Master, Yoko and Kumichi are back."

"Good." said Shi. "Search the planet. I want the silver one alive."

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Ryoko used a great deal of her power to teleport Tenchi, Ryo-Ohki, and herself to a city miles away from the one they were in. They materialized inside an alley. So none of the people around noticed their arrival.

"Ryoko, are you crazy?!" Tenchi yelled, crawling over to his wife, who lay on the ground. But he stopped immediatly when his hand touched something wet on the ground. He looked at his hand to find it wet and sticky. Seeing this, he paled.

"Oh, no." Tenchi turned to Ryoko as she sat up and his fears were confirmed.

Her water broke.

Tenchi and Ryoko had no choice but to temporaly forget the earlier incident. They rushed to the nearest hospital.

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Unknown to Tenchi and Ryoko, Shi had already found them by the time Ryoko's baby was born. Shi and his three minions floated over the city Ryoko teleported to.

"Hmmm, the silver one's energy seems...disturbed." said Yoko.

"Find her." said Shi. "I want her alive."

The minions bowed and disappeared into the city.

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"Come on, Mrs. Masaki! One last push!"

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!"

Tenchi held Ryoko's hand, with Ryo-ohki sitting on his shoulder, and tried hard not to faint at the sight of so much blood. The miracle of birth sure looked...uncomfortable.

When the baby came out, Tenchi sighed in relief. Ryoko sigh in both relief and exhaustion and fell back into her bed, panting.

"Well, that was better than what I was described." she said sarcasticly.

"It's a girl!" said a nurse.

Tenchi smiled down at his wife. "What are we going to name her?"

"Give me second." said Ryoko. "I need to get my breath back."

The baby was taken away to be cleaned as her parents discussed about what name to give her. Ryoko was eventually taken to a different room to rest and recover from labor. She wanted to sleep without a care in the world, but something kept her wide awake.

Ryoko sat up in her bed abruptly and gasped.

"Ryoko, what's wrong?" Tenchi asked as went by her side.

Ryoko looked up with wide eyes. "Tenchi, he found us!"

She could feel it as clear as day. Shi's presence, and her minions. One of them was coming to their location. And it was getting dangerously close.

"Tenchi, we have to get out of here."

"We can't leave without our child."

Ryoko grabbed Tenchi's hand. "And we won't." Ryoko jumped out of bed and ran out of the room with the prince.

The couple ran through the hospital corridors as fast as they could. There wasn't a moment to spare. But they didn't know where the hell the nursery was. They asked some nurses and doctors on the way hurriedly, pushing some people out of the way. When they finally came to the nursery, Ryoko let go of Tenchi's hand and went inside herself.

It wasn't that difficult to locate her baby between many others. Her and Tenchi's child had a very bright aura of power, that no normal human baby has. Ryoko followed it to her baby's crib...and recieved a shock. The little baby opened her eyes to gaped up at her mother, the first thing she saw. Like Ryoko, the girl had yellow eyes, her being a more golden tint. But what shocked Ryoko was her hair. Her hair was a beautiful silky silver. Silver!

**I'm looking for the one with silver hair.**

Shi's words came back to her mind. Was he after her daughter? NO! He couldn't have her!

Ryoko felt the evil presence she felt earlier come even closer to the hospital. She took her newborn child into her arms carefully. Taking one last look at the other babies, she prayed for their safety. And she rushed out of the room. The ex-space pirate took Tenchi's hand and teleported out of the hospital.

One thing is true. That was a close one. Ryoko had teleported about a mile away, floating in the air. And from that distance, she heard an explotion. Tenchi and Ryoko turned their heads over their shoulders to see what happened. Their eyes widened horrified.

Where the hospital once stood, there were flames.

To Be Continued...

Saiyan Moon Goddess: "If anyone has suggestions for this fic, they are welcomed. Don't expect the next chapter too soon 'cause I'm still on writer's block."

Anime Allies: "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SMG!!"

DJ: "Wanna see a Linkin Park concert with us?"

Saiyan Moon Goddess: "YOU BET!"

Saiyan Moon Goddess: "But before I go! I want to say grammatical errors will be checked tomorrow. I'm going to bed after this." *walks away* "I can't believe I actually updated this."