Tenchi Muyo Fan Fiction ❯ Wormhole lift ❯ O� sont les hommes? ( Chapter 7 )

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

seven: Où sont les hommes?

felt exhausted, he had spent most of the night in Washu's lab, at Ryoko 's bedside. He heard soft footsteps behind him and immediatly recognised who the visitor was.

"... 'Morning Aeka, how are you?" His voice was thick with exhaustion.

"I'm fine, thank you lord Tenchi, but it is already six, you really should go and have some sleep or else miss Washu will have to take care of you too. I'm sure you'd rather not bother her, would you?" The first crown princess of Jurai replied with the slightest hint of humour.
young man paled at this, knowing all too well what the purple-haired girl was referring to. It was really surprising that the mad scientist hadn't tried one of her trick to get a sample from her favourite guinea pig yet. Not even once. He decided he'd better not push his luck too far and got up, streching his back. "How's Sasami?" He asked in a jaw breaking yawn.

"You don't need to worry, lord Tenchi. She woke up during the night after one of her... you know... nightmares. The effects of miss Washu's medication was over, but then she was conscious enough to understand that Ryoko was alive and safe when I told her. After that, she slept very peacefully, I think she's going to be all right and will probably come here as soon as she wakes up."

"Well, that's a relief, I hated seeing her like this!" What he kept for himself was that the little girl reaction had painfully reminded him of the day he had learned his mother's death... That was something he certainly didn't want to live again . "Hum, I think I'll get some rest. Are you going to stay here?"
simply nodded and waved him good night.
he got out of the closet, he was greeted by the sight of the cat-like woman sleeping soundly on the couch in the living room. He frowned, he had to admit he wasn't too fond of his new guests. Honestly, who would be? One was a dreaded mercenary who almost killed someone he cared for. Another had killed many people out of cowardice. The guy was still a mistery and the last one was nothing more than an assassin. Each of them had way too much blood on their hands. He hoped they would leave soon.feckish, he headed for the kitchen. He was surprised to find his father and the other man there, preparing the breakfast.

"Oh, hi Tenchi, how are you? How's Ryoko?" asked his father after a quick look over his shoulder.
boy sat at the table. "She's fine, sleeping just like a baby. Aeka's watching her."
smiled and winked at his son. "Aeka? Mmmh, maybe they will get along much better after that, you're such a lucky boy my son!"
large sweatdrop appeared on Tenchi's forehead. He wouldn't call the last events a stroke of luck. He then noticed the plate full of food in front of him, brought by the chestnut-haired man. "Thank you..." he said, looking at the older man who sat in front of him with another plate.

"You're welcome, and I should be the one to thank you allowing us to stay here after all that happened. I should also aplogize..." Gavel stated.
cut him off. "No, you don't need to apologize. It's not your fault, you've even been hurt when you saved Aeka's life. We owe you a lot."

"But maybe things wouldn't have degenerated that much if I hadn't intervened, if I had let Broke do as she intented, if I hadn't taken their guns away..."
was Noboyuki's turn to interrupt him. "The world is not made with 'if' and 'maybe', things could have turned out worse too, we are lucky it ended like that."
felt somewhat proud of his father. Sure, he was an hopeless hentai but he was able of some good sparkles of wisdom sometimes. When his mother died, he had been the rock the little child could hang on to, although he was as distraught as his son.

"And my son's gonna have two of the most beautiful and powerful women in the galaxy as wives, now that they are friends!" He said, his eyes gleaming with joy.
boy heavily fell off his chair. The moment of grace was already over. "Dad! Stop saying such nonsenses! Our guest is going to think we are some kind of perverses!"

"Uh? What are wives?"
fell again, imitated by his father. "What do you mean? You don't know what a wife is?"
shook his head negatively. "Maybe it wasn't inserted in the Neuronal Language Teaching Inducer... Wait a minute... width, wield, wife, wig... No, it's there, but I can't find the equivalent in my language. Is it an insult?" He frowned as he said the last words. He didn't like the idea of two girls being insulted, even if he didn't know them.

"What?" squealed both son and father.

"No... of course not!" Tenchi stammered. "D'you really not know what a wife is?"

"I believe it's just what I said..." replied Gavel patiently.
blinked several times. "Uh, yes, sorry... Err, well, you see, a wife is what a woman becomes when she weds..."
outer man looked at him pleadingly. "When she...?"
Masakis's mouths gaped wide open, allowing flies to explore the inside as they stared stunned at the strange guy sitten in their kitchen.
how things can be completly different... except for beercans of course, and matches...

Planet of the High Parliament of the Galaxy Federation...

"... And now, Senator Masashi, from Gernower Systema."
whole Congress Palace calmed down when the representative of one of the most powerful govermnents in the Galaxy Federation walked solemnly to the middle of the agora. He was a tall man with raven hair, well, everything in him evoked the black bird, from his long nose to his little sunken eyes and the large shoulders.

"Honourable colleagues, you certainly know about the strange deaths and disappearances of the last five years. It always hit eminent people, directors of high administration, leaders of powerful families or commercial companies, even famous artists. You also know the Galaxy Police investigated with no result at all. What you ignore is that I've myself been attacked two months ago..."
and cries of indignation could be heard throughout the whole audience. Masashi savoured the impact of his words for a few minutes then held his hands up to ask for silence.

"Fortunately, I was fast enough to stop my murderer and even capture him!"
rumble filled the room. A tall man on the upper levels with a tanned skin and elfic features asked "Why did you wait so long before telling us that?"

"I would have, if I hadn't suspected that there were traitors in the Galaxy Police who would have eliminated my prisoner. It is even possible there are here, amongst us..."
angrier rumble answered him this time, but already there were deputies who were looking at each other suspisciously. Masashi smirked, everything was going very well, it was almost too easy.
deputy, Yohelein Fouet, representative of the commercial alliance of the system of Shesheya, spoke. "When you throw such accusations, you should bring proofs..."

"That's the reason I kept it secret." Masashi cut him off. "If I was going to have any chance to discover who was really behind this assassination attempt, I had to work on my own..."
Shesheya system was the first rival in the Masashi's family economic interests. Of course, that put them on top of the list of suspects. Everybody knew that. And Shesheya's links with the Jurai imperial family would make the following even better for Masashi.
held his arms up again. "... What I discovered was beyond any belief. What I've discovered is the worse threat for the Galactic Federation and the Autonomous Systems Alliance. It is something so incredible that you'll think I've lost my mind. And if I were you, I would think the same way. But when I 'll finish my story and present my proofs to you, I'm sure you shall agree with me. And with me you shall ask and vote for the application of the Gyaccon Treaty."
whole assembly gasped in shock. The application of the Gyaccon Treaty meant nothing else than war. It had never been used since it had been signed by every members of the GF. Its purpose was to unify the armies of the different governments under the same commandment to face a mutual ennemy. But who was this sudden ennemy who was so powerful they had to create such an armada?

"Are you crazy Masashi? There's no one in the whole galaxy who could justify we levy such an army! The GF is the most powerful galactic society besides the empire of Jurai. Even the ASA couldn't compete with us if they wanted to, and they are too selfish to even consider it." It was Yohelein again. A few other deputies were nodding in agreement. The cost for such an operation was simply undescribable. "What are your evidences, Masashi? And first, who are they? Are we attacked by aliens?" he finished laughing.
smirked smugly. "I'd like to share your amusement, dear colleague, but I can't. The threat is real. As for who our ennemy is, of course it can't be nor the ASA, neither outer aliens.They are closer than that. They have always been here, controlling the instruments of our own administration under the table. Eliminating those who were hindering their plans of hegemony. You just mentionned them too, and you know them very well, don't you, deputy Fouet?"
's laugh died in his throat as he paled in realization. "You... You can't mean..."
heavy silence had fallen on the assembly. When Masashi spoke, his voice resonated like thunder. "Yes, I do! The one who commenditated those crimes is the Empire of Jurai!!!" This time, everybody was too shoked to reply.smirked again, it was something really scarying to see. ".... And here are my evidences and, alas, an uncomplete list of their spies and accomplices..."
the giant screen that appeard behind him, a sequence of pictures of people flashed by and a little summary of their activities for the juraian empire, with compromising records and documents. There was of course Yohelein and some of his friends. They were quickly placed under arrest in spite of their outraged shouts.

"Now my friends, I will show you why the Gyaccon Treaty is necessary, besides the juraian fleet is at the moment the most powerful one in the galaxy." This time the holoprojector produced a 3D picture of Earth. "It seems the Jurai imperial family is not using this little backwater planet only for vacation. They are hosting very dangerous people..." The Earth was replaced by pictures of Gavel, Broke, Ryoko, Tiffany and Washu with datas of their skills. "We have prooves that the juraian royalty made a contract with the mad scientist Washu to provide them with other cabbits and soldiers as powerful as the infamous Ryoko."
With that, he played a track where Washu and the queen Funaho could be seen walking down numerous stairs...

imperial palace

"It's a disaster, lady Funaho, about 73% of our cover agents are discovered." The first empress of Jurai was apparently listening calmly to the young officer. Inside she was literally melting in rage. Honestly, how would you feel if you just learned that your lifespan work had just been destroyed. Especially when you were around three thousand years old... Three thousand years of peace and commercial improvement for her empire. Of course it had sometimes required...drastic measures, but that was always better than let Misaki, chief of the armies, take care of the problem. How had this Masashi discovered so much about it? There could only be traitors in the intelligence service! Anyway, now everything was down because of this man. Should she have known, she would have ordered his death before all of this happened. But he had never been considered as a threat for the interests of the empire. His disappearance had been classified as an internal settling of scores of the GF. He must have received the help of someone else, he hadn't enough guts, nor brain, to try such a machination all by himself...
snapped out of her thoughts when the officer spoke once again. "Masashi's private fleet is reported to be moving towards the Sol system. They will be joined by Galaxy Police special assault forces ships."
announce that to Misaki and their husband wasn't going to be easy!

"Their meeting point is Pluto, in two days..." The officer was fidgeting nervously.
easy at all!!! She sighed loudly. "Please, summon the Holy Counsel. I'm going to get my sister queen myself..."

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