This fan fiction occurs after the events of Tenchi the Movie 2: The Daughter of Darkness (aka "Manatsu no Eve" [Midsummer's Eve]). It is also based on the OAVs and other tidbits of the Tenchi Muyo! Universes. The Tenchi Muyo! Universes and characters are the creation and possession of AIC and Pioneer. I do not claim them. But I wrote the storyline to "The Dark Jurai". Characters that are made up such as Jurai Ankoku-ou are my idea. Please email me if you want to use anything of mine. Note: The fight scenes from here on in can get fairly Dragon Ball Z-ish, but hey, Tenchi Muyo has energy attacks, too (beam swords, blasts out of the hands, etc.)! And Dragon Ball Z is copyright Toei Animation! Note: Jinmingmei = Tsunami The Dark Jurai - Chapter 17 - "Escape from Shulei" by Timothy Turner email: juraijin@aol.com http://gundamotaku.terrashare.com The sun rose from behind the mountains on Shulei. The sky was lit in a beautiful array of oranges and reds. The mist added a soft, lazy atmosphere to the sunrise. Aolong had a terrible headache. All he remembered was starting a fight with Kaitu. He remembered nothing after that. It seemed that his master intended on listening to his parents rather than him. He heard his parents conversing outside the door. Still lying down on the ground, he pretended to remain unconscious. "So, Aoli. What do you intend to do with our son?," Aolong's mother asked. "Aolong is completely out of control," the emperor stated, "I have no choice but to use the seal. I will prepare the seal and begin channeling my energy into the Tiandijian." "Do you really think it is necessary?," Baoliu shook her head. "Yes," Aoli nodded, "Our son is too powerful for his own good. If we don't do something fast our empire will fall to the foreign devils," Aoli shuddered in disgust, "Worthless bunch of barbarians and liars. I should have given the order to use our full power and lay waste to their entire planet! If Jinmingmei wouldn't have sided with our pompous brethren we could have just sat back and let her do all the work!!!!! We don't need the foreigners' technology!" "That's enough, Aoli!," Baoliu barked, "They may be foreign but they have souls, too!" "You're as insane as Aolong! I shouldn't have married a commoner!," Aoli boiled, "At any rate, I shall ready the seal!," he opened the door to the room Aolong was in. "Fine!," Aolong's mother stormed out of the room. Aolong had his eyes open barely enough to see what was going on. The emperor looked in at Aolong through the door, "Arrogant son I have. I'll teach him a lesson." Aoli muttered some more things under his breath and slammed the door. "If that's what you think of me then I have no purpose being here," Aolong pushed himself off the bed he was on. "So. They don't care about me. I'll just have to leave out of here...with the Tiandijian again. We don't want to have a seal on our hands now; do we?" The headache was wearing off. "Time to make a serious escape again. This time, without Kaitu getting in the way. If he's asleep I can make a break for it." The prince got up and exercised a little, making no noise. This was his last stand if he wanted to get off Shulei; he would need all the pre-escape warm-up time he could get. Meanwhile at the landing site, Kiyone was using a laser cutter to cut the tree that had fallen on Yagami. This particular tree was average size but it had caused a large crack in the hull. The damage was obvious ever since Kiyone had come back to the site. "Mihoshi!," Kiyone called, "Help me move these wood blocks!." No answer. "Maybe she'll be here in a minute," Kiyone began to lift a very heavy block. Well, the block was a little TOO heavy. "MIHOSHI!," Kiyone began to strain. Mihoshi was on board her ship cleaning up the mess that the fight between Aolong and Kaitu had made. The shockwaves went a long way and all of her books and belongings were strewn about. She had made the decision to work with a set of headphones on. Kiyone couldn't take it anymore. The block was getting extremely heavy. She couldn't just drop it or it would smash her foot. The poor GP officer let out a last cry for help. "MIHOSHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" "Huh?," the blond GP officer removed her headphones. "OOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!," the cry echoed through the woods, stirring the animals. A few minutes later... Mihoshi was applying first aid to her injured partner, "I'm sorry, Kiyone! I was cleaning my ship and I heard you cry at the last second and... I'm sorry..." Mihoshi sniffled. "It's okay... Don't worry. My right leg and foot got hurt some... OW!, Kiyone winced in pain. Mihoshi jumped, startled at Kiyone's sudden scream, "I'm sorry!" "I told you," the teal haired officer slumped, "Don't worry about it. *sigh*" "I wonder how Tenchi is doing?," Mihoshi tied more bandages and dressing around Kiyone's leg. "I wonder what's going to happen to Aolong? And what is going to happen to our home galaxy?" "I don't know the answer to any of those questions. In any case, and at any rate...we have support. But will it suffice? I don't think the number of ships suggested by Aoli will help us at all. It will only postpone the total fall of the Light Jurai Empire. It will become inevitable at this rate that we will have no future." "But you didn't make a guess as to what will happen to Aolong, Kiyone," Mihoshi finished tending to the wounds. "That is up to the emperor," Kiyone stood up, "Let's get to fixing Yagami. We need to patch the hull and check the systems before we go. We'll probably leave in about a day or less. Who knows, we may even leave tonight. We'll have to wait and get Tenchi to tell us the details." "Okay!," Mihoshi got up and went with Kiyone into Yagami. Mitsuki enjoyed having another chance at living. Her life had been spared many times in the field. And it was all because of the common people. How did she thank them? She killed them of course. The double agent had really made a mess this time. There was blood all over the inside of the hut. And she had killed someone that seemed of very high importance. What was a man like this doing in a run down place? There was no time to think. Her victims had already screamed and attracted other people nearby. They were gathering just outside the door. She took one last look at the man. There was an imperial seal like that of Jurai's embroidered on his clothing. Was he a diplomat? A surveyor? Who knew? Mitsuki had to escape fast, though the villagers were no match for her she decided to let them live. The Dark Jurai military forces would learn of Shulei's location soon and the fleet would exterminate them fast enough. After blanking her face with magic she jumped straight up through the roof and suppressed her ki. The villagers saw Mitsuki and pursued her as she ran on the rooftops. But after a few minutes she lost them. Back at the village the people summoned the village elder to come to the healer's hut. The sight was horrific. Blood and debris were scattered over the small hut. And more shockingly, one of the royal children was dead on the floor. "This is terrible," the elder's head sank, "The emperor will be out for blood now. And he won't rest until he finds whoever did this." Aoli had went and brought the Tiandijian back to the room where Aolong was being held. The sword had to be within a certain radius of the person to be sealed or it wouldn't work. Aoli opened the door with Baoliu at his side. Aolong had been through with his warm-ups a long time and had been waiting for this confrontation. The emperor looked at Aolong with a cold look, "Are you ready to be punished?" "I don't think that's going to happen," Aolong balled his fists up and took a fighting stance. Aoli laughed, "I don't think you will have the energy to do anything after I drain you of your energy. You won't even stand a chance of escaping the palace!" "In that case!," Aolong summoned his Light Hawk Wings, "I'll just have to take the sword again. And since in all probability Kaitu is exhausted I will make a clean getaway! Hahaha!" The prince morphed his Light Hawk Wings into armor, gloves and boots. "That does it! You are an ungrateful child and a huge disgrace to the Shulei Royal family! Prepare to receive your punishment!" Aoli lifted the Tiandijian as Aolong charged him. After uttering a few words the room brightened. Aolong threw his arms to shield his eyes, "What...What is that!?!" The light got brighter, "UWAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!" The room immediately returned to its normal lighting. "Did it work?," Aoli looked at Aolong, who had his arms thrown up to block the light. Aolong looked up and laughed, "Haha! My energy is as normal as it has ever been! You fool!" he charged his own father and punched him in the stomach. "That's for calling me arrogant!," he said, and ran out the door after taking the Tiandijian. "Call...the guards!," Aoli fainted. Aolong ran to Tenchi's quarters and stuck his head in the door. "Tenchi!," he cheered, "Let's go! My life here is over! I longer need anyone or anything here!" "But!...," Tenchi hesitated. Aolong ran out of the room and Tenchi and company followed. The young Shuleian prince had no problems clearing the guards. After that he had a clear shot to the waiting ships. Tenchi ran as fast as he could to catch his distant relative, "Aolong!" Ryoko flew beside Tenchi, "It's no use! We'll have to meet him at our ships!" "But what will Aoli do?," Tenchi asked. "Now that Aolong has the Tiandijian Aoli will stop at nothing to get it back!" Just as Tenchi said that, Aoli gave the order to send Shulei's defense fleet of 500 (very powerful) ships after Aolong. Several minutes later Aolong had reached the ships. Tenchi and Ryoko weren't far behind. Tenchi was partly exhausted, "What has gotten into you?!" "We have to go!," Aolong pointed up. "Why!?," Tenchi snapped. Complying with Aolong's gesture he looked up and saw why. Part of Shulei's fleet had appeared below the clouds. The ships looked a lot like Jurai ships on the other side of the beacon. "We'll return the Tiandijian!," Ryoko waved at the ships hoping they would see her. But the attempt failed. The ships began firing on the site. "Ryo-Ohki! Transform!," Ryoko commanded. "Mya!," the cabbit jumped up and transformed. Kiyone and Mihoshi were inside Yagami when the Shuleian ships began firing on them. "What the!?," Kiyone got up and walked to the communications panel despite her injured foot. "What's going on? Why is everything shaking?" Ryoko had teleported into Ryo-Ohki, "The Shuleian ships are firing on us! Aolong has really done it! The emperor has probably ordered all of us to death!" "What!?!," Mihoshi jumped up. Kiyone turned to Mihoshi, "Get back to your ship! We're pulling out!" "What about Yagami!?," Mihoshi asked. "If we sit here we're dead! Never mind Yagami! Right now we have to survive! Now get back to your ship!," Kiyone ran to Yagami's bridge. Mihoshi escaped to her ship. All of the ships took off with the Shuleian defense fleet following them. At full speed they reached the beacon field in no time. The automated defense turrets began their fire on the ships. Tenchi concentrated his ki and used Ryu-Oh's Light Hawk Wings to protect the other ships. Kiyone was doing fine in Yagami until a laser hit Yagami's hull. The computer screen read "hull breach". "What?!," Kiyone shook. "It can't be!" Another laser struck Yagami. The tree that had fallen earlier had smashed Yagami's shield generator. "The shields are down!," Kiyone cried in absolute fear. Aolong heard this on the communications channel and decided it was time to show off his full power. The young prince began to get up. Tenchi looked toward his kin, "What are you going to do?" Aolong grinned, "Go out into space, of course." "Are you insane!?!," Tenchi gasped. "If you don't know, your Light Hawk Wings will protect you from the harsh environment of space," the prince activated his Light Hawk Wings. Tenchi remembered the black hole and ceased arguing with Aolong. Aolong teleported outside of Ryu-Oh and began blasting turrets with his energy. He also charged the turrets, punching and kicking them with amazing speed. A path to the beacon was cleared in a matter of minutes. Aolong had left the beacon alone because he suspected it was the doorway to the other realm of Shulei. He had heard the amazing tales from Kaitu about how Yosho had come through a giant doorway from the other realm. Ryoko was awestruck at Aolong's power and the results of quick work, "We're clear!" Everyone went through the beacon field with almost no trouble. But the Shuleian fleet followed them. Aolong had gotten back on board Ryu-Oh before crossing and was still charged with power from his wings. "Any more?," Aolong stretched. "Yeah! Get out there! We're going to come under fire in another few seconds!," Tenchi concentrated harder. Aolong went outside again and cleared another path. The Shuleian defense fleet stayed back and waited on everyone to clear the field. The fleet concentrated on defending themselves from nearby turrets Aolong didn't get. After clearing the second field on the other side of the beacon Aolong went inside Ryu-Oh and rested. Tenchi relaxed as well and sighed in relief, "That was close. But you saved us all." Kiyone came on screen, "Thanks Aolong." Mihoshi cheered, "Yay! Thanks! We're still alive!" "Don't mention it," the green haired warrior wiped the sweat off his brow. Mitsuki was in Mihoshi's ship's cargo bay, End of Chapter 17