First off, let me say that this is my first fic written meant to be posted on any site. I will do my best to keep all the characters IC, and will strive to make the story a good one, while attempting to keep continuity straight. Please note that I have only seen the TV versions of Tenchi and TMiL, that’s it (I will however, be avoiding “Shin Tenchi” like the plague), so I have not seen the OAV’s, so there may be some rather large continuity violations, sorry in advance for these, I do not do them knowingly. Since this is my first, please be rather hard with your MST’s. So without further banter by me, I give you my first Tenchi FanFic. Standard DisclaimerJ Tenchi, and all characters made under that series are property of Pioneer and AIC, I am only borrowing them, and plan to give them back when I’m finished. I know neither of those companies will sue me for writing this, unless I make money off it, and I won’t. Warnings: It is possible that a bit of Lemon may appear later on in this fic, I will try to avoid all-out sex, and hope, that at the worst it is strong Lime. I don’t know, since I am making this up as I go. I may take some names from other Anime shows/movies, I’m none too good at Japanese, and I don’t want a stupid sounding name ruining my fic, so I’ll be taking just names, not the characters. Also, this is an AU/SI of sorts, though the character based on me is hardly god-like and is perfectly capable of being killed off by yours truly, he will not be the main character, and is only there for some flavor. As for the AU part, this takes place about 15 years after the end of the series. SHINJI AND ASUKA FOREVER!!! …..woah, where’d THAT come from. [][][][][][][][]][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]^_^ Tides Of Destruction, Tides Of Vengeance Written By: max_sterling83@yahoo.com Funaho, Empress of Jurai, watched the vid-screen intently with a bemused look on her face, in her mind feelings of amusement and pride swelled in her as she watched the primitive technological dance before her. She had only found out about this recently, and, ever since, had watched with great interest as it played out. She was not the only one watching, many other races had learned of what was happening in the protected area, and was also taking a great interest, also, the Galaxy Police were taking up defensive positions around the entry vectors of the Sol system to prevent any outside interference. The cause of all this attention and protection was a large, primitive (at least by others standards) spacecraft that was approaching the fourth planet in the Sol system, a colony ship moving towards Mars, carrying over 200 civilians, scientists, and military personnel, was about to land, and in doing so, begin the construction of Earths first extra-planetary colony. Funaho watched as the large ship made planetfall, and hundreds of Terrans left the ship for the first time in two years. Funaho couldn’t contain her smile as a dream of the entire Terran race came to fruition. Even though she had lived on Jurai for over 700 years, Funaho still retained a strong link with her ancestral home, and was very well known for the vehemence in which she protected it. She would fight in the Juraian council endlessly to keep the planet Earth as inviolate as possible, and had, on more than one occasion, stopped one royal house or another from exploiting Earth as an economic resource. She had an easier time of keeping her adoptive people in check in regards to Earth with the help of her sister-empress Misaki. On several occasions, they had joined together to stop raiders or other military powers from making Sol as base of operations, and had been instrumental in making the GP the only organization with any say on who got to Earth and who didn’t. “The Terran Race has the right to make its own path without the un-needed interference of other races, the same right all races have.” Was just one of her many things that she said to make her point. And now, she watched with open pride as her people took their first tentative steps into space. It would only be a matter of time now until Earth became more capable in space travel, and diplomatic teams would be sent from both Jurai and the GP to welcome Earth into the fold of space-faring races. Until then, Funaho would remain vigilant. A high pitched, but level voice called to her from behind. “Funaho, are you there?” “Yes, Misaki, I’m at my console.” Soft steps are heard as Misaki, walks over to the door. “We have another message from Sasami.” Said Misaki. Funaho smiled, happy to hear from her niece “Great! Its been what, 6 months now since her last one?” “Seven actually, the last one was about her being pregnant.” “Well, lets see this one now, I miss her, and these messages make it easier.” “Allright.” *Authors Note: A little back-story here. This fic takes place after a story I wrote that I never was able to post, as that story goes, 10 years after the series ends, Ayeka and Sasami are called back to Jurai, Ayeka goes with a tearful goodbye to Tenchi and Ryoko, who were married a time earlier.(Ayeka stayed as a close family friend, and a kind of third parent to Tenchi’s and Ryoko’s daughter, Kira.) Sasami, however doesn’t want to go as she is in love with a Terran by the name of Alex Kernskey, a US Marine stationed in Japan (NOT the SI character) whom she met while shopping with Ryoko and Tenchi (She spends years on Earth, you think shes going to vegetate in the house constantly). Ayeka takes the situation to her mother, and Misaki relents to letting Sasami stay on Earth, but not after meeting the Terran in question. Sasami merges with Tsunami, and shortly after THAT, marries Alex. Azusa becomes furious at another Terran being brought into the Juraian Royal Bloodline, comes damn near to declaring war on Earth, but stops when he is informed that the only way he could take and keep Earth would be through ground based combat, and it is pointed out that while the Juraian Knights are good, fighting cornered US Marines on their own turf would be VERY expensive, so he settles down. After that story, Earth begins colonization efforts, and Sasami becomes pregnant with her first child. Thus bringing us to this fic. *End Authors Note Misaki walks over to the console, open a small port and inserts a small crystal into it, moments later a holographic picture of Sasami appears, she is obviously pregnant, her blue hair is pulled back into a single shoulder-length ponytail, while she is older than the last time she set foot on Jurai, she still has a youthful air about her, and her eyes still gleam with a touch of childlike mischief. Then the Hologram recording began to speak. “ Hello mother, hello Aunt Funaho, Its been a while since I talked to you last, sorry, I’ve been a bit busy.” As Sasami says that she has a smile on her face, and raised one hand to the bulge above her waist. “Anyway, I thought now would be a good time to send a message, especially with what’s going on with Mars and all, I guess the Terrans will be making the Galactic scene sometime in the next fifty years or so.” “Its been rather exciting here, celebrations all over the world for several reasons.” “I never really noticed how much can happen in 7 months.” “First, the Mars colony, which is all that is talked about here now, then the creation of the United Earth Alliance.” “That is one of the big reasons I wanted to call. The Terrans have finally made a unified planetary government, so all the resources on this planet are at its disposal.’ “The talk of overpopulation has come up again, and with good reason, with 12 billion people on this world now, its getting pretty cramped, they’re even rationing food and water in some nations.” “So the UEA has decided that the only way for Earth to remain habitable is to colonize other worlds.” “Already larger, hyperspace-capable ships are in production, and already worlds around Alpha Centauri, Vega, and Essex sectors are slated to be colonized in the next 5 years.” “This will undoubtedly put them in contact with other races, and Terra isn’t ready for that yet, I don’t know what can be done, but something need to be.” “Well, onto less stressful things, I’m due in another 3 months, I don’t know if it’s a boy or a girl, Alex and I want that to be a surprise, but were leaning towards the names being Shinji for it’s a boy, or Miriya if it’s a girl.” “Well, that’s all I really have time to say, Alex and I are working on a nursery, give Ayeka my love, love you, and I hope you decide to come when the baby is born, Bye.” And with that the holographic display flickered and powered down. Misaki sat with tears in her eyes, still looking at where the hologram had been. “Ooh, My little Sasami is going to be a mother.” Funaho then spoke. “I hope we have time to get to Earth when its time for the baby to be born” “As do I, I wonder though…” “What?” “Will Azusa accept her child as a part of the royal lineage, or will he view Sasami’s child as he does Tenchi and his family?” Funaho considered this, it was something she never really gave thought to. “I certainly hope he accepts them, he really has no reason to deny any of them…But if he does, Sasami will raise him as a normal Terran, and probably not even think about the throne, she never has wanted it anyway.” WHEW!!! Sorry if this was rather boring, the stroy is just getting started, so please, bear with me on this. End of Part one, I wanted to make this a giant one-shot, but I really want to get this posted, AND, I want it MST’d, I know, I’m asking for an MST. But hey, these are for entertainment, and I want to know if I’m any good, and I want to know any glaring mistakes I made, MST’s are the best way. Just to let you know Alex Kernskey is NOT repeat NOT the SI character, that one probably won’t be showing up for a while. This story is (I hope) one in a long series, and I again hope to have one installment every 3 weeks. So, MST away, especially Bryan Weber, Peter Suziki, and the Author of “Causality”, and I certainly cant forget Ksawarrior or the crew of the JERDI, I love you work and would be honored if you did mine. "Hello, and Goodbye, as always" Evan "Paladin" Ulven max_sterling83@yahoo.com