A new life after... Prologue by: Mercury Angel at mercury_angel_00@hotmail.com Proclaimer: Standard legal stuff...tenchi muyo is owned by Pioneer entertainment, based on manga series by Hitoshi Okuda. All trademarks and such are copyrighted and owned by who ever. If there's more I'll add some on later fan-fics. Note: This is so my very first fan-fic. Comments are welcome..bad or good. Well on with the show. It was a quiet day in the Masaki household. Quiet as it could get knowing the occupants inside. Yosho and Tenchi were outside somewhere meditating and practicing. Sasami inside the house preparing dinner (with ryo-oki trying to grab a few quick bites now and then). Washu tucked away in her lab in the basement working on 1,000 projects or experiments ( 99% end up exploding or causing the usual chaos in the Masaki family life). Kiyone and Mihoshi off buying groceries. Everyone in the houshold seem to have something to do except for two people, Ayeka and Ryoko. Both managed to finish their half of the household chores early and now had quite some time to burn. Just sitting on the couch in the living room and flipping thru the TV. "So do you have anything to do to pass the time, Ayeka?" Ryoko asked. "Nothing that would concern you." Ayeka quipped. Then it happend the usual flash of spark and rage and it seemed that a battle of battles would soon happen. But something happened instead of hurling a blast of energy at Ayeka. Ryoko attempted to control her anger and try another tactic. "You know I really hate when you act like some stuck up bitch! Here I was trying to engage in some friendly conversation and bam!" Said Ryoko. This surprised Ayeka, who by this time has summoned enough guardain logs to blast Ryoko into kingdom come twice over. Quickly she re-evaluated her tactics and slowly started to calm down. "Your right Ryoko, I shouldn't have replyed like that... it's just that I was pondering about a few things..." Ayeka replyed. Both girls slowly started calm down and both sat back down on the couch. A few minutes passed and once again a dull silence filled the room. "Ryoko may I ask you a question?" Ayeka said. "Sure, what do you want to know?" replyed Ryoko "What would you do if lord Tenchi choose someone else instead of you?" This question took Ryoko completely by surprise. She didn't really plan for something like this normally Ryoko hoped that when everything was done and settled. Tenchi would choose her to spend the rest of his life with. At best if this didn't work out she would probably return to her former life as a space pirate or a new one on earth. "I really don't know... why do you know something that I don't?" There was a dead silence and finally Ayeka spoke. "Well I accidently overheard Nobuyuki talking to Tenchi early this morning and... it seems that Tenchi has already... made a choice between us.." "Well did you hear who he choose?!" Ryoko asked "No... I ran off as soon as I heard Tenchi mentioned this.." Ayeka said with a tone of sadness. Ayeka then broke down into tears and hugged Ryoko. Ryoko held on to Ayeka and started to comfort her. Both Ryoko and Ayeka both knew that this day would come. Although both would glady be happy to spend their lives with Tenchi. They also knew that upon the anouncement of who Tenchi decided upon would drasticlly change the Masaki household for better or... for worse. "So what makes you think that you didn't choose you? For all we know Tenchi could've choosen Kiyone or Mihoshi" Ryoko said trying to mask her fear. "It's just a feeling a got as soon as I heard Tenchi mention it, I felt a sad feeling coming over me." Ayeka replyed. "Ayeka... I just want to let you know... I know this may sound hasty but.. no matter who he chooses... I consider you my best friend despite what we've been through. You maybe right and he may have choosen someone else instead of you. Maybe me or someone else, but no matter what happens lets not let this thing get the better of us. Of all the fights and disagreements that we had. we both can agree that we both love Tenchi with all our heart." Ayeka nodded in agreement. Right now they didn't need to start jumping to silly conclusions and worry over things that may or may not happen. Right now they needed to support each other and await the time when the arrival of Tenchi's decision. Both felt a new feeling of respect and love for each other and that their friendship will endure what ever life decides to throw at it. All of a sudden a blast of energy came ripping thru the living room floor. There was a sudden boom and when everything settled there was a big hole in the floor, furniture destroyed and scatterd, and a smoldering wreck. Ryoko managed to throw the flaming sofa off her back and quickly survyed the area. Everyone else came rushing in as soon as they heard the loud boom. "Damn... Washu you better have a good explanation for this!" said Ryoko wiping the dust off her. Then it her a feeling of fear and panic. "Ayeka!!! Ayeka where are you!!! Can you hear me" Ryoko yelled Sasami was the first one in and saw the wreckage that was once a nicely furnished living room. "Ryoko... What happened and where's Ayeka... Oh my god Ryoko what happend to you!?" Sasami said in panic. "One of Washu's experiments...hurry and help me find Ayeka." Soon everyone else came rushing in and noticed the destruction and began to help in clearing the wreckage. After the smoke cleared nothing could be found except for burn't pieces of wood. Then everyone began to notice Ryoko. "Ryoko... what happened to you? Your hair and eyes..." Sasami asked "What are you talking about... help me find Ayeka!?" Ryoko said with annoyance "It looks totally different." said Mihoshi Picking up a piece of a shattered mirror Ryoko gazed into the image. What she saw was something that almost looked like her except that the color of her cat-like eyes were now a ruby-red color and that her spiky hair instead of being a shade of cyan was now a dark hue of purple. "Ayeka..." was the last Ryoko said before passing out. To be continued.... Well hope you enjoyed my first fan-fic. There's more to come as soon as I have time to finish it or write it up. Send any comments good or bad.