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". Fun fact: "Shulai" is the Chinese pronunciation of "Jurai". You'll need to know it from now on. The Dark Jurai - Chapter 10 - "Assault at GP Headquarters" by Timothy Turner email: juraijin@email.com http://www.angelfire.com/tx3/animekoku/index.html The Earth loomed in the background of the shot of the imminent battle. The remaining Masaki residents watched helplessly as Dark Jurai ships met with Galaxy Police vessels to determine the fate of the Earth. The Light Jurai fleet was currently regrouping for a new assault on the Dark Juraian fleet and could not assist the Galaxy Police at that time. "It's over," Tenchi's head dropped like a rock, "Everything precious to me will be destroyed once those ships are out of the picture. And there's nothing I can do about it! It seems that I have lost everyhing already." A tear came out of one of Tenchi's eyes and dripped to the floor, "Why does it have to be this way? Why did Yuzuha have to start this? Did she realize that if she were defeated that a war would erupt? WHY!?!?!," Tenchi's agony was heard by everyone. Washu came on, "Tenchi... If you truly think that way, they have already won. Don't give up!" "What is wrong with you, Tenchi!?," Kiyone sounded puzzled. "Look! They have...," Tenchi began. "This is not the Tenchi I know!," Ryoko teleported into Ryu-Oh, "The Tenchi I know would gather his courage and fight to the bitter end! The odds may be greater than before, but it's all the same! You will win against the Dark Jurai!" "Maybe you're right...," Tenchi sighed and looked up at the screen, "All we can do is watch." The Galaxy Police ships engaged the Dark Jurai's fleet. In the next few seconds, many of the GP ships were destroyed. "No way!," Kiyone shook, "The Dark Jurai are extremely powerful!! Was your grandfather sure that the upgrades on our ships are powerful enough to match that kind of firepower?!" "I don't know," said Mihoshi. Washu looked at the monitor with a look of hatred on her face. Even with Ryo-Ohki's new hyperdrive system, it would be too late by the time they arrived at Earth. Even Washu's inventions could not help protect the planet she had come to love so dearly. Ayeka had cried herself back to sleep. After a while, the shapeshifter returned and used a tazer-like device to wake her up. The princess was immediately stirred and let out a scream of physical and mental pain loud enough to wake the dead (and her family). "That was quite...loud, princess. You should learn to control your voice," the shapeshifter had taken the form and voice of Tenchi, "It's quite a bargain to torture you physically and mentally at the same time! I hope you are suffering to the level as much as I am enjoying it! As they say; the ones you love the most also are the ones that can hurt you the most! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" "NNNNOOOOOO!!!!!!," Ayeka began to cry some more. "Little Ayeka!," Misaki felt her daughter's pain and cried as well, "You sick monster! When Tenchi and the Juraian fleets get to you, you will pay dearly for this!!!!" "SILENCE!!!!," the shapeshifter pointed the tazer at Misaki and ran a high voltage current through her, "Tenchi is dead and there's nothing the Juraian fleet can do to stop us!," the person kept a finger on the button, "The era of the Light Juraian Empire has ended!!," the button was released and Misaki fell unconscious to the ground. "MOMMY!," Sasami cried, "No! Mommy! Are you alright!?!?! TALK TO ME!" "When will the Jurai Royal Family learn any manners on keeping their voices down!?," the mysterious person shocked Sasami, making her cry. "What is it with the Jurai Royal Family and crying? It must be a hereditary trait!," it was obvious that the captor was annoyed to no end. "You may stop now...," Jurai Ankoku-ou stepped in the room. "Your Darkness!," the shapeshifter bowed. "You may rise," the Dark Juraian monarch helped the person up, "I heard of the wonderful job you did in capturing Mayuka. The revival of Yuzuha is at hand and I can taste the victory already. We shall claim the spoils from the remains of the Light Juraian Empire. But...there is one thing that I am disappointed in you about." "What?," the pseudo-Tenchi face on the shapeshifter raised an eyebrow. "You have failed to kill Tenchi. I can..." "BUT!... I was sure I killed him with that blast!" "SILENCE!," Jurai Ankoku-ou snapped, "The only reasons I appointed you were for your shapeshifting ability, your inside knowledge of the Galaxy Police, OBEDIENCE, and your extreme hatred of the Jurai Royal Family, its allies, and Jurai itself. Note I emphasized obedience. Your previous main objective was to capture Mayuka and you carried that out well. I wanted you also to personally take care of Tenchi as a secondary objective." "I have failed you..." "I will give you one more chance. As I tried to say before, I can still sense Tenchi's ki from this great distance. Your mission from now on is to eliminate Tenchi and his friends. Manipulate the Galaxy Police system and have Tenchi and his friends...distracted while we research and use Mayuka's genes to revive Yuzuha. After you have done your work, DESTROY Galaxy Police Headquarters!" "Yes, sir!" "But first, I want you to make the Jurai Royal Family's stay more...comfortable. Break them down into wriggling piles of flesh; extreme mental problems, if you will! I have a big announcement to make to our opposition!!," Jurai Ankoku-ou laughed, "MWA-HWAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!!" The baby Mayuka heard Jurai Ankoku-ou's laughter in another compartment and began to cry. She sensed something wrong. The battle had waged on and nearly all of the Dark Juraian ships had decimated the Galaxy Police's resistance. All seemed lost. Everyone watched in terror and long faces as the last of the Galaxy Police ships were destroyed. Ryoko thought, Tears began to form in Ryoko's eyes. Kiyone and Mihoshi quivered as they focused on the screen. Washu looked at the screen with the same look of hatred she had been locked in. The Dark Jurai ships stopped. "What!?," Tenchi gasped, "Why aren't they attacking!?" "What's wrong!?," Ryoko grabbed Tenchi's hand without noticing. "Why aren't they destroying the Earth before our very eyes?" The screen went fuzzy, and then to snowy whiteout. When the picture came back, Jurai Ankoku-ou was on. "Hello, my new fellow subjects!," the dark ruler exclaimed, "I have come today to announce victory over the Light Juraian Empire and claim all of its territory! I also intend to claim this galaxy and its neighbors. But enough with my plans of conquest for now. I have a challenge for Juraian prince Tenchi and his friends! If you manage to get rid of my minions who are after you this very moment, you can have your relatives back! If you don't hurry, they won't be in their, oh, original mental condition! MWAHAHAHAHA!!!! The Earth can wait for its demise! I don't want you angry and unfocused in our battle." "That bastard!," Tenchi swore. "How are we...," Ryoko saw that she was holding Tenchi's hand and quickly withdrew it. She blushed a deep red and grew hot. Tenchi was too enraged to notice. "Let's get to Galaxy Police Headquarters!," Kiyone readied Yagami's hyperdrive. Ryu-Oh and Mihoshi's ship did the same. Ryoko telported back to Ryo-Ohki and together all of them went to GP Headquarters. A short time later, they arrived. They beheld the sight of many a frantic officer running to and fro to their destinations. It wasn't as crowded as before, but there was a sign of panic in the air. It was also still really busy. "We better get to grandpa's office," Mihoshi began to run and abruptly collided with Mitsuki. Mituski's patience ran thin, "Watch where you're going, you bubblehead!," the words bit into Mihoshi's heart and made her eyes water. Mitsuki thought to herself, 'Not this again!' "WAH! I'm sorry, Mitsuki!," Mihoshi hugged Mitsuki's leg, "I was just on my way to meet grandpa and tell him the Jurai Royal Family was kidnapped!! WAH!!!!!!" "MIHOSHI!," Kiyone reached her end, "We have a situation on our hands!," she dragged Mihoshi down the hall and left her rival behind. Mitsuki thought to herself, Mitsuki rounded a corner and shapeshifted into the Marshal's form, "It's about time I start taking charge around here!," Mitsuki laughed. "I better get the real Marshal out of the way. He's outlived his time of usefulness around here! Too bad I was his little paperweight for so long; literally and figuratively! Shapeshifting is the best ability ever! HAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!" "What are talking about, grandpa?," Mihoshi and the others stared at the fake Marshal. "Uh, nothing, dear!," Mitsuki tried to imitate the Marshal's behavior toward Mihoshi. "You're acting weird. I can sense stress in you," Mihoshi's innocent eyes glared through Mitsuki. "OF COURSE! The Dark Jurai are beating us at every turn!," Mitsuki overdid her acting, making Mihoshi cry again. Kiyone stepped back, "Sir, what's wrong with you?" "Just tired and very stressed out," the pseudo-Marshal acted tired, "Meet me at my office in thirty minutes. I need a tiny nap." Mitsuki walked away, Mitsuki ran to the Marshal's office and barged in the door. The real Marshal jumped up from his chair, "Who are you!?!" "Your replacement!," Mitsuki closed the door without suspicion. "Who are you, really!?!," the Marshal reached for a gun. Mitsuki morphed back to her true identity and telekinetically pulled the gun into her hand, "Really, do you think that can stop a Dark Juraian like me?" "Mits...," before the real Marshal could speak Mitsuki sealed his mouth with crystal. "Now, now. We can't go around giving away my identity!! It would ruin my reputation! And I need to tell my fellow Galaxy Police officers I was one of few surviors of the Dark Juraian maasacre!" The Marshal's eyes widened. "That's right! A fleet of 1,000 Dark Jurai ships is headed this way to annihilate this miserable piece of metal junk! It's a crying shame, too. I was beginning to like it here! Oh, and, your granddaughter's in good hands!!" The Marshal got a saddened and upset look on his face. "Don't worry! Even if she manages to escape, she will die in the war! It's my personal mission! Even with the best weapons she and Kiyone Makibi won't stand a chance against me! Now that my intents are known to you, it is time to DIE!," Mitsuki gathered an energy ball in her palm. The Marshal closed his eyes and prepared to die. Jurai Ankoku-ou's voice came in telepathically, Mitsuki asked. Mitsuki turned her attention to the Marshal once again, "It seems I can do something with you after all!" Mitsuki sealed the Marshal in a crystal field and used her energy to cast him away, giving out a faint trace of ki. She had been using a tremendous amount of concentration to supress her ki and avoid detection. Tenchi and the others who could feel ki felt Mitsuki's tiny wave and ran in its direction (they could not detect its exact location). "Dark Jurai ki wave!," Tenchi panted as he ran as fast as he could. Kiyone opeed the Marshal's office door and stuck her head inside, "Sir! Something's wrong! I think the Dark Jurai are coming! Stay inside! AHH!!!!" GP Headquarters shook with a vengeance as the Dark Juraian ships fired relentlessly on the gargantuan facility. "Don't worry about me!," the fake Marshal barked, "Get out of here while you still can! And take care of Mihoshi if I don't make it!" "But, sir..." "GO!," Mitsuki persuaded Kiyone to go. Kiyone went and rounded up the rest of the gang as Mitsuki watched. Mitsuki talked into a communicator to the Dark Jurai fleet, "Hurry! We need to eliminate them!" Jurai Ankoku-ou asked telepathically. Everyone ran past the Marshal's office. "Grandpa!," Mihoshi yelled. "Don't worry about me!," Mitsuki assured Mihoshi, "Just follow the Dark Jurai's trail of destruction! Pursue them and make them pay! If you get lucky, you may even save a planet! I have to stay here and command my men!" "Grandpa...," Mihoshi wanted to cry. "Don't cry! It'll make me sad!," Mitsuki smiled. "Okay... I'll see you again!," Mihoshi smiled and ran with Kiyone and the others. The Masaki residents boarded their proper ships. The second they left the hangar doors, GP Headquarters exploded. Everyone screamed as the explosion jarred and engulfed their ships. They all went unconscious... Yosho awakened on board the Dark Juraian vessel which the Jurai Royal Family was being held captive on. It was dark in the prince's cell. Yosho thought, the elder prince calmed his mind and sent a call to Tenchi. Yosho called. Tenchi stirred awake. A dream? No! It was grandpa! Tenchi thought. Tenchi exclaimed in his mind. doubt filled Tenchi's mind and heart. Yosho gave the coordinates to Tenchi, who memorized them. Tenchi cried a tear. Everyone woke up. Oddly, all the Dark Jurai ships had left the area. "Wha-what happened? Aren't we supposed to be dead?," Kiyone rubbed her head and looked at the display panel of Yagami. A part of the panel read "Shields at 62%". "Ahhhhhh!," Kiyone's mouth went open, "The upgrades! Thank you, Marshal." Mihoshi came on, "Grandpa...he wanted us to have the best! I won't cry anymore, Kiyone! I realize now that grandpa was doing his job and had to stay behind!" "Mihoshi!," Kiyone was shocked. Mitsuki intercepted the transmission, "A touching matter, indeed. But you will die doing your jobs as well, you two! HAHAHAHAAAA!!!!!" "Hello?," Ryoko appeared on a screen, "What do we do now that GP Headuqarters is permanently out of commission?" "We go and find the lost branch!," Tenchi stated, "Everyone, prepare to recieve coordinates!" End of Chapter 10