Tenchi and crew belong to Pioneer and AIC. I only own this story and the characters that I made up to make it work. This story takes place in the future of the OAV universe but has elements of the TV series such as Kiyone and Kain. And since the Kain from Tenchi in Love was from the Tenchi Universe, I can do whatever I want to this one. So don't expect him to be exactly like in the movie. So you won't get confused I will explain the family tree now. Tenchi has married both Ayeka and Ryoko and is now the Emperor of Jurai. He has a daughter with Ayeka named Achika and a son with Ryoko named Devon. Devon then later married Sasami and they have a son they named after Tenchi, who goes by Hakubi so there is no confusion. This is a revised version of my original story. I fixed some grammar errors and changed a few things to make it flow better. All in all, it's the same as before. < thoughts > 'mental link' "spoken or sounds" Tenchi Muyo: No Need for the Past (part 1 of 4) < What a beautiful planet, > Hakubi thought to himself as he looked at the blue and green orb floating in space in front of him. "Your Highness, we will be entering the Earth's atmosphere in five minutes. Estimated time of landing is ten minutes," a voice said behind Hakubi, who stood on the bridge of the Juraian transport. "Thank you for the lift Captain." "Think nothing of it, your Highness. I am honored that you would choose this humble vessel instead of your own personal yacht." "Well mine was in for maintenance and Mother wanted to me to get here as soon as possible." "Understood. We will be landing shortly. Enjoy your vacation, your Highness." "Thank you, I know I will." The Juraian ship landed in a well-known lake near a well-known shrine. A blue ball of light landed on the dock and burst in a flash, leaving a young man with medium build, standing where the light touched down. He had short black hair, but there was a patch of spiky cyan-blue hair in the front, and he wore the robes of a Juraian noble. But unlike the other nobles, he had slightly cat- like yellow eyes. "Miya!" "Ryo-Ohki! Are you here to greet me?" Hakubi said cheerfully as he saw Ryo-Ohki in her humanoid form, not as a child, but as a young woman. "Miya miya miya!" mewed Ryo-Ohki in return as she ran towards to Hakubi to give him a big hug. "I missed you too. Now lets go find Grandfather and Grandmother," said Hakubi and he let go of Ryo-Ohki and took her hand. "Miya!" replied Ryo-Ohki happily as they started to walk towards the house. Together they walked to the familiar Masaki home. But it is a lot larger now, with an extension in the back connected to a small hanger. "Good morning Prince Masaki," said Kamidake at his post at the front gate. "It looks like it will be a beautiful spring day today, sir," said Azaka at the other post. "Good morning to the both of you," replayed Hakubi with a "Miya!" from Ryo-Ohki. They walked through the front yard and to the front door to meet a guard who opened the door from them and announced, "Prince Tenchi Hakubi-Jurai Masaki the Second and Ryo-Ohki." Before he could manage two steps into the house a cry of "Ten-chan!" was heard and Ryoko materialized in front of Hakubi and gave him a bear hug. If he were a normal Earthling, or Juraian for that matter, he would have been crushed to death. "I'm gland to see you too Grandma," Habuki managed to gasp out under the pressure of her embrace. "Oh come on! I know I didn't hug you that hard," replied Ryoko and she gave him a little kiss on the cheek. "I haven't seen you in how long?" said Ryoko looking up and did some quick math in her head. "Almost a year and a half. You should come here more often. I don't know how you can stand all that court stuff." "Miya!" "And thank you, Ryo-Ohki for getting him. Now go to the kitchen and help yourself to a big bowl of carrots," Ryoko offered to Ryo-Ohki. "Miya, miya!" replied Ryo-Ohki happily, and with a "pop," turned back into her cabbit form and scampered off to the kitchen. "By the way, we got a message from Sasami and Devon. They will be here in a couple of days." "Oh? The trade agreements must have gone better than expected. Mother told me that it might take a week or two." "Well it does help that your mom is also Tsunami. I don't think many people would want to argue very long with her," Ryoko said with a little laugh and started to lead Habuki towards the back of the house. "Are you still training? You know I had to save your grandfather a few times before he learned how to control his light hawk wings." "Yes I am," said Hakubi. And to prove it he grabbed her hand and teleported them to the back of the house where the new throne room was added. It was called the throne room, but it was not used as one, instead of a throne there was a big sofa and very large TV. They landed on the sofa with a big "woof" and started to laugh. "That's nothing, I could do that in my sleep," said Ryoko trying to look serious but no doing a very good job at it. "Fine. Then what about this?" said Hakubi as he pulled a bouquet of yellow flowers out of a subspace pocket that had materialized next to him and handed them to Ryoko. "They're beautiful. I see that Washu has taught you a few tricks too." "Where is Ms. Washu anyhow?" "Oh she is tinkering with a new invention in her lab, Junior," said a voice behind the pair. "Grandfather!" Hakubi cried as he leapt off the sofa and spun around to see Tenchi standing there with a big smile across his face. "You know I don't like to be called Junior." "But that's the fun part when some one's named after you," said Tenchi as he and Hakubi hugged. "It's good to see you." Ryoko materialized next to Tenchi and gave him a kiss. "And what about me?" said Ryoko putting on a pouting face. "It's always good to see you Ryoko," said Tenchi and gave her another kiss. "Come on, not in front of the kids," chided Hakubi as he watched them embrace. "Which reminds me, when are you going to get a girlfriend Jun...er Ten- chan?" said Tenchi, letting go of his wife and holding her hand. "I'll get one when I find one. It's not like I have beautiful women falling out of space to fight over me." With that last comment all three of them broke out laughing. "That was a long time ago Ten-chan, and they have learned to live with each other, right Honey," said Tenchi once he stopped laughing and turned towards Ryoko. "That's right. Once we realized that you love us both too much to choose, the fighting seemed to be pointless, it only seemed to hurt you more. And now you have two wives like a good, little Emperor you are, who love you so much," said Ryoko as she embraced Tenchi once again and moved her head closer to his with every word till they where millimeters apart. "Uh, hello? Earth to Grandpa, Jurai to Emperor Tenchi?" said Hakubi. trying to get their attention again. Hakubi thought to himself as he walked back to the sofa and turned on the television while Tenchi and Ryoko kissed again. In a far away region of space, more out of way than Earth, a lone GP guard station floated in space guarding what appears to be nothing. "Man! Why did I have to get this assignment? I signed up with the GP to chase space pirates or something, not guard an empty sector of space," said the GP officer to his partner. "Hey, I don't like it either. It's not likely I'm going to get a promotion out babysitting the vacuum. But orders are orders. We are to stay here and report anything unusual back to headquarters. In this case, anything will be unusual in this dead sector," grumbled his partner. "I know what ya mean. I just wish something would happen out there," said the guard as he looked out at the stars. And as if to answer his wish, a bright light filled the window. "What the hell is that?" "I don't know, looks like an explosion of some kind." The officer was right, in a way. The light faded away to reveal what looked like a crack in space. The crack grew larger and light could be seen behind it. Suddenly the crack split open in a bright explosion that rocked the guard station. "What the hell is going on? Computer, what is that?" "It appears to be a tear in subspace. An unknown energy source is emanating from the tear and is getting stronger," the computer replied in a monotone voice. The tear grew bigger and suddenly disappeared. "Computer what happened?" "The tear has been sealed by an unknown source. There is an extremely high level the unknown energy previously detected." The windows filled with light again, but this time when it faded with there was not a tear, but a face. More like a white mask with three black eyes. "Computer, do an analysis of that, that, thing in front of us." "It appears to be the source of the unknown energy. Checking memory for an identification match," a second later, "Match found, A-1 class criminal Kain. Extremely dangerous, backup recommended." "That's right little man," Kain spoke, his voice echoing through the station. "I am finally free. Free after thousands of years of confinement. Free at last. And now I want my revenge!" The GP officers looked at each other trying to think of what to do. They raced through their minds, trying to find what the proper operating procedure was for such an occasion. Simultaneously they smacked a big red button in the middle of the control panel labeled, "Need Help Gosh Darn NOW!!!" "Nothing can save you now. The universe is mine," said Kain as he sent out a wave of energy towards the station completely obliterating it. Absolutely nothing was left. "Now for my revenge. BWAHAHAHAHA......" Kain laughed as he vanished. "Sir, guard post K-1 has disappeared after sending a partial distress signal." Said a GP officer to the Grand Marshal "What do you mean disappeared?" replied the Grand Marshal "It is gone sir, we cannot detect it anymore. The officers responding to the call said that it looks like someone just took the station away. Not a trace remains. We did receive the sensor readings from the station before we lost contact. Our best analysts are sure that Kain has escaped." "Damn it. Contact the Jurai immediately. Tell them that Kain has escaped. And contact Ambassador Kiyone and tell her to get the royal family off Earth and someplace safe. And send an alert to all craft, 'A-1 class criminal Kain has escaped. Do not try to apprehend. If sighted, report location to headquarters immediately and await further instructions.' Understood?" "Yes sir!" replied the officer who saluted, and then rushed out the door to communications." the Grand Marshal thought to himself as he stared out into space trying to think of a way to capture Kain again. Meanwhile, back at the Masaki home... "So where is Auntie Ayeka?" said Hakubi to his grandparents as they watched TV together. "She, Achika, Kiyone, and Mihoshi went out shopping. They should be back for lunch," replied Tenchi not taking his eyes off the television. "I didn't know cousin Achika was here." "You didn't? She arrived with us a few weeks ago. Once Devon and Sasami get here, it will be like old times again," said Ryoko, staring out the window, thinking of the past. "It sure is peaceful here," commented Hakubi, "No courtiers running around. No ambassadors kissing your butt trying to get a favor. No wonder you like this place as your vacation spot." "You're welcome to stay here as long as you want. You don't have to go back to Jurai you know. Heck, I'm the Emperor, I could order you to stay here if you want." "I'll think about it," said Hakubi as he turned his attention back to the television. A few minutes later the show ended. "That was great." Tenchi commented to Hakubi, "I wonder if they're back yet, it's almost time for lunch?" Before anyone could answer, a courtier came into the room and announced, "The Empress Ayeka Jurai Masaki with her daughter Princess Achika Jurai Masaki and Galaxy Police Ambassador Kiyone Makibi." There was a sound of some one clearing their throat, "And her bodyguard Major Mihoshi Kuramitsu," said the courtier in a deflated voice followed by a "Thank you," and a giggle from behind him. "That guy gets really annoying sometimes," muttered Ryoko under her breath. "Hey now, it's how it's done in court, and you know that Ayeka likes it," said Tenchi to his wife, trying to lighten her mood. "Tenchi darling, we're back from the city and I bought something special for you," said Ayeka as she walked up to Tenchi and gave him a kiss. "You shouldn't have," replied Tenchi, hugging her. "But I wanted to," said Ayeka, moving closer to Tenchi for another kiss. "Ah-hem, not in front of the kids please," said Achika with a giggle. "Ten-chan, when did you arrive?" Achika asked Hakubi as she walked up to him and gave him a hug. "Just a little while ago." "Where's Auntie Sasami and Uncle Devon?" "Oh they will be here in a couple of days. They told me that I could leave ahead of them, so here I am." "Ten-chan! I'm so glad you are here!" cried Mihoshi as she gave him a big hug. "It has been so boring around here and now that you are here we can have some fun. There's a new amusement park that opened in Tokyo and I think it would be fun if we all went, you know, just like old times when you where little and we took that trip to America and we went to that Diznie World or something like that, you know, that one with the mouse and stuff." "Mihoshi! Hakubi is not a little kid anymore. He's grown up and I think you should treat him that way," said Kiyone to a now sad Mihoshi. "It is good to see you as well Hakubi." "I'm sorry Kiyone. I'm sorry Ten-chan," Mihoshi said in a sad voice. "It's all right Mihoshi, I would love to go to that park with you," Hakubi said, trying to comfort Mihoshi who was on the verge of crying. "You mean that? Oh it will be so fun! And Kiyone can come and we will have soooo much fun!" exclaimed a now happy Mihoshi and she gave Hakubi another hug, "And now that we are ambassadors, we get paid more than resident officers and we can afford to go and not have to worry about not having enough money to go to the bath or to buy food..." "Mihoshi!" cried Kiyone as she clamped her hand over Mihoshi's mouth, "You always say too much." "Ten-chan, it's good to see you again. I hope everything is going well at court?" asked Ayeka, and she gave him a hug after he pried himself away from Mihoshi. "As well as to be expected. Not much new has happened since you left." "That's good to hear." "Now that everyone is here, let's go eat," said Ryoko and she started to float towards the dining room hanging onto the right arm of Tenchi and Ayeka hanging on the left arm. "Is someone going to go get Ms. Washu?" asked Hakubi. "We don't need to. I talked to Washu this morning and she said something about connecting her lab on Jurai to the one here and that it would be best not to go into her lab until it was done," answered Achika. "All right. So Kiyone, how's the job treating you?" Hakubi asked. "It's not bad. It's not as exciting as being resident officers though. No more chasing after the bad guys and flying around space keeping the peace," said Kiyone as she reflected on the past. "But it is a higher position and I do get to stay with Tenchi and all of them." The now large group of family and friends entered the dining room. It has become a lot larger to accommodate more people but still has the family atmosphere to it. "So how has your life been? The last time I saw you, was when we last visited the palace on Jurai," said Kiyone to Hakubi as they sat down next to each other at the dining table. Tenchi sat at the head of the table with Ryoko and Ayeka at his right and left. Next to Ayeka sat Achika and Mihoshi, and next to Ryoko sat Hakubi and Kiyone. And next to her sat Ryo-Ohki in her humanoid form. "Well court life is pretty boring. I follow Mom and Dad around when they go meet with foreign dignitaries and pretty much sit and listen to them talk politics. Besides training with Dad or Washu, I pretty much learn how Juraian politics work." The food was served and the group started to eat. The meal consisted of mostly Japanese food with some Juraian touches and a big bowl of carrot soup for Ryo-Ohki. It was a feast in it's own right, but then again, there where a lot of people to feed. "I guess that's pretty much what Ayeka did when she was young, except you don't have to go to any marriage meetings or anything like that," said Kiyone as she started to eat. "No it don't have to go to any marriage meetings, even though Grandfather Azusa keeps introducing me to the daughters of the various royals," said Hakubi as he too started to eat with a chuckle. Unseen by the others, Ryo-Ohki moved a little bit closer to Kiyone. "So no girlfriend then?" "Yeah, well I haven't found the right person yet. How about you? You meet anyone special?" asked Hakubi nervously between bites. "No, not yet. You know how it is being an ambassador. I follow Tenchi and his court wherever they go. And you know that Earthlings are not really ready to be brought into the whole scheme of the universe yet," said Kiyone also getting nervous. "It's not like I don't like my job or anything," Kiyone added quickly. "Well, I just thought that you may have found someone around court. You are a lot prettier than the last GP Ambassador." Hakubi thought he heard Ryo-Ohki and Ryoko giggle simultaneously. Then he saw Ryoko lean over and whisper something in Tenchi's ear, causing him to look in his direction and smile. < I wonder what's so funny.> Hakubi looked over to Ryo-Ohki and she turned her head away trying to pretend that nothing had happened. It didn't take long for Hakubi to put one and one together and he blushed slightly. "See, I told you," said Ryoko to Tenchi triumphantly in a loud whisper that Hakubi could barely hear. This caused Tenchi's grin to get even bigger. "Shush, or he will hear you," Tenchi whispered back to Ryoko, still smiling proudly. "Do you two have a joke you would like to tell or something?" Hakubi asked his grandparents; still slightly embarrassed that Ryoko was listening to his conversation with Kiyone. "No, no. Nothing to tell at all," said Tenchi as he tried to suppress his smile. "Don't worry. I think it's cute that you're flirting with Kiyone," said Mihoshi, cheerfully unaware of the situation. The rest of the table face faulted except for Hakubi and Kiyone, who both blushed a deep red. "Mihoshi!" yelled Kiyone angrily. "What? What did I say? You guys where flirting right?" This time everyone face faulted. "No we were not!" said Hakubi still blushing. "Come on Mihoshi. I'm older than his grandfather," said Kiyone, trying to keep the blood from flowing into her cheeks. "But you don't look much older than when I first met you Kiyone," said Tenchi, not doing a good job hiding his smile. This caused Kiyone to blush even more and a large sweat bead formed on Hakubi's head. "Well I still think you two would make a cute couple," said Mihoshi and she turned her attention back to the food. "Miya!" cried Ryo-Ohki and nodded in agreement. Before anyone could respond, Kiyone's wrist communicator began to beep wildly. "This is Ambassador Kiyone. What's the matter?" Kiyone said into the watch. "A-1 class criminal Kain has escaped. He is heading to the royal family right now. Get them off that backwater mud hole and to some place safe immediately. This is a direct order from the Grand Marshal," said a frantic voice from the watch. "Understood. Out," and the communicator turned off. "You heard the man, we have to leave now!" ordered Kiyone to the others who were more amused than worried. The family got up and started to head to the hanger in the back. Hakubi looked at each of his family and noted that only he and Achika seemed to be worried. Everyone else acted like it was a drill. Hakubi wondered to himself. He heard Ayeka mutter something about interrupting lunch and Ryoko grumbling about still being hungry. They entered the "Throne" room and started to make their way across to the hanger on the other end. They got as far as the sofa when a large boom filled the room. "I found you at last! The most powerful of all Jurai energy. You will all die and then I will rule the universe!" Kain yelled as he entered the room with a flash of light. He then let loose a huge blast of energy, hoping to wipe out the whole family with one shot. The blast was so large that it blew the roof off the room and shattered all the windows, but when the smoke cleared, many sources a light appeared, to the shock of Kain. "You are Kain I presume," said Tenchi completely unafraid. Everyone was in their respective battle armor. Tenchi was in his light hawk armor with his light hawk wings in front of him shielding him from the blast. Ryoko was beside him in her black and red battle suit with her own light hawk wings raised and the gems in her wrists and neck glowing brightly. "You can't get rid of us that easily," snarled Ryoko. "You are in for one hell of a fight now!" Hakubi said angrily. He was in his own light hawk armor and had five wings in front of him, shielding Kiyone and Mihoshi behind him. "My, my. What a temper," taunted Ayeka next to Achika. Both of them had their force fields up and overlapping to create a stronger shield. "There is no way you can win. Surrender now!" commanded Tenchi. But Kain was not afraid. He sent another powerful blast directed at Tenchi alone. Another explosion rocked the house, this time blowing down the walls next to him. "Still not good enough," shot back Tenchi, who didn't have a scratch on him. "Hmm. It appears that I'm out numbered. I think I'll just even the odds a bit. HA HA HA H..." Kain laughed again as he vanished once again. "What? Where did he go?" asked a shocked Hakubi as he looked around trying to find Kain. "Don't worry. He's gone," replied Tenchi in a calm voice. "How can you be sure? He could be anywhere" "Trust me. He's not here," said Tenchi, trying to calm his grandson down. "Five wings, impressive. When I was your age, I could only handle four. It looks like you are ready." "Well I train a lot," replied Hakubi, puzzled at the last statement. "Ready for what?" "You'll see. I think you can take on Kain by yourself now. And thanks or protecting us," said Kiyone gratefully as she stood up, having been knocked down by the sheer power of Kain's attacks. "Uh... No problem," said Hakubi who blushed slightly again. "Are you guys all right?" he asked Mihoshi and Ryo-Ohki. But he only saw Ryo-Ohki. "Where did she go?" Hakubi turned towards Kiyone but she was not there either. "What the hell? Where did they go?" "Where did who go, Junior?" asked Tenchi with a worried look. "Kiyone and Mihoshi. They where here a second ago," said Hakubi, scratching his head. "Kiyone? Mihoshi?" Tenchi, Ryoko, and Ayeka all said at once, their faces going pale. "You sure they where here?" asked Ryoko. "Yes I'm sure. I was just talking to Kiyone and turned around to find Mihoshi and then they both vanished." "That's impossible," answered a grave Tenchi. "They both died in a starship accident before you were born. There is no way you could have seen them." "What! Died before I was born!? No way! I just saw them!" "Are you feeling OK? Maybe Kain's attacks were too powerful for you," Ryoko said in a worried tone and floated towards Hakubi. "I'm fine! Tell me you saw them too Achika. They where right next to you...?" Hakubi turned to find Achika had also disappeared along with her mother Ayeka. "Now Ayeka and Achika are gone. What is happening around here?" "Achika? Ayeka?" Tenchi gasped, this time he was so pale he was about to faint. "What are you talking about? Achika's Tenchi's mother. Why would she be here? And Ayeka was assassinated years before you were born," said Ryoko, putting her hand on Hakubi's forehead to see if he had a fever. "Something is wrong. Something is very wrong!" Hakubi cried out. Without warning, his whole world went black and silent. The next thing he knew was that he was lying in a bed. He could hear the clacking of a keyboard somewhere, which sounded like a machine gun firing through his throbbing head. "Ugh, cut that out. I have a killer headache." The typing stopped and he heard footsteps come towards him. "Hmm, your finally awake. I was wondering when you would come to," said a familiar voice. Hakubi opened his eyes to see a red haired woman with green eyes standing over him. "Ms. Washu!" The past few minutes suddenly came back to him, "Where's everyone else? What's going on?" "It's a long story. Get up and I'll tell you all about it." Hakubi got up, off the bed and tried to stand. He never made it, and landed on the floor. "Let me help you. You've been through a lot." With that, Washu steadied Hakubi and led him towards her computer. A floating cushion appeared and Washu deposited Hakubi onto it. She then sat on her own cushion in front of her computer. "What happened? How long have I been out?" "Only about two hours," replied Washu in a calm voice. "Two hours! I have to get back," cried Hakubi as he tried to stand again. "Not so fast. You aren't going anywhere," Washu said as she pushed a button on her computer, causing a large pillow to fall onto Hakubi, forcing him to sit back down. "You're lucky that wasn't a statue, so settle down." Washu turned to her computer and pressed another button and the screen got larger so Hakubi could see. "I was working in my lab when my inter-space alarm went off alerting me of a subspace disturbance." Washu pressed another button and a picture of Kain filled the screen. "This is what caused it. This is Kain. According to the Galaxy Police, he is an A-1 class criminal that was imprisoned in subspace after wiping out a few galaxies." "I know who that is, he attacked us. Where are the others?" Washu pressed a button and a statue of a white cat holding an emblem with one paw raised landed on Hakubi's head. "I said to settle down. And it's impolite to interrupt someone." "Sorry Ms. Washu," said Hakubi, rubbing his head. "Anyways, Kain apparently escaped his prison in subspace which set of my alarm. He thrives where there is no Juraian energy, so that is why he attacked you guys. If he can get rid of the Royal Family of Jurai, he can effectively wipe out all Juraian energy. He was defeated long ago, by a Juraian Emperor, but he died in the process. With the help of the Galaxy Police, the Emperor was able to imprison Kain in subspace before he died. Kain is extremely powerful and can travel trough time and space with ease if he could escape subspace. When he attacked you, I guess he was surprised at how powerful you guys were. The Emperor in his day did not have light hawk wings. So like he said, he went to even the odds a bit and left. It appears that he went back in time to kill the royal family before they could learn how to control their powers. Any questions?" "So he went back into time and tried to kill my grandparents. What does that have to do with people disappearing?" asked Hakubi, still puzzled "Don't you get it? He did kill your grandparents. That's why people started to disappear," said a frustrated Washu. "But then how come the others didn't notice that people where missing?" "Only you noticed them missing because you are Tsunami's son. To the others, they had really died. Since you have a part of Tsunami in you, you noticed the change in the time line." "How come you remember?" asked Hakubi, starting to understand the situation. "Because my lab is shielded from any time or space anomalies. I realized what was happening once Kiyone and Mihoshi disappeared. I tried to transport the rest of you here and but I only managed to get you. Probably because you where more firmly rooted in the real time stream. When Kain did kill Tenchi in the past, you started the fade away and I got you out of there just before you were completely gone." "So what do we do now?" asked Hakubi with a defeated look. "We are going to set things right. You are going after Kain and stop him before he kills anyone," said Washu. "You mean I have to go back in time to stop him from killing my grandparents?" "Exactly! Give the boy a prize!" said Washu, cheering his comprehension. "And I got just the prize." Washu reached into a subspace pocket and pulled out a little box. She handed it to Hakubi and said, "You win a new set of armor." Hakubi opened the box and found a ring. He pulled off his old ring and put the new one on. Just as he let go of the new ring, a bright light submerged his body to reveal a new set of Juraian battle armor. "It looks just like my old one. What's new about it?" asked Hakubi as he patted his new armor looking for new pockets or gadgets. "I integrated a time distortion shield into the armor. As long as you are wearing the ring, you will not be affected by changes in the time stream. Otherwise you will vanish the second you leave the lab. And here's something every time traveling warrior shouldn't leave home without." Washu pressed a button and a subspace hole opened in front of Hakubi dropping an egg in his hands. "What's this?" asked a Hakubi as he looked at he egg. "Wait and find out." A second later, the egg started to crack. And then the top popped off. "What the?" Hakubi looked into the egg to only see a mass of black fur. Then two purple cat eyes opened, looking into his own. Suddenly the egg burst apart and a small fuzzy creature latched onto his face with a cry of "Meow!" "Ah! Get it off! Get it off!" screamed Hakubi as he fell backwards onto his butt. 'Hey, that's no way to treat your cousin,' the voice of a little boy said out of nowhere. "What? Cousin? Who said that?" asked Hakubi as he took the creature off his face and held it in front of him. What he saw was a pitch-black cabbit whose belly, chest, and chin where bright white. It had purple eyes and a blue gem in its forehead. 'I said that, silly,' mewed the cabbit. Hakubi heard the meows but in his mind, he heard a voice. "Hakubi meet Rye-Ohki, your cabbit," said Washu proudly, "He is a second generation hybrid of Juraian space trees and cute, little Ryo-Ohki. So I guess that make you two cousins, since you are the second generation of the Juraian Tenchi and Ryoko." "What happened to the first generation?" asked Hakubi, not really sure if he wanted to know the answer. "Never got off the drawing board. Something about trees that have a craving for carrots..." said Washu trailing off. "Anyway, Rye-Ohki is your personal cabbit, so there's a mental link between you two like between Ryoko and Ryo-Ohki, but you don't need a gem like Ryoko does. Rye-Ohki can pretty much do everything that Ryo-Ohki can. He can change into a humanoid form if he wants to, but not until he gets a bit bigger at least. He can also transform into a powerful spaceship. I haven't testing him out yet, so I don't know how powerful, but I assume he has at least one light hawk wing. How do you like him?" "He's great! I can't believe I have my own cabbit. Thank you so much Ms. Washu," said Hakubi as Rye-Ohki jumped onto his shoulder and rubbed his head against Hakubi's neck, purring. "I made him just for this type of situation. Now that you're all set, time to save your grandparents." Washu typed in a few commands into her computer and a black hole appeared. It got larger until it was the size of a normal door. "Um Ms. Washu? How do I get back?" asked Hakubi, looking at he black doorways nervously. "Oh that's easy," said Washu as she walked over to Hakubi and took one of the puffballs hanging on his armor. She squeezed it between her hands and a remote control appeared. "Use this when you are done. Just press the button and the door will appear." Washu then pressed her hands together again to remake the puffball and re-attached it to Hakubi's armor. "What do I do when I get there?" asked Hakubi, still a bit nervous. "That's simple. Stop Kain," said Washu as if it was nothing at all. "How am I supposed to stop someone who can travel through time?" Hakubi asked, getting more worried every minute. "Either capture him or destroy him. He was stopped before by a Juraian Emperor remember? Don't worry. I know you can do it," Washu replied and put her hand on his shoulder to reassure him. "How am I supposed to even find him?" asked Hakubi, a little less worried. "That's even more simple. Find Tenchi and the others, and he'll be there for sure." Washu patted his back and said, "Remember all your training and this should be a snap." "Alright. Let's go," said Hakubi as he patted Rye-Ohki who was sitting on his shoulder. "I'll see you later. I hope." He walked through the door and it closed behind him without a sound. Washu stared at the spot where the portal once was. Out of nowhere she produced a tissue and wiped her eyes. "Rye-Ohki, I'm counting on you to bring him back alive," Washu said with a sniffle. She turned around and walked back into the depth of the lab. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I decided to try something different this time and break up my stories into smaller pieces. So open the next part to see what happens next!