No Need for a Deathmatch! A tear dripped down Ryoko's cheek. She balled her hands up into fists. The planet Syrus was just in view has she received a transmission...from Nagi. "Well Ryoko, this is what it's come to. Falling for that boy will mean your death, and his. Your nothing but a soft little girl now." Nagi sneered at Ryoko "SHUTUP!" Ryoko screamed at the bounty hunter. She ordered Ryo-oki to end the transmission... Meanwhile, Tenchi was waking. He felt that his hands and feet were bound. He opened his eyes to see Nagi's face, scowling back at him. She brought back her hand and slapped him. "Stupid boy...you've made her weak. She's no challenge now. I wonder what Ryoko could see in a stupid boy like you." She smirked at him. "Ryoko!? Where is she!? If you hurt her I swear I will kill you Nagi!" Tenchi hissed through bared teeth. "Your little girl is over there, in her ship. We are about to finish this little game once and for all. She wins, you both leave. She loses..well you and her still leave..in a coffin. Dead." She laughed and slapped Tenchi again. "You bitch!" Tenchi screamed has he struggled against his restraints. "What did you just call me?" Nagi sneered back at him. Gave him a quick punch to the stomach and knocked the air out of him. "You..heard..me..........bitch.." he gasped "I don't have time for your wise cracks, little boy. It's time to go see Ryoko...for the last time" She grinned evilly at him and cracked her whip at him a few times. Each crack produced another cut across his face. Tenchi hung his head and began to bleed quietly. "Now Ken-ohki! Bring us down!" Nagi ordered has she roughly threw Tenchi to the floor. Tenchi thought has he was hauled out of the Ken-ohki and thrown into the dirt. He saw his new surroundings through a shade of red. There wasnt much to see, it was just a barren wasteland full of sand. Tenchi fell limp has he passed out from the loss of blood...his last consious thought was...."Ryoko..get..out". "Ryo-oki, I have to do this, you can't stop me. Got it?" Ryo-oki nodded and mewed sadly. "Take care of Sasami the others for me..." Ryoko said and wiped a tear from her eye. she thought has she Ryo-ohki beamed her down to Syrus, down to hell and her death.. "So Ryoko you decided to show. I'm surprised you didn't run at the last second like before. Oh yeah wait, I forgot about your little playmate. You wouldn't leave him would you?" She cackled has she kicked Tenchi once causing him to yelp in pain. "Ryoko....go....leave.....now..." Tenchi began to convulse violently has Nagi zapped him with her rapier. "Tenchi!!" Ryoko screamed has Tenchi fell limp once again. She gave Nagi a look that so cold and unforgiving it was almost uncharacteristic even of her. "Now Nagi. You die." she said coldly. A soft pop emitted has her energy sword flashed into existance. Nagi grinned and threw off her cape. Ryoko snarled and leapt at Nagi. She thrust at her with her sword, which Nagi deflected easily. Ryoko fazed out and then back in behind Nagi and summoned up all the energy she could muster and launched it at her. Nagi laughed has she fired a blast of her own at Ryoko. They both hit midway and exploded, causing dust to fly everywhere. Coughing, Ryoko stumbled and hit the ground. "Ryoko do you like pain?" Nagi said from behind her. Nagi stomped on her leg, and a sickening snap was heard. Ryoko screamed in pain has she feebly tried to use her good (not broken) leg to kick Nagi off of her. Nagi laughed hellishly has she pulled Ryoko up and flung her another ten feet away, near Tenchi. She sat Ryoko up and stared her in the face. "I've won, you can't fight anymore, not with that leg. Now, your going to watch the boy die." Nagi grinned evilly and walked over to where Tenchi was lying, frozen in horror. She pointed her rapier at him. "Say goodbye to him while you can Ryoko!" Nagi shouted has she pulled back her rapier for the kill. "NO!!!" Ryoko screamed has she pushed Tenchi out of the way. The rapier slid into Ryoko's midsection. Ryoko gasped has Nagi pulled the rapier out of her. "Stupid whore..." Nagi spat has she kicked Ryoko in the side over and over... Everything was dizzy, Tenchi couldn't figure out what was what. He heard voices, fuzzy at first but they grew clearer. The sudden realization of what was happened scared the sense back into him. He looked over to his side and saw Ryoko, sprawled on the ground and bleeding. He saw another figure, Nagi he guessed, standing above her smiling triumphantly. He saw Nagi kick Ryoko, and Ryoko spit up blood. Ryoko looked over to Tenchi and saw he was awake. Tears came to her eyes has she silently pleaded with him to leave. Tenchi's eyes flared. He stood up and threw himself onto Nagi, weakly trying to beat her away from Ryoko. Nagi grinned and retaliated with a huge uppercut to the chin, which sent him sprawled to the ground...but miraculously, Tenchi got up again and resumed fighting stance... Ryoko thought in horror has she watched Nagi and Tenchi fight, a fight that she thought would certainly be his end. Tenchi thought has he barely dodged one of Nagi's thrusts with her rapier. He wasn't so lucky next time, she flew a kick at him which sent him flying 20 feet back and into a large boulder. Nagi grinned and fired a small energy blast at the boulder which shattered it all over Tenchi. Ryoko screamed, unable to cope that this was Tenchi's end... Nagi thought arrogantly has she walked towards the pile of rubble. Suddenly, the rocks moved. A few more rocks tumbled out of place. Nagi thought has she sent a huge energy blast back into the rubble. There was a huge cloud of dust, but that still didn't hide the three glowing blue shapes. The dust cleared and Tenchi stood resolute, clad in a white uniform. "Now, you shall pay for the suffering you've inflicted upon her" he said coldly. With relative ease he changed the one of the wings into a giant sword almost has tall has he was. They both stood, sizing eachother up. Then, they charged. There was a huge white flash has both their blows connected. In the end, both fighters still stood. Tenchi looked down to his stomach and noticed a medium sized hole. He gaped in surprise has it miraculously healed automatically. He turned to face Nagi. She turned too, but didn't attack. Instead she dropped her rapier to the ground. She touched her side, which blood was dripping freely from. "You've won, boy. I underestimated you, you are clearly a superior fighter...now go. Take your woman and leave.." Nagi muttered has she collapsed to the ground. "Rest in peace Nagi..." Tenchi said has he fired a huge energy blast at her. When the smoke cleared, Nagi was dead. Tenchi said a quick prayer for her and ran back to Ryoko. "Ryoko...please don't die Ryoko..." Tenchi pleaded has he held Ryoko's hand. "Ryo-oki! Cmon we have to get back to Washu!" Tenchi shouted. In the distance, he could see the ship hurtling towards him at a frantic speed. "Miya!" Ryo-oki brought them aboard and began speeding back to Earth. Tenchi silently kept watch over Ryoko. He shook her gently, pleading for her to wake up. It wasn't working. "Please Ryoko..wake up...don't die..". He'd noticed most of her wounds had stopped bleeding, which was a good thing. Ryoko was fighting to stay alive. She was reeling from the blows Nagi had inflicted, she'd figured that she had a couple broken ribs to go along with the hole in her stomach and her broken leg. Slowly, she was regaining consiousness. she thought has she opened her eyes. She was back aboard the Ryo- oki. She looked around and saw Tenchi lying next to her, praying. "Tenchi...." Tenchi opened his eyes, and tears of joy began to drip down his cheek. "Ryoko! Your alive!" Tenchi gasped. "Tenchi..what happened...?" Ryoko asked has she feebly tried to sit up. The pain in her leg and in her side was horrible. She moaned and lie back down. "Ryoko just wait a second, I'll tell you..here hold on.." Tenchi gently picked her up and carried her over to the wall. He lied her back against the wall. "More comfortable?" he asked. "Yes..thank you Tenchi.." Tenchi sat down beside her. He noticed she was shivering so he wrapped his arm around her shoulder. "It's ok now, everything is alright. Nagi...is dead." Ryoko's eyes widened. "How??" "I fought her..and won. I created the lighthawk wings." Tenchi explained. "The lighthawk wings..? Oh yes, I remember those from the other dimension..." "It's a good thing the dimensions merged, otherwise....." Tenchi started but was cut off by Ryoko. "Tenchi..about..last night..." "Ryoko I know. I was a fool. Im extremely sorry...gomen nasai.." He said and bowed. "No..its my fault too..I was too demanding..." she burst into tears. "It was horrible...I thought that that was the last time I would ever see you again....and I didn't even get to apologize.." she buried her head in his chest and wept. Tenchi cradled her and lifted her chin to meet his gaze. "It's ok now Ryoko. Nagi will never bother us again...no one will ever come between us. Ever." He promised. He reached over and dried her tears. "We'll be arriving at Earth soon...don't worry Washu will help you. When your all better, how bout we go on that date? Like I promised?" His old smile was returning. "hmm?" " That would be wonderful, my Tenchi." she sighed "Ryo-oki, how much longer till we arrive home?" "Miya! Miya miya!" "Well be home in 3-4 hours...Ryo-oki was damaged from the windstorms on the Syrus. She's not flying has fast has she could." Ryoko translated. Ryoko grinned at the thought of what Ryo-oki had REALLY said. "Well in that case, why dont we go to sleep for awhile?" Tenchi said, holding Ryoko closer. "I am still dead tired from all that fighting, Nagi didn't really..let me sleep" he finished bluntly. "Sure...hold on a second..can you bring me over to the control panel?" she asked feebly. Tenchi nodded and carried her over to the control panel. Ryoko tapped a few buttons, and a small futon appeared on the floor. "There, that should be more comfortable." Ryoko said has Tenchi carried her over to the futon and gently layed her down. Tenchi lay down on the floor next to the futon. Ryoko noticed him moving around alot so she figured he must have been uncomfortable. "Umm...Tenchi...we can share the futon you know...you don't have to sleep on the floor." Ryoko said quietly, scooting over. "Well, if you don't mind..." "Of course not Tenchi...it would really help me sleep better anyway knowing that you were with me.." She said and smiled at Tenchi. "Don't worry, I won't bite" Tenchi grinned, and moved onto the futon. (AN: No this isn't a lemon..) "This beats the floor..." Tenchi said. He shifted around to face Ryoko. "Tenchi....will you hold me?" Ryoko asked, her golden eyes gazing into his. "Well...sure..." he said and wrapped one arm around her. "Thank you Tenchi..." she said and drifted into a deep sleep. Tenchi leaned of her and kissed her on the cheek. "Goodnight, my Ryoko..." he said before he himself fell asleep. They both slept peacefully has the stars shot by them while Ryo-oki began it's trek to Earth. Author's Notes: Well that's it! So, how did I do on the fight scene? Decent hopefully? Anyway, the next few episodes will be about the upcoming war of the goddesses, like I said. And from now on, I won't be using "the other dimension" and stuff like that to fill in for stuff that happened in other series. I wont have to explain etc. I mean if they were shown their exact memories, they all should know. Read on for a preview. Next Episode- Tsunami's first appearence! Tsunami shows up and informs everyone of the upcoming war of the goddesses. Washu finds out she was a goddess, and Tokimi begins to train her avatar. Also, Tsunami and Washu must pick their own avatars to fight. Who will they pick? Read the next episode and find out! No Need for Goddesses!