Disclaimer: The characters in this story are property of AIC and Pioneer. Only a few of the characters are mine. This is chapter six where Nimbus holds Latrus as his prisoner, but what is the Dark Master up too. He is not making any attempt to escape, or maybe he knows he can't... Tenchi Muyo! Revelations Chapter 6: Jurai's Fall Darkness surrounded the boy. His eyes closed as if a sleep, but a wry smile lingered upon his face. The boy sat in the middle of the darkness as it caressed the very essence of his body. "Come." The boy chanted with his eyes closed. *** Ryshu opened his eyes in terror. The boy that has appeared in his dreams so many times has returned. The boy that looked like him but did not sound like him. Ryshu fell back to the floor weary and tired as some strange sleep took over. *** Nimbus played the keys of his organ with delight and passion. His fingers stroked the keys gracefully, and he smiled as he played his piece. A dark smile crossed his lips as he played the last note. He turned slowly on the stool to face the man behind him. "You like?" He asked tauntingly. "NO!" Cried out the man as he fell to his knees with his hands pressed aggressively on his head. "The Instinct calls you. Doesn't it? Well, don't fight it let it win." Nimbus spoke convincingly. "What...is...the name... of the dark music you were playing?" Latrus stuttered trying to control himself. "It is a piece called, Infernal Dance of Kastchei's Court by Igor Stravinsky's, The Firebird. He composed the music, while Sergei Diahhilev wrote the Russian legend opera, but enough. I want to know why you are after me?" Nimbus said rubbing his thumb on Latrus's face. "What wrong have I done to you?" "A wrong that your death will not fix, but Washu's will." Latrus snarled. "I see, and why her?" Nimbus asked and spoke, as silence was the answer. "Why are you after her?" He asked again losing his patience. "Because her death will end the curse." Latrus replied as he collapsed to the floor in exhaustion. Nimbus stroked some strands of his hair from his face, and walked back to the organ. "Well, fighting the Instinct will either kill you or you will succumb to it." Nimbus murmured. *** Tenchi stood in wait out of Washu's lab. Something was a miss, and this demon woman was going to answer the riddle. "Tenchi." Ryoko called climbing down the staircase. "Yes." Tenchi replied. "I have to take Ryshu back to the cave." Ryoko said hurriedly. "Why?" Tenchi asked in astonishment. "He has some illness. It comes and goes, but I have a device that seems to heal him when these attacks emerge." Ryoko explained with worry upon her features. "I'll go with you." Tenchi said leading Ryoko up the staircase. *** She listened closely to the couple's discussion. A child sick? Questioned her mind. She had to see this for herself and grabbed her almost healed side as now a scar formed from the burned flesh. "No machine can heal it, but I can." She whispered to herself and disappeared in a flash of fire. *** "Tenchi, Ryoko!" Washu yelled. "What's wrong, Washu?" Asked Tenchi with Ryoko behind him. They were halfway up the staircase. "The girl is gone. She vanished in a heap of fire." Washu panicked. "We will find her." Tenchi replied with determination in his brown eyes. "Will you?" An Irish woman's voice taunted from the top of the staircase. Tenchi looked up to see the woman with a paled face Ryshu cradled in her arms. Tenchi stood ready to fight. "Let him go." He demanded. "I would, but for him to live you will have to trust me." She pleaded. "That is not true Ryoko is his mother and knows how to cure him." Tenchi argued. "I know of such devices, but they are useless now." She said with sadness in her eyes. "Why?" Ryoko asked as she leaped in front of Tenchi to get her son back. "Move to the center of the room and let me heal him. He only has a few minutes left." She bellowed in frustration. "Do as she says" Washu ordered from below. She gave a cold stare at the Irish woman, but nodded her head in agreement as Katrina returned the nod. Tenchi and Ryoko stepped down and walked to the center of the room with Katrina walking not far behind them. They stood and watched as she lay Ryshu flat on his back. She sat herself on her knees and positioned her hands parallel above the boy's chest. "Promise me to knock me out after you see the boy's color return in his cheeks." She demanded. Tenchi almost spoke, but Washu's hand blocked his lip. "We will." She replied. Katrina's his glowed a golden light. The light pulsed and grew around her body as Ryshu's did the same. Tenchi and Ryoko shaded their eyes as figures of light replaced the woman and child's bodies. She then leaned to the boy's forehead and pressed her lips on his young, soft skin. Instantly, the light faded and Katrina fell to the ground as soon as the light vanished. "I did as she said." Washu said starring at the unconscious woman. "How's Ryshu?" She asked. "He appears to be okay, mom." Ryoko said a little worried as the boy's eyes opened wearily. "Good, take him to bed and let him rest. I also suggest you all do the same. We will find out more of our guest in the morning." Washu ordered and watched everyone walk up the staircase. She looked down at the sleeping woman on the ground very curiously. "I don't know why I trust you, but tomorrow maybe I will." Washu confirmed to herself. *** "Sleep, dreams, essence of evil." A woman's voice rang through the black void that surrounded Ryshu. "Who are you?" The little boy quivered in fear. "I am the one that saved you from the trance." Katrina said as she appeared from the darkness. "Who are you?" Ryshu asked again snuggling his arms around his knees. "I am Katrina, a friend. The only friend you will ever have." She said sincerely. "My mother is my only friend." Ryshu pouted. "Not here she is not. Here I am the only one that can help you." Katrina said taking a step toward the shivering boy. "Where is here?" Ryshu asked looking at the dark surrounding around him. "This is the dream world. A world where demons overtake the hearts of mortals, just as angels are said to do the same, but you are not having an ordinary nightmare. This place is known as the void, the place in between the dream world and hell." She said spinning in a circle with her arms raised. She looked like a spinning cross. "You were fighting a demon, or yourself." She said as her eyes were constantly moving as if she was searching for something. "What are you looking for?" Ryshu asked curiously as he slowly crawled near her. "I am trying to sense who was the demon that was here, but I sense none. Which probably means you led yourself here and met your dark half." She said starring back into the petrified boy's golden eyes. She gave a warm caring smile in return. "How are you in my dreams?" Ryshu asked trying to understand what she had told him. "I am also a demon." She said. Ryshu jumped back and slowly crawled backwards. The terror in his eyes brought tears down his cheeks. "Do not be afraid." Katrina said calmly. "Not all demons are bad, only the ones that allow Chaos to control them." She said. "And if I was one of them, you would be dead by now." She said and teleported to Ryshu's side as he leaped to make a run at the sound of death. "Easy now." She whispered in his ear. "To prove myself, you will have the best dream of your life, tonight." She smiled and gave the terrified boy a wink for reassurance. She stood up and raised her hands into the air and in a flash of light she was gone, and so was the void. "Wow!" Ryshu said as he now stood in a green field with cherry blossoms all around him. "Enjoy your dream." Katrina's voice echoed from the heavens of the fields. Ryshu looked behind him to see a little girl standing behind him. "Who are you?" He asked uncertainly. "I am Kat." She replied. "What's your name?" She asked with the same uncertainty. "I am Ryshu." He replied sheepishly. "You want to go play in the fields." She asked longingly. "Sure." He replied with a cheerful smile and ran after the little red haired girl. *** Morning came and the Tenchi household slowly woke up except for one. Tenchi walked hurriedly to Washu's door and knocked. "Washu, it's me, Tenchi. Washu, are you up?" Tenchi whispered through the crack in the door. He was answered with a, "Hiya, Tenchi." Washu said cheerfully from behind. Tenchi jumped and hung to the door as if it were going to protect him. "Washu." He said annoyingly. "I wish you would not do that." He shrugged. "I can't help it. You were there and I was here, so I did it." She said mischievously. "Okay, where is that girl?" He asked regaining his composure. "She is in my lab, of course." Washu said. "Good, are we ready to question her?" He asked. "Yes, I am, but you will not be participating." She replied dryly. "What?" Tenchi asked in disbelief. "Why not?" He pleaded. "Because you are too emotional. You made this matter personal, and that is dangerous. Even your grandfather would agree with that." She said solemnly. "But." Tenchi moaned, but was interrupted. "No!" Washu affirmed her answer. "You and everyone can watch the interrogation, but I will be asking the questions. Is that clear?" She asked, but it was more an order. "Crystal." Tenchi huffed through his breath and walked off angrily. Washu watched and starred back at the floor. "I am sorry Tenchi, but it is for the better. You will get answers you want, but not the ones that will help us in whatever Nimbus or Chaos are up to." She looked up to see Ryoko flying above her. "You know what to do." She smiled. "Sure, but I am a little uncomfortable about doing this." Ryoko said unsure of her mother's plan. "Don't worry, you two will be fine. I just want you two to return in one hour." Washu said. "Okay." Ryoko replied still uncertain of her mother's plan and vanished. "I hope I know what I am doing." Washu spoke to herself and returned to her lab leaving the door open. *** A dry wind passed over Jurai. A wind that chilled the very spine of people walking the roads and streets now surrounded the cities and towns. Azusa let out a deep sigh and continued to stroll toward the bedchamber. He stopped as his spine chilled as the dreary wind blew on his beard. He shook it off and continued to the chamber. "Majesty!" A man's voice called through the silent night. Azusa stopped and slowly turned around. His eyes were met with a man's that was at least one hundred fifty years younger. The man's brown eyes were so similar in appearance to Tenchi that he could have killed the man, but the man had brown hair, not black. He took a deep breath of the strange wind before he spoke. "Speak." He ordered like a true emperor. "Sire, there is trouble at the holy church of Tsunami. The high priest himself has demanded that we abandon Jurai." The soldier said uncertainly. "What?" Azusa screamed in anger. "I will speak with the priest myself. I have never heard of something so ridiculous. Ready my coach. We leave at once." He demanded in rage. "Sire." The man bowed and ran in front of Azusa to ready the imperial court. *** The priest kneeled before the first holy alter of Tsunami. He began praying that the Emperor heeds his warning and leaves. He opened his eyes at the disturbing sound of a fight and turned to face the intrusion, but was met by guards and the Emperor walking hurriedly towards him. "Priest!" He yelled in anger. "How can I serve the Emperor." He asked calmly as if nothing was wrong. "Why have you ordered my people to abandon our home for no REASON!" He yelled as his fist cracked the pew next to him. The priest only stuttered in fear. "Answer!" He yelled again. The priest regained his composure and spoke, "You are about to see a war that has nothing to do with you, and my..." He spoke the last word with an accent that the emperor understood his position in the matter. He continued, "people, including yourself, will surely die in it." "How can you say that when there is no enemy in sight?" Azusa complained. "Because you are fighting an opponent that is evil itself. Only the religions that no of its existence shall fight and die, but our deaths will be avenged by the chosen one." The priest smiled at the thought of the war ending by such a legend in every religion. "What is this evil you speak of?" Azusa asked impatiently, but his anger slowly subsided as curiosity took over. "I speak of the ruler of evil, himself, the smallest and strongest of all demons, Chaos." He shivered at the very name of the demon, but smiled a little as the Emperor shivered from the same thing. "That's nonsense." Azusa laughed in disbelief. "Is it? Then, why are you shivering?" The priest pointed out as his argument was turning for the better. "How come we never heard about it, but all the priests know of this matter?" Azusa continued with the interrogation. "Because it is a battle for us and not you. We can slow him down, until the chosen one arrives. Now heed my warning and leave." The priest warned. "Your grace." Screamed a boy. Everyone turned to a boy who came running to the head priest. He was very young, and blonde. His pale blue eyes watered in fear. "Go on child." The priest said encouraging the boy. "They're...he..re." The boy mumbled. Every priest in the main chapel ran out, and took their positions on the church. "You are stuck with us." The priest said a little annoyed. "Emperor stay here and let us do what we must, but know that your life and all the people here will die in this church. I just don't know when." The priest walked by the dazed emperor and was almost near the huge gates of the chapel before he turned. "Contact your family, and tell them for everyone to abandon Jurai and have them make sure the Galaxy Police do not get involved. We are the only ones that can fight this, and Tsunami help us to win." He said sympathetically and left the chapel with his blue robes dragging behind him. "Tsunami, what have I done." He spoke to himself as if everything the priest said was true. *** Ryoko saw Tenchi sitting on the porch watching the sunrise. She took a deep breath and took a step toward him. The wind grew cold and she shivered at the touch. "Sorry, Washu." She said to herself and ran make into the house. She leaped over the sofa and knocked heavily on the lab door like a frightened child. "Mom!" She cried and sank to her knees in fear. Her cries were answered with someone cradling her. She looked up to see Tenchi looking at her worriedly. Then, she heard a door squeak open, and saw her mother. For the first time in her life, Washu looked worried about her. "What is it?" Washu whispered soothingly. She knelt down and stroked Ryoko's hair. "I feel sadness and silence. I did what you said, but then I saw the Jurian Church on fire, and the planet empty. I also saw the people in the church dead, and the Emperor also. All that was left were men in crimson robes and another in a dark purple outlined in crimson. I couldn't see his face. All these images came when the wind blew as if calling me." Ryoko cried onto Washu's shoulder. "It's all right. You just had a bad vision. Your imagination was probably playing a trick on you." Washu said hugging Ryoko tighter. "Unfortunately, you are wrong." Ayeka said walking into the room with Gratin-Lar and Tokimi behind her. "What do you mean?" Sasami asked eavesdropping as she climbed down the staircase. "Sasami, our father is dead and the people of the church with him. Everyone else left and mom will call us shortly." Ayeka said as tears dropped down her cheek. Sasami ran to her sister crying as Ayeka caught her in her arms. "Why?" Sasami asked. "Because Chaos wants Gratin-Lar and me to pay for defying him." Ayeka said. "Why?" Tenchi interrupted. "Because Ayeka is now what I am. The creator transformed her, and because she and I are linked emotionally and mentally. What she feels I feel." Gratin-Lar answered sadly. "Chaos is also after the main religions of the universe and destroying them, so that his church will be the only one left." Tokimi spoke bitterly. "So Earth is next." Washu exclaimed. "No." Tokimi said. "Earth has already been taken over. Someone on this planet already receives the praises of this world, including all of the major religious leaders." "Who?" Yosho asked sitting on the sofa silently before all of the commotion started. "Nimbus." Tenchi snarled in anger. *** The earth rumbled as Azusa and the priests watched a horde of men in crimson robes chant at the front gates. Azusa's eyes were in absolute awe, but slowly looked down as a man in a purple robe outlined in crimson stepped up. "You know what we want. Now, join or die." The man called out. "You have come, but you know the answer." The priest challenged back. "What is your name foolish one?" The faceless man asked. "I am Dorin Hadelic, high priest of Tsunami. And yours?" The priest asked back. "I am Latrus." He yelled back and raised his arms in the air. "Die!" He screamed as a huge gush of wind blew the men on the church off their feet. Some fell to their deaths, but others stayed and flew into the walls. "If it is a fight you want, then I challenge you alone." The emperor yelled in fury. "Sire." The priest begged. "If I am supposed to be the most powerful mortal in the universe, than I am the best choice for us to even have a chance." Azusa claimed with no anger or sadness. He was more at peace with himself, a sight many would have liked to see in him due to his temper covering it. It is amazing what happens to a man when death is in the air. "I accept." Latrus bowed. "READY!" Azusa screamed as leaped off the roof and some how landed on his feet in front of Latrus. "Here are the rules of our duel. Swords, no magic or special speed skills, just you and me in sword combat. Agree." The Emperor proclaimed allowing everyone to hear their duel. "Agreed." Latrus said arrogantly and bowed his head. Azusa pulled out his hilt and summoned his Jurai energy to form his blade and positioned himself to attack. He leaped for a slash on the man's head. He smiled as the man did not raise of lift his head, but just stood there in silence. Azusa sliced down and screamed in utter pain. He fell to the ground and got to his knees to see a blade the looked like a lightning bolt in his chest. "How?" The emperor muttered as his last minutes were passing him by quickly. "Let me show you." Latrus taunted and walked up to Azusa and allowed the emperor to look inside the hood. The emperor's eyes flared in ultimate terror at the sight and died on his back screaming his fear. He stopped and froze with eyes and mouth opened in fright. "Now church of Tsunami, good bye." Latrus announced raising his hands into the air and kneeled to the ground as he began to chant. With his left hand, he picked up the dust at his feet, and let it catch in the wind as it twirled faster and bigger. Faster and larger it became in every spin, until it was the size of the temple, but the sky heated in flames. "Chaotic Wind" Latrus spoke in summoning and the priests of the temple prayed for Tsunami to forgive them as they were shortly soon to join her. *** Kiyone and Mihoshi were on their way to Jurai with a large fleet. They saw the planet in the distance, but were greeted with a Jurai armada. "State yourselves, and why you are in such large numbers." Kiyone announced. "I am Lady Funaho, Co-Empress of Jurai. We are abandoning our world on the order of his majesty the Emperor." She announced. "Abandon Jurai, why?" Kiyone asked a little afraid of what could give Jurai such a scare. "We do not know. We only know that an evil force, which has probably ended his majesty's life, is after our church. We are also ordered not to let you pass. By force, if necessary." She said seriously and not even a tear fell down for sorrow of her so called dead husband. "You are a true empress, Lady Funaho, but..." Kiyone was interrupted with the planet exploding in a rage of fire. The ships were hit heavily with rocky debris and strange floating flames as they were engulfed in Jurai's destruction. Kiyone stood up and dusted herself off. "Report." She ordered. "We have minor damage. It looks like the Jurai ships took the most of the blow away from us." A young officer stated. "Lady, are you okay?" Kiyone asked in worry. "We are all fine. Our shields are totally gone, but otherwise no casualties." She announced. "If you will excuse me, I must take my fleet to Earth. We have business there." She spoke as a tear fell down her cheek. She turned away as the communication link was broken. "Report this to headquarters. It looks like this church group is something else." Kiyone ordered as she took her seat. "What are we going to do? Jurai has fallen for good." She said in worry. *** Everyone in the household remained quiet. They all waited to see, if Ayeka's prediction would come true. "Guys, I have a link to one of many in a Jurain cortege." Washu announced wearily and hand Ayeka the communication device. Sasami leaped to by her sister and looked at the device hoping the dreadful prophecies have happened. Washu took her place and held her scared daughter closer. "Yes." Ayeka answered to the communication device. "Daughters, I have some depressing news." Misaki cried in tears. "I know." Ayeka said as tears began to fall down her eyes. "Father is dead and the holy temple is destroyed." Ayeka cried. "How?" Misaki asked in surprise. "I will explain when you and everyone arrive safely to Earth." Ayeka said trying to regain her composure. "Very well." She said. "We will settle until we find a new planet." She announced. "What?" Ayeka leaped in surprise. "What do you mean? I knew about father and the temple, but not our home as well." Ayeka cried as Gratin-Lar held her up and let her cry on him. Sasami cried on Yosho's shoulder as he also slowly wept. Tenchi could not believe it. Everything changed so quickly. He almost wished that he was fighting Kagato or Tokimi instead. Everything seemed to get worse. "Yes, my children. Jurai has fallen." Misaki said as she signed off. TO BE CONTINUED... This is the end of chapter six. Keep reading and find out what happens to Katrina and Latrus. Why does he have the same name as the faceless, Latrus? Only the future knows. If you have any questions or comments, please send them to washu@saiyan.com. I love to hear your comments and answer questions that you may have. Thanks for reading.