The Infinite, Part 1:The Void Opens By White Raven [trunks_vs_cactus@hotmail.com] As the sun beat down on the Masaki household, life was pretty much going on as it normally went. Ryoko and Aeka were fighting over Tenchi, Sasami was cooking away in the kitchen, Mihoshi was snoring away, like I said, pretty much normal. Except, something wasn't normal. No-one knew what, but something wasn't right. Tenchi was pondering what seemed wrong as he was training with his grandfather. This was a mistake, because he wasn't concentrating, and Yousho gave him a nasty blow to the stomach with his wooden sword. "Tenchi, you really need to concentrate." he said as Tenchi lay down on the ground, gasping for air. "I....know....Grandfather. Could....we....take a...break now?" Yousho was about to answer, but just then, a gentle tremor shook the ground. "What the..." Tenchi managed to gasp before a huge crack spread along the ground and he nearly fell in. Tenchi jumped away in fear as Yousho watched with curiosity. Then, another crack spread along the ground, and another, and another. There were crack spreading along the ground everywhere, and a huge Earthquake was shaking the ground. A small, pale blue ball of energy then appeared in front of Yousho. However, no-one noticed this, as they were all running for their lives from the huge fissures spreading along the ground. However, they did notice when the energy ball exploded in a huge blast of green blue energy. "Uh, is everyone okay?" Tenchi asked nervously after the explosion had finished and he had made sure all his limbs were still attached. "Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh." said eight people simultaneously. They were okay. Tenchi then staggered up and noticed a small boy standing where the energy ball had been. The looked about twelve, yet his eyes made him look like he had seen the beginning and end of the universe. He had skin which looked like liquid silver, and wore a long, black cloak which spread down to his knees. His hair was raven black, and flowed down to his neck. "Hello." he said gently "My name is Matao. Nice to meet you all." "Uh, nice to meet you too." said Tenchi in the tone of voice someone might use if they were talking to a child holding a nuclear weapon "My name is Tenchi. Hey, I was just wondering....."was all he got out before Ryoko started yelling. "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING, KID! YOU NEARLY KILLED US!" Tenchi looked nervously at Matao, thinking he would probably kill Ryoko, but all he did was say "I don't like being yelled at." and Ryoko went flying through the walls of Tenchi's house as if she was being thrown be an invisible force. "Why you little..." Ryoko said as she crawled out of the wreckage. But that was all she got out, because then Matao snapped his fingers, and huge bolts of lightning began to blast Ryoko. She felt as though someone was trying to tear her to shreds, and succeding. She screamed in agony, knowing that Matao would not stop, for she could her him laughing gently to himself. She may have been screaming, but his laugh still penetrated the sound, as gentle as it was. "Stop it!" yelled Tenchi, "Please stop!" "Okay." Matao said. Suddenly, the lightning stopped. Ryoko flopped down to the floor, and everyone [even Aeka, who quietly said to herself that even Ryoko didn't deserve that] rushed over to see if she was okay. Washu and Tenchi pulled her up slowly, and Ryoko faintly muttered "Why....did you......do...that?" before passing out in Tenchi's arms. "I said I don't like being yelled at." Matao said quietly. Tenchi carried Ryoko off to a bed that hadn't been destroyed, and Washu got out her computer to make some scans, while everyone else just stood around, marvelling at the fact that one kid just floored one of the most dangerous criminals in the universe just by snapping his fingers. "Hmm, strange." Washu said more to herself than anyone else "I keep running scans on the kid, but he isn't even being detected on my computer. Its like he isn't even there!" "At this, Matao looked at her, and said "Would you like to meet my other friends?" Right after he said this, he began to fade away. "What the hell?" said Aeka. "Kiyone, I'm scared!" whimpered Mihoshi who was holding on to Kiyone for dear life. "Mihoshi.....I can't.....breath!" "Oh, sorry, sorry." As Tenchi returned, he noticed everyone was staring at another ball of blue energy that had appeared in front of them. "Hey, whats that? And where did Matao go?" he said. No-one heard him, because at that moment, the ball exploded, and a huge, black void opened up and seemed to swallow the world. "AHHHHHHHHH!" screamed everyone who could, but they're screams were quickly silenced by the darkness of the void as it enveloped them. NOTE: This was my first fan fic, so forgive me if its not that good. For those who are wondering "Where are the characters from the other series, I mean, it is a crossover" just wait till part two, okay? Right, now I've got to do the diclaimers: Tenchi Muyo and all its characters do not belong to me. Actually, I don't know who it belongs to, but I'm sure they're rich as hell. Also, sorry if I accidently sent this story twice.