"Takeshi, come here, quick!" Sasami called from across the house.
"What's up?" Takeshi asked.
Sasami blushed, holding out a book. "I... wanted you to have this."
Takeshi took it, reading the cover. "It's a Jurai and Japan Recipe Book."
She nodded. "It took me almost a week to convert the Juraiian into Japanese, but... I wanted you to have something to remember me by."
"Thanks, Sasami-chan. But I don't know how I could forget any of this."
"Do you have to go?" Sasami asked.
"Yeah," he told her. "I like it here, but my family and friends are back on Nomékop. You can come visit, though. Nomékop's only one-hundred light years away. That's like, a month in space time, isn't it?"
"I guess you're right. Maybe, one day, I can come and see what Nomékop looks like. That'd be nice. It sounds so pretty, and all the amazing animals. Maybe by then you'll be a famous breeder, and I'll be a respectable Princess."
"I don't think it'll be that far into the future," Takeshi laughed.
Sasami hugged him fiercely. "I'm gonna miss you. It's been so nice, having someone to talk to in the kitchen. It was... sort of like having an older brother." She sniffled a little. "I thought this would go on always, but I guess it's not like it was with Tenchi and us."
"Hey, don't cry, okay?" Takeshi said, smiling. "I'm gonna be getting enough of that from Mihoshi as it is."

"Ah, my own room all to myself again!" Ryoko sighed, stretching out. "Finally some privacy in both rooms, in case Tenchi wants a different atmosphere!" She winked at the Rocket. "And you and Kojiro will have some privacy, too."
"Like Nyasu would let that happen," Musashi muttered. She looked around the room, her things packed in a bag Ryoko had given her. "I don't want to leave. I wish I didn't have to. But Kojiro wants to give Nomékop another try, so I guess I'll go along with him for once."
"When someone like you goes with another person's view, you know it's love," Ryoko chuckled. Needless to say Musashi had told Ryoko the entire story about her and Kojiro's moment in the Mosquito.
"You really aren't going to miss me?" Musashi asked.
"Of course I am!" Ryoko stood up. "But I hate teary good-byes with people hugging and weeping. I think Mihoshi will take care of that part." She hit her friend on the shoulder, using a bit too much strength and knocking her off balance. "It ain't good-bye, you know. Tenchi and I are gonna take that around the universe trip, and I plan on making the first stop Nomékop! So see, we'll stay there a few months, go to parties, and get drunk on your type of alcohol."
Musashi laughed. "Can't wait."
"Musashi!" Kojiro called from outside the door. "Ready to go?"
She picked up her bags. "Yeah." She turned to Ryoko. "Coming to see me off?"
"Wouldn't be much of a friend if I didn't. Let's hurry. I wanna see how much of a scene Mihoshi makes."

"No Takeshi! I don't want you to leave! You can't because I love you!" Mihoshi wailed.
The rest of the group, aside Takeshi, plugged their ears and impatiently waited for her to finish.
"We were gonna go on dates and throw parties and have fun! You can't leave! We're boyfriend and girlfriend Takeshiiiiiiiii!"
He patted her back awkwardly, trying to breathe through her crushing hold. "It's not the end, Mihoshi. I know it isn't. Maybe you can come to Nomékop in a few months, and we can do all that stuff. Maybe, if things go right, we could, you know... tie the knot..."
She tightened her hold, screeching to the skies. "No Takeshi no! Just stay here with me and Kiyone and Tenchi and Ryoko and everyone! If you go home you'll find someone you like better and I don't wanna get my heart broken like Aeka did and become an old hag like Aeka will!" The Princess flushed, but stayed quiet. "Please, Takeshi! I don't want you to leeeeeave!"
"That's enough, Mihoshi," Kiyone came up behind her and pulled her away. "You're suffocating him."
"But Kiyone..."
The Police officer sighed. "Look, we'll take a trip out there, sometime soon, all right? And, if you want to stay for a few months then I guess I could arrange a vacation with headquarters."
"Kiyone, can we go now, please!?" Mihoshi grabbed on to her friend's shirt. "Then we'd get there in about a month and Takeshi won't have time to fall in love again!"
"What a minute! You can't just abandon you're duties as a Galaxy Police officer!" Kiyone reminded her irritably.
Mihoshi sniffled. "But Kiyone..."
"I'm not going to fall in love with anyone else," Takeshi assured her. "Especially if I'll see you again."
"Well, no one will fall in love with HIM," Kojiro whispered to Musashi. She snickered.
"I heard that, Sugarplum fairy!" Takeshi snapped.
Mihoshi looked from Takeshi, to Kiyone. "Well, I guess that'll work... but I'm gonna miss you so much!"
Kiyone, sick of hearing it, clapped a hand over her partner's mouth. "Anyone else wanna get in a good-bye?"
Tenchi faced the D-Space Travellers, bowing traditionally. "Thanks, to all of you. Even dragged here against your will, you helped us a lot. In the war-"
"And in another things," Ryoko giggled, poking Tenchi's cheek playfully.
He blushed. "So, anyway, we'll try to visit when we can! And don't you forget us."
"Only if you return the favor," Musashi told him.
Aeka waved a hand, sighing. "Forget you three? Oh, I shall try, I suppose, but the likelihood of that is as close to me becoming friends with Miss Ryoko." She smiled a little. "But, I suppose you did help to save Earth, and perhaps ultimately Jurai. I thank you for that, and I wish you the best of luck in the future."
"Same goes to you," Kojiro replied. He looked at Washu. "We ready to go?"
"I'm ready when you are," Washu explained.
"Wait! Takeshi, Musashi, Kojiro, wait!"
All eyes turned to see Sasami running their way, Nobuyuki and Katsuhito close behind. Sasami had a packet clutched in her hand.
"Sasami, what's that?" Tenchi asked.
The younger girl skidded to a halt, taking a moment to catch her breath. "I almost forgot... about the pictures we took... well, Nobuyuki and I took them... of your stay here... they just got developed... here." She shoved ten pictures at each of them. "Ten... for all of you... to remember your trip... and so your friends... will believe you..."
Musashi thanked her, flipping through the pictures.
"I divided them... by interest," the Princess went on. "Like... Takeshi got all... the ones with him... and Mihoshi... oh, and each of you got... a group shot."
"I remember when we took that. We took an hour just to get set up," Katsuhito commented, chuckling.
"And..." Sasami held up a shot. "We get a copy too, to remember you. This way no one forgets that you're part of the Masaki family."
"The family?" Kojiro queried.
"Yeah. Just like me, Aeka, Ryoko, Mihoshi, Kiyone and Washu are. You came here like we did- sort of- and that makes you family!" Sasami explained.
"Family," Musashi mused. "I like the thought."
"I like this one better than my real one," Kojiro laughed.
"This is all very touching," Washu broke in. "But if I keep this machine running much longer I'll sap the electricity in the house." She grinned. "Now, you three have fun back home, okay, and don't forget to send us a postcard!"
Takeshi nodded. "Right. How do we do this?"
"Just walk up there," Washu said, pointing to a platform. "It'll feel pretty weird, like it did when you first came here, but hopefully this time you won't fall out of the sky ten feet above the ground. I set it for the same evening you disappeared, so your friends won't have too much time to worry about you."
The trio stepped up to the platform. Washu typed in a few buttons, and they immediately started to vanish again.
"Ja ne!" the Masaki family called.
"Till we meet again!" Takeshi, Musashi and Kojiro waved. The ground opened up below them, and they disappeared into D-Space.

"Takeshi!? That you?" Satoshi asked from across the field. He and Kasumi had set up camp a little ways from where Takeshi had gone under, not sure if he would be back or not.
"It's me, all right," Takeshi told him. "You didn't really think I was dead, did you?"
Once he reached them, Kasumi unleashed her wrath. "Exactly what kind of cheap trick was that, huh?! Were you trying to scare us, because it worked! We were worried sick about you, you big idiot! Where were you, anyway?!"
"Would you believe me if I said I got blasted to another planet one hundred light years away, stayed there for two months, fell in love with a Galaxy Police officer and helped save the place called Earth?"
"Of course not! What a stupid made-up-" she stopped suddenly. "Um, Takeshi, what's with the wrist splint?"
He laughed. "I'll explain the whole thing, if you'll stop yelling at me for a minute..."

"Musashi? Kojiro? No way! You guys fell into that hole... didn't you?" Nyasu questioned, blinking several times to see if he was imagining it.
"Yeah. You want us to explain it to you?" Kojiro asked.
"I better. You'll probably get something screwed up," Musashi told him, not as a snappish remark but more as a joke.
"Probably," Kojiro agreed.
Nyasu cocked his head. "Uh... you guys feeling okay? Shouldn't Musashi be smacking Kojiro over the head right about now, and shouldn't Kojiro be whining or something?"
"Well... do you want the whole version or the short one?" Musashi wondered.
"Long. This, I gotta hear."

Kasumi giggled. "Takeshi-chan, you don't really expect us to believe that."
"Yeah. We're not stupid, you know," Satoshi put in, oblivious to the other two sweat-dropping. "Did Rocket Dan build another screwy hole that messed up, and you broke your wrist when you fell, or what?"
"It is the truth!" Takeshi insisted.
"Okay. I might be able to believe the D-Space travel. I might be able to believe a family of aliens took you in for two months. I might even be able to believe that you saved this planet called Earth. But getting a girl?" Kasumi hastily added. "No offense, or anything."
Takeshi whipped out a picture. "Then HOW do you explain THIS??"
Kasumi looked at it. It was a shot of a blonde girl sitting on Takeshi's lap, giggling and shoving a rice ball into her mouth. "Um..."
"Believe me now?"
"I guess I have to believe evidence. But it doesn't really matter, since you'll never see her again." Satoshi looked at him funny. "Why'd you leave a cute girl like her, anyway?"
Takeshi stared ahead blankly. "I... I don't know. I guess 'cause I wanted to come home."
"Home? You mean you'd give up suki for Nomékop?" Kasumi burst out laughing. "You must be dumber than Satoshi!"
"Huh? What's that supposed to mean?" Satoshi shot back. "I'm smart, I just don't show it a lot!"
"Since when?"
"Since always, so there!"
"Please! You're a stumbling idiot who'da been dead long ago if it wasn't for me and Takeshi and Kenjii!"
"Maybe I got some help, but none of it was from you, that's for sure!"
The duo stopped suddenly. Usually this was where Takeshi would stop them from killing each other and offer to make some food. They turned to see what the hold up was. Takeshi had his head in his hands, a funny noise coming out of his throat.
"Uh, Takeshi-chan?"
"I CAN'T BELIEVE I LEFT MIHOSHI AND EARTH FOR YOU TWO!"

Nyasu flipped through the photos. "Hm... well, they look real, anyway. So does that mean you two are gonna be a couple or something?" A half-nod. "Baka. Now I gotta play chaperone! Just what this cat needs..." He looked up, remembering something. "Oh! While you were on your little joy-ride through space, we got a call from Boss Rocket. What do you think it is this time, a mental beating or a salary cut? My guess is both."
Musashi and Kojiro glanced at each other.
"Kojiro?" Musashi said.
He nodded. "Right. I'll start writing out our resignations." He walked over to the sleeping bag, Musashi close behind.
Nyasu face-vaulted. "Nya!?"

Musashi ran a brush through her hair, looking out the window of she, Kojiro, and Nyasu's ramshackle apartment. "You know," she commented to Kojiro, "this may be a lot better than Rocket Dan, but it sucks that the only job we could get was at some nowhere restaurant."
"With our record we're lucky we got hired," Kojiro replied, tying his hair back in the style he'd adapted from Tenchi. "At least we've got food and money and beds. I don't remember having ANY of that in Rocket Dan."
Musashi sighed. "Guess you're right. But you'd think that a group as cute as us would be able to do something a little more... rewarding."
"Oh, yeah, we're a trio of heart-throbs," Nyasu said sarcastically. He spotted something out of the corner of his eye. The cat whirled to the window, curious to see what it was. "Nya?"
Musashi and Kojiro followed his gaze. A large, red spaceship was sailing down from the atmosphere, getting bigger by the instant, until it landed in a clump of trees not quite a mile away.
"What th' da is that?!" Nyasu questioned, jumping on the sill and trying to get a good look at it.
Musashi sucked in air. "Oh my God. It's Yugami!"
The duo took off, leaving Nyasu mystified. "Nya?" he asked again, trying to keep up with them. "Someone better tell Nyasu what's going on!"

Takeshi, from his campsite, just outside of Mahogany Town, where Musashi and Kojiro were living, spotted the ship too.
"Takeshi, do you know what that is?" Satoshi asked, peering into the sky.
It only took the young breeder a moment to recognize it. "I sure do! Mihoshi's here! Ai dake, here I come!"
He dashed off, much as the ex-Rockets had done.
Kasumi grabbed her hair. "TAKESHI!? DON'T JUST LEAVE US IN THE DARK LIKE THIS!"
Satoshi snatched Kasumi's hand, taking off after his friend. "Yeah. I hate being confused!"
"Like that's a new feeling," Kasumi said dryly, keeping up easily with Satoshi. "And would you let go of me?! People are going to think there's something going on between us."
"Kasumi-chan, you mean last night meant nothing?" Satoshi snickered, letting go and taking off.
"SATOSHI! TAKESHI! YOU'RE BOTH GONNA BE IN A WORLD OF PAIN WHEN I CATCH UP!"

Musashi and Kojiro arrived at the ship, panting and gasping for breath. Nyasu, loping along at an easy pace, came up behind. The ship stood before them, and two familiar figures were standing on the ground arguing.
"Mihoshi, I thought I told you to watch the landing!" Kiyone snapped.
"I'm sorry, but I was so excited about seeing Takeshi that I couldn't concentrate," Mihoshi told her.
"Can't you do two things at once!?"
"Please don't me mad at me, I'm too happy to get sad, Kiyone!" Mihoshi whimpered.
Kiyone happened to turn at just the right angle to see the trio through the trees. "Hey! Isn't that-"
"It is!" Musashi cut her off, trotting to the clearing. "You two don't seem to have changed much."
"I'll take that as a compliment," Kiyone half-groaned. She noticed Nyasu. "This is your other friend, Nyasu, right?"
"In the fur!" he agreed, bowing lightly.
Mihoshi giggled. "Wow! And I thought Ryo-Ohki was smart!"
"Ryo-Ohki?" Nyasu asked. "You mean that little cabbit thing Musashi and Kojiro told me about?"
Mihoshi nodded. "Yeah, and she's a cutie like you! I bet you'd get along real well if you ever met her." She paused. "Ya know, it's too bad none of the others could come. I bet Nyasu and Takeshi's friends would've liked to meet some people from another planet."
"And I wouldn't mind meeting this little Ryo-Ohki," Nyasu purred.
"You wanna come back to our apartment?" Kojiro invited. "It's a little run-down, but there's food and the stove works. Though, you might not dare try some of the slush we throw together."
Kiyone laughed. "Sounds fun. We'll do that. But, first, to shut Mihoshi up, we oughta find-"
A sound of someone crashing through the bushes stopped Kiyone mid-speech. In a moment a familiar spiky-haired teen ran out of the bushes, coming to a dead halt. "Mihoshi?"
Her eyes went googly. "Takeshi!" She virtually flew to him, throwing her arms around his neck and kissing him, similar to how she had done when he'd saved her life on Earth. "Takeshi Takeshi Takeshi! I missed you so much I thought I'd never see you again and even if I did you'd forget about me and find someone else and I love you so much!"
Takeshi hugged her tightly, not daring to let her go in fear it was a dream. "I missed you too, Mihoshi. I can't believe you actually come all the way to Nomékop just to see me."
"Well of course I did," she said. "As soon as you left I realized how much I missed you, and I thought like Ryoko, I thought, 'I'm not letting him get away from me.' So Kiyone flew me here and I'm not leaving you no matter what!"
"You're staying here?" Takeshi asked.
Before she could answer Satoshi burst from the bushes, Kasumi hot on his tail.
"Aha! I finally caught you! Now, Satoshi Tajiri, you're going to learn why kids at my school used to call me Wildfire Kasumi..." she stopped short, glancing first at the Rockets, then Kiyone, then Takeshi with a girl draped over him. "Eh... maybe I'll show you later."
Satoshi wiped sweat off his brow, pretending to be relieved. He then faced the guests. "Konichiwa. Who're you?"
"I'm Kiyone," the girl standing by the ship said. "And that" she sweat-dropped, pointing to the girl hanging on Takeshi "is Mihoshi."
Mihoshi poked her head over Takeshi's shoulder. "Hiya! I guess you're Takeshi-chan's friends, huh? Good to meet you!"
Kasumi couldn't seem to get over the fact that a girl had been planting kisses on Takeshi's cheek. "This is his girlfriend, then?"
"Yeah, guess so!" Takeshi answered, turning around but not letting go of Mihoshi.
Satoshi finally saw Musashi, Kojiro, and Nyasu. "Ah! Rocket Dan! I thought you'd given up on Pikachu!"
"We did, moron," Musashi rolled her eyes. "You think Takeshi was the only one who made friends on Earth?"
"They just invited us to have dinner at their place," Mihoshi explained, "wanna come?"
Satoshi and Kasumi looked uneasily at the ex-Rocket trio. "Um..."
"We don't bite, kid!" Kojiro taunted. "At least... not hard." He and Musashi snickered evilly.
"Quit fooling around!" Kiyone reprimanded. She turned to Takeshi's friends. "I'm a First-Class Galaxy Police Officer. Nothing will happen to you while I'm here."
"C'mon, I'm really hungry!" Mihoshi insisted. She smiled at Takeshi. "Do you think you could make some of that soup you and Sasami made on your first day on Earth? You make it really well!"
"Sure," Takeshi agreed. He, Mihoshi, and Kiyone began walking towards Musashi, Kojiro and Nyasu. Takeshi gave his friends a look back. "You don't have to come if you don't want to, but good luck cooking without me."
Reluctantly, Satoshi and Kasumi followed, lagging behind and unsure why they were going right into their enemy's clutches.

Neither of the two trainers had to worry about a thing- Musashi and Kojiro kept to their word. After all, they didn't have any reason to steal a Pokémon if it wouldn't get them paid!
"So how's everyone on Earth doing?" Musashi asked, after Takeshi had prepared another first-class meal.
"Well," Mihoshi began, shoving food into her mouth as she did, "Aeka went back to Jurai like she said she would, but Washu got a transmission right before we left that she's coming back to Earth. Sasami stayed back, and she's trying out all those really great recipes you gave her, Takeshi. Nomékop's got a nice selection! Um," she slurped her soup, "Tenchi got a letter accepting him into a college in Okiyama, and get this: Ryoko's going with him! Tenchi's gonna help her out of course, since she doesn't know much about Earth history, but I think it's a really good thing, don't you?" She paused to finish off her tea. "Mm, that was great! I'm all stuffed!"
"What about you two?" Takeshi asked. "What are your plans for the future?"
Mihoshi bounced around slightly, looking to Kiyone. "You tell! I can't get it out!"
"Mihoshi's quit the Galaxy Police force," Kiyone said, sounding oddly relieved and happy. "She wants to stay here on Nomékop with you."
Takeshi blinked. "You'd do that for me, Mihoshi-chan?"
"Yeah, sure! And, to be honest, I never was very good at all that police stuff. I think a peaceful life on a little planet like this would fit me lots better!"
Kiyone smiled. "I couldn't agree more."
"Looks like we've got a new member to our group," Kasumi commented. "Unless... Takeshi, are you going to settle down somewhere?"
"I think I'll stay with you two for a while," Takeshi explained. "It's not like I'm married. And besides- someone's gotta keep you from killing each other, right?"
The duo glanced at one another and laughed.
"This is really great! I already have two friends and a boyfriend and it's only my first day!" Mihoshi giggled. She dropped her tea cup (luckily it was empty). "Oh! But Kiyone... you're going back into space, aren't you?"
She nodded. "In fact, I need to leave tonight. I'm only supposed to take a two-month vacation, and if I don't hurry I won't get back to Earth in time."
Mihoshi sniffled. "I'm gonna miss you, Kiyone! We've been the best of friends for such a long time, I thought we'd be partners forever!"
"So did I," Kiyone muttered. She grinned. "But, we won't be! Now, don't you worry, I'll call you on Washu's Transmitter. Remember?" She pulled a small machine out of her pocket. "This is for you to contact us whenever you want!"
"And... you'll visit, right?"
Kiyone flung a hand up. "I guess I could take out some vacation time-"
Mihoshi hugged her partner so hard Kiyone's back popped. "Then that's just perfect! I'll see you every year or so and we'll call each other and stay friends until we're both old and have a million kids and grandkids!"
"And we'll be far away from the other," Kiyone mused, a dreamy smile on her face. Mihoshi let loose her hold, and Kiyone stood up. "I'm sorry I have to go so quickly, but you understand how it is."
"Not really, but it's all right," Satoshi told her. Facing his travelling buddies, he said, "We oughta go too. I've gotta get up to the Indigo Plateau in a few weeks. We gotta dash there!"
Satoshi and Company shook hands with Kiyone.
"Thanks for the hospitality," Kiyone told Musashi and Kojiro. "Feel free to call us with Mihoshi's transmitter anytime you want."
The two nodded, clearing away some dishes.
"Tell Tenchi and Ryoko not to get too wild at college!" Musashi laughed.
"And good luck to you and the others!" Kojiro added. Nyasu put in his own, "Nya, nyaante na", and the trio waved good-bye to their friends and old enemies. The door closed, leaving the former Rockets alone.
Musashi stared wistfully at the door. "I miss Earth."
"I miss our friends... even Aeka," Kojiro voiced.
"Kojiro-chan, we gave Nomékop a chance-"
"It's not our fault Nomékop didn't do the same to us."
"Then you-?"
"Exactly."
Nyasu cocked his head. "I hate it when you do that ESP stuff! Someone gonna fill me in?"
"Nyasu, how would you like to meet Ryo-Ohki and all the others from Earth?" Musashi asked eagerly.
"Sounds fun, I guess..."
She and Kojiro dashed into their rooms and came out with packed bags in seconds. They grabbed one of Nyasu's paws each bursting through the door and running at top speed to Yugami.
"Kiyone! Kiyone, wait! We're coming too!"

Japan had entered it's most beautiful season again. The cherry blossoms were in full bloom, littering paths with the petals that had blown off the trees. It was Spring Break- a time for everyone to sit out and enjoy the beautiful weather. Well, almost everyone...
"Aha! Finally finished!" Washu cackled, looking with pleasure upon her latest creation. "Another masterpiece!" She ran upstairs, shouting loudly. "Sasami, get everyone together, pronto! I, Washu, the greatest scientific genius in the UNIVERSE, has done it again!"

Kiyone, Musashi, Kojiro, Nyasu, Ryo-Ohki, Aeka and Sasami stood around Washu's new creation, eyeing it skeptically.
"Should we run away screaming, or duck and cover?" Kojiro asked dryly.
"Neither!" Washu exclaimed. "Where are Ryoko and Tenchi?"
"I couldn't find them," Sasami told her. "I would assume they're out by the lake up in the mountains, doing..." she giggled, "something couples do."
"Their loss!" Washu laughed. The scientist was on an adrenaline high, and nothing could bring her down. "Wanna know what it is? Of course you do, so I'll tell ya! This is my New and Improved D-Space Transporter! It's bigger, better, faster-"
"Does it have a back portal?" Kiyone broke in.
Washu came to a halt. "Well, no..." she whirled, smiling again. "But who cares? I can bring forward as many people as I want now, from WHATEVER TIME PERIOD I WANT! Any at all! This is great! I'm amazing!" She laughed insanely.
"I'm going with duck and cover," Musashi said decisively.
Washu started typing in coordinates like mad. "Lookie here! A million years into the future, and a thousand light years away! I'm bringing them right here to us!"
"She's gonna blow us all up," Nyasu groaned.
"Nonsense!" Washu continued typing. "I'm going to prove how amazing I really am!"

In the exact time period Washu mentioned, a certain spaceship was zipping through the Hayfong system, loaded down with a crew and a passenger.
"Look, Fred, I already told you to sit down and be quiet," the captain of the ship explained to his passenger.
"I can't help it, Gene, this is such an amazing ship!"
Gene's friend, Jim Hawking, sighed. "Why did we agree to give him a ride to Sentinel?"
"Because he's paying us a whole crapload of cash," Aisha ClanClan reminded him.
"Plus, we're heading that way as it is," Suzuka added.
Jim put his head in his hands. "I say next time we strap him to the outside of the ship."
"Oh James, you're so funny! I like a guy with a sense of humor," Fred told him. He sidled up next to Gene. "I also like a guy with a big spaceship..."

"Harry! Yo, Harry! Look up there!"
Harry McDougal glanced up from a copy of Anger and You: Take Control. "What's up, bro?"
"It's the Outlaw Star! Now's our chance to get our revenge!" Ron chuckled darkly.
Harry's eyes lit up. Melfina! "I'll fly us in, and see if Starwind feels like a little fight."
"Sounds great to me, Har'."

"Ha!" Washu's finger pointed to two bright dots on her screen. "Two spaceships within close range, just what I need!" More typing. "There we go!" She paused thoughtfully. "Wonder where these two'll come out?"
The group face-vaulted. "Can't you ever make a foolproof machine?!"

"Gene! There's some sort of blue field surrounding us!" Jim exclaimed.
"A what? Can we get out of it?"
"I can't avoid it," Melfina reported. "It's already pulled us in."
Fred shrieked a little. "Oh, no! What is it, Gene? What are we going to do?"
"Calm down Fred!" Gene snapped. He grinned. "We'll just have to go along for the ride, and see where we wind up!"

"Harry... something wrong?"
"We're getting pulled into something," Harry explained nervously. "I can't get out. It's powerful, but there's no reading on it... the XGP's going in too!"
"Great!" Ron grinned much like Gene had. "Then wherever we go, we're bound to meet up with Starwind head-on!"

Ryoko planted a kiss on Tenchi's cheek. "I love this. Just you, and me, out by the lake sharing some Sake. It's magical."
Tenchi smiled and nodded. "Nice to get a break from school. How do you think you did on the history test?"
"Aced it. You?"
"Bombed."
Ryoko smiled. "I know what'll cheer you up..." she leaned in close, preparing for another kiss...
KER-SPLASH! The lovesick couple was doused thoroughly in a wave of water, barely maintaining their balance in the tree.
"What the-"
KER-SPLASH! They were blinded again by another tsunami. Once able to see again, Tenchi and Ryoko spotted two fighter ships, bobbing on the water's surface. Crew members of each were popping up near the machines. A red-headed man swore violently in English.
"Gene, if you're going to cuss then at least do it so Suzu and I can understand!" a cattish girl reprimanded in Japanese.
"For the last time, do not call me that, Aisha!" a woman in traditional Japanese clothes told the catwoman.
"What happened?" a boy with blonde hair questioned. He spotted the yellow ship next to the red one. "Ah! It's the Shangri-La!"
"Harry!?" a black-haired girl gasped, noticing a purple-eyed boy that appeared to be her age.
"Melfina!"
The one called Gene looked in all directions. "What the hell is this?"
A black-haired male waved, saying in a feminine voice: "Gene! I'm okay, Gene! Don't worry about me!"
Tenchi glanced at Ryoko. "Washu's work?"
"Probably."
"Think we should help them out?"
"I say we let Washu handle it."
The cat-girl named Aisha was the first to notice the couple in the tree. "Nya? Who're you?"
Ryoko waved. "Don't worry about a thing. You stay here, and we'll bring someone who can answer your questions." She grabbed Tenchi's hand. "C'mon, Tenchi."
"Nya?" Aisha asked again. "Wait! Don't leave!"
"Bye now!" Ryoko blew a kiss to the crowd, teleporting away.
"HEY! GET BACK HERE!" Aisha screamed, shaking both fists angrily. "IN THE NAME OF THE CTARL-CTARL EMPIRE, HAAAALT!!!"

PokéMuyo!

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