[Warhammer comes out.]

     WH: At first the fic that preceded this, I was just writing
to vent out my frustrations. Now, I got several more ideas from
thinking around. And this is the result.


Teknos Warhammer presents

The Balance
Part 1

A Tenchi Muyo fic.

     After the day's work had been completed, Mihoshi was already on her 
way home. Kiyone, on the other hand, wanted to stop at the Masaki home 
for a minute to talk to Washu. Of course, since they would probably be 
having dinner there, Kiyone made a note to call ahead. 

     Sasami was happy to hear that they were coming over. Kiyone just 
wanted to talk to Washiu for a minute and head home so she could sleep. 
But the thought of Mihoshi crying made Kyone think otherwise, much to 
her chagrin. It had been a while since they actually stayed at the 
Masaki home. Nobuyuki was one of the main reasons. 

     After the bus pulled up to the stairway to Tenchi's home, Kiyone 
almost didn't get off the bus. On account of one of the dreams that were 
haunting her recently. 

     It was dark. There was very little light. But what could be seen 
was made of a shining black marble. All ragged on the walls, but not the 
floor. 

	Also, there was two figures that were kneeling to the empty throne. She 
couldn't get a good enough picture of the figures, but she could 
remember there was a third, kneeling in fear in front of the throne. 

	On the throne, there was the outline of a bird. Of what little she knew 
of the autobahn, she figured it appeared to be a raven. The only thing 
that she could even pinpoint to that was an old legend. That old story 
about the Dark Raven, the one which most people couldn't even remember. 
Maybe Washu would know.

	That was what kept her from moving. While walking up the steps, she 
didn't know that she was being watched. 

In the same darkness as Kiyone's dream. A figure watched her with great 
interest. From the outline of the person, they would think that the 
person was female. 

Suddenly, two shadows appeared behind her. Both appeared to be female. 
Both wore heavy defensive armor. The first wore a red body suit with 
blue armor, while the second wore a blue body suit with black armor. 
Both knelt in an attitude of worship to their leader. 

"Did you send her the first dream?" The figure spoke to the shadows 
behind it. The first of the two nodded. The figure replied with no 
emotion in it at all. "Good. This evening, send her another. Make it the 
fate of Kain."

     	The first bowed deeper and then vanished in a gust of wind. 

"Make sure that no one interferes with how it comes. That includes 
_their_ people as well. We're too close to her awakening to let anything 
upset the Balance more." The second shadow bowed and vanished in the 
same manner as the first. 

     	Staring at the sight of Kiyone eating in the Masaki household, the 
figure saw the faces of the others at the table. 

     	It started with the two princesses of Jurai. The figure frowned at 
Ayeka and began to growl at the sight of Sasami. There was no end to the 
malice in the figure's glare at the second princess. 

     	The sight focused on Ryoko and Washuu. The same held true with 
these two as well. She merely frowned at Ryoko and her hatred was 
directed more at Washuu. 

     	"So. That's how you two hid all those years after you sealed me 
up. Well... I certainly hope, for your sakes, she has more compassion 
for you than I do."

     	Then she saw Mihoshi and the whole room began to rumble with the 
figure's anger. The person breathed the anger out and calm returned to 
the room. She quickly took the view away from Mihoshi, lest another wave 
of anger overcome it.

     	Then, the sights focused on Tenchi, his father, and grandfather. 
Paying neither Nobuyuki or Katsuhito no heed, she gasped at the sight of 
Tenchi. She looked closer and saw beyond what normal eyes saw. 

     	"So... you too hide in the guise of a human. I'm disappointed in 
you. Well, I certainly hope your meeting with me goes much smoother than 
our last." 

     	The viewing into the Masaki home vanished and the figure returned 
to it's throne. Where it would wait for the proper time to act. 

     	After dinner, Kiyone knocked on the door to Washu's lab to see if 
the woman  in question was there. Surely enough, the red haired woman 
answered. 

     	"Evening Kiyone. What can I help you with?" 

     	"Well, I have a question to ask. You got a minute?"

     	"Leave Mihoshi in the house and you got a deal."

     	Turning, Kiyone glared at Mihoshi and said, "You, stay here. I'll 
be back in a minute! Understood?" 

     	Mihoshi's response was quicker than usual. It took her a whole 
fifteen seconds to absorb all of Kiyone's words and request. "Ok."

     	Surely enough, the door opened and Kiyone dashed in, making sure 
that Mihoshi wouldn't get any ideas accidentally of coming with her.

     	Moving past several strange contraptions that had no outside use 
to her, Kiyone waded through to Washu's present position.

     	Washu turned on the floating cushion to her visitor. "Now, what 
can I help you with?" She said with a smile on her face. 

     	"Well, I had a... dream of sorts that involved something you might 
know about. The Dark Raven?"

     	Washu's eyes flew open. "Please tell me you are joking!" Kiyone 
shook her head. Washu seemed to lose her arrogant demeanor and turned 
away. 

     	"Well... what is it?" Washu seemed hesitant with her answer, but 
replied all the same. 

     	"The virtual opposite of the Light Hawk. The epitome of Chaos 
itself. A being that only leaves death to those who dare stand in its 
way. Just like the Light Hawk, it is a power than has hardly any bounds. 
Yet, I am not even sure if the Light Hawk is stronger. The more time a 
being like that stays out of sight, the more powerful it becomes."

     	Kiyone's own eyes grew wide at the possible premonition of doom. 

     	Washu turned back and said with an assuring smile, "Well, it's not 
really that likely that it'll come out. From what I do remember, it was 
very secretive and secluded being. It never did like showing itself. Too 
evil for it's own good, that's what I say."

     	Kiyone wasn't sure about that. So, with her question answered, she 
turned to leave. 

     	"Oh, Kiyone," Washu asked, "could you be so kind as to give me one 
of your hairs? I never got a chance to analyze you yet."

     	Sighing, Kiyone turned around and yanked one of her hairs off her 
head. It hurt. A lot. She begrudgingly gave Washu the small sample and 
made her way out.

     	"Good night Kiyone." Washu said chuckling. Oh how she loved 
annoying everyone. Especially Tenchi and Kiyone. There were so much fun. 
She set the hair aside and returned to her current experiment.    

     	Later that night, Kiyone tossed and turned in her bed, 
perspiration covering her face. Her sleep was being haunted by more 
nightmares. 

     	She was standing off to the side in that same room she kept on 
remembering. This time, there was a figure sitting in the throne. She 
couldn't see who it was, but it definitely looked feminine, even with 
the heavy cloak about the person's figure. There was another person in 
the room. Turning to the front of the throne, she gasped at who she saw. 
It was Kain! Apparently, he and the woman in the throne were talking. 

     	"But I don't understand how I was defeated! It was impossible."

     	"Quite to the contrary. You were beaten because of your arrogance 
and pitiful attempt at showing me up!"

     	"I... I was merely following your will my lady!"

     	"My will does not include causing the deaths and suffering of the 
innocent."

     	"But..."

     	"Kain...," the human-like figure of Kain tensed still as the woman 
continued, "...look up."

     	Doing so, Kain never had any time to react as a beam of light 
pierced the area between his eyes. With a look of pure horror locked on 
his face, he fell backward. Kiyone gasped in surprise. The woman had 
only lifted a finger that shot the weapon that ended the criminal's 
life! 

     	The woman stood up from the throne, walked to the lifeless body, 
turned it over, and said while caressing the human-like face behind the 
mask. The voice the woman spoke with was gentle and soothing. 

     	"Kain... my beloved son. You have served me well. You have earned 
your rest." She gently placed him back on the ground and left him as the 
darkness engulfed him. Kiyone walked closer to a place where she could 
get a better view of the woman's face. Just then, the dream ended. 

     	Her eyes flew open and saw it was still dark. Almost 2 in the 
morning. Getting up, she walked into the small bathroom, where she 
cleaned her face thoroughly. Looking into the sink, she wondered. Who 
exactly was that woman? What did she have to do with Kain? Many more 
questions were left unanswered as she went back to bed. 

     	Back at the Masaki house, Washu was still at work in her lab. 
Seeing that experiment complete, she took the hair she got from Kiyone 
and brought it to one of the machines Kiyone passed earlier. She put the 
hair in one of the slots, closed the opening, and turned it on. 

     	The machine came to life and started it's analysis of the hair. 
Things went as it did with most of the others' hair sample. Then, the 
machine started to thrash about wildly before it could display its 
information. Washu jumped back at the machine's sudden difference in 
behavior. Once the machine died down, she tore apart the memory bank of 
the worthless piece of junk to get the memory disk within. 

     	Placing it in her usual computer, she was able to get a better 
look at the information the scanner picked up before the machine went 
berserk. The information she saw made absolutely no sense whatsoever! 

     	According to the disk, the matter on the sub-atomic level was 
completely chaotic! It made no sense at all! No living organism could 
contain such power at that small a level... unless it was a dormant 
power that was woken from her test! 

     	Could that mean that... no, it couldn't be. Something must have 
been wrong with the machine. She needed some sleep, and scientists who 
didn't get enough sleep often made mistakes. She put the data disk on 
her desk and closed down her lab for the night. 

End of Chapter 1

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