In the Company of Hope 7
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"Well... while Eldrick is away and you are all unbiased and able to give me
complete honesty," Washuu started less than a minute after Eldrick left to
present his Final Project for consideration for advancement.

"Well what is all this about? I know from Konei's blathering you conned each of
us here under different circumstances. And I'm still not sure how I feel about
that," Haris put forth.

"True true, but everything I promised... I finished and will give you ... after
you hear me out."

"Start talking then," Margo said as she rubbed very gently a moisturizer on her
naked flesh.

"Well my topics aren't pleasant. Of course with the general devastation around
here I've been thinking about things over there and well... You girls need
contingency plans."

"What kind of contingency plans... why do I always end up being the one to ask
these questions?" Charhon seemed to look inward after speaking.

"You were trained and designed for it. Harsh answer I know. But I know you won't
think it so. One of the big reasons why I have to ask what I'm going to."

"I think we are all ready, Little Washuu," Hope smiled,"So please ask what you
like. We'll answer honestly."

"A Volunteer. I like that."

"Uh oh."

"Sorry I gotta use you to prepare everyone else for this bad stuff. Considering
the relationship you have with Eldrick what would you do if you had to leave
him? And yes consider leaving him forever if that compounds the issue."

Hope grew dark,"A bit... rougher... than I was expecting. But I promised to
answer. And I shall... considering what you promised.

"If I had to leave him... well I do actually. When vacation is up next week... I
head back to work. When I'm on duty time doesn't flow quite the same way as one
is used to... For every minute I'm truly on duty almost no time passes. So at
the end of an 8 hour work day in "real time" I've been working for years. It's
one of the reasons I'm not used to relaxing.

"Also when I used to relax Lossoth would attack my mind, knowing he has my full
attention. So about... well 2 millennia ago I decided to never be off duty.
Hence why Inq. Dharm ORDERED me to take a vacation. You all remember what I was
like. Imagine having me come back daily like that. And usually I'm even more
starved for, him," she sighs," and would waste all my "free time" in the sack
with him.

"As for what I would do if he told me to leave permanently. I suppose I would
bury myself in my work. Work has it's own fulfillment levels. I could survive
eternity at work. I say survive. If I ever slept after work I would probably cry
myself to sleep as I played with myself ineffectually. You see until Eldrick I'd
never... been violated for work or because of capture but I'd never actually...
um" she blushes," made a mess of my legs to put it mildly. Not once. And when
you factor in "work time" that's a long time of nil in the fulfillment
category,"she chuckled,"Probably why you can time microwave popcorn to my
screams of pleasure," beets had nothing on her color.

"But what would I really do if... I would hope and pray we'd meet again every
night when I spend my hour before sleep, and try my best to dream of him...
until I ever got to be with him again."

Washuu smiled her motherly smile while everyone else teased or kept silent as
was their proclivity,"Good girl. You have a strong bond with him, considering
the circumstances... and that brings me to my light hearted followup
question..."

"What do I see in him?"

"Um... no... Ami. She's very accepting of you. Does she know?"

"Yes she knew from the moment we first met. She hoped about some things and so
the pull brought me to her... I still remember the look on her face as I
introduced myself. 'We're going to be good friends I know it, I'm Ami Kintaro
but you probably knew that.' It had been my turn to look wide eyed... and in the
silence she asked if there was anything she could help me with. I said that I
only had my work, and she asked what I did. When I told her she asked for an
application," Hope smiled and sighed,"I think she would have asked even if I
worked at McDonalds."

"And you can relax now... you've answered what I wanted... no... I have one more
question."

"Ask."

"What would you do if he asked you to stay forever?"

"Inq Dharm would have to use the robot thing that's replacing me now, forever or
find someone else to do the job."

"I'll take that as a 'I'll do anything for My Eldrick sweety.'" Washuu laughed
as Hope went red again. "That looks good with your hair," she cackled.

"Evil Washuu. Evil."

"You're next Ardice."

"Crap. Are they the same questions?"

"No."

"Ask."

"Well this one you've heard. It's not too hard. What would you do Ardice, if
Eldrick asked you to stay forever."

"You said the questions weren't the same!"

"I lied. This one is the floating question. You will all be asked it. Same with
the kicking your butt out the door question. Now answer. Girls today..."

"Well I would. There's not too much work out there for the skills I possess...
so I'd have no trouble staying."

"And the sex? Would you keep to letting him have you regularly?"

"Less of higher quality I could go for. More of less quality I couldn't. Sex
doesn't mean as much to me as it does to him... or some of my sisters. I don't
see it as an extension of love like I know Hope does... or as exercise like
Haris does... or the only thing one should do next to playing with string like
someone we won't name..."

Konei looked blank,"I wonder who's like that. Such a girl of loose
sensibilities. I mean really." Everyone stared at her. "Oh you meant me? But I
gave up playing with string for sex with my Gerard." A round of sweatdrops were
passed around.

"Well as I was saying... I would stay but I'd ask for relief from the current
schedule."

Washuu nodded and typed away,"Good enough. Now what would you do if he told you
to leave?"

"I once liked someone in the Resistance against Lossoth. I would join them. I
would use what I have and know to fight evil. No lost causes like fighting Chaos
itself... but an Evil that has a chance to be stopped... that I could do."

"Nice answer... question 3 is... What all do you actually like about sex... with
who or what... do you like devices... whips chains... food... we want details
for birthday gifts," Came a voice suddenly.

"You're late Joy," Washuu frowned.

"I was helping an Otaku with a plumping problem. His girl wouldn't put out, and
she wouldn't put out because he had no clue about how to listen OR ask politely
for sex. 'Hey look we're breathing. Let's screw like donkeys.' is not a pickup
line. I had to possess the pair of them... and then sadly had to help them have
sex with each other. So inept. Although it was nice possessing the pair of them
it felt like having sex with myself. Oddly they don't have memory of the
happening... but when they woke up in bed together they went' at each other like
they needed to to survive. So obviously they remembered SOMETHING."

"They hoped secretly that something would break the ice for them. You probably
reflexively took the memory for yourself, as is part of your job... can't leave
them too happy... and to wake with each other like that was probably the straw
that broke the camel's back. Afterall one of the only reasons they hadn't yet is
because the way he asks for it turns her off like a switch. They didn't have to
talk when they woke up naked in bed with each other," Hope shrugged. "They were
one of my cases... I guess their hopes dwindled enough for them to be yours."

"You put them on the back burner."

"Before I met Him, I didn't understand relationships enough. I was going to help
them first when I got back to work."

"Oops... sorry sis. Apologetic Fondle?"

"Um no."

"Spoil sport."

Washuu cleared her throat,"Yes well. Your next Joy. What is your relationship to
Eldrick?"

"He's my," Hope shot her a glance,"edible little sexual chew toy," Hope
subsided.

"I totally and completely enjoy anything and everything with him more than just
about anyone else save one being. And the way he says 'No!!' just melts my
heart," Joy finished.

"Short answer. What would you do if he told you to leave?"

"I'd move in. I would be there with him constantly. I'm not going anywhere. He
can't make me leave. No one can. And he's not making Hope leave either. I like
being able to hear her ecstatic moans. She's never been this happy till now, and
I want the best for my sister and me."

"Forceful answer. What would you do if he asked you to stay?"

"Try to get him to ask me to do more for him," she winked in a totally
suggestive way that somehow everyone felt even a baby would understand.
Sweatdrops and facefaults were passed around by the force that does that to
anime characters.

"Alright... Konei. What would you do if Gerard was taken from you forever? Would
you find someone else?"

"WAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!! No one does what my Gerard does to me as well as he does
it!!!! I would... I would cry for a millennia... I'd have to go back to catnip
and string for pleasure... horrible! I didn't know you were going to ask such
questions," she sniffled and clutched Gerard.

"Ooookay what do you think of sex with Eldrick?"

"He's too fat for my tastes. He could stand to lose a little. I keep my Gerard
thin."

"That's because he's almost never not sleeping or having sex with you, you
maniac. I don't think the man's gotten a decent meal since he met you," Haris
chided.

"True, but Eldrick is just too boring and he doesn't have the stamina to keep up
like my yummy nummy Gerard does," she clutched him to her breasts in exultation
and embarrassment.

"In the Commander's defense I must point out that Konei does ALL the work 95% of
the time," Gerard said when he could breathe again.

"I do?"

The sweatdrops were cued and they arrived right on time. Washuu coughed into her
fist,"I'll put all answers down as 'Gerard is better than Breathing'. Now
Gerard."

Joy piped up,"Can I ask one?"

"Why not... what harm could it do?"

"Okay right... I know... um... What would you do if Eldrick asked to have..."

Charhon looked green,"if she says 'sex with you' I think I'll be sick."

"Hypocrite," Astrala chided.

"Men are... bleah. I shall not discuss it."

"Actually I was going to say 'have his honorary commission revoked... would you
still call him Commander.' Charhon you must really want to watch 2 guys
secretly. I mean damn girl mind in the gutter. Girls with strap-on's I can
understand but you want 2 guys to go at it? Hentai," Joy shook her finger at
Charhon.

Charhon turned 18 shades of red,"You're all misunderstanding me."

Margo closed her eyes,"Hush neko."

"Yes tachi."

"Gerard your answer?"

"Well Joy... Washuu... I would still call him Commander. I've seen his
dedication to troops and warriors... true it's in video games but he wants the
best for anyone under his command. That is a sign of a true Commander if there
ever was one. He never treats people like pawns on a chessboard," Gerard
finished.

Joy nodded as Washuu typed,"Now to answer Charhon's question."

Gerard looked at them like the answer was obvious," If the Commander desires
such... I take Konei from behind all the time."

"No you don't," Konei giggled,"You're fibbing."

Gerard blinked and then asked everyone to turn around as he put his finger in
Konei's pants and then into her backside.

"OH! My mistake. He does."

"Konei... I asked them to turn around so they wouldn't have to know."

"Oops."

Gerard removed his finger, he didn't need to make sure it was clean because the
demonettes being anime girls don't need to eat... and since they are inherently
magical any wastes just get converted to raw energy anyway.

Everyone turned back around. "I'm not making note of that Gerard. I don't have
an entry for that," Washuu crossed her arms.

Haris muttered,"The cast of Gundam, Kaoru and now Gerard. What's with anime men
anyway? Oh well it's cute if done right."

"Neato a fellow fan! Wanna watch Bronze with me later Haris?" Joy got starry
eyed.

"Um no..."

"Fiddlesticks, and napalm," Joy went back to waxing her legs which she was
enjoying WAAAAAAY too much.

Washuu poised her hands over her keyboard,"Astrala you're next."

"Hey Washuu! When's my turn?!"

"You've been practicing your Ryoko yelling haven't you, Haris?"

"That my first question?"

"No now wait your turn."

"Damnit."

"I'm ready for my question Washuu," Astrala frowned at Haris.

Washuu sighed,"Call me Little Washuu!"

"You're taller than me by 2 inches," Astrala said with a big sweatdrop.

"Okay you got a point there. Okay. What would you do if he asked you to stay
forever?"

"I would of course," she got starry eyed.

"Shortest answer yet. Okay if he asked you to marry him and be together with you
forever what would you say?"

"What about Lady Ami? She'd be upset if I married him right? I'd hate to get in
the way of their love... I've only got a little crush... nothing more than
that," the growing array of hearts around her spoke differently.

"You know Ami, anything for him provided she gets to be his mistress or marry
him too. So what's your answer?"

"What about Lady Hope?"

Hope's breath caught," Don't worry about me... really."

"But you love him too I know. Every time you look at him every time he's with
you. It radiates from you like if you were Love Uranium. I couldn't get in the
way of that... or would you marry him too?"

"I'll be a mistress it's enough for me. I don't need a ring. Just him."

"Wow just like Lady Ami! Well I know what Margo thinks of Marriage... so I'm
pretty sure no one else has to be considered... save maybe Haris. You wanna
marry him too?"

"If he asked... I guess... I was married once... but he was 'consumed' by that
which he obeyed and I haven't considered anything like this since. But yeah...
why not? Mistress works too."

Washuu's fingers were a blur as she muttered to herself,"Data data data!!!" in
an obvious moment of Magical Project S'edness.

"Well if I'm not in the way I would marry him and have the prettiest dress and
and..." Astrala's oxygen level gave out as the hearts blocked out everything but
sound and light and she fainted. Of course the grin on her face didn't fade and
she mumbled in her sleep... probably saying yes in the wedding ceremony... and
then suddenly after looking really elated she sat upright and woke right up. "Oh
that was embarrassing...."

Joy looked at the exclamation mark hovering over Astrala's head," Let me guess
the joys of the moment worked their twisted magic and you messed up your panties
in front of the assembled when he kissed you?"

"Um... ah... yeah... hehehehe. What's my next question?"

"I don't have the heart to ask it. I'll extrapolate according to your base
personae."

"Oh okay... Joy... whatcha sniffing for."

"You're practically in heat.... or is that me? Wait it's me. Let me tie myself
down so I don't attack anyone," everyone felt relieved," but once I'm down
anyone can attack me if they want too."

Sweatdrops appeared on the scene like cherry blossoms in spring. "Well anyway...
Charhon you're next. Told to leave?"

"I would ask to stay. He needs someone who has no desire in him at all..."

"Could you please stop lying? You get more out of having him than Hope does you
walk around like on a cloud for hours. Don't tell me you don't like it. And
you've walked about like that even after he's left before. You call his name out
in your sleep, you leave the sheets a wreck when he has you, and I KNOW you made
a cast of his member and took it to Cool Devices to have made."

"I did no such thing!"

"I have the purchase order. Or did you think you were talking to Ryoko last
month?" She flashed the piece of paper.

Margo hugged Charhon,"My little neko all grown up and going bisexual again on
me!"

"I'm not bi really..." Charhon said with sweatdrop in evidence.

"YAY! Sis got over Lossoth and most of Hell sexually ignoring her for the past
2500 years!" Astrala trumpeted.

"You're all making fun of me..."

"We're proud of you," Haris placed a hand on her shoulder.

Washuu considered,"So if I asked what you would say if he asked to marry you
you'd... faint just like you have now. Guess that's it for your questions."

Margo and Haris looked at each other. They launched into Rock Paper Scissors. 3
ties in a row became 5. They narrowed their eyes at each other.

Margo: We could try an Orgasm competition.
Haris: Trying an Orgasm competition wouldn't work. Hmm.

Haris deciphered Margo's words from out of her own since they'd spoke
simultaneously. "Come on you always win."

"I know. But you can go first this time," Margo smiled... then reddened and
swatted Joy's groping hand. "None of that."

"But I need something I won't last 5 more minutes..."

Washuu looked at the tied down to a table Joy," I wouldn't do this normally
but..." she snapped her fingers and machines went after the encouraging Joy.
Washuu set up an anti noise generator. "There... Now... Haris. Can't ask the
marriage one... been answered. If he asked you to leave... would you?"

"I stayed with Lossoth after he pointed towards the door thousands of years ago.
I felt I belonged and wasn't going to leave just because he was tired of my
body. I wouldn't want to leave here either. If he made me go... I'd stay nearby.
Where I belong now is near him. I may not really love him. And while I've had
better I prefer normal saltine crackers to Ritz if you know what I mean. I feel
he needs me. He needs all of us. He's a fragile little man and we are a part of
his life. By doing as we do we show him pieces of himself and he's less
inhibited to be himself when he's around the familiar. So I couldn't leave. I
like the little butterball to be happy," she smiled warmly.

The now free Joy swatted Haris on the buns and said,"Fantastic answer."

"Yeah whatever... hands off my ass."

"You didn't say that last night."

Haris looked at her shocked,"I was with Eldrick ALL night last night by the
pool."

"I love my powers of disguise."

"Joy..." Haris got angry and then subsided,"No point in retaliation... though
I'm not too appreciative of the deception," She frowned. "No wonder he wanted to
put a candle in my..."

Washuu leapt up and clapped an hand over her mouth,"I don't need the image Haris
dear."

"Sorry."

Joy shook her head,"What image? Candle in her MOUTH like a cigar tapping the wax
like ash onto my disguised posterior? All part of my plan to get Eldrick to like
more things."

Washuu scratched her head,"Thank god it wasn't worse. Last question Haris. What
do you think Ryoko needs to do... or any of the girls to get Tenchi to
understand their feelings better?"

"Tell him how they feel. Only way. He might not suddenly decide one over the
others... or 2 or more over the rest but it's important to let someone know how
you feel."

Washuu looked at her strangely,"You're based on MY Ryoko?"

Haris bristled her wings unfurled,"What did you just say you little mad genius!
It's just a fact that with all the teasing and flirting Tenchi doesn't know up
from down!! Just when he might make a decision boom they do something stupid! If
I'm a bit more open than Ryoko fine and dandy, but you don't have to sound like
I've got a disease!!"

"That's better," Washuu flew into typing again. "Margo."

"Perfection is at your beck and call."

Washuu looked around her monitor,"Yes well. Question Number one. How did it feel
for Imeria to have Eldrick in her power for even a short time?"

"I felt betrayed," everyone looked at her concerned as Washuu asked her to
explain,"When I'd been captured by the Continuity Police a hundred years ago
they copied my memories for use in their Perfect Agent experiments. Imeria was
the result. Before her illness took her they made me reinforce everything. Tell
her how to use magicks to shut off her nerves in any part of her body to do her
job better. That she would be unleashed on Eldrick sickens me. I feel relieved
that she might have actually enjoyed him at least peripherally through the
clone, but still I didn't teach her under duress or not so that she could do
that to someone I have a place in my heart for. The Clone was her... she KNEW I
was upstairs and watching... and she still did her job. I hope the real one
slaps the clone for me when she's cured."

"Is it true you actually have to... ahem to live?"

"Your data is accurate. Once a week or I will screw anything and everything in
my path until I'm sated. I can build it up... and have been daily with Eldrick.
I'd tell him that reason but I don't want his pity or to inconvenience Ami or
Hope because he thinks I need more of his time than 2 hours a day. I can be with
anyone and be fine, but he'll think it's supposed to be him... in his cute way.
Though human male pheromones extend the time better. Also he's so innocently
inexperienced but curious... very curious in fact. I know he doesn't learn
anything because he's just an avatar, but he's still fun."

"Thank you all. This has been most informative."

The door opened after a knock,"Little Washuu it's tea," Tenchi got a look at all
the visitors," Oh I see you have visitors, are they joining us for tea?"

Astrala whispered to Washuu,"Why is he acting like he doesn't know us?"

"Neuralized. CP did it after the kidnapping. And I'll have to do it myself this
time," louder she said,"Of course Sasami can cope right?"

"She made plenty... we have Tourists at the Shrine and the last Bus left
already. Dad's still at work so they're stuck for a while. Sasami felt sorry for
them and they are here for a while. There's plenty for if another 10 people
showed up beyond your visitors."

"Yippee! Come on you motley crew it's Tea Time," Washuu hopped from her seat and
beckoned for everyone.

"Wow, Washuu your visitors resemble some of the other girls staying with us."

"Um their distant relatives, save for this one," She points at Haris," This is
Zero. She stepped out of Ryoko for some air last night. The others arrived while
everyone was out at the store earlier."

Tenchi looked a little flushed as Haris launched at him,"Oh Tenchi I've missed
you... Ryoko isn't around you nearly enough... But I have a secret I can tell
you... She really likes you. But you can't let on that I told you. Nope," Haris
giggled," She'd be so... embarrassed."

"Tenchi... Washuu... o/~ It's Tea Time o/~ . The Tourists from Juuban High are
Waiting to have their tea, and Have you seen that girl named Rei Hino who was
with the tour? Grandfather says he saw her come this way. Grandfather... sounds
like I'm part of the family or something," She spotted Konei,"Who's this?"

"Don't get too close!!!" Washuu called but it was too late. Konei and Mihoshi
shook hands... and the section of the lab they were in imploded and then
exploded sending them out in a heap by the staircase in the Masaki home.

"Um... Washuu?" started a smoking Tenchi," What happened?"

"There was a reaction between their levels of curiosity about all the buttons
around them. At a speed unrecordable they showed each other all the buttons
lights and switches and pushed every one of them. We then felt the resultant
reactions of their curiosity. I'm still studying data but I knew they shouldn't
come into contact. But enough of that. Tea time."

"Wow! What happened in here? You're all covered in soot! Shouldn't try to crowd
through a door like that. Can we have Tea now I am SOOO hungry I could die I
really could," the blond announced.

"Usagi get back to the table and stop being rude!" A dark haired girl said
walking around the pile of people that was rearranging itself.

Grandpa Masaki busied himself with helping the "wounded" but said between arm
ups,"Miss Hino we are fairly relaxed about manners around here since it only us
to know. Right Tenchi?"

Tenchi was still swirly eyed,"Whatever you say Grandpa."

"You had curry for lunch didn't you? I can smell it... quite nice and warm,"
Margo said while helping Tenchi to his feet.

"Yeah Sasami's a great..." he noticed her level of clothing," cook... AIE!" He
clamped a hand over his eyes. She removed it.

"I love being looked at and I find it an affront to my personal honor if you
shield your eyes."

"I'll be happy to look at you Miss!"

"Dad I'm shocked!!" Tenchi chided his father who had knelt in front of Margo.

"May I have the honor of knowing your name Miss?" Nobuyuki floated to her with
his eyes taking in the sights.

"Marjherie de la Croix... but I'll let you call me Margo. Now After tea would
you like to give me a backrub?"

"Would I!" A tsunami seemed to appear behind Nobuyuki as he clenched his fist.
The symbols for "Victory at last!" appeared behind him in Japanese when the
waves crashed.

"Then you can't look at any girl but me this night. Or I shall be offended and
not let you."

He bowed formally,"As you wish Margo."

Margo leaned in next to Tenchi,"There... now he'll behave during Tea with all
these girls in the house. I'm smart neh?"

"Wow! I'll say," Tenchi clapped,"Just don't let him get out of hand."

"I can lift 400 tons and bend steel by looking at it. I'll be fine. I'll see
everyone at the table." She walked around the corner and greeted everyone. "Hi
all. And before you ask I know that I'm not wearing anything. Think of that what
you like. I'm shameless," She winked at everyone.

"My she's just as big as Mako-chan," said a smart looking girl with short blue
hair.

"AMI-CHAN!"

Ami-chan blushed profusely,"I didn't mean it that way."

Another blond looked at Ami-chan,"Ami-chan's a pervert."

Joy leapt around the corner dragging Hope behind her,"What a coincidence so am
I! I'm Joy and this is my sister Hope. We're perverts too! Blue Hair POWER!"

A round of laughter burst forth directed at the blushing Ami-chan when everyone
looked at Joy's hair color and outfit.

"Priest Masaki? Is it always like this?" Rei Hino asked Grandpa Masaki.

"Yep."

"Rei-chan you are never picking a tour site again," she said to herself.

Ardice patted her on the shoulder,"Insanity and Stupidity are hard to avoid.
Let's have some tea. It smells soothing and with Konei AND Mihoshi here we'll
all need the tea as a muscle relaxant. Kiyone probably would have joined them
-and then all the "sane" people would be in one place...

[Author's Note: No not for the ease of snipers! ... I didn't say that.]

... But she was Bubble Head wrangling... trying to get Mihoshi and Konei to the
table, with Usagi trying to help her but failing.

In other news Sasami, Astrala, and the girl pointed out as Mako-chan were
trading recipes and cooking secrets. There was much flurry in the kitchen as
they easily kept even Usagi yummy-fied. Of course by this point their recipes
were getting as complex as design schematics for a lunar landing.

Grandpa Hino rather than being with his Granddaughter Rei-chan and fellow Priest
Katsuhito Masaki, as they talked about Shinto with Ardice and Kiyone, was
instead busy talking in hushed tones about disgusting things with Joy while Ami
and Hope sort of sat there absorbing the verbal melee in the room.

Tenchi was probably the only one besides those 2 NOT talking as he sat between
Haris and Ryoko and Minako as they discussed men in general. Aeka and Charhon
were off knitting and complaining about the noise and etiquette lack.

Washuu walked over to Ami-chan and Hope,"I need some helpful people to unload
groceries for a friend. It's quieter there," she smiled as they stood.

They went into Washuu's door and Ami-chan complained about a lack of room before
Washuu -lying well- said that it was a tunnel to a friend's house as they hoped
onto a conveyer belt to an elevator.

"Miss Washuu are we going up or down?" Ami-chan asked.

"Miss Mizuno we are making physics scream right now. Right Hope."

"Yes. It would be nice to explain more but some of the technology is still
secret and or experimental."

"I simply love science so are we traveling in a theoretical conduit between
dimensions or similar?" Ami asked whipping out a palmtop computer from her
purse.

"Absolutely right Miss Mizuno, In fact it isn't theoretical, and we are
traveling between dimensions to where I live with the "motley crew" as Washuu
put it," Hope smiled as she explained," Right now we are traveling through space
a bit, time a bit, but mostly thought but not in a linear fashion."

"I see what powers this? A miniature black hole or some such?"

"A fusion furnace on "our" side. Otherwise the dimensional pocket we are heading
to would be contained and have zero interaction with the universe around it."

"Fascinating. How was the pocket found?"

Washuu interrupted,"We're here! Miss Kintaro should be downstairs. I would have
taken us to the basement but we'd have entered the floor in the wrong place due
to the fact the elevator is out of dimensional sync itself."

A voice from below,"Little Washuu is that you?"

"Yep I brought some wall flowers to help."

"Wallflowers? Ah Hope! You remember where my car is parked. Oh who's this? Where
are my manners? Greetings I'm Ami Kintaro."

"What a coincidence my name is Ami also. I'm Ami Mizuno. My friends and I are
visiting the Masaki Shrine."

"More girls in the Masaki Residence? Poor Tenchi. Not to infer anything of
course."

"I understand perfectly. But not all girls. My friend Usagi got her boyfriend
and cousin and little brother to come too. They are probably still exploring a
local cave. They'd gotten lost arriving and so had tea before we did."

"The house must be packed," [AN: for ease I'll use Kintaro and Mizuno] Kintaro
said to Mizuno as they grabbed more bags from the car.

"Yes I fear we'll eat them out of house and home."

"No need to worry, I've got enough to feed an army."

"And I noticed if it's okay, that alot of it is ice cream."

A Voice spoke from the kitchen,"Ah yes the magic words. Ice Cream."

"Ego stop it. Let us unload first."

Ami-chan looked for the source of the voice,"Miss Kintaro... who's speaking."

Ego made armlike waving gestures, as he said," Make note of the form in shadow
on the wall. I'm immaterial. I am the Ego of the rather spineless Eldrick Tobin,
whose probably still wasting his life at that Imperial Science Academy place. I
understand your name is Mizuno?"

Mizuno tucked something back into her purse,"How do you do... Ego."

"I'll do better when you are all done loading groceries into the fridge so I can
load ice cream into me."

"If you're immaterial..."

"Ah but I cast a shadow and can eat and touch things. Like your shoulder," he
did so, and she was intent as she tried to poke him back,"It's one way... well
Eldrick can whack me but that's about it. Done yet?"

Kintaro reentered the kitchen,"Yes that's all of it, Right Hope?"

Hope nodded as she took the groceries from Kintaro and put them away.

"Thanks for distracting Ego Miss Mizuno," Kintaro smiled," Have at it Ego. One
gallon a day max."

"Bah to your rules."

"I can get my staff..."

Hope poked the air where he would be,"I can get mine also."

"Ladies let's try to not be violent. 1 gallon Aye!" Ego pulled out a tub and
started into it.

"Miss Hope... how does he actually eat? This is fascinating."

"Well Miss Mizuno, his shadow interacts with the shadow of the tub of ice
cream."

"Makes more sense than his explanation."

Ego grumbled,"Do I ask how you have blue hair? It's just the way it is. Nyah."

"Ego you are quite funny," She said giggling.

"Yes he is funny in the head... and rude beyond measure," Kintaro smirked. "Well
let's get some relief supplies to the Masaki Home."

"They probably need it with Usagi around."

Washuu grabbed a bag after finishing her study of Ego eating ice cream, and
pushed the button on the elevator.

"Miss Washuu can I see what it looks like Outside first?"

"The Ami over there is the one to ask."

Kintaro smiled,"Go ahead... but it's barren."

"Barren how so?" Mizuno opened the door and looked out on the grand expanse of
grass and sunless yet bright sky. She started entering data into her computer.
"Thank you."

"Actually we should bring the party here. As you can see there is more room, and
our kitchen is more packed."

"Shingo would have too many questions... more than me. He'd wonder if we were in
the mountain, How the lights work. If we told him we were in another dimension
he'd scoff and think we've been watching too much Anime. I'm not even sure if I
can understand this all myself... Oh look birds!"

"What? Back inside."

"What's wrong miss Kintaro?"

"Let's just say 'evil'"

"Kintaro... here's your staff," said Hope now garbed for battle.

"Thanks," she twirled it once in her hands it's three foot length glittering the
air.

Hope stepped outside the door and pointed her staff at the bird, and an eagle of
light leapt from it and winged it's way to the vulture of darkness. "Now Kintaro
while it's distracted," Hope called.

"Right!" Kintaro pointed hers up -Mizuno noticed she was dressed differently-
and a jay of light leapt forth to join the eagle in battle. The Jay got there
and after a few minutes of fierce fighting the jay distracted the vulture enough
for the eagle to execute it's final strike and cut the vulture to ribbons with
it's fast moving gust of feathers. The birds all vanished.

"What is the name of the evil you just fought?" Ami-chan asked calmly.

"A demon of hell who gets power from anger directed between people on Usenet,"
Kintaro said shimmering back to normal clothing.

"I see."

"Don't concern yourself. It's our and Eldrick's Problem at least fortunately
it's only our problem mostly," Hope said with a smile... as she dashed up the
stairs naked.

"Her clothing doesn't reform?"

"Her only drawback. She is the Incarnation of the Hopes and Dreams of everyone
in the Multiverse. Her name is fate or an accident. Her sister Joy... is not
Joyful at all and is the Incarnation of Depression. She consoles those who feel
beyond consolation. Two halves of the same... blueberry," Kintaro giggled.

"I notice you don't mind telling me this..." Mizuno said carefully.

"Hope's a universal power... and in this con... dimension your lives are a TV
show."

"Oh dear. How many are in this dimension?" Mizuno asked worriedly.

"Eldrick, Me, Hope, Joy, Ardice, Haris, Margo, Gerard -you didn't see him at the
party cause he snuck back here to Security... wave at the camera it wierds him
out-, Konei, and Astrala. One utility automaton Workbot, and some vehicles. Our
Enemy knows too but he can't reach you. He doesn't want to tangle with some of
the dimensions in between and when Chaos was in power he didn't want to fight
him for turf he couldn't hold -or win the fight for. Here though he's
stronger... but he's pretty inept. Eldrick and him are pretty matched for power
usually... though Eldrick forgets he has any at times. Glad you asked?" She
chuckled at Mizuno.

"But still we could help..."

"Tell me... have you ever seen a guy naked outside of health class?"

"Heavens no! What kind of a question is that?"

"Did you ever remotely like being tied up by the enemy?"

"Of course not!"

"And by that admission you are too innocent. Revel in that innocence. Lossoth
-his name- uses perverted tactics at every opportunity. Joy's Deputies succumbed
to his influence of their dreams and waking thoughts. Now they are unclaimable.
Joy fortunately was only able to be sweet talked for a little while but she
never turned to his side."

"Or I'd be fighting my sister," Hope said dressed again... in the same outfit.
She'd taken it off at least to avoid it getting shredded. "A fight I don't want.
It's one reason why we don't accept. Plus all the girls here who were swayed
away from him -if they ever really were his beyond their creator- are all
powerful in their own ways. We have enough fighters. Thank you for the offer
though. But in truth unless you want dreams about overly friendly... octopi...
I'd retract the offer," Hope smiled and picked a grocery bag up,"They have sake
over there now... best to get some food in them to blunt the edge."

"You're right of course. Sorry to presume you needed help," Mizuno said blushing
and staring into the groceries she was carrying.

"Hey don't worry about it. We're honored you offered. You worry too much for an
Ami," Kintaro winked at her,"Back to the party we go."

"Yes."

MEANWHILE

"Now that I'm in this tube I can finally present my inventions," Eldrick said
standing in some tube-like apparatus that had some liquid flowing over the
outside of the tube to be recycled back.

"We thought this WAS the project... a device to completely stop sneezing?" One
of the Panel of 3 judges said.

"This? Heavens no. This is just a throw together that is possible because of my
research paper which is item one in front of you now," he bowed as Workbot
scuttled along and presented the copies to each judge,"I found out there is a
certain resonance frequency emitted when you talk about someone who isn't in the
room. It also factors into recognition of one's name, or title. The reason why I
was sneezing earlier is because people were talking about me back home or
elsewhere. This device because of that research enables one to block those
resonance signals. I can still hear my name and recognize it as me but if
someone uttered a called name and I didn't innately think they meant me I
wouldn't receive the signal. A 'Hey jerk!' wouldn't get me to turn my head."

"We will count this device as a bonus to the paper. You're entry in devices
please."

"Of course," workbot wheeled it in. Eldrick thanked him and then went on to
describe it," This is a merging of 2 technologies of mine. A VR fantasy world
device, and a holoscripter. I presented these a few months ago separately. Now I
have combined them. I regret not being able to present it sooner in the semester
but my prototype had been stolen. My second prototype I had to scrap due to some
unforeseen overloads. One of my students will have to demonstrate due to not
wanting a fit of sneezing to interfere with the presentation."

"Send her in."

A girl walked in with her purple hair in long flowing ringlets with stars tied
to the ends of every individual hair. She bowed to the judges and to Eldrick
before moving off to the device. "Ready."

"Excellent," he pushed a button and a three dimensional view screen flickered to
life in front of him. "First notice how the 2 devices can be used separately. My
assistant will holoscript a part of a free flowing piece she did for a writing
class when younger."

She bowed and placed the goggles on her eyes. The view screen lit up," Dark
night sky with ominous clouds... yes like that old style earth house...
bigger... right," she called up a menu and cycled through backgrounds  picked
and combined a few and set them. She pulled up a person icon and picked traits
and visuals. She picked out an earth car and detailed it and put him in it. She
added a road and put him and the car on it. She put people in the house around a
bed that she'd just added. She detailed everyone. She tied in dialogue boxes and
spoke their parts. She added a doorman who would only open the door when the
man's path showed him in front of it. She laid down other walking paths and then
hit execute:

It was a dark and stormy night on that vile bending road. The car trying
to leap to it's death at every curve... but the medicine HAD to get there. It
just had to. The little girl would die without it. The car ground to a halt
infront of the busted gate. Running pell mell the man raced to the door and only
knocked once before the doorman opened it. Taking the steps 3 at a time he
reached the top and bolted past some maids trying to clean and not worry about
their mistress. The room reached he said,"I've got it. How is she?"

"Well," said the doctor,"She's getting pretty bad... give me the package. I
might be able to save her with this but... time will tell."

"Oh my little angel... be alright," the mother cried before taking her
daughter's hand in hers.

It was several minutes before there was any sign from the girl at all,
and then another 6 before she regained consciousness. "Am I okay now?"

"You should pull through nicely," the doctor said smiling.

The action faded and paper poured out of the machine. She presented it to the
Judges who passed it amongst themselves with smiles and nods. She then took it
back and put it into the VR device.

"The VR world simulator can take almost anything as input and extrapolate
further giving any and all characters AI's and new dialogue. A mysterious man in
white always seems mysterious beyond the programmed text and will only reveal
himself or not according to the extrapolated AI. Ah it's ready," he said after a
ping from the device. His assistant adjusted the frequency on the goggles to the
VR Simulator and the view screen kicked into life again.

"I choose to play the part of the doorman, and the world will react to me as
such," she said with a nod and tinkle of stars.

Everyone heard the screeching tires in the distance. The mother looked
out the window to see the car racing up,"Percival? Be sure to open the door the
minute he reaches it. Can't have a draft but can't keep him waiting."

"Yes madam."

Up rushed the man with a package under his arm who slipped in the mud in
his zeal but managed to keep moving forward and back onto his feet. The door
opened before him and he rushed up the stairs 2 at a time. The doorman followed
him seemingly anxiously.

"I've got it. How is she?"

"You could have killed yourself traveling at such speeds. But she's all the more
likely to pull through for your haste," the doctor started working on the
cure,"You know one false move and you'd both be dead? She has 6 more hours you
know. Callous of me to say that yes but it's true."

"I don't know what I'd do without her, or you dear," the mother said as she let
go of her daughter's hand and embraced her muddy husband.

"Now don't fret little one... this won't hurt more than any other injection
you've had," the doctor said to the unconscious patient before inserting the
needle into her welt covered arm. The nurse changed the compress on the arm and
smiled warmly down at the purple haired child. "May she be better for this and
not have her precious little life shortened to nil."

"Good words nurse. All we can do now is wait."


"I'm going to time-lapse this... new feature since Eldrick put in the device
last time."

Quickly the welts shriveled up and drained with some scalpel cuts from
the good doctor, but they didn't refill, and soon the skin tightened again and a
little blood flowed from the cut marks.


"Time lapse ending."


"Am I okay now?"

"You should be right as rain. Now get some real sleep. I check up on you in a
few hours," the doctor put his tools away.

The mother tapped the doorman on the shoulder who turned,"Shouldn't you be at
the door?"

"Madam I had to see if she was okay. I don't ever want to open the door to
paramedics again."

"I understand," she patted his shoulder.


The view screen faded.

"Good Showing. Now together right?"

"That is correct. Amalase would you reconnect the machines?" A deft motion later
she was done,"Now what had happened before is still in the VR devices memory and
we'll use that with the new features inherent in the holoscripter."

"For your approval we have added an evil zombie undead creature thing to the
front yard," she said as she added it with deft gestures that the doorman
character didn't make,"Appearances are why the arms aren't moving with me. I
could have them do so for a look similar to spell casting. Also the mouth isn't
reacting... again for appearances. If I was saying this the characters I pass in
the hallway would react also."

"Help there's some thing attacking my car!! Percival help!"

"That's my cue," she smiled into the goggles,"Master I'm coming."

"Use your revolver!" A revolver was in Percival's pocket and soon fired a few
shots at the zombie who turned and lurched towards them.

"What's going on Eldrick?"

"Change frequencies whoever has my prototype is hacking in. There... it just
fell over dead again from the wounds. Eldrick's assistant turned off the machine
and wiped the buffer. The holoscripter spit out the altered manuscript and a
copy of the original.

"Judges I'm sorry."

"Quite alright it was seeming too perfect." Judge one smiled.

"Yes quite satisfactory... adds that touch of the unknown." Judge two chuckled.

"Is it because the goggles are wireless?" Judge three inquired.

"Correct sir," Eldrick answered as Workbot wheeled in a vat with a crane like
attachment into the vast judging hall. Amalase wheeled the devices to the side
out of the way of the vat.

"Not a problem if you don't go wireless correct?"

"Not one bit. And for added safety the wireless input device can be disconnected
if one is truly worried about outside intervention which my device only has
issues with when the master connection is wireless, but I've noticed sapient
beings have their mental off days. Example there are people on Earth who needed
assurances that something like a network card needs to be Year 2000 compliant.
Network cards don't even use dates."

"A sad thing. Is this you genetics experiment? You opted for genetics over space
considering the nanite issue?"

"Yes Judge. I'd forgotten about this project. It was something I'd done before
the nanites. It does itself use nanites but not of the same grade. It's a
cloning vat. One cell is all it needs. You can put in cells from multiple people
and tell it what traits you want from each and boom amalgamation. You can have
it create a cell via the VR devices over there and then clone that. There is one
side effect but it's beneficial."

Judge two quirked an eyebrow," And that is?"

"The clone is almost always better than the original in some way and less in
another. A genius may gain cognitive speed but lose some manual dexterity. An
ordinary girl could gain powers like a magical girl, but the draw back on that
being now she has to deal with the newfound abilities... and she may be prettier
which has it's own dilemma's. Amalase... are you sure?"

"Yes. I've always wanted a sister, and I'm the only non twin in my whole family
back for generations."

"Place some small bit of cells of any type into the vat anywhere."

She pulled a hair out and put it in the vat. A screen popped up out of the side
of the vat with a keyboard attached. Amalase did some adjustments and the view
screen now showed what the little screen had. She then attached the VR devices
to a port in the side of the vat. Data poured into the VRDS [VR Device Suite,
for brevity] from the Vat. The 3d screen went splitscreen.

"I've done some tinkering as you can see. It's all so that I can see what the
final product -sorry for the thoughtless description. Let me start over. It's
all so I can see what the individual will be like afterwards. Taller thinner
darker complexion... these things change via the process. One can even tweak to
get as near as possible to the desired result. Amalase."

"I want my sister to have yellow almost golden hair and silver eyes to my purple
hair and red eyes," The vat and the VRDS compiled the desires together and then
ran her new sister through tests Amalase programmed into the VRDS... which the
results printed out when done. "She'll run a little faster but her psy powers
will be a little weaker. She's decided she wants to be called Inase after my
great grandmother. Can I send her through now Eldrick?"

"Do so."

The vat burbled and then grew still as nanites went to work with their new
commands. 5 Minutes later the crane-like part reached in and pulled her out. She
was clothed in a wetsuit which she took off of herself and placed to the side.
Underneath she was dressed a bit differently from Amalase... like a girl who
wants to show herself off a bit but not too much... unlike Amalase who wore want
fit and looked nice. Unseen fashion sense "upgrade"

"SIS! Oh it feels like it's been an age... and it has since the hospital lost
me. At least I wasn't raised by wolves or something. Won't mom be shocked?"

"What about the woman who raised you?"

"Kagato destroyed the planet I was living on while I was applying here. The
doctor in charge of genetic screening nearly had a hemorrhage. 'Are you a clone'
he says. 'No I'm not I say.' 'Well you have someone who could be your twin
here.' And poof here you are!" She finished before smiling,"Think mom will buy
that cover story? I just thought it up."

"We've lost family to Kagato before... should be perfect."

"Great! Think I can get admitted here too? My brain is itching with ideas."

"Same here Inase same here."

The judges were a bit stunned,"And this has no... what do you call it... Avatar
tech?"

Eldrick stopped smiling at the sisters and nodded," Completely reproducible...
although the duplicate machine in storage here doesn't add anything extra. It
clones and allows you to add extra but it doesn't just decide to."

"That's fine."

"Fine just fine."

"Fine."

Judge one looked at Eldrick,"There will be some deliberation and you should have
a decision in 4 days. We'll see to Inase's admission report and admission
project."

"Oh that's right my project. Here. A nanite based 'Swiss Army Knife' can come in
handy just about anywhere. And it has limits so they can't build space craft or
anything."

Amalase's eyes went wide,"That is great it would work wonders with my entry
project which was a campsite in a can. I couldn't get enough compression in the
metal so I scrapped that. Now all we need is a pan that makes it's own food."

"That gives me ideas."

"Yeah me too. Are we dismissed Eldrick?"

"Yeah girls... go catch up. Have fun... planning. Wow their gone fast," Eldrick
smiled and then turned to the Judges.

"You too are dismissed Teacher's Assistant Eldrick."

"Thank you for your time and considerations sirs."

"One last question... Inase won't need any kind of special foods will she? Will
the clones from the other vat need anything special?"

"Inase is a full fledged 26 year old girl. Just like Amalase. The clones from
the other vat will need nothing special either."

"Wonderful. You may go." Eldrick signaled workbot to take the vat back home via
the portal with the VRDS. Eldrick then wheeled in the other VRDS he'd made and
punched for someone in storage to bring up the other vat. He bowed one last time
to the deliberating Scientists who were judging him and left after Workbot.

After he was out of the room the Judges turned around and looked down. "Do what
you need to Imeria. We will cooperate with the Continuity Police."

Imeria smiled her cold smile that was augmented by the fact she was still
recovering from her one time problematic illness,"I thank you and the CP thanks
you." She walked over to the vat and picked up the goggles. She made some quick
adjustments to her cell then after tossing a vial into the vat... she commanded
the nanites to open the vial. The glass broke open and the contents of the vial
interacted with the cell she'd created. The cell began dividing and then at one
point the cell split into two and they too divided. She smiled her cold smile
again. Then she frowned and said to herself,"If only the CP had this kind of
cloning tech... I liked being part of a large family comprised of myself. Too
bad they all died save one. Just too bad."

That one survivor walked in and kissed her progenitor,"How goes it, hun?"

"Perfectly. The twins are progressing nicely. You'll have to help me with the
other clones."

"More than willing. I remember exactly what they look like. No problem."

They leaned on each other and watched the screen as a womb formed around the
fetuses and began to feed them properly via umbilical cords.

MEANWHILE

"What a day," Eldrick said stepping out onto the grassy expanse. "Workbot I
suppose we'll have to put that back in the Arcade... I just don't have the heart
to dismantle it. Maybe Washuu has some room."

"Someone call my name?" Washuu said as Eldrick opened the door and closed it
behind him.

"Oh hi... Little Washuu... what brings you... here?"

"Miss Washuu who is this man?"

"Oh him? Snuggly here is Eldrick. Eldrick, Ami Mizuno. Introductions aside grab
a bag and put some ice cream in it. There's a party we have to get back too."

He set a bag up and did just that... fighting with Ego of course but he won out
when he said he'd personally order more for him. The real expensive kind not the
bluebell Kintaro had bought.

"Now where is the party?"

"Masaki Residence."

"Who's all there? The Masaki Conglomerate and some tourists from Juuban High
School."

"I see," He gave an I'll-have-to-ask-how-that's-possible-later look.

"Party time," Hope said and punched for the elevator. Workbot was in it's FAR
increased size with the Vat and VRDS,"Hi Workbot."

Mizuno asked,"Wasn't the elevator smaller? Oh wait it's dimensional properties
can probably be stretched. I should have just figured that out before speaking."

"Hey Eldrick where you taking this?" Washuu asked looking it over. "Man you put
some time into this... no bailing wire and bubblegum anymore. Heck it looks one
piece."

"The second floor I have a space cleared."

"I'll let you keep it at my place if I can study it a bit."

"I left a copy at the Science Academy with a VRDS. But I'm glad you are offering
the space. I miss my arcade being an arcade," he smiled.

"Why'd you leave a copy at the SA?"

"A new regulation enacted last year. Someone's seemingly perfect project blew up
taking out a wing."

"You're alchemy meets the periodic table experiment?"

"Yes it proved unstable when a curious janitor flipped it on. I guess he turned
it on without resetting it... so now you have to have a certified copy of the
schematics, detailed instructions... yada yada."

"One mistake for a student one colossal blunder for the school. I did worse."

"I trust we don't want to know?" Mizuno said with a smile.

"Got it in one. Bingo! Basement... Washuu's Lab and entrance to Big party at
Masaki Residence.

BECAUSE THE AUTHOR DOESN"T KNOW WHAT GOES ON AT PARTIES BEING A BIT OF AN
ANTI-SOCIALITE... WE FLASH TO THE AFTER PARTY CARNAGE.

"Eldrick... wake up. CP is here to anime neuralize everyone and get the Juuban
High Schoolers back to Rei's Temple. They say they'll implant that the kiddos
decided to not go to the countryside after all and had a big party in the
temple. Everyone else is already back home," Washuu finished.

"Why the 'ell a'e they gonna do that? And who ga'e me sake anyway? Nanites get
wo'king. Oh wait CP ith here... nanites disabled. Well they can't just wo around
Neu'alithing eve'yone. Everyone was behaving in their 'Vithito' of Washuu's '
'ole. I must p'otetht thith at onth. Gimme some Vita Thoy. I'm mad."

"One sip to break the alcohol only," she handed him a bottle of Vita Soy [It's
good for you!].

"Wow that ages oddly. That from the shipment you asked to study? Whoa!"

"Looks like I should study it again."

"You do that," Eldrick marched to where they were lining up the Juuban group.
"Stop at once... or there will be trouble."

"You have no authority in this Eldrick Tobin. Stand down."

[Now kids... don't do this in real life. Police Men are there for your
protection and you shouldn't send them to the hospital. That being said I don't
think we need to get into what he did do we?]

LATER

"Thanks for helping me line everyone back up where they had passed out. I don't
know why they felt the need to even think to do that. Everyone was in character.
Everyone was behaving. Why?" Eldrick looked over at Washuu who was mixing up
something to undo the vita soy- and bomb him out again. Of course she didn't
tell him that part.

"The CP has it's own ideas of what is and isn't right. They didn't even
investigate HOW the two groups were able to meet here at the shrine. They just
figured to fire up the neuralizers and let investigations handle it later. The
big jerks. Here drink this," she handed it to him and he did... and hit the
couch fast. "Now for the little details. Unzip this... pull this shoe off...
Miss Kintaro's hand was like so. Sickeningly embarrassing but it's what
happened," she felt a presence,"What do you 2 want?"

Imeria said,"We need a little pocket dimension made for some newborns and their
parents. We'll tell you the specs, but it must be locked down and this time
travel device must be affixed in it for the little ones to find when they get to
the age of 4."

"Why not send them all back now?"

"Can't change the past can't tamper with the future," the clone of Imeria said.

"Alright fine. Women and clones this way. Ignore those boxes those aren't for
you."

IN THE MORNING

"Oh... sake hangover... Oh how I envy the Japanese... and the Chinese and ...
can't think... oh... what did I drink last n... can't let anyone see this...
Ami... move your hand... Miss Kintaro... hand move please... I should pretend
I'm still asleep."

Tenchi's voice said behind him,"Um it would be really belated. It's 4pm.
Everyone else has gone. Everyone had a little laugh... and then a big one when
Ami wondered if Usagi and Mamoru did those kind of things too. Oh by the way,
thanks for bringing the food over last night we were cleaned out. Margo and my
father went shopping for groceries they should be back any minute."

"You're welcome and thank you."

"For what?"

"Putting up with my gaggle of perverts."

"It was nothing you should try going to my school once or twice. Their worse.
Maybe not walking around naked worse... or Dancing on a table saying They are
the She-male spank her and her strapped on self... but they're bad in their own
way."

My Ami stirred and raised up,"Oops did I do that?" she pulled her hand away with
a giggle and Eldrick zipped back up. Tenchi acted like her didn't see anything
until he saw the front of Ami's dress.

"Did I do that?" Eldrick asked as Tenchi sniffled up a nosebleed due to the fact
the top of her sun dress had been torn one to her navel and she was... not
confined.

"TENCHI!" Ryoko called out and then appeared grabbing him she looked to where he
was staring,"Tenchi if you wanna see some... We can arrange a little something
in the bath..."

"I wasn't looking really."

"Sure you weren't," she tried to kiss him and he broke away commenting on
needing to cool off. "Oh well. Let's see what I can do about your dress. A
little hoop of metal and 2 little holes... and now... it looks like it was
designed that way. You're going to have to put yourself back in the dress," She
said after letting go of the pieces she'd joined with a created metal ring.

Ami smiled and pulled the dress out and over her breasts. "Yeah if I hem the
tear it'll look store bought... and this silver ring is lovely."

"Hey no problem. Well I'm going to get ready for my bath with Tenchi. You two
have fun."

"I'm home!" Nobuyuki announced as he came in through Washuu's door.

Sasami appeared," Is the coast clear of perverts? Oops."

Eldrick smiled,"No harm done. Ami, Margo and myself are one our way out."

Nobuyuki looked shocked,"You aren't single Margo? This like some Juraian
marriage thing?"

"Yep 'fraid so. But you were fun and I hope I gave you some help by working out
the bugs in your pick up lines," She winked and cast off her outfit which was a
sari. "I feel so much better naked. Bye All."

Sasami waved with a sweatdrop fastened to her cheek. Nobuyuki stood there all
white and heart broken looking... until he grabbed his coat and headed for the
garage with a big grin. She said,"Everything's as it should be at the Masaki
Home," as Eldrick Ami and Margo stepped through the door to Washuu's and the
Elevator back.


EPILOGUE

"Here's your's Hope. It was hard to make but it should work. It should reclothe
you after you transform. Good for 8 million transformations or you bring it back
and I clock it with a hammer and build a new one," Washuu cackled.

"Thank you," was all Hope could say.

"Next up. Ardice. Water absorbing sheets so you never end up accidentally in the
wet spot that Gerard and Konei leave on the bed."

"I'll go put these on the bed now... Konei looks eager," Ardice raced up the
stairs.

"Joy this is sick... but I made it. I will not ask what or who it's for and will
assume you want it for yourself," she handed the package over.

"Yes you made my blueprints for a drill mounted sexual thrusting piston of love!
Hey and you made the tripod and the strap on attachment. Thanks Washuu!!" she
blew a kiss at her that raced out and Washuu tossed a baseball at it and it left
a mark on the signature of some famous baseball legend. Joy frowned and put
everything back in the box -or should we say crate?

"Konei. This was hell on wheels to make. One Hormone regulator. I guess Gerard
will gain a little weight back now."

"I'm really hard on him and this way I won't be so embarrassing," she smiled
really cutely... and pried her hand out of his pants. "Sorry Gerard."

"Next up... Gerard," Washuu smiled," Another tough one. But hey the fun is in
the challenge. Use sparingly. They affect you AND the air space of those around
you. I present to you Washuu Brand Spread on Hormones and Pheromones," the crab
on the package had little heart eyes for another little crab which had heart
eyes for the other.

"Thank you Professor. It means alot."

"You'll probably enjoy sex with that also. But hey maybe you won't. Next up
Astrala. One big monstrous dress up kit with costumes of all kinds. And even a
nice mock wedding dress."

"Oh thank you, Little Washuu!"

"You called me little gee thanks. Charhon. I picked it up from Cool Devices for
you. You know what it is."

Haris joked,"Everyone has a clue."

Charhon subsided visibly from obviously wanting to argue,"It took me weeks to
get the courage to order it... how was I ever going to go in and accept it. a
girl like me never goes into a place like that."

"Yeah whatever," Haris said as she went mentally over some of the customers
who'd been in that week alone.

"Now you Haris. One dot of this under Eldrick's nose and no matter what kind of
signals all of you girls are giving off... unless he's interested himself
nothing's going to happen."

"Thank you Washuu. It's hard watching him think he needs to hold back especially
when we're all dying for him. And when he breaks down and has whoever is asking
for him he doesn't seem to enjoy it so much. And I know he's torturing himself
afterwards."

"You SURE you're based off my Ryoko?" Washuu teased and Haris stuck out her
tongue.

Washuu chuckled and then looked at Margo," Wierd request. But here it is. One
Room converter. Makes any space smaller than the Astrodome into any other space
you like for as long as you like. Want a frilly looking girls room out of a
man's bachelor pad to watch him squirm? No problem." Everyone looked at Washuu
funny. "Sorry had made one for a product line that died because my prototype
backfired and turned everything into the opposite of what people wanted. Turns
out Mihoshi had put the dial on upside down but they wouldn't let me try again
after I turned the room into a scorpion pit. Well anyway. May you all enjoy your
bribes for the questions I asked you earlier," Washuu got up and handed Margo
the tiny device that was the room changer in it's travel packed size.

Everyone thanked Washuu and then she stepped into the elevator and went away.
Joy and Charhon were absent as were Konei and Gerard but everyone could hear
where they were. Ardice who was running the security booth told everyone where
everyone else was.

"Ami could I have some time with Eldrick?" Joy asked closing the door behind her
as Eldrick slept on the bed.

"He's still hung over the vita soy dissolution was too weak that I'd made," she
said,"What's in the crate?"

"Something I'd wanted him to use on me or with me or... well it doesn't matter
it can wait."

"Do you want a formal place on the roster?"

"He'd object."

"You like him that way."

"No not really. I'd better go I can feel people getting all depressed. No way
the M.I.R.R.O.R can handle this kind of load. They must have just started
selling school supplies in grocery stores, and I have my work cut out for me."

"I'll wake Eldrick."

"No don't... I should go. Really."

"Alright. I'll warm him up to what's in the box if you'll let me see inside,"
she blinked,"I'll see... what... I can do... I can't stand seeing either of you
girls upset. Speed of the winds to you in your duties."

"Thank you... Ami."

"No problem. Off with you," Ami smiled as she picked up a bottle of something
clear and slippery.


Joy closed the door, and then leaned on it,"She's so kind... so kind... Well off
I go I have kids to give candy and barely legal men and girls to seduce and
fondle their problems away. Oh this is a great week to be who I am."


                                                                      The End.