Tenchi Muyo and all of it's characters are property of AIC and Pioneer and I am not making, nor plan to make any money off of it. As always, DBZ is Funimations property but since I'm only using the saiyan legend that's all that I need to say is Funimations. 'Is Broka leaving the Masaki household?' Now before you start cheering and yelling read the story. ********************** Sasami's taking a break from cooking today (no, she's not sick). After last night's ordeal Tenchi had the idea that they should cook today... (CRASH)"MIHOSHI! WATCH WHAT YOU'RE DOING!" "I'm sorry. I thought the salt was in this cupboard." "BROKA! GET THAT BOTTLE OF SAKE OUT OF YOUR MOUTH AND START HELPING US!" "All right! Now, 'grease the bottom of the pan'...sounds easy enough," after several minutes a large light flares in the kitchen. "AHHHHHH!! MY HAIR!" "YOU IDIOT, THIS IS THE BOTTOM OF THE PAN!" "AS FAR AS I CAN REMEMBER, THE BOTTOM WAS ALWAYS ON THE BOTTOM, NOT SLIGHTLY ABOVE IT!" "Could you three stop yelling?" ...didn't say it was a good idea. Sasami, who is sitting at the table, tries very hard not to respond to their cries of pain and torment. A large sweatdrop appears on her head... "MY HAIR! MY BEAUTIFUL HAIR! IT SMELLS LIKE BURNT CHARCOAL!" "SHUT UP AYEKA!!" comes from Ryoko and Broka. ...very large sweatdrop. After several hours of bickering and moaning, everyone has sat at the table. Ayeka is combing her hair, Ryoko and Broka just stare daggers at each other from across the room, Tenchi can only stare at this 'food', but Mihoshi doesn't seem to care much. Sasami curiously watches the two strongest people in this room glare at each other as she slowly lifts her bowl of miso soup to her mouth, taking a large sip out of it. Her eyes start to tear up and her mouth starts to quiver. Broka notices Sasami has started to eat. "So, you like my miso soup, it's pretty good isn't it?" Sasami, not liking to make anyone feel bad about something they have worked on for so long, quickly nods her head. Broka, with a look of concern, leans closer to Sasami...then a smile erupts, "Great, I'm glad you like it!" Unfortuntely, he had also reached for his soup and taken a large sip of it. His eyes bulge, and he spits the soup out all over Ayeka and Ryoko. He stands up, pulls a toothbrush from out of nowhere, violently scrubs his tounge with it, and says, "Ma hongue s hum! Ma hounge s hum!" "That ain't the only thing that's going to be numb," Ryoko and Ayeka say, pulling their sleeves up. Broka stops scrubing and runs out of the house screaming, Ayeka and Ryoko closely following. They make several circles around the house before a flash of the sun's ray hit something metal in the sky. The three stop. "Hay, wat's..." a hand hits the back of his head. "The joke's old Broka, get over it," Ryoko says. "Sorry. What's that?" The ship slowly descends to the lake and rests silently on the waterfront. "That ship looks familiar somehow," Broka says. He stares deep into glint of the ship's shiny silver coating. Washu pops out of her lab and walks outside, "Sorry everyone, I was kinda busy with trying to contact this guy. I've been signaling him for several hours but I haven't got any response," everyone except Broka turns around to look at the red-haired genius. Broka walks up and starts to examine the ship. "Broka...that ship isn't yours, it's very rude to go poking around at someone elses property," Ayeka says. Naturally, Broka dosen't listen, and starts to pop around all over the ship, knocking at several parts and examining it to the very detail. "Why is this ship so familiar," he sits crosslegged, "why can't I place it?" He turns around and starts to scourenge around on the top. At that time, a camera- like thing starts to revolve on the side of the ship, and a holographic figure comes out of it. Broka doesn't notice. The holographic figure is a very slim and beautiful woman, her hair is a bright aqua color that stretches down to the very bottom of her legs. Her eyes are a dark green, and her kimono is the envy of all the girls around her (not very descriptive, I meant Ayeka, Ryoko, etc.). The hologram bows her head and starts to speak. "I know this is a hopeless request, but I have been searching the universe in order to find my builder. He is very tall and...('these missle silos can hold several dozen missles each,' Broka says)...and is also very muscular and..." Broka's voice continues to interrupt her, she becomes very annoyed and speaks a little louder, "...he is also very powerful and is a ...('these laser turrets are incredible,' Broka continues to say)...HEY YOU, GET DOWN FROM...huh?" Broka stops dead in his tracks and turns around to the hologram, his eyes start to water, "Miriara." "Lord Broka...it's you," the hologram also becomes teary-eyed. Broka jumps down and starts to run towards the hologram, arms wide open. The woman runs towards Broka as well, arms wide open. They seem to slow as each step makes them closer together. As they grow nearer, they close their arms around each other...and Broka falls flat on his face. Miriara's eyes widen, then she remembered something. "Oops...sorry, forget you can't hug me in this form." "Thanks for the reminder," Broka says, face still crushed in the dirt. The hologram disappears, and a door opens and a ramp extends from the doorway, the woman appears at the doorway. "Wow," Tenchi said, much to everyone's surprise. Several hands hit the back of his head. Miriara runs towards the now-kneeling Broka. She tightly wraps her arms around her neck as Broka wraps his arms around her. He flings her in a circle and catches her in his arms, Tenchi and the girls look at the two emotionally. She hugs his neck once again and Broka sets her down. She gives him another hug but she cries as she clings around him. "I thought you were dead. I thought Kinay had killed you when I didn't recieve any calls from you. But something told me you were alive, so I followed his ship. I couldn't travel at a fast speed, however, since I can only travel so fast without you," Broka wipes the tears away from her eyes. "Broka, is she your...wife," Washu asks, also to everyone's surprise. Broka and Miriara look at Washu with a confused look before bursting out in laughter. "Me and him...hell no. I'm a robot, I can't marry anyone." "What, you're a robot?!" everyone shouts. "Of course. Do you think a normal humanoid could survive for two-thousand years. Which reminds me, why are you still alive Lord Broka?" "I was in cryogenetic sleep during that time, it kept my body in tact and all my organs working," something zips through his head, "How rude of me, I never introduced you. Tenchi, girls, this is Miriara. She is the mainframe, or 'brain' of my ship, the Hamararaschi." "Wait a minute, THAT is your ship," Ayeka asks, realizing the comment she had made earlier. "Yes Princess, this old girl was made, constructed, and built soley by me," Miriara smacks the back of his head, "what was that for?!" "Old girl?" she asks, Broka starts to sweat. "But why did you build her then," Ryoko asks. Miriara blushes and starts to say something but Broka covers her mouth, "I needed someone to keep me company during my voyages. Bounty hunters do work alone you know, and it can get quite lonely up there." Tenchi starts to wonder this, when Broka appears beside him and whispers to him, "She's available when I'm not using her. Her battery can run up to 48 hours before a recharge. Think of her as practice before you choose one of the girls," a frying pan hits the back of his head, "jeez...what the hell? Is the back of my head targeted or something? Hey...how DID you get a frying pan." Ayeka holds up Mihoshi's control cube. "That's where it is," Mihoshi yells before knocking Ayeka over and grabbing her cube, stuffing it in her hair. "Oh, by the way Lord Broka," Miriara reaches into a pocket, "this is for you," she hands him a long piece of paper. "What's this?" "This is a bill for all the repair shops and paint jobs I had to go too over the years," everyone face-faults. "You know, the vault is open for you to use it for things like that Miriara." "I know, but I wanted you to pay for it. Those smelly men always try to hit on me." "Like this one does," Ayeka says, pointing to Broka, a laser turret starts to fire at her. Broka sighs, "Fine, I'll do that tommorow," he turns to the group, "everyone is allowed in my ship if they want to look around," Broka and Miriara start up the ramp, everyone else following close behind. When Tenchi and the girls walked in, however, they noticed Miriara was gone and Broka was changing outfits. "Hey Broka, where's Miriara?" Without turning around to face them Broka pushed a button and door opened up with Miriara's lifless body in it. They all jump back and gasp. Then, Miriara's voice came over a microphone, "It's okay, I've just reinstalled myself back into the mainframe of this ship. That body is just for when I need to get out." "Yep," Broka said, "now...let the tour begin," the ground beneath them starts to shake and then moves. Miriara's voice now sounds like a the people on a tour, "On your left is a beautiful swimming pool, filled with jaquzy, hot springs, and a sauna," the girls eyes go wide, "now, on your right is the training room, equipped with interdimensional portals so as to jump to a different fighting ground without damaging the ship." "Grandfather would love this room," Tenchi thought. "What's this room up here," Sasami points to a door with the word PRIVATE on it. "Uh...I'm sorry but this room is off limits to anyone without the captains permission. Oh, right here is the laboratory," Miriara's voice continues to go on about various rooms in the ship, never noticing Sasami has jumped off the moving floor to explore the room. She slowly opens the door to see a bed and stereo speakers before it abrubtly closes on her. She flinches and looks up to see Broka's arm on the door. "Sasami." Sasmai starts to sweat and laughs nervously. "C'mon, let's get back with the group," he takes Sasami's hand and they walk down the hall. ********************** After five hours of nothing but rooms, Ryoko, Mihoshi, Washu, and even Tenchi have fallen asleep on the floor. Broka and Ayeka are leaning up against each other, trying to stay awake, only Sasami is still excited about the rest of the ship and it's many rooms. "...and to the left is the last room of the day, the armoury, equipped with the most advanced weaponry and..." she continues to talk as Broka slowly slides down Ayeka's front side, losing consciousness. He stops on a rather comfortable spot and settles his head in. Ayeka, also barely awake, slowly closes her eyes, and doesn't mind Broka relaxing into her...until they both realize that he's resting on Ayeka's breasts. Broka jumps back, hits his head against the hard metal wall, bounces off, feels the palm of Ayeka's hand harshly on his face, bounces his forehead against the wall, and trips over Ayeka's foot, landing with a thud. "You do that again and I'll do more than slap you," Ayeka yells, veins popping out of her forehead. "In the words of Mihoshi...ouch." The sound of a body falling has woken up the rest of the group and they make their way up to their feet to walk outside. They all give a big yawn as they step outside the ramp, except for Sasami who joyfully hops out of the door and awaits everyone to get down. "Well (yawn) thank you Miriara for that (yawn) tour. But it's late so we'll get to bed." "Hey Tenchi! Can I stay on the Hamararaschi and check out some of the romms?" "Sure Sasami, but only if Broka let's you," Sasami turns around to Broka, he gladly nods his head and Sasami runs into the ship. "Well Broka, I guess we'll see you in several days." "Yeah...several days," Broka says unsuringly. Tenchi, Broka and the girls head to the house, Broka needing a few things. In the Hamararaschi, Sasami has just settled in the built-in hot springs and relaxes in the hot water. "Wow, this feels great," she says, slowly sinking into the water. Her peacefulness is broken with the sound of the door opening. She turns around to see Miriara also in a towel walking to the water's edge, "Hi Miriara!" She jumps back at this, "Oh, Sasami, I didn't know you were in here. You scared me." "Sorry, I just wanted to look at a few things before you guys leave tommorow." "That's allright," Miriara steps into the water, "this is a nice ship, isn't it." "Yes...it is. Hey, do you mind if I ask you a personal question?" She giggles, "Shoot." "How come, if you've been with Broka for, how many years," Miriara holds up three fingers, "three years, how come you didn't marry him?" Miriara blushes, "Well...why do you want to know?" "Oh, no reason. I mean he is kinda cute and very nice, and I'm sure he wouldn't care if you were a robot or not." She gives an evil smile, "Oh, he doesn't care," she snaps out of it when Sasami is staring at her, "I-I-I mean, he wouldn't. It's just that, well, when he built me, he wasn't interested in love then, he was a lone wolf, a danger man, he didn't talk to anyone except me, and that was only to give me orders like, 'Miriara, change the course to blah blah blah', 'Miriara, I need a beer', 'Miriara, take your clothes..." Uh-oh, she spoke too far... "...to...the...laundromat'," a large sweatdrop appears on her forehead, "maybe she's still a little young," she thought to herself. Then she noticed Sasami, looking at her strangely so she reffered it to a "no". "So...why don't you install that emotion, I'm sure Washu will be able to do it." "No, no. Broka is still in an emotional state after what his no good parents did to him," she squeezes the soap in her hands so hard in pops out, "have you ever heard him at night?" "No...I'm usually asleep by the time he drinks all the sake. What does he say?" "It's too horrible to say. But anyway, if someone would do that do me, I'm afraid that I would immediately fall in love with him, and that would be taking advantage of him. Sentimentcy towards other people is my greatest emotion built into me," she makes ripples in the water using her fingers. "But I saw what you did when you saw him, it was almost like a soap opera." "You really think so?" Sasami nods, "Even so, something tells me I should stay out of this, I don't know what it is, but it's a strong feeling," Sasami looks worridly at her as a teardrop falls down her cheek, she swims over to comfort her. "There, there Miriara, it's okay." Miriara wipes her tear away, "Thank you Sasami. But, even if I wanted to marry him, I can't leave this ship or all my circuits will fry," they both start chuckling. Sasami swims a little distance away from her. "So, what are you going to do now?" "I don't know. It's all up to Lord Broka." ********************** In the house, a suspicious character quickly goes through tons of clothes, stuffing them into suitcases. The person slams the case shut, and starts to go through another suitcase. All of a sudden, the door swings open, and Mihoshi leaps at the person. "Stop right there you burglar!" Mihoshi yells as she lands on the person. Several 'oofs' and grunts come from the two rolling people as they hit the wall...hard. Mihoshi is not dazed however, and she quickly handcuffs the tresspasser. "Wow! I actually caught someone! Whoops, almost forgot your rights. You have the right to remain silent..." "GET OFF ME YOU BLONDE IDGIT!" "Boy, you sound a lot like Broka...you have the right to an attorny..." she is stopped once again as her handcuffs snap, and Broka throws her off of him. She falls into the arms of someone near the door. She opens her eyes to see Tenchi straining to hold her up...he ain't Hulk Hogan ya know. She blushes several minutes before Tenchi can't hold her up any more, and they both drop like a rock. Around that time, Ayeka and Ryoko come to see what the fuss was about. They stare in shock at Tenchi laying over Mihoshi. "Tenchi...ar-are you with..." "Mi-Mi-Mihoshi?" tears swell up in both their eyes. Tenchi can't speak, so Broka does, "Ugh! No you two! Mihoshi thought I was a burglar and she tried to arrest me so I broke her 'cuffs and threw her off of me. I guess Tenchi must have heard us banging around and came at the time I threw Mihoshi." "Lord Tenchi, is that true," Tenchi nods his head, Ayeka and Ryoko sigh in relief. "Just what are you doing sneaking around like that," Mihoshi asks. "Well if you really want to know, I was planning on leaving." "This late at night...but you have so many places to go to although most of them are probably gone by now." "I wanted to get a headstart." "You got all the time in the world." "No, no. There's this job opening for anyone who can catch the number one criminal n the universe. They get 10,000,000 Jurai and a full-time job as an elite guard for the planet of Huro." "But that will mean that..." Broka nods his head. Ayeka and Ryoko, being Ayeka and Ryoko, quickly started throwing all the items into suitcases. "Well...don't want to keep you waiting." "Yes, musn't keep you waiting," the two continue to stuff numerous items into numerous suitcases, all three watching start to sweat. "Are you sure you want to do this Broka," Tenchi asks. "Yeah, I think it would be the better thing to do," Broka holds out his hand, Tenchi grabs it and shakes it. Mihoshi even gives him a goodbye hug, then Broka turns to the two stuffers, who right now are trying to get the bed into a suitcase. "I ain't even going to try to get a goodbye from those two," he walks over and grabs the suitcases he needed and starts to head out the door. On the way there, he meets Washu. "That's a lot of stuff for a long trip." "Very long trip," Broka says. It takes several seconds for Washu to get what he meant. The little genius almost looks disappointed, then holds out her hand for goodbye. Broka shakes it, then turns for his ship. On his way there, the door of the ship shoots open, and Sasami walks out with Miriara, Broka, not wanting to tell Sasami, throws all of his stuff into the air. It fades out of sight as it goes higher. "Hi Broka...are you leaving now?" "Oh, oh, no. Just checking on a few things." "OK, well...I'll see you tommorow morning, goodnight!" "Goodnight Sasami," he watches the little princess sprint into the house. Miriara walks up to Broka and holds his hand. At once both of them blush...before the sound of several hundred pounds of luggage land on their heads. "Let me guess...we're not coming back," Miriara says, underneath a pile of clothes. "You guessed it," a painful Broka replies. *********************** Morning at the Masaki house, everyone is in their normal seats, except for Broka, who Sasami can't help but stare at his seat. "I thought he was going to stay for one more breakfast," she says, teary-eyed. Tenchi, also not wanting to tell Sasami, "I'm sure he just wanted to get things done quicker, that's all," all the girls except for Sasami stare at him, even Tenchi didn't lie to Sasami. Sasami sets her chopsticks down, "I'm not hungry anymore," and gets up and heads upstairs. Washu looks at her rice, and says, "Me either," and walks into her lab. "Jeez, one person leaves and everybody dies," Ryoko says, Tenchi can only glare at her, "of course, he was a very NICE person...hehehehehe," Tenchi sighs and continues his breakfast. Several planets away, the Hamararaschi streams by the multi-colored rings. Broka looks out at them and sighs. Miriara, wearing nothing but a robe, walks behind him and places her hand on his shoulder. "Are you sure you want to do this Lord Broka? I mean, they treated you like real family...real family." "Yes I'm sure. I was such a burden to them, being the last of my race I am hated by all and the saiyans had so many enemies that there were so many attacks made against them, and it was all because of me." Miriara kneels down and places her head on his shoulder, "You're a burden only if you think you're a burden. They love you like you were their brother and I'm sure they understand about your race," she smiles, "besides, you killed all the enemies left of the saiyans, so there's really nothing to worry about." "I just don't know," he rests his head against hers. "Do you really want to kill again to live...is bounty hunting what you want to do again?" "I'm not bounty hunting...I'm finding the most wanted criminal, bringing him down, collect my reward, then get a full-time job from it." "Sounds like bounty hunting to me," Broka gets upset from this comment, and storms out of the cockpit, "where are you going?" "Bed! What does it look like," he yells in a very annoyed voice. "Remember Lord Broka...your friends and family will love you for who you are, not your pity or your grief, but for how you treat them and care for them as you would anyone else special to you," in the darkness, a tear sheds from Broka's eye, he furiously wipes it away, and storms into the hallway. Miriara just watches him while a tear rolls down her cheek, "Please Lord Broka, go back to them...I don't want to see you this way again," she starts giving little sobs before putting her head in her arms and weeping sadly. ******************** Once again, Tenchi and the girls have sat down and started eating dinner. Sasami seems to be over Broka leaving, although no one has told her that he wasn't coming back. Washu however, hasn't been in her lab for five days, and she keeps going outside to work around the house. Nonetheless, they are all quiet, when something unexpected happens.