Puzzle in the Window
By Chris ShadowMoon
Ok, this is the second time I put this on here... why? Simple. I had to change up a few things. Mainly, I combined Ch 3 and 4 into one chapter, and changed the reason Hotaru ran off. i think this might be better. So, IT'S THE SAME STORY UP TO CH 3, AND THERE ISN'T MUCH CHANGE AFTER THAT!
DISCLAIMER- I do not own Ranma ½. I do not own Sailor Moon. I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh. The cards mentioned in later chapters (if I publish them) are from several different games, none of which I own. There is likely to be one more manga/anime that I'm putting into the story. Lets see if you can guess it!! Here is your hint. I'm addicted to anime. ( I still don't own it. Oh well.) If you recognize it, I DON'T OWN IT! Simple enough
CHAPTER 1
Deep within a realm where no life exists in light, and no hope exists on its own, a single figure was waiting. It had been almost one thousand years, and he was getting impatient. He had failed at his one mission that he assigned himself, and now, unless he did something, the world was in danger. The objects he was guarding had fallen through the weakened dimension barrier. Some had returned to their universe of origin, but unfortunately, most had slipped into another dimension, where the chosen couldn't reach them. They were going to need to be recovered; otherwise BOTH worlds and all the others could be torn apart. But first, he had to wait. Two of the items that made it back to its home reality. One had held a part of his spirit, and if his spell had worked, and he knew it had, then the other part of his soul had been reincarnated, and was waiting for the other part to become whole. But until the item managed to reach the right person, all that the man could do was wait as the walls of the barricade degraded further.
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Several years later- Nerima-Present Day
Well, at least the view is nice.
Ranma was annoyed. No, that word isn't good enough. He was annoyed, pissed off, frustrated, in slight pain, BORED, and did I mention annoyed... He was on another trip via 'Akane Air' again. Ever sense the failed wedding, Akane had become increasingly more violent towards him, never believing him and always assuming the worse. This time involved Shampoo and Ryoga, which ended predictably, with Ryoga skyward, and Ranma on the receiving end of a mallet. And so there he was, about a mile in the air flying over Japan. Judging by his angle, he should land right about….
BOOM!
…now.
Little bits of gravel flew up into the sky, raining down on the other passerby's. One of them stopped to take a look at the crater, just as Ranma started to stand up and brush off his shirt. "Damnit. Why is it always me?" He took a look around and whistled. "Wow, new personal best. I think I'm somewhere in Juuban. Damned bitch. Why do I even keep up with this charade, anyway?" Of course, he knew why he kept the 'dumb jock hopelessly in love with a violent tomboy' act up. It was a… kind of like a gut instinct. He just KNEW that he needed to be there. He also knew that it was close to time. He started walking, not caring where he was going. He found himself outside of an antique store about an hour later. He realized that he had walked right into the heart of the Juuban Ward. He walked through the door.
It was one of those tacky places. You know the type. Weird and random pictures on the walls, random clutter scattered everywhere. You could find almost anything there, from antique harps, to rocking chairs, to jade elephants. The small man in the front of the shop was too busy looking at a strange golden ring to notice him walk in. He seemed to just follow a path marked out in the stuff, not once stopping or branching off. Something there was his by right, and he was going to find it.
And find it he did. It was hidden towards the back of the store, under an old oil painting. It was a golden box, inscribed with what appeared to be ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics, and a large eye, that slightly resembled the 'Eye of Horus' from Egyptian Mythology. It slid open with a puff of dust, making our avid hero cough slightly. Inside were pieces of metal. It looked like a puzzle, slightly. Ranma could tell that this was his. He picked it up, was about to walk away, when something else caught his eye. It was only five feet way, and around the neck of a sculpture of what appeared to be Mozart. It was a golden necklace, with the same eye emblem that the box had. He felt, drawn to it. Well, if the box with the eye on it is why I've been pretending to be stupid and in love with Akane, then the necklace with the same eye symbol might be a good thing to take with me. He took it off the statue and slipped it in the box.
He walked up to the cashier and put the box on the counter. "Excuse me sir, how much is this?" The man barely looked up from the set of rings he was examining. "It's just junk. Take it. No charge." He went back to his work. Ranma couldn't believe his luck. Two rare and powerful objects, he could literally feel the power rolling off them in waves, totally free of charge. He could have paid for them, of course. He did have money, that thankfully Nabiki never bothered to look too deep for, but he never looked a gift horse in the mouth.
His fortunes were increased when he got home. Everyone was out of the house for the day. Akane was spending the night with her friends, Nabiki was out completing a business deal, Kasumi was shopping, and Soun and Genma were out getting drunk. Never a good sign with those two. He quickly went into the kitchen and put the box on the table. There was something that he needs to do. That feeling of incompleteness is growing, and it's linked to those metal chunks, a puzzle. He couldn't take it any more. He needed to fix that puzzle. He immediately dumped the box out onto the table, the Necklace spilling out onto the pieces.
He put it of to the side for the moment. He had more pressing matters to attend to. He started grabbing pieces at random, sticking them together. After about five minutes, he got lucky. When he clicked two pieces together, they fused into one solid chunk of metal. Then he got an idea. He found all the pieces that had little imperfections on them. In ten minutes he had moved from 40 pieces down to 15. He was about to stop, when he heard a small voice in the back of his mind. After five more minutes, he was down to one more piece. It was the eye. He pushed it in the whole on the front of the pyramid shaped puzzle, and it glowed softly along the ridges. Suddenly, there was a bright flash, and Ranma disappeared.
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Ranma was floating in a sea of colors and sounds. Light was fighting the darkness nearby for domination, and raw power was as abundant as air. Suddenly, he sensed another figure approaching him. He looked in its direction and saw… himself.
"Hello, Ranma. Welcome to the Shadow Realm. Do you know why you're here?" said the Ranma look alike.
Ranma stared in shock at the new arrival, but only for a moment. Gathering his wits, he responded. "Uh… not really, but I bet it has something to do with that puzzle. Say, who are you anyway?"
The Ranma look alike smirked one of Ranma's all knowing smirks. "Why, I'm you, but for the purpose of this discussion, call me Yami. As for how you got here, well… you are needed to help save the world. A few of them actually. I need to tell you a story, but if I do, I need you to promise not to interrupt. Ok?"
Ranma just eyed Yami suspiciously. He looked a lot like him. In fact, they looked exactly alike. Normally, Ranma would have called him a mirror clone and attacked him, however, it was obvious that this WASN'T the mirror clone, but someone else entirely. Besides, Ranma was curious about what was happening here, and with no way to go back to his own dimension, it wasn't like he had anything better to do. He reluctantly nodded. "Sure, but first, why do you look like me?"
Yami smirked. "I'll explain. Now, pay attention, I'm only going to say this once. Long ago, during the times of Ancient Egypt, the pharaohs played a game that was almost exactly like what people call Duel Monsters today. However it was played with real monster and powerful magic. The magic was so strong that it threatened to destroy the world. These games were played in a place of power, dreams and nightmares known to all as the Shadow Realm. These were the Shadow Games.
"The Shadow Realm is a place where, well, it's more a state than a place, where all powers, magic, energies, matter, is transcended, a sort of ultimate magical power, quite beyond the imagination. The power of the Shadow Realm that goes to a mage is comparative to their spiritual resonation with the Shadow Realm. In some cases, priests collected souls and used those souls and their own to in crease the amount of power they can access.
"However, despite this enormous power, or perhaps because of it, in order to protect the world and the rest of existence, I sealed away the power of the Shadow Games in seven millennium items."
Ranma took this in and asked a question, "Why you? I mean surely there were others that could seal the Games away?"
Yami blinked at the question, "You're taking all of this very well!"
"Yeah, well my life is a lot like this. This is nothing compared to Jusenkyo, really magic mushrooms, the Wishbringer Sword, the Dragon's Whisker, the Mark of the God, etc. To me this is nothing."
"Ah, well to answer your question. My father was the Pharaoh and I grew up to become what I am, a Pharaoh Mage, just like all Pharaohs before me, merely I had the advantage of the Shadow Games and the Shadow Realm magic being in common use at the time of my youth. The reason I had to be the one was that, I was the High Shade Mage, the best duelist and Shadow Mage in the Kingdom. The reason I died was a pack of Shadow Mages who were trying to let the Shadow Games consume the world, believing they would gain power instead of torture and oblivion! However, I was able to complete the Millennium Items before I sealed part of my soul in one of them, the only one of two not full of dark energies. Care to guess which one?"
Ranma's eyes opened in shock. Now, Ranma isn't a dumb person. He can see what's going on, but normally he ignores it. This, however, wasn't too hard to figure this out, even if one doesn't pay too much attention. "The Millennium Puzzle!"
Yami just smiled. "Yes. The Millennium Puzzle. There are seven total. The Ring, the Eye, the Key, the Scales, the Rod, the Necklace, or Tauk, and the Puzzle. Each has its own ability. However, each also has the power of the Shadow Games in them, and therefore will corrupt anyone who holds them too long without purifying them. Because half of my soul was inserted into the Puzzle, it has already been purified so you don't have to worry. Now, the Millennium Ring has the ability to search out any other Millennium Item. It can also remove souls from the body. The Eye can use its gaze to look deep into a person's soul and read minds. The Key has the ability to open "the Room to the Soul", which can be used to alter someone's personality. It also ha the ability to make its user invisible. The scales have the power of fusion in the shadow games, to be used in duels. It also allows it's user to weigh the heart of a victim against the feather of Ma'at, the goddess of truth; if a person lies while being interrogated by the owner of the Scale, the side opposite of the feather will lower, as if weighted down by the person's sins, and if the side without the feather drops to the bottom, Ammit, the monster of the abyss, will consume the person's soul, giving modern science the assumption that the cause of "death" was a heart attack. The Millennium Necklace gives the wearer the ability to see into the near future. Finally, the Millennium Puzzle gives the user the ability to teleport anywhere in the world, and enter the shadow Realm, as well as a dangerous ability called the Mind Crush, where the evil in a person is separated from the light and sent to the Shadow Realm. The only problem is that this is very dangerous, much like a lobotomy. Use it sparingly, if you must use it at all. Did you get all that?"
Ranma, surprisingly enough, WAS paying attention to all of that. However, there was something nagging at the back of his mind. "Yes, I've got all that. Now, how does one purify all of the Items?"
"Well, that isn't all too hard. Sense you have one of the Items purified, the other ones that you get also will be purified, as well as merge with your puzzle, giving it the abilities of all the items merged into it. If you already have a purified item, then its energies will purify the energies of a tainted item. It's really not that hard. Just pick it up and merge it to purify it."
"One last question before we move on. You said that two items were pure. What was the second one?"
"Ah yes, it was a necklace, the Tauk. I believe that it was the other object that made it back to your realm. I think that this is because the pure items were attracted to you, but the tainted ones were drawn to the natural taint of the other realm."
"Ok, but tell me this, WHY should I do this? Why should I abandon my life to help you?"
Yami looked at Ranma before he sighed. "Well, first off, you get to go on one hell of an adventure. Secondly, you will have the chance to learn rare and deadly techniques in your Martial Arts and also in… Magic. Don't shoot that down yet!" Yami said as he saw Ranma was about to open his mouth to protest. "This magic comes straight from the Shadow Realm; however, if you are in control, it's very useful and easy to use. And yes, you will need it. Third, it will give you a chance to hop dimensions and make some real friends, not just people that want to use you. Finally, your life sucks, you said so yourself, and this will help you get away from all the people manipulating you."
"First, I wasn't about to protest. I like magic, in ALMOST all forms. Just the demon summoning in a pain. Most of the other stuff is fine. Second, I really need to get a new life. Nothing is going right for me, and I am a chaos magnet. Ok. I'll do it, if you explain to me what I'm supposed to do."
Yami gave another one of his 'I-know-everything-and-you-have-to-find-out-what' smirks and replied "Well, as you can see, there should be six more Millennium Items should be in the Shadow Realm. However, they aren't. The interdimensional barrier that keeps the Shadow realm suspended is starting to collapse. It will fix itself soon; however, the Items fell through the gaps in the barrier and returned to the mortal realm. Well, actually, the mortal REALMS. I've scanned, and only two of the Items made it back to their original dimension, your dimension. They are the Millennium Puzzle and the Millennium Tauk. The other five somehow found themselves in another dimension. YOU need to retrieve them. And before you even ask what's in it for you, I can say right now, that if you manage to gather all of the Items, you might, MIGHT have the power to break your curse. Now, knowing all that, will you still accept?"
Ranma was slightly taken aback with the 'break your curse' bit. The whole hating the curse thing was an act. All of it. He actually liked it. It was deadly useful, for speed, disguises, and the like. As if sensing what Ranma was thinking, Yami assured him that if he didn't want to break the curse, he didn't have to. "Actually Ranma, with three of the items, you might be able to change the trigger. Who knows, I never had much experience with curses like this one."
Yami smiled at him. Not a smirk, but a genuine smile. "Ok, now, here is what you'll need." Yami waved his had over the area between them, and several items appeared. The first appeared to be a belt with a box on it. It was brown, but the box was purple, with the Millennium Eye on it. The second was a deck of cards, grabbing one; it revealed a man standing in purple robes and a long staff in his right hand. The words on the top of the card were THE DARK MAGICIAN. Yami took this moment to speak.
"Ah, the Dark Magician, one of my favorites. The first item is of course your deck. It consists of my favorite cards, and is very powerful. However, it can be improved, or a whole new deck could be made. It's all about your style. The second is your deck box. It is attached to your belt. Keep your cards on you at all times, as you might need them at a moments notice." The items flashed, before disappearing and reappearing on his person, with his deck in the box on his belt.
"Um... That's nice and all, but I don't even know HOW to play Duel Monsters."
Oh, yes. Well, that isn't too much of a problem. You see, when you leave the Shadow Realm the dormant memories in your head will activate. Memories of our past life. It will give you strategy, long forgotten martial arts moves, mastery of the Neko-Ken…" Ranma had to resist the urge to do a 'happy dance'. He would be so glad to get rid of the ridiculous fear of cats. "...and control over the Shadow Magic, which was called Sha back in Ancient Egypt."
"Ok, is that it?"
Yami gave a stiff nod. "Yes, I'll start to send…" He never got to finish that sentence, as a large booming voice interrupted him. "NOT QUITE YET, YAMI! I MUST SPEAK WITH HIM FIRST. I WISH TO GIVE HIM A GIFT THAT HE WILL FIND USEFUL." Yami stiffened for a moment, and then looked upwards. He stood like that for a moment, then nodded. "Go ahead and take him, I'm done. Just let me finish here." He turned back to Ranma. "That was Exodia, one of the most powerful gods; in fact, he's the god that created the Shadow Games. Getting a gift from him is a great honor. I'll give you a day or so to get everything in order for a journey. Oh, I almost forgot, this is important. Now, this is complex, so try to keep up. Now, imagine that all the Realms are slider tracks that show time. Now, each Realm has a slider that moves down this track at a different rate of speed, always moving forward at a constant speed. This means that you could stay in one Realm for a week, and return to your own realm to see that only five minutes passed. Now, the shadow realm is different. It can move both forwards and backwards on the time stream, essentially allowing you to travel through time, and hop from one dimension slider to another. That allows you to transfer realms. Use the time travel sparingly. AVOID PARADOXES! If you accidentally come back before you leave, avoid seeing yourselves at all costs. And dimension travel is difficult. I'll teach that one to you specifically. Ok, you're out of here! See ya later." Ranma was, for lack of a better word, stunned. At least on the inside. On the outside, he was calm, cool, and collected. Suddenly, he was surrounded with a white light, and he disappeared from that area of the Shadow Realm.
Another flash of light later, and Ranma was standing in front of the largest figure he had ever seen. He was at least fifty feet tall, looked very… god-like was the only word that could describe him. He was bound with chains at the hands and legs. "GREETINGS, RANMA. I AM EXODIA. YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN GIVIN CARDS BY YAMI, BUT I WISH TO GRANT YOU SOME MORE POWERFUL ONES. YOU SEE, I KNEW THIS DAY WOULD COME FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED YEARS, AND USED WHAT LITTLE POWER I DO HAVE TO TAKE THE RAREST AND MOST POWERFUL CARDS FROM YOUR REALM AND KEEP THEM HERE UNTIL YOU CAME TO CLAIM THEM. AND HERE YOU ARE. YOU WILL FIND THEM IN A SUBSPACE, WHICH YOU WILL KNOW HOW TO ACCESS AFTER YOU LEVE THE SHADOW REALM. THEY HAVE BEEN THOUGHT LOST TO YOUR WORLD FOR YEARS. I ALSO GRANT YOU CUSTOMIZED CARDS. I WILL TELL YOU THIS. THIS MISSION WILL NOT BE EASY. THESE CUSTOM CARDS ARE SOME OF THE STRONGEST CARDS YOU WILL FIND, AND THEY ARE THE ONLY COPY IN ANY REALM. THEY ARE ALSO SENTIENT, AND CAN COMMUNICATE WITH BOTH YOU AND EACHOTHER. THEY WORK BEST IN TEAMS. I RECOMMEND THAT YOU USE THEM THE MOST OFTEN. THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO TELL YOU. GOOD LUCK, AND GOD'S SPEED, RANMA SAOTOME, KING OF GAMES." A flash appeared at his belt, and another box, this one a golden color appeared on his belt, also full of cards. Once more, a flash of bright light, and Ranma was sent back to his own Realm, just 2 seconds after he left.
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When Ranma regained his sense of balance, his first thought was Was that real? But a quick check of his belt, and memory banks, and found his boxes and a large knowledge of things he didn't know five minutes ago. Suddenly something Yami said to him struck him. TwoMillennium Items. Which did he say it was? Uh, the scales? No. Rod? Nope. I remember now! It was the… neck…lace…waitaminute. He glanced at the necklace he got from the antique store. "Was that it? The Millennium Tauk." Suddenly a memory comes rushing at him.
MEMORY
A woman, with a hood over her face, shadowing her eyes, and a glowing Egyptian eye around her neck.
END MEMORY
He looked down, and noticed that the Puzzle was on a golden chain about the width of a pinky finger. Shrugging, he put the necklace on, and instantly felt heat coming from both the puzzle and the Tauk. He watched as the double bands of the necklace and the string of the puzzle fused, until he was left with what basically resembled the Tauk, but the chain branched off at the sides and trailed down to the puzzle. He brushed his fingertips across the eye on the Tauk, and his vision changed, but not to a memory, but a glimpse of the future.
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Ranma looks up at the clock. It reads 7:00. He hears a door open, followed by the call of "I'm home!"He recognizes the voice. It's Kasumi. She must be back from the market. Suddenly, Ranma's vision swims, and everything fades to whiteness
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Ranma suddenly jerks back to attention and muses out loud. "Well, that proves it. This is the Millennium Tauk, the seer of the future." He searches his memory banks. "Wow. He wasn't kidding. I've never even heard of these styles of Martial Arts. Oh, and that's how magic works. Hey, I didn't know that you can dual wield backhanded daggers like that." He knew Japanese, English, and Ancient Egyptian. He knew how to wield a sword, dual daggers, staffs, and, of all things, throwing needles, with deadly accuracy. He knew the rules and strategy and rules of Duel Monsters. He new how to use his Millennium Puzzle and Tauk effectively and he knew Ancient Egyptian History. But most importantly, he knew how to use his magic.
But the magic was where he hit a snag. He knew how the magic worked, but he didn't know any 'spells'. He puzzled and puzzled until his puzzler was sore... waitaminute, wrong story. Sorry. He finally came to the conclusion that he'd just have to make up his own. He glanced at the clock. It read 3:23pm. That meant he had roughly 3 hours and 30 minutes before Kasumi got home. He assumed that Akane and Nabiki would either be with her or arrive after her. That gave him plenty of time to test out his new magic. Using his knowledge of the Puzzle and its abilities, he focused his magic into the puzzle. It glowed for a second, then a small pop was heard, and for the second time in as many hours, Ranma disappeared from the house.
He reappeared in, of all places, a clearing in the wild forests of Canada. He looked around and shrugged. "Good enough, I guess. Well, let's get started." He found that his magic had almost no limits, especially when he tapped the magic of the Puzzle and Tauk. He found that he could throw what looked like Ki blasts, but they were black, and much more powerful. He could also control fire and lightning, and shapeshift, but took a lot of power to hold another form, even for a few minutes. He even found that he could fly, and by shaping the elements, he could all some of that 'dramatic flare' he was so fond of, such as shaping a blast of lightning or fire to look and sound like a roaring dragon.
He glanced at his new watch, which had the eye symbol on the face. 6:35pm. He had managed to conjure another one after a misfired lightning bolt hit a rock and bounced back on him, but managed to hit is watch instead of him. Damn I have good luck today. Why is that? He shrugged. He only had two or three more things to try. First, he took out one of the cards from his subspace. He had gone over the cards and realized that Exodia wasn't kidding. He'd heard stories from Ukyo, who ironically was a big fan of the game, that there were incredibly rare and powerful cards, but they had all gone missing years ago. Well, he had them now. He found all 4 Blue Eyes White Dragons, the 9 Red Eyes Black Dragons, The Trinity, Dark Magician Girl, Harpies Brother, rumored to be the only copy in existence, and all five pieces of Exodia, Along with Exodia Necross, The Great Sphinx Trio, and hundreds of others. The pack they were stored in was literally a sun of energy in his magic sight. It was another thing he had. The stronger or rarer the card, the brighter it glowed. He could spot a rare card through a wrapper, plastic box, or even 1in of reinforced titanium. At least in theory. Exodia had been very clear when it came to these pieces.
FLASHBACK
Ranma was standing in front of Exodia. "RANMA, REMEMBER. IN THE CARDS I GAVE YOU ARE THE FIVE PIECES OF ME. THEY ARE A LAST RESORT ONLY!! DO NOT USE THEM IN A SHADOW GAME UNLESS THERE IS NO HOPE LEFT. WHEN I AM SUMMONED, I ONLY FOLLOW ONE COMMAND. OBLIDERATE!" Ranma nodded stiffly. "Wait, what did you mean 'WHEN I AM SUMMONED'? Are the cards actually summoning tools?"
Exodia nods. Or as much of a nod as a giant yellow Egyptian God can do when bound with chains. "OF COURSE. EACH CARD WILL BRING THE BEAST FROM THE SHADOW REALM. BE VERY CAUTIOUS. THEY WILL OBEY YOU, BUT THEY CAN KILL IF USED WRONG. DON'T WORRY ABOUT THEM BEING DESTROYED. THEY COME BACK HERE." Ranma just nods again. He seemed to be doing that a lot. "I'll remember" "GOOD"
END FLASHBACK
He grabbed a card from subspace at random and looked at it. Mystical Elf. It would work. He delved into his magical core supply and withdrew a thread of magic. Linking the magic to the card, he thrust it outward, picture away from him, saying "MYSTICAL ELF!" The next thing he knew, his arm was recoiling and light had burst out of the card's picture, followed by the Mystical Elf herself. He gaped in awe as the elf landed, breaking his concentration on the card, causing her to disappear. He grabbed another one and poured magic into it, without bothering to look at it, repeating the same motion, but without the words. He was rewarded with a pentagram appearing on the ground, followed by a young girl climbing out of the shadows. She hand long blonde hair down her back, and wore a white gown. The important things to note about the girl was the angle wing coming out of her left shoulder, the bat wing coming out of her right shoulder, and the heart that she held in her hands. This time he waited until the magic had stabilized before he broke his concentration. He looked back at the card, only to find it blank. He scratched his head.
"Well, that's weird. Would you go back into the card please?" He asked the girl, who nodded politely, before fading away. He looked back at the card to find the picture of the girl had returned. The name on the card was 'CHANGE OF HEART'. He put it back into the subspace, and took out one of the strange cards he had found during his earlier observation of his inventory. It was totally blank, and he seemed to have a never-ending amount. He was determined to see if they were useful.
He thought back to the Change of Heart card. The card was blank before he put the girl back into the card. "Hmm…Well, if the Change of Heart can enter a blank card, then maybe…" He glanced around the area. It was mostly destroyed by all the magic he had unleashed on the area. Several trees were dead and burned, trenches were carved into the ground, shards of rock were scattered all over the ground, and there was a distinct smell of burnt grass. He held the blank card out like he had the Mystical Elf and Change of Heart, and channeled out a stream of magic to the surrounding area. But instead of letting the magic just dissipate, he reeled it back into the blank card, calling out the first name he could think of. "PURIFICATION OF THE LAND!" When the light cleared, the surrounding forest was exactly the same as when he had arrived several hours ago, and the blank card wasn't blank any more. It now had a picture of a destroyed forest, a magic card. It even had the name Ranma had assigned it. Purification of the Land.
Glancing back at his watch, he noticed that he only had five minutes before Kasumi was supposed to be home. He channeled more energy back into the puzzle, and disappeared.
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In another realm, a green haired woman stood in front of a pair of massive gates. She had been there for more years than anyone dared to remember, watching and waiting for the coming of the empire that had been destroyed years ago. She had taken her job too seriously though, and even though she was the picture of sanity, she had gotten obsessive. Anything she saw as a threat to her empire was destroyed, completely removed from the timeline. She was Sailor Pluto, and she was having a good day.
"Gates, activate dormancy mode" It's a good thing that we've taken out all the threats to Crystal Tokyo. Now I just need to lock the gates. Too bad they can't stay open, but the pressure from such a massive time-shift could destroy them. She raised her large key-shaped staff to the lock on the gates. "Insert activation code, Alpha-Gamma-Sigma-Eight-One-Beta-Three-Omega. Commence Lockdown." The gates, which ironically spoke in a way-too-high-pitched female voice, apparently can talk. "Commencing lockdown in thirty…twenty-nine…" Just then, Sailor Pluto felt a massive time flux, and scrambled to check the gates. What she saw made her drop her staff and gasp in shock. The last thing she said before the gates slammed shut for the next thousand years was "no…"
END CHAPTER 1
There we go. Like I said, if I continue posting all comes down to the reviews I get. If I don't get any, I may post another chapter. If I get a lot of negative ones, I most likely won't post another chapter. If I get a lot of positive ones, I'll probably post another chapter. Let me know.
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