Once More
By: Kagome-chan and Arabella Skydancer
Hello! This is the revised version of The Guests Have Arrived, which now is called, Once More. It takes place when Alanna and company are traveling around the ocean to go back to Tortall. However, Kagome-chan and I have added some of other characters to it. Like Akane, Ranma, Shampoo, Mousse, Uyko, and Ryoga from Ranma 1/2. Whatsoever, they have no memories of that whatsoever (okay... that doesn't sound right... but who cares?).
Sooooooooo, please read and review!
Disclaimer: WE DO NOT OWN RAMNA 1/2 OR THE ALL-HOLY TAMORA PIERCE! SO DON'T SUE!
However, the story belongs to me! Take the story, and you'll wish you were never born!
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Part 1 - Meeting
Akane looked out at the ocean from her post at the upper deck. She was at the age of 20 and very beautiful in fact. She was wearing a silver kimono with flowers upon it, and her hair was jet-black that flowed freely down her back. However, she was quite different from others, like her friend, Alanna the Lioness; she had the Hand of the Goddess upon her. The Great Mother herself gave her a temporary Gift, in case she needs to protect herself. At that time, she was thinking, she felt the wind blowing at her face and-
Suddenly, a face popped up and had scared her out of her wits. It was Ranma; he was a tall 20 year old, with a strong build. He knew martial arts, and did not have the Gift. However, very often, he annoys her out of her wits.
Ranma asked, "Do you know when we are going to land, 'cause Mousse and Ryoga aren't exactly very, um, normal...."
Akane looked behind her. She saw Mousse (not wearing his glasses) kneeling upon a knee and talking to a sailor, who was clearly freaked out. Mousse declared loudly, "Oh, my dearest Shampoo! I beg you, marry me!"
Suddenly, a wooden plank was smashed upon his head; Shampoo was the one who did what she did. And she dragged Mousse back to their cabin, muttering, "Stupid Mousse should know he wear glasses."
Then Akane looked at Ryoga, who was lost (yet again). He was standing on top of the rails at the back of the ship, saying (yet again), "Um, where am I?"
As he was about to step off the boat, Ukyo smashed (another) plank upon his face, knocking him unconscious and back into the boat. "How come we have to put up with him every single day of our lives?" sighed Ukyo, also dragging him back to his cabins like Shampoo did to Mousse.
Then Akane turned to look at her student, Trisana of Conté. Trisana was the second cousin to the Prince Jonathan of Tortall, the heir of the King and Queen of Tortall. Unfortunately, the King and Queen had both died. So, Trisana wanted to go back to pay her respects to them, while also be there for the Prince's coronation.
Trisana had brown hair, not very dark at all; with green eyes that looked unusual like a cat's. She hates wearing gowns, and all the other fuss and feathers. Although, she hated formality, she was in fact very pretty, with gracefulness around her. Whatsoever, she was stubborn and knows the art of fighting, and to make it worse, she had the Gift, which made her very dangerous.
Suddenly, Ranma's voice knocked her out of her train of thought. "Hey!" he cried. "Who's that over there? With the orange hair and the purple eyes?"
Ranma's description of whoever it was had gotten her attention. She looked in the direction Ranma was looking in and saw a familiar friend. She shouted, "Alanna! Alanna!"
The orange haired person, which turned out to be a woman, turned and faced in her direction. "Akane? Akane, is that you?"
She smiled and replied, "Of course, it's me. Or why would I even say 'Hello' to you?"
Alanna walked over to Akane with a black cat with purple eyes. Much to Akane's dismay, Ranma freaked out the moment he saw the cat upon Alanna's left shoulder. He quickly ran down over to the stairs, and ran back to his room, shivering at the horror.
Akane sweatdropped, and said to the lady knight, "So, introduce me to your lovely companion upon your shoulder, and do tell me why you are here."
She smiled and replied, "My so called 'lovely' companion here is my cat, Faithful. And I'm here to go back to Corus." She then drawled, "I was hoping I wouldn't be even be upon the deck. However, my friend Raoul had just HAD to drag me up here to make me sick." She pointed to a large figure with black hair and eyes that was unmistakably a knight. "So now, introduce me to your traveling companions."
Akane sighed and said, "All of MY companions are absolute idiots, or down below deck." Then she remembered, "However," she cried to her student, "Trisana! Do come here for a moment or two!"
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Trisana sighed, and thought, 'Ugh, I thought I said firmly that I didn't want to be disturbed at all. But, NOOOOOOOOOO! They had to bother me, and then have their butts scorched by me. Ugh, how come I have to have this horrible life?'
She walked over to her mistress-teacher and this stranger; however, she stopped five feet short away from the stranger. The person had copper hair, with purple eyes, and the person was a woman, with a sword by her side. All of a sudden, the description rang a bell: This woman was Alanna of Trebond, the Lioness, the realm's sole lady knight.
"You-you're Alanna of Trebond," she muttered, trembling. Ever since the news, "Alan of Trebond" was actually a female named Alanna of Trebond, and had disguised herself as a boy to become a knight, the now famed Lioness had became her idol. "The realm's sole lady knight...."
"Yes, I am," replied Alanna, with a kind of confused look upon her face.
Akane, her mistress-teacher, laughed a short laugh, and said, "I'm sorry. Alanna, this is my student in the fighting arts, Trisana of Conté. Tris, this is one of my old friends, Alanna of Trebond."
The lady knight raised one eyebrow, "You're a cousin of the Prince Jonathan?"
She replied, blushing, feeling honored to be in her idol's presence. "To be exact, I'm his second cousin. I haven't met anyone of the Conté family, other than their Majesties' and the Prince, your ladyship."
"Tris, how come you hate having formality, while you are using your 'gods cursed' manners as you called it?" the mistress-teacher asked.
"Wait a second, Trisana, you are a student of the fighting arts and you are a Conté. And-oh, gods cursed it! May we go down before I start to vomit?" Alanna said, looking very green all of a sudden.
Akane giggled for a moment, while her student looked on confused.
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The group of women got along really well with one another, especially Alanna and Tris. They had shared the same opinion that female nobles aren't just good for marriage, and that they be treated with the same respect one another gives to another noble. Tris had gotten along with Faithful, who seemed to be smitten with her, and had also gotten Alanna to stop calling her "Trisana" but "Tris" instead.
Akane and Tris introduced Ranma, Ryoga, Mousse, Uyko, and Shampoo to Alanna. However, they were clearly reluctant to introduce their companions. Alanna introduced those two to her escorts back to Tortall: Raoul, Coram, Liam, Buri and Thayet.
When Liam and Akane were introduced, the Shang Dragon whistled, "So, you're the one the elders admirer."
"Actually, they wanted me to be a Shang, too. However, I just don't have exactly the title. But I have the training, and the respect."
As they talked, Alanna, Raoul and Tris started to talk about swordfight.
"I say the best one in sword fighting is Alanna," grinned Raoul.
She replied, "I doubt it much though."
"You know," interrupted Tris, "I have hear many times that you, Lioness, are one of the best in sword fighting, and I would be honored just to see you just with a sword."
"Thank you," muttered Alanna, a bit annoyed. "I just still don't get how fast rumors fly."
Akane came over with Liam and said, smiling, "Let's just say it flies faster than most people expect, Alanna."
Suddenly, a sailor came down and yelled, "Land in sight!"
"Well, time t' go home," grinned Coram.
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Arabella Skydancer: Hello, like the story? Suggestions? Flames? Comments? Anything is welcome! : )
By: Kagome-chan and Arabella Skydancer
Hello! This is the revised version of The Guests Have Arrived, which now is called, Once More. It takes place when Alanna and company are traveling around the ocean to go back to Tortall. However, Kagome-chan and I have added some of other characters to it. Like Akane, Ranma, Shampoo, Mousse, Uyko, and Ryoga from Ranma 1/2. Whatsoever, they have no memories of that whatsoever (okay... that doesn't sound right... but who cares?).
Sooooooooo, please read and review!
Disclaimer: WE DO NOT OWN RAMNA 1/2 OR THE ALL-HOLY TAMORA PIERCE! SO DON'T SUE!
However, the story belongs to me! Take the story, and you'll wish you were never born!
____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________
Part 1 - Meeting
Akane looked out at the ocean from her post at the upper deck. She was at the age of 20 and very beautiful in fact. She was wearing a silver kimono with flowers upon it, and her hair was jet-black that flowed freely down her back. However, she was quite different from others, like her friend, Alanna the Lioness; she had the Hand of the Goddess upon her. The Great Mother herself gave her a temporary Gift, in case she needs to protect herself. At that time, she was thinking, she felt the wind blowing at her face and-
Suddenly, a face popped up and had scared her out of her wits. It was Ranma; he was a tall 20 year old, with a strong build. He knew martial arts, and did not have the Gift. However, very often, he annoys her out of her wits.
Ranma asked, "Do you know when we are going to land, 'cause Mousse and Ryoga aren't exactly very, um, normal...."
Akane looked behind her. She saw Mousse (not wearing his glasses) kneeling upon a knee and talking to a sailor, who was clearly freaked out. Mousse declared loudly, "Oh, my dearest Shampoo! I beg you, marry me!"
Suddenly, a wooden plank was smashed upon his head; Shampoo was the one who did what she did. And she dragged Mousse back to their cabin, muttering, "Stupid Mousse should know he wear glasses."
Then Akane looked at Ryoga, who was lost (yet again). He was standing on top of the rails at the back of the ship, saying (yet again), "Um, where am I?"
As he was about to step off the boat, Ukyo smashed (another) plank upon his face, knocking him unconscious and back into the boat. "How come we have to put up with him every single day of our lives?" sighed Ukyo, also dragging him back to his cabins like Shampoo did to Mousse.
Then Akane turned to look at her student, Trisana of Conté. Trisana was the second cousin to the Prince Jonathan of Tortall, the heir of the King and Queen of Tortall. Unfortunately, the King and Queen had both died. So, Trisana wanted to go back to pay her respects to them, while also be there for the Prince's coronation.
Trisana had brown hair, not very dark at all; with green eyes that looked unusual like a cat's. She hates wearing gowns, and all the other fuss and feathers. Although, she hated formality, she was in fact very pretty, with gracefulness around her. Whatsoever, she was stubborn and knows the art of fighting, and to make it worse, she had the Gift, which made her very dangerous.
Suddenly, Ranma's voice knocked her out of her train of thought. "Hey!" he cried. "Who's that over there? With the orange hair and the purple eyes?"
Ranma's description of whoever it was had gotten her attention. She looked in the direction Ranma was looking in and saw a familiar friend. She shouted, "Alanna! Alanna!"
The orange haired person, which turned out to be a woman, turned and faced in her direction. "Akane? Akane, is that you?"
She smiled and replied, "Of course, it's me. Or why would I even say 'Hello' to you?"
Alanna walked over to Akane with a black cat with purple eyes. Much to Akane's dismay, Ranma freaked out the moment he saw the cat upon Alanna's left shoulder. He quickly ran down over to the stairs, and ran back to his room, shivering at the horror.
Akane sweatdropped, and said to the lady knight, "So, introduce me to your lovely companion upon your shoulder, and do tell me why you are here."
She smiled and replied, "My so called 'lovely' companion here is my cat, Faithful. And I'm here to go back to Corus." She then drawled, "I was hoping I wouldn't be even be upon the deck. However, my friend Raoul had just HAD to drag me up here to make me sick." She pointed to a large figure with black hair and eyes that was unmistakably a knight. "So now, introduce me to your traveling companions."
Akane sighed and said, "All of MY companions are absolute idiots, or down below deck." Then she remembered, "However," she cried to her student, "Trisana! Do come here for a moment or two!"
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Trisana sighed, and thought, 'Ugh, I thought I said firmly that I didn't want to be disturbed at all. But, NOOOOOOOOOO! They had to bother me, and then have their butts scorched by me. Ugh, how come I have to have this horrible life?'
She walked over to her mistress-teacher and this stranger; however, she stopped five feet short away from the stranger. The person had copper hair, with purple eyes, and the person was a woman, with a sword by her side. All of a sudden, the description rang a bell: This woman was Alanna of Trebond, the Lioness, the realm's sole lady knight.
"You-you're Alanna of Trebond," she muttered, trembling. Ever since the news, "Alan of Trebond" was actually a female named Alanna of Trebond, and had disguised herself as a boy to become a knight, the now famed Lioness had became her idol. "The realm's sole lady knight...."
"Yes, I am," replied Alanna, with a kind of confused look upon her face.
Akane, her mistress-teacher, laughed a short laugh, and said, "I'm sorry. Alanna, this is my student in the fighting arts, Trisana of Conté. Tris, this is one of my old friends, Alanna of Trebond."
The lady knight raised one eyebrow, "You're a cousin of the Prince Jonathan?"
She replied, blushing, feeling honored to be in her idol's presence. "To be exact, I'm his second cousin. I haven't met anyone of the Conté family, other than their Majesties' and the Prince, your ladyship."
"Tris, how come you hate having formality, while you are using your 'gods cursed' manners as you called it?" the mistress-teacher asked.
"Wait a second, Trisana, you are a student of the fighting arts and you are a Conté. And-oh, gods cursed it! May we go down before I start to vomit?" Alanna said, looking very green all of a sudden.
Akane giggled for a moment, while her student looked on confused.
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The group of women got along really well with one another, especially Alanna and Tris. They had shared the same opinion that female nobles aren't just good for marriage, and that they be treated with the same respect one another gives to another noble. Tris had gotten along with Faithful, who seemed to be smitten with her, and had also gotten Alanna to stop calling her "Trisana" but "Tris" instead.
Akane and Tris introduced Ranma, Ryoga, Mousse, Uyko, and Shampoo to Alanna. However, they were clearly reluctant to introduce their companions. Alanna introduced those two to her escorts back to Tortall: Raoul, Coram, Liam, Buri and Thayet.
When Liam and Akane were introduced, the Shang Dragon whistled, "So, you're the one the elders admirer."
"Actually, they wanted me to be a Shang, too. However, I just don't have exactly the title. But I have the training, and the respect."
As they talked, Alanna, Raoul and Tris started to talk about swordfight.
"I say the best one in sword fighting is Alanna," grinned Raoul.
She replied, "I doubt it much though."
"You know," interrupted Tris, "I have hear many times that you, Lioness, are one of the best in sword fighting, and I would be honored just to see you just with a sword."
"Thank you," muttered Alanna, a bit annoyed. "I just still don't get how fast rumors fly."
Akane came over with Liam and said, smiling, "Let's just say it flies faster than most people expect, Alanna."
Suddenly, a sailor came down and yelled, "Land in sight!"
"Well, time t' go home," grinned Coram.
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Arabella Skydancer: Hello, like the story? Suggestions? Flames? Comments? Anything is welcome! : )