From days of long ago, from uncharted regions of the universe,
Comes a legend.
The legend of Voltron: Defender of the Universe!
A mighty robot, loved by good, feared by evil.
As Voltron's legend grew, peace settled across the galaxy.
On planet Earth, a galaxy alliance was formed.
Together with the good planets of the solar system,
they maintained peace throughout the universe,
Until a new horrible menace threatened the galaxy.
Voltron was needed once more.
This is the story of the super force of space explorers,
specially trained and sent by the Alliance to bring back
Voltron: Defender of the Universe.
Chapter Three: Secret of the five Lions
Planet Doom.
The sound of fresh hitting fresh was heard,
and Yurak found him self on the floor near his rulers' feet.
"I don't tolerate failure. Go back to Arus and destroy everything.
Hagger give him a Robeast to help." The ruler of Planet Doom said.
"Fail me once more, don't bother coming back."
Yurak got up and bowed to his king. He couldn't believe that the
Space brats got away from him.
Not only did they get away from the castle,
they had to fire lazars on it as well.
Yurak gave chase and the brats fought back only to be shot down.
Now he had to take a blasted Robeast with him back to the
blasted planet Arus to stops the brats from bring back that blasted Voltron.
It was all in a day's work for a blasted soldier of the Doom Empire. "Blast it!"
The once beautiful planet of Arus.
The echos of foot steps are heard in the halls in the castle,
as seven people made their way to a secret chamber within the castle.
Once their Coran, chief adviser to the only remaining member of
they royal family, place a series of codes into a key pod.
When the doors open, they tried not to stare as they saw
the command center of the castle.
Unlike the rest of the palace the control room looked new but unused.
Coran led them to a computer and input a series of command.
The screen lite up and a picture of five robotic lions was soon.
"For as long as we can remember Voltron has been
our protector here on Arus." He started.
"During the last battle the mighty robot was split into five parts."
Hitting a button, the screen changed into a wreckage of something.
Ranma watched as he saw for the first time the damage Haggar can do.
He wasn't a fool Planet Doom was a threat, but with ships in a the shape of a lion? Please.
Crossing his arms. He waited for Coran to finish.
Unknown to Ranma Princess Allura
was watching him from the corner of her eyes.
She knows the look all to well. Ranma didn't believe in Voltron.
Shaking her head she watched Ranma as he leaned up against the wall.
Watching as Coran tells the other about rebuilding the parts into the five lions ships.
"We realized that Voltron couldn't be put back together like he was.
So we used an old Arusian legend and rebuilt them into the five lion ships."
Coran finished. "However the power they needed to run, was lost when
Voltron was destroyed. We had no choice but to place them in hidden dens
until they are fully powered."
The Screen once again changed to show each lion. On the right side was the
red lion and below that lion was the blue lion. On the left side was the green
lion and below the green lion was the yellow lion. In the middle the leader and
the biggest of the lions, was a black lion.
"We discover that the lions each had a power crystal in its core system,
thus making each part one fifth the power of Voltron." Allura said. Ranma
rolled his eyes and if you were a mind reader you could hear him say "Duh."
"The crystal them selves hold mysterious power." Allura said looking at Ranma.
"Each part was made into lions. And inter graded with special inter locking system to form Voltron."
The princess then lowered her head and looked at her hands.
"I'm guessing that before you had a chance to test this interlocking system your
planet and home was attacked." Ranma said pushing off the wall.
At Alluras' nod Ranma walked up to the panel.
"Do the lions work?"
Allura blinked, she could have sworn that he didn't believe in Voltron.
"The lions maybe our only chance at stopping these guys, either way with
or in out Voltron we can still try to protect the people of Arus."
The other's blinked. The four members of the team looked at each other.
Kasumi placed a hand on Ranmas' shoulder. "It's wroth a shot since we
have no weapons to fight back." The others nod.
"What harm could come of trying the lions?" Pidge said.
"Before we do please put on these uniforms." Coran said as he
handed each soldier a colored uniform.
The uniforms are the same basic design.
A white body suits with a color v on the chest that
covers the shoulders. Each uniform also had a belt and a blaster side arm.
Each color was that of a lion. Kasumi had the color of blue lion.
Pidge's color was that of the Green lion.
Ryouga's was that of yellow lion.
Keith's was red lion.
Ranma's was that of black lion.
"They look good on you." Allura said with a smile.
Ranma was busy with his helmet display.
It showed all he needed to know about the working function of the suit.
He blinked in an error came up about Voltron.
"What's up with error four?" He asked as he tapped the view
display some more. "Key item missing?"
He looked at the princess and then took off his helmet.
"What's Key?" He asked looking into the Princess's blue eyes.
The Princess gave him a small smile.
"Key item is what runs the lions. To put it simple it's a key." Ranma blinked.
"So, where is it?"
"The one place where Doom never thought to look." Coran said.
"Hopefully, you'll do your best as the Voltron Force." The age adviser said.
"Voltron Force? What do you think this is, Some type of Sentai show?"
Ranma said crossing his arms.
"Look we're here for one thing and one thing only, once we're
done we're heading back to earth." The others blinked.
They all thought one thing. That was pretty mean.
Allura turned to Ranma and glared at him.
"Well excuse me, mister high and mighty. But this is very real.
Many have died trying to being voltron back and many have died to protect it's secret."
She nearly yelled. "You don't believe in Voltron then why did you take this mission?"
"Trust me, If I could I wouldn't have taken this waist of time mission." Ranma said
getting into her face. "Voltron is nothing but a legend and nothing more!"
Allura wasn't one to back down and got even closer to Ranma.
"My Father DIED protecting the secret from planet Doom."
Allura didn't stop there though. "Arus was attack by a coward,
many have been taken and killed or in salved. If you don't believe in
Voltron then you have no right wearing that uniform!"
"Listen here you Tomboy, I told you
I would help this planet and I meant it." Ranma yelled back.
While the two was fighting with each other
Ryouga and Kasumi had sweat drops going behind their head
"Will he..." Ryouga started
"Ever learn?" Kasumi finished.
Coran just sighed. He then looked at the other four members and turned to them.
"Getting back to the lions, Each one has the power of an element."
Ignoring the argument between Ranma and Allura, which just turn into a screaming match,
Coran typed in a few codes and the screen started showing each Lion.
"As you can guess the color of the Lions show which lion has what."
Coran said. The others was behind him not seeing Allura and Ranma
letting off some stream as the two was not started to throw punches and kicks at each other.
They also didn't see that the Princess was holding her own against Ranma.
"We'll start with Ryouga's lion, The Yellow lion." On the Screen there was a
hug yellow robotic lion, the must notice feature was the small cannon on the yellow cat's back.
"Yellow lion is powered by the power of earth.
We decided that the den should be placed in the decide to place
the lion in a den in the middle of the desert." The picture was changed to show a lion made of sand.
Inside rested a robotic lion in sleep. "Each lion has a different weapon system.
Yellow Lion cannon doesn't fire like it should." Coran ducked under a wild swing form
his princess, and then gently pushed her back to a waiting Ranma.
Pidge sweat dropped and looked at the two. "Shouldn't we stop them?" he asked.
Coran shook his head. "Princess Allura has a lot of stress to work out,
so does this young man." Turning back to the computer.
On the screen and staring right at them was the Lion of the sea.
"Blue lion as you can guess is powered by water.
We keep her in the moat near the palace."
Unlike the yellow lion there was no special design.
Noticing that the fight between Princess and soldier was slowing down.
Coran turned to Kasumi.
"Kasumi, you will pilot of the blue lion." Holding out his hand
Coran caught a ball that bounced off Ranma's head. "Pidge, you will pilot the green lion."
The screen switched to a small lion sitting in the forest surroundings. "Green lion is powered by the force of air."
Coran turned to Keith next. "Keith, as second-in-command,
You will pilot the red lion."
Keith nodding as the red lion was next on the screen.
"Red lion rests in the dormant volcano to the east."
By now everyone turned to see Ranma in a head lock by the Princess.
Ryouga and Kasumi blinked. Ranma was being held in a sleeper hold with
Allura barely holding on. "Say it!" Allura said tightening the hold on Ranma's neck.
"No." Ranma said. Head couldn't believe that he got sucker punched by
this puny little princess. Doing something he never thought he would do he reached
behind him and started as best he could to tickle the princess.
Allura tried to hold in her laughter by slamming Ranma's head into the floor.
It wasn't a knock out but it did stop the fight. "Pay attention you jerk.
Your lion is on the screen." Allura said sitting on the floor.
Ranma looked up, he couldn't believe he thought that the young Princess was cute.
Blinking Ranma looked into the yellow eyes of Black Lion. Unlike the others this one was huge,
twice the size of the others, on the crest of the royal seal of Arus. A crown over a cross.
Like their uniforms the lion also has a red colored V.
On the black was folded what everyone can guess to be wings.
"Black Lion is the bulk of Voltron. Forming the head and body.
When the lions come to together..."
Coran hit other button and one by one the lions of Voltron started to
transform and was placed in certain parts of black lion.
Blue and Yellow lion formed the feet and legs. Red and Green lion formed the arms and hands.
They all came together. First green lion formed the left arm,
then red lion formed the right arm. Blue lion formed the right leg and yellow finished off as the left.
Black lions ears folded out while the mouth open to show a face.
"They form Voltron." Allura finished. She then looked at Ranma.
"Still think he's just a legend Mr. Saotome?" Ranma walked up to the Computer.
He looked into the yellow eyes of the mighty robot, at his side he cliched his fist tightly.
Ranma turned around and looked at the Princess, her adviser, and his team mates.
"Until, the lions are awake and are formed, yes I do. Now where are the keys." Ranma said softly.
Allura looked down at the floor.
"In my fathers' tomb." Was all she had to said.
"Glad that you did something right." Ranma muttered,
Kasumi glared at him. "It was a good choice, Zarkon would
never have looked there." Ranma turned around and looked at her.
"We need those keys."
"That is going be a problem." Coran said. Everyone but Allura turned to him.
"We had to seal the tomb to protect his majesty body." Ranma looked at Ryouga.
"We may have a way in depending on the type of seal." Everyone looked at the princess for her answer.
Allura had to think really hard on this. This was her fathers' tomb after all. A place for rest.
Then she remembered something. There was a secret passage under the winged lion
near the front gate. It leads to the catacombs under the castle but it should lead them to the tomb.
"Coran what about the Catacombs?" She asked.
"Yes, but do we have enough time?" Everyone looked at each other then
they all looked at Ranma to make the choice. Do we have time, doom could be on
the way as we speak. Ranma thought to his self.
"Okay, Doom maybe coming back so we have to hurry." He glared at the Princess.
"Princess, please led the way." Allura glared back she wasn't going to let this jerk intimidate her.
Allura looked at the other members of the voltron force and smiled at them.
"We have better go." she said. "If what you say is true we
done have much time before will get here." She then turned to Coran.
"Well you please keep a look out for us?" The aged adviser nodded his head.
"Of course my Princess." Allura frown when he said the and then she and the
five others left the control room. No one saw him put his hand together in a prayer
or heard him say. "Please oh lord, let them be the help we have asked for."
Outside.
"Ranma, what has gotten into you?" Kasumi asked softly as she
walked next to him. Said martial artist was still ticked by his lost to
the princess however and didn't say anything. "This isn't like you Ranma,
you have not acted this why since before you and Akane broke up."
Ranma glared at her. "First off, we didn't brake up she cheated on me
with that clueless pig beside the princess, Second of all I don't know." He said.
"There just something about her that piss me off, if that makes any sense at all." He tells her.
"If I didn't know any better, I say the two of you were a prefect match for each other."
Kasumi joked. However, Ranma wasn't laughing with her. "Little Brother, don't you think
it's time to more on? What are the chances that what happen with Akane will happen again?"
This again. Ranma thought. "Kasumi, I'm better off alone."
That's the same answer he gave me three years ago. "Well, it's just not right, what about Lisa?
she, seemed nice enough." Ranma looked at her. Then sighed. "She, left on the SS. Explorer.
Three mouths later, she doesn't know when she'll be back and decided to break up."
Sad eyes again. Damn how he hated those eyes. "What about, what's her name? What happen with her?"
What is this twenty questions? "You'll have to be more specific then that, Sis."
Kasumi looked thoughtful as they made their way down the now open hallway under one of the statues
of a winged lion. Kasumi was thinking about one of Akane's friends,
or was it one of Nabiki's.
"I guess it really doesn't matter, since your single."
As the two walked in silence Keith and Ryouga started to talk to eachother.
"What's up with Ranma?" Keith asked. Ryouga looked at him then back at
their commanding officer. "Got me, the last time I saw him acted like that was
when he was engaged to my wife."
"Of course, what we saw wasn't anything compared to how Ranma beat
the hell out of me and Akane." Keith blinked, he had heard the story of how
Ryouga and Akane. How they betrayed Ranmas' trust and cheated on him,
but to just now hear at how bad Ranma had beaten them was unbelievable.
Keith had know Ranma for a little of five years. To hear this was a real shock.
Then something had came to mind. "Hey was this before or after Ranma nearly
killed Jeff in training?" The fight was still the talk of the Academy. Ranma was paired
up with Jeff in a sparing match. Jeff Like Ranma, Keith and Ryouga had been studying in
martial arts. So he was up there with both of them. Everyone could tell Ranma was in a mood
and backed off.
Jeff however was brave enough to take Ranma on.
The fight however was shot and Ranma had to be restraint from
killing the cadet. No one knew what set the normally claim Ranma off.
Hearing this, Keith had a thought, and if this was true HE was going to kill Ryouga.
"After, although I think Ranma may have known for sometime.
Even I don't know what set Ranma off that day." No one but maybe
Kasumi may know. Ryouga thought. "I'm surprise Princess Allura was
badly hurt during the fighting, to tell you the truth."
Speaking of which Allura and Pidge was up ahead.
Pidge was telling the Princess that he could give the castle
an upgrade as he puts it. The Princess just smiles at him.
"I still can't believe that you fought Ranma and still breathing." He said.
Allura gave the young man a glare.
"Dealing with that jerk must be hard for all of you. She said.
To her surprise Pidge shook his head.
"Ranma may be ruff to deal with but when it comes to
team work he's one of a kind." Allura blinked at him.
Pidge then tells her about what has happen since they have
gotten her and how he help them get off planet doom.
Allura had to admit that Ranma did a pretty good job on getting his team
off of planet Doom.
The group of six stopped at other door. However it looked locked,
that is until Allura took out a small golden cross and placed it in a grove.
The cross started to glow and the door opened. "Quickly."
The princess said as she ran inside the room and down the stairs.
Ranma and his team followed after her and when she stopped at a coffin, they all gasped.
Floating above the tomb was a man in his thirties although it was had to tell with the mans bread.
"Father?"
"Hello my daughter, I see that you have brought the help I have asked for."
Allura nodded. King Alfor turned to Ranma and the others.
"In my tomb you will fine the keys that you seek. However you must hurry."
With that the ghost vanishes and the top of the tomb opens up.
When the group moved to see what was inside they didn't see a body but five cases.
One of which was open and on it side. "Oh no." Ranma looked at the Princess.
"The key to black lion is missing."
"Damn it, look around see if you can find anything." Ranma ordered his team.
Everyone started to look around the catacombs looking for clues.
They found one, a very small one at that. "Ranma over here."
Ryouga called out. Ranma walked up to him and knelt .
There in the side of the tomb was a small hole that was big enough for a mouse.
"Mice. This is just great." Ranma said with a sigh. Before anything could be said
their com link with Coran went off. "Princess you must hurry back, the castle is under attack."
The adviser said. "We're on our way Coran, but we have some bad news."
"It'll have to wait."
Ranma walked up to the Princess.
"We need to get back fast, Where's that door?"
"Over there but I don't see how you can open it."
Ranma nodded to Ryouga who nodded back.
Ryouga reached the door he reached back and then cried out.
" Bakusai Tenketsu!" and as soon as he jab his finger into the sealed
door it flashed for a second before it exploded outward into the the palaces hallways.
The group of six ran back to the control room where they saw a
Doom armada firing their lazars on the planet.
"Kasumi I want you to stay here and help fine the missing key."
Ranma said. "Princess you know the lay out of this place better then Kasumi. Help her look."
He then turned to the age adviser. "How do we get to the lions?"
He asked. Coran hit a button on the computer and then it started to
raise up into the air. "These well take you to the transporters.
From there to the lions." He said.
Ranma nodded holding the Key to Blue lion.
Then without a world ran to chute number four.
He grabbed the handle bars to help control his fall.
The others followed. Once at the bottom he jumped into
what looked like a transport.
Once inside he started to hit the controls.
The transport shot out. Ranma watched as the tunnel
bedrock started to change into water.
When the transport stopped,
a lift came down from the lion and lifted
Ranma and his seat to the control cockpit of the lion.
"Everyone report in."
"Pidge here, Ready to roar.
"Ryouga here, that was pretty fun.
"Ready for action, commander."
"Then insert your keys."
As one the team placed their keys into the control panel.
Outside the lions their eyes glowed with life, then one by
one they each gave a roar before they took flight.
In a far desert. A dune that was sat in the middle in the shape
of a sand lion. From deep inside there was a loud roar.
Two seconds later a large yellow lion with a cannon on it's
back ran out and started running to the doom battle ships.
Deep in a forest all was quiet.
Then out of no where there was a loud roar of a lion.
And then came the big green cat. It ran out of a fall hollowed out tree.
It too ran at the doom ship in hopes to stop the invasion of the planet.
You would think that a volcano wouldn't have been a place for one
of the most powerful weapons in the galaxy.
However for the lion of fire this was no problem.
Like all the other lions, red lion gave off a roar and busted
though the lava and headed for the Doom Armada.
The clean water that surrounded the Castle of lions was once clear and clear.
However the war over the years had dirtied this once clear lake.
So it was a surprise when a blue and white lion bust though the waters
and launched an attack on the led ship of the attacking force.
Inside the castle of lions was a cause for a celebration.
This was the maiden flight of all the lions but one, so it was up to
Kasumi to remind Coran and the princess what Ranma wanted them to do.
"Umm, I hate to be a party pooper, but we still have to fine the missing key."
She said as she crossed her arms and tapped her foot. She felt like she was once
again handling her sisters when they where younger.
Outside the castle things has gotten a little worst as Doom released their robeast.
"What the hell is that thing!?" Pidge yelled out over the com links in the lions.
"It's a robeast, watch out!" Keith warned the others and the monster tried to
slam it's first into green lion's head.
Blue lion was low to the ground. Ready to attack at any second.
"I haven't seen anything that ugly since Taro." Ranma said as he
watched it move. Hitting the triggers Blue lion started to fire lazars
and missiles at the Robeast.
This did nothing but piss off the giant monster.
It grabbed yellow lion out of the air and throw the big cat
at the smaller red lion as it snuck up on it. This lift Pidge and
Ranma to deal with the Robeast.
"Any idea on how to deal with this thing boss?"
"Not yet, man if only we had Black lion we could handle
this thing with five lion instead of four."
Ranma was at a lost. This robeast was just to strong for
them to handle alone. They needed black lion to help turned this fight.
The robeast wasn't going to wait anymore. It ran at the two remaining
lions holding a sword in each hand. When it was close enough it throw the
weapons at each lion. When the swords hit the ground though it exploded
sending the lions higher into the air.
The Robeast followed up with it's attack and jumped
after them and then slammed them back down to the ground.
It then followed them down and jumped on the down lions.
It then picked them up and thrown them at the recovered Red and Yellow lion.
This time knocking out all four.
That however wasn't enough for the robeast as it picked up blue Lion
and slammed it into a side of a mountain. It then looked at the other three
and then decided that they two was a threat.
It ran at them and then one by one kick
them in what would be their stomachs
sending them into Blue lion and the mountain.
Laughter could almost be heard from the doom
command ship as the Robeast was called to rest
before attacking the castle. Laying in it's coffin the Robeast went to sleep.
As the ships left the planet, four lightly damage lions laid on their sides.
In each lion their pilots only had one thought as they lay unconscious.
We need Voltron.
To Be Continue.
Next time on Voltron.
With their pride down Ranma and team have to move fast to find the last remaining key.
But things aren't going so well as one of there own is in trouble.
Can the team being back to most powerful Robot to ever be made?
Or is Planet Arus in big trouble?
Stay tune as VOLTRON returns, in Chapter four: The Missing Key.
Author notes:
Okay, first off I like to say this. This chapter was a major pain in the ass.
I had to figure out what I wanted to do with this and even though
I said Allura wasn't going to be a tomboy, she still ended up fighting Ranma.
Again I wrote this with Word Perfect and edit in word pad.
Please let me know if this is a easier read.
A few notes to tell you about.
Black and Green Lion Power switch.
According to Wikipedia (See Ryan I do my research.)
Green Lion is powered by life while Black lion is powered by air.
Somehow I find this unlikely.
WHY on Arus would Black lion be powered by air
and Green lion by life?
Especially when Black lion forms the head and body and
Green lion the left arm? So I switched it out, I have a lot of Ideas with
Ranma's Black lion vs Keiths black lion that you will see greatly changed.
Uniform changed.
This was a hard one but since I was a little kid when
Voltron first came out I wanted to honor something with this fic.
I can't see Keith or Pidge wear any other color other then their uniforms.
So to honor one of the Greatest shows ever, Keith is still in red and Pidge is still in green.
Don't know why Kasumi in blue though.
Ryouga pretty much was easy because of his short.
Ranma well, I gave him black because red was taken.
Uniforms.
I remember in the prologue that I clearly stated
that this was not to be confused with Power Rangers.
So far no one has. The suits themselves are special in their own right.
Each uniform comes with a side arm, (Don't know the guns name though.)
Grabbling hook for scaling walls, and a knife.
The suits are designed to keep the body warm in cold weather.
(As seen in a episode.) I imagine that they can keep the person
cool as well. The helmet I also changed.
This idea came form the helmet display in the army.
( I think?) With Kasumi as a medic it can also display vitro signs
of an injured person.
All in all it's a military type battle suit.
Sentai.
"This isn't most sentai, it's real life." Actually Voltron is a Super Sentai.
A good example of what Sentai is would be Power Rangers,
Sailor moon, Tokyo Mew Mew and many more.
Allura Vs. Ranma.
I know I'm going to get yelled at this but look at the states okay.
Allura won because she grew up in a hostile environment fighting
almost everyday since her fathers death. That and Ranma had sealed up
more then seventy-five percent of his skills.
That puts him just above a normal fighter.
Jeff and Lisa.
For those of you who many not know Jeff and Lisa are
two members of the Vehicle force Voltron.
And YES I well be bring them into the story but not as you may like it.
I was never a big fan of this team and I Think Lion force voltron and kick their ass.
Well that it for now See you again and hopefully I can get my fight screen better.
Thanks for reading and as always REVIEW!
Kidan out.