The Oracles Chosen: Elementals
By The Dark Necromancer
I don't own anything!! Don't sue me!
Once again this is the sequel to The Oracles Chosen: Vampire
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Chapter Four – You can do what?
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El blinked as Ranma and Akane explained all that had occurred in the past year, Ranmas techniques, the vampires, his curse. Everything, just as he wanted to know.
El blinked and took a deep breath, from what he just heard it seemed almost unreal and yet who was he to judge, after all he was, effectively a dimensional convict after his insane brother.
"Well…that is one hell of a tale..." El finally said to Ranma who merely snorted at his whole lift story as being just a tale.
"One thing...this curse of yours, mind if I see it?" El said to Ranma curiously
Ranma sighed, people always wanted to see his curse,
"Fine" Ranma replied and he proceeded to pour a glass of cold water over his head
El watched fascinated by the change, in his minds eye he watched as Ranma's form shimmered and became his girl side.
"Amazing…" El said and frowned
"Yeah some people say that, but remember this is a curse El, would you wish to be cursed like this?" Ranma replied pouring hot water over himself to turn him back
El looked curiously at Ranma peering at him he could see something Ranma couldn't. As Ranma changed he saw the magic of the curse, a bright shining blue which shifted his form from one to the other, however that was not what made him peer at Ranma. In the middle of Ranmas chest there was a black miasma like cloud held tight by gold magical chains however it was constantly coiling against these chains straining to be freed, these chains held but would they always?
Ranma looked at El and saw a momentary look of sorrow in his eyes, Ranma was about to say something when El spoke again
"So vampires are real in your world huh?" El said
"Yeah…real and dangerous" Ranma replied he was curious about the look of sadness in El's eyes but decided not to question it
"What were these days of fire that this queen wanted to bring back?" El inquired again
Ranma shrugged and replied
"The way Serin explained it, there was a time when Chaos ruled, something is apparently supposed to happen, he said in less then two years or so but I get the feeling he didn't know all that much either."
"But since you guys defeated the vampires and their queen that surely means that you stopped these days from ever coming again right?" El asked
Ranma shook his head,
"I don't think it works like that, I fought a werewolf too when I was a vampire, werewolves are definitely a part of this and who knows what else…" Ranma paused trying to remember "The queen…she mentioned a council"
"A council? Of what?" El ask
"Don't know, vampires and werewolves for sure but as for the others all I can guess is that they sure aren't human." Ranma shrugged and yawned.
"Hey you hungry?" Akane asked El
El hadn't given it much thought but nodded
"Actually yeah I haven't had a decent meal in ages" El replied, he wondered what kind of food this world had.
"Hey why don't we go and see Ukyo and Ryouga?" Ranma asked Akane
"Good idea, we haven't seen them in a while we should see how they are getting on" Akane said and went to tell Kasumi
"Ryouga? He's the other one who was turned no?" El asked Ranma to which Ranma nodded
"Yeah, he injured Ukyo pretty badly in the last fight so he's been taking care of her whilst she heals, he gets depressed an awful lot about it so try not to mention any of her injuries to him" Ranma warned El
El nodded,
"Well lets go" Akane said as he came back into the room
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Dar'clight followed Belladonna as they walked to a cave entrance, there she waved her hands and chanted in a language unfamiliar to Dar'clight. It was harsh on his ears but as she chanted dark tendrils of energy transferred between the cave entrance and her hands.
The cave entrance seemed to shimmer more and more as she chanted eventually becoming a glossy black that Dar'clight could not see through.
"We have to go through here Darc" Belladonna said to him to which Dar'clight smiled,
"You lead the way Belladonna," He replied to her but then sent her a message with his mind Any tricks and you will be the first to die
Don't worry Belladonna pulsed back to him and walked through the black entrance.
Dar'clight followed without a look behind him and together they walked the darkness.
Instantly as they walked through the entrance Dar'clight found himself in what appeared to him to be the foyer of some mansion.Belladonna was in front of him speaking to a large man who noticed Dar'clight and began talking more angrily to Belladonna.
"Who is that? What's he doing here? We have enough problems to deal with we can't have you becoming a renegade and bringing anyone you feel here Belladonna" The man said to her angry
"What are you talking about?" Belladonna said back to him her pitch black eyes giving away none of her emotions.
"The vampire queen was killed by her own son apparently, the council is now unstable, werewolves are going after vampires for old fueds, and are not sitting at today's council. Already the others are starting to talk about leaving." The man said still angry, "and to top it off we don't need outsiders"
Belladonna twitched, 'those stupid animals…cant they control themselves?'
"Who has arrived at the council?" Belladonna asked
"Morgana, Draco and the others however… he is here, I think he heard about the queen, I really wouldn't recommend bringing this outsider if you value his life Belladonna." The man answered with a hint of nervousness in his voice
"He is here…?" Belladonna replied, fear tinged her response which Dar'clight thought amusing
"The death of the queen affected many Belladonna, the others seem to feel that with her death the old days will never return and so this council is useless. I'm guessing that's why he is here again…" The man replied with a sigh and then turned to stare at Dar'clight.
"What are you? Human?" The man asked Dar'clight
Dar'clight had growled low in his throat, 'Human?!' he thought angrily to himself
Belladonna had heard enough and moved past the man and walked to the door looking questioningly at Dar'clight.
"I am not human, I am Dar'clight" Dar'clight glared at the man, his rage was palpable in the air and dark lightning started to crackle across his skin as he stared at the man willing him to make an aggressive move, he was eager for a fight.
The man looked unsure all of a sudden and shrugged
"You vouch for him?" He turned asking Belladonna
"Yes" She replied
"Then he can go in, the others may not be so happy though, and remember He is there" The man replied
"Thanks Kiro" She replied dryly to him and she opened the door and walked through, Dar'clight looked annoyed he wanted to fight! Damn… he glared once more at Kiro and then walked past him and into the council chambers.
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Inside the council awaited, the room was bright with light and a large marble circular table was in the middle of the room, refreshments were there from what Dar'clight could see as were 9 seats. Dar'clight looked at the people seated and they looked at him
"What have we here?" A man seated at the table said puzzled, he was transparent and spoke with a slight echo in his voice, as if he was speaking from a great distance.
"An ally" Belladonna answered and walked to take a seat next to the ghost like man
"An ally? Looks a bit small to be an ally" a giant of a man said his silvery scales shimmering in the light.
"Could be food" A women dressed in a bright red dress said with a smile showing row upon row of sharp teeth
"Why have you brought this person here?" Another lady said demandingly, she was breathtakingly beautiful and even Dar'clight felt a strange pull towards her, her eyes were green and slitted like a cats.
"Mind you he is a handsome fellow" Said another lady seated who to Dar'clight eyes looked human.
"You had better answer us Belladonna, no one but members of the council are to be here" A man similarly built to Kiro asked
Only one man stayed silent, he was the one seated at the head of the table and even Dar'cligth could feel the immense aura he generated. He wore a simple grey cloak and had deep set blue eyes with silver white hair framing his face. Dar'cligth thought this odd as he couldn't have been more then 20, but the aura he gave made Dar'cligth almost shiver, it was definitely one of death.
"I brought him here because he could be very useful, with the death of the queen the council needs another to take her place. I saw him come from the sky and attack the humans" Belladonna said her dark black eyes unblinking and directed to the figure at the head of the table.
"He fell from the sky? So what?" The giant man replied
"Draco, he is not a human indeed he hates them with a passion that even you may not be able to rival" Belladonna said to the giant man who snarled at her, his red cat like eyes glaring at her whilst she stayed still and talked only to the figure at the head of the table.
"He hates humans, big deal so do many others but can he help us achieve our aims, that's what I want to know" The human looking woman asked Belladonna curiously
Dar'clight had enough
"I am no tool woman" Dar'clight said to her "If your aims are mine then I will help, Belladonna told me our aims are similar, if they are not then I am gone"
The woman didn't seem phased and seemed to smile at Dar'clight which infuriated him more.
"Where are you from?" A voice said, Dar'cligth realised it was the man at the head of the table who had spoken. He had a soft voice but the entire room fell silent.
"I am Dar'clight, born of Elementica a completely different dimension" Dar'clight replied to the figure at the head of the table.
The man at the head of the table inclined his head to Dar'cligth and raised an eyebrow
"I could tell you are no human Dar'clight…and I can see what you are capable of…" The man said again
Dar'clight shivered and shook his head, What was going on? The room was changing somehow in front of his eyes
Don't resist, let me show you what I can give back to youThe mans voice drifted into Dar'clight mind and Dar'clight gritted his teeth trying to ignore his command, suddenly he saw a flash of dark black hair and a laugh that he hadn't heard in a long time.
Dar'clight eyes widened, No…. he mentally screamed back unwilling to see her again
I can give her back to you Dar'clight let me show you the voice came again, this time it was softer as if understanding Dar'clights loss.
Slowly Dar'clight stopped resisting and the room changed, he was in a garden, one he knew well. Dar'clight turned around and there was a girl sitting in the grass her feet in the pool he had built for her.
"Hello my darling" The girl said she walked towards him and handed him a small lilac flower Dar'clight eyes welled with tears and she vanished
She is gone I know, but I can give her back to youDar'clight turned around and this time he saw the man next to him standing with him in his garden.
The man was slightly taller then Dar'clight but not by much and was pretty averagely built, his silver hair came down to the nape of his neck and he smiled at Dar'cligth, the smile was one of understanding.
How? This is all just an illusion, don't take me for a fool! Dar'clight said angrily to the man gathering his rage and strength to strike this man down, he had tried to bring her back before but he never could, that was a doorway locked to everyone
The man at his side seemed to smiled wider
I can bring her back for you Dar'clight I do not lie to you, join us and you will have her back and your vengeance, Death cannot stop me, and this is no illusion,.
The scene faded and Dar'clight was again in front of the council dark lighting was sparking across his skin and it was as if the whole scene had not existed, just as he suspected it was an illusion. However he looked down to his hands and there was a small lilac flower there nestled in his grip.
Dar'clight looked at the flower and then up at the council who were still all silent,
"I will join you" Dar'clight said
"You will not regret it Dar'cligth, take a seat" The man said "I am the called Necros, and welcome to the Dark Council"
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Ele'clight walked silently with Ranma and Akane and ignored their argument,
"Look I am telling you she meant it!" Girl-Ranma said to Akane
"How could that sweet old lady actually mean to splash you Ranma?" Akane shot back
"Because it's always her! You never get splashed nor did El, it's always me! It's like she has a Jusenkyo radar or something!" Girl-Ranma said angrily
"Look just shut up will you, honestly you can get some hot water at Ukyo's" Akane said with an air of finality about it
Ranma grumbled 'macho tomboy' under his breath which Akane decided to ignore this once
"Hey guys this the place?" El asked as he saw a shop with a sign saying Ukyo's on it
"Yeah this is the place, lets go in" Ranma said and led the way into the shop.
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"Good evening Ukyo's okonomiyaki shop" Ryouga started but stopped when he saw Ranma and Akane
"Hey Ranma hey Akane! Haven't seen you guys in a while, Ukyo will be glad to see you" Ryouga said with a smile and then saw the person behind them
"So who's your friend?" He inquired
"Long story Ryouga, um…how's Ukyo?" Ranma asked
Ryougas face dropped slightly with sadness
"She's ok, getting stronger…after what I did to her…" Ryouga began
"Look don't beat your self up on it, this is Ele'clight, or El as he likes to be called, by the way have you got any hot water?" Ranma said cutting Ryouga off before he could get more depressed
"Nice to meet you El, yeah the kettles just there" Ryouga said slightly with a smile and then pointed for Ranma to where the kettle was
"Nice to meet you too Ryouga" El smiled back
"Why don't you guys go up and say hello to Ukyo? I'll finish serving these customers and then join you" Ryouga said gesturing at the stairs as Ranma poured hot water over himself changing himself back to male.
"Alright see you in a bit" Ranma said and he Akane and El walked up the stairs
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Ukyo was up swinging her spatula, trying to regain some of her form, she had not been practising since she was injured and was a bit rusty. She stopped when she heard the knocking on her door and called out
"Its open"
The door swung open and Ranma, Akane and someone she didn't recognise walked in
"Hi Ucchan!" Ranma said and hugged Ukyo
"Hi Ukyo" Akane said feeling a slight twinge of jealousy as Ranma hugged Ukyo
"Ranchan!" Ukyo said with a smile and hugged him back "What's happening? It's been ages since you came last, by the way who's your friend?"
"This is El" Ranma said pointing to El
"Nice to meet you El, any friend of Ranchans is a friend of mine" Ukyo said with a smile releasing Ranma from her hug
"So what brings you guys here? Just a friendly visit or whats going on?"
"There is another reason but really we should wait for Ryouga otherwise we'll just repeat our selves" Akane replied and protectively placed her hand on Ranmas which caused Ukyo to now notice in annoyance
For Ranmas part his eyes widened when Akane placed her hand on his but…it felt right so he didn't say anything.
"I see you two are getting on well" Ukyo said a bit sharply at Ranma and Akane
"Well we did go through a tough time" Akane said back to Ukyo to which Ukyo laughed angrily
"Yeah you really went through a lot more then me Akane" Ukyo said back bitterly, this wasn't fair; Ranma was going to be lost to her!
"Look please Ukyo I didn't want to come here to fight with you or anything" Ranma said back gently removing his hand from Akanes
"Well too bad Ranma" Ukyo said deliberately not calling him Ranchan, the hurt she had been feeling these past few weeks welled up in her as she felt all her suspicions come true, Ranma had effectively picked Akane over her! She started to cry and threw herself onto her pillow.
"Look please Ukyo don't cry!" Ranma said aghast, all he wanted to do was see her but not like this, why did he always have such bad luck
His luck was so bad that at that moment Ryouga walked into the room and saw Ukyo crying crumpled onto the bed
"What did you do Ranma!" Ryouga demanded
"Nothing!" Ranma said back angrily "She just started crying!"
"How dare you hurt Ukyo!" Ryouga said angrily and grabbed Ranma
Ranma had enough and grabbed Ryouga back,
"Ranma!" Ryouga screamed "Ryouga!" Ranma shouted back and together they staggered and fell out of Ukyos open window
El stood there silently blinking in shock and wandered over to the window as he saw the two of them fighting down into the street below, he could see their aura's this wasn't a fight purely out of anger, it was one mostly of frustration, with a curious look he watched as they fought each other.
Akane stood silently too and with a sigh she went to Ukyo's side as she was still crying on her bed
"Look Ukyo…me and Ranma" Akane began but Ukyo put her hand up and sat up tears still falling down her cheeks.
"I know you love him Akane, I've suspected it since he's been changed back ….but I still feel like I love him to…but I know his heart belongs to you that's what makes it so hard!" Ukyo said back
Akane stayed silent unsure of what next to say
"He does care about you Ukyo, your one of his best friends you mean a lot to him" Akane said finally
"And a friend is all I will ever be isn't it?" Ukyo said back bitterly
Silence entered the room again neither sure of what to say, Akane unsure of her own feelings and Ukyo bitter about knowing Ranma would never be hers.
"I am not sure what the future holds Ukyo…For me and Ranma you are right I do love him…although I haven't said it to him properly, I am not even sure if he does feel the same way." Akane said looking to Ukyo who laughed weakly
"He loves you Akane, that's why he came back from before. I didn't mean to break down like that I'm sorry...but it is hard to take, I've wanted him for so long and now I am so confused" Ukyo said to her wiping her eyes.
El watched and shook his head 'women, the same even in another dimension'
"Confused? Oh…" Akane said with a look to Ukyo that spoke volumes
"Wha? You can't be thinking" Ukyo began protesting embarrassed her tears forgotten
"No I'm not suggesting anything" Akane said with a smile indicating she clearly was suggesting something
"Look me and Ryouga… were just friends!" Ukyo said her face now a flaming red colour
"And I never said anything else" Akane said back still smiling "Anyways shouldn't we stop them from fighting now?"
Ukyo red faced nodded and gripped her spatula
"Let's go and stop them before they hurt each other" She agreed
El looked up to the heavens and sighed
"Mother Earth what have I got myself into"
And thats the end of Chapter 4, thanks for your patience already chapter 5 is in the works so don't worry i will update soon (i hope)
Let me know what you think of it!
