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Yeah, try figuring that one out :)
The Soul Instilled: Chapter 3
Mousse broke camp in a clearing in the forest, muttering to himself.
"what the hell happened.......the last thing i remember was getting beaten by those girls......."
Shaking his head, he cleared his mind. It was time to move on to other things.
Drawing forth several items from his robes he inspected them:
1) An oddly decorated pair of gloves, jet black in color, elbow length and having fingers that covered only the first digit. The back of the gloves had many golden plates attatched to it and a perfect diamond, shallow cut, embedded at the base of each backfist.
2) A similarly decorated pair of black leggings were also pulled out.
3) An odd metal/crystal shield, created to resemble some symetric crystal formation. There were two straps on the back of it, making it look more like it was to be strapped on as armor, rather than being strapped onto an arm.
4) A glistening white robe, similar to a kimono. If one looked carefully, one could make out intricate tracings in the robe, ever changing and fluid.
5) A white, women's ribbon. Simple, but elegant.
6) A shirt and pants set, both black and decorated in the same fashion as the robe, in black.
Mousse had found these items a few days past, locked in an old chest from an abandoned cave that looked to have been someone's home at some point in the past.
Taking them back into his robe, Mousse resumed training in the martial arts, unarmed, armed and hidden weapons, supervised from within by Jing.
~A few weeks later in a remote region of China: Ranma~
"NO! POPS! STOP, PLEASE! NOT AGAIN!"
Ranma's cries went unheeded by Genma, who proceeded to toss an entwined Ranma into an odd pit.
Slamming the lid shut, Genma smiled to himself. Surely that foolish boy would learn the Neko-ken THIS time....
In the pit, Ranma looked, in what little light he had, at glowing yellow eyes, all staring at him.
T'was only a moment before the feast began.
Embedded in the wall of the pit, something strained to free itself once more.
It fell to the ground with a muted thud, but loud enough to attract the attention of the felines.
The air hummed briefly with energy as a jewel sparkled brightly, just before the entire room became white.......
When Ranma came too, the lid was still down, but in the center of the pit lay a large metallic shield, gilt and decorated with exquisite jewels. When he touched the shield, it flared for a moment, and then dissappeared. Suddenly Ranma felt a searing power wash over him, engulfing and surrounding his soul. Emblazoned now beneath his bangs was a picture of a crystalline shield, a miniaturized replica of the large shield. Ranma, exhausted, then collapsed to the ground heedless of the figure that now adorned his forehead.
~Ukyou on the road: A few days after Ranma's discovery~
Ukyou silently brooded over her situation. When she found Ranma, honor demanded that she either marry him or slay him. Her heart sinking, she still continued on the road to the next location on her list.
"YAAH!"
Ukyou stumbled and caught herself before she could fall completely. Looking behind her, to see what could have tripped her, all she could see was a shiny object half covered in the dirt.
"what the hell?"
Scraping off the dirt from the object, she could soon identify a hilt of a sword.
A few minutes later, Ukyou had unearthed the whole of the weapon, a katana. Within moments of cleaning it off, it flashed brightly, blinding Ukyou.
Unbeknownst to her, a depictation of the sword she had just found appeared on her upper right arm. The sword itself had vanished in Ukyou's hands.....
~Amazon Village~
"Today marks the second month following Mu Tsu's sentence of exile. All is well in the village as we enter spring. An interesting note, recently we have recovered a number of magical artifacts, ranging from weapons to armor to various other trinkets. Given to me by the council are two items, an enchanted necklace and a rune sword. It is my will that one day my Shampoo will inheirit them."
-The diary of Elder Kuh Lon
~A week or two later: Mu Tsu~
Mu Tsu reluctantly pulled out his last set of clothes, as all the others had been destroyed through gradual wear, the one he was currently wearing threadbare as well.
"Great....all I have left are those weird clothes from that cave.....well, there's nothing else I guess."
Mu Tsu donned the shirt and pants first, followed by the greaves and the gloves, and finally he put on the robe and tied the sash. Almost as an afterthought, he tied his hair down with the ribbon. The shield, Mu Tsu stored wherever he stored all his weapons.
He felt a small tingle, like a tiny discharge of energy, but ignored it.
Later, after he broke camp and went to sleep, he awoke in a misty area.
Beside him, a few feet away was a young man of about 19 or 20 who was rubbing his head. In front of them hovered a large, floating jewel that was composed of many separate gemstones.
Noticing that both of them were awake, it spoke with an odd voice, but was undoubtedly female.
"You who have found these vestments, destiny calls to. Your fate, your future is at hand here. The flow of time will branch and fork infinitely, how will you make your path? You will learn, but as to what, is the choice of yours alone. Two souls, one body, but only one may leave."
Jing twitched a little.
Mu Tsu looked, bewildered, over to Jing Shen, who lowered his head.
"Who are you and what are you doing here!?"
"I was the one who got you exiled from the village, I was the one who taught you those kata, I-"
The female voice spoke once more,
"Indeed he did, you have assimilated each other far more than I would have expected......it seems you may have another option....."
Mu Tsu ignored the large floating jewel, instead charging at Jing, whipping out a spear and stabbing madly.
Jing dodged wildly, eventually having to start parrying some swings.
"Look, Mu Ts-"
"YOU got me thrown out of the Tribe! My HOME, the only home I've ever KNOWN!"
Evading another swipe, Jing snarled,
"All right, fine! You wanna fight?"
On the next stab, Jing grabbed the spear, yanking it out of Mu Tsu's hands.
"I am SICK of this pathetic whining!"
Closing his fist, the spear suddenly disperesed into particles of energy that flew off.
Neither expecting this, they both leapt back a few feet.
"The first discovery of your hidden vestiges has been made. Those items that you acquired have awakened your potential. That use of the power has joined it. That ability overstepped the bounds of either one of you." The Jewel pulsed once, "It is unavoidable now, you will become one, in body, mind and soul......You have made your decision......."
Looking around, they could see the place beginning to come apart at the seams, disintigrating and fraying. Hell, even THEY were disintigrating.
Mu Tsu settled on panicked, "AHHHHH! WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING?!?!"
Jing turned to rivet on the jewel, memories washing over him in a wave, speaking in a low whisper, "I swear.....I know that voice....Mei Hua?"
In another second, their reality ceased to exist.....
~Ranma: Age 12~
"OH HOW DISGRACEFUL! That you, my boy, a man among men, refuses to undergo this training!"
"Hey Pops, I don't see you leaping down the cliff to 'toughen your body'!"
Genma continued, ignoring his wayward son, "OH THE SHAME! You act like such a GIRL! No, worse than one! Where's your courage?! I wish that a girl could show you how UNMANLY you are! I bet that she could even do a BETTER job than you!"
Inside Genma's gi, a trinket pulsed with energy, a trinket uh....borrowed from a nearby temple.
The sky began to darken as the object gathered power.
"Wish.......Granted!"
Genma was stupefied at the object that had floated out of his gi. Expelling its gathered energy, the object exploded. Both of the martial artists were knocked down and out cold by the blast. Said energy coiled around and into Ranma, infusing him in accord to Genma's wish.
Ranma awoke to a dreamscape. He sat on a grassy knoll in his standard wear. Across from him lay a woman, about 20 or 21, also regaining consciousness.
Ranma spoke first,
"Who are you, and what have you done with my Pops!?"
"Yo, calm down already......whoever did whatever to us gave me some things to say about this. You're Ranma, right?"
Without waiting for an answer, the woman pulls out a sheet of paper and unfolds it to read.
"Greetings, Ranma Saotome. From your father's wish we have decided to install this additional soul in your body. Think of this as living with paper walls with someone with really good hearing. The soul selected has been chosen via the requirements set by your father. The set requirements are:
Masculine
This has been open to interpretation and we have decided to take it as meaning attracted to females."
There was no signature on the paper, just the neatly typed letter.
*Klunk!*
"Ranma?"
Said pigtailed martial artist was passed out on the grass.
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Not as complete as I'd like it to be, but the next part should really be out by now. Part four, summer starts soon, hopefully I can get some solid time in on writing it.
-Azrael Maestus
Yeah, try figuring that one out :)
The Soul Instilled: Chapter 3
Mousse broke camp in a clearing in the forest, muttering to himself.
"what the hell happened.......the last thing i remember was getting beaten by those girls......."
Shaking his head, he cleared his mind. It was time to move on to other things.
Drawing forth several items from his robes he inspected them:
1) An oddly decorated pair of gloves, jet black in color, elbow length and having fingers that covered only the first digit. The back of the gloves had many golden plates attatched to it and a perfect diamond, shallow cut, embedded at the base of each backfist.
2) A similarly decorated pair of black leggings were also pulled out.
3) An odd metal/crystal shield, created to resemble some symetric crystal formation. There were two straps on the back of it, making it look more like it was to be strapped on as armor, rather than being strapped onto an arm.
4) A glistening white robe, similar to a kimono. If one looked carefully, one could make out intricate tracings in the robe, ever changing and fluid.
5) A white, women's ribbon. Simple, but elegant.
6) A shirt and pants set, both black and decorated in the same fashion as the robe, in black.
Mousse had found these items a few days past, locked in an old chest from an abandoned cave that looked to have been someone's home at some point in the past.
Taking them back into his robe, Mousse resumed training in the martial arts, unarmed, armed and hidden weapons, supervised from within by Jing.
~A few weeks later in a remote region of China: Ranma~
"NO! POPS! STOP, PLEASE! NOT AGAIN!"
Ranma's cries went unheeded by Genma, who proceeded to toss an entwined Ranma into an odd pit.
Slamming the lid shut, Genma smiled to himself. Surely that foolish boy would learn the Neko-ken THIS time....
In the pit, Ranma looked, in what little light he had, at glowing yellow eyes, all staring at him.
T'was only a moment before the feast began.
Embedded in the wall of the pit, something strained to free itself once more.
It fell to the ground with a muted thud, but loud enough to attract the attention of the felines.
The air hummed briefly with energy as a jewel sparkled brightly, just before the entire room became white.......
When Ranma came too, the lid was still down, but in the center of the pit lay a large metallic shield, gilt and decorated with exquisite jewels. When he touched the shield, it flared for a moment, and then dissappeared. Suddenly Ranma felt a searing power wash over him, engulfing and surrounding his soul. Emblazoned now beneath his bangs was a picture of a crystalline shield, a miniaturized replica of the large shield. Ranma, exhausted, then collapsed to the ground heedless of the figure that now adorned his forehead.
~Ukyou on the road: A few days after Ranma's discovery~
Ukyou silently brooded over her situation. When she found Ranma, honor demanded that she either marry him or slay him. Her heart sinking, she still continued on the road to the next location on her list.
"YAAH!"
Ukyou stumbled and caught herself before she could fall completely. Looking behind her, to see what could have tripped her, all she could see was a shiny object half covered in the dirt.
"what the hell?"
Scraping off the dirt from the object, she could soon identify a hilt of a sword.
A few minutes later, Ukyou had unearthed the whole of the weapon, a katana. Within moments of cleaning it off, it flashed brightly, blinding Ukyou.
Unbeknownst to her, a depictation of the sword she had just found appeared on her upper right arm. The sword itself had vanished in Ukyou's hands.....
~Amazon Village~
"Today marks the second month following Mu Tsu's sentence of exile. All is well in the village as we enter spring. An interesting note, recently we have recovered a number of magical artifacts, ranging from weapons to armor to various other trinkets. Given to me by the council are two items, an enchanted necklace and a rune sword. It is my will that one day my Shampoo will inheirit them."
-The diary of Elder Kuh Lon
~A week or two later: Mu Tsu~
Mu Tsu reluctantly pulled out his last set of clothes, as all the others had been destroyed through gradual wear, the one he was currently wearing threadbare as well.
"Great....all I have left are those weird clothes from that cave.....well, there's nothing else I guess."
Mu Tsu donned the shirt and pants first, followed by the greaves and the gloves, and finally he put on the robe and tied the sash. Almost as an afterthought, he tied his hair down with the ribbon. The shield, Mu Tsu stored wherever he stored all his weapons.
He felt a small tingle, like a tiny discharge of energy, but ignored it.
Later, after he broke camp and went to sleep, he awoke in a misty area.
Beside him, a few feet away was a young man of about 19 or 20 who was rubbing his head. In front of them hovered a large, floating jewel that was composed of many separate gemstones.
Noticing that both of them were awake, it spoke with an odd voice, but was undoubtedly female.
"You who have found these vestments, destiny calls to. Your fate, your future is at hand here. The flow of time will branch and fork infinitely, how will you make your path? You will learn, but as to what, is the choice of yours alone. Two souls, one body, but only one may leave."
Jing twitched a little.
Mu Tsu looked, bewildered, over to Jing Shen, who lowered his head.
"Who are you and what are you doing here!?"
"I was the one who got you exiled from the village, I was the one who taught you those kata, I-"
The female voice spoke once more,
"Indeed he did, you have assimilated each other far more than I would have expected......it seems you may have another option....."
Mu Tsu ignored the large floating jewel, instead charging at Jing, whipping out a spear and stabbing madly.
Jing dodged wildly, eventually having to start parrying some swings.
"Look, Mu Ts-"
"YOU got me thrown out of the Tribe! My HOME, the only home I've ever KNOWN!"
Evading another swipe, Jing snarled,
"All right, fine! You wanna fight?"
On the next stab, Jing grabbed the spear, yanking it out of Mu Tsu's hands.
"I am SICK of this pathetic whining!"
Closing his fist, the spear suddenly disperesed into particles of energy that flew off.
Neither expecting this, they both leapt back a few feet.
"The first discovery of your hidden vestiges has been made. Those items that you acquired have awakened your potential. That use of the power has joined it. That ability overstepped the bounds of either one of you." The Jewel pulsed once, "It is unavoidable now, you will become one, in body, mind and soul......You have made your decision......."
Looking around, they could see the place beginning to come apart at the seams, disintigrating and fraying. Hell, even THEY were disintigrating.
Mu Tsu settled on panicked, "AHHHHH! WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING?!?!"
Jing turned to rivet on the jewel, memories washing over him in a wave, speaking in a low whisper, "I swear.....I know that voice....Mei Hua?"
In another second, their reality ceased to exist.....
~Ranma: Age 12~
"OH HOW DISGRACEFUL! That you, my boy, a man among men, refuses to undergo this training!"
"Hey Pops, I don't see you leaping down the cliff to 'toughen your body'!"
Genma continued, ignoring his wayward son, "OH THE SHAME! You act like such a GIRL! No, worse than one! Where's your courage?! I wish that a girl could show you how UNMANLY you are! I bet that she could even do a BETTER job than you!"
Inside Genma's gi, a trinket pulsed with energy, a trinket uh....borrowed from a nearby temple.
The sky began to darken as the object gathered power.
"Wish.......Granted!"
Genma was stupefied at the object that had floated out of his gi. Expelling its gathered energy, the object exploded. Both of the martial artists were knocked down and out cold by the blast. Said energy coiled around and into Ranma, infusing him in accord to Genma's wish.
Ranma awoke to a dreamscape. He sat on a grassy knoll in his standard wear. Across from him lay a woman, about 20 or 21, also regaining consciousness.
Ranma spoke first,
"Who are you, and what have you done with my Pops!?"
"Yo, calm down already......whoever did whatever to us gave me some things to say about this. You're Ranma, right?"
Without waiting for an answer, the woman pulls out a sheet of paper and unfolds it to read.
"Greetings, Ranma Saotome. From your father's wish we have decided to install this additional soul in your body. Think of this as living with paper walls with someone with really good hearing. The soul selected has been chosen via the requirements set by your father. The set requirements are:
Masculine
This has been open to interpretation and we have decided to take it as meaning attracted to females."
There was no signature on the paper, just the neatly typed letter.
*Klunk!*
"Ranma?"
Said pigtailed martial artist was passed out on the grass.
____________________________________________________________
Not as complete as I'd like it to be, but the next part should really be out by now. Part four, summer starts soon, hopefully I can get some solid time in on writing it.
-Azrael Maestus