Hikaru's Secret
by
Darksyn
Disclaimer: Magic Knights Rayearth is not mine, Nor is Ranma 1/2.
Chapter 1
Eight years later
Hikaru Shidou sigh as she looked out the telescope from Tokyo Tower towards the Nerima district. As she tried to pick out the familiar form of the Tendo Dojo amongst the spread of roofs, all the while contemplating her life as a Shidou.
Not long after she left, Kasumi sent a letter telling her that she was pregnant. Now, little Kumiko was the likeness of all three of the Tendo's she once knew. Serene and smiling like her mother, cunning like her aunt Nabiki, with the love for the Art and dedication that Akane showed while she knew her. For the past year, Hikaru had frequented the Ono's nearly ever weekend, teaching Kumiko the Anything Goes style at a more sedate pace than she herself had been taught. Her parents saw no problem with their daughter thinking that she just wanted to stay in touch with the Ono's for their help, and that Hikaru was over playing, not teaching.
Her musings brought her to the past once again, thinking of how her father had tested her Kendo skills soon after settling into the household.
*Flashback*
A few days had passed since her arrival, and she had been given the grand tour as well as meeting the rest of the family. Her brothers while young were good at their family Art and practiced constantly to improve. Hikaru noted while watching her new brothers and father spar in their daily private class that while they were young, they would probably have the same skill as Kuno had when they first met by their completion of College.
Noticing his daughter watching their session, he called a break and walked up to her.
"Hikaru." He stated.
Having realized she'd been caught staring she blushed and lowered her head. "Hai father?" She asked.
Stepping over her lifted her chin to look into her eyes before he spoke again.
"Would you like to learn Kendo Hikaru?"
The look he received was not what he expected and totally contradicted her words.
"If its not too much trouble. Yes Sensei."
Her father shuddered as she spoke. While her voice had trepidation, her eyes held the amusement of a hunter looking at her prey. Full of carnal amusement.
Shaking off the effect of her gaze, he led her to the middle of the dojo while he selected the proper length bokken off the wall as well as proper sized practice armor. Both prepared, her father began to instruct Hikaru in a proper beginner stance before he noted that she had already taken a strong defensive stance meant more a more advanced student. Seeing this he adjusted to suit hers, signaling ready, her father begun the attack, with a straight downward strike with moderate power behind it so not to injure her.
Behind her mask Hikaru smiled. Having fought against Kuno as well as other sword-wielding maniacs, her sword forms were at least at their level if not higher. So it came to her father's surprise when she did a straight horizontal block to the attack.
Seeing his new daughter take up the most basic block to his strike was not unexpected, but the strength behind it was. His intent to show her that the weaker opponent should try to deflect rather than block so not to wear them down became forgotten. He tried to overpower her to floor her, instead found it like trying to knock down a solid brick wall with a paper wad in one blow. Backing off of his attack he tried to appraise her skills once more before attacking again. Stepping in once again he begun a downward diagonal strike from right to left and was surprised once again.
Seeing her father attack once again, she reacted on instinct. Blocking the bokken near the guard she disarmed her father with a flick of her wrist, twirling it against his hand. Quickly followed with a backward strike to the back of his knees, flooring him before she brought the point of the bokken above his nose, awaiting his forfeit.
Hikaru smirked behind her mask, moments later she realized what she did. She had beaten a master of Kendo, in under a minute using some of the more advanced forms of the style. And had possibly humiliated him in front of his sons. She quickly filed it under the heading of 'Not a good thing'.
With her quick mind she ran through as many excuses for her skill as she could and settled on the only one that would suit.
"Ranma-oniisan taught me some stuff. Ain't it neat?" She asked cutely hoping that they would buy it. "He said that I was a very fast learner like him, so he taught me a whole bunch of really cool stuff!" She babbled, desperately hoping that they would forget her actions and accept the lie.
Mr. Shidou sat up as soon as he could and backed away from the little girl waving the bokken around like a stick while she described some of the things Ranma had supposedly taught her. He came to the conclusion that intentional or not, she was dangerous with the wooden sword waving it around like that.
Gaining her attention, Mr. Shidou instructed her to cease her superfluous movements and prepare for his summary of her skills.
"Hikaru-chan, that was a really good match, but I wanted to show you everything from the beginning, so you can be a proper student of The Shidou School of Kendo. Everything that Ranma showed you was really good but it's better to start with the basics. Do you understand Hikaru?"
Hikaru took a moment to think of what was proposed. The Anything Goes school was based on diversity, adaptability, and to win at all costs. While she had grown up under Genma's care, using weapons was greatly discouraged unless she was under the instruction of someone other than her father. But while living in Nerima she had seen several people that provided good and bad points to her true father's philosophy.
Kuno, Ukyo and Mousse (if you could ever disarm him) were prime examples of people whose weapons were a crutch. While using their weapons, they could compete on equal ground with the rest of the crew. But without them, they became the least capable people in the group. However on the other side were Ryouga and Shampoo. Both used weapons all the time, but when they were disarmed, it didn't make much of a difference, the only advantage they truly lost was their reach, but both were accomplished hand to hand fighters.
Sensing her new father awaiting her answer, she complied with his wishes. It was for the best that she learns how to fight any way she could.
*End Flashback*
Hikaru's musing were cut short as her friends once again began talking.
"I can't believe they chose Tokyo Tower for our social studies field trip. Our school is just so weird." She heard one of them say.
"We're not exactly in grade school anymore." That was said by one of her other friends, She just couldn't tell who.
Don't you think so too Hikaru?" Her first friend said again.
Covering her bored groan with a giggle She pulled away from the binoculars and answered with as much enthusiasm as she could. "We're so high up! Don't you think it's totally cool? It's so exciting that they would bring us to a place like this for our field trip huh!"
Exasperated, one of the girls came to the obvious conclusion of Hikaru's point of view. "She's excited."
This earned sweat drops from Hikaru's other friend.
Finishing, she returned to the binoculars to try to find the dojo when her vision suddenly went black. Jumping back she screamed in surprise.
This had the effect of drawing the attention of her nearby friends.
"What wrong Hikaru?" Asked one.
Seeing them react like something was wrong made Hikaru blush as she answered.
"The binoculars ran out" She explained sheepishly while pointing to the aforementioned object.
Her actions only seemed to make her friends react badly as they face-faulted over such a simple problem.
Pulling herself away from the problem, she sought out the answer to her predicament. Namely, more money for the machine.
"Okay now. Money. Money!" Hikaru mumbled absently completely ignoring feminine modesty while searching her school uniform from skirt to bra (much to her ire for wearing such items.) for any spare change.
"If you please, allow me. I have very much enjoyed watching you have such a good time on your field trip today. Don't think anything of it." A mysterious girl said. As Hikaru looked up she could see her outstretched hand offering her change for the binoculars.
Following the hand to its owner, Hikaru's sight was filled with the girls' predominately green uniform with white blouse and red tie. The girl herself was a few centimeters taller with blonde hair and bright green eyes behind her vision correcting glasses.
Dazed and open mouthed, Hikaru accepted the money and the girl walked away. Belatedly, She heard her friends talking of the girl and her school before she realized she hadn't thanked her.
"I'm going to go thank her!" She said with firm determination, and ran off pursuing the girl. As she neared however, a group of students in blue uniforms cut off her path. Panicking as old memories of run-ins with other groups of girls, Hikaru frantically slowed her momentum and preventing herself from getting stuck in the group and hopefully avoiding touching anything she shouldn't.
As Hikaru avoided the group she heard her friends comment on the group in front of her. Apparently, they were from a school for political family's kids. And as they talked, her attention was drawn to the leader of the group. The first thing that Hikaru noticed was the sea-blue hair that cascaded down to her waist in perfectly straight strands.
As the blue-haired girl turned, Hikaru heard an odd sound, seeming to come from all around. Looking around a bright light assaulted her eyes as a globe of golden energy appeared within the observation deck.
Hikaru could hear screams all around her but they seemed to fade in the distance. Immediately she shifted into battle readiness as something within the globe took form. She gasped in surprise as a young girl of great beauty with flowing golden hair that framed her body like a great halo. The girl suddenly spoke her voice full of need and worry, yet her message came to her clearly.
"Please help us! Please save Cepherio! Oh legendary Magic Knights!"
A euphoric feeling washed over her, as did the golden light. Suddenly a feeling of nothingness came to her senses. It only took a moment for Hikaru to realize what was wrong as gravity asserted itself and she found herself in free fall.
The euphoric feeling was quickly replaced with adrenaline as long repressed feelings of joy came to her causing her to laugh loudly from the rush. She was quickly brought back to current events as she heard some people, girls by her guess, screaming in tandem, likely from the same event as herself.
Her joy was quickly ended as she landed on some sort of object. She knew that they didn't hit the ground, because they were too high up, and the fact that what they landed on was fairly soft, and judging by the feel some living being. Gathering herself, she stood and looked at her companions. The generous blonde and the blue-haired girl.
A moment later, the blue-haired girl gathered herself and asked the first question.
"Wha... What is this?" She asked, obviously very confused.
"It appears to be a giant flying fish."
The blonde girl spoke in response to her question and seemed to be more together than the other girl and Hikaru felt. Looking around She finally asked what was on her mind.
"Somebody tell me what's going on? Where in the world are we?"
*Authors Notes*
Well here's the first chapter. I won't be making each chapter an episode of the series because some have more action than others and I will be adding my own parts to the story as well. I've also revised the prologue making minor changes so I can use it past the original series if I choose to do so. Sorry to those who were waiting for this chapter, many things have prolonged it's completion such as mantaining proper history and dialogue without a copy of the script. (I had to watch the first section many times just to get the sentences correct.) Anyway, thanks for the wait, and enjoy!
Darksyn
by
Darksyn
Disclaimer: Magic Knights Rayearth is not mine, Nor is Ranma 1/2.
Chapter 1
Eight years later
Hikaru Shidou sigh as she looked out the telescope from Tokyo Tower towards the Nerima district. As she tried to pick out the familiar form of the Tendo Dojo amongst the spread of roofs, all the while contemplating her life as a Shidou.
Not long after she left, Kasumi sent a letter telling her that she was pregnant. Now, little Kumiko was the likeness of all three of the Tendo's she once knew. Serene and smiling like her mother, cunning like her aunt Nabiki, with the love for the Art and dedication that Akane showed while she knew her. For the past year, Hikaru had frequented the Ono's nearly ever weekend, teaching Kumiko the Anything Goes style at a more sedate pace than she herself had been taught. Her parents saw no problem with their daughter thinking that she just wanted to stay in touch with the Ono's for their help, and that Hikaru was over playing, not teaching.
Her musings brought her to the past once again, thinking of how her father had tested her Kendo skills soon after settling into the household.
*Flashback*
A few days had passed since her arrival, and she had been given the grand tour as well as meeting the rest of the family. Her brothers while young were good at their family Art and practiced constantly to improve. Hikaru noted while watching her new brothers and father spar in their daily private class that while they were young, they would probably have the same skill as Kuno had when they first met by their completion of College.
Noticing his daughter watching their session, he called a break and walked up to her.
"Hikaru." He stated.
Having realized she'd been caught staring she blushed and lowered her head. "Hai father?" She asked.
Stepping over her lifted her chin to look into her eyes before he spoke again.
"Would you like to learn Kendo Hikaru?"
The look he received was not what he expected and totally contradicted her words.
"If its not too much trouble. Yes Sensei."
Her father shuddered as she spoke. While her voice had trepidation, her eyes held the amusement of a hunter looking at her prey. Full of carnal amusement.
Shaking off the effect of her gaze, he led her to the middle of the dojo while he selected the proper length bokken off the wall as well as proper sized practice armor. Both prepared, her father began to instruct Hikaru in a proper beginner stance before he noted that she had already taken a strong defensive stance meant more a more advanced student. Seeing this he adjusted to suit hers, signaling ready, her father begun the attack, with a straight downward strike with moderate power behind it so not to injure her.
Behind her mask Hikaru smiled. Having fought against Kuno as well as other sword-wielding maniacs, her sword forms were at least at their level if not higher. So it came to her father's surprise when she did a straight horizontal block to the attack.
Seeing his new daughter take up the most basic block to his strike was not unexpected, but the strength behind it was. His intent to show her that the weaker opponent should try to deflect rather than block so not to wear them down became forgotten. He tried to overpower her to floor her, instead found it like trying to knock down a solid brick wall with a paper wad in one blow. Backing off of his attack he tried to appraise her skills once more before attacking again. Stepping in once again he begun a downward diagonal strike from right to left and was surprised once again.
Seeing her father attack once again, she reacted on instinct. Blocking the bokken near the guard she disarmed her father with a flick of her wrist, twirling it against his hand. Quickly followed with a backward strike to the back of his knees, flooring him before she brought the point of the bokken above his nose, awaiting his forfeit.
Hikaru smirked behind her mask, moments later she realized what she did. She had beaten a master of Kendo, in under a minute using some of the more advanced forms of the style. And had possibly humiliated him in front of his sons. She quickly filed it under the heading of 'Not a good thing'.
With her quick mind she ran through as many excuses for her skill as she could and settled on the only one that would suit.
"Ranma-oniisan taught me some stuff. Ain't it neat?" She asked cutely hoping that they would buy it. "He said that I was a very fast learner like him, so he taught me a whole bunch of really cool stuff!" She babbled, desperately hoping that they would forget her actions and accept the lie.
Mr. Shidou sat up as soon as he could and backed away from the little girl waving the bokken around like a stick while she described some of the things Ranma had supposedly taught her. He came to the conclusion that intentional or not, she was dangerous with the wooden sword waving it around like that.
Gaining her attention, Mr. Shidou instructed her to cease her superfluous movements and prepare for his summary of her skills.
"Hikaru-chan, that was a really good match, but I wanted to show you everything from the beginning, so you can be a proper student of The Shidou School of Kendo. Everything that Ranma showed you was really good but it's better to start with the basics. Do you understand Hikaru?"
Hikaru took a moment to think of what was proposed. The Anything Goes school was based on diversity, adaptability, and to win at all costs. While she had grown up under Genma's care, using weapons was greatly discouraged unless she was under the instruction of someone other than her father. But while living in Nerima she had seen several people that provided good and bad points to her true father's philosophy.
Kuno, Ukyo and Mousse (if you could ever disarm him) were prime examples of people whose weapons were a crutch. While using their weapons, they could compete on equal ground with the rest of the crew. But without them, they became the least capable people in the group. However on the other side were Ryouga and Shampoo. Both used weapons all the time, but when they were disarmed, it didn't make much of a difference, the only advantage they truly lost was their reach, but both were accomplished hand to hand fighters.
Sensing her new father awaiting her answer, she complied with his wishes. It was for the best that she learns how to fight any way she could.
*End Flashback*
Hikaru's musing were cut short as her friends once again began talking.
"I can't believe they chose Tokyo Tower for our social studies field trip. Our school is just so weird." She heard one of them say.
"We're not exactly in grade school anymore." That was said by one of her other friends, She just couldn't tell who.
Don't you think so too Hikaru?" Her first friend said again.
Covering her bored groan with a giggle She pulled away from the binoculars and answered with as much enthusiasm as she could. "We're so high up! Don't you think it's totally cool? It's so exciting that they would bring us to a place like this for our field trip huh!"
Exasperated, one of the girls came to the obvious conclusion of Hikaru's point of view. "She's excited."
This earned sweat drops from Hikaru's other friend.
Finishing, she returned to the binoculars to try to find the dojo when her vision suddenly went black. Jumping back she screamed in surprise.
This had the effect of drawing the attention of her nearby friends.
"What wrong Hikaru?" Asked one.
Seeing them react like something was wrong made Hikaru blush as she answered.
"The binoculars ran out" She explained sheepishly while pointing to the aforementioned object.
Her actions only seemed to make her friends react badly as they face-faulted over such a simple problem.
Pulling herself away from the problem, she sought out the answer to her predicament. Namely, more money for the machine.
"Okay now. Money. Money!" Hikaru mumbled absently completely ignoring feminine modesty while searching her school uniform from skirt to bra (much to her ire for wearing such items.) for any spare change.
"If you please, allow me. I have very much enjoyed watching you have such a good time on your field trip today. Don't think anything of it." A mysterious girl said. As Hikaru looked up she could see her outstretched hand offering her change for the binoculars.
Following the hand to its owner, Hikaru's sight was filled with the girls' predominately green uniform with white blouse and red tie. The girl herself was a few centimeters taller with blonde hair and bright green eyes behind her vision correcting glasses.
Dazed and open mouthed, Hikaru accepted the money and the girl walked away. Belatedly, She heard her friends talking of the girl and her school before she realized she hadn't thanked her.
"I'm going to go thank her!" She said with firm determination, and ran off pursuing the girl. As she neared however, a group of students in blue uniforms cut off her path. Panicking as old memories of run-ins with other groups of girls, Hikaru frantically slowed her momentum and preventing herself from getting stuck in the group and hopefully avoiding touching anything she shouldn't.
As Hikaru avoided the group she heard her friends comment on the group in front of her. Apparently, they were from a school for political family's kids. And as they talked, her attention was drawn to the leader of the group. The first thing that Hikaru noticed was the sea-blue hair that cascaded down to her waist in perfectly straight strands.
As the blue-haired girl turned, Hikaru heard an odd sound, seeming to come from all around. Looking around a bright light assaulted her eyes as a globe of golden energy appeared within the observation deck.
Hikaru could hear screams all around her but they seemed to fade in the distance. Immediately she shifted into battle readiness as something within the globe took form. She gasped in surprise as a young girl of great beauty with flowing golden hair that framed her body like a great halo. The girl suddenly spoke her voice full of need and worry, yet her message came to her clearly.
"Please help us! Please save Cepherio! Oh legendary Magic Knights!"
A euphoric feeling washed over her, as did the golden light. Suddenly a feeling of nothingness came to her senses. It only took a moment for Hikaru to realize what was wrong as gravity asserted itself and she found herself in free fall.
The euphoric feeling was quickly replaced with adrenaline as long repressed feelings of joy came to her causing her to laugh loudly from the rush. She was quickly brought back to current events as she heard some people, girls by her guess, screaming in tandem, likely from the same event as herself.
Her joy was quickly ended as she landed on some sort of object. She knew that they didn't hit the ground, because they were too high up, and the fact that what they landed on was fairly soft, and judging by the feel some living being. Gathering herself, she stood and looked at her companions. The generous blonde and the blue-haired girl.
A moment later, the blue-haired girl gathered herself and asked the first question.
"Wha... What is this?" She asked, obviously very confused.
"It appears to be a giant flying fish."
The blonde girl spoke in response to her question and seemed to be more together than the other girl and Hikaru felt. Looking around She finally asked what was on her mind.
"Somebody tell me what's going on? Where in the world are we?"
*Authors Notes*
Well here's the first chapter. I won't be making each chapter an episode of the series because some have more action than others and I will be adding my own parts to the story as well. I've also revised the prologue making minor changes so I can use it past the original series if I choose to do so. Sorry to those who were waiting for this chapter, many things have prolonged it's completion such as mantaining proper history and dialogue without a copy of the script. (I had to watch the first section many times just to get the sentences correct.) Anyway, thanks for the wait, and enjoy!
Darksyn
