KNIGHT
GUARD
A Ranma ½/Slayers/Sailor Moon Crossover Fanfiction
By Underlord Backlash
Disclaimer: I do not own Ranma ½, Slayers, Sailor Moon, or any of their characters. They all belong to their respective owners
Part 2
"Awakenings"
Terence was hurrying towards the train station in Nerima. He could've RayWing'ed his way there quicker, but if either Lina or Zel found out he'd used even more magic, he'd be dead seven times over. He just wished he could run as fast as he could fly. He shoved that out of his mind as he started thinking about how great it would be to see cousin Usagi again, Shingo too. The last time he'd had a chance to visit them, he and Usagi were just kids, and Shingo wasn't even a year old. Terence had mailed them every week since he learned to write on his own, but always moving around made it kind of hard for their letters to reach him. But, that's how it was.
Ever since his parents and his father's side of the family had died, except his siblings, Great-Grandma Lina, and Great-Grandpa Zel, he could never sit still. He kept moving around the world. His great-grandparents didn't mind, after all, they were always watching him somehow. Terence just wanted to stay away from his siblings, they reminded him of his parents too much, plus, he didn't want to be in Lina or Zel's way if something was going to happen to Shane or Tara (his brother and sister). He'd never stay anywhere for more than a year or so, and then he'd have to keep going, always moving, always training. His magic skills were strong now, not as strong as his ancestors' were, but beyond most people's capacity. His swordsmanship was among the world's best, and he knew enough of chi where he could almost read minds. But to him, it was still not enough. He had to be the strongest, so nothing could ever hurt anyone close to him.
Terence was so caught up in his thoughts, that he didn't notice a figure in red and black following him by way of the rooftops.
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Ranma Saotome was upset. This was nothing new, but it was not any of the usual reasons. He hadn't been unexpectedly splashed that day, Akane hadn't tried to make him eat any of her cooking, and the old lech hadn't gone on any panty raids at the school. No, this was a new reason; he couldn't identify the power the upstart gaijin McCarron had used against Kunou. He'd faced amazons, monsters, beast people, and even a god, and it still wasn't anything he'd seen before. It bothered Ranma to know that there was some kind of fighting he knew nothing about. Ranma was not letting McCarron out of his sight until he knew what was going on.
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"Mamo-chan! Hurry up! I don't want to be late for this!" Usagi Tsuniko swung her head around, intentionally letting her body-length pigtails slap in her boyfriend's face. "I haven't gotten to see TJ-kun in years, and I am not letting you screw it up!"
Mamoru Chiba sighed and shrugged. "Usako, we're going to be there on time, his train isn't supposed to arrive for half an hour."
"Well, we should have been there waiting for him already!" She quickened her walk with an indignant huff. However, she couldn't stay angry too long, since she was overflowing with happiness over getting to see TJ-kun again. She'd almost always ran down the street to meet the mailman to get her weekly letter. She felt sad that with TJ moving around so much ever since most of his family died, he hardly ever got her letters. But, now that he was in Tokyo, she was not only going to make sure he stayed put, but drown him in family affection.
Mamoru Chiba was just using half his brain to follow his odango otama girlfriend. The other half of his brain was still being haunted by the dreams he'd been having. No, they weren't dreams; they were memories, of the Silver Millenium.
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Prince Endymion was almost skipping he was so happy; the secret passage Ferrov had told him about worked, and he was finally going to sneak out of the castle. Rotrem had slipped the itching powder into Jaedite and Nephrite's clothes, while Dronoat had snuck the extra hot peppers into Zoicite and Kunzite's lunch. That kept all the Guardians busy, while Ferrov and Ralcieg used some of their usual fire and ice tricks to keep the palace guards busy yelling and screaming, thinking they were under attack. In all the confusion, no one noticed Endymion slip through an invisible hole in the wall. After about a hundred feet into the tunnel, a flame seemed to appear out of nowhere. It shaped itself into a demonic looking head and roared. "You have disturbed my slumber! For this, I shall consume your soul!"
Endymion rolled his eyes and crossed his arms across his tiny chest. "Quit fooling around Ferrov. You haven't tricked me with that one since I was ten, little one."
The fire head disappeared, revealing an indignant nine-year-old boy. "Stop calling me 'little one'! I'm only three years younger than you, rose boy!" Ever since Ferrov had found out that Endymion had been using his powers to create roses for Princess Serenity, he had loved to tease him about it. Unfortunately, he hit a nerve this time.
"You shut your mouth, volcano breath!" Endymion tackled Ferrov, and the two began wrestling around. After a few minutes, they felt another set of fists and feet join their fight. Judging by the laughs of pure glee, it had to be Ralceig. Only he enjoyed fighting so much. Moments later, Ferrov and Endymion were sent reeling by a black and yellow blur. Thinking that Ralceig was purposely trying to outshine him, Rotrem dove into the fight. Now doubly angry at being tossed out of the fight they started, Ferrov attempted to pull Ralceig's ponytail out by its roots, while Endymion was trying to rip Rotrem's oversized canines free of his gums.
"ENOUGH!!" A cyclone ripped through the passageway, pulling all four boys with it. Spinning around and around for a few minutes, they were about to get a second look at their lunch, when they reached daylight at the end of the passageway; and were hurled twenty feet into the air. Each of them acted with their own powers: Ferrov used fire to create an updraft and drift slowly to the ground; Rotrem had the ground come up to him as a landing pad; Ralceig created an ice slide; and Endymion, well, he got caught on a tree branch by his pants.
"Ano, sorry guys. Guess I overdid it." The boys looked up towards the voice, or, in Endymion's case, forward, to see Dronoat peering out through his glasses at them, rubbing the back of his head nervously. He must have noticed the death glares he was receiving, since he instantly freed Endymion, brought them down gently, and started backing away from the others. He raised his hands in front of him defensively, "You were making so much noise with your fighting that someone would've caught you. I was only trying to separate you guys, not blast you out of the passage!"
"You think we care!?" the boys screamed in unison. "Get 'im!" Another fight ensued, this one dragging into the woods near the castle; unfortunately, Rotrem got lost and the others had to stop the fight to find him. After they found Rotrem, they calmed down and set out for their usual hiding place. They skipped across the stones on the lake, to where Ralcieg pushed the current of the waterfall aside, letting them in without being soaked, which would have done far worse to Endymion's friends than to himself.
Watching his friends congratulate each other about their respective parts in the breakout, Endymion thought about how much better life would be to be one of them. After all, they could come and go from the castle as they pleased, no Guardians around them all the time, and they had full control over their powers, if not full strength, while all he had learned to do was make flowers. Then again, he'd never had to be baptized in the Chaos Springs. Ferrov did occasionally end up with fleas, and Ralcieg was completely disgusted with his other form, what with his mother's somewhat obsessive perceptions of manliness. Rotrem's other form was probably the most embarrassing of the four, but Dronoat didn't seem to mind his that much, since it improved his eyesight and let him fly without using his powers. Endymion wondered who came up with the idea of the Knights of Terra being bathed in the Chaos Springs as soon as their powers showed up. 'Hmph, they're not the Knights yet, not until they receive their gems,' Endymion thought to himself, 'and I'm not the King until I receive mine.'
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"Mamo-chan, snap out of it! I want you to meet my cousin!" Mamoru snapped back to reality. Usagi apparently was choking the life out of an American looking boy with brown hair and eyes with a bear hug. He had gotten all the way to the train station without realizing it. After the boy, Mamoru assumed he must be TJ, escaped Usagi's death grip, Mamoru extended his hand.
"Hi, I'm Mamoru Chiba, and you must be Usagi's cousin TJ I've heard so much about."
The boy grinned. "That's right, nice to meet you." As they shook hands, they saw everything go dark as they both passed out, clutching their foreheads. Unbeknownst to them, the same had happened to a certain martial artist, who had ridden there on top of the train. On all three of their foreheads, a green circle with two lines splitting it in four. The symbol of the kingdom of Terra.
