… This isn't the Promise land. Where…?
*FLASH*
Suddenly, Sephiroth Remembered. Cloud. Limit Break... Death?
At the last moment he'd withdrawn, something new to him, leaving his body to die. He'd drifted, bodiless, until a bright light had attracted him. As he approached however, it had reached out for him, tendrils of unknown energy wrapping around his incorporeal form and pulling him into the blindingly glowing pinprick of light. And he let himself be sucked in. Next thing he knew, he was standing on a city street, nowhere he'd ever been before. Trees. Living Nature. There must not have been a Mako Reactor for miles. He hovered, then. A few feet above the ground, and headed towards a magic source he realized he'd noticed since arriving.
The Mercury computer didn't lie. Something very powerful had appeared in the Nerima district of Tokyo, and its sudden, forced entry into this reality had sent ripples in quite a few dimensional barriers. One massively annoying side effect of this breach was the transportation of a few Youma, and even a Daimon or two to be deposited in this reality. 'At least,' she thought, 'Galaxia's minions were made.' Still, they did have the Daimon and Youma to take care of.
Youma were troublesome in the past. Sucking Energy to twist into negative power for their empire, they'd been, or had at least seemed powerful, back when the inner scouts had first awakened. A Youma was a weak creature of evil origins. Though some can possess people like Oni, and a few are respectably powerful (the few Youma lords), with the Scouts at their current skill level, Youma of almost all breeds were weak, and easy to manage. Still, to an ordinary human, a Youma was deadly, and the Senshi were (unofficially) charged with the protection of innocents.
Daimons were a bit worse. Smarter, Stronger, and versatile, these creatures sucked crystallized essence of a pure heart out of their victims, and left them for dead. Basically a Demon spirit possessing an otherwise- inanimate object, Daimon could summon more power than a Youma, but due to their reliance on their inanimate-object-hosts, their power was twisted into something relating to whatever they'd possessed. Fortunately, their leader, Pharaoh 90 The Sovereign of Silence, was gone, destroyed by Sailor Saturn, and therefore could do no worse than kill a victim over time. The only perk was that the Daimons arrived un-merged. They had to seek out an object to posses, and take the time to merge with it. Mercury knew that was important to know… but not exactly how to use that information.
Sailor Mars' Flame Sniper finished off the Youma currently pestering them, and they continued on their way towards the powerful disturbance that had caused this. The others followed, trusting The Mercury Computer, and, subsequently, Mercury, to lead the way.
"Ranma, no baka!" The now-familiar cry rang out, ignored by everyone to whom it was so common. Ranma, however, knew he'd pushed her too far again, and backed up... into the Koi pond.
A wet and agitated Ranma-chan pulled herself out of the water, and glared at Akane. "What'd you do that for?" she cried angrily, then stared...standing behind Akane, where nothing had been before, was a vaguely humanoid and vaguely female... thing. Ranma frowned, and took up a defensive stance. "Who… what the heck are you?" she asked, staring at the thing before her. The Youma just laughed, then pointed at her. "I'm nothing you should be concerned about… unless you worry about death, little girl!" It reached out with its power to begin stealing her power. Normally, a youma used some sort of object to channel one's life energy into its holding-space, but they could, and would, forego that, if there was no time to create such an object. Ranma, however, recognized the Tug at his Ki, and leapt, up, over, and behind the Youma quickly. "Watch out Akane. That thing sucks up your Ki like Miss Hinako, only much slower. The Youma Growled. "Slow am I? I'll show you!" It said, spinning with an extended fist, hoping to take Ranma's head off.
Despite the Youma's spoken threat, it was unnerved by the sheer amount of energy this human had. If it could steal it all, it'd be more powerful than almost any Youma it'd ever come across. A Youma Lord would still present a formidable adversary, but anything less would be pathetic. If it could get that power.
Ranma ducked the punch, having seen it start before the monster was even partially turned. She then leapt again, flipping back and bringing her feet up under the Youma's extended arm. The hit to the armpit would have devastated a human, but the youma simply fell, growled, and climbed back to its feet. "You'll pay for that, insect." The Youma said, preparing to throw a magical blast. Ranma shrugged, and got ready to leap whatever the thing was preparing to throw. Whatever this thing was, it telegraphed it's moves a week in advance. Ranma could have taken this thing one handed. Still, it had attacked him, and wasn't human, so he couldn't really see any reason to hold back on the more lethal maneuvers in his arsenal.
The Youma shouted in frustration as the human dodged its magical blast a fifth time. From what it knew, and had heard, Humans tended to get hit, fall over, and cease movement. This one wasn't following those rules. Instead, this human bounced around faster than anything it'd ever seen before, and seemed to enjoy coming in close and giving it a few hits. Nothing incapacitating yet, but they were still painful, and annoying. Finally, it had enough.
"Akane? Ranma! Dinner's ready!" Kasumi called out. She'd heard Ranma and Akane sparring outside, and was currently standing in the doorway to inform them that it was time to eat. The Youma, however, saw this as the perfect opportunity to get the human. It fired a blast at the figure in the doorway, hoping to distract it's meal long enough to stop it's insane motion.
Ranma saw red. Attacking Ranma was a simple challenge. Attacking Akane was grounds for painful reactions. Attacking Kasumi… The punishment was worse than death, and all of the Nerima Wrecking Crew, through some unspoken agreement, would punish someone who would attack someone so… innocent. "Moukou Takabisha!" he cried, firing off a blast of Confidence- fueled Ki at the rapidly moving Magical attack.
Ki, the life energy of most natural living beings, is stable, usually, because it's contained within the body from which it is created. However, when outside the body, it becomes unstable, and dangerous, because it doesn't have the body to disperse itself in naturally. Magic, power, is an external form of energy, given off by different things in different ways. It's everywhere, and hard to tap, much less use, but when done correctly, can do many miraculous things. One of which is to use it as a weapon. When this is done, the normally stable energy is destabilized and compressed, making it at least as dangerous, or even more dangerous than a Ki blast.
Ranma's Ki Blast was much more powerful than the tired Youma's. It engulfed the unstable magic, and suddenly imploded. Ranma, still upset, ignored this, and leapt at the Youma. "Kachu Tenshin Amaguriken!" she shouted, wailing on the Youma with more punches than Akane or the stunned Kasumi could count, or even see. The Youma, however, could feel them. Not individually, but it was more like a sustained migraine, only, much, much more painful. With a final shout, Ranma Channeled her Ki into her fist and brought it back for a final, more powerful punch, and let fly.
With a little whimper, the Youma disappeared, defeated and dead. Ranma smirked, and turned to Akane and Kasumi. Then the Ki/Magic singularity exploded.
Mercury stopped, and stared at what her visor was showing her. A block away, a Youma they'd been coming for had disappeared, leaving the typical radiation they gave off in death. Then something had gone off. She didn't know what it was, but it seemed to be traveling through most inanimate objects with ease. However the translucent dome that was rapidly expanding before her seemed to be resonating with life energy. She had no time to brace, and had barely begun to shout out a warning before the dome wall was upon her.
End Chapter One.
Hmm… more fun than I though… I wonder how I'll bring in the other Tokyo- based Anime charries… or even if I will.. I suppose though, that only time will tell, eh? Guess I ought to find a place to post this…
*FLASH*
Suddenly, Sephiroth Remembered. Cloud. Limit Break... Death?
At the last moment he'd withdrawn, something new to him, leaving his body to die. He'd drifted, bodiless, until a bright light had attracted him. As he approached however, it had reached out for him, tendrils of unknown energy wrapping around his incorporeal form and pulling him into the blindingly glowing pinprick of light. And he let himself be sucked in. Next thing he knew, he was standing on a city street, nowhere he'd ever been before. Trees. Living Nature. There must not have been a Mako Reactor for miles. He hovered, then. A few feet above the ground, and headed towards a magic source he realized he'd noticed since arriving.
The Mercury computer didn't lie. Something very powerful had appeared in the Nerima district of Tokyo, and its sudden, forced entry into this reality had sent ripples in quite a few dimensional barriers. One massively annoying side effect of this breach was the transportation of a few Youma, and even a Daimon or two to be deposited in this reality. 'At least,' she thought, 'Galaxia's minions were made.' Still, they did have the Daimon and Youma to take care of.
Youma were troublesome in the past. Sucking Energy to twist into negative power for their empire, they'd been, or had at least seemed powerful, back when the inner scouts had first awakened. A Youma was a weak creature of evil origins. Though some can possess people like Oni, and a few are respectably powerful (the few Youma lords), with the Scouts at their current skill level, Youma of almost all breeds were weak, and easy to manage. Still, to an ordinary human, a Youma was deadly, and the Senshi were (unofficially) charged with the protection of innocents.
Daimons were a bit worse. Smarter, Stronger, and versatile, these creatures sucked crystallized essence of a pure heart out of their victims, and left them for dead. Basically a Demon spirit possessing an otherwise- inanimate object, Daimon could summon more power than a Youma, but due to their reliance on their inanimate-object-hosts, their power was twisted into something relating to whatever they'd possessed. Fortunately, their leader, Pharaoh 90 The Sovereign of Silence, was gone, destroyed by Sailor Saturn, and therefore could do no worse than kill a victim over time. The only perk was that the Daimons arrived un-merged. They had to seek out an object to posses, and take the time to merge with it. Mercury knew that was important to know… but not exactly how to use that information.
Sailor Mars' Flame Sniper finished off the Youma currently pestering them, and they continued on their way towards the powerful disturbance that had caused this. The others followed, trusting The Mercury Computer, and, subsequently, Mercury, to lead the way.
"Ranma, no baka!" The now-familiar cry rang out, ignored by everyone to whom it was so common. Ranma, however, knew he'd pushed her too far again, and backed up... into the Koi pond.
A wet and agitated Ranma-chan pulled herself out of the water, and glared at Akane. "What'd you do that for?" she cried angrily, then stared...standing behind Akane, where nothing had been before, was a vaguely humanoid and vaguely female... thing. Ranma frowned, and took up a defensive stance. "Who… what the heck are you?" she asked, staring at the thing before her. The Youma just laughed, then pointed at her. "I'm nothing you should be concerned about… unless you worry about death, little girl!" It reached out with its power to begin stealing her power. Normally, a youma used some sort of object to channel one's life energy into its holding-space, but they could, and would, forego that, if there was no time to create such an object. Ranma, however, recognized the Tug at his Ki, and leapt, up, over, and behind the Youma quickly. "Watch out Akane. That thing sucks up your Ki like Miss Hinako, only much slower. The Youma Growled. "Slow am I? I'll show you!" It said, spinning with an extended fist, hoping to take Ranma's head off.
Despite the Youma's spoken threat, it was unnerved by the sheer amount of energy this human had. If it could steal it all, it'd be more powerful than almost any Youma it'd ever come across. A Youma Lord would still present a formidable adversary, but anything less would be pathetic. If it could get that power.
Ranma ducked the punch, having seen it start before the monster was even partially turned. She then leapt again, flipping back and bringing her feet up under the Youma's extended arm. The hit to the armpit would have devastated a human, but the youma simply fell, growled, and climbed back to its feet. "You'll pay for that, insect." The Youma said, preparing to throw a magical blast. Ranma shrugged, and got ready to leap whatever the thing was preparing to throw. Whatever this thing was, it telegraphed it's moves a week in advance. Ranma could have taken this thing one handed. Still, it had attacked him, and wasn't human, so he couldn't really see any reason to hold back on the more lethal maneuvers in his arsenal.
The Youma shouted in frustration as the human dodged its magical blast a fifth time. From what it knew, and had heard, Humans tended to get hit, fall over, and cease movement. This one wasn't following those rules. Instead, this human bounced around faster than anything it'd ever seen before, and seemed to enjoy coming in close and giving it a few hits. Nothing incapacitating yet, but they were still painful, and annoying. Finally, it had enough.
"Akane? Ranma! Dinner's ready!" Kasumi called out. She'd heard Ranma and Akane sparring outside, and was currently standing in the doorway to inform them that it was time to eat. The Youma, however, saw this as the perfect opportunity to get the human. It fired a blast at the figure in the doorway, hoping to distract it's meal long enough to stop it's insane motion.
Ranma saw red. Attacking Ranma was a simple challenge. Attacking Akane was grounds for painful reactions. Attacking Kasumi… The punishment was worse than death, and all of the Nerima Wrecking Crew, through some unspoken agreement, would punish someone who would attack someone so… innocent. "Moukou Takabisha!" he cried, firing off a blast of Confidence- fueled Ki at the rapidly moving Magical attack.
Ki, the life energy of most natural living beings, is stable, usually, because it's contained within the body from which it is created. However, when outside the body, it becomes unstable, and dangerous, because it doesn't have the body to disperse itself in naturally. Magic, power, is an external form of energy, given off by different things in different ways. It's everywhere, and hard to tap, much less use, but when done correctly, can do many miraculous things. One of which is to use it as a weapon. When this is done, the normally stable energy is destabilized and compressed, making it at least as dangerous, or even more dangerous than a Ki blast.
Ranma's Ki Blast was much more powerful than the tired Youma's. It engulfed the unstable magic, and suddenly imploded. Ranma, still upset, ignored this, and leapt at the Youma. "Kachu Tenshin Amaguriken!" she shouted, wailing on the Youma with more punches than Akane or the stunned Kasumi could count, or even see. The Youma, however, could feel them. Not individually, but it was more like a sustained migraine, only, much, much more painful. With a final shout, Ranma Channeled her Ki into her fist and brought it back for a final, more powerful punch, and let fly.
With a little whimper, the Youma disappeared, defeated and dead. Ranma smirked, and turned to Akane and Kasumi. Then the Ki/Magic singularity exploded.
Mercury stopped, and stared at what her visor was showing her. A block away, a Youma they'd been coming for had disappeared, leaving the typical radiation they gave off in death. Then something had gone off. She didn't know what it was, but it seemed to be traveling through most inanimate objects with ease. However the translucent dome that was rapidly expanding before her seemed to be resonating with life energy. She had no time to brace, and had barely begun to shout out a warning before the dome wall was upon her.
End Chapter One.
Hmm… more fun than I though… I wonder how I'll bring in the other Tokyo- based Anime charries… or even if I will.. I suppose though, that only time will tell, eh? Guess I ought to find a place to post this…