With a groan, Ami Mizuno, Sailor Mercury, sat up. She looked around and
spotted Rei and Minako nearby, stirring as they too began to awaken from
their blast-induced slumber. She looked around and noticed that she and her
friends seemed to be the only people getting up. She paled, and crawled
over to a nearby pedestrian, not caring about how rough the street was on
her unprotected knees. When she reached the body, she felt for a pulse, and
sighed with relief. Apparently their costume had negated the… whatever that
thing was, to an extent. She stood up, leaning on a mailbox as the last bit
of vertigo subsided, and turned to her fallen friends, ready to give them a
hand.
Ranma woke up quickly, and jumped to her feet, wobbling for a second before she found her center of balance. She looked around once, spotting Akane and Kasumi lying nearby, and leapt at them, sweeping both up, and onto her shoulders, before she jumped over the fence towards Tofu's office. Ranma hadn't seen him in a while, but the doctor, Ranma was sure, would be able to help Akane… unless the sight of Kasumi, even unconscious, drove him crazy.
Unfortunately, Ranma landed in front of the doctor's office at the same time a trio of girls decided to transform back into Senshi. Ranma stared as a black haired girl, a blonde, and a… was that blue? "What the.." Ranma then looked over his shoulder at Akane, and shut up. The three girls called out something about their make up, and suddenly began dancing and spinning in mid-air, a suitable fireworks show (without the annoying pops and whistles) making each move seem much more spectacular than it really was. When they landed, three girls who looked roughly similar but seemed to be a little older stood nearby.
"Can you do that in different Colors?" Ranma asked, wondering why she hadn't detected any change in Ki, other than a subtle shift, similar to the way their looks changed. Still, his Danger sense told him that these girls were more powerful than they looked, even if they didn't move much like fighters. As they approached him, all scowling, he started analyzing in his mind. 'That one in red knows a little martial arts… Karate, or something similar, the one in blue has never fought a real fight, but moves cautiously, an unskilled defensive posture, and the one in yellow carries herself like a street fighter.'
Sailor Mars was upset. A wall, of all things, had knocked her out! Granted, it was a wall made of pure emotion, charged by dark magic, and completely unheard of, but the fact remained, she'd faced off hundreds of evil minions, and she gets beat in the back by a wall. And now some Red-haired Youma carrying two unconscious people had the NERVE to mock her transformation! "Flame Sniper!" She cried, releasing her fire-charged magical blast at Ranma. Ranma jumped out of the way just in time, avoiding being run through, but getting singed on the leg a little. "Hey! What'd you do that for! You could have hurt somebody, yanno?" She cried, looking for a place to set Akane and Kasumi down. Settling on the roof of the Doctors office, she gently placed Akane and Kasumi on their backs, and leapt down.
"Youma! For trying to kidnap innocent and helpless humans for the forces of darkness, we, the Sailor Senshi, will punish you, in the name of the moon!"
Ranma stared at them. He didn't know what to respond to first: The notion that Akane was helpless, the suggestion that he worked for darkness, or their overall speech. Finally, she got into a thoughtful-looking pose, and, tapping her chin, she asked, "Does the moon have a name?"
Mercury, Venus, and Mars face faulted. Nobody'd ever asked something so… dumb, ever since they'd started off as Sailor Senshi. Finally Mercury responded "Luna." Ranma just shrugged, and muttered an "Oh," as she stared at them. Mercury frowned, her visor telling her some rather odd things. This… whatever it was, had minimal dark energy… in fact, it had the same level any normal human had. But its life energy reading was too high. Perhaps it was a Youma that had stolen a lot of life energy, and was using it to make a shield against scanning? But then, most Youma weren't that smart. On the other hand, its question earlier hadn't shown much intelligence… though, now that she thought about it, how did she punish in the name of the moon? It wasn't sentie.. She frowned, and stopped that train of thoughts. All this thought had gone through Ami's fast-working mind in a few seconds, but that was enough time for Ranma to stick her foot in her mouth, and start things off down a dangerous path.
"Why are you wearing something so retarded?" Ranma asked, looking kind of bored. Rei Fumed. "Retarded? This outfit is recognized the world over as the costumes worn by Tokyo's magical defenders! Why are YOU so retarded?" She asked, stepping forward in challenge. Ranma straightened up a bit, recognizing the unspoken challenge, but not accepting… yet.
"Feh. I'm not the one wearing THAT outfit." Ranma said, grinning. "GRRRR" Rei answered, twitching slightly and getting ready to pounce on the Youma with a death wish. Ranma grinned. This was too easy. Actually… now that she thought about it, this would be an interesting time to test a question she'd had bouncing around in her head for the last minute. 'They seem to have something around them, like a shield. Meaning they're protected… but from what? And, if I attack, what will it, and won't it, be able to stop?' Ranma looked at her and sighed. Now was not the time. Akane and Kasumi needed help, and these girls were stopping her. Maybe they'd listen to reason?
"Look… as much as I'd love to talk with Tokyo's magical retarded-outfit- wearing defenders, I cant." She said, in one breath. Mars' veins began to bulge. "Those girls I were carrying got hurt in an attack, and I need to get them to the doctor's office," She said, pointing to the building behind them.
Mercury, Venus, and Mars looked, and sure enough, they'd transformed in front of a doctors office. Minako, Venus, looked at the person staring down Rei, and sighed. She couldn't feel any danger, and her danger-sense had been well honed from her experience, both as Sailor Venus, and as Sailor V, before that. Mercury, as well, had decided that the anomaly was explainable, and that this person was of little threat. The Mercury computer, beeped, and a message appeared for her to read. She read it, and pressed a button, then put the visor away with the tap of a button. She and Venus turned to go, that dark energy source was still out there, but much farther away, now. Mars, however, scowled at Ranma. "I'll be watching you… Whoever you are…" She said, not willing to move until Ranma broke eye contact. "Ranma. Ranma Saotome of the Saotome School of Anything Goes Martial Arts." Ranma said, not willing to back down from their staring contest.
Mercury looked back. Come on, Mars! There's still something evil out there that could be causing trouble as we wait here!" Rei frowned at Ranma, and spun, to glare at Mercury, before casting a final withering glance at Ranma. Only, she wasn't there. She was walking in the door, with the two girls over her shoulder again. However, Ranma still had the nerve to grin at Rei, and wave bye to her in a rather condescending manner. "GRRRRRRRRR" she said again, stomping after her friends. She'd be back. She knew she would. And She'd show that 'Ranma' a thing or two about the Sailor Senshi.
Sephiroth was over the ocean, now. Ahead, the power was still there. Not growing, or changing, or moving… It just sat there, like the northern crater had on his home world. Finally, he saw land again, and headed inland, his destination still over the horizon. Had he known the names and places of this world, he'd have learned that he was headed for The Valley of Jusendo. Phoenix Mountain (collapsed, now) Jusenkyo, The Musk Dynasty, The Joketsuzoku Village, all were there, all having a magical essence that shone like a beacon to those properly able to see it. Sephiroth grinned as he felt his target getting closer.
TADA! Another chapter finished… and after that last one, this one should be a little more.. flow-y. Also, I'd like to than the rapid C&C I've gotten just for the first chapter, and really want some feedback. I know Ranma acted a bit mature in this chapter, and I've probably got a few names misspelled.. but I hope everything makes sense… Keep telling me what's good, bad, ugly.. demented.. ^_^ retarded. Whatever… And feel free to E_Mail me or IM me… if I'm not working, I'm online.
Ranma woke up quickly, and jumped to her feet, wobbling for a second before she found her center of balance. She looked around once, spotting Akane and Kasumi lying nearby, and leapt at them, sweeping both up, and onto her shoulders, before she jumped over the fence towards Tofu's office. Ranma hadn't seen him in a while, but the doctor, Ranma was sure, would be able to help Akane… unless the sight of Kasumi, even unconscious, drove him crazy.
Unfortunately, Ranma landed in front of the doctor's office at the same time a trio of girls decided to transform back into Senshi. Ranma stared as a black haired girl, a blonde, and a… was that blue? "What the.." Ranma then looked over his shoulder at Akane, and shut up. The three girls called out something about their make up, and suddenly began dancing and spinning in mid-air, a suitable fireworks show (without the annoying pops and whistles) making each move seem much more spectacular than it really was. When they landed, three girls who looked roughly similar but seemed to be a little older stood nearby.
"Can you do that in different Colors?" Ranma asked, wondering why she hadn't detected any change in Ki, other than a subtle shift, similar to the way their looks changed. Still, his Danger sense told him that these girls were more powerful than they looked, even if they didn't move much like fighters. As they approached him, all scowling, he started analyzing in his mind. 'That one in red knows a little martial arts… Karate, or something similar, the one in blue has never fought a real fight, but moves cautiously, an unskilled defensive posture, and the one in yellow carries herself like a street fighter.'
Sailor Mars was upset. A wall, of all things, had knocked her out! Granted, it was a wall made of pure emotion, charged by dark magic, and completely unheard of, but the fact remained, she'd faced off hundreds of evil minions, and she gets beat in the back by a wall. And now some Red-haired Youma carrying two unconscious people had the NERVE to mock her transformation! "Flame Sniper!" She cried, releasing her fire-charged magical blast at Ranma. Ranma jumped out of the way just in time, avoiding being run through, but getting singed on the leg a little. "Hey! What'd you do that for! You could have hurt somebody, yanno?" She cried, looking for a place to set Akane and Kasumi down. Settling on the roof of the Doctors office, she gently placed Akane and Kasumi on their backs, and leapt down.
"Youma! For trying to kidnap innocent and helpless humans for the forces of darkness, we, the Sailor Senshi, will punish you, in the name of the moon!"
Ranma stared at them. He didn't know what to respond to first: The notion that Akane was helpless, the suggestion that he worked for darkness, or their overall speech. Finally, she got into a thoughtful-looking pose, and, tapping her chin, she asked, "Does the moon have a name?"
Mercury, Venus, and Mars face faulted. Nobody'd ever asked something so… dumb, ever since they'd started off as Sailor Senshi. Finally Mercury responded "Luna." Ranma just shrugged, and muttered an "Oh," as she stared at them. Mercury frowned, her visor telling her some rather odd things. This… whatever it was, had minimal dark energy… in fact, it had the same level any normal human had. But its life energy reading was too high. Perhaps it was a Youma that had stolen a lot of life energy, and was using it to make a shield against scanning? But then, most Youma weren't that smart. On the other hand, its question earlier hadn't shown much intelligence… though, now that she thought about it, how did she punish in the name of the moon? It wasn't sentie.. She frowned, and stopped that train of thoughts. All this thought had gone through Ami's fast-working mind in a few seconds, but that was enough time for Ranma to stick her foot in her mouth, and start things off down a dangerous path.
"Why are you wearing something so retarded?" Ranma asked, looking kind of bored. Rei Fumed. "Retarded? This outfit is recognized the world over as the costumes worn by Tokyo's magical defenders! Why are YOU so retarded?" She asked, stepping forward in challenge. Ranma straightened up a bit, recognizing the unspoken challenge, but not accepting… yet.
"Feh. I'm not the one wearing THAT outfit." Ranma said, grinning. "GRRRR" Rei answered, twitching slightly and getting ready to pounce on the Youma with a death wish. Ranma grinned. This was too easy. Actually… now that she thought about it, this would be an interesting time to test a question she'd had bouncing around in her head for the last minute. 'They seem to have something around them, like a shield. Meaning they're protected… but from what? And, if I attack, what will it, and won't it, be able to stop?' Ranma looked at her and sighed. Now was not the time. Akane and Kasumi needed help, and these girls were stopping her. Maybe they'd listen to reason?
"Look… as much as I'd love to talk with Tokyo's magical retarded-outfit- wearing defenders, I cant." She said, in one breath. Mars' veins began to bulge. "Those girls I were carrying got hurt in an attack, and I need to get them to the doctor's office," She said, pointing to the building behind them.
Mercury, Venus, and Mars looked, and sure enough, they'd transformed in front of a doctors office. Minako, Venus, looked at the person staring down Rei, and sighed. She couldn't feel any danger, and her danger-sense had been well honed from her experience, both as Sailor Venus, and as Sailor V, before that. Mercury, as well, had decided that the anomaly was explainable, and that this person was of little threat. The Mercury computer, beeped, and a message appeared for her to read. She read it, and pressed a button, then put the visor away with the tap of a button. She and Venus turned to go, that dark energy source was still out there, but much farther away, now. Mars, however, scowled at Ranma. "I'll be watching you… Whoever you are…" She said, not willing to move until Ranma broke eye contact. "Ranma. Ranma Saotome of the Saotome School of Anything Goes Martial Arts." Ranma said, not willing to back down from their staring contest.
Mercury looked back. Come on, Mars! There's still something evil out there that could be causing trouble as we wait here!" Rei frowned at Ranma, and spun, to glare at Mercury, before casting a final withering glance at Ranma. Only, she wasn't there. She was walking in the door, with the two girls over her shoulder again. However, Ranma still had the nerve to grin at Rei, and wave bye to her in a rather condescending manner. "GRRRRRRRRR" she said again, stomping after her friends. She'd be back. She knew she would. And She'd show that 'Ranma' a thing or two about the Sailor Senshi.
Sephiroth was over the ocean, now. Ahead, the power was still there. Not growing, or changing, or moving… It just sat there, like the northern crater had on his home world. Finally, he saw land again, and headed inland, his destination still over the horizon. Had he known the names and places of this world, he'd have learned that he was headed for The Valley of Jusendo. Phoenix Mountain (collapsed, now) Jusenkyo, The Musk Dynasty, The Joketsuzoku Village, all were there, all having a magical essence that shone like a beacon to those properly able to see it. Sephiroth grinned as he felt his target getting closer.
TADA! Another chapter finished… and after that last one, this one should be a little more.. flow-y. Also, I'd like to than the rapid C&C I've gotten just for the first chapter, and really want some feedback. I know Ranma acted a bit mature in this chapter, and I've probably got a few names misspelled.. but I hope everything makes sense… Keep telling me what's good, bad, ugly.. demented.. ^_^ retarded. Whatever… And feel free to E_Mail me or IM me… if I'm not working, I'm online.