Daughter of the Dragon Lines
Chapter 1: New Beginnings
Hello again. Once again I don't own any of the characters from Sailor Moon or Ranma 1/2 so please don't sue me. As a quick note I'd like to thank everyone who took the time to write me about my story. Whether the comments were good or bad I like getting input form people and I'm glad those of you who enjoyed the story found it pleasant to read. I'll try and make it an entertaining tale for you all.
Authors note the second: Just so everyone knows Shampoo will most likely be talking normally through most of my story and reverting to her past patterns when flustered or upset. I just wanted to show her as being more intelligent than is standard fare in some stories. I hope you all enjoy the story.
As with the prologue, this is a rewrite and revision of the story thus far. I had gotten to thinking about how I had done things and after many emails that said people were confused as to the events thus far, I decided to start over. Do not expect in the way of cannon material here. It's an alternate universe and thus leaves me free to write it, as I need to. There are many girl/girl couples in this tale so if that offends you, then don't read it. If you do read it send me your thoughts. Flames will be laughed at and shared with my army of undead, rabid weasels.
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Hino Shrine-Juuban, Tokyo Japan.
It had only taken a few hours to get to Juuban from Nerima, and the three women already felt a great weight lifted from their shoulders. They stood before the Hino family shrine atop Cherry Hill. Among the three women the first was the eldest. Her auburn hair cut short, but still looking feminine. She wore a simple traveling kimono and obi, carrying a backpack and a wrapped bundle under one arm. She walked with a small amount of pain but said nothing to the two girls that were with her. The second was a young lady of Chinese descent with long lavender hair, wearing a pink and lavender pantsuit that hugged closely to her form. She carried nothing save a small pack. The third was a girl with blazing red hair, her sapphire eyes haunted by a look of sadness. She wore a red Chinese shirt and black pants and slippers. She carried the largest of the three packs with no difficulty. As they approached the shrine they were silent, until they heard an argument coming from the shrine grounds.
"No arguments Usako now come along!" A masculine voice boomed.
"Let me go Mamoru, you dumped me. Why don't you just get lost!" Another voice screamed.
"Yeah you jerk let Usagi-chan go!" a third female voice added.
"Stay out of this you degenerate." The male voice said again. "You don't have any say in this. I won't have Usako around people like you. Now I said come along Usako!" A cry of pain was heard, most likely coming from "Usako". The red head dropped her pack and was up the stairs before the other women could blink. They exchanged looks and followed as best they could.
"Leave the lady alone jerk." The red head said with barely contained anger. She narrowed her eyes at the man as she sized him up. He was tall, black hair and blue eyes. Had some martial training but obviously treated it like a hobby. He didn't let go as he responded.
"This is none of your concern. Get lost before I make you get lost." He obviously thought this would be enough of a threat to make the red head leave. He seemed surprised when she stepped forward.
"I'm making it my concern. I said let her go now." She watched the man, obviously this Mamoru she had heard the other girl call him wanted her for something and she didn't want to have anything to do with him. He shoved the blonde in his arm roughly to the ground and stepped forward, glaring at the red head.
"There I let her go. Seeing as how you don't seem to know your place I think I'll teach you." The other two women that had been traveling with the red head arrived at this statement but the Chinese girl took the elder aside and saw to the blonde as some other girls rapidly approached.
"No stop her, Mamoru will hurt her." Usagi said. The other girls seemed to agree. The Chinese girl stepped in front of them with her arms spread.
"Don't interfere. My friend can more than take care of herself." She said.
"But Mamoru is a martial artist," a blue haired girl said. "By the looks of your friend she'll be hurt if he fights her." The other girls, one with brown hair and another blonde nodded. The last two stood close to each other in a matter that spoke of their relationship. Shampoo just smiled. A Fifth girl with raven black hair stood off to the side waiting to see the outcome, almost as if she already knew what to expect.
"Maybe, maybe not. Why not wait and see?" Shampoo turned her attention back to the confrontation as Nodoka set her pack down, grunting audibly. Ranma kept her attention on the upcoming fight as she stayed in a relaxed stance.
"Last chance little girl, leave or I'll make you leave." Mamoru sank into a fighting stance to emphasize the point. His expression turned angry as the red head laughed at him.
"You certainly welcome to try." She said with a smirk. At this Mamoru decided to teach the little punk respect. He rushed forward trying to end the fight quickly, only to find his target wasn't there anymore. A tap on his back let him know where she was. He swung around trying to catch her in a turning kick, punch combination, again missing badly. He felt a series of taps on his chest and throat and was surprised to see the girl in front of him. As he tried to lung again he suddenly found that his legs and arms no longer worked. He fell to his face, making a most satisfying thump when he hit the ground.
"Gee," the red head said. "You sure did suck. I've fought pandas that were better than you." Rei, Shampoo and Nodoka snickered at this while the other girls looked a little confused. "Now I'm only going to tell you this once." The red head continued as she kicked him over onto his back. "That girl over there said to leave her alone, and that's just what you're going to do. Don't try talking yet, you won't be able to for about an hour. You won't be able to move either by the way. So since you can't leave on your own, allow me to help you on your way." With that Ranma reared back and kicked Mamoru as hard as she could, booting him down the long flight of stairs that led up the hill. The other girls stared in shock as Rei practically tackled the red head laughing.
"Cousin Ranma! It's so good to see you again." The two girls hugged for a moment before Rei went to her Aunt. "Its great to see you too Auntie Nodoka." Rei smiled warmly at her family and turned to Shampoo. "It's a honor to meet you Xian Pu." Shampoo smiled at this and returned the formal bow.
"Its nice to meet you too Hino-san." Rei giggled and hugged her aunt, noticing the look of slight pain in her eyes.
"Auntie Nodoka are you alright?" Ranma was at her mother's side in a flash, causing the other girls to blink at her speed.
"Mom? Are you ok?" Ranma asked.
"Just some back pain dear." Nodoka said. "Nothing to concern yourself over." Ranma narrowed her eyes.
"Mom please let me check it out. Before he left Doc Tofu taught me a few things about first aid." Nodoka sighed and relented, knowing that eventually the truth would come out. Rei and her friends followed Ranma, Nodoka and Shampoo into the guesthouse. Once there Nodoka removed her kimono and turned her back to her son. What the girls saw horrified them. All along Nodoka's back where bruises, deep, almost to the bone; all in the shape of fists and feet. Ranma said nothing as she helped her mother lay down on her stomach.
"Shampoo, could you ask the other to leave? I can't do this with people watching." The Chinese amazon nodded and helped the girls leave, all against their will. Once she was sure they were gone, Ranma began pressing a series of pressure points on her mother's back. Many caused her to cry out in pain, by the time she hit the final set Nodoka was sleeping soundly. Ranma had needed to use the sleeper points to insure that her mother wouldn't move while the pressure points were hit.
Meanwhile, Rei and her friends were livid at what they had seen. Since Shampoo was the first available target they began to ask questions. Questions Shampoo refused to answer stating that it was not her place to say anything. If Ranma wanted them to know, then she would tell them. After an hour, Ranma exited the guesthouse and went back to Shampoo and the others.
"Mom will be ok now Rei-chan." She said. "But the next time I see Oyaji he's a dead man." Seeing the looks on the faces of Rei's friends she decided that certain things needed to be gotten out of the way, and better it be now than later. Rei led the girls to her room so Ranma could begin the introductions.
"Well to start things off my name is Ranma Hino. I no longer use my father's name because the fat panda dishonored it too badly. This is my friend Shampoo." The lavender haired girl smiled at this and moved a little closer to Ranma. "We're both martial artists. Of course I'm the best. My mom's name is Nodoka, we're going to be staying here for a while, at least until mom's divorce goes through." After introducing the girls to Ranma, Usagi decided to break the ice.
"Thank you for helping me Ranma." She smiled and extended her hand. "Hi, like Rei said, I'm Usagi Tsukino. Would you like to be friends?" Ranma's eyes misted over for a moment as she smiled. Sensing the genuine nature of the person in front of her, she took Usagi's hand in her own.
"You know Usagi, I think I would. Its nice to hear someone say that and mean it for once." Shampoo placed her hand on Ranma's shoulder and gave it a gentle squeeze.
"Excuse me, Ranma?" Ami spoke up. "Could you please tell us what you did to Mamoru?"
"Yeah!" Makoto said. "I've never seen a person move that fast. You were incredible." As the other girls nodded, Rei got up to answer a knock at the door. Ranma was about to explain when a group of four girls entered the room behind Rei.
"Excuse me Ranma, these are some other friends of ours. I think someone must have called them when Mamoru was trying to take Usagi away." Pointing to each one Rei named them off. "This is Haruka Tenoh, Michiru Kaioh, Setsuna Meioh and Hotaru Tomoe." As Setsuna nodded at Rei's introduction she nearly lost her iron control for a moment. She saw the lavender haired girl and thought for a moment her long dead elder sister had returned, but that just couldn't be. After all Xia would have been there to help them fight their enemies. She would have picked on her younger sister as well, but Setsuna really didn't have time to think about that as the red head Rei introduced as Ranma began to speak.
"Hey, any friend of Rei's you know." She extended her hand to Haruka.
"I take it you helped buns head?" Ranma blinked and looked over at Usagi who was fuming. Haruka chuckled. "Sorry Usagi, I won't call you that again. Thanks for helping Usagi." Michiru was about to voice her thanks when Hotaru spoke up.
"Excuse me, Ranma?" Ranma turned and looked down at Hotaru, smiling gently. She felt some connection to the younger girl, but it was something she couldn't place. "I just wanted to say thank you." Ranma was a little surprised when young Hotaru hugged her, but returned it none the less. The other girls all voiced their thanks, and settled back as Makoto decided to ask the question on everyone's minds.
"Ranma, how did you do that? I mean I practice martial arts too, and there's no way I could do what you did." Ranma shrugged.
"What can I say? After ten years of nonstop training, I'm the best. Or at least I thought I was. Look I don't mean to be rude or anything but I'm really tired. Can we maybe talk later?" Shampoo spoke next.
"Yes, we've all had a hard time lately. If you like maybe we could meet with some of you tomorrow? After Ranma tends to her mother." The girls all nodded their agreement and began to leave. After everyone was gone, Usagi turned to Ranma.
"I just wanted to thank you one more time for helping me out. I really hope we can be friends." With that Usagi smiled and left the temple. Ranma thought for a moment.
"You know what Shampoo?"
"What beloved?" Shampoo said, noticing Ranma blush slightly, and smiling.
"I never thought I would be happier to hear those words. I think things are finally going to start looking up for me."
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Atlantis:
In the sunken city of Atlantis a figure dressed in black armor moved through the once proud city. The mystic dome had protected it from the ravages of time and the depths of the sea. He surveyed the empty city and moved on to the palace. Upon entering the thrown room he sat in a throne of onyx and chuckled to himself. Above him hung the royal crest. Three roses entwined around a sword; one black, one blue and one the color of blood. He rose to his feet and drew his sword, holding it aloft.
"The king is dead! LONG LIVE THE KING! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"
Next time: Ranma goes shopping with the girls and goes to her first day of school in Juuban. Cologne comes for her heir and in Nerima a new evil rises from the past.
Chapter 1: New Beginnings
Hello again. Once again I don't own any of the characters from Sailor Moon or Ranma 1/2 so please don't sue me. As a quick note I'd like to thank everyone who took the time to write me about my story. Whether the comments were good or bad I like getting input form people and I'm glad those of you who enjoyed the story found it pleasant to read. I'll try and make it an entertaining tale for you all.
Authors note the second: Just so everyone knows Shampoo will most likely be talking normally through most of my story and reverting to her past patterns when flustered or upset. I just wanted to show her as being more intelligent than is standard fare in some stories. I hope you all enjoy the story.
As with the prologue, this is a rewrite and revision of the story thus far. I had gotten to thinking about how I had done things and after many emails that said people were confused as to the events thus far, I decided to start over. Do not expect in the way of cannon material here. It's an alternate universe and thus leaves me free to write it, as I need to. There are many girl/girl couples in this tale so if that offends you, then don't read it. If you do read it send me your thoughts. Flames will be laughed at and shared with my army of undead, rabid weasels.
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Hino Shrine-Juuban, Tokyo Japan.
It had only taken a few hours to get to Juuban from Nerima, and the three women already felt a great weight lifted from their shoulders. They stood before the Hino family shrine atop Cherry Hill. Among the three women the first was the eldest. Her auburn hair cut short, but still looking feminine. She wore a simple traveling kimono and obi, carrying a backpack and a wrapped bundle under one arm. She walked with a small amount of pain but said nothing to the two girls that were with her. The second was a young lady of Chinese descent with long lavender hair, wearing a pink and lavender pantsuit that hugged closely to her form. She carried nothing save a small pack. The third was a girl with blazing red hair, her sapphire eyes haunted by a look of sadness. She wore a red Chinese shirt and black pants and slippers. She carried the largest of the three packs with no difficulty. As they approached the shrine they were silent, until they heard an argument coming from the shrine grounds.
"No arguments Usako now come along!" A masculine voice boomed.
"Let me go Mamoru, you dumped me. Why don't you just get lost!" Another voice screamed.
"Yeah you jerk let Usagi-chan go!" a third female voice added.
"Stay out of this you degenerate." The male voice said again. "You don't have any say in this. I won't have Usako around people like you. Now I said come along Usako!" A cry of pain was heard, most likely coming from "Usako". The red head dropped her pack and was up the stairs before the other women could blink. They exchanged looks and followed as best they could.
"Leave the lady alone jerk." The red head said with barely contained anger. She narrowed her eyes at the man as she sized him up. He was tall, black hair and blue eyes. Had some martial training but obviously treated it like a hobby. He didn't let go as he responded.
"This is none of your concern. Get lost before I make you get lost." He obviously thought this would be enough of a threat to make the red head leave. He seemed surprised when she stepped forward.
"I'm making it my concern. I said let her go now." She watched the man, obviously this Mamoru she had heard the other girl call him wanted her for something and she didn't want to have anything to do with him. He shoved the blonde in his arm roughly to the ground and stepped forward, glaring at the red head.
"There I let her go. Seeing as how you don't seem to know your place I think I'll teach you." The other two women that had been traveling with the red head arrived at this statement but the Chinese girl took the elder aside and saw to the blonde as some other girls rapidly approached.
"No stop her, Mamoru will hurt her." Usagi said. The other girls seemed to agree. The Chinese girl stepped in front of them with her arms spread.
"Don't interfere. My friend can more than take care of herself." She said.
"But Mamoru is a martial artist," a blue haired girl said. "By the looks of your friend she'll be hurt if he fights her." The other girls, one with brown hair and another blonde nodded. The last two stood close to each other in a matter that spoke of their relationship. Shampoo just smiled. A Fifth girl with raven black hair stood off to the side waiting to see the outcome, almost as if she already knew what to expect.
"Maybe, maybe not. Why not wait and see?" Shampoo turned her attention back to the confrontation as Nodoka set her pack down, grunting audibly. Ranma kept her attention on the upcoming fight as she stayed in a relaxed stance.
"Last chance little girl, leave or I'll make you leave." Mamoru sank into a fighting stance to emphasize the point. His expression turned angry as the red head laughed at him.
"You certainly welcome to try." She said with a smirk. At this Mamoru decided to teach the little punk respect. He rushed forward trying to end the fight quickly, only to find his target wasn't there anymore. A tap on his back let him know where she was. He swung around trying to catch her in a turning kick, punch combination, again missing badly. He felt a series of taps on his chest and throat and was surprised to see the girl in front of him. As he tried to lung again he suddenly found that his legs and arms no longer worked. He fell to his face, making a most satisfying thump when he hit the ground.
"Gee," the red head said. "You sure did suck. I've fought pandas that were better than you." Rei, Shampoo and Nodoka snickered at this while the other girls looked a little confused. "Now I'm only going to tell you this once." The red head continued as she kicked him over onto his back. "That girl over there said to leave her alone, and that's just what you're going to do. Don't try talking yet, you won't be able to for about an hour. You won't be able to move either by the way. So since you can't leave on your own, allow me to help you on your way." With that Ranma reared back and kicked Mamoru as hard as she could, booting him down the long flight of stairs that led up the hill. The other girls stared in shock as Rei practically tackled the red head laughing.
"Cousin Ranma! It's so good to see you again." The two girls hugged for a moment before Rei went to her Aunt. "Its great to see you too Auntie Nodoka." Rei smiled warmly at her family and turned to Shampoo. "It's a honor to meet you Xian Pu." Shampoo smiled at this and returned the formal bow.
"Its nice to meet you too Hino-san." Rei giggled and hugged her aunt, noticing the look of slight pain in her eyes.
"Auntie Nodoka are you alright?" Ranma was at her mother's side in a flash, causing the other girls to blink at her speed.
"Mom? Are you ok?" Ranma asked.
"Just some back pain dear." Nodoka said. "Nothing to concern yourself over." Ranma narrowed her eyes.
"Mom please let me check it out. Before he left Doc Tofu taught me a few things about first aid." Nodoka sighed and relented, knowing that eventually the truth would come out. Rei and her friends followed Ranma, Nodoka and Shampoo into the guesthouse. Once there Nodoka removed her kimono and turned her back to her son. What the girls saw horrified them. All along Nodoka's back where bruises, deep, almost to the bone; all in the shape of fists and feet. Ranma said nothing as she helped her mother lay down on her stomach.
"Shampoo, could you ask the other to leave? I can't do this with people watching." The Chinese amazon nodded and helped the girls leave, all against their will. Once she was sure they were gone, Ranma began pressing a series of pressure points on her mother's back. Many caused her to cry out in pain, by the time she hit the final set Nodoka was sleeping soundly. Ranma had needed to use the sleeper points to insure that her mother wouldn't move while the pressure points were hit.
Meanwhile, Rei and her friends were livid at what they had seen. Since Shampoo was the first available target they began to ask questions. Questions Shampoo refused to answer stating that it was not her place to say anything. If Ranma wanted them to know, then she would tell them. After an hour, Ranma exited the guesthouse and went back to Shampoo and the others.
"Mom will be ok now Rei-chan." She said. "But the next time I see Oyaji he's a dead man." Seeing the looks on the faces of Rei's friends she decided that certain things needed to be gotten out of the way, and better it be now than later. Rei led the girls to her room so Ranma could begin the introductions.
"Well to start things off my name is Ranma Hino. I no longer use my father's name because the fat panda dishonored it too badly. This is my friend Shampoo." The lavender haired girl smiled at this and moved a little closer to Ranma. "We're both martial artists. Of course I'm the best. My mom's name is Nodoka, we're going to be staying here for a while, at least until mom's divorce goes through." After introducing the girls to Ranma, Usagi decided to break the ice.
"Thank you for helping me Ranma." She smiled and extended her hand. "Hi, like Rei said, I'm Usagi Tsukino. Would you like to be friends?" Ranma's eyes misted over for a moment as she smiled. Sensing the genuine nature of the person in front of her, she took Usagi's hand in her own.
"You know Usagi, I think I would. Its nice to hear someone say that and mean it for once." Shampoo placed her hand on Ranma's shoulder and gave it a gentle squeeze.
"Excuse me, Ranma?" Ami spoke up. "Could you please tell us what you did to Mamoru?"
"Yeah!" Makoto said. "I've never seen a person move that fast. You were incredible." As the other girls nodded, Rei got up to answer a knock at the door. Ranma was about to explain when a group of four girls entered the room behind Rei.
"Excuse me Ranma, these are some other friends of ours. I think someone must have called them when Mamoru was trying to take Usagi away." Pointing to each one Rei named them off. "This is Haruka Tenoh, Michiru Kaioh, Setsuna Meioh and Hotaru Tomoe." As Setsuna nodded at Rei's introduction she nearly lost her iron control for a moment. She saw the lavender haired girl and thought for a moment her long dead elder sister had returned, but that just couldn't be. After all Xia would have been there to help them fight their enemies. She would have picked on her younger sister as well, but Setsuna really didn't have time to think about that as the red head Rei introduced as Ranma began to speak.
"Hey, any friend of Rei's you know." She extended her hand to Haruka.
"I take it you helped buns head?" Ranma blinked and looked over at Usagi who was fuming. Haruka chuckled. "Sorry Usagi, I won't call you that again. Thanks for helping Usagi." Michiru was about to voice her thanks when Hotaru spoke up.
"Excuse me, Ranma?" Ranma turned and looked down at Hotaru, smiling gently. She felt some connection to the younger girl, but it was something she couldn't place. "I just wanted to say thank you." Ranma was a little surprised when young Hotaru hugged her, but returned it none the less. The other girls all voiced their thanks, and settled back as Makoto decided to ask the question on everyone's minds.
"Ranma, how did you do that? I mean I practice martial arts too, and there's no way I could do what you did." Ranma shrugged.
"What can I say? After ten years of nonstop training, I'm the best. Or at least I thought I was. Look I don't mean to be rude or anything but I'm really tired. Can we maybe talk later?" Shampoo spoke next.
"Yes, we've all had a hard time lately. If you like maybe we could meet with some of you tomorrow? After Ranma tends to her mother." The girls all nodded their agreement and began to leave. After everyone was gone, Usagi turned to Ranma.
"I just wanted to thank you one more time for helping me out. I really hope we can be friends." With that Usagi smiled and left the temple. Ranma thought for a moment.
"You know what Shampoo?"
"What beloved?" Shampoo said, noticing Ranma blush slightly, and smiling.
"I never thought I would be happier to hear those words. I think things are finally going to start looking up for me."
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Atlantis:
In the sunken city of Atlantis a figure dressed in black armor moved through the once proud city. The mystic dome had protected it from the ravages of time and the depths of the sea. He surveyed the empty city and moved on to the palace. Upon entering the thrown room he sat in a throne of onyx and chuckled to himself. Above him hung the royal crest. Three roses entwined around a sword; one black, one blue and one the color of blood. He rose to his feet and drew his sword, holding it aloft.
"The king is dead! LONG LIVE THE KING! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"
Next time: Ranma goes shopping with the girls and goes to her first day of school in Juuban. Cologne comes for her heir and in Nerima a new evil rises from the past.