Since Itch has apparently decided that she's going to flood my inbox
until I do this... she's got an RPG. If I wasn't in so many I might
actually join. Or not. I'm not a huge fan of Harry Potter, although I
do considerably like Final Fantasy Eight. Anyway, she's got a crossover
RPG located at the old site of Millennium Scales
(http://icetemple.tripod.com/), since she was begging me for webspace.
Most likely at finalknight.net, but I'm still dealing with some coding
bugs, and I really don't want to find out that I've coded something
wrong and she can get into all my stuff, so I put her up at tripod.
Kyra - Yeah, that should have been precious. Guess neither me nor Mei
managed to catch that while re-reading it. Whoops.
Shinigami - How many chapters...? Hold on. This is chapter twenty-five,
right? *checks* Right. There are twenty-seven chapters, plus an
epilogue. That means three weeks until you can read Hidden Identity and
Confused Identity.
Hidden Identity is being released all at one time. Prologue to
Epilogue. That's why I haven't been throwing out multiple chapters a
week, I needed the time to write the full thing, edit it, have Mei read
and edit it, go back and check it over again, and THEN start on
Confused Identity. Need to have that Prologue ready for posting, ne?
And Yay! I've got over a hundred reviews! *begins handing out party
stuff* Waiiiii!!
True Identity
Chapter Twenty-Five: Vapor
Li Xiang
"I feel like this is a slumber party."
Snickers came from all around, and the man scowled, crossing his arms
and pouting petulantly. Several people needed to take a second look. It
wasn't everyday that one got to see Kunzite Ei'lorosha pouting.
Nabiki took a snapshot-- not only for the pout, but because of
Kunzite's appearance. It was good blackmail material. Not that she
would have to blackmail him. He would already do anything for her, just
because she'd brought him "back to life".
Aya-chan, Xian Phu, Kasumi and Nabiki had decided he needed a
make-over. Jadaeite, Nephrite, and Zoicite had agreed readily, and Omi
was just glad it wasn't him. So Nabiki had bound him up in magic
restraints, and settled him onto the floor of Kasumi's room. For a girl
who was pretty much a housewife, she sure had a large amount of
make-up, outrageous clothing, and leather.
They'd played with platinum locks first-- gleefully braiding hundreds
of plaits, with multicolor elastics. When that was finished, Aya-chan
spiked them all straight up.
He was then dressed in a pair of red silk 'harem' pants, and a red
leather vest, and a neon yellow t-shirt. Make-up followed, paling his
skin to the color of fresh snow, and adding yellow lipstick, red
eyeliner, sparkly pink eyeshadow, and then smeared body glitter all
over his face and arms.
He was _not_ a happy man.
Aya-chan patted his shoulder, "Oh, don't worry, Kunzite-kun! You can
take everything off... tomorrow."
Laughter issued forth from the mouths of his friends and comrades.
Ei'lorosha was glad they'd powdered his face so pale. At least they
couldn't tell that he was _blushing_!
---
Moon was sobbing, no longer thrashing and struggling in Bastet's
all-too strong grasp, as she watched Mars. The solider of fire was
screaming, screaming so loudly...
Horus had bound her tight in his web of wires, pulling it tighter and
tighter with each tug. He could have killed her very easily... but he
also wanted her to _hurt_. She wouldn't be able to _feel_ what Rache
had felt when she had been pushed away-- so Yohji transferred the
sensation into physical Pain.
With a capital 'P'.
Isis and Ptah were still crowing with delight, watching blood seep from
the wounds Osiris and Ptah had inflicted, and Horus made worse.
Rache and Amun-Ra had turned away from the scene, whispering to one
another obviously planning something from the way their eyes kept
flickering to the captive Princess. Something was up.
Moon collapsed, boneless, tears still boiling down her checks,
startling the youngest Saotome. But Bastet's grip did not wane, her
eyes only briefly flickering to the girl in her arms. Blue eyes were
more intent on watching Hino Rei be tortured to death.
"Yohji, that's enough."
They collectively turned to see Rache walking forwards, and Usagi felt
a brief flicker of hope. The said hope was dashed, when Rache leveled
the Silence Glaive at Mars, "I want my life back. Let's get this over
with."
The group began to back off, but were surprised to find that Nagi was
telekinetically yanking them away. He had gotten stronger-- directing
the Tinchas, boosting 'Charon', fighting with Ranma; a little training
did a hell of a lot-- so he didn't collapse from stressing his power by
moving everyone, excluding Mars, behind Rache.
A wicked grin crossed her face, "Silence Glaive Surprise."
Almost as soon as she activated it, she halted the outpour of dark
magics. It was enough to vaporize the still bound Mars, and carve a
trench into the floor, but not damage the far wall.
Where she had been, a ball of light flickered into existence, before it
raced off towards Usagi-- the closet one who could receive the power of
Mars. Unfortunately for her, Ranma's hand shot out into it's path,
"Happo Goen Satsu!" the fifty-coin piece in her hand drew in the power,
transferring it to the redhead.
For once, she'd managed to perform the technique correctly.
She shoved the Princess away from her, "You're the only one left
Usagi..."
The Silence Glaive turned towards the blonde, "... think you can beat
all of us...?"
Yuki stood tall, hands crackling with a charging lightning spell,
"...don't delude yourself, girl."
"No chance," Ran grinned sadistically, surprising all those that knew
him, while Nagi silently agreed. Knives twirled about Jei's fingers,
and his single amber eye glinted.
"You're mine, Moon."
He lunged at the startled girl. Shrieking, she barely dodged his first
swipe of the blade. Then, she seemed to abruptly forget the fact that
she was a notorious klutz, dancing and wearing around each deadly jab.
The others looked on, a bit surprised at her agility.
None of them realizing that Tsukino was getting angry. They had
definitely killed Mars and Neptune, and she supposed everyone else had
been killed as well.
Beryl had done this, Serenity killed her.
Chaos had done this, Serenity had destroyed it.
She would _not_ be beaten!
With a scream of outrage that took everyone by surprise, Sailor Moon
drew on the power of the Ginzoushou, to summon her highest form.
Sailor Cosmos was born.
"Holy shit..." whispered Ranma, as she could feel the powers she'd
absorbed reacting to Cosmos' presence. Only her skill at manipulating
ki halted it from leaving her body. Rache did not have this problem,
although she _did_ feel a bit of a drain on her power, as she had been
born a Senshi.
Yuki cursed virulently, Cosmos' magic was attempting to rip her apart
at the atomic level. Saotome Yuki was a Sorceress, and a Sorceress was
a user of Dark Magic; she was just one that had dabbled in White Magic.
However, there was no way it made her immune to Cosmos' power.
Sailor Cosmos had tapped into the powers that created the universe.
Barely coherent, she latched onto the energy sources incompatible with
Cosmos, and cast a specific spell.
Seconds later, Yohji, Ran, Jei, Nagi and Yuki herself had been
transported to the Tendou Dojo, Yuki having instinctually reached out
for the nearest source of familiar magic-- Nabiki's-- to give the spell
a destination.
It was a random spell, however, created in her panic, so she only have
a moment to contemplate the horrors of a man wearing red and yellow
make-up, before passing out.
---
As the light of the transformation faded, Rache and Ranma blinked the
spots from their eyes. Cosmos leveled her staff at them, and spoke with
a ringing voice, "You who _dared_ to kill my precious ones, shall be
punished."
Rache returned the shot with, "_You're_ the bitch who abandoned _me_!"
but Ranma was more concerned with finding her Jei-sama. All she could
tell was that he'd vanished at one point.
Being the person that she was, she jumped to the wrong conclusion,
"You... you... you killed them..." she whispered, listlessly, her aura
beginning to flicker madly. Her ki pulsed over her arms, and extended
into one inch, six inches, a foot, then two feet, then _three foot_
long ki claws. Fire and lightning crackled across the claws, and a damp
wind stirred the air. Temperature dropped to freezing, while Cosmos and
Rache gaped in shock.
The black mist curled around her, licking her skin with each step. Her
clothing shifted, melting and changing the short kimono length to the
floor, before splitting open along the front center.
The tail of the duster split into four equally as wide sections, metal
plates forming on the shoulders. Chains wrapped around a chest hidden
by a black sports bra, looping as to be chained by a padlock in the
center of her chest, forming an 'x' shape.
Leggings shifted and changed, becoming a pair of supple black leather
pants. Thick, buckled boots encased her feet each up to mid-shin-- and
then came the final chance. Ranma's hair darkened to black, her chest
flattened, and the bra melted away, giving Usagi her first good look at
Saotome Ranma in the form he was born in.
"You killed them," he snarled, ki-claws flexing dangerously, his blue
eyes focused solely on Cosmos' sapphire, "You killed my sister. You
killed Playboy and Prodigy. You killed my Ayan, and my _Jei-sama_!"
"This is not good," Rache mused nervously, "He's gone _beyond_ pissed
off..."
Not to say that she was any better, upon realizing exactly what Ranma--
was he still Ranma?-- was saying.
Yohji, she noted as she looked around, panicked, was no where to be
seen. Ice closed around her heart, upon realizing this, and a cold fury
tore through her body.
Cosmos was about to find out why Sailor Saturn wasn't allowed to have a
relationship with anyone-- including the other Senshi-- during the
Silver Millennium.
The being that stood in Ranma's place had been about to launch his
attack when another power grew in his senses. Whirling, he came face to
face with Rache. Her once emerald-- and now violet flames-- gaze was
locked on Cosmos' face, and dark magic danced over her body.
Traditionally speaking, Saturn was the only one with the ability to
become a Sorceress had she but wanted to, among the wanna-be witches
that were the Sailor Senshi.
Rache went one step further, and the power of a dormant Sorceress and
the power of the Soldier of Death was now, officially, combined.
A cocoon of darkness wrapped itself around her, clinging to her body,
and covering everything but her still glowing violet gaze. The Silence
Glaive's glinting violet iron, and pearl surface was not spared,
either.
Death had arrived.
---
End Chapter
Whee, Scary Rache! I really don't think this chapter is very good...
until I do this... she's got an RPG. If I wasn't in so many I might
actually join. Or not. I'm not a huge fan of Harry Potter, although I
do considerably like Final Fantasy Eight. Anyway, she's got a crossover
RPG located at the old site of Millennium Scales
(http://icetemple.tripod.com/), since she was begging me for webspace.
Most likely at finalknight.net, but I'm still dealing with some coding
bugs, and I really don't want to find out that I've coded something
wrong and she can get into all my stuff, so I put her up at tripod.
Kyra - Yeah, that should have been precious. Guess neither me nor Mei
managed to catch that while re-reading it. Whoops.
Shinigami - How many chapters...? Hold on. This is chapter twenty-five,
right? *checks* Right. There are twenty-seven chapters, plus an
epilogue. That means three weeks until you can read Hidden Identity and
Confused Identity.
Hidden Identity is being released all at one time. Prologue to
Epilogue. That's why I haven't been throwing out multiple chapters a
week, I needed the time to write the full thing, edit it, have Mei read
and edit it, go back and check it over again, and THEN start on
Confused Identity. Need to have that Prologue ready for posting, ne?
And Yay! I've got over a hundred reviews! *begins handing out party
stuff* Waiiiii!!
True Identity
Chapter Twenty-Five: Vapor
Li Xiang
"I feel like this is a slumber party."
Snickers came from all around, and the man scowled, crossing his arms
and pouting petulantly. Several people needed to take a second look. It
wasn't everyday that one got to see Kunzite Ei'lorosha pouting.
Nabiki took a snapshot-- not only for the pout, but because of
Kunzite's appearance. It was good blackmail material. Not that she
would have to blackmail him. He would already do anything for her, just
because she'd brought him "back to life".
Aya-chan, Xian Phu, Kasumi and Nabiki had decided he needed a
make-over. Jadaeite, Nephrite, and Zoicite had agreed readily, and Omi
was just glad it wasn't him. So Nabiki had bound him up in magic
restraints, and settled him onto the floor of Kasumi's room. For a girl
who was pretty much a housewife, she sure had a large amount of
make-up, outrageous clothing, and leather.
They'd played with platinum locks first-- gleefully braiding hundreds
of plaits, with multicolor elastics. When that was finished, Aya-chan
spiked them all straight up.
He was then dressed in a pair of red silk 'harem' pants, and a red
leather vest, and a neon yellow t-shirt. Make-up followed, paling his
skin to the color of fresh snow, and adding yellow lipstick, red
eyeliner, sparkly pink eyeshadow, and then smeared body glitter all
over his face and arms.
He was _not_ a happy man.
Aya-chan patted his shoulder, "Oh, don't worry, Kunzite-kun! You can
take everything off... tomorrow."
Laughter issued forth from the mouths of his friends and comrades.
Ei'lorosha was glad they'd powdered his face so pale. At least they
couldn't tell that he was _blushing_!
---
Moon was sobbing, no longer thrashing and struggling in Bastet's
all-too strong grasp, as she watched Mars. The solider of fire was
screaming, screaming so loudly...
Horus had bound her tight in his web of wires, pulling it tighter and
tighter with each tug. He could have killed her very easily... but he
also wanted her to _hurt_. She wouldn't be able to _feel_ what Rache
had felt when she had been pushed away-- so Yohji transferred the
sensation into physical Pain.
With a capital 'P'.
Isis and Ptah were still crowing with delight, watching blood seep from
the wounds Osiris and Ptah had inflicted, and Horus made worse.
Rache and Amun-Ra had turned away from the scene, whispering to one
another obviously planning something from the way their eyes kept
flickering to the captive Princess. Something was up.
Moon collapsed, boneless, tears still boiling down her checks,
startling the youngest Saotome. But Bastet's grip did not wane, her
eyes only briefly flickering to the girl in her arms. Blue eyes were
more intent on watching Hino Rei be tortured to death.
"Yohji, that's enough."
They collectively turned to see Rache walking forwards, and Usagi felt
a brief flicker of hope. The said hope was dashed, when Rache leveled
the Silence Glaive at Mars, "I want my life back. Let's get this over
with."
The group began to back off, but were surprised to find that Nagi was
telekinetically yanking them away. He had gotten stronger-- directing
the Tinchas, boosting 'Charon', fighting with Ranma; a little training
did a hell of a lot-- so he didn't collapse from stressing his power by
moving everyone, excluding Mars, behind Rache.
A wicked grin crossed her face, "Silence Glaive Surprise."
Almost as soon as she activated it, she halted the outpour of dark
magics. It was enough to vaporize the still bound Mars, and carve a
trench into the floor, but not damage the far wall.
Where she had been, a ball of light flickered into existence, before it
raced off towards Usagi-- the closet one who could receive the power of
Mars. Unfortunately for her, Ranma's hand shot out into it's path,
"Happo Goen Satsu!" the fifty-coin piece in her hand drew in the power,
transferring it to the redhead.
For once, she'd managed to perform the technique correctly.
She shoved the Princess away from her, "You're the only one left
Usagi..."
The Silence Glaive turned towards the blonde, "... think you can beat
all of us...?"
Yuki stood tall, hands crackling with a charging lightning spell,
"...don't delude yourself, girl."
"No chance," Ran grinned sadistically, surprising all those that knew
him, while Nagi silently agreed. Knives twirled about Jei's fingers,
and his single amber eye glinted.
"You're mine, Moon."
He lunged at the startled girl. Shrieking, she barely dodged his first
swipe of the blade. Then, she seemed to abruptly forget the fact that
she was a notorious klutz, dancing and wearing around each deadly jab.
The others looked on, a bit surprised at her agility.
None of them realizing that Tsukino was getting angry. They had
definitely killed Mars and Neptune, and she supposed everyone else had
been killed as well.
Beryl had done this, Serenity killed her.
Chaos had done this, Serenity had destroyed it.
She would _not_ be beaten!
With a scream of outrage that took everyone by surprise, Sailor Moon
drew on the power of the Ginzoushou, to summon her highest form.
Sailor Cosmos was born.
"Holy shit..." whispered Ranma, as she could feel the powers she'd
absorbed reacting to Cosmos' presence. Only her skill at manipulating
ki halted it from leaving her body. Rache did not have this problem,
although she _did_ feel a bit of a drain on her power, as she had been
born a Senshi.
Yuki cursed virulently, Cosmos' magic was attempting to rip her apart
at the atomic level. Saotome Yuki was a Sorceress, and a Sorceress was
a user of Dark Magic; she was just one that had dabbled in White Magic.
However, there was no way it made her immune to Cosmos' power.
Sailor Cosmos had tapped into the powers that created the universe.
Barely coherent, she latched onto the energy sources incompatible with
Cosmos, and cast a specific spell.
Seconds later, Yohji, Ran, Jei, Nagi and Yuki herself had been
transported to the Tendou Dojo, Yuki having instinctually reached out
for the nearest source of familiar magic-- Nabiki's-- to give the spell
a destination.
It was a random spell, however, created in her panic, so she only have
a moment to contemplate the horrors of a man wearing red and yellow
make-up, before passing out.
---
As the light of the transformation faded, Rache and Ranma blinked the
spots from their eyes. Cosmos leveled her staff at them, and spoke with
a ringing voice, "You who _dared_ to kill my precious ones, shall be
punished."
Rache returned the shot with, "_You're_ the bitch who abandoned _me_!"
but Ranma was more concerned with finding her Jei-sama. All she could
tell was that he'd vanished at one point.
Being the person that she was, she jumped to the wrong conclusion,
"You... you... you killed them..." she whispered, listlessly, her aura
beginning to flicker madly. Her ki pulsed over her arms, and extended
into one inch, six inches, a foot, then two feet, then _three foot_
long ki claws. Fire and lightning crackled across the claws, and a damp
wind stirred the air. Temperature dropped to freezing, while Cosmos and
Rache gaped in shock.
The black mist curled around her, licking her skin with each step. Her
clothing shifted, melting and changing the short kimono length to the
floor, before splitting open along the front center.
The tail of the duster split into four equally as wide sections, metal
plates forming on the shoulders. Chains wrapped around a chest hidden
by a black sports bra, looping as to be chained by a padlock in the
center of her chest, forming an 'x' shape.
Leggings shifted and changed, becoming a pair of supple black leather
pants. Thick, buckled boots encased her feet each up to mid-shin-- and
then came the final chance. Ranma's hair darkened to black, her chest
flattened, and the bra melted away, giving Usagi her first good look at
Saotome Ranma in the form he was born in.
"You killed them," he snarled, ki-claws flexing dangerously, his blue
eyes focused solely on Cosmos' sapphire, "You killed my sister. You
killed Playboy and Prodigy. You killed my Ayan, and my _Jei-sama_!"
"This is not good," Rache mused nervously, "He's gone _beyond_ pissed
off..."
Not to say that she was any better, upon realizing exactly what Ranma--
was he still Ranma?-- was saying.
Yohji, she noted as she looked around, panicked, was no where to be
seen. Ice closed around her heart, upon realizing this, and a cold fury
tore through her body.
Cosmos was about to find out why Sailor Saturn wasn't allowed to have a
relationship with anyone-- including the other Senshi-- during the
Silver Millennium.
The being that stood in Ranma's place had been about to launch his
attack when another power grew in his senses. Whirling, he came face to
face with Rache. Her once emerald-- and now violet flames-- gaze was
locked on Cosmos' face, and dark magic danced over her body.
Traditionally speaking, Saturn was the only one with the ability to
become a Sorceress had she but wanted to, among the wanna-be witches
that were the Sailor Senshi.
Rache went one step further, and the power of a dormant Sorceress and
the power of the Soldier of Death was now, officially, combined.
A cocoon of darkness wrapped itself around her, clinging to her body,
and covering everything but her still glowing violet gaze. The Silence
Glaive's glinting violet iron, and pearl surface was not spared,
either.
Death had arrived.
---
End Chapter
Whee, Scary Rache! I really don't think this chapter is very good...