Faded Fantasies (http://li_xiang.anifics.com/) now offically has an
idea section with _ideas_ in it! I'd love to see them actually being
written, and I'd host the written works on my site, too... I'm not
writing them simply because I can't seem to make the ideas work as a
story right now.
Besides, I've been day dreaming of the sidestories and whatnot that
will be written once I finish the last book. Which is a long ways away,
probably a year from now, maybe even a year and a half.
Kit - I've no idea. I actually stole that part of Ranma's outfit from a
poster I've got of Sha Goyjo (from his life before his current one. I
can't remember his name from back then...)
Kyra - Awkward? Hmmm, I never noticed. Er... ehehehehe, not happy witht
he cliffhanger? *peeks to the end of the fic* Hmmm, you're not going to
be happy about this one...
Adyen - No Galaxia. Just a... more annoying enemy. Mwahahahahahaha!!
Ran - What happened to Ranma is a question for... another book. You
find out in Hidden Identity. *whistles cheerfully*
Anyone know where I can find some good Fruits Basket fics, other than
FF.net? M-sama and Itch had gotten me hooked on the series. I have to
go to Itch's house and worship Hatsuharu at her shrine. Hmmm, maybe
I'll make Akito a shrine... for some reason,
creepy-almost-dead-manipulative guy is one of my favorite characters
(like you couldn't tell, what with all the FB ideas at my site dealing
with Akito...)
True Identity
Chapter Twenty-six: Trapped
Li Xiang
To truly understand the three powers within the House, one must
understand where each person was coming from.
The easiest is Cosmos. The platinum tressed "Ultimate Soldier" had
witnessed both her best friend's death at the hands of her ex-best
friend from Middle School, _and_ the stealing of said best friend's
power by an ally-turned enemy.
She was depressed, and she was furious, and she had demanded the power
to defeat her foes from her previous life's mother's sacred crystal.
She got what she wanted.
Next comes Ranma. Hardly stable to begin with, and having just absorbed
yet another Senshi's power, he was definitely _not_ in the proper state
of mind to be confronting Cosmos. Having only witnessed a flare of
light, and the disappearance of his master, friends, and sister, he
inadvertently tapped into the ki and magic he'd drained from the Senshi
he had killed.
Power had flooded his mind, finally tipping him over the edge into
coherent insanity, and allowing something dark from the recesses of his
mind to come forth and into control of his body and actions. Something
that would have been better left asleep, and tucked into the corner of
his mind, far more than even the fickle Cat of the Neko-ken.
Finally, Rache.
The ancient magic of a Senshi, the power of a planet, had been
thrumming through her since merging with Hotaru. It had scattered her
thought processes, assimilating both Naru and Hotaru's previous
personas into the one that was Rache.
The part of her that was the reincarnated Sailor Saturn, that had been
the girl named Hotaru, still had her millennia old connection to the
dark power that created Sorceresses in the first place. The dark god
Hyne.
Fueled by the depression and fury of the supposed death of her
boyfriend, the part of her that was Naru, subconsciously reached out
and grabbed a hold of the power of a Sorceress. The part of her that
had been Hotaru dove for the only power she knew of-- Saturn's. The
powers had merged, much like the person they belonged to.
Which brings us back to the fact that Cosmos, as close to being a deity
as she was, was facing off against two people who while _separate_ each
held less power than she, but _together_ overpowered her by a fairly
large margin. Cosmos had no idea that _that_ was the reality.
All she knew was that she had two enemies to defeat, and then... then
she could call her friends' spirits back. She would not be alone!
She let loose a blast of pure power, that tore another trench into the
floor, and rammed through the opposite wall, as Rache and Ranma leapt
into the air. Then came the next couple surprises.
Male and female hung in the air-- massive black draconic wings
extending from the shadow that was Rache, while Saotome had apparently
learned Herb's flight technique, and refined it. He hovered
effortlessly above the damaged floor.
"Strong," purred Kitty, and Rache smirked as she finished with "but
hardly strong enough."
Thinking on the same wavelength, both of them shot forwards, Ranma
releasing his flight technique and streaming across the floor. Rache's
wings beat without sound as she arced downwards in a bombing attack.
Cosmos leapt to the left of Ranma, whirling her staff and cracking him
hard across the back of his head. Death's dive was narrowly avoided,
but the Silence Glaive was not. The wickedly sharp blade sliced into
her shoulder, and only the instinctive reaction to jerk away from the
pain kept her from losing an arm.
The moment his hands hit the ground, Ranma kicked out, sweeping Cosmos'
legs out from under her. The Sailor Soldier hit the ground on her ass,
but she still held her staff-- said staff arced up to intercept the
Silence Glaive, giving her the few needed seconds to roll away and
scramble to her feet.
Ranma had flipped back onto his own feet, grinning widely, "Oh, what a
lovely day, it is, it is."
"W-w-what?" stuttered Cosmos. Death snorted, ramming the stunned Senshi
and slamming her against the wall.
"He's insane," she smirked, although one really couldn't tell, what
with the shadow over her face, "Stark raving bonkers!"
"D-doesn't," Cosmos wheezed, "it dis-disturb you?!"
"After meeting his mom, and sister, and boyfriend? Hardly," she reared
back and planted her shadow covered fist into Cosmos' face. Cosmos
planted her knee into Rache's stomach.
With a whoosh of breath, Rache backed off, and Cosmos unleashed another
flare of energy, throwing both further away. They shot to their feet
almost as soon as the power faded, prepping themselves for an attack.
A cat-like yowl escaped Saotome's lips, as Cosmos unleashed her attack
on him. Fire and Lightning intercepted the power, his claws come to
bare. While the claws split the energy of the attack, the two Senshi
powers he unleashed only added to the attack. Rache shrieked as she saw
her friend get thrown, even as his skin burnt and charred.
"Ranma!"
"Shiiiiit, that's pain," he croaked, drawing himself up, and spitting
out a cloud of ash, "'Ey, Death! Look out!"
Rache's attention returned to their opponent, barely enough time to
swing the Glaive at the energy, splitting in two and spinning away on
either side of her. Before she could counterattack, Death was treated
to the sound of Cosmos' screech of pain. Ranma had decided to get some
pay back.
Cosmos held one hand across her face, and the blood seeping through her
glove made her injury all to obvious. Still holding her staff, she
swung it about wildly in a blind attempt at defense.
Sadistic grin in place, Saotome halted the staff's movements, having
caught it just beneath it's fancy, winged topper. A sharp yank ripped
the weapon from the Senshi's fingers, and Ranma twirled it like a
baton.
"Pretty, pretty thing," he hummed, spinning the staff a couple more
times, before cracking it down over one knee.
The now separate halves, he allowed to fall to the wayside, "Pretty
things have no place. Only dark things live here," he snickered,
grinning at Death.
The Shadow bound woman launched herself at the blood-blinded and
stunned woman, a spin kick nearly taking the Soldier's head off. Cosmos
spat up more blood, and a couple of teeth, "That... didn't... hurt..."
"Really?" Rache grinned nastily behind the shadows that covered her
face, "Well then... we'll just have to hit _harder_!"
There was a sickening crack as Ranma punctuated Rache's sentence with a
washi-giri[1] to Cosmos' left arm. The sharp kick had shattered her
upper-arm. A mo-giri[2] followed suit for the right arm, and suddenly,
Cosmos had an inability to attack.
Without her arms, she couldn't perform her attacks. Without her eyes--
blinded as she was by her own blood-- she could not see her target.
Panic swelled in the Princess' breast; the pair were working together
to bring her down. There... there was only one way to survive.
Tsukino Usagi gave her mind over to the Ginzoushou.
---
When the light faded, and the spots once again stopped dancing in their
eyes, both Rache and Ranma felt themselves incapable of movement. Both
struggled fiercely against their entrapment, but neither could break
the hold of the ancient magics.
"You have attempted to kill my mistress," a ringing voice echoed in the
fight-destroyed garage, "For that, you must die."
"What in the--" the lady Death spoke, or at least, attempted to. It
appeared that she was as incapable of speech, as she was of movement.
Fuming, she glared at the latest transformation of Princess Serenity.
Naked, was the first thing that popped into her mind, and Rache blushed
red. She wasn't a terribly modest woman, nor was she ashamed of her
body, but there was also no way in hell she'd let anyone see her naked.
The next thing that came to mind was a question: Since when was Usagi's
skin _blue_?!
Her skin had, indeed, turned blue. A bright shade of royal blue that
matched her eyes. Her blonde hair had bleached silver, and there was a
crystal sticking out of the center of her forehead.
And she had been fully healed.
Ranma growled low in his throat, would they not be able to _get_rid_ of
this bitch?! He wanted his damned life back!
Their fury beat against the magic, not unlike a wild beast raging
against a cage. They would get free! They would get revenge for the
deaths of their friends, their family! They would _kill_this_bitch_!"
"I wouldn't do that," the voice that was not Usagi's, yet came from her
throat, mused, "Nothing, no one, has ever escaped my retribution.
Ever."
---
End Chapter
Aren't I mean??
[1] & [2] - Styles of kicks used in karate. I can't remember which is
which, but I'm pretty sure washi-giri is a kick with the bottom/pad of
the foot, while mo-giri uses the top of the foot.
idea section with _ideas_ in it! I'd love to see them actually being
written, and I'd host the written works on my site, too... I'm not
writing them simply because I can't seem to make the ideas work as a
story right now.
Besides, I've been day dreaming of the sidestories and whatnot that
will be written once I finish the last book. Which is a long ways away,
probably a year from now, maybe even a year and a half.
Kit - I've no idea. I actually stole that part of Ranma's outfit from a
poster I've got of Sha Goyjo (from his life before his current one. I
can't remember his name from back then...)
Kyra - Awkward? Hmmm, I never noticed. Er... ehehehehe, not happy witht
he cliffhanger? *peeks to the end of the fic* Hmmm, you're not going to
be happy about this one...
Adyen - No Galaxia. Just a... more annoying enemy. Mwahahahahahaha!!
Ran - What happened to Ranma is a question for... another book. You
find out in Hidden Identity. *whistles cheerfully*
Anyone know where I can find some good Fruits Basket fics, other than
FF.net? M-sama and Itch had gotten me hooked on the series. I have to
go to Itch's house and worship Hatsuharu at her shrine. Hmmm, maybe
I'll make Akito a shrine... for some reason,
creepy-almost-dead-manipulative guy is one of my favorite characters
(like you couldn't tell, what with all the FB ideas at my site dealing
with Akito...)
True Identity
Chapter Twenty-six: Trapped
Li Xiang
To truly understand the three powers within the House, one must
understand where each person was coming from.
The easiest is Cosmos. The platinum tressed "Ultimate Soldier" had
witnessed both her best friend's death at the hands of her ex-best
friend from Middle School, _and_ the stealing of said best friend's
power by an ally-turned enemy.
She was depressed, and she was furious, and she had demanded the power
to defeat her foes from her previous life's mother's sacred crystal.
She got what she wanted.
Next comes Ranma. Hardly stable to begin with, and having just absorbed
yet another Senshi's power, he was definitely _not_ in the proper state
of mind to be confronting Cosmos. Having only witnessed a flare of
light, and the disappearance of his master, friends, and sister, he
inadvertently tapped into the ki and magic he'd drained from the Senshi
he had killed.
Power had flooded his mind, finally tipping him over the edge into
coherent insanity, and allowing something dark from the recesses of his
mind to come forth and into control of his body and actions. Something
that would have been better left asleep, and tucked into the corner of
his mind, far more than even the fickle Cat of the Neko-ken.
Finally, Rache.
The ancient magic of a Senshi, the power of a planet, had been
thrumming through her since merging with Hotaru. It had scattered her
thought processes, assimilating both Naru and Hotaru's previous
personas into the one that was Rache.
The part of her that was the reincarnated Sailor Saturn, that had been
the girl named Hotaru, still had her millennia old connection to the
dark power that created Sorceresses in the first place. The dark god
Hyne.
Fueled by the depression and fury of the supposed death of her
boyfriend, the part of her that was Naru, subconsciously reached out
and grabbed a hold of the power of a Sorceress. The part of her that
had been Hotaru dove for the only power she knew of-- Saturn's. The
powers had merged, much like the person they belonged to.
Which brings us back to the fact that Cosmos, as close to being a deity
as she was, was facing off against two people who while _separate_ each
held less power than she, but _together_ overpowered her by a fairly
large margin. Cosmos had no idea that _that_ was the reality.
All she knew was that she had two enemies to defeat, and then... then
she could call her friends' spirits back. She would not be alone!
She let loose a blast of pure power, that tore another trench into the
floor, and rammed through the opposite wall, as Rache and Ranma leapt
into the air. Then came the next couple surprises.
Male and female hung in the air-- massive black draconic wings
extending from the shadow that was Rache, while Saotome had apparently
learned Herb's flight technique, and refined it. He hovered
effortlessly above the damaged floor.
"Strong," purred Kitty, and Rache smirked as she finished with "but
hardly strong enough."
Thinking on the same wavelength, both of them shot forwards, Ranma
releasing his flight technique and streaming across the floor. Rache's
wings beat without sound as she arced downwards in a bombing attack.
Cosmos leapt to the left of Ranma, whirling her staff and cracking him
hard across the back of his head. Death's dive was narrowly avoided,
but the Silence Glaive was not. The wickedly sharp blade sliced into
her shoulder, and only the instinctive reaction to jerk away from the
pain kept her from losing an arm.
The moment his hands hit the ground, Ranma kicked out, sweeping Cosmos'
legs out from under her. The Sailor Soldier hit the ground on her ass,
but she still held her staff-- said staff arced up to intercept the
Silence Glaive, giving her the few needed seconds to roll away and
scramble to her feet.
Ranma had flipped back onto his own feet, grinning widely, "Oh, what a
lovely day, it is, it is."
"W-w-what?" stuttered Cosmos. Death snorted, ramming the stunned Senshi
and slamming her against the wall.
"He's insane," she smirked, although one really couldn't tell, what
with the shadow over her face, "Stark raving bonkers!"
"D-doesn't," Cosmos wheezed, "it dis-disturb you?!"
"After meeting his mom, and sister, and boyfriend? Hardly," she reared
back and planted her shadow covered fist into Cosmos' face. Cosmos
planted her knee into Rache's stomach.
With a whoosh of breath, Rache backed off, and Cosmos unleashed another
flare of energy, throwing both further away. They shot to their feet
almost as soon as the power faded, prepping themselves for an attack.
A cat-like yowl escaped Saotome's lips, as Cosmos unleashed her attack
on him. Fire and Lightning intercepted the power, his claws come to
bare. While the claws split the energy of the attack, the two Senshi
powers he unleashed only added to the attack. Rache shrieked as she saw
her friend get thrown, even as his skin burnt and charred.
"Ranma!"
"Shiiiiit, that's pain," he croaked, drawing himself up, and spitting
out a cloud of ash, "'Ey, Death! Look out!"
Rache's attention returned to their opponent, barely enough time to
swing the Glaive at the energy, splitting in two and spinning away on
either side of her. Before she could counterattack, Death was treated
to the sound of Cosmos' screech of pain. Ranma had decided to get some
pay back.
Cosmos held one hand across her face, and the blood seeping through her
glove made her injury all to obvious. Still holding her staff, she
swung it about wildly in a blind attempt at defense.
Sadistic grin in place, Saotome halted the staff's movements, having
caught it just beneath it's fancy, winged topper. A sharp yank ripped
the weapon from the Senshi's fingers, and Ranma twirled it like a
baton.
"Pretty, pretty thing," he hummed, spinning the staff a couple more
times, before cracking it down over one knee.
The now separate halves, he allowed to fall to the wayside, "Pretty
things have no place. Only dark things live here," he snickered,
grinning at Death.
The Shadow bound woman launched herself at the blood-blinded and
stunned woman, a spin kick nearly taking the Soldier's head off. Cosmos
spat up more blood, and a couple of teeth, "That... didn't... hurt..."
"Really?" Rache grinned nastily behind the shadows that covered her
face, "Well then... we'll just have to hit _harder_!"
There was a sickening crack as Ranma punctuated Rache's sentence with a
washi-giri[1] to Cosmos' left arm. The sharp kick had shattered her
upper-arm. A mo-giri[2] followed suit for the right arm, and suddenly,
Cosmos had an inability to attack.
Without her arms, she couldn't perform her attacks. Without her eyes--
blinded as she was by her own blood-- she could not see her target.
Panic swelled in the Princess' breast; the pair were working together
to bring her down. There... there was only one way to survive.
Tsukino Usagi gave her mind over to the Ginzoushou.
---
When the light faded, and the spots once again stopped dancing in their
eyes, both Rache and Ranma felt themselves incapable of movement. Both
struggled fiercely against their entrapment, but neither could break
the hold of the ancient magics.
"You have attempted to kill my mistress," a ringing voice echoed in the
fight-destroyed garage, "For that, you must die."
"What in the--" the lady Death spoke, or at least, attempted to. It
appeared that she was as incapable of speech, as she was of movement.
Fuming, she glared at the latest transformation of Princess Serenity.
Naked, was the first thing that popped into her mind, and Rache blushed
red. She wasn't a terribly modest woman, nor was she ashamed of her
body, but there was also no way in hell she'd let anyone see her naked.
The next thing that came to mind was a question: Since when was Usagi's
skin _blue_?!
Her skin had, indeed, turned blue. A bright shade of royal blue that
matched her eyes. Her blonde hair had bleached silver, and there was a
crystal sticking out of the center of her forehead.
And she had been fully healed.
Ranma growled low in his throat, would they not be able to _get_rid_ of
this bitch?! He wanted his damned life back!
Their fury beat against the magic, not unlike a wild beast raging
against a cage. They would get free! They would get revenge for the
deaths of their friends, their family! They would _kill_this_bitch_!"
"I wouldn't do that," the voice that was not Usagi's, yet came from her
throat, mused, "Nothing, no one, has ever escaped my retribution.
Ever."
---
End Chapter
Aren't I mean??
[1] & [2] - Styles of kicks used in karate. I can't remember which is
which, but I'm pretty sure washi-giri is a kick with the bottom/pad of
the foot, while mo-giri uses the top of the foot.