Lash along with several other village elders glared at Cologne. One did not lightly enter negotiations with an outsider and then skip out. The story she heard was amazing. With a more critical eye, she extended her senses to observe the warriors. Except for Nabiki and Akane, she could feel the power radiating off all of them. She nearly panicked, when the woman named Ryoko glared at her and spiked her power to unbelievable heights. She focused on Mamoru again. "A pity, this will not go the way he wishes. I pray this village will survive." She thought. She decided to move forward. Time to let the male speak for himself but first a little distraction. "Male could you please introduce me to our other guest?" She asked. "We have lost or manners in inquiring about them." She said.
Mamoru bowed in respect to Lash. "Of course Elder Lash. Our spokes woman is Nabiki Tendo and the woman standing next to her is her younger sister Akane Tendo." He said as he introduced the two sisters.
He gestured in the direction of the wild looking one. "The confident looking one is an exclusive friend and sparing partner of mind, Ryoko. Her fighting skills make me look like I'm standing still." He said.
Having observed Mamour's skills, Lash nodded in understanding.
Mamoru then gestured to the rest of the women who had acted as point guards. "The rest of the team are friends with Akane and Ranma. They are the Sailor Senshi, reincarnated magical warriors from the past. Both Akane and Ranma helped them out of a very bad situation. They are rather miffed that they have lost a valuable ally in Ranma. They don't exactly have a lot of people they can rely on when things start to get tough." He said with every ounce of authority he could muster.
Lash blanched under the glares of the Sailor Senshi. "Cologne, you idiot, it appears you have managed to piss off a bunch of powerful people. Best to get the focus off us and back on them." She thought. "Tell us your story in your own words male." She stated non-consinding (sp) way.
For the first time Mamoru looked her in the eye and began to speak. For the most part, he told the female's story word for word. He would occasionally emphasize a point, or cover something about which she did not know. As he continued, Lash's anger grew. Cologne had done nothing more than tarnish the village's reputation. He surprised her that he did not treat her or the other elders with disrespect. Her attention peaked when he covered the letter that Cologne had left. "She would pay for this." She thought.
Lash looked at the faces of the other villagers. "Good," she thought. "I'll not be alone in this." Almost everyone was glairing daggers at Cologne. Mamoru may only be a simple male, but he acted honorably in an impossible situation. Cologne had acted dishonorably and put the entire village at risk.
Mamoru had finished his story awaiting either questions or a response. He could feel the tension in the air. Finally, Lash spoke after several minutes of silent reflection.
"Mamoru is it?" Lash asked politely.
He nodded in an affirmative not daring to speak.
"You were thrust into a situation that would have drove most people insane or into hiding. You have a strong will and mind. Perhaps your will and mind are too strong for some. You tried your best to deal with an impossible situation openly and honestly, and you have driven yourself hard in training to rescue Ranma." Lash said with the up most confidence.
Mamoru remained silent, as he believed there was more to be said.
"To my knowledge you have acted only honorably in your actions since the exchange took place. As much as it grieves me to apologize to a male, who is an outsider nonetheless. I apologize for the actions of our sister for the village. They have unbelievably embarrassed this village. We will appropriately punish both Cologne and Shampoo for their actions in this matter." Lash said with a grave voice to save face with the rest of the village.
In all, that he was anticipating an apology was not one of them. He bowed in respect. "Honored Elder Lash, our village accepts your apology on the behalf of your great village." Mamoru said with as much respect as he could muster.
"However, it is not punishment we seek." He said while glairing at Cologne. "All we want is the return of Ranma and strong relations with this village in the future." He said with sincerity in his voice.
Lash nodded her head in great sadness. "This village is doomed." She thought. "As to the issue with how to deal with Ranma. - To get him to conform to the Amazon way of life Cologne permanently altered his memory and behavior. She used ancient and secret Amazon techniques to do so. I'm afraid the process is irreversible." She said with great sadness knowing her village was fixing to be harmed.
"Under different circumstances we would have allowed him to return to your world. I'm afraid he could not survive the way he is now." She said feeling her true age for the first time in over a century.
Mamoru was about to counter her point when Akane beat him to the punch.
"What did you monsters do to him?" Akane yelled pulling out the overused and oversized sub-space hammer out of hammer space.
Mamoru watched Lash flinch at being called a monster, and cringe when she saw the oversized sub-space hammer flash into existence. He silently walked up to Akane and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Calm down and put away your hammer Akane, it will be all right. I promise." He whispered to her.
Lash inwardly sighed with relief when Akane calmed down. She decided it best to answer the question before they destroyed the village. "Cologne made him completely submissive to everyone except outsiders. If he were to return with you, he would try to return here with disasters results. You know yourself how strong he is." She said with trepidation.
Mamoru turned his attention away from Akane and back to Lash. "Fear not Elder Lash. When Cologne kidnapped Ranma, he made some preparations. He was expecting this to happen and left a back door for me to access. All that I ask is that I be allowed to try." He said with a smile on his face.
Lash outwardly sighed this time. "How can this back door exist? How do you know this?" She asked with hope.
Mamoru smiled at her. "How the back door exists, Ranma made one and hide it in a place where Cologne would not dare look. As to how I know, we were in contact at the time of the kidnapping." He answered.
Before Lash could give her answer Cologne interrupted.
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Liner had watched the proceedings with interest. The male was driven by honor and loyalty. She now regretted rescinding the laws of the village. Good males were hard to come by.
The story itself proved too fantastic to be true. Then again, she had seen many strange events in her young life to totally discount it. To have been in another person's body and faced the trials he must have marked his character. Only the most foolish would challenge his reasons to be here.
Cologne had gone to far in entering negotiations in the first place. Now the damage was done. Luckily, they had someone looking a peaceful solution that would most likely benefit the village. The villages fighting ability would grow..
She looked at her fellow sisters and noticed that she was not alone in that conclusion. "Cologne is going down," she thought.
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Cologne had been listening to this lowly male and upstart Elder for long enough. She had done what she did to insure the survival of the village and her granddaughter.
"The return of Son-In-Law is unacceptable. The only way you will get him is by force, and you will go through me first." She said with both pride and confidence.
"That should be enough to scare him off. He dare not risk a fight now." She thought.
She let the glares she received from the villagers bounce off her back. "In time they will see I have their best interest at heart." She thought.
To her surprise Mamoru did not back down. He was glairing at her with almost cat like eyes. "Before I accept your challenge Elder Cologne, please let me explain a few things to you. I am no longer afraid of you. When I found Ranma's cousin, I made a few discoveries. It turns out Ranma's cousin's grandfather has aided this village in the past. He helped me boost my skills to levels I never thought would be obtainable." He saw that this news did not phase Cologne. "Does the name Yosho mean anything to you Cologne?" He asked with a smirk.
He got the response he was looking for. Cologne pales with the use of that name.
"Yosho's family, which is a royal family, has sent support." He said firmly. "Your actions do not please them, and I did not want to use a forceful hand, but Ranma will be returning with us." Mamoru said with an unquestionable authority in his voice.
Cologne blanched at his tone of voice. "How dare he talk to me in such a matter?" She silently questioned herself. "I don't know how you found out about Yosho, Mamoru, but I believe you are bluffing. I can't sense any other Ki in the area and the village would have noticed a large group of people in the area. A pity you and your friends must die." She launches herself at Mamoru with lightening speed, only to be knocked back by a large energy discharge.
The unknown female warrior had shot that blast from her hand without so much as a sound. When Cologne had regained some of her senses, she realized she was being dressed down like a small child. "How dare you! If I have not missed anything, Mamoru has not yet accepted your challenge. Try that again and I will kill you myself child." Ryoko grinned like the cat that ate the canary when she dressed Cologne down. "When you regain your composer, you will have your fight. Pray that I'm able to save your life should things get out of control."
Before Cologne could respond, two ghosts appeared before Mamoru. One she knew, the other she did not.
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Lash watched with interest as Cologne was knocked back like a common housefly. "Ouch, that had to hurt," she thought. "What manner of warriors did Mamoru bring with him," she asked herself. If I had not stepped in our village would have been leveled by now. - Mamoru must really want our friendship. He could have just walked right in and done as he damned pleased with these kind of powerful people behind him.
She nearly cried out with fear when she saw two ghosts appear in front of Mamoru. A panic was building across the village. What sort of male consorts with ghosts? "What kind of witch craft is this?" she asked herself.
Mamoru notices the fear building up with the superstitious villagers and addresses them first. "Please don't be afraid. They are not ghosts. They are merely projections of real people whom we can talk to." He said in what he hoped was a calm soothing voice.
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Liner was unnerved by the sudden discharge of energy by Ryoko. "Cologne nearly sent us up against that?" She asked herself. "What manner of allies does Mamoru and Ranma have?" She noticed that some of her sisters were growing nervous and not in a productive way. "Cologne may have done the right thing for the wrong reasons." She thought. "Mamoru could have used a much heavier hand than he did. Their village will prove a very power ally." She reflected.
She nearly yelled aloud when the two ghosts appeared in front of Mamoru. She was relived when Mamoru explained they were not ghost. Her people had encountered ghost before with bad results. She noticed that her sisters around her had begun to calm down.
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Noticing he was getting the desired effect, he introduces the two new comers to Lash and the village. "Elder Lash, allow me to introduce you to my adopted sister and one of Ranma's former fiancés, Ukyou Johnson." He said. He smiled with pleasure when Ukyou bowed to Lash and uttered a respectful greeting.
"The lovely woman standing next to her is Ryoko's aunt Princess Tsunami." Mamoru said with as much grace as possible. Tsunami said a small greeting, and Mamoru got down to business.
Mamoru observed the women before him. The looks on their faces betrayed no emotion. "Is there something wrong, " he asked. It was a rhetorical question; they would not have appeared in the village if there were not a problem.
Ukyou answered the question in as a professional manor. "Bro, it would appear that Shampoo is trying to escape with Ranma. Do you have any instructions for us?", she asked.
Mamoru considered this and then looked at Tsunami. "Can you bring them both to this location?" He questioned.
"Yes, but I'll have to drop the cloak on the entire fleet." Tsunami said.
"I see." Mamoru said while giving this information some thought. He turned and addressed at Lash. "Elder, It was never my intention to deal with the village this heavily handed unless things turned really sour." He said with great sadness.
"Great," he thought, "everything I've worked for is fixing to be flushed down the toilet. Why can't things ever work out easily?"
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Lash noticed the sadness was over Mamoru in great waves. "What is going on she," she asked herself. "What would cause such a large emotional change in him?" she continued. She was not surprised by the news that Shampoo was on the run with Ranma, but did this princess mean by fleet. They were nowhere near water. What ever it is, it could not be as bad as Mamoru thought. It would take something very drastic to shake the respect she had building for him.
She had already decided that Mamoru could have used a considerably heavier handed than he already had. It was understandable that he came here expecting trouble. He had good reason to expect it. It was to his credit that he tried so hard for the peaceful solution.
Despite what he was dreading, her village would grow thanks to this male. She would see to that.
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Mamoru flinched when he received even more bad news. "Mamoru, my sensors indicate the Shampoo is pregnant. This is probably going to a shock to her so I'll be sending her directly to Washu." Tsunami informed him.
"Great, more complications," Mamoru thought.
"Use your best judgment Tsunami." He said as he began to concentrate on his Ki senescing ability. Not only did the cloak block visible sight of the ships, it also blocked everyone's energy signatures. If someone with Ki sensing abilities was not prepared, they could easily be overwhelmed by the sudden appearance of such a large Ki signatures.
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Liner noticed the sudden emotional shift in Mamoru. "Something is not good." She thought. Mamoru has suddenly become very depressed. "Its like all that he has worked for is fixing to be lost." She thought.
She nearly collapsed when a heavy weight seemed to press on her mind. "That is Ki," she thought. Loads and loads of Ki were assaulting her Ki sensing abilities. With great effort, she shut that ability off. "Where the hell is that coming from," she asked herself.
She then noticed that the sunlight had considerably dimmed. She looked up at the sun to see what was blocking it, and to her credit held back a blood-curling scream of terror.
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Yep, I'm going to leave it right there, or the next chapter will be very very short. Hell, who am I kidding. It's a cliffhanger or sorts. I'll be beginning with Liner's thoughts next time round and resolving the Ranma situation. As to the fight with Cologne? -- I'm still trying to decide how to deal with that. It might go into another chapter all together. It will be were ever my musings lead me.
Mamoru bowed in respect to Lash. "Of course Elder Lash. Our spokes woman is Nabiki Tendo and the woman standing next to her is her younger sister Akane Tendo." He said as he introduced the two sisters.
He gestured in the direction of the wild looking one. "The confident looking one is an exclusive friend and sparing partner of mind, Ryoko. Her fighting skills make me look like I'm standing still." He said.
Having observed Mamour's skills, Lash nodded in understanding.
Mamoru then gestured to the rest of the women who had acted as point guards. "The rest of the team are friends with Akane and Ranma. They are the Sailor Senshi, reincarnated magical warriors from the past. Both Akane and Ranma helped them out of a very bad situation. They are rather miffed that they have lost a valuable ally in Ranma. They don't exactly have a lot of people they can rely on when things start to get tough." He said with every ounce of authority he could muster.
Lash blanched under the glares of the Sailor Senshi. "Cologne, you idiot, it appears you have managed to piss off a bunch of powerful people. Best to get the focus off us and back on them." She thought. "Tell us your story in your own words male." She stated non-consinding (sp) way.
For the first time Mamoru looked her in the eye and began to speak. For the most part, he told the female's story word for word. He would occasionally emphasize a point, or cover something about which she did not know. As he continued, Lash's anger grew. Cologne had done nothing more than tarnish the village's reputation. He surprised her that he did not treat her or the other elders with disrespect. Her attention peaked when he covered the letter that Cologne had left. "She would pay for this." She thought.
Lash looked at the faces of the other villagers. "Good," she thought. "I'll not be alone in this." Almost everyone was glairing daggers at Cologne. Mamoru may only be a simple male, but he acted honorably in an impossible situation. Cologne had acted dishonorably and put the entire village at risk.
Mamoru had finished his story awaiting either questions or a response. He could feel the tension in the air. Finally, Lash spoke after several minutes of silent reflection.
"Mamoru is it?" Lash asked politely.
He nodded in an affirmative not daring to speak.
"You were thrust into a situation that would have drove most people insane or into hiding. You have a strong will and mind. Perhaps your will and mind are too strong for some. You tried your best to deal with an impossible situation openly and honestly, and you have driven yourself hard in training to rescue Ranma." Lash said with the up most confidence.
Mamoru remained silent, as he believed there was more to be said.
"To my knowledge you have acted only honorably in your actions since the exchange took place. As much as it grieves me to apologize to a male, who is an outsider nonetheless. I apologize for the actions of our sister for the village. They have unbelievably embarrassed this village. We will appropriately punish both Cologne and Shampoo for their actions in this matter." Lash said with a grave voice to save face with the rest of the village.
In all, that he was anticipating an apology was not one of them. He bowed in respect. "Honored Elder Lash, our village accepts your apology on the behalf of your great village." Mamoru said with as much respect as he could muster.
"However, it is not punishment we seek." He said while glairing at Cologne. "All we want is the return of Ranma and strong relations with this village in the future." He said with sincerity in his voice.
Lash nodded her head in great sadness. "This village is doomed." She thought. "As to the issue with how to deal with Ranma. - To get him to conform to the Amazon way of life Cologne permanently altered his memory and behavior. She used ancient and secret Amazon techniques to do so. I'm afraid the process is irreversible." She said with great sadness knowing her village was fixing to be harmed.
"Under different circumstances we would have allowed him to return to your world. I'm afraid he could not survive the way he is now." She said feeling her true age for the first time in over a century.
Mamoru was about to counter her point when Akane beat him to the punch.
"What did you monsters do to him?" Akane yelled pulling out the overused and oversized sub-space hammer out of hammer space.
Mamoru watched Lash flinch at being called a monster, and cringe when she saw the oversized sub-space hammer flash into existence. He silently walked up to Akane and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Calm down and put away your hammer Akane, it will be all right. I promise." He whispered to her.
Lash inwardly sighed with relief when Akane calmed down. She decided it best to answer the question before they destroyed the village. "Cologne made him completely submissive to everyone except outsiders. If he were to return with you, he would try to return here with disasters results. You know yourself how strong he is." She said with trepidation.
Mamoru turned his attention away from Akane and back to Lash. "Fear not Elder Lash. When Cologne kidnapped Ranma, he made some preparations. He was expecting this to happen and left a back door for me to access. All that I ask is that I be allowed to try." He said with a smile on his face.
Lash outwardly sighed this time. "How can this back door exist? How do you know this?" She asked with hope.
Mamoru smiled at her. "How the back door exists, Ranma made one and hide it in a place where Cologne would not dare look. As to how I know, we were in contact at the time of the kidnapping." He answered.
Before Lash could give her answer Cologne interrupted.
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Liner had watched the proceedings with interest. The male was driven by honor and loyalty. She now regretted rescinding the laws of the village. Good males were hard to come by.
The story itself proved too fantastic to be true. Then again, she had seen many strange events in her young life to totally discount it. To have been in another person's body and faced the trials he must have marked his character. Only the most foolish would challenge his reasons to be here.
Cologne had gone to far in entering negotiations in the first place. Now the damage was done. Luckily, they had someone looking a peaceful solution that would most likely benefit the village. The villages fighting ability would grow..
She looked at her fellow sisters and noticed that she was not alone in that conclusion. "Cologne is going down," she thought.
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Cologne had been listening to this lowly male and upstart Elder for long enough. She had done what she did to insure the survival of the village and her granddaughter.
"The return of Son-In-Law is unacceptable. The only way you will get him is by force, and you will go through me first." She said with both pride and confidence.
"That should be enough to scare him off. He dare not risk a fight now." She thought.
She let the glares she received from the villagers bounce off her back. "In time they will see I have their best interest at heart." She thought.
To her surprise Mamoru did not back down. He was glairing at her with almost cat like eyes. "Before I accept your challenge Elder Cologne, please let me explain a few things to you. I am no longer afraid of you. When I found Ranma's cousin, I made a few discoveries. It turns out Ranma's cousin's grandfather has aided this village in the past. He helped me boost my skills to levels I never thought would be obtainable." He saw that this news did not phase Cologne. "Does the name Yosho mean anything to you Cologne?" He asked with a smirk.
He got the response he was looking for. Cologne pales with the use of that name.
"Yosho's family, which is a royal family, has sent support." He said firmly. "Your actions do not please them, and I did not want to use a forceful hand, but Ranma will be returning with us." Mamoru said with an unquestionable authority in his voice.
Cologne blanched at his tone of voice. "How dare he talk to me in such a matter?" She silently questioned herself. "I don't know how you found out about Yosho, Mamoru, but I believe you are bluffing. I can't sense any other Ki in the area and the village would have noticed a large group of people in the area. A pity you and your friends must die." She launches herself at Mamoru with lightening speed, only to be knocked back by a large energy discharge.
The unknown female warrior had shot that blast from her hand without so much as a sound. When Cologne had regained some of her senses, she realized she was being dressed down like a small child. "How dare you! If I have not missed anything, Mamoru has not yet accepted your challenge. Try that again and I will kill you myself child." Ryoko grinned like the cat that ate the canary when she dressed Cologne down. "When you regain your composer, you will have your fight. Pray that I'm able to save your life should things get out of control."
Before Cologne could respond, two ghosts appeared before Mamoru. One she knew, the other she did not.
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Lash watched with interest as Cologne was knocked back like a common housefly. "Ouch, that had to hurt," she thought. "What manner of warriors did Mamoru bring with him," she asked herself. If I had not stepped in our village would have been leveled by now. - Mamoru must really want our friendship. He could have just walked right in and done as he damned pleased with these kind of powerful people behind him.
She nearly cried out with fear when she saw two ghosts appear in front of Mamoru. A panic was building across the village. What sort of male consorts with ghosts? "What kind of witch craft is this?" she asked herself.
Mamoru notices the fear building up with the superstitious villagers and addresses them first. "Please don't be afraid. They are not ghosts. They are merely projections of real people whom we can talk to." He said in what he hoped was a calm soothing voice.
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Liner was unnerved by the sudden discharge of energy by Ryoko. "Cologne nearly sent us up against that?" She asked herself. "What manner of allies does Mamoru and Ranma have?" She noticed that some of her sisters were growing nervous and not in a productive way. "Cologne may have done the right thing for the wrong reasons." She thought. "Mamoru could have used a much heavier hand than he did. Their village will prove a very power ally." She reflected.
She nearly yelled aloud when the two ghosts appeared in front of Mamoru. She was relived when Mamoru explained they were not ghost. Her people had encountered ghost before with bad results. She noticed that her sisters around her had begun to calm down.
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Noticing he was getting the desired effect, he introduces the two new comers to Lash and the village. "Elder Lash, allow me to introduce you to my adopted sister and one of Ranma's former fiancés, Ukyou Johnson." He said. He smiled with pleasure when Ukyou bowed to Lash and uttered a respectful greeting.
"The lovely woman standing next to her is Ryoko's aunt Princess Tsunami." Mamoru said with as much grace as possible. Tsunami said a small greeting, and Mamoru got down to business.
Mamoru observed the women before him. The looks on their faces betrayed no emotion. "Is there something wrong, " he asked. It was a rhetorical question; they would not have appeared in the village if there were not a problem.
Ukyou answered the question in as a professional manor. "Bro, it would appear that Shampoo is trying to escape with Ranma. Do you have any instructions for us?", she asked.
Mamoru considered this and then looked at Tsunami. "Can you bring them both to this location?" He questioned.
"Yes, but I'll have to drop the cloak on the entire fleet." Tsunami said.
"I see." Mamoru said while giving this information some thought. He turned and addressed at Lash. "Elder, It was never my intention to deal with the village this heavily handed unless things turned really sour." He said with great sadness.
"Great," he thought, "everything I've worked for is fixing to be flushed down the toilet. Why can't things ever work out easily?"
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Lash noticed the sadness was over Mamoru in great waves. "What is going on she," she asked herself. "What would cause such a large emotional change in him?" she continued. She was not surprised by the news that Shampoo was on the run with Ranma, but did this princess mean by fleet. They were nowhere near water. What ever it is, it could not be as bad as Mamoru thought. It would take something very drastic to shake the respect she had building for him.
She had already decided that Mamoru could have used a considerably heavier handed than he already had. It was understandable that he came here expecting trouble. He had good reason to expect it. It was to his credit that he tried so hard for the peaceful solution.
Despite what he was dreading, her village would grow thanks to this male. She would see to that.
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Mamoru flinched when he received even more bad news. "Mamoru, my sensors indicate the Shampoo is pregnant. This is probably going to a shock to her so I'll be sending her directly to Washu." Tsunami informed him.
"Great, more complications," Mamoru thought.
"Use your best judgment Tsunami." He said as he began to concentrate on his Ki senescing ability. Not only did the cloak block visible sight of the ships, it also blocked everyone's energy signatures. If someone with Ki sensing abilities was not prepared, they could easily be overwhelmed by the sudden appearance of such a large Ki signatures.
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Liner noticed the sudden emotional shift in Mamoru. "Something is not good." She thought. Mamoru has suddenly become very depressed. "Its like all that he has worked for is fixing to be lost." She thought.
She nearly collapsed when a heavy weight seemed to press on her mind. "That is Ki," she thought. Loads and loads of Ki were assaulting her Ki sensing abilities. With great effort, she shut that ability off. "Where the hell is that coming from," she asked herself.
She then noticed that the sunlight had considerably dimmed. She looked up at the sun to see what was blocking it, and to her credit held back a blood-curling scream of terror.
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Yep, I'm going to leave it right there, or the next chapter will be very very short. Hell, who am I kidding. It's a cliffhanger or sorts. I'll be beginning with Liner's thoughts next time round and resolving the Ranma situation. As to the fight with Cologne? -- I'm still trying to decide how to deal with that. It might go into another chapter all together. It will be were ever my musings lead me.