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Liner noticed that the sunlight had dimmed considerably. She looked up at the sun to see what was blocking it, and to her credit held back a blood-curling scream of terror. She heard some of her less disciplined sisters scream out in fear. It was the first time she remembered the village having such a reaction. The sight before them was indeed frightening.
Up in the sky were objects, oddly enough made out of wood. Their lines and curves were not harsh or threatening. In fact, they were easy to look at in a way. No two objects were the same and appeared to be made by master artisans. In the center of each appeared to be a slight hint of metal as the sunlight reflected off it. One object was larger than the rest and had a human airplane attached to its under belly.
"What an odd sight," she thought.
What was the most frightening was that each ship radiated an oppressive power the likes of which she had never felt. "How the hell are we suppose to fight those things," she asked herself. As she gained, her composer she could count forty ships floating in the air.
She looked to the elders for some sort of guidance. Cologne was looking at Mamoru in fear and Lash was looking at him for guidance. She to decided to look at him for direction. What she saw surprised her. Mamoru appeared sad and depressed. It was like he had aged ten years before her very eyes.
Her eyes suddenly grew wide as she remembered the advanced apology he had given. Mamoru had not wanted to reveal these objects but Shampoo had forced his hand in the matter. He had come to retrieve Ranma and make allies with the village. He knew this was the reaction he would get. She smiled inwardly and stood tall.
"These people from Japan would make powerful allies." She thought.
She let out a shrill warriors call that insured safety. Lash soon repeated the call, and the other villagers looked at them both as they had both grown two heads.
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Lash noticed a sudden dimming of the sunlight and looked up to see what was obscuring the sun. In the sky was a fleet of air ships. Ships made of wood with very little visible metal. The Ki they were emitting was extremely oppressive.
She could feel the fear running throughout the village like the waves of an ocean, and there was not a thing she could do about it. The village had never faced anything like this before. She looked to Cologne and noticed that she was gripped by the same fear. For the first time in Amazon history, they were helpless. She looked at Mamoru to see what his next move would be and noticed that he appeared depressed over the entire situation. Then she remembered.
He had apologized in advanced to her about this whole thing. While he had come to rescue Ranma, he had also come seeking friendship. "He thinks everything he has worked towards is falling apart." She thought. Before she could act, Liner at let out a shrill warriors call that insured safety. She quickly repeated it in the hope that it would calm the villagers down.
To her surprise, all she got was strange stares.
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Cologne noticed a sudden drop in sunlight and an oppressive increase of Ki in the surrounding area. She looked up in the sky and knew that she had lost: utterly and completely.
Mamoru had not been lying when he said he had brought allies. She had overstepped her bounds and she knew it. She prayed that he would somehow spare the village and not wipe it out due to her pride. She had very little faith in outsiders.
She looked up in surprise when she heard the guard Liner and then Lash let out the safety call.
"What do they know that I do not," she asked herself.
She was saddened when she realized the call did not have the desired effect. She had always thought that her village was braver than this.
It was time to see if he was bluffing.
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Mamoru heard the screaming and saw even a few warriors' faint dead away.
"Great this is not what I'm needing," he thought.
He looked down at the ground in despair. "They will be too fearful of us now to have any meaningful alliance. I went too fast. I'm sorry Ranma, I failed."
He heard a shrill call come from both Liner and Lash. It seemed to calm down the Amazons only slightly. "I wonder what that was all about," he asked himself.
Before he could pursue the nature of the call Cologne challenged him.
"Interesting toys you have up in the air Mamoru." She stated. "Are they projections also," she asked.
Mamoru looked at the Amazon Elder and smirked. "Perhaps a demonstration is in order then Elder Cologne." He said in a confident voice.
He then looked over at Lash. "Elder Lash, Cologne believes I have only brought toys along to float in the air." He said. "Are you in need of any lakes or ponds in the nearby area?" He asked.
Lash considered the request. "The male is asking permission to demonstrate the fire power at his disposal. It must be extremely lethal if he is indicating there will be a crater large enough to form a lake." She mussed. Before she could answer, Sailor Moon stepped forward.
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Usagi watched the proceedings with interest while observing her environment. She was looking for the one clue that would allow her to step forward. It was a random memory and this village fit the location. Soon enough she spotted the sign she was looking for. An upside down moon crescent is embedded on the forehead of one of the crude statures in the square. "The royal symbol," she thought.
Nabiki and Mamoru's stories did not wavier far from one another. Lash and the villagers seemed to be open to his story. Only Cologne had remained defiant. "I'll only step in if I'm needed." She thought as she continued to observe her environment.
She flinched when Cologne was knocked back by the sudden energy discharge and the harsh tone that Ryoko used on her.
She felt all of Mamoru's hard work unravel as both Tsunami and Ukyou appeared as projections. When the fleet appeared his work shattered. She could see into his heart and tell that he had given up at Cologne's last challenge. She decided it was time to step in when talk of a lake being added to the landscape was brought up.
She walked up next to Mamoru and placed a hand on his shoulder. He slowly turned his head and looked at her. She almost gasped aloud when she saw the utter despair in his face. "He believes he has failed in his mission." She thought. She gave him time to speak first. It was still his mission after all.
Before Lash could answer his question, he felt a hand being placed on his shoulder and a calming presence. He turned his head to see Sailor Moon standing next to him. "Yes? Your Majesty," he said in a whisper so no one could over hear him. He felt hope again when she smiled up at him.
"Mamoru, some new information has become known. Let us handle it from here please." She said in her regal voice that left no question as to who was in charge.
Mamoru only nodded and stepped back.
Usagi was grateful for the room that Mamoru had just left for her. Her smiling face tuned into a cold hard blank stare as she turned her attention to Cologne. "That will be quite enough Elder Cologne." She said in a regal voice that made even the hardest of warriors flinch.
Cologne looked on in confusion at the change of people confronting her. She needed time to collect her thoughts and she was not getting that time. The bluff had failed, and she had lost total control of the situation. "Heck, I never had control to begin with," she thought. "Might as well see were this leads."
"What do you have to contribute to this debacle child?" she asked. She nearly fled when the young girl smiled at her.
Usagi smiled at Cologne's uncooperative receptiveness. "Well, at least she is willing to listen," she thought. She stepped closer to the wizened old woman and done a polite curtsy. She then stepped back, placed her hands over her chest, and closed her eyes letting the energy flow through her like a raging river.
Cologne blanched at the sudden energy flow that the young warrior was broadcasting. She had heard of the Sailor Senshi while in Japan, but she did not consider them worthy of her time. She silently cursed herself when she saw the woman began to glow. She covered her eyes when the light became to bright for her to look at.
Cologne looked again, when the light had dimmed to a comfortable level. The warrior's skimpy outfit had been replaced by a long flowing formal dress reserved for royalty of the Moon Kingdom so long ago. Then she noticed the birth right upon the warrior's brow. For the first time in over a century, she cried.
Serenity's heart went out to Cologne, but she still had some unfinished business to attend.
She broadcasted her voice in a soft regal manner. "Amazon warriors, I am Princess Serenity of the Silver Millennium, reincarnated. At the fall of our kingdom over a thousand years ago, our mother sent our court, several citizens, and myself to the future after sealing up the great evil that had befallen us. I believe you are the descendents of a secret military base that we have just recently remembered.
Ranma is an ally and friend to us, and we miss him dearly. We wish him to return to us. We would not be here if not for him.
Mamoru is also an ally to us and will be of a great help to our rise to power with the aid of Nabiki.
Do not make us alienate you as enemies. Please be our allies."
Without another word she powered back down without collapsing, went, and engulfed Cologne in a hug.
Cologne welcomed the embrace of a legend - no princess of a long lost kingdom. She wept into the hug at her lose. She had lost her position in the village and all she had worked for. She had most likely put Shampoo into a position of shame that she would have to live with for the rest of her life. What hurt the most was that she had lost to a male without so much as a fist being thrown and could never seek revenge.
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Lash cried along with Cologne but for different reasons. Their princess had returned to them. Without a second thought, she let a warrior's cry of joy carry throughout the village. Soon she was joined by many of her sisters who understood. Through their loss, they had won. The village was stronger, safer, and more secure.
She looked at one of the new leaders for this new alliance as an equal now. "Do what you must to bring Ranma back to the way he was Elder Mamoru." She said.
She smiled as Mamoru bowed towards her and then spoke with the projection of Tsunami. She almost yelped when Ranma appeared out of thin air in the square.
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Liner saw the warrior transform before her eyes. She new the stories just as well as any sister inside the village. "Why had no one made the connection," She wondered.
No, she did not want to alienate their princess now that she had been returned to them. She believed in her heart that the elders of the village would do the right thing. The village will definitely be stronger now.
She quickly returned the cry of joy that Lash had started. "In the end we won," Liner reasoned.
She let out a yelp of surprise when Ranma suddenly appeared in the square and backed up uneasily when both he and Mamoru began to sound like cats.
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Mamoru sighed with great relief at Serenity's plea with the Amazons. The choice was completely in their hands now. It would have been a lot easier to deal with the Amazons had he know of the Senshi's link to them before hand. All that was left was to collect Ranma.
After a quick chat with Tsunami, Ranma appeared. With out reservation he opened the back door that Ranma had left and called on the Neko. He once again found himself in familiar darkness.
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On a nearby mountain, a great darkness felt large amounts of life energy come from the Amazon warrior's village down below.
"Perhaps it's best that I wait to make my move." It thought.
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Well, that is it for this chapter. These last two chapters were not in the original scheme of things and have proven to be very difficult to write, as I have no rough draft to work from.
I know I'm probably going to be raked over the coals for my handling of Cologne in this chapter. I think I handled the situation properly. I know what its like to have the rug pulled out from underneath you in a life-altering event. It's not a very pleasant situation to be in folks, and I pray you NEVER find yourself in that kind of situation. That being said, my handling of Cologne stands.
Ok, I need a vote here. Who wants to see Ryoga stumble into the village and become a cat's toy along with Cologne? Should I have Akane derive a conclusion and add catnip? Should I throw panda steak (err man) into the mix? I expect to hear from at least ten of my readers.
Ayden: Actually, I like Cologne. She has been a very fun character to write for. Its the consequences of her actions right now that have come back to bite her in the ass. In this case its not a matter of like or dislike. I felt no humor in her humiliation at the hands of Ryoko, Lash, and Mamoru. I don't like the stupid panda man. Feel very, very sorry for Cologne. It is not over for her yet. (smirk)
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Liner noticed that the sunlight had dimmed considerably. She looked up at the sun to see what was blocking it, and to her credit held back a blood-curling scream of terror. She heard some of her less disciplined sisters scream out in fear. It was the first time she remembered the village having such a reaction. The sight before them was indeed frightening.
Up in the sky were objects, oddly enough made out of wood. Their lines and curves were not harsh or threatening. In fact, they were easy to look at in a way. No two objects were the same and appeared to be made by master artisans. In the center of each appeared to be a slight hint of metal as the sunlight reflected off it. One object was larger than the rest and had a human airplane attached to its under belly.
"What an odd sight," she thought.
What was the most frightening was that each ship radiated an oppressive power the likes of which she had never felt. "How the hell are we suppose to fight those things," she asked herself. As she gained, her composer she could count forty ships floating in the air.
She looked to the elders for some sort of guidance. Cologne was looking at Mamoru in fear and Lash was looking at him for guidance. She to decided to look at him for direction. What she saw surprised her. Mamoru appeared sad and depressed. It was like he had aged ten years before her very eyes.
Her eyes suddenly grew wide as she remembered the advanced apology he had given. Mamoru had not wanted to reveal these objects but Shampoo had forced his hand in the matter. He had come to retrieve Ranma and make allies with the village. He knew this was the reaction he would get. She smiled inwardly and stood tall.
"These people from Japan would make powerful allies." She thought.
She let out a shrill warriors call that insured safety. Lash soon repeated the call, and the other villagers looked at them both as they had both grown two heads.
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Lash noticed a sudden dimming of the sunlight and looked up to see what was obscuring the sun. In the sky was a fleet of air ships. Ships made of wood with very little visible metal. The Ki they were emitting was extremely oppressive.
She could feel the fear running throughout the village like the waves of an ocean, and there was not a thing she could do about it. The village had never faced anything like this before. She looked to Cologne and noticed that she was gripped by the same fear. For the first time in Amazon history, they were helpless. She looked at Mamoru to see what his next move would be and noticed that he appeared depressed over the entire situation. Then she remembered.
He had apologized in advanced to her about this whole thing. While he had come to rescue Ranma, he had also come seeking friendship. "He thinks everything he has worked towards is falling apart." She thought. Before she could act, Liner at let out a shrill warriors call that insured safety. She quickly repeated it in the hope that it would calm the villagers down.
To her surprise, all she got was strange stares.
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Cologne noticed a sudden drop in sunlight and an oppressive increase of Ki in the surrounding area. She looked up in the sky and knew that she had lost: utterly and completely.
Mamoru had not been lying when he said he had brought allies. She had overstepped her bounds and she knew it. She prayed that he would somehow spare the village and not wipe it out due to her pride. She had very little faith in outsiders.
She looked up in surprise when she heard the guard Liner and then Lash let out the safety call.
"What do they know that I do not," she asked herself.
She was saddened when she realized the call did not have the desired effect. She had always thought that her village was braver than this.
It was time to see if he was bluffing.
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Mamoru heard the screaming and saw even a few warriors' faint dead away.
"Great this is not what I'm needing," he thought.
He looked down at the ground in despair. "They will be too fearful of us now to have any meaningful alliance. I went too fast. I'm sorry Ranma, I failed."
He heard a shrill call come from both Liner and Lash. It seemed to calm down the Amazons only slightly. "I wonder what that was all about," he asked himself.
Before he could pursue the nature of the call Cologne challenged him.
"Interesting toys you have up in the air Mamoru." She stated. "Are they projections also," she asked.
Mamoru looked at the Amazon Elder and smirked. "Perhaps a demonstration is in order then Elder Cologne." He said in a confident voice.
He then looked over at Lash. "Elder Lash, Cologne believes I have only brought toys along to float in the air." He said. "Are you in need of any lakes or ponds in the nearby area?" He asked.
Lash considered the request. "The male is asking permission to demonstrate the fire power at his disposal. It must be extremely lethal if he is indicating there will be a crater large enough to form a lake." She mussed. Before she could answer, Sailor Moon stepped forward.
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Usagi watched the proceedings with interest while observing her environment. She was looking for the one clue that would allow her to step forward. It was a random memory and this village fit the location. Soon enough she spotted the sign she was looking for. An upside down moon crescent is embedded on the forehead of one of the crude statures in the square. "The royal symbol," she thought.
Nabiki and Mamoru's stories did not wavier far from one another. Lash and the villagers seemed to be open to his story. Only Cologne had remained defiant. "I'll only step in if I'm needed." She thought as she continued to observe her environment.
She flinched when Cologne was knocked back by the sudden energy discharge and the harsh tone that Ryoko used on her.
She felt all of Mamoru's hard work unravel as both Tsunami and Ukyou appeared as projections. When the fleet appeared his work shattered. She could see into his heart and tell that he had given up at Cologne's last challenge. She decided it was time to step in when talk of a lake being added to the landscape was brought up.
She walked up next to Mamoru and placed a hand on his shoulder. He slowly turned his head and looked at her. She almost gasped aloud when she saw the utter despair in his face. "He believes he has failed in his mission." She thought. She gave him time to speak first. It was still his mission after all.
Before Lash could answer his question, he felt a hand being placed on his shoulder and a calming presence. He turned his head to see Sailor Moon standing next to him. "Yes? Your Majesty," he said in a whisper so no one could over hear him. He felt hope again when she smiled up at him.
"Mamoru, some new information has become known. Let us handle it from here please." She said in her regal voice that left no question as to who was in charge.
Mamoru only nodded and stepped back.
Usagi was grateful for the room that Mamoru had just left for her. Her smiling face tuned into a cold hard blank stare as she turned her attention to Cologne. "That will be quite enough Elder Cologne." She said in a regal voice that made even the hardest of warriors flinch.
Cologne looked on in confusion at the change of people confronting her. She needed time to collect her thoughts and she was not getting that time. The bluff had failed, and she had lost total control of the situation. "Heck, I never had control to begin with," she thought. "Might as well see were this leads."
"What do you have to contribute to this debacle child?" she asked. She nearly fled when the young girl smiled at her.
Usagi smiled at Cologne's uncooperative receptiveness. "Well, at least she is willing to listen," she thought. She stepped closer to the wizened old woman and done a polite curtsy. She then stepped back, placed her hands over her chest, and closed her eyes letting the energy flow through her like a raging river.
Cologne blanched at the sudden energy flow that the young warrior was broadcasting. She had heard of the Sailor Senshi while in Japan, but she did not consider them worthy of her time. She silently cursed herself when she saw the woman began to glow. She covered her eyes when the light became to bright for her to look at.
Cologne looked again, when the light had dimmed to a comfortable level. The warrior's skimpy outfit had been replaced by a long flowing formal dress reserved for royalty of the Moon Kingdom so long ago. Then she noticed the birth right upon the warrior's brow. For the first time in over a century, she cried.
Serenity's heart went out to Cologne, but she still had some unfinished business to attend.
She broadcasted her voice in a soft regal manner. "Amazon warriors, I am Princess Serenity of the Silver Millennium, reincarnated. At the fall of our kingdom over a thousand years ago, our mother sent our court, several citizens, and myself to the future after sealing up the great evil that had befallen us. I believe you are the descendents of a secret military base that we have just recently remembered.
Ranma is an ally and friend to us, and we miss him dearly. We wish him to return to us. We would not be here if not for him.
Mamoru is also an ally to us and will be of a great help to our rise to power with the aid of Nabiki.
Do not make us alienate you as enemies. Please be our allies."
Without another word she powered back down without collapsing, went, and engulfed Cologne in a hug.
Cologne welcomed the embrace of a legend - no princess of a long lost kingdom. She wept into the hug at her lose. She had lost her position in the village and all she had worked for. She had most likely put Shampoo into a position of shame that she would have to live with for the rest of her life. What hurt the most was that she had lost to a male without so much as a fist being thrown and could never seek revenge.
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Lash cried along with Cologne but for different reasons. Their princess had returned to them. Without a second thought, she let a warrior's cry of joy carry throughout the village. Soon she was joined by many of her sisters who understood. Through their loss, they had won. The village was stronger, safer, and more secure.
She looked at one of the new leaders for this new alliance as an equal now. "Do what you must to bring Ranma back to the way he was Elder Mamoru." She said.
She smiled as Mamoru bowed towards her and then spoke with the projection of Tsunami. She almost yelped when Ranma appeared out of thin air in the square.
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Liner saw the warrior transform before her eyes. She new the stories just as well as any sister inside the village. "Why had no one made the connection," She wondered.
No, she did not want to alienate their princess now that she had been returned to them. She believed in her heart that the elders of the village would do the right thing. The village will definitely be stronger now.
She quickly returned the cry of joy that Lash had started. "In the end we won," Liner reasoned.
She let out a yelp of surprise when Ranma suddenly appeared in the square and backed up uneasily when both he and Mamoru began to sound like cats.
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Mamoru sighed with great relief at Serenity's plea with the Amazons. The choice was completely in their hands now. It would have been a lot easier to deal with the Amazons had he know of the Senshi's link to them before hand. All that was left was to collect Ranma.
After a quick chat with Tsunami, Ranma appeared. With out reservation he opened the back door that Ranma had left and called on the Neko. He once again found himself in familiar darkness.
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On a nearby mountain, a great darkness felt large amounts of life energy come from the Amazon warrior's village down below.
"Perhaps it's best that I wait to make my move." It thought.
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Well, that is it for this chapter. These last two chapters were not in the original scheme of things and have proven to be very difficult to write, as I have no rough draft to work from.
I know I'm probably going to be raked over the coals for my handling of Cologne in this chapter. I think I handled the situation properly. I know what its like to have the rug pulled out from underneath you in a life-altering event. It's not a very pleasant situation to be in folks, and I pray you NEVER find yourself in that kind of situation. That being said, my handling of Cologne stands.
Ok, I need a vote here. Who wants to see Ryoga stumble into the village and become a cat's toy along with Cologne? Should I have Akane derive a conclusion and add catnip? Should I throw panda steak (err man) into the mix? I expect to hear from at least ten of my readers.
Ayden: Actually, I like Cologne. She has been a very fun character to write for. Its the consequences of her actions right now that have come back to bite her in the ass. In this case its not a matter of like or dislike. I felt no humor in her humiliation at the hands of Ryoko, Lash, and Mamoru. I don't like the stupid panda man. Feel very, very sorry for Cologne. It is not over for her yet. (smirk)