Dragoons and Martial Artists
By: PlutonianRose
Disclaimer: I do not own or say I own the characters or the idea of Ranma ½ or The Legend of Dragoon.
Summary: This fic is as if Lavitz never died, and Serdian war was still going on, but they already know people in Serdio and Tiberoa. It's a crossover between LoD and Ranma ½. Rose finds a young boy in the middle of nowhere with three other dragoons, but she has no idea that this acquaintance could change her life, completely.
Chapter One: Acquaintances
It was a nice day at the Tendo training hall when,
"Ranma, you going to pay for that!"
Once again Akane and Ranma were fighting because of something stupid.
"What'd I do?" Ranma asked as he fled for his life. Akane finally stopped chasing him as he suddenly disappeared in a flash of light.
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In another world known as Endiness, the group of four young dragoons were walking through the mountains outside of Lohan.
"Dart, what was that?" Asked a young Shana.
"I don't know, it just looked like a flash of light to me." Dart answered as Rose walked on ahead. "Rose wait, we don't know what's up there yet!" He yelled, but it was clear that she wasn't listening.
Rose kept on walking, she came to the middle of a clearing, she kneeled down to a scorched spot. Then she heard a yelp of a boy coming from the air, she looked up only to have a boy fall on top of her.
"Rose, what's up there?" She heard the young leader of their group yell. She pushed the boy off her and got to a position that looked like she seeing if he was still alive.
"Rose, huh? That's such a pretty name.' She heard the boy speak.
"A kid, hmm, just a little kid, Rose who's this?" Lavitz asked as he armed himself with his lance ready to attack the boy.
"A kid Lavitz, that's all, you can put your weapon down, he's temporarily paralyzed from the fall. He can't hurt us anyway, he's not much of a warrior." Rose lied as the rest of the dragoons made it to where she was. "What's your name kid?" Rose asked.
"Ranma Saotome, and where am I?" Ranma said trying to move.
"Hey quit moving, I wasn't kidding when I said you were hurt from the fall." Rose instructed. " And you're in Serdio."
"Where is 'Serdio'?" Ranma asked.
"Talk later, now you rest like a good little boy. Dart, how close are we to Lohan?" Rose asked.
"About a days travel. Why?" Dart asked as he looked from Ranma to her.
"Because he needs medical attention, he's broken his leg in two different places." Rose answered picking up the injured boy and walking passed the three dragoons. Rose imidiately sensed someone following them, "Get down!" She yelled dropping Ranma on the ground and catching two arrows, then she didn't see the next one coming it went straight through her side.
"Rose!" Dart yelled as the Dark dragoon fell to the ground unconscious. Dart got to his feet and ran to her as did Shana. "Kid you can walk right?" He asked Ranma.
"Yeah, I think I can." Ranma said getting to his feet and ran with Dart and the other two as they rushed to Lohan.
A day passed and the finally made it to Lohan and ran straight to the hospital where a good friend, who helped save Shana was.
"Hey it's you nice folks again," then his saw the injured dragoon. "So she got into some trouble, what happened?" The doctor asked as Dart lay her on the medical bed.
"Well we were attacked by archers and she was hit while protecting pig-tailed over there." Dart explained.
"Hey she's the one who didn't duck, it's not my fault." Ranma protested.
"Ranma where'd the heck did you come from anyway?" Dart asked.
"Japan, and why do you blame me for her injury, huh? I'm just a martial artist who is looking to find a way home." Ranma asked.
"Well for one thing you just show up outta the blue and Rose automatically says that you need medical attention when you're as healthy as a horse. She says you have a broken leg when you're walking just fine!" Dart explained.
"Will you two hush!? Rose can hear you and she isn't taking it well." Shana said as they heard Rose waking up.
"Sounds like you're jealous Dart, what can't take it that I seem to want to help him." Rose whispered she tried to sit up, but grimaced at the pain and managed a smirk instead.
"Alright fine, so how are you doing Rose, that arrow seems to be gone?" Dart asked.
"It was poisoned Dart, poisoned arrows used by the Sandorans, deadly poison." Rose managed to say.
"Poisoned, but then why did you try to catch them instead of dodge them?" Shana asked as a tear streamed down her face.
"Because if I had tried to dodge them then they would have tried to hit you guys and I couldn't let that happen." Rose said as she looked at Ranma who started to look guilty. "It wasn't your fault Ranma I did this to myself." Still Ranma felt guilty for getting in her way. He didn't even mean to come to their world.
"So what are we going to do, if that kind of poison is deadly, than it has to be a rare poison like the dragon's poison?" Lavitz asked no one in particular.
"Don't worry it isn't a rare poison, it can be diminished by one herb only, the Ilex Sine, found in the deserts of Tiberoa, but can only be touched by a loved one of the poisoned one. Otherwise she dies in a week." The doctor informed the dragoons.
"That's much comfort really, you give us a deadline, we can't make there and back by a week!" Dart whined.
"But we have to try!" Ranma said.
"Why would you care, you're the cause of all this?" Dart asked.
"Because she saved me so I'm going to try and save her!" Ranma said storming out of the small building.
"Dart, give him a chance, he could be our only hope." Shana insisted as they left to, for the continent of Tiberoa.
"Are you coming Lavitz?" Dart asked.
"No, I'd rather stay here and help the good doctor to stall the poison." Lavitz answered as the group finally left the hospital and Lohan.
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"Hey, Ranma wait up we're coming to!" Shana yelled after the young martial artist. He stopped long enough for them to catch up then he kept on walking.
"So where is this 'Tiberoa'?" Ranma asked as they walked.
"It's another continent in Endiness, we have friends there who might know about the herb so don't worry about her." Shana answered as she saw worry in his eyes.
"How'd you know I was worried about her?" Ranma asked not being his normal cocky self.
"I can see it in your eyes, you're not really good at hiding your emotions Ranma, I know you have feelings for her even if you two just met. And by the way she's acting, she only saved you because she has feelings for you in return. She isn't good at hiding her feelings either from her eyes, she'll be fine, I'm sure she's been through worse anyway." Shana explained.
"Is that why you trust me and he doesn't?" Ranma asked.
"Well he just doesn't like it when any of his friends are hurt especially in your case because you were there when it happened and he didn't know anything about you or where you were from." Shana explained as they reached a gate that led to Tiberoa. They decided it best if they didn't enter the continent yet because of the way things had been going with Dart and Ranma, and the incident with Rose, Shana thought it best if they rested before getting into any further trouble.
The next morning, Ranma was up and stretching his muscles before dawn and waited for Shana and Dart to awake. While waiting, he thought about what Shana had said about the emotions he could not hide.
Do I really have feelings for a woman I hardly even know? Is Shana right about her friend's feelings and the way we both acted, I mean they don't even know who I am?
Then he snapped out of his thinking state as Shana and Dart awoke from their rest.
"Finally up, I see." Ranma said closing his eyes. "I thought you two would take forever."
"Ranma, we're not used to the early bird routine you're used to, so lay off." Dart informed. Ranma just shrugged and got to his feet, then walked to where he could see the gate leading to the continent of Tiberoa.
"Seems the guards are asleep on the job, let's go." Ranma said as he stepped forward an energetic wingly popped out of the tree above. Ranma felt himself hit the ground at the sudden surprise.
"You called, Dart?" The wingly asked, as she walked over Ranma and to her friends. "You said something was wrong with Rose?"
"Yeah, she's been poisoned by a suicidal Sandoran, thinking we were from Bale or something. Oh Meru, that boy there is Ranma Saotome, Rose saved him from the Sandorans that ambushed us." Dart answered the wingly's question.
"Hi, I'm Meru! Nice to meet you, nice analysis on the guards, it's just a sleeping spell I picked up from a friend." Meru said helping the boy to his feet.
"Yeah, okay, as he told you I'm Ranma, nice to meet you." Ranma said giving a small bow.
"Alright, Meru, do you know anything about the Ilex Sine?" Dart asked.
"Yep sure do, the elder's told me much about the special herb, he said it can only heal one type of poison, the deadliest poison that has never been cured because no one could ever find the herb of Ilex." Meru explained. "But I know where it is! I know where it is!"
"Alright where is it?" Ranma asked desperately.
"What are you, prince charming?" Meru asked.
"We'll be lucky if he is." Shana interrupted. "Now let's go! We've already wasted too much valuable time!" Shana said urging Meru to proceed to the precious herb. Meru then led them across the continent line east of Fletz where the stayed another night since it took so long.
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"Sir Lavitz Slambert! Is Sir Lavitz in here?!" Someone yelled from outside the room.
"Yes, I am in here good sir." Lavitz answered. Then a knight came in.
"Sir we've been informed that four individuals have just crossed the border, illegally. And King Albert would like to see you immediately." The knight informed.
"Alright I'll be leaving in a minute." Lavitz said getting up from his seat and walking to talk to the doctor.
In the other room, Lavitz told the doctor where he was going, "and don't let anyone in that room except for Dart and the others, I don't trust anyone besides you at this point." Lavitz than left and headed for Bale to talk with King Albert.
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Meanwhile, Ranma, Dart, Shana, and Meru walked in Tiberoa to find the mysterious herb. They stopped every once in awhile to let their feet rest than soon continued their journey. Now they only had one day left, well not even that. Finally they made it to a field of the herbs they were looking for.
"Well, who's going to pick one, we all know Meru's out, Dart, well she really isn't fond of you after what you did to Ranma, I'm not her 'best' friend either. So, that's leaves Ranma, why don't you try? We don't know if you're her friend or enemy." Shana insisted. So Ranma shrugged.
"What could it hurt?" He asked himself. He bent over and pulled at one of the Ilex Sines, and surprisingly it came straight out. They all stared on in awe, except Shana who obviously knew what she was doing.
"So she considers you a loved one? I'll have to ask about that one." Dart said to himself. "Well we better getting going, and what better way than to fly?" Dart said as Meru and Shana agreed with a nod. Shana and Dart transformed to dragoons and Meru let out her wingly wings. Then Shana carried Ranma on her back as they zoomed off to Lohan, soon it was dark, but they kept on going. They couldn't stop or else they might lose an important friend.
Soon enough they made it and just in time, Dart ran to the doctor and the other three ran to Rose, Ranma to her side. Then the doctor came to the medical bed where Rose lay, barely hanging onto sheer life.
"I'm going to need you nice people to leave the room, the herb cause much mental pain, and she can react harmfully." The doctor informed as the others began leaving the room. The doctor began mixing the herb to an ingestible state and made her drink it, she grimaced at the taste then settled down. He watched as he saw pain in her expressions and decided he should step back and did so as power burst from her body in immense light. Then she settles back down and was soon sound asleep and the pain was gone. The dragoons, and Ranma, heard the burst of light and rushed into the room, Dart and Ranma first in line. They looked to the doctor and realized no injuries, and then they looked to Rose and saw nothing wrong.
"So is she going to make it doctor?" Shana asked.
"Of course she is, the poison should be diminished thanks to the quick reaction and she should recover consciousness in a few hours." The doctor informed. Then the door to the clinic burst open and knights came running in.
"Sorry to be so rude, but you are under arrest for crossing boarders illegally, by order of the King you are to be brought the Indels castle for further judgment." One of the knights informed.
"How'd we cross the border illegally?" Ranma asked.
"Unconsciousness of guards, during a war, no one is allowed to do such things." The knight informed. Then Lavitz walked in.
"By order of the King, these people are hereby released of all charges, and they are not to report to the King." Lavitz informed. The knights nodded and left the clinic and then left Lohan. "So how's she doing any improvements?"
"She'll be just fine in a matter of hours." The doctor informed once again.
"Okay, what are we supposed to do until then?" Lavitz asked.
"We could have a look around town, and leave Ranma here to talk to Rose when she awakens." Shana said dragging Lavitz and Dart out of the clinic as Meru followed.
"She's really strong for her size and lack of muscles." Ranma said to himself.
"You better believe it, she used to be sick with Dragon's poison, and she managed to hang onto life longer than I thought possible." The doctor said as he passed a second glance at Ranma then to Rose. "By the way, where'd you come from, the name Ranma, doesn't sound Serdian?"
"Oh, I'm from another dimension, I was accidentally transported here while being chased by my fiancée," Ranma explained.
"Oh so you're engaged?" Came Rose's voice.
"Not by choice or anything, it my father's choice and his friend's, I don't want to get married to that tomboy. She's just not my type." Ranma explained.
"Oh, so you're blaming your predicament on your father and his friend, well I for one believe you, what would that fiancée of yours say if she found out what you said?" Rose asked.
"She'd probably pound me like she usually does and then I'd get beaten up by the rest of what I call friends." Ranma answered.
"Well if you're going to be stuck here for awhile, you need to learn something, never judge anyone by species, secondly, don't get into any fights without the dragoons aid. Also, don't make Dart angry at you, he isn't a nice enemy." Rose said sitting up.
"So, I see you've recovered faster than anyone normal, I guess you're wanting to get out of bed, maybe even find your friends and accomplish what you've promised." The doctor assumed.
"And what did we promise exactly?" Rose asked unaware of the promise he spoke of.
"You folks promised to help end the war a unite Serdio once again." The doctor informed.
"Oh that promise, well then I guess we'd better get going." Rose said happy to be going somewhere. Then her and Ranma walked out the door and went to find the three dragoons and wingly.
"Rose, what's it like living here?" Ranma asked.
"I'm not the one you should ask that question, Ranma, I'm not exactly happy living here, I'm sure if you ask Shana or one of the others that they'll give a better response." Rose informed.
"But I asked you, Rose, all I need is what you think of this place." Ranma said, turning to face her cold steel eyes.
"I hate it here, you happy, I hate living in Endiness, nothings nice about living in turbulent times, Ranma!" Rose said.
"Oh, well I'm sorry Rose, I didn't mean to offend you or anything, I swear." Ranma apologized. Off in another corner, Shana and the gang saw Rose and Ranma talking about something when they noticed a sudden flaw in her emotional gate. She had gone from cold-hearted to emotional as in mad and sad at the same time.
"What do you think they're talking about?" Meru asked, when suddenly, Rose's head whirled around as a group of Sandorans ran into the commercial town of Lohan.
"Do you think she saw that coming?" Dart asked no one in particular, he then ran out and confronted the Sandorans as they began to burn down buildings.
"Who are you to pull a sword on us, kid?" One Sandoran snapped.
"A Dragoon, and your worst nightmare!" Dart said as he, Shana, Lavitz, and Meru (surprising, huh?) pulled out their dragoon spirits and raised them to the sky. In a flash of multicolored light, four warriors clad in weird, strong armor, where the mere 'kids' were.
"Ah the Dragoons, what a pleasant surprise," Came a voice.
"No, Lloyd, we killed you in Tiberoa!" Dart exclaimed.
"Oh no, I'm pretty much alive and walking, over the past month, I've been making plans of revenge, you having no idea I was alive. Now I'm going to carry out my plans of revenge, but it seems the person who killed my family isn't here." Lloyd said creating a fake smile.
"Lloyd, we don't know who you're talking about?" Dart yelled.
"Oh, but you know exactly who I'm talking about, she's"
"Shut up Lloyd! They have no reason to know about my dark past!" Came a familiar, feminine voice.
"Ah, Rose how nice of you to join us." Lloyd said sarcastically.
"Well, what are you going to do about what you claim I did? I've already beaten you once, I can, and will beat you again." Rose said from the rooftop she was standing on.
"Oh, why don't you try?" He yelled, as Rose jumped from the roof and the dragoons surrounded her for protection. "Seize her!" Lloyd ordered the Sandorans as they rushed in and battled the Sandorans and Ranma joined them out of nowhere.
Lloyd watched the scene intently as Rose walked out of the commotion, unharmed. "So, want to try out your plans of revenge, Lloyd?" Rose asked as she transformed and he rushed at her. It was then that she realized he had the Dragon Buster, she got to a fighting position where the elegant sword would not harm her. When he got as much as three feet away from her, Ranma got in the way, pushing her aside and taking the hit. Lloyd then got really pissed off and gave off a red aura of anger, Ranma smiled and began to give off a cold aura and led Lloyd straight into his trap. Ranma led in a spiral, they neared the middle and Lloyd lashed out, hitting Ranma as he began the attack.
"HIRYU SHOTEN HA!" Ranma yelled as a tornado caused by the two mixed auras, was created and knocked Lloyd unconscious. Then Rose noticed blood in the tornado and knew it was Ranma's. She quickly detransformed in a flash of dark light and went to the bleeding Ranma as the tornado cleared.
"Ranma, you're hurt," Rose said.
"I'm surprised that you care all of a sudden." Came Dart's voice.
"What so it's illegal for me to help an injured friend?" Rose asked suddenly switching to cold-hearted Rose.
"But it's not like you to care so much, when you're yourself you didn't like to associate with normal humans because you were different, and since I'm not even sure who you are anymore because of what Lloyd said." Dart almost yelled.
"What so you don't trust me because Lloyd said I killed his parents! Last time I checked, it didn't matter to someone like you!" Rose yelled, now angrier than ever.
"Well, considering so much you haven't told about yourself, I have a reason for acting the way I am!" Dart yelled back. Rose just couldn't take it. She straightened her posture and looked him square in the eyes with a stare that would terrify most people.
"You don't have a reason to know my back round because I've set that behind me and I don't plan on making that happen again." Rose said calmly and walked away from the city and her so-called 'friends' determined never to tell them her past or see them again, even if they had saved her life. Ranma looked at the retreating back of Rose and then glared at Dart,
"Why'd you have to go and do that for, you don't seem to be a friend of her's anymore?" Ranma said getting up, not expecting an answer, he went to catch up with Rose.
"Ranma, stay with them, you're not going to like where I'm going." Rose said as she stopped. Ranma walked until he was breathing down her neck and the last time she let someone that close, he died in the next few weeks. So she just transformed and flew off, leaving a confused Ranma.
By: PlutonianRose
Disclaimer: I do not own or say I own the characters or the idea of Ranma ½ or The Legend of Dragoon.
Summary: This fic is as if Lavitz never died, and Serdian war was still going on, but they already know people in Serdio and Tiberoa. It's a crossover between LoD and Ranma ½. Rose finds a young boy in the middle of nowhere with three other dragoons, but she has no idea that this acquaintance could change her life, completely.
Chapter One: Acquaintances
It was a nice day at the Tendo training hall when,
"Ranma, you going to pay for that!"
Once again Akane and Ranma were fighting because of something stupid.
"What'd I do?" Ranma asked as he fled for his life. Akane finally stopped chasing him as he suddenly disappeared in a flash of light.
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In another world known as Endiness, the group of four young dragoons were walking through the mountains outside of Lohan.
"Dart, what was that?" Asked a young Shana.
"I don't know, it just looked like a flash of light to me." Dart answered as Rose walked on ahead. "Rose wait, we don't know what's up there yet!" He yelled, but it was clear that she wasn't listening.
Rose kept on walking, she came to the middle of a clearing, she kneeled down to a scorched spot. Then she heard a yelp of a boy coming from the air, she looked up only to have a boy fall on top of her.
"Rose, what's up there?" She heard the young leader of their group yell. She pushed the boy off her and got to a position that looked like she seeing if he was still alive.
"Rose, huh? That's such a pretty name.' She heard the boy speak.
"A kid, hmm, just a little kid, Rose who's this?" Lavitz asked as he armed himself with his lance ready to attack the boy.
"A kid Lavitz, that's all, you can put your weapon down, he's temporarily paralyzed from the fall. He can't hurt us anyway, he's not much of a warrior." Rose lied as the rest of the dragoons made it to where she was. "What's your name kid?" Rose asked.
"Ranma Saotome, and where am I?" Ranma said trying to move.
"Hey quit moving, I wasn't kidding when I said you were hurt from the fall." Rose instructed. " And you're in Serdio."
"Where is 'Serdio'?" Ranma asked.
"Talk later, now you rest like a good little boy. Dart, how close are we to Lohan?" Rose asked.
"About a days travel. Why?" Dart asked as he looked from Ranma to her.
"Because he needs medical attention, he's broken his leg in two different places." Rose answered picking up the injured boy and walking passed the three dragoons. Rose imidiately sensed someone following them, "Get down!" She yelled dropping Ranma on the ground and catching two arrows, then she didn't see the next one coming it went straight through her side.
"Rose!" Dart yelled as the Dark dragoon fell to the ground unconscious. Dart got to his feet and ran to her as did Shana. "Kid you can walk right?" He asked Ranma.
"Yeah, I think I can." Ranma said getting to his feet and ran with Dart and the other two as they rushed to Lohan.
A day passed and the finally made it to Lohan and ran straight to the hospital where a good friend, who helped save Shana was.
"Hey it's you nice folks again," then his saw the injured dragoon. "So she got into some trouble, what happened?" The doctor asked as Dart lay her on the medical bed.
"Well we were attacked by archers and she was hit while protecting pig-tailed over there." Dart explained.
"Hey she's the one who didn't duck, it's not my fault." Ranma protested.
"Ranma where'd the heck did you come from anyway?" Dart asked.
"Japan, and why do you blame me for her injury, huh? I'm just a martial artist who is looking to find a way home." Ranma asked.
"Well for one thing you just show up outta the blue and Rose automatically says that you need medical attention when you're as healthy as a horse. She says you have a broken leg when you're walking just fine!" Dart explained.
"Will you two hush!? Rose can hear you and she isn't taking it well." Shana said as they heard Rose waking up.
"Sounds like you're jealous Dart, what can't take it that I seem to want to help him." Rose whispered she tried to sit up, but grimaced at the pain and managed a smirk instead.
"Alright fine, so how are you doing Rose, that arrow seems to be gone?" Dart asked.
"It was poisoned Dart, poisoned arrows used by the Sandorans, deadly poison." Rose managed to say.
"Poisoned, but then why did you try to catch them instead of dodge them?" Shana asked as a tear streamed down her face.
"Because if I had tried to dodge them then they would have tried to hit you guys and I couldn't let that happen." Rose said as she looked at Ranma who started to look guilty. "It wasn't your fault Ranma I did this to myself." Still Ranma felt guilty for getting in her way. He didn't even mean to come to their world.
"So what are we going to do, if that kind of poison is deadly, than it has to be a rare poison like the dragon's poison?" Lavitz asked no one in particular.
"Don't worry it isn't a rare poison, it can be diminished by one herb only, the Ilex Sine, found in the deserts of Tiberoa, but can only be touched by a loved one of the poisoned one. Otherwise she dies in a week." The doctor informed the dragoons.
"That's much comfort really, you give us a deadline, we can't make there and back by a week!" Dart whined.
"But we have to try!" Ranma said.
"Why would you care, you're the cause of all this?" Dart asked.
"Because she saved me so I'm going to try and save her!" Ranma said storming out of the small building.
"Dart, give him a chance, he could be our only hope." Shana insisted as they left to, for the continent of Tiberoa.
"Are you coming Lavitz?" Dart asked.
"No, I'd rather stay here and help the good doctor to stall the poison." Lavitz answered as the group finally left the hospital and Lohan.
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"Hey, Ranma wait up we're coming to!" Shana yelled after the young martial artist. He stopped long enough for them to catch up then he kept on walking.
"So where is this 'Tiberoa'?" Ranma asked as they walked.
"It's another continent in Endiness, we have friends there who might know about the herb so don't worry about her." Shana answered as she saw worry in his eyes.
"How'd you know I was worried about her?" Ranma asked not being his normal cocky self.
"I can see it in your eyes, you're not really good at hiding your emotions Ranma, I know you have feelings for her even if you two just met. And by the way she's acting, she only saved you because she has feelings for you in return. She isn't good at hiding her feelings either from her eyes, she'll be fine, I'm sure she's been through worse anyway." Shana explained.
"Is that why you trust me and he doesn't?" Ranma asked.
"Well he just doesn't like it when any of his friends are hurt especially in your case because you were there when it happened and he didn't know anything about you or where you were from." Shana explained as they reached a gate that led to Tiberoa. They decided it best if they didn't enter the continent yet because of the way things had been going with Dart and Ranma, and the incident with Rose, Shana thought it best if they rested before getting into any further trouble.
The next morning, Ranma was up and stretching his muscles before dawn and waited for Shana and Dart to awake. While waiting, he thought about what Shana had said about the emotions he could not hide.
Do I really have feelings for a woman I hardly even know? Is Shana right about her friend's feelings and the way we both acted, I mean they don't even know who I am?
Then he snapped out of his thinking state as Shana and Dart awoke from their rest.
"Finally up, I see." Ranma said closing his eyes. "I thought you two would take forever."
"Ranma, we're not used to the early bird routine you're used to, so lay off." Dart informed. Ranma just shrugged and got to his feet, then walked to where he could see the gate leading to the continent of Tiberoa.
"Seems the guards are asleep on the job, let's go." Ranma said as he stepped forward an energetic wingly popped out of the tree above. Ranma felt himself hit the ground at the sudden surprise.
"You called, Dart?" The wingly asked, as she walked over Ranma and to her friends. "You said something was wrong with Rose?"
"Yeah, she's been poisoned by a suicidal Sandoran, thinking we were from Bale or something. Oh Meru, that boy there is Ranma Saotome, Rose saved him from the Sandorans that ambushed us." Dart answered the wingly's question.
"Hi, I'm Meru! Nice to meet you, nice analysis on the guards, it's just a sleeping spell I picked up from a friend." Meru said helping the boy to his feet.
"Yeah, okay, as he told you I'm Ranma, nice to meet you." Ranma said giving a small bow.
"Alright, Meru, do you know anything about the Ilex Sine?" Dart asked.
"Yep sure do, the elder's told me much about the special herb, he said it can only heal one type of poison, the deadliest poison that has never been cured because no one could ever find the herb of Ilex." Meru explained. "But I know where it is! I know where it is!"
"Alright where is it?" Ranma asked desperately.
"What are you, prince charming?" Meru asked.
"We'll be lucky if he is." Shana interrupted. "Now let's go! We've already wasted too much valuable time!" Shana said urging Meru to proceed to the precious herb. Meru then led them across the continent line east of Fletz where the stayed another night since it took so long.
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"Sir Lavitz Slambert! Is Sir Lavitz in here?!" Someone yelled from outside the room.
"Yes, I am in here good sir." Lavitz answered. Then a knight came in.
"Sir we've been informed that four individuals have just crossed the border, illegally. And King Albert would like to see you immediately." The knight informed.
"Alright I'll be leaving in a minute." Lavitz said getting up from his seat and walking to talk to the doctor.
In the other room, Lavitz told the doctor where he was going, "and don't let anyone in that room except for Dart and the others, I don't trust anyone besides you at this point." Lavitz than left and headed for Bale to talk with King Albert.
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Meanwhile, Ranma, Dart, Shana, and Meru walked in Tiberoa to find the mysterious herb. They stopped every once in awhile to let their feet rest than soon continued their journey. Now they only had one day left, well not even that. Finally they made it to a field of the herbs they were looking for.
"Well, who's going to pick one, we all know Meru's out, Dart, well she really isn't fond of you after what you did to Ranma, I'm not her 'best' friend either. So, that's leaves Ranma, why don't you try? We don't know if you're her friend or enemy." Shana insisted. So Ranma shrugged.
"What could it hurt?" He asked himself. He bent over and pulled at one of the Ilex Sines, and surprisingly it came straight out. They all stared on in awe, except Shana who obviously knew what she was doing.
"So she considers you a loved one? I'll have to ask about that one." Dart said to himself. "Well we better getting going, and what better way than to fly?" Dart said as Meru and Shana agreed with a nod. Shana and Dart transformed to dragoons and Meru let out her wingly wings. Then Shana carried Ranma on her back as they zoomed off to Lohan, soon it was dark, but they kept on going. They couldn't stop or else they might lose an important friend.
Soon enough they made it and just in time, Dart ran to the doctor and the other three ran to Rose, Ranma to her side. Then the doctor came to the medical bed where Rose lay, barely hanging onto sheer life.
"I'm going to need you nice people to leave the room, the herb cause much mental pain, and she can react harmfully." The doctor informed as the others began leaving the room. The doctor began mixing the herb to an ingestible state and made her drink it, she grimaced at the taste then settled down. He watched as he saw pain in her expressions and decided he should step back and did so as power burst from her body in immense light. Then she settles back down and was soon sound asleep and the pain was gone. The dragoons, and Ranma, heard the burst of light and rushed into the room, Dart and Ranma first in line. They looked to the doctor and realized no injuries, and then they looked to Rose and saw nothing wrong.
"So is she going to make it doctor?" Shana asked.
"Of course she is, the poison should be diminished thanks to the quick reaction and she should recover consciousness in a few hours." The doctor informed. Then the door to the clinic burst open and knights came running in.
"Sorry to be so rude, but you are under arrest for crossing boarders illegally, by order of the King you are to be brought the Indels castle for further judgment." One of the knights informed.
"How'd we cross the border illegally?" Ranma asked.
"Unconsciousness of guards, during a war, no one is allowed to do such things." The knight informed. Then Lavitz walked in.
"By order of the King, these people are hereby released of all charges, and they are not to report to the King." Lavitz informed. The knights nodded and left the clinic and then left Lohan. "So how's she doing any improvements?"
"She'll be just fine in a matter of hours." The doctor informed once again.
"Okay, what are we supposed to do until then?" Lavitz asked.
"We could have a look around town, and leave Ranma here to talk to Rose when she awakens." Shana said dragging Lavitz and Dart out of the clinic as Meru followed.
"She's really strong for her size and lack of muscles." Ranma said to himself.
"You better believe it, she used to be sick with Dragon's poison, and she managed to hang onto life longer than I thought possible." The doctor said as he passed a second glance at Ranma then to Rose. "By the way, where'd you come from, the name Ranma, doesn't sound Serdian?"
"Oh, I'm from another dimension, I was accidentally transported here while being chased by my fiancée," Ranma explained.
"Oh so you're engaged?" Came Rose's voice.
"Not by choice or anything, it my father's choice and his friend's, I don't want to get married to that tomboy. She's just not my type." Ranma explained.
"Oh, so you're blaming your predicament on your father and his friend, well I for one believe you, what would that fiancée of yours say if she found out what you said?" Rose asked.
"She'd probably pound me like she usually does and then I'd get beaten up by the rest of what I call friends." Ranma answered.
"Well if you're going to be stuck here for awhile, you need to learn something, never judge anyone by species, secondly, don't get into any fights without the dragoons aid. Also, don't make Dart angry at you, he isn't a nice enemy." Rose said sitting up.
"So, I see you've recovered faster than anyone normal, I guess you're wanting to get out of bed, maybe even find your friends and accomplish what you've promised." The doctor assumed.
"And what did we promise exactly?" Rose asked unaware of the promise he spoke of.
"You folks promised to help end the war a unite Serdio once again." The doctor informed.
"Oh that promise, well then I guess we'd better get going." Rose said happy to be going somewhere. Then her and Ranma walked out the door and went to find the three dragoons and wingly.
"Rose, what's it like living here?" Ranma asked.
"I'm not the one you should ask that question, Ranma, I'm not exactly happy living here, I'm sure if you ask Shana or one of the others that they'll give a better response." Rose informed.
"But I asked you, Rose, all I need is what you think of this place." Ranma said, turning to face her cold steel eyes.
"I hate it here, you happy, I hate living in Endiness, nothings nice about living in turbulent times, Ranma!" Rose said.
"Oh, well I'm sorry Rose, I didn't mean to offend you or anything, I swear." Ranma apologized. Off in another corner, Shana and the gang saw Rose and Ranma talking about something when they noticed a sudden flaw in her emotional gate. She had gone from cold-hearted to emotional as in mad and sad at the same time.
"What do you think they're talking about?" Meru asked, when suddenly, Rose's head whirled around as a group of Sandorans ran into the commercial town of Lohan.
"Do you think she saw that coming?" Dart asked no one in particular, he then ran out and confronted the Sandorans as they began to burn down buildings.
"Who are you to pull a sword on us, kid?" One Sandoran snapped.
"A Dragoon, and your worst nightmare!" Dart said as he, Shana, Lavitz, and Meru (surprising, huh?) pulled out their dragoon spirits and raised them to the sky. In a flash of multicolored light, four warriors clad in weird, strong armor, where the mere 'kids' were.
"Ah the Dragoons, what a pleasant surprise," Came a voice.
"No, Lloyd, we killed you in Tiberoa!" Dart exclaimed.
"Oh no, I'm pretty much alive and walking, over the past month, I've been making plans of revenge, you having no idea I was alive. Now I'm going to carry out my plans of revenge, but it seems the person who killed my family isn't here." Lloyd said creating a fake smile.
"Lloyd, we don't know who you're talking about?" Dart yelled.
"Oh, but you know exactly who I'm talking about, she's"
"Shut up Lloyd! They have no reason to know about my dark past!" Came a familiar, feminine voice.
"Ah, Rose how nice of you to join us." Lloyd said sarcastically.
"Well, what are you going to do about what you claim I did? I've already beaten you once, I can, and will beat you again." Rose said from the rooftop she was standing on.
"Oh, why don't you try?" He yelled, as Rose jumped from the roof and the dragoons surrounded her for protection. "Seize her!" Lloyd ordered the Sandorans as they rushed in and battled the Sandorans and Ranma joined them out of nowhere.
Lloyd watched the scene intently as Rose walked out of the commotion, unharmed. "So, want to try out your plans of revenge, Lloyd?" Rose asked as she transformed and he rushed at her. It was then that she realized he had the Dragon Buster, she got to a fighting position where the elegant sword would not harm her. When he got as much as three feet away from her, Ranma got in the way, pushing her aside and taking the hit. Lloyd then got really pissed off and gave off a red aura of anger, Ranma smiled and began to give off a cold aura and led Lloyd straight into his trap. Ranma led in a spiral, they neared the middle and Lloyd lashed out, hitting Ranma as he began the attack.
"HIRYU SHOTEN HA!" Ranma yelled as a tornado caused by the two mixed auras, was created and knocked Lloyd unconscious. Then Rose noticed blood in the tornado and knew it was Ranma's. She quickly detransformed in a flash of dark light and went to the bleeding Ranma as the tornado cleared.
"Ranma, you're hurt," Rose said.
"I'm surprised that you care all of a sudden." Came Dart's voice.
"What so it's illegal for me to help an injured friend?" Rose asked suddenly switching to cold-hearted Rose.
"But it's not like you to care so much, when you're yourself you didn't like to associate with normal humans because you were different, and since I'm not even sure who you are anymore because of what Lloyd said." Dart almost yelled.
"What so you don't trust me because Lloyd said I killed his parents! Last time I checked, it didn't matter to someone like you!" Rose yelled, now angrier than ever.
"Well, considering so much you haven't told about yourself, I have a reason for acting the way I am!" Dart yelled back. Rose just couldn't take it. She straightened her posture and looked him square in the eyes with a stare that would terrify most people.
"You don't have a reason to know my back round because I've set that behind me and I don't plan on making that happen again." Rose said calmly and walked away from the city and her so-called 'friends' determined never to tell them her past or see them again, even if they had saved her life. Ranma looked at the retreating back of Rose and then glared at Dart,
"Why'd you have to go and do that for, you don't seem to be a friend of her's anymore?" Ranma said getting up, not expecting an answer, he went to catch up with Rose.
"Ranma, stay with them, you're not going to like where I'm going." Rose said as she stopped. Ranma walked until he was breathing down her neck and the last time she let someone that close, he died in the next few weeks. So she just transformed and flew off, leaving a confused Ranma.