Akane stood on top of a 60-story building and double-checked the
compartment belt around her waist making sure she had all the equipment
necessary to pull off this robbery. She hummed a cheery tune, as she made
sure she had her glasscutters and enough powder to knock out the guards and
show the lasers.
"All right ladies, you ready?" she asked the other 5 women who were also checking their equipment. They were all dressed in black and covered from head to toe, so that not a single piece of hair could reach the ground to reveal their DNA. They all had black lion masks on and long gloves with sharp retractable claws on the ends. Akane had a gold and blue band wrapped around her arm, and the other girls had just plain gold. The most surprising part of their ensembles were the tails. The tails, also in black were obviously heavy, and swung around when the girls moved.
A chorus of "yep's" and "all set's" and "ready! 's" were heard, and then one of the lions, revealed to be Nodoka by her voice said
"See Lady? I TOLD you a decent hunt would do you good. You're even humming! It's good for you to move on. I mean he's just a MAN after all. Not worth your trouble. You don't need him!"
Akane laughed but deep in the pit of her stomach she knew Nodoka was wrong. She WASN'T over it. The fact that she was on top of the roof about to commit just another felony was a testament to the fact she wasn't over it. That day, so many years ago....
*No!!! Now isn't the time to dwell on the past. He did this to me. And I wouldn't trade it for anything.* She thought. And in the bottom of Nodoka's stomach, she also knew Akane wasn't over it.
"Well ladies. Let's do this then!!" Akane and the others began to cut holes in the windows, big enough to get through comfortably and no bigger. They attached ropes to air conditioning units, and other stable objects and then rappelled down into the rooms inside.
They crouched down and Akane blew some dust from a pouch in her belt into the air. The lionesses spread out and moved silently and swiftly towards their goal passing the sleeping guards on the way and removing them of their weapons. They reached the room together as a unit, working quietly and flawlessly together. They crouched down again and one of them pulled more powder from her belt and blew it into the room, revealing many lasers crisscrossing from the ceiling to the floor.
"Naoko? Would you do the honors?" Akane whispered almost silently.
Behind the mask, Naoko, the tech genius smiled, and even though they couldn't see it, all the other lionesses knew. She nodded, and pulled a little watch-like device on a chain out of her belt and fiddled around with it. The lionesses sat patiently and after a minute or 2 the lasers flickered and then, faded away.
Suddenly Akane sniffed the air, as did the others. After a moment, the lioness crouched next to Naoko whispered:
"Something is wrong."
In response, and as if on instinct, the lionesses paired up back to back, with Akane in the middle. With 2 people watching the front and 2 watching the back, it was an almost perfect defense to move Akane in to grab the prize, a beautiful imitation panther, about a foot tall, with ruby studded eyes, and diamond claws. An ALMOST perfect defense.
Suddenly the chi, the hidden aura they'd been seeking flared to life and another girl dressed in black dropped down onto Akane, who dodged to the right and avoided being attacked. Her assailant landed on her feet and dropped into a fighting stance. The girls, not for a second panicked or disoriented fell into an obviously well known attack plan their tales swinging.
"Do you really want to do this? "
"I doubt you could take one of us. "
"Much LESS all of us."
"The treasure is ours."
"But that's not what you want."
"Is it."
Each statement was said in a cold voice, devoid of any emotion and right after the other, as if they knew what the others were going to say, before they did.
"Knock it off Akane. I'm more scared of your cooking than these stupid intimidation tactics. That's more an Amazon thing don't you thing?" The person, obviously Ranma replied while smirking condescendingly.
"None of us are named Akane." said one of the girls. Behind the mask it was impossible to tell who. One of the girls stepped up.
"We're leaving. It would not be wise to see us again. We've tasted your chi. And to taste it again would be....unpleasant." She took 2 steps and took the panther off its pedestal. Then the 6 women walked out, the last one turning and hissing at Ranma when he began to walk out too, stopping him immediately.
When they reached the ropes they attached themselves and climbed up, pulling the ropes up behind them and leaving Ranma looking up in sorrowful and angry determination. They began roof hopping, sometimes dropping 30 feet before jumping to the next roof. Suddenly they all stopped simultaneously, standing in a circle.
"She's following us."
"Any volunteers?"
"She's MINE."
"We'll go on then. See you at home." The others began to roof hop away, waving back at Nodoka, as she moved to find a place to lie in wait for her prey.
A few minutes later Ranma came hopping after them. His/her instincts screamed at him as a chain came whistling through the air at his head. She ducked and then leapt as the chain swung under him.
"I WARNED you!" Nodoka hissed.
"I TOLD you, our second meeting wouldn't be happy, and that I wouldn't hesitate to kill you. But you just keep pushin it don't you. So Ranma Saotome, make your peace, and prepare to die!" She swung her chain tail behind you and fell into another fighting stance.
"Listen. Lady. I don't have time for this. We can play later." Ranma turned and prepared to jump again, when he felt a pressure point in his back being pressed. Suddenly his legs went numb and he fell.
He looked at his legs and then up and Nodoka.
"You're not kidding huh. Not many people, could even get that close, much less actually hit me. All right. You want a fight? Fine." With that Ranma countered the pressure point and stood up.
Nodoka hissed and attacked.
Authors note: Hi everyone thanks for the reviews. I didn't like this chapter so much, what do you think? As always suggestions and constructive criticism is highly appreciated. Questions? go ahead and email me (mandfmafia_7@yahoo.com) or im me at ReB197666. Or review. Whatever! Thanks again! Next chapter? If I get at least 2 reviews I'll see what I can do about updating by next weekend. (but if I get em Saturday night that doesn't count) It's gonna be about the fight and maybe sum Nabiki or Akane. Anyway thanks! Love Independen-and-happy1373 (Rhianon)
"All right ladies, you ready?" she asked the other 5 women who were also checking their equipment. They were all dressed in black and covered from head to toe, so that not a single piece of hair could reach the ground to reveal their DNA. They all had black lion masks on and long gloves with sharp retractable claws on the ends. Akane had a gold and blue band wrapped around her arm, and the other girls had just plain gold. The most surprising part of their ensembles were the tails. The tails, also in black were obviously heavy, and swung around when the girls moved.
A chorus of "yep's" and "all set's" and "ready! 's" were heard, and then one of the lions, revealed to be Nodoka by her voice said
"See Lady? I TOLD you a decent hunt would do you good. You're even humming! It's good for you to move on. I mean he's just a MAN after all. Not worth your trouble. You don't need him!"
Akane laughed but deep in the pit of her stomach she knew Nodoka was wrong. She WASN'T over it. The fact that she was on top of the roof about to commit just another felony was a testament to the fact she wasn't over it. That day, so many years ago....
*No!!! Now isn't the time to dwell on the past. He did this to me. And I wouldn't trade it for anything.* She thought. And in the bottom of Nodoka's stomach, she also knew Akane wasn't over it.
"Well ladies. Let's do this then!!" Akane and the others began to cut holes in the windows, big enough to get through comfortably and no bigger. They attached ropes to air conditioning units, and other stable objects and then rappelled down into the rooms inside.
They crouched down and Akane blew some dust from a pouch in her belt into the air. The lionesses spread out and moved silently and swiftly towards their goal passing the sleeping guards on the way and removing them of their weapons. They reached the room together as a unit, working quietly and flawlessly together. They crouched down again and one of them pulled more powder from her belt and blew it into the room, revealing many lasers crisscrossing from the ceiling to the floor.
"Naoko? Would you do the honors?" Akane whispered almost silently.
Behind the mask, Naoko, the tech genius smiled, and even though they couldn't see it, all the other lionesses knew. She nodded, and pulled a little watch-like device on a chain out of her belt and fiddled around with it. The lionesses sat patiently and after a minute or 2 the lasers flickered and then, faded away.
Suddenly Akane sniffed the air, as did the others. After a moment, the lioness crouched next to Naoko whispered:
"Something is wrong."
In response, and as if on instinct, the lionesses paired up back to back, with Akane in the middle. With 2 people watching the front and 2 watching the back, it was an almost perfect defense to move Akane in to grab the prize, a beautiful imitation panther, about a foot tall, with ruby studded eyes, and diamond claws. An ALMOST perfect defense.
Suddenly the chi, the hidden aura they'd been seeking flared to life and another girl dressed in black dropped down onto Akane, who dodged to the right and avoided being attacked. Her assailant landed on her feet and dropped into a fighting stance. The girls, not for a second panicked or disoriented fell into an obviously well known attack plan their tales swinging.
"Do you really want to do this? "
"I doubt you could take one of us. "
"Much LESS all of us."
"The treasure is ours."
"But that's not what you want."
"Is it."
Each statement was said in a cold voice, devoid of any emotion and right after the other, as if they knew what the others were going to say, before they did.
"Knock it off Akane. I'm more scared of your cooking than these stupid intimidation tactics. That's more an Amazon thing don't you thing?" The person, obviously Ranma replied while smirking condescendingly.
"None of us are named Akane." said one of the girls. Behind the mask it was impossible to tell who. One of the girls stepped up.
"We're leaving. It would not be wise to see us again. We've tasted your chi. And to taste it again would be....unpleasant." She took 2 steps and took the panther off its pedestal. Then the 6 women walked out, the last one turning and hissing at Ranma when he began to walk out too, stopping him immediately.
When they reached the ropes they attached themselves and climbed up, pulling the ropes up behind them and leaving Ranma looking up in sorrowful and angry determination. They began roof hopping, sometimes dropping 30 feet before jumping to the next roof. Suddenly they all stopped simultaneously, standing in a circle.
"She's following us."
"Any volunteers?"
"She's MINE."
"We'll go on then. See you at home." The others began to roof hop away, waving back at Nodoka, as she moved to find a place to lie in wait for her prey.
A few minutes later Ranma came hopping after them. His/her instincts screamed at him as a chain came whistling through the air at his head. She ducked and then leapt as the chain swung under him.
"I WARNED you!" Nodoka hissed.
"I TOLD you, our second meeting wouldn't be happy, and that I wouldn't hesitate to kill you. But you just keep pushin it don't you. So Ranma Saotome, make your peace, and prepare to die!" She swung her chain tail behind you and fell into another fighting stance.
"Listen. Lady. I don't have time for this. We can play later." Ranma turned and prepared to jump again, when he felt a pressure point in his back being pressed. Suddenly his legs went numb and he fell.
He looked at his legs and then up and Nodoka.
"You're not kidding huh. Not many people, could even get that close, much less actually hit me. All right. You want a fight? Fine." With that Ranma countered the pressure point and stood up.
Nodoka hissed and attacked.
Authors note: Hi everyone thanks for the reviews. I didn't like this chapter so much, what do you think? As always suggestions and constructive criticism is highly appreciated. Questions? go ahead and email me (mandfmafia_7@yahoo.com) or im me at ReB197666. Or review. Whatever! Thanks again! Next chapter? If I get at least 2 reviews I'll see what I can do about updating by next weekend. (but if I get em Saturday night that doesn't count) It's gonna be about the fight and maybe sum Nabiki or Akane. Anyway thanks! Love Independen-and-happy1373 (Rhianon)