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For the most part none of the characters are mine; they belong to Rumiko Takahashi, Naoko Takeuchi, and many others that aren't me.
Note: This is the Pre-pre-read version I will update with a pre-read version ASAP.
Chapter5: Just another day.
Gaijin Looked at Rei, why she dragged him to her grandfather's shrine he didn't know. "You know I don't think your grandfather would approve of me as your boyfriend"
"WHAT! That is not why I brought you here; I want my grandfather to do a fire reading about you." So Akuma did have a sense of humor Rei thought to herself. Since it was obvious there was something going on with these demon attacks recently she figured it had to have something to do with Akuma, after all this didn't start till he arrived. That and Patrick, his talking cat.
"Hmm I think you two make a cute couple." Patrick smirked.
"NO ONE ASKED YOU!" Rei shuddered as an image of her and Akuma kissing popped into her head. Maybe Akuma wasn't as bad as she first though, but there was no way in #### she'd go out with him.
"Patrick, should you be speaking right now? What if Rei's Grandfather pops up?" Gaijin looked at his companion riding on his shoulder.
"You don't have to worry about that, Grandfather's normally deep in meditation at this time of day." after opening the door to the shrine Rei led Akuma to the room where the sacred flame was kept. "Grandfather, I'm sorry to disturb you..."
"Then don't I'm in the middle of a very important reading." Rei's grandfather sat staring into the sacred flames very serious in thought.
Gaijin looked into the flames and focused. He then saw and heard what the old man was seeing. Patrick leapt from his shoulder as he moved to sit next too the priest.
"Akuma?" Rei saw the seriousness in both her grandfather's and Akuma's face. What was so important about what they were seeing? It was times like this when she wished she paid some attention to her grandfather's lessons.
Patrick looked at the two in front of the sacred flame and worried. Akuma had mentioned he could do fire readings but that he hadn't seen anything about the enemy, now though with the priest he saw something. Patrick hope things were not as bad as he feared.
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Usagi sat in her class day dreaming about being a beautiful sailor suited shojo senshi Sailor moon. Now Luna, if that was the cat's name, had said she wasn't a princess, but nonetheless she was Sailor Moon.
She thought to herself if she was Sailor Moon, then Rei was probably Sailor Mars. Usagi came to this conclusion for two reasons. First in the Anime and Manga Rei Hino was Sailor Mars. This was probably the wrong reason but still she couldn't help but think the obvious. Her second reason was the more Rei said she hated something the more she actually liked it. For example Rei was always bashing "Otaku Supreme" saying they were a band of looser that couldn't write there own music so the stole cartoon themes. However after going though Rei's CD collection while she was trying to get her grandfather to leave poor Ranma alone Usagi had found all the "Otaku Supreme" Albums. Rei had been more of a fan then even she was.
So in Usagi's mind there was no doubt Rei was Sailor Mars. However she didn't really have a clue to who Sailor Venus was.
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Today Ranma was first to the tree. He sat down thinking about Rei's argument with Arimi the day before. Anyone who knew Rei well enough knew that when she protested anything fiercely it meant she was embarrassed to admit the opposite. She claimed the was no band worse then "Otaku Supreme", but Usagi found proof to the contrary, and Rei still pretends she hate's the group.
First Ranma caught Rei in the library with magic books. Second Rei didn't mind P-chan resting on her, and she's never been one for cats. The there was today, neither Rei nor Gaijin have any classes today. So if she really didn't care for him at all then she wouldn't have to see him. However this morning Rei came by their apartment and to talk to Gaijin.
"Yo Ranma!" Gohan called out as he reached his pigtailed friend.
"What's up Gohan?" Ranma replied still dwelling a bit on his thoughts.
"No much, do you know any good flower shops?"
That snapped Ranma out of his train of thought. Why was Gohan asking about flower shops? The first thing that came to his mind was Usagi, but she turned Gohan down before. Since then he's been too afraid to approach her again, or at least as far as the subject of dating went. "Um, not really Arimi's not into flowers. Books on flowers, but not flowers themselves."
"Really? You've never given Arimi flowers? Not even at School Dances?" Gohan saw Ranma frown and then he remembered that Ranma's mother always made him go to the dances with a guy. "Uh, never mind."
"What I miss?" Usagi now joined the boys and sat down.
"Well apparently Rei visited Gaijin today." Ranma stated as he saw Arimi making her way to the tree.
"WHAT!" Usagi jaw dropped.
"Hmmm, I actually didn't think I was right about that. I was just teasing her."
"Who know, there may be nothing going on, but she did stop by to see him." Ranma said as he pulled out a bento and handed it to Arimi.
"Rei and Akuma, heh I never thought I see the day were Rei would have a boyfriend. She just seems so offensive about every thing."
"Don't jump to conclusions Gohan. Rei could have other reasons for seeing Gaijin." Arimi unwrapped her bento and then looked over to Usagi whose jaw gaping open. "Usagi are you all right?"
"It's just that Rei, and Gaijin……I don't know…" Usagi had spent the entirety of her last class thinking the what Rei was keeping secret from them was that she was Sailor Mars, but could Usagi of put the fact together wrong? Was Rei's secret that she liked Gaijin? If that was the case then who was Sailor Mars?
"Don't dwell on it too much Usagi, we don't know if they're a couple. We just know the got together this morning." Arimi hope that would calm Usagi down, but why did that upset her.
Gohan didn't like the way Usagi reacted to that news. Could Akuma actually be his rival after all? Man, he had to hurry up and set his plan into action. However where was he going to find roses? All the flowers shops oddly enough seem to be sold out of them.
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Rei returned to the room with the sacred flame was and both her Grandfather and Akuma were still sitting there staring into it.
"What do you think there seeing?"
"I…I don't know. Patrick you shouldn't be talking around Grandfather." Rei looked down at the cat somewhat annoyed.
"I've tried a few times to get Akuma out of the trance he's in. He didn't react to any of it, nor did your grandfather. I doubt there even aware we're here." Patrick looked at Gaijin and was getting even more worried. Just then Gaijin blinked. Both he and Rei's grandfather stood and looked to each other.
"You saw that too?" The old priest had noticed the vision get clearer but he had hoped it was Rei that joined him in mediation. He was more then a little surprised it was Akuma.
"Yes, things do not look good." Gaijin smiled a bit. After his last encounter with Rei's grandfather he had thought of him as kinda ridged, but he was using the sacred flame to watch television. Future television, but television nonetheless. They had just finished watching the Super bowl that will take place in 2010, the Pittsburgh Steelers won.
"No they don't" The priest chuckled to himself, and then looked to his granddaughter. "Well Rei, you've proved me wrong, Akuma here isn't as evil as I assumed. For him to pear into the sacred flame means his soul is pure."
"What did the two of you see Grandfather?" If things were as bad as they seem Rei didn't know what she would do. In the few episodes of Sailor Moon that she had seen the Senshi had to sacrifice themselves to defeat their enemy. Rei was kinda enjoying living.
"Do not worry child, it is only a possible future. I have seen it change twice before, unfortunately with the same outcome. Akuma if you don't mind can we return to meditation, there is something I want to show you."
Gaijin looked at Rei's grandfather slightly curious of what he was going to be shown. Then he thought about the fact that he was still being called Akuma. "Um, if I have a pure soul, why are you still calling me Akuma?"
"You are of the way aren't you? Yet I look into your spirit I see darkness. In your beliefs the devil is a deceiver. In a way you are a deceiver yourself. I think the title Akuma suits you just fine."
Gaijin thought about the old mans words and decided it did make sense. And as Ranma had said Akuma does sound better then Gaijin. He sat down and looked into the fire.
"I warn you Akuma you will have to focus some of you magic to see this vision, but I think it's worth it." The Priest sat down next to Akuma and looked into the fire with him. They began their mediation and Akuma change from male to female.
Patrick looked at the fire and wished he could see what the two thought was so interesting. Then he noticed that he could see some of the images from the fire. There were four shadowed figures, the first shadow became clear and he could see gaijin like Gaijin. The other gaijin also had red hair, but short. His eyes were cold blue. He stood 5'10" and wore a Uniform similar to the dark generals in the Sailor Moon manga. Then the fire showed a beast, a dark creature that Patrick recognized as Gouron. Finally the fire showed Gouron devour the five lights, and beneath him the world sat destroyed. "No…"
"What is that thing Patrick?" Rei was amazed by what she saw, and somewhat more amazed that she even could see it.
"I…will explain later once the others have been awaken" Patrick saw Gaijin and Rei's grandfather collapse from their meditative positions to the floor.
"Grandfather!" Rei rushed quickly to her grandfather's side and notice he weakly got up.
"I'm alright child. I just need some rest. Akuma and I spent quite a bit of spiritual energy to allow you to see that as well." Slowly the old man got up and started to head towards the main shrine.
Patrick looked concerned to Gaijin as she slowly got up herself. "Are you alright?"
"Tired and hungry, but yeah I'm fine. Was that our enemy?"
"Yes, and like I and Luna did for the Senshi, he's sent forth the souls of his Generals into host with kindred spirits as well. The one we saw I believe is Leoric's host." Patrick frowned he had thought Gouron only had a few demons to serve him, but apparently he had found a way to restore his generals as well.
"… … Well our fridge is bare, but there's a restaurant near by. Although I don't think you'll appreciate it as much in your current form." This was the first time Rei had actually seen Akuma in his cursed form, but like Ranma, Akuma made a very beautiful girl. How is it cursed guys make better girls then real ones.
"You mean the Anna Millers down the street, right? I've ate their before, none of the waitress are all that great anyway." Akuma did agree though that it was better to eat there as a guy.
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Arimi made her way to the dressing room in the back of Anna Millers. Ranma had often told her to look for a job elsewhere. But despite the fact that she was a genius, finding work wasn't all that easy. She was rather fortunate that she still had a job at all, her class schedule made it rather difficult to have a steady work schedule. Today though she only had morning classes so after joining the gang for lunch she could put in some extra hours at work.
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In a vast wasteland nowhere and no when shadowed beast laid upon a floating piece of ground. In front of it appeared a Woman formed of Light. The light emanating from her body did nothing to penetrate the shadow. "Report Lumnaroin"
"Great Gouron this General has done nothing but fail you. Why do you let him live?"
"Do not blame the general, blame his host. Leoric has no power over this the fool. Darkstum, Hiroshin, and Jiyiwht are no better. You Lumnarion were tasked with finding a way for my Generals to gain power over their host. I did not ask for you to complain about Leoric's failure I asked for your own status." Gouron snarled angrily at his lieutenant.
"I'm sorry Sire. I still have found no way for the General to control their host. Maybe it would be better if you sent some of your demons into that world." Lumnarion smiled hoping that she soon be able to prove her true worth to he master. Then a large paw came down upon her and pinned her to the ground.
"YOU DARE QUESTION MY GENERALS? THEY HAVE FAILED ONLY BECAUSE YOU HAVE FAILED!" Gouron's claw picked up the woman and swallowed it whole. "FRIDION!"
A woman made of ice appeared before the beast." You have summoned me great Gouron?"
"Yes, it has fallen upon you to awaken my Generals. Do not fail me."
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Lio's Corner:
Do to odd things at with what I use as sceene breaks, I experimanting.
If anyone is interested in being a pre-reader please email me. It will help me get these out faster.
By now everyone should know who the guy at the end of the chapters is. Originally I was just going to have me be a guy who just happens to be wherever the next demon egg was sent. However when writing this chapter I decided to put more in Grandpa Hino's vision then just Gouron. So for those not familiar with my normal friends, the hosts are: Leoric; Lioconvoy (me), Darkstum; Brad Darkstorm (Writer of the Web Comic "Ninja Fury"), Hiroshin; Hiraishin(My normal pre-reader when he has the time), and Jiyiwht; Jimmyinwhite (A friend that asked for a cameo and end up getting possessed)