Smarter?
Chapter: Interlude
Interlude: The rise and fall of the ages
The world will continue, a never-ending cycle of advance and decline. As man passes through the 'Age of Technology', all about true magical forms has been forgotten and stored away.
As the world prepares for a coming fight… one who will involve the fate of nations, a new warrior is born from the chaos. One who will bring magic back into the lives of people around the world.
The 'Age of Technology' is starting its decline, and magic is reappearing in its truest forms. Soon, the advances in technology will be no more, a fate that Terra wished to avoid. As Terra once said, 'The future is an endless stream of possibilities that we more powerful beings can see. As I am the guardian of Earth, I can understand how to change the future for the better. However, some of the positions I find myself in are not able to be changed, and there are many higher-powered beings than I. I hope this day will never come to pass, and that I will never have to force the decline of an age of prosperity. But this day will come as surely as the sun will rise, and a warrior must be trained every age for this upcoming event.'
As the technological age isn't allowed to reach its fullest potential and outside help is waging wars of its own, the only hope left for the future of mankind is the chosen warrior, who, at the present moment, is still oblivious to the position he has been granted.
As the days continue to pass, the higher beings start to fret, for if the menace defeats mankind, Terra shall die, and the evil will absorb her power completely. All the higher beings, from Tsunami to the goddesses in Asgard, wait to see what their best warrior on Earth can do to stop this soon-to-be threat.
As the technological age begins its rapid decline into the history books, the 'Age of Chaos' shall begin. And begin in chaos is what it will do, as it has already begun its ascent.
And as so, Ranma Saotome, both the male and female warriors of the Earth, shall start the 'Age of Chaos', and will defend the Earth to his dying breath.
Thus, starts the final legacy of Ranma Saotome, avatar of Earth.
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Footnotes:
Well, here's the next chapter. Unfortunately, the web-site will /not/ be going up (4-3-2003). My family trashed my computer (I lost EVERYTHING! Geez…) and I had to retype this chapter. I'm sorry for the delay, and I hope that it won't happen too often anymore.
I'm still here, and I'll keep taking the reviews into mind. I think I'm going to start posting replies to question reviews here in the footnotes in my next chapter.
Until then, this is Ayanami Rei, on 'Smarter?', bidding you farewell.