Blinded Stars
Disclaimer: I don't own Ranma ½ or Sailor Moon. They belong to their respected creator/ owners and I not making a cent of this. So keep the layers in their cages. We all know the rest….
Chapter 2: What's happening to me! PART 1
Edited by innortal, thanks.
Running and more running was all Ranma could think of doing to keep away from what ever that was chasing him. He bounded over many houses and trees as he fled from it. To both sides of him, he saw huge black claws made of thick smoke appear and sweep at him. He dodged over them and continued his retreat. No matter how fast he went or what he did, the thing stayed right on top of him. He tried to fight back, but every time the blow would connect, the thing disappeared and then reappeared attacking an unguarded spot in his defense, do to its faster strikes. Every blow left deep wounds as his blood splattered all over the ground, a trail of it showing the path he had taken.
After about ten minutes of this chase, it was able to catch Ranma in its massive jaws and bite down. Ranma let out a blood curdling scream and then his body stopped moving. Ranma couldn't feel a thing as his body was released from the creature's mouth and dropped to the ground. The creature resembled that of a large cat as it looked at it disabled prey. It then quickly dissipated in a fierce wind revealing every one he had ever met in his life in its place and they started to taunt him. They were saying things like, if he was the best then why did he lose or what a failure he is as a person, friend, and even a son or family member. The only one that he didn't see was Kira. Tatewaki Kuno walked up to him and kicked him in the face, turning his head the other direction. He saw Kira with a sword to his neck and was about to cut his head off. Kuno then said "With this holy water I shall smite thee, Ranma, and release my pigtail goddess from your hands."
As the water hit him he tried to dodge, scream, do any thing but lie prone. But to no avail his body didn't move and the water activated his curse.
Then Ranma felt it, the power she used to fight Saffron rise up with in her. The feeling was so powerful this time that she felt her insides burst into flames. The feeling in her body came back and it hurt, but she still couldn't move. She felt the hard cold floor and the steel blade pressed against her throat; she also felt Kuno hands starting to run across her body in very indecent ways. A voice pulsed all around her and seemed to come from every one, but it was not the voice of the people saying it.
"You're not getting away from me this time, Ranma; and we will have our ..." said a voice that she could have no doubt about.
She awoke next to Kira and sat up drenched in sweat as she murmured the name Saffron under her breath. Glancing at the clock on top of the dresser, it read 1:34 AM. She untangled her arm from Kira's hold and slid out of the bed and entered the bathroom. She took one look at herself a shuddered as this evening's memories popped into her head again. Her hair was a mess and went everywhere since she didn't have it in the usual pigtail; but it wasn't the fact that she was a girl or the fact of what she looked like. It was the fact that Ryoga said something about the way they were both dresses and the way his mother kept eyeing and taking Ryoga to the side to talk to him was disturbing. It seemed that she was manipulating Ryoga to get something done. What it was, Ranma didn't know but she was going to have to have to talk with her on several maters. Thinking back to the dream that she just had, caused her to shiver again but it was soon replaced with a steady and strong burning sensation within her. It was some how calm and relaxing. Ranma didn't give it much thought as she splashed her face and then headed back to bed.
Ryoga was across the hall; he sat on the bed and was deep in thought. One of the things that had him troubled was the fact that this was a mansion, yet Nodoka had Ranma stay in Kira's room. This just didn't seem right. Even the Kuno's place had many empty rooms in it. Ryoga turned and opened the window in the room to get some fresh air. Taking a few breaths his attention turned again. This time to a girl that lived far away. "Akari," he said in a low tone. He wondered if he would ever see her again.
Suddenly he felt Ranma battle aura rise in the other room. This time Ranma's ki was drenched with the oddity he noticed before. After a little while Ranma's aura began to fade back to its normal levels. While Ryoga felt this happen, he notice Kira's ki was almost identical to Ranma. The only difference was its strength, which was how he was about to tell the two apart from each other.
He thought back to what Nodoka had said to him after they left Ranma and his cousin. She had somehow got him to tell her what his thoughts and feelings were towards Ranma and their family. She also got him to spill his story on the conflict between the two; giving her another reason to show Genma the real meaning of honor. She also learned of how Ryoga got knocked into the curse spring, though it was partly Ranma's fault. He told her about his affection for Akane and Akari; though he knew that Akane only thought of him as her P-chan and nothing else. He continued to tell Nodoka about Akari on the pig farm and her prized sumo pig. She had asked if he remembered the name of the area so she could look it up.
But to no avail it was lost to him at that moment. He was sure he would remember it later; Ryoga had got the impression that he was being lead by her.
He was also impressed by what Kira had got Ranma to wear. They were in sparkly red dresses that went down to their knees and had golden earrings in each ear which also gave him a shock that Ranma had his ears pierced. After a light talk with them, he could see that Ranma had had enough for today and wanted the day to end.
Of course Nodoka had given him a light grey suit to wear for the outing. He was surprised that it fit. Nodoka had let him continue to wear his bandanas even though they didn't go with the suit at all.
The only news they got from Mustang that evening was that he would be meeting with the Amazons for several days. He glanced at Ranma afterwards and said that he wasn't surprised to see her like that before looking at Kira and shook his head.
Ryoga lay down and tried to get some sleep. He was going to have to attend school with Ranma and Kira in the morning.
-7:00 AM-
"So are you going to have Ranma go to school as a girl? I know that would be Kira's preference," Mustang said, still amused from last night's scene of Ranma.
"No, I think Ranma has had enough. He'll attend as male I'm sure; it will be his decision though," Nodoka replied.
"Well, I would say that they need to get up soon so they can get prepared for school today."
"Alright; as for Ryoga, did you get him admitted?"
"Yes, I did. Though he's going to have to take some tests to figure out what his current grade level should be. He hasn't been in school in a long time; so he's probably got a lot of catching up to do."
"Alright. Well I'll go wake them up, but how did the first meeting go with the Amazons?"
"They're really stubborn over Ranma. It's hard to gain any footing against them; they do seem very set on having him as one of their own."
"I see; so it's going to take a while then."
"Ya; in the end we are probably going to have to pay commission to them."
Nodoka stayed stood there for a few more seconds before turning and leaving to wake every one up, obviously in thought. The first door she knocked on was Ryoga's and was greeted promptly afterwards. She found that he was already dressed in his normal clothing and had his umbrella in hand. She told him to wait there as she got the other two up. Ranma was awake already and had changed back to a guy. He was dressed in his usual red silk shirt and black pants, when she opened the door. Seeing Ranma like this reminded her that they were going to have to go out and get Ranma some school uniforms later too day. She noted that he still had the earrings on and guessed that he forgot to take them out.
"Good morning, Ranma. It's time to get ready for school," Nodoka said with a smile on her face.
"Ok, I'll get Kira up."
"No…, you take Ryoga down and get ready for breakfast, He'll get lost otherwise. I'll take care of Kira. I don't want her to freak out because there's a boy in her room."
"She knows that I'm a guy."
"Yes, but she really doesn't want boys in her room. You just happen to be the exception when your at lest a girl."
"Ummph," they both heard as Kira began to sit up. She quickly noticed that there were others in her room and that her source of warmth was missing? She blinked a few times before her vision came into focus.
"Good morning, dear. Did you sleep well?" Nodoka asked.
"Um I guess so; but why does Ranma look different."
"Because I'm in my male form."
"Oh…" Kira replied a little saddened remembering the fact that Ranma was really a guy.
"Well I better get Ryoga," Ranma said as he exited the room.
"Can Ranma go as a girl instead?" Kira asked Nodoka.
"It's his decision what form he wants to go to school as."
"But I know that she had to have had fun yesterday!"
"It's still his decision that he has to make. But it looks like he plans on being a guy at school. But I'll tell you what. He forgot to take out the earrings so you can have a little fun with that," Nodoka said helping Kira out of bed. "Now where are your uniforms?"
Downstairs Ranma and Ryoga were seated at the table waiting for every one else. Mustang had joined them but the conversation didn't hold very well since all the questions Ranma asked about the Amazons, he had no answer to. Ryoga was only concerned about the mention that the Amazons might get him stuck in the same situation as Ranma, because of his abilities as well. He knew that he could beat Shampoo and Mousse and many others of his generation but he can't beat them all at once.
After fifteen minutes of waiting, both Kira and Nodoka entered the room; Kira was dressed in the standard school girl uniform and held her back pack at her side. Kira then skipped over to the table and sat next to Ranma. She took note that Ranma had removed the earrings and set them next to his plate. Probably because Ryoga said something, she thought. Nodoka sat across from her and began to talk about where they should go to get Ranma and Ryoga school uniforms. The three teens not being interested in that subject at the moment picked up their own conversation; by the end of breakfast Kira had got Ranma and Ryoga to promise to go out after school and meet a few of her friends.
They left twenty minutes early so both Ranma and Ryoga could see the councilor and get all set up. After they got there, they didn't even notice that their councilor had green hair; seeing how they were used to people with odd colored hair. The councilor seemed to have known when they entered the building for she came out to meet them as they entered.
What Ranma and Ryoga did note is the green haired woman had an aura that spoke of magical amplitude, similar to Ranma's.
"Hello, Miss Meioh," Kira said when they met.
"Hi Kira; I take it that this is your well talked about cousin from last week and his friend," Miss Meioh asked.
"Ya, I'm going to have to keep all the girls off of him and Ryoga here. They'll go and do something if you get my drift," Kira replied sarcastically.
"Well Ranma, we have taken a look at your school records and found that you have missed quite a bit of schooling over the years. So what we are going to do is have you take a test to determine your school level. We found the same kind of thing in Ryoga's file as well."
"Furinkan never had me take a test for that when I showed up?" Ranma asked.
"Yes, I have taken note of that. That is why we have to give the test now. Since they didn't give you the test while you where there," Miss Meioh answered.
"Oh," was all Ranma quietly replied.
"So where do we take this test?" Ryoga asked.
"I'll get you two set up in a little bit," Miss Meioh said them turned to Kira. "Kira you can show them around for a little bit. I need to talk with your father and Ranma's mother about some things."
"No problem, I was going to do it some time any way."
As the three left they could tell that the conversation was going to be very serious and was going to take a while. Kira figured that about the time it took them to see about half the school it would be time for the bell to ring.
"Good morning; Mr. Mustang and Miss. Nodoka Saotome," Miss Meioh said motioning them to follow.
"Right, so what can we do for you Setsuna?" Mustang asked knowing that it would probably be about Ranma's in school record on fights.
"Well it has come to my attention that Ranma has a history of many squabbles and at times unsettling behavior.
"One I think that you are a ware of is Ranma at times cross dressing."
"Well, yes at times he has. But he usually has a descent reason to," Nodoka replied.
"And what reasons are those?"
"Well Ranma has a special problem that affects how he looks half the time."
"Not to mention that Kira is just thrilled to have her cousin staying with us," Mustang added.
"So what kind of problem are we talking about? He looked fine to me," Setsuna asked.
"It's a little complicated. So it's hard to talk about it without Ranma here to show you. Is there any other things you want to see us about?"
Setsuna knew that they were going to dance around that issue, so she figured that they would need to get to another issue. "Yes, can we insure that Ranma gets into no more fights with others here? He has a long history of that and we would like it to end today. Else we are going to have to start giving him detentions every time he steps out of line."
"I see; I'll have a talk with him when he comes home. But for him to back down from a challenges is like telling him 'he's weak'. Sadly, his father ingrained that into his psyche, but we're working on getting it out," Nodoka replied.
"Ya, but he's going to have to learn to ignore some people if he's going to stop getting into fights," Mustang said to them.
"Then you need to get Ranma do that. I'm sure you both are aware of the dress code for this school. So tomorrow I hope and expect both Ranma and Ryoga to be in uniform."
"Yes, we had planned to get them this evening, actually."
"Are we going to see Ranma dressed as a girl at times?"
"That would be up to him. It's his choice, but for the most part I would say that he will be dressed as a boy," Nodoka answered.
"Okay. In his files, I didn't get any pictures of him so as long as he is dressed appropriate then I can't complain. But my curiosity is wondering what he looks like when dressed as a girl?"
"Well, pretty much like my daughter." Mustang replied.
"So are you going to be paying for Ryoga as well?"
"Yes, his family is well has problems. So he's staying with us for the moment. He also has a problem with his—" Mustang started to say.
"Sense of direction?" Setsuna finished.
"Ya, how did know?"
"It was in his records."
"So what else did the records say?" Nodoka catching on that this woman knew more then she had told them.
"I'm sorry," said Setsuna. "You're allowed to look at Ranma's but unless you're Ryoga's current guardian I can't let you see it."
"Well I guess we're in luck then. Because I had talked with Ryoga a few days ago and he accepted my offer. So we are his guardians," stated Nodoka
"Oh, but did you get the signatures of his parents and other relatives?"
"Yes, all nine of them plus there doctors for witnesses."
"Alright, let me see the document and I will go get the files."
Nodoka nodded to Mustang and he opened his briefcase and pulled out a ten page document and handed it to Setsuna. She glanced through it and checked the signatures at the end. "I'm going to have to make a copy of this and put it in his file," she said before getting up to get the files and copy the document in her hand. She came back a minute later with to files in hand and handed them to Nodoka. "Now if you will excuse me I have to go and get the two ready for the test; since the bell is about to ring."
Setsuna found the three talking to one of the teachers near the outdoor fields. She handed Kira a note to give to her first period teacher and then lead the other two to an empty room; except for a few cabinets, shelves and a table in the center. On the table there were two packets of paper and across form each other and a pair of pencils to the right.
"We sometimes use this room for conferences, but at the moment it being use to store papers," Setsuna said as they entered. "Therefore, it should be the best place for you two to take this test."
"So how long is this test?" Ryoga asked.
"Well since you won't be attending and classes today, you have most of the day. So the test will be pretty long as to reflect that," Setsuna replied.
"Man, I hate long tests. I never do good on them," Ranma said as his head drooped.
"Well, if you paid more attention in your classes you might do quite I bit better. Though, I do hope that you two score high enough so that you don't have to attend special classes."
"Ya, I don't want to be here no more than I have to."
"Same here. So how about we get this thing started, Ranma?"
"Just follow the directions and there is plenty of scrap paper if you need it. I'll just be waiting at the head of the table working when you're finished. But first I have to go and check on you parents and guardian," Setsuna said before she left.
-Back to Nodoka and Mustang-
"Wow, I didn't think that they would have all of this information on Ryoga. It even has his sizes," Nodoka pronounced as she turned yet another page. "What; even Furinkan High put information in his file and he didn't even attend there."
"What does it say?" Mustang asked shifting trough Ranma's file and taking notes to the side.
"It talks about how that you never see Ryoga any time Akane pet pig 'P-Chan' is around. And it also states that he gets into fights with both Ranma and a redhead girl."
"Hmm. I take it that Ranma would be the redhead as well?"
"That would be my guess."
"So have you found anything forth noting?" asked Nodoka.
"Ya, his file is full to the brim. We have many things that have clung to his file."
"What's one of them?"
"Well, I would say that one of the more interesting ones is—not that it should be in this file but at a police station—is a note of 'Ranma Saotome' promising to pay his bar tab before leaving town."
"What?"
"I did the math; he was only seven at that time. So I would say that it's Genma's bill."
"So how many things are like that in there?"
"Well a lot, not to mention the continuous mentioning of female Ranma every so often."
"Well that is why I'm having you go through it. So we can get the junk out of it," Nodoka asked, before stopping as the School Counselor reentered the room.
"So how is every thing?" Setsuna asked as she entered the room.
"I hope that you realized that half of these notes in Ranma's file are either false or don't belong."
"I've realized; that is why we are going to accept him here. But I can't change the files. Only add to them. So you'll have to have them removed through the standard process."
"Right, I'll forward the work later. But what I can do right now is get some charges dropped on Ranma just by that fact that he was too young at the time to even have a bar tab."
"…" Was the only response that he got from Setsuna.
-2:00-
"Finally!" Ranma and Ryoga said in unison setting down their pencils and sitting back in their chairs.
"Well, with only a half an hour to spare. You two had me a little worried," Setsuna said looking up from the file she was working on. "Just set them here. I'll run them trough the machine after you leave today, and I'll give you the news tomorrow with your schedules.
"Okay," Ranma replied. "So where should we wait?"
"In my office of course; Kira will be by to get you when the bell rings."
"Where is your office?" Ranma asked.
"I'll show you, just follow me you two." Setsuna replied gathering her things and the tests. She lead them down the halls and past the outdoor fields again to the entrance before turning down another hall that lead to a door with the name 'Setsuna Meioh' written on a plaque above its entrance. "Just sit in there and wait. She'll be by soon to get you."
"Alright."
"Oh, you might want to keep the door closed. I'll be back in a couple of seconds with a few papers that I need you to sign."
After about a minute, Setsuna was back with two packets containing six sheets packets of paper. Each packet having to be signed and filled out by them; they asked about medical information and necessary emergency information as well. They finished five minutes before the bell rang. A minute after that Kira appeared with about five girls beside her. All seemed to be talking rapidly and made no sense.
"Come on you two, before every other girl finds out that you're right here," Kira yelled a bit out of breath, closing the door behind her.
"Umm. Okay, so why is that?" Ryoga asked raising an eyebrow.
"Cause I was a little over zealous on telling every one about Ranma last week."
"So Ranma still fetches all the girls and he hasn't even said a word to them."
"Ryoga save it, you have no idea what a group of girls can and will do; especially when their mad," Ranma shot back at Ryoga.
"Okay, so I take it you where expecting a different reaction to us being here?" Ryoga asked.
"Much!" Kira replied.
"Want me to get you three out with out being seen?" Setsuna finally asked from behind her desk; where she was enjoying the scene play out before her.
"Would you, Miss Meioh?" Kira turned and asked.
"Sure, but I don't think that it's these two we need to worry about; it's the female population."
"Ya, so I found out on the announcements and plus a horde of girls chasing after me to get to Ranma."
"I was on the announcements?"
"Ya, it appears the girls did a bit of research on you over the weekend and are in search of their dreamy man," Setsuna replied with an amused look on here face.
"Ryoga, time to go ... now!" Ranma said with a hint of urgency in this voice.
"Alright you three; I'll clear a path. Just keep close and make sure that Ryoga doesn't get lost."
"Thanks, Miss Meioh."
"Just come on."
The three where a bit amazed by the quick and easiness that Setsuna had got them to the entrance of the school grounds. They had some how managed to be unnoticed by the crowds of the student body and were now standing outside its entrance. Not that far away from them the limo had pulled up and the window rolled down to reveal Mustang. He was wearing a casual T-shirt and a pair of sun glasses.
"So, what's with the hiding here?" Mustang asked in a playful tone to from his seat in the car.
"We're just trying to avoid most of the girls who are hunting for Ranma," Kira replied as they walking up the vehicle.
"And why would they be doing that?"
"Well, for mainly one reason: I was a big mouth last week and told every one about him. So naturally they are looking for him."
"So, when would you like to go and get your uniforms tonight, Ranma?" Nodoka said rolling down another window on the side of the car.
"Why would I need a uniform? Cant I go in my normal clothing?"
"No, unlike Furinkan; which didn't enforce the uniform code on you, Juuban will and they expect you to be in uniform at all times when you are attending."
"But you can't move in uniforms. They hold you back which makes it hard to fight in," Ranma replied.
"You can always go as a girl and wear a skirt!" Kira said hopefully.
"That would a thing to see: Ranma in a girl's school uniform!" Ryoga chuckled.
"Shut up Ryoga!" Ranma said punching him in the head.
"Ow! What was that for?"
"Actually Auntie, I was hoping that I could have Ranma and Ryoga here meet some of my friends right now," Kira stated.
"Well, when you get back from that we will go out to get the uniforms. Also Kira, you might want to bring an extra set of girls clothing just in case, for Ranma."
"Okay, I will." She replied with a devilish smile.
"So when and where should we pick you three up?" Mustang asked.
"How about 5:30, at the arcade."
"Alright. But afterwards we are headed to get them school uniforms."
"So do you need us to drop you off?"
"No, we can walk. I need to talk to these two in private before we meet my friends any way," Kira said before taking Ranma's and Ryoga's arms and pulling him closer to enhance her statement.
"We'll see you later then." Mustang replied.
Kira waved goodbye as the vehicle retreated away from them and then turned to Ranma with an evil grin on her face. Ranma could tell that this meant that she had something planned and he was going to play a roll in it as they began to walk to their destination.
"So where are we headed?" Ryoga asked.
"To meet up with Naru and Usagi," Kira replied. "Though Usagi is probably in detention again for being late to school."
"Really? A detention for being late?"
"Ya, she's always getting them. She can't walk half of the time with out tripping over her own feet."
"Clumsy?"
"A bit."
"So what do your friends look like?"
"Well, Usagi has a strange hair style of two ponytails on her head and she loves to eat like all the time. We sometimes call her meat-ball-head."
"Oh? Why?"
"Her boyfriend called her that once and now it just caught on to all of her friends."
"So how many friends do you have?"
"Well hopefully you will be meeting two today and the others some other time, probable within the next couple of days."
"Where we meeting them?" asked Ranma.
"Well, I did tell them that we would meet at the ice cream parlor and then head to the arcade."
"Ice cream parlor? I can't go as a man, it's not manly!" cried out Ranma.
"Oh get off, Ranma, not everything is about what's manly!"
"I'm not a girl!"
"You're half the time!" Ryoga stated raising his right fist.
"That's only because of the curse! It's pop's fault! Not mine!" Ranma replied back jumping back in a ready stance.
"That doesn't make any difference. You still are a girl!"
"No I'm not. I'm a boy!"
"Not if I splash you with some Water!" Ryoga yelled back about to charge.
"Will you two shut up!" Kira yelled at them, causing them to stop and look at her in surprise. "I swear both of you are acting like little children. If this is why my dad said you two get into fights then I'll dunk you both in water."
"Wha… but he started it!" both said pointing to each other.
"You know, you two need to grow up!" she said before she turned and began to stomp off.
"…….."
"Hey, wait up. Don't leave me here with him!" the yelled out to her in unison.
"You both just don't get it! Do you!" Kira said turning around revealing that her watery eyes.
"Get what?" Ranma asked taking on a calm manor, taking note of him cousin's state.
"You do even have any idea of what I mean?" she replied as she began to wipe her eyes.
"Um, do you feel that?" Ryoga asked turning and looking in the other direction.
"What? Don't change the subject!" Kira said turning her attention on him.
"Now that you mention it, I do," Ranma replied jumping onto the stone wall next to them to get a better view.
"Stop avoiding the subject, you two!" Kira said getting a little bit angry that they decided to focus on some other thing.
"It headed straight for us," Ranma stated as he slid into a defensive stance.
"It's coming pretty fast."
"Oh fine, what is it?"
"I wish I knew," Ranma replied "Here it comes around the corner."
They watched as a car goes flying by into a tree, followed by a massive wave that stopped abruptly and started to change shape. The three watched as individual body parts came into shape, forming two arms, a head, a female body, and legs that seemed to flow into crashing waves over the black top.
"You possess much energy!" the liquid monster said in a detached voice that didn't seem to be its own.
"Its aura is flowing with some kind of energy, and from its feel, it's not the good one," Ranma said analyzing the thing quickly.
"The worst thing is its looks like it's made of water," Ryoga added.
"Oh crap! Let's get out of here!" Kira yelled taking a few steps hack.
"I don't run from fights! This thing is not an exception," Ranma stated.
"Ya you can, but if I get hit I'll turn in to a pig!" screamed Ryoga.
"Then get Kira out of here and I'll handle the thing."
"But it's a monster, there's no way you can fight it and win!" she cried.
"Just lead Ryoga, he'll stop and thing that gets your way."
"But…"
"I'll have your energy!" the monster yelled darting towards them.
"Bakusai Tenketsu!" Ryoga yelled pushing Kira a few feet away then sticking his finger in the ground. The ground beneath Ryoga exploded upwards causing a large cloud to form as well as spraying rocks. The monster halted in surprise at the sudden explosion. Ranma taking the as an opportunity jumped off the wall and came charging the stunned creature.
"Kachü Tenshin Amaguriken!" Ranma shouted coming within strike range. Ranma's fists blurred form view as they came in contact with the creature causing its waterish body splash apart with each hit.
(Beep, beep, beep)
"Oh, what is it Ami?" Rei asked as she answered her communicator.
"We have a youma attacking near the ice cream parlor."
"Really? I thought we weren't needed for a while."
"Well one is currently attacking and large amounts of energy are being released in the area."
"That can't be good."
"My thoughts exactly."
"I'll meet you there." Rei said cutting off her communicator and started to head in the direction of the parlor. On her way there she ran into Usagi, who got out of detention early and a few others as they raced to the scene. They met Ami about half way there and listened to her explain the readings she was getting on her computer as they went. As they cleared a wall they were not prepared for what they saw.
There on the other side of the street was a redhead dodging multiple strikes and them shouting something and her fists blurred making Swiss cheese out of the creature. A few seconds later the thing would be right back on its offensive.
"What the?" said Minako.
"I might be crazy; but are you seeing what I'm seeing?" asked Usagi.
"The energy readings she's giving off aren't normal. Is way above any other normal person's," stated Ami.
"Is she the one Setsuna was talking about?" asked Makoto.
"It does look like the girl from my vision, but she was glowing," said Rei in awe of what she was seeing.
"WHY WONT YOU TAKE DAMAGE!" was heard come across the street. "ARG! MOKO TAKABISHA!" Ranma watched as her attack was absorbed once again.
"Her energy output just jumped. It's at unheard of levels for a person."
"DAMN IT. The thing is just absorbing my ki!"
"Ki?" they looked at Mercury.
"I don't know," Mercury replied. "But the energy she fired of was mostly composed of her life energy. And the monster is just ate the attack up."
"No way, that can't be right; she's using her life force being as a weapon."
"It is, but there's some thing strange about it. It's pulsing with magic energy. Hmm. There are two more near here that are similar to her as well."
"Let's just take care of this thing before it kills her. Then let's ask questions."
"ARG!" Ranma screamed as her blue aura sprang to life around her.
"THAT'S IT! NO MORE!" Ranma yelled feeling the last bit of any doubts in her mind of holding back evaporate. The creature looked at the glowing girl and tilted its head slightly before deciding what its opponents glow meant. Ranma realized that she had been letting her feelings get to her in this fight and it was causing her to lose her focus. Ranma calming herself down took a more defensive stance and began to focus on her ki as she tried to remove the feeling of dread that hung within her. 'I can't be beaten, I'm the best. I just have to figure out how to do damage to this thing and it will be over.' Ranma thought to herself. In her previous state she didn't notice the group of five girls standing on the wall across the street, but now she did. Taking a closer look at the ki flows in the air the surrounded her, she discovered that what ever this creature is, it was also able to absorb her ki from a distance. Ranma could feel both Kira and Ryoga standing a little ways off watching. She felt the return of the warm blaze within her that some how soothing yet provided the feeling of power. Ranma closed her eyes and quivered she let the pleasurable feeling raced throughout her body and envelope her entire being. Ranma slowly opened her eyes to fine that her aura was now several shades lighter then before and was shimmering and sparkling slightly.
"Wow, her levels just jumped again," said Mercury in amazement. "If I'm reading this right, she is starting to gather energy within herself. What the? Her energy signature just changed as well. It gained a strong magical component… It's similar to our own!" She shouted as she received the readings.
"Flaming Sniper!" Mars yelled firing her attack at the unsuspecting youma. When the attack hit the youma's body, steam arose from the area, obscuring half of its body from view.
Ok that only part one. I've have to ask this question other wise I might do something completely weird. What would you rather see? Mamoru having two sisters or two brothers, etc. from the moon kingdom era. Opinions? I might not do either. As for all the slight problems that you notice, please alert me so that I my fix in one way or another. And yes there is a reason for Ranma to be acting this way! (Wink)
This should been an easier read then the last chapter. Plus I've still got to finish the end to it. So it might take a while longer. As for matches you can place your ideas. But I will only use them if the go along and not against story line/ plot.