Once again I have used that which is not mine, once again they will get nothing if it upsets them.

Master of the infinite Sky

by Xeno96

Slowly going through the new kata his father had showed him earlier the day, Ranma was thinking about the journey he and his father were on. They had left when he was very young, maybe two if he remembered correctly and had not seen his mother since then though he had spoken to her over the phone every Friday. For the last four years the two of them had travelled far and wide meeting new people and seeing new places, as well as learning new things at the temples they stayed at.

Though he got lonely he was okay he had his dad and the Art as well and he was going to be the best martial artist there ever was.

"Ranma where are you boy, Ranma!" hearing a voice calling him Ranma turned in the direction of the camp his dad had set up earlier "over here papa" he called out, stumbling out of some bushes was Ranma's father Genma "boy what are you still doing up? you should be asleep , we have a lot to do tomorrow morning" said Genma as he moved closer to his son, the strange thing about Genma is if you see him for the first time you not think he was a good martial artist , he looked overweight and moved very clumsily, almost tripping over stones that couldn't be seen in the darkness. What they wouldn't see is though he tripped he never fell and that he moved with a grace only a master martial artist or other highly trained person can ever achieve, that under the fat were muscles of steel capable of extreme strength and speed.

"Ranma what are you still doing up?" Genma asked his son when he finally made his way to the boy, "just the kata you showed me papa, I couldn't sleep so figured I would do it till I finished it or fell asleep" Ranma replied shrugging, then turning to look up at the sky "its a beautiful night papa, you can see all the stars" Ranma exclaimed throwing his arms wide. Genma shook his head while hiding his smile from his son, though only 5 almost 6, was already better than most black belts and would soon be able to beat even an adult easily.

Ranma was truly a prodigy, even though had some of the strangest habits, like finding excuses to stay up and watch the night sky and reading all the different books he could find about the sky. "Fine but only for another hour then bed, we have an early morning ahead and I want to get started right after breakfast" Genma said while turning around to head back to camp. "Are we trying a new technique papa?" Ranma asked moving back into the kata's starting position "yes" Genma said as he turned back " its called the cat fist and is said to be an unbeatable technique so get plenty of rest ok?", "yes papa see you in the morning" replied Ranma as he continued the kata.

45 minutes later Ranma was just lying on a small hill looking at the stars, he had always felt that there were more to them than just the explanations he got when he was at the various schools he enrolled at when they were staying in a town. "Its a beautiful night isn't it?" called a voice out suddenly, Ranma was on his feet and in a stance in a flash "who's there?" he called out keeping his senses sharp "just I little one no need to worry" turning to the left Ranma sees a man walk out from out the trees form the opposite side of the camp "who are you" Ranma questions " my name you ask? To be honest I don't really remember but its not like its really important, you won't see me again after tonight just as I won't see you again after tonight" replied the man confusing Ranma "as for what I'm doing here just watching the stars like you, they are truly magnificent tonight are they not?" he continued sitting down "don't worry young one I truly mean you no harm, sit watch the stars with me and I will tell you a story about them" Ranma seeing that man was truthful sat beside the strange man and looked up at the stars.

The man seeing Ranma relax chuckles and also looks up "did you know" he starts " that every star has a story" Ranma looks at the him and shakes his head " well they do and so does very planet around them and every person on those planets. Each and everyone of them with their own story some special" he said looking at Ranma "some not, and there is a book where all these stories are written it was called the tome of the infinite sky" the man reaches into his jacket and pulls out a small water bottle taking a sip and offering it to Ranma "this book however is not your normal book" he continued after Ranma took the bottle also taking a sip "this book had spirit, a guardian who could find any story or protect it from those who would use it incorrectly" Ranma who had been sitting quietly quickly looked back at them man "how can a book of stories be used wrong?" he questioned, the man chuckled a bit before continuing "these are no ordinary stories my boy, these are the stories of true people and places, and all the skills that they have developed are rerecorded in these stories if the wrong person were to use the book he could use any skill in the book him or herself to do what they want. So the spirit of the book protects it and the knowledge in it" he explained to the young child.

"So the great spirit who guarded the book protected it for centuries after centuries, but eventually the spirit became lonely and started looking for a person to share its burden" he continued "it finally found such a person and asked her to join in its duty, the young girl was very kind and saw the loneliness and agreed becoming the first master of the book". "Master?" Ranma questioned "yes master, she became the first master of the book, but because of her pure heart she never misused it, she and the spirit travelled far and wide helping many people, eventually she became known as the lord of the infinite sky by the people she helped" he said as he took the bottle back and took another sip " eventually, as all things must, her time came to a close. The spirit who had long ago during their travels fell in love with her" chuckling at Ranma's face "yes love my boy, anyway he was distraught and asked the book if their was a way to save her, the book feeling the pain of its guardian gave its first master a choice, when her body died her soul would join with the book with the spirit to continue to protect it even if it found a new master, or to die and continue to next life, the women thought about it very hard, for she to fell in love with spirit and had wished to be together with him, for the spirit had taken the form of a man during some of their adventures".

Taking another sip he put the empty bottle away "she agreed and on her death she was reborn as First Knight of the Infinite sky" Ranma who was starting to nod away laughed "so the two of them were happy then" he asked "yes they were very happy and eventually more Knights existed, and that my boy is the story of the first knight of the infinite sky and you should be getting to bed" the man then stood up and stretched Ranma quickly following him "Good bye my boy and thank you for the company you made tonight very enjoyable to me" Ranma looked up at him and replied "thanks for the story mister, are you sure I won't see you again?" the man looked down and then got down on one knee and holding onto Ranma's shoulders staring at Ranma sadly "unfortunately yes, but you will remember tonight and my story and that is enough for me, now I must be going" getting back up, looking up at the sky one last time he started for the tree line"goodbye and sleep well my boy" Ranma waving at the strange man called back "you to mister, goodbye" and started back to camp as well "Ranma" turning back to the man "not all things are as they appear to be Ranma and all that is hurt can be healed don't ever forget that" the man called before he disappeared into the trees. "Huh strange guy, wait how did he know my name? Better tell pops tomorrow" Ranma wondered to himself before quickly heading to camp.

In the last clearing to camp Ranma came to a stop noticing that the light had changed, quickly looking up he was startled when what appeared to look like a falling star headed right towards him. Quickly turning to run he got barely 2 meters before a huge pain hit and he blacked out.

Genma who had been sleeping quickly woke when he heard the crash, realising that Ranma had not yet returned and that the crash came from the direction he was practising in Genma quickly got up and ran in that direction.

In a distant clearing the man from earlier looked back in Ranma's direction "I'm sorry Ranma, its all I can do now , you are all I can do" he said falling against a tree "they use to call me Prophet remember me" he said as he faded away.

Ranma who had woken up grabbed his head as it felt that it was being drilled into by thousands of drills as well as a point in the middle of chest that seemed to also be in pain, hearing the strange man's voice telling him to remember him before fading. All of a sudden he noticed there was something on his right arm, rubbing his eyes a bit to clear them he realized that it was an armband made of what looked like silver with a strange symbol on it in black and gold.

Looking forward he noticed the crater and saw something moving, trying to get up and realising just how drained he was, he never the less made it to the lip of the crater. As he slid down he noticed that it was a person that was slowly getting up. As the person became clear Ranma's heart leapt to his throat, the person was a women but the scariest women he had ever seen.

The women slowly got up and started checking herself before turning to Ranma as if seeing him for the first time and started walking closer to him, Ranma noticed though she was terrifying she was also very beautiful with hair a dark crimson and eyes like gold, her skin was very pale as if she rarely saw the sun. If she just wasn't wearing the black armour or the sword that was glowing with red tribal designs he would have though she was beautiful.

As she came close she knelt before him and in a surprisingly melodic voice announced " I am Dreieck knight of the Narbe von der Gefallenen himmel" Ranma surprised that she knelt before him was shocked and was about to be even further shocked when "what are your commands, My Master" Dreieck was surprised when her new master appeared to faint.

This was the scene that Genma stumbled on, Ranma lying against the slope of a crater while a women knight knelt before him in moonlight, and he realized that what ever had happened everything had changed tonight.

He would not realize how true this though was till years later though.

well there it is the first chapter let me know what you think and remember flames will be used to power my flamer eater.

To anyone who knows who prophet is from I give you a cookie first reviewer to guess it right will have the choice for one of the knights weapons though not Dreieck's. Hers is already chosen.

next chapter will be out as soon as I can figure out what to do next huh. should be by next week hopefully.

sayonara and good night