The Changing of Isis

by Dani Yanega

Ranma has a higher purpose then to be a slave to Genma. But because of Genma he has to do it as a female but she has lots of help.

5. Chapter 5

Ranma ½ - Oh Mighty Isis

The Changing of Isis

Crossover Alternate

By: Dani Yanega

(Dani: Legend is listed in Profile. My profile is also where I will address specific questions or issues that readers ask about.

I do not own many of the Characters in this story though some are mine all the KNOWN characters belong to those who originally created them. Thxs.

Please also NOTE I write Alternate Universe (AU) stories whether they are crossover or not. The AU applies to ALL characters. Thus this will make them OOC to the original Story and I like it that way. So if you plan to comment that Akane is not like that sorry I write her like I like to. This goes for all the characters it makes the story more fun for me to write that way. Got to have some antagonist and some friends :D)

Chapter Four

Nodoka walked around the village with the arm of Ric Sorenson around her waist. She leaned into her soon to be lover and husband as he held her close. His shirt getting wet from the tears that continued to fall. He listened as she cried softly as they walked through the village. They finally arrived at the center of the village where a large log suspended in the air by a large tree trunk from a tree long since cut down. He led her over to the log and they sat down next to it and used the log as a backrest. Nodoka leaned into her lover as he wrapped her in both of his strong arms.

"Shush, Do-Chan! Ranma has agreed to build a new relationship with you. She needs you as much as you need her!" He spoke softly as he brushed her hair from her face.

"But she al...*SOB* almost didn't Ric I almost l...*GASP* lost her for good and I cou...couldn't blame her not one little b...*SOB* bit!" Nodoka's cry was muffled in Ric's chest.

"But she did, now go on let it all out tomorrow you two have a lot to catch up on and you want to be your beautiful cheerful self!" Ric smirked at her as she looked up at him with a confused look.

She then smiled at him and with the palm of her hands wiped away her tears. She looked back at Ric's smiling face as he leaned down and kissed her deeply. Nodoka leaned into the kiss. It had been so long since she and Ric were together. She missed his embrace, his touch, and his smell. She was happy he was here with her and she would have at least two people in her corner as she tried to rebuild her relationship with her child. As they pulled apart, Nodoka smiled up at Ric then leaned in and kissed him again. After this second kiss, Nodoka leaned against his chest, wrapped her arms around him, and held on for all she was worth. She feared she would find this all a dream and Ric would be gone and so would her child.

"*GASP* RANMA!" Nodoka shot to her feet her hand clutching her heart.

"Do-Chan what's wrong?" Ric stood next to her his hands resting on her shoulders.

"I *GASP* don't *HEAVE* know! Something is wrong! I *HEAVY BREATH* got to find Ranma!" Nodoka headed back the way they came Ric right beside her, his arm around her shoulders.

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"SEKHMET NO!" Isis screamed as she rose to her feet.

The tabby jumped from Bastet's lap and grew to the size of a three-year-old horse his canines growing to almost three feet long. The cat then jumped threw the barrier its claws expanded out. As he passed Sekhmet in the air, he pushed out with his front paws hitting the goddess in the flanks knocking her off her trajectory. As the cat landed at the far end of the pool, it turned ready to spring again when it heard a loud noise.

*CLANG*

The saber tooth tiger turned and saw that its diversion had given his friend time to draw her own weapon. A weapon he had never seen before but knew very well of. All that lived in the Egyptian Pantheon knew of the Sword of Osiris.

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Sekhmet felt the paws of the saber-tooth as it pushed her off target. She tried to swipe at the big cat but missed. Once the cat passed, she made a slight shift in her trajectory and aimed to cut the head of her opponent from her shoulders. She was surprised when her unarmed foe met her sword strike with one of her own. Sekhmet's eyes widened with fear as she recognized the sword the girl was welding and the fear grew in intensity as the goddess realized the sword was letting her weld it!

*CLANG* The metal on metal reverberated through Sekhmet as the young warrior used her sword and snagged the hilt of Sekhmet's weapon.

The young warrior then flipped the goddess over her head and onto the ground face first next to the wading pool. Sekhmet had raised slowly to her feet her berserker fury building within her. Then a blast of golden light smacked into her chest sending the goddess back thirty some odd yards. Sekhmet's sword flew off to her left another fifty yards. Sekhmet slowly got to her feet by the time she cleared the cobwebs from her brain a row of goddesses, demi-god, and saber-tooth 0tiger stood between her and her opponent. Sekhmet growled and crouched as if ready to strike when suddenly a heavy weight landed on her back knocking her to the ground burying her face in the sand.

"Now, now Sekhmet you are to train the New Isis warrior _NOT KILL HER_!" The deep booming double voice told Sekhmet.

She knew who was perched on her back and she knew she could not defeat the god that had just arrived. Though that did not mean she would not try. She tried to rise but the weight of the god on her back grew heavier the more she tried to force him off. She roared in anger as she kept trying to get up and throw the unwanted intruder from her.

"GET OFF OF ME AKER!" Sekhmet's shout was muffled as her face was still buried in the sand.

"I will when you calm down and promise to stop this stupid fight. When you attempted to not only kill our only chance of defeating Seth but also to attack our Queen you have taken your lust for battle to far!" The booming voice resonated all around the group, Kalya marveled at the double voice coming from the newest visitor.

Kalya had climbed from the pool and peeked through the line of her defenders and saw a large muscular lion man of eight feet with chocolate brown skin. He had a lion's head with a face facing forward and a face facing behind. He wore a white loin wrap trimmed in gold and with a gold belt. The belt buckle had the Akhet in multiple inlaid gemstones. (Dani: The Akhet made up of a solar disk cradled between the two peaks of the mountain Djew. The western peak is called Manu while the eastern peak is called Bakhu). The god, Sekhmet called Aker rose and like the two cat goddesses walked with the grace of a hunter cat. He bowed to Isis then Bastet and winked at Kalya as she ducked behind Isis as this god with his two lion heads made it hard for her to control the cat within her.

"Do not fear me child I am the Guardian of the Sunrise and Sunset and the one who created the Neko-ken. I also taught it to Bastet and Sekhmet you need fear nothing from me." His voice for some reason gave Kalya a warm and secure feeling, what she thought hearing her father's voice should had done for her.

She peeked again between Rajha and Isis. Kalya jumped back with a shriek escaping her lips as a pair of golden cylindrical eyes and a pair of three-foot long fangs met her.

"EEEEKKKK!" She jumped back slightly but lost her balance at the edge of the wading pool and fell in with a loud splash.

Laughter soon filled the Temple of Isis as the saber-tooth tiger jumped into the pool after Kalya. He picked up the flailing girl by her shirt collar then carried her to the edge of the pool. When Kalya finished coughing up the water she had swallowed wrong she turned to glare at the saber-tooth tiger, but instead of a saber-tooth tiger, a pudgy orange tabby decked out in fine jewelry met her glare. The tabby licked her nose while purring like an outboard motor. She stared first with fright then the faded memory of her first and best friend filled her mind and soul. She reached out, grabbed the tabby, and pulled it close to her, while her tears flowed down her cheeks in torrents.

"I...I am so sorry Mr. Tabbs. Please forgive me!" She kept repeating those two sentences over and over as she held the poor tabby tightly to her.

Though the cat did not seem to mind he just kept licking her face as if making sure she was his friend. Satisfied, she was he snuggled deep into her arms and purred contentedly. Kalya buried her face in his neck. She held on to him as if he was a lifeline to her sanity, which he was. The others watched the scene many with misty eyes. Sekhmet though watched with rage-filled eyes. Aker slowly walked up to the pair then knelt down next to them. He reached out and petted the orange tabby. The cat's purr deepened at the attention. Kalya raised her head slightly so only, her eyes looked at the god before her. Aker smiled at the cat shaped eyes of blue with gray and brown flecks before him, as he not only saw the warrior before him but the frightened child forced to live through the poorly taught Neko-ken.

"Come young warrior let us do battle! The more you fight with conscious control of the Cat-Fist the more you learn to control the fear that triggers it. Once you no longer have the trigger, we can start on learning the techniques within the style." Aker talked quietly and calmly as he tried to put the young girl at ease.

Kalya looked passed the frightening god before her to Isis who nodded. Her eyes then met Sekhmet, she saw the rage in the goddess' eyes which she matched rage for rage. She then looked back down at the purring tabby in her arms and found him looking back up at her. The cat then licked her nose, causing the warrior of Isis to smile. Kalya rose from the edge of the wading pool she walked up to Isis and handed her the tabby. She then walked to the far side of the pool and took a ready stance. Kalya then motioned for the ancient cat god to join her in a nice spar.

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Aker watched as Kalya jumped from the edge of the pool and handed the cat over to Isis. He then followed her with his eyes as she walked to the far side of the pool. He marveled that she walked with the same sultry moves as Bastet. She then took a ready stance and with her delicate hand waved for him to join her. He turned and bowed to his queen and watched as the group took refuge behind the barrier Isis set up, all but Sekhmet. Aker turned to her, his eyes narrowed as he saw the loathing rage that marred her beautiful face.

"Sekhmet!" Aker's voice was deep and full of disappointment.

"She should have been mine to train! She is the first good fight I had in a long time!" Sekhmet growled.

"She would have been if you hadn't tried to _kill_ the earth's only protection against Seth!" Aker spat his rage finally flowed from him.

"She is only here in spirit it would not have killed her!" Sekhmet told the creator of the Neko-ken.

"Are you that stupid when you are deep in your fighting lust!? She would have died here as surely as if you cut her head off on earth!" Aker turned and walked toward his waiting opponent.

Sekhmet stared confused at Aker's back as he walked toward her opponent. Her rage built at his comment about her intelligence. Then her eyes widened as she realized what his last sentence meant. She turned to Isis her eyes demanding confirmation. To her surprise, her Queen's angry visage softened as she nodded. Sekhmet turned toward Kalya and Aker her face flushed with self-rage. Then Sekhmet vanished in a flash of golden light, only to appear between the two warriors her back toward Aker. She bowed slightly but said nothing, as her pride would not allow her. She then 0vanished again this time not to re-appear. Kalya stared in confusion when the deep baritone of her opponent drew her attention to him.

"That young warrior is the closest you will ever get as an apology from Sekhmet." Aker then took a ready stance to begin his training of the new Isis warrior.

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Nodoka with Ric behind her ran into the guesthouse in the center of the Amazon village. She ran up the stairs taking them two and sometimes three at a time. She cursed her daughter for wanting to be on the third level so she could have access to the roof. Nodoka burst into her daughter's room only to find it empty. She shivered as she felt a draft and turned to see the open window. She turned and ran to the window as a heaving Ric appeared at the door. Nodoka bent out the window and looked up toward the roof. She barely made out the figure sitting there. The moonlight caused her hair to glimmer as it brought out the silver highlights. She turned to leave the room only to be met by the others staying in the guesthouse.

"SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH RANMA LET ME THROUGH!" Nodoka tried to push passed but Sage and Ryoga effectively held her and Ric in the room.

"No, she is fine, though her spirit has left this plane she will return by morning." Mousse spoke as his eyes glowed white.

"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!? I FELT HER AS IF SHE DIED!" Nodoka shouted as she lunged to push passed the lost wonderer and Musk warrior.

"She is not dead! We would know if she was. However, what you felt was her fight with the Egyptian goddess Sekhmet as it went wrong. Though she is fine and will return by morning." Meran explained as she put a gentle hand on the distraught woman's shoulder.

"I WANT TO SEE FOR MYSELF!" Nodoka screamed as she tried to push passed the wall of martial artists.

"We can't allow that Takashi-san. Your emotions would cause you to break her link prematurely from her magically induced meditation and _THAT_ could definitely kill her." They all looked up as Cologne bonked Sage and Ryoga on the head to let her enter the room.

"I promise not to interrupt her meditation but I know what I felt she is in danger! I won't stop until I can see her!" Nodoka growled as she pulled her katana it glowing blood red.

"Very well Mousse, take her to the roof. But do not allow her near Kalya." Cologne told the Amazon General.

"Are you sure elder?" The young Hidden Weapons warrior asked his mind wondering if Nodoka would teach him her family's school.

"Yes, I am. Take her up there so she can see Kalya. If she is correct do what is necessary to protect Kalya without awakening her!" Cologne told the warrior as she left the house.

Nodoka followed Mousse up the stairs to the roof of the guesthouse. Nodoka tried to get her emotions under control, as she did not want to cause her child any harm. When they reached the trap door to the roof Mousse went first. He opened the trap door then suddenly disappeared slamming the trap door down on Nodoka though not hitting her with it. Nodoka continued to climb when she heard the pounding of feet behind her. She looked down and saw the other three Isis warriors coming up behind her. She hurried up the ladder and when she got through the trap door, she held it for the other three. They sprang threw the door and headed toward the far end of the roof. Nodoka barely made out Mousse by his white robes, but he was fighting three or more dark figures as they tried to get to Kalya. Nodoka pulled her sword and it was glowing blood red as she charged after the other three Isis warriors. She never noticed as Ric burst onto the roof his bladed staff drawn as he ran toward the other warriors to add his skill to the fight.

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The eyes watched as Kalya entered her magically induced meditations. They waited until they saw her start to glow with the magic that would take her consciousness from her body. The six warriors dressed in black from head to toe jumped from the trees surrounding the guesthouse. They slowly surrounded the meditating warrior. Once they had her surrounded, they drew their weapons but did not attack. It was as if they were waiting for something or someone. They crouched low so any villager passing by would not see them and call out the alarm. Their heads all turned as the final member of their party jumped onto the roof.

The figures of these attackers were of well-toned bodies but somehow misshapen. Their faces and heads were covered in black as well as their bodies. This new warrior drew a large double edge sword with intricate scrollwork; its sharp edge glimmered in the moonlight. The leader of the attackers was definitely female. Though not voluptuous like the Amazons, she was sensual in her shape. The meditating figure of Kalya winced as she felt the evil of the six figures that surrounded her. The black hooded leader prepared to bring down her sword on the head of Kalya, when a smooth mace ball at the end of a chain hit her square in the chest knocking her away from the Isis Warrior. The leader did not fall from the roof as Mousse had hoped but floated back into position to ready another strike. Her sword came down but never reached the meditating fighter, as there was another sword there as it took the blow, the sword glowed a black red. The hooded figures eyes opened wide with fright as the glowing sword began to slice through her large sword. She pulled it quickly back glad the other fighter's sword only cut off the tip of hers.

*CLANG* The leader looked up from the garnet hair of her target to find a pair of sapphire blue eyes that glowed black red.

"You will not hurt my..._daughter_!" Nodoka's voice growled low as she pushed with all her strength to keep herself between Kalya and her attacker.

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Hayashi walked toward the Valley of Sorrow, Dolphin beside him. He had asked her to take him there, he wanted to see where his nephew died, and his niece was born. Dolphin was reluctant, as she did not want him to be cursed as she was but she relented. They broke through the line of trees, from the path that led from the village. Dolphin's wings shifted slightly. She had flown him here to avoid the two and half hour walk. He however wanted to walk the last few yards to get his thoughts together. Hayashi stopped and gaped at the beautiful sight before him. He could not imagine how such a beautiful sight could be so dangerous. Dolphin stared at Hayashi her face showed the confusion that raged through her. She turned and looked at the accursed valley but saw nothing that would make this man look at Jusenkyo with such awe.

Hayashi took in the view before him. The just setting sun lit the springs, which gave it the appearance that they were on fire. He slowly moved into the valley staying away from the first line of springs as he watched the sun slowly continued to set the golden light that bathed the springs slowly changed to a kaleidoscope of colors that shimmered like pools of gemstones. The two visitors walked around the springs until they stood in front of them. Hayashi stared at the mountain cliff at the back of the spring. His visage changed from awe to anger as he realized the smaller body of the two indents in the mountain belonged to Ranma. He noticed a brownish red spot in the center of the head of Ranma's figure he frowned as he realized it was blood. He started to move toward the mountain cliff when a strong hand stopped him.

"It is not safe to go among the springs. No one ever listens to the warnings they all end up cursed. Do not be like them...like us stay here." Dolphin told him as her hand rested on his arm.

"I want to go there! Will you take me?" Hayashi pointed to the double body imprints as he turned and stared deeply into the smoky gray eyes of a woman he had begun to care for.

"It is not safe Hayashi." Dolphin said as she shook her head.

"Please Dolphin it is important. You can just drop me off and then wait on the cliff above me. But I need to stand where Ranma stood before he died." Hayashi believed as the Amazons had that Ranma was dead and like the Phoenix from the ashes came Kalya.

Dolphin bowed her head her mind racing with indecision finally without rising to look at Hayashi she nodded. She stretched out her wings and lifting the Takashi heir from under his arms and flew him to the spot below the imprint of the Isis Warrior and her brother. She sat him down and glared up at the imprints her pride warring with her jealousy. She however did not fly from the side of Hayashi but landed next to him. He looked at her and gave her a warm loving smile. Hayashi moved closer to the imprints his face in a deep scowl. As he reached up to touch, the impressions, he, and Dolphin heard the shout and they turned around.

"NO! NO! MR. CUSTOMER! TO DANGEROUS MUST LEAVE AREA!" The two visitors turned and spotted the Jusenkyo guide as he ran toward them, his face filled with worry.

It however was too late as Isis found two more for her cause the spring below Hayashi and Dolphin broke opened and claimed the two fighters. As they sank to the bottom, Hayashi grabbed Dolphin around the waist and pushed with all his might. He was not sure if the warrior could swim but he was not taking any chances. As he sprang from the pool, he flipped and landed on the cliff above it. The guide watched Hayashi in fascination he never noticed as the spring closed up again to be nothing more than solid ground. Then Hayashi placed Dolphin on the ground, pushing a strand of her beautiful hair from her face. He looked into her eyes then leaned in and kissed her. Dolphin returned the kiss when suddenly both of their eyes shot open and they jumped to their feet. Dolphin took to the air but before she could grab Hayashi, he flew off ahead of her. She was stunned only for a moment as the sensation they felt during their kiss hit her again like a ten-ton sledgehammer.

"BROTHER!" She flew off after the man she was falling in love with.

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As Dolphin and Hayashi flew through the gate, the guards stared at them dumbfounded. They were brought from their stupor as Hayashi drew a beautiful scrolled katana. What awed the guards; was it glowed, a black red. Their attention was drawn to another sound as they turned they found Dolphin wielding her double edge sword. They were brought from their stupor when Dolphin shouted her orders to them.

"HURRY ENEMIES ARE IN THE VILLAGE! SOUND THE ALARM THEY ARE AFTER THE ISIS WARRIOR AND HER GENERALS!" She flew on passed them, following Hayashi to the visitor's house.

The guards stood for a few moments as they watched Dolphin and the Isis Warrior's uncle as they disappeared to the center of the village. The raspberry haired guard came to first and ran toward the Council building where the warning bell was kept. As all Amazons, she reached the bell in seconds followed quickly by the other guard. As she rang the bell, the other guard sounded the alarm; she told the village where they were needed.

"*CLANG CLANG CLANG!* ENEMIES OF THE AMAZONS HAVE INVAIDED THE VILLAGE THEY ARE ATTACKING ISIS AND THE GENERALS! *CLANG CLANG CLANG*!" She repeated the call as the bell rang loudly.

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None of the warriors came to the guards' location they all headed for the visitor's house their weapons drawn. The battle on the roof was getting heated as the Generals, Ric, and Nodoka fought to protect Kalya. They could not wake or move her for fear of killing her and it seemed their enemy knew just that. The attackers turned at the clanging of the warning bell but knew they could not leave until they had finished with the task given them by their master. They feared his retribution at their failing then the Amazons at their capture. They turned up the intensity of the battle now instead of just the assassins' leader trying to kill Kalya they all attacked her at once.

"NNNOOOO!" Nodoka screamed as chains flew from Mousse this time with more deadly implements on the ends.

0"AMAZONS TO BATTLE!" The shout came from above, as the assassins looked up they found not only the rage-filled visage of the beautiful Dolphin but the glowing Hayashi whose entire body glowed black red.

They turned as more Amazons joined the battle on the roof. The leader gave the signal to keep the other warriors busy, as she would concentrate her effort on the reincarnated Isis Warrior. As the other six would be murderers charged in coming Amazons their leader flew straight at Kalya if she could knock the girl's body from the roof her spirit could not return. As she drew closer, her fellow killers blocked all attempts to reach the Isis Warrior. The leader smiled under her mask as she was now just a few feet from her and was about to knock her from the roof. She stopped at the double howl that came around her. As it had chilled, even her cold heart.

"GGGGRRRROOOWWWLLL!" The leader of the assassins turned franticly at the noise but saw nothing as she paused.

"Aker!?" The warriors around her could hear the fear in her voice as she whispered the name.

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The battle between Aker and Kalya raged on, neither giving the other an inch. Isis and Bastet watched as they fought. Rajha licked his lips as he thought about training with not only Kalya but also Aker to learn the Neko-ken. It seemed the battle had raged for days. However, in reality it had only been a few hours. As they watched, Kalya seemed to be slightly distracted. When she fell to her knees her head grasped in her hands.

"AAAARRRGGG!" Isis and Bastet moved quickly to the downed warrior the fat tabby there before either of them.

"What is wrong child?" Aker asked as he knelt next to her.

"Evil! *GASP* Almost as bad as Seth,...near my *GASP* body!" Kalya got out as she fought to control the messages as they flooded into her brain.

"Then you must return child! Your skill in the Neko-ken is nearly complete, but it will do you no good if you die here!" Aker told her as he raised his hand it glowed, a rainbow of colors.

"AKER NO!" Isis called but was too late.

"She needed to return my Queen she will be back we will finish her training then." Aker said as he touched Kalya's head with his glowing hand and the young Isis Warrior disappeared.

"However, I'd really hate to be Seth's minions when she shows back up in her body." Aker's twin lion faces grinned with a malicious evil.

"What are you talking about Aker? You have the same grin you sported when you played that joke on Sekhmet and she nearly cut you in half. No sense of humor that one." Bastet commented as she walked up to the Lion god her sensuous body leaning into his.

"Oh nothing much just sent her back in full Cat Fist. Now excuse me I need to give her time to get into her body. Aker turned and faced the setting sun his eyes glowed a rainbow of colors as he waited for something. Isis watched him nervously as Bastet figured out what he was going to do she covered her ears with her hands. When the others saw what she did, they though confused quickly followed her example. They realized a few seconds later that they were grateful they had.

"GGGGRRROOOWWWWLLL!" Aker's double growl shook the ground and the foundation of Isis' temple.

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The leader of the assassins turned back to her prey, her sword at the ready. She brought it down on where she remembered Kalya's head to be. However, she hit roof tile, she stared in wide-eyed frustration when she noticed a shifting rainbow of colors on the roof. She looked up and came face to face with the new Isis Warrior; however, Kalya was not as the leader expected her to be. The cat aura and her cylindrical blue cat eyes made her shiver. She was however prepared for this as she floated up to face her opponent a smirk hidden under her mask.

"FOR THE MASTER REMOVE YOUR MASKS!" All the warriors but her removed their masks and grouped in around their leader.

They were all humanoid cat like beings there were two tiger, lion, and leopard headed warriors. The leader watched as Kalya's eyes opened wide. Though the leader of Seth's minions was not expecting the darkening of the cat shaped aura or the fact that Kalya lowered close to the roof her hands bent down at the first knuckles. The assassin sweated as twelve-inch ki claws appeared at the ends of her turned down fingers. The warriors with the lead assassin could not understand why the girl was not succumbing to the Neko-ken they all knew of the technique used by the Cat god and his students the Cat goddesses. They swallowed as their target turned sapphire blue cylindrical eyes on them. They shuddered even more as the eyes began to glow blood red. Their momentary lapse gave the fighting Generals and Amazon warriors a chance to regroup and gather around the new Isis Warrior.

"I brrrring a message frrrrom Akerrrrr!" Kalya purred out at her attackers, as they stared dumbfounded at her.

"Tell Seth he will lose again but this time he will not kill the Isis Warriorrrr!" Kalya spoke then lunged at the minions of the evil god of Chaos.

"GGGGGRRRROOOOWWWWLLLL!" The loud cat cry she let loose was the signal for the other warriors to attack as well.

Kalya raised her one hand and swiped at the leader of the attackers. Her claws ripped away the mask to reveal an elf female with dark brown hair ending in black and white stripes. Kalya knew who this was as both the original Isis and the spirit of Kalya shuddered. Kalya grinned and the female before her paled as six-inch fangs appeared from Kalya's mouth as she went deeper into the Neko-Ken then lunged forward. Her generals behind her attacked the other minions of Seth.

The elf took to the sky knowing this warrior could not fly and would not be able to reach her. The evil elf had forgotten she was flying when she woke. She would use this advantage to destroy her. The smirk of superiority was wiped from her face when Kalya pushed off from the roof and used the horrific training over the last thirteen years and jumped some thirty feet in the air. Kalya shot past the demon of Seth and tucked herself into a ball. She spun over several times then stretched out her body her hands clasped in front of as a single fist. The memory angered the elf and she prepared to destroy the reincarnation of the cause of her dishonor.

The elf pulled her sword and readied to cut off the head of the new Isis Warrior only as she pulled the sword back and brought it to bear she was met by ki claws almost twelve inches long. The ki claws cut through the blade of the sword as Kalya swiped first with her left hand then with her right. The minion sent to destroy her stared frightened as her sword fell to the ground in eight pieces. The elf then moved quickly knowing this 'bitch' could not stay aloft and she would get her revenge. As she moved up and passed Kalya, she slammed her fist into the warrior's back sending her more quickly to the ground.

Her eyes opened in shock when Kalya somersaulted to a halt and flew up at her. The smirk on her face made the evil elf's blood run cold. Kalya slammed into the distracted elf's stomach knocking the air from her and pushing her higher into the stratosphere. Kalya continued punching the evil elf in the stomach to keep her off balance. The fighters with them watched as the two combatants moved into the clouds and disappeared. None below was able to see as Kalya pushed her adversary to the edge of the oxygen of earth. Kalya paused, as she knew the creature before her would survive the next move only if Seth allowed her. Kalya pulled back one of her arms and with a clenched fist enhanced with her ki punched the creature in her stomach and sent her flying into outer space. She did not wait to see if Seth saved her or not. She turned and flew back toward the village, as there were others to fight.

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The Amazon Elders stared on in shock as the destruction of the hood of the leader of attackers revealed her as the one that had killed the first Isis Warrior. Their faces turned to scowls as they prepared to attack only they did not have time as Kalya took on the elf herself. The elders pulled back and allowed her to avenge the soul that was now a part of her. They directed their warriors in the battle with the minions of Seth that remained. The battle was bloody as the large cat headed creatures also carried with them the attributes of the cats they portrayed. The elders marveled at the skill of Isis' Generals. They spotted Hayashi as he flew in and around the attackers. They noticed as Dolphin fought with him. The elders noticed the wet clothes of both the flying fighters and wondered if Isis had claimed two more warriors. They did not have time to ponder it as the attackers surged a new and began fighting more earnestly as their leader was being pushed higher into the sky by a flying Kalya. The battle raged until suddenly the attackers stopped and burst into flame. The protectors of Isis looked up and saw as Kalya returned her face in shock at the destruction of Seth's assassin squad.

"Kalya where is the leader? She must be punished! She was the one who killed the first Isis Warrior." Lotus demanded as Kalya came closer.

"I sent her into space. If Seth wants her, he will protect her!" Kalya stated and left it at that she turned to her uncle and Dolphin a scowl on her face.

"Isis has chosen you both but remember this Dolphin I will stand for no attacks on Mousse as will none of the others!" Kalya glowed, her black cat shaped aura tight around her body.

"It is alright Kalya she will not do it again. She now must behave honorably as she is the only other Amazon to be chosen by the goddess." Dolphin looked at her brother and scowled as he spoke.

"We fell into her spring?" Dolphin asked as she felt the other generals give her an affirmative in her mind.

"=Looks like we are to join my niece in this battle, Dolphin. Want to join me and help them?=" Hayashi spoke to her in ancient Egyptian as he placed his hand on her shoulder.

"Yes Dolphin you can still back out if this is not what you want." Kalya spoke as she laid a protective hand on Mousse's shoulder.

Kalya watched as Dolphin thought about what was happening. Kalya looked at Mousse who turned and smiled at her. He nodded his assent and his grin grew even wider and brighter. She smiled back at him and looked at her other generals. They all nodded their assent though they were not as sure as Mousse. They were happy for him as they all felt how he hoped this would bring him and his sister closer. They turned as Jasmine had pogoed up her face beamed with pride as the other elders' faces showed scowls of jealousy. Kalya turned when she felt her mother close to her. Kalya smiled as the worried woman inspected her for injuries. The New Isis Warrior then leaned over and hugged her mother.

"Well great great granddaughter? You were angry when Mousse was the first chosen of the goddess. Now that you and Kalya's uncle have been chosen to join her will you?" Jasmine asked her also curious if Dolphin would take on the challenge and honor given her.

"I!" Dolphin looked up at the hand of Hayashi as it landed on her shoulder.

He smiled at her and she returned the smile. She then looked to her brother. She was shocked to see him as he smiled at her as if letting her know he was happy about the turn of events. She did not have to guess that he was. She felt him send her a telepathic message stating the fact. She looked toward the Isis Warrior she had a look of approval as she accepted the goddess' choice. Dolphin also saw the underlying threat that Kalya would not stand for any attack on Mousse or any of her generals by the other generals. Especially Mousse, she frowned, as she did not understand why.

"I Dolphin of the Joketsuzoku hereby accept the honor given me by the goddess Isis! I pledge my loyalty to Isis and the Isis Warrior in this battle against Seth!" Dolphin said as she bowed to her elders and to the Isis Warrior as her great great grandmother smiled proudly.

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Genma swam his fur soaking up the seawater and dragging him down. He struggled to stay afloat. He not only had to keep swimming to prevent his drowning but he had to watch for the sharks that kept trying to _taste_ him. His struggling to stay afloat sent out electrical pulses of prey in distress. He swam as quickly as he could, several times he tried to hitch a ride with boats heading toward Japan, but once they saw he was a panda, they quickly moved on and left him bobbing in the water.

He was however grateful as one of the fishing boats that had moved on by him had a faulty anchor and it hung, low on the ship. He quietly grabbed the anchor and pulled himself from the water just as another shark lunged for him. As the giant carnivore lunged at him, Genma kicked out hitting the man-eater in the gills. He smiled as the shark flew from him some fifteen feet. He might not be able to access his skill or knowledge but his strength and body tone were still available along with his speed.

He pulled himself to a more comfortable position on the anchor and then wrapped his arms tightly around the swaying weight. He tried hard to disappear so the captain of the boat would not kick him off. Lady Luck was in a good mood as she allowed the boat with its furry stowaway to make it to port. As soon as the boat moved into the slip, Genma lowered himself back into the water and swam under the docks until he could sneak out of the water. He found a dock surrounded by trees and used them as camouflage to enter his homeland. He moved into the woods searching for a way to return to his normal form. He did not want to go to Tendo's as a panda and scare him to death. He needed to mooch a safe haven until he could unlock his knowledge.

Lady Luck had gotten bored with her saving of an endangered species good deed. She had left him as soon as he touched Japanese soil. He found no hot water or any aid to get back to his human form. He stayed in the trees as he moved toward Tendo's his nostrils ever on the search for food. As he, would never turn down, an _offered_ meal. The problem was there was no food that he could _borrow_ so he moved quickly on. His stomach announced his arrival a few moments before he arrived. As he reached the outskirts of Nerima, he stayed hidden as he had several run-ins with local zookeepers. The most horrifying was with a young girl with curly light brown hair. She kept calling him André. Genma shuddered as the collar she had gotten around his neck jingled. He would have to get Tendo to remove it for him. He waited until the sun had set then made his way to Tendo's staying in the alleyways and shadows.

He moved quickly but cautiously. When he reached the gate of a home that the plaque on the wall surrounding the property claimed it as Tendo's home but Genma could not understand why it did not proclaim the property as a dojo of Anything Goes. He tried to jump the fence again forgetting his skill was now gone. He slowly opened the gate and found it happily to his surprise as being unlocked. He slithered in and headed toward the back of the house where he remembered the double doors to the dining room were. He came around and stopped as the large dojo in the back was boarded up and showing signs of neglect. He moved to the entrance to the house, slowly he opened the door and slipped in. He slowly moved to where he thought the kitchen would be.

He nearly shouted for joy when he found the small immaculate kitchen. There was a teapot on the stove with water still in it. The water was warm but it was not hot enough to change the curse. Genma turned on the stove though it took him several tries, as his paws were clumsy and could not grasp the knobs securely. He finally got the heat turned on under the pot after about fifteen minutes of trying; he then sat down to wait. He nearly jumped out of his skin as the pot started to whistle. He grabbed a dishtowel and wadded it up then stuck it under the lid of the spout. This effectively silenced the noise from the teakettle. He waited a few more moments, as he listened for any footsteps. When he heard, none he picked up the kettle and removed the towel. He placed it in his mouth, as he knew instinctively it would hurt like hell. He would find a way to get even with the Amazons. He poured the water quickly over him his muffled screams not heard by the other occupants of the house as he morphed into his human form.

"GGGGGRRROOOAAAAWWWWW!" The kettle hit the floor and soon after so did Genma as his scream was muffled to near silence.

The bright pink man landed on the floor on his hands and knees. He slowly rose and left the kitchen leaving the puddle of water, the dishtowel, and kettle on the floor. He tried to remember the layout of Tendo's home as he headed down the hallway. He found the laundry room, removed his gi, and found a clean one of Tendo's. It was too small but he could wear it until he got his old friend's wife to clean his. He moved back into the living room he slowly laid, on the sofa his skin still tender from the hot _bath_. He pulled the old quilt off the back of the couch and covered up. He finally fell to sleep as exhaustion claimed him.

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"PERVERT!" It was not the shout that as much woke him, but the two-ton mallet that struck him out the doors and into the wall of the Tendo home.

As Genma slowly slid down the wall, he watched as he slowly descended into the koi pond. He tried to scramble from the cold water but was unable to do so. He however did not hit the water as he flew from the last inch before he hit to land face first in the grass at the base of the porch. He sat up, spit out the greenery, and turned to see a little gnome of a man standing on a rock by the pond. He scrutinized the downed Ex-Martial Artist his eyes narrowed to tiny slits. Genma got to his hands and knees though shocked and frightened that the master had escaped he was elated as well. Genma crawled to his old master the weapon-wielding attacker watched with disgust.

"MASTER! You must help me the Joketsuzoku Amazons have locked away my skills and knowledge of the art and raised the temperature of the water to change back from my curse." Genma bowed and scraped as the little gnome smiled maliciously down at him.

"SAOTOME MY OLD FRIEN...!" Soun was stopped at the look of his deceptively diminutive master.

"Where is my heir?" The old gnome asked his voice razor sharp.

"HEY! I'M HAPPOSAI'S HEIR!" The girl with long blue-black hair screamed her face getting red with rage.

"0QUIET GIRL! You have NO skills other than to be a bully! I will not taint my school with your ilk! If your father had raised you, as he should have I might have considered you as _one_ of my heirs! But your _lack_ of skill cost me the Tendo School at the hands of the Dojo Destroyer!" Happosai's anger grew as the young girl threatened to bash him with her mallet.

"AKANE! He is our schools Grandmaster and you will not attack him!" A man with a long mustache with shoulder length brown hair and wearing a matching brown gi to the tight one Genma wore spoke as he pulled the mallet from Akane.

"Now Genma where is my _heir_!" Genma peeked from his prostrated position his eyes wide with fear as the little man before him began to glow a black red.

"He...He died at Jusenkyo!" Genma coward as the glow around his master got darker.

"I see and how did he die there?" Happosai's voice became hollow and cold.

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The elders watched as the Generals trained with Kalya they marveled at her skill for one so young. They also noticed the Cat-Fist was showing up in her sparring. The Egyptian god Aker had trained her well. The women were in awe as they watched over the last few months as she melded it into her school. The Takashi siblings had worked with the generals and Kalya, as their school would be a great help to them when fighting Seth and his minions. The Council of Elders had given Dolphin and Mousse the right to teach Kalya and the Generals their school of Hidden Weapons although Kalya knew something similar hers was only storage pockets, whereas the Hidden Weapons allowed for the disbursement and recall of items during battle with an opponent.

Ryoga also taught some of his techniques to the generals and Kalya as one was infusing cloth with ki to make them weapons. Sage and Meran also added to the group's skill. During the last three months, no other Generals showed up. The elders put it down to the fact that Isis had selected all her generals. They however felt Kalya was not so sure.

Cologne and Jasmine had noticed Nodoka had become depressed. They knew Kalya noticed because of the elfin gifts but she would not tell her daughter what was wrong. They decided to find out as it was affecting Kalya's mental health as she was worrying about her mother and it was effecting her fighting. Something they could ill afford. After the sparring, the two elders followed Ric and Nodoka as they took their usual daily walk through the village. This time however the couple left the village and from the direction they took, they were heading for Jusenkyo. The elders hurried to catch up with them, as Jusenkyo was not a safe place.

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"Do-Chan are, you sure you want to do this? I mean it is a major step and what if the goddess refuses?" Ric asked as they took the two and half hour walk to Jusenkyo deciding to make it a training trip as Nodoka trained Ric in her family's art and he trained her in the art he had learned from an old sensei with no heirs.

"I don't know Ric but I have to try! I mean Ran...Kalya would be living for centuries even millenniums I have to be there with her!" Nodoka said as she hung her head to hide the tears.

"What about me?" Ric asked as he stared blankly ahead.

Nodoka stopped her face full of fear and longing. Ric had continued to walk, as he had not noticed his beloved had stopped. When he finally had realized Nodoka was no longer beside him he had moved some fifteen yards on. He stopped and turned he stared at the pain filled face of his fiancée. He felt the pang of guilt but he wanted to know...he needed to know where he fit in her new life. Ric slowly walked back to Nodoka. When he reached her, he cupped her face in his large calloused hands and tilted her face up to look into his darkening cinnamon eyes. The tears began to flow from Nodoka's as she stared at the loneliness she saw.

"I can't *SOB* ask you to make that sacrifice Ric! It would not be right to take you *CHOKE* from your family in that manner." Nodoka whispered her sobs making her voice crack with pain.

"It is my choice to make Do-Chan. I won't lose you again and I won't let you lock yourself into a life of loneliness, especially if I have a way to prevent it." Ric told her as he stared into her sapphire blue eyes.

"But Ric...!" Nodoka started but Ric placed a finger on her lips to silence her.

"Shush! My love there is no 'buts' about it. I have the right to claim a generalship just as much as you do and I won't let you do this alone." Ric pulled her to him as he leaned his cheek down on the top of Nodoka's head.

"We will do this together and if Isis takes one of us she will take us both!" He said into her reddish auburn hair then kissed the top of her head.

He then pulled back, smiled at his beloved, and kissed her tenderly. They next turned and continued their walk to Jusenkyo. With an unspoken agreement, the two lovers started running. They used the pace Dolphin had set on their journey to the Amazon village. They had arrived at the springs just after sunset. They looked at the valley and as Hayashi before them, they marveled at its awe-inspiring beauty. Ric in the moonlight made out the two body impressions in the side of the cliff. The two would be generals hoped Isis would accept them and prevent them from receiving another curse. They moved quickly and cautiously round the springs. They kept one eye on where they were. The other eye they kept on the guide's hut. They wanted to prevent him from startling them into falling into another spring. After five long agonizing minutes, they made it to under the indentations. Nodoka looked up at the smaller body her tears flowing in torrents down her face as her eyes landed on the bloodstain in the center of the head.

"How could he do this to our child? Oh Ric how can I in good conscious force myself on her after what that _bastard_ put her through." Nodoka whispered as Ric wrapped his arm around her.

"You love her Do-Chan and you do this because you want to be with her and protect her from the Genma's of the world. You and I both know he won't give up trying to enslave Kalya." Ric told her his voice tinged with anger at the pain and uncertainty Saotome Genma was still causing Nodoka.

"But we should have asked her if...EEEPPPP!" Nodoka did not get the chance to finish as the ground below her and Ric opened up and swallowed them both.

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Jasmine and Cologne smirked as they pogoed quickly toward Jusenkyo. The two lovers must be going at an Amazon's pace. As they broke through the line of trees and into the valley, they noticed movement in between the springs. As the moon came from behind the clouds, they could see it was Nodoka and Ric. They shook their heads as they headed toward them. They were a little more than half way to them when they heard Nodoka cry out and watched as the two fell into the spring of Elfin sorceress/Isis warrior. They hung their heads as they realized they were too late to stop them.

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"Nodoka, Ric." The soft voice called to the two lovers as they sank to the bottom.

"I allow this so _my daughter_ would not be alone on your world. Just know that if you cause her any of the pain her father had, hell will look like paradise to the eternal torture you two will suffer." Both Nodoka and Ric shuddered as the image of the goddess Isis appeared before them.

As she faded, a bolt of divine energy snaked out from the goddess' upheld palm and struck both Ric and Nodoka. In an effort to scream both swallowed a large amount of the pools churned up water. As they kicked for the surface Isis' parting comments entered their brains.

"Now you two will be able to live as long as Kalya. Tell my daughter there will be three more generals to come and none are Amazons." As the two climbed out of the pool, they were helped by the elders Jasmine and Cologne both of who was tempted to jump into the pool before it closed.

They quickly moved toward the water when a shell of golden light appeared over the surface preventing them from entering the water. They frowned at their inability to become a general of the new Isis. It was then that the two elders stepped back in awe as the image of Isis appeared over the spring her face in a deep scowl but her eyes showed she was proud of the two women for wanting to join Kalya.

"This is not your battle! Your wisdom and knowledge is what my daughter and her generals will need." Isis told them as she and the pool disappeared.

"MOM!" They all looked up as Kalya flew into the valley.

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Genma looked up from his prostrated position the fact that Happosai glowed a black red did not faze him that much it was the fact it was in the shape of a cat that bothered him. He slowly inched away from the freakish old man only to be stopped as he backed into Tendo Soun. He and Soun both gulped as the diminutive grandmaster glared at them. He jumped from the rock and moved toward Genma his scowl deepening, as he got closer.

"You took my heir to Jusenkyo!?" His voice rang hollow and frightening.

"I...I wanted to ge...get him a ca...cat curse to better con...control him through the Nek...Neko-ken." Genma stuttered out his body oozing fear everyone could smell, as he was terrified so much, so he forgot to lie.

"You taught him the Neko-ken!?" The aura around the perverted grandmaster darkened and the cat shape grew larger.

"It...It was so I...I cou...could better control him!" Genma did not like the fact that Happosai was now encased in a solid black aura.

"WHO CARES ABOUT SOME STUPID DEAD BOY!? I AM NOW THE ONLY AND RIGHTFUL HEIR! TRAIN ME!" Akane shouted as she stepped in between Happosai and the cause for his anger.

The grandmaster of the School of Anything Goes turned his anger on his beautiful Akane. He was not stupid he would never accept the violent girl as a student let alone an heir. Soun shuddered as he saw his master's anger directed toward his youngest daughter. He moved to intervene when Happosai turned and angry glare on to him that froze him in place.

"Do not move Tendo! You should _never_ have taught her and when you stopped you should have sealed away what you had taught her!" Happosai growled low in his throat.

"HEY! I AM A GOOD FIGHTER!" Akane's aura blazed around her body lighting the yard with a blood red glow.

"You are nothing! You are worthless as a fighter and a waste of space. You will _NEVER_ have my school! You lost that chance when you fell to the Dojo Destroyer!" With that last comment, Happosai lunged at Akane.

Akane only got out a small shriek as the little gnome attacked. As Happosai moved away from her, she was crumpled on the ground unconscious. Soun ran to his daughter his face filled with fear and despair. He knelt down next to Akane and pulled her into his embrace. He sighed in relief when he found her still breathing. He turned to his master his angry visage gone as he saw the old man sitting on the wall surrounding his yard. He gulped as he finally realized that aura around the old master was cat like in shape. He had a vague memory of Happosai wanting to teach him and Genma an ancient technique. He and his old friend refused when they found out what it entailed. At the moan of Genma behind him his eyes snapped opened as he realized all of what he said. He taught the Neko-ken to his son to make him a slave. Soun picked up his daughter then turned and glared down at his old training partner.

"The pact has been destroyed by you and your callous disregard for your child's safety on the pretense of it being for the art. You will please leave my house as I do not want one such as you tainting our blood with yours!" Soun moved into the house caring Akane to her room.

"TENDO OLD FRIEND, WAIT!" Genma shouted, as he needed a place to hide until he could figure things out.

"You have destroyed any chance of my school surviving. You had better hope I find some remnant of my heir at the Amazon village or I will return and finish what they started." Happosai disappeared over the wall Genma visibly calming as he moved farther away from him.

He smirked as he felt his son was not dead and if the old master could bring him home, they could still join the schools but under the Saotome name since the violent little brat evidently allowed the Dojo Destroyer to take her school. He suddenly found the lights had gone out. When he reached up he pulled is dirty gi from his face. He turned and found his old friend Tendo standing there a scowl on his face. Genma crawled to him on his two knees trying to get the man to listen to him.

"The master is gone to bring home my son! We can still join the schools under the Saotome name and hav...!" He went silent as Tendo kicked him hard in the gut and finally into the koi pond.

Tendo looked on in surprise but held his sanity. He finally realized that it was not a dynasty, Genma wanted. He wanted whatever their children created to support his lazy ways and steal from them so he could live in luxury. As Genma-panda pulled himself from the pond, a glowing Tendo Soun met him. The man glowed so black all Genma could make out were red glowing eyes. He gulped as Soun took a step closer to him.

"I will not honor a pact tricked out of me while I was drunk. I promised my late wife I would not force our children into a marriage they did not want and I will honor that promise. You will now leave and do not darken my doorstep again!" With that last statement, Soun kicked out and kicked the panda into LEO (Dani: For FanFic newbies 'Lower Earth Orbit').

As he watched, his old ex-friend disappeared in the distance. His shoulders slumped. His only real heir now had no access to any of her skills and he could not, undo what the master had done, as his skill was not good enough. He entered the house amidst the two angry stares of his older daughters. They however never got the chance to chastise their father as he slowly climbed the stairs even more depressed then when his beloved Kimiko died. The two older Tendo daughters watched their anger drained from them as it was replaced by worry. They moved to talk to their father but stopped when they heard the door to his bedroom click shut and the click of the lock telling them to leave him alone.

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Nodoka sat alone in her room her gaze on the only mirror. Her hair was now the color of Ran...Kalya's and her eyes were a lighter sky blue. She sighed as she remembered the anger of her daughter. However, she understood it. In Kalya's mind, she could not take care of herself against the minions of Seth. Then it was the elder that wore the aqua robes. Nodoka paused in her musings as she tried to remember the elder's name. She gave up trying for the moment. However, the little woman made a point to let Kalya know it was her mother, who kept the murderer of the first Isis from killing her. Kalya acted as if she had not wanted to know that then the other elder reminded her that Nodoka and Ric made the choice to join the battle and the goddess accepted. Nodoka was glad she had not told Kalya about Isis getting them to drink the pools water. She did not think she could handle the explosion. Nodoka was drawn from her musings by a knock at her door.

*KNOCK KNOCK*

"Come in." Nodoka rose from the end of the bed and moved away from the door, as she knew who it was.

Kalya entered her head bowed as she closed the door to her mother's room. She then turned and faced her mother her eyes filled with shame. Nodoka took a step toward her daughter only to be stopped by her raised hand. Kalya took a deep breath then stared at her mother her face an open book. As she warred, with her worry and anger. Nodoka watched as Kalya brought her warring emotions under a semblance of control. She sighed as she realized she was not that mad.

"Mom, I am sorry for the way I behaved earlier. I just didn't want...!" Kalya stopped as she found herself wrapped in a tight embrace one she did not want to leave.

"It is alright little one. You were just worried for my safety. Just remember sweetheart I am a master of my own family's art and with Hayashi's help, I will be a grandmaster very soon. I...I just couldn't let you live in this world alone." Nodoka's hot tears fell on Kalya's shoulder as her mother held tightly to her.

"But...but why didn't you come to me first?" Kalya asked as she tightened her grip on her mother as she realized what the answer would be.

"I didn't want you to say no." Nodoka told her daughter as her tears continued to fall.

"I...!?" Kalya stopped as she wondered if she would have said no if her mother had asked.

Kalya let the thought fall from her mind as she tightened her grip on Nodoka and realized she now had two mothers. There was her mortal mother that would be with her as she fought Seth and throughout her life. Then was her immortal mother that would be waiting for her when her time to leave this world came. Kalya sighed as her grip tightened even tighter on Nodoka.

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The beady little black eyes watched with lustful glee and anger. The strange redhead was an Anything Goes Master and his heir. However, she was training others in his school and he gave her no leave to do that. He jumped when a vine in the tree entwined him and held him immobile. He could not reach any of his Happo Danken bombs to persuade the grabby vine. He turned at a familiar voice. One he missed terribly but knew he could never have.

"Well, well, welcome back Happi!" Happosai looked down to see Cologne as she stood beneath the tree.

"I have come for my heir, and by the looks of it that little redhead is the one I am looking for." Happi told her his eyes narrowed as the girl came closer.

"She has a lot to answer for. First she had not fulfilled the pledge between the Tendo and Saotome Schools of Anything Goes. Then there is her teaching my school without my permission.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I don't teach your school old man I teach mine! I have been creating this school ever since I could read!" Kalya told the little gnome as she stared up at him.

"I will not prolong a school that would create a student such as Saotome Genma!" She snarled and Happi licked his lips as he felt the Neko within her as it reached out to his.

"Release me or I will free the cat!" Happi knew her control over the cat was incomplete and like Genma before him, he planned to use it to control her.

"Cat? What cat?" Kalya asked, she looked around to Happosai's eyes, frantically.

"This cat child!" He released his aura as Kalya turned back to face him.

She stared transfixed she had known only Aker, Bastet, and Sekhmet as any other Neko-Ken warriors. Her grip on the vines loosened and Happi used his chi claws to free him from the vine. He then lunged at the shocked girl releasing the cat knowing it would push her over the edge and only he would be able to bring her out, he would then strike a deal with the Amazons to get his heir back and until she was his totally he would never teach her to use her Neko powers. Well that was what he had planned. However, there was a lot to be said for colloquialisms, the main one being 'Best laid plans of Mice and Men'.

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Kalya stared awe struck as the cat aura appeared around the tiny man. She waited for the fear and when there was none, she wondered who had taught him the Neko-Ken and wondered if Aker knew about him. She wondered if he knew all the techniques or had created any new ones, she could learn. Then movement caught her attention and pulled her from her musings. She flipped back taking her Amazon mother with her. They both watched as the little gnome hit the ground with a gentle flip to land on his feet.

"Now girl I can train you in the Neko-ken for a price! You will stop training the Amazons in my school and give yourself totally to me!" Happosai leered as he moved closer to the girl knowing his closer proximity would push her into the insanity of the cat.

"Bring it on old man! For I fought Seth and pushed him from me I will not be the property of another lech!" Kalya moved into a stance Happi felt he should know but did not.

"Very well girl you are only going to make it harder on yourself!" He told her as he ran toward her his chi claws expanding to full length.

Kalya's claws appeared and matched his fifteen-inch claws inch for inch. Happosai paused momentarily, as the shock of the girl being able to control her claws threw him. He shook his head and charged her. Evidently, Genma taught her more of the Neko-Ken then he intended. As he got closer he swiped at her in the hopes of tearing her sky blue tang from her body. His mind divided in half to monitor the fight the other half to fantasize about what he would do with the girl instead of train her. He was quickly brought out of his lustful dreams when his claws were stopped dead and he felt himself losing air. He came back to full control of his mind and found Kalya on the ground her feet planted roughly in his solar plexus as she threw him over her body and behind her. He stared at the boulder he was fast making an approach on.

Happosai flipped and pushed off the boulder upwards some fifty feet he was surprised when the young girl jumped meeting him in the air. He smiled as he remembered the Saotome School used the air techniques of his school as the Tendo used the earth. She might be the only other one who could use his whole school. He was brought out of his musings as blunted chi claws swiped at him. They left welts but never pierced his skin and the swipe sent him back toward the ground faster than he could right himself. He hit the ground with a sickening thud creating a crater some six inches deep. He looked up and watched as the girl still hovered some fifty feet off the ground his eyes widening as the image of a beautiful honey skinned woman with black hair appeared behind her.

"ISIS!" Happosai whispered though all heard him.

Kalya turned but there was no one behind her. Her shoulders slumped as she had hoped Isis had come to visit. She turned as the Grandmaster of the Anything Goes dragged himself to his feet. Instead of continuing the fight, he turned to his one true love. His face showed defeat and fear. Cologne moved closer to him her eyes still alit with the love she had for him.

"She fought Seth?" The aged grandmaster asked but said nothing else.

"Yes Happi. She is the new Isis warrior. He is coming back Happi and she and her generals are all, that stand between him and the destruction of this world." Cologne told him as he was at the battle fifty years ago.

The little grandmaster had not come away unscathed as a vision of him some fifty years before moved across Cologne's mind. The image of a six-foot tall man with a muscular build and long black blue hair down to his mid back. He had black soulful eyes and a square chiseled jaw. His skin was a golden tanned color. Cologne shivered as she remembered the nights he had held her and the beautiful daughter he had given her. Cologne jumped slightly when a hand landed on her shoulder. She turned and found her husband staring at her his face full of sadness and determination.

"I will train your warriors they will need the power of the Anything Goes if they are to win. I however will only train those with ki and chi abilities. I will also train her in the Neko-ken and her full school of Anything Goes along with her generals." Cologne felt the despair as it washed over her from the man she loved, she moved toward him and wrapped him in a tight embrace as memories of fifty years ago passed over the both of them.

(o)(o) TWIN FLASHBACKS (o)(o)

A younger looking Happosai fought against the minions of Seth as his beautiful wife was part of the casting circle to send him and his cohorts back from were they came. He heard the maniacal laughter. The gentle crystal bell sound caressed his body. He turned to see a beautiful elf hovering over a spring devoid of water. He saw as blood gushed up from its bottom. The elf's laughter became more delighted. He turned away as it sickened him. He faced the casting circle and felt their magic as it waned. He knew they had not enough left to finish the spell using his skill in the art he and his wife created he ran toward the casting circle he jumped the last thirty or so feet and landed behind his wife. He then pushed all the magic his wife had opened in him into the spell the casting circle was creating. It was the catalyst needed to complete the spell. He watched in horror as his beautiful wife and the other Amazon elders began to shrivel up and become two and half foot ghouls. He vaguely registered that he matched their height. He looked down and saw the same effects on his body as well.

He turned at the uproar as the minions of Seth began to be pulled into a vortex that opened over the center of Jusenkyo. He watched fascinated as they were pulled back into the prison from which they came. He heard the bell like voice of the elf as she screamed with rage. He turned and found her holding on to a tree in an effort to prevent being pulled back in. Happosai laid his unconscious wife on the ground and fought against the unfamiliar body size as he jumped for the evil incarnate. He kicked the evil Ancient and knocked her free from the tree she held onto. She grabbed for purchase, which was one of Happosai's legs. As she was being pulled back into her hell she was taking the Anything Goes Grandmaster with her. Just before Happi was pulled completely into oblivion he kicked out hard with his free leg at the elf's jaw. She released her grip and the diminutive martial artist fell into one of Jusenkyo bloodied springs. It was a spring, which had forever changed his outlook on life and tore him from his beloved.

(o)(o) END FLASHBACKS` (o)(o)

"I do not need training in the Neko-ken unless you created any new techniques." Kalya told him as she landed next to the two lost lovers.

"But Gen...?" He was cut off by the glare from the young girl.

"Wanted to control me and make me his slave. I however do not wish for that kind of life. I have learned to control my Neko-ken through training with Aker and the two cat goddesses Bastet and Sekhmet." Happi's eyes widened as the fear settled over him.

"It is true he is really returning then." Happosai asked depressed resignation overflowed him.

"It is true beloved. He has already once tried to take over her." Cologne said as she leaned into him.

"Do you know where he will be returning at?" The little man asked not noticing the forty Amazon warriors and the three elders bearing down on him.

"No not yet. HOLD!" Cologne spotted them.

"He is an enemy of the Amazons! He must be punished!" A small elder growled.

"NO Mascara! If it wasn't for him, we couldn't have beaten Seth the last time. His curse was his reward for adding his magic to ours! I will not let you hurt him." Cologne growled as she stood in front of her husband.

"I stand by mother Cologne. He has agreed to train me and my generals in the full Anything Goes School as well as any and all warriors at the level of ki and chi manipulation." Kalya said as she stepped forward blocking the newcomers from Cologne and Happosai.

"NO HE MUST BE PUNISHED!" Mascara raged, as she would do anything to destroy Cologne's happiness as Happosai was supposed to be hers.

"Still angry I see Mascara? Angry I did not choose you?" Happi asked as he glared at her.

"THIS IS ENOUGH!" They all turned to see Jasmine as she pogoed to the group.

"Welcome back Happosai. What are you doing here?" Jasmine asked her aura glowing brightly as Ric and Nodoka followed her up.

"I came to claim my heir. I knew there was more to what Genma was telling me. I knew you had changed his memories." He glared at the ancient elder before him.

"However I found out the truth behind Ranma's _death_! I fought Seth once before and I will do all I can to stop him again. If that means training Amazons in my School, I will. Just know this the School is still mine and will not be Amazon property! Any attempt to eliminate my valid heirs and I will end your three thousand years of existence!" Happi growled low in his voice punctuating his statements as he swiped at the staffs the elders stood on some forty feet from him.

The four elders in front of Happosai all landed unceremoniously as their staffs fell to pieces under them. They all glared at the Anything Goes Grandmaster with murderous rage. The laughter of Cologne and Kalya brought them back to the fact that it was funny. Though they tried to turn their angry visage on them, it was Jasmine, who started to giggle followed closely by Chiffon and Sapphire. The only elder who refused to believe it was funny was Mascara. She glared between the other elders and Kalya. Joviality ceased as soon as it started. Kalya helped the elders to their feet as she tried not to giggle.

"We will have a council meeting and give you our ruling." Jasmine spoke quietly.

"There is no need for that Elder you either agree to it now or only Kalya and her Generals are taught the full Anything Goes save her Amazon Generals." Happosai spoke his voice brooked no argument.

"The meeting is not to determine Happosai if we claim your school or not. It is to determine if our warriors other then the generals learning the school. Do not forget male your school is a chaotic one and whether or not we want that chaos in our village is my concern." Jasmine spoke as she and the three other who lost their staffs turned and left.

"Do not fear husband all will be fine. Now there is one thing you must do however." Cologne told him as he turned to her his eyes still alit with the love he had for her.

"That is my beloved?" Happosai asked, as he looked at her, in his mind she was still beautiful.

"Ask Kalya if she wishes to be trained in your full school." Cologne said as she turned to pogoed off after the other elders.

"Huh?" Happosai asked not understanding what she meant at first.

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Kalya over the next few months worked with Happosai in private lessons on the full Scholl of Anything Goes. She and Happi worked feverishly to get her trained. He also taught her the Neko-ken techniques he himself created after learning the forbidden technique. As Happosai taught, Kalya Cologne taught her Generals. The council meeting had not lasted long. The elders had decided that though they really did not want the chaos in their village it was unavoidable in order to fight against Seth. Their warriors were going to need the additional strength it brought to the fight.

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As the training ended, Team Isis had not only learned new martial arts techniques from all the tribes of the valley. The technique they all felt was the most important they learned from the elders in how to block not only their power levels but they were able to translate that into how to block the other Team Isis members from their thoughts. They could still get through when they needed help but the other team members' personal thoughts were no longer laid bare to them. They learned many others most of which came from Kalya. All that was left was a few finishing techniques and closing of rough spots as far as Kalya was concerned. However, Kalya was worried, as the last three generals had not yet shown up.

The team was near ready to leave the only problem was they did not know where to go. As Kalya and her generals prepared to head to the Council Chambers their thoughts finally had time to think on the fight ahead of them a fight they all decided they really did not want to have. They however, knew that without each of them there, Seth could win and destroy the world in an effort to make it over in his own evil way. As they, all prepared to go to council there was an urgent knock at their door. Meran moved to answer the knock.

*KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK*

"Just a moment, please." Meran said as she opened the door to Misty and Perfume.

"You all need to come to council now. Two strangers have entered the building and they seem to know about you all." Misty told them her voice full of suspicion.

"You don't trust them?" Dolphin asked as she and her brother came to the door.

"No your training is complete why would two more generals show up now. It could be Seth trying to delay your and our departure. We beat him once and you know we can do it again even without magic." Perfume growled as she stared over Dolphin and Mousse at Hayashi and Ric.

"Well I believe we are all ready to go so we will leave now. It might be two of the three generals Isis told mom about." Kalya's bell like tones rang out in the room as she came from upstairs.

They all followed Misty and Perfume out of the guesthouse and to the council chambers. As they walked Team Isis communicated with one another about how to handle the new arrivals if they are truly Isis' generals. They dare not postpone their departure once they learned where to go. As they entered the council chamber, they saw the two new comers in the pen to the left of the council table under guard. The warriors moved in front of the council bench and bowed deeply to their elders. They linked with the two new comers or tried to make a connection.

"Greeting, Mothers. I see we have visitors?" Kalya asked as she looked at the two people sitting in the pen to the right of her.

"Yes daughter are they part of your party? They seem to know you." Jasmine asked as she scowled at the two, gajin men.

"I...We have no link to them Mother Jasmine. Nor do I know them." The garnet redhead spoke as she stared at the two men.

"We don't know her! We are looking for Saotome Ranma! He stole our family's honor blade and sold it to our family's mortal enemy!" One of the gajin said as he jumped to his feet.

"When did this happen?" Chiffon asked as if almost reading Nodoka's mind.

"Eight...no wait, it was nine years ago." The other gajin said as he took a completive look.

"Then you need to rethink your accusation. Saotome Ranma was only eleven-years-old then. You are looking for his father. Any debts, thievery, or promises made for Saotome Ranma during that time are legally laid at Saotome Genma's feet." The elders turned as Nodoka stepped forward caring a legal document.

She stopped at the council table and gave them the document she received when she divorced Genma. Each elder quickly looked it over then handed it to one of the guards around the two men. As they read the document, their faces deepened into a scowl. They then looked up at the twelve ghouls their faces showing they were not going to let this vendetta go. The council then played its trump card as the guard took the document back and gave it to Nodoka.

"Besides it is a moot point. Saotome Genma had killed his son at Jusenkyo. So whether you believe he is responsible or not he is who you are going to have to get retribution from." Jasmine spoke as she looked down at the two men.

"NO WE DON'T BELIEVE YOU! HE TOLD US RANMA WAS HERE!" One of the men shouted forgetting he was not to mention that.

"Sean! Quiet!" It was too late, as all turned to the two men anger growing on their faces.

"You will tell us the truth young man or you will not leave this village unscathed!" Mascara glared down at them like all the elders she did not like being made a fool of.

"Do...Don't know wh...what you are talking about!" Ebon spoke his nervousness hard for him to control.

"Kalya please show our guests what is in store for them if we allow you and Happi some play time with them." Cologne told her adopted daughter.

As Kalya stepped forward a guard on the other side of the room held up a piece of firewood between her hands and over her head. Kalya smiled at the white silver haired Frosta. She was not one of Kalya's generals but they all liked her and were friends with her.

The men stared at Kalya then Frosta their libidos showing in their faces as they tried to control their desires. Their eyes then widened as a black blue aura formed around Kalya in the shape of a cat. They watched as her pupils took on the cylindrical shape of a cat. Though when she brought out fifteen-inch ki claws they both nearly lost the control they had over their bladders. It took all their will power not to soil themselves in front of these women when Kalya swiped at the log and cut it into sawdust with about six swipes. Her hands moving so fast only her generals and the council could follow her movements.

"Now I ask you again...!" Jasmine was cut off as both men started talking at once.

"We are brothers. He is Sean and I am Ebon O'Leary. Our family's sword was taken from us and Genma Saotome told us we would find it with his son in this village." Ebon told them as he stared at Kalya keeping her location in his sight at all times.

"When did he tell you this?" Jasmine continued, as she did not like this.

"About three months ago. We knew it was he, which stole the sword. He however had sold it to our hated enemy. He said he could get it back but we had to get his son for him." Sean told the council and the other people in the room.

"Is Genma here with you?" Mascara asked wanting to complete the punishment, they first meted out to the fool.

"No he refused to leave Japan. We were to bring Ranma to Japan at the Saotome home." Ebon explained his personality more calm then his younger brother Sean.

"THAT BASTARD! THAT IS NODOKA'S HOME!" Hayashi's outburst caused angry stares to be leveled at him.

"Then you two need to take care of that before you leave." Sapphire told the male and his sister.

"Come Hayashi let us step outside and start the eradication process against Genma." The room watched as Hayashi, Nodoka, Ric and Dolphin left the room.

"Tell us how were you suppose to be able to recognize Ranma if you saw him?" Thorn asked, as she liked the readings she was getting from the two Irish men.

"Well we didn't quite believe all of what he said something about his son being cursed to change into a girl." Ebon stopped and looked at the garnet haired woman before him.

"She looks like the picture he gave us!" Sean said all of a sudden, as he grabbed the hot teakettle from the council table and threw it at Kalya.

The guards grabbed him before he could do anything else as they stared at the garnet haired girl waiting for her to change. There was none. The two men smirked as they figured Genma was lying. This now proved it. Kalya began to glow her aura shifting like rolling fog through the colors of the rainbow as her aura dried her clothes. She glared at the two men but said nothing. Her family and friends had returned to the chamber. Hayashi was putting a cell phone away.

"Well?" Chiffon had asked as they took their place with the other generals.

"Our lawyer is taking care of it now. When I return home, he won't be there. I however have decided I don't want to return to that house. Since we as a group will need a place large enough for all of us plus the others we will look into other lodgings." Nodoka stated as she stood next to her daughter.

"That is if you need to go back home. We still don't know where he will be in the world." Lotus said as she smiled down at Nodoka.

"HEY! Don't talk as if we aren't here!" Sean growled not liking being ignored.

"Be Quiet Sean!" His brother Ebon told him.

"Listen to your brother young man this doesn't concern you!" Rouge told the young Irishman.

"It does if something is coming into our world that is a danger to our family and friends!" He countered.

"We have found you were played by Genma and are not at fault. Cinnamon, Misty, and Perfume please escort these men to the village gate. Then return. There is much that needs discussing and everyone's opinion is needed." The three Amazons bowed to their elders and escorted the O'Leary brothers out of the village.

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Genma stretched out on the sofa in his family home. Since Nodoka was in China, he felt he had a right to use the house. There was however nothing he could sell to make money. He had cleaned out the refrigerator some time back. He had now taken to _borrowing_ food from elsewhere. He thought he was dead when those two gajins showed up about their stupid sword. He scowled as he thought of the stupid weapon users. When they brought back Ranma he would trick them into leaving them alone he just had not figured out how as of yet. He jumped slightly as there was a knock at the door. He was unsure if he should answer it but it might be important.

*KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK*

Genma opened the door to his wife's house to find a man in a business suit flanked by two police officers. He smiled nervously as a noise caught his attention and he turned to see four more police officers coming toward him from the patio door. He backed into the room and tried to make it up the stairs and escape but the man in the suit tripped him and then the officers fell on him.

"Saotome Genma you are no longer married to Nodoka and are forbidden to enter this compound or house again.

"NO YOUR WRONG NODOKA WOULD NEVER LEAVE ME UNTIL I BROUGHT THE BOY HOME!" Genma shouted as the officers dragged him off.

"Since you killed your son then I guess she does not have to wait for you." The man in the suit said as Genma struggled to get free.

"Now Takashi-san wants everything sold within the house along with the house, all but her personal effects. I have some assistants coming in an hour to pack up clothes, pictures, and such. She gave me a list of what she wanted." The man said to a young woman in a business suit.

"The plaque?" She asked as she looked toward the gate.

"We will have it removed and destroyed." The man said as he and the woman entered the house; they began to look around taking notes on the condition and suggested changes.

After several hours the inspection was finished and the assistants that had come to gather Nodoka's wanted belongings carried the boxes to a waiting SUV. Once the SUV was loaded, it took off toward the business district and a storage facility to place the belongings. The lawyer Hayashi had contacted was about to exit when he remembered something. He went to the desk in the living room and rummaged through the drawers until he found what he was looking for.

As he exited the house with the young realtor both going over the list of changes though there was not many just a fresh coat of paint for the most part. As the lawyer locked the door behind him, he put the scrolls he had taken from the desk into an inner pocket. The realtor hung up the phone and took the offered keys.

"Ok I have a crew coming tomorrow to paint and clean up after the interloper. They will then cover the furniture to help keep the dust down. Are you sure she wants to sell it furnished?" They young woman asked as she looked at her notes.

"Yes if the new owners do not want anything she has left here then sell the items and give me the money I will put it into a trust for her when she gets home." The lawyer told the nodding woman.

"Do they need me to look for a new place for them?" The young woman continued as she thought about the commission that she could get for selling Nodoka a new home.

"I don't believe so at least not at the moment. They are not sure they are returning here. It depends on some outside influences." The lawyer was not sure what was going on but he knew something was wrong with his friend Hayashi.

"But I will suggest you start locating large warehouse buildings that can be remodeled into apartments. They will need a large compound and privacy, oh and if you can get it near the water though it does not need to be right on the water." The lawyer then turned and left the woman standing on the porch her eyes glazed as she thought of the commission in not only selling a large warehouse, but maybe doing the remodeling as well.

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"Now daughter are you sure you want to include this Shen Li?" Cologne asked as the Isis warriors sat in the council chambers with the elders as they tried to figure out where Seth would enter the world.

"Yes if he is interested, he is very wise and might be able to council us as well." Kalya said as she took on a faraway look with a wistful smile.

"Alright we will send Misty and Frosta to his training ground." The two mentioned warriors rose and left the council chamber.

Though they were not Isis' chosen they were the chosen of the Isis Warriors. They were the leaders of the different groups of fighters joining them in the first attack battle. They would be a part of all strategic planning and report back to their respective groups as to what they were needed to do.

"Now we must try to figure where he will enter. After his first attack we know he can force an entrance to allow some of his minions through but not himself." Lotus spoke as she looked down at a map of the world.

"Yes so he might open the weaker Chaotic Nexuses and send in his minions to keep us occupied until he can break the spell that holds him in exile." Mousse said his wisdom causing many of the elders to look surprised while one looked on with pride.

"You don't know that _boy_!" Mascara hissed, as she hated that he was the first chosen Amazon of Isis and chosen at all.

"Actually he is correct!" Ric replied as he and Hayashi moved to the young protector of Kalya.

"STAY OUT...!" The leader of the council cut off Mascara.

"MASCARA! You will stop this. Mousse was Isis' first choice as a warrior for this purpose, as was all the males. They have equal authority now let them talk." Jasmine said as she glared at the angry elder.

"Thank you elder. As I was saying Hayashi, Nodoka, and I have been monitoring news releases on our cell phones. We have been able to keep them charged." This caused the eyebrows of the Amazons to quirk.

"How?" Chiffon asked curiously.

"We use our elfin ability to fly to where I moored my yacht and while we wait for the phones to recharge we use the ship's radio to get more in depth information. I also use the maps onboard to mark the locations of the strange happenings." Ric continued as he looked at not only Chiffon but the other elders as well.

"So that is where all these red marks on our map came from?" Marjoram asked as she looked at the map on the wall.

"Yes ma'am each time we add new locations to our map I update your map as well." Ric continued.

"To bad we can't bring your radio here so we can monitor it more closely." Thorn said as she looked more closely at the map.

"So do I elder but with our cell phones we can keep track of some of the incursions and when we see a large influx we head to the ship." Ric continued not liking not being able to keep a better handle on Seth's invasions.

"So it looks like he is trying to get you to commit yourselves either as a large group or separate you in locations that don't matter to him." Margarine stated, as she too looked over the map her yellow robes fluttering.

"Yes we believe so Mother-Margarine." Kalya stated to the little elder.

"So why are we not going to fight them?" Happosai asked as he moved to the map.

"Because it is only small incursions and the local authorities are able to handle it. What we are looking for is a pattern. The Elders' map shows the ley lines throughout the world and the Chaotic Nexuses. We are hoping to figure out where he might be trying to enter this realm." Sage said as he wrapped his arm around Meran's waist.

"Ah, and how are you to do that? It looks like he is hitting the planet at sporadic intervals." Happi continued as he turned to look at the Musk warrior.

"It is not where he _is_ hitting that interests us." Meran said as she and the Isis Warriors moved toward the map.

"Oh?" Spray asked as she studied the map a light going off in her eyes.

"AH! You are trying to see if there is a large enough nexus he can enter and if he is avoiding it now he might be trying to get you far enough away from it to prevent you from interfering." Spray continued as she noticed not only three large nexuses but also five medium ones that might work for the evil Egyptian god.

"Very good, I knew you would be worthy of my school." The room turned to see Misty, Frosta and an aged man with a long white beard and hair standing before them

"MASTER LI-SENSEI!" Kalya ran and jumped into the man's opened arms.