Dance in Sin City
Disclaimer: I own nothing here, tis a shame, the only thing I own is the plot.
Another multi-part chapter.
Part 2
"You know," Ryoga said as he walked up to Ranma and gave him a dirty look, "I can't say you're much of a man for letting your wife go through all of this stuff."
"Think I wanted this?" Ranma growled as he glared at Ryoga. "You think I just sat at home and did nothing while my wife was suffering? Do you have any idea what happened to the last asshole that hurt one of my wives?"
Usagi blushed upon hearing that. 'One of? How many does he have?' She did find it romantic, in a weird way, that he could have multiple wives and he could take care of them all.
"Ryoga-kun, please." Nabiki said with a tired expression on her face. "I was the one who asked him to not come with since I couldn't see any outcome that would have been better than what happened to us. In fact, things could have been much, much worse for all of us. So please, just drop it." Ryoga gave Ranma a dirty look and nodded. "Thank you and..." She blinked and tilted her head. "Huh, so that's why..." She shook her head at the looks of confusion she was getting. "Sorry, a stray thought crossed my mind and I got some information out of it. But, at least it's over."
"For now." Setsuna spoke up. "We still have Selene to deal with."
"I'll make some more of those devices after I get data from Miss Hotaru." Seekvaria said as she adjusted her glasses. "Actually, if you're all the Sailor Senshi, would it be okay..?"
"Sure." Usagi smiled as she took the pen and paper and wrote down her Senshi name on it. "Never met fans who weren't human before."
"You should blame Lady Leviathan for making magical girls popular."
"She'll be Lady Saotome when she steps down from her position." Ranma pointed out to Seekvaria. "She already told me that she's taking my family's name after Issei takes over as the next Leviathan."
"The only question I have is, who brought Satanael, Edwin Black and Selene together?" Setsuna asked as she looked deep in thought. "Because what they did was way too well-executed to be random or coincidental."
"Perhaps it's time I reveal who I am then?" A large screen appeared in the sky with a dog avatar on it. "They knew me as Mr. D. Hello, Nabiki, it's been a long time since I last saw you."
"...I don't know who you are." Nabiki shook her head. "In fact, you're eluding my Sacred Gear."
"Well, if you're trying to find me in your dimension, it will be impossible."
"Are you from that parallel ExE world then?" Nabiki asked the screen.
Suddenly Mr. D laughed as the dog shook his head. "No, not a bad guess, I admit, but no. I'm from this world, but I'm not in this dimension."
"A pocket dimension like Avalon then." Ranma surmised as he glared at the screen.
"Ah, Demon King, it's an honor to finally meet you in person. Well, I see you, you don't see me." The dog avatar laughed and looked back and forth. "And the Sailor Senshi, it's too bad that you had to suffer like that, but if you kept that Silver Crystal things would have been really hard for me in the future."
"You don't sound very sincere." Haruka growled at the screen. "Just who are you?"
"Well," the distorted voice changed while the screen started to get static, "I suppose," a male voice that had Nabiki, Murasaki, Usagi and Ryoga's shrink to pinpricks, took over, "that I can show you who I am, since you dealt with Satanael." The screen cleared away to reveal a man with pale white skin, stark blue eyes with no pupils and hair that looked like was made out of bone. "Or, to be more precise, since you dealt with my younger self." Glowing red and blue lines ran down his face from his hairline to his chin and down his neck and chest.
"Satanael?!" Nabiki screamed in shock. "HOW?! I sent you back in time..."
"To the dawn of creation, yes." He nodded. "To the first universe and forced me to feel the effects of time itself as it ravaged my body and mind. Countless eons into the past I was flung. But you made a small mistake." He smiled at their shocked expressions. "Not that I can blame you, after all, you had no clue that Father would be there in the first universe as well. He found me, dying and crazy from the ravages of time and decided to save me." Satanael closed his eyes and smiled as he took a deep breath. "In that moment, He recreated me, turning me into His greatest creation! Beyond Lucifer! Beyond Kokabiel! Beyond even Jesus himself! I became His greatest! And with it, I was tasked to be the true Light of Absolution, the Envoy of the End for the Universe."
Nabiki suddenly winced as she was flooded with information about what Satanael had become. "It... Your job is..."
"My role is to be the Light of Absolution," he repeated himself, "I prepare the universe for its death so that it may be reborn again." He held a hand up as orbs appeared above it and shattered into motes of light. "I must thank you, Nabiki Saotome, had you not used the Gates of Time to send me back in time, I would not be here now." He suddenly stretched his arms above his head and groaned before a loud popping sound was heard. "Ngh, I probably would have slept in the Well of Lost Souls for a few more billions of years had Jedah not stirred me awake." Satanael chuckled as he cupped his chin. "The fool thought that I was Father due to my power. He tried to drag me out of the Well of Lost Souls to bring me into this world."
"And doing so would have caused you to destroy the world?" Usagi gawked in surprise. "Why?!"
"I am merely doing what I am supposed to do." Satanael answered her. "When I walk free, the universe's days are numbered when I start my purge. Ah, but," a look of contemplation came to his face and he nodded, "since this universe is nowhere near its heat death, just ending the world is no fun. I suppose that when I make my move that I shall give you a chance to fight and defeat me in battle. Should you win, I shall return to the Well of Lost Souls until the universe is ready to die."
"Stop hiding behind a screen and show yourself!" Haruka suddenly yelled at Satanael. "You threaten us and claim to be some sort of light of absolution or whatever," she pointed a finger at the screen, "why don't you show yourself?!"
"Are you sure that's what you want?" Satanael asked before the air itself seemed to shimmer and change. "I see no need to terrify the masses with the horror that you're about to see."
Suddenly the air itself started to crack. First a small sliver, then more cracks appeared until the air itself shattered into millions of pieces. As the pieces fell they revealed a creature that none of them had ever seen before.
"It's... Huge!" Usagi gasped as Mamoru got in front of her, staring in horror. "It looks like something out of a Godzilla film!"
The creature in front of them was huge, easily as tall as any skyscraper, but it wasn't just tall, the body looked like a giant slug that had fused with crab legs along its bottom. The center of its torso, which should have been its belly, was a large mouth with lots of teeth and a long tongue that hung out and wiggled around. Above that was a giant humanoid upper body that was black with white bones covering the outside, its long arms were crossed in an "X" pattern and where the nose of its head should have been was a flat surface where another body stood as a screen appeared in front of it and then in front of the group.
"Is this better?" Satanael asked. Suddenly hundreds of wings formed on the creature's back. They were feathered wings of white, black, red and gold. On the back of the humanoid part of the creature were dozens of tentacles with three pronged claws at the end of each one. "Or should I have stayed hidden in the Well of Lost Souls?"
"What is the Well of Lost Souls?" Usagi asked, curious about that line.
"A little something I created in the first universe." Satanael told her. "For the powerful beings that died and couldn't find rest, they would fall into the Well of Lost Souls and survive their universe's destruction and come forth in future universes." He spread his arms out wide as shadows of hundreds of creatures formed on the streets, flooding the entirety of Las Vegas.
"And what's the point of announcing your intentions and giving us time to prepare?" Seekvaria asked as she tried not to tremble at the power she was feeling from Satanael.
"Well, it's boring that I always win in the end." Satanael answered her as though he was speaking to a little child. "So I find it amusing and entertaining to give you time to prepare. I'll even give you a fighting chance."
Suddenly a surge of power erupted from the streets as Ranma took to the skies, his body encased in an emerald green scale mail with a black sword in his hands. "Thanks for the offer, but I'll just finish you now!"
"Ranma, wait!" Nabiki cried out as Ranma powered up sword and swung it down, sending a wave of energy out at Satanael.
Satanael swung his arm out in a wide arc and his torso's mouth screamed in a way that had everyone on the ground on their knees and clutching their ears in pain as all the glass in Las Vegas shattered at once. The attack from Ranma's sword became unstable before shattering into motes of light.
"Impossible." Ranma gasped, his eyes wide behind his helmet. "How?"
"There are beings far stronger than the Fae that have existed." Satanael answered him before he snapped his fingers and suddenly Ranma's arms, legs, stomach and chest were all pierced with energy swords, causing him to cough up blood as the armor shattered and he fell limply to the ground as the energy swords dissipated. The large arms that were crossed over Satanael's torso uncrossed and raised up high as millions of points of light formed over Las Vegas before turning into swords. "If I wanted to I could end all of you right now. But as I said before, I find it more interesting to give you a chance to fight back and maybe win. Do not worry, when I next appear, I shall restrain myself so you have a small chance against me. Until then."
Satanael, the shadows and the points of light all disappeared as the air returned to normal and the regular humans went about their business, not knowing how close all of them had to death itself.
End Part 2
End Chapter 25
I believe this is the last multi-part chapter.