That was a real good chapter. You've got Ranma's fighting style down. Ranma
causes
his opponents to underestimate him by pretending to be weak. Then attacks at
full power when oppurtunity arises. Most author's just make Ranma all
powerful
to a point where only fire power is important, not skill. IMO Ranma's
strengths are in
his skill and ingenuity. Outherwise the story might as well be about Ryouga.
:Orlando
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Subject: [FFML] [Fanfic][Ranma 1/2][Snt. Seiya] War of the Gods 3
WAR OF THE GODS
By Wanderer D
Disclaimer: Not mine. Used without lucrative purposes. Please don't sue.
****
"You aren't serious." Ukyo stated. "Everyone knows that the Greek gods
don't exist."
Sorrento arched an eyebrow. "Is that so? Well, it doesn't matter what
you believe, they do."
"Oh, sure they do, and you're one of them, right?"
"Ucchan, please," Ranma interrupted. "Let him finish."
Sorrento had told them about the battle with Hades and what had
happened when Athena's Saints had finally fought Hades himself, and
Seiya's death.
He then had proceeded to tell them how his master had felt a strong
Cosmo in Japan and had sent Sorrento to find the owner of such Cosmo.
"For a moment I thought it had been you, Ranma, but the owner of such
a Cosmo would be a far better fighter. My guess would be that you were
recently in contact with this person, that is why I'm telling you all
of this, since maybe you can tell me who it was."
Sorrento said finally as he looked at Ranma.
"What?"
"Ucchan..." Ranma warned her.
Ukyo reminded herself that she still had to talk to Ranma about the
wedding. It wasn't such a great idea to make him mad at her right now.
"Listen, Sorrento, yesterday..." As Ranma began explaining what had
happened to him the day before, Sorrento's eyes closed in concentration
as he heard Ranma's story.
The trace was still there, hauntingly familiar, but there were slight
differences, now that he noticed.
When he heard Ranma's experience with that mysterious Cosmo, he formed
a theory.
Someone's Cosmo trace would disappear after a few hours, yet Seiya's,
-if indeed it was Seiya's Cosmo-, seemed to stay there... the reason?
Seiya's Cosmo had somehow awakened a little of Ranma's own Cosmo! But
for that to happen, Ranma would have to be a pretty impressive fighter
himself.
Well, there was just one way to find out.
"Ranma," Sorrento interrupted, just as Ranma was telling him what
Cologne had told him about Dohko.
"You won't be able talk to Dohko, he's dead."
That effectively stopped Ranma's rant. "What?!"
"However, if you're good enough, I can take you to someone who'd be
able to answer all your questions."
"Really!?" Ranma was ecstatic just for a second. "What do you mean
'if' I'm good enough?"
Sorrento smiled.
"Well, what I mean is that only the best fighters are even allowed to
catch a glimpse of my master," Sorrento explained as he stood up and
took out his flute. "But, since I like you and you DO have a reason to
meet him and get your answers, here's what we'll do."
A shadow that had kept still next to one of the pillars shifted
slightly. Sorrento was the only one who had noticed this, and smiled
slowly as he continued.
"You will fight me, Ranma, and I will decide how good you really are.
You win, I'll take you to meet my master, you loose and you receive
training until you're good enough. That means you go with me."
"Agreed." Ranma answered without thinking.
As the words came out of Ranma's mouth, the shadow moved.
"No!" it shouted with an obviously female voice.
Ukyo and Ranma turned around as Sorrento smirked.
A young woman with wild green hair held back by a braid (not
completely though), and wearing brown leather pants and shirt,
with a yellow silk belt tied around her waist, and a metal mask that
emulated the face of a beautiful -if cold- woman stood in the middle
of Ukyo's restaurant.
"Shaina." Sorrento greeted with a small nod. "What brings YOU here?"
Shaina pointed at Sorrento. "Back off, Sorrento, this kid is mine, he
was touched by Seiya's Cosmo, and there must be a reason for it!"
"Tsk, tsk. Shaina, dear, you don't have any claims on this young man,
he has accepted to be trained by me and my master..."
"Only if he looses." Interrupted Ukyo.
Sorrento nodded. "You see, Shaina, you still have a chance. If Ranma
wins he'll just meet my master, ask his questions, and then go his
merry way."
Shaina turned to look at Ranma. Even though the mask prevented anyone
from seeing emotions, Ranma and Ukyo could feel her anger. However,
she nodded.
"He accepted. There's not much I can do now for him now."
That statement didn't ease Ukyo. In the least.
***
Ukyo, Sorrento, Ranma and Shaina stood in a small open area in the
middle of a forest.
Ranma and Sorrento were facing off each standing in the limit of the
small clearing.
Shaina had heard Ranma's story, she knew it had been Seiya's Cosmo the
one that had touched Ranma the moment she had seen the boy.
But, he had accepted to fight Sorrento, and by the time she had
reacted to her amazement at Sorrento's offer she had been to late to
stop him.
In fact, the only thing she was doing now was to wait for the
inevitable.
An invisible signal passed between Ranma and Sorrento, as Ranma
launched himself at his opponent.
Unknowing of Sorrento's level of fighting, Ranma had started with a
series of simple kicks and punches, all of which missed their target.
Increasing his speed Ranma found, to his amazement, that Sorrento was
avoiding all his punches, and he was almost at top speed!
Ranma jumped back to asses his situation.
"Ranma! Don't play with him! If you don't fight all out you'll never
even touch him!" Shaina warned.
Ranma, remembering that Shiryu, -one of the people Sorrento knew,- had
inverted the flow of a waterfall with a punch, acknowledged Shaina's
warning.
"Tenshin Amaguri Ken!"
>From Ukyo's viewpoint, Sorrento seemed to disappear inside the blur of
Ranma's Amaguri Ken, as the young Martial Artist attacked with all.
"Much too slow," Shaina muttered. "He's not going to defeat Sorrento
at this rate."
"What?!"
Ukyo watched as Ranma ended his attack with a frustrated snarl and
jumped away.
"That's impossible!" Ranma exclaimed.
Sorrento smiled... and Ranma was suddenly flying and crashing into a
nearby tree.
"W-what?" Ukyo muttered.
"Sorrento avoided all of Ranma's punches and hit him once. The effect
was a little retarded thanks to Ranma's actions."
Ranma pulled himself up with the help of the now destroyed tree and
coughed.
"It's your turn to attack me, Sorrento." Ranma wheezed.
Sorrento's smile wavered a little. "If you say so, Ranma."
Sorrento, now having an idea of Ranma's speed and wanting to taunt him
attacked at Ranma's speed.
Ranma was hard-pressed to avoid his punches, but once he got the hang
of it he started spiraling.
'Well, he's not the best I've seen...' Sorrento though as he used
another combination of kicks and punches. 'But he'll do fine once we
get him training.'
Sorrento tried another 'slow' punch and Ranma ducked under it and
did and uppercut infront of him. Without touching him.
'What the...'
"Hiryu shoten ha!"
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Well, that's it for now, chapter 4 is on the works and will probably
come out sometime during the week.
C&C are welcome.
Later!
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