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[Timeline: Beginning of El Hazard though it slightly crosses over with
El Hazard 2.]
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THE CATALYSTS
Episode 2:
Hectic Hazard,
The Quest for Power
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Key:
(...) = thinking
*...* = sound effects
<...> = sign
{...} = whispering
[...] = author notes
<<^>>
... = flashback
<<^>>
//...//
& = mental thought
/.../
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... = changing dimensions
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Dimension: 099980 : Real World
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He fell. He fell down to the
ground while crossing dimensions. The
man got up.
"Crap! I lost them! Now I'm all
alone!" He observed his surroundings.
"It can't be...it is!!! Gairin, you
lucky stiff, you did it! I'm back home!"
Gairin got up and wiped himself
off before he gave himself a hard slap
on the back.
Then he realized.
He stared once more at the world.
Building surrounded him, towering
high above. Cars hovered by him, people
gave him a quick stare before walking
by him. They wore different clothes other
than the typical generation X styling.
Police chased after two humans that
had a similiar style clothing as he has. The
street sparkled cleaned and the sun seemed
even closer than before. Hotter.
"Where the hell am I?" He stopped
himself and then wondered, "The future?"
Before he could finish that thought,
something in his mind remembered something.
"Wait a second! Two guys that had clothing
like me!?" Gairin ran off in the direction
of the police. He didn't notice that he had
just stepped over three broken dragon
necklaces.
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Sub-Dimension: 11044 : Time Chamber
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"Owwy!" Sailor Moon moaned as she
rubbed the back of her head.
"Where are we?" Sailor Mercury
wondered.
"Are you two okay?"
They turned to see the gardian of
this place.
"Yes, I think we'll be okay."
Mercury answered.
"Good. I am Sailor Pluto, gardian
of time. I pulled you out of the Queen
Baryl's domain right after the others
disappeared in some kind of portal."
"Will they be okay?" Sailor Moon
asked quietly.
"I'm not sure, but I believe they
will be okay." She waited for a reaction
before saying, "I'm afraid they will not
be coming back anytime soon. Until
further notice, you two will have to
team up with Sailor Uranus and Sailor
Neptune. I will inform you when your
other companions have come back. Until
then."
Sailor Pluto waved her staff for
a hole to open. "And don't worry. They
will come to you." The hole quickly
sucked them in, not giving them any
chance to question or argue.
Sailor Pluto sighed. "Great! What
am I going to do now! The whole time-line
is messed up now! I'm not even sure the
remaining Senshi will be able to defeat
Queen Barrel, much less handle the
upcoming challenges by themselves!"
She pondered for a moment. "They
can't. They need every single Senshi of
the inner-senshi, minus the outer senshi.
Now I have to use the powers that the
queen forbade me to use, just to summon
them up!"
"And it's all because of them..."
She said, with a sense of...revenge?
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Dimension: 129740 : The Magnificient World
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It was lunch time. That's all Ranma,
even though she was female, could think about.
And her stomach knew it too as it made a soft
rumbling noise, even as they crossed dimensions.
Ranma-chan glanced over her and noticed
that the numbers of her enemy had greatly
lessened. (Forget running! Nothing comes
in between my food and me!) "STOP!!!"
Everybody froze where they were.
They had stopped inside a forest where animals roamed
about, but they did not notice; at least at the
time being.
Ranma-chan turned around with a grin on
her face. She was so caught up in the fight, that
she forgot she dropped the canteen near a small
animal and a big giant foot-claw. "I'm through with
running. Now that's it's just you and-"
"Ranma! Prepare to die!!!" His
assailant swung a mighty umbrella at her,
only to find a hand shoved in his face.
"Fem-boy! Where the hell are we!?"
"Ryoga? Pantyhose?" Ranma-chan surprisingly
said. She shook her head. "Not now! I've got a fight
to finish! Tell you later!" Ranma-chan turned her
attention back toward the demon commander. "Ready!?"
Nephrite shrugged. "Anytime human!"
He held up his left hand- "Make sure there
is no interference." -and motioned foward.
(I don't know who this girl is but anything
will do as long as I have someone to take back
to Queen Baryl.)
His demon allies rushed passed Ranma-chan
and aimed for the other humans.
"What are these things!?" Ryoga said
as he fended off two demons.
"MARS FIRE SURROUND!!!"
The bright fire rings disintergrated
one of the demons that was attacking Ryoga.
Mars turned to Ryoga. "You'd better
go hide while we-"
*CRACK*
Ryoga removed his umbrella from a
demons head; it's skull had clearly been
impaled with the impact of the heavy umbrella.
"Why would I need to do that?" Ryoga said
innocently.
Mars' eyes had gone wide with shock.
"How did you...?" She left her question
unfinished as she shook herself back to
reality.
Taro, on the other the hand, wasn't
so lucky. Not that he couldn't handle it.
Far from it.
"Annoying bugs," Taro said as he
back-handed a demon. "No thanks, ladies,"
he told the gawking Sailor Senshi.
"I'll be fine." He dodged an incoming
claw and slammed it's owner to the
ground, breaking it's wrist in the
process. The demon's screams of agony were
silenced by a quick, yet fierce, step on
the neck. Next to Tarou lay a pile of dead
demons.
Sailor Venus and Sailor Jupiter were
speechless. (How did he...?) They thought.
Kyoto watched the spectacle. In his
mind he thought, (I wonder where the
others are?)
Meanwhile, Ranma-chan was having her
fight with Nephrite.
Ranma-chan to the ground. She got back up
with an angry look on her face. "That's
it!"
"What's wrong, girl? Ran out of
tricks?" Nephrite mocked.
Ranma-chan's eyes got mad with fury.
"I'm a guy! And I haven't even started yet!"
Nephrite stood there, expecting a
weak attack.
"KachuTenchu Amaguriken!!!"
Her target did not expect this and
was smashed with hundreds of blurry fists.
Ranma-chan didn't let up there. She continued
to aid on her assualt on the Negaverse
commander. Her speed was overwhelming him.
Nephrite flew into the air to retreat.
He closed his eyes and concentrated. "Star
Lion! Come forth and do my bidding!" A
blue lion appeared out of thin air, it's
mane blazed with power. "Attack!!!"
The lion and the Negaverse commander
attacked at once, causing Ranma-chan to go
defensive. While Nephrite attacked from
above, the star lion pounced on Ranma-chan from
below. Its claws pinned her to the ground and
let its mouth snap at Ranma-chan's head. She was
nearly helpless on the ground.
"Suck on this!" She pulled her hands free
and cupped them into a ball where a
yellow-orange sphere quickly gathered.
"MOUKO TAKIBISHA!!!" She casts her hands foward
and let the giant beam explode in the lion's
face. It flew back and was smashed against a
tree from the force of the attack. Nephlite
could no longer sustain the lion, as he let it
disperse as quickly as he summoned it.
Everybody stopped fighting as a low
rumble began. Actually, everybody except
Ranma and Nephrite, had already stopped
because all of the Negaverse monsters had
been disposed of.
"FREEZE! Nobody move!"
There were ten of them. The palace
guards were armed with spear-like weapons
and were ready to use it.
Nephrite made a run for it. He kicked
past the gaurds and flew off into the sky.
"I'll be back to finish our fight, human!
Don't forget that!" He yelled from above.
"Hey! What are you doing?!" The
guards yelled.
Sailor Venus and Sailor Mars were
slowly fading away.
"What's happening!?" Sailor Venus
and Sailor Mars screamed.
They disappeared into thin air.
"What happened to my friends?!" Lita
asked worriedly.
"What was that?" Ranma-chan wondered.
"Fem-boy! Explain this to me now or
else I will-"
"Ranma! There you are!" Ryoga put his
hand in Tarou's face. " I've been looking all
over for you! Trying to run away again! I won't
let you!"
Another fight was about to start up
as everybody argued. The guards took advantage
of the situation and hit Sailor Jupiter on
the back of the head, closing up on the
others.
(Since the others are gone, I guess
that only leaves me. That means I don't
have to act different anymore than I had
to. That's good, although, now I can't
steal that time-space machine of theirs.
Oh, well.) Kyoto sighed of relief. He
cleared his throat. "If everyone would be
calm we might- what the?"
The guard held the spear against
Kyoto's neck. There were now over thirty
of the soldiers. Another guard held the
spear point at Ryoga's back.
"Surrender or else," the guard said
firmly.
"I guess we don't have much of a
choice, do we," Kyoto shrugged.
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Lita slowly woke up. Rubbing her
eyes, she got up off the ground. She
wasn't in her Sailor Senshi outfit anymore.
Instead, she was in her normal school
uniform. She observed her surroundings
and notice that there were three figures
awake.
"Where am I?" She said woozily.
"Jail."
"What!?" Lita was wide awake now.
She stared at Kyoto who was writing down
something. "J-jail? That's right! The
portal! I must still be in my dream!"
"Don't I wish."
She turned to Ranma who was lying
with his back against the wall, arms
behind his head. "You mean all of that
was real!"
"Yup."
(Damn! I shoulda' known that it
wasn't a dream, considering what I've
been through!) The sailor senshi was
about to speak to Ranma again when
she noticed something. (You know, now
that I think about it, this guy
reminds me of my old boy friend!)
Lita lightly blushed at the
thought. "Umm, my name's Lita. What's
yours?"
"Ranma Saotome." He smiled at
her.
She smiled back. "So, what is it
with you guys? Where do you come from?"
"Yeah, Ranma, why don't you tell
us!" Ryoga grinned angrily at him.
"Well it all started..."
"Short version, please," Taro
asked.
It took Ranma about five minutes
to explain it all; about the dimension-
travellers, the different dimensions,
increased power, weird girls in skimpy
skirts-which Lita blush at and rebuked
him for-,etc.
"Interesting," Taro said to
himself. "I guess I can think of this
as a training trip, so when I get back,"
(If) he reminded himself, "I can get a new
name."
"What a weird story. Sounds like
something that'd usually happens to you,"
Ryoga commented slyly and then added,"and
therefore it's your fault, Ranma!"
"What?! What are you talking about
Ryoga!?" Ranma yelled at him. Ryoga and
Ranma began to tousle like children.
Lita looked over to Kyoto, who was
still jotting down stuff on his piece of
paper.
"What are you writing?"
"Nothing you'd- hey!"
"Let me see!" Asked numerous voices in
the room.
Everybody looked at what Kyoto had
thought their fighting abilities were.
This is what he wrote so far:
Kyoto's Observations
Ranma Saotome: Young martial artist with an unlimited
(male) potential. Fast and agile, he has a wide
range of chi attacks. He can also change
gender when doused with cold water/vice
versa. His arch-rival/best friend is
Ryoga Hibiki. He can be very arrogant at
times.
Level: 6
Power: ************* 13/15
Speed: ******** 8/10
Agility: ******** 8/10
Ki Power: ********* 9/10
Skill: ********************* 21/Infinite
Defense: ************ 12/16
Intellegence: ******** 8/11
Magic Power: ***** 5/19
Overall: 84/111
Power Level: 760
Ranma-chan
(female)
Level: 5
Power: ********** 10/14
Speed: ********* 9/10
Agility: ********* 9/9
Ki Power: ******** 8/10
Skill: **************** 16/Infinite
Defense: ********** 9/15
Intellegence: ******** 8/10
Magic Power: ****** 6/15
Overall: 74/98
Power Level: 620
Ryoga Hibiki: Young martial artist with a horrible
(male) sense of direction. His brute strength
and high endurance make him a dangerous
opponent. He uses a heavy bamboo umbrella,
as well a variaty of other weapons. He can
also has the ability to change to a small black
pig when doused with cold water and back with
hot. His arch-rival/best friend is Ranma
Saotome. He can sometimes be very hot-headed.
Level: 6
Power: *************** 15/15
Speed: ****** 6/10
Agility: ****** 6/10
Ki Power: ********* 9/10
Skill: **************** 16/20
Defense: *************** 15/16
Intellegence: ****** 6/11
Magic Power: ***** 5/19
Overall: 78/111
Power Level: 720
P-chan
(animal)
Level: 6
Power: ****** 5/16
Speed: ********* 10/10
Agility: ******** 8/10
Ki Power: ** 2/10
Skill: ******* 7/20
Defense: ***** 5/16
Intellegence: ***** 5/11
Magic Power: *** 3/19
Overall: 45/111
Power Level: 150
Pantyhose Taro: Very skilled and intellegent
(male) martial artist. Will use his brains
when personal involvement is not
necessary. Can change into a
monster when doused with cold water
and back with hot. Cursed form
has tremendous strength and power.
Is cool headed in most situations.
Dis-likes Ranma and hates being
called 'Pantyhose'.
Level: 8
Power: ************** 14/20
Speed: ********* 9/14
Agility: ******** 8/13
Ki Power: ********** 10/13
Skill: ********************* 21/26
Defense: ************* 13/19
Intellegence: *********** 11/13
Magic Power: ****** 6/23
Overall: 92/141
Power Level: 950
Cursed Form
(monster)
Level: 10
Power: ************************ 24/26
Speed: ******** 8/18
Agility: ******* 7/15
Ki Power: *********** 11/16
Skill: ***************** 16/30
Defense: ********************* 21/22
Intellegence: ******** 8/16
Magic Power: *********** 11/27
Overall: 106/170
Power Level: 1940
Lita: Is an ordinary teenaged girl who has
(female) mild knowledge of martial arts. Has
the ability to transform and enhance her
attributes. One of the Sailor Senshi.
Sailor Jupiter
(transformed)
Level: 5
Power: ********** 10/14
Speed: ******* 7/10
Agility: ******** 8/9
Ki Power: ***** 5/10
Skill: ************** 14/15
Defense: *********** 11/15
Intellegence: ******* 7/10
Magic Power: ********* 9/15
Overall: 75/98
Power Level: 650
Kyoto Terragami: Skilled martial artist that
(male) learns quickly. Seems to have
some kind of un-tapped power
within himself. Doesn't speak
much and looks down on humanity.
Most of his past is unknown
and shrowded with darkness.
Level: 6
Power: ************ 12/16
Speed: ******* 7/10
Agility: ******** 8/10
Ki Power: *********** 11/Infinite
Skill: **************** 16/20
Defense: ************ 12/16
Intellegence: ********* 9/11
Magic Power: ******* 7/Infinite
Overall: 82/111
Power Level: 740
:"How would you know?!" They all yelled
simaltaniously. Although one of them said
"did" instead of would "know".
"I think it's pretty accurate...
nevermind," Taro sighed. He turned his
attention back toward the wall as his
cellmates glared at him.
"I don't know. It just came to me,"
Kyoto said off-handly.
Obviously, there were bound to be
other comments but weren't able to be said
because their attention was re-directed
toward the commotion beyond the door. The
sight of their statistics were pushed deep
into the back of the mind, but not forgotten.
Two male figures burst through the
door. They wore normal earth clothing, one
was older than the other. They were thrown
in by some palace guards, who closed the
door soon after the strangers were inside.
"Makoto! I told you that you should of
did what they said!" The old one said.
The older one was middle-aged and wore
clothing that of a school teacher.
"You should always listen to your teacher!"
"No! There's no way I'm going to
dress up like a girl!" The boy, Makoto,
said sternly. He was wearing a japanese
school uniform from his home world. He
noticed that they were not alone, and
that they wore more similair clothing
than he was used to.
"Who are you guys?" Kyoto asked.
He looked more closely at the clothing.
"Are you guys from Earth?"
"Oh, yes we are! I'm so glad that
we're not alone on this strange world!"
He said happily. "I'm Masamichi Fujisawa
and I teach in a high school, so you can call me
Mr. Fujisawa or sensei." He swung his
arm around Makoto. "And this is one of
my best students, Makoto Mizuhara!"
Makoto smiled. "Hi."
The others introduced themselves-
Ranma Saotome, Ryoga Hibiki, etc. Both
groups explained to each other how they
got there.
"Wow, what weird stories!" Lita
exclaimed.
Makoto nodded his head in
agreement, then shook it sadly. "We
probably won't get of here unless I do
what they say."
"At least not without breaking
out," Ranma added.
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Dimension: 11044 : Time Chamber
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Sweat dripped from Setsuna's
forehead. She held her staff with an
iron grip. "Just a little bit more power.
Just a little bit more time and I can
get things straightened out."
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Dimension: 100016 : Cursed Springs
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"WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE'S GONE AND BEING
CHASED BY DEMONS!!!" They all said at
once.
The fiances were strangling Genma.
(Maybe I shouldn't of told them about
that?) He thought.
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Dimension: 129740 : The Magnificient World
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The room was large and comfy. Makoto was
being dressed up to impersonate Princess
Fatora. Ranma, Ryoga, Tarou, Lita, Kyoto,
and Mr. Fujisawa were lounging around the
room. Among them were some royal servants,
commander of the royal guards-Londo-, and
Princess Rune-older sister of Princess
Fatora-.
They finally finished dressing up
Makoto. He looked exactly like the Princess
Fatora painting they had seen.
Rune walked up to Makoto. "Oh, you
look just like her!" She held her hand
together happily.
Mr. Fujisawa looked over Makoto
before saying, "Heh, you look just a girl!"
He laughed.
"Sensei!" Makoto pouted angrily.
Ryoga just couldn't help but comment.
"Just like somebody I know around here..."
"Shut up, pig-boy!"
"How long is this going to take?"
Tarou sighed.
"Hey! Don't forget the part time
alliance you THREE made," Kyoto reminded
them.
"Yeah, yeah..."
Lita walked up to the princess. "So
what do we do now?"
"Well," she started, "Makoto here is
going to have to pretend to be the princess
for a while, that includes her doing her
duties. Then we're going to have a royal
meeting in about a week from now."
She looked toward the others. "You
six can do whatever you want until that
time comes. Tour the city & palace, learn
more about the world of El Hazard, it's
all up to you."
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Elsewhere on El Hazard, Nanami wanders
the desert.
"Where is everyone? A girl like me
doesn't deserve this!"
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Also elsewhere, Jinnai meets up with
the bugrom.
"Hey! What are you doing!? Where are
you taking me!?"
Claws covered his mouth as he was
kidnapped by the bugrom[1] soldiers.
1] A word native to El Hazard which refers
to a bug-type species that rivals the Royal
Palace and the surrounding kingdoms for
power. The bug-type things are around 6 feet
tall and have very small brains. That's why
they can never defeat the Alliance Kingdoms.
They are led by Queen Diva or the commander-
in-chief if there is one.
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Nephrite, being more closer to the
Bugrom Empire, was attacked by quite an
overwhelming number of bugrom.
(Some much for lunch,) he though grimly.
(Too bad, too. Those arms of theirs taste
like chicken.) After that thought, he fell
unconcious with the dream of bugrom for
breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The bugrom
dragged him back to their palace, wondering
if they were going to have a SPECIAL desert.
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While the fake princess did her
chores the others attended to other things.
Ranma, being Ranma, heard about Mr. Fujisawa's
incredible strength and suggest a sparring
session. Everybody joined in in a free-for-
all sparring battle. Luckily for
Mr. Fujisawa, it was well after he had filled
himself up with alchohol.
Ranma[2] started off the battle with
a combinations of kicks and punches on
Mr. Fujisawa. Mr. Fujisawa, being who he
was-a school teacher and mountain climber-,
parried with few of the blows. Finally,
Ranma stopped his attack for a breather,
giving Mr. Fujisawa a chance to attack. His
first punch was like all of the power from
Ranma's attacks combined. Ranma flew across
the forest that was outside of the palace.
The spar continued with everyone
coming in to fight, which was all of the
travellers from different dimensions:
Ranma, Ryoga, Taro, Sailor Jupiter,
Mr. Fujisawa, and Kyoto. Ryoga was
marvelled at the sight of Mr. Fujisawa's
strength, which was stronger than his
own.
They continued for another hour which
left the competitors restless.
Mr. Fujisawa wiped sweat from his
brow. "Wow! That was the greatest workout
I've had in a long time!" He took out a
canteen of alchohol. "Well, I guess
I'll go see how Makoto's doing." He walked
off back to the palace.
Taro, seeing no reason to stay, set
off into the city. "I'll be around if
you need me."
Kyoto walked off in the opposite
direction.
"Hey! Where are you goin'?" Ranma
asked.
Kyoto didn't stop walking. "The
city."
Ranma looked around. "Where'd Ryoga
go? Ahh, he probably got lost and wondered
into the palace. Oh well."
Sailor Jupiter, now Lita, edged
closer to Ranma. "Want to go to the city
with me, Ranma?"
Ranma scratched his head. "Sure."
"Great! I guess it's just you and
me, seeing how Kyoto all ready walked
off. Let's go!" Lita wrapped her arm
around Ranma's and started off to the
city. (YES! I haven't had a date in a
long time!)
Ranma tensed up a bit but didn't
say anything. He glanced over to Lita
and saw how happy she was. The martial
artist eased up and smiled.
2] Take note that having already crossed
from numerous dimension that they do not
get any "special powers" from crossing into
El Hazard. El Hazard's special effect only
takes place if it's your first time into
another dimension. The only thing Ranma,
Ryoga, Tarou, and Kyoto get is a power
up. Lita and Nephlite, however, do get
special powers which yet to be revealed.
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Ryoga was lost. That would usaully
be fine for him, except this time he was
really lost. He was in a different
dimension, lost in a palace, and with no
Akane.
"I hate being me," he sighed as he
shook his head.
Ryoga walked from room to room and
he found nobody. He must've be in some
kind of secret area of the palace. The
lost boy walked into another room,
oblivious to the person in there.
"AHHHH!!!"
Ryoga's eyes bolted out of their
sockets at the sight. He was astonished
to see a completely naked and gorgeous
woman. Blood squirted from his nose as a
natural reflex. He piched it in hope
to stop the bleeding.
Her hair flowed gently down her back,
her eyes were glowing with life and
prosperity. Her body was fully into
adulthood-every curve was perfect. Every.
She was a royal princess. Literally.
Princess Rune turn around to grab a
towel and quickly wrap it around her. "Who
are you!?" She glared at the man in front
of her. Little did she know of how boyish
he could be.
"I-I-I..."
*THUMP*
His body fell to the ground, unconcious.
*
Ryoga looked at his surroundings.
"Where am I?"
Everything was a blurry and white. He
noticed a female figure in the distance. He
ran toward the figure and noticed she was
Akane.
She was in a blue summer kimono. Her
eyes smiled at him.
"Hello Ryoga!"
"H-hi Akane," he stuttered.
"I was wondering if you knew where
P-chan was?" She asked.
"N-no, I don't."
"Really? Oh...I haven't seen him in
a long time," she said with a sad expression.
Tears formed around the rims of her eyes.
(No, don't cry!) he pleaded, but he
couldn't help himself. "I-I..."
//You can't hide it from her//
//forever//
/but../
Another figure appeared. It was Ranma.
Ryoga's mood changed. Akane and Ranma's
mood was expressionless.
"How long are you going to lie to
her?"
"I'm not-!"
"What if she does fall in love with
you? What then? Are you still going to tell
her?"
"I..."
Images formed around as he imagined
the scene in his head. All of the scenes
show Akane breaking Ryoga's heart in some
way and running to Ranma.
Akane spoke. "There are so many
other women that would except you, besides
me. Maybe it would be for the best."
Other images appeared around Ryoga.
They showed women like the okonomiyaki
girl, the girl with the pig, women he has
saved during his journeys, and even
an image of the one from the Golden Pair
hugging P-chan. All of them were without
names. But we know who most of them were
don't we?
"Think about."
*
Ryoga awoke, slowly opening his eyes.
His head in the lap of women. (Akane's?).
His eyes focused in hope at the sight. What
he thought looked like Akane at first, turned
out to be another beautiful women. (More
beautiful than Akane?) he asked himself.
Ryoga quickly banished the thought.
"Oh? You've finally awoken," the
women said happily.
He lifted his head slowly and turned to the
women beside him. "Pr-princess Rune?"
Then it all came back him. He sat up
quickly on his knees and bowed. "I'm so
sorry for walking in! I should of looked
where I was going!" The lost boy's face
flushed with embarrassment.
She merely smiled at him. "That's
okay. You were a stranger in the palace
and didn't know where you were going. You
can get up now."
Ryoga got up. He looked up at Princess
Rune and noticed that she was fully clothed.
He slapped himself for thinking about that.
Then he looked up into those beautiful eyes
again. (I wonder...so many women.)
Ryoga smiled nervously at her. "I'm
not on any royal duties right now, so how about
I show you around the palace?" Princess Rune
asked sweetly.
"Uh, sure!" He said.
They walked out into the palace hall.
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Part 2 here
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