Disc:I own nothing. Please don't sue, Takahashi-sama!
Still missing a proper title
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As Ranma returned to his room at the top of the building,
one of the many owned by the Tendo corporation, he wondered what he
had actually agreed to. Most of what Nabiki had said, had gone over
his head, but the gist of it seemed to be that someone had stolen
something, but it couldn't be proven so he was needed to go check if
the supposed thieves had what... Whatever it was they had stolen.
As Ranma closed the window behind him, he wondered why this kind of
apartment was called a 'penthouse' and whatever that meant. Still, it
was roomy, so he figured he could do some exercising there.
But first...
Ranma took his backpack from the closed, opened it and
took a small box out. It was an otherwise plain wooden box, except
that it had a peculiar ornate lock and a mysterious looking pattern
carved on the lid. Ranma unlocked the box and looked at the array
of rings, jewels, vials of liquid and various other items, many of
which seemed to shine, as with internal light, much like his hair
did nowadays.
"Who woulda ever thought I'd be carrying around this much jewelry!
not even Pantyhose had this much..."
Ranma shaked his head, dismissing the sad memories, took out
a translucent bottle and a silver plate, on which he poured the
contents of the bottle.
Kneeling in front of the plate, of what seemed to be water, he spoke:
"Through the bond that binds us, I call upon the seal, the guardian
of the springs, answer my call and appear before me!"
The water shimmered, and a translucent apparition appeared,
floating above the plate; An image of a woman, of an unearthy beauty,
with long, deep blue hair. Truly, a visage of greatest beauty...
only marred by the fact that she was wearing a worn gi.
"To my protector's call I answer. Hello, Ranma."
"Hello, love. Caught you on a bad time?"
"Not really," she said, then closed her eyes. As she opened them,
she was wearing a pastel yellow sundress. "I was finishing anyways."
"Nabiki misses you. She even considered visiting."
"I guess that's an improvement. She used to be so afraid of all this."
"Well, I guess she's bored, too. I mean, our lives haven't been exactly
dull, have they? It's been, what? at least two years since the last
crisis."
"Two and a half. Oh, Ranma, I wish you would return, I miss you already."
"Me too, Akane. It'll only be few weeks, visiting everybody. Besides,
we have the plate and the water."
"...I guess. Still, be careful not to get any of that water on you!
I don't want anymore people looking like I used to around."
"I will. Farewell, for now, my lady"
"Farewell, my champion. I love you", Akane said, reaching with his hand
towards Ranma.
"I love you too." Ranma responded, also reaching out, until their
fingertips touched...
And then, the image faded. Ranma stood still for few moments, before
shaking his head. He then carefully, ever so carefully poured the
contents of the plate into the bottle and placed both of the objects
back into the box, closing and locking it.
Later, the phone rang. As Ranma instinctively reached out towards
it, he was unprepared as tiny arcs of electricity lashed between his
hand and the receiver, causing him to retract his hand. Now more awake,
he tried again, with better success.
"Hello?"
"Ranma! It's me, Nabiki! I just thought of something and, well, just
come to Megatech R&D lab 16 - no, you don't know where that is... Wait!
I'll just send someone to pick you up. Byebye!"
Puzzled, Ranma closed the phone. What was that all about?
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A bit more, here.
I'm always tired when I write,
C&C always appreciated and all.
Suggestions too.
Short pieces, yes. But It's better than no pieces at all. ^^
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Indecision brings delays,
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