[Ranma/SM][FanFic] Eyes of a Stranger Chp 3
Short Yes
Jason Liao, David Johnston
Ranma 1/2 / BSSM : Eyes of a Stranger Chapter Three
Created by Long Ngo
Written by Lord Talon
Started June 15, 1998
Finished August 9, 1998
Revised August 13, 1998
September 17, 1998
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Ami had been thinking about Ranma ever since her little one way talk
with him during lunch. Looking outside, she noticed that it was getting
late. Closing the book and returning it to its proper numerical location
on the shelf, Ami left the library. *What could have possibly have
happened to Ranma to make him so depressed? * From the gossip she
accidentally overheard, Ranma was a legend in some circles. Word had
spread from his old school to various schools around for the past year.
Ami didn't know which to believe. The most popular ones were: He had four
fiancees, fought demons, was an extremely good martial artist who never
lost, played with magic, had enslaved a beautiful red-headed girl with
sorcery and lastly he moved to Juuban because he had lost his one true
love. What she did know was that he wouldn't have much trouble finding a
girl that would go out with him. Ranma even had a fan club here since
word spread that he was attending Juuban High. Any more thoughts on the
matter were lost when Ami heard a beeping sound from her communicator and
made a mental note to talk to Ranma later on about his depression. She
was no stranger to loneliness and the pain of having no one close. That
was before she discovered that she was a princess of a kingdom that was
destroyed a few millennia ago. Now she had Usagi, Rei, Minako and Makoto.
Seeing no one around, "This is Ami. What's up?" she reported in.
Ami could hear Artemis' voice over the communicator, "There's a
monster attacking Chuuou Park. The senshi are having a hard time beating
it. We need Sailor Mercury. "
"I'm on my way. Tell the rest to hold on!" Ami responded. Making
sure no one was around, she quickly transformed, and made her way to the
park.
---
Saffron looked at Ranma with contempt edged in his face. "Is that
the best you can do? I would have thought that this battle be more of a
challenge!
Seems like I was wrong. Time to finish this." he said. Saffron gathered
a massive ball of chi between his hands.
Ranma looked weakly up from where he was lying. The others were
either too hurt to help or unconscious. Seeing the miniature form of his
fiancee, Ranma knew that Akane would not last another minute. Reality
came crashing down on Ranma. Akane was going to die if he didn't do
anything very soon. Gathering into and around him more chi than he had
ever attempted in his life, Ranma unleashed a ground zero blast that
leveled Saffron and most of the surrounding countryside.
When the smoke cleared, there was nothing left of Saffron but a
pile of ashes. Sighing in relief, *I've beaten him!* Ranma thought, *But
at what cost?* Quickly sorting through the surrounding debris, he found
her. She was no longer the small dehydrated doll. The cure had worked.
The water from the spring had lifted the curse. Checking to see if she
was alright, Ranma discovered that her chest wasn't moving. Panicking, he
checked for a pulse as well. He found neither. Akane was dead.
As he cried out in anguish, he heard a chuckle from behind him.
Ranma spun around to see a very healthy looking Saffron laughing at him.
Shaking his head in disbelief, as to what he was seeing. "You can't be
alive! I killed you!" Ranma cried out in shock.
"I heal fast. Too bad your girlfriend can't do the same! HA HA
HA!" Saffron laughed.
Ranma screamed in anguish, "NOOOOOOO-"
---
"-OOOOOOOO!!!!"
Ranma bolted upright. Blinking for a few moments as his eyes
adjusted to the darkness, he remembered that he was now at his mother's
residence. It had been a horrible dream but the worse part was that his
dream was in fact reality. Taking a few deep breath to calm down, *I'm
sorry, Akane.* Ranma apologized. Crying softly, Ranma remembered the good
and bad times he spent with her before drying his tears. Getting up,
Ranma decided to go out for some fresh air. *The one nice thing about
Juuban is its endless supply of rooftops,* Ranma thought as he hopped from
rooftop to rooftop. He spent the better part of an hour losing himself in
one of his favorite past-time when a noise from an alley below caught his
attention.
"Look, give me the money and I MIGHT let you live!" a rough voice
said.
"Please, I'll do anything you want. Just don't hurt me!" a second
voice pleaded.
Ranma looked down and saw a thug pointing a large knife at young
woman threateningly. Something snapped within Ranma as he saw the
frightened look on the young woman's face.
Giving his victim an evil smile, the thug raised his left hand and
backhanded the woman. As she fell to the ground, the money she was
holding scattered in the wind. The man took note as to where the money
had settled before returning his attention back to the woman. "I think
I'll have some fun first," he said lecherously.
Anger was the last thing Ranma felt when a sudden wave of coldness
swept through his body leaving him with one emotion, retribution, as he
started to glow. A few moments later the man lying on the ground in
agony. His arms and legs were bent at truly unnatural angles while the
woman just stared at the thug. She was sitting on the ground, hugging her
knees to her chest and softly cried.
*Oh no! Did I hurt her?* Ranma quickly panicked, and began looking
for a way out of the alley.
"NO!" she cried out to her glowing savior. Slowly getting to her
feet, the warmth of us touch made her feel safe.
Ranma looked over his shoulder at the woman. He noticed the
desperate look in her eyes, a look that told Ranma she had just been
through hell. The woman unsteadily got to her feet. Helping her up,
Ranma didn't notice that he still had his battle aura showing. After the
sobbing stopped, he helped her gather her few meager possessions, strewn
about the alley.
When she finished, she looked at Ranma, and weakly smiled. "Thank
you, sir. If you hadn't come along, I would hate to think what that creep
would have done to me!" she spoke in a weak tone.
"Uh...Yeah, sure!" Looking around nervously before returning his
attention back to her, "Are you gonna be okay?" he asked. A few moments
later, sounds of sirens could be heard. *Someone had called the police.*
"Yes, I will." she answered. *Now that I know someone like you
exist to protect us.* "The police are..." she continued but was unable to
finish as she watched the glowing young man leap up onto the rooftops,
three stories high, and vanished into the night. Giving thanks to her
unknown guardian angel, she waited for the police to arrive.
Thus Ranma started his nightly patrols of Juuban. That night he
vowed that even though he hadn't been able to save Akane , he would make
it up to her by using his art to protect the people around him.
-----
When she arrived, she was surprised at the devastation. Trees were
uprooted. Lamp posts were bent in unusual angles. In short, the once
beautiful park was now a battleground. She quickly located the senshi and
saw the creature that had caused all of this. The monster was obviously
female and appeared to use wind as its primary attack because its arms and
legs were miniature tornadoes. What caught Mercury's attention was the
bright gem that appeared to be embedded in its forehead.
Mercury scanned the area looking to see how her friends were doing.
Jupiter and Venus were attacking the thing, but their attacks were not
getting through the wind barrier the android had erected around itself
everytime they attacked. Mars was leaning against a tree, holding her
arm. She appeared to be to be quite wounded. Sailor Moon was torn between
helping out Mars or Venus and Jupiter. Having sized up the situation,
Mercury unleashed her first attack, "SHABON SPRAY!!" As the entire area
was covered in a fine mist, Mercury worked her way over to the injured
Mars.
"Are you okay, Mars?" she inquired.
"I don't know. I tried an attack when it wasn't looking but I got
caught and it sent me flying. I landed wrong and now my right arm hurts."
Mars told her.
Taking out her computer, Mercury used it to scanned her friend's
arm. "Your arm is okay but you have a dislocated shoulder. I'll take
care of it after the fight. Now, I'm going to see if I can locate that
thing's weak spot." Mercury said while activating her visor. By this
time, Venus and Jupiter had made a tactical retreat and had regrouped with
the other three senshi.
"That thing is tough!" complained Jupiter. "None of my attacks can
get through that barrier."
"Same here. Everything we've thrown at it has either been blocked or
deflected by that wall of wind." Venus agreed.
Ami was deep in thought, trying to find a way to combat the monster
when she suddenly got an inspiration. "That's IT!" cried Mercury as she
de-activated her visor. Turning to Mars, "I know what I'm about to ask
will be hard but I need you to generate a cloud of fire under the android
while its barrier is up." *Have to tell them about the abnormal energy
reading I'm getting from the South later right after we finish this
monster.*
"But, how can I? My shoulder is messed up and I can only use one
arm." Mars complained.
"I know but I need an updraft of heat beneath that monster," Mercury
continued. "When I yell, 'Fire,' launch your attack directly below it.
Venus and Jupiter will try and keep it distracted while Sailor Moon gets
ready to blast it." Mercury explained. As the mist thinned the monster
began to attack once again. Venus and Jupiter quickly launched their
attacks, trying to give Mercury enough time to set up her plan.
"JUPITER OAK EVOLUTION!"
"VENUS LOVE AND BEAUTY SHOCK!"
Both of their attacks quickly streaked towards their intended target
but was again blocked by the fierce wind that arose around it.
-----
Tuxedo Kamen had transformed and arrived soon after Sailor Mercury.
Seeing the destruction around him, he was about to leap into action with
rose in hand when something caught his attention from the corner of his
eyes. *I thought I saw someone behind that tree,* he thought before
bringing his attention back to the back to the battle in front of him.
Seeing as how both of Jupiter and Venus's attacks were futile, Tuxedo
Kamen threw a rose at the bot to give them time to escape.
-----
Seeing the column of air surrounding the android, Mercury knew that
the time was appropriate and quickly gave word, "Now, Mars. FIRE!"
Searching deep down, Mars summoned all of her strength and launched
her attack. "MARS FLAME SNIPER!" Mars shouted out.
As the ball of fire sped towards its destination, Mercury launched
her own as well, "SHINING AQUA ILLUSION!"
Nearing their target, both attacks sped up and elongated. The rest
of the senshi looked on in bewilderment, as the two attacks merged instead
of canceling each other out and created a counter vortex to the android's
wind barrier. The end result sent the monster sprawling, as its barrier
was destroyed. "Now, Sailor Moon!" Mercury shouted.
Bringing forth her scepter and rotating it in the direction of
monster, she cried out, "MOON GORGEOUS MEDITATION!"
The monster quickly turned into a pile of ashes, saved for the small
jewel that fell on top of the pile. Its glow twinkled a few times before
fading. As the senshi left the scene, they failed to notice a woman walk
from behind the tree line. Casting a hateful glare at the senshi, she
quickly gathered the jewel and vanished.
To be continued