"Your evil schemes shall fail!" Amelia declared as she gestured dramatically.
"Hahaha!" Senior Senior Senior laughed evily in response. "Oh no, you are the one who shall face ultimate defeat! Oh, and could you please pass the spicy potatoes."
Reaching down, Amelia grabbed the plate of potatoes from the food covered table before her and handed them to the elderly villain.
"Father, if this is a new enemy why are we sharing the meals and giving her the nice room?" Senior Senior Junior asked.
"Junior, haven't you learned anything I have tried to teach you? An Evil Gentleman is still a gentleman, and must show true hospitality to all guests. Even ... no especially to possible adversaries."
"OH-Hohohohoho!"
Drakken blinked in surprise at the sudden laughter in the air. Noting how the thugs threatening him were showing similar surprise, he shifted his gaze to seek the source.
A short distance down the trail stood a tall figure, her highly curvaceous figure emphasized by the little clothing she wore under her black cloak.
"My my, such naughty boys you are, and foolish too, attempting your unlawfulness before the gaze of Naga the Serpent!"
The leader of the bandits turned away from Drakken. "Hey now toots," he commented as he put away his scimitar. "Those are really nasty words you've aiming at us, if you wanna head back to my tent I'm sure I can make you see how you've judged us wrong."
Smiling back at the bandits leer, Naga responded, "I think I'd rather just say, Dill Brand!"
As the ground before her exploded hurling the bandit leader and several other drooling 'admirers' into the sky, the other bandits who were further back all rounded toward Naga.
"She's a sorceress! Get her quick!" One of the bandits yelled as he tried charging at her, scimitar raised.
"Freeze Arrow! Freeze Arrow! Freeze Arrow!" Naga responded in rapid succession as she froze more and more of the attacking bandits.
The final bandit backed away from Naga, looking uncertainly from her to the forest. Then there was a clang and he fell unconscious to the ground as Drew looked at the large wrench he had pulled out of his sleeve.
"Everyone's so sure that just because I avoid doing my own fighting that I'm helpless," he muttered to himself. Putting away his wrench he stepped down the road with a big smile. "Anyway, thank you for helping me with these Thugs!"
Naga looked at Drakken a few moments, then turned away. Sigh, "Great going Naga, you think you'll be saving some young handsome dapper man, but it's actually just a scruffy old geezer of unknown species."
Drakken scowled angrily and strode up to sorceress.
"Still, even if he is old and decrepit, he surely wouldn't be averse to treating a young innocent maiden like myself to a few meals in thanks."
"I'm not that old, and my hearing is quite good." Drakken announced from right next to her. Ignoring the way she started and leaped back from him he shook his head and crossed his arms. "Those cracks just lost you the big reward I was planning to give you." He lied glibly. "But if you can get me to the nearest town, I wouldn't be averse to picking up the tab on one meal."
A golden dragon soared above the clouds. Anyone who could have flown close enough to see the ribbon tied to her tail would have also heard her humming happily to herself. Then she suddenly shook her head. "No that's wrong Filia, you shouldn't feel happy now," the Dragon told herself. "You're on an important mission to prevent some incredible calamity that's threatening to engulf two worlds!"
For several minutes, Filia flew on with a solemn expression on her face. Then a giggle escaped her. "The elders trusted me to go north! I shouldn't be excited, but I'm the one who's making the first visit to the realm of the Aqualord since the war!" Shifting her arms to try and hug herself in excitement, Filia shifted her wings slightly, then rose slightly spinning a few times before diving down through the clouds.
As she leveled herself out she looked down at the countryside beneath her.
"Wow," She commented to herself as she looked at the scenery. Beneath her lay a large town covering a small island. A mile or so beyond the town she could see an enormous waterfall, where a small lake covered plateau fed the huge river surrounding the town. "It's ... wait, what was that line from the prophecy? The Craftsman kissed by Blue Madness? No, the Red Whirlwind ? No."
Filia considered for several moments. Then she opened her eyes.
"Before the shimmering curtain the Monkey Master waits.
Hiding from his power the Monkey Master grants hidden aid.
Friend of Rat and mysterious beast, the Monkey Master stands forth unseen."
Filia dived a bit lower, banking to get another look at the waterfall. "If that's the shimmering curtain, then the Monkey Master could be in that town! I just have to figure out how he's hiding."
Ron Stoppable stood beneath the sky, looking toward the clouds. "I hope Kim's all right," he said quietly. On his shoulder Rufus leaned sideways to pat his cheek reassuringly.
"Oi! Breaks over!" called a voice from inside the building. With a sigh Ron adjusted his apron and walked back into the restaurants kitchen.
"Stupid lazy idiot!" the owner commented angrily. "Now I need six plates of that spicy fried rice of yours, and make it snappy!"
With a sign Ron grabbed a wok and popped it into a hole he opened in the large stove.
"I should have just had you thrown in jail for trying to push that worthless junk on me after I fed you, but no I'm too nice and I just had to let you work to pay off what you owe me with your second rate cooking!" The restaurant's owner turned and looked out of the kitchen toward the packed tables of the main room. 'Man, I never had half this many customers before I conned that chump into working for me!'
From Ron's shoulder, Rufus scowled and stuck out his tongue at the owner.
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(Posted Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:34)
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