Metallias return to the mortal plain was spectaculer to say the least. An entier square mile of millenia old ice exploded upwards as a flood of dark cracklig energy roared up into the air. All around the area shook as though an earthquake had hit.
" AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!"
Ranma had just been preparing to shift to his dragon form when the short haired girl in the blue skirt, Mercury, if he remembered right(which he did since he now had a memory that was as damned near perfect as you could get on the mortal plane, was toppling over sideways having lost her footing in the shaking.
"Don't worry I've got you!" asssured the young Saotome as he caught the falling Senshi.
Over to the side Minako snapped her fingers and wondered why she hadn't thought of that. For her part Ami found herself gently cradled in arms covered in rock solid muscle.
"If you'll excuse me," smiled Ranma as he put the blushing girl down, "It would appear that i have an enemy to deal with. . . errr, it would be easier if you let go of my arm Mercury-chan."
"Do i have to?" asked the Senshi of ice dreamily as she felt the toned muscles brush against the bare skin of her arms. Forget about studying this was way nicer.
Since it was clear that the girl was still somewhat in shock(yes, nothing, not even acsensoin into a god, can dent the legendry Ranma cluelessness)Ranma carefully laid her out on the ground before waving one of her friends over.
"Keep an eye on her would you? Ithink she's still a bit shaken up."
Feeling a bit jealous of her short haired teammate, but none the less willing to help her, Makoto nodded as shetook up a guard position next ot her dazed friend.
"Why of course I'll be your loveslave Dragon-sama." apparently it had been a bit too much for the young Mizino and she was now of in her own little dream world.
With his arms now free Ranma melted once more into mist and then reformed himself in the titanic form of Slyfer. Still for all of his great legth Ranma/Slyfer found that in proprtion to the great cloud of dark energy that made up Metellias form he was more like a cobra challenging a wolf.
"SO, OSIRIS, WE MEET ONCE MORE IN THIS NEW ERA!"
Once again the stored memoris of the dragon kicked in to inform Ranma of his past.
It appeared that Mihoshi had been quite a bit more powerful than she'd originally thought. Instead of simply switching Ranmas curse for another one the power of the wish a had literally rewritten history so that the young Saotome had nver had it in the first place.
Back during the Silver Millenium, when all the senshi had still been children(even Pluto) one of the strongest of the Elder dragons, Osiris, had ascended into godhood.
Osiris had spent the next few years as an ally to the Moon Kingdom. However eventually he fell prey to the hunter that staulks all immortals.
Boredom.
He was over fifteen thousand years old and could remember when mankind thought banging rocks together to make fire was the height of human technology. He decided that he would use reincarnation magic to be reborn as a human, when he came of age his memories and powers would return to him, but he would then have a whole new perspective on life. Hopefully enough to keep him vital for another dozen centuries or so.
However Metellia, who had only just arrived on this plane, saw it as an oppertunity to remove a future obsticle. The spell was disrupted and Osirises soul was sent millenia into the future. His power crashed to Earth, in the land that came to be known as China, and there it rested waiting for its rightful wielder. As a result of its presense the springs of the arrea took on magical properties.
Then, thousand years later, Osiris was reborn as Ranma, upon his dip into Jusenkyo his power was restored. He became a being that was not quite Ranma and not quite Osiris, he now thought of himself as Slyfer.
"INDEED MOTHER OF MONSTER, THOUGH IN THIS ERA I HAVE TAKEN THE NAME SLYFER!"
"THEN LET I END ONCE AND FOR ALL"
"YES, LET IT!"
The battle was joined
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(Posted Sun, 25 May 2003 04:07)
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