As he watched, the capsule opened, and one booted foot came to land on the ground outside. Then the gloved hands latched onto the sides of the opening, and were used to pull the girl out of the tiny chamber. She stood there a moment before trying to walk, and moved towards him, looking very interested in what she saw.
And then she stumbled only two steps from her capsule and fell to the ground in a heap. "Owie..."
Jolted out of his wariness by that simple accident, the pigtailed boy moved foward and lifted the girl so that her upper body was laying face up in his arms. "Are ya okay?"
"I think so... I've just been sleeping so long, and I'm feeling kind of stiff..."
That was something that he could understand, as being in one position too long could do that sort of thing. "It should pass, 'specially once ya start movin' again."
"That's good..."
"Don't worry. I know a lot 'bout that sorta thing," he told her as he reached over and began to rub her legs... before stopping as he realised what he was doing. "Sorry!"
A delicate blush warmed her cheeks and she looked up at him. "That's okay... Umm..."
"Oh... yeah. My name's Ranma Saotome, nice ta meet ya."
"Thank you very much. I am Saturn, and I have a question to ask you."
"Really? What's that?"
"Are you the one?"
"Huh?"
"Before we went to sleep, our Queen told us that a boy with great potential would come to awaken us," she told him, "You are probably the one she was talking about."
"I am? And who's 'us'?"
"The others in the capsules," Saturn replied.
The martial artist looked around himself at all the capsules, and blinked while:
(Posted Wed, 21 Jan 2004 00:27)
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