Ranma 1/2: A New Awakening Alternate Continuation (minor crossovers) By: Dani Yanega yanega@mindspring.com http://www.mindspring.com/~yanega/index.htm or Visit my Mirror site at: http://www.ranko.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/index.htm Co-author & Concept by: "Jerry" starfire@brainerd.net Chapter Forty One Wind Raven watched the two sylphs as they flew toward the castle of Oberon and Titiana. He was surprised they were able to keep up with his speed in flight. Though not his fastest they still should not have been able to fly beside him. The strange trio did not talk as they flew. They just enjoyed the flight and the freedom the gift of flying gave them. Nodoka though mentally kept the age she was on earth she has taken her daughter's example and decided to loosen up and enjoy her new life. She reached over and tapped Seran on his shoulder. "TAG YOUR IT!" She then flew quickly to the other side of Wind Raven. Seran stared at the spot where his wife uses to be flying. Wind Raven looking from the stunned and slowing Seran to the giggling and hiding Nodoka. He watched as Seran looked up over Wind Raven's back to see his wife peeking over the copper dragon's back a mischievous smile adorning her lips. Nodoka then stuck her tongue out at her husband. Who raised his eyebrow in surprise. "WELL DON'T JUST FLY THERE! YOUR IT EVEN I KNOW OF THE GAME!" Wind Raven told Seran bringing him out of his stupor. With a smile just as mischievous as Nodoka he lunged for his wife. Her eyes widened in mock surprise but a giggle had escaped her. She waited until Seran was halfway across Wind Raven's back. When she started to play the shy maiden. "EEEKKK!" Nodoka's scream came through her giggles as she ducked under Wind Raven, Seran hot on her tail. /*\*/*\ The guards at the outer perimeter of the of the castles lands received a surprise they will never forget. They stared at each other as heard giggles and laughter coming from above them. They looked up and nearly fell from their watch towers. After all it is not everyday that you see two grow Sylph's and high ranking ones at that flying in, out and around a copper dragon _playing_ tag. They watched as the female flew out from under the dragon's wing only to duck back under as the male Sylph was above the wing waiting for her. They watched as he tried to tag her but she was to fast. They knew them at sight not many in the kingdom didn't. They were the parents of Ranko the most energetic and mischievous Sylph ever known. The guards lower their heads and shake them as they now realized where they little bundle and her brother got it from. They playing trio was no more then five miles from the castle when Nodoka stopped dead in her tracks. Seran was not expecting her sudden stop and slammed into her back. He wrapped his arms around her and used his wings to slow them before they slammed into the mountain hard hide of Wind Raven. Seran reached out with his senses and checked Nodoka's wings a sigh of relief escaping him as there was no damage. He was about to ask her what was wrong when he stopped and stared blankly ahead. /*\*/*\ Wind Raven watched the two Sylphs as they played around him. He stopped when he noticed Nodoka stopped suddenly. He winced when Seran ran into her back, but she didn't even notice. He also then noticed Seran taking on the same glassy eyed expression. He watched as pain and horror formed quickly on their faces. "THE CHILDREN!" Came the simultaneous cry of the two lovers. Wind Raven watched awe struck as the two Sylphs disappeared in the distance at a speed no living being of Illondra could ever hope to match. When he realized that their children and his future clansmen were trouble. He took off after them and quickly disappears. /*\*/*\ The elders of the clan Gray Wolf enjoy themselves as they talk with Kajri and Tuik about their granddaughter and grandson. They also learn about the newest member. Corsan talked with the king and queen. He was giving them the report on the other continents of Illondra and what was happening within them. Aerial putting in information he missed that she felt was important as well. Jara and Yirko stood off to the side, Jara scowling as she felt she and her perfect daughter were being treated as outcasts. She listened to the conversations around her picking up on the court gossip for future alliances either by aiding or blackmailing. Her son played on the floor with those filthy cats and duck. She was trying to figure a way to force the bitches little bastard to give up the fluttercorn. After all Yirko should have such a rare and beautiful creature not some lowly human trash. "AAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!" Breaks the low conversations into silence. The people in the throne room turned as the windows shattered inward. The several guards are struck down before they can even draw their bows. The others mobilize as a half a dozen drow elves come through each of the windows. Shooting arrows indiscriminately around the room. Their faces each sporting grins of malicious delight. The animals form a protective ring around the cocoon while Corsan grabs his son and runs to his wife. He pushes her and Yirko to the floor and tries to cover them with his body. Jara hears her husband take a sharp intake of breath. She then feels something warm run down her arm. She looks over and sees blood run down the sleeve of her satin dress. She looks back to see an arrow protruding from the shoulder of her husband his eyes clinched tightly. Jara shrieks and tries to get away from her husband but he holds her tight. Her struggles frightening her children. She stopped moving suddenly as an arrow sticks in the floor just scant inches from her face. She quickly tries to s coot back under her wounded husband. Who stares down at her with angry tear filled eyes. "PROTECT THE KING AND QUEEN!" Comes the shout of Aran Captain of the queens guards. The throne room now housed more then thirty drow elves with a drow elf in each of the six smashed windows shooting arrows into the room. The guards by the doors are over run and the black skinned elves drop the large heavy bolts locking the room off from reinforcements. Then six stand guard at each door. Their bodies glowing with magic which deflects the arrows of the queens guards still in the room. The intruders start working their way toward the throne the queen and king's reflection shining in their dark eyes. Titiana and Oberon stared in awe at the largest group of fighters as her guards fought to protect her and her husband. The sound of thunder hitting behind her caused Titiana to turn as a scream soon followed the sound. She and those near the throne turned in time to see a drow elf fall in a seizure as the lightning destroyed his nervous system and the heat melting any metal to his body. Titiana looked down at the floor next to her to see a blue duck flapping his wings and waddle back to the cocoon that held the children. She turned to look at Mychol knowing Cerulean would not risk leaving his bonded to save her and the others. "Ran Koh and Micca must have ordered him from within the cocoon." He told her as he swings his sword blocking a blade from decapitating his beloved wife. Another drow elf suddenly found itself shrouding in the darkest of night at. His screams coming from within the void that surrounded him. As the phantasms that lived within the shadows began to tear him apart. *CRASH!* The room stopped suddenly at the sound of the doors to the outside suddenly crashed to the floor in a pile of six pieces. In the doorway stood Nodoka her sword glowing with the light and power of the Aurora Borealis. An arrow streaked toward her only to be met by a ball of fire. The room watched as a gold man with white hair stepped forward on Nodoka's left followed by a dark haired man with blue wings. Who let fly a glowing red ball of chi at one of the elves in the window near them. "YOU HAVE MADE A MISTAKE IN THINKING YOU COULD HARM ROYAL HOUSE OF ILLONDRA. WITH CLAN AURORA AS AN HONORED MEMBER OF HER GUARD!" Nodoka shouts as the Aurora clansmen enter the room in a battle charge. "WE WERE WAITING FOR YOU, FOOLS!" From behind the remaining elves in the windows and in the window where one is missing six drow elves float and all shoot a spell of darkness at the Aurora warriors. They three do not have time to dodge and are hit by a spell of shadow webs. Their screams fill the room as Oberon tries to force the shadows to leave them. He freezes at the cackle that comes from the one window where the archer was killed by Seran. "Do not waste your time Oberon. You were a fool to chase after that slut! Even a bigger foot to marry her! NOW I WILL RULE NOT ONLY YOUR KINGDOM BUT HERS...*GASP!*" The man surrounded by shadows is shocked into silences. *RRRRIIIIPPPPP!* "NNNNOOOOO! WE FORBID IT!" The room is once again in silence. They watch as the cocoon containing the children was being ripped open from within. They could have sworn there were cats inside with the children as the cocoon began to sport slashes. The room gasped as the three children came from their morphing chamber. Their clothes dissolved by the morphing process. Their bodies glowing brightly. Micca glowing a dark blue, while Ranko glowed bright white with rainbow streaks of color. The new child glowed a bright blue and sported and angry scowl. She lashed out toward her new family and from thirty feet away destroyed the shadow net by shredding it. The room began to mumble as several claw marks were left in the floor around the captives. The two girls looked like twins their hair a dark red the color of garnet. Their hair reaching their ankles. Their wings were red with blue streaks. While Micca's hair was slightly longer it only went just past his behind. It like his sisters' hair was the color of dark garnet. The hair of all three shimmering like the gem it resembled. His wings were dark blue with red streaks. What fascinated and frightened the captives were their eyes. Micca's were still gray but now the irises were ringed by a ring with sapphire blue and brown. While Ranko's were sapphire blue surrounded by smoky gray and brown. Ukyo's eyes were still, deep brown but now they were encircled with a ring of sapphire blue and smoky gray. "LAVA, FROST ATTACK!" Ukyo's gentle voice shouted. The room watched as two kittens grew ten times their normal size taking on the shape of saber-toothed tigers. One orange with black stripes, and the other white with silver stripes. Then the large cats ran into the fight slashing out before even reaching their enemy. "AAAARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH!" Screams filled the throne room as the cats used the Neko-ken to strike before they even reached their victim. "CERULEAN, KIRI, IT'S YOUR TURN!" The duck flew forward glowing orange as it shifted from a blue duck to a sapphire blue hair man. His hands holding lightning balls as he had finally figured out how to access his dragon breath in human form. The fluttercorns horn began to glow a bright white blue as a stream of energy shot forward. The little fluttercorn swept her head from side to side as the whip like stream cut down the charging drow elves. The children moved quickly surrounding the queen and king. Their auras blazing and forming a wall of chi around the royal couple, their grandparents, Kajri. Tuik stepped out quickly drawing his sword. To stand guard outside the protective wall. The auras mingled and where they touched and merged shifted in color showing red and a strange white blue. The children would lob balls of chi at the drow elves even going so far as to take target practice at the ones in the windows. Where Ukyo and Micca fired chi blasts. Ranko fired chi blasts mixed with magic creating more powerful projectiles. The children aimed for the drow elves around their parents and Raistlin. "They will not save you! We will destroy you all and I will take the children and make them my slaves!" The attacker in shadows tells them as he hovers outside the window. "We even came prepared for the blue and cats. _Our_ source was very through!" He continued an evil chuckle escaping him. The man in shadows raised his hand and everyone watched as four balls of shadow coalesced in front of him. He smiled at the fear on the faces of the children. He then laughed as he watched Ranko's eyes narrow and began her own spell. "You are to little to late little one, but I will enjoy my play time with you!" He sneered at her, as he started the final portion of his spell. "I THINK NOT!" The booming voice came from behind the man in shadows. All the people in the throne room watched as the hidden man's spell winked out as he looked over his shoulder. He was stunned in to silence by shock and fear. A glint of copper could be seen from inside the throne room. "WIND RAVEN!" Nodoka screamed as Seran and Raistlin grabbed her and pulled her toward the children. They all back away from the window when the first scream started. They watched in horror as one of the drow elves from the window being dissolved by acid. Oberon covered in shadows stepped through the protective barrier the children had erected around them. He stared at the unmoving as he stared at the angry copper dragon behind him. He watched as the dragon shot down each of his archers. His mind so clouded with dragon fear that his shield of shadows began to slowly fade. Oberon watched as the figure inside slowly became more visible. "I thought I knew that voice! Balkier!" A gasp came from inside the protective covering. Balkier tried to turn to face enemy but even the most powerful of mages cannot escape the dragon fear that is emitted from the mammoth beasts. As the shadows fade more he becomes more visible. He is almost as tall as King Oberon at 6' his hair is long and free flowing just past his shoulders. It is just as black as Oberon's. His wide frightened eyes are a dark gunmetal gray. He was of average build just a slightly more bulky then a high elf. The grip he had on the seven foot onyx staff almost caused it to crack. The smooth black surface of the two inch diameter staff was etched with magical runes. The carvings were then filled with molten silver and gold and allowed to harden. The bottom of the staff tapering to a rounded point and covered in silver. At the top was a gold ball but it was made out of thin strips of gold creating a cage effect. In the center of the cage sat a prefect blood red ruby that glowed with power. He wore long robes of black and gray and like Raistlin's robes the hems and edges were embroidered with magical runes as well. On his left cheek a scare going from his temple the left side of his mouth giving him the effect of a permanent sneer. Balkier began to grimace as he struggled to fear himself from the dragon fear. The guards within the throne room fought with more exuberance at the aid of the ancient copper. Cerulean, Kiri, Lava and Frost lending them help at the command of the children. Oberon watches his face a mask of stone. The shadows playing over his body never quite obscuring the blazing rage in his eyes. He walked forward toward the struggling Balkier his hand raised a ball of darkest shadow forming over it. He passed unhindered through the fighting warriors. The drow elves quickly learning that trying to stop his meant instant death. Seran watched his king as Nodoka inspected her children. He watched as a drow elf moved toward him. He watched with a horrific fascination as the shadow around his king launched out and met the oncoming threat. Seran gulped as he witnessed the true power of their king. The shadow acting like an extra hand snaked toward the shocked elf. He watched as the elf lashed out with his sword. Seran's eyes got wide as he watched the drow's sword strike the shadow and stopped halfway through it. He watched in fascination as the sword was held immobile as his king continued on never even noticing the fight going on with his shadows and the elf. /*\*/*\ Raistlin stared with a mage's eye as the shadow stretched to remain fighting the drow elf. His eye brow quirked as he watched the trapped sword began to change from silver to a frosty white. He heard the sound of cracking ice as the frost moved up the sword. He watched in slow motion as the ice moved slinking like a living organism toward a meal. In real time the frost moved so quickly that one second after the sword became imbedded in the tendril of shadow the drow started to scream in panic filled pain. The frost quickly reached his hand and covered it. The second the frost touched his hand the drow tried to let go of the sword. It was, however, to late. His hand was held in place frozen to the hilt of the sword. The ice moved up the frightened elf's arm his screams of pain only matched the growing fear in his ever widening eyes. It no more then a minute of screaming agony for the elf to be completely encased in ice. The shadow moved let go of the sword and started to retreat toward the king. The shadow then paused. It looked to the spectators as if it was debating something. The shadow tendril then lashed out smashing the frozen attacker. The room gasped and many of the woman screamed as the elf cracked then shattered into a fine powdery dust of ice crystals. The drow elves fighting the guards stared at the pile of melting ice crystals and slowly moved away from the angry ruler of Illondra. /*\*/*\ Balkier could feel the paralysis of the dragon fear weakening as more drows came to fight the ancient copper. His hold on the shadow wizard lessening. Balkier was nearly free when he screamed in agonizing pain. His body being covered in bone numbing cold. The shadows swarmed around him their freezing touch beginning to freeze him solid. He concentrated and barely was able to summon his own shadow shield. The two opposing shadows fought around Balkier for supremacy. He knew his would not win as Oberon was the stronger of them both but his shadows gave him time to escape. He turned to look at Oberon who stared back his eyes flashing with pained filled rage. /*\*/*\ Oberon reached the window he could see Balkier was almost free of the copper's dragon fear. He let fly his ball of shadow at the back of the man before him. He watched as the shadows hit the man's back and began to spread quickly over his body. He cringed at the screams coming from his enemy. With saddened eyes he watched as the man before him slowly began to freeze. He then saw Balkier summon his shadow shield, they both knew it would only prolong his death as Oberon was equal to none. Oberon watched as Balkier turned to face him his permanent sneer widening with his malevolent smile. "Do think it will be that easy to get rid of me! You should have never married the Queen of the Light! There are many who have joined against you for that treason! I will win the throne of Nequar and win I do we will take over the world of Illondra and end _her_ rein! Come to your sense _brother_ before it is to late!" Balkier's smile widened at the gasp from within the throne room. Then just before Oberon's shadow spell broke through his shield Balkier vanished leaving a dispersing spell. The drow elves continued to fight but reinforcements were able to finally breach the wall of drows outside the castle. This was with the help of Wind Raven. The fight in the throne room was soon over and the children lowered the shield around the queen and the others. They turned at the scream coming from behind them and Yiri screamed as she ran toward her son. /*\*/*\ Jara seeing the battle finally won by the bastard king let out a scream that shook the remaining windows. Her scream was soon matched by her mother-in-law. Jara pushed and strained as she tried to remove the dead weight of her husband. She could not get a good purchase as her feet kept slipping. She looked back toward them and saw the pool of blood her feet were laying in. She stared wide eyed then tried harder only to put her hand into something sticky and wet. Before she could look at what it was her hand slipped casing her arm to slide out and her body to splash into a pool of blood that came from her husband. "GET HIM OFF! GET HIM OFF!" Jara started screaming as she pounded on her husband. Two guards lifted Corsan of his wife and kids, he was barely alive. He had lost a lot of blood. Raistlin moved quickly. One of the guards removed the arrow while the Faerie mage healed the wound. He summoned one of the nurse maids to him. "These guards are going to take him to his room please see he drinks plenty of fluids and put two pinches of this in everything he drinks." The mage told her, she nodding her understanding. The two guards followed the nurse maid as she led them from the throne room. Raistlin turned to find the children ok physically but mentally they were not doing well. Another nurse maid came forward on her own and led the children off. "YOU'RE NOT PUTTING HIM IN MY BED! WHAT IF HE STARTS BLEEDING AGAIN! LOOK AT WHAT HE DID TO MY NEW DRESS!" Jara watched her husband and children disappear then screamed as she faced the mage. "It is his bed also, and if you don't want him bleeding on you sleep with the children. They will need your comfort now more then ever! Oh that's right you don't know how to do that do you?" Raistlin continued an angry sneer on his face. "I WILL NOT HAVE HIM IN MY..*SLAP*!" Jara's tirade was abruptly cut short when Yiri's hand crossed her face. The slap was so hard that Jara fell onto the floor. She landed on her side but her face toward the floor. She lifted her hand to her cheek then on one arm lifted herself up slightly and glared at her mother-in-law. Yiri glared angrily back down at the whining woman. Her arm still across her chest from the follow through. "He is your husband and you _will_ take care of him or find yourself thrown out of another race of elves!" Yiri snarled at her with narrowing eyes. Jara glared back but did not say a word. Jara rose and headed after her family, care her eyes front. She could feel the cold stares of the others in the room on her back as she hurried from the throne room, Yiri following a second later to check on her son. /*\*/*\ "You were a fool! I told you to attack at night to destroy that pod! Now those disgusting mongrels are alive and awake!" The voice growled low masking its voice from within the shadows. "It is you who are the fool! We didn't come to kills the crossovers we came to destroy Titiana and Oberon!" Came the response as Balkier walked from the shadows. "WHAT! We had a deal!" The hoarse whispered shout came from the shadows, a glint of pale blonde hair is seen in the shadows. "HAHAHAHAHA! You are so gullible did you think we would come for that pittance you offered? We will rule both the kingdom of Light and Shadows. I have already given orders that _no_ harm come to the crossovers! I like their powers and the fact Titiana made them children in _mind_ will make them easier to manipulate." Balkier's laughter echoed through the shadows as he disappeared. "WAIT! WE'RE NOT FINISHED!" Hissed the voice from the other shadows, but no response came to his statement. /*\*/*\ The throne room was in disarray as the dead were removed and the wounded taken to the medical facilities for treatment. More of the queen's guards arrived to aid in the clean up. Torma followed the last wave into the room. He stared in shock at the last remnants of the battle. His eyes gray blue eyes taking in the destruction. He lowered his head and shook it in dismay. He paused when he heard the shout of the beautiful soprano voice, filled with anger. "NO WE WON'T DO IT!" Torma turned to see three very naked new Sylphs standing around a wall of light. The wall was just large enough to hold one person as the others around the children tried to talk them into something. Torma saw Mychol and Seran and headed for them, a smirk on his face. Torma's 5' 10" frame moved gracefully across the floor because he floated two inches above it. His gray blue eyes sparkling with mischief. His black hair fluttered in the breeze coming in from the broken windows. He stood in front of the distraught children their eyes blazing with determination and fear. The two girls, eyes filled with unshed tears as they refused to allow _anyone_ near the pillar of light. Torma could hear the voice of Queen Titiana trying to reassure the children to let them release her. "My, my Ranko you have changed since I last saw you!" Torma landed in front of the newly reborn Aurora daughter. He kneels in front of her keeping the others back. Nodoka tried to step forward but was stopped by both her husband and her father-in-law. She looked at both torn between anger and confusion. "He knows what he is doing." Seran told his wife. "Yes Torma has coaxed many a child into capitulation." Added Mychol to his son's comment. Nodoka turned back and watched as Torma talked to the children. Her eyes narrowed as she fumed. She then put her hand to her mouth as she realized she was jealous of Torma being allowed to get so close to her children. "Oh, my!" Came her very Kasumi like response. "We aren't going to let her out it ain't safe for her!" Ranko told the gray elf in front of her. "Now did I ask you to young lady?" Torma asked her with a small look of hurt on his face. "No, I guess not." Ranko lowered her head as guilt washed over her. "I just came to bring you and your siblings a welcome to your rebirth present." The children turned to him with bright smiles. He and everyone in the room noticed that the column of light flickered slightly. A smile tugged at his lips as he watched it thin slightly revealing the queen inside, unharmed. "WHAT! What did ya' get us!" Came the simultaneous request from the triplets. "CHILDREN! That is impolite!" Nodoka scolded her children. "It is alright Mistress Aurora." Torma told her as he turned back to the children. "Well I brought you some new clothes to wear, and I see my timing is perfect." The children look disappointed then stared at him confused. He smiled and pointed for them to look down. The three children did as he bade them. They stared at their long hair hanging over their shoulders. They noticed their bare feet on the cold marble floor which really didn't bather them. It was Ukyo who noticed first. "EEP! WE'RE NAKED!" She screamed and turned a bright red. "ACK!" Ranko turned just as red and both girls ran behind their brother for concealment. The adults all chuckled it was hard not to as Micca tried to hide behind his sisters but they kept him firmly in place. Torma watched not the children but the pillar of light. It had almost faded completely but reappeared just as quickly. His brow furrowed slightly at this failure. He turned to the children and beckoned them to him the children walked in a huddle trying to hide their bodies from the prying and leering eyes within the room. Torma smiled and pulled out three packages wrapped in bright blue paper and white ribbons. He handed one to each child. He signaled that those behind the pillar get closer. The children gasped as each opened the beautiful packages before them.