Bastard!! Fan Fiction / Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction / Tenchi Muyo Fan Fiction ❯ The Hero of Prophecy. ❯ Reports and Dreams ( Chapter 4 )

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Chapter 4

Reports and Dreams

 

As Deedlit and Ranma walked away or more likely Deedlit walked away while Ranma stomped away in frustration of yet again being denied the act of kill…I mean making sure the Blue Dragon Knight would not interfere with Ranma's life again. The elf noticed Ranma stomping away in a rare show of anger. If there was one thing the elf knew about Ranma was, it was his control.

 

“Ranma?” Deedlit asked in tentative voice.

 

Realizing he might be scaring Deedlit Ranma took a few deep breaths to calm himself down. The pigtailed man turned to the elf and smiled.

 

“Sorry Deedlit. It's just every time I get close to finishing off the Blue Blunder he uses that damn Recall spell.”

 

“Recall? Oh you mean if he is injured so much he is teleported to a safe place so he can be healed.” Deedlit caught on. One thing Ranma said registered in her mind. Wait a minute. “Ranma, how many times have you tried to finish the Blue Dragon Knight off?”

 

“More times than I can remember.” Ranma's voice was full of bitterness. In a lower voice he muttered. “Ever since that bastard destroyed my life.”

 

Deedlit's ears caught that last mutter and she wondered what the Blue Dragon Knight did to Ranma. It seems the Hero of Prophecy had a past the haunted him. Whatever it was it surely had something to do with his female form. The elf than pouted that Ranma's female form was more gifted than she was.

 

`Now where did that thought come from?' Deedlit asked. She kept silent as she and her companion continued on their journey. `And how come I heard the name `Saotome' before?'

 

 

 

At the Tower the Blue Dragon Knight was teleported to the Goddess Tower that Dark Schneider and the other Dragon Knights lived in. The White Dragon Knight Mamoru Chiba was in the main hall when Kuno was teleported in. The White Dragon Knight was stunned at the battered condition the Blue Dragon Knight was in.

 

 

Mamoru quickly called for a healer who did as much as possible. Still there was so much damage done to the Blue Dragon Knight Kuno was still left with a broken arm and a broke leg.

 

Taking a glance at the wounded knight a muscular man with silver hair called for a meeting as Mamoru helped his fellow knight to the conference room. After putting Kuno in his chair the Dragon Overlord, Dark Schneider glared at the Blue Dragon Knight. Even as dense as Kuno was he felt that stare that made him nervous as hell.

 

“Alright Tatewaki, how did you get injured so badly?” Dark Schneider growled out.

 

“It was Ranma Saotome, my lord. He heads this way in hopes of freeing Washu and Belldandy.” Kuno was speaking gingerly around his still sore jaw.

 

“SAOTOME!?” The White Dragon Knight shouted. He then sighed and shook his head. “This is not good.”

 

“You've heard of him, Mamoru?” The Dragon Overlord asked.

 

“Yes Lord. Even saw him fight once or twice. He is not to be underestimated.” Mamoru took a deep breath and sighed again. “There are rumors that he studied the arts of combat of the ancients from long ago. Also…”

 

The knights saw him pause and Dark Schneider motioned for his White Dragon Knight to continue.

 

“…and also he is the warrior credited in killing Saffron.”

 

“The Phoenix God-King?”

 

“Yes, Ashram. Plus considering where Tatewaki fought him he might be the hero Sylphiel spoke of.”

 

The Dragon Overlord thought of the information he had heard and finally nodded coming to a decision.

 

“It seems we have a formidable enemy this time.” The Overlord began. The next words he spoke were no surprise to the knights sitting at the table. “Go and find Ranma Saotome and then kill him.”

 

“Yes lord.”

 

“By the way Blue was it Ranma who gave you those injuries?” The Red Dragon Knight Tirga asked.

 

“Nay, it was my beloved pigtailed girl who expressed her love to me through these lovetaps.” Kuno answered. “Now if you excuse me I suddenly desire wanting a soft bed to rest.”

 

Every knight in the conference room had a sweatdrop on the back of their heads as the watch Kuno exits the room. Well Kuno did not walk out on his own. Two guards had to carry him out since the injuries Ranma gave him were affecting him greatly.

 

The Green Dragon Knight, Ataru Moroboshi was the first to speak.

 

“I've heard love being painful but I never thought Kuno would be a masochistic type of guy, you know.” Ataru then thought about that for a bit. “On the other hand since he's pretty dense he might not know that she wants nothing to do with him.”

 

“I don't know which one bothers me more.” Mamoru said. All the corrupted knights nodded in agreement. The Chartreuse Knight was laughing since he had seen the so-called battle Kuno had against Ranma Saotome. The indigo eyes twinkled in mirth as he realized this Saotome had just become more interesting.

 

Since the Blue Dragon Knight had left the room Dark Schneider brought up the next topic of the meeting.

 

“So any luck on locating Her Majesty's cousins, the Princess Allura and the Princess Sheila?” The Dragon Overlord asked.

 

“I'm afraid not my lord.” Ashram reported. “It's like they dropped off the face of the world.”

 

“We're still searching Lord Schneider but they have hidden themselves well.” Tirga said.

 

“Must I remind you guys until the princesses are in protective custody their will still be a great danger to the land.” Dark Schneider reminded his knights.

 

“Lord, we are still searching for them but we have had not luck.” Xellos reported. “I however have some ideas.”

 

Xellos paused to take a deep breath.

 

“One: we can do what we are doing now and search blindly for the missing princesses.” Xellos put forward.

 

“That's taking to long.” Mamoru commented.

 

“Two: we can ask Queen Integra where her cousins are.” Xellos put his second idea on the table. Dark Schneider thought of that idea and nodded.

 

“And three is to follow Ranma Saotome when he meets them to steal the other two sacred artifacts.” Xellos added his final idea.

 

“We will do all of the plans Xellos put forth. I will ask Queen Integra about the locations of her cousins. Xellos, Mamoru, follow and observe Ranma. Tirga, find my Arshes and capture her. Ataru, look in the library for any clues to their location.”

 

“Yes Lord.” All the knights stood and bowed as the Dragon Overlord left the conference room.

 

`I'm going to enjoy this.' Dark Schneider grinned lecherously.

 

 

 

 

The time was night and a pigtailed man was tossing and turning in his sleeping bag. During his sleep the man had broken out in a cold sweat, as he murmured no over and over again.

 

In the man's dream were his worst nightmares. They always occurred the night after he encountered a certain someone who appeared before him this very day.

 

The foremost images of his nightmares were a certain Blue Dragon Knight, a somewhat cute girl with short black hair, a man dressed like he was important, and a fat man in a dirty, white gi with a handkerchief wrapped around his head.

 

Flash

 

The image of the Blue Dragon Knight groping his female form that was the result of the curse. Of learning that a certain mercenary girl that sold information of his relationship to his cursed form. Seeing the Dragon Knight twist the mercenary's words around to suit his view of the world. Nearly killing the idiot and putting him in the hospital for three months.

 

Anger at a dense idiot for not seeing that his so-called pigtailed girl does not exist.

 

Flash

 

A man from the government of his country came when they learned that the Blue Dragon Knight was put in the hospital for three months and nearly killed by him. A warning from the government that if the young man does this again or kills the Blue Dragon Knight he will be locked in his cursed form.

 

The man then explains that the country is to weak to fight a war with Dark Schneider to win.

 

Translation in the young man's mind: If all that is needed to prevent war is to lock this man in his cursed female form then the government will do so.

 

Anger and Betrayal felt at the government and the Dragon Knight.

 

Flash

 

The young man learns that Kuno found out who the supposed father of the pigtailed girl is and of his character. The Blue Dragon Knight offers money and food for his engagement to the young man's cursed form.

 

The young man learns this and pounds his father into paste putting him into the hospital for the next six months

 

Anger and Betrayal of his father selling him once again.

 

Flash

 

The girl he loved betraying him with an evil smile on her face. She is wielding a gigantic mallet trying to render him unconscious so she can deliver him to Kuno. Seeing two of the rivals smirking with pails of water. The young man knows what is in them. Water to lock him in his cursed form.

 

Soundly beating his two rivals and finally smacking the girl with her own mallet when she said the government of the country will lock her in her female form and better you than me.

 

The girl laughing at his plight. Finally losing control and smacking her into the ground senseless into the ground with girl's own mallet.

 

Running to his room and grabbing his pack with all his possessions and leaving the dojo, then the city, and finally the country after learning that his own country had forsaken him and put a large bounty on his head.

 

Flash

 

Encountering bounty hunters after the bounty on his head.

 

Flash

 

Living in another country peacefully hoping for a good life when the world comes crashing down all around him as Kuno finds him once again. He flees the country afraid that this country will betray him just as his home country did so.

 

Flash

 

The same thing over and over again. His life ruined, every friend and family member betrayed him, and his own government to afraid to do anything forsaking him as well.

 

Trying to build a new life in a half a dozen countries only to have that destroyed by the insane Blue Knight's obsession of his cursed form.

 

Flash

 

Flash

 

Flash

 

“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!”

 

The shout erupts from Ranma's lips as he sits up in his sleeping bag breathing hard. Deedlit was woken up by his shout and her eyes are transfixed on Ranma's muscular chest for a minute before sensing the emotions rolling off the young man.

 

Pain. Betrayal. Sadness. Failure.

 

“Ranma?”

 

The soft voice interrupted him. Blue eyes shining with concern gazing at him.

 

“Sorry Deedlit. Just a nightmare about my past. And him.”

 

“Does this have anything to do with what you said earlier about Kuno destroying your life, Ranma?” Deedlit asked.

 

“You heard that?” Ranma asked. Deedlit nodded. “I'm sorry for waking ya up.”

 

Ranma turned his head away from the elf. Deedlit stared for a moment wondering what the Blue Dragon Knight did to make Ranma's life so painful. She heard quiet sobs and could tell Ranma was crying.

 

Deedlit got up from her sleeping bag and walked over to Ranma. She sat down behind him and wrapped her arms around him. She felt Ranma stiffen when she leaned her body to his. Then she felt him relax in her arms.

 

“Ranma, I may not have known you for long but I'm here. I will help you since I'm a friend.”

 

“Friends just betray you in the end when things get rough.” Ranma's head was still turned away. Deedlit paled realizing everyone in his past betrayed him. His closest friends and family. `What happened to him?'

 

Deedlit gently turned Ranma's head so their eyes could meet. Deedlit could see the pain and betrayal in his eyes but was determined to help the Hero. She quickly realized that the hero had a past that haunted him and vowed to help him.

 

Ranma looked into Deedlit's light blue eyes and saw caring and concern as well as determination to stay with him and help him to deal with his past. Ranma's arms wrapped themselves around the elf's slender body and hugged her close.

 

Deedlit was happy when Ranma hugged her close.

 

“Thank you.” Ranma's voice was rough as he let go and laid back down in his sleeping bag. Before Ranma could cover himself with the blanket he had thrown off him during his violent awakening from his nightmare Deedlit pushed him gently to the ground.

 

The elf grabbed the blanket and draped her body on his covering them with the blanket. Something had changed between them as Ranma put his arms around the beautiful elf.

 

Deedlit looked directly into his eyes and smiled.

 

“I will be here with you Ranma to help you. I will be here so you can have a night's sleep with happy dreams instead of nightmares.” Deedlit softly said as her eyes closed her head fell softly on Ranma's firm chest.

 

Ranma smiled a little the darkness of his pain finally lifting a little from his eyes and murmured a thank you to the elf and fell asleep. For once his dreams were happy instead of the nightmares of his past.

 

End Chapter.

 

Next Chapter

Ranma tells Deedlit a little of his story and she learns why and how Ranma began his quest to defeat the Dragon Overlord and his Dragon Knights.

 

Author's notes

You might not think that Ranma will cry but from what I have written so far you get that everyone that Ranma knows betrayed him. Even those he had loved and family betrayed him. Even his own country forsaken him because of their fear to Dark Schneider and his knights. Ranma just had a little breakdown and Deedlit realized that the Hero is a man with a painful and tragic past. The Hero is a person who has his strengths and weaknesses. And above all the Hero is a person.

 

From what shows did get Princess Allura and Princess Sheila? Just answer them in your head.