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War of the Gods 2
By Wanderer D
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A young man with wild blue hair, strange rosy eyes and carrying a
flute case under his arm walked out of the train station.
Sorrento tugged at the collar of the red T-shirt he was wearing. He
hated 'normal' clothes; after only wearing an armor and loose
fitting togas... it was... irritating.
Still. Julian had sent him to Tokyo, to a small district called
'Nerima'.
Well, it hadn't been Julian.
It had been... Him.
Ever since helping Athena's Saints cross into Elysium, He had
stirred inside Julian once again to tell him that he had felt a
powerful Cosmo in this area of Japan, and had told him to bring the
owner of such a powerful Cosmo to him. And so it was that he, Siren
Sorrento, last Shogun of the Seas, was looking for a needle in a hay
pile.
How was he going to find one particular person in this place,
without names, description and clues?
It was then that he noticed the panda getting into the bar. Sorrento
blinked a couple of times.
***
Ranma walked dejectedly back to the Tendo Dojo. <So much for that,>
he thought.
He had stayed up all night, and the only things he had learnt
from the Old Ghoul were just a bunch of legends from some guys
called 'Geeks' or 'Greeks' or whatever, a map from a place in China
(again), and more confusion.
Ranma sighed. As he walked by a bar, a large amount of people ran
out of it screaming and waving their arms.
"What the hell..." Ranma muttered as he got up, battered and dirty.
He took a peek inside the bar, and found the origin of the sudden
evacuation.
"Pop."
Currently his father, in panda form, was downing a third bottle of
Sake.
That is if the two in the floor were his, which was a good bet.
Ranma cracked his knuckles. This was a good way to release tension.
He picked a glass from the floor and threw it to the bear's head,
hitting home.
The panda looked up at him, sniffed and took another gulp of the
bottle.
Ranma frowned at the lack of results.
"Hey Old Man! Wassup? Too old to put up a fight?"
Genma was starting to feel the effects of too much sake, and Ranma
watched with a smirk as the panda stood up.
***
The cold winds tugged at his cape as he struggled to walk in the
knee-deep snow.
He had felt her call to battle, once more, and he had decided to
join in, he didn't know who else, if any at all, would, but for
the sake of the brother he had lost due to ignorance and jealousy,
and for his honor, he would don his Cloth once more.
He arrived at the small cavern where he had left both Cloths... and
buried his brother...
Before going inside the cave he looked up into the amazingly clear
sky to look at the stars that represented his and his brother's
Cloths. Mizar... his brother's star, and closely behind... barely
even visible was his own, Alcor. The shadow of Mizar.
Shrugging against the wind he went inside the cave, where the white
saber tooth awaited.
***
Ok, the owner of such a Cosmo to be noticed by his lord's should,
at least, be an outstanding fighter. Sorrento reasoned.
"So I'll ask around to find who the best fighter is..." That decided
Sorrento walked into a nearby restaurant. "But first, I'll have a
snack..."
***
Ukyo looked up from behind the grill. The young man that had just
bought two of her Okonomiyaki specials was seemingly driving clients
away!
Not only that, but he seemed to be scaring them witless!
Grabbing her combat spatula she walked towards the boy, who had sat
down dejectedly and was munching his okonomiyaki half heartedly.
She watched with a small smile of pride as his eyes opened after the
first bite.
***
Sorrento sighed in defeat when yet another group of people ran away
screaming when he asked them about good fighters.
As he sat down next to a small table he contemplated the food he had
just received.
He had never tried an Okonomiyaki before... he bit at it carefully...
and opened his eyes as Ukyo's best invaded his mouth with flavors.
He was done in a matter of seconds.
"Excuse me, sugar, but would you mind telling me why you were
scaring my customers away?"
Sorrento met gazes with the chef who had prepared such a delicious
meal.
"Uh... I just asked them if they knew of any good fighters around."
The girl's eyes flashed. "Why?"
Sorrento got his bearings back. "I'm looking for the best fighter
around here, whoever he or she is."
Just as Ukyo was about to answer him, Ranma flew through the door
and crashed into the grill.
***
Sorrento watched in interest as a young man, about 16, crashed into
the grill partially destroying it, and stood up without a scratch.
"Ranchman!"
Ukyo ignored her visitor and ran up to Ranma. "What's happening?"
"Oh, nothin' it's just another fight with pops. But it's time I
show him who's the boss."
Ranma jumped out of the building, followed closely by Ukyo and a
mildly curious Sorrento.
"Well, old fart! You asked for it!" Ranma challenged the panda.
"Tenshin Amaguri ken!"
Sorrento started counting. "930."
Ukyo stared at him.
"You counted them?"
"Yes. That kid has promise," Sorrento examined Ranma critically.
"He just needs proper training."
Genma flew out of sight as Ranma punctuated his last technique with
An uppercut.
He was, however, able to notice Sorrento's words.
"You saying that I'm not good enough? I'm the best fighter there is!"
"..." Sorrento turned to look at Ukyo.
"He's the best?"
"Sure is, honey." Ukyo was surprised to hear a hint of disappointment
in the man's voice.
This was not lost on Ranma either. "What?"
"Well... I was expecting... something a little more... impressive."
"Were you looking for me? Who are you anyway?" Ranma was beginning to
resent the remarks.
"Well, since you seem to be it, I'll tell you. I am Siren Sorrento,
and I was sent here by... my master to find the owner of a powerful
Cosmo he felt."
Ranma tensed at his words. "Do you happen to know a man named
Shiryu?"
Sorrento blinked at that. "Yes... he and I... were allies not so long
ago."
This seemed to be the origin of the Cosmo that his master, Poseidon
had felt. This boy wasn't much, though.
"Tell me boy," Sorrento asked. "What you did a moment ago, was that
your best?"
"Hell no! If I used my best I would have killed him!"
Ranma was exited, here was someone who could tell him more about his
brother. He didn't even notice when Sorrento called him boy.
"Tell me! Do you know what was that energy that surrounded me
yesterday?"
Sorrento concentrated. Yes, he could feel traces of Cosmo around the
boy... there was something familiar about the Cosmo though...
"Seiya!"
Probably anyone who could feel Cosmo had felt Seiya's passing. And
Sorrento knew Seiya's Cosmo first hand.
But this Cosmo was just like Seiya's! Incredibly similar! Could it
be possible...
"Is that you, Seiya?" Sorrento asked hesitantly.
Ranma stared at Sorrento curiously. "Um... no. I'm Ranma Saotome."
"Yes... of course. You can't be Seiya, he died..."
"Fightin' Hades."
***
Ukyo was starting to loose track of the conversation.
This wasn't like Ranma at all! He had ignored the comments that he
wasn't the best fighter, that he was just a boy and he was talking
Greek mythology with a guy he had just met!
Greek Mythology!... wait a sec...
"Um, Ranchan?"
Ranma seemed to snap out of it. "Yeah?"
"Are you talking about Hades, the king of the dead?"
"No. He was the king of the underworld." Sorrento supplied. "Listen,
I really need to talk to you Ranma, is there someplace we can talk
more comfortably?"
"You can talk inside the restaurant, I'll have to close for the day,
anyway."
"Thanks Ucchan!"
As the three entered the small establishment, a figure across the
street watched from the shadows. When the figure moved, light
reflected for a second of a shinny metal mask.
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Well, it's done.
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or were just reading it to pass time, please take a moment to give me
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