Soulriders Writing Challenge 5-8-04

[Dracos]

Okay...summertime is about started so hopefully we'll see some more participation.  This section can only survive with the help of you forum goers, afterall.

This month's challenge is....

Herb on vacation.  Write a tale involving the favorite dragon prince (the only dragon prince) on vacation.

And for those of you who are total sour pusses and have never seen Ranma, pick your favorite oneshot character and do a vacation story with him.

Good luck.  This'll run until 6/8/04.

Dracos

[Jason_Miao]

Apologies for not spellchecking in advance; OpenOffice died on me yesterday, and I haven't had the chance to reinstall.



The character Herb is own by Takahashi Rumiko.  

All other characters appearing in this work of fiction and the setting are original, and any resemblence to persons in real life are purely coincidental.  Really.

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<Prince_Herb> Hey guys, I have a few days of vacation, starting today.  Any ideas on what to do?
<John> You could start with a bath
* John throws a bucket of cold water on Herb
* Prince_Herb is now known as Princess_Herb
<Princess_Herb> Hey!
* Princess_Herb splashes John with cold water
* John is now known as Johanna
<Darkos> Will you two quit it?  This is the fifth time this week.
* Princess_Herb splashes Darkos with warm water
* Darkos is now known as pkjam
<pkjam> Okay, that's it.
* pkjam summons the Black Rabbite
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<Princess_Herb> Ha!  Darkos missed.
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<OsaCas> Huh?  Where is everyone?  I'm confused...
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Edits-
Edited 2 names, 1 spelling error

[Olvelsper]

Disclaimer: As I'm going to go for a mystery crossover between Ranma and another series, I'll leave the pleas for mercy for further down this.

The greatest ruler (in his own mind, at least) of the entire Jusenkyo valley looked down through slitted eyes at his people, their reptilian depths scanning through the crowd boredly, even as he presented an outward look of authority and poise.

No, it wouldn't do in the least for Prince Herb of the Musk Dynasty to look any less than a capable ruler to his people. Especially after that incident involving that aquatranssexual.

Oh how the youth's blood boiled at the thought of that ...that...b-

"Prince Herb!"

The descendant of ki dragons blinked thrice in rapid succession as he unclenched his fist, glad that the cloak he wore had shielded his actions from the eyes of his vassal. It wouldn't do to show how angry he was right now.

"What is it, Mint?" His voice was cool as he casually turned to address his subject. "And it'd better be important, you know better than to interrupt me while I think." A dangerous gleam entered the prince's eyes at that, causing the Musk warrior on the receiving end to shiver.

"I-it's a stranger!" Herb's jaw visibly clenched at that, causing Mint to hurriedly add on. "It's a female!"

Now that got Herb's attention, "Are you daft? Why didn't you capture her?!" The last thing the prince felt like doing was dealing with those people, bad enough that he had revealed himself and his people to the populace (albeit a small portion of it), worse was that the Amazon Matriach was part of the group.

"W-we tried, sir! She beat us down in a blink of an eye! It took Lime and three of our elites to just buy me the time I needed to reach you!" A flash of searing hatred went through Herb, eradicting his previous annoyance with the aquatranssexual.

If it wasn't one thing...

"Take me to her. Now."

Oh yes, the Musk Prince was pissed as all hell. The stranger would pay.

Dearly.

***

When the two arrived, they were greeted to a truly spectacular sight. That is, if you weren't a Musk. For as they rushed at the figure, the blonde haired woman was putting Lime down, having somehow tagged the Musk warrior with an uppercut, which sent him high into the sky. The following spectacle would've amazed even Ranma as the figure followed: A dizzying set of flip kicks, backhands, and a solid double fisted blow to the back of the head put the last remaining warrior down. It launched him back down to the ground with such force that he left a crater and a whimper in his wake.

"Target acquired." The blonde haired female calmly landed on top of the crater, using the unconscious Lime as her ground, looking not at all self conscious or awkward about the whole situation. In fact, her blue eyes only reflected cold, hard reality as she gazed at them with the knowledge that she could destroy both if she wished.

It wasn't to be, as her master forbade it.

"Prince Herb of the Musk Dynasty, my master wishes to speak to you." She continued, voice cool and in an even monotone as she started towards the two, her pigtail gently bobbing in the breeze as a glint of strobing lights and shining steel gleamed underneath her robe.

Just moments before the carnage began again.

***

"Target has been neutralized and contained." The female's voice had warmed up slightly, going from cold like ice to breezy like a spring day. Before her, the last of the Musk warriors lay broken.

"Did you have to use such force, though?" The somewhat pretty features of an older gentleman tightened a bit as he observed the sight of the battle field, with portions of it burnt, and others burned to a crisp.

"It was the most efficient way of securing the Musk Prince's assistance in our endeavor." The woman looked petulant, her eyes slanting down ever so much. About .01 millimeters, but the man was used to this.

With a sigh, the man materialized snowy white wings that appeared on his back, his lush and expensive robes not making even a whisper as they reconfigured themselves to his altered state.

"I know you care about your sister, and that she's important to our plan, but we shouldn't go around commiting such sinful acts." He whispered, even as a healing glow erupted from him to bath the field in light, restoring the battlefield as well as healing the wounded.

"Master Lamington, Flonne's battle capabilities are approximately point nine nine five. Twice that if she's using magic. I believe it is in our best interests to secure her a guardian in case the child of the Overlord is too...what is the word? Oh, yes. 'Trigger happy'."

Seraph Lamington, ruler of Celestia, smiled fondly down at the blank face of the Celestial Host before him. "Well . . . perhaps he'll consider this a vacation from the duties of ruling a kingdom? It'll be for only a week, at the least." He offered with a small smile, while mentally planning what sorts of rings he'd have to jump through to convince the people of this kingdom that this was the truth.

Within the egg the Celestial Host was carrying, a slumbering dragon twitched ever so subtly. He somehow sensed that things had just gone from bad to ridiculously worse.

And even as Herb bemoaned his fate, the Celestial Host smugly caressed the egg, allowing a small twitch to appear on the right corner of her lips, curling them up ever so much, even as a warmth flickered through her insides at the thought of securing such a guardian.

. . .

She had to take care of her widdle sister, afterall.

~Fin.

Disclaimer: So there we have it. I created none of the people in this fic excepting Flonne's fictional sister, and all credit goes to their original creators. Ranma ½ is by Rumiko Takahashi and Disgaea was made by the fine folks of NipponIchi. God bless their souls, because they'll need it.

Was inspired by this bit of madness when I saw that the dragon boss in Disgaea episode two was named after our happy fun time dragon prince from Ranma ½. Things kinda degraded from there.

So...yeah. Peace. ^^

[Justin Carr]

I'm going to have to throw in the towel on this one. I've been racking my brain for weeks and haven't come up with an idea. Furthermore, my fiancee is here and we're getting married in a week, so my time is eaten up by last minute details. Sorry.

[Dracos]

*whistles* Boy, it's a summer of wedlock, isn't it?  Congratulations Justin, and have a wonderful marriage.

Dracos

[Dracos]

Okay, it's late.  This is over...


And this week well....  Olguin was the best of the two of ya.  ^_^

Dracos

[Olvelsper]

Whee. >>;

Heh. Guess we all have our day in the sun.