Darkstalkers are owned by Capcom. Nuff said. Ranma 1/2 is owned by Rumiko Takahashi and Sailor Moon is owned by Naoko Takeuchi. Camoes by charecters from anime such as Dragonball Z, Ursuri Yatsura, Ah! Megamisama! Tenchi Muyo!, and All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku and other assorted people. They are owned by their respective creators. Knights of the Round are created and maintained by me the author. If there is a story with charecters like this out on the net or a real anime like this, then I say to you, that these are not the same charecters. All rights reserved, not for sale or profit. Oh, on a side note, the Shadow Raiders are owned by Mainframe Inc. Soul Of Light Part 3 Etched in Stone Setsuna looked up from her steaming cup of tea, worry etched across her face. �Damn,� she whispered. �its coming and I can�t do a damn thing about it.� *** In the outer rim of the solar system, a dark planet was moving silently as a huge asteroid. The destination? Earth. *** Two figures, one a female and the other a masculine figure stood at the bridge of the large planetoid. They had a red and black body made of an apparent energy with superimposed faces inside. �Are we really going to attack this puny planet?� the female asked in a heavy german accent. �It hasn�t been very sucessful in the past.� �We will and we will conqour.� the other was gruff with an even heavier german accent. *** A spark of blue energy flared in the clearing outside the school campus of Juuban High School. With a soft blue light, two figures appeared. One was a long haired girl with brandy eyes, her hair in a high ponytail, and a pair of long jean shorts and an t-shirt which reached far beyond her knees. The other was a blue haired girl wearing jeans, sneakers, and a soft silver top which accented her figure well. Her long hair was swept back in a headband which gave her the appearance of cat ears. The first girl smiled, her lips twisting into a wide grin. �It�s just how I remember it. There�s the school where I attended while regaining my memories.� The other girl nodded and adjusted her top a bit uncomfortably. �I�m still not used to a human body. The balance is all wrong.� she checked her backside. �And my tail is gone as well. Makes it difficult to balance myself.� The first girl nodded partonizingly as she stepped out of the clearing and headed down the hill towards the High School. *** �So you two are transfer students from Canada?� The Principal of the High School was an older man with every year etched in his cragy face. Some had said you could read a whole school year in his features alone. He laid the two transcripts on the desk and flipped it open. �Atchika Kajishima,� he said while indicating the black haired girl, �and Felicia Jackson. You two have extrordanary files and records. May I be the first one to welcome you to Juuban High School.� *** Makoto Kino was one of the best martial artists in the whole school next to Haruka Tenoe. She rapidly found out, to her chargin that the new girls were extrodanary fighters, able to read moves like they were telegraphed on a wire. Right now she was reaching her breaking point as she launched a combo of fists and kicks which Atchika deftly dodged. She flipped away into the air and came down on her head. Makoto barely felt the light tap of her finger as she fell down from the leverage the older girl sent through her finger. Across the gym room, Haruka was steaming as she tried to flip Felicia for the hundredth time, only to have her land on her feet lightly and lash back with a high speed attack which sent Haruka into the wall, pinning her with some unknown nails she hadn�t realized that were on Felicia�s body. Haruka grunted as she pulled her body from the wall, ripping holes in her gym shirt. She massaged her shoulders as she came up to the new girls. �You�re pretty good,� Haruka admitted while shaking Felicia�s hand. Felicia smiled, baring a set of cute fangs. �You�re not bad yourself.� she then looked over Haruka�s shoulder and grinned wider. �Looks like your friend was beaten by Atchika as well.� Makoto was being led by Atchika to her towel and water. Taking the offered bottles of spring water, she drank most of the cool liquid in a few gulps. She wiped her mouth and grinned as well. �You and your friend are really good. You two said you�re from Canada?� Atchika nodded. �Yeah, my parents are Japanese and Philipino so I got the Philipino looks and Japanese name.� she drank the rest of the water, some of it spilling down her shirt. From the thinness of the garb and the wetness, Haruka leered at the braless chest until Michiru came up behind her lover and slapped her upside the head, breaking Haruka�s concentration. Michiru laughed. �You must forgive Ruka for her perversity. She can get bad at times.� �Oh so? I seem to recall you being like that when Sakura came around once in a while.� Michiru reddened and introduced her elbow into Haruka�s gut. �Are those two...� Atchika whispered to Makoto. Makoto nodded. �Don�t mind them.� �I can�t really say I don�t agree with them though.� Makoto reddened. �Are you one as well?� Atchika shrugged. �Don�t really know. Just wondering I guess. But I suppose I�m straight.� �...� Makoto wisely stayed silent. *** �WHATTA HAUL! WHATTA HAUL!!� A common place sight was taking place in the school yard. Though there was only one difference : The school was not Furinkian High. It was Juuban High. Shrieking women chased after a miniture pervert loaded on a energy high from the amount of the panties and gym shorts he carried in the overflowing bag he carried around his neck. Atchika and Felicia turned around and stared at the sight. She blinked and after a second, she grinned. �Happy you idiot.� *** Happosai caught sight of the pretty ladies in his flight path. With a cry of �Pretty Lady!� he launched himself into the black haired ones chest. After a second, he blinked as the sounds of laughing came from his grapelee. Atchika looked down and peeled off the pervert from her chest. She lifted him up to eye hight and let a bit of electircity flash across her eyes, turning her eyes bright aqua. Happosai eeped and he wormed his way out of her grasp. He stumbled over his feet as he ran away from the lightning shooting woman. *** Cologne worked at her desk doing the Nekohantens monthly finances when suddenly a tiny ball of scared pervert clamped onto her, trembling. �Happy get off me and stop cowering,� she demanded gruffly. The frightened master of the Anything Goes arts released his support reluctantly as he looked around nervously. Cologne stared down at him from atop her staff. �What�s your problem?� �I think I might have offended a God.� Cologne groaned in exasperation. �Happy you ALWAYS offend a God every day of your pathetic little life.� He shook his head wildly. �NO! I mean, I grappled a girl today and she shot lightining from her eyes! She was a God I tell you!� Cologne narrowed her eyes and after a second, shook her head. �I can�t feel a powerful Ki signature around the area. Are you sure you offended a God?� �As sure as I crave panties.� *** �Hello? Is this place open?� Atchika sweapt the banner away from her face as she and Felicia entered the resturant. A young girl with long brown hair tied in a ribbon, a bandoleer of sharpened spatulas across her chest with a huge one strapped to her back looked up from behind the counter. She smiled and greeted them. �Welcome to Ucchan�s Okonomiyaki-ya. What will you have?� �You for starters,� Atchika grinned playfully. She was elbowed in the gut and slammed on the head lightly with the spatula. �Pervert,� Felicia chuckled. Ukyou Kounji, proprieter of the resturant slowly lost her deep red blush as she poured a couple of deluxe Okonomiyaki for the two girls in front of her. As the pair ate, Ukyou grilled them for a few answers on where they were from, where they went to school, how long they were in Japan, etc. Felicia and Atchika alternated answering as they ate the new �miyaki�s that were served. �...so you two go to Juuban High in Tokyo, and are best friends, am I right?� Felicia nodded. �And what are you here in Nerima for?� Atchika swallowed her food and replied, �we�re looking for some good fighters for a friendly match.� Ukyou narrowed her eyes slightly. �Fighting? You mean like a tournament?� �Something like that,� Felicia inhaled the rest of her food and set aside her plate. �we need to keep in condition every so often.� �Well you�ll find a lot of good fighters who may overwhelm you two. This district is nortorious for fighting and property damage.� The two girls shrugged in unison and chuckled softly. *** �So lemme get this straight. Two girls are here for a friendly fight to keep in shape and you recomended us to fight them?� Ukyou nodded as she handed out photos of the girls. �The black haired one is called Atchika Kajishima and the blue haired one is called Felicia Jackson. They said they are pretty good.� Shampoo looked at the pictures and sniffed in distain. �Shampoo think they not so tough looking. Amazon warrior take them on without breaking sweat.� Ukyou shook her head in a disaproving gesture. �If they do win, which I somewhat doubt, there will be no Kiss of Death or what else you�re so called laws can cook up.� Ryoga nodded. �But what if they get hurt? We know some very powerful techniques which can decimate many things.� �First, they said they know some tricks of their own. Secondly, they said we�ll fight on the beach. At this time of the year, it�ll be abandoned.� Akane nodded. �When will the fight be?� �One week on Sunday.� *** Atchika tightened the belt on her slick battle suit and latched the gloves on her hands. Felicia stripped off her clothing and caused her body stripes to appear. She then put on a tank top and tied it around the middle. A pair of shorts went on as well. Atchika sighed and she tied her hair up in a tall ponytail with a white string. After a warm up, the congintioncy of Nerimaites came into view. The group was composed of Ukyou, Ranma, Akane, Ryoga and Shampoo. Greetings were passed between the two girls and the rest. They warmed up and decided on the rules. �Mercy, pin or Knockout,� Felicia said, �only one on one at a time. Special techs, if you have them are nessary for winning. Any questions?� A silence affirmed her speech. �Okay, Atchika will go up against Shampoo.� Atchika took on a relaxed poise, her hands drawn back in a two finger curled stance, her legs in a short stance. Shampoo took on a classic kung fu stance. The two anylized each other for a second. Shampoo, in a blur of movement, drew her bonbori and launched a vicious swipe at Atchika�s head...which she easily caught with one hand. Immidately, she kicked out, braced out with her hands and sonic kicked the stunned Amazon warrior. Shampoo was driven back, her jaw cracking from the impact of her foot. �Shampoo impressed.� she lashed out with a flurry of jabs and kicks which Atchika countered with blocks and attacks of her own. Soon, Shampoo grew tired of the random attacking and launched her attack. �Cat Scratch Fever!� She dove towards the girl and lashed out with dozens of sharp clawed swipes. Atchika was pushed back and was forced to flip away. She found a small nick bleeding on her arm. The black haired girl looked up, admiration shining in her eyes. �Good move.� Atchika raised her arm and lowered her fingers to hang limply. Suddenly, she grasped an unseen object and yellow energy coalaced into her tightly gripped fist. The martial artists gasped at the raising of Ki from the girl. A ring of yellow energy shot up from the ground and made a hoop around the ball. �World Shaking!!� Atchika slammed her fist to the ground and the power ripped across the sands, gouging a rip in the earth. Shampoo saw this attack and instintively folded her arms across her face as the power slammed her into a soft dune. Ranma�s mouth opened and closed with no sound as he stared at the no not so weak girl in front of him. *** Somewhere in Tokyo, Haruka Ten�ou sneezed. *** Just at the outskirts of the beach, several dozen cresent shaped objects were dropped by a seemingly passing jet. They flared with energy and hulking creatures made of red and black energy appeared, the cresents in their chests. They trudged towards the beach where the fighting was going on. *** Akane was getting frustrated as she launched a few more kicks towards the bouncy girl. Felicia jumped around and charged into her, spinning incredibly fast. Akane was brushed by the tail of the attack and for a split second, she could swear that a white tail was jutting from Felicia�s pants. Ranma leaned back and shouted in jesting. �Come on Akane! She�s better than you! Give up!� Akane growled as she increased the tempo of her attacks. This lasted for a whole two seconds as Felicia tackled her and pinned her arms down. �Say uncle,� Felicia purred happily. Akane nodded and let herself be pulled up to a sitting position. �You�re very good.� she remarked. �You�re good too.� Ranma snorted as he came up to the fighting area, cracking his knuckles. �Anyone can take that slow tomboy.� Akane glowered as she reached into hammerspace. �Rrrrraaaaaaannnnmmmma!� she gripped a mallet, �NO BAKA!� His world exploded in pain. *** �Brock, are you sure this planet has no defences? You do remember the last time we tried to attack this system.� Lampraie crossed her arms and glared at the hulking Beast Warrior. �All systems go. The Drones are deployed to seek out the highest energy sources.� He snorted. �And you said it wouldn�t work.� �There�s always a first time Block.� she spat. �Oh ye of little faith,� he grumbled as he sent out several fliers. *** Ranma crossed his arms across his chest, waiting for his opponent. Across the way, Atchika and Felicia were playing a game of Rock/Paper/Sizzors to determine the fighter. After a couple of minutes, Atchika slipped on her white gloves and took up a stance which indicated a foreign unknown stance of martial arts. She then slipped her legs into a wider stance with her arms up. Her fingers curled with two fingers up and the forward two others curled tightly under her palm. Ranma blinked in surprise. He had only seen this stance in two other people : The Bogard Brothers. He had watched them fight in the King Of Fighters Tournaments and they were DAMN good. He felt a quell of nervousness rise in his throat with sour bile. Atchika nodded and started to circle. Ranma put up his defences and raised his Ki levels slightly to help with the upcoming injuries. He moved his foot slightly and launched himself into an attack. He jabbed and came up with a swift kick to the jawline. Atchika dodged the quick jabs and blocked the kick. She spun on her heels and delivered a fast spinning roundhouse into his gut. Ranma stumbled back from the sudden burst of power from her kick. He held his ribs and rightened his body. He drew in more Chi and started one of his special moves. �Katchu Tenchin Armaguriken!� He attacked with both fists lashing out in lightning fists. Atchika parried several dozen at first and was forced to leap back out of range. She smiled and slammed her fist to the ground shouting, �Faultline!� A shockwave of power knocked Ranma on his back where he flipped on his feet with a heave of his arms. He shook his head to clear the dizziness... and was slammed into the stomach, chest and jaw with a three hit combo of two powerful punches and a flipping kick from a standing position. She landed back a ways and raised her Chi and Ki levels even more. Akane stood at the sidelines with Ryoga next to her. Ryoga narrowed his eyes slightly. �She�s drawing power from somewhere along with her natural levels.� �Are you sure?� Akane asked, looking at the eternally lost boy. �Positive. I can feel the steep increases when she uses an special attack. But there was something about that first attack she used on Shampoo.� �What lost boy mean?� Shampoo looked at Ryoga, confused. �I mean is that I saw that same attack used somewhere here in Tokyo a while back. I can�t seem to place it though.� Akane nodded thoughtfully as she placed her chin in her hands. She watched the duel continue with several dozen more kicks and punches. Ranma was growing more and more confident as he attacked with increasing speed. His Chi levels grew as he pushed the raven haired girl into the walls of the beach. Finally, he decided to strike. Growing a yellow ball of Chi between his hands, he expanded it to maximum potential. Atchika saw this and started to charge up her own attack between her hands. �Kame...� she whispered, �Hame....� �Mouko Takabisha!!!� �HAAAAAA!!!!!� The Mouko Takabisha didn�t have a chance against the legendary KamehameHa technique. The force of the Ki was powerful enough to splinter the Chi attack effortlessly, not even loosing much of its energy in the process. Ranma was blasted back into a dune, making a deep impact crater in the stone wall lining the beach. �RANMA!� Akane gasped in horror. Atchika lowered her arms and looked at the tomboy. �Don�t worry, that was only a quarter strength KamehameHa attack,� she looked at the downed Martial Artist. �He�ll be back up in a second.� True to stubborn form, Ranma pushed his frame out of the hole and went into a ready stance. �I-I can�t be beaten by a girl! The kid gloves are off!� �RANMA YOU JACKASS! Don�t fight anymore! She outclasses you by a huge factor.� He shook his head and got into an offencive stance. �I must win.� Ukyou threw up her arms in exasperation from his stubborness. �FINE! But don�t come crying to us if you get beaten soundly.� He gave a roar of anger and let loose with the Armaguriken. To his amazement and horror, she was able to parry all the punches. He stopped and slammed his foot into her stomach. The air expelled from her lungs as she stumbled back. He followed it up with several more furious attacks which she took with more injuries. Atchika smiled inwardly as she felt the impacts on her person. She hadn�t had a battle like this in over five centuries. She drew back her hands in a rough approxamation of holding a rifle. �Bazooka Cannon!� A flash of energy formed between her hands and a glowing cannon of fire appeared. She aimed and pulled the trigger, letting a blast of flaming stone projectiles launch from the cannon. It exploded to Ranma�s side, throwing him into the air. He landed and formed a Mouko Takabisha. �Mouko TAKABISHA!� �Soul Blade!� The two attacks cancelled each other out with a flash. Ranma snapped his fingers and formed another Chi ball. �Mouko Takabisha!� �Deep Submerge!!!!� She held up her hands and a watery ball of liquid formed between them. The ring formed and she pushed it out in front of her body. The blast created a watery explosion which sent Ryoga scrambling for his umbrella to shield both him and the girls. A flash of realization appeared in Ryoga�s head as he stared at the backlash of the water based attack. He snapped his fingers. �Now I remember! I remember where I saw that World Shaking and Deep Submerge attacks!� The girls stared at the eternally lost boy, looks of curiosity on their faces. �Where did you see them being used?� Akane asked. �It was a couple of months ago when I was lost in the Juuban District. There were two were two women in Sailor Uniforms.� �The Sailor Senshi.� Ukyou noted. �One was named Sailor Uranus and the other Neptune. Uranus used the World Shaking and Neptune the Deep Submerge.� �But that impossible! Sailor women only use the Planet attacks!� Shampoo protested. �It seems so. But Atchika can use them with no problem at all. Very interesting.� Ryoga looked thoughtful as he rubbed his chin. *** Sailor Mercury manipulated the keyboard of her computer at a furious rate. She tapped several times to try and lock in on the signals coming from somewhere in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Uranus and Neptune were reeling slightly from the mysterious power drains they felt every so often. The drains were slight but frequent. A ping came from Mercury�s computer as she finally locked on the sources of null energy and high power readings. �Got it. They�re coming from the beach near the Nerima Ward. Also, that�s where the slight drains on our powers are coming from. Seems like someone or something is directly drawing Mana energy from our planets.� Mars winced slightly. �Well lets go before I get magical whiplash.� *** Atchika cursed as she fired off a Oak Evolution at the Beast Drone in front of her. Ranma and Ryoga were laying comatose in the beach dunes, not heeding her warnings to not attack them physically without a weapon. But noooooo! Akane dodged behind a rock and chucked several pebbles at the advancing Drones. Beside her, Ukyou tossed more spatulas, destroying more Beast Drones. Felicia jumped back and fired several more shots from her energy weapon, downing more Drones. She picked up a stick and hurled it through a power box, vaporizing another. Atchika leapt over the Drones, blocked a couple of shots and let loose a barrage of white energy, striking more attackers. Raising her staff high, she plunged it into the energy box of the advancing drone. It flared with light and dissapreared. *** �You mean she�s the one using our powers?!� Sailor Uranus, Neptune, Mars, and Jupiter were not pleased. Here they were, the guardians of this planet and this girl comes out of nowhere and starts drawing mana energy from their planets, using attacks they had never seen before. It was enough to make you sick. �Indeed. Though I�m curious on who or how she�s drawing our powers. Wait a sec, there�s youma down there!� Sailor Moon�s head snapped up in shock. �We�ve got to help them!� *** Atchika used her nearly depleted weapon on the rest of the hoard and slashed several more attackers. A shout then rang over the beach as everyone lifted their heads to see the Sailor Senshi standing there. �You are destroying the beach and endangering innocent lives! I am the pretty suited soldier Sailor Moon! On behalf of the mooEEEEEEEKKK!� she dodged out of the way as a succession of weapon blasts came from the raven haired girl. A sound of energy collapsing behind them rang out as five Drones were disintrigrated. �Less talk more fighting,� Atchika growled. She raised her arms and yelled, �Chaos Theory!� Blasts of power ripped the landscape as the Drones were destroyed. Sailor Moon jumped down beicide her and grasped the front of her� battle suit, eyes blazing in an uncharecteristic display of anger. �Alright you. You have five seconds to explain who the hell you are and what you�re doing with our powers!� �Explinations can wait. Right now...� she shoved her out of the way and blasted another Drone. Her gun gave a moan of expiration as it ran out of power. �Damn,� she cursed as she threw it away. �That was enough. Lets get serious.� She shot her arms out in concentration as a wave of power started to flow into her body. �Keep �em away for a few seconds will ya? I haven�t used this attack for a long time.� The senshi nodded and started blasting away with their own powers. Soon, a scream of power lashed out behind them as Atchika floated upward and formed a ball of energy between her hands. �Windy day of light which breathes life into the earth, liquid mantle of fire between crust and core, the heavens above and earth below call out their rage. Let the powers that be before me be raised as the power you and I possess. The shining gem within my hands will light the passage way into heaven in thy holy name...� the power jumped up into a huge ball of aqua energy, �let the fools who stand before me be destroyed with the power you and I possess! The holy power of one exceeds them all, let you guiding light bring forth eternal judgement!� Atchika spun around with the flaming energy above her head. �Terra Blaze!!!!!!!� *** The explosion rocked the district, making an 5.3 level earthquake on the ritcher scale. Everywhere, people of future importance raised their heads as the shockwave which would alter their destanies forever washed over their bodies. To be continued...?