Tales of a Journey (Private!)

"I think you just shot him over there," Audri said pointing to the crumbling stands behind her. Zero popped up out of the crumbled stands and waved his hands up cheerfully, "I"M OK!"

"What an idiot my brother is," Riri said as she let go of Ranma before her ears perked up as something came to mind. "Ranma, can we talk for a moment... Privately?" She said as she glared at Scarlett who had come out of nowhere and clung to her arm wanting to know the gossip. "But... Don't I get to at least know what you're going to talk about?" Scarlett whined as the fox-girl pulled away from her grip, "It has NOTHING to do with you! It's about... something else."

"Popcorn? GIMMIE FOOD NOW!" Melony tackled the moogle wanting something to eat.

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"Let. Me. GO!" The person said as he kicked Lizabeth and shot at her a couple of times. "Run, run away!" She said as she ran around the arena and tripped over the girl cowering over on the floor. "Owww," Lizabeth groaned while the person just stood there laughing at the snake girl.

"You are such a moron!" The person laughed as he noticed he wasn't holding the eyepatch anymore. "Haha, got the short end of the stick Mr. Gunner, wouldn't you say so?" The blonde girl snickered as she held up her torn eyepatch as she was still lying on the ground. "Oh, so what are you going to do now, punt me out of here?" The person sneered as he split the gun in half becoming two gun arrows (or arrow guns... I can't remember :/).

Lizabeth just rolled her eyes as she held her staff up to attack before a portal appeared in between the two fighters and Xenlo stepped out with a look of relief on his face. "There you are! I told you to not go running off like that," The older male said as he stepped over to the person and smacked them over the head with his staff in hand.

"H-hey! I got bored and-" "No excuses!" Xenlo snapped in a cheerful manner as he grabbed the person by the back of their trench coat and threw them into the portal. "Sorry for the interruption Lizabeth!" The Noah of Time said waving to the blonde as he went through the portal before it disappeared.

"That... was a waste of my time." Lizabeth said as she turned back to her tournament opponent.

 

Riri just looked up at him clasping her hands together and spoke to him in a begging voice, "Can we please call a truce on this whole blackmail thing and us getting back at each other? I wouldn't care less, but since my brother is around..."

She stopped mid-sentence as she shuddered at what she had in mind before looking up at him again, "I will do ANYTHING to keep any of your twisted blackmail from my brother's eyes or ears for as long as he's around at the moment."

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"Calm down Melony!" Ares said as he pried the girl from the threatening moogle. "But I'm hungry," Melony said whining a bit while Ares whacked her on the head with his fist, "Idiooot!"

Audri shook her head in agreement as Zero wobbled back over to them holding his head, "Who's the cutie?" "Her name's Yani and probably out of your league," Scarlett said as she made sure to not drop Neli off from her shoulders.

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"I have no idea, but I think that this match has gone on long enough. Wouldn't you say so?" Lizabeth asked the girl as she took hold her her staff again smiling faintly at her. Not in any cruel misdemeanor, just a simple small smile.

OOC: Happy S.A.D! Was your day filled with anything exciting?

 

Riri just looked at him for a moment before slightly laughing in a nervous tone, "I just want to call a truce. I could care less about the pictures right now since my brother is already a creepy nutshell. If he got those picture...."

Riri stopped herself for a moment before she wrapped a hold of his shirt and yanked him down to her eye level, "Let's just make sure he doesn't get the pictures! Though I do wish that his sick obsession over me was just a sister-complex but he is so nucking futs that he wants to screw me! Don't ask why he does, it's a pretty-messed up story.."

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"I don't know if there's a special code for people intertwining with other species," Zero said as he winced a little from Neli touching her ears.
"Well, there's probably some type of code or the Mithra and Fimiks would have probably had some type of arranged marriage to stop their tribes from fighting each other!" Scarlett said while Audri just gave the red head a half glare, "After the fighting we saw back in the Balance, I don't think civil treaties are the way to go for them... Maybe we should ask Riri for the some more insight on this, and maybe Yani when she isn't crazed on sugar."

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Lizabeth just shook her head and walked over to the girl and tapped her lightly on the head with her staff, "If you don't wanna fight, can you call a surrender at the least?"

 

"Well, I hope you're right about that at the least. At least it's nice to know that you're not laughing in my face like usual about weird things like this," Riri said as she let go of Ranma's shirt.

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"It's possible, but who knows by this point on what those guys think. I doubt that any harm would come out of one intertwined marriage between an existing race and a... race that only has two remaining people," Audri said scratching the back of her head not sure to make out about Riri & Zero.

Zero sweatdropped a little as she pat his head before looked around curiously, "Where's Riri?" "Your sis? I think she went somewhere else to talk with the brunette," Scarlett said gesturing in no actual direction. The expression on Zero's face changed in such a way from his confused look to a more irritated one.

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"For the love of the Rabbit Tyrant! How else am I going to beat the ever loving sh-" Lizabeth was cut off as she saw a small portal open up and she was shot in the arm with a dart. She pulled it out of her arm and growled a little looking at this, "Who the hell shot m....."

Before Lizabeth finished her sentence, she fell back unconscious.

 

"Fine Ranma. You know that I hate you sometimes, you know that?" Riri scowled as she jumped onto his back just to annoy the hell out of him before continuing on, "But you do seem to have some good points that I like."

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"Thank you!" Zero smiled as he patted her head before dashing in the said direction. Well, not before Xenlo appeared out of another portal and knocked Zero out, pulling him in where he just came out of.

"How pathedic. That match wasn't even that interesting!" Scarlett whined while Audri shook her head trying to not laugh. "You complain too much Scarlett!" Audri said snickering a little before she squeezed through the crowd to get to Lizabeth's unconscious body just in case the next match was going to be starting soon.

 

"Well, I can sometimes see some good in you on occasion when the others," Riri said while she clung on while thinking of other things that she liked about him, "At least you have a sense in how to dress nicely, you might be a little bit of a arrogant bastard at times, but I can see some... ok scratch that last comment and I'll just say that you're a really respectful blackmailer."

"Those are only some of the things that I could tell you about and possibly not get laughed at about," Riri said as she started to braid some strands of Ranma's hair together and trying to hold on to him at the same time, "Though I've been wanting to ask for some time now, how come I'm the ONLY one that gets blackmailed?!"

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I'm not a whiner Neli, I'm the world champion complainer!" Scarlet said tapping the girl's forehead lightly while Audri walked over to them dragging Lizabeth behind her, "More like the universe's ONLY complainer."

"Shaddap you," Scarlett huffed up a bit irritated before they turned their attention to the match at hand.

 

Riri just whacked him on the back of his head before saying anything, "You and fate are cruel mistresses. I'll take out the braids later after this question. Why do you think I'm braiding your hair, to make you look gay? No, I rather take this to a more... painful level."

As Riri said that, she hooked the strand of braided hair around her fingers and yanked hard enough just to cause pain, but not pull any hair out. She cracked a grin on her face as she loosened her pull on the strands of braided hair, "Now hurry up, my blackmailing stallion!"

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"Huh, that was an interesting fight. Though I do wish that there was more bleeding involved," Scarlett said while Lizabeth was coming to and sat up groaning, "What the hell..." "Nice to see you too I suppose," Audri said standing next to where Lizabeth was as she was playing with Neli's hair, "You feel well though?"

"I feel like I'm going to be sick," Lizabeth groaned as she got up to her feet and collapsed back on the ground exhausted. She decided to not help herself up after that and just sit down. "Looks like you'll be needing a leg to stand on for now," Xenlo said as appeared by weaving through the crowd to get to them and hoisted Lizabeth up to her feet.
"Er, thanks I guess.." Lizabeth said as she leaned against the Noah for support.

 

Riri let out a yelp before groaning. "Oww, how ELSE could I be a total dumbass? I mean seriously..." Riri growled as she tried to lift her head up to look slightly at her abuser, "This really hurt y'know..."

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"Keep yourself level-headed!" Scarlett said cheerfully while Audri looked up from her distraction with Neli's hair, "Err, wish you luck I guess..."

"Man, you're more awkward than usual squirt," Lizabeth snickered a little while Xenlo bopped the snake on the head before dropping her in the seat next to Audri. "Before I forget, who was the pick that picked a fight with me during my match?" Lizabeth growled at the Noah before he shrugged, "I dunno."

"LIAR!" Scarlett barked at the man while everyone was more focused on beating Xenlo up than giving Kinta some type of encouragement for his next match. Audri just sighed before she got up to her feet and glomped Kinta, giving him a kiss while she was at it. She pulled back with a smile on her face as she loosened her grip on him, "Go get'em tiger."

 

"Agreed Ranny. That really hurt you know..." Riri growled a little as she grabbed onto his hand and trying to push herself out of the ground.

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Scarlett whacked Dimitri on the head calling him a pip-squeak, just before Ares tackled the red-head to the ground.

Lizabeth just cackled a little before Audri walked back over to them giggling a bit cheerfully. "Audri, stop that," Xenlo said while Audri smiled snatching him out from Lizabeth's clutches, "Stop what dear grandfather?"

"You know what I mean chickee," Xenlo muttered while he slipped out of her clutches and sat back down watching Kinta's match.

 

"I guess that makes sense in some way," Riri said as she stood next to Ranma before she noticed something was off.

"Hey, does anyone know where Zero is?" Riri asked while Scarlett popped up poking the fox in the forehead with one hand as her other hand was busy putting Ares into a headlock. "Go ask McStuddy since he had taken him somewhere else just before you guys got back." The redhead stated before Ares bit her hand, making her let go and kick him somewhere else into the crowd.

"Actually, I would like to refer that to statment as kidnapping in some way on negotiating term," Xenlo stated as Lizabeth clung to his arm digging her fingernails into his clothes, "Why would you say that and actually acknowledge that?!"

"Because we're idiots, what else is there?" Audri sighed trying to not laugh as Kinta almost got fried by his last attacks. "If you did kidnap my little brother, where is he now?" Riri asked as she got a good look at the older man before he laughed nervously, "Let's just say that he wanted me to give him something to make him look.... different and he doesn't want you to see how he looks."

"Oh, come on now! How bad could it be?" Scarlett said outloud before Xenlo opened up a small portal a pulled something white and furry out holding it in front of Riri's face. "Oh wow... Zero?" Riri said blushing a little before the brother cursed a little crossing his arms, "I hate this guy. He turned me into a brat!"

Zero's... "transformation": Haze by *Zaphk on deviantART