From alt.pub.dragons-inn Sun Feb 19 19:41:41 1995 Xref: netcom.com rec.arts.anime.stories:900 alt.pub.dragons-inn:8135 Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime.stories,alt.pub.dragons-inn Path: netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!world!megazone From: sms27538@vax1.utulsa.edu Subject: Interlude[FIRE] Part's one, two, and three Message-ID: <1995Feb9.231626.1@vax1.utulsa.edu> Followup-To: poster Summary: Fire meets Lupin III X-World-Archive: Miscellaneous/lupin.fire.interlude.gz Keywords: Fire,Lupine,anime Sender: megazone@world.std.com (MegaZone) Reply-To: seebass@hpserv.keh.utulsa.edu, sms27538.vax1.utulsa.edu@utulsa.utulsa.edu.utulsa.edu Organization: The University of Tulsa Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 04:35:03 GMT Approved: megazone@world.std.com Lines: 204 I had to redo parts of One an two, so and now I have three done too. PART ONE: The Eye Fire's moved with deliberate calculating steps. 'Come on Girl' she though 'Hmmm, pressure plate there' Her body moved in tune with her instincts and she leapt to the ceiling, using her climbing claws to hold on. 'It's been way to long' She was in a thoughtful mode and slowly climbing across the wall to avoid the traps, allowed her to think for herself. 'I guess Kitsune was right. I'm a natural born thief. I love the suspense, the action. If I just didn't care about hurting people...' She stopped mid though as a gem sparkled in the moonlight. Actually it was more like three gem, a diamond the size of a baseball, surrounding a golf-ball sized emerald, and a black onyx pebble in the center. It's multi faceted nature gave it the appearance of an eye and the multiple gems involved we the focus of great magic. Emerald, onyx, and diamond allowed multiple magic in one item. 'Now if only they could make a ring out of it.' Fire leaped to the ground, landing softly as a whisper, as she reached for the gem, a tingle rand through her hand, and a shiver went down her spine. Before she could even form the words to swear with, her instincts kicked in, leaping into a pack flip just as the magic missile smashed into the ground where she had been. She leaped and doged her way out of the paths of a battery of several dozen magic missiles. And just as she thought it was safe, a wall of flame appeared in front of her. 'It can't hurt you, it can't hurt you' She thought as she cringed in front of it. She still retained some fear of fire, despite her natural immunity and her attempts to overcome it. Still her fear was less than a normal human's and she could overcome it, especially when the floor beneath her gave way to a pit full of spikes. She leaped through the wall of flame, it hurt, the pain nearly unbearable, but it was over in an instant, and Fire rolled out of the flame wall unharmed except for her black Ninja outfit, which was burned to where it covered only the bear essentials. Fire's eyes widened as she saw before her the Eye of Allandra, it seem to look at her with bemused interest. As she reached out to grab the eye. The walls of the room began to collapse on each other. "What is it with these guy's and death traps, anyway?" As Fire spoke she threw one of her two Katanas so that it was wedged between the metal play closing in front of the door and the floor. She slid under the plate and grabbed her katana on the way out, watching the plate slam to the floor as she did. "That was a close.... gack." Fire turned to face a wall of knives coming at her. With in an instant, she had leaped at the wall batting away enough knives with her Katana's to make a whole in the wall as she leaped through. Her heart sank as a second wall approached and she could see a third and maybe a forth behind it. "Bright lady, help! Get me out of here!" She cried to the air. "Command understood, input desired destination." the voice came from the eye. The harried Fire spoke quickly "Anywhere just get me out of here." "Understood. Destination achieved..." and the world went blank for an instant, rebuilding itself out of nothing." PART TWO: Enter Lupin "Nothing like a successful gig to make a guy feel good, right Jiigen?" "Nothing like good money, you mean." Jiigen replied to Lupin. "Well there is that. But I'd also like to think I did a public service, taking down that corrupt banker. I mean I made sure that the money we stole comes out of his pocket book and not out of.... Jiigen, look out!!!!" "I see!!!!" The yell came as the car screamed to a halt spinning around in the process, an nearly hitting the girl who had just appeared out of nowhere. The girl leaped out of the way, the only problem was, that out of the way was over a high cliff that overhung a large drop ending in jagged rocks (you know the type.) In a less time than it takes to blink, Lupin had leaped from the car and was moving to grab the girl. Mean while, Fire, the girl in question, tossed out her grappling line, just a little before Lupin did the same, so they both came to a halt at nearly the same time. "Thanks for the though," Fire spoke "But I can take care of myself." "Really?" Lupin spoke with interest. "So, what's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this." his face plastered with a goofy grin. "Trying to avoid being splattered by that yellow monster." Fire answered. "Well, my car may have it's problems, but it's hardly a monster. Shall we discuss the matter in more pleasant surroundings milady?" "You have a point, at least maybe you can tell me where I am." Part 4: Sorting Over the edge of a cliff, hanging by a thin wire and rope Lupin and Fire stare at each other curiously. In Lupin's case it might me considered more of a leer. "Well I don't feel like hanging around all day, care to join me in a climb?" Fire asked. Despite everything she was in a good mood. If nothing else a little climb was far more appealing than leaping through four or five more walls of knives. Besides, it was good exercise, and good exercise. "After you, milady" Lupin spoke, improvising a bow as best he could while hanging from a wire. Fire smiled, she was in such a good mood, she didn't even mind that climbing first gave her new friend a generous view of her undergarments, through the torn fabric. "Hope you're enjoying the view." Fire giggled as she spoke. "Oh, immensely!" Lupin countered with a chuckle 'I don't know who she is, but I like this girl.' he though. "You aren't exactly shy are you." "Well where I grew up..." Fire paused for a moment "Rock!" as she spoke Lupin dodged a rock she had dislodged. "Thank's for the warning. You were saying?" "I grew up in a place where baths were Co-ed. I'm not ashamed of showing my body to men." "Well it's in lovely shape." Lupin chimed. Enjoying the chatter. "If you don't mind my saying so." "Well I work hard to keep it that way," Fire laughed "I don't object to people staring, as long as they don't try to grope or fondle me. I may be attractive, but I'm not easy." "Nothing worthwhile ever is." Lupin countered. Jiigen had pulled over to the side and was looking down over the cliff with a bemused look on his face. "If you two are finished with your chat, we need to get out of here." As Fire reached the top, Lupin had a strange feeling, something about her the way she climbed, her catlike grace made him uneasy. Not that a little thing like feeling uneasy would ever keep him away from a beautiful woman. And she was beautiful, bright flame red hair, emerald green eyes, and gently tanned skin.... well as much as he could tell, he hadn't had that much time to admire her looks. They reached the top one after the other and Jiigen helped them up. "Who's your friend, Lupin? Jiigen asked. "She's..., say, who are you?" Lupin spoke as her turned to Fire. "People call me Fire." She replied. "Must be American," Jiigen spoke up "Only American parents would give their kids names like Fire, Moon-Unit, and Sunflower." "Actually it's a nickname, I don't know who my parent's are. Much less what name they gave me." "Gee," Lupin spoke with the genuine sympathy he reserved for women in trouble, "that's rough." "Is this what you called your car?" Fire, quick to change the subject, said pointing to the yellow VW bug. "Hey," Lupin cried out "It may not be much, but it runs." Fire examined the machine "Oh, it's some kind of horseless carriage." "Jezz, horseless carriage? What planet have you been on for the last century?" Jiigen blurted out? Lupin held his tongue, not wanting to upset the beautiful young lady (he had confirmed that she was beautiful by this time). "Not planet. Plain?" Fire spoke out. Noting the blank looks she reached into her side pouch, which somehow survived her encounter in tact, and pulled out a sheet of velum. "Imagine now that this we live in totally flat realm, and this paper is our world." "Small world..." Jiigen replied. "Give the girl a chance Jiigen." "I will, but only if we move the discussion to the car. I don't want to get run over." They piled into the car, and Fire resumed her explanation "Anyway, if the universe was like a book, there could be many worlds next to each other on the different pages or planes. Or at least that's how my sensie explained it to me." "Hey, I think I saw Carl Sagen explain it once." Jiigen spoke skeptically. "She's trying to describe alternate dimensions, you know, like on Star Trek." "Well, if she's from one," Jiigen began to question "then how'd she get here?" "I wish I knew myself," Fire responded. "Please restate query?" spoke a monotone from Fire's pack. "What?" all three passengers spoke out at once. "I think it's coming from your pack Fire?" "You expressed a desire to know something." it spoke again. "Please rephrase your statement as a question." "What is this," Jiigen interrupted "Final Jeopardy?" "Huh, Jiigen," Lupin began "Sounds like a computer of some sort." "What's going on?" Fire cried as she pulled the eye from her pouch. "Please specify," the Eye spoke "Your question was to vague." For a moment the monotone was replaced by something else "You are traveling at a speed of 80 Kilometers per hour, the planet is moving around the sun, birds are flying overhead, you really have to be more specific." As always, comments and suggestions are appriciated as well as constructive criticsm. "Back in Soochow we grow men so big that their heads brush the clouds and while their feet are planted on the ground."(said by a Thug) "Indeed? In my humble village," said Master Li sweetly, "we grow men so big that their upper lips lick the stars and their lower lips nuzzle the earth." The thug thought about it. "And where were their bodies?" "They were like you," said Master Li, "All mouth." -----Bridge of Birds.