Waters Under Earth

A Ranma 1/2 Fanfic by Alan Harnum 
-harnums@thekeep.org
-harnums@hotmail.com (old/backup)

All Ranma characters are the property of Rumiko Takahashi, first
published by Shogakukan in Japan and brought over to North
America by Viz Communications.

Waters Under Earth at Transpacific Fanfiction:  
http://www.humbug.org.au/~wendigo/transp.html
http://users.ev1.net/~adina/shrines2/fanfics.html

Vignette Five : How the King Was Brought to the Mountain by the
                Serpent, and of What Transpired There Between Him
                and the Queen of War.

     And so it came to pass that the Serpent shed his subtle 
guise before the King, and the King cried out and went mad.  
Thus, the old and terrible Dragon did wake in the King again, and 
thus the King took up his weapon again and went forth out of his 
castle with the Serpent at his side.  Unseen by any eyes they
travelled north, to the mountain Jusendo, where the King and his
brother had been given their power before.  Then they stood again
in the heart of the mountain and the Serpent said:  Lo, give 
glory to him my master, for he has filled you with his might and
set you upon a throne in this place that you might do his will.  
And the King was glad, and gave glory unto the master of the
Serpent.  Most pleased was the Serpent too, his long hate nearly
done at last, and thus he said now:  Wait here, for now him my 
lord shall send to you a woman most fair to be your bride.  And
the King was glad, and so the Serpent did leave him there.

     Thus it came that was sent unto the King a woman beautiful
with fire, who had no name now but the Queen of War.  And he
raised thrones for his bride and he in the heart of the mountain,
and then he said to her:  My love, my love, what do we wait for?
Him my master shall send unto us one greater than we, said the
Queen of War, and he shall raise his fist that the mountains bow
down to him and the new sun be born in the sky, so that him my
master, Oldest One of All, Unmaker and Great Tempter, may again
set foot upon the land to shake earth and heaven with his might.
Then the King did take his pleasure with his Queen in the heart
of the mountain, and after they had lain together he said:  what
shall this one greater than we be called.  Lord of Waters, 
Ravager, Awakener, said the Queen of War, it matters not what he
be called, for walk he in Dark or in Light he shall do the will
of him my lord now and forever until the end of time.