From: "Russell Howard" (gunnm@iglou.com)
Subject: [FFML] [El-Hazard]

"Variations Upon a Theme"



Something I came up with while I should be studying for an exam...

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"MAKOTO! No!!!!  The Eye of God is too dangerous!"

	An ever increasing hum of power thrummed through the Stairway to the
Heavens.  Bolts of crackling blue-white energy leapt back and forth from
the varied antennae and spines protruding from the top and sides of the
massive structure.  Corresponding arcs of power flashed about the massive
Eye of God floating overhead.  

	"I'm sorry Nanami, but she's waited ten thousand years... I.. I can't
leave here out there, alone, any longer. "  With that, Makoto turned back
to the control panel before him, laying his hands upon it.

	Please, please let me bring back Ifurita this time!  The humming 
increased to a new level as bolts of energy started to leap from the 
Stairway up to the Eye of God.

	"Makoto, what do you thing you're doing!!! Only the royal house of 
Rosh--- AAAHHH!!"  A small bolt of energy snapped against Fatora, one of 
the two princesses of Roshtaria.  Alliele knelt down beside her, "Are you 
all right?"  

	Rune Venus, the second and older of the two princesses, turned to the
others standing beside her.  Only Nanami and Afura Mann had been in the
palace when the guards had brought word of Makoto's activation of the
Stairway.

	"Afura, can you stop Makoto with your magic?"

	"Yes Princess, but not without likely injuring him."

	"If he does not stop, you may have to."

	"No! Rune Venus, you can't!"

	"I'm sorry Nanami, but you've seen what the Eye of God did to the Bugrom. 
I can not risk that happening to my kingdom and people."  Rune Venus raised
her voice,  "Makoto, I command you to stop, NOW!"

	"No princess, she sacrificed herself for your kingdom and you want me 
not rescue her?  It's not gonna happen!"  Makoto's hands never moved from the
control panel, just his knuckles whitening as he gripped the panel harder. 
I don't have time for this! I'm too close!  With that, Makoto mentally dove
into the ancient computers of the Stairway with his El-Hazzard given
abilities, making a few final adjustments.

	"Nanami I'm sorry, Afura stop hi..."  A blinding bolt of energy arced 
from the Eye of God to the Stairway, lighting up the countryside for miles
around.  Everything goes white.

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	"Uuuuuuhhhhhh.... My head!"  Afura Mann, Priestess of the Winds, rolled
over gripping her head.  Remind me to never listen to Fujisawa when he
wants to celebrate again.  Afura Mann opened her eyes.  The others were
still scattered about the surface of the Stairway,  Rune Venus and the
others still beside Afura, Makoto unconscious in front of the control panel
he was using, another figure standing in the center of the Stairway.  Her
head snapped back, then Afura moaned.  That was stupid!  She tried to focus
on the figure through teary eyes.  Did Makoto actually succeed?

	The figure did have a staff, that was true... but Makoto still had
Ifurita's back in his rooms at the palace.  Long black hair, some sort of
headdress (at least it wasn't as silly looking as Rune Venus's), and a
jacket adorned with decorations that looked like very similar to screw
heads.  

	"Who are you?" Afura asked.

	"Hi Wind Lady!  I was supposed to do something for master Jinnai but I
forgot and I lost my notebook  I wrote it down in and if I don't find it
he'll scold me again!  I know I'm not supposed to switch sides (he really
chewed me out last time) but you were so nice before, so will you help me?"
 A very perky 14 year old girl was looking at Afura.

	"What are you talking about and again, who are YOU?!"

	"*Sniff* No need to yell.  I guess when that sign hit you, you forgot. 
It's me Ifurita!!"

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	This came from watching the most recent El-Hazard TV series tape.  Oh 
how the mighty have fallen!  So during OVA Makoto's experiments to get back 
to Ifurita, there's no telling what he might have brought back... including
the TV Ifurita!  I'm going to have to rewatch the OVAs again to get the
Mihoshied Ifurita out of mind (there's probably a spamfic in that... Washuu
gets designing ultimate weapons again, the usual Mihoshi screw-up, instead
of destroying the weapon, tossing it into another dimension... hmmm... have
to think about that...).   Ah well, she does start to grow on you after
awhile (somewhat like a fungus :- )

Later
Russ


	
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