Crowded as always, Orient Town's plaza was alive with the sound of those buying, selling, chatting away or simply enjoying a nice meal. With a plethora of things to see and do, do and see, one could never be bored visiting this part of Kagutsuchi. Here, within its overflowing walkways and bustling shops, strolling her way along, Rarity was in search of something not sold in any store. As she made her way through the hordes of shoppers, a nagging feeling plagued her mind.
Was it really such a good idea for to just walk out like that? After all, Mr. Shishigami did offer to help find them. While Ms. Litchi was kind enough to offer me a place to stay in the meantime, as well as this absolutely stunning outfit. Rarity paused, gazing down to admiring her garb, giggling to herself as took in its beauty for the countless time. Her eyes ran up and down her new curvy figure, reminding her of her new outward appearance and to what her original goal was. Still this is my problem and it is my friends who are lost. While I'm appreciative of the kindness they've shown me, I do not wish to burden them any more then I already have. She turned and looked back. Then again, I've probably made Ms. Litchi worry about me by suddenly running off like that. Perhaps I should go back and wait.
There, in the middle of the plaza with people passing her by, she took a moment to think about where she should go.
While she was pondering away, a glimmer of light caught her eye. Curious as to what made such s dazzling shimmer, Rarity turned her head to a shop window and approached. Her blue eyes slowly widened, light glistening off them while she placed her palm against the glass and gazed longingly into it. "Why this… This is…" Behind the crystal clear lining, what had captivated her so, was a dress. "Absolutely marvelous!" she whispered to herself, pressing her face against the glass. "Just look at that gorgeous design and those expertly woven seams, it's simply magnifique." The sudden realization that she probably appeared like a filly stuck her and she pulling her face away, coughing slightly to overcome her embarrassment. Still captivated by the clothing's beauty, she started to look into the shop again when she spotted something in the glass's reflection. On the opposite side of the pathway, another set of apparel instantly caught her attention. Using absurd agility and grace, Rarity made her way past the crowds and admire the new ensemble as she had the first. "And these… Simply stunning! Why I've never seen such incredible fashions before. I'm simply blown away! Oh what other incredible discoveries are around this wonder place." She turned round, noticing even more articles of clothes in the other establishments nearby. "Oh and look at that one over there!"
Rarity continued onward, window shopping to her heart's content, thrown into a tizzy by each new outfit she spotted, forgetting what brought her there to begin with.
In the same plaza, headed towards, a tall tan skinned elder man dressed in formal attire was making his way around. Turning his head left and right, observing each store's wares, his expression become further and further disappointed with each one he passed. He then stopped and sighed.
"Oh dear. I suppose my expectations were a tad too high for the markets in Kagutsutchi. To thinking I'd be able to find milady's favorite tea is starting to seem like a pipe dream. While they may boast a vast array of elegant and exotic flavors, none seem to possess the particular tea I wish to procure. Alas with our stock practically depleted and no news of Ms. Torakaka's arrival anytime soon, is it my duty to make do with the resources available. Though I may be speaking too soon. There are still a few shops left. Perhaps I may get lucky and find what I desire after all."
He continued onward, diligently searching. Unaware of the overzealous girl who had been zipping between shops that was headed his way.
"Ooof!"
"Oof!"
Both Rarity and the gentlemen grunted as they collided into one another. They each looked over to see what they had bumped into.
"Are you alright sir? I'm dreadfully sorry for bumping into you like that," Rarity said, approaching the gentlemen.
Standing upright and composed, the gentlemen looked over to the young lady who was staring at him with a worried look in her eyes. "Yes madam, I'm quite alright. Though I'm afraid I'm the one who must humbly apologize."
"Why no, I was clearly at fault. I should not have been running around like that."
"I'm afraid I too was rather careless. For you see had kept my eyes forward, I would have noticed and stepped aside. The fault is mine to bear."
Seeing that the he was not about to sway in terms of fault, Rarity thought of something. "What say we both just equally shared fault and leave it at that, shall we?"
The gentlemen smiled back at her and nodded "What an excellent proposal. I must say I find it very refreshing to meet a young lady around these parts with pleasant manners such as you. By chance, may I know your name?"
"Certainly, my name is Rarity."
"Rarity," he repeated to himself. "Meeting youth as polite as you in this day and age certainly is a rarity indeed. He then bowed to her. "My name is Valkenhayn R. Hellsing. Tis a pleasure to make your acquaintance."
"Likewise Mr. Hellsing."
"Please miss call me Valkenhayn."
"Alright. It is nice to meet you, Valkenha—" Before she could finish, the battle cries of two individuals down the path caught both their attention.
"Jin!"
Rarity stepped back slightly, startled by the screams. "My word, what was that?"
Valkenhayn looked towards the source with scowl on his face. "Indeed, good manners in the youths of today certainly is a rarity." He started making his way over, with a curious Rarity right behind him.
They watched as the two individuals were fighting in a cleared out portion of the plaza, both brandishing weapons which yielded odd energies. Although she wasn't normally one for violence, Rarity couldn't take her eyes away. Through the waves of ice and darkness being flung between the fighter dressed in blue and his opponent in red, she looked on as their battle intensified with each passing second. Finally the one in red dropped to his knees in fatigue. Too weak to continue, he couldn't react to stop a massive blade of ice the other conjured and sent flying his way. It struck, knocking to the ground, leaving him too weak to get back up.
"This is dreadful," Rarity said, placing her hands over her mouth. "Someone should put a stop this."
At her side, seeing how distraught Rarity was become, Valkenhayn stepped forward. "As much as I loathe putting myself in such situations." His eyes honed in on Ragna who was lying on the ground.
"Especially for a ruffian such as him. You are right miss. Besides, I do not believe the princess will be all to pleased to hear the news of his demise." He continued onward until he felt a tug at his arm.
"Wait no!" Rarity said, holding onto him. "No offense, but one as aged as you should not be putting themselves in harm's way like that."
"Please Madam Rarity, while your concern is appreciated, it is unnecessary. An old dog such as I can still handle some cocky pups."
Before Valkenhayn could convince her to release him, another outburst from the battle scene cut in. This one not belonging to either one from earlier.
"Stop!"
A girl, running in front of the fallen Ragna, stretched her arms out to block Jin who was charging at him.
Rarity looked on at the brave young girl and how she stood alone to protected what seemed to be her friend based upon their matching jackets. As she looked on, she got a look at the girl's face and noticed the horn on her forehead. That's when it hit her. "Twilight!"
"You know that girl?" Valkenhayn asked, looking back a Rarity who had already began making her way past the other onlookers.
"She's my friend. I've got to go and help her!" Rarity called back. Working hard to get through, she noticed Valkenhayn had caught up and was now helping her clear the way.
"Then allow me to assist you."
Together the two made short work cutting through the crowd just in time to catch the fight's finale. A blinding flash of light hit them, forcing them to cover their eyes.
"Uuuwaaaaah!" a yell followed.
As the last glimmer of light faded, Rarity stepped into the middle area. "Twilight, Twilight! Where did you go?"
Circling around the open area, she found signs of an intense battle, but nothing of her friend. She went over to a slightly charred area, the last place she saw Twilight before she vanished. She kneeled down, getting a feel of the damaged floor when Valkenhayn approached.
"Do not despair miss. Your friend is alright. That last bit of light was from a teleportation spell. Of that I'm sure."
Rarity remained crouched, still rubbing her hand against the ground. "I know. It's just that I was this close to finding her only to miss my chance to find her. Now she could be anywhere again, along with the others."
Valkenhayn place a hand on her shoulder. "My dear, I'm sure your friends are fine. Speaking for the one I just saw now, although I'm not rather fond of the company she is with, I do believe she will be safe for the time being. That aside, from what you've told me, it appears you may be in a bind of sorts. Perhaps I could be of assistance?"
Rarity turned and faced him with a serious look. "Please Mr. Hellsi— I mean Valkenhayn. I do not wish to trouble you."
"Tis no trouble at all miss. As a faithful butler to the Alucard family, it is my duty to serve," Valkenhayn then bowed. "So please, allow me to be of service."
"Well I…" Although Rarity really wished to refuse his offer, after hearing his sincere words, coupled with his bowing stance, she found it rather difficult to. "Alright," she sighed "I shall accept your gracious offer. What I need assistance with is—" At that moment, a staggering figure approached the two of them.
"Ragna? Ragna? Dear brother, wherever have you gone?"
Stepping back into the open area, a worse for were Jin, searched for his target. "Brother, have you gone and left me for that girl with a horn?! I won't forgive her!" he said, with his once collected voice becoming more high pitched and unsettling. He eyed those in the crowd, stopping at one girl in particular. "Aha! There you are." His eyes fixated on her horn, Jin slowly made his way towards Rarity. "I'm not going to let you take my brother away from me again!"
His pace hastened, quickly closing in on Rarity who stood in shock who felt a cold chill as Jin sprinted towards her and drew out his blade.
"Hold it!" Valkenhayn's voice called out, accompanied by a clash. "I will not allow you to lay a finger upon this poor child." To Rarity's astonishment, Valkenhayn had managed to kick away Jin's attack; a feat that left her in awe.
Jumping back, Jin held his blade at the ready and glared at his interrupter. "Stay out of my way old man." He pointed over to Rarity. "This is between me and that horned bitch who's trying to take my brother away."
Standing stoically before him, Valkenhayn stood tall in front of Rarity while he fastened the pair of white gloves he wore. "I'm afraid you are mistaken pup. This child is not the one you were facing a moment ago. She is not your target. Now refrain from attacking her, verbally or otherwise, lest I need to make you by force."
With his sword still at his side, Jin crookedly smiled. "Have it your way…" He darted forward, with blade pointed straight for Valkenhayn's chest. "I'll cut through you to get to her."
Valkenhayn sighed. "Very well then. If you must, then allow me to allocate us somewhere where you won't cause as much harm." He turned slightly and stuck a hand out to Rarity. "Ms. Rarity, It you would please allow me your hand? There a few things need ask of you which I believe my master would also be interested in."
She briefly stared at the kind butler, still maintaining his cool even when behind him someone was inches away from skewering him. Entrusting him, she reached out and placed her hand onto his.
"Now then…" He looked back and spotted Jin. "Let us depart. Eeyaaaah!" Valkenhayn kicked back, striking Jin in the chest just as the three of them disappeared in flash of darkness that was followed by the sound of a breeze.
Here's to hoping it wont be ANOTHER three months before the next update.
Never thought the classiest of the Mane six would end up with the classiest man of the BlazBlue series! This just keeps getting better!
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Honestly, here's hoping.
Well... Actually... I may have already worked on what would be next for Rarity. It's her gag story to be exact. I worked on it fairly early on and with a little sprucing up it should be ready in a day or two. Give or take how much free time I can find. Question is, should I release it now, or after I finished the main story?
Also, please readers, look at my previous comment. I'm in need of some Ideas.
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Well I am CERTAIN that Applejack should fight hand to hand. I mean, what else would she do?
As for Twi, It'd be neat if she had some kind of drones that she could channel her magic into for different purposes. Kinda like Mu's D command.
RD would be pretty neat with twin daggers of some sort.
Rarity...maybe fans like Anjimito?
Not sure what Fluttershy could use at ALL. Maybe a staff of some sort?
Just give Pinkie an enormous cannon.
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Mmhmm. Yes, I can see Aj just being a straight brawler.
As for Twilight, I suppose that can work. I was thinking of simply giving her a wand that could channel magic into tangible shapes, sort of like Green Lantern's ring. But magic wielders do tend to use range attacks a lot, plus a wand seems so unoriginal.
I'm liking the Idea of twin weapons, dagger would work considering she would probably fight using her speed and light weapons would suit her best.
When I thought about Rarity, fan were also the first thing that came to mind. That why I'm not doing that.
Fluttershy... Fluttershy... Fluttershy... I'm thinking gun? Nope. Giant sword? Nah. Yeah this one is a tough one.
Pinkie Pie. I was stuck between a cannon, or a giant mallet...
Why not give me both?
A giant mallet cannon?
Yeah one the can be slammed into the ground and fired, causing the ground the break, or send me flying forwards, or even slam onto my foe and then send them soaring.
Hmmm. I still need figure out the other, but it seems like I've got Pinkie down. Applejack Twilight and Rainbow might need a little more ideas for inspiration. As for Rarity (no fans), and Fluttershy, I'm stumped.
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Well AJ would be a strait up brawler maybe have something like bronze knuckles, Twilight I see her fighting style being somewhat like Nu-13'sn no idea on weapon though need to go for something more original than a wand though maybe some sort of summon weapon that can change its form due to being composed of solidified seither/magic, Fluttershy is obvious a giant battleaxe because it clashes with her character so much, Rainbow Dash I am leaning towards duel short swords, and lastly for Rarity I too have no idea she is probably average when it comes to spell strength (unlike the horrid broken opness of Twilight OP Sparkle) and lack any knowledge of spells outside of her talent also she lacks the physical abilities the others (making her in my opinion the weakest of the mane 6).
Just had an idea give Rarity a rifle or bazooka that amplifies ones powers into an attack form (and give her a limited stock of other items she can use for stuns and stuff) so she would be quite strong, and in a bad end Twilight decides to try it out and blows up the planet. Basically it would be AJ and RD as rush characters, Pinkie as a balanced character with her cannon mallet, Fluttershy is the character with long reach and hits for a ton but kept in check by a slowish attack rate, Rarity would be more or less trying to play keep away, and Twilight is the broken one kept in check by the author.
I'm thinking for fluttershy some kind of weapon that avoids mortal wounds like a staff
Alright! Glad to see this is back! Rarity is now traveling with Valkenhayn and is about to meet Rachel... I think they might actually get off swimmingly. I wonder how Jin is going to react to all of this... And I can't wait to see what happens with the others. Argggh! The possibilities are driving me nuts!
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Yes, something non-lethal. A staff actually sounds good, IF you want Fluttershy to have a weapon. I see her more relying on other things to fight for her, such as calling upon animals to fight? Sounds like the best idea so far to me, next to the staff thing.
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Rarity the weakest? No. As much as I hate to say it that's Fluttershy. Again, the animal thing seems like a good idea. Also, Fluttershy probably couldn't lift a massive battle axe, let alone use one. Rarity with a gun? Uhhh, if you have no other way, a revolver sounds okay... I dunno.
Also Twilight with something similar to Nu-13? Don't make Twi a ripoff of an already existing character. Quick-Casting could be possible in this scenario, say it's a combination of Ars Magus and pony magic? I dunno. Something like that. The ideas everyone has for the other three elements of harmony seem good so far. Pinkie with a hammer that is part rocket, as in on side of the hammer opens up to shoot projectiles/rocket boost for extra power? Sounds like Pinkie Pie to me.
If you still don't know for Rarity, lots and lots of small projectiles like cards or gem shards that she shoots or uses for other things. Think of like, certain cards/gems have different properties. Explosive, or something else like a gravitational pull on a gem/ring of gems?
That's where I run out of ideas.
1659451 so pinkie pie has King Dedede's hammer?
1660277 Yeah, lol I just realized that. It seems fitting though, I mean it just can't be any old mallet, that wouldn't be FUN at all now would it?
I have read a lot and I mean a LOT of crossover fanfiction, and this one here is the best of the best, hopefully you will finish it
Well, here's some ideas for Weapons, I agree with everyone above in that Pinkie's weapons should be something normally comical but, extremely dangerous. Perhaps a Battleaxe made from a Lollipop?
For Twilight, I think she should have a weapon that changes shapes with each attack somewhat like Necrid's soul weapon from Soul Caliber II. A glowing ball of condensed power that fell from the Azure Grimore when Twilight teleported them. It would only react to her so only she could use it.
For Rainbow Dash, Crystal swords that shine in a rainbow of colors. Call them the Prism Blades. The crystal material is also extremely lightweight and aerodynamic so it won't affect her speed at all. They could even turn into Wing blades if she flies. (I forgot if she still had her wings. If so then then just covering blades, if not then wings + blades.)
Now for Applejack, Give her some kick edges and plated gloves (One's with the knuckles covered in metal). A kick-edge is a set of bladed shoes used to cut someone while kicking. Seeing as I'd expect her fighting style to involve a lot of them it would make the perfect weapon.
Fluttershy would fight using something like a staff or a rod, mainly because they can't kill unless your actually trying too.
Now Rarity, she'd probably use something like a rapier, or another elegant and "ladylike" weapon. Perhaps a Ladyfinger pistol and a Rapier. (The Ladyfinger got it's name as it was carried by "Ladies of the Evening" to be used in self defense from a rapist during the colonial age.)
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im getting flashbacks to the lollichop weapon for the pyro in team fortress 2 from pinkies weapon.