Robotech Nibunoichi: Chapter One

By Valkryie ()

[Legal Stuff: Ranma 1/2 is created by Rumiko Takahashi and is distributed in the US by Viz Communications. Robotech is the property of Harmony Gold with the novels written by Jack McKinney and published by Del-Rey. I'm only borrowing these characters.]

****(Notes before you begin: The events in the Ranma 1/2 Anime/ Manga

take place in 2010-2012 in this story to maintain continuity with the

Robotech storyline.)*****

The morning of November 12, 2012 started unusually quiet over the Nerima district in Tokyo, Japan. The birds were even singing this morning.

Shampoo had gotten up and enjoyed a quiet bath this morning before she started preparing the Nekohanten for the business day. She sent Mousse to the market after only having to push him away once. Cologne would be up in a little while to start cooking while Shampoo went on deliveries.

Ukyo Kounji was preparing for school. She had cleaned the kitchen in the restaurant downstairs the night before and was looking forward to seeing Ran-Chan at school this morning. She put on her bandoleer and her combat spatula and headed out the door.

Tatewaki Kuno was already at Furinkan High School for his morning warm-ups He was preparing to thrash the foul sorcerer Ranma Saotome. He was beginning to grow weary of his battles with Saotome but in his mind he was honor bound to try and defeat him.

Kodachi Kuno had arrived at St. Hebreke's and promptly drugged the entire student body to sleep. She really enjoyed her experiments and looked forward to graduating and going to collage for a degree in chemistry so she could free the mind of her Ranma-sama from Akane and that red haired girl.

Ryoga was just trying to find some hot water so he could change back to human and get some real breakfast instead of being breakfast.

Kasumi was quietly humming a tune whilst she prepared breakfast.

The miso soup was coming out excellent. The rice was almost done and the table was set.

Nabiki was doing a check of her books before getting dressed. Ranma was almost out of debt, she doubted that would last. She would need to sell some pictures of the betrothed couple today to meet the budget for the week. She wouldn't have to blackmail anybody today unless the Kunos' didn't want photos.

Akane was getting dressed after her morning bath. Her jog this morning had gone uninterrupted by any other fiancées or any kidnappings.

Ranma hadn't tailed her either as he usually did.

Genma Saotome and Soun Tendo were snoring away in their respective rooms after getting Happosai drunk the previous night. Happosai was passed out and tied up in the basement.

Ranma awoke that morning with a feeling of unease. He wasn't sure but something didn't feel right. He knew that his father wasn't going to be up this morning and that didn't bother him. The local Amazons had tried something only yesterday and would wait a few day before trying another plot. Ryouga wasn't around and he didn't have to worry about

Kuno until he got to school. He was just confused

Ranma's unease was justified. Death was coming to call on a world wide scale.

Out in Lunar orbit the combined fleet of the SDF-1 and Breetai's

Fleet was waiting. They totaled about two million ships of the line. Two years had passed since the start of the Robotech War and a truce had been called between the lone warship and the Zentraedi fleet under Breetai.

The reason was the Grand Fleet of the Zentraedi was approaching.

Numbering over five million warships and under the command of Supreme

Commander Dolza. The Grand Fleet was coming to destroy the SDF-1 and annihilate Earth.

Lt. Cmdr. Rick Hunter was in the cockpit of his Valkyrie Veritech.

Skull One was armed to the teeth and armored as well. Max and Miriya

Sterling were on his right and left. The rest of Skull Squadron was arrayed around them. As CAG of the SDF-1 (CAG= Commander Air Group) he was nominally in command of all the Super Dimensional Fortresses fighter forces. He hoped that they would be successful in defending the ship today.

Captain Henry Gloval announced over the command channel,

"Good luck and good hunting Mr. Hunter."

"Thank You sir. We all are going to need it." replied Rick with a salute.

The Grand Fleet came out of spacefold and just kept on coming. They blotted out the stars and the moon from view. There were enough ships to blot out the sun from the sky on Earth. After the entire fleet arrived it opened fire on the planet below, the Zentraedi Rain of Death had come.

Ranma for once was scared. The authorities had come to school and evacuated everybody into an old bomb shelter. His group of evacuees included Ukyo, Kuno, Akane, Nabiki, Daisuke, Hiroshi, Sakura and Yuki. Ranma was surprised to find his mother and the Amazons already there.

"Mom, Cologne, do you know what's going on?" inquired Ranma.

"No son-in-law I don't," replied Cologne.

Ranma walked over to the soldier at the door of the shelter and began to ask him what's going on. The soldier replied, "I don't know. I was ordered to bring all civilians to the shelter and prepare to be here for 24 hours."

A few minutes later the door opened and another group of evacuees entered. Included in this group were Konatsu and Kasumi.

Akane ran over and hugged Kasumi and asked, "Kasumi do you know what's happening?"

"No I don't. It got really dark all of a sudden and the soldier made us come here," Kasumi relied.

Nodoka asked, "Where are Soun and my husband?"

Konatsu said, "They refused to come. They said they were going to protect the house and dojo from looters and guard Happosai."

Akane quietly said, "I hope they're okay," and everybody there just nodded in agreement.

Back at the Tendo house Genma and Soun were keeping guard. This means they were playing shoji and drinking. They never knew what hit them. The primarily wood and paper structure of the Tendo house was vaporized by a stray shot.

Ryoga was scared to death. He was alive only because he was buried in the rubble of Furinkan High. He had wandered into the school and had just changed back into his human form in the shower room under the gymnasium when all hell broke loose.

The evacuees were frightend. The shelter was bedlam. People were screaming and children were wailing. Nodoka, Cologne, and Kasumi were each helping to try and calm young children. Ranma was holding Akane and Ukyo tightly. Shampoo, surprisingly, had latched on to Mousse as soon as the shaking had started. Nabiki was huddled down with a group of fellow Furinkan students. She was distracting them by taking bets on when this would be over.

The laser bombardment had stopped within a couple of hours. Then they felt a huge impact occur nearby. They finally exited the shelter eighteen hours later. What greeted them there shocked even the battle hardened Amazons.

Tokyo was, for all intents and purposes, gone.