Disclaimer: I do not own Ranma 1/2 or Sailor Moon. They are owned by Rumiko Takahase and Naoko Takeuchi respectively. I am just borrowing them to play in my alternate universe. I do this purely because I am bored and need to get a life but hey that's as good a reason as any. I am also borrowing the concept of the Daywalker from Marvel' Comics.
Prologue:
In Hindu mythology it is said that the Earth was created by God by churning the Oceans of Time and Space and the five elements that form life on this planet were mixed together in this melting pot to give rise to the first organism. It is also said that God repeats the process after each Age of mankind. I don't know if this is fact or fiction and I don't care. What I do know is that the Earth as I know it was created by man in a deluge of fire and water until two thirds of the human population was swallowed whole by the seas and oceans. No one really knows who started this deluge but all agree that when it ended it left the skies darkened by a dust cloud and those who perished were the lucky ones.
For in darkening the skies till the Sun shone through once every 4 days, mankind had effectively made itself the prey of the top predator on the planet. That which till then walked in shadows of the night, always hidden from the eyes of humans and the light of the Sun. Only now they were free to roam for three days before resting on the fourth. Numbers were always in the favor of humans and that is what kept us safe. After all what are a few hundred thousand dead humans a year when there are billions more on the planet . The Human race would go on but the Deluge changed all that . Radioactive ash and dust and lack of food ,clothing, medicine and shelter took another third of those who lived the Fire. In the end a billion beings survived but a billion who were in disarray and ripe for conquest. So it was that They arrived. Vampires. Bloodsuckers. They made us cattle and slaves, much like we did to farm animals. Good for blood and sport and pleasure but of little value other wise. Of course humans could be turned if bitten but the Vampires were adamant about not giving their power to the Humans. No they much preferred sucking their victims dry. Of course they did suffer a set back when the cloud cover over the planet was dissipated over the years allowing the suns rays to hit the Earth although diffused. It still was deadly to them. But they survived the climatic change. And as they say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
They made a mistake though, these things that considered themselves the top of the food chain. They made me.
I am known by many names. I was given the name Ranma by my parents, born to the clan Saotome, a proud and noble Samurai family in the year 234 A.H. The A.H. stands for After Hell. That is how humans refer to the Event I have described above. But getting back to who and what I am. I prefer to be called by my given name by my friends but to those I hunt I am called Daywalker.
I was created because a vampire bit my mother, Nodoka Saotome when I was still in her belly. Like I said vampires like to drain the victim dry. This one was interrupted by my father, Genma and his silver sword aptly named Ichibun, 'Honor'. Did I mention that vampires and silver don't get along? Let's just say that they make an explosive mix. Oh they don't appreciate the taste of garlic as well. Although the reaction is different. Garlic causes them to just fade away. So anyway back to how I came to be.
My mother survived though she was different. She was changed . Not a full vampire like her sire. No she was somewhere in between me and that. See the way I see it, Vampirism is a the result of a parasitic virus. And like any parasite the virus needs to grow and change. In me the virus was mutated into something that gave me all the benefits of a Vampire but only one of the weakness. I have the Thirst but I also have the enhanced strength, speed and vision. With my mother, the virus took a slightly different route probably because her sire couldn't drain till the point of death when the body loses most of its blood and white blood corpuscles. She is called Twilight by the Vampires we hunt and the name suits her to a tee. She is not as strong or as fast as a full Vampire but her reflexes far outstrip most humans. She can survive garlic and silver and mild sunlight. The noon day sun would cook her, mind you. So the only time she stays away from t he sun is the period from noon till four in the afternoon. And she doesn't have the Thirst. Why that is so we don't know but I for one am glad for that small mercy. The Thirst is alluring. It pulls at me, forever making me fight to control myself. But I am getting beside the point.
The point as I mentioned before was that Vampires were no longer the top of the food chain. I was.
When I came of age I swore the same oath my parents did right after the attack.
The Oath of the Hunter.
The Oath that forever binds me and others who swear it to hunt the Vampires.
Till the day that we depart this Earth.
My mother and father created the Order of the Hunter and to this day follow its code. What they started has now grown to include hunters all over the world and they are a force to reckon with. Most towns and human settlements have at least one Hunter. They even trained me since childhood to follow the code and made sure I was ready for anything. Today on the day of my eighteenth birthday, I am on my way back to Nerima with them to uphold an old promise.
Prologue:
In Hindu mythology it is said that the Earth was created by God by churning the Oceans of Time and Space and the five elements that form life on this planet were mixed together in this melting pot to give rise to the first organism. It is also said that God repeats the process after each Age of mankind. I don't know if this is fact or fiction and I don't care. What I do know is that the Earth as I know it was created by man in a deluge of fire and water until two thirds of the human population was swallowed whole by the seas and oceans. No one really knows who started this deluge but all agree that when it ended it left the skies darkened by a dust cloud and those who perished were the lucky ones.
For in darkening the skies till the Sun shone through once every 4 days, mankind had effectively made itself the prey of the top predator on the planet. That which till then walked in shadows of the night, always hidden from the eyes of humans and the light of the Sun. Only now they were free to roam for three days before resting on the fourth. Numbers were always in the favor of humans and that is what kept us safe. After all what are a few hundred thousand dead humans a year when there are billions more on the planet . The Human race would go on but the Deluge changed all that . Radioactive ash and dust and lack of food ,clothing, medicine and shelter took another third of those who lived the Fire. In the end a billion beings survived but a billion who were in disarray and ripe for conquest. So it was that They arrived. Vampires. Bloodsuckers. They made us cattle and slaves, much like we did to farm animals. Good for blood and sport and pleasure but of little value other wise. Of course humans could be turned if bitten but the Vampires were adamant about not giving their power to the Humans. No they much preferred sucking their victims dry. Of course they did suffer a set back when the cloud cover over the planet was dissipated over the years allowing the suns rays to hit the Earth although diffused. It still was deadly to them. But they survived the climatic change. And as they say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
They made a mistake though, these things that considered themselves the top of the food chain. They made me.
I am known by many names. I was given the name Ranma by my parents, born to the clan Saotome, a proud and noble Samurai family in the year 234 A.H. The A.H. stands for After Hell. That is how humans refer to the Event I have described above. But getting back to who and what I am. I prefer to be called by my given name by my friends but to those I hunt I am called Daywalker.
I was created because a vampire bit my mother, Nodoka Saotome when I was still in her belly. Like I said vampires like to drain the victim dry. This one was interrupted by my father, Genma and his silver sword aptly named Ichibun, 'Honor'. Did I mention that vampires and silver don't get along? Let's just say that they make an explosive mix. Oh they don't appreciate the taste of garlic as well. Although the reaction is different. Garlic causes them to just fade away. So anyway back to how I came to be.
My mother survived though she was different. She was changed . Not a full vampire like her sire. No she was somewhere in between me and that. See the way I see it, Vampirism is a the result of a parasitic virus. And like any parasite the virus needs to grow and change. In me the virus was mutated into something that gave me all the benefits of a Vampire but only one of the weakness. I have the Thirst but I also have the enhanced strength, speed and vision. With my mother, the virus took a slightly different route probably because her sire couldn't drain till the point of death when the body loses most of its blood and white blood corpuscles. She is called Twilight by the Vampires we hunt and the name suits her to a tee. She is not as strong or as fast as a full Vampire but her reflexes far outstrip most humans. She can survive garlic and silver and mild sunlight. The noon day sun would cook her, mind you. So the only time she stays away from t he sun is the period from noon till four in the afternoon. And she doesn't have the Thirst. Why that is so we don't know but I for one am glad for that small mercy. The Thirst is alluring. It pulls at me, forever making me fight to control myself. But I am getting beside the point.
The point as I mentioned before was that Vampires were no longer the top of the food chain. I was.
When I came of age I swore the same oath my parents did right after the attack.
The Oath of the Hunter.
The Oath that forever binds me and others who swear it to hunt the Vampires.
Till the day that we depart this Earth.
My mother and father created the Order of the Hunter and to this day follow its code. What they started has now grown to include hunters all over the world and they are a force to reckon with. Most towns and human settlements have at least one Hunter. They even trained me since childhood to follow the code and made sure I was ready for anything. Today on the day of my eighteenth birthday, I am on my way back to Nerima with them to uphold an old promise.