Welcome one and all. This is the weekly 'Catch Ranma!' Marathon. Today's participants are the usual NWC (Nerima Wrecking Crew.) as we know and love to refer to them as. Today's course is the same as always, the streets of Nerima in a path that is picked at random by our favorite pig-tailed martial artist. Of course the race is already underway with more participants on the way. And now we join the subject of the race, Ranma Saotome.
For this event Ranma was using the Saotome final attack to its fullest extent in this marathon. As for the cause of this action done by our friend who normally would never admit to the act of fleeing we will listen in on the single thought going through his mind repeatedly.
'Why did today have to be the day that everyone had to decide to try and use magical means to get me?'
Yes people, that is right. Ranma Saotome was being chased by all of the fiancées, freaks and overall crazies that were involved in his life, and more than seventy percent of them were carrying some type of magical item whether it was a little red string known as 'The String of Fate' (carried by Shampoo), a love potion laced meal on a pushcart (kodachi), a glowing katana (tatewaki), magic age reducing mushrooms (ryoga), or a living pile of goop on a dinner plate (Akane).
In this particular 'Catch Ranma' marathon, there was bound to be an accident. Apparently four magical items ended up having a strange attraction between each other and with a humor that only gods could have, they decided to bring these three items together to see what would happen.
So it started with Kodachi. In normal instants she wouldn't be called ditzy, but for the sake of the situation the gods decided to drop a banana peel underneath Kodachi's left foot as she was taking her next step. The result was quite predictable in that Kodachi slipped and lost her balance ending up kicking her cart of laced items forward while she fell on her ass. Now this cart traveled at an increased pace forward where it ran into the rear of a certain Chinese girl who was too busy trying to catch her errant Airen to notice it. The cart kept true in its trajectory knocking Shampoo into the air causing her string to drop into the food on the cart. The next target in the carts trajectory was an individual who was carrying another plate that had a newborn species on it. Unfortunately for the newborn specie it was doomed when the cart ran over the mallet-happy individual carrying it. As predicted by the gods, when she was ran over by the errant cart her new science experiment passed off as cooking flipped over and landed on top of the centerpiece on the cart where the red string was.
Now the cart only needed one more ingredient and this recipe of the gods would be complete. The cart continued on its chosen trajectory and as it went it could be noticed if someone paid attention that the center plate on the pushcart was now glowing an unusual shade of red and white.
This ingredient wasn't really a magic item in itself but rather a certain living being who has been cursed by magic. This being, having to due with the rules of Murphy, is of course Ranma. The way these ingredients finally came together was by a curb on the corner of the road that when hit by the cart made all of the current ingredients airborne and put on a straight path into the back of said pig-tailed martial artist.
In their seats and around their scribing pools, various gods watched to see what the end result of this magical mixture would be. None of them expected the explosion that followed. This explosion shook the very foundations of Tokyo and toppled a whole city block in the shopping district of the Nerima ward.
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The New League
Prologue: The New Ranma
Written by: Cloud1239999
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Disclaimer: Ranma ½ belongs to the almighty Rumiko Takahashi. In no way do I claim to own any of her characters, although I wish that I could. All other characters used belong to their respective owners except maybe the occasional one that I may decide to make up in order to spice things up a bit. (Looks around like Ranma when he's looking for Akane's mallet.) I hope I don't get pounded over this.
A/N: This story is going to be written in the third person perspective in order to save a couple surprises till they actually happen. After the first few chapters the story will be written from the POV's of various characters when I deem appropriate.
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An unknown amount of time later:
It was early evening at the Tendo Dojo.
This place has often been called prestigious by many travelers in how after so many years it can still resemble the old Japanese homes. At this time there are two such travelers looking upon the home from the roof of the neighbor across the street. Neither one of them were recognizable since they were wearing large heavy cloaks that hid all of their features.
With a hidden signal the two jumped from the roof and landed in front of the gate. Stepping in, they walked up to the front gate where the shorter of the two knocked on the front door. A few seconds later it was opened by the oldest Tendo sister who smiled upon seeing guests at the front door.
"Hello sir." She bowed to the two. "Is there anything I can help you with?"
The taller of the two pulled back his hood to reveal who it was. "Yes please Kasumi." Ranma said. "Kei and I would be pleased to come in and visit."
Kasumi giggled at this. "Oh Ranma-kun. You don't have to use such formalities. Please come inside and I'll prepare some tea for you and your friend there."
"Thank you Kasumi, and by the way my friend Kei here doesn't speak Japanese so you'll have to pardon him for being so quiet." The shorter figure nodded in agreement to Ranma's statement.
"Alright Ranma-kun, Kei, common in and have a seat." With this invitation the two followed Kasumi inside. Passing the entrance Ranma took off the sneakers he was wearing while Kei just brushed his feet on the welcoming mat before continuing into the house.
In the living room sat Nabiki watching Anime on TV. When she heard the sound of other people coming back with Kasumi she turned to see who it was and was surprised to see Ranma and another person follow Kasumi inside.
'Why would Ranma be going through the front door like a guest? He does live here after all.' She pondered this behind her mask as she decided to confront him now.
"Who's your friend Ranma?"
This caught Ranma's attention and made him turn to her. With a smile on his face that Nabiki knew wasn't there the last time she saw him he answered.
"What is this Nabiki? No greetings for me? I'm disappointed in you."
This shocked Nabiki. Ranma was never able to stand up to her questioning like that and fling a quiet insult at her at the same time. Watching Ranma and his friend walk over and sit at the dining room table next to each other, she decided to follow them to try and figure out what happened to Ranma. Sitting down at the table she decided to begin the interrogation immediately.
"So how have you been Ranma?"
"I am doing quite well actually, Nabiki. I would have to say that I've never been happier." That answer intrigued Nabiki to no end. She now had to know what had caused this change.
"Does this friend of yours have anything to do with it? You never introduced us anyways."
Ranma looked at Nabiki and blinked, then looked back and forth between Kei and Nabiki. He gave a quick chuckle before answering her.
"Nabiki, I'd be proud to introduce him right now, but I'm not going to. I'm going to wait until the rest of the family catches wind of my return and then I'll introduce him to everyone at once. If you don't mind, can you please go and get the others so I can get this over with."
Nabiki was shocked to hear this. Ranma was refusing her of all people information. At this time Kasumi walked in with a tray of tea and cookies and Ranma licked his lips before taking a cup and sipping from it.
"Great as always, Kasumi. Thank you."
"You're welcome Ranma-kun."
That little exchange surprised Nabiki as well. As far as she knew, Ranma never learned manners while training on the road with his father. Looking into Ranma's eyes as he sipped his tea Nabiki finally noticed that there was something different about his eyes. She couldn't place it yet, but she knew that to crack this mystery she'd have to know who Ranma's guest was first. Deciding on action, Nabiki got up to get the others, as Kasumi sat at the table to chat with Ranma for a bit.
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The dinner table was full. Both the Tendo and Saotome family were sitting around the table taking in the sight of Ranma and his friend. Putting down his tea, Ranma decided that it was time he got started.
"Hello everyone it has been a while." This disrupted into the usual rants from Akane, Genma and Soun about who it was Ranma brought. After all he had never of brought a guest to the Tendo home before that wasn't out to kill or marry him before. Nabiki sat to the side with a smirk on her face thinking that Ranma would fall under the verbal assault of the three. She was surprised for the umpteenth time that night when Ranma just calmly took another sip from his tea and waited out the rants. After they finally realized that he wasn't breaking down they shut up and stared at Ranma's calm face in a way that would of unsettled anyone else. After finishing off his cup he started speaking again.
"I see that the three of you are as rude as I remember you being."
Again Nabiki was puzzled. Why would Ranma say something like that? It hasn't been more then a day since he disappeared in that explosion that rocked Nerima. No one else other then Kasumi picked up on this though. Looking in Ranma's eyes again she finally realized that what she saw there was a greater sense of maturity. Like all the weights of just the other day were lifted off his back.
"What happened to you Ranma?" Kasumi asked. All of these shocks were becoming unhealthy for Nabiki. Kasumi was able to see the puzzled look in Nabiki's eyes and decided to try and get Ranma to talk about his changes.
Ranma smiled at Kasumi before answering. "Well I'm glad that somebody other then Nabiki noticed that you all are no longer dealing with the Ranma Saotome that you knew. As for what happened to me, I was sent to a different world through the various magical items that caused that explosion." Ranma's eyes scanned the room going over everyone present. They were all wearing varying looks of shock while Kasumi just nodded her head sagely, not doubting Ranma's word as truth. "Before I continue though, I'd like to ask you all a question." After everyone nodded he continued. "Have you ever heard of Pokemon?"
Akane didn't hear the question though. As Ranma was asking his question she got up from the table and walked over behind the figure that was still wearing a cloak. Noticing that he was only staring forward the whole time, she realized that it was Kasumi who was sitting across from him. This set off the Akane bomb. With a battle cry of "Hentai no baka!", Akane pulled out her mallet and swung it at the guests head in a golf style swing. However, the guest was no longer there and everyone but Ranma was staring at the Koi pond where Akane was climbing out of its waters.
Nabiki was the first to look back to Kei's spot and noticed that the cloak was now on the ground and there was a weird figure sitting down in its spot.
It had yellow skin and seemed to be wearing some material that looked like a set of armor along with knee and forearm guards. Its long ears were just straightening from lying down on the top of its head. It had a long nose that pointed downwards covering its mouth, and had short whiskers growing down from the sides of it. She couldn't see its feet but noticed that its hands were quite large with only two fingers and a thumb on each. Her scan also revealed that it was wearing a belt that looked like they had two spoons hanging from them. She recognized the figure as something that she'd of seen the schools prestige pokemon fan drawing at one point.
Noticing Nabiki's stare, Ranma decided to finally introduce his friend.
"As you can see people, my guest here is the proof to my claim of being in a different world. I am proud to introduce my friend and partner the pokemon, Kei Kokoro."
"Strong Mind?" Nabiki asked with a quirk in her brow as she took another look over of the creature sitting in front of her.
"If you don't mind Nabiki, he doesn't seem to like your staring."
Nabiki looked into the pokemons face and a name finally came to her mind. "Alakazam?"
"Yes Nabiki, among the many types of pokemon, Kei here is what's called an Alakazam. They are known as the strongest natural breed of psychics and have several amazing talents."
This statement brought everyone's attention back from the steaming Akane, and caused two phrases to be said by two pairs of people.
"What the hell is that?" The idiotic duo.
"Oh my." Kasumi and Nodoka accompanied by blinks.
Ranma chuckled at the expected reactions. He turned to his friend. "You know Kei, I'd of expected these people to have changed at least a little over the last five years."
Nabiki blinked before throwing in a comment. "What are you talking about Ranma? You've only been missing from here for a day at most." Now it was Ranma and Kei's turns to blink.
"You mean to tell us that what was to us five years has only been a day to you?" At Nabiki's nod Ranma and Kei blinked again before looking at each other. "Well at least you can pinpoint a specific time as well as location with your teleport Kei."
Everyone but Kasumi, Kei, Nabiki and Ranma were still stunned so the conversation continued between the four while it fell on the deaf ears of the others.
"Teleport?" Nabiki asked.
"Yes Nabiki, I thought you'd know a little more on the subject of pokemon since you do specialize on information Nabiki." Ranma smiled to Kasumi's answer. She continued. "I actually own the video games for pokemon and know a fair amount about them from information given by the games."
"If you want Kasumi I can go over your information later and tell you how much of it is correct so that you don't make many mistakes."
"That would be nice Ranma-kun."
While listening to this, Nabiki's brain finally snapped. There was more to Kasumi then she knew and Ranma was now a completely different person. He no longer fell to the verbal assaults and mind games of those around him, he actually is intelligent in a subject other then martial arts, and he brought back a creature right out of a video game. She snapped out of her trance when she heard Kasumi ask a question that could earn her more cash if she played things right in the future.
"So if you actually have a pokemon, then would you happen to have gotten more?"
"Yes, I actually have six with me, but the others are in their pokeballs in subspace." At this point Nabiki rejoined the conversation.
"Can we see them Ranma?" She asked.
Ranma looked curiously at Nabiki seeing the look in her eyes. Then with that smile that was starting to get on her nerves he replied.
"All in good time Nabiki, all in good time."
As he said that, he stood and walked up the stairs followed closely by the slightly shorter figure known as Kei Kokoro.
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AN's:
Well people that is the prologue of this new story. Unlike other Pokemon crossover stories, I am having this fic take place after Ranma is finished in the Pokemon world and has returned home, and is more about what I believe is a possibility to what may happen when Ranma returned home.
In this fic the pairing is already decided. It isn't going to be anyone from Nerima though, that's for sure. I have dropped a few hints in the story as to what may happen in the future and the only thing that I'll confirm is that Ranma's pokemon want to take their turns at members of the NWC. I look forward to writing these smack-downs.
If enough people say that they want to hear about what happened to Ranma in the pokemon world, then I may post it as a prequel to this story. As it is there will be a few flashbacks here and there (usually while Ranma sleeps.), though there won't be enough to give a good idea as to what happened to him.
For now I will get started on the next chapter, and I look forward to hearing what you all think.
So for now, Ja Ne!