Half Of Heaven, Half Of Hell
A Ranma Xover, with doses of OMG, SM and a helping of HP Lovecraft to season
- Characters' Guide (Name and Description):
Hiko Akasei
Daughter of Merianna and Akio Tendoko. Half-breed divine/human/demonic, has powers of both sides, being trained by their parents until their death in their use. Is incredibly beautiful, while being a powerful fighter and sorceress. Being hunted both by Heaven and Hell (Normal defenses of BOTH sides against the other DON'T work on her!) for either recruitment (voluntary or not) or elimination; has some few allies in both sides (though neither can be much open in their help). She's about 5'11", weighting 85 kg with a slim, athletic form and thin waist, which enhances a ballerina figure with a pair of full, firm pert breasts that seem to belong to an ancient Greek master's sculpture. Porcelain white skin gracing an oval face, in which a pair of big almond shaped crystal amethyst eyes look laughingly at life. Red pouty lips usually curved in a gentle smile. Slight curly waves of deep red, meshed with golden yellow, coppery red and light blonde cascading down to a bit below her behind, seemingly shrouding her in what seem to be a cloak of fire, with two lengthy silvery sideburns adding to the exoticness of her figure.
Merianna
Former Succubus' Princess (heir to the succubus kingdom in Nifleheim), fell in love with Akio instead of destroying/seducing him. Hunted down by Hell for her 'crime' of betrayal. She had fire engine red hair usually falling to her buttocks, enhancing her 6'1'' height and 85kg, all nicely distributed over an athletic trimmed body that supermodels would sell their souls for. Her eyes were deep red sienna, which tended to smile almost on their own (though when before entering combat their smile tended to put sharks to shame). Her physical age could not be assigned easily, but one would always guess about mid 30's.
Akio Tendoko
Former heir of the Tendoko ('Child of the way of heavens') family of devil-hunters. Have angel blood, granting them great minor divine powers. Fell in love with Merianna. Hunted down by clan for 'being seduced by darkness'. He was about 6'1'', 100kg of hard trained muscle. Akio's hair is dirty blonde/brown, falling to his shoulders in a shaggy stile, with light ash blue eyes. At the time of his death he's about 40, though he looked a decade younger.
Osamu Tendoko
Head of Tendoko clan. Half mad by now after all that he did hunting and killing his only son. Weighting about 90kg, over 5'8'', he is a grandmaster martial artist and though he's about 70, he actually looks like he's at most 40 and has a health and physical stamina of a man half his age.
Alliara
Current Succubus Queen, vassal to Nifleheim. Hunting down her granddaughter to make her her slave or kill her. Is trying to make a deal with the Elder Gods (Azatoth, Cthulu, Nyarlahothep, etc…) to release them in exchange for power. Need Hiko for that (the seal was created by Heaven AND Hell working together. Both kinds of power are necessary to break it.). Her hair is deep blue-black coming almost to the floor, making her seen taller than her 6'2'', with 90kg exquisitely distributed as if by an master sculptor. Her big eyes are a deep emerald green, and depending on her humor may light like stars or freeze like cold dead stones. She has light tan and is always dressed as if to seduce one (which is true, more often than not). Her physical age cannot be determinated by look only (Actually, she's very old).
Denara
Merianna's younger sister, now heir apparent. Is a plotter and careful planer, trying to keep the 'status quo' by subtly helping Hiko and blindsiding her mother's efforts while working to the rulers of Hell. She's 5'9'', about very nice sculpted 85kg, making her long, wild looking platinum blonde hair and her sea blue eyes, laughing pools capable of drowning men with a glance, a delightful trap none can resist. She dresses the barest minimum to keep the modesty while still being seductively suggestive, usually in translucent gauzes and flowing silks, always showing off her beautiful tan.
Betzheren:
Former Archangel of Chaos, expelled from Heaven for NOT taking sides during Lucifer's revolt and releasing Chaos upon Mankind. Dead some millennia now by his own hands. He was about 6'5", weighting about 100kg, with an athlete's muscle definition. His eyes wore golden brown and his hair and strawberry blonde, falling to between his shoulder blades. He also sported white feathered wings, even after being banished into Hell, unlike other fallen angels (but for Lucifer).
Hild:
Dai Makaichou, Ruler of Nifleheim, one of Hell's kingdoms. Hiko's great great-grandmother.
Robert 'Bob' Nomura:
'Nice' Tentacle demon, self-exiled in the Mortal Plane (Can't bring itself to rape women, either for pleasure or food.). Works as porn actor and model to get 'proper nutrition'. One of Hiko's best friends. He looks about 35, 6'3'', ruggedly handsome with short shaggy medium brown hair and hazel eyes. His physique is that of a man molded by outdoor life and hard work. He's usually serious looking, though after he's opened up he can and do make light talk and jokes. His true demon form is about 7'6'' tall, heavily muscled with golden brown fine scaled hide. He has a 'crown' of horns, sharp talons on his hands and feet and a tail spike. Also, alongside his spine, rows of tentacles burst forth, which he can use for many things (yeah, that too, hentais! -). Understandably, he is loathe to use such form on Midgard (earth), as it signs to EVERY devil hunter in the neighborhood his presence.
Shiko:
Elder of the Mshrrrann Clan (Cat Youkai). Has power over ice and usually is along her 3 brothers/pack mates (Kikuko of wind, Junko of fire and Ryuu of thunder (the only male)). Was befriended by Hiko's family during their travels. The clan now resides in a property that legally belongs to Hiko, but was given as a show of friendship for the, then, homeless clan. Have a debt of gratitude for that. Has been alive since the medieval era. She's 5'7", about 85 kg and well proportioned, though her habit of wearing kimonos or hakama doesn't let you noticed that at first. Has long snow white hair that falls to her mid thigh and greenish yellow eyes, that glow when she exited about something. Also, she has a white furred tail and cat ears, and retractable sharp claws in her hands and feet. Her weapon of choice is a double blade sword, which looks like a twisted spire of blue-white ice sporting a long triangular blade on each end.
Ahmad Ib Al-Fahid I Fahid
Meejhai high warrior ('The Mummy' mage-warrior clan), friend of Hiko's family. Appears after feeling her parents' demise. He's in his mid-thirties early forties, about 6'6", and 110kg, with a thin wiry built that belies the quickness and strength underneath. His dark black hair falls in ringlets to his shoulders, while he uses a thin moustache and chin beard. Has deeply tanned skin and black tribal tattoos right under each eye. Usually wears typical Bedouin clothing (that long toga like suit and turban).
Sir Integra Wingates Hellsing
Leader of the Sacred Order Of The Royal Knights, the organization HELLSING, secretly charged by the English crown to hunt and destroy hostile non-humans in UK territory. It seems very cold and determinate, to the point of fanaticism.
Walter Kun Dollneaz
Former Knight, is Sir Integra's butler/valet for years, since her father's passing. Is deadly fast and capable of manipulating razor-sharp strings as weapons. Is fiercely loyal to her.
Alucard:
An ancient true vampire, bond into servitude to the Hellsing family. Integra awoke him after a 20 year slumber and he now works as her 'secret weapon' against the supernatural. Mostly relishes the chance to find 'worthy opponents' to fight.
Seres Victoria
Ex-police, belonged to the former D-11 special unit, until all died in a vampire raid. Only survivor, got turned into a vampire by Alucard. Since then have been transferred to Hellsing, where is still coming to grips with her vampiric condition, sees her 'master' a bit like a father (although neither recognizes the fact).
Alexander Anderson
Paladin and Knight of the Holy Church. Works for the 13th Division of the Papal Secret Forces, an organization named ISCARIOT, whose mission is to 'cleanse the earth' (Inquisition, but much worse). Is a fanatical homicidal madman, capable of regenerating body parts. ANYTHING not human (or in his way to one) is liable to be killed without any remorse. Has a personal vendetta with Alucard.
Enrico Maxwell
Director General of Iscariot. Fanatical, hates Integra and her organization for 'siding with the enemy'.
- Martial Art Attacks (Name (with translation) and description):
Some of them are based on attacks I read on other fics, so I'm just borrowing them! Others I made myself. Feel free to use them! Oh, by the way: the techniques here are NOT only Hiko's! During the story you'll see others using them, even if under a different name sometimes…
Hadouken (Power blast/surge)
– A Ki attack like Ranma's Moko Takabisha. Only that it uses pure ki to be done, looking like a sphere of bright light.
Kakyoku No Kaze (Wind Song)
– A speeding technique, which make one extremely hard to take by enhancing reflexes and accelerating overall body speed. A full body Amaguriken.
Kaze Kiru (Wind Slash)
– A double use technique (it can be used barehanded or armed). It cuts its opponents from afar with a slashing motion of their hands or weapons (not TOO far, at max one must be at 15/20 meters for it to be capable of actually delivering any real damage.). In some ways, resemble the kind of damage Ranma does with the Neko-ken or the Saotome Secret Techniques.
Kage Muchi (Shadow Whip)
– A technique similar to the Kijin Raishuu Dan. It creates an invisible 'whip' of vacuum, able to cut through 3 ft of stone at 30 yards. It's a deadly tech.
Gufuu Tate (Hurricane Shield)
– A defensive mobile ki technique, it summons a hurricane-like wind, heavily charged with chi, that spins around the user, deflecting any missile that comes his/her way, even other chi attacks (albeit with more difficult). Hand-to-hand and armed attacks have more difficult hitting then as well. Since it takes a lot, it cannot be kept up for a long time. If combined with the Soul Of Ice, might disrupt a Hiryuu Shouten Ha from within.
Hyouga No Tate (Ice Shield)
– A defensive passive ki technique. It summons upon a chi formation that look like a block of shimmering blue ice in front of/around the user. If hit with 'hot' chi (like Ranma's Moko Takabisha and Ryoga's Shishi Hokodan) it might blows up, hurting everybody around with the 'shards' (minus the user, who'll be at ground zero). (Ryoga's Bakusai Tenketsu can probably break through it, but it'll ALSO hurt EVERYBODY as it explodes the shield everywhere!)
Seirei Tate (Spirit Shield/Star Spirit Shield)
– Basically, a force field made out of pure ki. Less used because of the demands on concentration. But very powerful. It can stop virtually anything from coming through, but the effort is comparable to the energy breaking it. So, while it is possible to even stop a point blank .50 bullet, the effort would collapse the shield right after it, as the user would be exhausted to unconsciousness from it.
Tenka Atsuryokuha (Lightning Fire Pressure Wave)
– A distant Ki attack. The user send a charged punch or kick, delivering a rapid moving 'blade' of chi/static electricity. A truly focused attack can split a concrete block 6" thick at 20 meters or shock an athlete into unconsciousness. Enough training can make the 'blade' blunt so not to be a killing strike.
Ashige An'ei (Shadow Kick)
– Basically, a thousand kicks (or so close to it as to not make a difference) delivered so fast that they blur into a single one (a kicking version of the Amaguriken, so to speak). (It may look like but it's NOT Johnny Blaze's Shadow Kick!).
Megami No Kyoukaiiki (Limit Goddess)
– It's a suicide move, destroying the user's life to power a single blast capable of leveling the top of Mt. Fuji if used. Only women can use such move and ONLY in defense of her loved ones, since it's the ultimate sacrifice a lover/mother/sister can do: offer her own life so that her loved ones may survive. For an instant, the warrioress glows like a star, then generating a blast that levels EVERYTHING in its path. She dies, her body crumbling to dust as the blast's end.
Seigi Tsunami (Righteous Tidal Wave)
- A bolt of pure blue ki lashes out, expanding into a wall of energy that slams into the target(s), sending it (them) flying everywhere.
Kibara No Toge Arashi (Yellow Rose Thorn Storm)
– A volley of ki balls, each the size of a baseball, sprayed like a machine-gun volley. Can be concentrated on one target or split among many.
Fuyu Taki (Winter Waterfall)
– It condenses air humidity, creating a jet of freezing cold water, which is enough to encase a person in an iron hard sheet of ice.
Hibashiri (The Running Fire)
– A ki/magic coupled attack. One calls upon the fire spirits to attack his enemies. Fire trails blaze from the user's hand searching for the opponents and burning them.
Kaze Keitaku (Wind's Blessing)
– It allows a person to fly by using earth's Ki flows. Unlike Herb's tech, it does NOT use too much ki, requiring only proper training for its use. (Looks like Dragon Ball flight tech.)
Seijun Tatsu Atemi (Purity Dragon Strike)
– It's a technique that combines ki and magic with applications with the Devil Hunter sects of the Amazons. According to the technique, a person can purify a possessed person, or eliminate a being of evil. No matter how strong a hold the entity had on a human soul, the attack would wrench it from its host, freeing the human and destroying the entity. It's an incredibly powerful technique, demanding an enormous effort from the warrior to perform, leaving him/her severely drained after.
Tsubasa Aikuchi (Wing Dagger)
– A Phoenix Tribe tech. The warrior spreads his wings wide, then brings them forward, using its feathers as 'molds', to launch hundreds of small feather like chi daggers that cut and perforate their target(s). It can be used against one or many, and the daggers' lethality can be lessened to be badly hurting though not life threatening. Hiko adapted this for his wings.
Zan Gan Ken, Ni-no-Tachi (Stone Breaking Sword, Second Cut)
– An advanced chi technique, it allows a warrior to focus 'cutting power' on a blade and split like a hot knife on butter. Also allows to cut through something or someone without hurting what or who it's in front, only what's behind. It has great power against evil spirits or creatures.
Senpuu Ken (Whirlwind Blade)
– A combination tech, it creates an 'envelope' of vacuum around a blade or thrown object, making it deadly sharp and all but unstoppable.
Niryuu Totsu Ha (Two Lunging Dragon Strike)
– A two person tech with effects similar to the Hiryuu Shouten Ha; two people begin to cycle their auras between hot and cold, eventually creating a spinning vortex similar to the chi typhoon of the Shouten Ha. Its less demanding on each and easier to create since does not depend on an enemy's aura, but both warriors have to synchronize well to succeed.
Bujin No Jutsu (Replication Technique)
– It creates many chi replicas of the warrior, which can confuse the enemy(ies). The replicas are like low-level automatons, being capable of mid-level fight (armed only if the user had weapons on his hands before using the technique). The replicas can punch, kick and defend themselves to a point, but are no better than the usual grunt, serving more as a diversion.
Ma Ti Pon Chuan (Horse's Kick Fist)
– A Chinese Wu Shu technique, it fills the users' fists with chi, allowing them to create a shockwave when punching. The wave can knock down an adult bear from 20 yards and shatter 5in concrete at 10. A well trained user can focus the force to be non-lethal.
- Magic spells:
If you ever saw 'Slayers', 'Silent Möbius', and similar, you'll most certainly recognize some of the spells I'll be using here. That's all I've got to say about it.