Magic Squire Rayearth
A Ranma ½ & Magic Knight Rayearth X-Over.
By Tomas Megerson.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters in this story.
Don't sue me.

Chapter 1
Three girls, Three Boys

If one were to look at Tokyo Tower that day, one would see
a high concentration of local junior high school uniforms. It
appeared that Tokyo Tower was the prime choice for field trips
this year. Today was a beautiful day with the sun high in the sky
and a few puffy clouds to give it accent. Among the crowds of
students, one might catch a glimpse of three standing by an
observation telescope. Two of the girls were talking.

"I can't believe that they chose Tokyo tower for our class
trip Suki. We're not little kids anymore. Couldn't they have
chosen some where else?"

"I know Yuri. They treat us like children, even now.
Don't you agree, Hikaru?"

A short red hair girl next to them giggled. "We're so
high up. Don't you think its so totally cool. Its great that
they'd bring us to a place like this for our field trip, don't
you think so?" Suddenly she screamed. "AUUUGH!!"

The other girls turned to her. "What's wrong, Hikaru!?"

Hikaru pointed toward the telescope she had been using.
"The binoculars ran out." The others performed a perfectly timed
face fault. Hikaru ignored them as she started to pat herself
down. "Okay, money, money, money," she continued to search her
pockets.

A blonde in a green school uniform walked up to her and
held out some change. "If you please, allow me. I have had such
a good time watching you enjoy your field trip today. Don't think
anything of it."

Hikaru watched the girl walk away while her friends spoke
around her. "That's the uniform of a famous private school."

"You mean the one with all the geniuses?"

A determined look entered Hikaru's eyes. "I'm going to go
thank her." She took off after the girl, but got know more than a
few steps when an explosion occurred and a boy with a black pig
tail jumped through the newly created hole in the floor. Her eyes
widened slightly as she got a god look at him. His red Chinese
shirt and black kung-fu pants showed off his muscles without
looking like they were supposed to. As he backed away from the
hole in the floor she saw a grace that she would not have believed
someone so young could hold. Her family had their own style of
Kendo which was quite powerful, but she felt, no she knew, that
this young man could beat her entire family at the same time
without even trying.

"Dammit Ryouga, what'd I do this time!"

Out of the hole a new boy jumped out. This one had a
yellow and black bandanna wrapped around his head keeping his
unruly black hair out of his eyes. "Ranma, because of you I've
seen Hell! Prepare to die! Bakusai Tenketsu!" The ground
exploded causing sharp, fragments everywhere.

Ranma's hands blurred as he caught every fragment that
headed his way. "Watch it P-Chan! There are people up here!
You'll hurt someone!"

"Damn you, Ranma! Don't call me P-Chan!" Ryouga charged
Ranma and released a barrage of punches and kicks, all of which
were dodged.

Ranma slid past a forward kick by Ryouga and taunted his
enemy. "What's the matter Ryouga? Getting slow, are you? How
about I give You a lesson in speed? KATCHU TENSHIN ARMAGURIKAN!"
Ranma released a few hundred punches into Ryouga's stomach. The
force and amount of blows sent Ryouga crashing into the wall in
the middle of the Tower.

Watching the battle between the boys, Hikaru couldn't
believe the display of skill they had each shown. It was unlike
anything that she had seen before. What more, she thought she
recognized something familiar about the two fighters. It was as
though she had seen them before, but couldn't place where.

As Ryouga pulled himself from the wall, he pulled a number
of his bandanas from his head. He twirled them around and
launched them at Ranma. They were jumped over, but he had
expected that. Ranma could dodge the blow that had been sent to
his face, and could only block it. The force was still more than
he would have liked to take. He rolled as he hit the floor and
came up to face a glowing Ryouga. Realizing what was happening,
Ranma cupped his hands in front of himself and began to glow a
bright golden color.

"SHI SHI HOUKODAN!"

"MOUKO TAKABISHA!"

The dark green and yellow Ki blasts slammed into each
other and canceled out. Hikaru's eyes widened at the Ki blasts.
She had finally placed who the two were. They were Ranma Saotome
and Ryouga Hibiki. The two of them were famous in all of the
martial arts circles. It was said that they were the best martial
artists of their (and her) generation. She had even gotten a
chance to witness one of their fights a few months before as she
was shopping in the Nerima district. One of the main thoughts
that was running through her mind was the hope that she would get
to meet them.

Ranma, on the other hand was annoyed at what was going on.
Here he was, trying to get a day to himself away from the craziness
that was his life, and Ryouga had to show up and start another
fight. It was getting to be a habit that he didn't like. Now
Ryouga was becoming so blind to their battles that he was no
longer paying attention to his surroundings. He never noticed the
girls Ranma was in front of when he released his Ki blast.
Sighing in frustration, he turned to see if the girls that he was
protecting were okay. His eyes widened in shock and he leapt
towards Ryouga turning in mid air. "Ryouga look out! Its that
clone of my curse form! Be careful!"

Ryouga chose to ignore Ranma and backhanded him across the
tower. Ranma rolled with the blow and came up next to a girl with
long blue hair. He was about to yell at Ryouga when a new voice
cut through the air. "Saotome! Release my Shampoo!" A large
number of sharp projectiles were launched from the arm of a robed
young man. Ranma grabbed the girl he was next to and sprinted
across the tower to dump her next to a girl with short blonde hair
in green. "You blind idiot! This ain't Shampoo!"

"It isn't? Ranma, you enemy of all women! First Akane,
then my Shampoo, and now this girl! Prepare to die!" Mousse
promptly leapt at Ryouga, who in turned kicked him in the face.

"Mousse, I'm Ryouga, not Ranma! Put your damned glasses
on!"

Mousse moved a pair of oversized glasses over his eyes and
looked closely at the figure in front of him. "Oh, its you,
Hibiki." He turned to Ranma. "Saotome, now you will die and
Shampoo will belong to me!" Before he could do anything, though,
a bright flash of light blinded everyone in the tower.

A disembodied female voice came to six of the people in
the tower. "Please help us, Please save Cephiro, Legendary Magic
Knights!" The light disappeared, and the six were gone.

****
As they started to fall out of the sky, two different
reactions were taking place. The three junior high girls were
screaming their heads off. The three martial artists, however...

Ranma sent another kick into Ryouga's face followed by an
Armagurikan to the stomach. Mousse received a kick to the head
and an elbow in the gut. Ranma was having the time of his life.
Midair Combat was the Saotome specialty, and neither of his
opponents had the ability to function like he could. Ranma wasn't
worried about the fall, the five or six hundred-foot drop was
easily survivable especially with the water down there. He twisted
and released the Katchu Tenshin Armagurikan into both his
opponents. So it came as a surprise when his back impacted
something hard.

Ranma slowly got up and looked around. "Where the hell
are we? What the hell happened?"

The one in green answered. "We appear to be on the back
of a giant flying fish."

Ranma blinked a couple of times before he shrugged.
"Well, at least it's not a cat." The girl gave him a puzzled
look.

Ryouga, meanwhile, had grabbed Hikaru by her uniform.
"Ranma! How dare you do this to me!"

Hikaru was terrified of what was happening. Some how Ryouga had
mistaken her for Ranma (how she wasn't sure) and was pulling his
arm back to punch her. After that fight in Tokyo tower she was
sure that the blow would kill her. That was when Ranma noticed
what was going on and interfered. He grabbed the arm that was
about to punch her and hit the other arm with his Armagurikan
technique. Hikaru's eyes widened as she felt herself drop only
to have a pair of strong hands grab her arms. Ranma helped her
back up and looked down at his rival.

"Ryouga, I'm over here."

Ryouga looked up at Ranma, then Hikaru and the Ranma
again. "What?"

Ranma sighed and shook his head at the Lost Boy's
confusion. "Never mind, just don't start a fight right now,
okay. We don't have the room for it here."

***
Ranma looked around the cliff that they were all standing
on. The girls had been relatively calm since the fish had landed.
Mousse and Ryouga were glaring at him with their patented 'Ranma,
this is all your fault' looks. For his part he stared intently at
the red hair girl that resembled his cursed form. Now that he had
a chance to study her, he noticed a number of differences. She
had red eyes to his blue, her hair was not as well styled as his
was, and she had much smaller attributes.

The blue hair girl was speaking. "What on earth kind of
place is this? What just happened to us?"

It was the blonde hair girl who responded. "It appears
that we are no longer in Tokyo."

"You can tell that just by looking around."

"RANMA!! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!!"

Ranma looked at Ryouga with an annoyed expression. "Why
is this my fault Pig-Boy? I had notin' to do with it! How could
I have?!"

"Don't call me Pig-Boy!!"

"Make me!" Ranma challenged and dropped into his
traditional fighting stance. Ryouga drew his umbrella from his
pack and prepared to charge.

Hikaru dashed between the two before they could resume the
fight. "Stop it, both of you! Fighting isn't going to help here!
We need to find a way to get home." Both of the Martial artists
stopped and looked sheppishly at her. Then the blue hair one
spoke again.

"Yeah, and I have to practice for an important fencing
match next week! We've got to get home!" Ranma and Ryouga both
rolled their eyes at her whining.

Hikaru recovered and sprung up cheerfully. "Okay, its
introduction time!"

Ranma, Ryouga, and Mousse exchanged a look as if to
question whether she was alright in the head. Blue hair, however
{Yes! Finally I'll be able to use their names!!!}...

"Introduction time!? Do you really think this is such a
good time for that!?"

Then blonde spoke up. "I think so. I think that's a
wonderful idea. It seems that the six of us were the only ones
to arrive here from Tokyo Tower. We need to stick together and
help each other find their way in this uncertain territory."

Hikaru got excited yet again. "That's why we should
introduce ourselves first."

"Fine, I'll go first. My name is Umi Ryuuzaki, Junior
High, Eighth Grade. "

Then blonde, "I am Fuu Hououji, also Junior High, Eighth
Grade."

Hikaru was just a bundle of energy that sprung loose.
"Hikaru Shidou, 14 years old, Eighth Grade!"

The three of them turned to the guys and blinked in
surprise. While they had been giving names, a three-way brawl had
started. Ranma was in the air raining blows from above. Ryouga
was holding firm and returning attacks with equal ferocity.
Mousse was attacking a tree that he thought Ranma was in. A quick
kick to his head by Ranma put him down quickly. Hikaru, not able
to think of another option ran between the combatants to stop
their fighting. It worked perfectly. "What do you think you're
doing. We can't be fighting among ourselves. We've got to find a
way to get home." Tears started to flood her eyes.

Ranma, didn't notice as he gave her a surprised look.
"Fighting? We weren't fighting. What gave you that idea?"

"But, but, you just kick him, and he punched at you and,
and," Hikaru stuttered pointing at Mousse and Ryouga.

"Oh, that. We got bored listening to you three trying to
decided whether we should introduce ourselves or not, and decided
to spar some. What did you decide on, anyway?"

"Umm.. I'm Hikaru, that's Umi, and that's Fuu. Who are
you?"

It was Mousse who spoke up first. "I'm Mousse of the
Joketsuzoku Amazons."

Umi raised an eyebrow at that. "Mousse? Your parents
named you after a hair care product?"

"It's pronounced Mu Tzu, but it is hard for that to be
said in your language, so everyone calls me Mousse."

Then Ryouga stepped forward. "I am Ryouga Hibiki."

Hikaru's eyes lit up. "Wow, you're really Ryouga? Your
so famous! Why this is so cool!" Ryouga blushed slightly and
gave a small, stuttering laugh as the girl jumped up and down.
Then she turned to Ranma.

"I'm Ranma Saotome, heir to the Saotome School of Anything
Goes Martial Arts."

Hikaru's joy was bubbling over. "Wow, the two greatest
martial artist of my generation and I'm getting to talk to them!
This is so cool! My older brothers are going to be soooo jealous!"
She started to giggle some more. Ranma and Ryouga shared a look
as if to say 'We're famous??'.

It was at that point that the flying fish came to land on
the cliff with them. The Nerima wrecking crew took up fighting
stances while Umi and Fuu dove into the trees screaming for
everyone to run. Hikaru, however, walked up to the fish and gave
it a hug and started petting it. "Oh, don't worry. This guys
really tame."

Ranma and Ryouga were about to relax when they sensed something in
the woods. Powering up his Takabisha, Ranma called out, "Come out
here! We know your there!"

A voice responded to the call. "Creature Return!" The fish
seemed to warp in shape and then sped into the woods, right into
the staff of what appeared to be a young boy. "There's no way for
you to go back."

Ranma looked at him and snorted. "Feh, then I guess you don't
know Ryouga very well. He can get lost just turning around. We
stick with him and we'll be home within the day."

Cleff turned to face Ranma and his eyes widened in shock. "Who
are you! How did you get here! The Magic Knights are supposed
to be all girls!"

"Well, Ranma's a girl part of the time, so I guess that'll do."
Ryouga smirked at his rival.

"Shut up, P-Chan! You looking for a fight?"

Mousse looked at the boy for a moment and turned to the other
two. "You two, this kid reminds me of the Ghoul. Don't take him
lightly." Ranma and Ryouga stopped bickering and looked at him.
Then at the kid, and then at Mousse again. When the three turned
back to the boy they saw a light surrounding the three girls that
they were with.

Ranma brought is aurora to bare as he looked at the kid. "What
the hell are you doing with them!"

"Be at ease, I have but given them magic to use. It has chosen
them, so do not fear. They will not be harmed. You three,
however, I don't know what to make of. I can sense your power,
however. Please, protect the Magic Knights. They will not be
strong enough to win this fight alone."

By this time the magic had been brought into them and they
approach the boy. Hikaru was so excited. "Mage Cleff, we can use
magic now? I feel all warm inside."

"That's the magic child. Look deep inside your self and you will
be able to find it." Hikaru started to close her eyes, but Ranma
broke her concentration fast.

"Something's coming this way! It's strong, too. We better get
out of here."

Cleff looked to the sky and nodded. He raised his staff and
called out "Creature, I Summon Thee!" A griffin like creature
came from the staff. "Hurry and get on. You must leave this
place. I will delay them."

"No Cleff, I want to fight too!"

"I agree with Hikaru, lets kick their butts!" Ranma was all
prepped up for a fight. He never got to finish any of his battle
with Ryouga and it was starting to get on his nerves.

"Go, You must save Cephiro! And you, young men, protect them.
They will need all of the help that they can get!" Ranma decided
that it was best not to argue. He nodded once to Cleff before he
took off. The columns of energy that were erupting from the
forest might have had something to do with it, but he never would
admit it. Grabbing Hikaru and Ryouga, he bolted for the bird that
the rest were on. As soon as they were on the bird it took off.
Cleff called up to them. "If you really want to help me then
become the Magic Knights as soon as you can! Head to the west,
you'll find Presea in the Forest of Silence. You'll get weapons
from her, and Mokona!" As the griffin sped away the sound of
horse hoofs against the ground caused Cleff to turn. He stood
calmly as his enemy approached.

"It has been awhile, Master Cleff."

"Joining forces with Zagato, I am disappointed with my pupil,
Alcyone."

"I am very grateful to you, Master Mage, because you have given me
such wonderfully perfect magic. Magic such as this; ICICLE
ASSAULT!" A number of icicles formed around Alcyone and sped
towards the master mage.

Cleff raised his staff and countered. "BARRIER SHIELD!" A shield
of pure energy formed in front of the mage blocking the attack with
ease.

"I'd expect nothing less from the highest ranked magician in
Cephiro."

"The reason I taught you magic was so that you could stand beside
the Princess, not so you could become a threat to Cephiro,
Alcyone."

Alcyone just laughed. "Serious as always, Master Mage Cleff, but
I do not have time for idle chatter. CREATURE I SUMMON THEE! I
know I don't have a chance to fight you myself, my mission is
simply the eradication of those neophyte Magic Knights!" She
continued to laugh as her horse took to the sky and her Summon
Wolves were left with Cleff.

Cleff looked at the wolves and raised his staff once again.
"LIGHTNING BALL COME FORTH!" The electricity slammed into the
wolves killing them instantly. He turned as he felt a dark
presence, but it was too late. A blast of energy hit him, and he
was turned into stone.

****
Back on the griffin, the six teens had be discussing what
to do when they caught site of something approaching them from
behind. Ranma stood up and moved to try and get a better view.
"What in the world is that?" Ryouga moved to join him, but all he
could do was shrug.

"ICE SPEAR ATTACK!"

Ranma shot forward knocking the girls down and trying to
protect them with his own body as Ryouga simply stood there. The
few icicles that hit him shattered harmlessly against his
well-trained body. Against someone who had survived the Bakusai
Tenketsu training, a few icicles were nothing. Alcyone, however,
didn't notice this as she brought her horse around to the front of
the griffin. "Pleased to meet you, three little eggs that would
have hatched into Magic Knights. I know that we just met, so I
must apologize, but you must die."

Fuu looked up at the other girls. "She called us Magic
Knights."

Ranma and Ryouga, however, didn't care about any of that.
Mousse's glasses had been knocked off during the flight so he
wasn't going to be of any help to them. One thought passed between
them. They had told Cleff they would protect the girls and this
woman had just said that she was going to kill them. Both of
them started to glow with power, but no one took notice of it.

Hikaru had just had enough of She stood up and started to
gather fire around her. Alcyone gave her a look of surprise.
"HANNOU NO"

"MOUKO TAKABISHA!!!!!!!"

"SHI SHI HOUKODAN!!!!!!"

Twin blast of Ki raced from either side of her, one bright
golden, and one dark green. Alcyone barely had one second to look
at them before they hit. Even as they slammed into her she cast
her escape spell. Hikaru stopped her spell and turned to look at
the two boys behind her. "What was that?"

Ranma grinned. "Just a couple of techniques we have. We
told that kid we'd protect you, and we NEVER break a promise.
Now, we've got to get to that forest he mentioned."

Umi looked at him in disbelief. "You can't be serious!
Even after all we've been through?!"

"It's a martial artists duty to protect the weak."

She smirked as she thought she had him cornered. "Well,
do you know where this Forest of Silence is, or how to get there?"

"Uh, no." Everyone but Ranma and Hikaru face faulted.
Hikaru looked just as happy as ever.

"Don't worry, Umi, I'm sure this big bird knows where the
Forest is, don't you." The bird nodded its head vigorously. "You
see, we're off then, to the Forest of Silence!"

Author's Notes:

Well, what do you think? I think I did a pretty good job of
getting the Ranma crew in there, don't you. I'll be explaining
what got them there later on. Next time, Presea, Mokona, girl
troubles, and Ryouga gets lost!