An American Batman in Nerima
Chapter 1: Revalations
By Crystal Moon
6/9/2002
e-mail: crystalcollins19@hotmail.com
Batman Beyond belongs to whoever owns him and Ranma belongs to Rumiko. I do not own them so please don't sue me. I'm just a poor little girl who's doing this for fun. Crystal^_^
Mary's life wasn't going very well at the moment as she stared at the small packet of slappers setting on the table in front of her. Her oldest son had them and though he denied using them, they explained a lot about his recent behavior. Terry kept staying out late, falling asleep in class and his grades were starting to drop drastically.
How could her son be doing something so stupid, something she never did when she was younger and still lived in Japan. Maybe that was the answer, maybe she should take her two sons on a small vacation to Japan to meet their grandparents. The question was, what would they say about them and herself since she didn't leave under the best of circumstances.
The thought of her parents and old friends brought a tear to her eye as she remembered better days when she was younger. She hated her body now which is what eventually caused the divorce with her late ex-husband. He was the only man she had ever cared about, maybe even loved, and was deffinately the only man she ever slept with and ever would.
Things weren't supposed to turn out like this, she was supposed to be married and running a dojo in Japan not being a model and mother for two in America. Still, if she had it to do over again she wouldn't of changed a thing because she loved her children very much.
Maybe returning home wasn't such a good idea even though her mother's letters swore that the pledge was no longer going to be enforced but still she was wary of how her mother would react to Terry and Matt. Mary was a woman now, she gave up looking for a cure a long time ago. She was stuck like this but that no longer mattered since she had her babies to look after.
She sighed as she noticed a sound coming from Terry's room, the sound of his window opened. Like the martial artist she was, Mary quietely sneaked into Terry's room and followed him out the window and up the fire escape to the roof where he was putting on a black body suit of some kind.
'NO!' Mary screamed mentally, Terry was going to rob someplace. She stepped out as he was pulling the hood into place. There was something strange about the hood though, it seemed to have points on each side.
"Terry!" Mary snapped walking up to him and coming face to face with Batman. She said the first thing that came to mind, something she heard countless times back at home, "Oh my."
"I-I can explain mom." Batman said as the batmobile flew up over head and hovered above them.
"You weren't lying, were you?" Mary asked, in shock. Terry, her Terry was Batman. How? How did this happen? Why did things like this always seem to happen?
"I'm sorry mom." Terry said.
"Terry." Bruce exclaimed over the com-link.
"Bruce! Is that you?" Mary snapped, "You did this, didn't you!?"
"I have to go mom." Terry said, backing away from his mother. "I'll be back soon then we can talk." With that Terry jumped up into the batmobile and was off.
Mary wanted to storm over to Wayne manor and rip that man apart for dragging her son into this. She wanted a normal life for her children, not this. The only thing keeping her home was the fact that Matt was asleep in his bed. She went back down into her apartment and checked on Matt and kissed the sleeping boy on the head before she headed out into the living room and dropped down onto the couch to stare at the blank television.
Maybe a small vacation would be good, then she could get Terry away from this and have some time to talk to him about this. If Terry still wanted to be Batman she couldn't stop him then but she could teach him some of her family's style of martial arts and the amazon techniques that she knew like the Kachu Tenshin Amagurikan.
Mary picked up the phone and dialed her mother in Japan.
"Hello." A kind voice said in Japanese.
"Mom." Mary said as she held back the tears at hearing her mother's voice after so many years.
"R-Ranma?" The woman asked in a shaky voice, obviously fighting trears as well.
"Yeah, mom, it is." Mary said, "But it's Mary now."
"I don't care what your name is honey," the woman cried, "I'm just glad to hear your voice again."
"I'm glad to hear you again to mom." Mary said, "C-Can I come home for a visit?"
"Of course you can!" the woman said in excitement, "When can I expect you?"
"In about a month, school will be out for the summer then." Mary said.
"Sc-School?" the woman asked in shock.
"Yes mother, school. My two sons attend school of course." Mary said.
"S-sons? I have grandchildren?" the woman asked.
"There names are Matt and Terry." Mary said.
"Does that mean that your married then?" the woman asked.
"Divorced," Mary said, "He's dead now though."
"I'm so sorry honey." the woman said.
"It's okay mom, I'm over it though Terry and Matt had a hard time. Terry's still coping with it." Mary said. When she heard the front door opening she knew Terry was home and decided to finish this conversation quickly. "I'm sorry mom, but I have to go. I'll talk to you some more later."
"I love you Ran…Mary."
"I love you to, mom. Bye." Mary hung up the phone and looked up into the shocked face of her eldest son.
"You know Japanese?" Terry asked.
"I am Japanese you know," Mary said with a smile as she rubbed her eyes.
"Are you alright mom?" Terry asked sitting next to her mother on the couch.
"Yeah, that was your grandmother on the phone." Mary said, "As soon as school's out for the summer we're be going to visit her in Japan."
"But…" Terry said.
"No buts," Mary interrupted her son, "Gotham can do without Batman for a few weeks."
Terry's eyes went wide as he remembered what happened on the roof earlier that evening. "I can explain everything."
"Good." Mary said as she folded her arms under her breasts, "Now how did you become Batman in the first place?"
Mary sat and listened to the whole story as she listened to everything that happened to her son since that fateful night Terry ran into Bruce when the Jokers was chasing him. She listened as he explained Blight, Inque and all his other foes. Though she was worried about him, she was also very proud of her son for everything he did. He seemed very responsible about this whole thing which made her relax a little.
"I'm going to give you a little leeway if you intend to keep this up but you have to promise me two things." Mary said.
"Anything." Terry said.
"First you have to be careful and second I want you to see a tutor." Mary said.
"A tutor." Terry whined then flinched at the intense glare from his mother, "All right, I'll see if Max will tutor me."
"Maxine," Mary nodded, "She'll do okay but no funny buisness, got it."
"Yeah." Terry said.
Mary hugged him and kissed his forhead and got up. "Godd night honey."
"Good night, mom" Terry said as he headed to his own room.
TO BE CONTINUED…
Chapter 1: Revalations
By Crystal Moon
6/9/2002
e-mail: crystalcollins19@hotmail.com
Batman Beyond belongs to whoever owns him and Ranma belongs to Rumiko. I do not own them so please don't sue me. I'm just a poor little girl who's doing this for fun. Crystal^_^
Mary's life wasn't going very well at the moment as she stared at the small packet of slappers setting on the table in front of her. Her oldest son had them and though he denied using them, they explained a lot about his recent behavior. Terry kept staying out late, falling asleep in class and his grades were starting to drop drastically.
How could her son be doing something so stupid, something she never did when she was younger and still lived in Japan. Maybe that was the answer, maybe she should take her two sons on a small vacation to Japan to meet their grandparents. The question was, what would they say about them and herself since she didn't leave under the best of circumstances.
The thought of her parents and old friends brought a tear to her eye as she remembered better days when she was younger. She hated her body now which is what eventually caused the divorce with her late ex-husband. He was the only man she had ever cared about, maybe even loved, and was deffinately the only man she ever slept with and ever would.
Things weren't supposed to turn out like this, she was supposed to be married and running a dojo in Japan not being a model and mother for two in America. Still, if she had it to do over again she wouldn't of changed a thing because she loved her children very much.
Maybe returning home wasn't such a good idea even though her mother's letters swore that the pledge was no longer going to be enforced but still she was wary of how her mother would react to Terry and Matt. Mary was a woman now, she gave up looking for a cure a long time ago. She was stuck like this but that no longer mattered since she had her babies to look after.
She sighed as she noticed a sound coming from Terry's room, the sound of his window opened. Like the martial artist she was, Mary quietely sneaked into Terry's room and followed him out the window and up the fire escape to the roof where he was putting on a black body suit of some kind.
'NO!' Mary screamed mentally, Terry was going to rob someplace. She stepped out as he was pulling the hood into place. There was something strange about the hood though, it seemed to have points on each side.
"Terry!" Mary snapped walking up to him and coming face to face with Batman. She said the first thing that came to mind, something she heard countless times back at home, "Oh my."
"I-I can explain mom." Batman said as the batmobile flew up over head and hovered above them.
"You weren't lying, were you?" Mary asked, in shock. Terry, her Terry was Batman. How? How did this happen? Why did things like this always seem to happen?
"I'm sorry mom." Terry said.
"Terry." Bruce exclaimed over the com-link.
"Bruce! Is that you?" Mary snapped, "You did this, didn't you!?"
"I have to go mom." Terry said, backing away from his mother. "I'll be back soon then we can talk." With that Terry jumped up into the batmobile and was off.
Mary wanted to storm over to Wayne manor and rip that man apart for dragging her son into this. She wanted a normal life for her children, not this. The only thing keeping her home was the fact that Matt was asleep in his bed. She went back down into her apartment and checked on Matt and kissed the sleeping boy on the head before she headed out into the living room and dropped down onto the couch to stare at the blank television.
Maybe a small vacation would be good, then she could get Terry away from this and have some time to talk to him about this. If Terry still wanted to be Batman she couldn't stop him then but she could teach him some of her family's style of martial arts and the amazon techniques that she knew like the Kachu Tenshin Amagurikan.
Mary picked up the phone and dialed her mother in Japan.
"Hello." A kind voice said in Japanese.
"Mom." Mary said as she held back the tears at hearing her mother's voice after so many years.
"R-Ranma?" The woman asked in a shaky voice, obviously fighting trears as well.
"Yeah, mom, it is." Mary said, "But it's Mary now."
"I don't care what your name is honey," the woman cried, "I'm just glad to hear your voice again."
"I'm glad to hear you again to mom." Mary said, "C-Can I come home for a visit?"
"Of course you can!" the woman said in excitement, "When can I expect you?"
"In about a month, school will be out for the summer then." Mary said.
"Sc-School?" the woman asked in shock.
"Yes mother, school. My two sons attend school of course." Mary said.
"S-sons? I have grandchildren?" the woman asked.
"There names are Matt and Terry." Mary said.
"Does that mean that your married then?" the woman asked.
"Divorced," Mary said, "He's dead now though."
"I'm so sorry honey." the woman said.
"It's okay mom, I'm over it though Terry and Matt had a hard time. Terry's still coping with it." Mary said. When she heard the front door opening she knew Terry was home and decided to finish this conversation quickly. "I'm sorry mom, but I have to go. I'll talk to you some more later."
"I love you Ran…Mary."
"I love you to, mom. Bye." Mary hung up the phone and looked up into the shocked face of her eldest son.
"You know Japanese?" Terry asked.
"I am Japanese you know," Mary said with a smile as she rubbed her eyes.
"Are you alright mom?" Terry asked sitting next to her mother on the couch.
"Yeah, that was your grandmother on the phone." Mary said, "As soon as school's out for the summer we're be going to visit her in Japan."
"But…" Terry said.
"No buts," Mary interrupted her son, "Gotham can do without Batman for a few weeks."
Terry's eyes went wide as he remembered what happened on the roof earlier that evening. "I can explain everything."
"Good." Mary said as she folded her arms under her breasts, "Now how did you become Batman in the first place?"
Mary sat and listened to the whole story as she listened to everything that happened to her son since that fateful night Terry ran into Bruce when the Jokers was chasing him. She listened as he explained Blight, Inque and all his other foes. Though she was worried about him, she was also very proud of her son for everything he did. He seemed very responsible about this whole thing which made her relax a little.
"I'm going to give you a little leeway if you intend to keep this up but you have to promise me two things." Mary said.
"Anything." Terry said.
"First you have to be careful and second I want you to see a tutor." Mary said.
"A tutor." Terry whined then flinched at the intense glare from his mother, "All right, I'll see if Max will tutor me."
"Maxine," Mary nodded, "She'll do okay but no funny buisness, got it."
"Yeah." Terry said.
Mary hugged him and kissed his forhead and got up. "Godd night honey."
"Good night, mom" Terry said as he headed to his own room.
TO BE CONTINUED…