Welcome to the Ranma ½ and Rosario + Vampire crossover: Youkai Martial Arts.
I would like to point out the idea for this instantly popped into my when I was watching the first episode of the second season. I went to check to see if had been done before, which it had been, quite spectacularly, I might add. I apologize if I subconsciously copy anything from an already established work, yet from what I've read it seems some of my ideas are at least original.
Let us begin.
Edit: This chapter is now improved with a 100% more Beta!
Ranma Saotome, martial artist extraordinaire and heir to Anything Goes Martial Arts, was doing something he had never done before. He was currently sitting on a bus on his way to school. Ranma wasn't exactly a big fan of public transportation. He had nothing against people who used it; it was just that he preferred to get from place to place under his own power. Sadly that was not an option as he had no way of knowing where his new school was.
Letting out a sigh the pigtailed fighter turned his gaze from the window to the other occupants of the bus. One of them being the bus driver, who came across as creepy to anyone else, what with his face being hidden by the shadow of his cap and eerie glowing eyes, but to Ranma, who dealt with the supernatural on a weekly basis, the man barely registered. The only other person on the bus was some random kid who was wearing what Ranma figured was the uniform for his new school. Not that he actually cared, if Principal Kuno couldn't get him to follow dress code, there was no way the staff at his new school would be able to.
Thinking of the macadamia nut job led Ranma's thoughts to how he ended up going to a new school.
Martial Arts Story Telling Secret Technique: Flashback!
"Now you's probably wondarin' why da Big Kahuna called ya'll here to'day" Principal Kuno said from the beach chair in his office. The people he was addressing were Ranma and both of his parents, which he called to the school for some reason.
"I will admit I am curious as to why we're here. My son didn't do anything unmanly did he?" Nodoka Saotome asked as she grabbed the family honor blade.
"Dat's just it, Misses Saotome. You boy i's bein' dropped from da program." Principal Kuno told them.
"What the hell are you talkin' about?" Ranma demanded.
"You be failin' all ya classes, keiki. As much as I liek tryin' ta rein ya in, da school can't be havin' a keiki dat can't pass a class." The headmaster explained.
"Oh what have I done to be cursed with such a worthless son, who can't even finish his schooling?" Genma wailed.
"Oh can it ya worthless panda. What can you expect with all the crap I have to put up with around here? I have the girls hounding during school, the guys trying ta beat me after school, and cleaning up your messes in the evening. When am I supposed ta get any studyin' done? Besides I bet you dropped out a school." Ranma retorted.
"Foolish boy! I'll have you know that I finished my high school education all while putting up with the hell that is the master's training!" Genma shouted. Ranma could only blink in response to that. He was serious when he said he didn't think his pop finished his schooling and he hadn't know he started his training with the old lech when he was his age.
"Surely there must be something we can do?" Nodoka asked. "What if he takes summer courses?"
"Sorry, but da keiki's grades be so low dat he would need ta take remedial classes for hes remedial classes." Principal Kuno answered "Da only solution dat I be seein' is dat da keiki start off fresh at a new school, ya." The principal then pulled a rope that was hanging from the ceiling. A trap door opened underneath the Saotomes. A splash could be heard as they landed in the school pool. "Da Big Kahuna be lovin' hes job."
End Technique.
Ranma wondered what his new school would be like. Mr. Tendo had just happened to have an entry form that he got from one of his drinking buddies later that same night. While the man was upset that Ranma would be away from Akane, he didn't want his daughter married to a drop out. The only problem was that he had to be registered as a freshman.
"So, um, is this your first year here?" The other boy asked him.
"Yeah. What about you?" Ranma replied.
"Same. Tsukune Aono" The boy introduced himself.
"Ranma Saotome." Ranma said in turn.
"You boys should be prepared." The bus driver cut in. "It's a terrifying school."
Before the conversation could continue further, the bus entered a tunnel. But it wasn't an ordinary tunnel. Everything around them was a wavy mass of shifting dark colors. Before they could even blink, they were out of the tunnel in what looked like another world. The sky was dark. The sea was a blood red. A forest of dead trees and tombstones covered the landscape.
"I wonder if this is the place Ryoga was talking about whenever he said he had seen hell." Ranma muttered as the bus pulled to a stop by a scarecrow with a pumpkin for a head.
As the boys exited the bus, the door slammed closed almost immediately and the bus sped off down the tunnel they just came from.
"It's like we've entered a totally different world" Tsukune stated as he looked around "You think that's it?" He asked as he gestured to a large decrepit looking building in the distance.
"Knowing my life, it probably is." Ranma commented as the pair began the trek to the building.
All of a sudden a bat swooped by shouting "I'm a bat!" before flying away.
"What was that!" Tsukune shouted. "Did that bat just talk?"
"Eh, when you've seen a talking frog man, a talking bat ain't so strange." Ranma commented offhandedly. Tsukune began staring at him as if he grew a second head. "What? Is there somethin' on my face?"
Ranma's danger sense was suddenly on red alert. Now this in itself wasn't unusual. Back in Nerima, it usually went off four to five times a day. What was strange was what danger sense went off. It was a little known fact that Ranma actually had two danger senses. One responded to familiar threats, and one that responded to unknown threats. This was how he was always able to treat his rivals' threats so casually. It was the familiar danger sense that was going off.
There was a ringing of a bell, and Tsukune was suddenly run over by a bicycle. The rider, a pink haired girl wearing the school uniform was sent flying and somehow Tsukune managed to land on top of her in a compromising position. The average boy was sporting a nice gash on his head that was bleeding quite a bit. The girl let out a gasp as Tsukune accidentally squeezed her thigh.
"I'm sorry about running you over." The girl said "My eyes get blurry because I'm anemic."
Ranma just stared at the girl. There was definitely something familiar about her, but he couldn't place it. Did he meet her somewhere before? No, that couldn't be it; you wouldn't forget someone with bright pink hair. Either way it seemed that this girl was what was setting off his danger sense. Why was that? Was it because of the bike?
Tsukune started freaking out when the girl realized that he was still holding her thigh, but she seemed more interested in the blood running down his face if the gaze of her doe-like green eyes was anything to go by. The girl got close to him and began to wipe the blood away with a handkerchief, but suddenly gasped and started blushing.
"This scent…" The girl muttered "My body is…" The girl grabbed Tsukune's face. "I'm sorry, because I'm a vampire." She suddenly bit into Tsukune's neck.
Ranma's eyes widened as his pigtail stiffened. Vampire. No wonder his danger sense was going crazy.
"Knock it off!" Ranma shouted as he ripped the girl off of Tsukune.
"I-I'm sorry." The girl apologized. "It's just that your blood smelled so good a-and I never had fresh blood before." The girl blushed. "You were my first."
Ranma glared at the girl, but Tsukune's mind seemed to have been sent to the gutter, his face was changing color to match the girl's hair.
"What are you doin' here?" Ranma asked, his eyes narrowed on the girl.
"I'm a freshman at Youkai Acedemy." The girl said "My name is Moka Akashiya."
"You're a freshman, too? I'm Tsukune Aono." Tsukune introduced. "This is Ranma Saotome. He's also a freshman."
"Do you not like vampires?" Moka asked as she noticed the look the pigtailed boy was giving her.
"No. In fact I don't like them." Ranma said with gritted teeth. He had no idea what this chick was capable of, but the name sounded familiar. Had he met her before?
"Don't you think that's a little harsh?" Tsukune asked nervously rubbing the back of his head "Shouldn't you judge them individually?"
"Do you want to be friends?" Moka asked as she wrapped Tsukune in a hug.
Ranma walked away while their attention was on each other. He didn't feel right leaving Tsukune behind with the blood sucker, but she didn't seem like she had any ill intent. Either way he wanted to get out of there as fast as possible.
Ranma watched from his seat in the back of his new home room as it began to fill up with students. Nothing really stood out about most of them; they seemed like generic High Schoolers. There was one exception; a little girl dressed up like a witch, par for the course when you really think about it. His life was filled with idiots who used magic without knowing what it did. It was only a matter of time before he met someone who knew what they were doing. Figures it would turn out to be a little girl.
"Settle down class." A woman said as she entered the room. She was wearing an outfit that seemed to try and get as many guys' attention as possible with a white shirt with the top half unbuttoned, to the short seemingly leather skirt. Even her glasses seemed to add to her attractiveness.
"My name is Kagome Ririko. I'll be your homeroom teacher for the coming year, un-der-stood?" she asked "As you are all aware of, Youkai Academy is a school for monsters." Ranma would like to argue that he most certainly did not know that, but he bit his tongue as his teacher continued. "It was built for the purpose of teaching monsters how to blend in and interact with human so-ci-et-y." She explained "The rules are simple. Rule 1: All students must hide their true form unless there are special cir-cum-stan-ces. Rule 2: No other students are allowed to know your true form. Rule 3: Any humans found on campus are to either be killed or handed over to the Public Safety Commission."
"That's just stupid." Ranma said before he could stop himself.
"Is there a problem, Saotome-san?" Kagome asked him with a pointed look.
"Um what I think he means is that the last rule doesn't make sense." The girl dressed up like a witch said before Ranma could say anything. "How can you have a place designed to teach monsters how to interact with humans if there aren't any humans?"
"You would say that wouldn't you?" One of the boys asked, Ranma couldn't make out which one from his seat. "It's obvious by the way you dress that you're a witch. That means you're closer to humans than a half bre-OW!" Before the boy could finish a wash bin appeared out of thin air and slammed into his head.
"Settle down class." Kagome said while cracking a whip that she apparently had hidden behind her back the whole time. "While they are called rules, they're treated more like sug-ges-tions. Normally every student breaks at least one of them before the end of the first week."
Before anyone could respond, the bell rang signaling the end of the class period. Seeing as it was the only period for today, Ranma decided to take the fast way out and leapt out the window. Now would probably be a good time to learn the layout of the place. It wasn't long before he met up with Tsukune and Moka on the roof. The former looked down about something.
"Yo Tsukune! You still hanging around with the blood sucker?" Ranma asked as he walked up behind them.
"Ranma-san, Moka-san isn't that bad. She's a friend." Tsukune answered when he saw the uncomfortable look on Moka's face. "So, um how has your day been so far?" he asked hoping to steer the conversation into safer waters.
"Apparently I got a witch in my class, but other than that nothing out of the ordinary." Ranma answered.
"A witch? I thought it was against the rules to know what you really are." Tsukune said nervously.
"Nah, Rikiro-sensei said that students break 'em all the time." Ranma replied as he leaned over the railing. There was a really great view of the campus from up here.
"Oh, what kinds of monsters are you?" Moka asked.
"I think I would prefer sticking to the rules." Tsukune replied nervously.
"I can't tell you, but I am definitely not a human." Ranma answered just as nervous as Tsukune "Nope not a human, nothing but pure blooded monster here."
"That's great!" Moka replied really enthusiastically with a clap of her hands. "I really don't like humans." This only seemed to make both boys even more nervous.
"Does it really matter what we are?" Tsukune spoke up. "I mean no matter what Moka-san is still Moka-san, and Ranma-san is still Ranma-san." He was caught off guard when Moka lunged at him and wrapped him in a hug.
"Thank you! You're my first friend." Moka said as she moved away from Tsukune. "You're also my first love." Both Tsukune and Moka began blushing.
"Y-your first?" Tsukune stuttered out.
"Yes, remember when I said I never had fresh blood before?" Moka said with a nod. "You had let me drink yours. That sweet smell. The delicious taste. I could never forget them." Moka suddenly bit into Tskune's neck.
"This is why I don't like vampires." Ranma said as he pulled Moka off of Tsukune. "You think of everyone as a walking buffet!"
"No th-that's not true." Moka replied as tears threatened to spill from her eyes.
"You just said the only reason you loved him was because his blood was tasty!" Ranma countered.
"Ranma-san, that's enough." Tsukune cut in. "Don't you think you're being a little hard on Moka-san?"
"Whatever." Ranma said as he jumped off the roof. If the kid wanted to be bled dry, that was his problem. He was unaware of the wide eyed stares he got from the pair on the roof as he landed.
It was later in the evening when Ranma managed to find his dorm room. It was a single room with an attached kitchen, and a closet for a wall and had its own bathroom. There was a desk right beneath the window. It was located at the end of the hall on the top floor, giving a wonderful view of the red sea. In Ranma's opinion it was definitely better than the guest room at the Tendo's, which was basically an empty room with mats to sleep on.
Looking out the window, Ranma saw pink head of hair, which could belong to no one other than Moka. She seemed to be arguing with another student, most likely Tsukune. Suddenly the boy ran off. Moka stood there in shock for a moment before she began chasing after him.
"Looks like Tsukune is finally using his head." Ranma said to himself, before he began unpacking his things. He didn't have much; just some spare clothes, some pencils and the notebooks his mom got him.
Suddenly the sky turned red and an overpowering aura could be felt all across the campus. A swarm of bats could be seen descending to the cliffs by the sea. Ranma's danger sense went into over time.
"This feeling…" Ranma muttered. "Tsukune!" He shouted as he leapt out the window. "Damn it, that kid better be okay."
Before Ranma could make it there, the aura suddenly died down. When he arrived at the cliffs, there was no sign of Moka or Tsukune there. In fact the only one there was a hulking form that was lying in a crater.
"What happened here?' Ranma asked as he went over to the downed figure.
"V-Vampire." Was all it could breathe out.
"Easy there." Ranma said as he helped the figure up. "Who and what are you?"
"Name's Saizou Komiya." The hulk figure said. "I'm an Orc." He said before he shrank down to human form. He was taller then Ranma with brown hair worn in a mullet style. He had on a bunch of earrings and the corner of his mouth was pierced.
"Ranma Saotome." Ranma said as he began walking the now human looking orc back to the school. "You gonna tell me what happened?"
"I was trying to put the moves on Moka Akashiya." Saizou admitted. "That Tsukune kid showed up out of nowhere, and we ended up getting into a fight. I revealed my true self and started puttin' the beat down on him" That reminded Ranma of the guys back home. "All of a sudden Moka shows her true form. Turns out she's a vampire." Ranma's eyes narrowed "Hard to believe the chick is an S ranked monster. She kicked my ass in one move."
"Wait, S ranked?" Ranma asked. He had no idea monsters actually classified themselves.
"Yeah, Vampires are one of the strongest monsters out there." Saizou explained. "I wonder why she'd step up to protect a wimp like Tsukune. The kid was so scared of me he forgot to transform."
"I think she might of just been protecting her meal ticket." Ranma commented "The kid's weak enough that she can stick her fangs in him without havin' him able to fight back, even in her human form."
"So that's why she hangs around that wimp." Saizou realized "And here I was thinking that they were going out."
"So you really got taken out in one move?" Ranma asked. He was curious if Vampires really were stronger than other monsters or did this guy just suck.
"She's an S class monster!" Saizou defended "What did you expect?"
"Did you try dodging?" Ranma asked. "I know vampires are tough, but they ain't exactly fast."
"Really? How would you know?" Saizou asked accusingly.
"I had a run in with some of them when I was a kid." Ranma admitted after a moment's pause.
"Seriously?" Saizou asked in disbelief.
"Yeah." Ranma said as they approached the dorms. "Tell you what. How about we meet up after school and I'll teach ya how ta really fight?" Ranma offered his hand.
"Really?" Saizou asked. "You got yourself a deal." He said as he shook Ranma's hand.
AN: This is the longest thing I have ever written.
Told you I had some original ideas.
Sorry about any OOCness you might have spotted. I'm trying to keep characters as close to canon as I can. I also apologize if I butchered Principal Kuno's accent, It be hard to be puttin' down in da written words, ya.
I know there was more I wanted to say but I can't think of what it is.