The Delightful Hulkusagi! – By DS Wynne
Disclaimer: Sailor Moon, Ranma ½ and other genres belong their respective owners.
Note: This is a multi-genre story.
Part 2: "Hulkusagi versus the Abominatrix!" (I)
Meanwhile, across town…
POW!
Ranma Saotome lands at the edge of the Koi Pond, located in the back of the Tendo Compound, just as Ranma's father, Genma, lands into the pond. Ranma purposely knocked his father into the pond, knowing contact with cold water would activate Genma's shape-shifting curse…
SPLASH!
Ranma turns around to face a wet pand.
"Pops, I'm telling ya, you can't beat me," Ranma said, as he folds his arms.
Genma the Panda glowers at his son, and raised a hand-written sign.
YOU CHEATED!
"No, I haven't," Ranma said with a smirk. "You're just mad that I've gotten better. So, HA-!"
KLONK!
"Hey!" Ranma yells, as he turns towards the second floor. "What the heck was that for, ya tomboy?"
"You're making too much racket, jerk!" Akane yells.
"Well, guess what? It's time to get ready for school!"
"Grrrr! You'll pay for that!"
SLAM!
"Really, Ranma-baby," Nabiki (Akane's older sister) said, as she leans out the window of her bedroom. "You should treat your fiancée better than THAT."
"And you should mind ya own business, Nabiki," Ranma said. "And don't think I haven't been pay attention to your attempts to snoop around my stuff."
"Humph," Nabiki said, as she closes her bedroom window.
"Ranma, you really should be nicer to Akane and Nabiki," Kasumi (the oldest of Tendo sisters) said, as she brought out a basket of wet clothes.
"I'm sorry about that, Kasumi, but I think I deserve SOME respect," Ranma said, as he pulls out of a hot kettle from pocket space, before tossing it onto Genma the Panda's heads, as the cursed man steps out of the pond.
SPLASH!
KLONK!
"Ow!" Genma yells.
"Too slow, Pops?"
"RANMA!" Soun yells, as he runs out of the house.
"Good morning, Mr. Tendo," Ranma said.
"How dare you be mean to my Akane?" Soun said, as he utilizes the "Demon's Head Technique" to scare Ranma.
Ranma replied by poking his finger at the illusion.
POP!
"Wha-?" Soun said in surprise.
"I simply responded how Akane responded to ME," Ranma said, as he takes out his book bag and lunch box. "Anyway, I got to go."
"Where are you going?" Akane yells, as she runs out of the house, partially dressed.
"To visit someone before school," Ranma said, as he leaps out of the yard. "I'll see you in a bit."
"RANMA!"
"Boy, come back here!" Genma yells.
"Interesting how Ranma seems so…different, from what he was a week ago," Nabiki said, as she steps outside.
"I wonder who this…someone is?" Kasumi wondered aloud, as she continues to hang the wet clothes on the clothesline.
"A bit he was hanging out with one of his bimbo friends, like Ukyo or Shampoo," Akane said.
"What about Kodachi?" Nabiki said, thinking of ways to get more information out of Ranma.
"Please, even I know that Kodachi is too scary for Ranma to like," Akane said, as she turns around to re-enter her home. "But as soon as I see that jerk, he's going to have a lot of explaining to do!"
Meanwhile…
"What's this?" Kenji Tsukino said, as he lowers his morning paper.
"This is what Usagi calls an American-style breakfast," Ikuko said, as she sits down with her family. "This is bacon, eggs, grits and toast."
Kenji wondered why his daughter was suddenly interested in American culture. In fact, his daughter, after being found in Okinawa with some boy, was acting very strange. He wondered if this boy, Ranma Saotome, had corrupted her.
"This is pretty good," said Shingo, Usagi's younger brother, as he ate his meal. "Thankfully, Dumpling-head didn't make this."
"Actually, Usagi did cook this meal."
Everyone at the table, including Luna (who sat nearby on the sofa in the living room), was shocked at the fact that not only Usagi cooked the food, but cooked it well.
"Seriously, Mom?" Shingo said, as he began picking at his food for any mistakes.
"Really. I surprised that she knew how to cook."
"Perhaps it is because of her friend, Makoto?" Kenji offered. "She knows how to cook…"
"Well, I'm off," Usagi said, as she exits the kitchen with her book bag and lunch box.
"Usagi, you should have breakfast," Kenji said.
"I already ate while cooking," Usagi said, as she hugged her father.
"Figures," Shingo said.
"Oh, you scamp," replied Usagi, as she ruffled Shingo's hair.
"Hey!" Shingo replied in annoyance.
"Well, good luck on your test today," Ikuko said.
"I will, Mother," said Usagi, as she kissed Ikuko on her right cheek. "Bye-!"
And with that, Usagi runs out of the house.
"It's nice to see Usagi so mature," Ikuko said.
"Yeah, well, I hope it's not in the way I think she is," Kenji grumbled.
Shingo looks at his parents, and then looks through the window towards Usagi, who was greeted by a familiar boy…
"Dad!" Shingo said. "I think that boy you were yelling about is outside."
"What?"
Kenji turns to the window.
"I KNEW it! Usagi has a boy in her life."
"Kenji, calm down," Ikuko said. "Remember, Ranma rescued Usagi from the kidnappers, when he happened upon them during his…training journey. So maybe she's just being nice to him."
"Well, it is very convenient that the police could never track down those 'kidnappers'," Shenji said. "But sooner or later, I'm going to get to the bottom of this so-called 'mystery'!"
Meanwhile, Ranma, the boy in question, begin to walk down the street towards Juuban Municipal High School with Usagi. For a long time, the two say nothing…
Suddenly, Usagi turns towards Ranma.
"Race you to the tower," Usagi said, before taking off at a high rate of speed.
ZOOM!
"Hey, no cheating!" Ranma yells, as he goes after the Dumpling-headed girl.
As Usagi runs, her speed increases. From this, she could deduced that her heart rate and excitement levels was increasing, and that means that Usagi was on the verge of changing forms automatically…
'No,' Usagi thought, as her eyes glowed green. 'Remember what Ranma has taught you about staying in control…'
Using just enough of her gamma-powered physiology, Usagi was able to run fast. Over the years, Ranma and others have helped channel her energy levels. Had she been in her Sailor Moon guise, she would not have to worry about changing into her Gammazon form, since the energy would have been derived from Sailor Scout powers, rather than from her gamma-radiated cells. Even when using other forms of biologically based energy, the energy that is accumulated does so within these cells. In effect, all energy that Usagi absorbs, is absorbed by these mutant cells. When "triggered", usually by stress, these cells latch onto her other cells as a means of releasing the energy built up within them. Her normal cells temporarily mutate, and thus the change occurs. When the mutant cells are exhausted, they disengage from the normal cells, allowing her body to "relax", and be restored by a normal metabolic chemical reaction. Thus, it is not uncommon for some Gamma-powered individuals to look like they have "stretch marks" all over their bodies. Luckily, Usagi is not one of them…
As soon as Usagi reaches to a set of cars, she pushes off the ground with her feet, and hops on to a nearby car. Without breaking her stride, she then hops unto a delivery truck, and then unto a nearby building, and then-
SPRUNG!
Flying through the air, with her book bag and lunch box in tow, Usagi lands on the top observation deck of Tokyo Tower.
THWAMP!
Usagi breathes deeply, as her eyes continued to glow green.
'I think this was a big mistake,' Usagi said, as she willed the green to dissipate from her system. 'I shouldn't have raced Ranma-'
"BOO!" Ranma said, as he whispered in Usagi's ear.
"GAH!" Usagi said, as she jumped. Unfortunately, she lost all control over the transformation process, and-
FWOOOMP!
"Stupid Ranma!" Hulkusagi said, as she shook her husband by the scruff of his shirt. "Scaring Hulkusagi like that!"
"Okay, okay!" Ranma said, trying not to laugh. "I give!"
"Humph!" Hulkusagi said, as she dropped Ranma. "Now, what am Hulkusagi do about THIS?"
Hulkusagi was wearing practically nothing, as what's was her school clothes were nothing more than rags.
"Well, you can always say that you had a growth spurt."
"Ha, ha," Hulkusagi said. "Stupid Ranma…"
"Look, I'm sorry for my joke, and I know that you work hard to learn to control this side of your personality," Ranma said. "Which, is why I wanted you to get you this…"
From pocket space, Ranma pulls out a gift pocket.
"Oh?" Hulkusagi said, as she takes the box.
"Compliments from me and an old friend."
"…"
"Open it."
Shrugging, Hulkusagi opens the box…
"School clothes?" Hulkusagi said.
"Yes, and undergarments. They have been treated with a compound of 'unstable molecules'. That way, your clothes will adjust whenever change. Our friend is working on a spray version, so that all your other clothes can get the same treatment."
"Awww," Hulkusagi said. "How wonderful…"
SCRUNCH!
"Hulkusagi love-love Ranma!" Hulkusagi said, as she hugged and squeezed her husband.
"Ack!" Ranma yelped. "Not to tight…"
"Oh, Hulkusagi sorry," Hulkusagis said, as she lets Ranma down.
"Thanks. You better get change, otherwise, you'll be late for school."
"Oh, okay," Hulkusagi said, as she looks around. "Oh, I know!"
Suddenly, Hulkusagi grabs Ranma and the box, and leaps over to the side of the tower.
"Hey-!" Ranma yelled.
"Relax, this is fun!" Hulkusagi said, as she reverts to normal, spins around, discarding her old clothes while putting on her new clothes, and-
FWAP!
At the last minute, Ranma had grabbed his wife, tucked, rolled, sprung off the side the base of Tokyo Tower and hopped back to the ground.
"My hero," Usagi said, as she hugged Ranma.
"Was that really necessary?" Ranma said.
"After what you did, yeah, it was. But this was fun, you know."
Ranma shake his head.
"Girl, you're going to be the death of me."
"Or, the reason you want to live," Usagi said, as she kissed her husband. "But enough cuddling. We're going to be late for school."
"Right," Ranma said, as he helps Usagi to her feet. "Same time as always?"
"Sure, as long as we don't do too much excitement."
"You're the one who wanted to race, you know!"
"Well…you could have stopped me. After all, you're suppose to be the man in this relationship of our…at least HALF the time."
"Whatever," Ranma said, as he turns away. "I'll see YOU later…"
"Buh-bye," Usagi said with a smile, as she hops and skips to school.
Ten minutes later, a pair of government agents appears on the scene.
"We should find evidence of the target," said Agent Ichi, as he and Agent Ni scoured the base of Tokyo Towers.
"Agent Ichi!" said Agent Ni. "I found something intact."
"What is it," Agent Ichi said, as he walks over to Agent Ni.
Using a pen, Agent Ni holds up Usagi's…torn underwear.
"Is…THAT all you found?" Agent Ichi, as he raise an eyebrow.
"Er, so far."
Agent Ichi grimaced a bit, as he brings out his Geiger counter to scan the garment. At the same time, a few pedestrians see this, which did not go unnoticed.
"Mommy, what are they doing?" said a school child, as his mother was escorting him to pre-school.
"Don't look, Hiro," the mother said. "Unfortunately, there are sick people living in our beautiful city…"
"The Geiger counter reads 'hot'," Agent Ichi said. "I detect feint traces of gamma radiation. Luckily, they are within safety limits."
"Then it is confirmed then," Agent Ni said. "There is a Gamma-spawn roaming our city."
"Indeed. As you know, our government has strict controls on anything that is radioactive, particularly nuclear. If there is a radioactive creature roaming the city, then it is time to unleash our counter-measures."
"And if we catch this creature?"
"Then, we shall do what we can to either contain it, or eliminate it-!"
"Um, are you done with those?" said a pimply teenaged boy.
Agent Ichi shakes his head in disgust. To think that there is a market for such things…
Tbc.
