Disclaimer Young Justice Belong to DC Ranma belong to Rumiko Takahashi
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Wild Justice
Chapter 4
" Anything goes martial arts you say? Think you can teach them?"
"Hmmm they have potential."
++++++ Mount Justice+++++++
The Team gathered in the kitchen as the new boy, Ranma Saotome, as well as Black Canary and Batman were standing near the computer terminal talking privately. Superboy had leaned his head to the side trying to pick up the conversation with his super hearing but the whole conversation was being spoken in a foreign language , effective stopping him from understanding, while his teammates were discussing their lopsided battle.
"Damn, that boy is not human I tell ya," Kid Flash said as he rubbed his chest and other sensitive areas. "His speed was unreal!"
"Such a baby Wally," Artemis said as she tsk-ed at him, remembering her own defeat. He was good and that was pure skill he fought her with. "Maybe he's like those martial artists in those Chinese kung fu movies?" she offered.
"Hmm, I have seen these 'Kung Fu' movies and while I admit his skills are similar, that does not explain the energy blast at the end which he used against Superboy." Aqualad said. "He might be partially Atlantian." he said nodding his head.
"I don't think so," Superboy countered. " He hit way to hard to be Atlantian and I'm not talking about his energy attack either. His punches HURT and sorry to say Aqualad, you don't hit me hard." he contributed, giving up on eavesdropping since he couldn't understand the language.
"Perhaps," Aqualad agreed. He glanced over to the trio to see their newest member talking in-depth with the group and seem to be panicking about something. "What are your thoughts Robin?" he asked his old friend only to see his friend starting at a wall not paying attention to their conversation.
"Robin?" Kid Flash prompted.
Still nothing.
"Robin!" Artemis half yelled.
"Shhh!" Robin said as he pointed to his ear showing a listening device. "I'm trying to get the 411 on the new guy!" he hissed to them quietly.
"You can understand that?" Superboy asked, amazed.
Robin gave him an 'Are you kidding me look.' "I work with Batman." he said simply as if that explained everything. From the looks of agreement on Kid Flash and Aqualad it apparently did.
"Well? What's going on?" Artemis asked interested. The boy ,she had to admit, was handsome and since Megan had taken Superboy this one could end up as hers if she played her cards right?
Aqualad for his part also looked interested.
Robin gave a side long glance to the talking group, then looked back at his teammates. "It seems our newest member is in some sort of a bind back home and is worried about certain people finding him and starting trouble," he explained.
"And?" Artemis asked, curious. Maybe he came form a similar background as hers? When your sister is from an assassin's guild and your father the super villian Sportmaster...you kind of worry about them starting trouble too.
"Batman is assuring him that everything is being taken care of and he would not have to worry about his enemies finding him anytime soon." Robin said as he further makes it out. "Oh and something about being able to to trust us with a secret as we are all trustworthy." he said this part with a grin. He saw the look in his teammate eyes and saw that they too were surprised by Batman's vote of confidence, especially Artemis given her background.
"Ohhh! Secret!" Megan aka Miss Martian said excitedly. She was still not sure what had happened when she attacked Ranma's mind. Just that something sinister and powerful violently had captured her and... nothing. She was one hundred percent okay now though.
"Oh here they come!" Robin said as he casually took off the ear piece and acted perfectly natural. His teammates stared at him and were once again amazed at how quickly he blended in.
The talking Trio walked over to the Team with Ranma front and center. Batman turned to look at Robin to give him a look that said 'I know what you did'. Robin countered by acting indifferent with a shrug that said 'I don't know what you are talking about.' to which Batman narrowed his eyes to say 'I know.' Robin gulped in response to their silent conversation.
Batman then turned to look at Ranma. "You made the right choice, I will leave to take care of what we discussed. I will be back for you shortly." he said then quickly left via the Zeta tube.
Black Canary saw the Team looking at the boy who kicked their collective asses even as the boy looked back at them nervously which apparently confused her team. Given the brief rundown history she heard from Batman she could guess why. "Ranma, I assure you, there are no hard feelings between the Team for what you did to them." she said softly and saw Ranma shoot her a look that pretty much said 'yeah right'.
"Hard feelings?" Kid Flash asked looking at the new guy. "Why? You beat us fair and square." He saw the rest of his team mate also shooting the boy puzzled looks.
Ranma shifted nervously on one foot. "I-uh-.. I mean, that's how it's always been for me." he said, seeing their still puzzled look he elaborated. "Whenever I beat someone in a fight, they always seem to hold it against me." he explained.
There was something in Ranma's tone that the Team picked up. Robin brain worked quicker then others and started to theorized. "So you have fought people before that were sore losers?" he ventured.
Ranma snorted derisively and for the first time the shy boy that met them seemed to disappeared. "Sore losers hah, they won't take kindly to being called that but yeah, that's exactly it." he said. "First they lose then they call me a coward when they gang up on me and a cheater when I win." Ranma said shaking his head.
The Team looked at each other a bit lost but it was Aqualad that decided to nip Ranma unease in the bud. Standing up he looked Ranma directly in his eyes. "I do not know where it is you came from, but I will tell you now. The lesson that you taught us only makes us want to get better. You won fair and square and we acknowledge that." he said seriously.
"Yeah, I see how much more I have to improve now." Superboy said standing up. " I hope that you will help me get better and show me where I went wrong."
"Yeah me too." Artemis said quickly. If he could help her even a bit more she could beat her sister in a straight up fight.
"You'll keep me in shape that's for sure!" Robin said with a boyish grin.
"I demand a rematch!" Megan said playfully. " Like, I didn't get to use all of my abilities against you." she said in a valley girl-ish way .
"Heck, I wanna ask you for YOUR autograph after that beat down." Kid Flash said smirking. That was embarrassing getting your ass handed to you by a fan.
"Having you on board can only make us better." Aqualad said honestly as he held out his hand for Ranma to shake.
Ranma was stunned by the reaction. They truly were heroes, no pettiness involved... they accepted it and want to get better. Suddenly, things did not seem so bad after all. Smiling he shook Aqualad's hand.
Black Canary stood to a side and smiled but there was one more issue. Coughing to get Ranma attention. "So, Ranma-kun." she said using the Japanese honorific. "Maybe you should show them your 'other' side?" she asked delicately.
Ranma grimaced at the thought but decided if he was going to work with them he would need to show them his curse. Beside Batman said he was going to asked their magic user, Zatara, if there was a way to help him control it, which was more then he could hope for. He saw the group look at him expectantly. "Ok, before I show ya I want give a bit of my background but first can I please have two glasses of water, one hot one cold?" he asked.
"Sure!" Megan said brightly getting Ranma his two glass of waters. "Here ya go." she said placing it down in front of Ranma on the table.
"Ok, so first of all I'm a martial artist, my father took me on a training trip when I was five, he wanted me to be the best in the world," Ranma said, looking up at the superheroes and being surprised to see some of them look slightly surprised at the young age. "I was not finished until I was fifteen. " he continued.
The team's eyes widened as Ranma revealed the length of his training. Robin however kind of understood, he was practically raised in the circus after all and they started training him as soon as he could walk.
"During our trip, we saw a lot of weird sh- uh-stuff. However on the final leg of our journey, my stupid old man, who couldn't read a lick of Chinese took me a cursed training ground." Ranma looked at them to see if any disbelieved him, he only saw acceptance much to his surprise yet again.
"The cursed training ground was an area consisting of hundreds of pools spread across a three mile wide valley. The legends said who ever falls into one of those pools would take on the form of the thing that drowned there last. My father fell into a spring, as did I." Ranma said still looking at the Team.
The Team merely sent him curious glances.
"So.. what spring did you fall into?" Artemis asked. After her run in with Fate , she knew magic existed, powerful magics. The Team and her looked at Ranma expectantly.
Ranma glanced at Black Canary who nodded her support before looking back at the team. Taking a deep breath he grabbed the cold glass of water and swiftly poured it over himself. "I fell into the spring of drowned girl, now whenever I'm hit with cold water, I turn into a female version of myself." he- no- she now, said.
The reaction of the Team was varied.
Superboy's eyes narrowed. There was something about the red-hair girl he should know, something spoke to him on the most instinctual level. However as far as turning into a girl, he wasnt not one to talk, after all he was a test tube baby.
Aqualad looked awed, this was powerful magic as Ranma's girl form seem to radiate magic of a different spectrum then what was known and documented by Atlantis. It's seemed chaotic in nature.
Megan just smiled through it, while she did know humans don't shape shift, to her a shape shifting human was no big deal.
Robin just blushed and turned away. He have seen magic before, his battle with Ra's al Ghul made sure of that, no, the girl was sorta pretty and he always been partial to redheads...he had a momentary lapsed of judgement as he forgot said girl was a guy seconds ago.
Artemis looked at the former handsome boy turn pretty red hair girl with fascination. After Fate she realized magic could do a lot of things including something like this, must be hard on the guy to turn into a girl.
Wally's eyes bugged out, the boy just turned into a girl. An incredibly hot girl, no, an incredibly busty hot girl. No. An incredibly busty, hot, red-headed girl who was now in a wet t-shirt . With no bra. "Gah!" Wally exclaimed as twin jets of blood fired from his nostril from nude flesh display overload.
"Wha?" Ranma said looking at the now passed out Kid Flash in mild distaste until she heard Black Canary cough from the side. Turning to look at the super-heroine, she saw Black Canary point down at her shirt, looking down she blushed beet red as her breasts were completely visible thanks to the dampness of it all. Hastily covering them up with her arms she looked at the younger superheroes with an embarrassed look. "Opps, sorry."
+++++++++++++ Nerima +++++++++++++++++
Tamaki Souh head of Wayne Enterprise Japan received an priorty fax moments ago. Seeing it was from one of their main branch he was surprised at the request but who was he to question it.
On the desk, the letter lay exposed and open,the content read as follows.
To Tamaki Souh, CEO of Wayne Enterprise Japan,
It has come to our attention that one Nabiki Tendo has applied for a Tokyo University and was hoping to get some grant from the government. Unfortunately, her grade marks do not meet the requirements. We would like for you to, discreetly through a shell company, under the guise of a grant give Nabiki Tendo full scholarship, apartment housing and anything else a student might need to start in Tokyo university. We do not want Nabiki Tendo to have financial burdens of any kind for the next four years during her stay. We leave this task in your capable hands.
Wayne Enterprise USA
CEO
BRUCE WAYNE
Leaving the letter , he called his secretary get this request done.
+++++++++ Belle Reeve Penitentiary , ISOLATION++++++++++
In an isolated area, away from the other supervillians, a lone occupant was chained heavily around his wrist, neck, wings,waist,leg, and ankles. Liquid nitrogen was piped all through the cell walls, keeping the room at sub-zero temperatures which kept the winged male's powers constantly suppressed.
The winged male has not talked to anyone since his imprisonment, his glares only show hatred for his jailers. He had even refused to eat and, after the third day, the warden had decided this prisoner did not need food.
Suddenly a dark cloud formed in front of the winged individual taking the shape of a young boy in a business suit with a feline in hand. With a snap of his fingers the guard out front's eyes gained a vacant look. The newcomer cupped his chin and appraised the winged individual with a mocking look.
"Well well well, Lord Saffron as I live and breath, how the mighty have fallen. " Klarion, the Lord of Chaos said appearing suddenly in front of the fallen Phoenix. "You know when we heard the great Lord Saffron was brought low we couldn't believe it! After our stalemate ages ago how could ANYONE fell the great Lord Saffron? " he tsked while petting his familiar Teekl.
Saffron, who's eyes had remained rooted in one spot since his imprisonment, looked up at the Lord of Chaos with hatred burning in his eyes.
"Ohhh! Such hatred!" Klarion said mockingly. "You wound me, and here I was giving you the pleasure of my company, I know how dreadfully dreary it can be to be be alone." he said gripping his heart as if he was actually physically hurt by it.
Saffron continued to give Klarion a steady glare.
"Aww, not feeling very talkative are you?" Klarion asked sadly. "I wouldn't be very talkative either if I got my butt handed to me by the Justice League." he said gloating.
Saffron glared faltered a bit as Klarion's statement registered.
Klarion thinking his gloating got to his long hated rival smirked. "Not only did a group of mortals kick your butt, they destroyed Jusenkyo and locked away your weapons. I must honestly say how disappointed I am, I would have never thought they'd be able to touch you." he said in a sympathetic tone.
Saffron looked at the Lord of Chaos no longer glaring and realized this being did not know the true reason for his current state of imprisonment. The Lord of Chaos had came here to gloat but he was completely misinformed. Suddenly Saffron let out a bellowing harsh laugh.
Klarion was not expecting this reaction and frowned. "Hey! If anyone should be laughing it should be me!" he pouted.
Saffron double again in laughter and laughed even harder.
"Hey! No laughing at me!" Klarion petulantly said and wagged his finger in front of Saffron face , chiding him, only to realized his mistake when the Phoenix King lunged forward and bit off Klarion said offending finger. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" he said pulling his hand back and clutching at the stump that was his fingers in pain.
Saffron quickly swallowed the Lord of Chaos finger and destroyed a part of Klarion permanently.
"You! How dare you! You maimed me!" Klarion hissed angrily. He could not hurt Saffron, Saffron was a magical fire being, one of the strongest in fact. He could burn through any magical being's spells given enough time. He was like a nullifier to beings like himself, his finger was truly lost now that Saffron digested it. Simply put magic does not work on him for long, slow him down but not work. It was mortal ingenuity with the liquid nitrogen, since it was non-magical in nature it kept the Phoenix lord imprisoned quite nicely.
Glaring at Saffron, Klarion snapped his fingers and two suited up guards walked in with their billy clubs. "I am going to make you regret that," he said darkly. As if by some unseen signal the guard move up to Saffron and hit him across the face with the club.
Saffron started to laughed.
"I said QUIET!" Klarion warned again. His voice inflection becoming darker and more sinister.
Saffron continued to laugh this time while giving Klarion a mocking look.
Klarion pouted again and sucked on his new finger stump, Saffron had quiet literally stolen his thunder with his deranged gloating laugh. Not having fun anymore he left Saffron at the tender mercy of the guards his laughter still echoing through the halls when the Lord of Chaos vanished.
TBC...
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Author's Corner:
Regarding Ranma Attitude: So a lot of the question I been getting is Ranma suppose to be confident and cocky or actually jerk like. While that IS true but you forgot one thing. He's only like that to people who offended him first in some way shape or form.
Have you ever seen him talk to his mother like that or Kasumi? Then of course there there was the little Ranma story where a rich guy fell in love with Ranma girl side and Ranma was stuck with him for a while. While initially offended the guy treated Ranma with nothing but respect and you could see Ranma returning the favor in kind. In contrast, the rich guy butler was acting like a fool so Ranma also returned in kind with jerk-ish overtones.
I would also like to bring up the Ranma from the very first episode at meeting the Tendo's. He was loud and arrogant to his father but we all know when he arrived at the tendo he was a model guest even going so far as to politely ask Nabiki to stop groping him. Then there's the whole friendship Akane who then reneged on her deal.
Likewise, he never acted like a Jerk to Shampoo or Ukyou. As much as they pursued him, they only shower him with affection not negative attention so he responded in kind.
So what does this mean? In my eyes Young Justice have not done anything to offend him so why would he start off by rubbing in their faces how great he is compare to every single one of them? That's OOC, likewise, the reason why he was so fannish with the younger version was because what they have done at their young age with LESSER skill then compare to him who have greater skill but done diddly squat with his life in the grand scheme of things.
You can't tell me fiancee problem is equal to saving the world and Ranma knows that, with the Adults it's was awed and respect. With the kids it's people closer to his age group who he looks up to as they have done way more then him in their short span of time.
On Ranma being 100% Human: When I call Ranma the human superman, I mean it in every sense of the world and plan on showing it. Humans aren't perfect and but we can be noble and great. Ranma is a product of humanity hard work, it's history in it's own art of war, even though he generated ki so can every other human if they EVER put in as much work as Ranma. He's not special in the sense that his powers weren't given to him or a by product of accident. He earned each and every single technique through rigorous trials, every increments in strength he now possess was due to blood, sweat, and tears to condition him to be like it. So let's see if I can pull of it.
On Ranma designation: SO now with that said, I am trying to think if I should just designate Ranma B09 like a reviewer suggested, which mean I would have to bump everyone up a another number or, designate him B00 which is not taken in the series. At the same time I should give him a special code to himself but that doesn't seem right. My muse is telling me no special codes. Thoughts?
On Ranma vs Young Justice: So someone brought up the point that Ranma seems overpowered AND underpowered at the same time. I had plan on using that as filler for the next chapter but ..well nobody likes filler. The truth of the matter is Ranma is a tool that use what is needed.
For Ranma vs Artemis and Robin, that's easy. Martial arts take down.
For Ranma vs Kid Flash. Ranma is not as fast as Kid Flash but Kid Flash have been shown on T.V to be weaker and less in numbers then a Kachuu Tenshi Amiguriken. What Ranma had over Kid Flash was reaction time. He was able to reacted and match Kid Flash speed for a second and smack him down. Then when Kid Flash went in close ...the rest is history. Ranma cannot run like kid flash over long distance, he's simply not built like that but if Kid flash closed in on him then his reaction time is able to match that.
For Kid flash vs Aqualad: I noticed in Season 1 early on Aqualad had to concentrate, his water control as blades were not as good as Season 2. So, What I had Ranma did was pull out a bo staff infused it with ki and battle Aqualad in a straight up fight. Aqualad need time to charge up any other attacks, Ranma did not give him any.
Ranma vs Miss Martian: The Cat Fist is something I am going to play around with later needless to say it's mentally protect him but at the same time is his crutch.
Ranma vs Superboy: Superboy is shown to be strong yes but not super strong as BANE can push him around. He is not Ryoga level he's stronger then that but he's not Superman level where everything is pan caked easily either. What Ranma did was Amiguriken hits as each of his blows can break concrete x hundreds and he felt it. Superboy is slow and strong and Ranma had to pump his ki to take him down.
Ranma is known for his counters and what he did was counter each and every single one of Young Justice. Ranma is also a human, so unlike the other super powers who always have theirs on, he need to control what he use and what he doesn't. Unlike superman or superboy a bullet can kill Ranma if they sniped him between the eyes and catch him off guard. The same cannot be said for Superboy. It's all in degrees. Like I said, a human Superman.