Like Mother Like Son
A Ranma ½ Tenchi Muyo Oh My Goddess Crossover
Chapter Six
A/N: I hate writer's block, especially when it only applies to certain stories.
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Ranma was in a grumpy mood. He didn't mind his curse since he's had it for a few years now, but the fact that an old lady who was washing her sidewalk splashed him really irritated him. Ranma stood there for a few seconds trying to calm down. No use beating up on people who couldn't totally defend themselves, though exceptions did apply.
"Is there any place I can change?" Ranma asked the two Tendo sisters that were taking him to school. It's not the fact that he's a girl that bothered him. He wanted to at least be a man when he checked into the school today since…his mother registered him as a guy. Ranma still had trouble thinking of that woman as his mother, but the evidence he was presented last night helped her case. Not that Ranma was totally convinced, mind you, but it did give him doubts about his accusation he yelled at Thor last night. Not that he would ever apologize to him, of course.
Akane nodded. "Dr. Tofu's clinic is near by. I'll take you there."
Akane led Ranma to a small clinic that was near the high school. Once inside Akane went to the back to get Ranma some hot water while Ranma waited in the clinic's waiting area. Without warning he felt a hand touch his shoulder. Relying on pure instinct he quickly jumped slightly forward, spun around and pointed an energy blade at the offender's throat, which turnout to be a skeleton held by a man with a brown gi. "Who are you?" Ranma demanded.
The man holding the skeleton looked slightly surprised. "Interesting reflex. I'm Dr. Tofu Ono. And this is Betsy." Ranma stared at Tofu while adjusting his aim to Tofu's throat. Tofu quickly noted Ranma wasn't going to lower his sword anytime soon. "I mean you no harm." 'Her chi control is like Ryoko's. She even looks like a younger version of her. Wonder if they're related.'
Akane walked out of the back to the current scene carrying a kettle with warm water. "Ranma, what are you doing?" she asked surprised.
"He snuck up from behind me. I don't like people sneaking up from behind me." Ranma never once diverted his eyes from Tofu.
Tofu knew Ranma was sizing him up like he was a threat. He can tell this woman named Ranma has been in some past experiences that have caused her to not trust many people. Best to tread carefully around this one. "Hello Akane. Any new injuries?" Staying calm in this situation was key to survival, and Tofu was having a few doubts concerning his immediate future. Ranma's eyes were boring holes into him and it was unnerving him a bit.
Akane shook her head. "None today doctor." Akane looked at Ranma. "Please lower your sword Ranma. He is a family friend."
Ranma continued to stare at Tofu. "I highly suggest you never do that again doctor." Ranma lowered his sword and took the kettle from Akane's hand. He quickly dumped the contents of the kettle transforming himself into his male form.
Dr. Tofu looked at the now man with a hint of surprise. "Jusenkyo?" It has only a hunch, but he hadn't heard of anything else in all of his studies that would begin to explain what just happened. Maybe those myths were real.
Ranma raised his sword to Tofu's throat again. "How do you know about that place?" Ranma spat angrily. Anyone Ranma met that knew anything about Jusenkyo eventually tried to use the curse against him in one form or another, the Amazons and the Musk being the worst of the lot.
'Two for two,' Tofu thought a bit nervous. 'Wonder if I'll find strike three?' "Just some books I've read. Mostly some myths. I didn't think they were real."
Ranma's eyes narrowed. "What other things have you heard about them?" he asked with a low growl.
'Multiple past experiences combined with extreme paranoia and a hairpin trigger connected to a tightly focused temper. In other words extremely dangerous.' Tofu smiled a bit to try to put Ranma at ease. "Nothing actually. Only that they are located somewhere in China."
Ranma continued to stare at Tofu with a piercing glare, the smile doing nothing to his mood. After a full minute Ranma lowered his sword once more. "I'm going to keep an eye on you 'doctor'." Ranma said doctor with a sneer. "Don't get on my bad side." Ranma walked out of the clinic. Dr. Tofu decided standing was a bad thing at the moment and sat down in one of the chairs.
Akane who watched the last bit of the scene in horror quickly walked up to Dr. Tofu. "Are you alright Dr. Tofu?"
"I'm alright considering I just had two brushes with death in less than ten minutes. Who was that?"
Akane sighed. "Auntie Ryoko's son. He just got here yesterday."
Dr. Tofu raised an eyebrow. "The kidnapped son returns? That's good news. That also explains the temper and the chi control."
"It's strange, he wasn't like that yesterday." Akane looked towards the door where Ranma had walked out a minute before. "When he first arrived he was a different person. I don't know what caused him to change." Akane glanced at her watch. "I have to get going now or I'll be late. Have a good day Dr. Tofu." Akane quickly walked out of the clinic and met up with Ranma.
After regaining his composure Dr. Tofu closed the clinic's front door and posted the closed sign. He went to the phone and called the Tendo's residence. He got the answering machine. "Kasumi, when you get a chance, could you please call me. I was thinking that horror movie we wanted to see tonight is going to need to wait till later. How about a children's film instead?"
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Belldandy was a bit worried. Urd has refused to calm down since she found out about Thor taking care of her case. The only reason Urd was still in the temple was actually very simple. Urd couldn't leave the temple. A magical barrier was surrounding the place and keeping Urd and only Urd in. Whoever put the barrier up was not only very powerful but was also familiar with both demonic and goddess magic. So Urd was still pacing in the main room angry at the thought that someone was keeping her locked up for the time being. Belldandy was worried not only for her sister but also for the carpet. Urd must have worn out the path she has taken for the last twenty minutes. "Sister, it isn't very healthy to keep stressing like this."
"I'm used to it," Urd replied without stopping. "Who dares keep me in here?" she yelled out.
"Urd, dear, maybe Tsunami-sama placed the barrier to make sure you get some rest. She did assign you a mandatory vacation, right?"
Urd growled. "Yes, but I didn't know she was putting Thor on my case or I would have said no." Urd stopped pacing and stomped the ground with her right foot. "Loki is going to make things exponentially worse and I'm in no position to try to stop him! Damn it Tsunami-sama, why the hell didn't you tell me when I asked you!"
Belldandy sweat dropped when Urd started yelling. "I don't think it's wise to curse at Tsunami-sama sister." It was nice to see some of Urd's old personality shining through, but the cursing was one thing Belldandy thought Urd should have gotten rid of.
Urd sat down in one of the chairs in the living room. "This is just great. I don't need this, not now."
Belldandy sighed. She didn't like to see her sister like this, but there was nothing she could do. Tsunami's will was final. It was rare to have her to interfere like this, but not totally unheard of. "Urd, how about having a long bath? You look worn out."
Urd shook her head. "Maybe later Bell. I'm just going to sit here for a minute and calm down."
Belldandy smiled. "Okay Urd. I'm going to get some groceries. Do you want anything?"
Urd smirked. "Something spicy sounds good right about now."
"I'll keep that in mind for tonight," Belldandy replied. "I will be back in a few hours. Don't do anything rash while I'm gone." Belldandy gathered her light coat since it was a bit chilly and left.
Whan Belldandy left Urd smiled. "Should I try to break the barrier or make sure I get nieces and nephews? Choices, choices."
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Ranma and Akane were walking down the street headed towards Furinkan High. Once they saw the school in the distance Akane started to run while shouting "I HATE BOYS!"
Ranma looked slightly confused. "What's got her panties in a bunch?" Ranma quickly caught up and watched Akane battle a large group of Furinkan High males. Ranma had to admire the handiwork. Total brutality with a single mission in mind, much like his fights. Ranma jumped down and walked up to Akane. "Care to explain Akane?" he asked his curiosity peaked. Before Akane could open her mouth Ranma caught a rose that was flying towards Akane not to protect her, but to figure out how it was flying in the first place. It wasn't aerodynamic at all and it didn't have the proper balance. Whoever threw this was good.
"Who dares come between me and my fierce tigress? And why are you being so familiar with her?" came a male voice from behind a tree.
Ranma looked to the side and saw, in his opinion, a loon in some old looking garbage. "Wha"
"But isn't it customary to give one's name first? Very well then, I am Talawaki Kuno, age seventeen, undefeated Kendo Champion, also known as the Blue Thunder of Furinkan High." Thunder struck behind him after he finished his small speech. "And now I demand your name cur."
Ranma was a bit impressed with the thunder bit Kuno pulled off (he wanted to know how he did that), but he didn't like being insulted. "Who I am is none of your business, True Blunder. Second, I am living with her right now, so that answers your questions. Now buzz off."
Kuno was livid. "You're living with Akane Tendo? NEVER!" Kuno swung at Ranma fully intending to hit him on the top of the head. Problem is that Ranma caught the sword with one hand. "What sort of magic is this?" Kuno asked loudly while trying to pull his sword away failing miserably.
"Try that again," Ranma said glaring at Kuno while letting go of the sword.
Kuno growled at Ranma. "I will smite you demon!" Kuno charged and swung again.
Everyone in the schoolyard witnessed what was quite frankly a one sided slaughter. Many of the spectator's faces turned green as they watched the former strongest fighter of Furinkan High get man-handled by the new strongest fighter in Furinkan High.
John Doe watched the fight as well and felt a bit sick. 'What has Thor gotten me into?' he asked himself dreadfully. He turned to the male student next to him. "What's with the violence?" he asked.
The student shrugged. "Kuno went into his usual tirades but it seems he bit off way more than he could chew." The student turned to John. "Are you new here?"
John smirked. "Just got here yesterday. So who this Kuno guy?"
The male student pointed towards the man who had his head in the ground at the moment. "That's him. He's the school's Kendo captain. Used to be the best fighter in the school."
John nodded. "I see." He shrugged. "As they say, can't win them all."
Another spectator watched the scene with a small smirk. "Oh the damage I can cause with this one." Loki chuckled. "And with his temper this is going to be easy." Loki turned towards one of the girls watching the fight and gave his patented lady-killer smirk. "Excuse me, I'm new here. Could you help me please?"
Ryoko had arrived about the time Ranma started beating up Kuno. She wasn't mad that Kuno got beat since he repeatedly forced himself upon Akane even though she tells him every time to stop. She was more worried about the way Ranma decimated Kuno. The amount of animosity and total disregard for Kuno's pain threshold worried her. She was slightly surprised that she saw it a good thing Kuno survived. "What did you do to our son Genma?" she asked to herself.
Meanwhile Genma sneezed and shivered. Not liking that feeling he put more effort into breaking down the wall to his cell. Ryoko, in his opinion, was crazy. The amount of pain he felt last night was unimaginable. He also overheard one of Tendo's daughters asking Ryoko why not break his back to stop him from running. She replied that would waste precious pain receptors. Genma knew he was in pure hell and wanted out, so he has been beating down this cellblock wall since he awoke this morning. Ryoko somehow got through it last night. It must have a weak spot somewhere.
Back at the schoolyard, Ranma stopped beating up Kuno after he felt slightly satisfied with his handiwork. He also felt the same presence as last night. 'Why is she following me?' He turned towards the spot where he felt that presence coming from.
Ryoko quickly teleported away when she spotted Ranma looking at her. The fact that he was able to detect her location confused her. 'No one's been able to do that except Kagato and Ryo-ohki.' She decided to have a few words with her ex-husband and headed back to the dojo.
Ranma felt the presence disappear. 'Figures she'd split when I caught her spying on me,' he thought with a sneer. 'What does that woman want?' Ranma headed into the school oblivious to the stares he was receiving from the other students. Many (actually almost all of them) really didn't like Kuno, but almost all agreed that even he didn't deserve the beating he received at the hands of the strange new student. Kuno was blissfully unconscious hanging upside down in his underwear by his big toes (where Ranma got the rope from to do that no one knew).
Akane shivered as she passed by Kuno's unconscious body. She didn't think he deserved what he got, but she wasn't going to encourage him any further by helping him. Nabiki got some of her friends to cut Kuno down and to take him to the school nurse. Nabiki was going to charge Kuno for that later.
Thor had watched everything. "I must apologize to Urd later. I thought her reports were exaggerating. I can plainly see they are not. Hermes better watch his step around him, but I am sure he has already realized that." Thor decided to keep an eye on the Tendo compound to get a better look at where Ranma was going to live for the time being.
Lin-Lin and Ran-Ran, who were the current Ranma watching detail, also were a bit green from the beating Ranma gave Kuno. Lin-Lin turned to her sister. "He is definitely the one we want. I remember that brutality from the attack."
Ran-Ran nodded. "No question about it. He even looks the same."
Lin-Lin looked towards the school building thinking. "Do you thing our sister suspects anything?"
Ran-Ran shook her head. "No. She's too focused on Ranma."
Lin-Lin nodded. "I hate to betray our sister's trust, but great-grandmother is correct. Xian Pu is becoming a threat to the village."
"She doesn't care about the cost of her revenge," Ran-Ran added.
Lin-Lin turned towards her sister. "What do you think great-grandmother wants with Ranma though? You know great-grandmother doesn't readily admit when she is wrong. She's too old and stubborn."
Ran-Ran smirked. "That goes with being an elder, sister. They are all too stubborn." She paused a moment. "As to why great-grandmother wants Ranma, I don't know. It is forbidden to hunt him down as a husband, yet she orders this tracking party to keep an eye on him. It confuses me, but that shouldn't be surprising. The elders like to keep us on our toes."
Lin-Lin nodded. "That is true. Sometime I think they have nothing better to do than trick us." She paused a moment. "Do you think great-grandmother's accusations are true?"
"About how Xian Pu made a deal with a demon?" Ran-Ran looked at the schoolyard in thought. "I don't want to believe them, but you can not deny the fact that Xian Pu's improvement is uncanny. Great-grandmother may be jumping to conclusions too fast, but I do believe Xian Pu did do something to herself. What she did, I don't know."
Lin-Lin nodded slowly. "We better get back to camp and report to Xian Pu. She is expecting us."
A/N: Have you ever wrote something, taking your time a bit to look it over and make sure it looked good, put it out, and then come back to it saying why did I do this or that? I have been looking over my works recently and been thinking the same thing. Main question is what do I do about it? Adjust what I wrote or leave as is? I will be asking myself that for a bit before coming to any conclusions.
Questions, comments, concerns, complaints, my box is ready for your words.
Until next time, Peace!
