Ranma the Wonder – By DS Wynne
Disclaimer: None of the principled characters from "Ranma ½" and "DC Comics" belong to ME.
Note: This is a fusion story.
Part 9: "End Game" (Alpha)
The next day…
Amazon royal consort Prince Ranma (also known Princess Ranma, if he was in his female form) stretched his limbs in the room he shared with his daughter Donna Troy (also known as Princess Drusilla, the superhero known as "Troia"), whom had arrived to stay at the Tendo residence last night. Drusilla, thanks to one of Diana's enemies, had kidnapped Drusilla and forced her to live a thousand lives in an effort to torture her. One of those lives, Donna Troy, was rescued by the Titans of Myth, and, ironically, was raised by the Titaness Rhea…before Rhea and Ranma fully merged…
At any rate, Ranma had elected to continue to stay at the Tendo residence, rather than the Themiscyrian consulate, so that he could help Nabiki and Akane organize the official greeting for Queen Hippolyta and her staff's official arrival to Japan with the help of the student body at Furiken High School. Of course, Ranma had to remind the Tendo sisters that decorum was very important to the Amazon nation; one slight could be interpreted as an insult. Thankfully, Japanese sensibilities tend towards maintaining "face" when dealing with foreigners. And after the meticulous planning Ranma had gone through, he was confident that there should be no trouble-
SPLASH!
Ranma-chan looked over to the source of the thrown water, thinking that Happosai wanted to see his "Rhea-chan".
"Akane?" Ranma-chan says with bewilderment.
"Old times' sake," Akane says, as she twirled her pail. "I…I wanted to get a chance to spar with you."
Ranma-chan smiles.
"I would like that as well."
Akane smiles likewise, as she begins to leave…
Donna yawned, as she goes over to her father from her floor mat.
"What was THAT all about?" Donna asked.
"Just an old memory," Ranma-chan says with a smile. "You know, usually, at this point, Happosai would appear-"
"Good morning, my dear," Happosai says, as he latched onto Ranma-chan's chest. "My, you feel healthy."
Ranma-chan gritted her teeth, as she balled her fist. However, before she could do anything-
WHACK!
BAM!
"Hootcha!" Happosai yells gleefully, as he sails through the roof and into the blue skies.
"WHAT. WAS. THAT?" Donna asks. As a superhero, Donna has had to deal with all kinds of creeps. But to see her mother groped like that by some incubus…
"Now THAT…is what I would call a 'bad memory'."
"Well, it is good thing Akane introduced me to the 'Mallet-sama' technique," Donna says, as she looks at the large, wooden hammer.
"Well, being a guy…half the time, I never had the luxury of learning how to tap into my inner mallet."
"Huh. So, what's today's agenda?"
"Well, we're meeting Diana at the consulate before over to my folks' place for lunch, and then I have to go to the school with Nabiki and Akane to finalize stuff with the student body president for the gathering at the new embassy. Still…"
Donna looks into Ranma-chan's face.
"What's wrong, Dad?"
"Well, as you know, my…mother is a tad traditional."
"So?"
"Well, you know my Pops is a bit of an idiot, right?"
"From what you have told me…"
"Well, when I was six years old, Mom made Pops and me sign a promissory note."
"So?"
"Well, that 'note' was actually a contract that stated that if I did not prove that I was a 'man amongst men', Pop and I were to commitritual suicide."
"Oh. WHAT?"
"NOW, can you see my dilemma? I REALLY don't think that Nodoka Saotome would appreciate the idea that her 'manly' son is both an Amazon and a goddess at least half the time, especially after being sexually assault by the scion of Zeus…even if satisfaction was somewhat achieved."
"Speaking of Herakles, isn't he scheduled to re-appear soon?"
"Yeah, but I'm more concerned with tonight's events."
"And if he shows up?"
"I'll…deal with him."
A while later…
"I don't see why I have to be here," Upperclassman Tatewaki Kuno huffed.
"I agree with my brother," says Kodachi, aka "The Black Rose". "I mean, what does THIS have to do with my beloved?"
"Well, um," began Gosunkuji, "According to the instruction of these potions, we can finally have our revenge on our...enemies."
"Where did you get that?" says Mousse, as he yelled at Ryouga.
BOP!
"I'm not Gosunkuji!" Ryouga yelled. "Besides, I thought that you Amazons were done with your feud with Ranma?"
"I'm doing this for my beloved Shampoo-!"
Wap!
"No one, save for Ranma-sama, manhandles ME!" Kodachi yells.
"So, where did you get that?" Kuno asked impatiently.
"I got it from this girl at the 'Curio Shop' down the street-"
"Then it will be I who will utilize this to free the pig-tailed goddess from the clutches of the evil sorcerer!"
'What's going on?' Shampoo says to herself, as she observed Mousse's interaction with the others from within the trees.
Meanwhile…
Diana and Drusilla—in civilian guise—sat quietly, as they observed what was going on between their father Ranma, and his parents. Genma did NOT want such a meeting to take place, which is why Ranma used one of Hephaestus' traps to keep his father from fleeing…
"So, let me get this straight," Nodoka says evenly. "You and your father were at a cursed training ground…and got cursed."
"Yes, Mom," Ranma replied.
"And because of this, you change into a girl, while GENMA-"
Genma, who sat next to his long-suffering wife, winced at the inflection.
"-Was cursed to become…a panda."
"Correct."
Nodoka breathes deeply, and takes a glance at Diana and Donna. It was hard to believe that these two were famous American "superheroes". But there was something amiss about something…
"You are these girls' father?" Nodoka says, as she focused on Ranma.
"Yes, that is correct."
"And you personally supervised their training?"
"Yes, Mom."
"And, to be sure, is this the result of being trapped in the past with a race of warrior women?"
"That is also correct."
"Well, then there is only one way to respond to this…disturbing situation."
Nodoka takes out her honor contract. Upon seeing this, Ranma and his daughters braced themselves for trouble-
"I consider this contract null and void," Nodoka says aloud, as she shreds the contract.
"Huh?" Ranma replies.
"Nodoka?" Genma says.
"I'm not happy that…this situation has come about. However, in light of a past debt, I will allow it."
"Huh?" Ranma says.
"That is for another time," Nodoka says enigmatically.
"Well, I'm glad that's over with-" Genma began.
SWISH!
"Gulp!" Genma says, as Nodoka sticks her Saotome blade in front her husband's face.
"I still have words with you, my dear husband," Nodoka says menacingly.
With that, Genma took off, with Nodoka in hot pursuit.
"I wonder what that was all about," Donna says with wonder.
"Well, I'm just glad that I'm off the hook," Ranma says smugly.
Diana said nothing, however, her mind was a whirlwind.
'No,' Diana says. 'Could 'Nodoka' be whom I THINK she is?'
Meanwhile…
"So, what is this…means of yours, fool?" Tatewaki Kuno says patiently, while his sister stood there impatiently.
"Yeah, don't waste my time, Gosunkugi," Ryouga Hibiki says, with his arms folded.
"Can you help me get my Shampoo?" Mousse says.
"Of course, I can," Gosunkugi says, as he reveals his case of potions. "Not only can we get what we want, but we can finally destroy that cursed Ranma-!"
CRASH!
"No one hurt Ranma!" Shampoo says, as she burst through the walls with her pair of bombori. Although she could no longer claim Ranma, she could at least be a good friend and fellow Amazon. Originally, she was sent out to search for Mousse by Cologne, until she came upon this meeting.
"Yikes!" Gosunkugi yelps in surprise, as he drops the box…causing the potions to break.
BOOM!
When the smoke clears, Shampoo realizes that something was very, very wrong.
"What, meow, wrong, meow, with, meow, Shampoo?" Shampoo says, as she realized that she has become some sort of catgirl. She then turns to see what happened to the others.
Apparently, they all have changed into something else.
"Perfect," says a voice within the haze.
Shampoo sees a teenaged girl with purple hair emerge from the smoke; she also can see a huge, muscle-bound male with her.
"As you can see, Lord Herakles, you now have your…minions."
Herakles scans the transformed residents of Nerima City.
"I like this," Herakles says. He then spots Shampoo.
"And I see that you have provided me with a concubine to boot."
"First, take care of Ranma, then you can OWN these new minions afterwards."
Shampoo, still dazed, flinched upon seeing Herakles' leering gaze. Somehow, she felt compelled to be subservient to this stranger.
"It shall be done, Circe…it shall be done."
"I am glad to here that," Circe says, as she scans the area. "Now, to increase your minions' ranks...with a touch of home..."
A short time later…
"Sorry for being late," Ranma says, as he, Akane and Nabiki walked towards the school grounds of Furinken High School. "But I had to prevent Mom from killing Pops."
"No problem, Ranma," Nabiki says. "I figured it would go down the way it did."
"So, Uncle Genma isn't dead?" Akane asked.
"Actually, I talked her out of it. What's strange is that she gave no real reason why she would enforce that ritual contract of hers."
"I'm sure she has her reasons-" Nabiki began.
Suddenly-
BOOM!
A cascade of various colors and light blasted outwards, engulfing everything in its path.
Outside, Ranma, Akane and Nabiki, just as they were about to enter the school grounds, sees this magical explosion.
"What the...?" Akane about to say, just as the force was about to over-take her self and her companions. However-
"Get down!" Ranma yells as he covered Akane and Nabiki with his body. Waves of magic seemingly swarm over the three. A moment later, Ranma lifts his head, just in time to see a Greek temple and small mountain rise in the distance…where Furinken should be.
"Are you two okay?" Ranma asked, before realizing that he might have spoken too soon.
"I...I think so," Akane said, as she shook her head.
"Hsssssss!" came a sound.
"What was that?" Akane looked around widely, trying to see if there were snakes on the ground.
"Um, Akane?" Nabiki began, as she pointed at her younger sister.
"What? Do you SEE the snake?"
"I think...she is pointing at your head," Ranma offered.
"What's wrong with...my...head...?"
Akane felt her head. However, instead feeling her hair, she felt snakes. In fact, she had a head full of snakes for hair.
"Ahhh!" Akane screamed.
"Calm down, Akane," Ranma says. "You're frightening your hair."
"I agree, Akane," Nabiki says.
"Easy for YOU say, Nabiki! All you have is blond hair!"
Ranma turns to see Nabiki's hair. It was indeed blond. And her body was curvier than usual.
"I see," Nabiki says, as she checks out her hair. "I guess I don't have anything to worry."
"Um, not exactly, Nabs."
"Okay, then TELL us what's going on."
"THAT I agree with!" Akane says. "And why aren't YOU affected, Ranma?"
"The last question is easy. Remember, I'm a goddess half the time."
"Okay," Nabiki says. "So what about us?"
"And what's going on?" Akane says.
"The best thing I can guess is that someone, probably Kuno or Gosunkugi, got a hold of some potent magic. Which, as you can see, is based on ancient Greece..."
Ranma points out to the Tendo sisters of the transformed Furinken High School. Sure enough, the architecture and landscape was straight out of a "Clash of the Titans" film, complete with goats...lots of goats.
"BAAAA!"
"As for you two, you've both been transformed. You, Akane, might end up either a Gorgon or an Erinye...which makes some sense in a way-"
"RANMA!" Akane fumed.
"Hsssss!" the snakes replied likewise.
"Great, you made some 'friends'..."
"And about ME?" Nabiki asked impatiently.
"You will end up becoming a 'nymph'."
"You don't mean...?"
"Yep. Then again, you becoming one might loosen you up a bit."
"I resent THAT."
"Can't you...change us back?" Akane asked.
"No, not on my own. I may be a Titan, but even I have to play by the rules, which means that I, as 'Rhea', can directly interfere in the affairs of Humankind. And since a mortal started this mess, mortals will have to deal with it."
"But how?" Akane asked. "We don't know any of this stuff?"
"I didn't say that I'd do nothing. We have other options."
"Of course!" Nabiki says. "We can call someone at the Themiscyrian embassy-"
"No, the option is 'I'."
"But-?"
"Right now, I am 'mortal', which means that as either Ranma or 'Ranko', I can be killed. I just live a long time, that's all."
"Okay, so, what are you waiting for?" Akane asked.
"You're right," Ranma says, as he got ready to perform a spin. "We better get started-!"
Ranma spins around rapidly. Moments later, Ranma is engulfed in a flash of light.
FLASH!
When the light died down, Ranma was now Ranko, but dressed in a Asian version of Wonder Woman's costume, complete with "Golden Lasso".
"What are you suppose to be?" Nabiki smirked. "'Wonder-Girl'?"
"Naw, that's Cassie Sandsmark's role," Ranko says. "On occasion, Diana has taken a break from being 'superhero', so a few of us filled in for her whenever possible. So, right now...I'M WONDER WOMAN!"
Tbc.
