The
Super-Ultra-Mega Ranma 1/2 Crossover
Director's Cut
By: Jay Howington, Michael Brew, and Hyusuton Furiaru
Disclaimer: Little girl
Chapter 9:
Mirai no Trunks gazed intently at the unfolding scene below. "Wow. This is going to be some fight."
Mirai no Chibi Trunks harumphed. "I dunno what you're so worried about. I mean, they ain't exactly got the strongest constitutions."
"Maybe, but you can sense as well as I the amount of ki they have," the former countered.
The latter focused, then blinked in surprise. "Damn, that's way outta proportion with their power levels. 'S incogitable!"
"Yeah, I know! Rilldo would have gotten a run for his money!" a voice cut in gaily.
The two Trunks, plus the heretofore silent Chibi Trunks, looked over to see a slightly shorter version of themselves garbed in a tan coat, an orange neckerchief, and really gay knickers. "Oh, kami!" They intoned in unison.
The new version of themselves laughed in an almost... giggly manner, "Hey, guys! What's up?"
"Who're you supposed to be?" Mirai no Chibi Trunks asked of the newcomer.
"Why, I'm GT Trunks. I came here from the future."
The tiny Trunks grinned widely. "What's GT stand for? Grand Twink?" At the mention of this name, all the previously introduced Trunks burst into laughter.
"Aw, come on, guys! I'm not a twink!" A dejected frown appeared on GT Trunks face. "Besides, you know I'm your future self."
Both linear incarnations of said Trunks balked at this. "What? You can't be!" They shouted in unison.
"You're shorter than I am. There ain't no way you're my future equivalent." The Mirai no Chibi Trunks protested.
"Well, you see, Daddy, he got mad at me 'cause I wasn't training as hard as I shoulda been. Anyway, he tricked me into the gravity room with some girly mags and put it on one thousand times gravity!"
The two Chibi Trunks stared at the effete incarnation of themselves with a look of disbelief.
"That's not the worst part. It kinda caused some... downage."
"What?"
"You know... the factory's closed down."
"What?"
"I'm sterile! You meanies just had to go and make me say it out loud, didn't you!"
"So... if I don't train hard enough in the future, I'll shrink into this twink and lose my manhood..." Mirai no Chibi Trunks immediately grabbed some nearby weights and began lifting them up and down furiously.
On the stadium floor, the T.B announcer raised his left arm, "and now..." he began, "The second round begins!"
"It's Team Budoukai versus Team PK Thunder! The match will begin in five minutes!" the A.B. announcer finished.
The two teams stood in the lobby, awaiting the call to the arena. Finally, Gene Starwind stepped forth.
"So, you guys are gonna be our opponents? Well then, nice to meet you; I'm Gene Starwind."
A young boy wearing a baseball cap stepped forward as well. "I'm Ness, the team leader. It's nice to meet you too." He said. However, because of the strange way his voice sounded, no one understood.
"If anybody here doesn't know who I am, I feel real sorry for them, 'cause my name is Kuwabara Kazuma and I'm gonn-" Kuwabara's monologue was interrupted by a punch in the face from Yusuke.
"Now, what have I told you about flapping your lips like that? You really leave your guard open." He said disapprovingly.
"Hi there, I'm Mai." A young woman wearing a hat and otherwise normal clothing stood forth.
The final member of Team PK Thunder, a grey and purple creature whose face looked vaguely--very vaguely, fortunately for Ranma--like a cat, stared coldly at Gene. Then, all the members of Team Budoukai suddenly heard a deep voice within their minds. I am Mewtwo.
Team Budoukai introduced themselves as well, and engaged in small talk until the announcer announced the announcement that the match was ready to go.
"Okay, everybody! Match One is about to begin! Team Budoukai and Team PK Thunder, come on down!"
The crowd cheered as the two teams walked out to opposing sides of the ring, with the exception of some demons who were content on chanting, "Kill Yusuke!"
"Now, the two team captains will decide on how to fight!" Yusuke stepped into the ring and walked toward the center, as Ness did the same.
"Okay, kid, how should we do this?" Yusuke asked of the short boy.
"We should do it in single 1-on-1 matches until all members of a team have been defeated." Ness stated in his odd Goku-like voice.
"What?"
"I said, we should have 1-on-1 matches!"
"What?"
"1-on-1 matches!!!"
"Oh. No need to yell, kid, I'm right here."
Soon after, the matches were decided. As the announcer stated all the matches for the benefit of the audience, the video screen displayed really cool-looking still frames of each character.
"First up, Yusuke versus Ness!"
The two team leaders stood facing each other. A gong sounded, and the T.B. announcer shouted, "Begin!"
"I'm not gonna go easy on you, kid!" Yusuke charged forth, and, in a split-second, reached Ness and launched a punch at him. However, with a twitch of Ness's forehead, Yusuke was sent flying away.
"It's not gonna be that easy!" Ness shouted at the departing ramen shop-owner. Unfortunately, no one understood him. Yusuke righted himself and landed on the ground. This time, Ness charged at him. Before reaching him, the boy slid to a stop and yelled, "PK Fire!" A tiny bolt sped from his hands toward Yusuke.
Yusuke put his hand up to block, but the instant it touched his hand, he and the area surrounding him became engulfed in flame. Ness, apparently being immune to the effects of his attack, ran right through the flames and swung at Yusuke's midsection with a psychically augmented baseball bat. Yusuke wasn't burnt, but, because of the fire, his shirt was incinerated. In addition, he couldn't see his opponent attacking him and was buffeted right out of the inferno and into the wall outside the ring.
Yusuke somersaulted in mid-air and sprang off the wall, rocketing toward Ness. Putting a finger out, he shouted, "Rei-Gan!" and launched a thin projectile at the psychic little boy. Ness merely stood in place as the blast approached him, but, just as it reached him, he lowered his stance and concentrated. A wavy, blue sphere formed around him and absorbed the ki bullet harmlessly.
What? How can he just take my Rei-Gan without flinching or anything? Yusuke thought as he continued to fly toward Ness. Finally, he kicked at the psychic, but found himself crushed against the ground with considerable force. Ness then repeatedly thrust his hands at the grounded Yusuke and, with each movement, hit him with an intangible impact.
Finally, he jumped back and, with a shout of "PK Thunder!" sent a bluish ball with an electric appearance out of his head and toward the floundering ramen shop-owner. Yusuke handsprang off of the ground, expecting the ball to hit his former location, but instead it curved up and continued to travel toward him. The ball hit Yusuke cleanly in the stomach and, with an incredible shock, pushed him back down onto the ground. The crowd roared their approval.
"This kid might be a little tougher than I thought!" Yusuke climbed to his feet. "Maybe I should show him my true power!" But before he could act upon his words, he found a shining green sphere of energy floating toward him, gathering in size and power as it did. Yusuke jumped straight into the air, avoiding the explosion below, and descended in the direction of Ness. However, Ness, with several "PK Thunder"s, Ness began to juggle Yusuke in the air with the repeated assault of homing psychic blasts.
Finally, Ness ceased his relentless attack and jumped slightly above the ramen shop-owner. Using a psychically empowered kick, he sent him plummeting toward the ring at great speed. Yusuke's body bounced off the hard surface from force of impact alone. However, he quickly recovered and began to gather his rei-ki. The psychic boy watched in interest as the amount of energy Yusuke held within himself jumped up quite a bit. Finally, Yusuke disappeared in a flash of blinding light. When the light dissipated, he was replaced by a demon of enormous power. His hair had grown much longer, and strange markings covered his body.
At ringside, Ranma was dumbfounded. "So, that's what he meant when he said, 'I'm an S-class demon, myself.' I never could have guessed he'd be this powerful, though."
Suddenly, Piccolo appeared beside Ranma. "That's right. He is only half-human. Yusuke reaches the true depth of his power when he transforms into his demon self and combines the power of his rei-ki and you-ki."
"You know, that's getting really irritating." said the downcast Ranma.
Meanwhile, Yusuke, having completed the transformation, gave a hard stare to the startled psychic boy. "Now, you see my real power! Get ready for the fight of your life!"
"You heard him, folks! Yusuke's in his demon form, so I know this match is really going to heat up!" The A.B. announcer declared.
The crowd, however, was not pleased. Boos prevailed over the cheering minority, but, when the crowd looked at said boos, they froze in their place. Various shouts of "Get that half-breed out of the ring!" and "Kill the hanyou!" pervaded the crowd as the demon-half ostracized the half-demon. Yusuke simply ignored them.
Ness, with the slightest look of fear in his eyes, rushed Yusuke with a barrage of PK Fires, but Yusuke dodged them effortlessly. Finally getting within range of his psychic opponent he launched a combo of kicks and punches. Ness, not being used to close combat, was hit by every attack. Regaining his concentration in a brief pause, he grabbed Yusuke and, with a quick psychic thrust, twirled him above his head before jettisoning him into the air. The psychic boy then followed up with a continuous discharge of green energy spheres. The spheres exploded around Yusuke, enveloping him in a huge ball of psychic energy. A cloud of dust was all that remained of the explosion.
Ness was surprised to find that, when the cloud dispersed, the half-demon was yet unscathed. Landing on the ground with a thud, he jumped at Ness with twin ki-blasts in hand. In response, Ness unsheathed a large yo-yo and began to swing it around his oversized head. Yusuke threw the blasts at him, but he evaded them, jumping a small distance away and whipping the yo-yo at Yusuke, bashing him in the stomach. Ness returned the toy to himself and proceeded to swing it at Yusuke in a continuous salvo.
"Hey, that weapon, that's just like when I fought that little kid in the first Ankoku Bukujutsukai!" Kuwabara ran to the side of the ring, shouting advice, "Heyyy, Yusuke! Just cut the string and he won't be able to use it!" Kuwabara was then kicked harshly into the ground by Mai, who chastised him. "Sorry, sorry! Old habits die hard, ya know!"
Meanwhile, Yusuke had gotten tired of being Ness' whipping boy; thus, he pointed his little finger at the boy's hand and shot a small, but swift, Rei-Gan. The blast singed his opponent, causing the boy to drop the yo-yo. Landing on the ground, Yusuke gathered his dignity. "Alright, that's enough. I'm going to finish this." Clasping both hands and pointing his two index fingers out in front of him, he began to charge an attack. "Now: Mashin-Gan!"
Kuwabara lifted an eyebrow. "'Mashin?' That means 'demon heart.' Is it some kind of new demonic attack like Hiei's black-flame thingy?"
The hanyou grinned as he began to let loose a barrage of swift moving ki bullets at Ness.
"Oh. Machine Gun... right," Kuwabara sighed.
Ness stumbled around the blasts, barely avoiding them. Several grazed him, but, fortunately for the boy, none hit him squarely. "Y-y-you're tough... but that doesn't mean a thing when I can do this!" He took a familiar stance and the same wavy, blue aura that had engulfed him before surrounded him. After a few Mashin-Gan bullets were absorbed, Yusuke ceased his fire.
"Okay. I see how it's gonna be now." The half-demon intoned. "I blast you; you get stronger. I could beat you up the old fashioned way, but that would take too long, and you'd probably find some way to use those versatile powers of yours to knock me out of the ring and keep me there for ten counts, or something." He sighed. Well, maybe there's another alternative...
"Well, you could always give up." Ness stated.
"Huh?"
"I said, 'you could always give up!'" Ness repeated.
"Ermm... I can't understand a word..."
Ness balled up his tiny fists. "Th-th-that's it! It's time for the Super-Ultra-Mega PK Thunder!!" The young boy's body shivered with barely restrained telekinetic energies. He glowed brighter and brighter and brighter until... "Hiyaaaaa!"
"Just what I wanted!" Yusuke shouted as he let loose his own powered up Rei-Gan. The two beams of raw power pushed against each other relentlessly, and Yusuke had to strain to keep his blast from losing ground. He could see that the other was weakening, though. "Heh, you may have some good techniques, but, in terms of pure ki, I have the advantage." He winced as he felt his opponent push even more power into his attack. "But... obviously not by much. Guess I'll have to put everything into this!" With that, he exploded with combined you-ki and rei-ki, pushing his opponent backward forcefully. Finally, the Rei-Gan overtook the PK Thunder attack, knocking Ness, unconscious, into the stadium wall, where a rather large crater formed.
"Now to start the count!" The Ankoku Bukujutsukai announcer exclaimed. "One! Two! Three!..."
Yusuke smiled. "Well, I gotta say, that kid was impressive. If it hadn't been for his anger, he could've really given me a run for my money." He winced as his face suddenly hurt. "Not that I would've enjoyed something like that."
"...Seven! Eight! Nine! And ten! The winner of this match, by ring out, is Urameshi Yusuke!!!" The announcer shouted amidst an amalgamation of boos and cheers.
Yusuke walked, albeit with an emphasized limp, out of the ring to rejoin his fellow team members, who were very much enthused over the suspense of his fight and the glory of his victory.
"You did it! You beat 'em!" shouted Ranma. "I didn't think you'd be able to make it through that one!"
"Oh, come on. You didn't have faith in me? I'm so hurt..."
"Hold up, Urameshi! We're not through here!" Kuwabara shouted. "The rules say you gotta fight until you're done for!"
"Oh man, he's right. Oh well, I suppose beating two people to a pulp in one day couldn't be too hard..." With a smirk on his face, Yusuke turned around to face his old rival from school. "Alright Kuwabara, you wanta get beat, you got it."
"So, these two rivals are finally going to settle the dispute of which one of them is stronger!" Team Budoukai turned to find Vegeta uttering his catchphrase.
"Vegeta? What're you doing here?" Ranma asked of the Prince of the Saiy... the Sayin'... the Sayj... oh, whatever.
"And why's your armor all beat up like that?" Ryouko inquired.
"My armor... er... Well, gotta go! Wouldn't want to allude to anything!" In a blast of ki, he sped off toward the horizon.
"Erm... anyway, the next fight: Urameshi Yusuke versus Kuwabara Kazuma!!!"
The two rivals took their respective stances, Yusuke's taking strain off of his injured leg.
"The rules are the same as before. Are you ready? Then, let's begin!"
Yusuke remained where he was while Kuwabara summoned his ki sword. "Same old technique, eh? All this time, you think you could've come up with something new."
"For your information, Urameshi, I do have some new moves, but I don't think I'll need to use them on you!" Kuwabara ran at Yusuke, but stopped short at Yusuke's next comment.
"Just one thing though: Why are you fighting for these guys?"
"I heard about this whole Dark Schneider shtick from that Ness guy, and he said he was going around getting recruits for his team, you know, to stop him and all, and he-" Kuwabara's explanation was cut short by a kick to the face from Yusuke.
"Dumbass, you really shouldn't give speeches in a fight!" Yusuke said condescendingly. However, Kuwabara quickly rebounded.
"Yusuke! You dirty little cheater! I'll show you to cheap shot me!" Kuwabara lunged at Yusuke, slashing at him with his ki sword. Yusuke dodged each one, and took every opportunity to jab at the many openings his old friend left.
Finally, Kuwabara jumped back and shouted, "Sword! Get long!" The Rei-Ken obeyed and extended to a length of about twenty feet. He then made several wide-sweeping slashes at Yusuke. Although he visibly made more of an effort to dodge these, he did so anyway and managed to get in a couple shots on Kazuma's face.
"Dammit Urameshi, I thought you were weak now!" Kuwabara was clearly getting frustrated at his inability to land a hit.
"Well, sure I am, but I'm still plenty strong enough to beat you!"
"Fine then, let's see how you get away from this!" Letting his sword dissipate, Kuwabara then held his hand out, grasped his wrist with his other arm, and concentrated his ki. Yusuke stood on his toes, trying to get a look at what he was forming. As he finished, a smirk crossed Kuwabara's face. "Now Urameshi, get ready to take my rei-shuriken!" Taking one of the tiny disks he had formed in his hand, he tossed it at Yusuke. The miniature ki circle buzzed through the air and despite Yusuke's quick head movement, still managed to cut his cheek.
"You see, you can't escape!" Kuwabara then threw all four remaining projectiles at his old rival. However, due to Yusuke's efforts, he only suffered a few minor cuts.
"Is that all? I was really expecting more from you." said Yusuke, tsk tsking his opponent's seemingly weak assault.
"Heh heh heh heh heh, they're not done yet!" With a flip of his wrist, the five discuses, which had already escaped the ring and were in the process of shredding some poor demon's shirt, immediately turned around and sped at Yusuke from behind. Unable to see the incoming attack in time, Yusuke was hit head on, causing severe cuts along his arms and legs.
"Score one for Kuwabara, oh yeah!" Kazuma, celebrating his attack, didn't realize the disks were heading back toward him. Suddenly noticing them, he dove to the ground to avoid his own attack. This caused Yusuke to break out in laughter, despite the pain.
"So, you're just gonna laugh at my new attacks? Well, laugh at this one!" Kuwabara spread his hands out and concentrated, forming dozens of tiny needle-like ki darts. Soon, there were hundreds of the petite projectiles at his disposal. Finally, he announced his attack, "Hari-ken Hariken!" The darts sped forth and toward Yusuke, who was preparing a ki attack of his own. But, instead of hitting him, the needles spun around him and enveloped him in a cloud of tiny ki projectiles.
Through elaborate hand movements, Kuwabara commanded each of them to slice at Yusuke. Tiny cuts appeared all over his body as they attacked in volleys of at least twenty each. Yusuke's expression turned grim as he got ready to release his own attack. Finally, he shouted "Rei-Kou-Dan!", sending from his outstretched fist an immeasurable amount of ki bullets. They burst the cloud of ki darts, fully neutralizing Kazuma's attack, and many of the bullets continued to hit Kuwabara himself.
However, the strain was too great, and Yusuke collapsed from the effort. His last words were a mumbled, "I would've won if I didn't feel like takin a nap..."
"Yusuke has collapsed! Will he be down for the count?" The A.B. announcer asked while the T.B. announcer counted each second he laid on the ground while Kuwabara, having recovered from being peppered with ki bullets, laughed and danced over his victory.
"...Nine, ten! The winner of this match is Kuwabara Kazuma." The T.B. announcer shouted into the microphone. Surprisingly enough, the crowd voiced its disapproval.
"The fight was rigged! There's no way a human could beat a demon, even a half-breed like him!" Various indignant shouts were heard across the stadium as Yusuke's teammates pulled him out of the ring.
"Now, who will be the next one to step up and take on Kuwabara?"
Ryouko harrumphed. "I guess I'll take on sword-boy there." She smirked as she walked toward the arena and allowed her own energy sword blaze to life. "After all, demon pride is on the line, here."
The human looked very nervous as he saw the cyan-haired woman in skin-tight clothes float up to his level. "Umm... um... I-I can't fight a girl!"
"I know how you feel..." Ranma commented.
Ryouko's smirk became a downright malicious grin. "I'm so glad you feel that way. It'll make it easier for me to cut you to ribbons!" She held her blade straight at the other while she floated mere centimeters off of the ground.
"Okay! If everyone's ready, let's begin the fight!" The A.B. announcer shouted.
Ryouko instantly blurred out of sight, materializing in front of her foe. Kuwabara brought his Rei-Ken up reflexively, blocking the sword swipe. The gold and red blades clashed against each other, hissing as they rebounded forcefully.
"My," the T.B. announcer commented. "This is certainly an interesting fight."
"Yes, and one that will end in certain doom for one of the contestants!" his counterpart cheered.
The announcer of the Tenkaichi Budoukai glared at the draconic female. "Will you stop that! We're not supposed to be encouraging death, here!"
"I suppose you're right," the A.B. announcer conceded. "That would severely cut down on the brutal torture sequences." She couldn't quite understand why the other began to scream wildly and roll around on the floor. It was as if he were frustrated...
"Hmmm... quite powerful the dark side is."
Ranma looked down to see a small, old guy who reminded him of a cross between Piccolo and Happosai. "Um... who the Hell?"
"Yoda I am. A great Jedi master I am also. Much about the Force I know." The green midget said.
"Yoda da yo?" Ranma exclaimed. "Well... uh, what are you doing here?"
"A lightsaber battle between the powers of Jedi and Sith this is. Here I must be." Yoda responded.
Gene scratched his head. "Er, I don't really know what Jedi or Sith are, and, if I did, I'm pretty sure those two wouldn't be them."
"Oh," the green man said. "Well, then." He continued to watch smilingly.
Ranma scowled. "Alright, old man, what are you really doing here?"
Yoda grinned toothily before blurting, "Cut in half someone is going to get! When people get cut in half I must always see!"
"You sadist..." Ranma grumbled under his breath.
Suddenly, Ryouko was cut in half horizontally. "Oh... crap!" She cried as her torso flew upward and her legs collapsed to the ground.
Yoda smiled broadly and disappeared.
Kuwabara gasped and backed away from the demon's severed body, screaming, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I didn't mean... it just slipped, and... oh, God, I just killed a girl!!!"
Ryouko shook her head with disgust as she willed her two halves to float back together. "You baby. I've killed plenty of men, women, and children. Y'think I liked it? No! Y'think I cried about it? Maybe when no one was looking! But, damn, to make a big fuss right in the middle of a fight..."
Kuwabara stared in shock at the sight of two severed halves becoming whole. "Y-you're not dead? You can heal from being cut in half?!" A thought occurred to him. "Oh, man, I'm screwed!"
"You got that right," Ryouko confirmed as she shot toward her prey whilst brandishing her energy sword. "Time to die!" She swung her blade in a downward motion, which the human fighter dodged deftly, but which also left a large crater in the middle of the ring.
Kuwabara quickly unleashed another Hari-ken Hariken at Ryouko, momentarily engulfing her in needle-hell, but a powerful burst of energy swiftly disposed of the obstacle. Kuwabara then threw several rei-shuriken at her, which managed to sever her left hand and entire right arm, but she got better. "Uh... uh... wha'do I do?!" An idea quickly formed, and he summoned a very long Rei-Ken, which he grasped in the middle. "Spirit Fan of Doom!" He shouted, thinking of a name right off the top of his head, and he began to spin the blade very swiftly.
Ryouko easily dodged the attack by flying upward. "Hey, doofus! That trick might've worked for someone on the ground, but for anyone who can fly, the only thing it does is give us a cool breeze!"
"Um... um... oh, YEAH?!" Kuwabara shouted. "Well how about this?!" He then put all of his will power into widening his sword as swiftly as possible, which had the effect of creating a spiral ki blast.
Ryouko was quite put off at this as she found herself being moved violently upward. "Damn kid! He's got potential, though..." she grinned in the face of Kuwabara's admittedly poorly named "Spirit Fan of Doom" and charged a powerful energy attack.
Kuwabara's arms gave out, and he was forced to allow his attack to dissipate. "Oh... whoa, that was intense." He immediately noticed the odd red tint the floor was taking, and looked up to see a giant crimson sphere coming straight for him. "Uh, oh..." Kuwabara quickly found himself being pressed face-down into the ground.
Ryouko landed, exhausted from her last attack. She was surprised to see her opponent struggling to get up. "Man, this kid is something else."
As the few remaining shreds of his shirt fell from his torso, the young man summoned a Rei-Ken and began to make his way haphazardly toward the demon. He stared at her for a long moment, and then smiled, allowing his blade to dissipate. He fell to the ground, thoroughly K..
Ryouko frowned as the announcers began to count down. "That little fool. He did that just so he didn't have to fight a girl, I'll bet." She folded her arms across her chest. "I swear, these macho guys are SO old." She adopted a dreamy look in her eyes. "But my Tenchi isn't like that, oh, no! He would always run to me for protection... or away from me for fear of his life, but that was something else altogether..."
The catlike member of Team PK Thunder rose to the stage as the announcers reached ten and telekinetically pulled Kuwabara off of the arena. You will not find any such sympathy from me, either, Ryouko, it said coldly. I am quite intrigued with you, though. You see, I--like you--was merely a creation... an enhanced clone of a previous genetic stock. I was created to be the most powerful pokémon, and you were created to be the most powerful weapon.
Ryouko bristled. "Damare, Mewtwo! I'm nobody's weapon. Not anymore!"
But you are powerful, just as I am. You will find, however, that my powers are far greater than yours, the pokémon responded. Now, if you're ready...
Ryouko growled and took a fierce stance. "I'm always ready!"
"The next matchup will be between Ryouko from Team Budoukai and Mewtwo from Team PK Thunder," the Tenkaichi Budoukai announcer declared. "Everyone ready? Fight!"
to be continued...
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Whew! That was something else, wasn't it? I know some of you might be getting tired of the tournament thing, or, if you aren't now, you might later. However, all of the matches that we go into detail with will be crucial to the story (yes, the actual "plot," as hard as it is to believe), so hang tight. Don't worry, I'm sure all the... interesting characters you run into will make it well worth your time. Bye for now.