Sailor Moon ST (Star Trek) – By DS Wynne
Disclaimer: None of the principle characters belong to me.
Note: This is a multi-genre story.
Part 11
Nabiki stares at the strange girl, and swore her eyes had flickered a silver color.
"Well?" Nabiki inquired.
"Simply back off," 6/9 says. "Otherwise, you will no longer be a factor. Understand?"
Nabiki knew that only someone like Ranma could hope to protect her from this "girl", who definitely had the aura of a martial artist. Unfortunately, she knew that, based upon her reputation, getting protection would be difficult indeed.
"Fine, you win."
"Good. Do have a nice day." With that, the strange girl leaped out of the Nabiki's bedroom window.
Nabiki simply looked at what was left of her computer. She'll definitely have to be careful for a while.
Meanwhile…
Having left school early, Ukyo was preparing for the afternoon lunch and dinner rush.
"Konatsu!" Ukyo yells, as she enters the kitchen from the back door.
Nothing.
"Where are you-?" Ukyo says, as she peeks outside into the dining area.
Ukyo sees an unconscious Konatsu lying on the floor, while a girl that looks suspiciously like Ranma's female form was eating one of her okonomiyaki confections. Cautiously, Ukyo took out one of her mini-spatulas and got into a fighting stance.
"Who are you? And what did you do to Konatsu?" asked the chef.
"Nice 'pizza'," the girl replied. Once she ate the entire dish, the girl briskly rubbed her hands and pulled out a brown envelope.
"Here," the girl said as she tossed the package to Ukyo.
"What's this?" she asked, as she caught the package.
"You do not need to know Our name. As for this person here," the girl said as she casually waved in Konatsu's direction, "he was being very inconsiderate. Anyway, We are here to…persuade you to cease your activities concerning Usagi Tsukino."
"So, that witch is connected to Ranma. But what is THIS?" Ukyo said, indicating the package that she caught.
"That package contains enough yen to not only cover the cost of your dowry, but also with interest. We are sure that you'll understand that you should relinquish your 'claim' on Ranma Saotome."
"So that this Usagi person can take my place. No way, sugar. My honor is at stake."
"Even at the point of being stupid? How can you fulfill your honor, when it is based on a lie? Give up your claim, and go have a normal life. You seem to be more adjusted to it than Ranma Saotome's other 'problems'. Please, and do yourself a favor by walking away."
Ukyo thought for a moment. On one hand, she has an opportunity to reclaim her life as her own. However, she really loved Ranma, and was sure that if she waited long enough, she'll get him in the end.
"No. Ranma will be mine someday. I just know it."
The girl merely shook her head in disgust.
"Fool." The girl's eyes began glowing a weird blue color. She then raised her left hand and clutched at the air before her.
Suddenly, Ukyo felt an unseen force grab her. Barely able to move, Ukyo was lifted into air. Then, she felt herself float towards this strange girl. Whoever she is, Ukyo thought, she's very strong!
"We were hoping to an easy way out. We know that Ranma Saotome has a strong bond with you. Be very lucky that we will not discipline for your failure to comply with our wishes…too much."
"RANMA!"
Ranma casually strolled back to the Tendo residence. So far, his "special project" was working out, though not without difficulties. Hopefully, it will work out in the end. Then, he felt it.
"Ukyo?" he said to himself. Ranma, even though he saw Ukyo only as a best friend, still had a special connection with his "cute fiancée". He simply knew that whenever she was in trouble, he would always go to her aid. They were best "buds", right? Immediately, Ranma changed directions, and headed towards "Ucchan's".
Meanwhile, Shampoo, while on a delivery run, had passed by her rival's restaurant, and noticed the commotion. She could see…her Airen? Why was Ranma hurting Spatula-girl? This bore investigation.
Ukyo lay in a crumple heap, but refused to go down without fighting. After being tossed into one of her walls, this strange girl casually walked towards her. Ukyo immediately threw a barrage of mini-spatulas at her opponent. Not only did the girl catch the spatulas, but she also threw them back. Ukyo deftly dodge her opponent's counter attack, and then pulled out her large spatula to take a swing at her. With a smirk, the girl dodged, took the weapon away from her hand, rams the handle into Ukyo's stomach, and whacked Ukyo on the head. That's when Ukyo realized that she was WAY outclassed, and it was during this realization that Shampoo dropped in.
"Who are you?" Shampoo said, as she swung her mace down on her opponent's head. By helping Spatula-girl, Shampoo hoped to make good with Ranma.
"Hello, Shampoo," the girl said as she side-stepped the blow. "We were about to see you anyway concerning Ranma Saotome."
"How you know Airen?"
"Through Usagi Tsukino, of course."
So, Shampoo thought. She is connected to that witch. "Then I teach lackey of Usagi lesson!"
"Bring it on, bimbo."
A punch here, and a counter there...
Leap attack here, a grappling technique there…
This girl is very good, the Chinese Amazon thought. Somehow, the girl seemed to read her mind.
"You think this is good, you should see this. BANG."
Shampoo felt some sort of force heat her in the stomach, sending her out of "Ucchan's" and high into the air. The girl then turns towards Ukyo.
"Let this be a lesson for anyone who wishes to do harm on our mother, Ukyo Kuonji." With that, the girl ran out of the restaurant and leaped into the sir, determined to finish off her foe.
A few minutes later, Ranma comes running into the restaurant. He immediately checked to see if Konatsu was all right before rushing towards Ukyo's side.
"Ukyo! What happened?!"
"Ranma…thank goodness you are here…"
"Ucchan what happened?"
"Some girl who looks like your female body came here to threaten me. When I refused, she did THIS to me…"
A girl who looks like me…? Ranma thought. Oh, no. SHE can't be here…
"Ranma, she's after Shampoo, now. You got to help her!"
"Okay. Will you be alright now?"
"Sure. I'll be here to look after Konatsu."
"Fine. I'll tell you what happens later, okay?"
"Okay. Just be careful, Ranchan."
"Hey, I always am." With that, Ranma left.
Shampoo had welcomed the blissful slumber, since the pain she experienced was too much to bear. Even while still in the air, Shampoo was being pummeled by her opponent. Somehow, the girl was flying while doing this.
"Trust us. This hurts you more than it hurts us."
Suddenly, the girl felt a blow to the back of her head. While stunned, the girl dropped Shampoo and turned to face the descending Cologne. Somehow, the Amazon Matriarch had sensed her great, granddaughter's battle, which had been carried over near "The Cat Café", and went to investigate. She was surprised to see a duplicate of Ranma (though possessing a different style of dress and hairstyle) beating on Shampoo. She quickly leaped to intercept the pair, using her more stealth-like techniques, and struck a blow on the back of the Ranma look-alike. She was amazed that the girl was flying though. Meanwhile, Mousse had caught his beloved gently, and sat her down before leaping into battle himself.
"You harm my Shampoo!" the half-blind boy yelled, as he unleashed a furious volley of weapons.
"Yes, yes we did," replied the girl. From nowhere, she took out a weapon of her own. From both ends, a short beam of violet light was emitted. She began twirling the device, which began cutting down the volley. Only when Mousse was close enough did she withdrew her weapon, grabbed a surprised Mousse by the collar her free hand, head-butted him, and threw him down into the ground hard. Sure enough, an unconscious Mousse laid still in a crater made by his impact. Her senses told her that the boy will be fine.
After turning off her weapon, the girl gently floated down to the ground and faced Cologne.
"So…you are the great Cologne."
"I am," the matriarch replied. "Who might you be, girl?"
"Our name is unimportant. Our purpose is. Your great, grand-daughter means to do harm on our mother. We are here to prevent that."
"Nevertheless, you have attacked an Amazon, and, more importantly, my kin. I cannot allow it."
"Very well. We salute you." With that, the girl locked wrist in an Amazon salute and bowed.
'How does this girl know about that particular Amazon salute?' Cologne thought. 'According to the Lore master, that particular salute was from a tribe of Amazons that have been lost for thousands of years!'
"Cologne, prepare for battle," the girl said, as she got into a stance.
"Know this, child, an Amazon takes battle seriously."
"We wouldn't have it any other way."
Ranma, sensing a great battle nearby, rushed to see Cologne mixing it up with a very familiar person. Feeling a mixture of pride and disgust, watched as the battle waged. He knew that Cologne was being pushed to her limits, moving at speeds that were almost invisible to a normal person. Thus, while amused by the fight, he will have to put an end to it before someone gets hurt.
Cologne could not believe that this girl was not being worn down by her attacks. Furthermore, she somehow knew many of the Amazon fighting styles, including her own. Son-in-law will have a lot of explaining to do, Cologne thought.
Suddenly, someone fell out of the sky and landed hard between Cologne and her opponent, causing the pavement to crack. Was this another attacker?
No, it was Ranma, who was apparently perturbed.
"Hoshiko, what are you doing here?" Ranma asked.
"Well, um, Father-"
"FATHER?" exclaimed Cologne. "Who is this, Son-in-Law?"
"This is Hoshiko…my daughter."
"This is rather…strange. You have a lot of explaining to do."
"Of course, but not until later. I want to make sure that everyone knows at the same time."
"Very well. Until then." With that, Cologne went to retrieve Mousse and great-granddaughter.
"Well?"
"Well, we just wanted to help you sort things. It's Nabiki Tendo's fault, you know!"
"Nabiki. I should have known. Still, you can't just go around attacking my friends."
"We're sorry, Father. Please forgive us." Hoshiko.
"Okay, but under one condition, that you tell me exactly what you did to cause this latest disruption."
And so Hoshiko told her father.
Ranma could feel a headache coming, and it was called "Mallet-sama".
Sigh.
"Usagi's not going to like this."
After a quiet dinner, which was noticeable since Nabiki was VERY quiet throughout the meal, Ranma gathered the entire family into the dojo. Then Ranma's rivals and fiancees came in as well (Ryouga made an effort not to get lost this time). Kuno wanted to finish up this business, so that he could find where Kodachi went. With everyone, including his mother, was present, Ranma began his story.
"Now that you are all here, I need to clear up a few things. First, I am not dating Usagi Tsukino."
The girls sighed in relief.
"She's my ex-wife."
"WHAT?!"
"Wah! Ranma cheated on my little girl!"
"Boy, you have a lot of explaining to do!"
"Do I have any grand-children?"
"Ranma, you jerk!" Akane yelled, as she swung her mallet onto Ranma's head. "I trusted you!"
"I guess I should have expected that," Ramma replied, as he rubbed his sore head. "Akane, I'm not married anymore, nor had I planned to get marry in the first place. It just happened."
"Oh, really?" Nabiki smirked. She was still upset over loosing a lot of money today.
"And it's all Kuno's fault!"
"Me? Why do you besmirch my character, Knave?"
"That talisman!" Akane exclaimed, as she turned towards Kuno. "You did this to me!" With that, Akane began beating on Kuno.
"Save some for me, sugar!"
"Me, too! Shampoo teach Stick-boy lesson!"
Ranma was amused by what he was seeing, of course, this didn't last long.
"DIE, YOU CHEATER!" yelled Ryouga, as he charged his foe. He knew that Chiron wouldn't approve of engaging Ranma in this manner, but, damn it, he hurt Akane!
"I don't have time for, Pig-boy, Ranma replied as he took a page from Happosai by redirecting Ryouga trajectory towards the koi pond. With that out of the way, Ranma can focus on the present.
"Ranma," Nodoka began. "Did you really marry this Usagi?"
"Yes, mom. As a matter of fact, she was suppose to be here soon-"
"I'm here, Ranma."
Out of nowhere, six people appeared. Each one seemed to be apprehensive about being in the same room with Ranma. After all, they still weren't sure about Ranma's character. These people's sudden appearance stopped all other activities within the room.
"Usagi! You made it."
"Of course, Ranma." Usagi says, having decided to not let Ranma know what happened to her earlier that day, at least for now. "By the way, I have a little present for you."
Usagi took out a small, black bag, and turned it upside down. With a clatter, the metal form of Kodachi Kuno fell onto the floor.
"Where did you get Kodachi?" asked Ranma.
"She apparently was looking for me earlier, by actually going to my school. Luckily, Mako-chan here took care of the problem."
"Oh, it was nothing," interjected Makoto.
"Will Mistress Kuno be okay," asked a concern Sasuke.
"Yeah, she will," replied Ranma. "See? She's return to normal."
"I'll see to it that the mistress will be taken care of."
"Thanks."
"Anyway," began Usagi, "I'm sorry for the way Hoshiko acted today. I guess what I said earlier went into deaf ears."
"We said we are sorry, Mother!"
"Nevertheless, you have an apology to make. Hoshiko?"
In front of everyone she fought, Hoshiko bowed.
"We are sorry for our behavior. We wanted to protect our mother."
Nodoka was the first to go to the girl, and gently lifted her chin.
"I am sure that you will be forgiven, RIGHT GIRLS?"
Ranma fiancees didn't like where this was going. However, they needed to curry Nodoka's favor if they want to be Ranma's wife…if that was still possible.
"Yes, Mrs. Saotome," the fiancees replied together.
"Good. Now, you must be Usagi, right?"
"Yes. And these are my friends Ami, Mina, Rei and Makoto. There with me for moral support."
"Hello," Ami said.
"Hi!" Mina replied.
"Good evening," said Rei.
"Nice to meet you!" said Makoto.
"That's wonderful," said Ranma's mother. "Still, I would love to learn how you two met."
"Well, that story can certainly be told. Ranma, Ami, come here for a second…"
"What is that jerk whispering about?" Akane asked herself. How dare he to have been married!
"Why don't we wait until son-in-law tells us," replied Cologne. She had to keep watch on this Usagi girl, since she apparently possesses a strong aura.
"Alright, gather around. With Ami's computer, I will show you what happened to me when that idiot Kuno used that talisman of his."
"Ami?" began Usagi.
"Sure, Usagi. I'm all set up."
"Okay."
"Thanks, thanks Usagi. Gather around everyone. This 'movie' will show you a 'slice' of what happened to yours truly after Kuno used that talisman."
"Should I make popcorn for everyone?" asked Kasumi.
"No need. I'm sure 'wonder boy' here can provide the confection," smirked Nabiki.
"Ha, ha. Let's get started, shall we?"
Tbc.
