"speech"
"radio or telepathic speech"
thoughts
/"different language or panda sign"/
Disclaimer: I do not own Ranma ½. I make no money from this, nor do I plan on trying to. This is purely for fun.
Warning: There will be some OOC for some characters. It is an AU though, so that can almost be expected.
Wild Horses Can't Be Tamed
Tokyo, Japan
Ikari Yasuko was an unassuming man. If one passed him in the street you would probably not even notice him. Nor would one think his job important. He officially was a copy editor for the emperor. And in a sense that was what he did. But it wasn't the full truth. No, his job was much more important. It involved dealing with television stations and media producers across the nation. But it was a job almost no one heard of.
And today he was getting a very big headache. Gojira was due to attack any day now. This meant he had to arrange for a media blackout on the event. Then there was the evacuation of the expected point of emergence. There were already plans for the media smokescreen. Namely a big budget movie using state of the art animatronics instead of the usual man in a rubber suit.
The 'busted' robot was already prepped. All that was left was to program the 'error' in once damages were finally known. The official story was going to be that something went horribly wrong on the set while filming a scene. And the next Gojira film was in the works. It had been started the moment the beast was confirmed to be heading towards Tokyo, again. Thankfully that creature usually got bored after destroying a handful of buildings along the wharf and left.
On another front Yasuko had been forced to block yet more news stories from Europe and America. It just wouldn't do for the nation to learn of those so-called 'super heroes'. He also had to arrange another viral video that could be debunked. Too often of late had things been leaked into the media. There was also that accursed Youtube site. It alone made his job that much harder.
An aid came into his office with a new report. Glancing at it, Yasuko groaned. Damn those girls. Do they have to be so public about dealing with those demons? I'll have to arrange a new season of both the anime and live action series to counter this latest private war. I guess I had better call Her. Contacting 'her' was never one of his favorite past times. But it was the lesser of two evils. At least she worked with him and understood the need to keep things out of the public.
Another report came in, this time from the Nerima ward. That was another area that gave him a huge headache. Reading it over, he grinned. Finally there was some good news. The first all day in fact. Maybe I'll send Officer Moth a thank you card. He thought after rereading the report. Without that girl publishing her newsletter it should be easier then ever to cover this up. Too bad I couldn't find where she publishes or who her distributor is.
Author Notes:
People expressed curiosity as to how Nabiki thought news of the Freedom Society was faked. Well, here's your answer. In this world setting there are very few meta-humans in Japan. The few there are tend to be mistaken for high end martial artists. Not surprising what high end martial artists can do either. It's impossible to completely cover up world events. Or local events.
The job of Ikari Yasuko is to ensure the public doesn't become aware of anything 'exotic'. To that end he creates media blackouts for certain events. He blocks some news stories, while creating easy to disprove stories that cast disbelief on any real news stories that get through. He also ensures that meta-human events in Japan stay out of world news. A far easier job.
In Tokyo people may have heard of the weirdness in Nerima or Juuban, but frequently discount it. Outside of Tokyo almost no one has heard of Ranma Saotome. Any sightings of the Sailor Senshi get discounted by the public at large as media publicity for the Sailor Moon live action and anime series.
Only those who actually live around the weirdness, Yasuko, certain members of the JDF, and parts of the government are actually aware of what is really happening. And it seems Gojira exists in this world too. O.o
That isn't to say ALL anime are coverups. The only ones that are confirmed for this story's world are Tenchi, Sailor Moon, and Ranma. Others may or may not also exist in this world. But if they do it's more toned down then the anime/manga. In this world there is no Ranma ½ anime/manga. Nor are there any Tenchi anime. If there is a Ranma manga, it was being written by commission from Nabiki. In this world the Sailor Moon anime/manga deliberately use the wrong names for the senshi civilian identities. And yes, he was planning on contacting Sailor Pluto.