"When Blue Clashed With Blue" The New Wheels
Lady Rinehart
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"Sire, they're back inside our dimension." Dilyn said to the child on the screen.
"Very good. I want them captured. Send out two of your best workers, understood?" The child relied.
"Of course, sire." The screen went blank, and Dilyn turned toward his companions at the table. "I think its time those children meet us." He smiled. "Kevin, Maka, please extended a welcome to our new…business partners." Kevin and a woman near the end of the table, Maka, stood, bowed, and disappeared.
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"What, may I ask, is that?" Usagi said, pointing to the large vehicle sitting near the hotel she and Ranma had just stayed in. Ranma beamed.
"This is our new ride!" He said, looking at the…thing with interest. Usagi sighed.
Standing in the almost vacant lot was a van. A large faded brown van. The paint was pealing, and you could plainly see the original color was not brown. What it was, you could not decipher, but it wasn't brown. The large hunk of metal had dents in a few places, a broken window in the passenger door, and a tire missing. Usagi sighed again.
"What are we going to do with that thing?" She asked, placing both hands on her hips. Ranma looked slightly proud.
"Fix it up." Ranma said as he walked toward the van. "A little paint here, some glass there, and some repairing and we'll have a great car."
"That is not a car." Usagi said. "That is a monstrosity."
"I didn't know your vocabulary was so large." Ranma said sarcastically. Usagi growled.
"How much did you spend on this thing?!" She asked hotly, trying to ignore the last comment from the pig tailed boy.
"Not enough for you to worry about." He said reassuringly. Usagi growled. "We, uh, you know you're my favorite person in the whole world, right Gi-chan?"
"The price."
"Seven hundred."
"What?!" Usagi shouted. "We only had eight hundred left!"
"I know, but…"
"No buts. I trusted you, Ranma." She said. "Until you get my money back, I refuse to talk to you." She turned and huffed off.
"But Gi-chan…"
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Two figures appeared in an alleyway. The first was large and distinctively male. His companion had a smaller frame, and long hair to here butt. They stepped out of the darkness. This was the first time anyone had ever viewed they're faces.
The man was tall. He had slicked back brown hair and was wearing a gray suit. He had dull brown eyes that bore into the people around him. He had a small scar on his chin, bringing a slightly hideous look to the otherwise business looking man.
The woman was short, and had long red hair let loose to her butt. She had dark brown eye that viewed everything around her disgusting and inferior to herself. She was wearing a gray pantsuit, like her companion. She spoke slowly.
"So, Kevin, where are those children supposed to be? Aren't they supposed to be pretty powerful?" She asked. She looked down as a cockroach flutter across the ground. A short click sounded as her black heel came down on the bug. Kevin grinned.
"Are you scared, Maka?" He said, amused. "Even in the Academy you've always been a little gutless when it came to the real jobs."
"Look you jerk," Maka said, rounding on him. "I was forth in the Class."
"Yes, but last in the Collection." Kevin said. "You were always the slow one. What did you do again? Oh yes, you fell for a rivaling courser." He smiled. "But this is no time for petty remarks. We have a job to do."
"Just stay out of my way." She marched out of the alley's entrance, Kevin's laughter following her.
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"I'll show him." Maka said. "Those brats have to be around here somewhere." She was walking down a crowded sidewalk, trying to find the children she'd only seen briefly. She felt a tug to the side.
"Marker, away." She mumbled, watching a small green glowing ball appear in front of her. "Follow that power." The green ball zipped away.
"I still have it."
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"America?" Luna asked. "How in the world would she get in America?"
"I don't know." Makoto answered. "Ami did a scan, and she was on a boat heading to California. The only problem was, the trace disappeared."
"How?" Haruka inquired.
"Ami said something about energy changes. We couldn't track her anymore."
"Odd." Michiru mused. "I'll give my mirror a try." She picked up her materialized star-seed and looked inside. An unusual child greeted her eyes.
He was small, looking to be no more than seven. He had blond hair, cropped off above the ears. He had strange golden eyes. This was the child from the screen.
"Whose that?" Makoto asked.
"I'm not sure…" Michiru stated, leaning over. Another image appeared. This one was of a man and a woman.
The man looked almost exactly like the child had, only older. The man was holding the woman at the throat. She was some two feet off the ground and she trying to be release from the man's grip. An eerie voice reached the ears of the senshi present.
"Serenity, dear. You must have known it would end this way. You couldn't possibly have thought you could have beaten me."
"Don't be cocky." The woman said. Her light blue hair fanned out around her. "You'll never win. My daughter is ready to rule. The guardians will return."
"Then I will just defeat them once again." He laughed. "How did you like seeing your youngest daughter die because of you."
"It wasn't…" She choked slightly. "It wasn't my fault. She chose her path…" Her face turned red. Her air was being cut off. The man laughed again.
"Well, then, her chose was wrong." It was the woman's turned to laugh.
"Your son made the same one, old friend."
"He isn't my son any longer." The man's grip tightened. The Queen knew her end was coming.
"For eternity and more I lock thee here. Until the chosen ones rise again, I lock thee here. Until one from chaos and one from destiny unite to make fate, I lock thee here. In a frame of youth and harmlessness, I lock thee here. Until the guardians come I lock th-ee---h..e.r..e…" The man growled as she said the last word, and the man became a child, and the mirror went blank.
"Has the mirror ever spoke before?" Luna asked. Michiru and the other were still looking at the mirror is shock. "I'll take that as a no."
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Urd smirked. Humans could get themselves into too much trouble. Suddenly, a beeping came from her side. She looked down. Her small, beeper was going off. She went to the phone and dialed.
"Hey boss." She spoke into the receiver. "What? Why not send Bell?" She nodded twice. "Oh, I see, sure, I'll go right now. What the name again." She wrote down a name. "Saotome? Okay, I got it."
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Nodoka paced her room slightly. She didn't like her son being missing for so long. Her husband had yet to have told her why their son had left, but she didn't really care. She just wanted her man-among-men son back.
Suddenly, a woman's head appeared in her television set. She blinked. The woman looked around then spotted her. She came the rest of the way through.
"Nodoka Saotome?" She asked. Nodoka nodded. "I've come to tell you about your son."
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"The nerve of him!" Usagi said, banging the table. The table cracked under the force. The people in the restaurant were all peering at her with fear clearly written in their eyes. "How dare he buy that piece of junk with my money!?"
"Boyfriend troubles?" A make voice asked. Usagi looked up to see a man in his early twenties with sleek blown hair and dull brown eyes. He sat down in front of her. The other customers went back to their own meals.
"Boyfriend troubles?" Usagi repeated. "No, just friend trouble. I don't have a boyfriend." 'At least not since I left Japan,' she thought.
"Why, a pretty young lady like your self couldn't be single." He gave her a sly grin. Usagi blinked. "Let me buy you a drink."
"Uh, no thanks. I'm not thirsty." She began to stand, but the man grabbed her wrist.
"What's your rush." He said, trying to sound suggestive. "I could help you with your 'troubles' if you'd like."
"Look, buddy. Get your hand off me before you loose the limb permanently." She growled. Training with Vegeta had had a few advantages. She yanked her arm away and walked out of the café.
"Feisty." He mumbled. "Not my type. I guess I just have to hurt her a little."
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"Alright!" Maka said. She saw the dark haired boy from the picture in a parking lot, working on an ugly brown van. "He doesn't have much taste, but he sure doesn't have a problem with helping lost women." Her clothes change to that of blue jean and a top. She walked over to Ranma.
"Excuse me." She interrupted softly, placing a hand on the hood of the van. Ranma looked up from his work to look at the woman in front of him. 'Great,' he thought. 'Another flat chested bimbo.'
"Could you help me?" She asked, trying to sound sexy. She didn't pull it off well. Ranma rolled his eyes.
"With what, miss?" He asked. He looked back at the dent he'd almost gotten out. Maka placed a hand on his muscular shoulder and sighed.
If the boys at the Academy had been built like this, I'd have never left, she thought. "By chance, do you know where a phone is?"
"Actually, there's one in the hotel right there." Ranma stated, pointing to the building to the left of them.
"Would you show me where?" She rapped her arms around one of his. Ranma looked shocked. "You'll help me, right?"
"Hey! Get off!" He shouted. "I ain't going to help if you hang on me like that!" The woman looked shocked.
"Are you turning me down?"
"Turning you down from what? You weird lady, go away."
"Why I never!" She yelled.
"Probably not, with a figure like that." Ranma mumbled.
"I will not take that! I leaving!" Maka stalked away. 'How dare he…'
"Get turned down, Maka?" Kevin asked, appearing next to her.
''Why Kevin, I didn't know you cared." She said, her clothes morphing to her original suit.
"Believe me, I don't." He said. "Let's get them now."
"Them?" Maka questioned, turning. She saw the blonde girl walking toward the boy. "Okay."
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"Gi-chan!" Ranma said happily. "You're back!"
"Only to get away from some crazed man who hit on me today." She said. She began to walk past him. Ranma grabbed her arm.
"Look, Gi-chan. I didn't mean to screw up. I've always wanted a car, but never got one because I was training." He smiled. "Please don't be mad." Usagi shrugged.
"I guess I'll forgive you." She smiled. "But you'd better fix the thing up." Ranma smiled.
"Bulma showed me a few things about cars." He said. "Plus, the inside is…" CRASH
"What was that?!" Usagi shouted as the dust settled around them. Ranma's arm reached out protectively and wrapped around Usagi's waist. Neither really noticed. Standing some ten feet away, were the man and woman from before.
"Isn't that sweet?" Maka said. She laughed. "Sorry to interrupt, but you're coming with us."
"I don't think so!" Ranma yelled. Kevin looked him up and down.
"I'm afraid you'll be no match for Maka, much less me."
"Hey!" Maka shouted. Kevin looked on and grinned evilly.
Both Ranma and Usagi got into a fight stance. "Lets go." Ranma said. Usagi nodded.
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The entire ship watched as the fight began. Dilyn sighed. Th original plan was to lure the children up here, unharmed. Apparently, neither Kevin nor Maka had the talent to seduce. Now, a battle was going on. He turned to the Lessee. The child's face appeared.
"Yes?" He asked. "You have them?" He asked.
"A battle is going on now." Dilyn said. "It shouldn't be hard for Kevin and Maka to win this fight. The pair is inexperienced."
"Send me the image of the fight."
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"Ugh!" Kevin staggered back. Ranma had punched him, hard, in the stomach. After viewing their first fight with the Roahces Demon, he didn't think the strength of Ranma was this much strength. Actually, he didn't even think he'd flinch if Ranma punched him. He was wrong. He stepped back as Ranma rushed at him.
'I've got to work harder than I thought.' His mind whispered. 'This boy is stringer than before.' He blocked Ranma's punch that was directed at his face. He countered with a small power blast. Ranma deflected it and went for some more punches. Not many got through Kevin's defense, but one in particular left a small cut. Kevin growled.
A small dagger appeared in Kevin's hand and he lashed out. The pig tailed warrior cried in pain and placed a hand over his arm. He pulled his hand away and saw it was covered in blood…his blood. Kevin moved again, this time fast. Ranma barely avoided being cut again.
Ranma backed up several feet and produced a small ki blast. Kevin narrowed his eyes at the technique. The ball flew towards Kevin, and he dodged and formed his own power ball. He sent it to the young martial artists, who in turn cut it in half. The two ran towards each other and traded punches and kicks. Both were almost equal in strength and pulled away.
Usagi ducked as a relatively large power beam was aimed at her. The woman screeched when she noticed her attack had missed. She aimed again. Usagi charged a force field around herself, rendering the attack useless. Maka growled. Usagi rushed at her.
Though Usagi was not as well trained in the martial arts, as she would have liked, she did know the basics. She also knew some street fighting she'd picked up from both Makoto and Haruka.
Maka was stupid enough to just stand still, but dodged the blonde's attack. She countered with a punch to Usagi's face. Usagi barely blocked it in time. They stayed in that position for a moment, before Usagi's threw Maka's hand back. They backed up and began with energy attacks again.
Ranma glanced over at Usagi's fight. He noticed she hadn't transformed yet. He felt a fist impact on his face, and lowered himself for a kick. He swiped at his opponent's feet. Kevin jumped, flipped and landed behind Ranma. Another, much larger dagger appeared in his hand. He laughed and slashed at Ranma.
Ranma wasn't too familiar with weapons. He was mainly used to fighting with pure skill. This man, obviously, thought he rather chop him in two rather than waste energy on fighting him hand to hand. He backed up farther.
Usagi took a nasty blast. She'd been distracted when the hotel's owner had stepped out of the building. She had begun to yell for him to run, when Maka attacked her from behind. Holding her stomach, and flew slightly backwards to avoid another blast. Being injured seriously affected her ability to fight. She backed up.
Both Usagi and Ranma were startled when their backs met. Their attackers were both smiling cruelly.
"Not bad." Kevin said, wiping some blood from his lip. "But then again, not good enough."
"Weak little girl." Maka stated, drawing the duo's attention to her. "Thought you could defeat me? You're nothing but a pathetic child." She laughed.
"Your both worthless. Gloating was always a favorite of mine." Kevin smirked.
Something snapped in both Usagi and Ranma. Being beat was bad enough, but being confronted with past conflicts was worst. Usagi's hand reached for Ranma's as a blast like no other erupted from them.
The shock of the blast sent Maka and Kevin flying back. Kevin landed rather hard against the hotel's outer wall, not far from Ranma's new van. Maka crashed into a light post across the lot. Ranma and Usagi stepped forward.
"Don't call me weak!" Usagi yelled. Ranma just glared in Kevin's direction. He had reminded Ranma of his father too much. Genma always like to gloat.
Maka and Kevin tried to stand, but were in too much pain. Another figure appeared before Ranma and Usagi. He looked almost exactly like Kevin, though his hair was slightly lighter and he had a scar going from his cheek to his forehead. The man looked at the bodies on the ground and then at Ranma and Usagi. He walked over to Kevin.
"Brother, dear, look at the mess you got yourself into." Ranma and Usagi looked on in interest. "You don't deserve to be in the Collection."
"What's the collection?" Usagi asked. She knew she should sty quiet but she was very curious. The man looked over at her and smiled handsomely.
"The Collection is what we call the six executive members of the Galaxy Dark." He casually raised one hand in Maka's direction and the other in Kevin's. "These two have proven to be weak." Two blasts left his hands and both hit their target. Usagi's gasped and Ranma looked surprised.
When the dust and smoke cleared, no one was left. Both Maka and Kevin's bodies were gone, not a trace of them left. The man turned to the shocked pair.
"I carried out my orders." He stated.
"Why?!" Ranma shouted. To be killed by an enemy was one thing, but to be killed by a college, a brother no less, was wrong.
"I am Devin Akasa. I take my orders straight from Lord Xander himself."
"Who?" Usagi whispered.
"You don't know?" Devin asked, then laughed. "Of course you don't. Just remember you'll never be safe. Watch your back, young guardian."
"Why are you saying all this?" Ranma asked. Devin looked at him, a strange look on his face,
"You remind me of a friend I knew a long time ago. He was killed." He smiled at the pair. "I hope you chose the right path this time, Terris." He turned and disappeared.
Usagi blinked. "Terris? Why did he call you that?"
"I don't know." Ranma said, but deep in his mind something stirred. He looked around. The lot, not to mention the wall of the hotel, was burned and singed from the battle. The owner of the motel was on the ground, having fainted earlier.
"Maybe we should leave." Ranma suggested. He pulled her towards the van. "Let me show you the reason I bought this."
He opened the back doors and Usagi gasped. The inside was beautiful. A large cushion, about two feet tall, was sitting on van floor. The cushion extended until it reached the backs of the front seats. Pillows of various sizes lay about near the top, separated only for walking space. Two blue curtains hung behind the front seats. Usagi looked happy.
"But this is beautiful." Ranma beamed at her. She climbed in and lay on half the cushion, pulling a blanket around her. Ranma was suddenly at a loss for words. 'She looks great in there…'
"I'll forgive you for buying this piece of junk because this is great." Still, Ranma didn't speak. Usagi smiled. 'He sure is cute when he blushes.' Then a thought occurred to her and she sat up.
"Do you know how to drive?"
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I was hoping this added a little humor, with Ranma buying a van and all. Now, I don't think Ranma would ever really want this type if car (I don't think he'd ever really want a car) but my brother has car very similar to the one I described. Well, with the bed in the back anyway. I just thought it might be easier for them to ride across country instead of walking.
Hugs and Bunnies,
Lady Rinehart
Lady Rinehart
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"Sire, they're back inside our dimension." Dilyn said to the child on the screen.
"Very good. I want them captured. Send out two of your best workers, understood?" The child relied.
"Of course, sire." The screen went blank, and Dilyn turned toward his companions at the table. "I think its time those children meet us." He smiled. "Kevin, Maka, please extended a welcome to our new…business partners." Kevin and a woman near the end of the table, Maka, stood, bowed, and disappeared.
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"What, may I ask, is that?" Usagi said, pointing to the large vehicle sitting near the hotel she and Ranma had just stayed in. Ranma beamed.
"This is our new ride!" He said, looking at the…thing with interest. Usagi sighed.
Standing in the almost vacant lot was a van. A large faded brown van. The paint was pealing, and you could plainly see the original color was not brown. What it was, you could not decipher, but it wasn't brown. The large hunk of metal had dents in a few places, a broken window in the passenger door, and a tire missing. Usagi sighed again.
"What are we going to do with that thing?" She asked, placing both hands on her hips. Ranma looked slightly proud.
"Fix it up." Ranma said as he walked toward the van. "A little paint here, some glass there, and some repairing and we'll have a great car."
"That is not a car." Usagi said. "That is a monstrosity."
"I didn't know your vocabulary was so large." Ranma said sarcastically. Usagi growled.
"How much did you spend on this thing?!" She asked hotly, trying to ignore the last comment from the pig tailed boy.
"Not enough for you to worry about." He said reassuringly. Usagi growled. "We, uh, you know you're my favorite person in the whole world, right Gi-chan?"
"The price."
"Seven hundred."
"What?!" Usagi shouted. "We only had eight hundred left!"
"I know, but…"
"No buts. I trusted you, Ranma." She said. "Until you get my money back, I refuse to talk to you." She turned and huffed off.
"But Gi-chan…"
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Two figures appeared in an alleyway. The first was large and distinctively male. His companion had a smaller frame, and long hair to here butt. They stepped out of the darkness. This was the first time anyone had ever viewed they're faces.
The man was tall. He had slicked back brown hair and was wearing a gray suit. He had dull brown eyes that bore into the people around him. He had a small scar on his chin, bringing a slightly hideous look to the otherwise business looking man.
The woman was short, and had long red hair let loose to her butt. She had dark brown eye that viewed everything around her disgusting and inferior to herself. She was wearing a gray pantsuit, like her companion. She spoke slowly.
"So, Kevin, where are those children supposed to be? Aren't they supposed to be pretty powerful?" She asked. She looked down as a cockroach flutter across the ground. A short click sounded as her black heel came down on the bug. Kevin grinned.
"Are you scared, Maka?" He said, amused. "Even in the Academy you've always been a little gutless when it came to the real jobs."
"Look you jerk," Maka said, rounding on him. "I was forth in the Class."
"Yes, but last in the Collection." Kevin said. "You were always the slow one. What did you do again? Oh yes, you fell for a rivaling courser." He smiled. "But this is no time for petty remarks. We have a job to do."
"Just stay out of my way." She marched out of the alley's entrance, Kevin's laughter following her.
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"I'll show him." Maka said. "Those brats have to be around here somewhere." She was walking down a crowded sidewalk, trying to find the children she'd only seen briefly. She felt a tug to the side.
"Marker, away." She mumbled, watching a small green glowing ball appear in front of her. "Follow that power." The green ball zipped away.
"I still have it."
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"America?" Luna asked. "How in the world would she get in America?"
"I don't know." Makoto answered. "Ami did a scan, and she was on a boat heading to California. The only problem was, the trace disappeared."
"How?" Haruka inquired.
"Ami said something about energy changes. We couldn't track her anymore."
"Odd." Michiru mused. "I'll give my mirror a try." She picked up her materialized star-seed and looked inside. An unusual child greeted her eyes.
He was small, looking to be no more than seven. He had blond hair, cropped off above the ears. He had strange golden eyes. This was the child from the screen.
"Whose that?" Makoto asked.
"I'm not sure…" Michiru stated, leaning over. Another image appeared. This one was of a man and a woman.
The man looked almost exactly like the child had, only older. The man was holding the woman at the throat. She was some two feet off the ground and she trying to be release from the man's grip. An eerie voice reached the ears of the senshi present.
"Serenity, dear. You must have known it would end this way. You couldn't possibly have thought you could have beaten me."
"Don't be cocky." The woman said. Her light blue hair fanned out around her. "You'll never win. My daughter is ready to rule. The guardians will return."
"Then I will just defeat them once again." He laughed. "How did you like seeing your youngest daughter die because of you."
"It wasn't…" She choked slightly. "It wasn't my fault. She chose her path…" Her face turned red. Her air was being cut off. The man laughed again.
"Well, then, her chose was wrong." It was the woman's turned to laugh.
"Your son made the same one, old friend."
"He isn't my son any longer." The man's grip tightened. The Queen knew her end was coming.
"For eternity and more I lock thee here. Until the chosen ones rise again, I lock thee here. Until one from chaos and one from destiny unite to make fate, I lock thee here. In a frame of youth and harmlessness, I lock thee here. Until the guardians come I lock th-ee---h..e.r..e…" The man growled as she said the last word, and the man became a child, and the mirror went blank.
"Has the mirror ever spoke before?" Luna asked. Michiru and the other were still looking at the mirror is shock. "I'll take that as a no."
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Urd smirked. Humans could get themselves into too much trouble. Suddenly, a beeping came from her side. She looked down. Her small, beeper was going off. She went to the phone and dialed.
"Hey boss." She spoke into the receiver. "What? Why not send Bell?" She nodded twice. "Oh, I see, sure, I'll go right now. What the name again." She wrote down a name. "Saotome? Okay, I got it."
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Nodoka paced her room slightly. She didn't like her son being missing for so long. Her husband had yet to have told her why their son had left, but she didn't really care. She just wanted her man-among-men son back.
Suddenly, a woman's head appeared in her television set. She blinked. The woman looked around then spotted her. She came the rest of the way through.
"Nodoka Saotome?" She asked. Nodoka nodded. "I've come to tell you about your son."
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"The nerve of him!" Usagi said, banging the table. The table cracked under the force. The people in the restaurant were all peering at her with fear clearly written in their eyes. "How dare he buy that piece of junk with my money!?"
"Boyfriend troubles?" A make voice asked. Usagi looked up to see a man in his early twenties with sleek blown hair and dull brown eyes. He sat down in front of her. The other customers went back to their own meals.
"Boyfriend troubles?" Usagi repeated. "No, just friend trouble. I don't have a boyfriend." 'At least not since I left Japan,' she thought.
"Why, a pretty young lady like your self couldn't be single." He gave her a sly grin. Usagi blinked. "Let me buy you a drink."
"Uh, no thanks. I'm not thirsty." She began to stand, but the man grabbed her wrist.
"What's your rush." He said, trying to sound suggestive. "I could help you with your 'troubles' if you'd like."
"Look, buddy. Get your hand off me before you loose the limb permanently." She growled. Training with Vegeta had had a few advantages. She yanked her arm away and walked out of the café.
"Feisty." He mumbled. "Not my type. I guess I just have to hurt her a little."
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"Alright!" Maka said. She saw the dark haired boy from the picture in a parking lot, working on an ugly brown van. "He doesn't have much taste, but he sure doesn't have a problem with helping lost women." Her clothes change to that of blue jean and a top. She walked over to Ranma.
"Excuse me." She interrupted softly, placing a hand on the hood of the van. Ranma looked up from his work to look at the woman in front of him. 'Great,' he thought. 'Another flat chested bimbo.'
"Could you help me?" She asked, trying to sound sexy. She didn't pull it off well. Ranma rolled his eyes.
"With what, miss?" He asked. He looked back at the dent he'd almost gotten out. Maka placed a hand on his muscular shoulder and sighed.
If the boys at the Academy had been built like this, I'd have never left, she thought. "By chance, do you know where a phone is?"
"Actually, there's one in the hotel right there." Ranma stated, pointing to the building to the left of them.
"Would you show me where?" She rapped her arms around one of his. Ranma looked shocked. "You'll help me, right?"
"Hey! Get off!" He shouted. "I ain't going to help if you hang on me like that!" The woman looked shocked.
"Are you turning me down?"
"Turning you down from what? You weird lady, go away."
"Why I never!" She yelled.
"Probably not, with a figure like that." Ranma mumbled.
"I will not take that! I leaving!" Maka stalked away. 'How dare he…'
"Get turned down, Maka?" Kevin asked, appearing next to her.
''Why Kevin, I didn't know you cared." She said, her clothes morphing to her original suit.
"Believe me, I don't." He said. "Let's get them now."
"Them?" Maka questioned, turning. She saw the blonde girl walking toward the boy. "Okay."
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"Gi-chan!" Ranma said happily. "You're back!"
"Only to get away from some crazed man who hit on me today." She said. She began to walk past him. Ranma grabbed her arm.
"Look, Gi-chan. I didn't mean to screw up. I've always wanted a car, but never got one because I was training." He smiled. "Please don't be mad." Usagi shrugged.
"I guess I'll forgive you." She smiled. "But you'd better fix the thing up." Ranma smiled.
"Bulma showed me a few things about cars." He said. "Plus, the inside is…" CRASH
"What was that?!" Usagi shouted as the dust settled around them. Ranma's arm reached out protectively and wrapped around Usagi's waist. Neither really noticed. Standing some ten feet away, were the man and woman from before.
"Isn't that sweet?" Maka said. She laughed. "Sorry to interrupt, but you're coming with us."
"I don't think so!" Ranma yelled. Kevin looked him up and down.
"I'm afraid you'll be no match for Maka, much less me."
"Hey!" Maka shouted. Kevin looked on and grinned evilly.
Both Ranma and Usagi got into a fight stance. "Lets go." Ranma said. Usagi nodded.
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The entire ship watched as the fight began. Dilyn sighed. Th original plan was to lure the children up here, unharmed. Apparently, neither Kevin nor Maka had the talent to seduce. Now, a battle was going on. He turned to the Lessee. The child's face appeared.
"Yes?" He asked. "You have them?" He asked.
"A battle is going on now." Dilyn said. "It shouldn't be hard for Kevin and Maka to win this fight. The pair is inexperienced."
"Send me the image of the fight."
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"Ugh!" Kevin staggered back. Ranma had punched him, hard, in the stomach. After viewing their first fight with the Roahces Demon, he didn't think the strength of Ranma was this much strength. Actually, he didn't even think he'd flinch if Ranma punched him. He was wrong. He stepped back as Ranma rushed at him.
'I've got to work harder than I thought.' His mind whispered. 'This boy is stringer than before.' He blocked Ranma's punch that was directed at his face. He countered with a small power blast. Ranma deflected it and went for some more punches. Not many got through Kevin's defense, but one in particular left a small cut. Kevin growled.
A small dagger appeared in Kevin's hand and he lashed out. The pig tailed warrior cried in pain and placed a hand over his arm. He pulled his hand away and saw it was covered in blood…his blood. Kevin moved again, this time fast. Ranma barely avoided being cut again.
Ranma backed up several feet and produced a small ki blast. Kevin narrowed his eyes at the technique. The ball flew towards Kevin, and he dodged and formed his own power ball. He sent it to the young martial artists, who in turn cut it in half. The two ran towards each other and traded punches and kicks. Both were almost equal in strength and pulled away.
Usagi ducked as a relatively large power beam was aimed at her. The woman screeched when she noticed her attack had missed. She aimed again. Usagi charged a force field around herself, rendering the attack useless. Maka growled. Usagi rushed at her.
Though Usagi was not as well trained in the martial arts, as she would have liked, she did know the basics. She also knew some street fighting she'd picked up from both Makoto and Haruka.
Maka was stupid enough to just stand still, but dodged the blonde's attack. She countered with a punch to Usagi's face. Usagi barely blocked it in time. They stayed in that position for a moment, before Usagi's threw Maka's hand back. They backed up and began with energy attacks again.
Ranma glanced over at Usagi's fight. He noticed she hadn't transformed yet. He felt a fist impact on his face, and lowered himself for a kick. He swiped at his opponent's feet. Kevin jumped, flipped and landed behind Ranma. Another, much larger dagger appeared in his hand. He laughed and slashed at Ranma.
Ranma wasn't too familiar with weapons. He was mainly used to fighting with pure skill. This man, obviously, thought he rather chop him in two rather than waste energy on fighting him hand to hand. He backed up farther.
Usagi took a nasty blast. She'd been distracted when the hotel's owner had stepped out of the building. She had begun to yell for him to run, when Maka attacked her from behind. Holding her stomach, and flew slightly backwards to avoid another blast. Being injured seriously affected her ability to fight. She backed up.
Both Usagi and Ranma were startled when their backs met. Their attackers were both smiling cruelly.
"Not bad." Kevin said, wiping some blood from his lip. "But then again, not good enough."
"Weak little girl." Maka stated, drawing the duo's attention to her. "Thought you could defeat me? You're nothing but a pathetic child." She laughed.
"Your both worthless. Gloating was always a favorite of mine." Kevin smirked.
Something snapped in both Usagi and Ranma. Being beat was bad enough, but being confronted with past conflicts was worst. Usagi's hand reached for Ranma's as a blast like no other erupted from them.
The shock of the blast sent Maka and Kevin flying back. Kevin landed rather hard against the hotel's outer wall, not far from Ranma's new van. Maka crashed into a light post across the lot. Ranma and Usagi stepped forward.
"Don't call me weak!" Usagi yelled. Ranma just glared in Kevin's direction. He had reminded Ranma of his father too much. Genma always like to gloat.
Maka and Kevin tried to stand, but were in too much pain. Another figure appeared before Ranma and Usagi. He looked almost exactly like Kevin, though his hair was slightly lighter and he had a scar going from his cheek to his forehead. The man looked at the bodies on the ground and then at Ranma and Usagi. He walked over to Kevin.
"Brother, dear, look at the mess you got yourself into." Ranma and Usagi looked on in interest. "You don't deserve to be in the Collection."
"What's the collection?" Usagi asked. She knew she should sty quiet but she was very curious. The man looked over at her and smiled handsomely.
"The Collection is what we call the six executive members of the Galaxy Dark." He casually raised one hand in Maka's direction and the other in Kevin's. "These two have proven to be weak." Two blasts left his hands and both hit their target. Usagi's gasped and Ranma looked surprised.
When the dust and smoke cleared, no one was left. Both Maka and Kevin's bodies were gone, not a trace of them left. The man turned to the shocked pair.
"I carried out my orders." He stated.
"Why?!" Ranma shouted. To be killed by an enemy was one thing, but to be killed by a college, a brother no less, was wrong.
"I am Devin Akasa. I take my orders straight from Lord Xander himself."
"Who?" Usagi whispered.
"You don't know?" Devin asked, then laughed. "Of course you don't. Just remember you'll never be safe. Watch your back, young guardian."
"Why are you saying all this?" Ranma asked. Devin looked at him, a strange look on his face,
"You remind me of a friend I knew a long time ago. He was killed." He smiled at the pair. "I hope you chose the right path this time, Terris." He turned and disappeared.
Usagi blinked. "Terris? Why did he call you that?"
"I don't know." Ranma said, but deep in his mind something stirred. He looked around. The lot, not to mention the wall of the hotel, was burned and singed from the battle. The owner of the motel was on the ground, having fainted earlier.
"Maybe we should leave." Ranma suggested. He pulled her towards the van. "Let me show you the reason I bought this."
He opened the back doors and Usagi gasped. The inside was beautiful. A large cushion, about two feet tall, was sitting on van floor. The cushion extended until it reached the backs of the front seats. Pillows of various sizes lay about near the top, separated only for walking space. Two blue curtains hung behind the front seats. Usagi looked happy.
"But this is beautiful." Ranma beamed at her. She climbed in and lay on half the cushion, pulling a blanket around her. Ranma was suddenly at a loss for words. 'She looks great in there…'
"I'll forgive you for buying this piece of junk because this is great." Still, Ranma didn't speak. Usagi smiled. 'He sure is cute when he blushes.' Then a thought occurred to her and she sat up.
"Do you know how to drive?"
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I was hoping this added a little humor, with Ranma buying a van and all. Now, I don't think Ranma would ever really want this type if car (I don't think he'd ever really want a car) but my brother has car very similar to the one I described. Well, with the bed in the back anyway. I just thought it might be easier for them to ride across country instead of walking.
Hugs and Bunnies,
Lady Rinehart