A Few General Changes... (An Anime Multi X-Over)
by
Merc-for-Hire mercforhire@ranmamail.com
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Prologue: P 0 \/\/ 3 |2 | 0 \/\/ |\|
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It was a dark, seemingly lifeless room. From what little light was available,
one would only be able to observe various machines filling much of the
available space, all hooked up to each other. The wall at the end of the
room lacked any of the machines, instead sheltering three darkened tanks. No
light, air or sound emanated them. The room remained quiet and lifeless for
an indeterminate period of time when all of a sudden, some machines began to
light up in the room.
Incoming Message.
=Initiate Energy absorption procedure. Rebel attack is occurring.=
Acknowledged.
Initiating energy suction.
Activating environment 3 and generating events up to energy-rich time point.
*******************************************************************************
(Note: This is from the final battle in the Saffron saga.)
"I'm going to get the water for Akane now," Ranma stated with all
seriousness. "Stay out of my way or get hurt."
Saffron smirked and stated, "So be it. The die is cast." His hand began
to sizzle as it drew in power.
"BETTER SHOW ME WHAT YOU'VE GOT QUICK!" Saffron shouted as he launched
a massive fireball towards Ranma. "BEFORE I FRY YOU TO THE BONE!"
*******************************************************************************
Attacks used in attempt to draw subject's energies.
Awaiting subject's response.
*******************************************************************************
"Ranma you cannot escape my vengeance so easily," Saffron stated softly
as he flew towards the cliff he had flung Ranma at with his last
fireball. Looking down from the cliff he huffed, "Hmph. Pathetic
landlings. Looks like he fell down."
"Let's see who can really fly!!" yelled Ranma as he leaped from his
hiding spot and flung a boulder at the surprised Saffron.
"YOU ONLY DEFY THE INEVITABLE!" yelled Saffron at his target while
also blasting at him again. "FOOL!"
"You got it backwards, BRAT!" Ranma followed up as he used the now
crumbling boulder as a shield from Saffron's blast. While the boulder
absorbed most of the damage, he built up his chi to further protect himself
and at the same time speed up his body up to Amaguriken speeds. He needed
the extra speed to do what he planned. "I just gotta get through your
flames and then it's MY vengeance you can't escape!"
Ranma swung the Gekkaja as fast as possible at the approaching Saffron's
wing. "You are GROUNDED, feather boy!"
*******************************************************************************
Subject is now generating aura.
Preparing energy absorption.
Energy absorption activated.
The remaining computers in the room whirled to life as well, as one of the
tanks began to shine brighter and brighter. This was only temporary though, as
the light soon began to travel away from the tank through some tubes connected
to it and heading into the recently activated machines.
*******************************************************************************
Ranma had thrown almost all he had at Saffron, and he'd just taken it all
without a care in the world. Then again, Saffron was royally pissed, so
Ranma hoped he was doing damage.
"I'm nearly at my end. I've got only one chance left to defeat him," Ranma
thought as he held his arm, frozen by the Gekkaja's power, as steadily as
possible. "With my frozen fist, I'll punch through the fire and drive a
Hiryuu Shoten Ha right into that bastard's heart!"
Ranma continued analyzing the Phoenix monarch as he powered up. "But with
so much heat everywhere, the cold spiral will be squeezed to a razor's
edge. It should cut him to ribbons, but my aim must be perfect. I won't
get a second shot at this."
As Saffron shot his Tenka Shunmetsu Koukyuu Dan blast at Ranma, Ranma
realized he could not see through the blast to hit Saffron. If he didn't
find a way to shoot a blast quickly he would be a goner. That was when the
Akane doll suddenly blasted out of his arm and towards Saffron, creating a
window through the phoenix's blast for Ranma to see.
"Foolish girl! How many times do you wish to die?!" Saffron yelled at the
doll as if it made a difference. "My blast will incinerate you!"
"NOT IN THIS LIFETIME, BASTARD!" Ranma screamed in fury as he was finally
given an opening at Saffron for his last chance at winning. "HIRYUU
SHOTEN HA SPECIAL!"
Ranma then pulled back his frozen arm and then shot it at Saffron as he
shouted, "GO DRAGON OF ICE! HIRYUU HYOU TOPPA!"
A powerful, yet thin cyclone shot out of his arm and blasted at Saffron,
continuing its path as it broke through the monarch's chest, thus ending
the battle and ensuring Ranma's victory over Saffron.
*******************************************************************************
Energy output constant and at all time high.
=To Empress: Continue energy absorption?=
Receiving Transmission.
Affirmative. Energy absorption still active.
*******************************************************************************
As Akane, still a doll, began to have her eyes close once again, Ranma
realized in his mind that with the heat from Saffron holding him up in the
air he needed a quick answer or Akane would definitely die. His eyes
widened as he realized a way to save Akane by using the hot air. His thought
on Akane holding on, he shouted, "A strike for life! HIRYUU GYOTEN HA!!!"
A massive cyclone left his hand, spiraling downward instead of upwards. It
quickly smashed through the dragon fountain, realizing a geyser of Jusendo's
water at them. As Ranma changed to his familiar girl form, he held out the
Akane doll to absorb the water. He began to cry as the doll changed back
to Akane, thankful that it was not too late. He had feared her death with
her eyes having closed seconds earlier.
*******************************************************************************
Incoming message.
=Increase energy output. Rebels still attacking. Forces diminishing.=
Acknowledged.
*******************************************************************************
"Akane..." Ranma held on to Akane's body gently. "I'm sorry I never told
you I loved you. Please..."
Ranma's eyes began to tear in earnest. His tears flowed quickly down his
battered face. An act of heartbreaking that could only be matched by the
emotional Soun Tendo's tears. It probably would be matched soon enough.
"Please don't leave me..." he whispered as he caressed her face.
The Jusenkyo guide was worried. None of the others were going to be able
to tell the boy and he had seen the boy's power. He rightfully feared one
who could kill the princeling, but he had an idea of what the boy was going
through and knew he needed to be told what he could not yet accept. He
walked to Ranma and placed an arm on the boy's shoulder.
"Young Sir..." He trembled, somewhat fearing the reaction the boy may have
to his words. "I am sorry. Young miss is dead."
"..." Ranma's hold on Akane's body loosened as the guide's words rang in his
ears.
The guide took his hand off the boy's shoulder and ran as quickly as
he could, only stopping to grab Plum on his way as far away as possible. If
he were right, the boy would soon explode in grief. With the level of power
he'd witnessed in the boy, he didn't want to stick around if the lad
literally exploded.
"No" Ranma whispered, his tears slowing down. He had failed and Akane
paid for it.
Ryouga and the rest of the Nerima Wrecking Crew looked towards Ranma in
worry. It wasn't often that the one you loved died. They could all admit
to themselves that Ranma had loved Akane. Ryouga, strangely enough, had
a stoic expression. Though he didn't often say it, he did care somewhat
about Ranma. He still felt Ranma was responsible for all his problems, and
was often infuriated by him, but in the end he did think of Ranma as a
friend. He knew he had lost the fight for Akane long ago. The only
consolation was that he still had someone to love him. That took away some
of his grief. Ranma... Ranma probably had accumulated enough energy for a
good-sized shi shi hokodan.
"NO" Ranma snarled, his arms trembling. A powerful aura sprung up around Ranma.
Ryouga felt Ranma powering up and his eyes widened in fear. "How can he
have so much power???" he thought. "This is even more than what he used
against Saffron! How could I be so far behind?" His eyes widened even more
as he noticed the color and stance Ranma held. Ryouga screamed at everyone,
"We need to get out NOW!!! It's the mother of all SHI SHI HOKODANS!!!!"
Ryouga rushed at everyone as Ranma stood up, a crater slowly growing under
his feet. Ryouga grabbed onto them all with all his remaining strength and
ran, for once hoping to get lost. Ranma looked around the Bayankala Mountains
and rested his sight on what remained of the Phoenix people's fortress and
thought of Kiima and Saffron's egg.
"No..." Ranma whispered one last time, green energy bleeding out his
eyes and body. "Akane died, and yet you lived bastard. She died and yet
you got to live. She died and... you lived."
One final tear fell from his eye, only to evaporate under the heat he
produced. "I won't let you. You're not gonna be reborn if I have any say
in it."
"PERFECT!!!!!!"
"SHI!!!!"
"SHI!!!!!!"
"HOKODAN!!!!!!"
The sickly green energy rose out of him in a gigantic blast, a blast big
enough to be seen by the satellites floating over China as it covered a good
portion of the mountain range before shrinking once more. A satellite
floating overhead would short out from the immense energy, but not before
sending out an image of the now flat, charred area in China.
*******************************************************************************
ERROR IN ABSORPTION PROCESS!!!! TOO MUCH ENERGY OUTPUTTED!!!!
MACHINES MAY NOT BE CAPABLE OF CONTAINING ALL POWER.
SENDING OUT ALL ENERGY IN SURGE.
Sending Warning to Empress:
=Warning! Energy output estimated to be equivalent to previous Giga Slave
and Death Reborn Revolution. Suggestion: Best course of action is to recycle
current simulation environment and restart with new environment. Process
should take two days.=
As the sparking computer sent out the message it also sent out the last
of the absorbed energy. The deed done, it went to standby mode to initiate
repairs. The still shimmering tank soon returned to its darkened form.
In another place, a battle ended in favor of what were obviously youma. A woman
nearby laughed evilly as she stared at the retreating rebels from her crystal
ball. Receiving a transmission to her crystal ball, she immediately began
to review the information in it when several of her youma blew up from a power
overload.
"Agreed," she stated as a frown overtook her face due to the data. "I cannot allow
a power that can be equivalent to Saturn's to not be in my hands. I gained
control over Saturn's power, I will mantain control of this power as well. That
fool WON'T escape me again..."
End.
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Author's Notes:
1) About the title of the prologue. The prologue means "Powerdown" if someone
didn't get it and is written in l337 5p34k. Why did I write it like that? Go
to www.megatokyo.com and read Megatokyo if you already haven't. That online
comic deserves to get advertisement.
2) The speech of the Ranma cast during the Saffron Saga is printed as shown
in http://ranmascan.dhs.org/manga.html up until the final scene shown with
Akane. I didn't want to cover all of it though. If you can't follow the
events go to that website and look at Volume 37-38 for the Saffron saga.
3) Isn't it impossible for Ranma, a human with no help absolutely, to
release as much energy as a DRR or Giga Slave? And why didn't it destroy
the world or a good portion of it? *shrugs* I liked the thought and
wanted it in. I do have an explanation for it that seems to work. As for
the size of the blast, energy can be contained or focused in an area after
all. DRR just happens to spread all out and the GS can easily get out of
control and do the same. Since the energies are his own, he has better chance
at controlling those energies than Lina and Saturn who just focus the energy.
4) I'd like to say thanks to Kinematics for his C&C and both Corwin and
Warchild for their help in better developing future ideas for the story.
DISCLAIMER: This fanfics is for entertainment only with no one making a
profit (That's my belief anyway). Ranma 1/2, Slayers, Rurouni Kenshin, and
Sailor Moon are anime series that do not belong to me. They belong to
whomever it is that has the rights to them.
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Next Time: ACK! Bad guys control Saturn? Does this mean Saturn is evil? Will
our heroes be "recycled"? How do the Slayers, Sailor Senshi, and Kenshin fit
into all this?
by
Merc-for-Hire mercforhire@ranmamail.com
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Prologue: P 0 \/\/ 3 |2 | 0 \/\/ |\|
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It was a dark, seemingly lifeless room. From what little light was available,
one would only be able to observe various machines filling much of the
available space, all hooked up to each other. The wall at the end of the
room lacked any of the machines, instead sheltering three darkened tanks. No
light, air or sound emanated them. The room remained quiet and lifeless for
an indeterminate period of time when all of a sudden, some machines began to
light up in the room.
Incoming Message.
=Initiate Energy absorption procedure. Rebel attack is occurring.=
Acknowledged.
Initiating energy suction.
Activating environment 3 and generating events up to energy-rich time point.
*******************************************************************************
(Note: This is from the final battle in the Saffron saga.)
"I'm going to get the water for Akane now," Ranma stated with all
seriousness. "Stay out of my way or get hurt."
Saffron smirked and stated, "So be it. The die is cast." His hand began
to sizzle as it drew in power.
"BETTER SHOW ME WHAT YOU'VE GOT QUICK!" Saffron shouted as he launched
a massive fireball towards Ranma. "BEFORE I FRY YOU TO THE BONE!"
*******************************************************************************
Attacks used in attempt to draw subject's energies.
Awaiting subject's response.
*******************************************************************************
"Ranma you cannot escape my vengeance so easily," Saffron stated softly
as he flew towards the cliff he had flung Ranma at with his last
fireball. Looking down from the cliff he huffed, "Hmph. Pathetic
landlings. Looks like he fell down."
"Let's see who can really fly!!" yelled Ranma as he leaped from his
hiding spot and flung a boulder at the surprised Saffron.
"YOU ONLY DEFY THE INEVITABLE!" yelled Saffron at his target while
also blasting at him again. "FOOL!"
"You got it backwards, BRAT!" Ranma followed up as he used the now
crumbling boulder as a shield from Saffron's blast. While the boulder
absorbed most of the damage, he built up his chi to further protect himself
and at the same time speed up his body up to Amaguriken speeds. He needed
the extra speed to do what he planned. "I just gotta get through your
flames and then it's MY vengeance you can't escape!"
Ranma swung the Gekkaja as fast as possible at the approaching Saffron's
wing. "You are GROUNDED, feather boy!"
*******************************************************************************
Subject is now generating aura.
Preparing energy absorption.
Energy absorption activated.
The remaining computers in the room whirled to life as well, as one of the
tanks began to shine brighter and brighter. This was only temporary though, as
the light soon began to travel away from the tank through some tubes connected
to it and heading into the recently activated machines.
*******************************************************************************
Ranma had thrown almost all he had at Saffron, and he'd just taken it all
without a care in the world. Then again, Saffron was royally pissed, so
Ranma hoped he was doing damage.
"I'm nearly at my end. I've got only one chance left to defeat him," Ranma
thought as he held his arm, frozen by the Gekkaja's power, as steadily as
possible. "With my frozen fist, I'll punch through the fire and drive a
Hiryuu Shoten Ha right into that bastard's heart!"
Ranma continued analyzing the Phoenix monarch as he powered up. "But with
so much heat everywhere, the cold spiral will be squeezed to a razor's
edge. It should cut him to ribbons, but my aim must be perfect. I won't
get a second shot at this."
As Saffron shot his Tenka Shunmetsu Koukyuu Dan blast at Ranma, Ranma
realized he could not see through the blast to hit Saffron. If he didn't
find a way to shoot a blast quickly he would be a goner. That was when the
Akane doll suddenly blasted out of his arm and towards Saffron, creating a
window through the phoenix's blast for Ranma to see.
"Foolish girl! How many times do you wish to die?!" Saffron yelled at the
doll as if it made a difference. "My blast will incinerate you!"
"NOT IN THIS LIFETIME, BASTARD!" Ranma screamed in fury as he was finally
given an opening at Saffron for his last chance at winning. "HIRYUU
SHOTEN HA SPECIAL!"
Ranma then pulled back his frozen arm and then shot it at Saffron as he
shouted, "GO DRAGON OF ICE! HIRYUU HYOU TOPPA!"
A powerful, yet thin cyclone shot out of his arm and blasted at Saffron,
continuing its path as it broke through the monarch's chest, thus ending
the battle and ensuring Ranma's victory over Saffron.
*******************************************************************************
Energy output constant and at all time high.
=To Empress: Continue energy absorption?=
Receiving Transmission.
Affirmative. Energy absorption still active.
*******************************************************************************
As Akane, still a doll, began to have her eyes close once again, Ranma
realized in his mind that with the heat from Saffron holding him up in the
air he needed a quick answer or Akane would definitely die. His eyes
widened as he realized a way to save Akane by using the hot air. His thought
on Akane holding on, he shouted, "A strike for life! HIRYUU GYOTEN HA!!!"
A massive cyclone left his hand, spiraling downward instead of upwards. It
quickly smashed through the dragon fountain, realizing a geyser of Jusendo's
water at them. As Ranma changed to his familiar girl form, he held out the
Akane doll to absorb the water. He began to cry as the doll changed back
to Akane, thankful that it was not too late. He had feared her death with
her eyes having closed seconds earlier.
*******************************************************************************
Incoming message.
=Increase energy output. Rebels still attacking. Forces diminishing.=
Acknowledged.
*******************************************************************************
"Akane..." Ranma held on to Akane's body gently. "I'm sorry I never told
you I loved you. Please..."
Ranma's eyes began to tear in earnest. His tears flowed quickly down his
battered face. An act of heartbreaking that could only be matched by the
emotional Soun Tendo's tears. It probably would be matched soon enough.
"Please don't leave me..." he whispered as he caressed her face.
The Jusenkyo guide was worried. None of the others were going to be able
to tell the boy and he had seen the boy's power. He rightfully feared one
who could kill the princeling, but he had an idea of what the boy was going
through and knew he needed to be told what he could not yet accept. He
walked to Ranma and placed an arm on the boy's shoulder.
"Young Sir..." He trembled, somewhat fearing the reaction the boy may have
to his words. "I am sorry. Young miss is dead."
"..." Ranma's hold on Akane's body loosened as the guide's words rang in his
ears.
The guide took his hand off the boy's shoulder and ran as quickly as
he could, only stopping to grab Plum on his way as far away as possible. If
he were right, the boy would soon explode in grief. With the level of power
he'd witnessed in the boy, he didn't want to stick around if the lad
literally exploded.
"No" Ranma whispered, his tears slowing down. He had failed and Akane
paid for it.
Ryouga and the rest of the Nerima Wrecking Crew looked towards Ranma in
worry. It wasn't often that the one you loved died. They could all admit
to themselves that Ranma had loved Akane. Ryouga, strangely enough, had
a stoic expression. Though he didn't often say it, he did care somewhat
about Ranma. He still felt Ranma was responsible for all his problems, and
was often infuriated by him, but in the end he did think of Ranma as a
friend. He knew he had lost the fight for Akane long ago. The only
consolation was that he still had someone to love him. That took away some
of his grief. Ranma... Ranma probably had accumulated enough energy for a
good-sized shi shi hokodan.
"NO" Ranma snarled, his arms trembling. A powerful aura sprung up around Ranma.
Ryouga felt Ranma powering up and his eyes widened in fear. "How can he
have so much power???" he thought. "This is even more than what he used
against Saffron! How could I be so far behind?" His eyes widened even more
as he noticed the color and stance Ranma held. Ryouga screamed at everyone,
"We need to get out NOW!!! It's the mother of all SHI SHI HOKODANS!!!!"
Ryouga rushed at everyone as Ranma stood up, a crater slowly growing under
his feet. Ryouga grabbed onto them all with all his remaining strength and
ran, for once hoping to get lost. Ranma looked around the Bayankala Mountains
and rested his sight on what remained of the Phoenix people's fortress and
thought of Kiima and Saffron's egg.
"No..." Ranma whispered one last time, green energy bleeding out his
eyes and body. "Akane died, and yet you lived bastard. She died and yet
you got to live. She died and... you lived."
One final tear fell from his eye, only to evaporate under the heat he
produced. "I won't let you. You're not gonna be reborn if I have any say
in it."
"PERFECT!!!!!!"
"SHI!!!!"
"SHI!!!!!!"
"HOKODAN!!!!!!"
The sickly green energy rose out of him in a gigantic blast, a blast big
enough to be seen by the satellites floating over China as it covered a good
portion of the mountain range before shrinking once more. A satellite
floating overhead would short out from the immense energy, but not before
sending out an image of the now flat, charred area in China.
*******************************************************************************
ERROR IN ABSORPTION PROCESS!!!! TOO MUCH ENERGY OUTPUTTED!!!!
MACHINES MAY NOT BE CAPABLE OF CONTAINING ALL POWER.
SENDING OUT ALL ENERGY IN SURGE.
Sending Warning to Empress:
=Warning! Energy output estimated to be equivalent to previous Giga Slave
and Death Reborn Revolution. Suggestion: Best course of action is to recycle
current simulation environment and restart with new environment. Process
should take two days.=
As the sparking computer sent out the message it also sent out the last
of the absorbed energy. The deed done, it went to standby mode to initiate
repairs. The still shimmering tank soon returned to its darkened form.
In another place, a battle ended in favor of what were obviously youma. A woman
nearby laughed evilly as she stared at the retreating rebels from her crystal
ball. Receiving a transmission to her crystal ball, she immediately began
to review the information in it when several of her youma blew up from a power
overload.
"Agreed," she stated as a frown overtook her face due to the data. "I cannot allow
a power that can be equivalent to Saturn's to not be in my hands. I gained
control over Saturn's power, I will mantain control of this power as well. That
fool WON'T escape me again..."
End.
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Author's Notes:
1) About the title of the prologue. The prologue means "Powerdown" if someone
didn't get it and is written in l337 5p34k. Why did I write it like that? Go
to www.megatokyo.com and read Megatokyo if you already haven't. That online
comic deserves to get advertisement.
2) The speech of the Ranma cast during the Saffron Saga is printed as shown
in http://ranmascan.dhs.org/manga.html up until the final scene shown with
Akane. I didn't want to cover all of it though. If you can't follow the
events go to that website and look at Volume 37-38 for the Saffron saga.
3) Isn't it impossible for Ranma, a human with no help absolutely, to
release as much energy as a DRR or Giga Slave? And why didn't it destroy
the world or a good portion of it? *shrugs* I liked the thought and
wanted it in. I do have an explanation for it that seems to work. As for
the size of the blast, energy can be contained or focused in an area after
all. DRR just happens to spread all out and the GS can easily get out of
control and do the same. Since the energies are his own, he has better chance
at controlling those energies than Lina and Saturn who just focus the energy.
4) I'd like to say thanks to Kinematics for his C&C and both Corwin and
Warchild for their help in better developing future ideas for the story.
DISCLAIMER: This fanfics is for entertainment only with no one making a
profit (That's my belief anyway). Ranma 1/2, Slayers, Rurouni Kenshin, and
Sailor Moon are anime series that do not belong to me. They belong to
whomever it is that has the rights to them.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Next Time: ACK! Bad guys control Saturn? Does this mean Saturn is evil? Will
our heroes be "recycled"? How do the Slayers, Sailor Senshi, and Kenshin fit
into all this?