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idea you liked. If not, then don't tell me and nothing more will
get written on them unless I feel like it. There are no plans to
turn any of these into fanfics. Between the +s is the original
idea. Following that is the scenes for said idea.
Disclaimer: I own nothing in any of these scenes. Please don't
sue me.
===========================
Ranma the Dragoon
Ranma/Legend of Dragoon X-Over
++++++++++++++++++++++++
This is an alternate universe of bother Ranma 1/2 and Legend of
Dragoon. At Jusenkyo the pool Ranma falls into sends him back in
time. There while wandering through a forest lost he meets Dart
and asks to accompany him to his village. The story then follows
LoD until Dart is able to use the Dragon King's powers. When that
happens Ranma inherits the Armor of the Red Eye Dragon. Also in
this Rose falls for Ranma, not Dart. After the game part is done,
we learn that the spirit of the God of Destruction is still going
from body to body every 108 years, and someone needs to be around
to kill it. Ranma asks and is allowed to join Rose in the
never-ending vigil against the god of Destruction. Then the story
jumps 1,100 years and back to Jusenkyo. Ranma disappears and then
Dragoon Ranma takes his place. Ranma talks to Genma for a bit and
then they move on. Ranma has plans to marry Rose (again. its
something they do every couple of decades), and then Genma springs
the engagements on Ranma. Ranma understandably is pissed. after
all he wants to be with his wife of 1,000 years, not some unknown
girl. I'll let the author decide where to go with this from here.
++++++++++++++++++++++++
From a bunch of bushes, a figure watched the pair enter the cursed
springs. It surprised him that he still looked the same, even
after all this time. Reaching up to his neck, he brushed his
fingers over the red collar that was around his neck. Then again,
perhaps he shouldn't surprise him. The magic still worked. It
still needed to work; he wasn't finished yet. With his mind
thinking back to his friends, he almost missed his cue. Almost.
As the column of light shot out of the pool, he moved, keeping the
light between himself, the man, and the panda. He needed to time
this just right. If anything went wrong, if either of the men saw
him, it'd be over before it started. And it couldn't be over, not
yet anyway. He wanted to meet his family again. He wanted her to
meet his family.
The light rapidly shrunk, and he dove into the water, slipping
under, but staying out of the light. He moved with the light,
making it to the center just after the power faded away. He stayed
under for another count of three and the pushed himself to the
surface.
Blinking the water out of his eyes, he looked at the panda. He
could tell that tears were mixed in, but he knew that it was
alright. After all, no one would be able to tell the tears from
the water. He faked a couple of coughs and then spoke. "Pop?
What the hell happened to you?!"
The Panda blinked and opened its mouth. "Growlf?" Its head tilted
slightly as it opened its mouth again. "Growlf?" It raised its
paws to its face and cried out once more before turning to the man
and wrappings its paws about his shoulders. "GROWLF!?"
"Oh good sir," the portly man spoke, "You fall into Spring of
Drowned Panda. any who fall in now turn into Panda! But good
news, hot water change you back!"
The panda released the man at the spoken cure. "Growlf!" With
that statement the panda turned and began to walk towards the small
hut at the other end of the springs.
With the panda gone, the fat man turned toward the other honored
customer. "You fall in spring of Drowned Hero. Very tragic story
of a hero who drowned there 1,100 years ago. Any who fall in is
destined to be a hero."
The young man nodded slowly, almost in remembrance. "Yeah, a
hero."
The guided nodded and turned to follow the panda. "What is name,
honored customer? I would know a hero's name."
Quietly the young man spoke, squeezing the water from his pigtail.
"Ranma."
***
She waited down the road for him to come. It wouldn't be long, she
knew, but still it pained her to wait for him. There was so much
pain in her life that she needed a friend, that she needed someone
to listen to her, that she needed someone to love her, that she
needed him. That gave her a pause as she remembered when she first
knew that she needed him.
She could see that keeping the truth from them would end with her
in pain. Somehow she was sure that what she was gaining would end
in killing her. And when the truth came out they all forgave her,
they all understood that she had done what needed to be done.
But when she saw the look in the other's eyes, she knew she had
lost her chance, that she had lost it forever. But as she wept in
that vast desert, he came to her, he did his best to break the
darkness around her. And after she snapped at him, and after with
the slightly hurt look he left, she thought back to her memories of
him. And she realized that since they met he had tried to get her
to smile, that he had tried to break the darkness around her, that
he had tried to invite her into the light.
And as darkness fell that night, and she saw that he was alone, she
went to him, she shut off her pride, and she apologized for her
earlier outburst. And she couldn't understand why, but he waved it
off. And as she was about to snap at him once more, she realized
what he was doing. She realized that he considered the event never
happening.
And as she came from her memories and looked down the road once
more, a small smile came to her face. No matter her faults, her
past, or her life, he had forgiven her. And more than that, after
the horrid event, he had chosen to stand with her on the lonely
vigil. Tat had surprised everyone else as much as it had surprised
her. But after his explanation they had to agree with his choice.
It was only to their regret that they too couldn't make the
sacrifice that was needed to join the watch.
And as she came back from her memories and gazed down the road, a
smile came to her face, for she saw him coming. And next to him
was an older man whom she knew from days of following to be his
father. She pushed herself from the tree she was leaning against
and approached the two, not quite smiling at the younger one. She
spoke only his name. "Ranma."
And the cocky grin came to his face, the grin that she had learned
first to hate and then to enjoy, for it was a grin he only gave
when his confidence was high. And he spoke her name, and she knew
all was well.
"Rose."
***
The trio entered the village, the younger two moving to watch a
fight taking place upon a log. The older one followed, his eyes
watching the couple. Things were not going according to his plan,
and that wasn't good. It had to be the damn spring's fault, it
had to have changed his boy. Spring of Drowned Hero. What the
hell was that supposed to have done?
And what was with the girl? She and the boy seemed to know each
other well. That really wasn't good. The boy already had
obligations and couldn't get involved with anyone else. And why
the hell had the boy insisted they come to this village? Sure
there were fighters here, but he had to get the boy to Tendo.
There was a marriage to get on with. The schools had to be united.
Turning his head to look around the village he was in, the old
man's eyes stopped on a table filled with food. Covered in lots of
food. So much food that he was sure that no one would mind if he
helped himself to it. The old man got two steps towards it before
a voice stopped him.
"Hey Pops, me and Rose are gonna go look for someone, okay?"
"Huh?" Genma's intelligent response gave no question to his
understanding, but he shrugged it off. There was food to be eaten.
"Sure thing boy. I'll be over there" Of course Genma didn't
indicate just where there was, but he was sure the boy knew. Not
hearing a response, Genma assumed the boy had gone to look for the
person and continued towards the table.
He was just reaching for a large roasted chicken when a thought
stopped him. What if the boy was looking for some sort of priest
to marry him to that girl. That couldn't be allowed, what would
happen to his retirement? That could not be allowed. Turning from
the table, Genma gazed at the crowed village. It was going to be
harder than he thought to find the boy again. Best to begin as
soon as possible.
***
Weaving through the crowed, Ranma and Rose gazed at each face they
past, looking into the eyes, and trying to find the one with the
greatest spirit. They ignored the fight now, searching for the one
that could help them. However, Ranma glanced toward the fight upon
the long, a small frown on his face as something struck him as
familiar. But he shook the thought off, leaving it for another
time.
Finally, Rose placed a hand upon Ranma's arm and pointed towards an
old woman who was sitting upon a staff. Ranma took the woman in
for sometime before nodding slightly, and the pair moved towards
her with a purpose.
The woman's gaze shifted from the fight to the pair approaching
her. While normally she would laugh at people approaching her with
such blatant confidence, something told her to be weary. There was
something different about the pair, almost an aura of strength. In
the end, Cologne decided to be weary.
Ranma didn't beat around the bush when he and Rose reached her.
"I've come for Soul Eater. It's time for the sword to be carried
once more."
"Soul...Eater?" Cologne's mind instantly went on guard. No one
should even know of the existence of that cursed sword, let alone
where to find it. It had been over a thousand years since it was
entrusted to the village. "I'm afraid I don't know what you're
talking about young man."
Rose's eyes narrowed, and her voice was harsh as she snapped at the
woman. "Don't you play games with us old hag. We know it's here
and we need it. Now give it to us."
Ranma placed a hand on Rose's shoulder as Cologne's eyes narrowed.
"Easy Rose, they're just doing their job." Reaching into his
shirt, Ranma pulled out a red gem that was perhaps the size of a
ping-pong ball. With a slight bit of concentration the gem began
to pulse with a deep red light. "I need to take Soul Eater with
me. Please show me where it is."
Cologne simply stared at the gem that came straight from the
legends of her village. If the young man carried such a token of
power then the sword would be far safer with him than with her
small village. Slowly Cologne nodded, ignoring the fact that her
great granddaughter had just become the Champion of the Amazons.
"Come with me."
========================
Why Me!?
A massive Ranma X-Over
+++++++++++++++++++++++
A passing Kami sees the many problems in Ranma's life and decides
that he deserves a gift for being able to keep a good heart for so
long. This gift improves Ranma in many ways. He becomes faster,
stronger, and gains a higher Ki level. His scholastic level
increases to match his intelligence, thus he becomes one of the
top students at Furinkan. It even reaches the point that he can
control his mouth (sometimes). He is also physically aged so that
he looks more mature. At first Ranma is thrilled with his new found
strengths. But then he learns that his two most potent abilities
have also been enhanced by the gift: his ability to attract
fiancées and his ability to make enemies. Before long these two
abilities begin to warp reality and time itself just so more women
can fall for him and more people can try to kill him. Will include
Ranma 1/2, Sailor Moon, Magic Knight Rayearth, Bubblegum Crisis,
Record of Lodoss War, Ruin Explorers, Slayers, Robotech, Tenchi
Muyo (TV), Neon Genesis Evnagelion, Gundum Wing, Devil Hunter Yoko,
Dirty Pair, Iria, anything else I come across and like.
+++++++++++++++++++++++
Ranma gazed at the being in front of him. With some time to think
on it, being really didn't do the thing justice. It was more like
a big glob of glowing light. And it somehow managed to stay in
front of him as he traveled through the air thanks to a solid kick
by Akane. And it was even speaking to him.
"So let me get this straight," not that he had it in any form to
start with. Ranma found the whole thing almost surreal, or he
would if he knew what the word meant. "You wanna help me because
you feel like it?" No one ever wanted to help him because he felt
like it. The very thought almost seemed impossible.
A soft, almost musical voice came from the white globe of energy.
"You have remained a good person Ranma, and so I feel you should be
rewarded. And as I am the only Kami here, I shall be the one to
reward you for your good heart."
Ranma looked at the Kami and blinked. "Uh-huh," was his
intelligent response. Good things like this never happened to him.
Ranma was fighting at a total loss of words when the Kami suddenly
surrounded him and engulfed Ranma in its light. Ranma didn't even
get a chance to scream.
***
Ranma blinked at the test in front of him, and his jaw hung open at
the grade that was written on the top. The rest of the class was
looking at Akane, who had fainted when she had seen it. After all,
a perfect score by Ranma should have been impossible.
Slowly, Ranma's jaw closed and his mouth twisted into a smile.
Finally, his head raised to look upward. The whispered "Thank-you
Kami" was only heard by the few who were near him. Ranma knew
without a doubt that this was that Kami's doing.. It had to be,
so many other things had improved since he'd met it. He looked
older, was stronger and faster, and now smarter too. School was
going to be a breeze, and he might even be able to defeat Happosai
the next time the pervert showed up.
Life really was good.
And then he glanced down at the unconscious Akane. She didn't have
to be that dramatic about it. Sure it was a surprise, but it
wasn't like it shouldn't have been that unexpected. Ranma had told
her about the Kami.
But he also couldn't leave her on the floor. Getting out of his
seat, Ranma picked Akane up and looked over at Ms, Hinako. "I'm
gonna take Akane to the nurse." At his teacher's nod, Ranma left
the room with Akane in his arms.
***
Ranma grumbled as he walked through the woods. Why the hell did
Akane have to blame him for the new engagements. It wasn't like
he had any say in it. Hell, he found out after Akane had. And
that wasn't fair.
What was worse was that it wasn't Genma who had made the
engagements, but his mother. Her and that damned definition of
being manly. He didn't need another four engagements. Hell, he
didn't need the two he already had, nor Shampoo who thought she was
already his wife. What he needed was to be able to make choices
for himself.
And what the hell was with that freaky demon thing anyway? He'd
never seen a monster made out of a car before. It was probably
that woman who was throwing that magic around. At least it looked
like magic to him. After all, what else could turn a car into a
monster?
Grounding his teeth, Ranma gave a disgruntled sigh. He couldn't
stay out in the woods forever, no matter how appealing it might be.
He needed to somehow solve the whole mess he was stuck in.
And then a scream reached his ears. Turning to one side, Ranma
took off, moving deeper into the woods.
***
Ranma found that he couldn't take his eyes off of the woman on the
bed. It wasn't her beauty that kept his eyes there, nor was it the
strange clothing she wore. It was the fact that he just knew she
wasn't human. Not with ears like hers anyway. They stretched
almost 8 inches from their base to the tips. For some reason he
found himself fascinated by the oddity of her.
And instantly he felt horrible about that. He knew that that was
probably how so many people felt about his curse. At least, given
everyone's reactions the first time they saw it, it was probably
true. He averted his eyes to take in the room that they were in.
It seemed like a standard hotel room, a small dresser, a TV, a
night stand, a small table and two chairs. And a single bed.
And Ranma prayed that none of the fiancées showed up to see that.
Or perhaps that would be better since then at least he'd know where
he was. All he knew for sure was that when he had left the woods
with this woman in his arms, the city he entered was not Nerima.
The huge buildings and the walking soda machines gave that away
fairly quickly.
Hearing a moan, Ranma turned back to the woman, in time to see her
eyes open. And something in those deep green eyes caught his
attention; a spirit that seemed as free as his own. Ranma suddenly
knew he had to say something. "Umm...I found you being attacked by a
bunch of green guys. I beat them up and brought you here. Uh...
I'm Ranma."
The woman watched him for a minute, taking in what he had said, how
he had said it, and his looks. Finally she smiled. "I'm Deedlit."
***
Ranma gazed across the desk almost stunned. He couldn't truly
believe what had just been offered to him. It was something that
he didn't want, and it would force him to do something he wasn't
sure he could live with, but he knew he really had no choice.
After all, he didn't ask for this situation, but he could do
something about it.
But he would be forced to kill, be forced to take lives. Sure they
weren't human lives, but Deedlit wasn't human either. But then,
Deed wasn't trying to kill thousands of people. That changed the
whole situation.
And it was really the end of the story too. If he accepted the
offer he'd be able to protect Deed and all the others who were
trapped here. He would be able to do some good, and he would be
able to protect. But that meant he would be forced to kill as
well.
Closing his eyes, Ranma thought back through his life. He'd never
killed before, he'd never even wanted to take a life. Not
seriously anyway. And now he had to do that, he had to choose to
kill to protect. And Ranma knew that it was no choice at all.
"Okay Roy," he said with a tired sigh, "I'm in. Sign me up."
Commander Roy Fokker of the Robotech Defense Force didn't smile;
all he did was nod. "You made the right chose Ranma. You're
going to save a lot of lives."
***
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get written on them unless I feel like it. There are no plans to
turn any of these into fanfics. Between the +s is the original
idea. Following that is the scenes for said idea.
Disclaimer: I own nothing in any of these scenes. Please don't
sue me.
===========================
Ranma the Dragoon
Ranma/Legend of Dragoon X-Over
++++++++++++++++++++++++
This is an alternate universe of bother Ranma 1/2 and Legend of
Dragoon. At Jusenkyo the pool Ranma falls into sends him back in
time. There while wandering through a forest lost he meets Dart
and asks to accompany him to his village. The story then follows
LoD until Dart is able to use the Dragon King's powers. When that
happens Ranma inherits the Armor of the Red Eye Dragon. Also in
this Rose falls for Ranma, not Dart. After the game part is done,
we learn that the spirit of the God of Destruction is still going
from body to body every 108 years, and someone needs to be around
to kill it. Ranma asks and is allowed to join Rose in the
never-ending vigil against the god of Destruction. Then the story
jumps 1,100 years and back to Jusenkyo. Ranma disappears and then
Dragoon Ranma takes his place. Ranma talks to Genma for a bit and
then they move on. Ranma has plans to marry Rose (again. its
something they do every couple of decades), and then Genma springs
the engagements on Ranma. Ranma understandably is pissed. after
all he wants to be with his wife of 1,000 years, not some unknown
girl. I'll let the author decide where to go with this from here.
++++++++++++++++++++++++
From a bunch of bushes, a figure watched the pair enter the cursed
springs. It surprised him that he still looked the same, even
after all this time. Reaching up to his neck, he brushed his
fingers over the red collar that was around his neck. Then again,
perhaps he shouldn't surprise him. The magic still worked. It
still needed to work; he wasn't finished yet. With his mind
thinking back to his friends, he almost missed his cue. Almost.
As the column of light shot out of the pool, he moved, keeping the
light between himself, the man, and the panda. He needed to time
this just right. If anything went wrong, if either of the men saw
him, it'd be over before it started. And it couldn't be over, not
yet anyway. He wanted to meet his family again. He wanted her to
meet his family.
The light rapidly shrunk, and he dove into the water, slipping
under, but staying out of the light. He moved with the light,
making it to the center just after the power faded away. He stayed
under for another count of three and the pushed himself to the
surface.
Blinking the water out of his eyes, he looked at the panda. He
could tell that tears were mixed in, but he knew that it was
alright. After all, no one would be able to tell the tears from
the water. He faked a couple of coughs and then spoke. "Pop?
What the hell happened to you?!"
The Panda blinked and opened its mouth. "Growlf?" Its head tilted
slightly as it opened its mouth again. "Growlf?" It raised its
paws to its face and cried out once more before turning to the man
and wrappings its paws about his shoulders. "GROWLF!?"
"Oh good sir," the portly man spoke, "You fall into Spring of
Drowned Panda. any who fall in now turn into Panda! But good
news, hot water change you back!"
The panda released the man at the spoken cure. "Growlf!" With
that statement the panda turned and began to walk towards the small
hut at the other end of the springs.
With the panda gone, the fat man turned toward the other honored
customer. "You fall in spring of Drowned Hero. Very tragic story
of a hero who drowned there 1,100 years ago. Any who fall in is
destined to be a hero."
The young man nodded slowly, almost in remembrance. "Yeah, a
hero."
The guided nodded and turned to follow the panda. "What is name,
honored customer? I would know a hero's name."
Quietly the young man spoke, squeezing the water from his pigtail.
"Ranma."
***
She waited down the road for him to come. It wouldn't be long, she
knew, but still it pained her to wait for him. There was so much
pain in her life that she needed a friend, that she needed someone
to listen to her, that she needed someone to love her, that she
needed him. That gave her a pause as she remembered when she first
knew that she needed him.
She could see that keeping the truth from them would end with her
in pain. Somehow she was sure that what she was gaining would end
in killing her. And when the truth came out they all forgave her,
they all understood that she had done what needed to be done.
But when she saw the look in the other's eyes, she knew she had
lost her chance, that she had lost it forever. But as she wept in
that vast desert, he came to her, he did his best to break the
darkness around her. And after she snapped at him, and after with
the slightly hurt look he left, she thought back to her memories of
him. And she realized that since they met he had tried to get her
to smile, that he had tried to break the darkness around her, that
he had tried to invite her into the light.
And as darkness fell that night, and she saw that he was alone, she
went to him, she shut off her pride, and she apologized for her
earlier outburst. And she couldn't understand why, but he waved it
off. And as she was about to snap at him once more, she realized
what he was doing. She realized that he considered the event never
happening.
And as she came from her memories and looked down the road once
more, a small smile came to her face. No matter her faults, her
past, or her life, he had forgiven her. And more than that, after
the horrid event, he had chosen to stand with her on the lonely
vigil. Tat had surprised everyone else as much as it had surprised
her. But after his explanation they had to agree with his choice.
It was only to their regret that they too couldn't make the
sacrifice that was needed to join the watch.
And as she came back from her memories and gazed down the road, a
smile came to her face, for she saw him coming. And next to him
was an older man whom she knew from days of following to be his
father. She pushed herself from the tree she was leaning against
and approached the two, not quite smiling at the younger one. She
spoke only his name. "Ranma."
And the cocky grin came to his face, the grin that she had learned
first to hate and then to enjoy, for it was a grin he only gave
when his confidence was high. And he spoke her name, and she knew
all was well.
"Rose."
***
The trio entered the village, the younger two moving to watch a
fight taking place upon a log. The older one followed, his eyes
watching the couple. Things were not going according to his plan,
and that wasn't good. It had to be the damn spring's fault, it
had to have changed his boy. Spring of Drowned Hero. What the
hell was that supposed to have done?
And what was with the girl? She and the boy seemed to know each
other well. That really wasn't good. The boy already had
obligations and couldn't get involved with anyone else. And why
the hell had the boy insisted they come to this village? Sure
there were fighters here, but he had to get the boy to Tendo.
There was a marriage to get on with. The schools had to be united.
Turning his head to look around the village he was in, the old
man's eyes stopped on a table filled with food. Covered in lots of
food. So much food that he was sure that no one would mind if he
helped himself to it. The old man got two steps towards it before
a voice stopped him.
"Hey Pops, me and Rose are gonna go look for someone, okay?"
"Huh?" Genma's intelligent response gave no question to his
understanding, but he shrugged it off. There was food to be eaten.
"Sure thing boy. I'll be over there" Of course Genma didn't
indicate just where there was, but he was sure the boy knew. Not
hearing a response, Genma assumed the boy had gone to look for the
person and continued towards the table.
He was just reaching for a large roasted chicken when a thought
stopped him. What if the boy was looking for some sort of priest
to marry him to that girl. That couldn't be allowed, what would
happen to his retirement? That could not be allowed. Turning from
the table, Genma gazed at the crowed village. It was going to be
harder than he thought to find the boy again. Best to begin as
soon as possible.
***
Weaving through the crowed, Ranma and Rose gazed at each face they
past, looking into the eyes, and trying to find the one with the
greatest spirit. They ignored the fight now, searching for the one
that could help them. However, Ranma glanced toward the fight upon
the long, a small frown on his face as something struck him as
familiar. But he shook the thought off, leaving it for another
time.
Finally, Rose placed a hand upon Ranma's arm and pointed towards an
old woman who was sitting upon a staff. Ranma took the woman in
for sometime before nodding slightly, and the pair moved towards
her with a purpose.
The woman's gaze shifted from the fight to the pair approaching
her. While normally she would laugh at people approaching her with
such blatant confidence, something told her to be weary. There was
something different about the pair, almost an aura of strength. In
the end, Cologne decided to be weary.
Ranma didn't beat around the bush when he and Rose reached her.
"I've come for Soul Eater. It's time for the sword to be carried
once more."
"Soul...Eater?" Cologne's mind instantly went on guard. No one
should even know of the existence of that cursed sword, let alone
where to find it. It had been over a thousand years since it was
entrusted to the village. "I'm afraid I don't know what you're
talking about young man."
Rose's eyes narrowed, and her voice was harsh as she snapped at the
woman. "Don't you play games with us old hag. We know it's here
and we need it. Now give it to us."
Ranma placed a hand on Rose's shoulder as Cologne's eyes narrowed.
"Easy Rose, they're just doing their job." Reaching into his
shirt, Ranma pulled out a red gem that was perhaps the size of a
ping-pong ball. With a slight bit of concentration the gem began
to pulse with a deep red light. "I need to take Soul Eater with
me. Please show me where it is."
Cologne simply stared at the gem that came straight from the
legends of her village. If the young man carried such a token of
power then the sword would be far safer with him than with her
small village. Slowly Cologne nodded, ignoring the fact that her
great granddaughter had just become the Champion of the Amazons.
"Come with me."
========================
Why Me!?
A massive Ranma X-Over
+++++++++++++++++++++++
A passing Kami sees the many problems in Ranma's life and decides
that he deserves a gift for being able to keep a good heart for so
long. This gift improves Ranma in many ways. He becomes faster,
stronger, and gains a higher Ki level. His scholastic level
increases to match his intelligence, thus he becomes one of the
top students at Furinkan. It even reaches the point that he can
control his mouth (sometimes). He is also physically aged so that
he looks more mature. At first Ranma is thrilled with his new found
strengths. But then he learns that his two most potent abilities
have also been enhanced by the gift: his ability to attract
fiancées and his ability to make enemies. Before long these two
abilities begin to warp reality and time itself just so more women
can fall for him and more people can try to kill him. Will include
Ranma 1/2, Sailor Moon, Magic Knight Rayearth, Bubblegum Crisis,
Record of Lodoss War, Ruin Explorers, Slayers, Robotech, Tenchi
Muyo (TV), Neon Genesis Evnagelion, Gundum Wing, Devil Hunter Yoko,
Dirty Pair, Iria, anything else I come across and like.
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Ranma gazed at the being in front of him. With some time to think
on it, being really didn't do the thing justice. It was more like
a big glob of glowing light. And it somehow managed to stay in
front of him as he traveled through the air thanks to a solid kick
by Akane. And it was even speaking to him.
"So let me get this straight," not that he had it in any form to
start with. Ranma found the whole thing almost surreal, or he
would if he knew what the word meant. "You wanna help me because
you feel like it?" No one ever wanted to help him because he felt
like it. The very thought almost seemed impossible.
A soft, almost musical voice came from the white globe of energy.
"You have remained a good person Ranma, and so I feel you should be
rewarded. And as I am the only Kami here, I shall be the one to
reward you for your good heart."
Ranma looked at the Kami and blinked. "Uh-huh," was his
intelligent response. Good things like this never happened to him.
Ranma was fighting at a total loss of words when the Kami suddenly
surrounded him and engulfed Ranma in its light. Ranma didn't even
get a chance to scream.
***
Ranma blinked at the test in front of him, and his jaw hung open at
the grade that was written on the top. The rest of the class was
looking at Akane, who had fainted when she had seen it. After all,
a perfect score by Ranma should have been impossible.
Slowly, Ranma's jaw closed and his mouth twisted into a smile.
Finally, his head raised to look upward. The whispered "Thank-you
Kami" was only heard by the few who were near him. Ranma knew
without a doubt that this was that Kami's doing.. It had to be,
so many other things had improved since he'd met it. He looked
older, was stronger and faster, and now smarter too. School was
going to be a breeze, and he might even be able to defeat Happosai
the next time the pervert showed up.
Life really was good.
And then he glanced down at the unconscious Akane. She didn't have
to be that dramatic about it. Sure it was a surprise, but it
wasn't like it shouldn't have been that unexpected. Ranma had told
her about the Kami.
But he also couldn't leave her on the floor. Getting out of his
seat, Ranma picked Akane up and looked over at Ms, Hinako. "I'm
gonna take Akane to the nurse." At his teacher's nod, Ranma left
the room with Akane in his arms.
***
Ranma grumbled as he walked through the woods. Why the hell did
Akane have to blame him for the new engagements. It wasn't like
he had any say in it. Hell, he found out after Akane had. And
that wasn't fair.
What was worse was that it wasn't Genma who had made the
engagements, but his mother. Her and that damned definition of
being manly. He didn't need another four engagements. Hell, he
didn't need the two he already had, nor Shampoo who thought she was
already his wife. What he needed was to be able to make choices
for himself.
And what the hell was with that freaky demon thing anyway? He'd
never seen a monster made out of a car before. It was probably
that woman who was throwing that magic around. At least it looked
like magic to him. After all, what else could turn a car into a
monster?
Grounding his teeth, Ranma gave a disgruntled sigh. He couldn't
stay out in the woods forever, no matter how appealing it might be.
He needed to somehow solve the whole mess he was stuck in.
And then a scream reached his ears. Turning to one side, Ranma
took off, moving deeper into the woods.
***
Ranma found that he couldn't take his eyes off of the woman on the
bed. It wasn't her beauty that kept his eyes there, nor was it the
strange clothing she wore. It was the fact that he just knew she
wasn't human. Not with ears like hers anyway. They stretched
almost 8 inches from their base to the tips. For some reason he
found himself fascinated by the oddity of her.
And instantly he felt horrible about that. He knew that that was
probably how so many people felt about his curse. At least, given
everyone's reactions the first time they saw it, it was probably
true. He averted his eyes to take in the room that they were in.
It seemed like a standard hotel room, a small dresser, a TV, a
night stand, a small table and two chairs. And a single bed.
And Ranma prayed that none of the fiancées showed up to see that.
Or perhaps that would be better since then at least he'd know where
he was. All he knew for sure was that when he had left the woods
with this woman in his arms, the city he entered was not Nerima.
The huge buildings and the walking soda machines gave that away
fairly quickly.
Hearing a moan, Ranma turned back to the woman, in time to see her
eyes open. And something in those deep green eyes caught his
attention; a spirit that seemed as free as his own. Ranma suddenly
knew he had to say something. "Umm...I found you being attacked by a
bunch of green guys. I beat them up and brought you here. Uh...
I'm Ranma."
The woman watched him for a minute, taking in what he had said, how
he had said it, and his looks. Finally she smiled. "I'm Deedlit."
***
Ranma gazed across the desk almost stunned. He couldn't truly
believe what had just been offered to him. It was something that
he didn't want, and it would force him to do something he wasn't
sure he could live with, but he knew he really had no choice.
After all, he didn't ask for this situation, but he could do
something about it.
But he would be forced to kill, be forced to take lives. Sure they
weren't human lives, but Deedlit wasn't human either. But then,
Deed wasn't trying to kill thousands of people. That changed the
whole situation.
And it was really the end of the story too. If he accepted the
offer he'd be able to protect Deed and all the others who were
trapped here. He would be able to do some good, and he would be
able to protect. But that meant he would be forced to kill as
well.
Closing his eyes, Ranma thought back through his life. He'd never
killed before, he'd never even wanted to take a life. Not
seriously anyway. And now he had to do that, he had to choose to
kill to protect. And Ranma knew that it was no choice at all.
"Okay Roy," he said with a tired sigh, "I'm in. Sign me up."
Commander Roy Fokker of the Robotech Defense Force didn't smile;
all he did was nod. "You made the right chose Ranma. You're
going to save a lot of lives."
***