Colliding Forces

Colliding Forces

A Ranma 1/2/Fatal Fury Crossover (kinda)

By Underlord Backlash

Disclaimer: I do not own Ranma 1/2 or Fatal Fury, or any of the characters thereof. So there.

Note: This can be considered a sequel to Jullian Soullard's "A Wolf in Nerima" series.

Note to people who've read my other stuff: These are not self-insertion fics, they are self-based characterization. I name the character after myself to help put myself in their shoes, or sandals, or armor, or whatever. Yet I rant.

Part 1

"Wolf Cub and Wild Stallion"

"Ranma! You're dead!"

"You mean I would've been dead, if I'd eaten that nuclear waste you call ramen!" Ranma skidded around a corner; narrowly dodging an airborne mallet aimed at his head. Vaulting down the stairs, he narrowly missed the head of a boy his age that was talking to Soun. The boy reflexively raised his arm to the side, clotheslining Ranma, while continuing to talk to Soun. Akane, seizing the opportunity of Ranma being temporarily still, brought a mallet down on his head. She then noticed the boy, then turned to her father as Ranma stood up, holding a bump on his head.

"Otousan, who's this?" Akane gave the boy a once over. He was Caucasian, an inch or so taller than Ranma, with brown eyes and strawberry blonde hair parted to one side. He had a small silver earring in his left ear. He was wearing a gray long-sleeved tee shirt and black and gray army pants. It was clear from the way he carried himself that he was an accomplished martial artist, even by Nerima standards. Not to mention the fact that he had just moved fast enough to catch Ranma by surprise. On top of all that, he was rather pleasant to look at.

"Oh, Akane," Soun faced his daughter and Ranma and gestured to the boy. "This is Terence McCarron, he's going to be a student of Saotome and myself."

"Say what?" Ranma seemed doubtful. "This guy thinks he can learn Anything-Goes?"

Terence faced Ranma. He locked eyes with him for a moment, then snorted. "You must be Ranma. I'm not impressed." He yawned. "Tendo-san, if it wouldn't be an imposition, do you suppose I could stay for dinner? I can pay you back for however much I eat."

Soun clapped his hand down on the boy's shoulder. "Nonsense, Terence! Having come all this way just to train under Saotome and myself certainly entitles you to a free meal. If you hadn't asked, I would have insisted anyway. Kasumi! We have a guest for dinner! Now Terence, your training will start first thing tomorrow morning--" Soun droned on as he led the Terence to the table.

Akane was interested to say the least. Even as hard up for students as he usually was, it was strange for her father to just welcome someone in like that. Something was up.

Ranma already didn't like Terence. Not just because he managed to knock him down like that, but for that insult. Ranma had been called a lot of things before, but he'd never been just blown off like that. And why did Tendo-san just let Terence talk to him like that? Something was definitely up.

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Dinner was a not entirely friendly affair. More specifically it was not friendly between Ranma and Terence. Ranma was dying for an excuse to chew the American out. No such luck. Terence was completely polite to everyone; he just ignored Ranma, except when he tried to snatch a piece of beef from Terence's plate, in which event he drew back a considerably shorter chopstick.

Terence was not crazy about Ranma either. He was almost taunting him with his conversations with the others. He kept purposefully avoiding the name of his original teacher. Each of these dodges was accompanied by a split-second smug glance at Ranma.

The others were oblivious to this silent argument. Akane was trying to figure out what was so familiar about Terence. Nabiki was already planning her strategy to get workout pictures of Terence to sell to the female student population. Kasumi was asking Terence what some of his favorite dishes were, for an excuse to try out some American recipes. Soun and Genma were discussing Terence's training amongst themselves. They turned to the others when they concluded their discussion.

"Ranma, Terence. Saotome and I have come to a rather important decision." He took a deep breath and a sip of water, then glanced to Genma, signaling for him to continue.

"Tendo and I both think that for simplicity's sake, Terence should stay here during his training." Ranma opened his mouth to object, but stifled it after stern glances from both his and Akane's fathers. "Furthermore, since the two of you will be training partners from now on, you'll share a room. I'll be staying in Tendo's room to keep things from getting too crowded."

Ranma and Terence both blinked in disbelief. "I've got to share a room with him?!" They answered in unison as they pointed at the other.

Soun remained calm. "Ranma, you've already been beaten by Terence's mentor; and Terence, you may be able to learn more than you think from Ranma. The two of you have a great deal in common."

"Like what?!" The two responded in unison again. After realizing it, they each glared at the other. "Stop doing that!" Their eyes twitched.

"LIKE THIS!" Genma shouted out from behind the boys. In a flash, he picked them both up by their collars and hurled them into the koi pond.

"NOOOOOOOOOOO!!" The boys screamed in terror, before their shout was cut off by the splash of their landing. A group of bubbles came to the surface, followed by Ranma-chan and—

Ranma-chan, Akane, and Nabiki's eyes practically jumped out of their sockets. Kasumi managed to whisper an, "Oh my." Soun and Genma braced themselves for the oncoming explosion, literally.

A buxom brunette stood next to Ranma-chan, fists clenched and eyes twitching. She hissed through gritted teeth. "You son of a…. POWER GEYSER!" Terence drove her fist into the ground, releasing an explosion of red energy, which Ranma-chan narrowly dodged by leaping into a tree. The explosion also sent a wave of water towards the dojo, leaving three soaked humans and one soaked panda. Kasumi had already gone to get some towels for Ranma and Terence.

Ranma-chan jumped down from the tree onto Terence-chan's head. "Cool it stupid! You trying to kill us all! And where the heck did you learn that technique? The only person I've ever seen use that was… NO WAY!"

"Yes way, LOSER!" Terence-chan slid out from underneath Ranma-chan and got to her feet. "I was Terry Bogard's student. He taught me all he could."

"Yeah well, did he teach you that you're an asshole? You're almost as foul-tempered as Akane."

"Shut up Ranma!" Akane hurled a mallet at her.

"YOU WATCH YOUR MOUTH! CRACKSHOT!!" Terence-chan brought her right leg down on Ranma-chan as hard as she could, sending her reeling.

Ranma-chan jumped up onto the wall and cupped her hands together. "That was pretty good, for a cheap shot, so try this on for size! MOUKO TAKABISHA!" The energy blazed towards Terence-chan, blasting her inside. Ranma-chan stepped down from the wall and wiped her hands against one another.

"BURN KNUCKLE!" Terence-chan exploded out of the dojo, her clothes with several tears on them, (a few of them somewhat compromising to her appearance), and sent Ranma through the wall. The two of them tore their way down the street, sending portions of it, (the street), flying in the process.

As the two of them headed out of sight, Soun turned to Genma. "Saotome, I think we'd better have them train against each other somewhere away from the dojo."

Genma-panda nodded and headed off to the bathroom.

Akane didn't know what to think anymore. Nabiki decided to up the insurance policies she had taken out on the dojo. Kasumi had begun moving Genma's things to her father's room, and asked Akane to bring Terence's things up to Ranma's room.

(And this is only the beginning…)

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(Okay, this fic came out of nowhere. I was just sitting around, watching Smackdown! and the idea came to me. I don't know if that makes it not as good as my other stuff, or if divine inspiration makes it even better. Let me know in your reviews! I'll even accept flames for once!)