DBZR1/2
Part 3: Things Get CrAzIeR!
By Trooper1023
Author's note: The characters of Dragon Ball Z and Ranma ½ do not, I repeat, DO NOT belong to me. I'm just using them in this story I wrote for fun, NOT profit, so lets not talk about suing anyone, ok?
-- text is spoken in Chinese
-- {text} is telepathic messages
-- text is thoughts
"UKY—" Ranma's voice suddenly leaves him, and he stops dead in his tracks. Before him is the most bizarre scene he has ever laid eyes on. Hovering about 10 ft. off the ground is a boy, not more then ten. His hands are clenched in fists, his spiky blond hair waves about, and an aura of gold fire ripples around him. There is a sword strapped to his back. The scorch marks on the ground show that Ryoga's blast exploded in mid-air, at the exact point where the boy is hovering. But how can that be possible?!? He's just a kid!
Beyond him, on the ground, is another boy, looking to be nine years old. He has the same spiky blond hair, and the same aura of gold fire. On his back is a quarterstaff. And behind the second boy…
"UKYOU!" Ranma forgets about the two kids and bolts for Ukyou. "Ukyou?! Are you alright?" A bare nod answers him.
The smoke finishes clearing, and Ryoga can be seen gaping at the two boys. His mouth works around some, but all he manages to get out is "Huh?"
Trunks drops back to the ground and walks over to stand by Goten. After making sure that Ukyou is all right, Ranma turns to the two boys. His eyes widen as he realizes how powerful they are. They glance at each other, then power down. Their hair changes color, and the flames disappear. Ranma's heart rate slows a bit as he feels their power levels drop. But their power STILL dwarfs mine! He finally gets his mouth working. "W-who… are… you?"
The boy with the quarterstaff, his hair now black, speaks up. "My name is Goten. This is Trunks." He indicates the lavender-haired kid with the sword. "We were talking to Ukyou when that blast came roaring down the street. Trunks intercepted and dissipated it, while I shielded Ukyou from the blast-back." He pauses. "You two are good friends, I take it?" indicating him and Ukyou. Ranma nods.
Trunks steps forward. "What are you and that other guy doing fighting in the middle of a city? Even my dad knows better than to do that." Goten tries to stifle a laugh as he thinks of how Goku and Vegeta are always going at it, but he fails miserably. His giggling starts working on Trunks, who quickly realizes what his friend is thinking about. Ranma, Ukyou, and Ryoga all sweatdrop as the two boys burst out laughing. When the finally finish with the laughing, Trunks notices how all three are staring at him and Goten. "What?" The three teens facefault.
Ok, great. For all that power, they're still kids. Ranma is the first one to pick himself off the ground. "How old are you two? Ten?"
"I'm ten, Goten is nine. That little laughing fit was just us thinking about how our fathers are almost always going at it," Trunks says with a grin, then he sobers. "We're kinda on our own, and we just got in."
Goten nods. "We're still trying to figure out where we can stay…"
"Hey, I don't mind if you stay with me. After all, it's the least I can do for saving my life." Ukyou has recovered, and is back on her feet.
"Ah… that's ok, you don't…" Ukyou interrupts him.
"Don't worry about it. First things first, let's go into my place. Either of you hungry?"
The two boys flick a glance at each other, and grin simultaneously. Goten says, "OK, let's go."
* * *
Two new figures can be seen jumping across the rooftops of Nerima. One is an attractive teenage girl, though the pair of maces she carries are anything but attractive. The other is a midget of an old woman, bouncing along on a cane twice her height.
Great-grandmother, what is it? What's wrong?
Cologne doesn't even slow down a little. When that blast exploded, I felt two absolutely huge battle auras pop up, as if they were deflecting the blast. They disappeared after a minute or so, but now that I'm focusing on it, I can still feel them. It's like they are so powerful that they are holding it back until that power is needed.
I don't… by the Elders! I have never felt such power! And it's so focused! Who or what could have that much power and NOT be found out until now?
I don't know, child, I don't know… Together, the two Amazons bound across the city, heading for the abandoned battle zone.
* * *
Inside Ukyou's okonomiyaki restaurant, everyone, even Ryoga, is gathered around a table toward the back. Trunks and Goten are a little nervous under the gaze of the three Nerima teens, but Ranma, Ryoga, and Ukyou are a bit more comfortable, now that the two boys, no… saiyajins, have explained who they are, what they are, and where they are from. The Nerima teens feel better knowing that Trunks' mother is a genius who will no doubt figure out what happened to her son, and then figure out a way to get him and Goten home. No one has any clue as to why this happened.
"You people are taking this pretty well. If it were me, I don't know if I'd believe a story like ours," Trunks says.
Ranma grins. "That's because you two don't know Nerima's reputation. Stranger stuff has happened around here." He begins to elaborate, and eventually everyone is laughing away as Ranma tells about some of the funnier parts of his life. Then Ukyou accidentally trips on Ryoga's foot while trying to get past Trunks. She falls, and one flailing arm knocks a glass of cold water flying. Guess where it lands.
"What the?! You're a girl now!"
"Huh? What's going on!?"
Both saiyajins gape openly after seeming Ranma's features shift and his mass redistributes itself. The mass of raven-black hair had lightened to a flaming red and several inches of height disappeared. Ranma-chan looks up embarrassed.
"Eh he…" Even his… her voice has changed; it's higher in pitch now. Goten and Trunks blink. "Just listen, ok? It's a Jusenkyo curse."
Goten gives a violent shake of his head. "A what?"
"A Ju-sen-kyo curse. There's a place in China known as Jusenkyo. It's a cursed training ground. The magic springs that dot the area contain the form of the first thing that landed, and drowned, in that spring. I got dumped into the Spring of Drowned Girl. Now whenever I get splashed by cold water, I change into a girl. Hot water changes me back."
Now that they understand what just happened, both boys shut their jaws quickly, and Trunks grins. "Oh. Well, all things considered, that's not that weird. I mean, who are we to talk?"
Goten snickers. "Yeah, making your hair change color to fight better isn't exactly normal."
A mischievous look crosses Trunks' face. "At least I wasn't born with a fuzzy brown tail!" Everyone cracks up at that comment.
Just then, someone bangs on the door of the shop. Ukyou huffs, mumbling, "I put up the 'now closed' sign for a reason, are they blind or something?" and heads for the door. She pulls it open and is surprised to see Cologne and Shampoo standing there. Before Cologne can speak, her granddaughter does.
"Spatula girl see big fight, no?"
"See it? I got caught in the middle of it! What do you want to know?"
Cologne has to collect her wits before she trusts herself to speak; the amount of power emanating from the back of Ukyou's shop is staggering. "Child, do you realize that there are two EXTREMELY powerful battle aura in your home?"
"Yes Cologne, I know very well. I invited them in after the two of them saved my life." Shock registers on both Amazons' faces. "You want to meet them?" Ukyou asks.
"Yes child, please… introduce… us…" Cologne's voice trails off. This is definitely not what I expected. With that kind of power, they could do whatever they wanted. And yet from what Ukyou says, they are acting quite civilized. It was always believed that anyone who gathered this much power would be corrupted by it.
To be continued…
Part 3: Things Get CrAzIeR!
By Trooper1023
Author's note: The characters of Dragon Ball Z and Ranma ½ do not, I repeat, DO NOT belong to me. I'm just using them in this story I wrote for fun, NOT profit, so lets not talk about suing anyone, ok?
-- text is spoken in Chinese
-- {text} is telepathic messages
-- text is thoughts
"UKY—" Ranma's voice suddenly leaves him, and he stops dead in his tracks. Before him is the most bizarre scene he has ever laid eyes on. Hovering about 10 ft. off the ground is a boy, not more then ten. His hands are clenched in fists, his spiky blond hair waves about, and an aura of gold fire ripples around him. There is a sword strapped to his back. The scorch marks on the ground show that Ryoga's blast exploded in mid-air, at the exact point where the boy is hovering. But how can that be possible?!? He's just a kid!
Beyond him, on the ground, is another boy, looking to be nine years old. He has the same spiky blond hair, and the same aura of gold fire. On his back is a quarterstaff. And behind the second boy…
"UKYOU!" Ranma forgets about the two kids and bolts for Ukyou. "Ukyou?! Are you alright?" A bare nod answers him.
The smoke finishes clearing, and Ryoga can be seen gaping at the two boys. His mouth works around some, but all he manages to get out is "Huh?"
Trunks drops back to the ground and walks over to stand by Goten. After making sure that Ukyou is all right, Ranma turns to the two boys. His eyes widen as he realizes how powerful they are. They glance at each other, then power down. Their hair changes color, and the flames disappear. Ranma's heart rate slows a bit as he feels their power levels drop. But their power STILL dwarfs mine! He finally gets his mouth working. "W-who… are… you?"
The boy with the quarterstaff, his hair now black, speaks up. "My name is Goten. This is Trunks." He indicates the lavender-haired kid with the sword. "We were talking to Ukyou when that blast came roaring down the street. Trunks intercepted and dissipated it, while I shielded Ukyou from the blast-back." He pauses. "You two are good friends, I take it?" indicating him and Ukyou. Ranma nods.
Trunks steps forward. "What are you and that other guy doing fighting in the middle of a city? Even my dad knows better than to do that." Goten tries to stifle a laugh as he thinks of how Goku and Vegeta are always going at it, but he fails miserably. His giggling starts working on Trunks, who quickly realizes what his friend is thinking about. Ranma, Ukyou, and Ryoga all sweatdrop as the two boys burst out laughing. When the finally finish with the laughing, Trunks notices how all three are staring at him and Goten. "What?" The three teens facefault.
Ok, great. For all that power, they're still kids. Ranma is the first one to pick himself off the ground. "How old are you two? Ten?"
"I'm ten, Goten is nine. That little laughing fit was just us thinking about how our fathers are almost always going at it," Trunks says with a grin, then he sobers. "We're kinda on our own, and we just got in."
Goten nods. "We're still trying to figure out where we can stay…"
"Hey, I don't mind if you stay with me. After all, it's the least I can do for saving my life." Ukyou has recovered, and is back on her feet.
"Ah… that's ok, you don't…" Ukyou interrupts him.
"Don't worry about it. First things first, let's go into my place. Either of you hungry?"
The two boys flick a glance at each other, and grin simultaneously. Goten says, "OK, let's go."
* * *
Two new figures can be seen jumping across the rooftops of Nerima. One is an attractive teenage girl, though the pair of maces she carries are anything but attractive. The other is a midget of an old woman, bouncing along on a cane twice her height.
Great-grandmother, what is it? What's wrong?
Cologne doesn't even slow down a little. When that blast exploded, I felt two absolutely huge battle auras pop up, as if they were deflecting the blast. They disappeared after a minute or so, but now that I'm focusing on it, I can still feel them. It's like they are so powerful that they are holding it back until that power is needed.
I don't… by the Elders! I have never felt such power! And it's so focused! Who or what could have that much power and NOT be found out until now?
I don't know, child, I don't know… Together, the two Amazons bound across the city, heading for the abandoned battle zone.
* * *
Inside Ukyou's okonomiyaki restaurant, everyone, even Ryoga, is gathered around a table toward the back. Trunks and Goten are a little nervous under the gaze of the three Nerima teens, but Ranma, Ryoga, and Ukyou are a bit more comfortable, now that the two boys, no… saiyajins, have explained who they are, what they are, and where they are from. The Nerima teens feel better knowing that Trunks' mother is a genius who will no doubt figure out what happened to her son, and then figure out a way to get him and Goten home. No one has any clue as to why this happened.
"You people are taking this pretty well. If it were me, I don't know if I'd believe a story like ours," Trunks says.
Ranma grins. "That's because you two don't know Nerima's reputation. Stranger stuff has happened around here." He begins to elaborate, and eventually everyone is laughing away as Ranma tells about some of the funnier parts of his life. Then Ukyou accidentally trips on Ryoga's foot while trying to get past Trunks. She falls, and one flailing arm knocks a glass of cold water flying. Guess where it lands.
"What the?! You're a girl now!"
"Huh? What's going on!?"
Both saiyajins gape openly after seeming Ranma's features shift and his mass redistributes itself. The mass of raven-black hair had lightened to a flaming red and several inches of height disappeared. Ranma-chan looks up embarrassed.
"Eh he…" Even his… her voice has changed; it's higher in pitch now. Goten and Trunks blink. "Just listen, ok? It's a Jusenkyo curse."
Goten gives a violent shake of his head. "A what?"
"A Ju-sen-kyo curse. There's a place in China known as Jusenkyo. It's a cursed training ground. The magic springs that dot the area contain the form of the first thing that landed, and drowned, in that spring. I got dumped into the Spring of Drowned Girl. Now whenever I get splashed by cold water, I change into a girl. Hot water changes me back."
Now that they understand what just happened, both boys shut their jaws quickly, and Trunks grins. "Oh. Well, all things considered, that's not that weird. I mean, who are we to talk?"
Goten snickers. "Yeah, making your hair change color to fight better isn't exactly normal."
A mischievous look crosses Trunks' face. "At least I wasn't born with a fuzzy brown tail!" Everyone cracks up at that comment.
Just then, someone bangs on the door of the shop. Ukyou huffs, mumbling, "I put up the 'now closed' sign for a reason, are they blind or something?" and heads for the door. She pulls it open and is surprised to see Cologne and Shampoo standing there. Before Cologne can speak, her granddaughter does.
"Spatula girl see big fight, no?"
"See it? I got caught in the middle of it! What do you want to know?"
Cologne has to collect her wits before she trusts herself to speak; the amount of power emanating from the back of Ukyou's shop is staggering. "Child, do you realize that there are two EXTREMELY powerful battle aura in your home?"
"Yes Cologne, I know very well. I invited them in after the two of them saved my life." Shock registers on both Amazons' faces. "You want to meet them?" Ukyou asks.
"Yes child, please… introduce… us…" Cologne's voice trails off. This is definitely not what I expected. With that kind of power, they could do whatever they wanted. And yet from what Ukyou says, they are acting quite civilized. It was always believed that anyone who gathered this much power would be corrupted by it.
To be continued…