I got the idea for this story one day when talking to Flamdramon girl, its a
nights into dream/Ranma crossover, I really hope the story does well and
encourages others to write crossovers with Nights in them
Child of Dreams
By firehedgehog
Chapter one
Night knew that something was wrong, the feeling of wrongness
buzzed around him like an annoying bug. He frowned flying through
Nightopia trying to figure out what was wrong, but he could find nothing.
'What is wrong then, the power in Nightopia is being stolen' Nights
thought and it was, all around he could feel the power being stolen to
somewhere and even trying to steal power from the dream crystal fussed to
him.
"Nights!" someones frantic yell got his attention, startled he turned
around to see Snuze a nightopian flying towards him at a very fast pace a
worried look on his usually cheerful face.
"Snuze whats wrong?" Nights asked, he looked around seeing if Napp
was around also.
"Reala has somehow come back, he is eating all the dream energy in
nightopia and he already got Napp," the small Nightopian cried and Nights
gasped in shock, he had thought Reala detroyed when he had faded away in
the real world into the world of limbo but somehow his rival and worst
enimie was back.
"When did it start Snuze, do you know how this has happened?" he
asked the winged nightopian who was now crying, Snuze wipped away his
tears and answered him.
"I don't know how he came back alive but he's using some kind of new
power to suck way everyones power making them cease to exist, all i know
is that he's getting all this power to destroy you," Snuze said and Nights
purple eyes opened wide, now he could feel Realas new vast power and
knew he could never defeat the other nightmaren now.
"This isn't good," he whispered to himself, he knew that he had to
escape Reala before the nightmaren could get him.
"Nights, I know of a way you can escape him," Snuze said, Nights
looked at the dream creature in surprise wondering what it could be.
"What is it Snuze?" he asked, the nightopian looked around nervously
and then answered.
"There is another dimention that not many know of, only one
Nightmaren went to it about eighteen years ago, she returned a few years
after she went somehow surviving with hardly any dream energy. She told
me that in that dimention dream energy is everywhere, while her powers
were very weak there she was able to survive... I know how to go there and
you can hide there from Reala," Snuze said, Nights blinked surprised at this.
"What is the downside?" he asked, the nightopian sighed and told him.
"While there your power will make you look human, also I will not be
able to contact you much,' Snuze said, Nights frowned at this but realized
that it was his only option.
"How do we begin," he said, Snuze looked at him and then quickly lead
him to a place Nights hadn't known existed. There in a strang temple was a
strange silvery glowing portal, the energy of it felt so familiar for some
reason but he couldn't place.
"Through this portal is the world you will hide, but I must warn you
that if another nightmaren enters that dimention you might be forced to
take your real form," Snuze said, Nights nodded and started to float towards
the portal.
"I'll miss you my friend, one day I will return and everything will be
as it is suppose to be," Nights said taking one last look at his friend, the
nightopian gave him a small smile and then Nights leapt through the portal.
"Goodbye Nights, I wish you luck," Snuze said, then with that he left to
try to save the other nightopians from Reala's wrath.
***
Ranma woke up with a start, he looked around sweat on his brow
from the dream he had just had. Never before had he had a dream like that,
he had seen strange creatures dying and a creature save a purple mime like
creature that radiated a pure power and had a stange crystal in his chest.
'Trouble is coming, I don't know why but this dream worries me,'
Ranma thought, he got out of bed and looked at the night sky clouded over
by rain clouds.
"I hope it is only a dream, but usually my dreams show me what I
need to know," Ranma whispered thinking of his past, he sighed and lay back
onto his bed. He had moved back in with his mother after he had found out
that he was adopted, the girls found that this was enough of an excuse that
they didn't have to marry him anymore.
He closed his eyes and he saw the purple creature again, he sighed
wondering what it was about him that made him want to meet this creature.
'He seemed familiar, maby I met him in one of my dreams' Ranma
thought for his dreams were different than any other persons dreams, they
sometimes showed him the future and he could control them sometimes.
"Who are you?" he whispered about the dream creature, he rolled
over and fell asleep once again.
***
Reala growled in frustration as he felt his hated rival escape him
somehow, now Nights was gone and without him he could not have his
revenge.
"Well if I can't destroy Nights I will just rule the dream world again
with Nights gone again, but he will be mine and i will completely destroy
him as he tried to do to me," reala said and he laughed evilly, captives of him
nearby shivered in fear of that laugh.
Also the fact that Realas voice was not the same of when he had last
been in the dream world, what had changed to make the nightmaren so
much more powerful and even more evil scared the heck out of them.
Chapter two
It was a monday morning and Ranma slowly walked to school still half
asleep, he now went to a different school since he lived with his mother now
instead of his father at the Tendo dojo. It was kind of weird not to be
engaged to Akane or the other girls now, the only ones that hadn't given up
on him were the chinease amazon Shampoo and Ukyo his childhood friend.
^Splash^
Ranma sighed as he became a she, she wrung out he soaked hair and
pulled out a canteen of hot water out of his backpack. Soon he was male
again and with his chi dried himself quickly off, since the water had woken
him up the rest of the way he walked faster to school so that he wouldn't be
late.
He sighed as he got in class three minutes before the late bell, with a
slight smile he sat in his desk at the back of the classroom and pulled out his
binder and pen. Since leaving nerima he had become a much better student
with better grades, this of course was because he no longer was under
constant attack and had time to actually study.
"Hello class, before we begin class I would like to introduce a new
student that will be joining us today," Mr Watts there English teacher said,
this got there attention quickly at the mention that they were going to get a
new classmate.
"Hello, my name is Nights Omega and i am happy to meet you all," the
new student said coming into the classroom, there were some snickers at his
strange name but Ranma didn't join in. The new kid was sixteen years old
like himself with large wide set kind eyes that were a strange shade of
purple, he had a sweet face showing intelligence and a kindness Ranma rarly
saw.
"Please take the seat beside ranma, Ranma please raise your hand,"
the teacher said and ranma did so, a second later the new boy sat down next
to him.
"Welcome to our class," Ranma whispered to Nights, the purple haired
boy gave him a shy smile and then class actually began and he had to start
taking notes.
***
Nights had never realized that the human world could be so boring,
how did Elliot and Claris stand it. The teacher droned on and on about books
and famous poets, half the class were already asleep yet the teacher ignored.
Most of the humans here had already decided that he didn't fit in and
that he would be the one to pick on, the only person who had actually been
nice was the boy Ranma sitting next to him. Ranma had raven black hair tied
into a braid and strange sapphier colored eyes, Nights had never seen
humans or anyone with that shade of blue before.
Ranma had a strength and a kindness about him that made Nights
want to know him better, the feelings he felt about the boy reminded of
himself for some reason and he wanted to know why he was drawn towards
the human boy.
It was during second period during math that Nights began to become
frustrated, these problems made no sense to him and he knew that if he
didn't at least try to get them right his human disguise wouldn't be complete.
"Need help?" a friendly voice asked, startled Nights looked up to see
Ranma a friendly smile on his face and his math books in his arms.
"Actually yes, this math make no sense," he answered, Ranma gave a
small laugh and sat down next to him. As he sat dow Nights noticed the other
humans give Ranma a funny look, he realized that they were staring because
Ranma had laughed... what was so strang about a laugh.
"Its actually not that hard Nights and I know because a few months
ago I had trouble with it, let me show you the trick of them," Ranma said,
Nights then smiled as Ranma showed him the correct way of doing them and
he saw how easily they actually were.
"Thanks Ranma, by now you must think I'm a total idiot," Nights said
with a small embarrissed laugh, Ranma looked at him and smiled at him.
"No I see that your someone who is very smart and special in some
way, I look forward to seeing what you can do," Ranma said, then he got up
and went to his own seat.
"Thanks," Nights said with a smile as he started to do his math work,
that smile vanished as he once again remembered why he looked human and
was not in Nightopia.
'Be okay Snuze, I can't bare to loose anyone else' Nights thought, he
sighed sadly.
***
Snuze sneezed as he ran from one of Realas lackeys, he sniffed his
nose and wondered why he was thinking of Nights at the moment when he
was flying for his life.
'Hope your alright Nights, I just hope Reala doesn't find you anytime
soon' Snuze thought, a single tea left his eye which he wippped away... he
didn't have enough time to be sad for he had his life to fight for.
***
Reala frowned as he looked over his domain, he could see the lines of
his slaves slowly stagger back to there cages after a hard days work. He
flicked one of his red and black tails of his joker like hat back with a smirk,
thes nightopians thought that this was bad just wait till they found out what
he had planned for tomorrow.
Leaning back in his throne he Laughed evilly, that laugh echoed
through the air of the dream world sending tingles of fear through all.
***
Ranma woke with a start from a nap he had fallen into earlier that
lunch time, looking at his watch he saw that he still had thirty minute left of
lunch. He sighed and was about to go back to sleep when he heard a
commotion, frowning he followed the noise.
It was a large crowd of teens surrounding a fight, but the fight was
more like a one way battle for one of the people weren't fighting back. When
he got a good look at the person being beat up he silently swore angerly,
they were picking on the new kid nights who he already considered a friend
and he didn't have many friends.
"Hey leave Nights alone," he yelled over the crowds noise and as he
leapt into the air seeming almost to float, he then gently landed between
Nights and the bully hurting him.
The crowds around them began to whisper, there were rumurs saying
that Ranma knew how to fight yet they hadn't seen him fight yet, they all
wondered how good he was.
***
Nights blinked as Ranma suddenly appeared in front of him, he didn't
much like the human that had been hurting him or the crowds who had
cheered it on. Then the bully attacked his new friend, then with speed he
thought humans unable to use Ranma knocked out the bully and helped
Nights to his feet.
"You okay Nights?" Ranma asked and they looked into each others
eyes, Nights saw courage in those blue eyes that seened to hold many
emotions in them and also that of life. Ranma saw in those purple depths
someone very special that had a purpose in life, and a strange power that
Nights was trying very hard to hide from everyone.
"Yeah I'm okay, you didn't hurt him very much did you?" Nights said
indicating the bully, Nights watched as ranma looked at the bully and gave a
small snort.
"Don't worry Nights I just knocked him out, he'll be awake in no time
but with a headache," Ranma said, then the pigtailed youth glared at the
people assembled around them angerly.
"Nights is my friend so don't pick on him, if you do I will make it my
bussiness to stop you," Ranma said glaring at them, the crowd nodded still
awed at how he had taken out the strongest boy at there school like it was
nothing.
"Thank you Ranma, but do you think it was neccesary to threaten
them?" Nights asked as the crowd left to look for somethin to amuse them,
Ranma looked at him and Nights was surprised to see sadness in those blue
eyes.
"Sometimes that way is needed Nights to strike to make a point, the
kids here are mostly from the street and need examples to make them
understand something... anyway your my friend," Ranma said, Nights smiled
liking this human very much.
"Thanks Ranma, I don't have many friends and that meant alot to me,"
Nights said with a shy smile, Ranma smiled at him and those blue eyes of his
brightened.
"You know they give free ice cream at lunch time on monday, I also
happen to know where there giving it away today," Ranma said giving him a
sideways glance, Nights looked at the boy and smirked slightly.
"Yes, ice cream does sound good," he said, then the two friends then
went to get ice cream.
ic series again. on my other SoChapter Three
It had been a week since Nights had come to the human world, the
young nightmaren found that the raven haired human youth as a friend
made living in this dimention easier. At the moment he was at Ranma's
house at a sleep over, he found the idea of sleeping over fun and he found
him liking Ranmas mother Nodoka.
The house was quite large, much larger then the apartment he had
rented while staying in the human world. Ranma had also rented some
anime movies for them to watch, Nights had watched one of them already
and found them amazing.
"Nights you having fun?" Ranma asked near midnight as they snacked
on popcorn, Nights swallowed and took a sip of water to wash it down better
before he answered.
"A lot of fun Ranma, I've never been to a sleep over before and its
cool," Nights said, it was around midnight when they turned out the lights and went to bed. While Ranma actually went to sleep Nights looked at the ceiling silently, there was another difference between him and humans he actually did not sleep or dream.
It was then that a whimpering sound caught his attention, rolling over
towards Ranma he saw that it was Ranma making the sound. The boys face
was pale and sweat covered his brow, Ranma shook and Nights could feel
fear radiate around the human.
'What could scare Ranma so much in a dream, he is the bravest human
I know' Nights thought with a frown, getting up he got closer to Ranma and
sat down next to him. He sighed knowing that by using his powers Reala
might track him down... but he had to know what scared his friend so much,
with that in mind he touched Ranma temples with his hands and entered his
dreams.
***
Swirling rainbows surrounded Nights as he floated through Ranmas
dreams, somewhere near he could hear sounds of a child crying. In the
dream world he was in his nightmaren form so knowing Ranma wouldn't
reconize him he flew towards the sound, he soon found that the crying came
from a small child who was surrounded by huge cats trying to tear his skin.
He frowned as he looked down at the child, he was about five years
old with raven black hair and he wore a martial arts training gi. Then it hit
him, this child was Ranma in his dreams... but why would cats scare Ranma
so much to have terrible nightmares.
"Leave me alone, don't hurt me...... I don't want the neko ken anymore," chibi-ranma cried, the cats growled as one and got closer to Ranma.
"Don't worry, I won't let them hurt you," Nights said floating down to
Chibi-Ranma, gently he picked ranma up and floated into the sky. Soon the
cats were no longer in sight, once he was sure of that he looked at this dream
version of Ranma. Ranmas eyes held that sadness he had first seen in those
eyes and his eyes seemed to see more then they should in life, he wondered
what had changed Ranma like this.... if what he had seen it had happened to
ranma when he was about five years old.
"Who are you... you seem familliar, are you a dream guardian like I've
read about in books?" Ranma asked, Nights blinked and frowned at this
question... he didn't know humans had stories about dream guardians.
"I am a Nightmaren Ranma, I saw your nightmare and decided to help
you... now tell me what happened to make you afraid of cats?" Nights asked,
what ranma said next made Nights want to go into Genmas dreams and
torture him the way his son had been tortured as a child and made afraid of
cats.
"What kind of parent is he, he's almost as bad as my counterpart
reala," Nights said angerly his eyes flashing, Ranma looked at Nights his blue
eyes sad.
"He did all this supposidly so I'd be the best martial artist in the world
but i know he only did it so one day i would feed his stomach forever,
anyway he really didn't care if he messed up my mind... since I was adopted
he thought he could do anything he wanted and no one would care," Ranma
said, Nights gritted his teeth wondering what would happen if he accidently
killed Genma in his dreams... would he die in real life.
"Ranma what else did he do to you?' Nights asked, he saw a floating
bench and the two of them sat on it. Ranma sighed and told him everything,
from the day Genma took him away from Nodoka to today. Nights eyes were
quite wide in the end, the curse and all the girls trying to marry poor ranma
was just a shock.
"You must be lonely Ranma," Nights said, by now Ranmas dream body
had changed to look his normal age and was hugging his legs to his chest.
"I was lonely alot before but now I'm not, now I have a best friend
named nights.... he seems to understand me then anyone ever before,"
Ranma said with a shy smile, Nights smiled a little bit glad that Ranma
thought so well of him.
"Ranma soon you'll be waking up so i have to go, many we will meet in
dreams again," Nights said and Ranma nodded, with that Nights flew off and
left Ranmas dreams.
***
Nights found himself sitting beside the now calmly sleeping ranma, he
noticed that the raven haired human had a small smile on his face now.
"Sleep well my friend," Nights whispered, he got back into his sleeping
bag and watched the sun creep inside fom the windows.
***
Reala seethed in anger, he had felt Nights in the dream world yet after
searching had found nothing and then he couldn't feel Nights anymore.
"Damn you Nights, even if it takes a hundred years i will have my
revenge on you," Reala swore angerly, a black aura shone around him with
green in it making him look sickly.
***
Ranma woke up feeling better then he had in many years, at first his dreams had been like they always had but then he had met a new friend in his dreams. He frowned as he now reconized his dream friend as the one he had seen in another dresam, what could this mean.
'I'll have to be careful, I don't know why but I have a feeling that the time of trouble is getting closer' Ranma thought with a frown, he sat up in his sleeping bag and he smiled when he saw that Nights was already awake.
"Mom isn't awake yet Nights, how about I make breakfast for us both," Ranma suggested to his purple haired friend, Nights smiled his eyes sparkling at the mention of food.
"Mmmm... food, does it have sugar in it?" Nights asked a gleam in his eyes, Ranma gave a small laugh and said there would be lots of sugar.
***
The strange dreams were back, he had fallen asleep while laying in the sun resting up after the game of Tag he had played with Nights. He looked around relieved that he could control this dream, the strange world around him was dark and a feeling of fear filled the air.
'This is where it begins' Ranma thought and then he blinked his dream eyes, he didn't know what that thought of his meant but it was true.
"This is what Nightopia is now I guess, nightmares rule.... but soon the final battle will begin," Ranma wispered and then he blinked again, he sighed wishing that in dreams he wouldn't be able to find out what kind of things would happen in the future.
"But who is the enimie I must know, I have a feeling it could mean life or death to me," Ranma said with a frown, then as he watched a patch of dream mist gathered togeather to form....
***
"Ranma wake up," Nights said looking at his napping friend, with a startled gasp Ranma opened his eyes and looked at Nights.
"Ump.... what a dream, wish it would go away," Ranma muttered rubbing his forhead, Nights frowned and wondered what dream Ranma had been having in that short time.
"Ranma what was this dream, maby it will go away if you tell me?" Nights asked sittting down beside the raven haired teen, Ranma looked at him for a second and then sighed.
"Its about the world where dream creatures live but now its peace is shattered by a nightmare creature of hate and dispare, all i know is that the battle started there but the battle will end in the waking world," Ranma wispered rubbling his eyes, because of this he never saw Nights pale at the dream description.
'How is it possible for Ranma to go to Nightopia or know what he knows, what is this vision' Nights thought scared slightly, what if these dream visions showed Ranma what Nights truly was.... what if Reala could track these visions to Ranma.
"Ranma do you know what this evil nightmare creature looks like, you know what it is?" Nights asked, Ranma gave him a funny look but answered the question anyway.
"No you woke me just before the dream showed me him, but I know it will be revealed in time..... and that the power he holds is not his own," Ranma answered, Nights frowned knowing that this couldn't be good at all.
"You know what Ranma, think that some anime movies will make you forget all about this dream," Nights suggested to the raven haired teen, Ranma looked at him and gave a small smile.
"I hope so Nights I really do, but trouble is coming very soon," Ranma said, those words sent shivers down the younge Nightmarens spine.
"I wonder how soon," Nights wispered sadly, he said it so low that Ranma didn't hear him.
TBC
Wa la a new crossover of a different type and I know you will not find out what i have in store, anyway more action coming soon and you can't forget the Nerima wreaking crew is still at large and many still hold gruges against out pigtailed martial artist.