Standard disclaimer: I do not own anything in this fan fiction except
for the idea behind it and even that is mostly blatantly stolen from a
multitude of sources. And if you don't like that, then SUE ME! Uhm, why
are you all staring at me like that? No, it was a joke! Really! No,
don't take my computer, no, not my videogames, no, not my cat!!!
NOOOOOOOO!!!! *Sounds of a man being stripped of everything he own can
be heard. * (Does anyone know that sound effect BTW?)
Timelines: Everything in the canon Ranma ½ has happened in this fan
fiction with the exception of the Saffron incident. Only the Ranma ½
reference in this fan fiction will use a modified timeline. Any other
references will really just use the characters without any complex plots
and/or situations.
Age rating: If you can understand all the crap I'm spouting then you are
definitely old enough to read this fan fiction.
"Japanese "
*Thoughts*
Mind meld
Kenneth Lönnberg aka Macross_VF1 proudly presents:
Balance of Chaos
Chapter 2: The beginning and the end
*** - - - - ***
"Well that was fun." The man who had introduced himself as Wildman
deadpanned. He looked down on himself and sighed. "Damn, the fools got
lucky." His weapons and bulky armour disappeared while he started
fingering the cracks in his right breastplate as if measuring how badly
damaged it were. He stopped and pressed a button on his wrist and with a
loud hiss and a release of steam the breastplate came loose. Wildman
grabbed the plate and calmly dropped it to the ground while a new one
materialized out of thin air. The dropped plate made a loud *Thump*
against the concrete, indicating that it was quite heavy.
Sailor Pluto did not like this person. He had used energy that she
interpreted as evil. Secondly, being the Guardian of Time also made her
sensitive to Space-Time anomalies. And boy, did she feel a space-time
anomaly when this guy showed up. His somewhat fearsome appearance and
his cold-blooded and almost mechanical slaughter of the enemy only
further convinced her that this guy was not exactly the nicest person to
have around. She quickly checked the Time Gate and found to her surprise
that it was working again. She almost gasped out loud, when she checked
the time stream. The most common possibility was that Earth was
destroyed. The second possibility did have a healthy Earth, but no
Crystal Tokyo.
While Wildman changed the damaged armour, the Sailor Senshi, with the
exception of Pluto had watched with stunned expressions. Sailor Pluto
took a step forward, certain that the other Senshi would follow her
lead, when she attacked. Sailor Mercury snapped out of her daze when she
saw what Pluto was planning.
"Pluto, stop!" She cried out.
All the Senshi stopped and looked at her. Pluto raised an eyebrow. "And
why not, Mercury? This... person is a huge threat to the timeline. I
think you of all people would agree with me on that."
"Yeah, but he asked me to stop you from attacking him."
"Oh? And when did you talk to him?"
"Uhm... well... he hacked the Mercury computer..." Mercury answered
looking somewhat ashamed.
"Yup I sure did, but that was only because it was the closest
connection. I'm sorry about it though."
Now all the Senshi turned to Wildman. He looked at them with a wild grin
and a mischievous glint in his eyes.
"You!" Pluto hissed.
"Satan is that you?" Wildman replied in mock surprise.
"Don't think we will be fooled by your appearance, negaverse scum!"
"Oh! Venom is dripping from you when you speak! Please, let me take a
sample to study!"
Pluto didn't really now how to respond to that except with brutal force.
"Dead Scream." She whispered.
Wildman merely sidestepped the attack, while changing his expression
from playful to deadly serious. "Hmph, what's your problem, really?
Maybe it's that time of the month? It's not like I'm planning to stay
long, I'll probably leave this pathetic piece of dirt you call a planet
to find someplace that's a little more friendly. Maybe hell or
something. Besides didn't you watch me 5 minutes ago? I took out an
entire attack force of hostile aliens and a spaceship by myself,
something I doubt that you could do. Believe me when I say this: You
DON'T want to mess with me."
Pluto however didn't really listen to him, she was preoccupied being
pissed off and she prepared another attack. Wildman only shook his head
before counterattacking. Just as Pluto was about to launch a second dead
scream, she suddenly found Wildman in front of her with his fist planted
in her gut. "Impossible..." was Pluto's last thought before
unconsciousness claimed her.
The other Senshi had not had time to react to Wildman's attack as he
seemingly disappeared only to reappear in front of Pluto. He quickly
held up a hand in a gesture of peace. "You go back to your headquarter
or whatever you call and I'll drop by with Pluto in an hour."
"What are you going to do to her?" Sailor Moon asked with a worried
expression while the other senshi prepared to attack in a desperate
attempt of retaliation and hopefully rescue Pluto, though most of them
still doubted their ability to actually defeat this foe.
"I'm going to her 'home' and hopefully talk some sense into her.
Whatever you may think now, you must believe me when I say that I'm not
your enemy." As if sensing the next question he continued "And if you
think that my attack on Pluto proves otherwise, think again. Remember,
SHE attacked ME first." He carefully picked up Pluto in his arms and a
portal opened beside him. "Oh, by the way, I know quite well where your
'headquarters' is so don't worry about that" He stepped into the portal
with Pluto and vanished. The Senshi just stood there for a minute trying
in their own way to figure out what had truly happened and how to react
to it. The sounds of approaching police, ambulance and fire-vehicles
however didn't let them think for long.
"Ok, let's go to our headquarters." Sailor Moon exclaimed.
"Hey! Since when did I allow you to call my home a headquarters?" Rei
protested.
"Oh quiet Mars."
***
It took only 15 minutes to return to the Hikawa Shrine. Unfortunately
the following 40 minutes was not exactly used in an efficient manner.
Usagi complained about nothing to eat while reading Rei's mangas. Rei
ranted about how they should kill this new enemy. Of course she also
yelled quite at Usagi for reading her manga and not acting as a leader.
Minako and Makoto were naturally worried about Setsuna, but they were
mostly preoccupied with dreams of this new and handsome guy. Makoto
obviously stated that Wildman looked just like her old boyfriend. Ami
didn't say much except for answering questions on Wildman's capabilities
while trying to figure out just how he had connected and hacked the
Mercury Computer. Haruka and Michiru tried to form some type of battle
plan but that was a lost cause with all the chaos going on around them.
Hotaru just sat silent and prayed that Setsuna was all right. The moon
cats didn't understand much of all the commotion except that a new enemy
had supposedly kidnapped Setsuna.
Somehow in the midst of this chaos they finally agreed on a sort of
battle plan. Five minutes before the allotted time ran out they would
hide themselves around the shrine and the shrine grounds just in case
this Wildman had lied to them about not being their enemy.
***
A portal shimmered into existence in the middle of the shrine grounds
and a man recognizable as Wildman stepped out. He quickly glanced around
and held out a hand to the portal. A slender hand reached out and took
the offered hand and Pluto stepped out.
"See? My way isn't so bad." Wildman cheerfully proclaimed.
Pluto only glared at Wildman.
"C'mon, you've gotta loosen up. It can't be healthy for you using that
glare all the time. Besides you'll get wrinkles."
Pluto intensified her glare.
"Oh well, suit yourself. Now what do we have here..." He smirked as he
looked around again. "Heh, one might think that you've set up an ambush.
Now come out in the open." He ordered.
No answer came.
Wildman rolled his eyes "Please, do you really want me to embarrass you
further by actually having to drag each of you out of hiding?" He
pointed to a bush "There's Sailor Mars." A stone "Sailor Saturn." A tree
"Sailor Venus. I can tell where more of you are but where's the point in
that? Now come out!"
Now he got a reaction as the Senshi slowly came out of their respective
hiding places and gathered on the yard looking somewhat dumb since they
couldn't figure out just how he had known where they had hid.
"My, aren't you girls cute." Wildman commented with a smile.
Most of the girls blushed at that comment but Mars predictably blowed up
in fury instead. "What are you, a pervert?"
Wildman calmly replied with a shrug. "Been there, done that."
That wasn't exactly the response she was expecting but Mars didn't let
such a small thing stop her. "What have you done to Pluto? I swear if
you have harmed her I'll kill you!"
"Other than doing a revised version of a Vulcan mind meld, she's just
fine. Besides you shouldn't be angry all the time. It will make you
dumber by killing your brain cells."
The other senshi snickered at this comment and only made Mars angrier.
However before she could retort, Pluto cut her off. "Please Mars, calm
down, I'm perfectly fine. Everything will be explained. Let's go into
the shrine."
Satisfied with the answer, Mars and the rest of the senshi went into the
shrine with Wildman and Pluto following behind them.
***
When they entered the shrine, Wildman told them to drop the disguises.
It took a little convincing but when he told them that he could
recognize them by their aura, as demonstrated earlier, they finally
agreed and introduced their real life personas.
As soon as everyone had settled down, Wildman spoke up. "I suppose you
want to know who and what I am." He paused to gauge their reactions.
Satisfied that he had their attention he continued. "My name is Wildman,
Ranma Wildman. Well actually Ranma is the only name I can truly claim
for myself. Some two millennia ago I was somehow transported to another
dimension" Now this truly captured their attention. "I don't know why or
how it happened but when I woke up I found myself in the care of a race
called the Eldar. The Eldar are tall and lithe with pointy ears. They
are truly beautiful to behold. They are also proud and a bit arrogant.
If you could imagine an elf then you can imagine an Eldar except that
the Eldar are highly advanced."
He smiled at the memory. "Now the Eldar are on the verge of extinction
due to a very tragic moment in their history and they struggle to
survive, especially against humans, which incidentally are viewed as
nothing more than filthy barbarians or Mon-Keigh as the Eldar prefer to
call humans. Now imagine me, a 'lowly' Mon-Keigh, coming from nowhere
into the very core of their most holy sanctum. To say that they were
upset is an understatement. Something happened though. I don't have any
memories of this or my time before my arrival at the Eldar craftworld
but from what I've been told I tried to escape from the upset Eldar.
"What is a craftworld?" Ami interjected.
"A craftworld is basically a self-contained spaceship the size of a
small planet. As for the reason why the Eldar live on these craftworlds,
I could tell you but not right now. Now back to the story. Somehow when
I tried to make my escape I accidentally came upon a truly ancient
artefact. An artefact that held an equally ancient prophecy, I might
add. This artefact attached itself to me and changed me a bit." It was
rather obvious that he wasn't telling everything about the artefact.
"The Eldar were at a loss as how to deal with me. I fulfilled the
prophecy but I still was a Mon-Keigh. A civil war almost broke out
because of my presence. In the end they allowed me to live and I was
slowly allowed to gain a place in the Eldar society. I became a warrior
and helped the Eldar survive. Ultimately I gained the trust of all
Eldar, although it took almost a thousand years, and they truly believed
that I was the person the prophecy had spoken of. However, disaster
struck."
He took a shuddering breath before he continued. "My wife and daughter
became victims of a dark and horrible god called Slaanesh. Slaanesh was
the Chaos god of perverse pleasure and the nemesis of the Eldar race.
When I found my wife and daughter, my mind went blank. A year later I
woke up on an Eldar spaceship carrying me back to the craftworld. From
what I've been told, I went into a berserk rage that ended with the
destruction of Slaanesh. In the aftermath two other Chaos gods Khorne,
the Chaos god of war, and Tzeentch, the Chaos god of magic, disappeared
when they battled to claim the former domains of Slaanesh."
"I on the other hand was a total wreck. I hadn't had time to grieve my
family and to me, the almost complete victory over the Chaos gods, was a
poor consolation. However I got a second chance. I was somehow
transported to yet another dimension and from there the shifts only
became more and more frequent. A thousand years has passed since I last
saw an Eldar and here I am now. The next shift will probably occur in a
year or two and then I'll no longer be a problem to you. Now, can you
believe me when I yet again state that I'm not your enemy?"
The senshi looked at each other trying to decide what to do. He seemed
sincere and his story was really to complex for just a fabrication.
Coming to a silent conclusion Usagi spoke up for all the Senshi "Ok, we
trust you... for now."
"Are you sure that is wise, Usagi" Luna frowned at her. "For all we
know, he could be some kind of infiltrator."
"Oh shut up Luna! You're just being paranoid. Besides you weren't there
at the fight. You should have seen his weapons. They are so advanced
that he could probably destroy the moon." She said jokingly.
"Actually they can." Ranma answered truthfully.
All the Senshi turned and glared at him.
Ranma couldn't help sweat dropping under the combined glare of nine
girls and two talking cats and understandably he fidgeted somewhat when
he spoke "Uhm, well you see... well, you know the shoulder gun I fired
during the fight?" All the senshi nodded while continuing their unified
glare. "Well depending on what power source I use, I could potentially
destroy this entire solar system. I normally use water, antimatter or
even protoculture but I have a few canisters loaded with Omega
particles."
Ami gasped and paled visibly when he mentioned this. The other Senshi
couldn't help but to notice. "Ami? Could you please explain what this
stuff does?" Usagi asked with worry in her voice. Ami took a few breaths
to calm herself before she spoke up. "I only know the theory but an
omega particle is supposedly the most complex particle that exist. And
since the more complex a particle gets, the more energy it contains, the
most complex one should theoretically hold unimaginable amounts energy."
"Couldn't be more right." Ranma answered. "I can understand your worry,
believe me, I know first hand what even one Omega particle can do, so I
constantly worry about it myself. Each canister is carefully stored in a
separate parallel dimension to myself, which should prevent any large-
scale destruction of the dimension I reside in although I can't be
totally sure of that. Omega particles are way to unstable and too rare
to experiment on."
"Well I forbid you from EVER using them!" Usagi almost yelled. Satisfied
that she had made her point clear, she narrowed her eyes in suspicion.
"You said you did something to Setsuna... If you hurt her..." She left
the threat hanging.
"Relax, I only did a revised Vulcan mind meld. It does hurt when it's
applied, but Setsuna was unconscious when I performed it so she didn't
feel a thing, except maybe a headache in an hour or two."
"Thanks for the warning." Setsuna replied dryly.
"And exactly why did you do this mind thingy, and what does it do?"
Usagi asked.
"My version of it allows for a constant link between two minds, in this
case mine and Setsuna's. Thanks to it, I can sense what Setsuna is
currently thinking of and vice versa." He turned to Setsuna with a smirk
on his face. "What am I thinking Setsuna?" Setsuna blushed and replied
with "Pervert." Ranma only chuckled and turned back to the others. "This
was the only way I could convince her not to constantly attack me at
first sight, since she now can feel if I am planning anything against
you. Other than that I also made a deal to help you out."
"Is this true?" Usagi asked Setsuna.
Setsuna sighed. "Yes, as much as I would like to see him dead or worse I
cannot find any evil intentions in him."
"Yeah I love you too." Ranma deadpanned.
Setsuna levelled a truly horrifying glare at Ranma, while the other
Senshi snickered. However Setsuna's glare turned into an evil grin as
she formed a plan to get him back. She stood up and walked over to
Artemis and picked him up.
"Hey! What gives?" Artemis yelled undignified.
"Oh nothing, right Ranma?" Setsuna said while grinning like a madman.
Ranma started to fidget where he sat. "Uhm, please stop that."
"Oh come on. Don't tell me the big bad dimension traveller got a problem
with a little kitty?" Setsuna said as if she talked to a small child.
She slowly stepped closer to Ranma, and he visibly got more and more
nervous as she came closer.
"Yeah, the big bad dimension traveller with really nifty guns and cool
equipment is afraid of cats, happy now? I've had a phobia for cats for
as long as I can remember, though I'm fine as long as they don't touch
me. Now put the damn thing away! No offence, of course."
"None taken..." Both Luna and Artemis answered while the Senshi rolled
around on the floor laughing.
Ranma cleared his throat to get their attention "Now as I was saying
earlier, before someone..." Now it was Ranma that levelled a glare.
Setsuna just looked extremely smug and ignored him. The other Senshi
just snickered some more. "...decided to play a practical joke on me, I
had to make a deal with Setsuna. The deal consists of three parts. First
and foremost I promise to protect this planet to the best of my
abilities. Secondly I will do what I can to ensure Crystal Tokyo. Third
and last, I will train you to be better fighters."
Noticing some of scowls he got from some of the Senshi he continued
before they could comment. "Yeah some of you might think your good
fighters but you are not even beginners compared to most of my friends.
I have two millennia of experience, spread over hundreds of dimensions,
in almost every possible field of fighting, from one-on-one to spaceship
battles involving thousands of craft. When it comes to fighting there's
not really anyone better than me." He seemed strangely sad when he said
this.
Ranma stood up and stretched. "Well I think that is enough for today,
don't you agree?"
Usagi was quick to agree, but the others especially Ami still had a
bunch of questions. Not that it helped that they all started asking
questions at the same time.
Ranma only held up his hand to stop them. "No, I won't answer any more
questions right now. Tell you what, I'll be back in a week to start your
training, and if time allows it, I'll be more than happy to answer any
questions and maybe even tell a story or two about my travels."
"Where are you going then?" Ami asked.
"I'm gonna check out this planet and see if there's anything I've missed
with my preliminary scans. It is always good to 'know the map' so to
speak, especially if you're a dimension traveller. Besides, I reckon
that my somewhat explosive entry onto this planet has gotten the
attention of more than one secret agency and possibly some evil villains
and/or people bent on world domination."
Rei couldn't understand his attitude; to her it was like he was bragging
about how high and mighty he was. "Yeah, right 'Mister Important'. Like
that's gonna happen."
Ranma only rolled his eyes; he had already learned not to expect any
less from Rei. "It has happened before, and I'm quite sure it will
happen again. It wouldn't surprise me if there already was some sort of
agency charged with the task of monitoring super powered persons such as
your little group."
Now this shut up Rei, and all the others nervously started looking
around as if they were expecting to find anyone spying on them. 'Heh,
talk about being paranoid.' Ranma smiled to himself. 'Still, I could
probably pull a prank or two.'
Oh no you don't!'
The unexpected voice in his head startled Ranma. Huh? Setsuna was that
you?
Setsuna's almost permanent glare at Ranma slowly turned into a frown as
she turned to look at him. What are you doing?
I could ask you the same thing. To me it seems that we can somehow
communicate through each other's mind but it should not be possible. The
mind meld should only allow pictures to go through. Strange...
Setsuna's frown deepened. Are you sure it's safe?
Well I can't think of any reason for it to be unsafe. The original
Vulcan mind meld worked more like this so I don't think it's any
problem. However I will look into it just in case.
Setsuna let out a sigh of relief. Ok then, so where are you going now?
I told you that already, or haven't you been paying attention? He
almost scolded her.
Yeah, you did but you didn't say anything about where or how you'll be
living.
So you do care for me! Ranma replied with a grin.
Setsuna only shook her head and returned glaring at him.
He chuckled in response Right, should have known better. I'll be
leaving now anyway.
Can one hope for the chance of you not returning? Setsuna asked in a
hopeful tone.
Nope.
Damn...
They both turned to let the others know they were leaving only to find
themselves being stared at.
Uhm, I wonder if we looked strange when we talked to each other...
That would be my first guess.
"Uhm, I think I'll leave now." Ranma said while almost running out of
the shrine. Setsuna was not far behind; she didn't want to answer any
questions, as she was sure the others would jump to conclusions. She
shivered at that thought, there was no way she would let them believe
there was something going on between her and Ranma, other than plans for
killing him.
"What was that all about?" Minako asked no one in particular.
"Beats me" Usagi answered for all of them.
***
Nabiki had a headache. As soon as she saw the news clip of Ranma, she
had worked hard to gather everyone that would be interested in Ranma's
return. She knew that if anyone of the usual loons in Nerima had seen
the news, they would be itching to find Ranma. That was in it self not
so bad, but anything concerning Ranma would invariably mean that the
Tendo Dojo would see some action.
Nabiki was also concerned about more riots. If the loon squad got over
to Juuban, it too might get seriously damaged, just like what happened
in Nerima. The government had employed her, along with several other
people in Nerima to prevent more outbreaks of rioting. It had sounded
like a good idea at the time since the pay was good, but right now
Nabiki wished she hadn't went along it.
As she came down from the upper floor and heard all the shouts,
commotion and bickering coming from the living room, she wished she had
at least two boxes of Aspirin available. She walked up to the entrance
and sighed at the chaos.
Soun was in another one of his crying fits, ranting about how the
schools never could be joined. Genma was cursing and muttering about how
useless Ranma was. Kuno tried glomping Akane, just as Mousse tried
glomping Shampoo. Both only got violence in return for their shows of
affection. Ukyo and Kodachi tried to stare each other to death. The only
calm people were Kasumi (Nothing strange with that.), Nodoka, Cologne
and Happosai (Now that was REALLY strange). Ryoga was the only one that
Nabiki had not been able to reach, but considering his infamous sense of
direction, that wasn't a surprise.
She was rather proud that she had been able to gather everyone with such
short notice (With the exception of Ryoga of course.), and without them
knowing what had transpired over in Juuban. When she had seen the news
clip she prayed that no one important had seen the news at the same time
as her. Apparently her prayer had been answered, since they were all
here and accounted for.
Nabiki cleared her throat to get everybody's attention. Nothing
happened. She tried again and yet again failed to clear the chaos. She
rubbed her temples in irritation.
"Will you just SHUT UP!" She yelled. Now that got their attention.
Everyone turned to watch her.
She took a deep breath before she continued. "As you might have guessed,
I have information concerning the whereabouts of Ranma." She continued
before they had a chance to start the chaos again. "However before I
start I want you to know that if you don't shut up and listen to what I
have to say, I'll charge each one of you 100 000 yen as punishment. As
for the Kunos, the amount is 1 million yen."
Everyone present, even the half-insane Kunos, knew that Nabiki wouldn't
hesitate carrying out a threat involving money so they wisely chose to
shut up.
Nabiki glanced at her watch. 18:00 "It's time." She said while switching
on the TV and flipping to the right channel.
"Good afternoon." A male newsreader announced. "Today's top story is the
latest attack in the Juuban district of Tokyo. At 15:00 a huge unknown
force attacked downtown Juuban in what eyewitnesses describes as a
takeover attempt. While the famous Sailor Senshi was present to counter
the attack, a new person that totally decimated the attackers
interrupted. This is footage taken from the actual scene."
The screen changed to give a full view of the battle that had transpired
three hours earlier. Nabiki was still amazed by the ferocity of Ranma's
attack, despite having already seen this footage. The others present
didn't even utter a sound.
The battle ended and was replaced by interviews of eyewitnesses and
speculations of who this mystery man was and why the Sailor Senshi
seemed to have a problem with this new person. The news announcer
finished with relating government's usual denial of all knowledge or
involvement.
Nabiki choose that moment to shut off the TV. She turned to face the
assembled group. "Now you know."
Nobody spoke for several minutes. Ukyo was the first to break the
silence. "Why did he call himself Wildman?"
"How should I know that?" Nabiki answered in a tired voice. "He was gone
for a week. For all we know he could have gone to hell and heaven and
conquered both."
Kuno decided to share his 'wisdom'. "So the cur has ties to hell and
defiled heaven. I must smite him!" He rose from his place only to be
smashed by one of Shampoo's Bonbori.
"Thanks for shutting him up." Nabiki said to Shampoo.
Shampoo only grinned. "Stupid stick-boy need lesson."
"Look, it's entirely possible that he has lost his memories." Nabiki
continued. "There are too many questions that need to be answered, so I
strongly suggest that not one of you decides to find Ranma. At least not
until I've been able to gather more info. In fact, I'll take it upon
myself to bring him here. Is that ok with you?"
Most people nodded to that. Genma however decided to do a Kuno. "No! We
must find him a bring him over now so the schools can be joined."
"Yes, without him the schools are doomed!" Soun followed Genma's lead.
"Shut up you two." Happousai interjected.
"But Master..." Soun started but he quickly shut up when Happousai
glared at him
"Earlier today I felt a strong aura at the same location that the news
said. I dismissed it since Juuban is famous for strange occurrences, but
now that I think back to it, it couldn't have been anyone else than
Ranma. However seeing him on TV only confirms what I felt earlier;
something is not right with the boy. If you bring in him in now, I have
no idea what will happen."
"As much as I hate to admit it, I have to agree with him." Now everyone
turned to Cologne. "I too dismissed the aura I felt from Juuban, since
it was so... wrong. I'm actually inclined to say that the aura was
evil."
"Evil?!" Ukyo exclaimed. "C'mon this is Ran-chan we are talking about.
He can't be evil."
Cologne held up a hand to stop any other comments. "I'm not saying that
he is evil, merely that the aura had traces of what could be considered
as evil. For all we know, he might be possessed or he may have learned a
way to harness evil energy."
"So the foul sorcerer shows his true colours. I must smit..." Kuno
didn't get any further since he yet again was smashed by Shampoo.
Nabiki sighed. "Now, can we agree that I'm in charge of bringing Ranma
here? Unless he decides to visit us, no one is allowed to seek him out,
understood? And that goes for you too Kuno-baby."
Everyone, even Kuno and Kodachi, agreed that Nabiki was to find Ranma.
Quickly after that they started bickering again. Nabiki rubbed her
temples. She really wished she had a box or two of aspirin.
End Chapter Two
*** - - - - ***
This is supposed to be a somewhat dark story. Doesn't seem like it,
right? Don't worry, Ranma's apparent light-hearted attitude will be
explained later. I've already hinted some of Ranma's dark past and it
should be apparent that his story isn't pretty. The next chapter will
see him dealing with the Nerima Wrecking Crew. He will not stand and
take any shit from them that's for sure.
If you wish to contact me then do so at:
kenneth@gon.nu or kenneth.lonnberg@bodenonline.com
My works will be available at:
My own page - http://www.angelfire.com/anime4/macvf1fanfic
And when they get around to update/accept my fics, these sites will
also feature my fics:
Lady Cosmo's Fanfic Library - http://ladycosmos.anifics.com/
Ranchan & co. Crossing bridges - http://tannim.anifics.com/
for the idea behind it and even that is mostly blatantly stolen from a
multitude of sources. And if you don't like that, then SUE ME! Uhm, why
are you all staring at me like that? No, it was a joke! Really! No,
don't take my computer, no, not my videogames, no, not my cat!!!
NOOOOOOOO!!!! *Sounds of a man being stripped of everything he own can
be heard. * (Does anyone know that sound effect BTW?)
Timelines: Everything in the canon Ranma ½ has happened in this fan
fiction with the exception of the Saffron incident. Only the Ranma ½
reference in this fan fiction will use a modified timeline. Any other
references will really just use the characters without any complex plots
and/or situations.
Age rating: If you can understand all the crap I'm spouting then you are
definitely old enough to read this fan fiction.
"Japanese "
*Thoughts*
Mind meld
Kenneth Lönnberg aka Macross_VF1 proudly presents:
Balance of Chaos
Chapter 2: The beginning and the end
*** - - - - ***
"Well that was fun." The man who had introduced himself as Wildman
deadpanned. He looked down on himself and sighed. "Damn, the fools got
lucky." His weapons and bulky armour disappeared while he started
fingering the cracks in his right breastplate as if measuring how badly
damaged it were. He stopped and pressed a button on his wrist and with a
loud hiss and a release of steam the breastplate came loose. Wildman
grabbed the plate and calmly dropped it to the ground while a new one
materialized out of thin air. The dropped plate made a loud *Thump*
against the concrete, indicating that it was quite heavy.
Sailor Pluto did not like this person. He had used energy that she
interpreted as evil. Secondly, being the Guardian of Time also made her
sensitive to Space-Time anomalies. And boy, did she feel a space-time
anomaly when this guy showed up. His somewhat fearsome appearance and
his cold-blooded and almost mechanical slaughter of the enemy only
further convinced her that this guy was not exactly the nicest person to
have around. She quickly checked the Time Gate and found to her surprise
that it was working again. She almost gasped out loud, when she checked
the time stream. The most common possibility was that Earth was
destroyed. The second possibility did have a healthy Earth, but no
Crystal Tokyo.
While Wildman changed the damaged armour, the Sailor Senshi, with the
exception of Pluto had watched with stunned expressions. Sailor Pluto
took a step forward, certain that the other Senshi would follow her
lead, when she attacked. Sailor Mercury snapped out of her daze when she
saw what Pluto was planning.
"Pluto, stop!" She cried out.
All the Senshi stopped and looked at her. Pluto raised an eyebrow. "And
why not, Mercury? This... person is a huge threat to the timeline. I
think you of all people would agree with me on that."
"Yeah, but he asked me to stop you from attacking him."
"Oh? And when did you talk to him?"
"Uhm... well... he hacked the Mercury computer..." Mercury answered
looking somewhat ashamed.
"Yup I sure did, but that was only because it was the closest
connection. I'm sorry about it though."
Now all the Senshi turned to Wildman. He looked at them with a wild grin
and a mischievous glint in his eyes.
"You!" Pluto hissed.
"Satan is that you?" Wildman replied in mock surprise.
"Don't think we will be fooled by your appearance, negaverse scum!"
"Oh! Venom is dripping from you when you speak! Please, let me take a
sample to study!"
Pluto didn't really now how to respond to that except with brutal force.
"Dead Scream." She whispered.
Wildman merely sidestepped the attack, while changing his expression
from playful to deadly serious. "Hmph, what's your problem, really?
Maybe it's that time of the month? It's not like I'm planning to stay
long, I'll probably leave this pathetic piece of dirt you call a planet
to find someplace that's a little more friendly. Maybe hell or
something. Besides didn't you watch me 5 minutes ago? I took out an
entire attack force of hostile aliens and a spaceship by myself,
something I doubt that you could do. Believe me when I say this: You
DON'T want to mess with me."
Pluto however didn't really listen to him, she was preoccupied being
pissed off and she prepared another attack. Wildman only shook his head
before counterattacking. Just as Pluto was about to launch a second dead
scream, she suddenly found Wildman in front of her with his fist planted
in her gut. "Impossible..." was Pluto's last thought before
unconsciousness claimed her.
The other Senshi had not had time to react to Wildman's attack as he
seemingly disappeared only to reappear in front of Pluto. He quickly
held up a hand in a gesture of peace. "You go back to your headquarter
or whatever you call and I'll drop by with Pluto in an hour."
"What are you going to do to her?" Sailor Moon asked with a worried
expression while the other senshi prepared to attack in a desperate
attempt of retaliation and hopefully rescue Pluto, though most of them
still doubted their ability to actually defeat this foe.
"I'm going to her 'home' and hopefully talk some sense into her.
Whatever you may think now, you must believe me when I say that I'm not
your enemy." As if sensing the next question he continued "And if you
think that my attack on Pluto proves otherwise, think again. Remember,
SHE attacked ME first." He carefully picked up Pluto in his arms and a
portal opened beside him. "Oh, by the way, I know quite well where your
'headquarters' is so don't worry about that" He stepped into the portal
with Pluto and vanished. The Senshi just stood there for a minute trying
in their own way to figure out what had truly happened and how to react
to it. The sounds of approaching police, ambulance and fire-vehicles
however didn't let them think for long.
"Ok, let's go to our headquarters." Sailor Moon exclaimed.
"Hey! Since when did I allow you to call my home a headquarters?" Rei
protested.
"Oh quiet Mars."
***
It took only 15 minutes to return to the Hikawa Shrine. Unfortunately
the following 40 minutes was not exactly used in an efficient manner.
Usagi complained about nothing to eat while reading Rei's mangas. Rei
ranted about how they should kill this new enemy. Of course she also
yelled quite at Usagi for reading her manga and not acting as a leader.
Minako and Makoto were naturally worried about Setsuna, but they were
mostly preoccupied with dreams of this new and handsome guy. Makoto
obviously stated that Wildman looked just like her old boyfriend. Ami
didn't say much except for answering questions on Wildman's capabilities
while trying to figure out just how he had connected and hacked the
Mercury Computer. Haruka and Michiru tried to form some type of battle
plan but that was a lost cause with all the chaos going on around them.
Hotaru just sat silent and prayed that Setsuna was all right. The moon
cats didn't understand much of all the commotion except that a new enemy
had supposedly kidnapped Setsuna.
Somehow in the midst of this chaos they finally agreed on a sort of
battle plan. Five minutes before the allotted time ran out they would
hide themselves around the shrine and the shrine grounds just in case
this Wildman had lied to them about not being their enemy.
***
A portal shimmered into existence in the middle of the shrine grounds
and a man recognizable as Wildman stepped out. He quickly glanced around
and held out a hand to the portal. A slender hand reached out and took
the offered hand and Pluto stepped out.
"See? My way isn't so bad." Wildman cheerfully proclaimed.
Pluto only glared at Wildman.
"C'mon, you've gotta loosen up. It can't be healthy for you using that
glare all the time. Besides you'll get wrinkles."
Pluto intensified her glare.
"Oh well, suit yourself. Now what do we have here..." He smirked as he
looked around again. "Heh, one might think that you've set up an ambush.
Now come out in the open." He ordered.
No answer came.
Wildman rolled his eyes "Please, do you really want me to embarrass you
further by actually having to drag each of you out of hiding?" He
pointed to a bush "There's Sailor Mars." A stone "Sailor Saturn." A tree
"Sailor Venus. I can tell where more of you are but where's the point in
that? Now come out!"
Now he got a reaction as the Senshi slowly came out of their respective
hiding places and gathered on the yard looking somewhat dumb since they
couldn't figure out just how he had known where they had hid.
"My, aren't you girls cute." Wildman commented with a smile.
Most of the girls blushed at that comment but Mars predictably blowed up
in fury instead. "What are you, a pervert?"
Wildman calmly replied with a shrug. "Been there, done that."
That wasn't exactly the response she was expecting but Mars didn't let
such a small thing stop her. "What have you done to Pluto? I swear if
you have harmed her I'll kill you!"
"Other than doing a revised version of a Vulcan mind meld, she's just
fine. Besides you shouldn't be angry all the time. It will make you
dumber by killing your brain cells."
The other senshi snickered at this comment and only made Mars angrier.
However before she could retort, Pluto cut her off. "Please Mars, calm
down, I'm perfectly fine. Everything will be explained. Let's go into
the shrine."
Satisfied with the answer, Mars and the rest of the senshi went into the
shrine with Wildman and Pluto following behind them.
***
When they entered the shrine, Wildman told them to drop the disguises.
It took a little convincing but when he told them that he could
recognize them by their aura, as demonstrated earlier, they finally
agreed and introduced their real life personas.
As soon as everyone had settled down, Wildman spoke up. "I suppose you
want to know who and what I am." He paused to gauge their reactions.
Satisfied that he had their attention he continued. "My name is Wildman,
Ranma Wildman. Well actually Ranma is the only name I can truly claim
for myself. Some two millennia ago I was somehow transported to another
dimension" Now this truly captured their attention. "I don't know why or
how it happened but when I woke up I found myself in the care of a race
called the Eldar. The Eldar are tall and lithe with pointy ears. They
are truly beautiful to behold. They are also proud and a bit arrogant.
If you could imagine an elf then you can imagine an Eldar except that
the Eldar are highly advanced."
He smiled at the memory. "Now the Eldar are on the verge of extinction
due to a very tragic moment in their history and they struggle to
survive, especially against humans, which incidentally are viewed as
nothing more than filthy barbarians or Mon-Keigh as the Eldar prefer to
call humans. Now imagine me, a 'lowly' Mon-Keigh, coming from nowhere
into the very core of their most holy sanctum. To say that they were
upset is an understatement. Something happened though. I don't have any
memories of this or my time before my arrival at the Eldar craftworld
but from what I've been told I tried to escape from the upset Eldar.
"What is a craftworld?" Ami interjected.
"A craftworld is basically a self-contained spaceship the size of a
small planet. As for the reason why the Eldar live on these craftworlds,
I could tell you but not right now. Now back to the story. Somehow when
I tried to make my escape I accidentally came upon a truly ancient
artefact. An artefact that held an equally ancient prophecy, I might
add. This artefact attached itself to me and changed me a bit." It was
rather obvious that he wasn't telling everything about the artefact.
"The Eldar were at a loss as how to deal with me. I fulfilled the
prophecy but I still was a Mon-Keigh. A civil war almost broke out
because of my presence. In the end they allowed me to live and I was
slowly allowed to gain a place in the Eldar society. I became a warrior
and helped the Eldar survive. Ultimately I gained the trust of all
Eldar, although it took almost a thousand years, and they truly believed
that I was the person the prophecy had spoken of. However, disaster
struck."
He took a shuddering breath before he continued. "My wife and daughter
became victims of a dark and horrible god called Slaanesh. Slaanesh was
the Chaos god of perverse pleasure and the nemesis of the Eldar race.
When I found my wife and daughter, my mind went blank. A year later I
woke up on an Eldar spaceship carrying me back to the craftworld. From
what I've been told, I went into a berserk rage that ended with the
destruction of Slaanesh. In the aftermath two other Chaos gods Khorne,
the Chaos god of war, and Tzeentch, the Chaos god of magic, disappeared
when they battled to claim the former domains of Slaanesh."
"I on the other hand was a total wreck. I hadn't had time to grieve my
family and to me, the almost complete victory over the Chaos gods, was a
poor consolation. However I got a second chance. I was somehow
transported to yet another dimension and from there the shifts only
became more and more frequent. A thousand years has passed since I last
saw an Eldar and here I am now. The next shift will probably occur in a
year or two and then I'll no longer be a problem to you. Now, can you
believe me when I yet again state that I'm not your enemy?"
The senshi looked at each other trying to decide what to do. He seemed
sincere and his story was really to complex for just a fabrication.
Coming to a silent conclusion Usagi spoke up for all the Senshi "Ok, we
trust you... for now."
"Are you sure that is wise, Usagi" Luna frowned at her. "For all we
know, he could be some kind of infiltrator."
"Oh shut up Luna! You're just being paranoid. Besides you weren't there
at the fight. You should have seen his weapons. They are so advanced
that he could probably destroy the moon." She said jokingly.
"Actually they can." Ranma answered truthfully.
All the Senshi turned and glared at him.
Ranma couldn't help sweat dropping under the combined glare of nine
girls and two talking cats and understandably he fidgeted somewhat when
he spoke "Uhm, well you see... well, you know the shoulder gun I fired
during the fight?" All the senshi nodded while continuing their unified
glare. "Well depending on what power source I use, I could potentially
destroy this entire solar system. I normally use water, antimatter or
even protoculture but I have a few canisters loaded with Omega
particles."
Ami gasped and paled visibly when he mentioned this. The other Senshi
couldn't help but to notice. "Ami? Could you please explain what this
stuff does?" Usagi asked with worry in her voice. Ami took a few breaths
to calm herself before she spoke up. "I only know the theory but an
omega particle is supposedly the most complex particle that exist. And
since the more complex a particle gets, the more energy it contains, the
most complex one should theoretically hold unimaginable amounts energy."
"Couldn't be more right." Ranma answered. "I can understand your worry,
believe me, I know first hand what even one Omega particle can do, so I
constantly worry about it myself. Each canister is carefully stored in a
separate parallel dimension to myself, which should prevent any large-
scale destruction of the dimension I reside in although I can't be
totally sure of that. Omega particles are way to unstable and too rare
to experiment on."
"Well I forbid you from EVER using them!" Usagi almost yelled. Satisfied
that she had made her point clear, she narrowed her eyes in suspicion.
"You said you did something to Setsuna... If you hurt her..." She left
the threat hanging.
"Relax, I only did a revised Vulcan mind meld. It does hurt when it's
applied, but Setsuna was unconscious when I performed it so she didn't
feel a thing, except maybe a headache in an hour or two."
"Thanks for the warning." Setsuna replied dryly.
"And exactly why did you do this mind thingy, and what does it do?"
Usagi asked.
"My version of it allows for a constant link between two minds, in this
case mine and Setsuna's. Thanks to it, I can sense what Setsuna is
currently thinking of and vice versa." He turned to Setsuna with a smirk
on his face. "What am I thinking Setsuna?" Setsuna blushed and replied
with "Pervert." Ranma only chuckled and turned back to the others. "This
was the only way I could convince her not to constantly attack me at
first sight, since she now can feel if I am planning anything against
you. Other than that I also made a deal to help you out."
"Is this true?" Usagi asked Setsuna.
Setsuna sighed. "Yes, as much as I would like to see him dead or worse I
cannot find any evil intentions in him."
"Yeah I love you too." Ranma deadpanned.
Setsuna levelled a truly horrifying glare at Ranma, while the other
Senshi snickered. However Setsuna's glare turned into an evil grin as
she formed a plan to get him back. She stood up and walked over to
Artemis and picked him up.
"Hey! What gives?" Artemis yelled undignified.
"Oh nothing, right Ranma?" Setsuna said while grinning like a madman.
Ranma started to fidget where he sat. "Uhm, please stop that."
"Oh come on. Don't tell me the big bad dimension traveller got a problem
with a little kitty?" Setsuna said as if she talked to a small child.
She slowly stepped closer to Ranma, and he visibly got more and more
nervous as she came closer.
"Yeah, the big bad dimension traveller with really nifty guns and cool
equipment is afraid of cats, happy now? I've had a phobia for cats for
as long as I can remember, though I'm fine as long as they don't touch
me. Now put the damn thing away! No offence, of course."
"None taken..." Both Luna and Artemis answered while the Senshi rolled
around on the floor laughing.
Ranma cleared his throat to get their attention "Now as I was saying
earlier, before someone..." Now it was Ranma that levelled a glare.
Setsuna just looked extremely smug and ignored him. The other Senshi
just snickered some more. "...decided to play a practical joke on me, I
had to make a deal with Setsuna. The deal consists of three parts. First
and foremost I promise to protect this planet to the best of my
abilities. Secondly I will do what I can to ensure Crystal Tokyo. Third
and last, I will train you to be better fighters."
Noticing some of scowls he got from some of the Senshi he continued
before they could comment. "Yeah some of you might think your good
fighters but you are not even beginners compared to most of my friends.
I have two millennia of experience, spread over hundreds of dimensions,
in almost every possible field of fighting, from one-on-one to spaceship
battles involving thousands of craft. When it comes to fighting there's
not really anyone better than me." He seemed strangely sad when he said
this.
Ranma stood up and stretched. "Well I think that is enough for today,
don't you agree?"
Usagi was quick to agree, but the others especially Ami still had a
bunch of questions. Not that it helped that they all started asking
questions at the same time.
Ranma only held up his hand to stop them. "No, I won't answer any more
questions right now. Tell you what, I'll be back in a week to start your
training, and if time allows it, I'll be more than happy to answer any
questions and maybe even tell a story or two about my travels."
"Where are you going then?" Ami asked.
"I'm gonna check out this planet and see if there's anything I've missed
with my preliminary scans. It is always good to 'know the map' so to
speak, especially if you're a dimension traveller. Besides, I reckon
that my somewhat explosive entry onto this planet has gotten the
attention of more than one secret agency and possibly some evil villains
and/or people bent on world domination."
Rei couldn't understand his attitude; to her it was like he was bragging
about how high and mighty he was. "Yeah, right 'Mister Important'. Like
that's gonna happen."
Ranma only rolled his eyes; he had already learned not to expect any
less from Rei. "It has happened before, and I'm quite sure it will
happen again. It wouldn't surprise me if there already was some sort of
agency charged with the task of monitoring super powered persons such as
your little group."
Now this shut up Rei, and all the others nervously started looking
around as if they were expecting to find anyone spying on them. 'Heh,
talk about being paranoid.' Ranma smiled to himself. 'Still, I could
probably pull a prank or two.'
Oh no you don't!'
The unexpected voice in his head startled Ranma. Huh? Setsuna was that
you?
Setsuna's almost permanent glare at Ranma slowly turned into a frown as
she turned to look at him. What are you doing?
I could ask you the same thing. To me it seems that we can somehow
communicate through each other's mind but it should not be possible. The
mind meld should only allow pictures to go through. Strange...
Setsuna's frown deepened. Are you sure it's safe?
Well I can't think of any reason for it to be unsafe. The original
Vulcan mind meld worked more like this so I don't think it's any
problem. However I will look into it just in case.
Setsuna let out a sigh of relief. Ok then, so where are you going now?
I told you that already, or haven't you been paying attention? He
almost scolded her.
Yeah, you did but you didn't say anything about where or how you'll be
living.
So you do care for me! Ranma replied with a grin.
Setsuna only shook her head and returned glaring at him.
He chuckled in response Right, should have known better. I'll be
leaving now anyway.
Can one hope for the chance of you not returning? Setsuna asked in a
hopeful tone.
Nope.
Damn...
They both turned to let the others know they were leaving only to find
themselves being stared at.
Uhm, I wonder if we looked strange when we talked to each other...
That would be my first guess.
"Uhm, I think I'll leave now." Ranma said while almost running out of
the shrine. Setsuna was not far behind; she didn't want to answer any
questions, as she was sure the others would jump to conclusions. She
shivered at that thought, there was no way she would let them believe
there was something going on between her and Ranma, other than plans for
killing him.
"What was that all about?" Minako asked no one in particular.
"Beats me" Usagi answered for all of them.
***
Nabiki had a headache. As soon as she saw the news clip of Ranma, she
had worked hard to gather everyone that would be interested in Ranma's
return. She knew that if anyone of the usual loons in Nerima had seen
the news, they would be itching to find Ranma. That was in it self not
so bad, but anything concerning Ranma would invariably mean that the
Tendo Dojo would see some action.
Nabiki was also concerned about more riots. If the loon squad got over
to Juuban, it too might get seriously damaged, just like what happened
in Nerima. The government had employed her, along with several other
people in Nerima to prevent more outbreaks of rioting. It had sounded
like a good idea at the time since the pay was good, but right now
Nabiki wished she hadn't went along it.
As she came down from the upper floor and heard all the shouts,
commotion and bickering coming from the living room, she wished she had
at least two boxes of Aspirin available. She walked up to the entrance
and sighed at the chaos.
Soun was in another one of his crying fits, ranting about how the
schools never could be joined. Genma was cursing and muttering about how
useless Ranma was. Kuno tried glomping Akane, just as Mousse tried
glomping Shampoo. Both only got violence in return for their shows of
affection. Ukyo and Kodachi tried to stare each other to death. The only
calm people were Kasumi (Nothing strange with that.), Nodoka, Cologne
and Happosai (Now that was REALLY strange). Ryoga was the only one that
Nabiki had not been able to reach, but considering his infamous sense of
direction, that wasn't a surprise.
She was rather proud that she had been able to gather everyone with such
short notice (With the exception of Ryoga of course.), and without them
knowing what had transpired over in Juuban. When she had seen the news
clip she prayed that no one important had seen the news at the same time
as her. Apparently her prayer had been answered, since they were all
here and accounted for.
Nabiki cleared her throat to get everybody's attention. Nothing
happened. She tried again and yet again failed to clear the chaos. She
rubbed her temples in irritation.
"Will you just SHUT UP!" She yelled. Now that got their attention.
Everyone turned to watch her.
She took a deep breath before she continued. "As you might have guessed,
I have information concerning the whereabouts of Ranma." She continued
before they had a chance to start the chaos again. "However before I
start I want you to know that if you don't shut up and listen to what I
have to say, I'll charge each one of you 100 000 yen as punishment. As
for the Kunos, the amount is 1 million yen."
Everyone present, even the half-insane Kunos, knew that Nabiki wouldn't
hesitate carrying out a threat involving money so they wisely chose to
shut up.
Nabiki glanced at her watch. 18:00 "It's time." She said while switching
on the TV and flipping to the right channel.
"Good afternoon." A male newsreader announced. "Today's top story is the
latest attack in the Juuban district of Tokyo. At 15:00 a huge unknown
force attacked downtown Juuban in what eyewitnesses describes as a
takeover attempt. While the famous Sailor Senshi was present to counter
the attack, a new person that totally decimated the attackers
interrupted. This is footage taken from the actual scene."
The screen changed to give a full view of the battle that had transpired
three hours earlier. Nabiki was still amazed by the ferocity of Ranma's
attack, despite having already seen this footage. The others present
didn't even utter a sound.
The battle ended and was replaced by interviews of eyewitnesses and
speculations of who this mystery man was and why the Sailor Senshi
seemed to have a problem with this new person. The news announcer
finished with relating government's usual denial of all knowledge or
involvement.
Nabiki choose that moment to shut off the TV. She turned to face the
assembled group. "Now you know."
Nobody spoke for several minutes. Ukyo was the first to break the
silence. "Why did he call himself Wildman?"
"How should I know that?" Nabiki answered in a tired voice. "He was gone
for a week. For all we know he could have gone to hell and heaven and
conquered both."
Kuno decided to share his 'wisdom'. "So the cur has ties to hell and
defiled heaven. I must smite him!" He rose from his place only to be
smashed by one of Shampoo's Bonbori.
"Thanks for shutting him up." Nabiki said to Shampoo.
Shampoo only grinned. "Stupid stick-boy need lesson."
"Look, it's entirely possible that he has lost his memories." Nabiki
continued. "There are too many questions that need to be answered, so I
strongly suggest that not one of you decides to find Ranma. At least not
until I've been able to gather more info. In fact, I'll take it upon
myself to bring him here. Is that ok with you?"
Most people nodded to that. Genma however decided to do a Kuno. "No! We
must find him a bring him over now so the schools can be joined."
"Yes, without him the schools are doomed!" Soun followed Genma's lead.
"Shut up you two." Happousai interjected.
"But Master..." Soun started but he quickly shut up when Happousai
glared at him
"Earlier today I felt a strong aura at the same location that the news
said. I dismissed it since Juuban is famous for strange occurrences, but
now that I think back to it, it couldn't have been anyone else than
Ranma. However seeing him on TV only confirms what I felt earlier;
something is not right with the boy. If you bring in him in now, I have
no idea what will happen."
"As much as I hate to admit it, I have to agree with him." Now everyone
turned to Cologne. "I too dismissed the aura I felt from Juuban, since
it was so... wrong. I'm actually inclined to say that the aura was
evil."
"Evil?!" Ukyo exclaimed. "C'mon this is Ran-chan we are talking about.
He can't be evil."
Cologne held up a hand to stop any other comments. "I'm not saying that
he is evil, merely that the aura had traces of what could be considered
as evil. For all we know, he might be possessed or he may have learned a
way to harness evil energy."
"So the foul sorcerer shows his true colours. I must smit..." Kuno
didn't get any further since he yet again was smashed by Shampoo.
Nabiki sighed. "Now, can we agree that I'm in charge of bringing Ranma
here? Unless he decides to visit us, no one is allowed to seek him out,
understood? And that goes for you too Kuno-baby."
Everyone, even Kuno and Kodachi, agreed that Nabiki was to find Ranma.
Quickly after that they started bickering again. Nabiki rubbed her
temples. She really wished she had a box or two of aspirin.
End Chapter Two
*** - - - - ***
This is supposed to be a somewhat dark story. Doesn't seem like it,
right? Don't worry, Ranma's apparent light-hearted attitude will be
explained later. I've already hinted some of Ranma's dark past and it
should be apparent that his story isn't pretty. The next chapter will
see him dealing with the Nerima Wrecking Crew. He will not stand and
take any shit from them that's for sure.
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