Greeting all. Disclaimer is at the end.
eXtreme Measures
Setting: Just after Jusendo and just before the failed wedding.
The clear tenor voice literally sang the words "Change here."
The pebble made a small splash into Mimir's Well and several of the godlings craned their necks for a better view.
Toltiir (a.k.a. Puck, a.k.a. Trickster, a.k.a. etc) took one look at the scene and then turned towards the Angel. "Hark, even for one of the Herald Angels... you are weird."
"Thank you Elder. I think."
* * *
Nabiki sat back in her chair and pinched the bridge of her nose. 'All that work. For nothing.' She sighed and then looked at the paper that was sitting on her desk in front of her. Akane was going to freak. That was the only conclusion she could come to. It wasn't like she would cover this up for Akane and Ranma. It was too big and too important. "Damn. I should have known that anyone that overbearing about honor was hiding something. Damn you Nodoka."
A short time later..
"I'm WHAT!?! Nabiki, you gotta be shitting me!"
"I wish Sao... I wish Ranma. These are the results from the blood tests for your and Akane's wedding license."
Ranma winced at the wording and then looked helplessly at Akane. All of the hassles were for nothing. None of his fiancés were his. Even Kodachi wouldn't want him now. Well, Shampoo was still his fiancé. Oh joy, oh rapture. Ukyou was going to have a conniption, he just knew it. And Akane. well Akane was just sitting there looking at him.
Ranma sat back and started really thinking about what had just been revealed to him. Genma was not his father. Genma was not his father. Like a loop of bad film, Ranma's life began to play out in his head. What was worse was that it was in color. Everything Genma had done to him in order to make his 'son' a man among men... and he wasn't his son. Nodoka had had an affair. Nodoka had an affair... looking at Genma, it wasn't that much of a stretch not to blame her. *Wonder if Genma even knows...*
The front door opening and closing was enough to break the tension for a moment. That is until it became evident that it was Genma and Nodoka. As Ranma stood up and headed towards them, Nabiki watched as Akane got up and slowly headed upstairs.
"Mother, Genma, I need to talk to you." Neither one of them seemed to notice that he called him Genma and not Oyaji.
"We will be with you in a moment dear. As soon as..."
"No Mother. Now."
"Boy! What has gotten into you?" Genma bellowed. "You don't talk to your Mother that way!"
Ranma simply turned and looked at him. "Shut up Genma. I don't want to hear it from you right now."
"Oh really Boy!? We'll just see abou." The backhand came so fast, that Nabiki didn't even see it, only it's effect. Genma's head whipped around and he slammed into the wall. Hard.
"Ranma! What on earth has gotten into you?" Nodoka strode forward and glared at her son. "You will not treat your father so."
"My 'father'. Interesting word isn't it 'mother'?" Nodoka heard the stress that Ranma put into both of the words and she instantly paled.
Nabiki, sitting unnoticed over in the corner, shook her head. *Yep, Nodoka now knows that he knows. This is going to get ugly.* Then she realized that Genma was getting groggily to his feet. *Whoops, make that VERY ugly.*
Genma had just begun to tense for the leap towards his disgraceful boy when Ranma suddenly turned towards him. "Don't do it old man. I ain't joking this time."
Many things could (and have) been said about Genma Saotome. One thing that was true was that Genma had a very well developed sense of self- preservation. There was something in Ranma's eyes and the dead cold tone in his voice that told Genma that it was literally worth his life to not mess with the young martial artist right now.
Disregarding the older man as a non-threat, and without bothering to look at his mother, Ranma started towards the side door. "I'll be in the Dojo mother. I'd like to talk to you. Now."
Nabiki sat on the side porch and watched the Dojo intently. This was as near as Kasumi would let her go. Then again, after the third crash and flair of chi, she wasn't all that sure that she wanted to get any closer. It wasn't like she couldn't hear them anyway. She shook her head bemusedly. She was used to Ranma yelling occasionally, and the old moron yelled almost as much as her daddy cried, but she hadn't expected Nodoka to be a screamer. She definitely had not expected Ranma to yell at Nodoka. The sudden silence was like a physical blow, and she rocked back a little before bending forward as if into the wind.
An hour after it became quiet, the yelling commenced again. This time it was halted by Genma flying through the Dojo wall and into the koi pond, where the panda floated unconsciously. Amazingly, Nodoka and Ranma quietly exited. Nodoka headed directly towards the side exit without sparing the panda a look while Ranma headed directly towards Nabiki.
Nabiki sat back on her bed with her back against the headboard and looked up at Ranma. "Ok, let me get this straight. Your real father is some gaijin that your mother met at a party one of her cousin's had. She was so struck by how manly he was that she got drunk, had sex with him, and got pregnant. To cover it up, she married Genma right after finding out she was pregnant."
Ranma frowned at the way that Nabiki said what she had said, but then nodded in confirmation.
"Damn..." Nabiki muttered. "I should have known something was weird about you just by looking at you, but I didn't."
"Huh?"
"Your blue eyes Ranma. How many Japanese do you know with blue eyes?"
Ranma nodded and then said aloud "Yea, I get what you're saying. How many do you know with red hair?"
Nabiki's head snapped up a little as she stared him in the face. "That... That's a good question."
Silence reigned for a moment and then she asked the important question. "What are you going to do now Ranma? Daddy is furious, as if you can't tell." She was referring of course to the argument that could be heard coming from downstairs. Genma and Soun were on round two from the sounds of it.
Ranma straightened up from where he had been slouching against the wall. The old Ranma fire was still there in his eyes as he stared at her. "I'm gonna find him. Find out who and what he is." He said in a low even tone. He suddenly became subdued and lowered his gaze. He finished with a barely muttered "After that. I don't know anymore."
"Okaaaayyy." She drawled, and then changed topics. "Have you talked to Akane about this yet?"
"No. What's there to talk about? She already hated me before this. Now, I'm nameless AND a freak.
"Look Ranma, I know you two didn't get along to well sometimes, most of the time and I don't think that you two were ready to get married yet, but."
"Forget it Nabiki. Ranma sighed, shook his head, and then continued. "Look, I ain't a Saotome, your old man is blaming ME for this and wants me gone, Akane and I have NEVER been a real couple. Hell, I don't know for sure how I feel much less how she feels. Let's face it. We screwed up any chance of me and Akane ever being a couple."
"We?"
"Yea, 'we' Nabiki. Akane on account of her anger and her jealousy, me on account of my mouth and my pride, and you on account that you just couldn't leave things alone and your greed." Before Nabiki could interrupt him Ranma continued on. "Yea Nabiki, I know you needed the money for the house and all but sometimes you went to far and you know it. It was all our faults Nabiki."
"I... I guess you're right Ranma."
"Well, look at the bright side Nabiki." Ranma's lip curled up slightly at the corner. "At least with me gone the property damage will go down."
"So," Nabiki started again trying for nonchalant here. "Where is it you are going again?"
"Well his last known location was in New Yo." Ranma stopped and then shook his head. "Nope, not this time Nabiki." He glared at her for a moment. You're not going to use me one last time."
"Oh come on Ranma, Why do you think I'm always going to use you?"
"Because you do."
Nabiki didn't really have an answer for this for a moment. Finally she sighed. "Look, I don't always use you. It could be that maybe, just maybe, Kasumi and I do care about you and how you will be.
"Kasumi, I believe will care. You? No.
"Oh, come on Ranma. I always gave you a chance didn't I?"
"No, actually you didn't Nabiki."
"What? Oh come on Ranma, I always gave you at least a chance, always."
Ranma walked over to her and looked her square in the eyes. "Really? Are you really sure of that Nabiki?
"I'm sure enough that I would bet on it." Nabiki said a bit smugly and then sat back a little.
"Okay, I'll take that bet Nabiki. What are we betting?"
"Huh?" Nabiki was startled, she hadn't expected this.
"You win, I'll give you the address that I'm going to. I win and you handle the Kuno's and the rest of the fiancé brigade as best you can after I'm gone, no fees.
Nabiki's mind whirled for a moment going over the past, and then she smiled. "Okay Ranma, you're on."
The words had barely left her mouth and he was suddenly in her face, their noses almost touching as he stared into her eyes. "You say you always give me a chance huh? Remember back when you and I was engaged for a little while Biki-chan?" Her eyes widened a little at this comment. "Now, I was your fiancé and I did try.Can you say the same? Can you honestly say that you gave me a chance to really be your fiancé?"
Nabiki felt extremely small as she looked into his eyes. "I.I. No. I can't."
Just as suddenly as he had appeared, Ranma had backed up. "I didn't think so. Bye Nabiki."
Just before leaving out the door he looked back at her. She looked. insecure sitting there on her bed with her arms around her knees and staring at the wall. "Nabiki?" She looked up.
"Salem Center, New York, Nabiki. In America." Her eyes widened as she realized what he had said.
"And Nabiki? Guess we'll never know will we?" At her confused look he continued. "If we could have worked."
And on that note he walked out and closed the door.
* * *
Ranma held on to the tickets with one hand and a small slip of paper with the other. "Thank you mother. I... I'll call after I find him."
"I know you will my son. You will do well. You always do."
"I. Thank you mother. I gotta go."
"Goodbye my son."
* * *
And a small piece of paper held the following words in his mother's handwriting:
Logan-san Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters 1407 Greymalkin Lane, Salem Center, NY, 10274
* * *
Hark looked down into the well and then shook his head. "Well that is going to be interesting. I didn't foresee that." He sang.
Toltiir looked in also and asked snidely. "What, you didn't foresee the New Mutants, Hellions, and the Sentinels just to name a few being involved? Being romantically chased by Magik, Karma, and even Wolfsbane, besides about a dozen others?"
"No." Hark sang. "I'm talking about that."
* * *
She just stared at Ranma. "You mean to tell me that this is your true father?" At Ranma's tense nod Cologne looked back and forth between Logan and Ranma and then finally just shook her head. "Well, THIS surely puts a crimp in Shampoo's marriage claim."
"What do ya mean old ghoul?"
Ignoring Ranma, Kuh-lon Matriarch of the Joketsuku and Grand Mistress of
Amazon Wu-shu, turned towards Logan and bowed. "Hello Father."
* * *
And at Mimir's Well, the godlings present were witness to the remarkable scene of Toltiir facefaulting.
Disclaimer: Ranma ½ belongs to Takahashi, Viz, and others. X-men and assorted characters belong to Marvel Comics. Toltir and Mimir's Well is by Metroanime and if you have never read one of his fics I HIGHLY suggest you do so.
I'm just here to play in the sandbox for a little while.
The story is obviously set before chapter 38 of the manga and the X-men are set before Magik died and Cable showed up.
For those of you who are X-fanatics... This is set just prior to Bird-Beak showing up and Doug's death.
Ranma's mutant powers will come from his mother's side... not Logan. (This is a little known 'fact' about the Marvel Universe.) His healing and some minor other items ARE inherited from Logan as Logan breeds 'true'.
QuickSilver Knight
C&C would be nice please.
More to come:
What is so important about Nodoka's maiden name being Yashida?
Why does Karma hate Ranma upon hearing Jusenkyo named?
Do RanMA and RanKO have the same powers?
Can Ranma escape the clutches of an infatuated Magik?
And what does Raine have to say about the above?
Ranma's first meeting with Catspaw?
And whose lap will Ranma-neko curl up in after meeting Catspaw?
What happens when Ranma meets Cyclops... and calls him a 'dick'? Cyclops: "Yep, definitely your kid Logan."
eXtreme Measures
Setting: Just after Jusendo and just before the failed wedding.
The clear tenor voice literally sang the words "Change here."
The pebble made a small splash into Mimir's Well and several of the godlings craned their necks for a better view.
Toltiir (a.k.a. Puck, a.k.a. Trickster, a.k.a. etc) took one look at the scene and then turned towards the Angel. "Hark, even for one of the Herald Angels... you are weird."
"Thank you Elder. I think."
* * *
Nabiki sat back in her chair and pinched the bridge of her nose. 'All that work. For nothing.' She sighed and then looked at the paper that was sitting on her desk in front of her. Akane was going to freak. That was the only conclusion she could come to. It wasn't like she would cover this up for Akane and Ranma. It was too big and too important. "Damn. I should have known that anyone that overbearing about honor was hiding something. Damn you Nodoka."
A short time later..
"I'm WHAT!?! Nabiki, you gotta be shitting me!"
"I wish Sao... I wish Ranma. These are the results from the blood tests for your and Akane's wedding license."
Ranma winced at the wording and then looked helplessly at Akane. All of the hassles were for nothing. None of his fiancés were his. Even Kodachi wouldn't want him now. Well, Shampoo was still his fiancé. Oh joy, oh rapture. Ukyou was going to have a conniption, he just knew it. And Akane. well Akane was just sitting there looking at him.
Ranma sat back and started really thinking about what had just been revealed to him. Genma was not his father. Genma was not his father. Like a loop of bad film, Ranma's life began to play out in his head. What was worse was that it was in color. Everything Genma had done to him in order to make his 'son' a man among men... and he wasn't his son. Nodoka had had an affair. Nodoka had an affair... looking at Genma, it wasn't that much of a stretch not to blame her. *Wonder if Genma even knows...*
The front door opening and closing was enough to break the tension for a moment. That is until it became evident that it was Genma and Nodoka. As Ranma stood up and headed towards them, Nabiki watched as Akane got up and slowly headed upstairs.
"Mother, Genma, I need to talk to you." Neither one of them seemed to notice that he called him Genma and not Oyaji.
"We will be with you in a moment dear. As soon as..."
"No Mother. Now."
"Boy! What has gotten into you?" Genma bellowed. "You don't talk to your Mother that way!"
Ranma simply turned and looked at him. "Shut up Genma. I don't want to hear it from you right now."
"Oh really Boy!? We'll just see abou." The backhand came so fast, that Nabiki didn't even see it, only it's effect. Genma's head whipped around and he slammed into the wall. Hard.
"Ranma! What on earth has gotten into you?" Nodoka strode forward and glared at her son. "You will not treat your father so."
"My 'father'. Interesting word isn't it 'mother'?" Nodoka heard the stress that Ranma put into both of the words and she instantly paled.
Nabiki, sitting unnoticed over in the corner, shook her head. *Yep, Nodoka now knows that he knows. This is going to get ugly.* Then she realized that Genma was getting groggily to his feet. *Whoops, make that VERY ugly.*
Genma had just begun to tense for the leap towards his disgraceful boy when Ranma suddenly turned towards him. "Don't do it old man. I ain't joking this time."
Many things could (and have) been said about Genma Saotome. One thing that was true was that Genma had a very well developed sense of self- preservation. There was something in Ranma's eyes and the dead cold tone in his voice that told Genma that it was literally worth his life to not mess with the young martial artist right now.
Disregarding the older man as a non-threat, and without bothering to look at his mother, Ranma started towards the side door. "I'll be in the Dojo mother. I'd like to talk to you. Now."
Nabiki sat on the side porch and watched the Dojo intently. This was as near as Kasumi would let her go. Then again, after the third crash and flair of chi, she wasn't all that sure that she wanted to get any closer. It wasn't like she couldn't hear them anyway. She shook her head bemusedly. She was used to Ranma yelling occasionally, and the old moron yelled almost as much as her daddy cried, but she hadn't expected Nodoka to be a screamer. She definitely had not expected Ranma to yell at Nodoka. The sudden silence was like a physical blow, and she rocked back a little before bending forward as if into the wind.
An hour after it became quiet, the yelling commenced again. This time it was halted by Genma flying through the Dojo wall and into the koi pond, where the panda floated unconsciously. Amazingly, Nodoka and Ranma quietly exited. Nodoka headed directly towards the side exit without sparing the panda a look while Ranma headed directly towards Nabiki.
Nabiki sat back on her bed with her back against the headboard and looked up at Ranma. "Ok, let me get this straight. Your real father is some gaijin that your mother met at a party one of her cousin's had. She was so struck by how manly he was that she got drunk, had sex with him, and got pregnant. To cover it up, she married Genma right after finding out she was pregnant."
Ranma frowned at the way that Nabiki said what she had said, but then nodded in confirmation.
"Damn..." Nabiki muttered. "I should have known something was weird about you just by looking at you, but I didn't."
"Huh?"
"Your blue eyes Ranma. How many Japanese do you know with blue eyes?"
Ranma nodded and then said aloud "Yea, I get what you're saying. How many do you know with red hair?"
Nabiki's head snapped up a little as she stared him in the face. "That... That's a good question."
Silence reigned for a moment and then she asked the important question. "What are you going to do now Ranma? Daddy is furious, as if you can't tell." She was referring of course to the argument that could be heard coming from downstairs. Genma and Soun were on round two from the sounds of it.
Ranma straightened up from where he had been slouching against the wall. The old Ranma fire was still there in his eyes as he stared at her. "I'm gonna find him. Find out who and what he is." He said in a low even tone. He suddenly became subdued and lowered his gaze. He finished with a barely muttered "After that. I don't know anymore."
"Okaaaayyy." She drawled, and then changed topics. "Have you talked to Akane about this yet?"
"No. What's there to talk about? She already hated me before this. Now, I'm nameless AND a freak.
"Look Ranma, I know you two didn't get along to well sometimes, most of the time and I don't think that you two were ready to get married yet, but."
"Forget it Nabiki. Ranma sighed, shook his head, and then continued. "Look, I ain't a Saotome, your old man is blaming ME for this and wants me gone, Akane and I have NEVER been a real couple. Hell, I don't know for sure how I feel much less how she feels. Let's face it. We screwed up any chance of me and Akane ever being a couple."
"We?"
"Yea, 'we' Nabiki. Akane on account of her anger and her jealousy, me on account of my mouth and my pride, and you on account that you just couldn't leave things alone and your greed." Before Nabiki could interrupt him Ranma continued on. "Yea Nabiki, I know you needed the money for the house and all but sometimes you went to far and you know it. It was all our faults Nabiki."
"I... I guess you're right Ranma."
"Well, look at the bright side Nabiki." Ranma's lip curled up slightly at the corner. "At least with me gone the property damage will go down."
"So," Nabiki started again trying for nonchalant here. "Where is it you are going again?"
"Well his last known location was in New Yo." Ranma stopped and then shook his head. "Nope, not this time Nabiki." He glared at her for a moment. You're not going to use me one last time."
"Oh come on Ranma, Why do you think I'm always going to use you?"
"Because you do."
Nabiki didn't really have an answer for this for a moment. Finally she sighed. "Look, I don't always use you. It could be that maybe, just maybe, Kasumi and I do care about you and how you will be.
"Kasumi, I believe will care. You? No.
"Oh, come on Ranma. I always gave you a chance didn't I?"
"No, actually you didn't Nabiki."
"What? Oh come on Ranma, I always gave you at least a chance, always."
Ranma walked over to her and looked her square in the eyes. "Really? Are you really sure of that Nabiki?
"I'm sure enough that I would bet on it." Nabiki said a bit smugly and then sat back a little.
"Okay, I'll take that bet Nabiki. What are we betting?"
"Huh?" Nabiki was startled, she hadn't expected this.
"You win, I'll give you the address that I'm going to. I win and you handle the Kuno's and the rest of the fiancé brigade as best you can after I'm gone, no fees.
Nabiki's mind whirled for a moment going over the past, and then she smiled. "Okay Ranma, you're on."
The words had barely left her mouth and he was suddenly in her face, their noses almost touching as he stared into her eyes. "You say you always give me a chance huh? Remember back when you and I was engaged for a little while Biki-chan?" Her eyes widened a little at this comment. "Now, I was your fiancé and I did try.Can you say the same? Can you honestly say that you gave me a chance to really be your fiancé?"
Nabiki felt extremely small as she looked into his eyes. "I.I. No. I can't."
Just as suddenly as he had appeared, Ranma had backed up. "I didn't think so. Bye Nabiki."
Just before leaving out the door he looked back at her. She looked. insecure sitting there on her bed with her arms around her knees and staring at the wall. "Nabiki?" She looked up.
"Salem Center, New York, Nabiki. In America." Her eyes widened as she realized what he had said.
"And Nabiki? Guess we'll never know will we?" At her confused look he continued. "If we could have worked."
And on that note he walked out and closed the door.
* * *
Ranma held on to the tickets with one hand and a small slip of paper with the other. "Thank you mother. I... I'll call after I find him."
"I know you will my son. You will do well. You always do."
"I. Thank you mother. I gotta go."
"Goodbye my son."
* * *
And a small piece of paper held the following words in his mother's handwriting:
Logan-san Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters 1407 Greymalkin Lane, Salem Center, NY, 10274
* * *
Hark looked down into the well and then shook his head. "Well that is going to be interesting. I didn't foresee that." He sang.
Toltiir looked in also and asked snidely. "What, you didn't foresee the New Mutants, Hellions, and the Sentinels just to name a few being involved? Being romantically chased by Magik, Karma, and even Wolfsbane, besides about a dozen others?"
"No." Hark sang. "I'm talking about that."
* * *
She just stared at Ranma. "You mean to tell me that this is your true father?" At Ranma's tense nod Cologne looked back and forth between Logan and Ranma and then finally just shook her head. "Well, THIS surely puts a crimp in Shampoo's marriage claim."
"What do ya mean old ghoul?"
Ignoring Ranma, Kuh-lon Matriarch of the Joketsuku and Grand Mistress of
Amazon Wu-shu, turned towards Logan and bowed. "Hello Father."
* * *
And at Mimir's Well, the godlings present were witness to the remarkable scene of Toltiir facefaulting.
Disclaimer: Ranma ½ belongs to Takahashi, Viz, and others. X-men and assorted characters belong to Marvel Comics. Toltir and Mimir's Well is by Metroanime and if you have never read one of his fics I HIGHLY suggest you do so.
I'm just here to play in the sandbox for a little while.
The story is obviously set before chapter 38 of the manga and the X-men are set before Magik died and Cable showed up.
For those of you who are X-fanatics... This is set just prior to Bird-Beak showing up and Doug's death.
Ranma's mutant powers will come from his mother's side... not Logan. (This is a little known 'fact' about the Marvel Universe.) His healing and some minor other items ARE inherited from Logan as Logan breeds 'true'.
QuickSilver Knight
C&C would be nice please.
More to come:
What is so important about Nodoka's maiden name being Yashida?
Why does Karma hate Ranma upon hearing Jusenkyo named?
Do RanMA and RanKO have the same powers?
Can Ranma escape the clutches of an infatuated Magik?
And what does Raine have to say about the above?
Ranma's first meeting with Catspaw?
And whose lap will Ranma-neko curl up in after meeting Catspaw?
What happens when Ranma meets Cyclops... and calls him a 'dick'? Cyclops: "Yep, definitely your kid Logan."