The Silence Guardian's Rebirth
A Ranma 1/2 and Sailormoon Crossover
By Tenachi
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Disclaimer:
Ranma 1/2 belongs to Rumiko Takahashi and a bunch of other people who has their hands on the stock.
Sailormoon belongs to somebody.
Please don't sue me, I don't know how the legal system works. Oh, and I'm only a poor high school student, so you won't get anything unless you try beat me up for my lunch money, which is still only a pittance.
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Chapter two: Ranma's Day Out
A great big shadow loomed over an unsuspecting person, who is at the moment, cooking. A big grin shone through as it grabbed the person and tossed him outside swiftly.
Damn, I didn't see him there! The reason for this impossible reaction coming from Ranma was that he was so caught up in his thoughts over what has happened last night, that weird dream in particular. He was pretty sure that it was more than just a dream. But he couldn't recall anything more than just the basics, which consisted of him being a reincarnated warrior, a kid sister and a certain green haired senshi. He _really_ needed to talk to her. He flipped onto his feet before he fell into the koi pond just in time to dodge a punch and pull the fat man into the pond and jump back. The panda that emerged wasn't exactly happy on being bested so easily and it jumped towards him with a flying kick.
He kept dodging for the next couple seconds until he felt a sudden itch on his back. That caused him the one millisecond needed for the man-turned-panda to press his advantage. The panda decided that today (of all days) would be the time to finally beat his son. All those years of losing will now end! As a result, he started using his forbidden techniques (he figured that the boy could take it). *Grunt, growl, growf*, the panda equivalent of 'Kiijin Raishu Dan'. He pulled his right arm back and lets loose the vacuum blade at his son.
Damn baka oyagi. What is he thinking using that here? Ranma quickly jumps back to avoid the deadly attack. The itch is getting more unbearable. Another vacuum blade came and he jumped into the air, where unfortunately, Panda-san was already there waiting for him with a wooden sign armed and ready. Well, if he's gonna use special attacks, I'm usin' mine. He quickly lets out a burst of chi, pushing him up and away from the sign's range. When he was falling back to the earth, and Genma was already jumping back up to meet him in mid-air, he quickly reached over his back to stop whatever is bothering him. To his surprise, he felt a metal handle of something slightly heavy. Shrugging any thoughts away, he pulled it forth and swung it down at the surprised panda, and its momentum made him flip in the air.
Kasumi looked at the slightly boiling pot. Oh my, Saotome-san must have ambushed Ranma. She frowned. He could have at least let him finish the food. She saw Ranma being launched further up in the air with that chi burst. Saotome-san fell down to the ground and quickly jumped up to meet his son. She also saw Ranma reaching behind his back and pulling out Jusenkan. Wait, where did I know that name? The downward slash that left a trail that was about a foot in width completely obliterated the sign the panda was carrying and pushed him back down to the ground with a modest amount of power, making a small crater. A few seconds passed, Ranma landed and then the sound of the sonic boom created by the attack roared throughout compound.
"What the hell happened?" Akane was already out there.
Ranma was still looking at the magnificent piece of weaponry in his hands. The stainless metal blade was about a meter long and eight centimeters from edge to edge. Its hilt was adorned by priceless gems and was wrapped tightly by a cloth. It was some kind of style that vaguely resembled those of European history; it was double-edged, thick, and felt slightly heavy to him. He was still admiring it while everyone had come out of the house by now.
"Son, where did you get that sword?" Nodoka was, too, entranced by the pure beauty of the sword that was in her son's hands. She was slightly put out that this blade was even better than her own Saotome family blade.
"Huh?" Ranma finally noticed that everyone was here and that Genma was slightly twitching every now and then. Then he regarded the blade in his hands and did some practice swings, everyone had intelligently moved back. He was surprised by how...right it felt handling the sword. Jusenkan, he just thought, or was it remembered? "Oh, um...." Everyone waited patiently for his answer, especially his mom, who was wondering where did this sword come from, and Nabiki, who was staring the gems with yen in her eyes. "Ya guys know how Akane gets that mallet of hers out of nowhere, and how Mousse hides weapons in his clothes?" They nod. "Well, I think this is somethin' like that." He brought the sword up and reached over his right shoulder, where it disappeared. Then he reached up over his left shoulder and pulled it out again. Then he made it disappear again behind his back, then appear again behind his leg. He made a small show over taking it out and putting it away for a couple of minutes.
"All right! We get it! Just where did you actually get it in the first place?!" Akane shouted.
"Ack." Ranma almost dropped the weapon, but recovered. "Ano...I guess you could say that I've always had it."
"Oh really, Ranma? Then how come this is the first time you brought it out?" Nabiki asked, still eyeing the hilt of the sword.
"Uh...." He tried to stall them while he accessed his memories.
Ranma had learned many ki techniques over the years. Most of them were offensive techniques and such. But he had also learned many meditative and mental abilities. One of such is the technique that allows him to be able to access most of the depths of his subconscious by using his ki in a very complex way to draw memories out into the open. It spends a lot of energy, though, so he doesn't use it as often. Now, however, seems like a good time to use it. It's just like those times where he fights an opponent once and would continue to beat them most of the time afterwards. Or how he mimics a new attack. Or when he remembered every single detail of the Jusenkan when explained it to his little sister. Or....what the? Little sister? Ranma quickly tried to probe the stray memory.
~|~
"Where did you get that sword from, oniisan?"
"I've just finished forging it, Shu-chan. How do you like it?" Raishin brought the newly-crafted sword down so that the twelve year old princess could see it more closely.
"Wow, oniisan. You've really outdone yourself. How did you make it?" She asked curiously.
"Hey! Now that," He pointed at her with his right index finger. "is a secret." He wagged his finger right in front of her face.
After a brief struggle not to facefault, she pleaded, "Oniisan....Please, tell me?" Amaishu turned on her greatest weapon, the Kawaii-ken. Her eyes became wide and turned all sparkly as she pouted cutely.
Raishin tried to fight the effect, really he did, but it _was_ called the a final technique for a reason. "Oh all right. Follow me." He opened a portal and led a skipping Amaishu into his secret workroom, which was in its own pocket dimension. "I have been researching and testing several known elements for a couple years now." He smirked, this was the best way for him to get back at her, after all, she was never expecting a lecture. He ignored her glare of death on his back.
"A couple months ago, I managed to make a breakthrough. I have discovered a way to synthesize Silver, which you know has the highest magical compatibility, Iron, which can nullify almost all magical powers, and Lead, giving it an edge in physical combat. I enchanted every square centimeter of the Silver portion with a different spell, giving it the ability to cast spells without the lengthy chanting. I reinforced each square centimeter of Iron with some specialized automated defense spells I created that are extremely high levels that the Iron properties didn't nullify it. And I refined the Lead portion over ten times with different chemicals, such as Dragon's Blood to increase its firepower, Gaia Plasma to increase its endurance, and Holy Water to augment the magic spells' potency at will. There are some others, but I don't think the public would be appreciative to know about some of the more rarer things that I've put in it. Let's just say that it is very dangerous in the wrong hands."
Amaishu idly nodded. "That designed is rather strange, oniisan. I could also sense something else in it. What is it?"
"I modeled it after the legendary Rune Weapons. But I couldn't bring myself to trap anyone inside a weapon so I decided to make an artificial soul."
"Is that possible?" Amaishu interrupted.
"Uh, yes, to an extent. I've been working on this one for a very long time. What do you think I do when we visit Mercury? I spent some time studying how they created something called AI, or Artificial Intelligence if you will. They've developed it to a point where it can learn by itself, but only inside specialized computers. I believe that the Mercury Computer that Princess Aya has was equipped with one of the prototypes. I um...borrowed some of the plans from her and built one of my own."
"So it was a computer brain? But what about the soul part?" Amaishu had caught on to that pause, but she can always ask him about that later. She suspected that he did something a little more than just asking her to borrow the plans.
"I'm getting to there. Anyway, when we visited Mars, I talked to Princess Eowyn about souls. She showed me all this stuff with the spiritual world and all. So after that, I had an idea on how to base the soul on and added the AI to it, and there I have it, an artificial soul!"
Amaishu nodded. "So it is a piece of weaponry made of three metals that has a ton of spells tagged on it, is technically a Rune Weapon, the immortal soul part improvised with an imitation soul which is made of computer chips?"
Raishin sweatdropped. "Well, to put it bluntly, yes."
"Oniisan, you really are crazy."
"Did I tell you that I named him Jusenkan?" Amaishu didn't have an answer for that and could only stare at him.
~|~
That wasn't my own memories....Wait! That dream I had last night, it said that I'm some reincarnation of somebody. Could this be it? As he pondered over what this could mean, he failed to notice everyone being anxious, especially Akane.
"Don't ignore me you jerk!" Akane swung her mallet at him as hard as she could at him, yet again completely oblivious of the dangers of doing so.
Ranma's subconscious moved into a series of actions. First, it interpreted Akane's attack as hostile. Then it sent this info to his mind, where it returned the action required for the situation. Thus, his battle instincts took over; Ranma quickly swung Jusenkan at the offending mallet with a Disintegration Spell, where it turned to fine dust, and pointed its tip directly in between Akane's eyes, just short of touching her. He did all of this in less than a second and he was still thinking. Akane fainted from near death shock. Soun also fainted as well.
Ranma blinked. "Hey Akane, why are you on the floor?" He looked around and saw the disbelief on everyone's faces. "What happened?"
"Oh my. Ranma, you should be careful with the Jusenkan. You almost hit Akane." Kasumi chided. Ranma raised an eyebrow at her. Everyone looked at her.
"Sis, how did you know that thing's name?" Nabiki asked. Had she paid attention, she would've seen the sword glow in indignation at that remark.
"Oh, um...I...." Kasumi didn't know what to say.
"I told her a while ago." Ranma saved her. He gave her a look that says that they'll be talking later. Then he remembered an appointment he had today. "Now, if you don't mind, I hafta go. Ja ne!" Before anyone could stop him, Jusenkan activated a portal behind him as he jumped back into it.
"Well, that was strange, even for us." Nabiki commented before she headed inside.
"Kasumi dear, I think I might need some tea." Nodoka said faintly. She still couldn't believe that her son had that kind of weapon with him.
Kasumi blinked a couple of times before complying. "Yes, Auntie. I think I might need some too."
~*~
Ranma arrived in a secluded area in some park. He stood still for a while, thinking about how did he do that 'grand escape.' There were some memory that he needed to remember so he started on a complex sword kata he learned a while ago to help him concentrate. Each time he swung the mighty blade, he could faintly hear the air being sliced and strike a tree several yards away.
As Jusenkan was being handled in his owner's hands, he began the re-synchronization. Upon finding out that much of his memories were scrambled, it activated the emergency recovery spell. This spell focuses on what the victim is suffering from the most, in this case, memory loss.
Ranma was in the middle of a swing before he noticed that the sword was glowing brightly. It took him a half a second more to realize that something weird was going to happen. And that it did; as when the glowing reached its peak, he blacked out.
~|~
"This is starting to get annoying...." Ranma said to himself. He was once again standing in the middle of darkness. "Why is this place so empty?"
"Maybe it is because there's nothing in your head that matters?" A new voice spoke up.
"Who are you?!" Ranma spun towards the voice. He suddenly noticed that he was actually standing on hard ground at the figure in the shadows was walking to him. When he came into sight, the light coming from 'somewhere', Ranma noticed the stranger was wearing a silver robe with a black sash at the waist, he looked no older than twenty five, yet he had long white hair and his eyes glowed softly with a silver color.
The man smiled and bowed. "My lord, I am your blade, Jusenkan."
Ranma blinked. "What? Jusenkan's just a sword, isn't it?"
The man scowled just a bit. "No, sir. Do you remember how you created me?"
Ranma paused for a bit. Then he suddenly remembered something from that stray memory he examined earlier. "You're the artificial soul?"
Jusenkan smiled slightly. "Yes, my lor...."
"Just call me Ranma." He interrupted. He hated formalities.
Jusenkan seemed puzzled by his interruption, but complied anyway. "Very well, Ranma. As for my appearance at the time, it seems that you have suffered some memory loss. I am working on to recover your memories."
"Wait a second, what do you mean by that?"
"For me to answer that, I need to know how much do you remember. Do you ever recall your name as Raishin?"
"Raishin? Um....I sorta remember somethin' like that. Why?"
"From what I have scanned so far, your previous memories and skills were only unlocked, yet they have not been activated. That is why I'm here."
"What are ya talkin' 'bout? I know somethin' weird's goin' on, but this takes the cake."
Jusenkan almost cringed at the language skills that his master applied. "I am only going to apply a spell...."
"Whoa...wait! No one said anythin' 'bout spells here!" Ranma, of course, never trusted magic. If you don't understand why, look up 'Ranma's life' in an encyclopedia sometime.
His white-haired companion suddenly had the urge to back his head against a wall a couple of times. "I am your servant, I have no intention of harming you."
"Well, I don't like it. But if you can do anything about all the new stuff that's been happenin' to me, then I'll let ya work it."
Jusenkan said a couple of words under his breath before speaking. "There."
"That's it?" Ranma was puzzled to say the least. Wasn't there supposed to be a lot of flashing, bright colors and tons of noise?
Jusenkan snorted. "What did you expect? A lot of flashing, bright colors and tons of noise?"
Ranma had to blink twice at that. "Ano, I don't feel much different."
"The spell takes effect once you're conscious." Jusenkan turned around and started to walk away. "I can't believe I'm bonded to that idiot." He grumbled under his breath. Then he looked up and sighed before disappearing. "I wonder how Mihoshi-chan's doing." (1)
Ranma's eyes fluttered open. He sat up, feeling refreshed. He felt like a new man, which in this case, applies.
"I better contact the senshi. Set-chan and Shu-chan," Or is it Hotaru-chan now? "would be happy to see me up and about again. I wonder how I'm going to break this to Kasumi-chan though. She wouldn't like this new complication."
~*~
Which brings us up to the here and now.
"Nothing I throw can hurt this guy!" Jupiter shouted to her team-mates. This battle was turning out very bad. When they had encountered the guy in the park -- for goodness sake, don't ask why -- they found out that he was waiting for them already. The armored man also wore a helmet with a face mask so that they couldn't see his face. Pluto had taken a look at him and immediately shot him, bypassing the speech entirely and told everyone else that he was a major threat to the Time-Stream. So far, he was ignoring all but the most powerful combined attacks they have, and they were already dead tired.
"Pluto! What do we do!" Mars shouted as she threw another fire blast at the enemy, who was cutting through their attacks with his sword. "We can't keep this up much longer!"
"Everyone, move back!" Saturn called out. As everyone retreated, she let off her special attack. "Silence Glaive Surprise!" The pulsating ball of energy erupted from the tip of her weapon and headed right towards their opponent. The others had a faint glimmer of hope to damaging this guy. All of Saturn's attacks are considered deadly by default, and there was no chance that anyone could escape unscathed. To their combined surprise, the armored warrior laughed and sliced through the lethal attack, making it dissipate behind him.
"Well well, Saturn. It seems that you have grown a little stronger than I first met you, however brief that may be."
Both Saturn and Pluto frowned. Pluto spoke up first. "Who are you?"
"Ah, even the mighty Pluto has forgotten about me. I'll give you a hint. Where is the Silence Guardian? Tell me now lest I will have to kill all of you just to get to him."
"What do you want with him?" Saturn shouted. All of the senshi regrouped behind her, most of them looking worried about what is going to happen.
"Since I am obviously not getting any answers...." He trailed off before disappearing.
Something awoke inside Saturn. More memories of her brother returned to her, this time, it was most of which is the training he gave her. That was the only reason why she was able to dodge the thrust from the enemy when he suddenly appeared right in front of her. He seemed momentarily surprised before turning the sword around and slashed at her. Saturn flipped back and readied her Silence Glaive.
"So the kid got some martial arts. Let's see how well you do in a fight to the death!" With that shout, he disappeared again and reappeared slightly above Saturn in an overhead striking position. She quickly brought up Glaive to block the strike and spun while swinging her weapon at her opponent. She missed him as he disappeared yet again. She got back into her stance and waited for him to show up again. Saturn felt him behind her trying to sneak attack her and she brought the bottom end of her pole-arm to push away the blade and swung the sharp end directly at his face. She quickly pressed her attack. Following the strike to his face, she redirected the momentum of the Glaive to cut his sword, minimizing his ability to deal any lethal damage with it to her, and brought the other end up to catch him at his chin, sending him flying slightly into the air. This also had the effect of breaking his mask, leaving her and Pluto to gasp in horror at who it was.
Ranma had watched the fight from a building not far from the park. His danger senses were going haywire when he saw the armored man. He somewhat recognized him, but the 'glamour' spell on him refused to let out his identity. He saw the beginning of the battle also, but he wanted to see how strong the senshi were in this time before he did anything. He had to admit, most of them did much better than he had expected, though after the first attack, he knew that they won't win. Then Saturn went onto the offensive and was wielding her Silence Glaive just like the way he taught her all that time ago. It filled him with pride on seeing his little sister being able to hold her own in a fight. But when the mask was off....
"Riishtan...." Ranma growled under his breath. What was he doing here? This was bad, he had to get down there right now! Ranma jumped down to the streets, transforming along the way. Unfortunately, he didn't notice the bucket of water at the ledge....
"You!" Both Saturn and Pluto shouted as Saturn jumped back to the group, still looking at the now revealed Riishtan, who was smirking at their response.
"Yes, surprised? You don't think that stupid 'Final' attack of your brother could finish me off now, do you?" His smirk grew as he saw their lack of response. "Now are you willing to disclose the information I am seeking?"
There was silence for a while before both senshi glared at him and shouted, "Die you bastard! Chronos Typhoon!" Pluto's and Saturn's special attack was even larger than it usually was as they were extremely angry just at the sight of this man.
Riishtan smiled and took out his Soul Blade from subspace and cast his spell. "Absorption." A shimmering wall of energy became visible in front of him and the whole attack just went right into it. "I'll take that as a no." He gave them an evil smirk. "Now, you're the ones that will die. Argh!" Everyone's eyes turned to see what had happened. Apparently, Riishtan had gotten hit by a rather large energy blast of some kind from his side. Then they saw who had attacked him.
It was a woman, there was no mistaking that. She was wearing a ornate purple breastplate, along with a black miniskirt, bracers that has a red gem on each, knee high combat boots, small shoulder guards, and a cape that was black with purple lining. She had long red hair and bright blue eyes that showed anger at the moment.
"Riishtan, I killed you!" She said to the fallen form. All of the senshi blinked. If this person said that she killed him, and the only person they had thought done it was Hotaru's brother, then that must mean....
"Raishin?" They all asked at once. The girl in question glanced at them.
"Hai." She responded.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" They all jerked their heads back to the situation. Riishtan was currently laughing his head out. "I can't believe it! The mighty Raishin's a girl now! This would make my killing you much easier. Silence Guardian, prepare to die!" Riishtan held his sword out in front of him and disappeared as 'Raishin' did the same.
"Could anyone tell me what just happened?" Venus asked mildly. Saturn and Pluto were in shock when they went over everything that happened.
"I think that that's the guy that got Raishin killed in the past." Neptune started.
"And now Raishin's reborn into a very hot girl." Uranus finished.
"Um...what now?" Moon asked. She was answered with the park suddenly exploding.
The two armored warriors were battling each other at supersonic speeds. Ranma had taken Jusenkan out early on and the following swordfight was probably even more intense than before. They were exchanging slashes for slashes and thrusts for thrusts. SG had gotten a couple hits in, but was taking more herself. It was a good thing that her armor protected her, else she would be in critical condition by now. She dodged the next swing and jumped several meters back into a tree. She knew she couldn't win in a straightforward swordfight, she hadn't enough time to re-practice and with her anger, she knew that she'll make more mistakes in close combat. She should try using her newly-awakened magic now.
"Dragon Flare!" She pulled back her sword quickly, leaving a trail of fire that reshaped itself into a serpentine dragon that rushed towards her enemy.
Riishtan also took this time to cast spells. He drew a symbol in the air and shouted, "Kiona Aqua Blaster!" (2) A beam of water burst from the symbol, colliding with the fire attack before they cancelled each other out. Riishtan had already started on another spell. "Herki Giga Crash!" He slammed his right fist to the ground, causing a huge shockwave to the surrounding area, which practically destroyed the entire park.
Ranma jumped back to her feet after falling down for a brief moment. "I won't let you kill anyone anymore! Jusenkan Striker!" Her sword glowed brightly and she charged forward, her weapon held in position at her side. In a blink of an eye, she was right in front of him while he was still pulling his sword up from the ground and let loose a impossibly fast combo. There were sonic booms flying all around the area. Riishtan was hard pressed to protect himself so he resorted to using his energy reserves. With a flare of his aura, he pushed SG back for a couple seconds, which was enough time for the battered warrior to ready his escape.
"We'll *cough* meet again, Silence Guardian!" With a flash of teleport, he was finally gone.
SG frowned before turning and was greeted with the sight of all of the senshi staring at her. She put Jusenkan back into subspace and pulled back her right hand to scratch the back of her head. "Um...I guess I'm the Silence Guardian. Sorry about all of this." She waited for them to respond. When she saw the look on their faces, she was a little worried. Why would they be anyway...oh. With a quick check to confirm that she was female at the moment, and to her embarrassment, a really short miniskirt adorning her hips, she knew why they were speechless, especially Pluto and Saturn. The old Raishin was a guy, and the Raishin now was currently a girl, or woman depending on your views. It was Saturn who broke the silence.
"Raishin? Is that you?" She looked at him with big purple eyes.
"Yeah. Look, I got a perfectly good...." She meant to say 'explanation', but was interrupted by two girls that were bawling their heads out glomping him, possibly even harder than yesterday..
"Raishin!!!"
"Gak! Pluto! Saturn!" Ranma tried to wriggle free. She began coughing slightly. "Can't...breathe!" The two did notice this and released their death grip on her, though they were still crying slightly with a smile on their faces.
"I can't believe it's you oniisan, I mean oneechan!" Saturn smiled at her slight fault. She loved Raishin all the same and if he was a she now, well, she always wanted an older sister. Now all she needed was for Pluto and her to get back into a relationship and they'll all be happy like they used to be back in the Silver Millennium.
"Oh Raishin!" Pluto went back to hug her, not glomp her like before. "I missed you so much!" The senshi sobbed onto Ranma's shoulder.
Ranma's mind, of course, shuts down when she sees a girl crying. It didn't help that Raishin was the same also, making the effect twice as strong. She slowly wrapped her arms around the taller girl and hugged her a little tighter. Pluto seemed a little surprised when her hormones kicked in and she pulled the red head into some serious liplock. Ranma was definitely shocked, and the tongue that was seeking entrance into her mouth was a little too much and she passed out. Pluto blinked and realized what she had been doing before blushing heavily as she held the now limp Silence Guardian in her arms.
Saturn smirked. At least that little problem was over. Though she was a little worried at her new oneechan's reaction. She knew that Raishin didn't act like that before. Maybe it has something to do with being a girl now. The other senshi were just looking at the two that were currently hugging, well one holding and the other being unconscious.
"Pluto never struck me as a bi before." Uranus idly commented, despite her shock of seeing such a hot girl being Hotaru's 'brother'.
"Uranus! Don't say things like that!" Neptune admonished her.
"As much as I love this scene," True, Venus was moved by the love Pluto and Saturn showed this new girl, but that also meant that Ranma was obviously not the Silence Guardian, and that means that she'll be free to pursue him all she wants. Yay! "isn't there something we should be doing right about now?" At that moment, all of the could clearly hear sirens in the distance.
"Pluto! Get your lover girl and head back to the shrine!" Jupiter shouted before they all roof hopped away.
~*~
"Setsuna? How are you holding up?" Usagi asked the now calm woman.
"I'm fine." She said simply. Though inside, she was very confused. She still loved Raishin, though the being a girl part was only a slight discomfort; hey, one couldn't live with Haruka and Michiru without adapting some views. "Hotaru?"
"Hai, I'm fine too. I'm not worried about oneechan." She was still getting used to calling her former brother 'big sister', but that was the least of their problems.
"Riishtan's back." She said darkly. Everyone else also caught on to the mood.
"I don't know how he survived though. There should have been some trace of him, even back then." Pluto said fervently.
"What is he really after?" Usagi asked. "Why was he after you before, but now he's after your, er, sister. There must be some kind of reason."
"Usagi's right." Rei surmised. "This guy must have different plans this time around and he must be very powerful if he survived an attack that blew up a moon."
"We can't do much. He's much more powerful than before." The red head had finally woke up. She sat up in her bedroll as everyone kept on looking at her, expecting her to continue. "But then again, I was holding back, too."
"Why would you hold back?! This is a guy who tried to kill you!" Makoto retorted.
"I...don't kill people."
"WHAT?!" The room exploded. Outside, Grandpa Hino tuned his senses out. Learning long, long before that he shouldn't be hearing anything that came from _that_ room. His granddaughter and friends were rather...expressive.
Back inside, "I know what he's done, but I won't kill unless it's a last resort. It's the martial artist's way of life."
"You're a martial artist, too?" Haruka asked. "Where are you from?"
"Yup, the best martial artist in the world! I'm from Nerima, why?" Ranma failed to notice the gasps from everyone else.
"You're from Nerima, too? What's your name?" Minako asked.
"Ranma Saotome." She responded automatically.
"Oh, so you're boy Ranma's sister?" Everyone facefaulted heavily at that remark from that oh-so-intelligent remark from Usagi.
"No!" Ranma got up. "It's not like that!"
"Oh, then you're his wife?" Usagi asked after pondering it. Everyone stared at the nervous redhead. "It is kind of strange that you both have the same name, though. Wouldn't that be confusing?"
Ranma was really itching to find a nice, sturdy wall to bang her head against, but she fought against it. They need to know about her curse right now. "Look, I _am_ Ranma Saotome. I'm really a guy that turns into a girl because of a curse."
"How is that possible?" Ami spoke up. "Magic may be real and all, but that's physically impossible. Nothing can have such a reduction in body mass and body physiology."
Makoto and Minako were thoroughly confused. If this was Ranma, then what about the other Ranma? Does this mean that they can't go after him because he was really her and she was with Setsuna? They wallowed in their confusion.
"What do you mean, oneechan?" Hotaru was also more than a little confused at the moment.
Ranma sighed. "Get me two cups of hot water and a cup of cold water. Then I'll explain." Rei got up and followed the odd instructions. When she came back, she handed them over to Ranma, who held up a cup of hot water. "A while back, I visited a place in China called Jusenkyo, where it has a bunch of cursed springs. When someone falls into one of those springs, they take the form of whatever drowned there last." She poured the cups contents over herself. "So you see...."
"Um, oneechan? You're still a girl."
"What?" Ranma looked down on herself and frowned. "I cannot believe it. Of all the times this have to happen." She muttered a few curses under her breath. Seeing the look on everyone's faces, she explained. "I've been locked in my cursed form before, though I can't remember what locked me this time. Setsuna, you believe me, right?" She asked pleadingly to her love.
"Rai...Ranma, I believe you. But I have to admit, it is sort of hard to take in." Setsuna seemed uncertain.
"Are you sure you didn't bump your head or something, Ranma-chan?" Usagi asked while Ranma banged her against a nearby wall. "Hey, I don't think that is safe, Ranma-chan." She bit into another cookie.
"Um, oniisan?" Ranma stopped and looked at Hotaru. "Is it really that bad being a girl?"
Ranma glanced around the room. Argue and get pounced on by all of them, or, agree and get embarrassed. Screw manliness, he knows how all of them acts like back in the Silver Millennium, and that there shouldn't be that much difference in their current incarnation. Last time he said something demeaning about women, he couldn't move for a week. "It's not bad, it's just the nature of it. Cold water always comes during the most unsuspecting times."
"Oh. Well, at least you still look cute while you're a girl, oniisan."
Ranma facefaulted.
~*~
"Ranma-kun? Can I talk with you in the kitchen?" Kasumi's voice called from the other room when Onna-Ranma walked into the house. From what she could tell, there was no one else home.
"Um, sure Kasumi-chan!" She took off her shoes at the door and headed inside. Once in the kitchen, she asked, "What's up?"
"Ranma," She seemed to frown a little and Ranma got noticeably nervous. "why were you kissing that lady on TV today?" Seeing her confusion, she explained. "Nabiki left the TV on so when I went to turn it off, there was a news report about the latest attack in Juuban. And when I watched it for a while, I saw the end where you were kissing that green-haired lady named Pluto."
Ranma blinked. How could she see through her disguise magic? But then again, this _is_ Kasumi, nothing could get past her. And besides, she shouldn't keep any secrets from her. She loves her as much as she does Setsuna. "Um, Kasumi-chan? You better sit down for this, it's a very long story." Kasumi nodded and sat in a chair by the counter, waiting for her to continue. "I'm the reincarnation of...."
A while later, after Ranma did her best to explain to Kasumi just about everything, Ranma was still standing nervously, waiting for Kasumi's reaction. To her surprise, Kasumi just stood up and walked over to her, standing extremely close. "Kas, urk!" Kasumi pulled her into a deep kiss. Why did this happen two times in one day?!, she thought. But before she could faint, Kasumi pulled back, though still holding on to the smaller girl.
"Ranma, I have to tell you something also." Ranma only managed to nod blankly to her. "I am...Setsuna."
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Author's Notes:
First off, some of the notes.
(1) "I can't believe I'm bonded to that idiot." ... "I wonder how Mihoshi-chan's doing."
Since Jusenkan is an artificial soul, he's not really alive so he needs someone to be bonded with to be alive. Guess who. And since Ranma's his current bond, he acquires some traits from him. Mihoshi's the Mercury computer, and you guys can guess something's between those two. ^_^
(2) "Kiona Aqua Blaster!"
Remember, Riishtan's a collector who collects planetary powers. Kiona and Herki are such planets.
Mwuahahaha!!! I'm so evil! That I am! What a cliffhanger! Try and cliché this! I dare you!
No further notes. Until next time!
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-Remember, Ranma+Anyone besides Akane= A good read.-
A Ranma 1/2 and Sailormoon Crossover
By Tenachi
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Disclaimer:
Ranma 1/2 belongs to Rumiko Takahashi and a bunch of other people who has their hands on the stock.
Sailormoon belongs to somebody.
Please don't sue me, I don't know how the legal system works. Oh, and I'm only a poor high school student, so you won't get anything unless you try beat me up for my lunch money, which is still only a pittance.
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Chapter two: Ranma's Day Out
A great big shadow loomed over an unsuspecting person, who is at the moment, cooking. A big grin shone through as it grabbed the person and tossed him outside swiftly.
Damn, I didn't see him there! The reason for this impossible reaction coming from Ranma was that he was so caught up in his thoughts over what has happened last night, that weird dream in particular. He was pretty sure that it was more than just a dream. But he couldn't recall anything more than just the basics, which consisted of him being a reincarnated warrior, a kid sister and a certain green haired senshi. He _really_ needed to talk to her. He flipped onto his feet before he fell into the koi pond just in time to dodge a punch and pull the fat man into the pond and jump back. The panda that emerged wasn't exactly happy on being bested so easily and it jumped towards him with a flying kick.
He kept dodging for the next couple seconds until he felt a sudden itch on his back. That caused him the one millisecond needed for the man-turned-panda to press his advantage. The panda decided that today (of all days) would be the time to finally beat his son. All those years of losing will now end! As a result, he started using his forbidden techniques (he figured that the boy could take it). *Grunt, growl, growf*, the panda equivalent of 'Kiijin Raishu Dan'. He pulled his right arm back and lets loose the vacuum blade at his son.
Damn baka oyagi. What is he thinking using that here? Ranma quickly jumps back to avoid the deadly attack. The itch is getting more unbearable. Another vacuum blade came and he jumped into the air, where unfortunately, Panda-san was already there waiting for him with a wooden sign armed and ready. Well, if he's gonna use special attacks, I'm usin' mine. He quickly lets out a burst of chi, pushing him up and away from the sign's range. When he was falling back to the earth, and Genma was already jumping back up to meet him in mid-air, he quickly reached over his back to stop whatever is bothering him. To his surprise, he felt a metal handle of something slightly heavy. Shrugging any thoughts away, he pulled it forth and swung it down at the surprised panda, and its momentum made him flip in the air.
Kasumi looked at the slightly boiling pot. Oh my, Saotome-san must have ambushed Ranma. She frowned. He could have at least let him finish the food. She saw Ranma being launched further up in the air with that chi burst. Saotome-san fell down to the ground and quickly jumped up to meet his son. She also saw Ranma reaching behind his back and pulling out Jusenkan. Wait, where did I know that name? The downward slash that left a trail that was about a foot in width completely obliterated the sign the panda was carrying and pushed him back down to the ground with a modest amount of power, making a small crater. A few seconds passed, Ranma landed and then the sound of the sonic boom created by the attack roared throughout compound.
"What the hell happened?" Akane was already out there.
Ranma was still looking at the magnificent piece of weaponry in his hands. The stainless metal blade was about a meter long and eight centimeters from edge to edge. Its hilt was adorned by priceless gems and was wrapped tightly by a cloth. It was some kind of style that vaguely resembled those of European history; it was double-edged, thick, and felt slightly heavy to him. He was still admiring it while everyone had come out of the house by now.
"Son, where did you get that sword?" Nodoka was, too, entranced by the pure beauty of the sword that was in her son's hands. She was slightly put out that this blade was even better than her own Saotome family blade.
"Huh?" Ranma finally noticed that everyone was here and that Genma was slightly twitching every now and then. Then he regarded the blade in his hands and did some practice swings, everyone had intelligently moved back. He was surprised by how...right it felt handling the sword. Jusenkan, he just thought, or was it remembered? "Oh, um...." Everyone waited patiently for his answer, especially his mom, who was wondering where did this sword come from, and Nabiki, who was staring the gems with yen in her eyes. "Ya guys know how Akane gets that mallet of hers out of nowhere, and how Mousse hides weapons in his clothes?" They nod. "Well, I think this is somethin' like that." He brought the sword up and reached over his right shoulder, where it disappeared. Then he reached up over his left shoulder and pulled it out again. Then he made it disappear again behind his back, then appear again behind his leg. He made a small show over taking it out and putting it away for a couple of minutes.
"All right! We get it! Just where did you actually get it in the first place?!" Akane shouted.
"Ack." Ranma almost dropped the weapon, but recovered. "Ano...I guess you could say that I've always had it."
"Oh really, Ranma? Then how come this is the first time you brought it out?" Nabiki asked, still eyeing the hilt of the sword.
"Uh...." He tried to stall them while he accessed his memories.
Ranma had learned many ki techniques over the years. Most of them were offensive techniques and such. But he had also learned many meditative and mental abilities. One of such is the technique that allows him to be able to access most of the depths of his subconscious by using his ki in a very complex way to draw memories out into the open. It spends a lot of energy, though, so he doesn't use it as often. Now, however, seems like a good time to use it. It's just like those times where he fights an opponent once and would continue to beat them most of the time afterwards. Or how he mimics a new attack. Or when he remembered every single detail of the Jusenkan when explained it to his little sister. Or....what the? Little sister? Ranma quickly tried to probe the stray memory.
~|~
"Where did you get that sword from, oniisan?"
"I've just finished forging it, Shu-chan. How do you like it?" Raishin brought the newly-crafted sword down so that the twelve year old princess could see it more closely.
"Wow, oniisan. You've really outdone yourself. How did you make it?" She asked curiously.
"Hey! Now that," He pointed at her with his right index finger. "is a secret." He wagged his finger right in front of her face.
After a brief struggle not to facefault, she pleaded, "Oniisan....Please, tell me?" Amaishu turned on her greatest weapon, the Kawaii-ken. Her eyes became wide and turned all sparkly as she pouted cutely.
Raishin tried to fight the effect, really he did, but it _was_ called the a final technique for a reason. "Oh all right. Follow me." He opened a portal and led a skipping Amaishu into his secret workroom, which was in its own pocket dimension. "I have been researching and testing several known elements for a couple years now." He smirked, this was the best way for him to get back at her, after all, she was never expecting a lecture. He ignored her glare of death on his back.
"A couple months ago, I managed to make a breakthrough. I have discovered a way to synthesize Silver, which you know has the highest magical compatibility, Iron, which can nullify almost all magical powers, and Lead, giving it an edge in physical combat. I enchanted every square centimeter of the Silver portion with a different spell, giving it the ability to cast spells without the lengthy chanting. I reinforced each square centimeter of Iron with some specialized automated defense spells I created that are extremely high levels that the Iron properties didn't nullify it. And I refined the Lead portion over ten times with different chemicals, such as Dragon's Blood to increase its firepower, Gaia Plasma to increase its endurance, and Holy Water to augment the magic spells' potency at will. There are some others, but I don't think the public would be appreciative to know about some of the more rarer things that I've put in it. Let's just say that it is very dangerous in the wrong hands."
Amaishu idly nodded. "That designed is rather strange, oniisan. I could also sense something else in it. What is it?"
"I modeled it after the legendary Rune Weapons. But I couldn't bring myself to trap anyone inside a weapon so I decided to make an artificial soul."
"Is that possible?" Amaishu interrupted.
"Uh, yes, to an extent. I've been working on this one for a very long time. What do you think I do when we visit Mercury? I spent some time studying how they created something called AI, or Artificial Intelligence if you will. They've developed it to a point where it can learn by itself, but only inside specialized computers. I believe that the Mercury Computer that Princess Aya has was equipped with one of the prototypes. I um...borrowed some of the plans from her and built one of my own."
"So it was a computer brain? But what about the soul part?" Amaishu had caught on to that pause, but she can always ask him about that later. She suspected that he did something a little more than just asking her to borrow the plans.
"I'm getting to there. Anyway, when we visited Mars, I talked to Princess Eowyn about souls. She showed me all this stuff with the spiritual world and all. So after that, I had an idea on how to base the soul on and added the AI to it, and there I have it, an artificial soul!"
Amaishu nodded. "So it is a piece of weaponry made of three metals that has a ton of spells tagged on it, is technically a Rune Weapon, the immortal soul part improvised with an imitation soul which is made of computer chips?"
Raishin sweatdropped. "Well, to put it bluntly, yes."
"Oniisan, you really are crazy."
"Did I tell you that I named him Jusenkan?" Amaishu didn't have an answer for that and could only stare at him.
~|~
That wasn't my own memories....Wait! That dream I had last night, it said that I'm some reincarnation of somebody. Could this be it? As he pondered over what this could mean, he failed to notice everyone being anxious, especially Akane.
"Don't ignore me you jerk!" Akane swung her mallet at him as hard as she could at him, yet again completely oblivious of the dangers of doing so.
Ranma's subconscious moved into a series of actions. First, it interpreted Akane's attack as hostile. Then it sent this info to his mind, where it returned the action required for the situation. Thus, his battle instincts took over; Ranma quickly swung Jusenkan at the offending mallet with a Disintegration Spell, where it turned to fine dust, and pointed its tip directly in between Akane's eyes, just short of touching her. He did all of this in less than a second and he was still thinking. Akane fainted from near death shock. Soun also fainted as well.
Ranma blinked. "Hey Akane, why are you on the floor?" He looked around and saw the disbelief on everyone's faces. "What happened?"
"Oh my. Ranma, you should be careful with the Jusenkan. You almost hit Akane." Kasumi chided. Ranma raised an eyebrow at her. Everyone looked at her.
"Sis, how did you know that thing's name?" Nabiki asked. Had she paid attention, she would've seen the sword glow in indignation at that remark.
"Oh, um...I...." Kasumi didn't know what to say.
"I told her a while ago." Ranma saved her. He gave her a look that says that they'll be talking later. Then he remembered an appointment he had today. "Now, if you don't mind, I hafta go. Ja ne!" Before anyone could stop him, Jusenkan activated a portal behind him as he jumped back into it.
"Well, that was strange, even for us." Nabiki commented before she headed inside.
"Kasumi dear, I think I might need some tea." Nodoka said faintly. She still couldn't believe that her son had that kind of weapon with him.
Kasumi blinked a couple of times before complying. "Yes, Auntie. I think I might need some too."
~*~
Ranma arrived in a secluded area in some park. He stood still for a while, thinking about how did he do that 'grand escape.' There were some memory that he needed to remember so he started on a complex sword kata he learned a while ago to help him concentrate. Each time he swung the mighty blade, he could faintly hear the air being sliced and strike a tree several yards away.
As Jusenkan was being handled in his owner's hands, he began the re-synchronization. Upon finding out that much of his memories were scrambled, it activated the emergency recovery spell. This spell focuses on what the victim is suffering from the most, in this case, memory loss.
Ranma was in the middle of a swing before he noticed that the sword was glowing brightly. It took him a half a second more to realize that something weird was going to happen. And that it did; as when the glowing reached its peak, he blacked out.
~|~
"This is starting to get annoying...." Ranma said to himself. He was once again standing in the middle of darkness. "Why is this place so empty?"
"Maybe it is because there's nothing in your head that matters?" A new voice spoke up.
"Who are you?!" Ranma spun towards the voice. He suddenly noticed that he was actually standing on hard ground at the figure in the shadows was walking to him. When he came into sight, the light coming from 'somewhere', Ranma noticed the stranger was wearing a silver robe with a black sash at the waist, he looked no older than twenty five, yet he had long white hair and his eyes glowed softly with a silver color.
The man smiled and bowed. "My lord, I am your blade, Jusenkan."
Ranma blinked. "What? Jusenkan's just a sword, isn't it?"
The man scowled just a bit. "No, sir. Do you remember how you created me?"
Ranma paused for a bit. Then he suddenly remembered something from that stray memory he examined earlier. "You're the artificial soul?"
Jusenkan smiled slightly. "Yes, my lor...."
"Just call me Ranma." He interrupted. He hated formalities.
Jusenkan seemed puzzled by his interruption, but complied anyway. "Very well, Ranma. As for my appearance at the time, it seems that you have suffered some memory loss. I am working on to recover your memories."
"Wait a second, what do you mean by that?"
"For me to answer that, I need to know how much do you remember. Do you ever recall your name as Raishin?"
"Raishin? Um....I sorta remember somethin' like that. Why?"
"From what I have scanned so far, your previous memories and skills were only unlocked, yet they have not been activated. That is why I'm here."
"What are ya talkin' 'bout? I know somethin' weird's goin' on, but this takes the cake."
Jusenkan almost cringed at the language skills that his master applied. "I am only going to apply a spell...."
"Whoa...wait! No one said anythin' 'bout spells here!" Ranma, of course, never trusted magic. If you don't understand why, look up 'Ranma's life' in an encyclopedia sometime.
His white-haired companion suddenly had the urge to back his head against a wall a couple of times. "I am your servant, I have no intention of harming you."
"Well, I don't like it. But if you can do anything about all the new stuff that's been happenin' to me, then I'll let ya work it."
Jusenkan said a couple of words under his breath before speaking. "There."
"That's it?" Ranma was puzzled to say the least. Wasn't there supposed to be a lot of flashing, bright colors and tons of noise?
Jusenkan snorted. "What did you expect? A lot of flashing, bright colors and tons of noise?"
Ranma had to blink twice at that. "Ano, I don't feel much different."
"The spell takes effect once you're conscious." Jusenkan turned around and started to walk away. "I can't believe I'm bonded to that idiot." He grumbled under his breath. Then he looked up and sighed before disappearing. "I wonder how Mihoshi-chan's doing." (1)
Ranma's eyes fluttered open. He sat up, feeling refreshed. He felt like a new man, which in this case, applies.
"I better contact the senshi. Set-chan and Shu-chan," Or is it Hotaru-chan now? "would be happy to see me up and about again. I wonder how I'm going to break this to Kasumi-chan though. She wouldn't like this new complication."
~*~
Which brings us up to the here and now.
"Nothing I throw can hurt this guy!" Jupiter shouted to her team-mates. This battle was turning out very bad. When they had encountered the guy in the park -- for goodness sake, don't ask why -- they found out that he was waiting for them already. The armored man also wore a helmet with a face mask so that they couldn't see his face. Pluto had taken a look at him and immediately shot him, bypassing the speech entirely and told everyone else that he was a major threat to the Time-Stream. So far, he was ignoring all but the most powerful combined attacks they have, and they were already dead tired.
"Pluto! What do we do!" Mars shouted as she threw another fire blast at the enemy, who was cutting through their attacks with his sword. "We can't keep this up much longer!"
"Everyone, move back!" Saturn called out. As everyone retreated, she let off her special attack. "Silence Glaive Surprise!" The pulsating ball of energy erupted from the tip of her weapon and headed right towards their opponent. The others had a faint glimmer of hope to damaging this guy. All of Saturn's attacks are considered deadly by default, and there was no chance that anyone could escape unscathed. To their combined surprise, the armored warrior laughed and sliced through the lethal attack, making it dissipate behind him.
"Well well, Saturn. It seems that you have grown a little stronger than I first met you, however brief that may be."
Both Saturn and Pluto frowned. Pluto spoke up first. "Who are you?"
"Ah, even the mighty Pluto has forgotten about me. I'll give you a hint. Where is the Silence Guardian? Tell me now lest I will have to kill all of you just to get to him."
"What do you want with him?" Saturn shouted. All of the senshi regrouped behind her, most of them looking worried about what is going to happen.
"Since I am obviously not getting any answers...." He trailed off before disappearing.
Something awoke inside Saturn. More memories of her brother returned to her, this time, it was most of which is the training he gave her. That was the only reason why she was able to dodge the thrust from the enemy when he suddenly appeared right in front of her. He seemed momentarily surprised before turning the sword around and slashed at her. Saturn flipped back and readied her Silence Glaive.
"So the kid got some martial arts. Let's see how well you do in a fight to the death!" With that shout, he disappeared again and reappeared slightly above Saturn in an overhead striking position. She quickly brought up Glaive to block the strike and spun while swinging her weapon at her opponent. She missed him as he disappeared yet again. She got back into her stance and waited for him to show up again. Saturn felt him behind her trying to sneak attack her and she brought the bottom end of her pole-arm to push away the blade and swung the sharp end directly at his face. She quickly pressed her attack. Following the strike to his face, she redirected the momentum of the Glaive to cut his sword, minimizing his ability to deal any lethal damage with it to her, and brought the other end up to catch him at his chin, sending him flying slightly into the air. This also had the effect of breaking his mask, leaving her and Pluto to gasp in horror at who it was.
Ranma had watched the fight from a building not far from the park. His danger senses were going haywire when he saw the armored man. He somewhat recognized him, but the 'glamour' spell on him refused to let out his identity. He saw the beginning of the battle also, but he wanted to see how strong the senshi were in this time before he did anything. He had to admit, most of them did much better than he had expected, though after the first attack, he knew that they won't win. Then Saturn went onto the offensive and was wielding her Silence Glaive just like the way he taught her all that time ago. It filled him with pride on seeing his little sister being able to hold her own in a fight. But when the mask was off....
"Riishtan...." Ranma growled under his breath. What was he doing here? This was bad, he had to get down there right now! Ranma jumped down to the streets, transforming along the way. Unfortunately, he didn't notice the bucket of water at the ledge....
"You!" Both Saturn and Pluto shouted as Saturn jumped back to the group, still looking at the now revealed Riishtan, who was smirking at their response.
"Yes, surprised? You don't think that stupid 'Final' attack of your brother could finish me off now, do you?" His smirk grew as he saw their lack of response. "Now are you willing to disclose the information I am seeking?"
There was silence for a while before both senshi glared at him and shouted, "Die you bastard! Chronos Typhoon!" Pluto's and Saturn's special attack was even larger than it usually was as they were extremely angry just at the sight of this man.
Riishtan smiled and took out his Soul Blade from subspace and cast his spell. "Absorption." A shimmering wall of energy became visible in front of him and the whole attack just went right into it. "I'll take that as a no." He gave them an evil smirk. "Now, you're the ones that will die. Argh!" Everyone's eyes turned to see what had happened. Apparently, Riishtan had gotten hit by a rather large energy blast of some kind from his side. Then they saw who had attacked him.
It was a woman, there was no mistaking that. She was wearing a ornate purple breastplate, along with a black miniskirt, bracers that has a red gem on each, knee high combat boots, small shoulder guards, and a cape that was black with purple lining. She had long red hair and bright blue eyes that showed anger at the moment.
"Riishtan, I killed you!" She said to the fallen form. All of the senshi blinked. If this person said that she killed him, and the only person they had thought done it was Hotaru's brother, then that must mean....
"Raishin?" They all asked at once. The girl in question glanced at them.
"Hai." She responded.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" They all jerked their heads back to the situation. Riishtan was currently laughing his head out. "I can't believe it! The mighty Raishin's a girl now! This would make my killing you much easier. Silence Guardian, prepare to die!" Riishtan held his sword out in front of him and disappeared as 'Raishin' did the same.
"Could anyone tell me what just happened?" Venus asked mildly. Saturn and Pluto were in shock when they went over everything that happened.
"I think that that's the guy that got Raishin killed in the past." Neptune started.
"And now Raishin's reborn into a very hot girl." Uranus finished.
"Um...what now?" Moon asked. She was answered with the park suddenly exploding.
The two armored warriors were battling each other at supersonic speeds. Ranma had taken Jusenkan out early on and the following swordfight was probably even more intense than before. They were exchanging slashes for slashes and thrusts for thrusts. SG had gotten a couple hits in, but was taking more herself. It was a good thing that her armor protected her, else she would be in critical condition by now. She dodged the next swing and jumped several meters back into a tree. She knew she couldn't win in a straightforward swordfight, she hadn't enough time to re-practice and with her anger, she knew that she'll make more mistakes in close combat. She should try using her newly-awakened magic now.
"Dragon Flare!" She pulled back her sword quickly, leaving a trail of fire that reshaped itself into a serpentine dragon that rushed towards her enemy.
Riishtan also took this time to cast spells. He drew a symbol in the air and shouted, "Kiona Aqua Blaster!" (2) A beam of water burst from the symbol, colliding with the fire attack before they cancelled each other out. Riishtan had already started on another spell. "Herki Giga Crash!" He slammed his right fist to the ground, causing a huge shockwave to the surrounding area, which practically destroyed the entire park.
Ranma jumped back to her feet after falling down for a brief moment. "I won't let you kill anyone anymore! Jusenkan Striker!" Her sword glowed brightly and she charged forward, her weapon held in position at her side. In a blink of an eye, she was right in front of him while he was still pulling his sword up from the ground and let loose a impossibly fast combo. There were sonic booms flying all around the area. Riishtan was hard pressed to protect himself so he resorted to using his energy reserves. With a flare of his aura, he pushed SG back for a couple seconds, which was enough time for the battered warrior to ready his escape.
"We'll *cough* meet again, Silence Guardian!" With a flash of teleport, he was finally gone.
SG frowned before turning and was greeted with the sight of all of the senshi staring at her. She put Jusenkan back into subspace and pulled back her right hand to scratch the back of her head. "Um...I guess I'm the Silence Guardian. Sorry about all of this." She waited for them to respond. When she saw the look on their faces, she was a little worried. Why would they be anyway...oh. With a quick check to confirm that she was female at the moment, and to her embarrassment, a really short miniskirt adorning her hips, she knew why they were speechless, especially Pluto and Saturn. The old Raishin was a guy, and the Raishin now was currently a girl, or woman depending on your views. It was Saturn who broke the silence.
"Raishin? Is that you?" She looked at him with big purple eyes.
"Yeah. Look, I got a perfectly good...." She meant to say 'explanation', but was interrupted by two girls that were bawling their heads out glomping him, possibly even harder than yesterday..
"Raishin!!!"
"Gak! Pluto! Saturn!" Ranma tried to wriggle free. She began coughing slightly. "Can't...breathe!" The two did notice this and released their death grip on her, though they were still crying slightly with a smile on their faces.
"I can't believe it's you oniisan, I mean oneechan!" Saturn smiled at her slight fault. She loved Raishin all the same and if he was a she now, well, she always wanted an older sister. Now all she needed was for Pluto and her to get back into a relationship and they'll all be happy like they used to be back in the Silver Millennium.
"Oh Raishin!" Pluto went back to hug her, not glomp her like before. "I missed you so much!" The senshi sobbed onto Ranma's shoulder.
Ranma's mind, of course, shuts down when she sees a girl crying. It didn't help that Raishin was the same also, making the effect twice as strong. She slowly wrapped her arms around the taller girl and hugged her a little tighter. Pluto seemed a little surprised when her hormones kicked in and she pulled the red head into some serious liplock. Ranma was definitely shocked, and the tongue that was seeking entrance into her mouth was a little too much and she passed out. Pluto blinked and realized what she had been doing before blushing heavily as she held the now limp Silence Guardian in her arms.
Saturn smirked. At least that little problem was over. Though she was a little worried at her new oneechan's reaction. She knew that Raishin didn't act like that before. Maybe it has something to do with being a girl now. The other senshi were just looking at the two that were currently hugging, well one holding and the other being unconscious.
"Pluto never struck me as a bi before." Uranus idly commented, despite her shock of seeing such a hot girl being Hotaru's 'brother'.
"Uranus! Don't say things like that!" Neptune admonished her.
"As much as I love this scene," True, Venus was moved by the love Pluto and Saturn showed this new girl, but that also meant that Ranma was obviously not the Silence Guardian, and that means that she'll be free to pursue him all she wants. Yay! "isn't there something we should be doing right about now?" At that moment, all of the could clearly hear sirens in the distance.
"Pluto! Get your lover girl and head back to the shrine!" Jupiter shouted before they all roof hopped away.
~*~
"Setsuna? How are you holding up?" Usagi asked the now calm woman.
"I'm fine." She said simply. Though inside, she was very confused. She still loved Raishin, though the being a girl part was only a slight discomfort; hey, one couldn't live with Haruka and Michiru without adapting some views. "Hotaru?"
"Hai, I'm fine too. I'm not worried about oneechan." She was still getting used to calling her former brother 'big sister', but that was the least of their problems.
"Riishtan's back." She said darkly. Everyone else also caught on to the mood.
"I don't know how he survived though. There should have been some trace of him, even back then." Pluto said fervently.
"What is he really after?" Usagi asked. "Why was he after you before, but now he's after your, er, sister. There must be some kind of reason."
"Usagi's right." Rei surmised. "This guy must have different plans this time around and he must be very powerful if he survived an attack that blew up a moon."
"We can't do much. He's much more powerful than before." The red head had finally woke up. She sat up in her bedroll as everyone kept on looking at her, expecting her to continue. "But then again, I was holding back, too."
"Why would you hold back?! This is a guy who tried to kill you!" Makoto retorted.
"I...don't kill people."
"WHAT?!" The room exploded. Outside, Grandpa Hino tuned his senses out. Learning long, long before that he shouldn't be hearing anything that came from _that_ room. His granddaughter and friends were rather...expressive.
Back inside, "I know what he's done, but I won't kill unless it's a last resort. It's the martial artist's way of life."
"You're a martial artist, too?" Haruka asked. "Where are you from?"
"Yup, the best martial artist in the world! I'm from Nerima, why?" Ranma failed to notice the gasps from everyone else.
"You're from Nerima, too? What's your name?" Minako asked.
"Ranma Saotome." She responded automatically.
"Oh, so you're boy Ranma's sister?" Everyone facefaulted heavily at that remark from that oh-so-intelligent remark from Usagi.
"No!" Ranma got up. "It's not like that!"
"Oh, then you're his wife?" Usagi asked after pondering it. Everyone stared at the nervous redhead. "It is kind of strange that you both have the same name, though. Wouldn't that be confusing?"
Ranma was really itching to find a nice, sturdy wall to bang her head against, but she fought against it. They need to know about her curse right now. "Look, I _am_ Ranma Saotome. I'm really a guy that turns into a girl because of a curse."
"How is that possible?" Ami spoke up. "Magic may be real and all, but that's physically impossible. Nothing can have such a reduction in body mass and body physiology."
Makoto and Minako were thoroughly confused. If this was Ranma, then what about the other Ranma? Does this mean that they can't go after him because he was really her and she was with Setsuna? They wallowed in their confusion.
"What do you mean, oneechan?" Hotaru was also more than a little confused at the moment.
Ranma sighed. "Get me two cups of hot water and a cup of cold water. Then I'll explain." Rei got up and followed the odd instructions. When she came back, she handed them over to Ranma, who held up a cup of hot water. "A while back, I visited a place in China called Jusenkyo, where it has a bunch of cursed springs. When someone falls into one of those springs, they take the form of whatever drowned there last." She poured the cups contents over herself. "So you see...."
"Um, oneechan? You're still a girl."
"What?" Ranma looked down on herself and frowned. "I cannot believe it. Of all the times this have to happen." She muttered a few curses under her breath. Seeing the look on everyone's faces, she explained. "I've been locked in my cursed form before, though I can't remember what locked me this time. Setsuna, you believe me, right?" She asked pleadingly to her love.
"Rai...Ranma, I believe you. But I have to admit, it is sort of hard to take in." Setsuna seemed uncertain.
"Are you sure you didn't bump your head or something, Ranma-chan?" Usagi asked while Ranma banged her against a nearby wall. "Hey, I don't think that is safe, Ranma-chan." She bit into another cookie.
"Um, oniisan?" Ranma stopped and looked at Hotaru. "Is it really that bad being a girl?"
Ranma glanced around the room. Argue and get pounced on by all of them, or, agree and get embarrassed. Screw manliness, he knows how all of them acts like back in the Silver Millennium, and that there shouldn't be that much difference in their current incarnation. Last time he said something demeaning about women, he couldn't move for a week. "It's not bad, it's just the nature of it. Cold water always comes during the most unsuspecting times."
"Oh. Well, at least you still look cute while you're a girl, oniisan."
Ranma facefaulted.
~*~
"Ranma-kun? Can I talk with you in the kitchen?" Kasumi's voice called from the other room when Onna-Ranma walked into the house. From what she could tell, there was no one else home.
"Um, sure Kasumi-chan!" She took off her shoes at the door and headed inside. Once in the kitchen, she asked, "What's up?"
"Ranma," She seemed to frown a little and Ranma got noticeably nervous. "why were you kissing that lady on TV today?" Seeing her confusion, she explained. "Nabiki left the TV on so when I went to turn it off, there was a news report about the latest attack in Juuban. And when I watched it for a while, I saw the end where you were kissing that green-haired lady named Pluto."
Ranma blinked. How could she see through her disguise magic? But then again, this _is_ Kasumi, nothing could get past her. And besides, she shouldn't keep any secrets from her. She loves her as much as she does Setsuna. "Um, Kasumi-chan? You better sit down for this, it's a very long story." Kasumi nodded and sat in a chair by the counter, waiting for her to continue. "I'm the reincarnation of...."
A while later, after Ranma did her best to explain to Kasumi just about everything, Ranma was still standing nervously, waiting for Kasumi's reaction. To her surprise, Kasumi just stood up and walked over to her, standing extremely close. "Kas, urk!" Kasumi pulled her into a deep kiss. Why did this happen two times in one day?!, she thought. But before she could faint, Kasumi pulled back, though still holding on to the smaller girl.
"Ranma, I have to tell you something also." Ranma only managed to nod blankly to her. "I am...Setsuna."
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Author's Notes:
First off, some of the notes.
(1) "I can't believe I'm bonded to that idiot." ... "I wonder how Mihoshi-chan's doing."
Since Jusenkan is an artificial soul, he's not really alive so he needs someone to be bonded with to be alive. Guess who. And since Ranma's his current bond, he acquires some traits from him. Mihoshi's the Mercury computer, and you guys can guess something's between those two. ^_^
(2) "Kiona Aqua Blaster!"
Remember, Riishtan's a collector who collects planetary powers. Kiona and Herki are such planets.
Mwuahahaha!!! I'm so evil! That I am! What a cliffhanger! Try and cliché this! I dare you!
No further notes. Until next time!
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