Squire of the Paladin
By Metaverse
Hellsing/Ranma
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters nor am I making any money from this. Please do not sue me.
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Genma stared at the huge blond foreigner and snorted in disdain. His white collar, with the dark suit and cross on a silver chain marked him as a priest. Meaning a man who'd wasted his life praying to some none existent god and leading other sheep down the same path. He generally avoided such men but as seeing as this one was guarding his unconscious son, he was forced to deal with him.
"That's my son." He stated arms crossed, challenging the bigger man. "And I want him back."
The priest smiled. "Ya sold him to a women ye didn't know, a women who in truth had some very nasty designs on yer boy." The priest gaze locked on the shorter man. "An ya expect me to hand him over to ya?"
Genma grudgingly gave the gaijin some respect for not mangling the Japanese language too badly. "True, but I planned to steal him back later any way." He stared down his nose, or at least tried to, at the other man. "I don't expect you to understand the sacrifices one must make for the art, priest."
The other began to laugh and not an altogether sane one at that, Genma noted with slight unease. "So you sold yer own flesh to fill yer fat stomach and now show no remorse for yer crimes?"
Genma snorted "It's for the art, beside what are you going to do." He took a stance. "Your God going to stop me?" he smirked tying to exude confidence.
That smirked died as the priest pulled two long and wicked looking blades from his coat. "As the instrument of God and messenger of his divine punishment.." A mad grin split his face. ".I shall crush ANY heretic who denies his word!"
The Priest charged.
Genma whimpered.
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10 Years Later
Ceras Victoria stared at the scene before her. She and her team were knee deep in the mutilated remains of ghoul bodies. Most sported deep cuts and gashes but there was no sign of the weapon that'd done it. A few looked like they'd been literally torn limb from limb by hand, which might suggest another vampire, however an aura of divine magic still clung to the place, giving her a far more disturbing possibility of who the culprit was.
"What the heck did this?" She looked at the young recruit then back to the massacre.
"An agent of a rival organization." She said worriedly, eyes searching the dark hallway ahead for any signs of activity.
"You mean..." one of the mean began nervously "Iscar.." He never finished.
With a howl, a large force of ghouls charged from the darkness ahead.
"Open Fire!" The Lieutenant yelled which was followed by screams of pain as ghouls dropped one by one.
Victoria had just cut two down who'd gotten far to close to her, when the vampire itself made an appearance. The team began to fire on it, but the creature was unconcerned, it grabbed and threw Ceras down the hallway and bowelled over the other team members, not stopping to do any real damage in its mad flight to escape. With a desperate lunge it reached for the door and was halted as strands of energy began to wrap around its limbs, holding it in place. Ceras stared at the creature as the strands of life energy flipped it around to face in her direction.
"DIE ABOMINATION!!" rang out a voice from behind. She turned just in time to see a man charge down the hallway. The shadows hid much of his features, but his blue eyes and raven hair were distinguishable, as was the cross that hung around his neck. His hands were stretched out and to her surprise glowing with a white light. He sped past her then crossed his hands at the vampire's neck. A flash of light forced her to shield her eyes and when she turned back, only the laughing figure of the man remained.
As her eyes readjusted, she could make out more details about him, like his catholic priest uniform with the sleeves rolled up to the elbows and his long braided hair that reached mid-back.
Ceras tried to stand but slipped on some blood and fell back to the earth. The man turned his blue eyes on her, and began to approach while stretching his arm out towards her.
She cursed, realizing her gun was to far away, when a shot rang out, one of the men had regained his footing and had fired upon the priest. Who smiled ruefully as the round passed through him. The ragged wound sealing itself up almost immediately.
He stopped in front of her and bent down to her level, hand outstretched. "Well," he said as she stared at it like a viper about to strike "Do you plan to sit their all day or what?"
Cautiously she took his hand and he helped her to her feet. "Aren't you from Iscariot."
He grinned "Yup, Ranma Saotome Squire of Paladin Alexander Anderson." His grinned faded somewhat as she flinched "I'm not going to kill any of you, despite how happy that would make my superiors."
"Not that I mind but why not?" she questioned
His smile returned in full force "Anyone who hunts vampires can't be all bad. Besides who am I to pass judgment on you, that's God's providence not mine." He stepped back from her and gave his arms a good shake, bible pages stared to pour out and engulf him, "I'll see you around, Ceras"
She stared at the space he had previously occupied and wondered at what this new development would mean for Hellsing.
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Several Months later, Nerima Japan
Ranma swept the front steps of the church and sighed. Here he was on his first solo post, doing the Lords will and hunting 'Freaks' in the land of his birth. He should be excited, exhilarated even. But instead he was lonely. After years of only Paladin Alexander to talk with he'd finally managed to make a friend, though not one his sensei had approved of. During his 'Vacation' in England, he and Ceras had struck up a rather unexpected and odd friendship. One that almost no one had approved of. Iscariot had been horrified and Alex-san had been outraged when they'd found out. He'd hoped that maybe the Hellsing members would be a bit more tolerant but his first meeting with Sir Integra Hellsing had nearly resulted in him being filled full of mercury rounds. The only persons not bothered by it, beside the two involved, were Walter & Alucard. If anything Alucard seemed terribly amused by the whole thing, and had enjoyed tossing it in Andersons face the next time they'd clashed. Which was also the event that led to his current posting.
Another sigh escaped his lips. On that night, Iscariot had ordered the death of Ceras Victoria, a vampire, a lost soul and a person he considered a kindred spirit. Though he'd been an apprentice to Anderson for a lot longer than she to Alucard, they were both trapped in the others shadow and held by an organization whose polices they did not always agree with. Whereas he truly respected Anderson and could not imagine anyone else as a father, in Ceras he'd found a friend with whom he could just be himself and not always feel under pressure to live up to their expectations.
So on that night he disobeyed a direct order and even delayed Anderson long enough for Alucard to save Victoria. The fight between the two titans had ended in a draw forcing both sides to limp away.
The tongue-lashing he'd received afterward would've made a marine cry. Yet he managed not to, if only barely. The Vatican eventually decided to send him to Japan where reports of Freak chip vampires were increasing, along with other potential threats, like these Sailor Senshi, as well as two vampires named Mosqiton and Miyu. The real reason, of course, was to get him away from the 'evil seductress' Ceras.
"Good Morning, you must be new?" The gentle voice broke Ranma out of his reverie. He looked up to see a very pretty if house wife-ish girl in her late teens to early twenties. Her long dark hair was pulled back into a long ponytail and she wore simple cloths and a pleasant smile.
"Oh hello!" he bowed "My names Ranma Saotome, I'm the new assistant. You must be Kasumi Tendo. The priest said you help clean up the place sometimes. Here." he opened the door to the building "Head on in."
She smiled her thanks as she strode inside. Ranma stared after her as the door closed. "Never felt a such a pure sole." He commented idly, and then went back to his chores.
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Later the Evening
"Mercury, get down!"
Sailor Mercury ducked as Sailor Venus's love me chain slashed by over her head, bisecting the creature once human that'd been approaching from her side. She spared a moment to nod in thanks to her friend before firing off a Shibon Spray that slammed several more of the creatures into a wall, buying the team a little breathing room but nothing more.
These creatures they were fighting were not all that powerful but they were numerous and attacking in a way that prevented the girls from bringing sufficient power to bear at any one target. Even more disturbing was that their controller, the being Makoto had caught killing people in the sub way, was so far content to watch the scene from above, obviously waiting for the Senshi to tire before entering the fray himself.
Mercury sidestepped a charging monster and clipped it on the back of the head as it stumbled by.
The only good news was that the outers had been called and were on their way, with their help they should be able to clear these guys out in short order. She only hoped the Zombies master wouldn't attack before then or manage to get away before they could bring the full might of the Senshi to face him.
A scream from the rooftop forced her gaze in that direction and also seemed to halt the Zombies attack. To her surprise their assailant leapt from the roof and landed not too far away only to take off at a dead run away from the Senshi.
He didn't get far.
Strands of energy originating from the roof hungrily chased him down and wrapped him up. The creature screamed in horror as a figure dropped from the roof, angling to land next to it.
"Heretic!" the person screamed, his hands glowing with barely contained energy. He made a backhanded cutting motion across the things neck as he landed. The beasts head arched up and fell into the highly startled arms of Sailor Moon.
The Future queen of the world screamed as the head, apparently still alive, screamed with her, before turning to dust.
Mamoru & Ami quickly went to comfort the shaking Senshi, as the others stared at the newcomer, some with awe, others with curiosity.
The other had the decency to look chagrined. "Err, sorry about that." He said sheepishly.
Mars opened her mouth to speak, but was beaten to the punch.
"World Shaking!"
Ranma snapped his head to the side just in time to be slammed by a massive blast of Silver millennium energy. The young warrior was quickly engulfed in the eldritch energies and vanished. At the same time Senshi's Uranus and Neptune landed near their comrades.
"Sorry we took so long." Neptune began as she looked around at the remnants of the ghoul army. "But it looks like you just needed a little help near the end anyways."
"Though I'm surprised you needed us." Uranus said as she shot a thumb over her shoulder towards the fallen warrior. "Guy was a push over."
Mars finally managed to get her mouth working. "Um, that wasn't the monster. He'd just killed it before you arrived."
Disbelief crept across her face "You mean I just killed an innocent?!"
"No" Everyone turned to find the man slowly getting up with something in his right hand. "But I will admit that it hurt like blazes!" It took Mars a second to realize that what he held was in fact his left arm, which must have been severed in the blast.
Seeing the surprise and concern on everyone's face, Ranma chuckled. "Don't worry." He placed the severed ends of his arm and shoulder together. "It's nothing major." The assembled warriors of love and justice watched as bone and muscle grew out to meet one another from the blooded remnants, forming new connections in a matter of moments. After which the man let go of his left arm, then flexed it experimentally.
Usagi fainted.
The youth approached the group, which made his priestly dress all the more obvious. "You guys are the Marine Senshi?"
"Sailor." Ami supplied helpful.
"Right, okay I'm kind of new in town an I was thinking that if we pool our resources, we'll be able to respond to these" here he waved his hand at the bodies. "undead uprisings. In a more timely fashion"
Uranus and Neptune looked a t each other then to the youth before them. "We appreciate the offer but the Senshi."
"Can't make a decision without everyone present and in agreement." Mamoru interrupted as he tended to the unconscious form of Usagi. "Once we've had a chance to discus this as a group, we'll let you know."
The young priest shrugged. "Sure, no problem." He looked at the sleeping serenity. "You need any help there?"
Mamoru stood with Usagi draped in his arms. "I've got her thanks.say, what's your name."
"For now call me Zealot. If we can agree to work together I'll tell you my real name, in private."
"Fair enough" Mars replied.
"Well take care." Zealot shook his arms as page upon page of bible text flowed from. Soon he was engulfed in a storm that once abated showed him to be gone.
Minako looked at her friends curiously. "Hey, how do we find him again."
Mamoru looked meaningfully at the group "I suspect he'll find us first.
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Ranma, slipped into his room at the church. Once he was sure he was alone, he began to undress as his mind reviewed the events of the day. School had been, unusual to say the least. The mob of boys milling about near the front gates had been disconcerting, and became down right disturbing when he'd learned the reason for their odd behavior.
Attacking a girl to get a date, what kind of lunacy was that.
Ranma was now clad only in his boxers. He Moved to the dresser and pulled out the top drawer, then grabbed a t-shirt and slipped it on. Still he hadn't really believed it until he'd actually seen it. From his class window he'd watched in disbelief as this girl with long hair, plowed through the mass of attacking boys.
A frown had touched his face. Though obviously in disagreement with this group of nut jobs, the amount of damage the girl was doing easily reached unnecessary. Several times he'd watch her nearly break a limb, or come far to close to some other kind of permanent injury. Considering that this mob consisted of untrained fighters, this was too much.
Then the wacko with the bokken stepped forward.
Ranma, pulled the covers on his bed back and slipped in. He hadn't been able to make out what the two had said from where he was, but one of the girls who was standing next to him supplied the gist of the situation. Once Ranma had learned he was the instigator of this farce, he knew he'd also be the key to stopping it. The only question was how.
Ranma considered that question for a little longer as he lay awake, staring at the ceiling. This Kuno, obviously thought very highly of himself, but also seemed to think he was some kind of Samurai. Now how to use that to settle this peacefully? Ranma rolled on his side, and noticed the copy of "Genji" the minister had wanted him to read as a study of the literature of Japan. A smile touched his face as a plan began to form.
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It was late, but considering the gravity of the Situation a meeting had been called. The entire Senshi team was in attendance and Usagi had just recently awoken and been filled in on the discussion so far.
Neptune & Uranus had been convinced to accept the boys help only after Setsuna, to the surprise of all, vouched for him. However, they steadfastly refused to tell the boy their names, and even insisted that he be kept on a short leash. The rest of the Senshi, minus Pluto who was abstaining from this conversation, believed in being more open with the youth.
Later on, even with Usagi's entrance on the side of the majority, the Outers were un-swayed.
"Enough!" Mamoru tiredly spat out, the so far quiet, future prince's outburst, gaining the attention of all. He took a breath, and began "Look, the Outer make some good points about the amount of trust the rest of you want to place in this guy we just met."
Haruka grinned in triumph until Mamoru's glare made it falter, slightly. "However, if we are to gain allies in the future we must trust them to some degree." Now it was Minako's turn to smile. "I suggest we set up a way to contact him & vice versa. We explain to him our feelings on revealing ourselves and we do NOT ask him to reveal himself." His gaze swept the assembled warriors of love and justice, ensuring they were still with him. "After that we wait and see how it works out. If he proves trustworthy, well we'll cross that bridge when we come to it." His gaze settled on Haruka. "All right?"
Haruka opened her mouth but an elbow plus a look from her green haired lover, made her shut it.
"So your all in agreement?" Setsuna set her tea cup down in it's saucer as nods of assent from the other Senshi answered her question. "Good, then the Meeting is adjourned.
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Soun Tendo looked up from his paper as Kasumi poked her head out of the kitchen. Both doing so because of the violent sound of the front door being slammed shut.
"Uuuughh!" Akane plopped down angrily on the floor "BOYS! Who needs THEM!"
Soun sighed as he put aside his paper. "What happened dear."
Nabiki strolled in "A new kid stopped the morning fights." She leaned against the wall, amusement written all over her face.
"How?" Kasumi asked
Nabiki's smile grew. "He convinced Kuno that the way to PROPERLY court a lady was through poetry. So now our dear little sister's locker is swamped with love letters."
"Stupid BOY!" Kane stated.
"Well, that's not so bad." Soun began.
"Oh it get's better." Nabiki began "When asked why he did it, he said that he was concerned for the mob. He felt that if they continued attacking Akane they'd eventually suffer permanent damage. So to prevent that he ended the morning fights." She smirked "Then when someone suggested he might like Akane he stated that he was not into S&M."
"Oh my!"
The middle sisters grin widened "When Akane took a swing at him he just dodged around her."
Akane grit her teeth "I'll show that.BOY that he can't ignore me. I'll show him what a real martial artist can do."
Soun sighed "Well, don't let such things get to you daughter." He then went back to his paper.
As Akane continued to fume, Kasumi stepped out of the kitchen "By the way, I invited the new priest's assistant to dinner tonight."
Nabiki plopped herself down near the TV "Oh, what's his name?"
"Ranma Saotome, he's just recently arrived and..what?"
Nabiki was desperately trying to hold in her laughter as Akane stared dumbstruck at her older sister. "You.you mean that creep is coming her!" The youngest Tendo nearly shouted.
Kasumi blinked then realized why her sister was so upset. "Oh, well I'm sure it'll be fine." She smiled " He is going to be a member of the clergy, I'm sure that if the two of you talk, you'll be able to work everything out."
'Fat Chance' Nabiki thought.
"Nabiki," Soun said, a dawning hope in his eyes "Did you say Saotome?"
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Ceras and Alucard sat around the table, it was early evening at the Hellsing home and the two were enjoying some down time. Ceras was lifting her cup to her mouth when she saw Alucard smirk at his paper. "What?"
He flipped it around and showed her the foreign news section. They're under the heading "New Hero Emerges in Tokyo!" was an image of Ranma, in his usual hunting gear, futilely trying to pry Sailor Venus from his arm, as Jupiter grabbed his other one.
Alucard idly noticed the cracks appearing in the glass his apprentice was holding as she squeezed it in frustration. He quickly took the paper from her line of sight. "Seems that he's been helping the Senshi with their Youma, even taught that Tux boy some more effective tactics than throwing flowers." He refolded his paper and began to read again. "It appears a couple of the Senshi have decided he should be a regular member, and have come up with a rather interesting way of making him apart of their group.
Alucard looked up as the cup shattered under her grip, he smirked "Something wrong police girl?"
She frowned as she began to pick the shards out of her hand. "No master, it's just that he forgot to mention them in his last letter."
"I'm sure he simply forgot."
Ceras glared at him, he was obviously enjoying this. Eventually she sighed "Oh, what's the point it's not like we were going out or anything, were just friends." She laughed.
Alucard merely arched an eyebrow
The door swung open to reveal Walter, who greeted both before setting some papers down in front of Ceras. She looked them over then her eyes snapped to Walter then to Alucard. "What's this."
"A temporary reassignment Miss Victoria." Walter began smoothly. "Alucard suggested and Sir Integra agreed, that you could use a little more schooling in your abilities. So you will be meeting Miss Miyu, an old friend of Alucards. You will stay in Japan to study under her for a time."
She stared at the both of them "I suppose it's total coincidence that I'll be in Nerima, where Ranma is."
"Of course Mr. Genya, that happened completely by chance."
She looked at them, then at the tickets, then back again. "Well, I always wanted to visit another country." She admitted. She smiled "Thanks Walter, master."
"Just make sure you listen to Genya, Ceras." Alucard's glasses had fallen a bit to revel his eye, which was fixed on her. "He's an old friend and I'll not have you embarrassing me."
"Yes, Master." then left to pack.
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Author Notes; I decided to add Ranma's first meeting with the Senshi. C&C please, it's the only way I'll get any better.
By Metaverse
Hellsing/Ranma
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters nor am I making any money from this. Please do not sue me.
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Genma stared at the huge blond foreigner and snorted in disdain. His white collar, with the dark suit and cross on a silver chain marked him as a priest. Meaning a man who'd wasted his life praying to some none existent god and leading other sheep down the same path. He generally avoided such men but as seeing as this one was guarding his unconscious son, he was forced to deal with him.
"That's my son." He stated arms crossed, challenging the bigger man. "And I want him back."
The priest smiled. "Ya sold him to a women ye didn't know, a women who in truth had some very nasty designs on yer boy." The priest gaze locked on the shorter man. "An ya expect me to hand him over to ya?"
Genma grudgingly gave the gaijin some respect for not mangling the Japanese language too badly. "True, but I planned to steal him back later any way." He stared down his nose, or at least tried to, at the other man. "I don't expect you to understand the sacrifices one must make for the art, priest."
The other began to laugh and not an altogether sane one at that, Genma noted with slight unease. "So you sold yer own flesh to fill yer fat stomach and now show no remorse for yer crimes?"
Genma snorted "It's for the art, beside what are you going to do." He took a stance. "Your God going to stop me?" he smirked tying to exude confidence.
That smirked died as the priest pulled two long and wicked looking blades from his coat. "As the instrument of God and messenger of his divine punishment.." A mad grin split his face. ".I shall crush ANY heretic who denies his word!"
The Priest charged.
Genma whimpered.
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10 Years Later
Ceras Victoria stared at the scene before her. She and her team were knee deep in the mutilated remains of ghoul bodies. Most sported deep cuts and gashes but there was no sign of the weapon that'd done it. A few looked like they'd been literally torn limb from limb by hand, which might suggest another vampire, however an aura of divine magic still clung to the place, giving her a far more disturbing possibility of who the culprit was.
"What the heck did this?" She looked at the young recruit then back to the massacre.
"An agent of a rival organization." She said worriedly, eyes searching the dark hallway ahead for any signs of activity.
"You mean..." one of the mean began nervously "Iscar.." He never finished.
With a howl, a large force of ghouls charged from the darkness ahead.
"Open Fire!" The Lieutenant yelled which was followed by screams of pain as ghouls dropped one by one.
Victoria had just cut two down who'd gotten far to close to her, when the vampire itself made an appearance. The team began to fire on it, but the creature was unconcerned, it grabbed and threw Ceras down the hallway and bowelled over the other team members, not stopping to do any real damage in its mad flight to escape. With a desperate lunge it reached for the door and was halted as strands of energy began to wrap around its limbs, holding it in place. Ceras stared at the creature as the strands of life energy flipped it around to face in her direction.
"DIE ABOMINATION!!" rang out a voice from behind. She turned just in time to see a man charge down the hallway. The shadows hid much of his features, but his blue eyes and raven hair were distinguishable, as was the cross that hung around his neck. His hands were stretched out and to her surprise glowing with a white light. He sped past her then crossed his hands at the vampire's neck. A flash of light forced her to shield her eyes and when she turned back, only the laughing figure of the man remained.
As her eyes readjusted, she could make out more details about him, like his catholic priest uniform with the sleeves rolled up to the elbows and his long braided hair that reached mid-back.
Ceras tried to stand but slipped on some blood and fell back to the earth. The man turned his blue eyes on her, and began to approach while stretching his arm out towards her.
She cursed, realizing her gun was to far away, when a shot rang out, one of the men had regained his footing and had fired upon the priest. Who smiled ruefully as the round passed through him. The ragged wound sealing itself up almost immediately.
He stopped in front of her and bent down to her level, hand outstretched. "Well," he said as she stared at it like a viper about to strike "Do you plan to sit their all day or what?"
Cautiously she took his hand and he helped her to her feet. "Aren't you from Iscariot."
He grinned "Yup, Ranma Saotome Squire of Paladin Alexander Anderson." His grinned faded somewhat as she flinched "I'm not going to kill any of you, despite how happy that would make my superiors."
"Not that I mind but why not?" she questioned
His smile returned in full force "Anyone who hunts vampires can't be all bad. Besides who am I to pass judgment on you, that's God's providence not mine." He stepped back from her and gave his arms a good shake, bible pages stared to pour out and engulf him, "I'll see you around, Ceras"
She stared at the space he had previously occupied and wondered at what this new development would mean for Hellsing.
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Several Months later, Nerima Japan
Ranma swept the front steps of the church and sighed. Here he was on his first solo post, doing the Lords will and hunting 'Freaks' in the land of his birth. He should be excited, exhilarated even. But instead he was lonely. After years of only Paladin Alexander to talk with he'd finally managed to make a friend, though not one his sensei had approved of. During his 'Vacation' in England, he and Ceras had struck up a rather unexpected and odd friendship. One that almost no one had approved of. Iscariot had been horrified and Alex-san had been outraged when they'd found out. He'd hoped that maybe the Hellsing members would be a bit more tolerant but his first meeting with Sir Integra Hellsing had nearly resulted in him being filled full of mercury rounds. The only persons not bothered by it, beside the two involved, were Walter & Alucard. If anything Alucard seemed terribly amused by the whole thing, and had enjoyed tossing it in Andersons face the next time they'd clashed. Which was also the event that led to his current posting.
Another sigh escaped his lips. On that night, Iscariot had ordered the death of Ceras Victoria, a vampire, a lost soul and a person he considered a kindred spirit. Though he'd been an apprentice to Anderson for a lot longer than she to Alucard, they were both trapped in the others shadow and held by an organization whose polices they did not always agree with. Whereas he truly respected Anderson and could not imagine anyone else as a father, in Ceras he'd found a friend with whom he could just be himself and not always feel under pressure to live up to their expectations.
So on that night he disobeyed a direct order and even delayed Anderson long enough for Alucard to save Victoria. The fight between the two titans had ended in a draw forcing both sides to limp away.
The tongue-lashing he'd received afterward would've made a marine cry. Yet he managed not to, if only barely. The Vatican eventually decided to send him to Japan where reports of Freak chip vampires were increasing, along with other potential threats, like these Sailor Senshi, as well as two vampires named Mosqiton and Miyu. The real reason, of course, was to get him away from the 'evil seductress' Ceras.
"Good Morning, you must be new?" The gentle voice broke Ranma out of his reverie. He looked up to see a very pretty if house wife-ish girl in her late teens to early twenties. Her long dark hair was pulled back into a long ponytail and she wore simple cloths and a pleasant smile.
"Oh hello!" he bowed "My names Ranma Saotome, I'm the new assistant. You must be Kasumi Tendo. The priest said you help clean up the place sometimes. Here." he opened the door to the building "Head on in."
She smiled her thanks as she strode inside. Ranma stared after her as the door closed. "Never felt a such a pure sole." He commented idly, and then went back to his chores.
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Later the Evening
"Mercury, get down!"
Sailor Mercury ducked as Sailor Venus's love me chain slashed by over her head, bisecting the creature once human that'd been approaching from her side. She spared a moment to nod in thanks to her friend before firing off a Shibon Spray that slammed several more of the creatures into a wall, buying the team a little breathing room but nothing more.
These creatures they were fighting were not all that powerful but they were numerous and attacking in a way that prevented the girls from bringing sufficient power to bear at any one target. Even more disturbing was that their controller, the being Makoto had caught killing people in the sub way, was so far content to watch the scene from above, obviously waiting for the Senshi to tire before entering the fray himself.
Mercury sidestepped a charging monster and clipped it on the back of the head as it stumbled by.
The only good news was that the outers had been called and were on their way, with their help they should be able to clear these guys out in short order. She only hoped the Zombies master wouldn't attack before then or manage to get away before they could bring the full might of the Senshi to face him.
A scream from the rooftop forced her gaze in that direction and also seemed to halt the Zombies attack. To her surprise their assailant leapt from the roof and landed not too far away only to take off at a dead run away from the Senshi.
He didn't get far.
Strands of energy originating from the roof hungrily chased him down and wrapped him up. The creature screamed in horror as a figure dropped from the roof, angling to land next to it.
"Heretic!" the person screamed, his hands glowing with barely contained energy. He made a backhanded cutting motion across the things neck as he landed. The beasts head arched up and fell into the highly startled arms of Sailor Moon.
The Future queen of the world screamed as the head, apparently still alive, screamed with her, before turning to dust.
Mamoru & Ami quickly went to comfort the shaking Senshi, as the others stared at the newcomer, some with awe, others with curiosity.
The other had the decency to look chagrined. "Err, sorry about that." He said sheepishly.
Mars opened her mouth to speak, but was beaten to the punch.
"World Shaking!"
Ranma snapped his head to the side just in time to be slammed by a massive blast of Silver millennium energy. The young warrior was quickly engulfed in the eldritch energies and vanished. At the same time Senshi's Uranus and Neptune landed near their comrades.
"Sorry we took so long." Neptune began as she looked around at the remnants of the ghoul army. "But it looks like you just needed a little help near the end anyways."
"Though I'm surprised you needed us." Uranus said as she shot a thumb over her shoulder towards the fallen warrior. "Guy was a push over."
Mars finally managed to get her mouth working. "Um, that wasn't the monster. He'd just killed it before you arrived."
Disbelief crept across her face "You mean I just killed an innocent?!"
"No" Everyone turned to find the man slowly getting up with something in his right hand. "But I will admit that it hurt like blazes!" It took Mars a second to realize that what he held was in fact his left arm, which must have been severed in the blast.
Seeing the surprise and concern on everyone's face, Ranma chuckled. "Don't worry." He placed the severed ends of his arm and shoulder together. "It's nothing major." The assembled warriors of love and justice watched as bone and muscle grew out to meet one another from the blooded remnants, forming new connections in a matter of moments. After which the man let go of his left arm, then flexed it experimentally.
Usagi fainted.
The youth approached the group, which made his priestly dress all the more obvious. "You guys are the Marine Senshi?"
"Sailor." Ami supplied helpful.
"Right, okay I'm kind of new in town an I was thinking that if we pool our resources, we'll be able to respond to these" here he waved his hand at the bodies. "undead uprisings. In a more timely fashion"
Uranus and Neptune looked a t each other then to the youth before them. "We appreciate the offer but the Senshi."
"Can't make a decision without everyone present and in agreement." Mamoru interrupted as he tended to the unconscious form of Usagi. "Once we've had a chance to discus this as a group, we'll let you know."
The young priest shrugged. "Sure, no problem." He looked at the sleeping serenity. "You need any help there?"
Mamoru stood with Usagi draped in his arms. "I've got her thanks.say, what's your name."
"For now call me Zealot. If we can agree to work together I'll tell you my real name, in private."
"Fair enough" Mars replied.
"Well take care." Zealot shook his arms as page upon page of bible text flowed from. Soon he was engulfed in a storm that once abated showed him to be gone.
Minako looked at her friends curiously. "Hey, how do we find him again."
Mamoru looked meaningfully at the group "I suspect he'll find us first.
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Ranma, slipped into his room at the church. Once he was sure he was alone, he began to undress as his mind reviewed the events of the day. School had been, unusual to say the least. The mob of boys milling about near the front gates had been disconcerting, and became down right disturbing when he'd learned the reason for their odd behavior.
Attacking a girl to get a date, what kind of lunacy was that.
Ranma was now clad only in his boxers. He Moved to the dresser and pulled out the top drawer, then grabbed a t-shirt and slipped it on. Still he hadn't really believed it until he'd actually seen it. From his class window he'd watched in disbelief as this girl with long hair, plowed through the mass of attacking boys.
A frown had touched his face. Though obviously in disagreement with this group of nut jobs, the amount of damage the girl was doing easily reached unnecessary. Several times he'd watch her nearly break a limb, or come far to close to some other kind of permanent injury. Considering that this mob consisted of untrained fighters, this was too much.
Then the wacko with the bokken stepped forward.
Ranma, pulled the covers on his bed back and slipped in. He hadn't been able to make out what the two had said from where he was, but one of the girls who was standing next to him supplied the gist of the situation. Once Ranma had learned he was the instigator of this farce, he knew he'd also be the key to stopping it. The only question was how.
Ranma considered that question for a little longer as he lay awake, staring at the ceiling. This Kuno, obviously thought very highly of himself, but also seemed to think he was some kind of Samurai. Now how to use that to settle this peacefully? Ranma rolled on his side, and noticed the copy of "Genji" the minister had wanted him to read as a study of the literature of Japan. A smile touched his face as a plan began to form.
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It was late, but considering the gravity of the Situation a meeting had been called. The entire Senshi team was in attendance and Usagi had just recently awoken and been filled in on the discussion so far.
Neptune & Uranus had been convinced to accept the boys help only after Setsuna, to the surprise of all, vouched for him. However, they steadfastly refused to tell the boy their names, and even insisted that he be kept on a short leash. The rest of the Senshi, minus Pluto who was abstaining from this conversation, believed in being more open with the youth.
Later on, even with Usagi's entrance on the side of the majority, the Outers were un-swayed.
"Enough!" Mamoru tiredly spat out, the so far quiet, future prince's outburst, gaining the attention of all. He took a breath, and began "Look, the Outer make some good points about the amount of trust the rest of you want to place in this guy we just met."
Haruka grinned in triumph until Mamoru's glare made it falter, slightly. "However, if we are to gain allies in the future we must trust them to some degree." Now it was Minako's turn to smile. "I suggest we set up a way to contact him & vice versa. We explain to him our feelings on revealing ourselves and we do NOT ask him to reveal himself." His gaze swept the assembled warriors of love and justice, ensuring they were still with him. "After that we wait and see how it works out. If he proves trustworthy, well we'll cross that bridge when we come to it." His gaze settled on Haruka. "All right?"
Haruka opened her mouth but an elbow plus a look from her green haired lover, made her shut it.
"So your all in agreement?" Setsuna set her tea cup down in it's saucer as nods of assent from the other Senshi answered her question. "Good, then the Meeting is adjourned.
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Soun Tendo looked up from his paper as Kasumi poked her head out of the kitchen. Both doing so because of the violent sound of the front door being slammed shut.
"Uuuughh!" Akane plopped down angrily on the floor "BOYS! Who needs THEM!"
Soun sighed as he put aside his paper. "What happened dear."
Nabiki strolled in "A new kid stopped the morning fights." She leaned against the wall, amusement written all over her face.
"How?" Kasumi asked
Nabiki's smile grew. "He convinced Kuno that the way to PROPERLY court a lady was through poetry. So now our dear little sister's locker is swamped with love letters."
"Stupid BOY!" Kane stated.
"Well, that's not so bad." Soun began.
"Oh it get's better." Nabiki began "When asked why he did it, he said that he was concerned for the mob. He felt that if they continued attacking Akane they'd eventually suffer permanent damage. So to prevent that he ended the morning fights." She smirked "Then when someone suggested he might like Akane he stated that he was not into S&M."
"Oh my!"
The middle sisters grin widened "When Akane took a swing at him he just dodged around her."
Akane grit her teeth "I'll show that.BOY that he can't ignore me. I'll show him what a real martial artist can do."
Soun sighed "Well, don't let such things get to you daughter." He then went back to his paper.
As Akane continued to fume, Kasumi stepped out of the kitchen "By the way, I invited the new priest's assistant to dinner tonight."
Nabiki plopped herself down near the TV "Oh, what's his name?"
"Ranma Saotome, he's just recently arrived and..what?"
Nabiki was desperately trying to hold in her laughter as Akane stared dumbstruck at her older sister. "You.you mean that creep is coming her!" The youngest Tendo nearly shouted.
Kasumi blinked then realized why her sister was so upset. "Oh, well I'm sure it'll be fine." She smiled " He is going to be a member of the clergy, I'm sure that if the two of you talk, you'll be able to work everything out."
'Fat Chance' Nabiki thought.
"Nabiki," Soun said, a dawning hope in his eyes "Did you say Saotome?"
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Ceras and Alucard sat around the table, it was early evening at the Hellsing home and the two were enjoying some down time. Ceras was lifting her cup to her mouth when she saw Alucard smirk at his paper. "What?"
He flipped it around and showed her the foreign news section. They're under the heading "New Hero Emerges in Tokyo!" was an image of Ranma, in his usual hunting gear, futilely trying to pry Sailor Venus from his arm, as Jupiter grabbed his other one.
Alucard idly noticed the cracks appearing in the glass his apprentice was holding as she squeezed it in frustration. He quickly took the paper from her line of sight. "Seems that he's been helping the Senshi with their Youma, even taught that Tux boy some more effective tactics than throwing flowers." He refolded his paper and began to read again. "It appears a couple of the Senshi have decided he should be a regular member, and have come up with a rather interesting way of making him apart of their group.
Alucard looked up as the cup shattered under her grip, he smirked "Something wrong police girl?"
She frowned as she began to pick the shards out of her hand. "No master, it's just that he forgot to mention them in his last letter."
"I'm sure he simply forgot."
Ceras glared at him, he was obviously enjoying this. Eventually she sighed "Oh, what's the point it's not like we were going out or anything, were just friends." She laughed.
Alucard merely arched an eyebrow
The door swung open to reveal Walter, who greeted both before setting some papers down in front of Ceras. She looked them over then her eyes snapped to Walter then to Alucard. "What's this."
"A temporary reassignment Miss Victoria." Walter began smoothly. "Alucard suggested and Sir Integra agreed, that you could use a little more schooling in your abilities. So you will be meeting Miss Miyu, an old friend of Alucards. You will stay in Japan to study under her for a time."
She stared at the both of them "I suppose it's total coincidence that I'll be in Nerima, where Ranma is."
"Of course Mr. Genya, that happened completely by chance."
She looked at them, then at the tickets, then back again. "Well, I always wanted to visit another country." She admitted. She smiled "Thanks Walter, master."
"Just make sure you listen to Genya, Ceras." Alucard's glasses had fallen a bit to revel his eye, which was fixed on her. "He's an old friend and I'll not have you embarrassing me."
"Yes, Master." then left to pack.
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Author Notes; I decided to add Ranma's first meeting with the Senshi. C&C please, it's the only way I'll get any better.