Akane no Densetsu: Toki no Saidzuchi
A Ranma Nibun no Ichi/Zelda no Densetsu/Pokémon crossover by Chesu.
Disclaimer: I don't own ANY of the characters in this story. Except for the guy with the pigtail. Yeah, you know the one. No, no, the other one. Yeah. That one.
Chapter One: Of Trees and Womens Underwear
Part IV: Nabiki, I Choose You!
Ocala, Florida-
Chesu leaned back in his chair, rubbing his temples. It was 12:24 a.m., and he was still sitting at his computer, while he should have been resting. He was twitchy and cast a paranoid glance over his shoulder every few minutes, but that wasn't unusual. Not for him, anyway.
"Hehe..Plaguing. What a weird word. Kodachi! Dustox to the Queen...it'll work!" He bent over the keyboard, once again lost in the world he was weaving. His fingers a blur, he spoke as he typed. "Nerima, Japan. Doctor Tofu picked up..."
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Dr. Tofu picked up the telephone in his office, uncertainty plaguing him. A glance at Ranma's still form made up his mind. He dialed the number to the Tendo Dojo and waited for an answer.
'"Tendo residence, Nabiki speaking."'
"Ah, Nabiki! This is Dr. Tofu. I have some news, some news...regarding Ranma. Maybe you should all come down here."
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Kokiri Forest-
"No, Tyrogue, I said Double Kick! C'mon, help me out here! If ya don't, he'll kill you!"
Ranma struggled in vain to get the child-like creature to obey. Why wasn't it doing as he said? Nabiki had told him what to do, but it wasn't working.
Scyther quickly closed the distance between them and brought his arm down, ready to slice the Tyrogue in half. "You're done, Saotome! Victory is mine!"
"Tyrogue, dodge and use Tackle!" To Ranma's surprise, it actually obeyed.
As Scyther's arms were crossing like a pair of scissors, ready to cut their target in two, Tyrogue lept strait into the air before coming crashing back down on the mantis-like Pokémon.
"Scyther! Use Protect!" Scyther remained motionless, sprawled out in the grass.
"Well, looks like you've been beaten, Kuno-chan. I think that we'll just go to see the Deku Tree now." Nabiki pointed down the path behind Kuno, finishing off the tiny bag of popcorn she had been eating.
"Uh, but, what about him?" Ranma asked, pointing at the flexing Tyrogue.
Nabiki rubbed her forehead, looking tired. "Hold out the ball and say 'return'."
Ranma looked uncertainly between the PokéBall and Tyrogue. "Tyrogue, return!" A narrow beam of red light lashed out and caught Tyrogue, pulling him into the ball. "...Now what?"
"Now you put it on your belt, idiot!" Nabiki was beginning to feel worn-out and irritable.
Ranma attached the ball to the strange belt he was wearing with a click. It was now that Ranma noticed that he wasn't wearing his usual red Chinese shirt and loose black pants, but a long green shirt and white pants.
"What the..."
"Ranma! Forget about your vanity and get over here!" Nabiki screamed, eyes bloodshot. Working with this guy was way too stressful. She was glad that all she had to do was take him to the Great Deku Tree.
"So, what's this Deku guy like?" Ranma stepped over Kuno, who was spraying his Scyther with a blue squirt bottle.
Nabiki landed on his shoulder and took out an agenda book. "Well, he's tall. And old. Very old. Old-fashioned, too."
Ranma leapt backwards as something burst from the ground, snapping at his foot. "ACK! What's that thing?!"
Nabiki stifled a yawn. "It's a Bellsprout. Don't worry, they're harmless, just move around them."
"Yeah, okay.." Ranma gingerly walked forward, avoiding the yellow plants as they popped up. After only a few minutes, he stepped into a clearing. "Holy!"
Ranma's eyes widened as he saw the tree. It was easily over eighty feet tall, and at least half that around. It's foliage hung over the entire clearing, sunlight coming down only through the few gaps in the branches.
"Great Deku Tree, I'm back!" Nabiki called out, waving her arms from her position on Ranma's shoulder.
"Oh... Navi... Thou hast returned. Ranma... Welcome..."
Ranma put fists to his mouth, eyes as wide as tea plates. "The tree. It talked. The tree talked..."
"Ranma, don't be such a baby! It's just the Great Deku tree!"
"Listen carefully to what I, the Deku tree, am about to tell thee..."
Nabiki stood at attention. "Yes, Great Deku Tree?"
"...in pantomime..."
Nabiki facefaulted from Ranma's shoulder. "Great Deku Tree, we don't have time for that! Besides, you don't have arms!"
"Very well. Ranma, thou hast been cast into Hyrule in a time of impending darkness... canst thou not feel it? I have been bcursed/b... I need you to break the curse with your wisdom and courage. Dost thou have courage enough to undertake this task?"
Ranma stared blankly at the Deku Tree, then looked to Nabiki, how had fluttered back to his shoulder. "What'd he just say?"
"He said, 'If you're the wuss-boy I think you are, turn around and leave'."
"No! I mean, Great Deku Tree, I'll do it!"
A mouth-like hole slowly opened in the Deku Tree's trunk. "Then enter, brave Ranma, and thou too, Nabiki... Nabiki the fairy... Thou must aid Ranma..."
"WHAT?! NO WAY! You told me to bring him to you!"
"THOU MUST AID RANMA!"
Nabiki shrank back, terrified. "Yessir. Well, iRanma/i, let's go.... Man, this ican't/i be sanitary..."
Ranma confidently strode forward, darkness closing around him as he stepped into the maw of the Great Deku Tree.
=Author's note= Getting close. With Part V, the first chapter will be finished. What awaits Ranma inside the Great Deku Tree? Will he live to tell about it? Find out on Friday in the special Halloween edition! R&R, C&C appreciated. A&W VERY appreciated. (Chesu-October 28, 2003)
A Ranma Nibun no Ichi/Zelda no Densetsu/Pokémon crossover by Chesu.
Disclaimer: I don't own ANY of the characters in this story. Except for the guy with the pigtail. Yeah, you know the one. No, no, the other one. Yeah. That one.
Chapter One: Of Trees and Womens Underwear
Part IV: Nabiki, I Choose You!
Ocala, Florida-
Chesu leaned back in his chair, rubbing his temples. It was 12:24 a.m., and he was still sitting at his computer, while he should have been resting. He was twitchy and cast a paranoid glance over his shoulder every few minutes, but that wasn't unusual. Not for him, anyway.
"Hehe..Plaguing. What a weird word. Kodachi! Dustox to the Queen...it'll work!" He bent over the keyboard, once again lost in the world he was weaving. His fingers a blur, he spoke as he typed. "Nerima, Japan. Doctor Tofu picked up..."
------
Dr. Tofu picked up the telephone in his office, uncertainty plaguing him. A glance at Ranma's still form made up his mind. He dialed the number to the Tendo Dojo and waited for an answer.
'"Tendo residence, Nabiki speaking."'
"Ah, Nabiki! This is Dr. Tofu. I have some news, some news...regarding Ranma. Maybe you should all come down here."
------
Kokiri Forest-
"No, Tyrogue, I said Double Kick! C'mon, help me out here! If ya don't, he'll kill you!"
Ranma struggled in vain to get the child-like creature to obey. Why wasn't it doing as he said? Nabiki had told him what to do, but it wasn't working.
Scyther quickly closed the distance between them and brought his arm down, ready to slice the Tyrogue in half. "You're done, Saotome! Victory is mine!"
"Tyrogue, dodge and use Tackle!" To Ranma's surprise, it actually obeyed.
As Scyther's arms were crossing like a pair of scissors, ready to cut their target in two, Tyrogue lept strait into the air before coming crashing back down on the mantis-like Pokémon.
"Scyther! Use Protect!" Scyther remained motionless, sprawled out in the grass.
"Well, looks like you've been beaten, Kuno-chan. I think that we'll just go to see the Deku Tree now." Nabiki pointed down the path behind Kuno, finishing off the tiny bag of popcorn she had been eating.
"Uh, but, what about him?" Ranma asked, pointing at the flexing Tyrogue.
Nabiki rubbed her forehead, looking tired. "Hold out the ball and say 'return'."
Ranma looked uncertainly between the PokéBall and Tyrogue. "Tyrogue, return!" A narrow beam of red light lashed out and caught Tyrogue, pulling him into the ball. "...Now what?"
"Now you put it on your belt, idiot!" Nabiki was beginning to feel worn-out and irritable.
Ranma attached the ball to the strange belt he was wearing with a click. It was now that Ranma noticed that he wasn't wearing his usual red Chinese shirt and loose black pants, but a long green shirt and white pants.
"What the..."
"Ranma! Forget about your vanity and get over here!" Nabiki screamed, eyes bloodshot. Working with this guy was way too stressful. She was glad that all she had to do was take him to the Great Deku Tree.
"So, what's this Deku guy like?" Ranma stepped over Kuno, who was spraying his Scyther with a blue squirt bottle.
Nabiki landed on his shoulder and took out an agenda book. "Well, he's tall. And old. Very old. Old-fashioned, too."
Ranma leapt backwards as something burst from the ground, snapping at his foot. "ACK! What's that thing?!"
Nabiki stifled a yawn. "It's a Bellsprout. Don't worry, they're harmless, just move around them."
"Yeah, okay.." Ranma gingerly walked forward, avoiding the yellow plants as they popped up. After only a few minutes, he stepped into a clearing. "Holy!"
Ranma's eyes widened as he saw the tree. It was easily over eighty feet tall, and at least half that around. It's foliage hung over the entire clearing, sunlight coming down only through the few gaps in the branches.
"Great Deku Tree, I'm back!" Nabiki called out, waving her arms from her position on Ranma's shoulder.
"Oh... Navi... Thou hast returned. Ranma... Welcome..."
Ranma put fists to his mouth, eyes as wide as tea plates. "The tree. It talked. The tree talked..."
"Ranma, don't be such a baby! It's just the Great Deku tree!"
"Listen carefully to what I, the Deku tree, am about to tell thee..."
Nabiki stood at attention. "Yes, Great Deku Tree?"
"...in pantomime..."
Nabiki facefaulted from Ranma's shoulder. "Great Deku Tree, we don't have time for that! Besides, you don't have arms!"
"Very well. Ranma, thou hast been cast into Hyrule in a time of impending darkness... canst thou not feel it? I have been bcursed/b... I need you to break the curse with your wisdom and courage. Dost thou have courage enough to undertake this task?"
Ranma stared blankly at the Deku Tree, then looked to Nabiki, how had fluttered back to his shoulder. "What'd he just say?"
"He said, 'If you're the wuss-boy I think you are, turn around and leave'."
"No! I mean, Great Deku Tree, I'll do it!"
A mouth-like hole slowly opened in the Deku Tree's trunk. "Then enter, brave Ranma, and thou too, Nabiki... Nabiki the fairy... Thou must aid Ranma..."
"WHAT?! NO WAY! You told me to bring him to you!"
"THOU MUST AID RANMA!"
Nabiki shrank back, terrified. "Yessir. Well, iRanma/i, let's go.... Man, this ican't/i be sanitary..."
Ranma confidently strode forward, darkness closing around him as he stepped into the maw of the Great Deku Tree.
=Author's note= Getting close. With Part V, the first chapter will be finished. What awaits Ranma inside the Great Deku Tree? Will he live to tell about it? Find out on Friday in the special Halloween edition! R&R, C&C appreciated. A&W VERY appreciated. (Chesu-October 28, 2003)