A/N The idea for this fic came to me after I read John Biles' Anime/DC crossover as well as well as Kevin Smiths comic book Green Arrow: Quiver. I just want to say that I love comic books. I prefer it over Manga, what can I say, it's how I am. And one of the things that I have been trying to do is an Anime/DC crossover. This is one of them, even though it is very subtle. And there is a sort of a sequel planned. And just so you aren't confused, the beginning monologue takes place four or so years before the series and then goes to about a year after Ranma shows up. So without further ado, here it is.
Disclaimer: Ranma ½ and Green Arrow are owned by people far wealthier then me.
Chapter 1 – The Island
My name is Nabiki Tendo. And to the outside world, I died ten months ago. No, I'm not dead. It was summer and with some convincing, Daddy allowed me, his sweet and childish girl of 13 years old, to go visit some friends I had in the States, pen-pals that I had since the third grade. They were nice and had the coolest grandfather. One day he asked us if we would like to go boating… off the coast of India! How cool was that? Unfortunately, a storm started while we were still out and I got thrown overboard by a wave. Sometime later, I wash up on the beach of some uninhabited, deserted island. Lucky me, eh? When I realized I was taking up semi-permanent residency, I made my self a bow and arrow with a knife that was in the survival pack on my life jacket. The only problem is the waiting.
"Cheeseburger…" a voice says. It's owner is a shivering girl huddled in the corner of a cave. Her hair is a little longer then shoulder length and tied with a length of black ribbon. She's wearing a conservative bikini top and loose 'cargo' shorts, as well as a headband. Each article of clothing is a dark shade of green.
"Gonna taste… just like… cheeseburger." She says, licking her lips. She takes a rodent that was roasting on a small fire and, with a sigh, takes a bite out of its back.
"Come on, Shinyarou, I know you're here." Nabiki Tendo whispers to herself. She was lucky to survive that mauling last week. Nabiki decided that it was gonna cost the tiger dearly for that.
Rowrrrrrr!
"There you are." The girl leaps at the large, striped cat and in a fluid motion she nocks and fires an arrow in to the animals side, before landing with a roll.
"C'mon Sugarpuss, I'm not done playing yet." Nabiki said, already have an arrow nocked and trying to goad the beast. The tiger snarls and leaves, it needs to heal. When it's gone, the tanned girl slumps to her knees and lets out a relieved sigh.
Later that day…
Nabiki is standing at a waterfalls peak, her bow and quiver on her back. She takes a deep breath and jumps. It was her weekly 'religious' ritual. To thank what ever god decided to spare her. It also confirmed her bravery and challenges her skill. Less then halfway down, she pulls her bow off her back and readies an arrow and lets it fly. It imbeds itself in a tree. The same tree she's hit for what seems like eternity. She barely notices the splash of her body colliding with the water. She utters only one word before she impacts with the blue waters.
"Amen."
Nabiki Tendo is standing on a rock in one of the islands many lagoons. Several fish are floating in the water, and arrow in each of them. Silently, she collects each of them and takes them to her cave.
"Five years. Probably. Five joy filled years. Oh, where does the time go." Nabiki says to herself. Her body is lean and tone, nearly Olympic-athlete quality. Since she discovered the apes, she has developed a champion hook-cross punch combo. But with her long bow, she is unmatched. After her meal of fish, she believes herself to be ready to face her nemesis, Shinyarou.
"Don't disappoint me now, Shinyarou, I'm bored." Nabiki says to herself, her eyes glancing at the forest, looking for that tiger she affectionately named 'Dead Bastard.' From her years of being the hunter and the hunted, her senses have developed to their peak. Her ears give a quick twitch as she picks up the faint noise of an engine. Leaping from tree to tree, she tracks the noise, her curiosity getting the better of her. On the far side of the island, there is a compound of some sort. Nabiki vaguely recognizes what they are, drug dealers or something, from the looks of the harvested plants. Knowing what she must do, she readies three arrows and leaps from her hideaway.
Six days later…
"Miss Tendo, you have do many, many good people a great service by preventing this… filth from being distributed all over the world." A man says. He was the leader of an American Spec Ops group sent to take out a known drug-growing compound known to supply several cartels in the States. One can only imagine their surprise when they discovered the compound leaders and their men hog-tied. Added to this fact was that it was a teenaged Japanese national who did it two-fisted and with a bow and arrow. The brown haired girl looked at him and smiled.
"Let them owe me. I have no intention of collecting that debt." She said with a jovial chuckle. She then lay her head down and, for the first time, Nabiki Tendo experiences something few have. The Sleep of the Just.
A/N Hopefully this is a good start and you would like to see more fics like this. 'Cause I got a lot of them planned out. Here's a list at what I have planned:
Jay Garrick showing Ranma Saotome real speed.
Black Adam pounding the daylights out of Pantyhose Taro and Ryouga Hibiki.
Hikaru Gosunguki coming into the possession of some Miraclo pills.
The Injustice Society trouncing the Nerima Wrecking Crew.
An adventure featuring a young Tofu Ono assisting the Sandman against some Yakuza/Mafia conspiracy in the early Sixties.
The sequel to Quiver (this story).
And Tatewaki Kuno finding Sinestro's lost Yellow Power Ring (and not becoming evil, at first).
Now, personally, I wish to ask you, the readers, which story would you like to see after this one is finished. I have each one of them more or less planned out in full. So do me all a favor and leave review. Please?