Tensai
A Ranma One Half & Slam Dunk Crossover Story
Disclaimer: I do not own Ranma, nor do I own Slam Dunk.
This story takes place at the beginning of the Ranma manga and the year before
the slam dunk manga.
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--------------------Chapter 02
Expecting the routine boot to the face greeting for a Saturday morning, Ranma
was surprised when it never came. He was a bit shocked by this, as he was
certain that it was one of his father's greatest pleasures in life.
Nevertheless, he went for a quick bath and then put on a set of his new clothes.
Black shorts, a red and white air Jordan shirt, and his new shoes, a pair of
Nike air. Happy with this, he set about finding out the cause of this deviation
from routine, not that he was complaining.
Once downstairs he was greeted with the usual faces, there appeared to be an
addition however, a familiar looking boy with a spotted bandanna upon his brow.
Curious about this new addition Ranma turned to his father and asked 'Who the
hell is this, and why didn't you get me up for training this morning'.
Seemingly ignoring the question, Genma growls, "Foolish boy, since you seem
to care so little for the Tendo clan and our art, and spend so much time
slacking off, I have decided that you are no longer my heir. In case you don't
remember, this is Ryoga; he arrived at Furinkan last Wednesday, seeking to
challenge you. The challenge never occurred. Why is that?, any heir of the
anything goes would have stepped up to the plate and met that challenge. As it
seems that you are incapable of such a feat, I have now acquired an heir that
is".
Snarling, Ranma replies, "So that's how it is eh, fine by me, it's not like
you have anything more to teach me anyhow, I could beat you hands down from the
age of twelve. Also, since I am no longer your precious heir, it is not my
responsibility to unite the schools, that particular duty now falls to Ryoga",
turning towards him Ranma says, "Good luck, heh, you'll need it",
turns around and disappears from the room altogether, utterly disgusted with the
entire affair.
As he made his way to the guest room he could hear his father going on about
having such a worthless son, and that the school would be much better off
without him. Grabbing his stuff he went back down to the living room and
informed the lot of them in no uncertain terms just what he thought of them.
Namely Soun being absolutely pathetic, he was not even enough of a man to
provide for his family. Akane, a psychotic bitch with delusions of grandeur.
Nabiki, a cold manipulating piece of crap, and Kasumi, a mindless little drone.
As for Genma and Ryoga he just beat the snot out of them. This being done he
announced that as the Tendos had broken the pact, he would now leave with no
loss of honour, as if any of them ever had any.
Informing them that there was nothing they could do, he made his way over to the
clinic to ask Dr. Tofu where the nearest police station was. Around two hours
later he found himself standing in front of a sprawling house twice the size of
the Tendo training hall, it was located on the outskirts of Nerima, and by the
looks of things, backed onto a mid sized mountain.
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Approaching the front door, he rang the bell.
After around a five-minute wait the door opened, and he was greeted by the sight
of an elegant middle-aged woman in a navy blue, flower print kimono. The minute
he saw her he knew who she was, it was his mother, Nodoka. Seconds after, he saw
the light of recognition enter her eyes also, and he simply said, "Mother,
I'm home".
With this soft greeting, she started weeping and told of how she had been
certain that the two of them had died, as after the first three years of the
trip, she had never received any communication from the two of them. Still
hugging him tightly she went on to tell him that she had remarried six years
ago, and had sold most of her belongings from the period of her life as Saotome
Nodoka. Around a year after that she had met her new husband, Oda Mito, and his
son Yohei who had lost his wife a number of years ago. Finding in each other a
kindred soul, a year later they had been married. Two years after this event
their first child, Yohko, had been born.
Overwhelmed from the unexpected event of her sons return, she asked him to tell
her everything. Only to happy to oblige his mother, he began the sad tale. Cat
fist, going without food, stealing, lying, the whole nine yards, he finished
with the events that had occurred that very afternoon. Tired from the days
events, as he was always more comfortable with actions than words, he had fallen
asleep just as he ended the tale.
Horrified by his tale, his mother couldn't help but sit there mortified for the
next few minutes. Seeing how worn out her son had become, she attempted to pick
him up and take him to one of the guest bedrooms. Attempted being the key word
here, he was much heavier than he looked. So after a moment of thought she
placed one of the spare futons on the ground and rolled the boy gently onto it.
This done she settled down to wait.
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Ranma awoke to a pair of hushed voices not far to his right, he was still a
little disoriented, so his body acted automatically. He flipped up into a ready
stance, after quickly scanning the area; he saw his mother and a young auburn
haired girl, both wearing near identical looks of surprise on their face.
Relieved beyond words by this, he scratched the back of his head, a habit he was
trying to break, "Heh heh, sorry about that mom, its just that I'm used to
constant attacks by Genma".
Then, looking towards the little girl he says "Hello, I'm Ranma" the
little girl perks up at this and blurts out 'Really, your Ranma, my older
brother". Hardly able to contain her excitement the little sprite rushes
over to him and gives him a big hug.
"Now Yohko, let your brother go, he has had a rough time" Nodoka
chides.
"Ok." Yohko chirps, and releases her hug, only to proceed to sit down
in Ranmas lap.
Both Ranma and Nodoka laugh at her actions, but then get back to the business of
catching up. They spent the next while talking about each other's lives, when
suddenly Ranma thought to ask about his new brother, Yohei. To this enquiry, his
mother told him that Yohei was rarely at home, the only time they saw the boy
was breakfast and dinner, he was a year younger than Ranma, and occasionally got
into trouble at school.
Comfortable with her sons presence now, his mother took him for a tour through
the property, there was no dojo, however there was a large back yard, and as he
had suspected, it backed onto the mountain, which contained a large number of
tall trees, all in all not a bad place to train.
Once the tour was over Ranma decided to ask his mother for details on the
anything goes grandmaster, someone Genma had always refused to speak of. He was
now Ranmas only option for further advancement in anything goes. Only to happy
to help her son, Nodoka told him that the last thing she heard about the man was
that Genma and his training partner had buried him in a mountainside cave a few
miles outside of Hokkaido.
Ranma was determined to continue with his training, so he told his mother that
he would be leaving to find the man the next morning, he would return soon
however, if he did not find him within three days to be exact.
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He caught the early train the next day, this allowed him to arrive in
Hokkaido at eight in morning. After a few short moments of thought, he decided
that the best plan would be to ask some of the locals for info. Around three
hours later, after many dead end enquiries, he hit the jackpot. Apparently,
there was a strange ward covered boulder on a hill around three miles to the
west, it was easy to find as it could be seen from the main road out of town.
As this was the only likely point he had come across so far, he got the man to
draw a map, just to be sure, and set off at a quick pace. Sure enough, upon
arrival, he was greeted with the site of a huge bolder surrounded with intricate
Shinto wards. It was on the side of a hill in the middle of nowhere.
Not one to waste time, Ranma sent a quick reverse spin kick into the boulder,
splitting the thing straight down the middle. He entered the revealed cave not
really knowing what to expect, so was not surprised when he found an wizened old
man in a seemingly trance like state.
He was very short, no more than an inch above 3ft tall, yet, the figure had a
presence that you would not believe, it bordered on the physical. The closer he
approached to the figure, the more the presence increased, until, when he was
but a meter away from him, without warning, his whole body was paralysed and the
man was on his feet.
"Your Genma Saotomes son aren't you", the man demanded.
Not really surprised by the incredibly rapid actions, Ranma replied in the
affirmative and then proceeded to tell him about the events of the last few
days. The old man took a moment to examine Ranma's story, then replied.
"Not to worry son, I'll be happy to be your new sensei, it would be perfect
revenge on those two fools that buried me here". That settled, the two made
there way back into the city, both detailing to the other how they came to be in
their current predicaments.
Happosai found the part about him no longer being the schools heir hilarious. He
then proceeded to tell Ranma that the Saotome and Tendo schools were not really
schools at all, they were merely facets of his anything goes school. The so
called Saotome School was made up of the forms that focused on speed and Arial
combat, and the Tendo School was that which focused on power and hand based
manoeuvres. Both encompassed merely a fraction of the true forms of anything
goes.
Neither taught the higher ki-abilities, they both merely detailed methods of
building the reserves naturally available to the body. When asked about his
supposed abnormal behaviour, he just pointed back towards the cave and said
"It didn't get me very much did it, besides I could not absorb the excess
chi from woman while in the cave, so I had to begin absorbing the chi from the
environment, the chi I absorbed from women is what made me act as I did, since
the chi was female, it sent mine out of whack and caused me to act strangely.
The environmental chi though is neutral; it has no real effects on my conscious
state, it is among the first things I will teach you. Now, what was that you
were telling me about you playing some game, basketball I think it was, no game
I have ever heard of."
Ranma then told the old master about basketball, he became a little interested
he could tell, and when it was mentioned that Furinken High did not have a coach
for their team, he said that he could fill the position, in this way he could
work on basketball and martial arts at the same time. But first, he needed to
learn all about the game, and see if the school would hire him. The train ride
back to Nerima continued in much the same vein, and by the time they arrived,
Happosai had about an equal understanding of the sport of basketball as Ranma
did, unsatisfied with this he said that they would have to go to the next game,
to see the described information in action.
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It was about 7pm that night when they arrived outside his mother's house; the
trip had only taken one day. As Ranma made his way to the door, Happosai stopped
him, and said not to trouble his mother for lodgings; he had decided to torment
Soun and Genma, so he would be staying at the dojo. As it was his decision,
Ranma gave Happosai directions to the school auditorium and told the diminutive
man to meet him there tomorrow after school. Happosai seemed satisfied with
this, as he bounded up into the air and out of sight. With his future in martial
arts secure, Ranma announced his return.
He was introduced to his new father and brother in law inside, his father in law
seemed like a very nice person, he genuinely seemed to want to get to know him.
Yohei on the other hand, was a different story. He was about four inches taller
than Ranma, and when he saw this, seemed to instantly dismiss him, some type of
street fighter then. Ranma had dealt with the type before, they only understood
a beating. It did not really bother him, hopefully the two of them could work
something out, but if his mother's description of Yoheis activities was correct,
there was little chance of that.
Introductions done, Ranma proceeded to tell his mother of how his day had gone.
When she heard that he had let Happosai out she got this angry expression on her
face, his explanation quickly turned that look into a baffled expression when
she heard that Happosai wasn't like that any more. Explanation finished, Nodoka
informed him that she would like to see for herself, and told Ranma to invite
the old master around for dinner the next night.
A little uncomfortable with the assessing looks his father in law was giving
him, Ranma then asked to be shown to his room. Little Yohko was quick to take
him up on the offer, grabbing him by the hand and dragging the boy the whole
way.
Finally alone, he couldn't help but wonder what the future would now bring, in
both the martial arts and basketball, either way, the future looked bright.
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Life however, had other ideas, the moment Ranma walked into his homeroom the
next day, he knew that his school life just went straight to hell, as their was
a new addition to the motley ranks, none other than Ryoga, the smug fool with no
idea of what he had gotten himself into, heir of the school heh, heir of nothing
more like it.
It seemed Ryoga's sole goal in life was to annoy Ranma, the minute he so much as
looked in his direction, Ryoga started growling.
Growling!.
Deciding not to bother with the fool, as the longer he looked at the ridiculous
sight the more he felt like laughing, Ranma concentrated on the morning lessons.
While slightly boring they kept him occupied and temporarily allowed him to
forget the presence of people like Ryoga and Akane.
By the time lunch rolled around, Ryoga seemed to have worked himself into a
state of rage, not that it took much effort on his part, and soon began
informing every one of his new status, and Ranmas apparent uselessness.
Well, if that's how he wanted it to go.
How the dim-witted idiot expected to be able to best him just because he was
named heir Ranma did not know. He eventually decided not to bother, as it was
inevitable that Ryoga would make a challenge, and then lose miserably. Ranma
instead went to meet with the rest of the guys in the auditorium, now was as
good a time as any to tell them about his little adventurous outing over the
weekend.
Once inside the building, he could see that the group had started a game of one
on one, the current participants being Jin and Akira. Even though they both had
a similar build, their personal playing styles were completely different.
Jin concentrated his game mainly under the net, relying on the lay-up and
slam-dunks.
Akira was more of a ranged player, though for some strange reason he got more of
his three pointers in than standard two-point jump shots, deciding his news
could wait for a while, Ranma settled down to watch, and was promptly informed
he was playing the winner.
That sounded interesting, both of them were at least 4-inches taller than him so
jump shots would be the most difficult. It should be a simple matter to make his
way around either of them with his speed advantage for a shot from under the
net.
In the end, Jin was a clear winner, as Akira just did not have a good enough
shooting percentage to keep up with Jins power plays. As he walks by Akira calls
out "C'mon Ranma, your up, time to shine." As Jin was the games
current champion, Ranma got the honour of first possession of the ball. From the
start he could see that Jin expected him just to charge in recklessly for the
easy shot, he decided to try it, as he needed to test out his game.
Pouring on the speed, Ranma tried for a quick break down the side, making it
around his side he went for the shot, only to find the ball was gone???
What the hell? it was impossible, there was no possible way that Jin could have
kept up with that speed. Not having time to figure it out at the moment, Ranma
quickly set himself to be ready for Jin's attack.
He was going for a dunk, he just knew it, and so bringing his body into position
under the net, Ranma crouched in preparation for a block. As he expected, Jin
came charging in, it was going to be a power play, so jumping the moment he
heard Jins shoes leave the floor, he grabbed the ball from Jin on his way up.
Yet, upon landing, Kenji called a defensive foul. Confused, he tried to remember
what that was. Ah yes, he can't make contact with the offensive player if he is
in possession of the ball and making a shot.
As this was one on one, a foul was a conceded point. Returning the ball to his
opponent, he decided that it was time for payback, the moment he brought the
ball into play Ranma was off like a shot, on the balls second contact with the
smooth floor of the court, Ranma had stolen possession, and two seconds after
that he turned around for the shot. Remembering his practice games, he got in
the correct position for the shot, and was just releasing the ball when he could
here the others start to call out. Before he knew it he turned around to find
Jin in the air on course for his shot, once reached he knocked it out of bounds.
The rest of them were now calling out "Face." or "Get that ball
outa here." But he could tell that they were just mucking around.
Still in possession, Ranma now made sure to keep track of Jin's movements.
Deciding to apply his martial arts he faked a shot, and Jin jumped. Now in the
clear Ranma sped into the basket and made a spectacular reverse dunk. When he
landed he turned around only to see everyone with ridiculously surprised looks
on their faces. Only to jump up and start shouting.
Kenji - "Impossible, we haven't shown him how to fake, and that was one of
the best I've seen to date".
Akira - "What the hell was that".
Kyo was just sitting there laughing his ass off, revenge was sweet!!
Leaving them to there fun, he checked his watch. Seeing there was only ten
minutes left for lunch, he got serious, and told them about Happosai.
He was the grandmaster of the anything goes style, while having no real
basketball experience, in terms of conditioning and strategy nobody could
compare. He then organized the lot of them to meet straight after school, as
they would all need to go and see the vice-principle to get Happosai instated as
coach. Satisfied that the afternoon's events were well planned, Ranma said his
goodbyes, and made his way back to class.
--------------------To be continued.
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