Just a plan
Author: Poly
Authors note:
As you can see I'm back again. First a little review response, even if it is a
little late. (author ducks below the thrown rotten tomato's.)
Adyen, how did Ranma get a hold of the credit card? That's … a secret.
Daniel Kim, I don't think Pluto will go hunting for 'silky darlings'. She
might be going a little nuts but she id not the old pervert.
anthony3755, I know Ranma his leaning to his female side. This is a SM
crossover whit Ranma in a miniskirt after all. Don't worry though. I won't
let you hanging.
All other reviewers are thanked for there nice words.
Disclaimer:
What do you mean they're not mine! Are you sure?
PART XVIII
Let the fun begin
Ranma was a little bored. He had spent the morning practicing katas on
the apartment building roof. There was just so much time you could
practice without a sparring partner before it would get boring though. He
was now sitting in his room juggling various items. He was actually
waiting to hear some news from Usagi. If they could figure out the origin
of those monster attacks in Juuban they could probably eliminate the
problem.
That Ami girl seemed smart enough to figure it out though. He was no
good at that stuff. She seemed real handy with that computer thingy of
hers. He hated the waiting though. His usual adventures were more direct.
Just follow the prince that kidnapped Akane and beat the snot out of his
guards and then the prince himself. Clean and simple. All this mysterious-
enemies-attacking-from-the-dark was not his thing. The monsters they
send were good practice though.
Now he just wanted to be pointed at a target and go all out. He was bored
with the waiting. He almost wished there would be some crazy martial
artist challenging him by now. He shrugged. Perhaps he could do
something else to pass the time. A little Experimentation with the
Sapphire tiara could be interesting. Grabbing the tiara and holding it in his
hands, he mused a little about what he had discovered about the stone so
far. He knew the stone balanced his aura in regard to the water magnetic
part of his curse. He also knew the stone was some sort of Ki storage
device. He proved that when he had used it to create a glowing disk of
energy that cut in half one of those monsters. The stone gave him some
marginal control over the flight of this energy disk. He figured the stone
synchronized with the aura of the user, thus giving him control since it
was still part of him.
He wondered if he could increase that control. Unlike with his Ki blast,
once he threw it, it was out of his control. Concentrating, he draw upon
his Ki and focused it on the sapphire. The stone started glowing softly. He
didn't want to force it the first time, so he didn't charge too much Ki into
it. Once he was satisfied with the amount of Ki stored, he released his
control. The stone still glowed softly. Reaching with his senses, he could
feel his aura emitting from the stone. In a way it was weird. Theoretically
any person who could feel auras would perceive this as if he was located
in two places at the same time. That wasn't important right now though.
Reaching out again, he felt the threads of energy that connected him with
the stone. With some inspiration, he placed the tiara on the floor and took
a step back. Feeling the threads, he tried to draw the Ki from the storage.
He was pleased when he was flooded with the stored Ki. Stopping the
stream, he tried charging the stone using the connection. That didn't
seem to work though. Apparently he had to at least touch the stone.
Picking up the tiara, he stored some more Ki for further experimentation.
Placing the tiara on the floor again, he thought about his next experiment.
He had already experimented with manipulating the flight of the tiara but
not with the conscious control over the shape the stored Ki took. He knew
he could use it as a razor sharp disk with limited flight control. But what if
he could blunt the edge, using it as a rubber band of sorts. He could
literally bounce the tiara from any surface or prevent it from harming
unintended targets.
With determination, he started concentrating. With the thought of an
elastic band in mind, he tried to shape the Ki. Once he was satisfied, he
used the control he had over the stone to make the tiara sort of jump
from the floor. He was not prepared for what happened next though.
Exerting a little bit too much force on the stone made the tiara jump into
the air much faster then expected. It started bouncing from the ceiling
and walls like a rubber ball on a sugar high. Ranma ducked when the out
of control tiara almost took his head off.
Ranma groaned when he heard a shattering sound when the tiara crashed
through the window and disappeared. "This is so not good." He thought to
himself. He stiffened when he heard his mother knocking on the door of
his room.
"Is everything alright in there, Ranma?" Came the voice of Nodoka
through the closed door. "I thought I heard something breaking."
"Nothing to worry about mom!" Ranma replied, panicking. "Just a little
accident. Nothing I can't handle."
There was a moment of silence. "Alright Ranma." Came the reply from his
mother.
With a sigh of relief, Ranma heard his mother move away from the door.
Now he had to act quickly. Luckily he had plenty of experience repairing
broken windows while staying at the Tendo dojo. The damage didn't seem
to be that severe. He would just sneak out, get some materials and repair
the damage before anybody would notice. The only problem was locating
the wayward tiara. Now where could that thing have ended up anyway?
* * *
Akane idly traced shapes into the grass with her finger while soaking up
the rays of the sun. She wondered what Ranma was doing right now.
Somehow she got the feeling he had done something stupid again. A
squeal of laughter brought her back from her musing. She looked up to
see Sakura playing happily in the nearby lake. Akane smiled. She really
liked watching her little niece play. She was such a sweet girl. It made her
smile and wonder what it would be like when she had kids of her own.
Her thoughts grinded to a halt and she examined that thought. She
wondered when she started to think 'when' instead of 'if' about having
children. And why was she thinking about children at the same time she
was thinking about Ranma? She never thought like this before the failed
wedding. Perhaps more had changed than she would admit. This required
some serious thought.
* * *
Tired, bruised, wet and female, Ranma-chan dragged herself through her
bedroom window. With her luck the tiara just had to land somewhere in a
public bathhouse. She slumped tiredly to the floor. She didn't know what
was worse, being chased by that horde of perverts, or the angry woman
throwing bath supplies. Either way it was just another typical and chaotic
episode that was the life of Ranma Saotome. At least she was able to
retrieve the tiara.
Ranma-chan shivered slightly. Her wet clothes were cold. Sighing, she
started to undress. "Better get some dry clothes one." She thought.
Opening her closet, she rummaged through her stuff. She frowned when,
after some searching, she failed to retrieve one of her trademark Chinese
shirts or pants. Turning back to the closet she could only see her 'Ranko'
stuff in there. "Now what am I going to wear?" She complained.
"You have plenty of pretty clothes, dear."
"Urk!" Ranma-chan turned around and looked at her mother standing in
the door frame.
Nodoka just raised an eyebrow. "One of your friends called while you were
out. She said there was a meeting at the shrine tonight."
Ranma-chan's eyes flashed in anticipation. Perhaps there would be some
action tonight after all.
* * *
Ranma-chan grumbled in annoyance while she walked to the shrine. The
evening wind blew through her scarlet locks. Her hair was bound back in a
simple ponytail with a large blue bow. Ranma-chan was not happy. Just
because she was going to a shrine, her mother thought it was a good idea
to stick her in the traditional kimono and obi. Just because her mother
would always wear them, didn't mean she should. Ranma-chan just
grumbled some more. The only reason she was wearing it right now was
because her mother had given her the look, although she had to admit,
she did look good. The Kimono was made of dark blue silk with an
intricate flower design decorating it.
She tried walking a little faster but the kimono hindered her movements a
little more than she was used to. She was running late for the meting
meeting as it had to have already started by now. It wouldn't be far to the
shrine now though. Her thoughts were interrupted when she heard a faint
sound in the distance she could not identify. It seemed to be getting
closer though. Looking around she noticed what looked like a dust cloud
getting closer. Was that faint shouting she was hearing?
"I'm so laaaaate!"
A blonde blur rushed by leaving Ranma-chan blinking. She was surprised
when the blur stopped and rushed back to materialize as her friend Usagi
in front of her.
"HiRanma-chan,nicekimonobutweneedtohurryorwewillbelate!"
Ranma-chan was still trying to decipher that sentence, when her blonde
friend took her hand and rushed off to the shrine dragging the redhead
along with her.
It was an out-of-breath Usagi and a still confused Ranma-chan that finally
stumbled inside the shrine home. Fortunately they had made it just in
time not to be scolded by Rei.
When both girls had settled down, Ami cleared her throat to get
everybody's attention. She pulled out her Mercury computer and pulled up
a map of the Juuban district.
"The program that was analyzing the energy matrix from the monster
fragment we found in the park, has completed its calculations."
"So? What does it say?" Rei asked.
Ami tapped a few commands into the computer and the map of Juuban
was covered with red dots. The rest of the Senshi and Ranma-chan just
looked confused.
Ami pointed to a large cluster of red dots on the map. "The program
allowed me to do an accurate reading of the Juuban area and analyze the
residual energy those monsters give off. When looking at the pattern on
this map there is a large concentration of this energy located here. It's
logical to conclude that is where our enemy is located."
Usagi looked over Ami's shoulder at the map displayed. "Hey. Isn't that
where 'The Rocking horse' is located?"
Minako blinked. "That's the largest toy store in town! They have an
excellent Sailor V doll collection though." She looked thoughtful for a
second. "Perhaps I could get a doll and kick some enemy butt at the same
time. Like hitting two birds that ends well."
The rest of the group just groaned. "It's 'hitting two birds with one stone'
and 'all's well that ends well.'" Ami corrected the blonde.
Makoto just shook her head. "So we just go there and defeat the enemy?
That's nothing new. We did it before and we can do it again."
Ranma-chan just nodded in agreement. She was all for the direct
approach. Just kick the enemy's butt and be done with it.
* * *
Pluto Laughed evilly. Tonight would be the night. She could feel it. Her
captor's attention had wandered off and it would only be a matter of time
before he would leave again. When that happened she would make her
move. She chuckled with glee thinking about the deserved punishment
she would bestow on her imprisoner. A couple of 'dead scream's' would do
the job nicely.
* * *
Akane was sitting at her desk in the guest room writing a letter, when she
got the urgent feeling to grab her mallet. It was the feeling she got
whenever Ranma would do something stupid or dangerous. She could
admit now that she didn't want to see him hurt when embarking on one of
those crazy adventures. And he always did get hurt in some way. And
some of the time it was because he was trying to save her.
"Ranma. What are you up to?" She muttered with concern.
* * *
END PART XVIII
Additional authors note:
I finished the last couple of chapters of 'Just a plan'. Expect them in rapid
release after this chapter. (When I say finished, I mean finished as in
collecting dust on my HD.) It will give me the change to give some review
response.
Author: Poly
Authors note:
As you can see I'm back again. First a little review response, even if it is a
little late. (author ducks below the thrown rotten tomato's.)
Adyen, how did Ranma get a hold of the credit card? That's … a secret.
Daniel Kim, I don't think Pluto will go hunting for 'silky darlings'. She
might be going a little nuts but she id not the old pervert.
anthony3755, I know Ranma his leaning to his female side. This is a SM
crossover whit Ranma in a miniskirt after all. Don't worry though. I won't
let you hanging.
All other reviewers are thanked for there nice words.
Disclaimer:
What do you mean they're not mine! Are you sure?
PART XVIII
Let the fun begin
Ranma was a little bored. He had spent the morning practicing katas on
the apartment building roof. There was just so much time you could
practice without a sparring partner before it would get boring though. He
was now sitting in his room juggling various items. He was actually
waiting to hear some news from Usagi. If they could figure out the origin
of those monster attacks in Juuban they could probably eliminate the
problem.
That Ami girl seemed smart enough to figure it out though. He was no
good at that stuff. She seemed real handy with that computer thingy of
hers. He hated the waiting though. His usual adventures were more direct.
Just follow the prince that kidnapped Akane and beat the snot out of his
guards and then the prince himself. Clean and simple. All this mysterious-
enemies-attacking-from-the-dark was not his thing. The monsters they
send were good practice though.
Now he just wanted to be pointed at a target and go all out. He was bored
with the waiting. He almost wished there would be some crazy martial
artist challenging him by now. He shrugged. Perhaps he could do
something else to pass the time. A little Experimentation with the
Sapphire tiara could be interesting. Grabbing the tiara and holding it in his
hands, he mused a little about what he had discovered about the stone so
far. He knew the stone balanced his aura in regard to the water magnetic
part of his curse. He also knew the stone was some sort of Ki storage
device. He proved that when he had used it to create a glowing disk of
energy that cut in half one of those monsters. The stone gave him some
marginal control over the flight of this energy disk. He figured the stone
synchronized with the aura of the user, thus giving him control since it
was still part of him.
He wondered if he could increase that control. Unlike with his Ki blast,
once he threw it, it was out of his control. Concentrating, he draw upon
his Ki and focused it on the sapphire. The stone started glowing softly. He
didn't want to force it the first time, so he didn't charge too much Ki into
it. Once he was satisfied with the amount of Ki stored, he released his
control. The stone still glowed softly. Reaching with his senses, he could
feel his aura emitting from the stone. In a way it was weird. Theoretically
any person who could feel auras would perceive this as if he was located
in two places at the same time. That wasn't important right now though.
Reaching out again, he felt the threads of energy that connected him with
the stone. With some inspiration, he placed the tiara on the floor and took
a step back. Feeling the threads, he tried to draw the Ki from the storage.
He was pleased when he was flooded with the stored Ki. Stopping the
stream, he tried charging the stone using the connection. That didn't
seem to work though. Apparently he had to at least touch the stone.
Picking up the tiara, he stored some more Ki for further experimentation.
Placing the tiara on the floor again, he thought about his next experiment.
He had already experimented with manipulating the flight of the tiara but
not with the conscious control over the shape the stored Ki took. He knew
he could use it as a razor sharp disk with limited flight control. But what if
he could blunt the edge, using it as a rubber band of sorts. He could
literally bounce the tiara from any surface or prevent it from harming
unintended targets.
With determination, he started concentrating. With the thought of an
elastic band in mind, he tried to shape the Ki. Once he was satisfied, he
used the control he had over the stone to make the tiara sort of jump
from the floor. He was not prepared for what happened next though.
Exerting a little bit too much force on the stone made the tiara jump into
the air much faster then expected. It started bouncing from the ceiling
and walls like a rubber ball on a sugar high. Ranma ducked when the out
of control tiara almost took his head off.
Ranma groaned when he heard a shattering sound when the tiara crashed
through the window and disappeared. "This is so not good." He thought to
himself. He stiffened when he heard his mother knocking on the door of
his room.
"Is everything alright in there, Ranma?" Came the voice of Nodoka
through the closed door. "I thought I heard something breaking."
"Nothing to worry about mom!" Ranma replied, panicking. "Just a little
accident. Nothing I can't handle."
There was a moment of silence. "Alright Ranma." Came the reply from his
mother.
With a sigh of relief, Ranma heard his mother move away from the door.
Now he had to act quickly. Luckily he had plenty of experience repairing
broken windows while staying at the Tendo dojo. The damage didn't seem
to be that severe. He would just sneak out, get some materials and repair
the damage before anybody would notice. The only problem was locating
the wayward tiara. Now where could that thing have ended up anyway?
* * *
Akane idly traced shapes into the grass with her finger while soaking up
the rays of the sun. She wondered what Ranma was doing right now.
Somehow she got the feeling he had done something stupid again. A
squeal of laughter brought her back from her musing. She looked up to
see Sakura playing happily in the nearby lake. Akane smiled. She really
liked watching her little niece play. She was such a sweet girl. It made her
smile and wonder what it would be like when she had kids of her own.
Her thoughts grinded to a halt and she examined that thought. She
wondered when she started to think 'when' instead of 'if' about having
children. And why was she thinking about children at the same time she
was thinking about Ranma? She never thought like this before the failed
wedding. Perhaps more had changed than she would admit. This required
some serious thought.
* * *
Tired, bruised, wet and female, Ranma-chan dragged herself through her
bedroom window. With her luck the tiara just had to land somewhere in a
public bathhouse. She slumped tiredly to the floor. She didn't know what
was worse, being chased by that horde of perverts, or the angry woman
throwing bath supplies. Either way it was just another typical and chaotic
episode that was the life of Ranma Saotome. At least she was able to
retrieve the tiara.
Ranma-chan shivered slightly. Her wet clothes were cold. Sighing, she
started to undress. "Better get some dry clothes one." She thought.
Opening her closet, she rummaged through her stuff. She frowned when,
after some searching, she failed to retrieve one of her trademark Chinese
shirts or pants. Turning back to the closet she could only see her 'Ranko'
stuff in there. "Now what am I going to wear?" She complained.
"You have plenty of pretty clothes, dear."
"Urk!" Ranma-chan turned around and looked at her mother standing in
the door frame.
Nodoka just raised an eyebrow. "One of your friends called while you were
out. She said there was a meeting at the shrine tonight."
Ranma-chan's eyes flashed in anticipation. Perhaps there would be some
action tonight after all.
* * *
Ranma-chan grumbled in annoyance while she walked to the shrine. The
evening wind blew through her scarlet locks. Her hair was bound back in a
simple ponytail with a large blue bow. Ranma-chan was not happy. Just
because she was going to a shrine, her mother thought it was a good idea
to stick her in the traditional kimono and obi. Just because her mother
would always wear them, didn't mean she should. Ranma-chan just
grumbled some more. The only reason she was wearing it right now was
because her mother had given her the look, although she had to admit,
she did look good. The Kimono was made of dark blue silk with an
intricate flower design decorating it.
She tried walking a little faster but the kimono hindered her movements a
little more than she was used to. She was running late for the meting
meeting as it had to have already started by now. It wouldn't be far to the
shrine now though. Her thoughts were interrupted when she heard a faint
sound in the distance she could not identify. It seemed to be getting
closer though. Looking around she noticed what looked like a dust cloud
getting closer. Was that faint shouting she was hearing?
"I'm so laaaaate!"
A blonde blur rushed by leaving Ranma-chan blinking. She was surprised
when the blur stopped and rushed back to materialize as her friend Usagi
in front of her.
"HiRanma-chan,nicekimonobutweneedtohurryorwewillbelate!"
Ranma-chan was still trying to decipher that sentence, when her blonde
friend took her hand and rushed off to the shrine dragging the redhead
along with her.
It was an out-of-breath Usagi and a still confused Ranma-chan that finally
stumbled inside the shrine home. Fortunately they had made it just in
time not to be scolded by Rei.
When both girls had settled down, Ami cleared her throat to get
everybody's attention. She pulled out her Mercury computer and pulled up
a map of the Juuban district.
"The program that was analyzing the energy matrix from the monster
fragment we found in the park, has completed its calculations."
"So? What does it say?" Rei asked.
Ami tapped a few commands into the computer and the map of Juuban
was covered with red dots. The rest of the Senshi and Ranma-chan just
looked confused.
Ami pointed to a large cluster of red dots on the map. "The program
allowed me to do an accurate reading of the Juuban area and analyze the
residual energy those monsters give off. When looking at the pattern on
this map there is a large concentration of this energy located here. It's
logical to conclude that is where our enemy is located."
Usagi looked over Ami's shoulder at the map displayed. "Hey. Isn't that
where 'The Rocking horse' is located?"
Minako blinked. "That's the largest toy store in town! They have an
excellent Sailor V doll collection though." She looked thoughtful for a
second. "Perhaps I could get a doll and kick some enemy butt at the same
time. Like hitting two birds that ends well."
The rest of the group just groaned. "It's 'hitting two birds with one stone'
and 'all's well that ends well.'" Ami corrected the blonde.
Makoto just shook her head. "So we just go there and defeat the enemy?
That's nothing new. We did it before and we can do it again."
Ranma-chan just nodded in agreement. She was all for the direct
approach. Just kick the enemy's butt and be done with it.
* * *
Pluto Laughed evilly. Tonight would be the night. She could feel it. Her
captor's attention had wandered off and it would only be a matter of time
before he would leave again. When that happened she would make her
move. She chuckled with glee thinking about the deserved punishment
she would bestow on her imprisoner. A couple of 'dead scream's' would do
the job nicely.
* * *
Akane was sitting at her desk in the guest room writing a letter, when she
got the urgent feeling to grab her mallet. It was the feeling she got
whenever Ranma would do something stupid or dangerous. She could
admit now that she didn't want to see him hurt when embarking on one of
those crazy adventures. And he always did get hurt in some way. And
some of the time it was because he was trying to save her.
"Ranma. What are you up to?" She muttered with concern.
* * *
END PART XVIII
Additional authors note:
I finished the last couple of chapters of 'Just a plan'. Expect them in rapid
release after this chapter. (When I say finished, I mean finished as in
collecting dust on my HD.) It will give me the change to give some review
response.
