Survival Instincts
A Ranma 1/2 & Sailor Moon Crossover
By Seraphilim
Author's Notes: Nothing to say here, except enjoy the fic.
(Chances are that this fanfic will have inaccuracies, mostly concerning that of the Sailor Moon continuity, which I am somewhat less familiar with than that of Ranma. Please do not hesitate to point out any massive inaccuracies in reviews.)
Chapter Five – A New Ally in the Face of Evil
"Stupid Ryoga…"
It was morning the next day at the Saotome home. And Ryoga Hibiki was nowhere to be found. Not surprisingly, his giant rucksack was still resting against the wall in the entrance hall. Ranma gave it a little kick as his mother popped her head out from the kitchen.
"Oh, Ranma, did your friend leave?"
"Yeah. He probably got lost on the way to the bathroom or something…"
"Well, breakfast is almost ready. Get ready for school."
"Yes, Mom."
Ranma went off to do as he was told. Little did he know that his prediction of what happened to Ryoga wasn't too far off the mark…
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"Dammit… Where the hell am I now!?"
Ryoga hated, hated, HATED this curse of his. He almost hated it more than his Jusenkyo curse. After he had woken up in the Saotome's guest room, he'd gotten dressed and everything, and then he needed to use the bathroom. By sheer luck he'd found it, and did his business.
And of course, upon leaving the bathroom he found himself no longer in the Saotome household. He grit his teeth and clenched a fist. Looking around, he didn't recognize any of the buildings. The signs were all in Japanese, so he was luckily still in Japan. Unluckily, he was without his pack or umbrella. Lately he'd gotten into the habit of keeping his shoes tied to his belt when he was indoors so he could use them when he got lost and wound up outside, like now.
Ryoga continued wandering around, hoping he'd magically find himself back at Ranma's, the Tendo Dojo, his own house, or even Akari's. Unfortunately, that usually took days to occur.
"This really sucks…"
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Later that day…
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"This really sucks…"
It was already afternoon, and Ryoga was still lost. Unlike most times when he seemed to almost warp to different locations, he found himself trapped in this city. He'd passed the same buildings five, six times at least. He was tired, frustrated, hungry, and quite depressed at his situation. Ryoga wanted to beat the crap out of something. Bad.
Sometimes, when you wish for it desperately enough, things happen.
---
School had ended, and Usagi Tsukino and Minako Aino were preparing for some refreshing R&R at the Crown Ice Cream Parlor. As luck would have it, they didn't even reach the shop before their communicators beeped. As Usagi whined about their bad luck, Minako sighed with a defeated tone as she answered the call. The caller was Ami.
"Minako, I picked up a Droid signal, it's two block south of your position."
"Another Droid? Jeez… Did you call Rei and Makoto?"
"Yes, they're on the way, as am I. Rei's the closest to you. Hurry!"
"On our way! Usagi, let's go!"
Minako shut off the communicator as she grabbed Usagi's wrist.
"But…"
"No buts! Let's hurry!"
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A scream pierced the air, catching Ryoga's attention. 'Someone's in trouble!' raced through his mind as he ran towards the source of the screaming. While his sense of direction sucked, if he was able to focus on something to lead him, he could make it to where he was going.
Turning the next corner, he gasped at the sight.
Bodies were lying on the street, and a demonic beast of sorts – this demon bore the guise of a woman, but the blue skin, white hair, and inhumanly long arms with claws easily gave proof that this was NOT human - was standing over them. Ryoga could sense massive ki flow in the air. 'This beast is draining the ki from everyone! And to extents even Miss Hinako wouldn't go to… I've got to stop this!'
He stepped forward, and yelled with all of his might, "Hey, you! How dare a beast such as yourself show your face before Ryoga Hibiki!! As a martial artist, it is my duty to defeat the likes of you!!!"
As the monster stared at the human that dared to defy it, Ryoga rushed forth, rearing back his right fist for a devastating blow.
---
Sailor Mars was the first of the Soldiers to arrive at the scene. As she ran up the street towards the Droid's location, she could see that it had already begun to drain people. That meant there was a Black Crystal nearby…
"Wait, someone's still standing…? Who is that guy?"
Rei arrived in time to hear "…it is my duty to defeat the likes of you!!!"
'What!? That's crazy, he's just a normal human, he can't hope to hurt that thing!' As these thoughts ran through her mind, she yelled, "Stop! Get away from it!!"
The warning went unheeded or unheard, for the young man rushed forth to attack the Droid.
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"Take this, you ugly blue ape!"
Shouting his taunt, Ryoga drove his fist into the beast's sternum with all of his might. The thing roared in surprise and pain as it stumbled back slightly. Wincing, Ryoga delivered a quick snap-kick to the monster's belly before he hopped back and away from it. He shook his hand; his knuckles were red.
"What the hell is that thing made of!? It's harder than rock or metal…"
Bending his legs, Ryoga crouched slightly, preparing to attack again. The monster, caught off guard by his attack (mainly since it didn't think a mere human could hurt it like that), was angry now. It turned an angry gaze on him.
"Hey, you stupid boy! Get away from the Droid or you'll get killed!"
At the yell, Ryoga glanced to his right. He raised an eyebrow at the sight. It was a girl with long raven-black hair, a little younger than he was, and she was wearing some sort of spiffyed-up white and red schoolgirl uniform. She seemed to be a fighter of some sort. He mentally shrugged. He'd seen stranger things than some girl who fights in a schoolgirl uniform. Hell, Akane did it quite often. Though her uniform was a little more conservative…
"A Droid, eh? Nice to know what the hell this thing is! Stay back, or you'll get hurt! I'll handle this!"
As Ryoga turned his attention back to the Droid, he heard the sailor-suited girl yell out indignantly, "That's MY line!!"
Ignoring her for now, Ryoga leapt forward once again despite the girl's incessant yelling to stop. The Droid, now on it's guard, whipped it's right arm at him, intent on skewering Ryoga with it's claws. He didn't give it the satisfaction of doing so. Diving down under the swinging arm, Ryoga rolled on his shoulder and sent a hard left kick to the Droid's right kneecap. The Droid screamed in outrage and thrust down with it's other claw. Ryoga expected this, and quickly rolled to the side as the claw smashed into the concrete. 'Damn, it's got strength too,' he thought worriedly as he stood. This fight was going to be a lot like when he fought the inhumanly strong Lime, one of Prince Herb's – of the Musk Dynasty – followers.
Ryoga took several steps backwards as the Droid faced him again. He wondered idly why the girl who had shown up wasn't doing anything. 'She probably hasn't seen such beasts up close, I bet. She seems similar to that Sailor V girl I met in England a couple years ago…'
The Droid was very upset. This pathetic human was putting up more of a fight than it should be, but it wasn't one of those damn Sailor Senshi. Deciding that - even though it was a waste of good energy for the Black Crystal – it needed to kill this human now, the Droid raised it's right arm and pointed it towards Ryoga. It suddenly fired a blast of energy at him, and he barely dodged in time. The energy burned away a portion of his right shirt sleeve and continued on to blast through the storefront behind him. Ryoga stared in shock.
"Shit, I didn't think this thing had any firepower! Well, looks like I can unload my own big guns, then!"
He held his hands in front of him as if holding an invisible beachball…
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"Mars! What's going on!? Where's the Droid!?"
As both Usagi and Minako arrived on the scene - both transformed into their Senshi forms – Minako quickly called out to Rei, who was just… standing there.
"Mars, what's wrong!?"
Sailor Mars stabbed a gloved finger towards Ryoga. "That's what's wrong! Some guy is trying to fight off the Droid!! And he's not listening to me and he's going to get killed!!!"
Sailor Venus had looked over at Ryoga upon Mars pointing at him, and she began drooling at the sight.
"What a hunk…"
"Venus!!"
"Oh, sorry… Well, let's help him!"
Drawing upon her powers, Sailor Venus held her right hand up towards the sky, and then brought her hand down and pointed her index finger like a gun at the Droid, her left hand steadying her right arm as she aimed.
"Crescent… BEAM!!!"
The beam of golden energy lanced out towards the Droid as Minako noticed out of the corner of her eye that the bandana-wearing boy was glowing with green energy of sorts…
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"Time to finish this… Take this, Ugly! SHI SHI HOKODAN!!!"
Having gathered his depression into a ball of ki in his hands, Ryoga thrust it out towards the Droid. Just as he did so, a beam of golden light pierced the Droid's shoulder and passed through it's body, coming out through the Droid's back. The Droid screeched, and the screech grew louder and more ear-piercing as Ryoga's ki blast enveloped it.
The resulting explosion was blinding. Ryoga shielded his eyes as the Droid erupted in a brief blast of black energy.
As the explosion died down, Ryoga dropped his hand and let out a breath he didn't know he'd been holding. That thing had been tougher than he'd expected. And something told him that his Shi Shi Hokodan alone wasn't the thing that killed it. As the smoke cleared away, Ryoga gulped at the sight. Maybe "killed" was too early of a prediction…
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Chapter Five End
A Ranma 1/2 & Sailor Moon Crossover
By Seraphilim
Author's Notes: Nothing to say here, except enjoy the fic.
(Chances are that this fanfic will have inaccuracies, mostly concerning that of the Sailor Moon continuity, which I am somewhat less familiar with than that of Ranma. Please do not hesitate to point out any massive inaccuracies in reviews.)
Chapter Five – A New Ally in the Face of Evil
"Stupid Ryoga…"
It was morning the next day at the Saotome home. And Ryoga Hibiki was nowhere to be found. Not surprisingly, his giant rucksack was still resting against the wall in the entrance hall. Ranma gave it a little kick as his mother popped her head out from the kitchen.
"Oh, Ranma, did your friend leave?"
"Yeah. He probably got lost on the way to the bathroom or something…"
"Well, breakfast is almost ready. Get ready for school."
"Yes, Mom."
Ranma went off to do as he was told. Little did he know that his prediction of what happened to Ryoga wasn't too far off the mark…
---
"Dammit… Where the hell am I now!?"
Ryoga hated, hated, HATED this curse of his. He almost hated it more than his Jusenkyo curse. After he had woken up in the Saotome's guest room, he'd gotten dressed and everything, and then he needed to use the bathroom. By sheer luck he'd found it, and did his business.
And of course, upon leaving the bathroom he found himself no longer in the Saotome household. He grit his teeth and clenched a fist. Looking around, he didn't recognize any of the buildings. The signs were all in Japanese, so he was luckily still in Japan. Unluckily, he was without his pack or umbrella. Lately he'd gotten into the habit of keeping his shoes tied to his belt when he was indoors so he could use them when he got lost and wound up outside, like now.
Ryoga continued wandering around, hoping he'd magically find himself back at Ranma's, the Tendo Dojo, his own house, or even Akari's. Unfortunately, that usually took days to occur.
"This really sucks…"
---
Later that day…
---
"This really sucks…"
It was already afternoon, and Ryoga was still lost. Unlike most times when he seemed to almost warp to different locations, he found himself trapped in this city. He'd passed the same buildings five, six times at least. He was tired, frustrated, hungry, and quite depressed at his situation. Ryoga wanted to beat the crap out of something. Bad.
Sometimes, when you wish for it desperately enough, things happen.
---
School had ended, and Usagi Tsukino and Minako Aino were preparing for some refreshing R&R at the Crown Ice Cream Parlor. As luck would have it, they didn't even reach the shop before their communicators beeped. As Usagi whined about their bad luck, Minako sighed with a defeated tone as she answered the call. The caller was Ami.
"Minako, I picked up a Droid signal, it's two block south of your position."
"Another Droid? Jeez… Did you call Rei and Makoto?"
"Yes, they're on the way, as am I. Rei's the closest to you. Hurry!"
"On our way! Usagi, let's go!"
Minako shut off the communicator as she grabbed Usagi's wrist.
"But…"
"No buts! Let's hurry!"
---
A scream pierced the air, catching Ryoga's attention. 'Someone's in trouble!' raced through his mind as he ran towards the source of the screaming. While his sense of direction sucked, if he was able to focus on something to lead him, he could make it to where he was going.
Turning the next corner, he gasped at the sight.
Bodies were lying on the street, and a demonic beast of sorts – this demon bore the guise of a woman, but the blue skin, white hair, and inhumanly long arms with claws easily gave proof that this was NOT human - was standing over them. Ryoga could sense massive ki flow in the air. 'This beast is draining the ki from everyone! And to extents even Miss Hinako wouldn't go to… I've got to stop this!'
He stepped forward, and yelled with all of his might, "Hey, you! How dare a beast such as yourself show your face before Ryoga Hibiki!! As a martial artist, it is my duty to defeat the likes of you!!!"
As the monster stared at the human that dared to defy it, Ryoga rushed forth, rearing back his right fist for a devastating blow.
---
Sailor Mars was the first of the Soldiers to arrive at the scene. As she ran up the street towards the Droid's location, she could see that it had already begun to drain people. That meant there was a Black Crystal nearby…
"Wait, someone's still standing…? Who is that guy?"
Rei arrived in time to hear "…it is my duty to defeat the likes of you!!!"
'What!? That's crazy, he's just a normal human, he can't hope to hurt that thing!' As these thoughts ran through her mind, she yelled, "Stop! Get away from it!!"
The warning went unheeded or unheard, for the young man rushed forth to attack the Droid.
---
"Take this, you ugly blue ape!"
Shouting his taunt, Ryoga drove his fist into the beast's sternum with all of his might. The thing roared in surprise and pain as it stumbled back slightly. Wincing, Ryoga delivered a quick snap-kick to the monster's belly before he hopped back and away from it. He shook his hand; his knuckles were red.
"What the hell is that thing made of!? It's harder than rock or metal…"
Bending his legs, Ryoga crouched slightly, preparing to attack again. The monster, caught off guard by his attack (mainly since it didn't think a mere human could hurt it like that), was angry now. It turned an angry gaze on him.
"Hey, you stupid boy! Get away from the Droid or you'll get killed!"
At the yell, Ryoga glanced to his right. He raised an eyebrow at the sight. It was a girl with long raven-black hair, a little younger than he was, and she was wearing some sort of spiffyed-up white and red schoolgirl uniform. She seemed to be a fighter of some sort. He mentally shrugged. He'd seen stranger things than some girl who fights in a schoolgirl uniform. Hell, Akane did it quite often. Though her uniform was a little more conservative…
"A Droid, eh? Nice to know what the hell this thing is! Stay back, or you'll get hurt! I'll handle this!"
As Ryoga turned his attention back to the Droid, he heard the sailor-suited girl yell out indignantly, "That's MY line!!"
Ignoring her for now, Ryoga leapt forward once again despite the girl's incessant yelling to stop. The Droid, now on it's guard, whipped it's right arm at him, intent on skewering Ryoga with it's claws. He didn't give it the satisfaction of doing so. Diving down under the swinging arm, Ryoga rolled on his shoulder and sent a hard left kick to the Droid's right kneecap. The Droid screamed in outrage and thrust down with it's other claw. Ryoga expected this, and quickly rolled to the side as the claw smashed into the concrete. 'Damn, it's got strength too,' he thought worriedly as he stood. This fight was going to be a lot like when he fought the inhumanly strong Lime, one of Prince Herb's – of the Musk Dynasty – followers.
Ryoga took several steps backwards as the Droid faced him again. He wondered idly why the girl who had shown up wasn't doing anything. 'She probably hasn't seen such beasts up close, I bet. She seems similar to that Sailor V girl I met in England a couple years ago…'
The Droid was very upset. This pathetic human was putting up more of a fight than it should be, but it wasn't one of those damn Sailor Senshi. Deciding that - even though it was a waste of good energy for the Black Crystal – it needed to kill this human now, the Droid raised it's right arm and pointed it towards Ryoga. It suddenly fired a blast of energy at him, and he barely dodged in time. The energy burned away a portion of his right shirt sleeve and continued on to blast through the storefront behind him. Ryoga stared in shock.
"Shit, I didn't think this thing had any firepower! Well, looks like I can unload my own big guns, then!"
He held his hands in front of him as if holding an invisible beachball…
---
"Mars! What's going on!? Where's the Droid!?"
As both Usagi and Minako arrived on the scene - both transformed into their Senshi forms – Minako quickly called out to Rei, who was just… standing there.
"Mars, what's wrong!?"
Sailor Mars stabbed a gloved finger towards Ryoga. "That's what's wrong! Some guy is trying to fight off the Droid!! And he's not listening to me and he's going to get killed!!!"
Sailor Venus had looked over at Ryoga upon Mars pointing at him, and she began drooling at the sight.
"What a hunk…"
"Venus!!"
"Oh, sorry… Well, let's help him!"
Drawing upon her powers, Sailor Venus held her right hand up towards the sky, and then brought her hand down and pointed her index finger like a gun at the Droid, her left hand steadying her right arm as she aimed.
"Crescent… BEAM!!!"
The beam of golden energy lanced out towards the Droid as Minako noticed out of the corner of her eye that the bandana-wearing boy was glowing with green energy of sorts…
---
"Time to finish this… Take this, Ugly! SHI SHI HOKODAN!!!"
Having gathered his depression into a ball of ki in his hands, Ryoga thrust it out towards the Droid. Just as he did so, a beam of golden light pierced the Droid's shoulder and passed through it's body, coming out through the Droid's back. The Droid screeched, and the screech grew louder and more ear-piercing as Ryoga's ki blast enveloped it.
The resulting explosion was blinding. Ryoga shielded his eyes as the Droid erupted in a brief blast of black energy.
As the explosion died down, Ryoga dropped his hand and let out a breath he didn't know he'd been holding. That thing had been tougher than he'd expected. And something told him that his Shi Shi Hokodan alone wasn't the thing that killed it. As the smoke cleared away, Ryoga gulped at the sight. Maybe "killed" was too early of a prediction…
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Chapter Five End