Survival Instincts
A Ranma 1/2 & Sailor Moon Crossover
By Seraphilim
Author's Notes: This chapter will hopefully swing the camera back to focus on Nerima, where the actual plot is occurring. There will be a brief part about Ryoga and Minako's reunion, but then the action will focus on happenings in Nerima.
And the beginning of the real plot starts here.
(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 Seven – Shadows in the Night
Ryoga groaned as he opened his eyes to the blue sky above. Sitting up, he noticed Sailor V - although looking different from last he remembered - sitting next to him, her legs were brought up to her chest as she had her arms wrapped around them.
"You awake now, Ryo-chan?"
"It is you, V-san."
Venus smiled and winked, causing Ryoga to blush. "Yep, it's me. It's great to meet you again. It's been, what, almost two years? How have you been? Still searching for that whatshisname… uh, Ranma?"
Ryoga grinned sheepishly. He shook his head. "No, I found him. I think we settled most of our differences… Uh, how come you don't wear that red mask anymore?"
"I got promoted, sorta. Teehee." Venus said and giggled. "I'm Sailor Venus now, leader of the Sailor Senshi."
"Hey, that's pretty neat. I hear about you guys a lot when I'm around."
Minako blinked at that, then grinned. She pointed behind Ryoga, who had gotten up into a cross-legged position.
"Then look over there. Those are my friends and fellow Senshi. Hey guys, come over here!"
Ryoga turned and looked, and suddenly felt his cheeks burning. Four girls, no, five if you include Venus, all attractive, all wearing skimpy school uniform-style clothes. Ryoga hoped he could manage to stay conscious with this much female around him…
---
Several days later, in Nerima…
---
"Ah, jeez, not again…"
Ranma groaned as the pouring rain, which had appeared out of nowhere, changed him into a girl once again. Luckily, she found herself near Ucchan's, so she ran towards the building, intent on holding out at her best friend's restaurant until the rain stopped. As she neared the establishment, she almost collided with another girl who had just exited the building. Quickly, she darted a hand out to grab the other girl's arm to keep her from falling.
"Whoa! Sorry 'bout that. You okay?"
The other girl, her dark-blue hair glistening with the rain, gave her a sharp, almost hostile look with piercing sapphire eyes. "I'm fine. Let go."
Not wanting to invite any Akane-esque actions, Ranma let go of the girl's arm immediately. The hostile girl, seemingly satisfied, hmphed as she turned and walked away. On Ranma's part, she was somewhat confused, mostly by the girl's aura. 'It's weird, yet I think I've one like that before…'
Walking inside, Ranma waved to Ukyo, who was manning the counter as usual. There were a few patrons eating at the far end of the counter, so Ranma took a seat in front of Ukyo.
"Hiya, Ucchan. Could I get…"
Ukyo hooked a thumb towards a kettle boiling on the range behind and smiled.
"Hot water, coming right up, Ranchan. You want anything to eat?"
"Sure."
As Ukyo went to work on her famous okonomiyaki, Ranma couldn't help but ask, "Who was that?"
"Who?"
"The girl who just left. I almost ran her over."
As Ukyo flipped the dough, she said, "That was Lara. She's new to Nerima, and she was wondering if she could work here. I already have Konatsu, but it wouldn't hurt to have another hand around here."
"Hmm… there's something about her though, kinda odd…"
Ranma shrugged it off as Ukyo served out a extra-large okonomiyaki made especially for him. Her thoughts turned to something more important. 'How can I tell Ukyo the truth? That I don't return her feelings for me. Dammit, if there was only some way…'
---
In the Nekohanten, Cologne was in deep thought. Ranma had stopped by the day before to tell her about the mansion that had suddenly appeared with a strange aura. Something told her that recent events were somehow linked, but how? To find the answer, she realized someone would most likely have to go to the site to investigate. It would need to be someone with the skills to get in and get out without being noticed by whatever being resided in that mansion; nothing human should be able to create an aura like the one Ranma described. And she knew of only three people in Nerima with that sort of skill: herself, Happy, and Ranma Saotome.
---
Elsewhere, Gira was also walking around, and she too was drenched in the relentless rain. Muttering to herself about stupid Earth weather, she hoped to find somewhere she could wait out the rain. Her white hair heavy with water and sticking to her skin, she suddenly found the rain wasn't falling on her anymore. Looking up, she realized an umbrella was over her head. Turning, she found a teenaged girl with short black hair standing there, holding the umbrella high and smiling.
"Hello. You're Mr. Kai's friend, aren't you? My name's Akane Tendo."
---
In the Naito Mansion, Kyanite found himself worried, and was sitting in the sole chair in his room. He had had a dream the night before. And this dream had disturbed him to no end. Within the dream, he had witnessed the release of one of the ultimate weapons of the Dark Kingdom. Yet, somehow, instead of slaying the foes of the Dark Kingdom, the weapon had turned on its master, destroying him and the Dark Kingdom entirely.
The dream hadn't ended there. The weapon, its twelve parts scattering over the Earth and controlled by a thirteenth central part, began to raze and ravage the planet, starting first with its defenders: the Sailor Senshi. The five warriors had fought well, destroying much of the weapon, but succumbing to its power in the end. The remaining parts continued the destruction of Earth until the planet, unable to contain itself no longer, exploded in a furious burst of energy.
The dream had ended there. What had actually frightened Kyanite was that he knew what that weapon was. He was its master, after all. Standing up, he headed downstairs, passing the ground floor and going deeper down. In the basement, no, below the basement was a small room with a single metal safe. Inputting a code only he should know, Kyanite opened the safe to reveal its contents. Within was the twelve-jeweled decoration he had worn on his General's uniform. Yet, it was really no mere decoration. This was the weapon from the dream, sealed and waiting for him to call upon its power.
This, or rather, these, were the Zodiac Crystals. Each one held a beast, no, a demon that equaled a brigade of youma in terms of power. The twelve different colored crystal orbs were embedded in a large black one, the thirteenth crystal – the coordinator.
Closing the safe, Kyanite wondered about the dream. The Zodiac Crystals had to be activated if anyone wanted to release them. He would be damned if he himself did it, and the youma under his command were forbidden from this room. In fact, he had erected a barrier specially made to prevent anyone with youma blood from entering the room.
Shaking his head, Kyanite left the room. He was worrying needlessly, he thought. There was no way the Zodiac were going to be released, not here, not now, not ever.
---
In the Tendo household, Akane and Gira were sitting at the table while dinner was being prepared by the ever-reliable Kasumi. Gira had introduced herself as a close friend of Akane's new teacher. This much Akane had figured out herself. As both Soun Tendo and Genma Saotome, unable to play Go on the porch due to the weather, partook in discussing new plans to get Ranma and Akane together, Akane and Gira chatted. Akane explained some things about Nerima, giving a heavily abridged version of the more exciting events that had occurred in the last year. Gira wove a fabrication that she had met Kai when he was traveling abroad in Northern Europe, and had returned here with him.
"Really? Your Japanese is pretty good for a foreigner."
"Thank you. Kai is not just an expert with science, he is also excellent at teaching Japanese. He taught me most of it while we were in Europe."
After Kasumi brought out dinner, the two young women were silent as they ate. Nabiki was absent from the table, having called earlier about staying out with some friends. After dinner, Akane and Gira continued talking, this time Akane asked about Kai. As Gira continued to weave a story – the real story was not something she was foolish enough to reveal – Akane suddenly asked, "Do you love him?"
THAT caught Gira off-guard. Flustered, she looked aside.
"I…"
"Er, you don't have to answer if you don't want to…"
"I do."
Gira's response was nearly-inaudible, and Akane had to strain to hear. Smiing, she said, "That's great!"
Her face flushed, Gira looked back at Akane. "What about you? Do you have someone?"
Akane look down at the floor quietly. "Well, I wish I could answer that… but I'm not too sure right now. I mean, I'm engaged, but it's not like I asked for it, our fathers decided it. And I really don't know whether he really loves me or not."
The two sat silently for quite a bit of time after that until Kasumi came in to tell them the rain had stopped. Standing, Gira bowed and said, "Thank you for your hospitality, Akane-san."
Smiling, Akane shook her head, "It was nothing, don't worry about it!"
"Well, I'll be going."
Gira left the room with Kasumi. Akane, alone, turned her thoughts elsewhere.
"Ranma…"
---
Much later that night, at the Naito Mansion…
---
"Geheheheh… This place is quite extravagant. And I know I saw some pretty ladies come in here."
The small, dwarfish figure stood outside the building nearby one of the windows. The figure rubbed two hands together.
"Let Operation: Panty Liberation begin!"
Swiftly, the old pervert Happosai crawled up the wall like a bug and opened the window.
"Hmmm, unlocked. Makes it easier, then."
The little man hopped inside, his large, silky undergarment-filled bag wrapped around his shoulders. Looking around, he noted that he was definitely in a woman's room. The scent of female, though somehow odd this time, was still very familiar to his pervert sense. Sneaking his way over to the sole dresser, he searched it thoroughly.
"Wha…??"
Nothing. There were no panties, no bras, nothing even remotely like that in the dresser. In fact, the dresser was completely void of anything.
"Incredible. I didn't take THIS into account… Is it even possible that this pretty lady wears nothing… underneath?"
Realizing what that meant, Happosai almost lost himself to run over to the bed in the room, but he calmed himself.
"First, we search for any silky darlings. Then we play. Heheheh."
Tiptoeing out of the room, he began a methodical searching of the entire building. Thankfully – for him, at least – the other females in the mansion had dressers with treasure. His bag filled up even more now with his new finds, Happosai found that the staircase in the mansion led down beyond the basement. Curious, he descended the flight of stairs, coming to a single metal door. Opening it, he looked inside to find a single small metal safe within.
"Hmm… interesting. It's been quite some time since I liberated something of REAL value."
Walking up to the safe, he enveloped it with his aura, forcing the lock open with the power of his ki. Looking inside the now open safe, Happosai oohed.
"My, my, look at this shiny bauble! I bet it's worth a fortune, and it's pretty too, just like my darlings."
Closing the safe, Happosai pocketed his find and hurried up the stairs, heading back to the room he had started in. As he approached the bed, he couldn't help a little drool trickle out of the corner of his mouth.
"Now, if I'm right… we have a pretty NAKED lady here… Geheheheh!"
Hopping up to the bed, using his martial arts mastery to keep the bed absolutely still, he gazed at the crystal blue head of hair, the rest of the woman covered by white sheets. With his "magic hands," Happosai pulled back the covers expertly. What he saw surprised him to no end.
She was female, no doubt. Beautiful, hell yes. But what gave Happosai pause was that she was most definitely not human.
Of course, the pause lasted a simple brief second. Reaching out to the slumbering woman's exposed back, Happosai struck a shiatsu point that would keep her unconscious even if he were to beat her over the head with a telephone pole. It was very temporary, though, so he would only have perhaps a minute to enjoy himself.
Unable to resist no longer, he hopped over her prone form and turned to bury himself between her breasts, his small hands squirming over her blue skin like snakes. 'Ah, such bliss… Kinda cold, though.' he thought, and then suddenly he felt a hand, just as cold as the breasts he was embedded between, rest on his head with an iron-firm grip.
"Who are you, and what do you think you are doing?"
'Strange, that pressure point I hit should have lasted a bit longer than THAT.' Happosai thought as he looked up to see the woman staring down at him.
"Hello, sweetie! I'm just your friendly neighborhood panty thief! Don't mind me."
Silently, Crys swung her legs out from her bed and she stood, her fully nude body exposed to Happosai's delight. She took three steps over to the window, reared back, and chucked the miniature lecher out the open window.
"Get lost."
Without even a glance back, she returned to her bed and climbed back in gracefully.
Several blocks away, Happosai was embedded in the roof of a house. Crossing his arms, he noted, "Quite a strong arm. But, hotcha! I must go there again! The other ladies must be just as pretty!"
Laughing, Happosai hopped out of the hole he made in the roof and ran off.
Inside his pocket, the Zodiac Crystals bounced slightly as he continued his night-time panty hunt.
---
End Chapter Seven
A Ranma 1/2 & Sailor Moon Crossover
By Seraphilim
Author's Notes: This chapter will hopefully swing the camera back to focus on Nerima, where the actual plot is occurring. There will be a brief part about Ryoga and Minako's reunion, but then the action will focus on happenings in Nerima.
And the beginning of the real plot starts here.
(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 Seven – Shadows in the Night
Ryoga groaned as he opened his eyes to the blue sky above. Sitting up, he noticed Sailor V - although looking different from last he remembered - sitting next to him, her legs were brought up to her chest as she had her arms wrapped around them.
"You awake now, Ryo-chan?"
"It is you, V-san."
Venus smiled and winked, causing Ryoga to blush. "Yep, it's me. It's great to meet you again. It's been, what, almost two years? How have you been? Still searching for that whatshisname… uh, Ranma?"
Ryoga grinned sheepishly. He shook his head. "No, I found him. I think we settled most of our differences… Uh, how come you don't wear that red mask anymore?"
"I got promoted, sorta. Teehee." Venus said and giggled. "I'm Sailor Venus now, leader of the Sailor Senshi."
"Hey, that's pretty neat. I hear about you guys a lot when I'm around."
Minako blinked at that, then grinned. She pointed behind Ryoga, who had gotten up into a cross-legged position.
"Then look over there. Those are my friends and fellow Senshi. Hey guys, come over here!"
Ryoga turned and looked, and suddenly felt his cheeks burning. Four girls, no, five if you include Venus, all attractive, all wearing skimpy school uniform-style clothes. Ryoga hoped he could manage to stay conscious with this much female around him…
---
Several days later, in Nerima…
---
"Ah, jeez, not again…"
Ranma groaned as the pouring rain, which had appeared out of nowhere, changed him into a girl once again. Luckily, she found herself near Ucchan's, so she ran towards the building, intent on holding out at her best friend's restaurant until the rain stopped. As she neared the establishment, she almost collided with another girl who had just exited the building. Quickly, she darted a hand out to grab the other girl's arm to keep her from falling.
"Whoa! Sorry 'bout that. You okay?"
The other girl, her dark-blue hair glistening with the rain, gave her a sharp, almost hostile look with piercing sapphire eyes. "I'm fine. Let go."
Not wanting to invite any Akane-esque actions, Ranma let go of the girl's arm immediately. The hostile girl, seemingly satisfied, hmphed as she turned and walked away. On Ranma's part, she was somewhat confused, mostly by the girl's aura. 'It's weird, yet I think I've one like that before…'
Walking inside, Ranma waved to Ukyo, who was manning the counter as usual. There were a few patrons eating at the far end of the counter, so Ranma took a seat in front of Ukyo.
"Hiya, Ucchan. Could I get…"
Ukyo hooked a thumb towards a kettle boiling on the range behind and smiled.
"Hot water, coming right up, Ranchan. You want anything to eat?"
"Sure."
As Ukyo went to work on her famous okonomiyaki, Ranma couldn't help but ask, "Who was that?"
"Who?"
"The girl who just left. I almost ran her over."
As Ukyo flipped the dough, she said, "That was Lara. She's new to Nerima, and she was wondering if she could work here. I already have Konatsu, but it wouldn't hurt to have another hand around here."
"Hmm… there's something about her though, kinda odd…"
Ranma shrugged it off as Ukyo served out a extra-large okonomiyaki made especially for him. Her thoughts turned to something more important. 'How can I tell Ukyo the truth? That I don't return her feelings for me. Dammit, if there was only some way…'
---
In the Nekohanten, Cologne was in deep thought. Ranma had stopped by the day before to tell her about the mansion that had suddenly appeared with a strange aura. Something told her that recent events were somehow linked, but how? To find the answer, she realized someone would most likely have to go to the site to investigate. It would need to be someone with the skills to get in and get out without being noticed by whatever being resided in that mansion; nothing human should be able to create an aura like the one Ranma described. And she knew of only three people in Nerima with that sort of skill: herself, Happy, and Ranma Saotome.
---
Elsewhere, Gira was also walking around, and she too was drenched in the relentless rain. Muttering to herself about stupid Earth weather, she hoped to find somewhere she could wait out the rain. Her white hair heavy with water and sticking to her skin, she suddenly found the rain wasn't falling on her anymore. Looking up, she realized an umbrella was over her head. Turning, she found a teenaged girl with short black hair standing there, holding the umbrella high and smiling.
"Hello. You're Mr. Kai's friend, aren't you? My name's Akane Tendo."
---
In the Naito Mansion, Kyanite found himself worried, and was sitting in the sole chair in his room. He had had a dream the night before. And this dream had disturbed him to no end. Within the dream, he had witnessed the release of one of the ultimate weapons of the Dark Kingdom. Yet, somehow, instead of slaying the foes of the Dark Kingdom, the weapon had turned on its master, destroying him and the Dark Kingdom entirely.
The dream hadn't ended there. The weapon, its twelve parts scattering over the Earth and controlled by a thirteenth central part, began to raze and ravage the planet, starting first with its defenders: the Sailor Senshi. The five warriors had fought well, destroying much of the weapon, but succumbing to its power in the end. The remaining parts continued the destruction of Earth until the planet, unable to contain itself no longer, exploded in a furious burst of energy.
The dream had ended there. What had actually frightened Kyanite was that he knew what that weapon was. He was its master, after all. Standing up, he headed downstairs, passing the ground floor and going deeper down. In the basement, no, below the basement was a small room with a single metal safe. Inputting a code only he should know, Kyanite opened the safe to reveal its contents. Within was the twelve-jeweled decoration he had worn on his General's uniform. Yet, it was really no mere decoration. This was the weapon from the dream, sealed and waiting for him to call upon its power.
This, or rather, these, were the Zodiac Crystals. Each one held a beast, no, a demon that equaled a brigade of youma in terms of power. The twelve different colored crystal orbs were embedded in a large black one, the thirteenth crystal – the coordinator.
Closing the safe, Kyanite wondered about the dream. The Zodiac Crystals had to be activated if anyone wanted to release them. He would be damned if he himself did it, and the youma under his command were forbidden from this room. In fact, he had erected a barrier specially made to prevent anyone with youma blood from entering the room.
Shaking his head, Kyanite left the room. He was worrying needlessly, he thought. There was no way the Zodiac were going to be released, not here, not now, not ever.
---
In the Tendo household, Akane and Gira were sitting at the table while dinner was being prepared by the ever-reliable Kasumi. Gira had introduced herself as a close friend of Akane's new teacher. This much Akane had figured out herself. As both Soun Tendo and Genma Saotome, unable to play Go on the porch due to the weather, partook in discussing new plans to get Ranma and Akane together, Akane and Gira chatted. Akane explained some things about Nerima, giving a heavily abridged version of the more exciting events that had occurred in the last year. Gira wove a fabrication that she had met Kai when he was traveling abroad in Northern Europe, and had returned here with him.
"Really? Your Japanese is pretty good for a foreigner."
"Thank you. Kai is not just an expert with science, he is also excellent at teaching Japanese. He taught me most of it while we were in Europe."
After Kasumi brought out dinner, the two young women were silent as they ate. Nabiki was absent from the table, having called earlier about staying out with some friends. After dinner, Akane and Gira continued talking, this time Akane asked about Kai. As Gira continued to weave a story – the real story was not something she was foolish enough to reveal – Akane suddenly asked, "Do you love him?"
THAT caught Gira off-guard. Flustered, she looked aside.
"I…"
"Er, you don't have to answer if you don't want to…"
"I do."
Gira's response was nearly-inaudible, and Akane had to strain to hear. Smiing, she said, "That's great!"
Her face flushed, Gira looked back at Akane. "What about you? Do you have someone?"
Akane look down at the floor quietly. "Well, I wish I could answer that… but I'm not too sure right now. I mean, I'm engaged, but it's not like I asked for it, our fathers decided it. And I really don't know whether he really loves me or not."
The two sat silently for quite a bit of time after that until Kasumi came in to tell them the rain had stopped. Standing, Gira bowed and said, "Thank you for your hospitality, Akane-san."
Smiling, Akane shook her head, "It was nothing, don't worry about it!"
"Well, I'll be going."
Gira left the room with Kasumi. Akane, alone, turned her thoughts elsewhere.
"Ranma…"
---
Much later that night, at the Naito Mansion…
---
"Geheheheh… This place is quite extravagant. And I know I saw some pretty ladies come in here."
The small, dwarfish figure stood outside the building nearby one of the windows. The figure rubbed two hands together.
"Let Operation: Panty Liberation begin!"
Swiftly, the old pervert Happosai crawled up the wall like a bug and opened the window.
"Hmmm, unlocked. Makes it easier, then."
The little man hopped inside, his large, silky undergarment-filled bag wrapped around his shoulders. Looking around, he noted that he was definitely in a woman's room. The scent of female, though somehow odd this time, was still very familiar to his pervert sense. Sneaking his way over to the sole dresser, he searched it thoroughly.
"Wha…??"
Nothing. There were no panties, no bras, nothing even remotely like that in the dresser. In fact, the dresser was completely void of anything.
"Incredible. I didn't take THIS into account… Is it even possible that this pretty lady wears nothing… underneath?"
Realizing what that meant, Happosai almost lost himself to run over to the bed in the room, but he calmed himself.
"First, we search for any silky darlings. Then we play. Heheheh."
Tiptoeing out of the room, he began a methodical searching of the entire building. Thankfully – for him, at least – the other females in the mansion had dressers with treasure. His bag filled up even more now with his new finds, Happosai found that the staircase in the mansion led down beyond the basement. Curious, he descended the flight of stairs, coming to a single metal door. Opening it, he looked inside to find a single small metal safe within.
"Hmm… interesting. It's been quite some time since I liberated something of REAL value."
Walking up to the safe, he enveloped it with his aura, forcing the lock open with the power of his ki. Looking inside the now open safe, Happosai oohed.
"My, my, look at this shiny bauble! I bet it's worth a fortune, and it's pretty too, just like my darlings."
Closing the safe, Happosai pocketed his find and hurried up the stairs, heading back to the room he had started in. As he approached the bed, he couldn't help a little drool trickle out of the corner of his mouth.
"Now, if I'm right… we have a pretty NAKED lady here… Geheheheh!"
Hopping up to the bed, using his martial arts mastery to keep the bed absolutely still, he gazed at the crystal blue head of hair, the rest of the woman covered by white sheets. With his "magic hands," Happosai pulled back the covers expertly. What he saw surprised him to no end.
She was female, no doubt. Beautiful, hell yes. But what gave Happosai pause was that she was most definitely not human.
Of course, the pause lasted a simple brief second. Reaching out to the slumbering woman's exposed back, Happosai struck a shiatsu point that would keep her unconscious even if he were to beat her over the head with a telephone pole. It was very temporary, though, so he would only have perhaps a minute to enjoy himself.
Unable to resist no longer, he hopped over her prone form and turned to bury himself between her breasts, his small hands squirming over her blue skin like snakes. 'Ah, such bliss… Kinda cold, though.' he thought, and then suddenly he felt a hand, just as cold as the breasts he was embedded between, rest on his head with an iron-firm grip.
"Who are you, and what do you think you are doing?"
'Strange, that pressure point I hit should have lasted a bit longer than THAT.' Happosai thought as he looked up to see the woman staring down at him.
"Hello, sweetie! I'm just your friendly neighborhood panty thief! Don't mind me."
Silently, Crys swung her legs out from her bed and she stood, her fully nude body exposed to Happosai's delight. She took three steps over to the window, reared back, and chucked the miniature lecher out the open window.
"Get lost."
Without even a glance back, she returned to her bed and climbed back in gracefully.
Several blocks away, Happosai was embedded in the roof of a house. Crossing his arms, he noted, "Quite a strong arm. But, hotcha! I must go there again! The other ladies must be just as pretty!"
Laughing, Happosai hopped out of the hole he made in the roof and ran off.
Inside his pocket, the Zodiac Crystals bounced slightly as he continued his night-time panty hunt.
---
End Chapter Seven