Disclaimer: All characters and concepts in this story are owned and copyrighted
by their respective creators. They DO NOT belong to me. I'm just borrowing them.
"Ultimate Crisis, Ultimate Warrior"
A Ranma 1/2 - Sailor Moon x-over (primary)
- Multiple Anime x-over (secondary)
Co-Written by Trooper1023 and Ranechi
Based on original story idea, "The Super Ranma", by Piccolo181
View at: http://www.geocities.com/nighthawktm/idea.htm
=text= is transmissions (long-distance communicators)
[text] is sounds/actions
*text* is emphasized words
/text/ is thoughts
_______________________________________________________________________
Part II: Trans-dimensional Awakening
Chapter 5: Desperate Times
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
The Masaki Home, day 12...
"I can't believe I still haven't found him..." Hakubi Washuu, self-proclaimed
greatest scientific mind in the universe, muttered to herself dejectedly
as she left her lab through the small closet.
Tenchi and Ryoko's son, Ranma Misaki, had simply vanished from their home
a few days ago. There was nothing to signify where he could have gone...
no note, no acting strange beforehand, none of his clothes gone to signify
a camping trip.
They'd looked everywhere; Washuu had been in her lab scanning for any Juraian
energy around the planet, but had come up empty handed. Ryoko was getting
desperate, and Tenchi, although acting calm, was obviously no better. She
and Yosho were jast as bad; even Sasami was worried.
Having grabbed some more supplies for her fridge in the lab, Washuu headed
back towards the closet, glancing into the living room only to freeze in
mid-step.
She turned her wide eyes onto the television once more, and entered the
room, sitting next to a horrified Sasami who had her hands over her mouth.
On the screen was a special bulletin, and a young girl who looked like she
was only just finishing high-school, with a helmet-style hair cut and brown
hair was holding a microphone and looking into the camera.
=This is Nabiki Tendo, reporting live from the Juuban district of Tokyo.
Those who have been watching these special bulletins will know that
super-powered youma and daemons have been appearing in and around the Tokyo
region.= There were several loud booms in the background, and dust could
be seen flying up into the air.
=Right now, the Tokyo Defenders have split into several teams to deal with
the threat. I'm here at the battle site, where Team Alpha have nearly
destroyed the few youma that have attacked here; there are several more
battles taking place just North of here.=
Washuu watched as the camera panned around to see a group of people fighting
what looked to be a cross between a yeti and a scorpian, with a wolf's head.
Both she and Sasami stared at the screen, unable to tear their eyes away,
as one of the fighters - a short-haired girl who looked like she was in
high school - get backhanded into a building, the wall collapsing on top of
her.
The boy with a bandanna fired a beam of green energy at the youma, but all
it seemed to do was merely annoy it as he ran to the building, beginning
to dig the girl out, apparently oblivious to the youma advancing behind
him.
At that moment, two yells were heard, accompanied with blasts of energy.
Unlike the green beam, these appeared to hurt the monster as it cried
out in pain. Another round pummeled it before it finally turned to dust.
The camera panned around to the reporter once more, showing the devestation
clearly...buildings had been knocked down, the tarmac had been destroyed in
some areas and sported craters in others...cars had been tossed around,
and Team Alpha's fighters were all sporting one rather serious injury or
another. The bandanna'd boy was cradling the short-haired girl, some of
her joints badly bruised. He himself was limping.
Finally, the reporter finished rolling the camera with a breath of relief.
=Well people, as you can see, the Tokyo Defenders are holding out for now.
Also, we are pleased to say that lately, the attacks are coming less
frequently! Have a safe day, we'll be back with the next special report!=
With a click, the screen went black, the remote held in Washuu's trembling
hand. Both females stared at the screen for a second before Washuu stood,
slowly walking to her lab.
"Oh my," Sasami murmered. "Maybe I should tell Tenchi..."
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
Washuu rubbed her eyes as she typed away at her computer. She was berating
herself in her mind for her mistake. Sure, her computer had been picking
up some weird reading for the past weeks, but she had dismissed it. Now
she was sereously regretting that discision.
She turned as she heard someone approaching her from behind. Sure enough,
there was Tenchi, with Ryoko next to him. She noticed the Tenchi-ken at
his waist, and Ryoko was holding Ryo-oh-ki aand Ran-oh-ki in her arms.
Ran-oh-ki was mewling sadly, and Washuu wondered why.
She snapped her attention back to Tenchi as he stepped forwards.
"Sasami told us what was happening in Tokyo. We've decided that we'll go
help there. I...I'm sure that wherever Ranma is, he can look after
himself." He said, nodded as if to confirm it to himself.
"Mom, I need my limiter removed." Ryoko said seriously. It had been years
since she'd had it off, but it looked like she needed to be at full power
once more.
Washuu sighed. She'd expected this though, and hurriedly removed the
limiter. Ryoko was flooded with power before she brought it back under
her control.
The scientist glanced at the duo once more before turning to her screen.
"I managed to hack into some of the reports from the television. It
turns out that these 'Youma' and 'Daemons' have been appearing for a
long time, but were repelled by a band of fighters known as...where is
it...ah, the 'Sailor Senshi'."
Tenchi and Ryoko nodded as they leaned over her shoulder, glancing over
the picture as they were more interested with the information.
"Hm...it appears that recently, these attacks have become a lot more
powerful, and the Sailor Senshi began to fail until another group joined
in. They were dubbed as the 'Nerima Wreaking Crew', a band of strong
martial artists, led by two...Ranma Saotome, and Ryoga Hibiki."
/Ranma?/ Everyone thought. /Shame there isn't pictures of those two.../
"Ahem. Recently though, the youma have been attacking with the deamons,
who are more powerful, and they're loosing ground fast against them. Hm,
it says that Juuban has already been evacuated."
Ryoko leaned forwards. "Does it have any information on the youma and
deamons?" She asked.
Washuu simply called up more information. "Here we are...ug, those things
are ugly." She muttered as she looked at the mutated animal-like creatures.
The couple behind her were in silent agreement.
"Okay...these things are fast and powerful magical creatures...and it seems
like they improve each time. Interesting. The things seem to differ each
time, but the attacks are all centered around Juuban, even if they're
spreading into the rest of Tokyo."
As she finished her report, Tenchi and Ryoko stood, heading for the exit.
As they left, Washuu called out to them, "I'll tell you if something else
comes up."
Tenchi paused, nodding to her. "Thanks, Washuu-chan." He said before
heading out. With a slight sigh she turned to her computer and began
her work.
_______________________________________________________________________
Tenchi gave Ryoko's hand a squeeze as they left the lab. "Don't worry,
Ryoko-chan. Everything'll be okay." Ryoko's shoulders slumped as she
leaned on her husband.
"I...I know. It's just that first Ranma disappears, and now these
attacks...we'll be training seriously again as well...everythings
just gone spinning out of control." She sighed.
"I know, but we'll be okay. I'm sure Ranma is too. You never know, he
might have heard about the attacks and gone to Tokyo to help." He
knew it was little comfort, but still. "I have a feeling he'll turn
up soon."
The two headed outside, and Ryoko muttered, "I hope so, Tenchi...I
really hope so."
The next four days were hectic. Washuu was giving them constant updates
on the situation via her connection with Ryoko, while the two lovebirds
were training nearly non-stop.
The two were pleased to note that their skills had not gone very rusty,
and they were up to full performance in next to no time. Then, at the end
of the fourth day, a hurried alert from Washuu got the two bursting into
the lab.
"What is it, what is it, mom?!" Ryoko asked worriedly, Tenchi nodding in
agreement. Washuu smirked at them.
"Well, I was going over the reading I took over the past few nights,
and I found something interesting." She typed at her computer, and a
map appeared in the air. It showed their home, and Tokyo as well.
Suddenly, Five dots appeared on the screen, one emerging from their
own home! Washuu pointed to the blue dot that had left their house.
"This is Ranma's energy signature. These other four I coan't pinpoint,
but they all have some level of likeness to Ranma."
The dots finally met over a small area and then vanished, leaving a
white dot behind until it too faded. The screen vanished and the two
turned to Washuu again.
"I believe that if we can find the person who is the last power
signature we can find out where Ranma has gone. I've also pinpointed
the area where the signatures met, so you two should check it out."
The two nodded, slight frowns on their faces as they left. Once they
had done so, Washuu turned to her monitor. 'What is going on here?'
She thought as she typed. 'Where could he have gone?'
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
Night at Ranma's Training camp, day 15...
It was dark, but Ranma didn't care as he continued to meditate. He had
his eyes shut anyway, so he couldn't tell the difference.
Ever since the discovery he had made with the blue section of his soul,
he had been meditating hard to try and access it. Each time he did, he
would catch a glimpse of something.
He had done this several times. The images had been of a shire, a
cyan haired woman with spiky hair holding a beam of red light like a
weapon, a blue haired young woman with a serene smile, and several
angular shaped blades of dark blue energy.
Also, every time he had the visions, a name would come to him. This
didn't help much, as he'd never been to the 'Misaki Shrine', or
heard of anyone called 'Ryoko' or 'Sasami'. The energy was different.
When he saw it, he could almost feel the power they gave off. He
knew they were called 'Light Hawk Wings', but that didn't help him
in the least.
He entered his mind once more, and sure enough, the white sphere with
the colored patches appeared in his mind. He once more focused on the
blue one, as for some reason, it remained the easiest to focus on.
Sure enough, he began to get some strange feelings from it, but since
he knew this came before the visions, he put up with it. There was a
feeling of contentment, and a patting sensation. It finally passed
and he wondered what he would see this time.
An image finally began to form, but this time, it was a moving image.
An elderly looking man with long hair in a low ponytail held a
bokken in front of him. He could see that he also held a wooden sword.
The man swung and he parried just as easily. He was about to swing
when--
Ranma mentally jerked as another vision engulfed him, but this was
different from the last. It felt like he was actually there. Glancing
around, he noticed the Tokyo Tower in smoking ruins about him. There
was nothing left, and he stood on bare soil with small markers
coming out of the ground. His keen eyesight could depict the words,
and they made his eyes water.
Here lies Akane Tendo
Died in Glorious Battle
Here lies Ryoga Hibiki
Died protecting his beloved
Ranma's eyes scrolled over the markers. Sure enough, everyone he cared
for was there. That was when he read the last one.
Here lies Ukyo Kuonji
Died in Glorious Battle
"You shall remain forever in my Heart"
Tears began to flow as he cried out as loud as he could.
"NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!"
_______________________________________________________________________
Ranma sat up gasping for air, the image of the last marker carved into
his mind as he stared into nothing. It was a while before he finally
gained coherence and looked about himself.
He sighed, calming himself down, as he lay in the dirt. "Just...a
dream...he got out, before closing his eyes. They snapped open again, and
he stood hurriedly, his eyes widening as he finally realised. "No, not a
dream...it was a vision!"
He turned to his camping area and packed as fast as he could,
determination clear on his face. Then he ran, his destination: Tokyo.
/Please. If there is a god out there, please let me be in time./ He
thought grimly as he hit the treetops.
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
Day 16, Nerima district of Tokyo
Around the Tokyo region, four dark, swirling portals grew in the air. If
anyone was nearby, they fled, for they knew what those portals were used
for, as it scared them to the bone.
In an almost syncronised manner, a daemon emerged from each portal and
roared loudly, before going on to destroy everything in sight, aiming
mostly for the civilians.
Akane was at home with Ryoga, enjoying the peace which they knew was not
to last. Sure enough, the comunicators Ami, AKA Sailor Mercury had made
for them began to beep urgently.
Akane snatched hers up and opened it, seeing Ani's face. "Where are
they?" She asked determindly. The others had heard the beeping and
were now awaiting instructions.
=There's four of them--= Ami started, but was interrupted.
"FOUR?!" Everyone yelled. One was bad enough, but four?!
=Yes, four, all super-charged, but I've detected something odd about them.
The Mercury Computer can't tell what it is yet. We will be splitting up
as they are spread about the region.= She nodded to someone off screen.
=It's been decided. Alpha Team is taking the one to the south of Nerima.
Beta Team are with the one by the Tokyo Tower; Gamma Team are here in
Juuban; while Delta Team taked the one on the borders of Nerima and
Juuban. Got it?=
"We'll see you there." Akane nodded, turning off the comunicator. "Okay
everyone, let's get going!" The others nodded in agreement, but Ryoga
only smirked and cracked his knucles.
_______________________________________________________________________
Alpha Team soon found the daemon as it was close to them. They all
shuddered at how ugly it was and prepared for battle.
The daemon was eight feet high and had the head of a bald crow with a
tiger's mouth that dripped drool everywhere as it roared threateningly.
The spittle melted the ground below it, proving that it was in fact a
strong acid.
Ryoga glared at the creature. It was getting harder to use his Shi Shi
Hokodan as he couldn't get very depressed, being Akane's boyfriend. So,
he imagined that he was the last one left.
/They're all better than me...Ranma especially...Akane's dead and I
couldn't help.../ His depressed thoughts manifested themselves in his
trademark green aura, before he threw out his hands with a cry of,
"SHI SHI HOKODAN!!"
The blast headed to the monster, a vaccuum blade following it. However,
to everyones astonishment and horror, the daemon twisted in what looked
like an impossible manner for its huge body, and evaded both attacks.
"SHI SHI HOKODAN!!" Ryoga roared again, the blast being larger than the
last. However, the beast avoided it once again. This time however it
charged forwards, aiming for Soun.
Since he was out of practise, the Tendo patriarch failed to totally
avoid the blow, which instead of implailing him tossed him back and
into a building, causing it to collapse.
"WHY YOU--" Akane yelled, anger coming to embrace her. She was so angry
she acted on instinct and threw her hands before her, releasing a yell.
"YAAAAAAA!" To everyone's surprise, a beam of red ki flew from her
hands, almost hitting the monster.
Shocked that she had just pulled off a ki blast, Akane froze, only coming
back to reality as the monster charged her.
_______________________________________________________________________
Beta Team arrived at the Tokyo Tower just in time to see the daemon
attempting to destroy the supports, which would cause the building
to collapse on itself, and causing massive damage.
Cologne was thankful that this area was nearly completely deserted,
people realising that the Tokyo Tower was quickly becoming a hot spot
for deamons to destroy buildings.
Ryu Kumon, a recent addition to the group but a welcome one, leapt in
first with a vaccuum blade. The monster froze, seemingly sensing the
attack from behind it, and leapt high into the air, landing before
them.
Cologne didn't spend a second pondering how on earth it could have
sensed the attack and instead leapt out of its range while gathering
energy from the air around her, preparing for a chi blast.
The small ball of white energy grew till it was the size of a baseball,
when Cologne forced it through the air and to the monster. It twisted
at the seemingly last second, getting only a superficial cut. The old
woman cursed under her breath as the creature turned to her.
However, Sailor Mars and Sailor Neptune chose that time to launch their
magical blasts at the daemon, which roared in pain as it as clipped on
the back.
It turned to them, and swiped a claw in their direction. To everyone's
surprise, a three red claw marks appeared in the air and travelled
at a fast rade to slam into both girls, giving them quite deep cuts.
The others in the group made a mental note to watch out for those
attacks; unlike the senshi, they did not have super-fast, magically
enhanced healing and protection. If they were hit by the beams, they
would most likely die of blood loss.
_______________________________________________________________________
Sailor Venus and Sailor Uranus engaged the daemon that had appeared in
Juuban while waiting for the rest of Gamma Team to arrive and give
them some help.
"Venus Love-Me Chain!" Sailor Venus cried out, the heart-shaped links
closing in around the daemon and trapping it. Uranus smirked and hit
it with her own blast.
"World Shaking!" Her blast smashed into the daemon, but instead of just
crumbling to dust like most of the other youma it roared and slashed
through the magical chain that bound it.
"Wha-?!" Venus was so shocked she didn't see the claw heading for her
head until a bomb smashed into the outstretched limb, causing a small
explosion, enough to knock it off its path for her.
She finally came back to earth when the rest of Team Gamma leapt down
from a nearby rooftop. A flash of thanks to the perverted troll went
through her, but was soon forgotten.
THe now complete Team Gamma got into their respective positions and
prepared to once mroe engage the enemy.
_______________________________________________________________________
The Delta Team had hit it off with the monster immediately. The group
had gone on the offensive, but Ami Mizuno, AKA Sailor Mercury sat to
the side of the battle, typing away at her computer hoping to find a
weakness in the next-generation daemons.
She was distracted momentarily by Pantyhose Tarou's cursed form slamming
into the ground next to her. He was covered in small, superficial cuts,
but he had some nasty bruising forming around his stomach.
However, he simply climbed back to his feet, renewed anger in his eyes
as he charged the disgusting daemon with vigor. She silently wished him
well.
A stream of black petals flew past her also, and a manical laugh floated
down from one of the rooftops. The last member of Delta Team had arrived;
Kodachi Kuno had decided to join forces with her brother and the rest
of the team.
A whisper of "Dead Scream." Was her confirmation of Setsuna Meiou, (AKA
Sailor Pluto)'s contribution to the battle. Hotaru, as Sailor Saturn,
stood near her, ready to use her Silence Wall to fend off any blasts
that came close to either of them.
Mercury typed harder and continued working frantically, trying to ignore
the manical laughs of the Kuno siblings as they attempted, fruitlessly,
to damage the daemon.
_______________________________________________________________________
Ryoga slammed shoulder-first into the daemon, not hurting it, but at
least taking it's attention from Akane as she regained her bearings.
He was backhanded in the chest for his efforts and sent careening
into a nearby building, much like what had happened to Mr. Tendo.
He groaned in pain as he managed to dig himself out of the rubble.
He checked himself and let out another groan. A couple of cracked
ribs, but none broken. They still hurt like hell though. He looked
up to see Genma fire another round of vaccuum blades at the daemon.
As the barrage continued, Sailor Moon and Sailor Jupiter added their
two cents in with their magical blasts.
"Moon Gorgeous Meditation!"
"Jupiter Oak Evoloution!"
The two blasts seemed to do more damage than the martial artist's own.
Akane fire another ki blast as she ran up to him, trying to see if he
was okay. They were both startled when Sailor Moon crashed into the
rubble mext to them.
The two hurried to remove the rubble, trusting those left on the
battlefield to hold the daemon off for a few more minutes. They
finally uncovered one of the most powerful senshi, only to find her
unconscious even as her wounds healed.
Akane looked at Ryoga despairingly. Things were not going well for
them. A second later a clawed hand came flying into his back,
his body folding before going flying forward, landing face-first
on the ground where he kept sliding.
A groan was heard from him. Akane began to feel relieved until she
felt a strong hand close around her throat. She began to flail
wildly, her panic overriding and thoughts except one: she was
going to die.
"HELP MEEEEEEEEEEE!!!" Akane's terrified scream cut into everyone's
heart.
"AKANE!!" Ryoga screamed back, hauling himself back to his feet with
the last of his strength. Sailor Jupiter unleashed the longest string
of curses ever used in the Japanese language and threw blast after
blast at the daemon's back. The daemon roared in pain and punched Jupiter
ten meters up the block; all she'd managed to do was give Akane a few
more seconds of life...
The daemon began to tighten its grip. Akane's screams turned to cries
of mortal pain. Ryoga took one step toward the daemon and collapsed
forward. /It's too much. We can't win. It's over. They've taken Aka--/
...But those few seconds were enough. Out of nowhere, a voice no one
thought they'd hear again roared, "Let her go!!--"
To be continued...
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
Author's Notes:
T1023: Cliff-hanger!!! Yes, I know you hate me with all your heart,
buuuut... so what? That isn't stopping me! =P
R-Chi: Heh heh heh...I just love typing battle scenes...
Special Thanks:
To Trooper1023, for letting me type his story!!
Updated: 2/22/02
Main order planned out.
Updated: 12/29/03
Okay, It's started. I haven't worked on it since I was on break
over Christmas, but I've got spare time now.
I've put some muscle onto the chapter's skeleton, but it's going
to need fleshing out a bit...I mean, a lot. I'll probably keep adding more
as I'm trying to get this to about 25-27KB, and it's hard. Trust me on this.
I extended the Tenchi bit slightly, added the vision, and put in an
intro into the daemon fights...and that's it. Sorry, but I'll update soon...
I promise!
Updated: 1/13/04
I've fleshed the chapter out more now, but it's still too short...
Well, I plan on adding bits later anyway.
Added Daemon fight scenes, edited the end, added some dialogue...you
know, normal stuff to flesh it out a bit and make it longer. You never know,
stranger things have happened!
Just something totally useless...did you know how weird it is for me
to type in the date with the month first, not the day? I've grown up in
England, and here, instead of 1/13/04 we write it 13/1/04. I have to keep
reminding myself! .
Updated: 1/14/04
I've started the battle scenes, woo-hoo! I love fights! (Especially
being in them!) I plan on doing cut scenes, so you can see what's happening
to the other teams as they're fighting.
Don't worry, the Tenchi crew will show up soon. I just needed to put
some more of the NWC into the chapter - it was all Tenchi crew-Ranma training
-Tenchi crew. Besides, I wanted to do the battle scenes ^_-.
Updated: 1/15/04
Complete! This was tons easier to write, most likely because their was
lots for me to work with.
Anyway, it's done, so I'm starting cp.6 (joy). I'll try to get it to
about 25-30kb - I can only improve, after all!
C&C to: bjhaberman@prodigy.net
Find the latest of my fics at: http://Trooper1023.tripod.com/
by their respective creators. They DO NOT belong to me. I'm just borrowing them.
"Ultimate Crisis, Ultimate Warrior"
A Ranma 1/2 - Sailor Moon x-over (primary)
- Multiple Anime x-over (secondary)
Co-Written by Trooper1023 and Ranechi
Based on original story idea, "The Super Ranma", by Piccolo181
View at: http://www.geocities.com/nighthawktm/idea.htm
=text= is transmissions (long-distance communicators)
[text] is sounds/actions
*text* is emphasized words
/text/ is thoughts
_______________________________________________________________________
Part II: Trans-dimensional Awakening
Chapter 5: Desperate Times
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
The Masaki Home, day 12...
"I can't believe I still haven't found him..." Hakubi Washuu, self-proclaimed
greatest scientific mind in the universe, muttered to herself dejectedly
as she left her lab through the small closet.
Tenchi and Ryoko's son, Ranma Misaki, had simply vanished from their home
a few days ago. There was nothing to signify where he could have gone...
no note, no acting strange beforehand, none of his clothes gone to signify
a camping trip.
They'd looked everywhere; Washuu had been in her lab scanning for any Juraian
energy around the planet, but had come up empty handed. Ryoko was getting
desperate, and Tenchi, although acting calm, was obviously no better. She
and Yosho were jast as bad; even Sasami was worried.
Having grabbed some more supplies for her fridge in the lab, Washuu headed
back towards the closet, glancing into the living room only to freeze in
mid-step.
She turned her wide eyes onto the television once more, and entered the
room, sitting next to a horrified Sasami who had her hands over her mouth.
On the screen was a special bulletin, and a young girl who looked like she
was only just finishing high-school, with a helmet-style hair cut and brown
hair was holding a microphone and looking into the camera.
=This is Nabiki Tendo, reporting live from the Juuban district of Tokyo.
Those who have been watching these special bulletins will know that
super-powered youma and daemons have been appearing in and around the Tokyo
region.= There were several loud booms in the background, and dust could
be seen flying up into the air.
=Right now, the Tokyo Defenders have split into several teams to deal with
the threat. I'm here at the battle site, where Team Alpha have nearly
destroyed the few youma that have attacked here; there are several more
battles taking place just North of here.=
Washuu watched as the camera panned around to see a group of people fighting
what looked to be a cross between a yeti and a scorpian, with a wolf's head.
Both she and Sasami stared at the screen, unable to tear their eyes away,
as one of the fighters - a short-haired girl who looked like she was in
high school - get backhanded into a building, the wall collapsing on top of
her.
The boy with a bandanna fired a beam of green energy at the youma, but all
it seemed to do was merely annoy it as he ran to the building, beginning
to dig the girl out, apparently oblivious to the youma advancing behind
him.
At that moment, two yells were heard, accompanied with blasts of energy.
Unlike the green beam, these appeared to hurt the monster as it cried
out in pain. Another round pummeled it before it finally turned to dust.
The camera panned around to the reporter once more, showing the devestation
clearly...buildings had been knocked down, the tarmac had been destroyed in
some areas and sported craters in others...cars had been tossed around,
and Team Alpha's fighters were all sporting one rather serious injury or
another. The bandanna'd boy was cradling the short-haired girl, some of
her joints badly bruised. He himself was limping.
Finally, the reporter finished rolling the camera with a breath of relief.
=Well people, as you can see, the Tokyo Defenders are holding out for now.
Also, we are pleased to say that lately, the attacks are coming less
frequently! Have a safe day, we'll be back with the next special report!=
With a click, the screen went black, the remote held in Washuu's trembling
hand. Both females stared at the screen for a second before Washuu stood,
slowly walking to her lab.
"Oh my," Sasami murmered. "Maybe I should tell Tenchi..."
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
Washuu rubbed her eyes as she typed away at her computer. She was berating
herself in her mind for her mistake. Sure, her computer had been picking
up some weird reading for the past weeks, but she had dismissed it. Now
she was sereously regretting that discision.
She turned as she heard someone approaching her from behind. Sure enough,
there was Tenchi, with Ryoko next to him. She noticed the Tenchi-ken at
his waist, and Ryoko was holding Ryo-oh-ki aand Ran-oh-ki in her arms.
Ran-oh-ki was mewling sadly, and Washuu wondered why.
She snapped her attention back to Tenchi as he stepped forwards.
"Sasami told us what was happening in Tokyo. We've decided that we'll go
help there. I...I'm sure that wherever Ranma is, he can look after
himself." He said, nodded as if to confirm it to himself.
"Mom, I need my limiter removed." Ryoko said seriously. It had been years
since she'd had it off, but it looked like she needed to be at full power
once more.
Washuu sighed. She'd expected this though, and hurriedly removed the
limiter. Ryoko was flooded with power before she brought it back under
her control.
The scientist glanced at the duo once more before turning to her screen.
"I managed to hack into some of the reports from the television. It
turns out that these 'Youma' and 'Daemons' have been appearing for a
long time, but were repelled by a band of fighters known as...where is
it...ah, the 'Sailor Senshi'."
Tenchi and Ryoko nodded as they leaned over her shoulder, glancing over
the picture as they were more interested with the information.
"Hm...it appears that recently, these attacks have become a lot more
powerful, and the Sailor Senshi began to fail until another group joined
in. They were dubbed as the 'Nerima Wreaking Crew', a band of strong
martial artists, led by two...Ranma Saotome, and Ryoga Hibiki."
/Ranma?/ Everyone thought. /Shame there isn't pictures of those two.../
"Ahem. Recently though, the youma have been attacking with the deamons,
who are more powerful, and they're loosing ground fast against them. Hm,
it says that Juuban has already been evacuated."
Ryoko leaned forwards. "Does it have any information on the youma and
deamons?" She asked.
Washuu simply called up more information. "Here we are...ug, those things
are ugly." She muttered as she looked at the mutated animal-like creatures.
The couple behind her were in silent agreement.
"Okay...these things are fast and powerful magical creatures...and it seems
like they improve each time. Interesting. The things seem to differ each
time, but the attacks are all centered around Juuban, even if they're
spreading into the rest of Tokyo."
As she finished her report, Tenchi and Ryoko stood, heading for the exit.
As they left, Washuu called out to them, "I'll tell you if something else
comes up."
Tenchi paused, nodding to her. "Thanks, Washuu-chan." He said before
heading out. With a slight sigh she turned to her computer and began
her work.
_______________________________________________________________________
Tenchi gave Ryoko's hand a squeeze as they left the lab. "Don't worry,
Ryoko-chan. Everything'll be okay." Ryoko's shoulders slumped as she
leaned on her husband.
"I...I know. It's just that first Ranma disappears, and now these
attacks...we'll be training seriously again as well...everythings
just gone spinning out of control." She sighed.
"I know, but we'll be okay. I'm sure Ranma is too. You never know, he
might have heard about the attacks and gone to Tokyo to help." He
knew it was little comfort, but still. "I have a feeling he'll turn
up soon."
The two headed outside, and Ryoko muttered, "I hope so, Tenchi...I
really hope so."
The next four days were hectic. Washuu was giving them constant updates
on the situation via her connection with Ryoko, while the two lovebirds
were training nearly non-stop.
The two were pleased to note that their skills had not gone very rusty,
and they were up to full performance in next to no time. Then, at the end
of the fourth day, a hurried alert from Washuu got the two bursting into
the lab.
"What is it, what is it, mom?!" Ryoko asked worriedly, Tenchi nodding in
agreement. Washuu smirked at them.
"Well, I was going over the reading I took over the past few nights,
and I found something interesting." She typed at her computer, and a
map appeared in the air. It showed their home, and Tokyo as well.
Suddenly, Five dots appeared on the screen, one emerging from their
own home! Washuu pointed to the blue dot that had left their house.
"This is Ranma's energy signature. These other four I coan't pinpoint,
but they all have some level of likeness to Ranma."
The dots finally met over a small area and then vanished, leaving a
white dot behind until it too faded. The screen vanished and the two
turned to Washuu again.
"I believe that if we can find the person who is the last power
signature we can find out where Ranma has gone. I've also pinpointed
the area where the signatures met, so you two should check it out."
The two nodded, slight frowns on their faces as they left. Once they
had done so, Washuu turned to her monitor. 'What is going on here?'
She thought as she typed. 'Where could he have gone?'
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
Night at Ranma's Training camp, day 15...
It was dark, but Ranma didn't care as he continued to meditate. He had
his eyes shut anyway, so he couldn't tell the difference.
Ever since the discovery he had made with the blue section of his soul,
he had been meditating hard to try and access it. Each time he did, he
would catch a glimpse of something.
He had done this several times. The images had been of a shire, a
cyan haired woman with spiky hair holding a beam of red light like a
weapon, a blue haired young woman with a serene smile, and several
angular shaped blades of dark blue energy.
Also, every time he had the visions, a name would come to him. This
didn't help much, as he'd never been to the 'Misaki Shrine', or
heard of anyone called 'Ryoko' or 'Sasami'. The energy was different.
When he saw it, he could almost feel the power they gave off. He
knew they were called 'Light Hawk Wings', but that didn't help him
in the least.
He entered his mind once more, and sure enough, the white sphere with
the colored patches appeared in his mind. He once more focused on the
blue one, as for some reason, it remained the easiest to focus on.
Sure enough, he began to get some strange feelings from it, but since
he knew this came before the visions, he put up with it. There was a
feeling of contentment, and a patting sensation. It finally passed
and he wondered what he would see this time.
An image finally began to form, but this time, it was a moving image.
An elderly looking man with long hair in a low ponytail held a
bokken in front of him. He could see that he also held a wooden sword.
The man swung and he parried just as easily. He was about to swing
when--
Ranma mentally jerked as another vision engulfed him, but this was
different from the last. It felt like he was actually there. Glancing
around, he noticed the Tokyo Tower in smoking ruins about him. There
was nothing left, and he stood on bare soil with small markers
coming out of the ground. His keen eyesight could depict the words,
and they made his eyes water.
Here lies Akane Tendo
Died in Glorious Battle
Here lies Ryoga Hibiki
Died protecting his beloved
Ranma's eyes scrolled over the markers. Sure enough, everyone he cared
for was there. That was when he read the last one.
Here lies Ukyo Kuonji
Died in Glorious Battle
"You shall remain forever in my Heart"
Tears began to flow as he cried out as loud as he could.
"NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!"
_______________________________________________________________________
Ranma sat up gasping for air, the image of the last marker carved into
his mind as he stared into nothing. It was a while before he finally
gained coherence and looked about himself.
He sighed, calming himself down, as he lay in the dirt. "Just...a
dream...he got out, before closing his eyes. They snapped open again, and
he stood hurriedly, his eyes widening as he finally realised. "No, not a
dream...it was a vision!"
He turned to his camping area and packed as fast as he could,
determination clear on his face. Then he ran, his destination: Tokyo.
/Please. If there is a god out there, please let me be in time./ He
thought grimly as he hit the treetops.
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
Day 16, Nerima district of Tokyo
Around the Tokyo region, four dark, swirling portals grew in the air. If
anyone was nearby, they fled, for they knew what those portals were used
for, as it scared them to the bone.
In an almost syncronised manner, a daemon emerged from each portal and
roared loudly, before going on to destroy everything in sight, aiming
mostly for the civilians.
Akane was at home with Ryoga, enjoying the peace which they knew was not
to last. Sure enough, the comunicators Ami, AKA Sailor Mercury had made
for them began to beep urgently.
Akane snatched hers up and opened it, seeing Ani's face. "Where are
they?" She asked determindly. The others had heard the beeping and
were now awaiting instructions.
=There's four of them--= Ami started, but was interrupted.
"FOUR?!" Everyone yelled. One was bad enough, but four?!
=Yes, four, all super-charged, but I've detected something odd about them.
The Mercury Computer can't tell what it is yet. We will be splitting up
as they are spread about the region.= She nodded to someone off screen.
=It's been decided. Alpha Team is taking the one to the south of Nerima.
Beta Team are with the one by the Tokyo Tower; Gamma Team are here in
Juuban; while Delta Team taked the one on the borders of Nerima and
Juuban. Got it?=
"We'll see you there." Akane nodded, turning off the comunicator. "Okay
everyone, let's get going!" The others nodded in agreement, but Ryoga
only smirked and cracked his knucles.
_______________________________________________________________________
Alpha Team soon found the daemon as it was close to them. They all
shuddered at how ugly it was and prepared for battle.
The daemon was eight feet high and had the head of a bald crow with a
tiger's mouth that dripped drool everywhere as it roared threateningly.
The spittle melted the ground below it, proving that it was in fact a
strong acid.
Ryoga glared at the creature. It was getting harder to use his Shi Shi
Hokodan as he couldn't get very depressed, being Akane's boyfriend. So,
he imagined that he was the last one left.
/They're all better than me...Ranma especially...Akane's dead and I
couldn't help.../ His depressed thoughts manifested themselves in his
trademark green aura, before he threw out his hands with a cry of,
"SHI SHI HOKODAN!!"
The blast headed to the monster, a vaccuum blade following it. However,
to everyones astonishment and horror, the daemon twisted in what looked
like an impossible manner for its huge body, and evaded both attacks.
"SHI SHI HOKODAN!!" Ryoga roared again, the blast being larger than the
last. However, the beast avoided it once again. This time however it
charged forwards, aiming for Soun.
Since he was out of practise, the Tendo patriarch failed to totally
avoid the blow, which instead of implailing him tossed him back and
into a building, causing it to collapse.
"WHY YOU--" Akane yelled, anger coming to embrace her. She was so angry
she acted on instinct and threw her hands before her, releasing a yell.
"YAAAAAAA!" To everyone's surprise, a beam of red ki flew from her
hands, almost hitting the monster.
Shocked that she had just pulled off a ki blast, Akane froze, only coming
back to reality as the monster charged her.
_______________________________________________________________________
Beta Team arrived at the Tokyo Tower just in time to see the daemon
attempting to destroy the supports, which would cause the building
to collapse on itself, and causing massive damage.
Cologne was thankful that this area was nearly completely deserted,
people realising that the Tokyo Tower was quickly becoming a hot spot
for deamons to destroy buildings.
Ryu Kumon, a recent addition to the group but a welcome one, leapt in
first with a vaccuum blade. The monster froze, seemingly sensing the
attack from behind it, and leapt high into the air, landing before
them.
Cologne didn't spend a second pondering how on earth it could have
sensed the attack and instead leapt out of its range while gathering
energy from the air around her, preparing for a chi blast.
The small ball of white energy grew till it was the size of a baseball,
when Cologne forced it through the air and to the monster. It twisted
at the seemingly last second, getting only a superficial cut. The old
woman cursed under her breath as the creature turned to her.
However, Sailor Mars and Sailor Neptune chose that time to launch their
magical blasts at the daemon, which roared in pain as it as clipped on
the back.
It turned to them, and swiped a claw in their direction. To everyone's
surprise, a three red claw marks appeared in the air and travelled
at a fast rade to slam into both girls, giving them quite deep cuts.
The others in the group made a mental note to watch out for those
attacks; unlike the senshi, they did not have super-fast, magically
enhanced healing and protection. If they were hit by the beams, they
would most likely die of blood loss.
_______________________________________________________________________
Sailor Venus and Sailor Uranus engaged the daemon that had appeared in
Juuban while waiting for the rest of Gamma Team to arrive and give
them some help.
"Venus Love-Me Chain!" Sailor Venus cried out, the heart-shaped links
closing in around the daemon and trapping it. Uranus smirked and hit
it with her own blast.
"World Shaking!" Her blast smashed into the daemon, but instead of just
crumbling to dust like most of the other youma it roared and slashed
through the magical chain that bound it.
"Wha-?!" Venus was so shocked she didn't see the claw heading for her
head until a bomb smashed into the outstretched limb, causing a small
explosion, enough to knock it off its path for her.
She finally came back to earth when the rest of Team Gamma leapt down
from a nearby rooftop. A flash of thanks to the perverted troll went
through her, but was soon forgotten.
THe now complete Team Gamma got into their respective positions and
prepared to once mroe engage the enemy.
_______________________________________________________________________
The Delta Team had hit it off with the monster immediately. The group
had gone on the offensive, but Ami Mizuno, AKA Sailor Mercury sat to
the side of the battle, typing away at her computer hoping to find a
weakness in the next-generation daemons.
She was distracted momentarily by Pantyhose Tarou's cursed form slamming
into the ground next to her. He was covered in small, superficial cuts,
but he had some nasty bruising forming around his stomach.
However, he simply climbed back to his feet, renewed anger in his eyes
as he charged the disgusting daemon with vigor. She silently wished him
well.
A stream of black petals flew past her also, and a manical laugh floated
down from one of the rooftops. The last member of Delta Team had arrived;
Kodachi Kuno had decided to join forces with her brother and the rest
of the team.
A whisper of "Dead Scream." Was her confirmation of Setsuna Meiou, (AKA
Sailor Pluto)'s contribution to the battle. Hotaru, as Sailor Saturn,
stood near her, ready to use her Silence Wall to fend off any blasts
that came close to either of them.
Mercury typed harder and continued working frantically, trying to ignore
the manical laughs of the Kuno siblings as they attempted, fruitlessly,
to damage the daemon.
_______________________________________________________________________
Ryoga slammed shoulder-first into the daemon, not hurting it, but at
least taking it's attention from Akane as she regained her bearings.
He was backhanded in the chest for his efforts and sent careening
into a nearby building, much like what had happened to Mr. Tendo.
He groaned in pain as he managed to dig himself out of the rubble.
He checked himself and let out another groan. A couple of cracked
ribs, but none broken. They still hurt like hell though. He looked
up to see Genma fire another round of vaccuum blades at the daemon.
As the barrage continued, Sailor Moon and Sailor Jupiter added their
two cents in with their magical blasts.
"Moon Gorgeous Meditation!"
"Jupiter Oak Evoloution!"
The two blasts seemed to do more damage than the martial artist's own.
Akane fire another ki blast as she ran up to him, trying to see if he
was okay. They were both startled when Sailor Moon crashed into the
rubble mext to them.
The two hurried to remove the rubble, trusting those left on the
battlefield to hold the daemon off for a few more minutes. They
finally uncovered one of the most powerful senshi, only to find her
unconscious even as her wounds healed.
Akane looked at Ryoga despairingly. Things were not going well for
them. A second later a clawed hand came flying into his back,
his body folding before going flying forward, landing face-first
on the ground where he kept sliding.
A groan was heard from him. Akane began to feel relieved until she
felt a strong hand close around her throat. She began to flail
wildly, her panic overriding and thoughts except one: she was
going to die.
"HELP MEEEEEEEEEEE!!!" Akane's terrified scream cut into everyone's
heart.
"AKANE!!" Ryoga screamed back, hauling himself back to his feet with
the last of his strength. Sailor Jupiter unleashed the longest string
of curses ever used in the Japanese language and threw blast after
blast at the daemon's back. The daemon roared in pain and punched Jupiter
ten meters up the block; all she'd managed to do was give Akane a few
more seconds of life...
The daemon began to tighten its grip. Akane's screams turned to cries
of mortal pain. Ryoga took one step toward the daemon and collapsed
forward. /It's too much. We can't win. It's over. They've taken Aka--/
...But those few seconds were enough. Out of nowhere, a voice no one
thought they'd hear again roared, "Let her go!!--"
To be continued...
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
Author's Notes:
T1023: Cliff-hanger!!! Yes, I know you hate me with all your heart,
buuuut... so what? That isn't stopping me! =P
R-Chi: Heh heh heh...I just love typing battle scenes...
Special Thanks:
To Trooper1023, for letting me type his story!!
Updated: 2/22/02
Main order planned out.
Updated: 12/29/03
Okay, It's started. I haven't worked on it since I was on break
over Christmas, but I've got spare time now.
I've put some muscle onto the chapter's skeleton, but it's going
to need fleshing out a bit...I mean, a lot. I'll probably keep adding more
as I'm trying to get this to about 25-27KB, and it's hard. Trust me on this.
I extended the Tenchi bit slightly, added the vision, and put in an
intro into the daemon fights...and that's it. Sorry, but I'll update soon...
I promise!
Updated: 1/13/04
I've fleshed the chapter out more now, but it's still too short...
Well, I plan on adding bits later anyway.
Added Daemon fight scenes, edited the end, added some dialogue...you
know, normal stuff to flesh it out a bit and make it longer. You never know,
stranger things have happened!
Just something totally useless...did you know how weird it is for me
to type in the date with the month first, not the day? I've grown up in
England, and here, instead of 1/13/04 we write it 13/1/04. I have to keep
reminding myself! .
Updated: 1/14/04
I've started the battle scenes, woo-hoo! I love fights! (Especially
being in them!) I plan on doing cut scenes, so you can see what's happening
to the other teams as they're fighting.
Don't worry, the Tenchi crew will show up soon. I just needed to put
some more of the NWC into the chapter - it was all Tenchi crew-Ranma training
-Tenchi crew. Besides, I wanted to do the battle scenes ^_-.
Updated: 1/15/04
Complete! This was tons easier to write, most likely because their was
lots for me to work with.
Anyway, it's done, so I'm starting cp.6 (joy). I'll try to get it to
about 25-30kb - I can only improve, after all!
C&C to: bjhaberman@prodigy.net
Find the latest of my fics at: http://Trooper1023.tripod.com/