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"Ultimate Crisis, Ultimate Warrior"
A Ranma 1/2 - Sailor Moon x-over (primary)
- Multiple Anime x-over (secondary)
Written by Ranechi and Trooper1023
Based on original story idea, "The Super Ranma", by Piccolo181
View at: http://www.geocities.com/nighthawktm/idea.htm
=text= is transmissions (i.e. through a voice link)
[text] is sounds/actions
*text* is emphasised words/thoughts
~text~ is thoughts
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Part II: Trans-dimensional Awakening
Chapter 6: Wings of Light and Hope
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A red-and-black blur closed on the daemon, screaming "Let her go!!
***KACHUU TENSHIN AMIGURIKEN***!!!" Rather than the expected volley of a
several hundred punches over a few seconds, nearly a thousand flew in
*one* second! The daemon died in a spray of blood and pulverized body
parts. Akane was pulled from the grasp of what remained of the daemon's
arm. Her rescuer vaulted forty feet into the air, leaping away from the
battlefield.
"SON! YOU'RE BACK!" cried Genma, recognizing Ranma's cloths and braided
black hair. ~Though it is longer than I remember it...~
"YAY! WE'RE SAVED!!" Sailor Moon was as enthusiastic as ever.
As soon as she realized who had saved her, Akane latched onto him. "Damnit
you baka, why!? Why Ranma?!" she cried into his chest.
"Wha--Why *what*?"
"Some brother you are... Why were you gone for so long? I..." Akane
sniffled. "I almost thought you weren't coming back..."
Ignoring everything else, Ranma cradled his pseudo-sister protectively in
his arms. Trying to sooth her, he said, "A-Akane... I'm sorry... I... just
didn't know it was gonna take so long... Outta nowhere, I had this
vision... I saw you--" Ranma's voice cracked with emotion, even though his
face remained calm. "--'N everybody else I know... d-dead... I ran my heart
out tryin' ta get here in time." He bent forward to look into Akane's eyes.
"A-are you OK? I..."
"...Yeah," Akane whispered. "I'm OK."
Ranma sighed. "Akane..." She looked up at him. "Right now ain't the time
for this. I gotta find the other daemons and help finish 'em."
Akane nodded and stepped back from him, then spoke up again. "Out of the
Juuban area, four daemons attacked at once..."
"FOUR?!?"
"Yes, *four*. The Tokyo Defenders have split up into teams; each one went
after a different daemon. This is Alpha Team: me, Father, Mr. Saotome,
Ryoga, and Sailors Moon and Jupiter. There are three others. The Japanese
Military has formed a perimeter; with their help we've managed to keep the
fighting contained to a one-half square mile area."
"Got it." Ranma suddenly smirked. "Stay outta trouble, OK tomboy? This
is gonna be messy."
"Only if I know you're coming back to us, you jerk. Besides, it's all
ready messy," Akane replied in turn, wearing a grin of her own. Seeing that
grin, Ranma felt somewhat more at ease and turned to the other members
of Alpha team.
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Several miles away, outside Tokyo...
"I copy, Washuu. We're heading for the Nerima district now."
Ryo-oh-ki confirmed that. "Miao!" The distance began to shrink steadily.
=And Ran-oh-ki?= came Washuu's voice through the link.
Ryoko frowned. "He ran off just after we landed. I dunno where he was
headed..."
=Strange... Looks like he went ahead of you.= Washuu murmered in thought.
It was not like Ran-oh-ki to run off for no reason.
"To Tokyo?" Ryoko asked, also confused by the cabbit's actions.
=Yes.= Washuu said distractedly, still puzzling over her thoughts on the
strange goings on.
Ryo-oh-ki cut the small silence. "Miao miao!"
"I know Ryo-oh-ki, I know!" Ryoko clenched her fists. "Mom?"
=Yes?= asked the scientist, her attention snapping back to the problem at
hand.
"I found signs of someone training in fighting techniques not far from
the camping site you pointed us at. What's bothering me an' Ryo-oh-ki
is that, from the look of it, Ranma *wasn't* the one training there."
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Washuu stiffened in her lab chair. "What do you mean, 'from the look of it'?"
She had hoped it was Ranma, since that area had been used as a camping site.
Although she had no idea why Ranma would up and go like that without
telling anyone. Now, that thought was down the gutter.
=Well, all of the physical damage looked to be from the impacts of fist-sized
objects. I know Ranma is quite good at fighting unarmed, but there isn't a
single sword cut here. Ranma never went exclusively unarmed - after all, the
energy blades that he can call up as a Masu can't be taken from him.=
"Interesting..."
=Very.= Ryoko's response was a dry one. =There's more though. One, the signs
of energy blasts being used are here, but none of them match the patterns
that blasts of quantum energy create. Two, Ryo-oh-ki's sensors registered
only a tiny amount of quantum energy in the blast craters. Three, she didn't
detect any Juraian energy at all! Lastly, the energy that Ryo-oh-ki did
detect isn't of any kind that she or I recognize. You want the data?=
"What do *you* think?" said Washuu with a grin.
=Ha. That's what I thought. Sending data... now.= Ryoko said, hitting a
button on Ryo-oh-ki's display board.
A stream of readings flooded the primary monitor in front of Washuu.
~Hmm... Ryo-oh-ki's right, this isn't quantum or Juraian energy. In fact, it
looks more like...~ Washu called up an old file. It contained a variety of
energy readings taken when Ranma was twelve, including a reading that had
been a mystery until she had mentioned it to Yosho. He had explained the
concept of 'ki' to her at that point. "Ryoko, these readings are of someone's
ki. That's what Ryo-oh-ki was detecting."
=Ki?= came Tenchi's voice.
"Remember what Yosho told us about how life/spirit energy can be harnessed
to enhance physical abilities by any living being?"
=Wait a second. Didn't Ranma also use ki? In addition to his Masu abilities
and the Light Hawk Wings?= asked Ryoko.
"Correct! According to these readings, whoever produced the ki is far better
at focusing it than Ranma is, since this signature is very concentrated and
defined." The scientist continued for Ryoko.
=So who...=
Washuu cut through Tenchi's question off. "Also according to these readings,
whoever produced the ki is practically Ranma's twin."
=NANI?!?= Ryoko's yell mingled with Tenchi's.
=MIAO?!?= added Ryo-oh-ki.
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The first thing that Alpha Team noticed was Ranma's height. He was now
topping six feet easily. And he was bigger too, more muscular. That didn't
change his personality though...
"Jeez Ryoga, you're a mess!"
"You just *had* to remind me, didn't you." Ryoga scowled.
"Eh he... gomen pig-boy--"
"Stop picking on Ryoga, baka!" [WHAM]
Ranma rubbed his head where he'd been hit with the mallet. "Ite! Wha'd you
do that for!?"
Akane was *not* happy. "You're impossible, you know that?! You're not even
back five minutes and you're all ready picking on Ryoga!" She was so unhappy
that she didn't notice that her mallet-strike had only staggered Ranma for
a few seconds, rather than imbedding him in the ground like it normally did.
"Aw, c'mon, Akane! I didn't mean ta pick on him. It's an old reflex!
Honestly!" He protested in his defence.
Ryoga rolled his eyes, then adjusted the makeshift wrap around his broken
ribs with a wince. "A reflex, huh? So was my 'RANMA, PREPARE TO DIE!' battle
cry. If I've gotten over that, how come you haven't gotten over those
'pig-boy' cracks?"
Ranma groaned. "I can't believe we're having this discussion right *now*."
He paused as he noticed something. "Why are you all staring at me like that?
It's really unnerving ya know." A massive explosion to the southeast cut
off any further reply. "Shit! What was *that*?!"
Akane paled. "Oh no. That's the direction Gamma team went... Ukyo too--"
"WHAT!?!" Ranma was gone in a flash, chunks of tarmac flying in odd directions
from wherever his feet hit the ground.
"...I don't think I've ever seen the boy move so *fast*, eh Saotome?" Ranma's
father didn't reply because he couldn't get his jaw off the ground.
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Ukyo called out to her teammate just in time as the black spike flew towards
the other girl's position. "Venus! To your left!"
The Sailor Scout dodged just in time, managing to get away with a simple
graze rather than a hole in her chest. The black spike dissipitated the
second it missed her, and she sighed in relief...only to give a yelp as
she noticed a dark claw decending towards her.
At the last second, a small bomb knocked the monster's hand off its course
towards the senshi's head. Happosai had realised that the spike had been a
diversion, and had prepared to knock aside the attack.
His bomb exploded, and everyone cursed in their minds as they noticed that
a strange, black shield-like wall flickered into being and absorbed the
attack, leaving the monster to leap away.
"Damn! Is this thing even *able* to be killed?!" Uranus complained loudly as
she leapt away from a spike. She landed next to Mrs. Saotome, whose katana
glinted in the light as it moved with surprising speed. Nodoka herself
was no slouch with the sword, and had landed several blows on the thing -
had it's shield not come up in time, that is.
"It would appear so," the Saotome woman agreed. They both knew that if help
didn't arrive soon, they would tire and take more serious hits. Happosai
was the only one who had not yet been hurt in some way; Nodoka herself was
bleeding from a moderately deep knash in her arm, but thankfully, she was
abidexterious.
A scream was heard and they both turned to see a clawed hand decending on
Ukyo. Happosai and the senshi, as well as Nodoka, were too far away to be
of any help. Ukyo saw her life flash before her eyes...
...only to cry out in shock as Konatsu, her loyal worker, threw his body
over her own, recieving a devestating blow to his side. She gasped as he
fell on top of her, the demon removing it's claw when Happosai sent a bomb
at its head.
As the demon turned to the menace, it was suddenly knocked down by a blur,
and standing in its place was one Saotome Ranma.
"Take that, asshole!" He swore without realising. Crounching down he
delivered several harsh blows on it's skin; the black barrier shattered
when he hit it as he had made sure to add ki to his blows.
He finally launched a ki-blast at point blank range, the force of the beam
forcing him upwards. The monster let out a shriek as the internal energy
struck it and tore off a chunk of its skin. Ranma smirked as he landed
easily.
"There's more where that came from," he assured the beast, but his eyes
widened as he had to quickly dodge the attack of the infuriated monster. The
pain seemed to only make it angry.
~Damn, this thing's fast... a lot faster than the others, that's for sure!~
He redirected a slash at himself, and then had to duck out of the way of a
beam of dark energy. ~And just how the hell is it making those things from
that dark stuff?!~ He thought, eying the energy claws the creature had with
unease.
Ranma found hiself on the recieving end of the daemon's attacks. He was hard
pressed to dodge, and had to admit the thing was good. He wondered what had
been used to train it, since he had noticed it used some strange fighting
style as it attacks. He always managed to keep one pace faster though, but
he knew he was running short on space.
Uranus smirked as she saw the monster wince when Ranma got a few good hits in.
"So you *can* be hurt, eh?" She gave an evil smile, realising it had its back
to her as it had it's hands full with Ranma. She let her attack rip. "WORLD
SHAKING!!"
Ranma was surprised when the monster suddenly froze, but as he was about to
hit it, the thing leapt to the right. He wondered why, until he saw Uranus'
attack coming right at him. He cursed and leapt to the side, but he was taken
by surprise, and was off-balance when he landed a short distance away.
That was all the monster needed to delever a powered strike to his front. He
was sent hurtling through several walls, the buildings collapsing around him.
He couched up a little blood, and groaned when he felt his chest explode with
pain each time he breathed in.
The daemon began to slowly advance, trying to scare him. He would not give it
that satisfaction, and continued trying to get up, although the pain was
increasing. He needed more power, and he needed it now. He saw a small black
object rapidly approaching him, and it ran straight up, looking at him.
He was surprised to find out that the black thing was in fact a strange animal;
it had long rabbit-like ears but the body of a cat. Ranma had seen this
creature before; he was sure he had.
At that moment, the two made eye contact, and he felt a strange feeling of
knowing this creature. There was a name for it, he was sure, and he focused as
hard as possible...when the name just sprung up in his mind.
"R-Ran-oh-ki?" He asked, almost hesitant. The creaure nodded and let out a
pleased cry of "MIAO!!"
The second he heard it, he felt a flood of information in his mind. He closed his
eyes and clutched his head, as a scream ripped itself from his lips. The pain
in his mind was worse than any he had felt before. In his minds eye he could see
the white sphere, and the blue section suddenly lurched, before sinking into the
white sphere, which gained a slightly blue hue.
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Ukyo gasped in horror as she heard Ranma scream. She knew the daemon was
approaching her fiance, but diregared the fact as she ran towards him. When
the others tryed to hold her back, she roughly shoved their hands off her, and
continued.
She hurried towards him, really worried. She'd never heard him scream like that,
and she was afraid of what it might mean. The monster had hit him very hard, that
much was obvious, and since he wasn't prepared for the strike his ki wasn't ready
to dampen the impact.
In her haste, she never noticed the large rock that was right in her way, until
she tripped over it. Thankfully, her landing was soft...at least, until she
realised just *why* it was so soft. Looking down, she realised that she had indeed
fallen on top of Ranma, in what would have been a very comprimising position had
the situation not been so serious.
"R-Ranchan! I-I'm so sorry, I should've watched where I was going! Are you okay?
Please tell me if I hurt you!" She panicked. Ranma finally stopped screaming and
let off a low groan. Her heart beat rapidly as she hoped he was alright. "Ranchan?"
Suddenly, Ranma's eyes snapped open. Ukyo gasped slightly in shock as she could
plainly see, being as close to him as she was, that something had changed. Then
she realised just what had caught her attention, and it hit her like a ton of
bricks.
~R-Ranma's pupils...t-they're so tall and narrow, almost like a cat's. They were
never like this before though...~ Her eyes widened as his hair seemed to lift away
from his head slightly, becoming somewhat spiky in appearance. ~What the hell is
going on here?~
She didn't have any more time to think as a loud roar came from behind the two.
She froze and whipped her head around, to see that the daemon had decided to
reassert its existance in their lives. Another roar was heard before it crouched
and launched itself at them.
Ukyo screamed in fright as she saw the thing hurtling towards her. At that moment
however, Ranma also noticed what was going on. He snarled angrily as the moster
was about to hit them, and Ukyo gasped as she saw three slivers of energy form
in front of them.
The daemon let off a howl as it was thrown backwards, and the blue-white energy
took on a better definition; now three upright triangular blades whirled around
the duo as Ranma helped her up.
Inside his mind, Ranma was desperately trying to sort out the memories that had
flooded into his mind. All of the memories of himself...that is, 'Ranma Masaki,'
were sorting themselves in his mind, while he became changed forever. He searched
inside himself for his ki, and got one hell of a shock.
His body had changed, and he realised that he was now no longer human. He
searched for more information, like why it was so, and what it meant. This in
turn unlocked more memories; the words Juraian and Masu, and what it means to have
their blood running through him.
Snapping back back to reality, Ranma, with the 'wings' of energy still around him,
gathered a ball of ki in his hand as he gently pushed Ukyo out of the way. He
noticed that the ki felt different...stronger, more powerful. He disregared the
fact for the moment, and concentrared.
As he closed his fist around the ball of energy, it compressed slightly before
shooting out of one end to form a glowing blue sword of energy. As he gave it a
few practise swings, he remembered the Masaki style of Kendo, one of the best
sword styles in the universe.
He subconsciously called upon one of his Masu abilities, and was soon hovering
easily in the air. He focused slightly, and then charged the confused daemon head
on. His energy sword lashed out, hitting as many weak point as possible, while
what he now recognised as the Wings of the Light Hawk swirled around him in a
protective shield, deflecting any stray energy blasts.
He now had the upper hand, and was literally hacking away at the monster. The
thing was fast, but not fast enough.
Ran-oh-ki sat on the rubble nearby, watching his master and feeling very pleased
with himself. He was happy that his partner was back, but was wondering how he
had gotten so fast. He telepathically informed Washuu of his confirmation on
Ranma's identity.
Washuu, on her end, was elated that they had finally found the elusive boy. She
mentally told Ryoko of Ranma's confirmed identity and then sent Ran-oh-ki's
co-ordinates to Ryo-oh-ki. She kept an eye on her scanners as she adjusted them
slightly, aiming them to Nerima. Her eyes widened.
"Ranma?! How can he be that powerful? He's only been gone several weeks..."
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Nodoka was so absorbed in watching her son fight with new, amazing powers, that
she almost didn't notice the monster that leapt for her. She was able to dodge
just in time, and gasped.
Uranus muttered a long line of curses as the rest of the team took their positions
to fight the other daemon. It had a number of cuts and abraisions on it's ugly
body, but was in no way unable to fight. From the direction it had appeared from,
the group assumed it must have slipped away from Delta Team.
The group immediately went on the offensive, and from her position not too far
away, Ukyo glanced at Ranma. He was busy fighting the first daemon, though it was
nearly dead. She turned and began to hurry across the debris to help out her
teammates.
She was about to reach them and go to help, when two people beat her to the punch
as they appeared in a flash of light. One had those blue wing things like Ranma's,
while the other, dressed in a red a black battlesuit, held a mean looking red
energy sword in her hands.
Tenchi and Ryoko have arrived.
No sooner had they been transported to the ground were they hacking away at the
daemon in front of them. As they did so, they now understood why the things were
giving the Tokyo Defenders so much grief. However, they soon finished their fight,
just as Ranma finished his.
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The being of pure blackness brooded. It was not happy to learn that the six
people who were his greatest threats had been fused into one. The being was even
less happy to see that the powers wielded by the fusion would augment each other
once awoken. The final battle would have been difficult enough against those six
as separate beings, and with their fusion, it would have to use even more energy
to defeat them. The being did not want to be sealed away in the void again, not
after almost two millennia of imprisonment.
The being knew of a worse fate though. If the fusion's allies from the other
dimensions found and joined forces with him, they would have just enough combined
power to totally destroy the being. That was something it did not want to happen.
Reaching out though the fabric of space, the being sent streamers of darkness
into the creatures of darkness that lived in four of the fusion's five 'home'
dimensions, strengthening them. The being made sure to give his minions enough
power to annihilate the fusion's allies in those dimensions, thus preventing them
from joining forces against it.
It would take time, but if all went well, the fusion would never remember the
potential allies until it was far too late and they had been eliminated.
Deep in the void, between the strands of time and space, the being of pure blackness
*grinned*.
To be continued...
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Author's Notes:
Well people, Ranma is fused and back in action, and you also know exactly what it is that
he's facing. Give me some feedback on it. When Ranma hits the demon and its barrier
shatters...well, I got the idea off Neon Genesis Evangelion. That is, the part when Ranma's
ki neutralises the barrier - almost like two AT fields. Just in case you were interested.
Oh, and ambidexterous is when you can use both hands equally, instead of being just right-
handed or left-handed. You can train yourself to use both, but some people are able to do
it naturally. Very useful if one of your hands gets hurt.
Updated: 1/22/04
Okay, this has been started. I've been meaning to get it done, but I've been working
a lot on my site which, hopefully, will be up soon. I've been doing a lot of typing, and I
accidentally cut my third finger badly - and it really, really hurt whenever I typed, since
I use my third finger to most of it. I'm better now though, so don't worry.
Okay, the story...well, I've got the first bit done. Ranma has arrived! You should have
run when you could! I know where this is going...at least, up till the end of the chapter. And
I know how the story ends. The thing is...it's damn hard to type from a brief overview! So,
sorry Trooper1023, but I'll be making a few large changes to the story. It'll be hard, but
dammit, I WILL DO IT!!!! Thank you!
Updated: 1/29/04
Yay! It's a SNOW-DAY! Do you realise how rare those are here in England? I have a whole
day to type! (Actually, my aunt won't allow me, but one can hope.) Anyway, I've done about 3/4
of the story. It's not as long as I'd hoped so far, but I plan on extending it later anyway.
Washuu, Tenchi and Ryoko are now hot on Ranma's tail! Konatsu is fatally wounded! Do you
know what that means? I do! It means I can spend more time typing about how he can recover...if
he does! I don't really know much about the guy except in fanfiction, so I don't care if he dies
or not. Why does Ukyo attract so many crossdressers anyway? Because she's one herself? Geez...
Anyway, I'm on a roll here people! Ran-oh-ki is closing in on Ranma! As are the others!
But what happens when they finally meet? And what of Ranma Masaki? Well, to tell the truth...I
have no idea. I'll play this by ear. I hope I'm good at improvising (heh heh heh heh...) and
we'll soon find out, now won't we?
Updated: 2/2/04
I have finished it! And...wow, it only took me, what...just under two weeks? How awesome
is that?! Well, Ryoko and Tenchi have finally found Ranma. How will he deal with this new
situation? Does he live with the Tendos, or go live with his OTHER parents? Eh, don't ask me. I
said before, I'm playing this by ear. What I type works for me.
Hey, I wonder who'll be the next fusion to come...? Oh yeah, I should probably make the
daemons more powerful, and get some more battle scenes in...nice. Maybe I should let someone
get killed...? Nah, just badly wounded. I don't wanna have to waste time typing sad mourning
scenes.
There won't be any updates for a while though, since I'm going to Florida for my over-due holiday! That's why I've posted all of these at the same time! So don't complain!
Sayonara!
Special Thanks:
To Trooper 1023! He's let me write this fanfic after he realised he couldn't continue
anymore (too many things to do)! Thanks for everything dude!
The reviewers: You've been really patient with me, so here is your reward. Thanks also
to my best bud and fellow fanfic writer Jen as she helped give me a few ideas!
C&C to: bjhaberman@prodigy.net
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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)
Written by Ranechi and Trooper1023
Based on original story idea, "The Super Ranma", by Piccolo181
View at: http://www.geocities.com/nighthawktm/idea.htm
=text= is transmissions (i.e. through a voice link)
[text] is sounds/actions
*text* is emphasised words/thoughts
~text~ is thoughts
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Part II: Trans-dimensional Awakening
Chapter 6: Wings of Light and Hope
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A red-and-black blur closed on the daemon, screaming "Let her go!!
***KACHUU TENSHIN AMIGURIKEN***!!!" Rather than the expected volley of a
several hundred punches over a few seconds, nearly a thousand flew in
*one* second! The daemon died in a spray of blood and pulverized body
parts. Akane was pulled from the grasp of what remained of the daemon's
arm. Her rescuer vaulted forty feet into the air, leaping away from the
battlefield.
"SON! YOU'RE BACK!" cried Genma, recognizing Ranma's cloths and braided
black hair. ~Though it is longer than I remember it...~
"YAY! WE'RE SAVED!!" Sailor Moon was as enthusiastic as ever.
As soon as she realized who had saved her, Akane latched onto him. "Damnit
you baka, why!? Why Ranma?!" she cried into his chest.
"Wha--Why *what*?"
"Some brother you are... Why were you gone for so long? I..." Akane
sniffled. "I almost thought you weren't coming back..."
Ignoring everything else, Ranma cradled his pseudo-sister protectively in
his arms. Trying to sooth her, he said, "A-Akane... I'm sorry... I... just
didn't know it was gonna take so long... Outta nowhere, I had this
vision... I saw you--" Ranma's voice cracked with emotion, even though his
face remained calm. "--'N everybody else I know... d-dead... I ran my heart
out tryin' ta get here in time." He bent forward to look into Akane's eyes.
"A-are you OK? I..."
"...Yeah," Akane whispered. "I'm OK."
Ranma sighed. "Akane..." She looked up at him. "Right now ain't the time
for this. I gotta find the other daemons and help finish 'em."
Akane nodded and stepped back from him, then spoke up again. "Out of the
Juuban area, four daemons attacked at once..."
"FOUR?!?"
"Yes, *four*. The Tokyo Defenders have split up into teams; each one went
after a different daemon. This is Alpha Team: me, Father, Mr. Saotome,
Ryoga, and Sailors Moon and Jupiter. There are three others. The Japanese
Military has formed a perimeter; with their help we've managed to keep the
fighting contained to a one-half square mile area."
"Got it." Ranma suddenly smirked. "Stay outta trouble, OK tomboy? This
is gonna be messy."
"Only if I know you're coming back to us, you jerk. Besides, it's all
ready messy," Akane replied in turn, wearing a grin of her own. Seeing that
grin, Ranma felt somewhat more at ease and turned to the other members
of Alpha team.
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Several miles away, outside Tokyo...
"I copy, Washuu. We're heading for the Nerima district now."
Ryo-oh-ki confirmed that. "Miao!" The distance began to shrink steadily.
=And Ran-oh-ki?= came Washuu's voice through the link.
Ryoko frowned. "He ran off just after we landed. I dunno where he was
headed..."
=Strange... Looks like he went ahead of you.= Washuu murmered in thought.
It was not like Ran-oh-ki to run off for no reason.
"To Tokyo?" Ryoko asked, also confused by the cabbit's actions.
=Yes.= Washuu said distractedly, still puzzling over her thoughts on the
strange goings on.
Ryo-oh-ki cut the small silence. "Miao miao!"
"I know Ryo-oh-ki, I know!" Ryoko clenched her fists. "Mom?"
=Yes?= asked the scientist, her attention snapping back to the problem at
hand.
"I found signs of someone training in fighting techniques not far from
the camping site you pointed us at. What's bothering me an' Ryo-oh-ki
is that, from the look of it, Ranma *wasn't* the one training there."
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Washuu stiffened in her lab chair. "What do you mean, 'from the look of it'?"
She had hoped it was Ranma, since that area had been used as a camping site.
Although she had no idea why Ranma would up and go like that without
telling anyone. Now, that thought was down the gutter.
=Well, all of the physical damage looked to be from the impacts of fist-sized
objects. I know Ranma is quite good at fighting unarmed, but there isn't a
single sword cut here. Ranma never went exclusively unarmed - after all, the
energy blades that he can call up as a Masu can't be taken from him.=
"Interesting..."
=Very.= Ryoko's response was a dry one. =There's more though. One, the signs
of energy blasts being used are here, but none of them match the patterns
that blasts of quantum energy create. Two, Ryo-oh-ki's sensors registered
only a tiny amount of quantum energy in the blast craters. Three, she didn't
detect any Juraian energy at all! Lastly, the energy that Ryo-oh-ki did
detect isn't of any kind that she or I recognize. You want the data?=
"What do *you* think?" said Washuu with a grin.
=Ha. That's what I thought. Sending data... now.= Ryoko said, hitting a
button on Ryo-oh-ki's display board.
A stream of readings flooded the primary monitor in front of Washuu.
~Hmm... Ryo-oh-ki's right, this isn't quantum or Juraian energy. In fact, it
looks more like...~ Washu called up an old file. It contained a variety of
energy readings taken when Ranma was twelve, including a reading that had
been a mystery until she had mentioned it to Yosho. He had explained the
concept of 'ki' to her at that point. "Ryoko, these readings are of someone's
ki. That's what Ryo-oh-ki was detecting."
=Ki?= came Tenchi's voice.
"Remember what Yosho told us about how life/spirit energy can be harnessed
to enhance physical abilities by any living being?"
=Wait a second. Didn't Ranma also use ki? In addition to his Masu abilities
and the Light Hawk Wings?= asked Ryoko.
"Correct! According to these readings, whoever produced the ki is far better
at focusing it than Ranma is, since this signature is very concentrated and
defined." The scientist continued for Ryoko.
=So who...=
Washuu cut through Tenchi's question off. "Also according to these readings,
whoever produced the ki is practically Ranma's twin."
=NANI?!?= Ryoko's yell mingled with Tenchi's.
=MIAO?!?= added Ryo-oh-ki.
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The first thing that Alpha Team noticed was Ranma's height. He was now
topping six feet easily. And he was bigger too, more muscular. That didn't
change his personality though...
"Jeez Ryoga, you're a mess!"
"You just *had* to remind me, didn't you." Ryoga scowled.
"Eh he... gomen pig-boy--"
"Stop picking on Ryoga, baka!" [WHAM]
Ranma rubbed his head where he'd been hit with the mallet. "Ite! Wha'd you
do that for!?"
Akane was *not* happy. "You're impossible, you know that?! You're not even
back five minutes and you're all ready picking on Ryoga!" She was so unhappy
that she didn't notice that her mallet-strike had only staggered Ranma for
a few seconds, rather than imbedding him in the ground like it normally did.
"Aw, c'mon, Akane! I didn't mean ta pick on him. It's an old reflex!
Honestly!" He protested in his defence.
Ryoga rolled his eyes, then adjusted the makeshift wrap around his broken
ribs with a wince. "A reflex, huh? So was my 'RANMA, PREPARE TO DIE!' battle
cry. If I've gotten over that, how come you haven't gotten over those
'pig-boy' cracks?"
Ranma groaned. "I can't believe we're having this discussion right *now*."
He paused as he noticed something. "Why are you all staring at me like that?
It's really unnerving ya know." A massive explosion to the southeast cut
off any further reply. "Shit! What was *that*?!"
Akane paled. "Oh no. That's the direction Gamma team went... Ukyo too--"
"WHAT!?!" Ranma was gone in a flash, chunks of tarmac flying in odd directions
from wherever his feet hit the ground.
"...I don't think I've ever seen the boy move so *fast*, eh Saotome?" Ranma's
father didn't reply because he couldn't get his jaw off the ground.
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Ukyo called out to her teammate just in time as the black spike flew towards
the other girl's position. "Venus! To your left!"
The Sailor Scout dodged just in time, managing to get away with a simple
graze rather than a hole in her chest. The black spike dissipitated the
second it missed her, and she sighed in relief...only to give a yelp as
she noticed a dark claw decending towards her.
At the last second, a small bomb knocked the monster's hand off its course
towards the senshi's head. Happosai had realised that the spike had been a
diversion, and had prepared to knock aside the attack.
His bomb exploded, and everyone cursed in their minds as they noticed that
a strange, black shield-like wall flickered into being and absorbed the
attack, leaving the monster to leap away.
"Damn! Is this thing even *able* to be killed?!" Uranus complained loudly as
she leapt away from a spike. She landed next to Mrs. Saotome, whose katana
glinted in the light as it moved with surprising speed. Nodoka herself
was no slouch with the sword, and had landed several blows on the thing -
had it's shield not come up in time, that is.
"It would appear so," the Saotome woman agreed. They both knew that if help
didn't arrive soon, they would tire and take more serious hits. Happosai
was the only one who had not yet been hurt in some way; Nodoka herself was
bleeding from a moderately deep knash in her arm, but thankfully, she was
abidexterious.
A scream was heard and they both turned to see a clawed hand decending on
Ukyo. Happosai and the senshi, as well as Nodoka, were too far away to be
of any help. Ukyo saw her life flash before her eyes...
...only to cry out in shock as Konatsu, her loyal worker, threw his body
over her own, recieving a devestating blow to his side. She gasped as he
fell on top of her, the demon removing it's claw when Happosai sent a bomb
at its head.
As the demon turned to the menace, it was suddenly knocked down by a blur,
and standing in its place was one Saotome Ranma.
"Take that, asshole!" He swore without realising. Crounching down he
delivered several harsh blows on it's skin; the black barrier shattered
when he hit it as he had made sure to add ki to his blows.
He finally launched a ki-blast at point blank range, the force of the beam
forcing him upwards. The monster let out a shriek as the internal energy
struck it and tore off a chunk of its skin. Ranma smirked as he landed
easily.
"There's more where that came from," he assured the beast, but his eyes
widened as he had to quickly dodge the attack of the infuriated monster. The
pain seemed to only make it angry.
~Damn, this thing's fast... a lot faster than the others, that's for sure!~
He redirected a slash at himself, and then had to duck out of the way of a
beam of dark energy. ~And just how the hell is it making those things from
that dark stuff?!~ He thought, eying the energy claws the creature had with
unease.
Ranma found hiself on the recieving end of the daemon's attacks. He was hard
pressed to dodge, and had to admit the thing was good. He wondered what had
been used to train it, since he had noticed it used some strange fighting
style as it attacks. He always managed to keep one pace faster though, but
he knew he was running short on space.
Uranus smirked as she saw the monster wince when Ranma got a few good hits in.
"So you *can* be hurt, eh?" She gave an evil smile, realising it had its back
to her as it had it's hands full with Ranma. She let her attack rip. "WORLD
SHAKING!!"
Ranma was surprised when the monster suddenly froze, but as he was about to
hit it, the thing leapt to the right. He wondered why, until he saw Uranus'
attack coming right at him. He cursed and leapt to the side, but he was taken
by surprise, and was off-balance when he landed a short distance away.
That was all the monster needed to delever a powered strike to his front. He
was sent hurtling through several walls, the buildings collapsing around him.
He couched up a little blood, and groaned when he felt his chest explode with
pain each time he breathed in.
The daemon began to slowly advance, trying to scare him. He would not give it
that satisfaction, and continued trying to get up, although the pain was
increasing. He needed more power, and he needed it now. He saw a small black
object rapidly approaching him, and it ran straight up, looking at him.
He was surprised to find out that the black thing was in fact a strange animal;
it had long rabbit-like ears but the body of a cat. Ranma had seen this
creature before; he was sure he had.
At that moment, the two made eye contact, and he felt a strange feeling of
knowing this creature. There was a name for it, he was sure, and he focused as
hard as possible...when the name just sprung up in his mind.
"R-Ran-oh-ki?" He asked, almost hesitant. The creaure nodded and let out a
pleased cry of "MIAO!!"
The second he heard it, he felt a flood of information in his mind. He closed his
eyes and clutched his head, as a scream ripped itself from his lips. The pain
in his mind was worse than any he had felt before. In his minds eye he could see
the white sphere, and the blue section suddenly lurched, before sinking into the
white sphere, which gained a slightly blue hue.
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Ukyo gasped in horror as she heard Ranma scream. She knew the daemon was
approaching her fiance, but diregared the fact as she ran towards him. When
the others tryed to hold her back, she roughly shoved their hands off her, and
continued.
She hurried towards him, really worried. She'd never heard him scream like that,
and she was afraid of what it might mean. The monster had hit him very hard, that
much was obvious, and since he wasn't prepared for the strike his ki wasn't ready
to dampen the impact.
In her haste, she never noticed the large rock that was right in her way, until
she tripped over it. Thankfully, her landing was soft...at least, until she
realised just *why* it was so soft. Looking down, she realised that she had indeed
fallen on top of Ranma, in what would have been a very comprimising position had
the situation not been so serious.
"R-Ranchan! I-I'm so sorry, I should've watched where I was going! Are you okay?
Please tell me if I hurt you!" She panicked. Ranma finally stopped screaming and
let off a low groan. Her heart beat rapidly as she hoped he was alright. "Ranchan?"
Suddenly, Ranma's eyes snapped open. Ukyo gasped slightly in shock as she could
plainly see, being as close to him as she was, that something had changed. Then
she realised just what had caught her attention, and it hit her like a ton of
bricks.
~R-Ranma's pupils...t-they're so tall and narrow, almost like a cat's. They were
never like this before though...~ Her eyes widened as his hair seemed to lift away
from his head slightly, becoming somewhat spiky in appearance. ~What the hell is
going on here?~
She didn't have any more time to think as a loud roar came from behind the two.
She froze and whipped her head around, to see that the daemon had decided to
reassert its existance in their lives. Another roar was heard before it crouched
and launched itself at them.
Ukyo screamed in fright as she saw the thing hurtling towards her. At that moment
however, Ranma also noticed what was going on. He snarled angrily as the moster
was about to hit them, and Ukyo gasped as she saw three slivers of energy form
in front of them.
The daemon let off a howl as it was thrown backwards, and the blue-white energy
took on a better definition; now three upright triangular blades whirled around
the duo as Ranma helped her up.
Inside his mind, Ranma was desperately trying to sort out the memories that had
flooded into his mind. All of the memories of himself...that is, 'Ranma Masaki,'
were sorting themselves in his mind, while he became changed forever. He searched
inside himself for his ki, and got one hell of a shock.
His body had changed, and he realised that he was now no longer human. He
searched for more information, like why it was so, and what it meant. This in
turn unlocked more memories; the words Juraian and Masu, and what it means to have
their blood running through him.
Snapping back back to reality, Ranma, with the 'wings' of energy still around him,
gathered a ball of ki in his hand as he gently pushed Ukyo out of the way. He
noticed that the ki felt different...stronger, more powerful. He disregared the
fact for the moment, and concentrared.
As he closed his fist around the ball of energy, it compressed slightly before
shooting out of one end to form a glowing blue sword of energy. As he gave it a
few practise swings, he remembered the Masaki style of Kendo, one of the best
sword styles in the universe.
He subconsciously called upon one of his Masu abilities, and was soon hovering
easily in the air. He focused slightly, and then charged the confused daemon head
on. His energy sword lashed out, hitting as many weak point as possible, while
what he now recognised as the Wings of the Light Hawk swirled around him in a
protective shield, deflecting any stray energy blasts.
He now had the upper hand, and was literally hacking away at the monster. The
thing was fast, but not fast enough.
Ran-oh-ki sat on the rubble nearby, watching his master and feeling very pleased
with himself. He was happy that his partner was back, but was wondering how he
had gotten so fast. He telepathically informed Washuu of his confirmation on
Ranma's identity.
Washuu, on her end, was elated that they had finally found the elusive boy. She
mentally told Ryoko of Ranma's confirmed identity and then sent Ran-oh-ki's
co-ordinates to Ryo-oh-ki. She kept an eye on her scanners as she adjusted them
slightly, aiming them to Nerima. Her eyes widened.
"Ranma?! How can he be that powerful? He's only been gone several weeks..."
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Nodoka was so absorbed in watching her son fight with new, amazing powers, that
she almost didn't notice the monster that leapt for her. She was able to dodge
just in time, and gasped.
Uranus muttered a long line of curses as the rest of the team took their positions
to fight the other daemon. It had a number of cuts and abraisions on it's ugly
body, but was in no way unable to fight. From the direction it had appeared from,
the group assumed it must have slipped away from Delta Team.
The group immediately went on the offensive, and from her position not too far
away, Ukyo glanced at Ranma. He was busy fighting the first daemon, though it was
nearly dead. She turned and began to hurry across the debris to help out her
teammates.
She was about to reach them and go to help, when two people beat her to the punch
as they appeared in a flash of light. One had those blue wing things like Ranma's,
while the other, dressed in a red a black battlesuit, held a mean looking red
energy sword in her hands.
Tenchi and Ryoko have arrived.
No sooner had they been transported to the ground were they hacking away at the
daemon in front of them. As they did so, they now understood why the things were
giving the Tokyo Defenders so much grief. However, they soon finished their fight,
just as Ranma finished his.
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The being of pure blackness brooded. It was not happy to learn that the six
people who were his greatest threats had been fused into one. The being was even
less happy to see that the powers wielded by the fusion would augment each other
once awoken. The final battle would have been difficult enough against those six
as separate beings, and with their fusion, it would have to use even more energy
to defeat them. The being did not want to be sealed away in the void again, not
after almost two millennia of imprisonment.
The being knew of a worse fate though. If the fusion's allies from the other
dimensions found and joined forces with him, they would have just enough combined
power to totally destroy the being. That was something it did not want to happen.
Reaching out though the fabric of space, the being sent streamers of darkness
into the creatures of darkness that lived in four of the fusion's five 'home'
dimensions, strengthening them. The being made sure to give his minions enough
power to annihilate the fusion's allies in those dimensions, thus preventing them
from joining forces against it.
It would take time, but if all went well, the fusion would never remember the
potential allies until it was far too late and they had been eliminated.
Deep in the void, between the strands of time and space, the being of pure blackness
*grinned*.
To be continued...
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Author's Notes:
Well people, Ranma is fused and back in action, and you also know exactly what it is that
he's facing. Give me some feedback on it. When Ranma hits the demon and its barrier
shatters...well, I got the idea off Neon Genesis Evangelion. That is, the part when Ranma's
ki neutralises the barrier - almost like two AT fields. Just in case you were interested.
Oh, and ambidexterous is when you can use both hands equally, instead of being just right-
handed or left-handed. You can train yourself to use both, but some people are able to do
it naturally. Very useful if one of your hands gets hurt.
Updated: 1/22/04
Okay, this has been started. I've been meaning to get it done, but I've been working
a lot on my site which, hopefully, will be up soon. I've been doing a lot of typing, and I
accidentally cut my third finger badly - and it really, really hurt whenever I typed, since
I use my third finger to most of it. I'm better now though, so don't worry.
Okay, the story...well, I've got the first bit done. Ranma has arrived! You should have
run when you could! I know where this is going...at least, up till the end of the chapter. And
I know how the story ends. The thing is...it's damn hard to type from a brief overview! So,
sorry Trooper1023, but I'll be making a few large changes to the story. It'll be hard, but
dammit, I WILL DO IT!!!! Thank you!
Updated: 1/29/04
Yay! It's a SNOW-DAY! Do you realise how rare those are here in England? I have a whole
day to type! (Actually, my aunt won't allow me, but one can hope.) Anyway, I've done about 3/4
of the story. It's not as long as I'd hoped so far, but I plan on extending it later anyway.
Washuu, Tenchi and Ryoko are now hot on Ranma's tail! Konatsu is fatally wounded! Do you
know what that means? I do! It means I can spend more time typing about how he can recover...if
he does! I don't really know much about the guy except in fanfiction, so I don't care if he dies
or not. Why does Ukyo attract so many crossdressers anyway? Because she's one herself? Geez...
Anyway, I'm on a roll here people! Ran-oh-ki is closing in on Ranma! As are the others!
But what happens when they finally meet? And what of Ranma Masaki? Well, to tell the truth...I
have no idea. I'll play this by ear. I hope I'm good at improvising (heh heh heh heh...) and
we'll soon find out, now won't we?
Updated: 2/2/04
I have finished it! And...wow, it only took me, what...just under two weeks? How awesome
is that?! Well, Ryoko and Tenchi have finally found Ranma. How will he deal with this new
situation? Does he live with the Tendos, or go live with his OTHER parents? Eh, don't ask me. I
said before, I'm playing this by ear. What I type works for me.
Hey, I wonder who'll be the next fusion to come...? Oh yeah, I should probably make the
daemons more powerful, and get some more battle scenes in...nice. Maybe I should let someone
get killed...? Nah, just badly wounded. I don't wanna have to waste time typing sad mourning
scenes.
There won't be any updates for a while though, since I'm going to Florida for my over-due holiday! That's why I've posted all of these at the same time! So don't complain!
Sayonara!
Special Thanks:
To Trooper 1023! He's let me write this fanfic after he realised he couldn't continue
anymore (too many things to do)! Thanks for everything dude!
The reviewers: You've been really patient with me, so here is your reward. Thanks also
to my best bud and fellow fanfic writer Jen as she helped give me a few ideas!
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