Ranma the stampede chapter three part two
Disclaimer: I don't own Ranma the Stampede and if you try to sue me, In the name of the moon I will punish you! Disclaimer Collerory: This is not a bad Sailor Moon fic, it is a parody of a bad Sailor Moon fic. ___________________________________
In a pocket of limbo between reality and chaos a dark form floated by screaming its head off.
"How did this happen!? I was all powerful! Those sailor brats couldn't possibly have done this to me! I'm queen Bereyl of the Negiverse, I am power incarnate!"
Right now you look more like defeat incarnate to me. Bereyl's eyes shot open and she looked around for the source of the disembodied voice.
"Where are you?! Show yourself!" The hazy outline of a human appeared and slowly formed into a young handsome man with long flowing red hair and a blank expression.
"How did you get here? It's impossible for anything to come and go from this dimension!
I'm not really here, I'm just communicating with you telepathically. What you see here is nothing more then physic energy. But I didn't come here to give you a lecture. I've come to make a deal with you." The form moved closer. "My master has given me the power to break you free from here. But only if you do something for him in return. I can also guarantee that you'll be fighting your enemies the Sailor Scouts. Bereyl didn't hesitate to respond.
"I'll do it!"
You don't want to hear more of the deal?
"I don't care! I'll do anything if it means I can get my revenge on those sailor brats for what they've done to me!" the man nodded with a deadpan expression.
Very well, then hold on." The man held out his hand and Bereyls body began to shrink and collapse into the shape of a flower bulb. Picking it up the man slowly began to disappear. He reappeared in the middle of a park and tossed the seed into large lawn for picnickers. It was still for a moment but then a stalk shot up from the ground and a large bud began to form at the top. For the first time the man showed some emotion and smirked.
It's only a matter of time now. Ranma the Stampede.
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The next day Rei was walking home after school with her friends, but instead of laughing at their jokes or chiding Serreana for being stupid she just walked foreword biting her lip. Always being the observant one Amy began to question her friend.
"So what's his name?" Rei broke out of her trance and became flustered.
"What do you mean?!" Amy began stroking her chin and looking thoughtful.
"Well, every time one of us acts like this a boy has been the center of it. So who is it this time? Is he hot?" at the mention of hot boys the other girls automatically paused their conversations and listened for an answer.
"This has nothing to do with a guy!" Mina shook her head.
"Come on now, we've known you long enough to realize when you're suffering from a smitten heart. Now spill or we'll have to get...nasty."
"I swear I'm not in love with a boy!" All of the girls blink blinked. Leta spoke up.
"So it's a girl then? I didn't know you swung that way." Rei stared in open jawed shock at the brunette.
"Hey, I'm not judging or anything. I'm that way myself sometimes. Every time I see Hitome Masaki during gym class I want to get a giant bucket of chocolate syrup and..."
"This isn't about a girl either."
"....oh." Rei was about to inquire more into her tallest friends latest accidental confession but shook her head.
"Nevermind, I don't want to know. Actually there is something I need to tell you about. I think my cover is blown." The girls blink blinked and cried out in unison.
"WHAT someone know that you are sailor MARS!!!" Seeing all the stares they were getting from the passers by Rei motioned for them to start walking.
"Let's go to your house Sereana and I'll explain it there. I think Luna needs to hear this as well.
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Luna frowned as Rei finished telling her story.
"So let me get this straight, the most wanted man in the world knows that Sailor Mars is really you?" Rei nodded. Luna sighed while Artamas pondered.
"You said that when he touched the cold water he changed into man?" Rei nodded again.
"Yeah, I know it was some kind of magic. Have you heard of anything like it?" Artimas continued to ponder.
"Well, yes and no. I have a theory but it is very VERY unlikely. In fact it should be impossible." At that moment the doorbell rang and Serana left to answer it. Artimas continued. "There's a place in China called Jusenkyo that is just soaked with magic, especially a valley with these magical pools. If you fall in the magic will cause you to change into whatever creature drowned there last. Hot water will change you back but only till the next time you get splashed with cold water." Amy raised her eyebrow.
"If I didn't know that magic was real I would say that you're making this all up. How on earth could something like that come into being? Lita shrugged her shoulders.
"That doesn't mater. Go on Artimas."
"Well anyways, at first thought that this Ranma person might have visited Jusenkyou but there is one little problem. Ranma was born male and if he were cursed the cold water would have turned him into something else. It seems that he is using some other kind of magic to hide himself. It would explain why he has eluded capture for so long." Rei slammed her fist into her palm.
"That doesn't matter, right now we have to figure out a plan for taking him out." Mina's eyes widened.
"Are you suggesting that we kill him? We've never done something like that before to a human. It just seems...wrong."
"Think about it for a moment. We've killed hundreds of demons right. They've done everything from draining the life energy of innocent civilians to stealing their heart crystals to, well...remember that demon that go loose at the Tokyo tower? The one with all the tentacles." Mina's face turned beet red.
"I don't want to talk about it."
"Anyway, this Ranma the stampede has done all sorts of horrible things. I heard that just a few days ago he held a family hostage in the Nermina, molested the oldest sister, and then broke their house in two just for fun! He is a monster and we can't let him just go around knowing my secret identity." Luna nodded.
"Well we are supposed to protect the world from evil magic users. But we have to find him first." Amy shook her head.
"That won't be likely unless he starts an incident. It's not like he's just going to come knocking at our door." At that moment Serina came back.
"Do any of you know a person called Nodoka Soatome?" Everyone shook their heads. Serina shrugged and went back to the front door.
"Sorry Mrs. Ranko, we don't know where she is." Rei's eyes shot open.
"RANKO!"
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"AHHHHHHHH!!!! Why do these things always happen to me!?!?!" Yelled the female Ranma as the Sailor Scouts continued to chase him from roof top to roof top.
"Stand and fight you coward! Jupiter Thunder crash!" Lita hurled a ball of lightning at Ranma but he managed to twist and dodge it at the very last moment. Amy held out her hands as blue energy began to collect inside.
"Let me try something. Mercury Aqua Illusion!" Thousands of freezing drops of water flew through the air towards Ranma. With so many projectiles it was impossible to dodge and he was drenched. To everyone's surprise the girls red hair shortened and turned blonde. Her body got taller and her bust disappeared completely. The now male Ranma began rolling on the ground.
"Ahhhh! That's cold! Damnit it went down my back!" The girls stopped their pursuit to watch with puzzled amazement. All except Amy.
"I thought so! He changes with cold water so this must be our man. Now Sailor Moon. Finish him off!"
"All right!" Sailor moon began to twirl her moon scepter like a baton.
"Moon scepter ribbon rainbows sugary hearts with happy bunnies ATACK!" All the scouts braced themselves for the resulting backlash as Serina pointed her scepter at Ranma. Only to find that he wasn't there.
"Oh no! He must have run away!" Mina was shaking her head with a confused look on her face.
"But...you were preparing your attack. He couldn't have run away. That's...just not possible. Hey, where'd Rei go?"
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"COME BACK HERE!!!"
"WHY? SO YOU CAN KILL ME?! I DON"T THINK SO!" By now they had reached Jubans public park and were duking it out with bullets and fire balls. Ranma dodged one and landed on something slippery and soft. Looking down he saw that he had landed on a giant white flower bud and that it was starting to vibrate. Rei paused in mid attack to stare in horrified realization.
"That's from the Negaverse! Get away from it!"
"Huh?" that was all Ranma got to say as the bud swelled up three times its size and broke open with a loud bang and cloud of smoke. At that moment the rest of the sailor scouts arrived along with the two cats.
"Hey!" Serina shouted. "That's the same kind of pod that Queen Bereyl was in when I killed her!" Luna frowned.
"This isn't good, I'm getting very strong negavibes from that plant. If I didn't know better I'd say that it was Bereyl herself." From inside the bud hundreds of tiny vines burst forth and formed into a human face.
"AND IT IS FOOLISH MORTALS!!! I have come back for my revenge!"
"Oh no! But we defeated you in the first season!"
That may be true but before I destroy you all I have to first uphold my end of the deal and eliminate you Ranma the Stampede!" Ranma lay on his back with a stunned look on his face.
"Eliminate me? What are you talking about? I never did anything to you."
"No but you did a lot to my new master. Now die!" Up from the ground a giant root burst forth and smashed Ranma hard against the chest. Knocking him through the air and into a nearby (and conveniently placed) lake. The plant then turned to face the Scouts.
"And now that my obligations have been fulfilled I can focus on you!" More vines shot out from the plants base and became covered with flowers. The blossoms opened up and began to fill the air with toxic pollen. The next second all of the scouts and the remaining people in the park had fallen over paralyzed. Struggling for breath Amy touched the button on her tiara to activate her computer and analyze the cloud of spores.
"It's some kind of paralyzing agent! It seems to suck the energy out of something the minute it comes in physical contact with it." Bereyl smiled.
"Right! But that's not all. My pollen will continue to spread across the entire city and plant new flowers. Soon, all of Tokyo will be under my control! Your only purpose in life will be to feed me and my minions your energy! And best of all, there is nothing that can stop me!!! I am..." Suddenly Bereyls victory speech was interrupted as something soggy and red flopped up onto the edge of the pond.
"Ugh...That smarts." Everyone looked over to see a wet Ranma-chan coughing up water and pulling fish from her coat.
"I must have lowered the lake by a foot." Ranma seemed to notice the sudden silence and lamely waved.
"Uh hi?"
"How can you be alive?! I killed you!" Ranma-chan pulled out a collapsible army cup and began wringing the water from his hair into it.
"No offense but it's going to take a lot more then a dunking in a lake to finish me off." Satisfied that he had collected enough he dumped the contents over his head and assumed his true form.
"With my condition you have to always be prepared." With a growl Bereyl shot out several more vines but Ranma easily dodged them. But the next instant the flowers on the outside burst open and covered him with a fog of pollen.
"Lets see how well you dodge while you're paralyzed!" suddenly from the fog a sharp retort shot out and something blasted forth from the cloud of spores, clearing a hole in its wake. It collided with the left half of Bereyls face and left a large crater. The Sailor Scouts watched in amazement as the cloud cleared away and revealed Ranma with gun drawn and leveled at Bereyls head.
"Alright, I don't know what you are, I don't know what your plans are, and I don't know what they have to do with those girls. But it's pretty obvious now that you're in the business of causing pain." He reached into his jacket and pulled out a pair of sunglasses with orange lenses. "And my pride as a martial artist won't allow me to let the strong pick on the weak." He pushed the glassed up the bridge of his nose and glared.
"Now I'm giving you one chance. Leave this place and never hurt these people again. Or face the consequences." Bereyl growled as the hole in her face filled in and disappeared and then screamed as she shot more vines in Ranma's direction.
"And what do you think you can do about it!" Ranma simply leaned back to avoid the blow, pivoted on his heal, and started fanning shots with his right hand. The five remaining shots left the barrel and flew on a straight course towards the center of Bereyls face. They all collided at the same time and blew a hole straight through her forehead. Bereyl screamed in pain and then heaved herself up.
"You think that's enough to stop me!? I can't be defeated by something as pathetic as you you fool! My master made sure of that!" But suddenly the vegetation supporting Bereyl began to wither and die. Bereyls remaining eye went wide with shock as she saw her skin turn brown.
"What's happening to me! You couldn't have done this!" Under his breath Ranma muttered.
"You're right. What is happening?" A few seconds later Bereyl gave a final scream before her body stiffened and then turned to dust. All of the pollen covering the Sailor scouts disappeared as well and they found they could move. For a moment they all just stood there not knowing what to do. Rei sighed and shook her head.
"Great, now we owe him our lives."
Back in her Subspace prison Bereyl once again screamed in frustration.
"What happened!? I thought we had a deal!"
We did. the hazy form of the red haired man once again appeared.
But you didn't wait and listen to the rest of it. You were never supposed to eliminate Ranma. You were merely a way for us to tell him that my master has returned and that he has his eyes on him.
"But why did you destroy me?! I was about to get my revenge!"
You are just a plant, and when a plant fulfils its purpose it must die. That is the way nature works.
This isn't possible! I demand that you send me back!" The man shook his head.
Why? Like I said, you fulfilled your purpose. So now I'll be going. Don't worry, in a few thousand years a hole will open up in this dimension and you'll be able to escape. The next instant the man was gone.
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Back at the shrine the rest of the sailor scouts were all sitting in slackjawed amazement. One couldn't tell if it was from the story Ranma was telling or if it was the fact that he had just finished off his sixth plate of doughnuts. (Coming from Black Cat Pastries. Whose mascot is a black cat with huge yellow eyes.)
"And then"...mlorphin..."Pops and I escaped from that crazy amazon"...sclorph... "Swam back here to Japan"....GULP!...."Met up with the Tendos"....Glug glug glug.... "And then I came here." Rei shook her head.
"And all this time the world thought you were such a fiend. When in reality you're just a wimp with a bad haircut and an inability to decide what gender you want to be."
"Yep, that's about it."
"Well, I guess since you don't pose a threat to use we can let you go." Ranma looked confused.
"But I know you're secret identities now, you're just going to let me off just like that that?" With a wink to her friends Rei pulled something from Seriana's bag and tossed it at Ranma.
"Sure, but don't say Moon Makeup power." Ranma caught the object and blinked.
"Moon Makeup Power? Why? What's wrong with...WHOA!!!" Ranma's form was silhouetted by a ball of light stars but the next instant it disappeared. Ranma blink blinked and then looked down.
"WHAT THE F--- DID YOU DO TO ME!!!" The girls burst into giggles as the sun glinted off the shiny blue and white cloth of Ranma's new Sailor Fuku, tiara, gloves and white leather boots. The next instant there was a click, a whir and Rei stood holding a developing Polaroid.
"Sorry, but we need insurance. If you ever blab about us this is going to be on the front page of every newspaper around the world and the most downloaded image on the internet. I promise." Ranma tried to step foreword and grab the picture from her hands but tripped on his high heels. With a groan he rolled over and raised his hands in surrender.
"You win, just get this junk off of me."
"Here let me help you with that." A white paw reached out from under the table and plucked the make up pen from Ranma's hand. The next instant Ranma assumed his typical bad clothes and sighed.
"Thanks........wait a minute.....paw?.........CAT!!!" Everyone in the room, Artimas included watched in amazement as Ranma leaped up through the air and lay clutching the ceiling with his bare hands.
"CATCATCATCATCAT!!!!!
"My, what grip." Quipped Amy helpfully."
"Hmmmm, wish Hitome had that kind of dexterity." Lita murmured under her breath.
"CATCATCATCATCAT!!!!" Ranma continued to scream. Artimas began backing out of the room.
"Um, maybe I should just leave." Ranma stared and then started screaming again.
"TALKINGCATTALKINGCATTALKINGCAT!!!!!" Rei groaned.
"Just come down will you?" After making sure that the hideous creature had left the room Ranma let go with a "Poink!" and fell to the ground.
"Eh, heh heh. Sorry, I have issues with felines." Mina raised an eyebrow.
"Yes we can see. So, where are you going to go now." Ranma shrugged.
"Well, when I first met you I was looking for my mother. My sources say that she's somewhere here in Juban. But so far I haven't had any luck." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a crumpled and worn out photograph. I haven't seen her since this was taken, and if I don't find her it will just break my heart." Rei glanced at the photograph and then smiled.
"Tell me, have you been asking people if they knew a Mrs. Saotome?" Ranma nodded.
"Well that's your problem right there. She comes here to the shrine several times a month and she told me she changed back to her maiden name. Nodoka Mitsurugi." Ranma's eyes went wide and his pupils shrunk to tiny black dots the size of a pinprick.
"Lets see, I visited her once a few months ago. I think this is her address. Unless she moved again." She took a piece of paper out of her notebook and handed it to Ranma. Ranma's eyes turned back to normal and began filling up with tears. Without warning he grabbed Rei in a ferocious bear hug and began rubbing his face against her body while crying tears of joy.
"OH THIS IS SUCH A HAPPY DAY!!! I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH!!!"
"ACK!!!" The next instant Ranma's red form burst through the roof and began sailing through the air before disappearing into the distance with a "Ping!" and star. Underneath the hole Rei was vigorously rubbing her body.
"Ugh! I can still feel him! I can't believe I did him a favor and then he acts like that!" Leta shook her head.
"Like I said, this is why I like girls."
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Genma Soatome meanwhile was sitting on a park bench deciding whether to be sad or happy that his son was gone. Suddenly from the sky a came a whooshing sound and he looked up to something spiky and blonde on a direct course with his head. The next instant there was a massive 'Bong!' and people wondered who would be ringing a cathedral bell at this time of day. Apparently unfazed by his little trip Ranma began to dance around, the piece of paper firmly clenched in his hands.
"I found her pops! I found mom!" Sitting with a dazed and stupid look on his face. (Alright, stupider look) sat Genma looking confused.
"Wha...what was that boy?" Ranma grabbed his fathers arm and began racing towards a side street.
"I found mom! Now lets go!"
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Authors notes. Heh heh heh. I'm really starting to enjoy this fic. About the way I wrote Leta, that is my way of saluting with my middle finger held high those that always try to portray one of the scouts as gay or bi. It really detracts from the story unless its meant as a joke like here. That and I think its funny. Okay, one little thing before I go. I've mapped out most of this story and like the first half of Trigun it's going to be a lot of laughs. About halfway though it will get serious but the funny half is going to be very wacky, crazy, and in poor taste. Nothing extremely gross mind you but think of this as a written version of a Lesley Neilson film. Send your complaints to animeprime1@hotmail.com
Disclaimer: I don't own Ranma the Stampede and if you try to sue me, In the name of the moon I will punish you! Disclaimer Collerory: This is not a bad Sailor Moon fic, it is a parody of a bad Sailor Moon fic. ___________________________________
In a pocket of limbo between reality and chaos a dark form floated by screaming its head off.
"How did this happen!? I was all powerful! Those sailor brats couldn't possibly have done this to me! I'm queen Bereyl of the Negiverse, I am power incarnate!"
Right now you look more like defeat incarnate to me. Bereyl's eyes shot open and she looked around for the source of the disembodied voice.
"Where are you?! Show yourself!" The hazy outline of a human appeared and slowly formed into a young handsome man with long flowing red hair and a blank expression.
"How did you get here? It's impossible for anything to come and go from this dimension!
I'm not really here, I'm just communicating with you telepathically. What you see here is nothing more then physic energy. But I didn't come here to give you a lecture. I've come to make a deal with you." The form moved closer. "My master has given me the power to break you free from here. But only if you do something for him in return. I can also guarantee that you'll be fighting your enemies the Sailor Scouts. Bereyl didn't hesitate to respond.
"I'll do it!"
You don't want to hear more of the deal?
"I don't care! I'll do anything if it means I can get my revenge on those sailor brats for what they've done to me!" the man nodded with a deadpan expression.
Very well, then hold on." The man held out his hand and Bereyls body began to shrink and collapse into the shape of a flower bulb. Picking it up the man slowly began to disappear. He reappeared in the middle of a park and tossed the seed into large lawn for picnickers. It was still for a moment but then a stalk shot up from the ground and a large bud began to form at the top. For the first time the man showed some emotion and smirked.
It's only a matter of time now. Ranma the Stampede.
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The next day Rei was walking home after school with her friends, but instead of laughing at their jokes or chiding Serreana for being stupid she just walked foreword biting her lip. Always being the observant one Amy began to question her friend.
"So what's his name?" Rei broke out of her trance and became flustered.
"What do you mean?!" Amy began stroking her chin and looking thoughtful.
"Well, every time one of us acts like this a boy has been the center of it. So who is it this time? Is he hot?" at the mention of hot boys the other girls automatically paused their conversations and listened for an answer.
"This has nothing to do with a guy!" Mina shook her head.
"Come on now, we've known you long enough to realize when you're suffering from a smitten heart. Now spill or we'll have to get...nasty."
"I swear I'm not in love with a boy!" All of the girls blink blinked. Leta spoke up.
"So it's a girl then? I didn't know you swung that way." Rei stared in open jawed shock at the brunette.
"Hey, I'm not judging or anything. I'm that way myself sometimes. Every time I see Hitome Masaki during gym class I want to get a giant bucket of chocolate syrup and..."
"This isn't about a girl either."
"....oh." Rei was about to inquire more into her tallest friends latest accidental confession but shook her head.
"Nevermind, I don't want to know. Actually there is something I need to tell you about. I think my cover is blown." The girls blink blinked and cried out in unison.
"WHAT someone know that you are sailor MARS!!!" Seeing all the stares they were getting from the passers by Rei motioned for them to start walking.
"Let's go to your house Sereana and I'll explain it there. I think Luna needs to hear this as well.
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Luna frowned as Rei finished telling her story.
"So let me get this straight, the most wanted man in the world knows that Sailor Mars is really you?" Rei nodded. Luna sighed while Artamas pondered.
"You said that when he touched the cold water he changed into man?" Rei nodded again.
"Yeah, I know it was some kind of magic. Have you heard of anything like it?" Artimas continued to ponder.
"Well, yes and no. I have a theory but it is very VERY unlikely. In fact it should be impossible." At that moment the doorbell rang and Serana left to answer it. Artimas continued. "There's a place in China called Jusenkyo that is just soaked with magic, especially a valley with these magical pools. If you fall in the magic will cause you to change into whatever creature drowned there last. Hot water will change you back but only till the next time you get splashed with cold water." Amy raised her eyebrow.
"If I didn't know that magic was real I would say that you're making this all up. How on earth could something like that come into being? Lita shrugged her shoulders.
"That doesn't mater. Go on Artimas."
"Well anyways, at first thought that this Ranma person might have visited Jusenkyou but there is one little problem. Ranma was born male and if he were cursed the cold water would have turned him into something else. It seems that he is using some other kind of magic to hide himself. It would explain why he has eluded capture for so long." Rei slammed her fist into her palm.
"That doesn't matter, right now we have to figure out a plan for taking him out." Mina's eyes widened.
"Are you suggesting that we kill him? We've never done something like that before to a human. It just seems...wrong."
"Think about it for a moment. We've killed hundreds of demons right. They've done everything from draining the life energy of innocent civilians to stealing their heart crystals to, well...remember that demon that go loose at the Tokyo tower? The one with all the tentacles." Mina's face turned beet red.
"I don't want to talk about it."
"Anyway, this Ranma the stampede has done all sorts of horrible things. I heard that just a few days ago he held a family hostage in the Nermina, molested the oldest sister, and then broke their house in two just for fun! He is a monster and we can't let him just go around knowing my secret identity." Luna nodded.
"Well we are supposed to protect the world from evil magic users. But we have to find him first." Amy shook her head.
"That won't be likely unless he starts an incident. It's not like he's just going to come knocking at our door." At that moment Serina came back.
"Do any of you know a person called Nodoka Soatome?" Everyone shook their heads. Serina shrugged and went back to the front door.
"Sorry Mrs. Ranko, we don't know where she is." Rei's eyes shot open.
"RANKO!"
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"AHHHHHHHH!!!! Why do these things always happen to me!?!?!" Yelled the female Ranma as the Sailor Scouts continued to chase him from roof top to roof top.
"Stand and fight you coward! Jupiter Thunder crash!" Lita hurled a ball of lightning at Ranma but he managed to twist and dodge it at the very last moment. Amy held out her hands as blue energy began to collect inside.
"Let me try something. Mercury Aqua Illusion!" Thousands of freezing drops of water flew through the air towards Ranma. With so many projectiles it was impossible to dodge and he was drenched. To everyone's surprise the girls red hair shortened and turned blonde. Her body got taller and her bust disappeared completely. The now male Ranma began rolling on the ground.
"Ahhhh! That's cold! Damnit it went down my back!" The girls stopped their pursuit to watch with puzzled amazement. All except Amy.
"I thought so! He changes with cold water so this must be our man. Now Sailor Moon. Finish him off!"
"All right!" Sailor moon began to twirl her moon scepter like a baton.
"Moon scepter ribbon rainbows sugary hearts with happy bunnies ATACK!" All the scouts braced themselves for the resulting backlash as Serina pointed her scepter at Ranma. Only to find that he wasn't there.
"Oh no! He must have run away!" Mina was shaking her head with a confused look on her face.
"But...you were preparing your attack. He couldn't have run away. That's...just not possible. Hey, where'd Rei go?"
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"COME BACK HERE!!!"
"WHY? SO YOU CAN KILL ME?! I DON"T THINK SO!" By now they had reached Jubans public park and were duking it out with bullets and fire balls. Ranma dodged one and landed on something slippery and soft. Looking down he saw that he had landed on a giant white flower bud and that it was starting to vibrate. Rei paused in mid attack to stare in horrified realization.
"That's from the Negaverse! Get away from it!"
"Huh?" that was all Ranma got to say as the bud swelled up three times its size and broke open with a loud bang and cloud of smoke. At that moment the rest of the sailor scouts arrived along with the two cats.
"Hey!" Serina shouted. "That's the same kind of pod that Queen Bereyl was in when I killed her!" Luna frowned.
"This isn't good, I'm getting very strong negavibes from that plant. If I didn't know better I'd say that it was Bereyl herself." From inside the bud hundreds of tiny vines burst forth and formed into a human face.
"AND IT IS FOOLISH MORTALS!!! I have come back for my revenge!"
"Oh no! But we defeated you in the first season!"
That may be true but before I destroy you all I have to first uphold my end of the deal and eliminate you Ranma the Stampede!" Ranma lay on his back with a stunned look on his face.
"Eliminate me? What are you talking about? I never did anything to you."
"No but you did a lot to my new master. Now die!" Up from the ground a giant root burst forth and smashed Ranma hard against the chest. Knocking him through the air and into a nearby (and conveniently placed) lake. The plant then turned to face the Scouts.
"And now that my obligations have been fulfilled I can focus on you!" More vines shot out from the plants base and became covered with flowers. The blossoms opened up and began to fill the air with toxic pollen. The next second all of the scouts and the remaining people in the park had fallen over paralyzed. Struggling for breath Amy touched the button on her tiara to activate her computer and analyze the cloud of spores.
"It's some kind of paralyzing agent! It seems to suck the energy out of something the minute it comes in physical contact with it." Bereyl smiled.
"Right! But that's not all. My pollen will continue to spread across the entire city and plant new flowers. Soon, all of Tokyo will be under my control! Your only purpose in life will be to feed me and my minions your energy! And best of all, there is nothing that can stop me!!! I am..." Suddenly Bereyls victory speech was interrupted as something soggy and red flopped up onto the edge of the pond.
"Ugh...That smarts." Everyone looked over to see a wet Ranma-chan coughing up water and pulling fish from her coat.
"I must have lowered the lake by a foot." Ranma seemed to notice the sudden silence and lamely waved.
"Uh hi?"
"How can you be alive?! I killed you!" Ranma-chan pulled out a collapsible army cup and began wringing the water from his hair into it.
"No offense but it's going to take a lot more then a dunking in a lake to finish me off." Satisfied that he had collected enough he dumped the contents over his head and assumed his true form.
"With my condition you have to always be prepared." With a growl Bereyl shot out several more vines but Ranma easily dodged them. But the next instant the flowers on the outside burst open and covered him with a fog of pollen.
"Lets see how well you dodge while you're paralyzed!" suddenly from the fog a sharp retort shot out and something blasted forth from the cloud of spores, clearing a hole in its wake. It collided with the left half of Bereyls face and left a large crater. The Sailor Scouts watched in amazement as the cloud cleared away and revealed Ranma with gun drawn and leveled at Bereyls head.
"Alright, I don't know what you are, I don't know what your plans are, and I don't know what they have to do with those girls. But it's pretty obvious now that you're in the business of causing pain." He reached into his jacket and pulled out a pair of sunglasses with orange lenses. "And my pride as a martial artist won't allow me to let the strong pick on the weak." He pushed the glassed up the bridge of his nose and glared.
"Now I'm giving you one chance. Leave this place and never hurt these people again. Or face the consequences." Bereyl growled as the hole in her face filled in and disappeared and then screamed as she shot more vines in Ranma's direction.
"And what do you think you can do about it!" Ranma simply leaned back to avoid the blow, pivoted on his heal, and started fanning shots with his right hand. The five remaining shots left the barrel and flew on a straight course towards the center of Bereyls face. They all collided at the same time and blew a hole straight through her forehead. Bereyl screamed in pain and then heaved herself up.
"You think that's enough to stop me!? I can't be defeated by something as pathetic as you you fool! My master made sure of that!" But suddenly the vegetation supporting Bereyl began to wither and die. Bereyls remaining eye went wide with shock as she saw her skin turn brown.
"What's happening to me! You couldn't have done this!" Under his breath Ranma muttered.
"You're right. What is happening?" A few seconds later Bereyl gave a final scream before her body stiffened and then turned to dust. All of the pollen covering the Sailor scouts disappeared as well and they found they could move. For a moment they all just stood there not knowing what to do. Rei sighed and shook her head.
"Great, now we owe him our lives."
Back in her Subspace prison Bereyl once again screamed in frustration.
"What happened!? I thought we had a deal!"
We did. the hazy form of the red haired man once again appeared.
But you didn't wait and listen to the rest of it. You were never supposed to eliminate Ranma. You were merely a way for us to tell him that my master has returned and that he has his eyes on him.
"But why did you destroy me?! I was about to get my revenge!"
You are just a plant, and when a plant fulfils its purpose it must die. That is the way nature works.
This isn't possible! I demand that you send me back!" The man shook his head.
Why? Like I said, you fulfilled your purpose. So now I'll be going. Don't worry, in a few thousand years a hole will open up in this dimension and you'll be able to escape. The next instant the man was gone.
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Back at the shrine the rest of the sailor scouts were all sitting in slackjawed amazement. One couldn't tell if it was from the story Ranma was telling or if it was the fact that he had just finished off his sixth plate of doughnuts. (Coming from Black Cat Pastries. Whose mascot is a black cat with huge yellow eyes.)
"And then"...mlorphin..."Pops and I escaped from that crazy amazon"...sclorph... "Swam back here to Japan"....GULP!...."Met up with the Tendos"....Glug glug glug.... "And then I came here." Rei shook her head.
"And all this time the world thought you were such a fiend. When in reality you're just a wimp with a bad haircut and an inability to decide what gender you want to be."
"Yep, that's about it."
"Well, I guess since you don't pose a threat to use we can let you go." Ranma looked confused.
"But I know you're secret identities now, you're just going to let me off just like that that?" With a wink to her friends Rei pulled something from Seriana's bag and tossed it at Ranma.
"Sure, but don't say Moon Makeup power." Ranma caught the object and blinked.
"Moon Makeup Power? Why? What's wrong with...WHOA!!!" Ranma's form was silhouetted by a ball of light stars but the next instant it disappeared. Ranma blink blinked and then looked down.
"WHAT THE F--- DID YOU DO TO ME!!!" The girls burst into giggles as the sun glinted off the shiny blue and white cloth of Ranma's new Sailor Fuku, tiara, gloves and white leather boots. The next instant there was a click, a whir and Rei stood holding a developing Polaroid.
"Sorry, but we need insurance. If you ever blab about us this is going to be on the front page of every newspaper around the world and the most downloaded image on the internet. I promise." Ranma tried to step foreword and grab the picture from her hands but tripped on his high heels. With a groan he rolled over and raised his hands in surrender.
"You win, just get this junk off of me."
"Here let me help you with that." A white paw reached out from under the table and plucked the make up pen from Ranma's hand. The next instant Ranma assumed his typical bad clothes and sighed.
"Thanks........wait a minute.....paw?.........CAT!!!" Everyone in the room, Artimas included watched in amazement as Ranma leaped up through the air and lay clutching the ceiling with his bare hands.
"CATCATCATCATCAT!!!!!
"My, what grip." Quipped Amy helpfully."
"Hmmmm, wish Hitome had that kind of dexterity." Lita murmured under her breath.
"CATCATCATCATCAT!!!!" Ranma continued to scream. Artimas began backing out of the room.
"Um, maybe I should just leave." Ranma stared and then started screaming again.
"TALKINGCATTALKINGCATTALKINGCAT!!!!!" Rei groaned.
"Just come down will you?" After making sure that the hideous creature had left the room Ranma let go with a "Poink!" and fell to the ground.
"Eh, heh heh. Sorry, I have issues with felines." Mina raised an eyebrow.
"Yes we can see. So, where are you going to go now." Ranma shrugged.
"Well, when I first met you I was looking for my mother. My sources say that she's somewhere here in Juban. But so far I haven't had any luck." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a crumpled and worn out photograph. I haven't seen her since this was taken, and if I don't find her it will just break my heart." Rei glanced at the photograph and then smiled.
"Tell me, have you been asking people if they knew a Mrs. Saotome?" Ranma nodded.
"Well that's your problem right there. She comes here to the shrine several times a month and she told me she changed back to her maiden name. Nodoka Mitsurugi." Ranma's eyes went wide and his pupils shrunk to tiny black dots the size of a pinprick.
"Lets see, I visited her once a few months ago. I think this is her address. Unless she moved again." She took a piece of paper out of her notebook and handed it to Ranma. Ranma's eyes turned back to normal and began filling up with tears. Without warning he grabbed Rei in a ferocious bear hug and began rubbing his face against her body while crying tears of joy.
"OH THIS IS SUCH A HAPPY DAY!!! I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH!!!"
"ACK!!!" The next instant Ranma's red form burst through the roof and began sailing through the air before disappearing into the distance with a "Ping!" and star. Underneath the hole Rei was vigorously rubbing her body.
"Ugh! I can still feel him! I can't believe I did him a favor and then he acts like that!" Leta shook her head.
"Like I said, this is why I like girls."
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Genma Soatome meanwhile was sitting on a park bench deciding whether to be sad or happy that his son was gone. Suddenly from the sky a came a whooshing sound and he looked up to something spiky and blonde on a direct course with his head. The next instant there was a massive 'Bong!' and people wondered who would be ringing a cathedral bell at this time of day. Apparently unfazed by his little trip Ranma began to dance around, the piece of paper firmly clenched in his hands.
"I found her pops! I found mom!" Sitting with a dazed and stupid look on his face. (Alright, stupider look) sat Genma looking confused.
"Wha...what was that boy?" Ranma grabbed his fathers arm and began racing towards a side street.
"I found mom! Now lets go!"
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Authors notes. Heh heh heh. I'm really starting to enjoy this fic. About the way I wrote Leta, that is my way of saluting with my middle finger held high those that always try to portray one of the scouts as gay or bi. It really detracts from the story unless its meant as a joke like here. That and I think its funny. Okay, one little thing before I go. I've mapped out most of this story and like the first half of Trigun it's going to be a lot of laughs. About halfway though it will get serious but the funny half is going to be very wacky, crazy, and in poor taste. Nothing extremely gross mind you but think of this as a written version of a Lesley Neilson film. Send your complaints to animeprime1@hotmail.com