The War of the Gods (I'll probably change the title)
Ranma 1/2 and Saint Seiya x-over.
By Wanderer D (wandererd@hotmail.com)
Ranma 1/2 is property of Rumiko Takahashi, Saint Seiya was created by the talented Masami Kurumada.
I didn't participate in neither of the series creation, although I did participate in watching and reading it... Anyway, I'm NOT gaining any money from this so please don't sue me, ok? All I did is the plotline which I doubt is worth that much bother for your lawyers. Although not for readers, so...
Author's Note: For all purposes in THIS story Seiya is 16 years old by the time he fights Hades, so calculate the other's ages appropietly if you want. Out of all the Bronzes the eldest, Ikki, would be 21.
Here it goes:
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Shunrei kneeled in front of the giant waterfall in the valley of the five old peaks. Her hands joined as she prayed, she felt Seiya's Cosmo waver... then start disappearing.
"Oh... Seiya!" Tears began streaming out of her eyes. She could still feel the other's Cosmo as they started their return journey. They were full with sorrow. Seiya was their friend... a fellow warrior... their brother.
"Shiryu..." She could feel her love's Cosmo the most... and it tore at her soul.
***
Athena and her saints stood outside the remains of Hades' temple. They were all circling the body of Seiya, still wearing the God Cloth mixture of his Pegasus Cloth and the Gold Cloth of Sagittarius. Seiya's powerful Cosmo slowly died down, until it disappeared.
"He's gone." Ikki muttered, and looked away closing his eyes.
"Seiya!" Saori kneeling next to him lifted his head carefully, and softly kissed his lips. "I'm so sorry, Seiya..." tears fell from her eyes as she placed his head on the floor. Suddenly, Seiya's God Cloth was enveloped with his white-blue Cosmo.
"Seiya!" Shun exclaimed, echoed by the other saints.
When the glow subsided, the God Cloth disappeared with it. However, they could still feel it, far away. "It's on Earth!" Hyouga said wonderingly.
***
Ranma doubled over in pain with a startled gasp. Everyone stopped eating and looked warily at the food. Then at Akane.
"Hey! Kasumi helped me! That dumb macho-jerk is just making fun of me as always!"
P-chan nodded and growled at Ranma.
"Oh, my!" Kasumi exclaimed as she helped Ranma seat back. He was clutching his chest, and tears fell from his eyes. Genma frowned at that.
Akane stopped herself from kicking him into LEO and knelt besides him. "Ranma?"
A blue glow started emanating from Ranma, and Akane stepped back, it was not Ranma's ki! That much she could tell, however it was not evil, in fact it was warm, friendly and loving.
"Brother?!" Ranma muttered suddenly. The blue aura slowly faded away and Ranma fell forward, and rested his head on the table. The silence that ensued was broken only by a small sob from Ranma. "He's... dead."
"Who Ranma? Who's dead?" Akane asked.
Ranma stood up suddenly. "I've gotta go. Now."
"Ranma! Where are you going?!" Akane asked, now starting to get angry.
"To the Neko-Hanten. The Old Ghoul is probably waiting for me right now."
"I knew it! You're running to that bimbo Shampoo's arms! Ranma! No-baka!"
Ranma side-stepped the mallet and blew it apart with a chestnut fist. "I don't have time for this shit! My brother is dead! And the only one who can tell me what happened is that old Ghoul." He turned towards Nabiki. "Saori Kido. Find her."
Nabiki could only nod at Ranma's grim expression. Ranma turned around and left without another word.
For a moment everyone stared at Ranma as he disappeared. P-chan squeaked and ran after him.
"P-chan! Ranma!" Akane stood up, but Kasumi held her, and shook her head. Kasumi then turned towards Genma. "Well, Mr. Saotome, it seems you have a lot to explain..."
***
P-chan had a rough time following Ranma, but for some unknown reason he was able to make it to the Neko-Hanten seconds after Ranma.
Ryouga had to tell himself for the 5th time that he was just making sure that that bastard didn't cheat on Akane... not because he was worried about Ranma.
"Ranma come take Shampoo on date now?"
P-Chan peeked inside the place as Ranma pushed past Shampoo and went into the kitchen. Shampoo noticed P-Chan a moment later and picked him up. "Pig boy tell Shampoo what airen up to?"
P-chan squealed in defeat. Shampoo carried him into the kitchen, only to find it empty. "Hmm, Great-Grandmother and airen must be in secret room..." She mused aloud.
Cologne pogoed to the center of the room and turned around. "Well, we're safe from unwanted ears, son-in-law, what is it you want from me?"
Ranma sat down on the floor. "Damn! I thought you'd know."
Cologne's eyes half closed. "Know what, son-in-law?"
"About the battle with Hades..." Ranma muttered.
Cologne's eyes popped open. "What about it!? Tell me son-in-law!"
From behind a sneak-hole Shampoo and P-chan looked at each other and shrugged.
"Athena's Saints won... but... my brother died. Killed by Hades' sword."
"Your brother? I was unaware of you having a brother..."
"I.. didn't know either, but Seiya... well... he told me everything... man, I feel weird... I don't know why I came here... I should try to find... Shiryu...?"
Cologne's eyes sharpened. "Where did you learn this name son-in-law?"
Ranma stammered. "I... I don't know! Damn it!" he grabbed his head for a moment before looking up again. "You know him?"
Cologne nodded absently before pogoed to one of the few stands that decorated the room.
She grabbed an old parchment and opened it over a table, Ranma walked up to it. "What's that?"
"It's a map, son-in-law."
Ranma face-faulted. "I know that old Ghoul!" Cologne's staff cracked on Ranma's head.
"Shut up an listen. This is a map of an area of China, where an old friend of mine lives."
"So what? Is that Shiryu?"
"No! Listen son-in-law, every two hundred years there's a threat to the world, and every two hundred years the goddess Athena is reborn, and a group of powerful warriors are selected to become her saints. Warriors of the highest caliber, son-in-law. The old master, Dohko, trained one of them, the Dragon Shiryu. He trained him in ways that are beyond your comprehension. For the moment."
By now the old Ranma was returning, and he scoffed. "What's so special about this Shiryu? I bet I could beat him anytime!"
Cologne laughed. "Son-in-law, you wouldn't stand a chance. Shiryu can invert the flow of a waterfall! You can blow up a mountain with ki. Who do you think would win? Which do you think requires more technique? More control?"
As Ranma was about to speak, Cologne cut him out. "That really doesn't matter, I think you should go meet Shiryu."
"Do you think meeting this Shiryu will answer my questions?" Ranma asked doubtfully.
"Child, you know the name of a man you shouldn't know, you know about events that escape your comprehension... like Hades, do you know who Hades is, Ranma? Or for that matter who Athena is? Son-in-law, the one who can answer those questions is a man that lives in that valley, the man that trained the Dragon Shiryu... Dohko."
Ranma seemed to consider for a moment before finally nodding. "But first you must tell me about these 'saints', Athena, Hades and Master Dohko."
Shampoo sat back. "Dohko..."
"Bukii?" P-Chan asked.
Shampoo looked at P-chan before answering. "Master Dohko is legend among Amazons, he teach many skills to Great-Grandmother when Great Grandmother younger Shampoo thinks he almost as old as Great-grandmother."
P-chan stared.
***
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN RANMA'S ADOPTED!!" Soun Tendo lifted his friend from the ground and stared daggers at Genma.
"Well..." Genma sputtered. "I..."
"Daddy, please let Mr. Saotome down so he can explain?" Kasumi asked soothingly.
Soun calmed somewhat and let Genma down. "This better be good, Saotome."
Genma flinched, but receiving looks of 'encouragement' from the others cleared his throat and started talking.
"Soon after marrying my beloved Nodoka, we found out that we were unable to have children of our own... we tried many times, taking medicines, following old traditions, we tried everything... to no avail."
Genma turned to look outside the Tendo house towards the Koi pond, where the fish jumped from time to time.
"Nodoka was devastated... when she managed to get pregnant, she would abort shortly after. Finally, we managed to carry a child for the whole nine months, but... the child died shortly after birth in the maternity room, soIchangedthebabiewithanotheronewithouttellingher." Genma finished.
Everyone stared at Genma. Then the final rushed words sunk in.
"YOU WHAT?!" Akane, Nabiki, Soun and -surprisingly- Kasumi, shouted.
Any further words were cut short when the sound of metal sliding softly echoed through the room.
Genma turned fearfully to the door. And looked at himself from the reflection of a well polished katana.
"You. Are. Dead." Nodoka stated simply.
***
"It's disappeared." Shun reported, and the others nodded.
"I wonder what that was?" Ikki thought aloud.
Saori stood up, and cleared the tears from her eyes with the back of her hand. "Doesn't matter. Right now we should all go back to the sanctuary. We have to see for ourselves who survived."
The Saints nodded, and all left, carrying with them Seiya's body.
For a moment everything remained calm. Suddenly great rocks moved from within the remains of Hades' temple, and Hades himself crawled out.
"Ungh... Athena, you will... pay..." Hades heard a sound and turned around. He stared for a moment at the figure that had walked to stand close to him and smiled.
"You... I... need..." Hades' eyes suddenly opened in terror as his smile faded. "No... don't! You can't do this!"
Hades disappeared in a haze of light, and all that remained was a small vase that was slowly starting to turn red from the bottom up.
For a moment the figure stood looking at the vase, then it turned around and left with it.
And the calm reigned once more.
---------- End Chapter 1
Ranma 1/2 and Saint Seiya x-over.
By Wanderer D (wandererd@hotmail.com)
Ranma 1/2 is property of Rumiko Takahashi, Saint Seiya was created by the talented Masami Kurumada.
I didn't participate in neither of the series creation, although I did participate in watching and reading it... Anyway, I'm NOT gaining any money from this so please don't sue me, ok? All I did is the plotline which I doubt is worth that much bother for your lawyers. Although not for readers, so...
Author's Note: For all purposes in THIS story Seiya is 16 years old by the time he fights Hades, so calculate the other's ages appropietly if you want. Out of all the Bronzes the eldest, Ikki, would be 21.
Here it goes:
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Shunrei kneeled in front of the giant waterfall in the valley of the five old peaks. Her hands joined as she prayed, she felt Seiya's Cosmo waver... then start disappearing.
"Oh... Seiya!" Tears began streaming out of her eyes. She could still feel the other's Cosmo as they started their return journey. They were full with sorrow. Seiya was their friend... a fellow warrior... their brother.
"Shiryu..." She could feel her love's Cosmo the most... and it tore at her soul.
***
Athena and her saints stood outside the remains of Hades' temple. They were all circling the body of Seiya, still wearing the God Cloth mixture of his Pegasus Cloth and the Gold Cloth of Sagittarius. Seiya's powerful Cosmo slowly died down, until it disappeared.
"He's gone." Ikki muttered, and looked away closing his eyes.
"Seiya!" Saori kneeling next to him lifted his head carefully, and softly kissed his lips. "I'm so sorry, Seiya..." tears fell from her eyes as she placed his head on the floor. Suddenly, Seiya's God Cloth was enveloped with his white-blue Cosmo.
"Seiya!" Shun exclaimed, echoed by the other saints.
When the glow subsided, the God Cloth disappeared with it. However, they could still feel it, far away. "It's on Earth!" Hyouga said wonderingly.
***
Ranma doubled over in pain with a startled gasp. Everyone stopped eating and looked warily at the food. Then at Akane.
"Hey! Kasumi helped me! That dumb macho-jerk is just making fun of me as always!"
P-chan nodded and growled at Ranma.
"Oh, my!" Kasumi exclaimed as she helped Ranma seat back. He was clutching his chest, and tears fell from his eyes. Genma frowned at that.
Akane stopped herself from kicking him into LEO and knelt besides him. "Ranma?"
A blue glow started emanating from Ranma, and Akane stepped back, it was not Ranma's ki! That much she could tell, however it was not evil, in fact it was warm, friendly and loving.
"Brother?!" Ranma muttered suddenly. The blue aura slowly faded away and Ranma fell forward, and rested his head on the table. The silence that ensued was broken only by a small sob from Ranma. "He's... dead."
"Who Ranma? Who's dead?" Akane asked.
Ranma stood up suddenly. "I've gotta go. Now."
"Ranma! Where are you going?!" Akane asked, now starting to get angry.
"To the Neko-Hanten. The Old Ghoul is probably waiting for me right now."
"I knew it! You're running to that bimbo Shampoo's arms! Ranma! No-baka!"
Ranma side-stepped the mallet and blew it apart with a chestnut fist. "I don't have time for this shit! My brother is dead! And the only one who can tell me what happened is that old Ghoul." He turned towards Nabiki. "Saori Kido. Find her."
Nabiki could only nod at Ranma's grim expression. Ranma turned around and left without another word.
For a moment everyone stared at Ranma as he disappeared. P-chan squeaked and ran after him.
"P-chan! Ranma!" Akane stood up, but Kasumi held her, and shook her head. Kasumi then turned towards Genma. "Well, Mr. Saotome, it seems you have a lot to explain..."
***
P-chan had a rough time following Ranma, but for some unknown reason he was able to make it to the Neko-Hanten seconds after Ranma.
Ryouga had to tell himself for the 5th time that he was just making sure that that bastard didn't cheat on Akane... not because he was worried about Ranma.
"Ranma come take Shampoo on date now?"
P-Chan peeked inside the place as Ranma pushed past Shampoo and went into the kitchen. Shampoo noticed P-Chan a moment later and picked him up. "Pig boy tell Shampoo what airen up to?"
P-chan squealed in defeat. Shampoo carried him into the kitchen, only to find it empty. "Hmm, Great-Grandmother and airen must be in secret room..." She mused aloud.
Cologne pogoed to the center of the room and turned around. "Well, we're safe from unwanted ears, son-in-law, what is it you want from me?"
Ranma sat down on the floor. "Damn! I thought you'd know."
Cologne's eyes half closed. "Know what, son-in-law?"
"About the battle with Hades..." Ranma muttered.
Cologne's eyes popped open. "What about it!? Tell me son-in-law!"
From behind a sneak-hole Shampoo and P-chan looked at each other and shrugged.
"Athena's Saints won... but... my brother died. Killed by Hades' sword."
"Your brother? I was unaware of you having a brother..."
"I.. didn't know either, but Seiya... well... he told me everything... man, I feel weird... I don't know why I came here... I should try to find... Shiryu...?"
Cologne's eyes sharpened. "Where did you learn this name son-in-law?"
Ranma stammered. "I... I don't know! Damn it!" he grabbed his head for a moment before looking up again. "You know him?"
Cologne nodded absently before pogoed to one of the few stands that decorated the room.
She grabbed an old parchment and opened it over a table, Ranma walked up to it. "What's that?"
"It's a map, son-in-law."
Ranma face-faulted. "I know that old Ghoul!" Cologne's staff cracked on Ranma's head.
"Shut up an listen. This is a map of an area of China, where an old friend of mine lives."
"So what? Is that Shiryu?"
"No! Listen son-in-law, every two hundred years there's a threat to the world, and every two hundred years the goddess Athena is reborn, and a group of powerful warriors are selected to become her saints. Warriors of the highest caliber, son-in-law. The old master, Dohko, trained one of them, the Dragon Shiryu. He trained him in ways that are beyond your comprehension. For the moment."
By now the old Ranma was returning, and he scoffed. "What's so special about this Shiryu? I bet I could beat him anytime!"
Cologne laughed. "Son-in-law, you wouldn't stand a chance. Shiryu can invert the flow of a waterfall! You can blow up a mountain with ki. Who do you think would win? Which do you think requires more technique? More control?"
As Ranma was about to speak, Cologne cut him out. "That really doesn't matter, I think you should go meet Shiryu."
"Do you think meeting this Shiryu will answer my questions?" Ranma asked doubtfully.
"Child, you know the name of a man you shouldn't know, you know about events that escape your comprehension... like Hades, do you know who Hades is, Ranma? Or for that matter who Athena is? Son-in-law, the one who can answer those questions is a man that lives in that valley, the man that trained the Dragon Shiryu... Dohko."
Ranma seemed to consider for a moment before finally nodding. "But first you must tell me about these 'saints', Athena, Hades and Master Dohko."
Shampoo sat back. "Dohko..."
"Bukii?" P-Chan asked.
Shampoo looked at P-chan before answering. "Master Dohko is legend among Amazons, he teach many skills to Great-Grandmother when Great Grandmother younger Shampoo thinks he almost as old as Great-grandmother."
P-chan stared.
***
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN RANMA'S ADOPTED!!" Soun Tendo lifted his friend from the ground and stared daggers at Genma.
"Well..." Genma sputtered. "I..."
"Daddy, please let Mr. Saotome down so he can explain?" Kasumi asked soothingly.
Soun calmed somewhat and let Genma down. "This better be good, Saotome."
Genma flinched, but receiving looks of 'encouragement' from the others cleared his throat and started talking.
"Soon after marrying my beloved Nodoka, we found out that we were unable to have children of our own... we tried many times, taking medicines, following old traditions, we tried everything... to no avail."
Genma turned to look outside the Tendo house towards the Koi pond, where the fish jumped from time to time.
"Nodoka was devastated... when she managed to get pregnant, she would abort shortly after. Finally, we managed to carry a child for the whole nine months, but... the child died shortly after birth in the maternity room, soIchangedthebabiewithanotheronewithouttellingher." Genma finished.
Everyone stared at Genma. Then the final rushed words sunk in.
"YOU WHAT?!" Akane, Nabiki, Soun and -surprisingly- Kasumi, shouted.
Any further words were cut short when the sound of metal sliding softly echoed through the room.
Genma turned fearfully to the door. And looked at himself from the reflection of a well polished katana.
"You. Are. Dead." Nodoka stated simply.
***
"It's disappeared." Shun reported, and the others nodded.
"I wonder what that was?" Ikki thought aloud.
Saori stood up, and cleared the tears from her eyes with the back of her hand. "Doesn't matter. Right now we should all go back to the sanctuary. We have to see for ourselves who survived."
The Saints nodded, and all left, carrying with them Seiya's body.
For a moment everything remained calm. Suddenly great rocks moved from within the remains of Hades' temple, and Hades himself crawled out.
"Ungh... Athena, you will... pay..." Hades heard a sound and turned around. He stared for a moment at the figure that had walked to stand close to him and smiled.
"You... I... need..." Hades' eyes suddenly opened in terror as his smile faded. "No... don't! You can't do this!"
Hades disappeared in a haze of light, and all that remained was a small vase that was slowly starting to turn red from the bottom up.
For a moment the figure stood looking at the vase, then it turned around and left with it.
And the calm reigned once more.
---------- End Chapter 1