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...
***
"You aren't serious." Ukyo stated. "Everyone knows that the Greek gods don't exist."
Sorrento arched an eyebrow. "Is that so? Well, it doesn't matter what you believe, they do."
"Oh, sure they do, and you're one of them, right?"
"Ucchan, please," Ranma interrupted. "Let him finish."
Sorrento had told them about the battle with Hades and what had happened when Athena's Saints had finally fought Hades himself, and Seiya's death. He then had proceeded to tell them how his master had felt a strong Cosmo in Japan and had sent Sorrento to find the owner of such Cosmo.
"For a moment I thought it had been you, Ranma, but the owner of such a Cosmo would be a far better fighter. My guess would be that you were recently in contact with this person, that is why I'm telling you all of this, since maybe you can tell me who it was." Sorrento said finally as he looked at Ranma.
"What?"
"Ucchan..." Ranma warned her.
Ukyo reminded herself that she still had to talk to Ranma about the wedding. It wasn't such a great idea to make him mad at her right now.
"Listen, Sorrento, yesterday..." As Ranma began explaining what had happened to him the day before, Sorrento's eyes closed in concentration as he heard Ranma's story.
The trace was still there, hauntingly familiar, but there were slight differences, now that he noticed. When he heard Ranma's experience with that mysterious Cosmo, he formed a theory.
Someone's Cosmo trace would disappear after a few hours, yet Seiya's, -if indeed it was Seiya's Cosmo-, seemed to stay there... the reason?
Seiya's Cosmo had somehow awakened a little of Ranma's own Cosmo! But for that to happen, Ranma would have to be a pretty impressive fighter himself. Well, there was just one way to find out.
"Ranma," Sorrento interrupted, just as Ranma was telling him what Cologne had told him about Dohko.
"You won't be able talk to Dohko, he's dead."
That effectively stopped Ranma's rant. "What?!"
"However, if you're good enough, I can take you to someone who'd be able to answer all your questions."
"Really!?" Ranma was ecstatic just for a second. "What do you mean 'if' I'm good enough?"
Sorrento smiled. "Well, what I mean is that only the best fighters are even allowed to catch a glimpse of my master," Sorrento explained as he stood up and took out his flute. "But, since I like you and you DO have a reason to meet him and get your answers, here's what we'll do."
A shadow that had kept still next to one of the pillars shifted slightly. Sorrento was the only one who had noticed this, and smiled slowly as he continued. "You will fight me, Ranma, and I will decide how good you really are. You win, I'll take you to meet my master, you loose and you receive training until you're good enough. That means you go with me."
"Agreed." Ranma answered without thinking.
As the words came out of Ranma's mouth, the shadow moved.
"No!" it shouted with an obviously female voice.
Ukyo and Ranma turned around as Sorrento smirked.
A young woman with wild green hair held back by a braid (not completely though), and wearing brown leather pants and shirt, with a yellow silk belt tied around her waist, and a metal mask that emulated the face of a beautiful -if cold- woman stood in the middle of Ukyo's restaurant.
"Shaina." Sorrento greeted with a small nod. "What brings YOU here?" Shaina pointed at Sorrento. "Back off, Sorrento, this kid is mine, he was touched by Seiya's Cosmo, and there must be a reason for it!"
"Tsk, tsk. Shaina, dear, you don't have any claims on this young man, he has accepted to be trained by me and my master..."
"Only if he looses." Interrupted Ukyo.
Sorrento nodded. "You see, Shaina, you still have a chance. If Ranma wins he'll just meet my master, ask his questions, and then go his merry way."
Shaina turned to look at Ranma. Even though the mask prevented anyone from seeing emotions, Ranma and Ukyo could feel her anger. However, she nodded. "He accepted. There's not much I can do now for him now."
That statement didn't ease Ukyo. In the least.
***
Ukyo, Sorrento, Ranma and Shaina stood in a small open area in the middle of a forest. Ranma and Sorrento were facing off each standing in the limit of the small clearing.
Shaina had heard Ranma's story, she knew it had been Seiya's Cosmo the one that had touched Ranma the moment she had seen the boy. But, he had accepted to fight Sorrento, and by the time she had reacted to her amazement at Sorrento's offer she had been to late to stop him.
In fact, the only thing she was doing now was to wait for the inevitable.
An invisible signal passed between Ranma and Sorrento, as Ranma launched himself at his opponent.
Unknowing of Sorrento's level of fighting, Ranma had started with a series of simple kicks and punches, all of which missed their target. Increasing his speed Ranma found, to his amazement, that Sorrento was avoiding all his punches, and he was almost at top speed! Ranma jumped back to asses his situation.
"Ranma! Don't play with him! If you don't fight all out you'll never even touch him!" Shaina warned.
Ranma, remembering that Shiryu, -one of the people Sorrento knew,- had inverted the flow of a waterfall with a punch, acknowledged Shaina's warning. "Tenshin Amaguri Ken!"
From Ukyo's viewpoint, Sorrento seemed to disappear inside the blur of Ranma's Amaguri Ken, as the young Martial Artist attacked with all.
"Much too slow," Shaina muttered. "He's not going to defeat Sorrento at this rate."
"What?!" Ukyo watched as Ranma ended his attack with a frustrated snarl and jumped away.
"That's impossible!" Ranma exclaimed.
Sorrento smiled... and Ranma was suddenly flying and crashing into a nearby tree.
"W-what?" Ukyo muttered.
"Sorrento avoided all of Ranma's punches and hit him once. The effect was a little retarded thanks to Ranma's actions."
Ranma pulled himself up with the help of the now destroyed tree and coughed.
"It's your turn to attack me, Sorrento." Ranma wheezed. Sorrento's smile wavered a little. "If you say so, Ranma."
Sorrento, now having an idea of Ranma's speed and wanting to taunt him attacked at Ranma's speed.
Ranma was hard-pressed to avoid his punches, but once he got the hang of it he started spiraling.
'Well, he's not the best I've seen...' Sorrento though as he used another combination of kicks and punches. 'But he'll do fine once we get him training.' Sorrento tried another 'slow' punch and Ranma ducked under it and did and uppercut in front of him. Without touching him. 'What the...'
"Hiryu shoten ha!"
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End Chapter 3
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...
***
"You aren't serious." Ukyo stated. "Everyone knows that the Greek gods don't exist."
Sorrento arched an eyebrow. "Is that so? Well, it doesn't matter what you believe, they do."
"Oh, sure they do, and you're one of them, right?"
"Ucchan, please," Ranma interrupted. "Let him finish."
Sorrento had told them about the battle with Hades and what had happened when Athena's Saints had finally fought Hades himself, and Seiya's death. He then had proceeded to tell them how his master had felt a strong Cosmo in Japan and had sent Sorrento to find the owner of such Cosmo.
"For a moment I thought it had been you, Ranma, but the owner of such a Cosmo would be a far better fighter. My guess would be that you were recently in contact with this person, that is why I'm telling you all of this, since maybe you can tell me who it was." Sorrento said finally as he looked at Ranma.
"What?"
"Ucchan..." Ranma warned her.
Ukyo reminded herself that she still had to talk to Ranma about the wedding. It wasn't such a great idea to make him mad at her right now.
"Listen, Sorrento, yesterday..." As Ranma began explaining what had happened to him the day before, Sorrento's eyes closed in concentration as he heard Ranma's story.
The trace was still there, hauntingly familiar, but there were slight differences, now that he noticed. When he heard Ranma's experience with that mysterious Cosmo, he formed a theory.
Someone's Cosmo trace would disappear after a few hours, yet Seiya's, -if indeed it was Seiya's Cosmo-, seemed to stay there... the reason?
Seiya's Cosmo had somehow awakened a little of Ranma's own Cosmo! But for that to happen, Ranma would have to be a pretty impressive fighter himself. Well, there was just one way to find out.
"Ranma," Sorrento interrupted, just as Ranma was telling him what Cologne had told him about Dohko.
"You won't be able talk to Dohko, he's dead."
That effectively stopped Ranma's rant. "What?!"
"However, if you're good enough, I can take you to someone who'd be able to answer all your questions."
"Really!?" Ranma was ecstatic just for a second. "What do you mean 'if' I'm good enough?"
Sorrento smiled. "Well, what I mean is that only the best fighters are even allowed to catch a glimpse of my master," Sorrento explained as he stood up and took out his flute. "But, since I like you and you DO have a reason to meet him and get your answers, here's what we'll do."
A shadow that had kept still next to one of the pillars shifted slightly. Sorrento was the only one who had noticed this, and smiled slowly as he continued. "You will fight me, Ranma, and I will decide how good you really are. You win, I'll take you to meet my master, you loose and you receive training until you're good enough. That means you go with me."
"Agreed." Ranma answered without thinking.
As the words came out of Ranma's mouth, the shadow moved.
"No!" it shouted with an obviously female voice.
Ukyo and Ranma turned around as Sorrento smirked.
A young woman with wild green hair held back by a braid (not completely though), and wearing brown leather pants and shirt, with a yellow silk belt tied around her waist, and a metal mask that emulated the face of a beautiful -if cold- woman stood in the middle of Ukyo's restaurant.
"Shaina." Sorrento greeted with a small nod. "What brings YOU here?" Shaina pointed at Sorrento. "Back off, Sorrento, this kid is mine, he was touched by Seiya's Cosmo, and there must be a reason for it!"
"Tsk, tsk. Shaina, dear, you don't have any claims on this young man, he has accepted to be trained by me and my master..."
"Only if he looses." Interrupted Ukyo.
Sorrento nodded. "You see, Shaina, you still have a chance. If Ranma wins he'll just meet my master, ask his questions, and then go his merry way."
Shaina turned to look at Ranma. Even though the mask prevented anyone from seeing emotions, Ranma and Ukyo could feel her anger. However, she nodded. "He accepted. There's not much I can do now for him now."
That statement didn't ease Ukyo. In the least.
***
Ukyo, Sorrento, Ranma and Shaina stood in a small open area in the middle of a forest. Ranma and Sorrento were facing off each standing in the limit of the small clearing.
Shaina had heard Ranma's story, she knew it had been Seiya's Cosmo the one that had touched Ranma the moment she had seen the boy. But, he had accepted to fight Sorrento, and by the time she had reacted to her amazement at Sorrento's offer she had been to late to stop him.
In fact, the only thing she was doing now was to wait for the inevitable.
An invisible signal passed between Ranma and Sorrento, as Ranma launched himself at his opponent.
Unknowing of Sorrento's level of fighting, Ranma had started with a series of simple kicks and punches, all of which missed their target. Increasing his speed Ranma found, to his amazement, that Sorrento was avoiding all his punches, and he was almost at top speed! Ranma jumped back to asses his situation.
"Ranma! Don't play with him! If you don't fight all out you'll never even touch him!" Shaina warned.
Ranma, remembering that Shiryu, -one of the people Sorrento knew,- had inverted the flow of a waterfall with a punch, acknowledged Shaina's warning. "Tenshin Amaguri Ken!"
From Ukyo's viewpoint, Sorrento seemed to disappear inside the blur of Ranma's Amaguri Ken, as the young Martial Artist attacked with all.
"Much too slow," Shaina muttered. "He's not going to defeat Sorrento at this rate."
"What?!" Ukyo watched as Ranma ended his attack with a frustrated snarl and jumped away.
"That's impossible!" Ranma exclaimed.
Sorrento smiled... and Ranma was suddenly flying and crashing into a nearby tree.
"W-what?" Ukyo muttered.
"Sorrento avoided all of Ranma's punches and hit him once. The effect was a little retarded thanks to Ranma's actions."
Ranma pulled himself up with the help of the now destroyed tree and coughed.
"It's your turn to attack me, Sorrento." Ranma wheezed. Sorrento's smile wavered a little. "If you say so, Ranma."
Sorrento, now having an idea of Ranma's speed and wanting to taunt him attacked at Ranma's speed.
Ranma was hard-pressed to avoid his punches, but once he got the hang of it he started spiraling.
'Well, he's not the best I've seen...' Sorrento though as he used another combination of kicks and punches. 'But he'll do fine once we get him training.' Sorrento tried another 'slow' punch and Ranma ducked under it and did and uppercut in front of him. Without touching him. 'What the...'
"Hiryu shoten ha!"
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End Chapter 3