Disclaimer:
I don't own Ranma 1/2, the series and all characters involved with the series
Belong to Rumiko Takahashi
I also don't own Dragonball Z, the series... yada yada... blah blah blah belong to Akira Toriyama
And the excellent people at Capcom own Zero and the entire
Megaman/Rockman/Megaman X series
I do this for fun and not profit so please don't sue! *Performs crouch of the wild tiger*
"Speech" (duh)
Thought
-Signs/machine speak-
`Telepathy'
(Authors notes)
Zero Saotome Chapter 2
Bulma Briefs, President of Capsule Corp, stared at the... she wanted to think boy but thing seemed to suit it better. It stood there in the Brief's doorway watching her waiting for her to answer its question. She just stared at it recognizing the bowtie shaped symbol with the two R's on his helmet. The Red Ribbon Army? That means... Oh no! her eyes grew to the size of saucers and she slammed the door in Zero's face as she screamed while running for Vegita's room, she wouldn't let Gero's thing hurt him while he was recovering. Reaching the room she swung the door open to find the bed empty and the window open.
"NO! Vegita NO BAKA!" she yelled at the window. If that thing was as strong as Cell then Vegita was a goner in his condition. She took a moment to let some tears fall as she rushed to make sure Trunks was safe. She might not be able to save Vegita but her child was another matter. "Damn that stupid fool" she mumbled as she cradled her baby and ran for the rear door.
Meanwhile Zero just blinked as the door was slammed in his face.
What just happened?
-the door was forcefully closed while we were standing here.- Zero Sweat dropped at the comment but refrained from personally meeting the ground.
I meant why? You do know what why is right tactical whatchamacallit?
-Correct Designation is Tactical Unit R2C554 and to answer the question, Affirmative-
So why did that happen?
-The person who answered the door found something frightening when she looked in our direction-
We don't look that bad do we?
-insubstantial input, please clarify-
Y'know for a Tactical thingamajig you really don't understand much
-Correct Designation is Tactical Unit R2C554-
Ok that needs to change, if I'm going to remember this you need a new name
-Affirmative, what will be the new Designation?-
Well... we need something easy and catchy... I know your new name is X. Goes well since I'm Zero
-Acknowledged, Designation is now X-
Well since that didn't work lets get out of here, the looks people are giving us is creepy
-Agreed, possibly a disguise is in order-
Ok, lets head to a clothing store He walked off in search of a department store forgetting about Dr. Briefs and Capsule corp.
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The store was suspiciously empty as Zero sorted through different clothes looking for something that would make a suitable disguise. Everyone who was in there when he entered seemed to have left, in quite a hurry, but he wasn't paying attention. Like the newly renamed "X" stated he needed a disguise to stop people from staring at him, and hopefully to stop people like that guy who attacked him. Looking through the racks he finally decided on a red Chinese shirt and black kung-fu pants. Quickly slipping them on he looked in the mirror.
Covers well enough that people won't see anything unless their close... but the helmet's a dead give away
-Helmet is removable, latch is located at point 0023, 0875- In Zero's vision a diagram of himself appeared and rotated till it showed the back of his head, a circle then appeared highlighting the area where the latch was. Reaching back he gripped the bottom of the helmet and gave an experimental tug. Almost instantly the helmet seemed to lose mass as a rush of compressed air vacated the edges with a sharp hiss. The helmet that once fit quite snugly now floated on his head and he was forced to remove it or it might have fallen.
Wow, that's better He took another look at himself in the mirror and was shocked. ACK! What happened to my hair?
-When you removed the helmet you hair shrunk and changed color- Again X stated the obvious but Zero ignored it to test a theory. Placing the helmet on his head he pressed the latch back into place, the helmet seemed to form fit his head and upon looking in the mirror his hair had returned to hits length and color.
Weird... but useful He filed the information away for later as he removed the helmet and looked around for someone to pay. Where'd everyone go? X would have sweat dropped but he was a computer.
Leaving the store Zero turned and started down the road. Where to go... I wish I knew where my home was
-Information unknown-
I wasn't talking to you X, just talking to... never mind He sighed and continued down the road. Any idea where this road leads?
-this road leads 37 degrees north of east, according to Geo-synchronous satellite uplink you will reach a large city 12 hours, 34 minutes 5 seconds at current speed. Recommended that you activate the D.A.S.H. to drop travel time to 2 hours 14 minutes 32 seconds-
ok, nothing left to do here lets go... how do I activate D.A.S.H.? He grinned like an idiot and scratched the back of his head.
-Mental command, 'Dash Activate' to begin 'Dash Deactivate' to stop.- sounded easy enough.
ok... Dash Activate! as soon as he thought the words his legs locked up and he started flying forward at close to 80 Mph.
"WHOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO!" was all that Zero could say as he was having the time of his life sliding down the highway.
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"You know he really shouldn't be here Dende" the short pitch black man told earths guardian.
"I know Mr. Popo, I just wish I could remove what Gero did to him." Dende the guardian of the Earth stood ever watchful of the Earth from his lookout. They stared at the young boy moving along away from Satan city. "But I'm not allowed to do that, just send him back." Dende waved his hand over the speck that was Zero, "I'm Sorry Ranma."
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"I'm Sorry Ranma." Zero turned his head at the sound, a voice that he could oddly hear over the rushing of wind.
What was that?
-Insufficient data, please clarify-
I thought I heard a voice, it said something about being sorry
-Audio sensors did not receive any data to substantiate that-
hmmm... I must just be imagining things, how much further till we reach that city?
-Checking... Error, positioning satellites non-responsive. Re-modulating frequency... Error, positioning satellites non-responsive. Re-modulating frequency... Error, positioning satellites non-responsive.-
What do you mean non responsive?, what's going on?
-Satellite Network appears to be having a communication difficulty-
Oh, well I guess there's nothing to be helped for that. he continued on oblivious to the scenery changing slowly melding from one place to another like water washing over the ground.
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Dash Stop! The mental command deactivated the acceleration units but kept the anti-grav units active to allow for Zero to stop without too much damage, twisting a bit he slid to a stop much like a skater on an ice rink. Turning back he looked upon the sprawling metropolis of greater Tokyo, the central ward rimmed by the various suburbs named after the cities and towns they once were. Following the road down he entered the Nerima ward, it looked peaceful enough as he was walking through it but that soon changed as a girl bowled into him while he was standing and looking at a school.
Furinkan High glistened in the morning as Zero stood there, he looked inquisitively at the gathering of boys in front of the school like they were waiting for something but dismissed it as school business. When he was run into he turned to see a girl lying there starting to push herself up.
"Sorry about that, are you hurt?" he tried to sound polite with prompting from X but she just batted is hand away and stood up fuming as if he did something wrong. X? You know what's going on?
-Negative, inquire as to the situation-
"Uhhh... did I do something wrong?" he was shocked to see her become even angrier, which did not seem possible.
"Of course you did something wrong! You didn't fall over when I hit you!" The girl yelled at him while getting into a martial Arts stance, quite an aggressive one but her defense seemed to be non-existent.
Either she's a complete novice, or she's a highly advanced martial artist...
-I vote for the sooner- X's mechanical voice held little humor as he cracked his first joke.
"And why did you hit me?" This aught a be good
"Because Your a BOY!" with that she swung at him which he easily dodged even without X's help like with the sayai-jins.
"Y'know you really should work on your speed." He kept dodging and she kept getting angrier and thus sloppier. "Your anger problem isn't helping..." she just yelled incoherently at him and kept up the attacks while the schoolyard watched the two. "And your defense is non-existent." He suddenly went on the offensive scoring light taps in various areas just making her attack with renewed vigor.
"WHY WON'T YOU JUST DIE!" she was stunned that she kept missing, it was like he was made of quicksilver. The more she tried to hit him the easier he made it seem to dodge her.
-It would be in both parties best interest for this fight to finish-
Tell her that, looks like I'm gonna have to end it and end it he did with a fist ending up a millimeter from her nose, the seemingly black gloved hand and odd armoring on his arm became visible to the world. "You lose."
The statement was heard by everyone in the student body and already people were whispering.
"I WON'T STAND FOR IT!" a boy stepped out from behind a tree and pointed a stick in the shape of a sword at him. "THE FIERCE TIGRESS AKANE TENDO SHALL NOT DATE THEE..."
Who said I wanted to date her?
-Unknown-
"FOR ONE OF HER ABILITIES CAN ONLY BE TRULY DEFEATED BY ONE SUCH AS I!" The boy ended with the stick propped against his shoulder with the "blade" pointed up as if it were made of steel. "THE ONLY WAY ONE SUCH AS YOURSELF COULD HAVE DONE IT IS WITH..." He never finished his blowhard speech as Zero's fist imbedded itself in his gut.
"Man that guy can really blow steam." Zero's victory over the boy was short lived as the girl, who he now knew as Akane Tendo, attacked him again. "What do you want now?" He inquired as he again effortlessly dodged the attacks.
"Hold still and take it like a man!" her statement was odd considering her dislike for boys. But nonetheless he obliged if only from some innate instinct to not allow someone to challenge that aspect of him.
"You finished yet?" The punch she threw landed square in his chest and he just stood there unaffected while Akane reeled back clutching her broken hand.
"What the hell are you made out of steel?" she yelled trying to sooth the pain in her appendage.
Good question... am I?
-No, titanium fibrous ferrite makes up the core of your body structure-
Oh
"Nope not steel" the statement caught the attention of Akane's sister Nabiki as she picked up the subtle hint that he was made of something else. And those bracers he wore looked expensive. Zero got an odd feeling of dread as she walked out to tend to her sister.
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"So who are you?" the question caught Zero off balance as he was contemplating how the one girl, later revealed to be Nabiki Tendo, but luckily without any aspirations of hurting him physically, had gotten him into the school and registered and in class before the first lesson ended.
"Zero, remember you wrote it on the registration form. Although I don't really know why I'm even here." Or why they accepted a registration form without age, birth date, parental information, or even ID of any form.
"I meant family name, and what does "Zero" stand for? I hope its not how much you have in the bank." It was a joke but not too far from the truth, even if she didn't need to know that.
"I dunno my family name, and Zero doesn't stand for anything its just my name. I don't remember much about my life, or anything at all past about a couple of days ago, disconcerting but I'm still alive so I'm not worried. Now for my question, what's up with your sister?"
"Hmmmm... I normally charge for information but since your new and pretty cute I'll make it a freebie today."
I'm "cute"?
-Unknown-
"She's all up in arms since Kuno made the announcement that the only people that could date my sister had to defeat her in combat, which means you're her only prospect right now."
"Eh, tomboys aren't my type. Too violent and prone to attacking you if today is any indication." Smiling he turned back to the board as the teacher called upon him to answer the question shown on the board, hoping to make a fool of him for not paying attention. Looking at the board for a second and then back to the teacher he stared the guy down. "Four hundred sixty-two thousand three hundred and fifty three." With that he turned back and continued his conversation with Nabiki while the teacher sat at his desk and was furiously trying to prove the new student wrong.
Nabiki just watched in wonder as the teacher made various motions indicating that he couldn't do it. "Smart and cute... dangerous combo" she whispered not realizing it was spoken out loud.
"Huh? You say something?"
"Uh..." Nabiki Tendo wasn't one who was often at a loss for words and quickly scanned him for something to change the subject to. "Just asked what the helmet is about?" she accented the query with a wave to the device attached to his belt.
"Oh... that? I'll show you later, right now isn't the best time for it."
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"So where do you live?" Nabiki asked Zero while Akane, who was walking on her other side, nursed a sling and bandages for her hand while they traveled towards Dr. Tofu's clinic.
"Nowhere, I just got into town when you registered me for school." He walked on as the two turned into the walk-in clinic. Not even noticing until Nabiki called him back and into the office.
"Why do you ask?" he continued once he had sat next to Nabiki who was waiting for Akane who had gone to get the doctor to look at her hand.
"Well mainly since you didn't mention a mailing address or even a permanent address." She watched him with the same calculating look she gave everything that interested her. "And since you don't have a home, why not stay with us? We have a large enough house and as long as you pay rent then I'm sure dad wouldn't mind."
"I'd need to find a job to pay for it but that would work out great. Thanks." She looked at him oddly.
"That amour of yours must have been a pretty penny, why not just sell it?" she was already thinking of the amount of money that could be made if the thing he was wearing was even remotely as hi-tech as it seemed.
"Unfortunately that can't be done, its..." he trailed off a second and looked like he was in deep thought.
-Warning, giving information on the Zero unit cybernetics is highly unadvisable-
"Sentimental, not something I want to get rid of that quickly... or could" the last part he mumbled to himself barely even registering it as spoken words.
"Well then what's so great about it? Like that helmet for example, I've never seen anything like it before. What's its story"
"That? Its the oddest thing for some reason when I put it on my hair gets longer and turns blonde... I also feel stronger but I have no clue why." it was the truth and wasn't too revealing although X admonished him on telling people about that little ability.
"Can I see that? The whole hair thing?"
"Uhh... sure I guess, lets go outside to that lot out back, its easier to show you there." as they left Akane was sitting there fuming about the new boy and his steel hard skin. Once outside he told her to sit on the steps and watch.
Ready X?
-I must inform you that this is not a wise course of action-
oh come on X its just a little show and its not like she's gonna blab it to the entire ward. Before X could respond he had the helmet on his head and was pushing the latch into place. The second it was done the helmet once again form fitted to his head and he could feel the surge of power. To Nabiki it was one of the most dazzling light shows she had ever seen, and the way his hair grew from a black pigtail to gorgeous blonde hair that almost reached the floor, she wished hers did that. Then the force of his aura hit her and she fell over onto her back eyes wide and banged her head on the steps she was sitting on.
"OWWW!" her complaint was complimented with furious rubbing of the offended portion of her skull. Even if it wasn't the right thing to do it made it feel better and for her that's what counted.
"Gomen! I forgot that that happens whenever I do this." he was there and examining her head holding her hands away while she winced as the pain returned.
"Hey careful its still tender" she complained at the treatment he gave her, even though the pain was fading faster than her method.
"Just leave it along let air to it and it'll go away" X indicated some things in his view and he tapped them on her neck and shoulders which resulted in the pain going away instantly.
"Wow, you never told me you know Shiatsu. You been holding out on me?" she gave him a suspicious look as he fidgeted a bit.
"Well its more of a hobby, just something on the side" he hoped she bought the lie but that had the unfortunate effect of showing on his face. She just put that away for later reference. "We should be getting inside Akane might be waiting for us." he unlatched the helmet before clipping to his belt as they walked into the clinic.
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Khu Lon of the Chinese amazons, Joketsozuku tribe matriarch and great grandmother of Xian Pu was busy cleaning the new panda rug they now had. The dumb animal ticked them off when it stole most of the first place prize for the yearly tournament, and so it became the prize, once caught that was. While scraping the entrails off of the skin he suddenly stopped and stared at the wall, had anyone went past the obstacle they would notice that she was staring in the direction of Japan. "Something arrives in the land of Wa... Herb would want to know of this... we must get to it first" her Ki senses skyrocketed as she watched the area, whatever it was it had a Ki level that dwarfed even saffron at his full strength. turning to her grandson-in-law she yelled at him to finish cleaning the rug and hopped off on her staff towards the council hall.
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"That power... I must have it!" Herb prince of the Musk dynasty sat upon his throne idly watching the horizon as the power from the land of Wa surfaced. "LIME! MINT! WE LEAVE FOR JAPAN AT ONCE!" with that he stood and walked to his war commander's home. "With this power even the phoenix would be nothing compared to me."
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"OH WHY COULDN'T YOUR SON HAVE JUST LISTENED TO YOU SAOTOME!?" Soun Tendo was crying, which that in itself wasn't odd, ever since his wife died he cried on a regular basis but this time he was joined by a man about his age as they bawled over a bottle of sake. "WHY DID HE HAVE TO DROWN!?" the other man would have answered if not for the fact that he was no longer a man but a panda wearing a gi that was several sizes too small and glasses hanging off of one ear.
[OH MY UNGRATEFUL SON! HOW COULD YOU LEAVE YOUR FATHER SO?] Genma Saotome sat there reminiscing on how he led his son to Jusenkyo and how he drowned in a flash of light then the problems with the amazons, luckily he found that other panda in time to ditch the crazy women. [I NEVER EVEN GOT TO TASTE THE HAM!] had Soun not been gushing tears enough that Genma was transformed he might have noticed the inconsistency in his friend's story.
Nabiki walked in the door nursing a slightly sore backside but otherwise none the worse for wear, following her was Akane still with the sling and brace but better than before the trip to Tofu's although in quite a foul mood. Lastly the raven haired boy came walking into the house looking at everything in the new environment. It was a nice house aside from the lout and panda in the living room. Wait a minute...?
"Is that a panda I just saw?" he inquired as the other two seemed to shrug it off like it was nothing. Hearing a non Tendo family member voice Genma turned and promptly fainted with a sign lying near his head. [RANMA!]
"Oh that? its just Mr. Saotome, he's another one of our guests, has a curse. tragic story." Nabiki droned as if she had heard and gotten sick of the story, considering that it was the same story that she had heard 13 different times since the man had arrived the day before but it changed every time, nothing stayed consistent with the fool. "Must have been too much sake." zero nodded in comprehension at seeing the empty bottles of liquor.
"Ok, is your father well enough to propose the arrangement?" he asked looking at the conscious, although barely, patriarch of the Tendo household.
"no, give it till morning, you can have tonight free." she walked up the stairs and showed him the guest room and where the spare futons were. "We'll Talk tomorrow morning."
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In the morning the Family was awoken by a bone chilling scream, which on further investigation turned out to be a bone white Genma staring at the new member of the house as he practiced in the dojo. as they got there they saw him pointing at Zero muttering one thing over and over.
"Ranma!"
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Author's notes: I like that one better than the original, hopefully it fleshes out better.
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Belong to Rumiko Takahashi
I also don't own Dragonball Z, the series... yada yada... blah blah blah belong to Akira Toriyama
And the excellent people at Capcom own Zero and the entire
Megaman/Rockman/Megaman X series
I do this for fun and not profit so please don't sue! *Performs crouch of the wild tiger*
"Speech" (duh)
Thought
-Signs/machine speak-
`Telepathy'
(Authors notes)
Zero Saotome Chapter 2
Bulma Briefs, President of Capsule Corp, stared at the... she wanted to think boy but thing seemed to suit it better. It stood there in the Brief's doorway watching her waiting for her to answer its question. She just stared at it recognizing the bowtie shaped symbol with the two R's on his helmet. The Red Ribbon Army? That means... Oh no! her eyes grew to the size of saucers and she slammed the door in Zero's face as she screamed while running for Vegita's room, she wouldn't let Gero's thing hurt him while he was recovering. Reaching the room she swung the door open to find the bed empty and the window open.
"NO! Vegita NO BAKA!" she yelled at the window. If that thing was as strong as Cell then Vegita was a goner in his condition. She took a moment to let some tears fall as she rushed to make sure Trunks was safe. She might not be able to save Vegita but her child was another matter. "Damn that stupid fool" she mumbled as she cradled her baby and ran for the rear door.
Meanwhile Zero just blinked as the door was slammed in his face.
What just happened?
-the door was forcefully closed while we were standing here.- Zero Sweat dropped at the comment but refrained from personally meeting the ground.
I meant why? You do know what why is right tactical whatchamacallit?
-Correct Designation is Tactical Unit R2C554 and to answer the question, Affirmative-
So why did that happen?
-The person who answered the door found something frightening when she looked in our direction-
We don't look that bad do we?
-insubstantial input, please clarify-
Y'know for a Tactical thingamajig you really don't understand much
-Correct Designation is Tactical Unit R2C554-
Ok that needs to change, if I'm going to remember this you need a new name
-Affirmative, what will be the new Designation?-
Well... we need something easy and catchy... I know your new name is X. Goes well since I'm Zero
-Acknowledged, Designation is now X-
Well since that didn't work lets get out of here, the looks people are giving us is creepy
-Agreed, possibly a disguise is in order-
Ok, lets head to a clothing store He walked off in search of a department store forgetting about Dr. Briefs and Capsule corp.
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The store was suspiciously empty as Zero sorted through different clothes looking for something that would make a suitable disguise. Everyone who was in there when he entered seemed to have left, in quite a hurry, but he wasn't paying attention. Like the newly renamed "X" stated he needed a disguise to stop people from staring at him, and hopefully to stop people like that guy who attacked him. Looking through the racks he finally decided on a red Chinese shirt and black kung-fu pants. Quickly slipping them on he looked in the mirror.
Covers well enough that people won't see anything unless their close... but the helmet's a dead give away
-Helmet is removable, latch is located at point 0023, 0875- In Zero's vision a diagram of himself appeared and rotated till it showed the back of his head, a circle then appeared highlighting the area where the latch was. Reaching back he gripped the bottom of the helmet and gave an experimental tug. Almost instantly the helmet seemed to lose mass as a rush of compressed air vacated the edges with a sharp hiss. The helmet that once fit quite snugly now floated on his head and he was forced to remove it or it might have fallen.
Wow, that's better He took another look at himself in the mirror and was shocked. ACK! What happened to my hair?
-When you removed the helmet you hair shrunk and changed color- Again X stated the obvious but Zero ignored it to test a theory. Placing the helmet on his head he pressed the latch back into place, the helmet seemed to form fit his head and upon looking in the mirror his hair had returned to hits length and color.
Weird... but useful He filed the information away for later as he removed the helmet and looked around for someone to pay. Where'd everyone go? X would have sweat dropped but he was a computer.
Leaving the store Zero turned and started down the road. Where to go... I wish I knew where my home was
-Information unknown-
I wasn't talking to you X, just talking to... never mind He sighed and continued down the road. Any idea where this road leads?
-this road leads 37 degrees north of east, according to Geo-synchronous satellite uplink you will reach a large city 12 hours, 34 minutes 5 seconds at current speed. Recommended that you activate the D.A.S.H. to drop travel time to 2 hours 14 minutes 32 seconds-
ok, nothing left to do here lets go... how do I activate D.A.S.H.? He grinned like an idiot and scratched the back of his head.
-Mental command, 'Dash Activate' to begin 'Dash Deactivate' to stop.- sounded easy enough.
ok... Dash Activate! as soon as he thought the words his legs locked up and he started flying forward at close to 80 Mph.
"WHOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO!" was all that Zero could say as he was having the time of his life sliding down the highway.
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"You know he really shouldn't be here Dende" the short pitch black man told earths guardian.
"I know Mr. Popo, I just wish I could remove what Gero did to him." Dende the guardian of the Earth stood ever watchful of the Earth from his lookout. They stared at the young boy moving along away from Satan city. "But I'm not allowed to do that, just send him back." Dende waved his hand over the speck that was Zero, "I'm Sorry Ranma."
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"I'm Sorry Ranma." Zero turned his head at the sound, a voice that he could oddly hear over the rushing of wind.
What was that?
-Insufficient data, please clarify-
I thought I heard a voice, it said something about being sorry
-Audio sensors did not receive any data to substantiate that-
hmmm... I must just be imagining things, how much further till we reach that city?
-Checking... Error, positioning satellites non-responsive. Re-modulating frequency... Error, positioning satellites non-responsive. Re-modulating frequency... Error, positioning satellites non-responsive.-
What do you mean non responsive?, what's going on?
-Satellite Network appears to be having a communication difficulty-
Oh, well I guess there's nothing to be helped for that. he continued on oblivious to the scenery changing slowly melding from one place to another like water washing over the ground.
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Dash Stop! The mental command deactivated the acceleration units but kept the anti-grav units active to allow for Zero to stop without too much damage, twisting a bit he slid to a stop much like a skater on an ice rink. Turning back he looked upon the sprawling metropolis of greater Tokyo, the central ward rimmed by the various suburbs named after the cities and towns they once were. Following the road down he entered the Nerima ward, it looked peaceful enough as he was walking through it but that soon changed as a girl bowled into him while he was standing and looking at a school.
Furinkan High glistened in the morning as Zero stood there, he looked inquisitively at the gathering of boys in front of the school like they were waiting for something but dismissed it as school business. When he was run into he turned to see a girl lying there starting to push herself up.
"Sorry about that, are you hurt?" he tried to sound polite with prompting from X but she just batted is hand away and stood up fuming as if he did something wrong. X? You know what's going on?
-Negative, inquire as to the situation-
"Uhhh... did I do something wrong?" he was shocked to see her become even angrier, which did not seem possible.
"Of course you did something wrong! You didn't fall over when I hit you!" The girl yelled at him while getting into a martial Arts stance, quite an aggressive one but her defense seemed to be non-existent.
Either she's a complete novice, or she's a highly advanced martial artist...
-I vote for the sooner- X's mechanical voice held little humor as he cracked his first joke.
"And why did you hit me?" This aught a be good
"Because Your a BOY!" with that she swung at him which he easily dodged even without X's help like with the sayai-jins.
"Y'know you really should work on your speed." He kept dodging and she kept getting angrier and thus sloppier. "Your anger problem isn't helping..." she just yelled incoherently at him and kept up the attacks while the schoolyard watched the two. "And your defense is non-existent." He suddenly went on the offensive scoring light taps in various areas just making her attack with renewed vigor.
"WHY WON'T YOU JUST DIE!" she was stunned that she kept missing, it was like he was made of quicksilver. The more she tried to hit him the easier he made it seem to dodge her.
-It would be in both parties best interest for this fight to finish-
Tell her that, looks like I'm gonna have to end it and end it he did with a fist ending up a millimeter from her nose, the seemingly black gloved hand and odd armoring on his arm became visible to the world. "You lose."
The statement was heard by everyone in the student body and already people were whispering.
"I WON'T STAND FOR IT!" a boy stepped out from behind a tree and pointed a stick in the shape of a sword at him. "THE FIERCE TIGRESS AKANE TENDO SHALL NOT DATE THEE..."
Who said I wanted to date her?
-Unknown-
"FOR ONE OF HER ABILITIES CAN ONLY BE TRULY DEFEATED BY ONE SUCH AS I!" The boy ended with the stick propped against his shoulder with the "blade" pointed up as if it were made of steel. "THE ONLY WAY ONE SUCH AS YOURSELF COULD HAVE DONE IT IS WITH..." He never finished his blowhard speech as Zero's fist imbedded itself in his gut.
"Man that guy can really blow steam." Zero's victory over the boy was short lived as the girl, who he now knew as Akane Tendo, attacked him again. "What do you want now?" He inquired as he again effortlessly dodged the attacks.
"Hold still and take it like a man!" her statement was odd considering her dislike for boys. But nonetheless he obliged if only from some innate instinct to not allow someone to challenge that aspect of him.
"You finished yet?" The punch she threw landed square in his chest and he just stood there unaffected while Akane reeled back clutching her broken hand.
"What the hell are you made out of steel?" she yelled trying to sooth the pain in her appendage.
Good question... am I?
-No, titanium fibrous ferrite makes up the core of your body structure-
Oh
"Nope not steel" the statement caught the attention of Akane's sister Nabiki as she picked up the subtle hint that he was made of something else. And those bracers he wore looked expensive. Zero got an odd feeling of dread as she walked out to tend to her sister.
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"So who are you?" the question caught Zero off balance as he was contemplating how the one girl, later revealed to be Nabiki Tendo, but luckily without any aspirations of hurting him physically, had gotten him into the school and registered and in class before the first lesson ended.
"Zero, remember you wrote it on the registration form. Although I don't really know why I'm even here." Or why they accepted a registration form without age, birth date, parental information, or even ID of any form.
"I meant family name, and what does "Zero" stand for? I hope its not how much you have in the bank." It was a joke but not too far from the truth, even if she didn't need to know that.
"I dunno my family name, and Zero doesn't stand for anything its just my name. I don't remember much about my life, or anything at all past about a couple of days ago, disconcerting but I'm still alive so I'm not worried. Now for my question, what's up with your sister?"
"Hmmmm... I normally charge for information but since your new and pretty cute I'll make it a freebie today."
I'm "cute"?
-Unknown-
"She's all up in arms since Kuno made the announcement that the only people that could date my sister had to defeat her in combat, which means you're her only prospect right now."
"Eh, tomboys aren't my type. Too violent and prone to attacking you if today is any indication." Smiling he turned back to the board as the teacher called upon him to answer the question shown on the board, hoping to make a fool of him for not paying attention. Looking at the board for a second and then back to the teacher he stared the guy down. "Four hundred sixty-two thousand three hundred and fifty three." With that he turned back and continued his conversation with Nabiki while the teacher sat at his desk and was furiously trying to prove the new student wrong.
Nabiki just watched in wonder as the teacher made various motions indicating that he couldn't do it. "Smart and cute... dangerous combo" she whispered not realizing it was spoken out loud.
"Huh? You say something?"
"Uh..." Nabiki Tendo wasn't one who was often at a loss for words and quickly scanned him for something to change the subject to. "Just asked what the helmet is about?" she accented the query with a wave to the device attached to his belt.
"Oh... that? I'll show you later, right now isn't the best time for it."
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"So where do you live?" Nabiki asked Zero while Akane, who was walking on her other side, nursed a sling and bandages for her hand while they traveled towards Dr. Tofu's clinic.
"Nowhere, I just got into town when you registered me for school." He walked on as the two turned into the walk-in clinic. Not even noticing until Nabiki called him back and into the office.
"Why do you ask?" he continued once he had sat next to Nabiki who was waiting for Akane who had gone to get the doctor to look at her hand.
"Well mainly since you didn't mention a mailing address or even a permanent address." She watched him with the same calculating look she gave everything that interested her. "And since you don't have a home, why not stay with us? We have a large enough house and as long as you pay rent then I'm sure dad wouldn't mind."
"I'd need to find a job to pay for it but that would work out great. Thanks." She looked at him oddly.
"That amour of yours must have been a pretty penny, why not just sell it?" she was already thinking of the amount of money that could be made if the thing he was wearing was even remotely as hi-tech as it seemed.
"Unfortunately that can't be done, its..." he trailed off a second and looked like he was in deep thought.
-Warning, giving information on the Zero unit cybernetics is highly unadvisable-
"Sentimental, not something I want to get rid of that quickly... or could" the last part he mumbled to himself barely even registering it as spoken words.
"Well then what's so great about it? Like that helmet for example, I've never seen anything like it before. What's its story"
"That? Its the oddest thing for some reason when I put it on my hair gets longer and turns blonde... I also feel stronger but I have no clue why." it was the truth and wasn't too revealing although X admonished him on telling people about that little ability.
"Can I see that? The whole hair thing?"
"Uhh... sure I guess, lets go outside to that lot out back, its easier to show you there." as they left Akane was sitting there fuming about the new boy and his steel hard skin. Once outside he told her to sit on the steps and watch.
Ready X?
-I must inform you that this is not a wise course of action-
oh come on X its just a little show and its not like she's gonna blab it to the entire ward. Before X could respond he had the helmet on his head and was pushing the latch into place. The second it was done the helmet once again form fitted to his head and he could feel the surge of power. To Nabiki it was one of the most dazzling light shows she had ever seen, and the way his hair grew from a black pigtail to gorgeous blonde hair that almost reached the floor, she wished hers did that. Then the force of his aura hit her and she fell over onto her back eyes wide and banged her head on the steps she was sitting on.
"OWWW!" her complaint was complimented with furious rubbing of the offended portion of her skull. Even if it wasn't the right thing to do it made it feel better and for her that's what counted.
"Gomen! I forgot that that happens whenever I do this." he was there and examining her head holding her hands away while she winced as the pain returned.
"Hey careful its still tender" she complained at the treatment he gave her, even though the pain was fading faster than her method.
"Just leave it along let air to it and it'll go away" X indicated some things in his view and he tapped them on her neck and shoulders which resulted in the pain going away instantly.
"Wow, you never told me you know Shiatsu. You been holding out on me?" she gave him a suspicious look as he fidgeted a bit.
"Well its more of a hobby, just something on the side" he hoped she bought the lie but that had the unfortunate effect of showing on his face. She just put that away for later reference. "We should be getting inside Akane might be waiting for us." he unlatched the helmet before clipping to his belt as they walked into the clinic.
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Khu Lon of the Chinese amazons, Joketsozuku tribe matriarch and great grandmother of Xian Pu was busy cleaning the new panda rug they now had. The dumb animal ticked them off when it stole most of the first place prize for the yearly tournament, and so it became the prize, once caught that was. While scraping the entrails off of the skin he suddenly stopped and stared at the wall, had anyone went past the obstacle they would notice that she was staring in the direction of Japan. "Something arrives in the land of Wa... Herb would want to know of this... we must get to it first" her Ki senses skyrocketed as she watched the area, whatever it was it had a Ki level that dwarfed even saffron at his full strength. turning to her grandson-in-law she yelled at him to finish cleaning the rug and hopped off on her staff towards the council hall.
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"That power... I must have it!" Herb prince of the Musk dynasty sat upon his throne idly watching the horizon as the power from the land of Wa surfaced. "LIME! MINT! WE LEAVE FOR JAPAN AT ONCE!" with that he stood and walked to his war commander's home. "With this power even the phoenix would be nothing compared to me."
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"OH WHY COULDN'T YOUR SON HAVE JUST LISTENED TO YOU SAOTOME!?" Soun Tendo was crying, which that in itself wasn't odd, ever since his wife died he cried on a regular basis but this time he was joined by a man about his age as they bawled over a bottle of sake. "WHY DID HE HAVE TO DROWN!?" the other man would have answered if not for the fact that he was no longer a man but a panda wearing a gi that was several sizes too small and glasses hanging off of one ear.
[OH MY UNGRATEFUL SON! HOW COULD YOU LEAVE YOUR FATHER SO?] Genma Saotome sat there reminiscing on how he led his son to Jusenkyo and how he drowned in a flash of light then the problems with the amazons, luckily he found that other panda in time to ditch the crazy women. [I NEVER EVEN GOT TO TASTE THE HAM!] had Soun not been gushing tears enough that Genma was transformed he might have noticed the inconsistency in his friend's story.
Nabiki walked in the door nursing a slightly sore backside but otherwise none the worse for wear, following her was Akane still with the sling and brace but better than before the trip to Tofu's although in quite a foul mood. Lastly the raven haired boy came walking into the house looking at everything in the new environment. It was a nice house aside from the lout and panda in the living room. Wait a minute...?
"Is that a panda I just saw?" he inquired as the other two seemed to shrug it off like it was nothing. Hearing a non Tendo family member voice Genma turned and promptly fainted with a sign lying near his head. [RANMA!]
"Oh that? its just Mr. Saotome, he's another one of our guests, has a curse. tragic story." Nabiki droned as if she had heard and gotten sick of the story, considering that it was the same story that she had heard 13 different times since the man had arrived the day before but it changed every time, nothing stayed consistent with the fool. "Must have been too much sake." zero nodded in comprehension at seeing the empty bottles of liquor.
"Ok, is your father well enough to propose the arrangement?" he asked looking at the conscious, although barely, patriarch of the Tendo household.
"no, give it till morning, you can have tonight free." she walked up the stairs and showed him the guest room and where the spare futons were. "We'll Talk tomorrow morning."
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In the morning the Family was awoken by a bone chilling scream, which on further investigation turned out to be a bone white Genma staring at the new member of the house as he practiced in the dojo. as they got there they saw him pointing at Zero muttering one thing over and over.
"Ranma!"
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Author's notes: I like that one better than the original, hopefully it fleshes out better.
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