Suikoden One Half: Side Stories

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Please Read!

This is the first time I've written a fic besides being a co-writer with MadHat886. Please go easy on me.

I don't own Ranma ½ or any other animes or crossovers I do. This is done with permission from MadHat886 and works together with the fic we are doing together.

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To Athenais specifically and my other reviewers generally,

Thanks for your reviews and just so you know this chapter had already been in the works when I sent in the first chapter. The ninja child of Ranma and Kasumi have already been decided on too, I just have not started on it yet. It'll take a while for it to show up as I'm already working on other chapters. Oh and just to let people know I DO know what is going to happen in future chapters of Suikoden One Half since I am the co-writer and write some of the scenes and stuff so do not be surprised by things (ex. Two wings).

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Wrapping Up Unfinished Business: Part 1

Even though it is very early in the morning (the sun has not even risen yet) Shibuya Train Station is bustling with early risers. These workaholics are heading for their workplaces drinking large amounts of coffee and walking briskly to wake up their bodies even more. Even though it is not as packed as the morning and evening commutes the station has a considerable amount of people getting on the trains.

Even though only one day has passed people are still talking about what has happened the other day, or more accurately night. Many speculate where Ranma and his group had disappeared to. Some are saying Neclord had one final trick up his sleeve and killed them. Some say that since they have defeated the menace they had gone back to where they came from. Others think that maybe Ranma had gone back to Nerima, everyone now knowing about his past. However, not many are willing to go to Nerima to check. Many are talking about the confirmation that there really ARE vampires and wondering whether they should go out and buy garlic and other vampire repellants for their homes.

Ellen is frantically searching for her moneymaker and throwing a fit over not finding him. She had not gone to sleep since she lost track of her biggest story ever.

The most common topic besides where Ranma had gone to is whether or not he is some sort of angel or other mythical being. It is true he has a wing, but he only has ONE wing and it glows blue instead of white like it says in myths. Does that make him a fallen or perhaps even a battle angel? What about Landis? How can an angel and a demon work together? This and many other questions went through people's minds as they went about their business.

The other most common topic is his two children, Reni and Iris. When it was checked out by the media the adoption papers had come through and revealed on TV. A lot of people approved of it when the one who had handled Reni and Iris' cases had been interviewed and they saw what kind of character he is. Taking away children from someone as sadistic and cruel as him is a good thing. After Mr. Suginami had told them the story of how Ranma had forced him to relinquish the two girls to him instead of getting anger like he had hoped the public's reactions had been different. They instead saw it as an act of a good Samaritan, much to his dismay.

That his record on sending children to horrible orphanages had been disclosed he did not know.

While the adults are thinking about that the children are reveling in the brand new holographic Duel Disks that came out yesterday. Molly had sold the copyrights to the machine to a major toy factory. Yu-Gi-Oh card battles are all over the place. (A)

Ever since yesterday the city has had all sorts of Christians and other religious groups flocking to their city in search of Ranma, wanting to find him and confirm their beliefs. These fanatics are searching high and low for any signs of Ranma or any of his group. Even in the early hours people from around the world are coming to find the missing supposed mythical being. They know he is the real deal when at one point in the broadcast the camera had been directly behind him and they saw the wing attached to his back. Makeup experts who had worked on movies featuring wings had been interviewed and they said that the wing is real since some of the actions he did should have ripped off the wing regardless of how much glue he had put on. It also helped that the broadcast had been LIVE and there were no wires at all. He really DID fly/glide through the air.

Following right behind them are scientists and research groups bent on capturing and opening up Ranma and Landis for scientific purposes. These two groups had been chased, ridiculed and basically hated by the entire city. No one wanted to speak with them or even let them into their places of business ever since it came out what they are after. In one case a scientist who had wanted to cut off Ranma's wing and study it had been tarred and feathered by one of the Christian groups. He made the mistake of being bullheaded and stupid enough to shout it in a restaurant full of them.

The police locked up the scientist for breaking the peace. The women of the station had been especially rough with him.

Two other groups had come to the city as well. Teams of engineers and military groups from all over the world had come seeking the technology held by Ranma and his group. Ever since the broadcast where they saw Ranma wielding the blaster on his arm and Mind Hat's bike people from amateurs to those hired by big companies had been trying to find the two to get at the machines. They wanted to market it and make millions.

The military groups, on the other hand, want the technology for themselves for use as weapons. Tensions between the military, police, and Core groups of Shibuya VS the militaries from out of the country are very high. The foreigners are so eager to get their hands on such weaponry and wanting to enlist Ranma and his group as living weapons that they made the mistake of announcing it to their Japanese counterparts, hoping that they would help in his capture. Now they are as hated as the scientists, especially by Kotobuki and his family (except for Ran of course) since they had approached him first. They had offered him a large amount of money for his help in convincing, using force or words, Ranma to join them.

Due to this Shibuya has been bustling with activity, which is a real difference from when the streets had been empty during the Reign of Neclord as it is now being called. Business is booming and there are a lot of new faces. Trains are filled with all sorts of characters besides the usual businessmen and women and students going to school. It is chaotic, but storeowners are not complaining. It will also go away in time anyway.

On one such train sat a large group of people. All are wearing long dark cloaks with the hoods down to hide their faces. People had gotten so used to strangers going INTO the city that the sight of them LEAVING the city got them a lot of stares. Due to their cloaks people assumed they are another religious group and so wondered why they are leaving. People had stared at them as they stood around waiting as one of them went to buy tickets. That the group was waiting on a train platform where a train waits to leave the city tipped them off to what they are doing. People stared some more as they boarded the bullet train. Passengers on THAT train are rare.

Now that they are on the train in their own compartments they took down their hoods, revealing the faces underneath. "Whew. That was creepy. EVERYBODY was staring at us. I thought that in this country people minded their own business."

"I think they wanted to know who we were Master Fred," Rico said from next to him.

"Even here in Japan where people usually ignore other people's business anything you don't usually see everyday will attract their attention, us being a good example." Nabiki had been the one to purchase their tickets since people do not usually recognize her as part of Ranma's group.

"Nabiki's right," agreed Ranko. "We did catch a lot of attention walking around all secret-like and looking like a cult or something." She yawned.

Ranma scratched the back of his head in embarrassment. "Sorry about making everybody leave so early in the morning. You know how the crowds and the media…"

Yun, sitting on Ranko's lap, interrupted him. "Don't worry about it big brother. We know how it is being famous. I'm just glad things are finally over and we'll be back in my world soon."

Fred nodded. "I agree. No offense, but this world is so full of things in the air and so noisy. It would be nice to get back to being able to walk around without hearing a million different things all at once. The best part is the wide, open spaces of the Grasslands. Again no offense but in this world everything is so tightly packed."

The door to their compartment opened and Ranma's bodyguard walked in. "Everyone is doing okay. They're pretty much sleeping except for Landis who's complaining that his wings ache from being folded for so long." Sumire sat down next to Ranma. "So where are we headed again? I kind of forgot," she asked, a little embarrassed.

Ranma leaned back on his seat. A reminiscent look came over his face, as did on Rankos. "We're headed to a place Ranko and I haven't seen in a long time, Nerima."

Kodachi looked out the window and sighed sadly. "It hardly seems true that a place that used to be so nice can turn into a wreck so fast, our activities not included."

Reni came in and sat down next to her. "Are you sure we should leave your brother like that Kodachi-mama?"

Everyone looked at her except for Sumire who started falling asleep with her head leaning on Ranma's shoulder. Kodachi turned to the silver-haired girl and put an arm around her. "Yes daughter. It had to be done or else he will never stop harassing us and other people."

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Flashback to yesterday, the day after the Neclord's defeat –

A doctor with a tired look on his face led some cloaked figures down the hospital hallway. The staff and patients all looked at them once or twice before going on with what they are doing. Those religious groups have started coming in an hour ago and already they are desensitized to them. In return the hooded figures and the middle-aged man leading them did not pay them any attention.

The balding and nearsighted doctor led them to a padded room in the mental ward of Shibuya Hospital. "Here you are. This is where we keep Mr. Kuno." He nodded to the two heavily muscled guards at the door who moved over to let the doctor in. One of them turned to the door and opened it with a key. Four of the hooded figures entered and the doctor entered last. The door closed and locked behind them, more of the hooded figures staying outside along with the guards.

In the safety and privacy of the room the figures took of their hoods, revealing Ranma, Kodachi, Jones and Tofu (He would have stuck out like a sore thumb if he had not worn it). The room is sparely furnished with blinds on the windows and an empty table is next to the bed. Strapped on the bed and wearing a hospital gown is Kuno. His right arm is missing and he is sleeping soundly. Kodachi turned to the doctor in charge of him and asked, "How is he?"

The doctor noted that she only had a slight amount of concern in her voice, but did not comment on it. "Actually, we have to sedate him at least four times a day. He should be waking up anytime right now. He keeps trying to escape, claiming that some 'vile sorcerer' has enchanted me into keeping him here so that 'he can sully my true loves'. With all the samurai delusions he has and the attack on Dr. Jones and his grandson Mr. Kuno is headed to a maximum-security sanitarium as soon as possible. It would be beneficial to keep someone as dangerous as him out of the streets."

Kodachi nodded, expecting as much. "Can we have some time alone with him? We would like to talk to him in private please."

"I will be outside if you need anything." The doctor stepped out and the door locked behind him.

Kodachi stepped up to the bed and shook her brother. "Wake up onii-san. I would like to speak with you."

It took a few moments for his to eyes open groggily. As soon as he saw the face above him he woke up fully. "Ah! Dear sister! Surely you are here to free me from these binds. Come! Free me at once so that I may give the Demon in Disguise that dares to wear the Wings of an Angel his punishment! The wrath of heaven is slow but sure!" (B)

Everyone sweat dropped, especially the so-called 'demon'. "A demon in disguise? Wear the wings of an angel? What are you talking about?" the younger Kuno asked, perplexed. She knows what he is talking about, but wanted to see how he would react.

Kuno bristled at his sister questioning him instead of freeing him. However, he held in his anger or else she might not free him. "Why the foul demon who dares hold my two loves of course! None other than that beast that used to be Ranma Saotome! He not only keeps me from my true loves but he has cost me my arm! The gutless coward had hired the old assassin to destroy me so that he may keep my two flowers to himself! However, not even hired men can keep the Gift of the Gods down for long! Quickly my sibling! Take these binds away from my person so that I might smite the former Saotome once and for all and claim my two true loves and show them the pleasures of being a Kuno!"

Outside in the hallway one of the figures is held back by the other to keep her from going in the room and killing Kuno.

Kodachi shook her head in disappointment. He has only gotten worse. Even with what the doctor had explained to her she hoped seeing her would make him better even if a little. "I will not."

If he had been standing Kuno's jaw would be at his ankles. His twisted sister is refusing HIM! "WHAT!? Have you gone MAD little sister!?"

Kodachi sweat dropped along with everybody else while shaking her head. The irony in that statement… "No, I have not. I do not care about the youngest Tendo. Do with her as you wish, though I doubt that she will be all that agreeable. However, your 'pigtailed goddess' is now my dearest friend and I will not let you harm a single hair on her head. Nor will I let you hurt my Ranma."

Kuno became outraged. While he is used to her declaring that she will protect the ronin he has never heard her accuse him of hurting one of his loves. "ME!?! Hurt the pigtailed goddess!?! Are you insane woman!? I merely wish to grant her the pleasure of being my wife! She and I belong together! If not for that cad taking her with him when he declared himself a ronin she and I would be sharing our marriage bed right now!" Outside of the door the hooded figures had to clamp their hands over Ranko's mouth before she could start screaming in outrage. The guards with them are staring at them in surprise when they figured out who are under the hoods.

Ranma is trembling with rage. Not even the pressure point that Tofu applied to calm him worked. His knuckles turned white and made an audible noise as they popped under the pressure. His wing came out of his back, tearing his Chinese shirt.

The noises drew the attention of the lunatic on the bed. "YOU!!! So you dare to show yourself here do you! Prepare yourself, knave, as I destroy you with my remaining hand!"

With strength he is not known for he broke through the restraints holding him. He rushed Ranma who is a few steps from the foot of the bed. He drew back his left arm and punched before Kodachi, Jones or Tofu could stop him. He would have preferred using a bokken or a katana, but there are none available.

However, Ranma tilted his head to the side, grabbed the extended arm, pulled, and landed a knee on Kuno's gut. With Kuno's momentum added on the knee hit HARD. The air forcefully came out of his lungs and he took a few steps back towards the bed. A palm strike caused him to fall backwards on the bed.

Everybody from outside rushed in and forced Kuno to the bed and held him down. When Kuno saw his pigtailed goddess, who is no longer pigtailed, he tried to get to her, to touch her. His eyes filled with lust as his hand tried to get to her chest just like how he used to in Furinkan. He has missed her so terribly! He must have her! "My love! It is I, your fated husband!" Ranko gagged and wanted to throw up.

Ranma forcefully grabbed said hand and pushed it down, resisting with a lot of willpower NOT to break it into pieces. The doctor injected something into the arm of the struggling man. After a few moments Kuno fell back onto the bed, knocked out.

The doctor took off his glasses and wiped the perspiration that dripped onto it off. "I'm sorry about that. We never anticipated something like that happening. Those restraints have held stronger men than him before. We will make sure this does not happen again." To prove it the guards rebound Kuno with even stronger restraints and adding double of the usual amount.

Jones waved his hand dismissively. "That's alright. Now, as you can see he is totally unredeemable no matter what you do. So, is it alright if we do what we have told you about?"

The doctor took on a thinking pose as he stared at his patient. Nothing they had done could get rid of the mental state he is in. Even after applying that medicine Dr. Ono had given him, which had made Kuno puke his stomach out for hours, his personality had not changed. What his patient's sister had proposed seemed preposterous, totally unbelievable. If he had not seen all those monsters on TV, and for once the monsters were REAL, he would not believe that what they had suggested is even possible. Still, what do they have to loose? She is his sister after all. "Alright, go ahead."

"Thank you doctor," Ranma replied. Before the three men could leave he stopped them with a hand. "Can you please keep our visit here a secret? We don't want to have to deal with what happened the last time we were here."

The three nodded before leaving. Ranma Jones has the respect of the whole city, including them. Keeping this a secret barely pays his and his friends back for what they have done for the city.

Red Bean and Green Tea stepped forward. One took out a bucket filled with water and the other a bottle of shampoo and a comb. Red Bean turned to Kodachi and asked, "Are you sure about this? This stuff is permanent and we're not as good as the others at this."

The youngest Kuno stood there in contemplation as she stared at her brother. For a long time she said nothing, thinking over what they are about to do. When the sisters had suggested it she had objected. It seemed cruel to do, even to her brother. Still…he is on his way to a mental facility so perhaps this is much better than putting him in a padded room all his life. At least it has the chance of curing him. She nodded firmly. "Yes. Do it."

"Alright," the two chorused. The two started their work.

A minute later the sisters are done. When they finished they had the doctor come in to wake Kuno up. He walked in and injected something into Kuno's arm.

Tatawaki's eyes opened.

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Author's Notes

(A) The card battles and duel disks part MadHat asked me to put in for him.

(B) I just can't do his poetic speech right so please forgive me if I got it wrong.