The Next Level By Metaverse
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters nor am I making any money from this. Please do not sue me.
Ranma exited the theater with a somewhat younger girl at his side. The two had met in and ice cream shop earlier in the week. With that as common ground, they'd become fast friends. Skuld, as she was called, was a little weird but overall a good person, Ranma figured. Though the mallet she carried had made him nervous at first, she'd yet to use it on him.
"So what did you think of Matrix: Reloaded." He asked. This morning he'd saved the theater owner's daughter from some kidnappers, the guy had been so grateful he'd tried to give Ranma money, which he'd declined. However the guy had been insistent that he get some kind of reward so Ranma had accepted two tickets to see "Reloaded"
"It was a fun action movie." She admitted. "As well as surprisingly accurate."
Ranma turned to face her curiously. "What do you mean?"
Skuld blinked then laughed nervously. "Er, nothing.
""No, no, I want to hear what you have to say."
Skuld, pursed her lips together, "Are you, religious?"
Ranma shook his head. "Not really, pop never let me 'Waste time' on religion."
Skuld face flushed with anger for a moment, but she quickly smothered it. "Well, let's say there is a God."
Ranma shrugged "Okay, sure."
"Now, let's say that to run the day to day of the Multiverse, he set it all under a machine."
"I'm with you so far."
She nods "Okay, so if the machine that runs the universe could be considered a computer.."
Realization dawns on Ranma's face. "Then all that stuff in the movie would be possible!"
Skuld smiled at her friend "Right! You'd just have to free your mind of what you think you know and have the faith."
Ranma blinked "Faith?"
"It was once said that those with sufficient faith, could move mountains."
Ranma became thoughtful "Hmmm, I wonder."
"RANMA!! WHERE ARE YOU!!?" The shrill scream of his un-cute fiancée drew his attention to her and the rest of the Nerima wreaking crew, who were currently searching the crowd for him.
Acting quickly, he scooped a surprised Skuld up into his arms. "I'd better get you out of here, where do you live?"
Skuld pointed and the two took off. After a few moments of initial misgivings, she snuggled into his arms and enjoyed the trip.
******
The Next Day
Nabiki blearily woke up and stretched. The noise from last nights 'Ranma Search" and the subsequent fight that'd occurred once he returned home, had almost made her regret selling the fact he'd gone to the movies without his fiancées, to the usual pack of loonies.
Almost.
Leaving her room, Nabiki trudged down the stairs and froze when she got to the bottom. For there was Ranma, running barefoot, along the side of the walls.
"Morning Nabiki." He said as he dashed by. She blinked and rubbed her eyes. No good, he was still doing it.
"Breakfast is ready!" Kasumi called from the kitchen. Hearing this, Ranma flipped off the wall and landed. A big grin was on his face for a moment, but it fell fairly quickly.
Gathering her wits, Nabiki approached him. "Saotome, what was that about?"
"I thought I did it, but that was really just an exercise in balance." He sighed heavily. "Gotta figure out how to do it." He muttered as he strolled to the kitchen.
Nabiki looked after him, wondering what he was talking about.
*******
Cat cafe
Shampoo turned as the doorbell jingled, expecting a new customer, instead she found Ranma. Who proceeded to glomp her just as she was about to glomp him, and even more surprising gave her a kiss on the cheek. The shock of her Airen's odd actions rooted her in place. Her eyes tried to search his to understand what was going on, but he was not looking at her, but over her shoulder. She tracked his gaze to where Mount Saint Mousse was currently erupting.
"Saotome! UNHAND SHAMPOO!!" the myopic warrior screamed, which Ranma did before darting outside.
Mousse pursued, with Shampoo following a moment later. Once outside she saw an odd sight, Mousse was hurling the entire contents of his robes at Ranma who was standing in place, and bending crazily to avoid them. Considering the speed at which Mousse was unleashing his arsenal, she figured Ranma would eventually take a hit. Yet it never happened. As mousse increased the number of objects thrown per second, Ranma increased his speed. So it went for several long minutes, until finally Mousse reached into his cloak and found, nothing.
Ranma, realizing he was out of ammo stood up straight and sighed. "No more huh?" Mousse just shook his head, dumbfounded.
Ranma glanced back at the 10 foot high piled of weapons that'd accumulated against the wall. "Oh well, I'll have to think of something else." With that he took off for the roofs.
Mousse turned to shampoo "What was that all about.
The amazons could only shrug in reply.
*****
A week later
Nabiki raced through the school, one of her factors told her a major fight was going on, and she'd be darned if she miss out on the chance to hold bets on this. However, when she got there the sight froze her. For just outside the school grounds, Ranma was fighting every martial artist in Nerima, a good portion from some surrounding prefectures and a lot of foreigner fighters as well.
And he was winning.
Now those calls he'd made and the letters Ranma had sent out earlier this week made sense. They were all challenges.
Fist, feet, and weapons of all types were trying to connect with the human whirlwind, but to no avail. Ranma literally danced around them and retaliated.
The entire school watched with awe as the fight raged, Saotome seemingly unstoppable. Then it happened, someone managed to trip him up. Once down, the group of fighters, by unspoken consensus, dog piled him. Yet just when everyone figured he was out, the pile of bodies erupted into the air. Bodies fell like rain as Ranma rose to his feet, like a god amongst lesser beings. He stood at the ready, waiting for another attack, which never came. He'd won, and after a few moments he seemed almost disappointed by it.
Picking her way through the unconscious forms Nabiki stood before Ranma. "Ranma." She began
"Still didn't attain it." He said, then turned and trudged dejectedly away.
******
Later that day
All the parties interested in Ranma, were gathered at the Tendo home, as they'd been called together by Nabiki. "All right," She began "I'm sure we've all noticed that Ranma's been acting differently in the past week right?" She gazed at everyone in turn as they nodded. "Well we're here to determine why."
"So what do you know Nabiki." Ukyo asked
"Well, as you all know, a little over a week ago Ranma went to see the movie "Matrix Reloaded". What you don't know is that he went with some girl named Skuld. Now I don't know what she said or did to.
"WHAT!!" the fathers roared. "HE TOOK SOMEONE ELSE TO THE THEATERS BESIDES AKANE!!!" Similar statements were made by the other factions a moment later.
Nabiki frowned "Wait, wait that's not the issue here."
"Oh yes it is, sugar!" Shampoo agreed with her rival.
"I'll kill him!" Akane said. "Trying to add yet another girl to his harem!!"
At that moment, Ranma entered from the dojo, "Hey guys." He said and continued out the front door.
"Hey Ran..." Ukyo began, then it registered. "Ran-chan wait!" she said, taking off after him, the rest of the crew right behind her.
Once out side they found Ranma staring at the sky, an honest smile on his face. "Boy! What is the meaning of all this!!" Genma demanded.
Ranma turned his gaze upon them. The happiness evident their disturbing them all. "All week I've been trying to reach the next new level, and finally I've don't it."
Akane glared at him "What are you talking about?"
His smile grew. "I learned what I was missing, faith, and I have it now."
"Boy what have I told you about religion, it's a sop for the masses!"
"Yeah that's what you told me." He admitted. "But you didn't want me to think that I'd every have to answer to a higher authority than you pop. But I know the truth now." He shook his head sadly at his father. "I see it all so clearly now."
"Boy you will." Before Genma could finish, Ranma dropped into a crouch as the ground rippled away from him, then shot off into the air. As he grew more and more distant, the Nerima residents watched in awe. From which they were bought out of when Nabiki fainted.
******
Author Notes: Just a short bit of fun, don't take it seriously.
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters nor am I making any money from this. Please do not sue me.
Ranma exited the theater with a somewhat younger girl at his side. The two had met in and ice cream shop earlier in the week. With that as common ground, they'd become fast friends. Skuld, as she was called, was a little weird but overall a good person, Ranma figured. Though the mallet she carried had made him nervous at first, she'd yet to use it on him.
"So what did you think of Matrix: Reloaded." He asked. This morning he'd saved the theater owner's daughter from some kidnappers, the guy had been so grateful he'd tried to give Ranma money, which he'd declined. However the guy had been insistent that he get some kind of reward so Ranma had accepted two tickets to see "Reloaded"
"It was a fun action movie." She admitted. "As well as surprisingly accurate."
Ranma turned to face her curiously. "What do you mean?"
Skuld blinked then laughed nervously. "Er, nothing.
""No, no, I want to hear what you have to say."
Skuld, pursed her lips together, "Are you, religious?"
Ranma shook his head. "Not really, pop never let me 'Waste time' on religion."
Skuld face flushed with anger for a moment, but she quickly smothered it. "Well, let's say there is a God."
Ranma shrugged "Okay, sure."
"Now, let's say that to run the day to day of the Multiverse, he set it all under a machine."
"I'm with you so far."
She nods "Okay, so if the machine that runs the universe could be considered a computer.."
Realization dawns on Ranma's face. "Then all that stuff in the movie would be possible!"
Skuld smiled at her friend "Right! You'd just have to free your mind of what you think you know and have the faith."
Ranma blinked "Faith?"
"It was once said that those with sufficient faith, could move mountains."
Ranma became thoughtful "Hmmm, I wonder."
"RANMA!! WHERE ARE YOU!!?" The shrill scream of his un-cute fiancée drew his attention to her and the rest of the Nerima wreaking crew, who were currently searching the crowd for him.
Acting quickly, he scooped a surprised Skuld up into his arms. "I'd better get you out of here, where do you live?"
Skuld pointed and the two took off. After a few moments of initial misgivings, she snuggled into his arms and enjoyed the trip.
******
The Next Day
Nabiki blearily woke up and stretched. The noise from last nights 'Ranma Search" and the subsequent fight that'd occurred once he returned home, had almost made her regret selling the fact he'd gone to the movies without his fiancées, to the usual pack of loonies.
Almost.
Leaving her room, Nabiki trudged down the stairs and froze when she got to the bottom. For there was Ranma, running barefoot, along the side of the walls.
"Morning Nabiki." He said as he dashed by. She blinked and rubbed her eyes. No good, he was still doing it.
"Breakfast is ready!" Kasumi called from the kitchen. Hearing this, Ranma flipped off the wall and landed. A big grin was on his face for a moment, but it fell fairly quickly.
Gathering her wits, Nabiki approached him. "Saotome, what was that about?"
"I thought I did it, but that was really just an exercise in balance." He sighed heavily. "Gotta figure out how to do it." He muttered as he strolled to the kitchen.
Nabiki looked after him, wondering what he was talking about.
*******
Cat cafe
Shampoo turned as the doorbell jingled, expecting a new customer, instead she found Ranma. Who proceeded to glomp her just as she was about to glomp him, and even more surprising gave her a kiss on the cheek. The shock of her Airen's odd actions rooted her in place. Her eyes tried to search his to understand what was going on, but he was not looking at her, but over her shoulder. She tracked his gaze to where Mount Saint Mousse was currently erupting.
"Saotome! UNHAND SHAMPOO!!" the myopic warrior screamed, which Ranma did before darting outside.
Mousse pursued, with Shampoo following a moment later. Once outside she saw an odd sight, Mousse was hurling the entire contents of his robes at Ranma who was standing in place, and bending crazily to avoid them. Considering the speed at which Mousse was unleashing his arsenal, she figured Ranma would eventually take a hit. Yet it never happened. As mousse increased the number of objects thrown per second, Ranma increased his speed. So it went for several long minutes, until finally Mousse reached into his cloak and found, nothing.
Ranma, realizing he was out of ammo stood up straight and sighed. "No more huh?" Mousse just shook his head, dumbfounded.
Ranma glanced back at the 10 foot high piled of weapons that'd accumulated against the wall. "Oh well, I'll have to think of something else." With that he took off for the roofs.
Mousse turned to shampoo "What was that all about.
The amazons could only shrug in reply.
*****
A week later
Nabiki raced through the school, one of her factors told her a major fight was going on, and she'd be darned if she miss out on the chance to hold bets on this. However, when she got there the sight froze her. For just outside the school grounds, Ranma was fighting every martial artist in Nerima, a good portion from some surrounding prefectures and a lot of foreigner fighters as well.
And he was winning.
Now those calls he'd made and the letters Ranma had sent out earlier this week made sense. They were all challenges.
Fist, feet, and weapons of all types were trying to connect with the human whirlwind, but to no avail. Ranma literally danced around them and retaliated.
The entire school watched with awe as the fight raged, Saotome seemingly unstoppable. Then it happened, someone managed to trip him up. Once down, the group of fighters, by unspoken consensus, dog piled him. Yet just when everyone figured he was out, the pile of bodies erupted into the air. Bodies fell like rain as Ranma rose to his feet, like a god amongst lesser beings. He stood at the ready, waiting for another attack, which never came. He'd won, and after a few moments he seemed almost disappointed by it.
Picking her way through the unconscious forms Nabiki stood before Ranma. "Ranma." She began
"Still didn't attain it." He said, then turned and trudged dejectedly away.
******
Later that day
All the parties interested in Ranma, were gathered at the Tendo home, as they'd been called together by Nabiki. "All right," She began "I'm sure we've all noticed that Ranma's been acting differently in the past week right?" She gazed at everyone in turn as they nodded. "Well we're here to determine why."
"So what do you know Nabiki." Ukyo asked
"Well, as you all know, a little over a week ago Ranma went to see the movie "Matrix Reloaded". What you don't know is that he went with some girl named Skuld. Now I don't know what she said or did to.
"WHAT!!" the fathers roared. "HE TOOK SOMEONE ELSE TO THE THEATERS BESIDES AKANE!!!" Similar statements were made by the other factions a moment later.
Nabiki frowned "Wait, wait that's not the issue here."
"Oh yes it is, sugar!" Shampoo agreed with her rival.
"I'll kill him!" Akane said. "Trying to add yet another girl to his harem!!"
At that moment, Ranma entered from the dojo, "Hey guys." He said and continued out the front door.
"Hey Ran..." Ukyo began, then it registered. "Ran-chan wait!" she said, taking off after him, the rest of the crew right behind her.
Once out side they found Ranma staring at the sky, an honest smile on his face. "Boy! What is the meaning of all this!!" Genma demanded.
Ranma turned his gaze upon them. The happiness evident their disturbing them all. "All week I've been trying to reach the next new level, and finally I've don't it."
Akane glared at him "What are you talking about?"
His smile grew. "I learned what I was missing, faith, and I have it now."
"Boy what have I told you about religion, it's a sop for the masses!"
"Yeah that's what you told me." He admitted. "But you didn't want me to think that I'd every have to answer to a higher authority than you pop. But I know the truth now." He shook his head sadly at his father. "I see it all so clearly now."
"Boy you will." Before Genma could finish, Ranma dropped into a crouch as the ground rippled away from him, then shot off into the air. As he grew more and more distant, the Nerima residents watched in awe. From which they were bought out of when Nabiki fainted.
******
Author Notes: Just a short bit of fun, don't take it seriously.