Odd Destiny
By Metaverse
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters nor am I making
any money from this. Please do not sue me.
Ranma tore around the corner, just ahead of a vast mob made up of Nerima residents. It'd all started a half an hour ago when he'd been chasing Happosai away from some poor woman's panties that'd been hanging out to dry. He did not know how, but from there things had quickly escalated to the current state of affairs.
Before him ran the perverted old master of anything goes, a sack of ill gotten undergarments slung over his shoulder. Behind him were the assembled martial artist & other whacko that infested Nerima and the area around her. All determined to catch up with him or with someone else in the crowd.
Ranma grimaced at the thought of the destruction likely to occur once this crowd finally caught up with him. At least they were near an area that was due for renovations.
He once again focused his attention to the front, where he found a somewhat curious sight. For just ahead of Happosai, a young man casually leaned against a wall, his head was bowed, while his arms were folded over his chest. The youth was wearing black pants and a white shirt with a dark red jacket pulled over it, and a black & red baseball cap adorning his head.
Something in Ranma twisted as a sense of dislocation swept through him, whilst the world seemed to throb around him. All of which he knew had to do with this man, but the why escaped him.
Ranma was seriously considering cutting short his pursuit of Happosai to investigate this sensation and this man when the point was made mute. For as the ancient lecher hopped by the leaning youth, his hands snapped up, and clasped together, the index fingers on both hands were extended up and touching, while words passed through the mans moving lips.
Although he couldn't hear them, there effect was immediate and impressive. Happosai, became trapped in a 7 sided star cage, which upon closer inspection Ranma realized had been created by 7 sprit wards that's been placed in the old freaks path. Ranma watched as the pervert railed against his prison, wielding all his tricks to no avail.
A loud crash made him turn to find that the mob had run into a wall of energy whose origins were similar to that of Happosai's cage.
"Impressive right?" an oddly familiar voice said.
Ranma whirled back to find the strange man had snuck up on him, him of all people "Who are you?"
A smirk touched the man's bowed face. With great show, he lifted his eyes to the young master of anything goes and took off his hat, so there would be no mistake.
Ranma's own sharp intake of breath was drowned out by the gasp from people in the crowd close enough to see this man's face, which was Ranma's own. It was a little older, a little more well defined, but it was him. "Wha..?"
The other Ranma smiled. "Yeah I had a hard time believing it myself all those years ago." he admitted.
"What are you talking about?" Ranma snapped, then froze, as an odd tingling swept through his body.
"Guess it's about that time." The other Ranma said while looking at his watch.
The tingling increased, and the world began to fade. Ranma's head snapped up to this other self. "What are you doing to me!"
The other pursed his lips. "In all honesty, nothing." Seeing the youths disbelieving gaze he shrugged. "I know you don't believe me. Heck I didn't believe me all those years ago, but it's the truth. The party behind it will be known to you soon enough, don't worry. Besides." Here he smiled, not unlike a cat. "Your gonna love what's about to happen, trust me."
Confusion filled Ranma, then he tried to grab this other self, intending to ring more information out of this man, when reality shifted and changed. As the world snapped back into focus, the drain of his travel finally caught up with him and he fainted.
------
The older Ranma stared at the spot his younger self had just left. "Good luck." He said quietly, knowing there wasn't any point in saying them, but it wouldn't have felt right not either.
His thoughts were brought back to the present as Happosai's rantings finally intruded on his musings.
"YOU! Release me this instant or I shall show you the full power of anything goes!"
Ranma snorted and turned, enjoying the shock on the old freaks face as he finally got a good look at him. He crouched next to the imprisoned master "Sorry old man but your staying there, at least till that angry mob of women over their catch up to you." Ranma grinned nastily as he rose. "Have fun freak. I'll see you later." And with that he strode away. Happosai cursing him the whole time.
-----
Several hours later.
The Tendo dojo had an unusual amount of guest over early that evening. Even more surprising to some was that the assembled elements were fairly volatile to one another normally in close proximity, yet tonight they had a tense agreement not to fight.
For the last hour the various witnesses to this afternoon's oddness had been spilling ever scrape of information they'd gleaned about it to their elders, in hopes of understanding just what was going on.
"So let's me see of I have this all straight." Nabiki began. "An OLDER version of Ranma appears, cages Happosai with magic then sends the younger Ranma away?"
Ukyo shakes her head. "I was close enough to hear them sugar. He didn't do it something.else did."
"Is true Shampoo heard as well. Yet older airen made no attempt to help either."
"I wonder why." Kasumi mused. Most of the room wondered the same thing.
"You know." A new voice began "Ya could just ask me."
The room turned as one to find the older Ranma leaning against the wall near the entrance to the living room. A chorus of Ranma's and other such reached his ears as everyone reacted to his appearance, with varying degrees of approval, and demands for answers.
Nodoka eventually managed to calm the group down. "Now son, you are my son right?" A smile and nod was her answer, but it was enough, for now. "Just what is going on?!"
Ranma seemed to consider them all for a second before shrugging. "Well, the short of it is that I've been, or was, sent six years into the past. You all saw that happen today with my younger self. The details of that are irrelevant to you. Now that that's happened I can talk to you all without worrying about screwing up the time stream."
Various looks passed around the room, but disbelief was chief amongst them. To prove himself, Ranma first began reciting intimate details about certain people, things only he and they knew, then went on to tell them about stuff that happened six years ago to many of them, that the original Ranma could not have known.
Once finished he gazed around the room. "Believe me now?" Many nods answered "Good."
"Well boy." Genma began "What've you been doing all this time?"
"Training with some friends, lending a hand where I can. Nothing much I guess, just keeping busy."
Cologne spoke up next. "Care to explain the trick with the spirit wards son- in-law?"
"Sumaragi secret." He said, a wry grin on his face. Cologne however was honestly surprised, and grudgingly impressed.
More question were staring to be asked, forcing Ranma to hold his hand up for quiet. "Whoa whoa whoa! Hold on now, since your all here there's something we need to discus."
"Like why you have an enjoyment ring on your hand?" Nabiki asked.
He smiled sheepishly. "Actually that's what I wanted to talk to you all about."
"Raaannma!" Mount St. Akane began to rise.
Ranma was uncharacteristically unfazed. "Four years ago I met a girl, asked her to marry me six months ago, she said yes. Were to be married in three months time. Now before you."
"YOU JERK!" Akane had moved passed shock into blind rage and was charging the Pig-tailed time traveler, mallet raised high. Only to run into a shield wall generated by a spirit ward, placed next to the door. Akane bounced off the wall of energy and landed flat on her butt. Ranma frowned "Now as I was going to say, since I'm getting married That ends whatever engagements you all had planned. To my friends, I'm sorry but I figure a clean break is better than a loveless marriage. To those who don't like this tough nuggies."
The room erupted into chaos as the various people made their displeasure known. Ranma started pulling out more spirit wards. "Seeing as none of you are willing to deal with this right now, I'll just leave." Ranma hung a ward in the air and waited, as a circular vortex took form. "Cut's down on the number of invites at least." He muttered as he stepped through, leaving the various people yelling at empty space.
The end for now
Author Notes: This is a Ranma X TV cross over. Ranma was involved in the Dragon seal fight, though his responsibilities were to protect Hinato. Unable to face the might of a dragon he helped mostly by teaching the seals how to defend themselves. However the only life he managed to save was that of Hinato's. He and Kamui figured out what was going on with her a good deal earlier and Ranma, with his cousin Subaru help was able to save her. That was three years ago.
The process by which he saved her, cost him his ability to practice advanced martial artist, and her ability to see the future, however, she can see and speak as a regular girl can. Over time, they have grown closer as Ranma introduces her to the world she fought for but never got to enjoy.
He's close friends with all those who survived, though Fuuma & Subaru are like brothers to him. Though unable to do things like the Hiryu Shonten ha or the Amigurken he has managed to replace those abilities with the spirit magic taught to him by Fuuma and Subaru, and even a little wind magic taught to him by Aoki.
This was done just to get this scene out of my head, if you want it, take it. After e-mailing me of course.
By Metaverse
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters nor am I making
any money from this. Please do not sue me.
Ranma tore around the corner, just ahead of a vast mob made up of Nerima residents. It'd all started a half an hour ago when he'd been chasing Happosai away from some poor woman's panties that'd been hanging out to dry. He did not know how, but from there things had quickly escalated to the current state of affairs.
Before him ran the perverted old master of anything goes, a sack of ill gotten undergarments slung over his shoulder. Behind him were the assembled martial artist & other whacko that infested Nerima and the area around her. All determined to catch up with him or with someone else in the crowd.
Ranma grimaced at the thought of the destruction likely to occur once this crowd finally caught up with him. At least they were near an area that was due for renovations.
He once again focused his attention to the front, where he found a somewhat curious sight. For just ahead of Happosai, a young man casually leaned against a wall, his head was bowed, while his arms were folded over his chest. The youth was wearing black pants and a white shirt with a dark red jacket pulled over it, and a black & red baseball cap adorning his head.
Something in Ranma twisted as a sense of dislocation swept through him, whilst the world seemed to throb around him. All of which he knew had to do with this man, but the why escaped him.
Ranma was seriously considering cutting short his pursuit of Happosai to investigate this sensation and this man when the point was made mute. For as the ancient lecher hopped by the leaning youth, his hands snapped up, and clasped together, the index fingers on both hands were extended up and touching, while words passed through the mans moving lips.
Although he couldn't hear them, there effect was immediate and impressive. Happosai, became trapped in a 7 sided star cage, which upon closer inspection Ranma realized had been created by 7 sprit wards that's been placed in the old freaks path. Ranma watched as the pervert railed against his prison, wielding all his tricks to no avail.
A loud crash made him turn to find that the mob had run into a wall of energy whose origins were similar to that of Happosai's cage.
"Impressive right?" an oddly familiar voice said.
Ranma whirled back to find the strange man had snuck up on him, him of all people "Who are you?"
A smirk touched the man's bowed face. With great show, he lifted his eyes to the young master of anything goes and took off his hat, so there would be no mistake.
Ranma's own sharp intake of breath was drowned out by the gasp from people in the crowd close enough to see this man's face, which was Ranma's own. It was a little older, a little more well defined, but it was him. "Wha..?"
The other Ranma smiled. "Yeah I had a hard time believing it myself all those years ago." he admitted.
"What are you talking about?" Ranma snapped, then froze, as an odd tingling swept through his body.
"Guess it's about that time." The other Ranma said while looking at his watch.
The tingling increased, and the world began to fade. Ranma's head snapped up to this other self. "What are you doing to me!"
The other pursed his lips. "In all honesty, nothing." Seeing the youths disbelieving gaze he shrugged. "I know you don't believe me. Heck I didn't believe me all those years ago, but it's the truth. The party behind it will be known to you soon enough, don't worry. Besides." Here he smiled, not unlike a cat. "Your gonna love what's about to happen, trust me."
Confusion filled Ranma, then he tried to grab this other self, intending to ring more information out of this man, when reality shifted and changed. As the world snapped back into focus, the drain of his travel finally caught up with him and he fainted.
------
The older Ranma stared at the spot his younger self had just left. "Good luck." He said quietly, knowing there wasn't any point in saying them, but it wouldn't have felt right not either.
His thoughts were brought back to the present as Happosai's rantings finally intruded on his musings.
"YOU! Release me this instant or I shall show you the full power of anything goes!"
Ranma snorted and turned, enjoying the shock on the old freaks face as he finally got a good look at him. He crouched next to the imprisoned master "Sorry old man but your staying there, at least till that angry mob of women over their catch up to you." Ranma grinned nastily as he rose. "Have fun freak. I'll see you later." And with that he strode away. Happosai cursing him the whole time.
-----
Several hours later.
The Tendo dojo had an unusual amount of guest over early that evening. Even more surprising to some was that the assembled elements were fairly volatile to one another normally in close proximity, yet tonight they had a tense agreement not to fight.
For the last hour the various witnesses to this afternoon's oddness had been spilling ever scrape of information they'd gleaned about it to their elders, in hopes of understanding just what was going on.
"So let's me see of I have this all straight." Nabiki began. "An OLDER version of Ranma appears, cages Happosai with magic then sends the younger Ranma away?"
Ukyo shakes her head. "I was close enough to hear them sugar. He didn't do it something.else did."
"Is true Shampoo heard as well. Yet older airen made no attempt to help either."
"I wonder why." Kasumi mused. Most of the room wondered the same thing.
"You know." A new voice began "Ya could just ask me."
The room turned as one to find the older Ranma leaning against the wall near the entrance to the living room. A chorus of Ranma's and other such reached his ears as everyone reacted to his appearance, with varying degrees of approval, and demands for answers.
Nodoka eventually managed to calm the group down. "Now son, you are my son right?" A smile and nod was her answer, but it was enough, for now. "Just what is going on?!"
Ranma seemed to consider them all for a second before shrugging. "Well, the short of it is that I've been, or was, sent six years into the past. You all saw that happen today with my younger self. The details of that are irrelevant to you. Now that that's happened I can talk to you all without worrying about screwing up the time stream."
Various looks passed around the room, but disbelief was chief amongst them. To prove himself, Ranma first began reciting intimate details about certain people, things only he and they knew, then went on to tell them about stuff that happened six years ago to many of them, that the original Ranma could not have known.
Once finished he gazed around the room. "Believe me now?" Many nods answered "Good."
"Well boy." Genma began "What've you been doing all this time?"
"Training with some friends, lending a hand where I can. Nothing much I guess, just keeping busy."
Cologne spoke up next. "Care to explain the trick with the spirit wards son- in-law?"
"Sumaragi secret." He said, a wry grin on his face. Cologne however was honestly surprised, and grudgingly impressed.
More question were staring to be asked, forcing Ranma to hold his hand up for quiet. "Whoa whoa whoa! Hold on now, since your all here there's something we need to discus."
"Like why you have an enjoyment ring on your hand?" Nabiki asked.
He smiled sheepishly. "Actually that's what I wanted to talk to you all about."
"Raaannma!" Mount St. Akane began to rise.
Ranma was uncharacteristically unfazed. "Four years ago I met a girl, asked her to marry me six months ago, she said yes. Were to be married in three months time. Now before you."
"YOU JERK!" Akane had moved passed shock into blind rage and was charging the Pig-tailed time traveler, mallet raised high. Only to run into a shield wall generated by a spirit ward, placed next to the door. Akane bounced off the wall of energy and landed flat on her butt. Ranma frowned "Now as I was going to say, since I'm getting married That ends whatever engagements you all had planned. To my friends, I'm sorry but I figure a clean break is better than a loveless marriage. To those who don't like this tough nuggies."
The room erupted into chaos as the various people made their displeasure known. Ranma started pulling out more spirit wards. "Seeing as none of you are willing to deal with this right now, I'll just leave." Ranma hung a ward in the air and waited, as a circular vortex took form. "Cut's down on the number of invites at least." He muttered as he stepped through, leaving the various people yelling at empty space.
The end for now
Author Notes: This is a Ranma X TV cross over. Ranma was involved in the Dragon seal fight, though his responsibilities were to protect Hinato. Unable to face the might of a dragon he helped mostly by teaching the seals how to defend themselves. However the only life he managed to save was that of Hinato's. He and Kamui figured out what was going on with her a good deal earlier and Ranma, with his cousin Subaru help was able to save her. That was three years ago.
The process by which he saved her, cost him his ability to practice advanced martial artist, and her ability to see the future, however, she can see and speak as a regular girl can. Over time, they have grown closer as Ranma introduces her to the world she fought for but never got to enjoy.
He's close friends with all those who survived, though Fuuma & Subaru are like brothers to him. Though unable to do things like the Hiryu Shonten ha or the Amigurken he has managed to replace those abilities with the spirit magic taught to him by Fuuma and Subaru, and even a little wind magic taught to him by Aoki.
This was done just to get this scene out of my head, if you want it, take it. After e-mailing me of course.