I have finished the latest half-chapter of Ranma X. I'm still
working out the webs from the story. I hope you enjoy it and bring up
constructive comments. Thanks.
Disclaimer: This is inspired by the work of Takahashi Rumiko. All
characters (that I have not created or borrowed from other sources)
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part of the fic was written by the Author at the Anime Adventures.
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Kuno's power and others. Plus Jim Bader and Don Depresor for Mousse's
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(An: I'm experimanting with giving Rogue a southern accent.
Bear with me)
Ranma X
Chapter Nine
Japanese
Ranma didn't know why he had kissed Rogue. It just seemed that she
needed it more
after dealing with Shampoo. He had figured that since it took skin to
skin contact for her
power to work that if he shielded himself with a force field, he
should be okay. Plus
he did find the American girl pretty. She at least tried to be his
friend, like Akane.
That brought up the whole fiancee thing again. Especially with
Shampoo near-by. He knew that
he shouldn't have been as harsh as he was with Shampoo. But he had
been treated as less a person
as an object. A prize or toy that could be won or played with. He had
played the game, chasing
the girls. Before he had to grow up. Before Saffron. Before he had to
kill!
That had sobered him up a lot. It had also changed his relationship
with Akane. They had
tried a romantic relationship. Tried to build on the twisting
feelings that they had shared
with each other. But as they sorted out of the feelings that he had
felt, they learned that
they were growning closer to each other in ways that weren't as their
parents desired. They
had discovered that they were growing close as friends. As sibilings.
The other fiancees weren't helping much. He had tried to make piece
with them. To be friends
with them. But it didn't work. They were still thinking in tunnel
vision. The only other
friend that he had made was with his sometimes rival, sometimes
sparing partner Ryoga. He
had started to mellow out while he was dating Akari. The only hold
out was that Ryoga thought
that Ranma might hurt or cuase otehrs to hurt Akane. Once he learned
where their realtionship
was going, he had mellowed completely. 'Still, P-chan hadn't told
Akane who he was.' Ranma
though. 'He just had Akari tell her that P-chan was her piggy. Ryoga
still a little bit of a
coward when it comes to women.' Ranma smiled as he thought of his
friend.
Only to frown as he thought of his pumped up rivals. Kuno had some
light powers to contrast
his Dark powers. Mousse held magnetic powers, teleportation powers
and an Psychic weapon. Both
had codename. Blue Sun and Lodestone. Both were new members of the
Acolytes. How was Magneto
turning his old rivals into mutants when they didn't seem to have any
powers to begin with?
Worse, who would they choose next to be the next member of the
Acolytes? Ranma shivered as the
thought of a mutant Herb or Saffron came to mind.
'I just hope Buckethead doesn't find them.' Ranma thought, a trace
of fear in his back.
Elsewhere...
Magneto couldn't help but be overjoyed. Tarou, or Mimic as he called
himself, was one of the
most powerful mutants that Magneto had ever seen. He was a force to
be recond with. He was a
one man fighting force. In both forms. The power that Mimic held was
unbeatable. For who
could stop a man who could duplicate any mutant power that he could
see. He could hold the
powers of the greatest X-men, Brotherhood member or Acolyte. He would
could take the power
of Ranma himself and turn it against him. What was even more
incrediable was that he held
those powers at a better controlled and more powerful level.
Already he was as powerful as the Acolyte members he was sparring
against. He held
Quicksilver's Speed, Gambit's Energy charging, Pyro's fire control,
Blue Sun's light control,
Sabretooth's animal abilities and Colossus's metal skin and strength.
But it was different.
He had faster reflexes and speed of thought and body than
Quicksilver. He could charge items
from a distance than Gambit. He could generate fire which Pyro
couldn't. His skin was a harder
metal than Colossus's steel alloy. It was all his students could do
to avoid going attacked
by Mimic.
Moments later, the limping forms of the Acolytes cmae out of the
training room. Each showed
signs of burning and bruises. Their costumes were extremely damaged
as they were lasered,
burned and exploded. Graons came from the collective bunch.
"Mes amies, that guy sure give new meaning to the word Overkill!"
Gambit said as he rubbed a
sore shoulder. It was one of many war wounds that he was trying to
recover from.
"I wonder what I did to tick off the old man this time?" Quicksilver
said, trying to figure
out why his father had sent him into that battlefield. Going against
Mimic was just as bad as
going against his sister, Wanda. In both cases, his butt was
throughly kicked into the next
millinium.
"Well, mates, I guess I shouldn't have called him by his first name
then." Pyro said,
limping the most of all of the Acolytes. Mimic had seemed to take an
extreme delight at
targeting the boy who had called him Pantyhose. He had to borrow
Gambit's telescopic bo
staff for support.
All of the students of Magneto turned to Pyro and said, "Do you
Think!!!"
"Well, a man named after women's underwear didnt sound too tough."
Pyro mumbled. "I mean,
what idiot would give a person that kind of name." In Nerima, a
pervert sneezed. Which
distracted him enough for the horde of women, who's underwear he
stole, to catch and punish
him.
"Mimic is a worthy foe. Not as great as the power of the Blue Sun,
Samurai of the Mutant
cause! But worthy to serve the great lord Magneto in his quest for
victory over the
common blood of humanity. With his aid, we will place humanity in
it's rightful place as
servants of the mighty nobles of mutant blood. Victory will be ours!"
Blue Sun said, raising
a sword of light from his hands.
The others just looked at him, sharing the knowledge that Kuno was a
nut. And if Ranma had
been there he could have told him that this was nothing new.
At Xavier's school...
Charles sat looking at the mutant duck that was in the cage. They
had yet to find the
knowledge they needed to find Magneto. Or even to figure out his next
move. What amazed him
most of all was the strange nature of the cursed boy in front of him.
Mousse was a man who
was cursed to take the body of a duck. Yet not the mind of the
animal. Inside the duck's body,
was a sharp, if twisted mind. It was a strange paradox.
Ranma had told him of other that had been given similar curses. The
form of a Panda, a cat,
a piglet, or even a mixture of a yeti/crane/ox/eel/octopus. The last
one was hard to imagine
without Ranma's help describing it. Ranma had menstioned that tribes
of great power lived
around the pools that granted this power. One of which was the
amazons that had tracked Ranma
down to Bayville. Amazons that knew of the boy called Mousse.
There was a possiblity that they might know how to get the newly
mutated boy to tell all that
he knew about Magneto. They would certainly know how to bring the
knowledge out from what Ranma
had told him about them. Hell, if Ranma was right, Mousse would spill
everything if it brought
him a chance with the young woman named Shampoo. Unless Magneto had
altered that.
The problem was that it would bring the Amazons closer to their
lives. Something that would be
a sore point to his young charge. Then there was their reaction
to "Power Bloods" as they
called them. If they knew that Mousse was one, it might make it
difficult for them to work with
him. Worse, they might be tempted to move with Magneto just to get a
chance to gain the chance
to become mutants.
He would need more information on these amazons before he could
move. He would also have to
talk with Ranma, before talking with the Amazons. He had already
looked through the library on
the records of Amazons. He had looked up information on them from the
colective intellectual
institues of New York. All to come away with very little about them.
Plus their neighbours,
the Phoenix people and the Musk tribes. The two of which sound like
mutants or the children of
those who experimented with mutantion.
'It looks like I'm going to have an alnighter. I better get some
coffee." Xavier said as he
left the duck in it's secruity cage. One that was blocking any of
it's mutant powers. The
professor shut off the light as he exited. He didn't see the duck boy
pull out a knife. Or the
fact that it was picking the lock.
A few moment's later...
Xavier sat with the other X-men teachers, plus the team of Jean and Scott.
They were there to discuss the recent mutants that have been showing up to
capture Ranma. More interesting was the fact that they knew Ranma in his
life before his mutantion.
"Kid, got himself some powerful enemies. I've been doing some brushing up
on the kid. There's an entire underclass that have been looking up with to
the kid. All for his martial arts skills. It states some of the moves he
has." Wolverine said, adding. "It also includes some history about his
life. It hasn't been a life that I would wish on any kid. But it has made
him stronger."
"How hard has his life been?" Storm asked, her nature making her feel
protective to the boy. Add to that the harsh life she had lead as a
homeless thief and she had some major empathy.
"Kid was mainly raised without much human contact, but with intense
training. Training that would be consider crazy or even child abuse. This
Saotome must have connection or use the fact that much of this training
is unbelievable." Wolverine replied.
"How bad could it be?" Scott asked, a little sceptical of the harshship of
Ranma's life. It couldn't be as bad as having to live as a mutant. Hated
and feared.
"Kid knows the Cat-fist!" Wolverine said, a growl in his voice showing his
distaste. Then he explained the training method of that particular move. If
the men looked disgusted, the women looked horrified. Anger rose in most of
the gathered mutants.
"That's just sick! What kind of monster would to that to a young child!
Hell, I wouldn't want to see that happen to an adult! Wasn't there anyone
to stop him!" Jean said, extremely upset that a ten year old Ranma had been
treated as such.
"That's not the only dark spot. Apparently, he only missed being killed by
a suicide pact requiring him to be a Man among Men. He has also been cursed
by Jusenkyo, as you know. What you don't know was the fact that it was
caused by his father's inability to read Chinese. Plus there was the large
numbers of engagment his father made to scam people out of magic. And
that's just a small amount of what is known." Wolverine told.
"But there's the fact that he is also one of the greatest martial artist
of this generation. Mastering both new and ancient martial arts. Even
making some up. Even before his power, he had an energy blast, the
ability to create powerful winds and minor superspeed. Then there's his
enemies list. We have seen some of his commen rivals. But there are more.
Some that might be more fightening than those we have seen." Wolverine
continued.
"The two that I would worry most about are a man name Herb and a god
called Saffron." Wolverine said, before he was interupted.
"A god? You don't actually mean that Ranma has pissed off a divine power?"
Scott said, a little nervious. He was the leader of the X-men. If this god
was to come after Ranma, it would most likely get involved with the rest of
the X-men.
"A phoneix god of a remote region of China, which also contains Jusenkyo,
Amazons and the Musk Tribes. The Musk is lead by the part dragon known as
Herb. Saffron is a child at the moment after being killed by Ranma in
defence of the life of one of his fiancees. The god, has power over light
and heat, plus natural wings like Angel. Herb has great chi that gives him
an energy blast plus the ability to fly." Wolverine answered, revealing
some of the most powerful rivals of Ranma.
"And if Magento were to get a hold of them, even without the mutations,
they would cause serious trouble. Fortunately, they are not easy to find
or control. Let's be greatful for that." Beast said, adding his imput.
"Sounds like he has had a life as extrordinary as the one we have lived.
But who do you think will be next to be found by Magento? What can we
expect?" Xavier said, curious on who might be coming against next.
"I have a list of names of those that have fought Ranma, who might be
the best bet for future attacks." Wolverine said, adding. "But remember, if
we have this info, so does Magneto.
In the house of the Brotherhood...
Wanda looked at the images of the young man she had become interested in.
'Who knew that he was on the internet?' she thought to herself as she
thought of the life he had lead. It was a horrible way to treat a child,
and yet it seem to spark something in her mind. Something half forgotten,
something that made her a little upset. But it passed, for now.
Wanda lingered on the shots of the young man exercising bare chested. For
having lived an isolated life, she was still a teenager looking at a hot
man. But it was othering things that were attracting her. The fact that he
was use to magic and weirdness that seemed to be connected to her life.
The fact that he had a mutant power that he didn't understand like she did.
The fact that he interested her father so much had also brought her to
look into him.
'But that brings up the question on how to meet him? He hangs out at the
Xavier place all the time. He hardly comes out of that place for anything.'
She thought. 'I don't think that I would be the most welcomed person at
that school either if I was to go to him. Especially with my father.'
'What I need is some way to get him to come to me? But how?' She moved to
the computer she had gained to look something up. Looking for something
that might draw him out. Then she found it. 'He has a curse. Maybe if I
could try to get him help with that curse, maybe an appointment with Agatha
Harkness? That might work. But how to get the message to him. An e-mail?'
She looked at her computer. 'Not this one, it might be easier for my father
to track. But if I was to use one at another location, a library or
cyber-cafe, it might make it harder for both my father or the X-men to find
out who sent it.'
Wanda got her things together and headed out for downtown to find another
computer. Little did she know that she was being watched! Yellow eyes were
watching the young goth witch doing her research on the boy. Eyes that
turned to another computer with similar details on it.
'So Wanda is interested in the latest addition to the Xavier squad. And
if my spying is correct so are many of the girls at that school including
Rogue. I wonder what this boy has that brings these girls to him? If the
file is right, he had several of them chasing him in Japan. One even
followed him.' Mystique thought as she looked up the info she had collected
on the Saotome boy. It was a little more detailed as it had info from her
more secretive sources.
'The fact that he has defeated Magento by surprize twice, has my interests
peeked. The fact that Magneto is spending so much effort to get the boy,
has me want to have him under my control as well. Plus he's not bad to look
at.' Mystique thought, with a smirk. 'But how to get to him? Wanda seems to
have a plan for it. I just don't know if I want to take it over just yet.
Better to have it progress natural to see it's effect first. Then take over
if my plan doesn't work.'
Mystique thought over the next move. 'I can't use Risty as a disguise any
more. They would also be more wary of any one trying to become the kids
friend from the school. I need another way in to the institute, something
that couldn't expect.' She looked up the screen for anything that might be
a foot at the door. Then the most obivious thing jumped out at her. 'It's
so simple, yet so devious. He would certainly jump at the chance to get
close to me if I was to use this. Plus it might even help me out if I
was to use this. Allow me to brush up on my skills.'
'Besides, it's not part of the "Anything Goes" school to reject a
challenge from a fellow martial artist. The question comes up, what kind of
disguise should I use? Male or Female?' Thought the shapeshifter. 'I got to
think what the perfect disguise would be. That and how to get pass Xavier's
brainscan. Fortunately, I might have something that might come to the
rescue on that front.' She walked over to her desk and pulled out a machine
that she had..'aquired'..that might mislead the mental probe of the most
powerful telepath in the world.
"Ready or not, Ranma, here I come!" Mystique said, as she began to laugh.