Disclaimer: I do not own Ranma 1 / 2, I do not own RISK or anything whatsoever to do with any book, movie, etc. about King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.
A Dragon Named Ranma II
Chapter I
A Hero Returns!
Once upon a time there was a boy. That boy's name was Jimmy, and he's got nothing to do with this story.
But once upon a time there was another boy, a boy named Ryoga, he was a martial artist from Nerima. One day while trying to find his way home a whirlwind of magical proportions swept him away to the distant past, to the kingdom of Rubadub, home of King Sounthur and his three princesses, Kasumian, Nabiatrix, and Arkane.
Ryoga would be knighted and given the title Sir Ryoga, the Wolf's Fang so that he could save their kingdom from the dreaded dragon, Ranma. Accompanied by princesses Arkane and Nabiatrix Ryoga would have several grand, but ultimately traumatizing adventures, his quest would take him from Rubadub to Letom, the castle of beautiful men where he would rally lady Ukygowain to his cause.
Together with the powerful fighter Ukygo and the magical spell book that no one ever did bother to use, Ryoga and the princesses would vanquish the Rainbow Knights of Dirt, the trusted generals of prince Ranmorgan. With the Rainbow Knights defeated, Ryoga moved on to challenge the dragon Ranma, and with the help of the insane wizard Happerlin he was successful (yay) now he could return to his own time and never have to worry about the past again . . .
At least that's how it should have happened . . . unfortunately he'd said the wrong magic words when he went to retrieve the spell book, and so an army of evil green dwarves was unleashed upon Rubadub, and Ryoga, now with the assistance of Ranmorgan, journeyed back to the kingdom, taking a short cut through the Bog of Illusions, to do battle with the dwarves, in the end it was Ryoga's shi shi hokodan that would decimate the unstoppable green menace and save the kingdom. Finally he could return home . . . but this was just the first of many, quests, and each would prove more traumatizing than the last . . .
Ryoga was sitting on the roof of the Tendo Dojo with Ranma arguing about something. He'd forgotten what it was, at this point they were just denying each other for the sake of it.
"I did not." Ranma scoffed.
"Yes you did." Ryoga growled.
"I did not." Ranma insisted.
"Yes you did." Ryoga insisted right back.
"I did not!" Ranma shouted.
"Yes you did!" Ryoga shouted. The two glared at each other . . .
"Hmm . . . maybe I did." Ranma said thoughtfully. "Yeah, I think I did."
"No you didn't." Ryoga scoffed.
"Yeah I did!" Ranma cried.
"No you didn't." Ryoga insisted.
Suddenly a magical whirlwind appeared out of nowhere and swept Ryoga away, and ruined the Tendo lawn, Ranma could faintly hear Mr. Tendo weeping.
"Well . . . that's one way to have the last word." Ranma frowned.
Ryoga opened his eyes, his head hurt. Standing over him was Happosai, and Akane.
"He's waking up." Happosai said.
"Oh thank heavens. I thought the fall would have killed him." Akane sighed.
"Well magic can unpredictable m'lady, how was I to know the whirlwind would crap out on me whilst he was still twenty feet off the ground?"
Ryoga sat up, he was in a rather uncomfortable bed in a rather cold room. The walls were red stone, the floor was covered by a bear skin rug, there was a stained glass window. "Am I in a church?" Ryoga was so very confused.
"Oh no, Sir Ryoga. You're in the Castle Sand."
"I'm in a sand castle." Ryoga frowned. He turned to look at Akane and Happosai. He frowned. Happi had a long white beard and wore purple robes, he wore what looked like a dunce cap, it was purple like the robe, both were decorated with designs of moons, stars, and ladies undergarments. Akane's hair was long, like when he'd first met her, she wore an extravagant dress and a ton of gold jewelry, as well as a gold tiara with a large red ruby on top.
The gears in Ryoga's head struggled for a moment, then he could only think of one thing to say. "Aw crap."
Ranma was lying back in front of the TV enjoying a juice box when he heard a knock at the door. "Akane! Get that!"
But he remembered Akane was out with her annoying friends. He sighed and got up, stomped over to the door and opened it. He saw no one.
"Stinkin' teenagers!" Ranma shouted, shaking his fist.
"Son-in-law, are you not also a teenager?" Cologne asked as she entered the house.
"Eh? Oh yeah. Hey, I didn't see you down there old ghoul."
"Indeed. I am here on business son-in-law, I sensed a powerful magic sweep through here moments ago. Has anything unusual happened?"
Ranma thought for a moment. And thought. And thought. "Nabiki gave me a discount on breathin' air today." He admitted.
Cologne shook her head. "No, the magic I sensed was more powerful than that."
Ranma frowned, and continued to think. He finished off the juice box and threw it away, it went flying just like . . .
"Oh yeah! Ryoga got swept away in a tornado, then disappeared on the horizon."
"Oh no! This is terrible news!" Cologne gasped.
"No kidding, the jerk owes me a thousand yen." Ranma scoffed.
"If the magic was sent for him, we must learn why." Cologne said. "Son-in-law, your friend might be in very grave danger, and it may be up to you to save him."
Ranma gasped . . . he looked at Cologne in shock, and said "Where's my juice?"
Ryoga's legs felt a little wobbly, he tried to stand up straight as the tailors and smithies went about fitting him for armor, which Happerlin planned to heavily enchant.
'Ye gods why!' Ryoga thought.
Akane, or rather Arkane was eagerly telling him everything that had happened in his absence. Since her father knew that promoting Tatewa-Kay Kunobir to the rank of first knight would be almost as stupid as restoring Genmalot the deserter to said position, he had instead placed the rank upon Ukygo.
"What about Nabiatrix?" Ryoga asked.
"Uh . . . Kasumian has married to royal chiropractor, last she wrote they were doing well in a small house on the countryside."
"And Nabiatrix?"
"Father is searching for a new bride," Arkane offered, "Lady Nodokavere and Lord Genmalot were allowed to marry, he says that is punishment enough for their crime of adultery and desertion, but I think he simply did not have the heart to execute them."
"Nabiatrix?" Ryoga pressed.
Arkane lowered her gaze. Happerlin patted Ryoga's shoulder. "You'll come to understand everything . . . in time . . ." He said.
Ryoga shrugged. Suddenly the doors swung open and a familiar stranger came in, he looked identical to Ranma, except that his hair was slightly longer and he looked as if he hadn't shaved in about a week, he came over to Ryoga and grabbed him in a bear hug, "Haha! If it isnt the Dragon Slayer himself!" Ranmorgan laughed excitedly, "How long have ye been here without my knowin'? Arkane ye should have told me the moment he arrived!"
"He only just arrived." Arkane said with a smile. "I'm glad to see you back safely my love."
Ranmorgan shook his head as he released Ryoga from the uncomfortable hug. "I'm sorry to tell you I didn't want to leave, the borders are getting worse, there have been skirmishes already, war could break out any moment, and if that happens my people need me there." Ranmorgan said seriously. Then he turned to Ryoga, who was once again under the attack and possible sexual abuse of the tailors and smithies. "But when I recieved word from Sand that Happerlin had something he wanted me to see, well I had no idea it'd be yourself of all people, Ryoga!" Ranmorgan laughed.
"I had no idea it'd be myself either." Ryoga said helplessly.
Ranmorgan laughed some more. "Couldn't turn your back on those in need, eh? I understand. So tell me comrade, how many armies did'ja bring?"
"Uh . . ." Ryoga wasn't sure how to reply to this.
"Darling, Sir Ryoga has brought no armies." Arkane said.
"What? No armies?" Ranmorgan seemed deflated.
"But he has come to assisst us in our time of need, and that is something." Arkane said.
"You're right." Ranmorgan nodded. "Well, I do need generals. Generals I can trust, if the situation deteriorates into war I cannot be everywhere at once."
"You want me to command an army?" Ryoga gasped.
"Someone has to." Ranmorgan shrugged. "The lands of dirt must be protected. The dirt towns, the dirt farms, the dirt shops must remain safe."
Ryoga shook his head. "Ever think of renaming your country?"
"No, why?"
"No reason." Ryoga shrugged.
"So, I trust you are informed of the situation?" Ranmorgan asked.
"Not quite." Ryoga admitted.
"He knows nothing." Happerlin said.
Ranmorgan shook his head gravely. "Then I shall have to inform you. Come with me."
Ryoga followed Ranmorgan through the red halls of the sand castle. "This is Castle Sand, it's built from sandstone," Ranmorgan explained, "If it comes to war this is where the defense will be organized, and as such if it does come to war this site will likely be the enemy's primary target."
"War with who?" Ryoga asked.
"Rubadub." Ranmorgan said grimly.
"I thought you and Sounthur were allies." Ryoga frowned.
"We are." Ranmorgan said, still grim. He opened a pair of large doors and led Ryoga in. "Welcome to the War Room, General. I'll explain everything inside."
Cologne, Ranma and Akane sat gathered around a crystal ball, Ranma wasn't exactly sure why he'd agreed to do this.
"What's goin' on?" Nabiki asked.
"We're trying to find Ryoga." Akane explained.
Nabiki raised a questioning eyebrow at them. "Talk about a waste of time." She scoffed.
"He may be in very grave danger." Cologne explained.
"Neat!" Nabiki said. "Can I watch? Oh wait . . . I have a life." She shook her head and went up to her room.
Ranma shook his head too. "She's right, this is dumb, lets go."
"Wait son-in-law!" Cologne said, "We're getting a signal!"
"Do I need to fix the antenna on the roof again?" Akane asked.
"No, this is fine." Cologne said.
Ranma looked into the crystal ball and saw Ryoga standing in a large darkened room as a pair of tall men pointed to various locations on a map and moved little wooden soldiers around.
"He's playing RISK?" Ranma scoffed. "This is his grave danger?"
"It is worse than that son-in-law, he has been thrown a thousand years back into an alternate dimension."
"I'm sure one or the other would have been plenty." Akane said in a nonbelieving tone.
"Indeed." Cologne nodded.
"Oh goody." Ranma shrugged. "I want more juice."
"Enough with the juice!" Cologne cried. "You have to go after him!"
"I was afraid you'd say something like that." Ranma admitted.
To Be Continued . . .
A Dragon Named Ranma II
Chapter I
A Hero Returns!
Once upon a time there was a boy. That boy's name was Jimmy, and he's got nothing to do with this story.
But once upon a time there was another boy, a boy named Ryoga, he was a martial artist from Nerima. One day while trying to find his way home a whirlwind of magical proportions swept him away to the distant past, to the kingdom of Rubadub, home of King Sounthur and his three princesses, Kasumian, Nabiatrix, and Arkane.
Ryoga would be knighted and given the title Sir Ryoga, the Wolf's Fang so that he could save their kingdom from the dreaded dragon, Ranma. Accompanied by princesses Arkane and Nabiatrix Ryoga would have several grand, but ultimately traumatizing adventures, his quest would take him from Rubadub to Letom, the castle of beautiful men where he would rally lady Ukygowain to his cause.
Together with the powerful fighter Ukygo and the magical spell book that no one ever did bother to use, Ryoga and the princesses would vanquish the Rainbow Knights of Dirt, the trusted generals of prince Ranmorgan. With the Rainbow Knights defeated, Ryoga moved on to challenge the dragon Ranma, and with the help of the insane wizard Happerlin he was successful (yay) now he could return to his own time and never have to worry about the past again . . .
At least that's how it should have happened . . . unfortunately he'd said the wrong magic words when he went to retrieve the spell book, and so an army of evil green dwarves was unleashed upon Rubadub, and Ryoga, now with the assistance of Ranmorgan, journeyed back to the kingdom, taking a short cut through the Bog of Illusions, to do battle with the dwarves, in the end it was Ryoga's shi shi hokodan that would decimate the unstoppable green menace and save the kingdom. Finally he could return home . . . but this was just the first of many, quests, and each would prove more traumatizing than the last . . .
Ryoga was sitting on the roof of the Tendo Dojo with Ranma arguing about something. He'd forgotten what it was, at this point they were just denying each other for the sake of it.
"I did not." Ranma scoffed.
"Yes you did." Ryoga growled.
"I did not." Ranma insisted.
"Yes you did." Ryoga insisted right back.
"I did not!" Ranma shouted.
"Yes you did!" Ryoga shouted. The two glared at each other . . .
"Hmm . . . maybe I did." Ranma said thoughtfully. "Yeah, I think I did."
"No you didn't." Ryoga scoffed.
"Yeah I did!" Ranma cried.
"No you didn't." Ryoga insisted.
Suddenly a magical whirlwind appeared out of nowhere and swept Ryoga away, and ruined the Tendo lawn, Ranma could faintly hear Mr. Tendo weeping.
"Well . . . that's one way to have the last word." Ranma frowned.
Ryoga opened his eyes, his head hurt. Standing over him was Happosai, and Akane.
"He's waking up." Happosai said.
"Oh thank heavens. I thought the fall would have killed him." Akane sighed.
"Well magic can unpredictable m'lady, how was I to know the whirlwind would crap out on me whilst he was still twenty feet off the ground?"
Ryoga sat up, he was in a rather uncomfortable bed in a rather cold room. The walls were red stone, the floor was covered by a bear skin rug, there was a stained glass window. "Am I in a church?" Ryoga was so very confused.
"Oh no, Sir Ryoga. You're in the Castle Sand."
"I'm in a sand castle." Ryoga frowned. He turned to look at Akane and Happosai. He frowned. Happi had a long white beard and wore purple robes, he wore what looked like a dunce cap, it was purple like the robe, both were decorated with designs of moons, stars, and ladies undergarments. Akane's hair was long, like when he'd first met her, she wore an extravagant dress and a ton of gold jewelry, as well as a gold tiara with a large red ruby on top.
The gears in Ryoga's head struggled for a moment, then he could only think of one thing to say. "Aw crap."
Ranma was lying back in front of the TV enjoying a juice box when he heard a knock at the door. "Akane! Get that!"
But he remembered Akane was out with her annoying friends. He sighed and got up, stomped over to the door and opened it. He saw no one.
"Stinkin' teenagers!" Ranma shouted, shaking his fist.
"Son-in-law, are you not also a teenager?" Cologne asked as she entered the house.
"Eh? Oh yeah. Hey, I didn't see you down there old ghoul."
"Indeed. I am here on business son-in-law, I sensed a powerful magic sweep through here moments ago. Has anything unusual happened?"
Ranma thought for a moment. And thought. And thought. "Nabiki gave me a discount on breathin' air today." He admitted.
Cologne shook her head. "No, the magic I sensed was more powerful than that."
Ranma frowned, and continued to think. He finished off the juice box and threw it away, it went flying just like . . .
"Oh yeah! Ryoga got swept away in a tornado, then disappeared on the horizon."
"Oh no! This is terrible news!" Cologne gasped.
"No kidding, the jerk owes me a thousand yen." Ranma scoffed.
"If the magic was sent for him, we must learn why." Cologne said. "Son-in-law, your friend might be in very grave danger, and it may be up to you to save him."
Ranma gasped . . . he looked at Cologne in shock, and said "Where's my juice?"
Ryoga's legs felt a little wobbly, he tried to stand up straight as the tailors and smithies went about fitting him for armor, which Happerlin planned to heavily enchant.
'Ye gods why!' Ryoga thought.
Akane, or rather Arkane was eagerly telling him everything that had happened in his absence. Since her father knew that promoting Tatewa-Kay Kunobir to the rank of first knight would be almost as stupid as restoring Genmalot the deserter to said position, he had instead placed the rank upon Ukygo.
"What about Nabiatrix?" Ryoga asked.
"Uh . . . Kasumian has married to royal chiropractor, last she wrote they were doing well in a small house on the countryside."
"And Nabiatrix?"
"Father is searching for a new bride," Arkane offered, "Lady Nodokavere and Lord Genmalot were allowed to marry, he says that is punishment enough for their crime of adultery and desertion, but I think he simply did not have the heart to execute them."
"Nabiatrix?" Ryoga pressed.
Arkane lowered her gaze. Happerlin patted Ryoga's shoulder. "You'll come to understand everything . . . in time . . ." He said.
Ryoga shrugged. Suddenly the doors swung open and a familiar stranger came in, he looked identical to Ranma, except that his hair was slightly longer and he looked as if he hadn't shaved in about a week, he came over to Ryoga and grabbed him in a bear hug, "Haha! If it isnt the Dragon Slayer himself!" Ranmorgan laughed excitedly, "How long have ye been here without my knowin'? Arkane ye should have told me the moment he arrived!"
"He only just arrived." Arkane said with a smile. "I'm glad to see you back safely my love."
Ranmorgan shook his head as he released Ryoga from the uncomfortable hug. "I'm sorry to tell you I didn't want to leave, the borders are getting worse, there have been skirmishes already, war could break out any moment, and if that happens my people need me there." Ranmorgan said seriously. Then he turned to Ryoga, who was once again under the attack and possible sexual abuse of the tailors and smithies. "But when I recieved word from Sand that Happerlin had something he wanted me to see, well I had no idea it'd be yourself of all people, Ryoga!" Ranmorgan laughed.
"I had no idea it'd be myself either." Ryoga said helplessly.
Ranmorgan laughed some more. "Couldn't turn your back on those in need, eh? I understand. So tell me comrade, how many armies did'ja bring?"
"Uh . . ." Ryoga wasn't sure how to reply to this.
"Darling, Sir Ryoga has brought no armies." Arkane said.
"What? No armies?" Ranmorgan seemed deflated.
"But he has come to assisst us in our time of need, and that is something." Arkane said.
"You're right." Ranmorgan nodded. "Well, I do need generals. Generals I can trust, if the situation deteriorates into war I cannot be everywhere at once."
"You want me to command an army?" Ryoga gasped.
"Someone has to." Ranmorgan shrugged. "The lands of dirt must be protected. The dirt towns, the dirt farms, the dirt shops must remain safe."
Ryoga shook his head. "Ever think of renaming your country?"
"No, why?"
"No reason." Ryoga shrugged.
"So, I trust you are informed of the situation?" Ranmorgan asked.
"Not quite." Ryoga admitted.
"He knows nothing." Happerlin said.
Ranmorgan shook his head gravely. "Then I shall have to inform you. Come with me."
Ryoga followed Ranmorgan through the red halls of the sand castle. "This is Castle Sand, it's built from sandstone," Ranmorgan explained, "If it comes to war this is where the defense will be organized, and as such if it does come to war this site will likely be the enemy's primary target."
"War with who?" Ryoga asked.
"Rubadub." Ranmorgan said grimly.
"I thought you and Sounthur were allies." Ryoga frowned.
"We are." Ranmorgan said, still grim. He opened a pair of large doors and led Ryoga in. "Welcome to the War Room, General. I'll explain everything inside."
Cologne, Ranma and Akane sat gathered around a crystal ball, Ranma wasn't exactly sure why he'd agreed to do this.
"What's goin' on?" Nabiki asked.
"We're trying to find Ryoga." Akane explained.
Nabiki raised a questioning eyebrow at them. "Talk about a waste of time." She scoffed.
"He may be in very grave danger." Cologne explained.
"Neat!" Nabiki said. "Can I watch? Oh wait . . . I have a life." She shook her head and went up to her room.
Ranma shook his head too. "She's right, this is dumb, lets go."
"Wait son-in-law!" Cologne said, "We're getting a signal!"
"Do I need to fix the antenna on the roof again?" Akane asked.
"No, this is fine." Cologne said.
Ranma looked into the crystal ball and saw Ryoga standing in a large darkened room as a pair of tall men pointed to various locations on a map and moved little wooden soldiers around.
"He's playing RISK?" Ranma scoffed. "This is his grave danger?"
"It is worse than that son-in-law, he has been thrown a thousand years back into an alternate dimension."
"I'm sure one or the other would have been plenty." Akane said in a nonbelieving tone.
"Indeed." Cologne nodded.
"Oh goody." Ranma shrugged. "I want more juice."
"Enough with the juice!" Cologne cried. "You have to go after him!"
"I was afraid you'd say something like that." Ranma admitted.
To Be Continued . . .
