Prince Lost, Knight Found
A Ranma Nibunoichi x-over
by Matthew Talbain
Disclaimer: I do not own Ranma Nibunoichi, nor do I own Sailor Moon. Pyra (Flame), Glacia (Ice), Alundra (Lightning), Erosa (Love), Tecta (Earth), Ocea (Water), Thanata (Death), Krona (Time), and Faytha (Healing) ARE mine, though I got the idea for 'em from Jade Hunter's "Love For All Time". I don't own Fred Perry's Gold Digger characters, and I don't own Hideo Kojima's Big Boss and likenesses thereof. So leave me the hell alone, or I'll own your ass!
A/N: Well, let's see...Ranma will end up with Sheila, then after a fashion, we'll see, but he'll most likely gain Setsuna as a lover as well. The winner for the villains poll is....ALL OF THEM!! That's right, Ranma ain't never gonna get a break. As for the powers poll....again, it will be ALL OF THEM!! You'll see just how soon enough....
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--------------Chapter Four: Mythical Knights, Terrified Ravyns--------------
A warm, calm afternoon in Juuban district. That's how many would call it. No youma had been seen in the district for weeks, though many knew it would just be a matter of time. No property was being damaged, no scantily clad girls were running around, throwing magical blasts and corny poses as they passed. No, to most of Juuban, it was indeed a day to enjoy.
With the exception of three people. As is the rule, these three people were, in fact, three young men. And, of course, the only way for three young men NOT to enjoy themselves on a beautiful, sunny, youma-less day is obvious to those trained in the art of observation. They were at the mall.
Of course, young men being at the mall is no call for unhappiness. No, they were not in a pleasant mood because they were at the mall with five young women. And these five young women were, though one or two were still practicing this particular art, shopaholics. And though these three young men were more than capable of carrying all of the bags and clothing items of Makoto Kino, Britanny Elin Diggers, Gina Babette Diggers, Brianna Diggers, and Sheila Silvear, it was the principle of the thing. Besides, they'd been kicking some serious ass at Marvel vs. Capcom 2 in the arcade just a little while ago.
Ravyn Kurohyou, Koga Shiranui, and Fox Avian were near tears. Their precious game, interrupted by girls wearing trendy clothes and attractive jewelry, their opinions (which eventually did not matter, with one exception: Sheila always seemed to do as Ravyn suggested) asked repeatedly. But overall, Ravyn, Koga, and Fox were all bored reckless. Until they reached the supposedlast store on the girls' agenda.
The lingerie shop. Koga, oddly enough, merely twitched. Fox, surprisingly, seemed rather anxious-excited about the whole thing. Ravyn, however, was predictably in his usual mood about such a place.
"Ah, HELL NO! I ain't goin' in! Ya can't make me!"
This, of course, earned snickers and catcalls from Koga, Makoto, and Fox. The other girls, however, were rather mystified. However, it was a quick glance at the injured-kitten eyes of Sheila that got Ravyn to acquiesce, though the look seemed out of place on a seven-foot-tall redhead. Still, the three young men were eventually seated and treated to a show of four young women parading in front of the young men in nothing but their underwear.
I say four women for a simple reason. The one who had eventually gotten Ravyn to cave in was, in actuality, very very self-conscious. She very much refused to walk outside with all three young men out there, and it was eventually settled that it would be Ravyn alone who saw her. The other girls took their purchases, left the dressing rooms, and dragged two docile and happy young men with them.
Sheila looked out to make sure everyone was gone and stepped out, her face redder than her hair. But the blush instantly switched from a blush of self-consciousness to a blush of warmth and hot flashes as she heard Ravyn's quick intake of breath. When she looked up, she could just make out a certain stiffness in the way his legs moved, and with her enhanced (though nobody knew it at the time save the Diggers) hearing, she could hear the minute groan of longing in the back of Ravyn's throat. She giggled, making the groan, which, of course, Ravyn didn't know he was making, increase in volume.
She stood before him in a very becoming green lace set that accentuated her figure and brought out the warm green of her eyes. The bra, just the right amount of risqué to be tasteful while leaving the appropriate viewer with a very good indication of what was underneath, sported a fashionable lace pattern. Her panties, too, were tasteful, yet gave a subtle clue of what was soon to come if you happened to be the lucky viewer. The green was set off by a jaguar-like pattern of spots, while strange on a green set of underwear, was actually very becoming on Sheila. To complete the ensemble, she was wearing a garter and sheer pantyhose.
All in all, Ranma could barely restrain himself , in more ways then one. It was not to last, however, as Sheila rapidly became shy once more and retreated to get dressed. When she came out, however, Ranma noticed that she had indeed packed the risqué undergarments in a shopping bag (He didn't realize she'd bought two of each item). Without knowing it, Ranma smiled a very appreciative smile. He shook his head and cleared his thoughts, however, when he found himself back in the mall. His mood, along with the moods of his cohorts, quickly returned to the state of being bored out of their skulls. Until, of course, the young women decided on a very special detour.
Ranma wondered why the girls had stopped when two VERY strong pairs of hands clamped around his arms. he looked left and right and found Fox in a similar position, while Brianna alone was holding Koga steady. All three, as one, lifted their eyes to the sign above the store in front of them and began to pray to the deities above. It was a men's clothing store.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!"
---------Burlington Men's Clothing Store, Ten Minutes Later---------
Two young men resigned themselves to their fate, their heads hanging low, a visible puff of air exiting their sighing mouths. They walked steadily out of their dressing rooms, each putting on a brave face. It was now or never. They made their way before the firing squad.
Whistles and catcalls from a number of young women (nearly every girl near the clothing store had come to see the three young men 'in show') met the ears of Koga as he posed in his jacket, shirt, and slacks. The shirt, a smooth green formal with the embroidery of a dragon on the right side, was set off by the black silk jacket and slacks he wore. His bandannas had been removes, and his hair was swept back out of his eyes. He noticed, rather blushingly, that Britanny was almost drooling as she looked him over.
Brianna tried, oh, how she tried, not to salivate as she took in Fox's six-foot two frame. His hair was tied back in a long, black braid. He wore a set of Chinese tangs, a tight sleeveless silk shirt with a blue tiger emblazoned over the right side and a pair of long blue pants, tied off with a white belt. He wore a pair of bracers, each decorated with sapphire tigers set in white gold.
A third voice could be heard in the back of the dressing room, almost yowling that he wasn't going out there. The fifth young woman, who'd held off staring at Koga and Fox, walked up and gave a pouty, whiny voice that made the hearts of all the girls' boyfriends ache with the desire to cuddle the cuteness of the redhead.The yelling voice in the back quickly quited down, and within moments, every girl in the mall was nearly bug-eyed as the six-three frame of Ravyn Kurohyou exited the dressing room, a buttoned red silk shirt adorning his chest, a fiery golden phoenix decorating the entire right side. He wore a pair of midnight black slacks. His sleeves were rolled up, leaving a pair of black bracers set with an emerald dragon and a sapphire tiger set into them visible. Hanging over his shoulder was a simple black suit jacket. His spiky hair was swept to the side, just above his left eye, leaving the cobalt of his right orb clearly, starkly visible. Sheila swooned.
She caught herself as Ravyn and the guys proceeded to buy their outfits, wearing them out of the shop, already strengthening the fabric with their ki. She browbeat herself. 'You idiot! You ought to kapowie yourself for thinking that way! It's just the first guy that's ever paid any mind to you! Swooning just because he heals the owies Tirga gave you, just because he looks absolutely stunning in that shirt, just because the way he looks when he's wet and you can almost see through his pants to his-'. Sheila quickly smothered that thought and turned the red flame of her face away from the group. What she saw was of some small comfort.
Britanny had discovered the mall's food court, and, of course, had ordered every single tuna dish on the menu. Everyone sighed and placed their own orders and prepared to sit down for their meals when Makoto stood up quickly, shouting and waving in the direction of the indoors ice cream parlor.
"Usagi! Guys! Over here!"
Over to the table walked a group of nine: a tall blonde with a strange haircut and blue eyes, an even taller blonde with short hair, a demure girl with blue hair that reminded Ravyn strongly of a certain tomboy of the past, a well-endowed girl with black hair, a cheerful girl with aquamarine hair, a short little girl with pink hair, a short girl with short black hair, another tall blonde with blue eyes, and a tall man, nearly seven years older than even Ravyn.
Introductions ensued, and Ravyn, Koga, and Fox were getting nervous at the hungry looks being cast their way by the various girls and the furious glares shot their way by the tall young man, who had been introduced as Mamoru Chiba. The group, however, soon began to chat amiably about inane topics, nobody noticing even once that Ravyn and Sheila were seated rather closely together. Everything was good, everything was peaceful, and life was grand in this peaceful mall in the calm district of Juuban.
Then it happened.
A loud shattering noise arose from the back of the mall, and screams were heard as a crowd of people began to run towards the exit. A loud, glass-shattering roar crossed the food court, and soon the mall was clear save three martial artists and four young women, all confused as hell. Until the beast leapt at Ravyn. Looking like a freakish cross between a bat and a human, the horrid creature roared as it tackled Ravyn to the ground. A scream echoed from Sheila's throat, cries of rage escaping Koga and Fox as they fired a ki attack each at the beast.
"FROST CLOUD!"
"BLACK MIRE!"
The beast shrugged the new elemental attacks off like nothing more than a gnat that annoyed it and clawed at Ravyn's throat as a new voice filled the mall.
"How dare you attack an innocent man in this hallowed home for the hectic shopper! For your insult to the fine institution that is the mall, in the name of the moon, I shall punish you! I'm Sailor Moon!"
Ravyn gasped and stopped struggling against the beast as a familiar pull tugged at his soul. He ignored it, however, and mule-kicked the beast off of his chest. Standing up, he yelled as loudly as he could.
"GOD DAMNIT, STOP STANDIN' AROUND AN' KILL THE DAMN THING!!!"
He was tackled from behind and locked in a grapple contest with the overstrong monster. The sailor senshi hesitated to attack with Ravyn so close to the range of their normally widespread blasts. Of course, with Ravyn being bloodied be the beasts claws, some blood was about to boil. A cry of rage echoed from the throats of three different people: Sheila, Koga, and Fox.
"I NEARLY LOST HIM ONCE, I WILL NOT ALLOW HIM TO DIE NOW!! NEMESIS SHADOW KNIGHT, CONSUME!!!!"
"YOU BASTARD!! LEAVE HIM ALONE!! CRISTAR GLACIER KNIGHT, CRYSTALLIZE!!!"
"RAN-CHAN!! NOOOOO!!!"
Everyone in the mall stopped moving as the tiger and dragon emblazoned on the shirts of Koga and Fox began to glow, casting a web of light in the shape of each animal around their respective owner. Koga roared with rage as a black suit of armor, absolutely pure black, including the helm, covered his bulky frame, a long, flowing emerald cape adorning his shoulders, a long, cruelly-shaped serpent sword held in both hands to the right of his hands, the blade aimed down wards. A dark green shadow-dragon roared and slithered across his armor, wrapping itself around his chest and becoming a jade emblem.
Fox was in such a state, pure white leather armor adorning his body, a set of light blue chain mail underneath it and lengthening down his arms to his wrists, where his bracers covered them. A pair of leather boots appeared, and a sapphire tiger of ice yowled, leaping onto Fox's body and becoming a sapphire emblem. On his wrists were a pair of cruelly-curved foot-and-a-half long sapphire fighting claws. A simple white bard's hat with a sapphire feather tucked into it covered his head and a long emerald cape adorning his shoulders.
Ravyn seethed and allowed the tug on his soul to engulf him as he launched a haymaker at his captor, knocking it back. Ravyn then withdrew Phoenix, raising it high to the sky.
"BY THE BLOOD OF SOL, I TAKE UP THE BURDEN ONCE AGAIN!!! SOLAR PHOENIX KNIGHT, ENGULF!!!"
The phoenix on Ranma's shirt crowed and sent a similar bird of flames to surround him, his body becoming laced with thin black armor of a shinobi, the armor he'd worn on the day of his death so many eons ago. His emerald scarf, trailing nearly eight feet behind him, fluttered in an imaginary wind. A golden phoenix screeched loudly and emblazoned itself on Ravyn's armor, nine empty slots appearing along the "V" of the wings. Ravyn twirled Phoenix and joined battle with the beast, Koga and Fox joining in as well.
Things were not well, however. Even with the combined might of the three mythical knights and the nine sailor senshi, the battle against the bat demon was fierce, unforgiving, and hopeless. None could make any progress, but the beast continued to rain attacks upon the now-reckless Ravyn Kurohyou. his face bleeding from numerous wounds, his body battered and bruised, his body refused to heal itself against the monster's attacks. Eventually, to the screams of rage, fury, and agony of his friends, Ravyn toppled from the battle, too beaten to remain awake.
The monster roared in victory as it prepared to leap at Ravyn's throat, a long, wicked claw unwrapping itself from within the folded tip of the beast's wing. However, a primal roar escaped Sheila's throat, stopping the battle for a moment. In mere seconds, her body shrank in size, the elastic shirt and sweatpants she'd worn contracting as well. A glowing white scimitar, seemingly steaming with cold, appeared in her hands as she charged the beast, anger flickering in her jade eyes.
Fear for one of their best friends ripped through the Diggers sisters, and weapons were swiftly armed in the hands of Gina and Brianna. Britanny, however, roared and grew to a height that matched Sheila's former height, her clothes straining to keep her bountiful assets contained. She rushed forward, joining the battle.
Still, a victory was not meant to be. No matter how much they gave it, it only seemed to feel their blows as though it were all just a simple game. Until a Peebo found the joint in the beast's wings, however, and exploded roughly. Because of a lucky shot, the beast's exoskeleton fell off, revealing a mass of fleshy meat underneath that hard armor. And just as Sheila struck home with Ice Fang, Ravyn began to awaken. Seeing the red hair and similar clothes of the jagwere, he, as a person accustomed to changing genders whenever he wasn't ready for a splash of water, quickly put two and two together about Sheila and Britanny. Then his mind, which was, contrary to his former self's assurances, still very much afraid of cats, realized that Sheila and Britanny were both cats, and both looked extremely pissed.
He screamed. He screamed and howled and began to claw backwards along the ground, his mind never giving in to the fear as it had been wont to do before the soul's acceptance of who Ravyn once was. As Ravyn began clawing backwards, all of the senshi scrambled to try and help him, to try and find what was wrong. Sheila, on the other hand, looked dejected and began to cry. That swiftly cut through Ravyn's fear and he tried to calm down.
"She...She...Sheila...p-p-p-please d-don't c-cry. P-p-please!"
The tears swiftly dried and Sheila realized he was not screaming because of her defect or because she'd kept it a secret, but because of her shape. However, before she could resume her human form, a loud screech echoed from where they'd left the monster for dead, and the shape of a bleeding bat demon rose menacingly above them, wings and blades extended threateningly.
"EMPEROR BLAST OF THE PHOENIX!!!"
A loud cry and a burst of flame engulfed the demon, turning it to ash. Behind the smoking, charred remains on the ground stood a being radiating an aura of sheer power, of absolute rage and fire. His wings were extended, and his multicolored hair fluttered in the breeze his attack had caused. He saw the look of fear on his brother's face and sighed. Another reason, he mused, for Genma Saotome to go to Hell and stay there, the damned Neko-ken.
The courage-inducing presence of Helios-Saffron Sol caused the well of fear deep within Ravyn's soul to evaporate, even if only temporarily. As the two embraced, Helios noted the armor his brother wore and smiled. Even as the senshi were torn between attacking the obviously inhuman figure, three moon cats leapt onto a table and bade everyone to sit down. And so, a long, overdue explanation was swiftly given even as Koga and Fox came to grips, quite easily, with who they were.
Of course, Ravyn was busy trying to get close to Sheila, doing his best to conquer his fear. Sheila smiled. As the stories of the Silver Millennium ended, the stories of Jade, Mount Phoenix, Nerima, Atlanta, and adventures around the globe began.
Everyone was enjoying themselves, and the end of the day found Ravyn with his arms wrapped, though tentatively, around Sheila in a slightly-more-than-friendly manner.
---------The Gates of Time---------
The monster's failure to kill Ravyn set a certain green-haired senshi's teeth to grinding, and a painful sob echoed from within her as she set herself to calling another demon from within the portal, hoping against hope she didn't have to kill Ravyn personally. Though, a voice whispered in her mind, losing Crystal Tokyo would surely be worth holding onto Ravyn again. And something about that jagwere....
Setsuna shook her head and crafted the spell to summon the demon carefully, ignoring the tears running down her face even as she watched Ravyn and his group part ways. Night was rapidly falling, and Ravyn's wounds would not heal as quickly as normal. Even Hotaru's healing abilities would not seal the wounds and scratches on his body.
----------------------Author's Note----------------------
There was so much more I wanted to do with this chapter, but I had to cut it short. Sorry it took so long, but apparently my computer has caught a bug. R&R, and do give me your opinions, please!
Oh, yes, one more thing: I need your opinions on how I should deal with...Ravyn's "first time". Should I do a lemon post, leave a subtle hint about it and give nothing more, or put up two versions of the same chapter? I know I have an "R" rating on this one, but...still, I'm somewhat reserved, but if you ask it of me, I shall put my extensive reading of trashy romance novels to good use!
Next chapter, Ravyn and the others are introduced to a unique style of fighting simply called...CQC! And what the hell's happening with the Jusenkyo curses of the three knights? Is that Shampoo and Ukyou walking down the street? What would Kuno think of "Ranma" now?