Aliens – Nerima Hive
Ranma ½ belongs To Rumiko Takahashi, Viz video and others. Aliens(s) belongs to a host of movie companies, etcetera. Any other works belong to their respective people as well. I don't own any of this so just sit back and enjoy the tale, oh and don't sue me please that would be bad.
Authors Notes: This story is set just before the very end of the Ranma1/2 manga continuity and so it may contain spoilers of that content. It is also loosely based on the events that occurred in the Aliens vs. Predator movie also titled AvP.
Chapter 2
Ranma woke up the next day. He was in a hospital bed and man was standing near him. He was tall with graying black hair with a slight pot belly. His blue eyes looked into Ranma's and he said, "So what happened son?"
Ranma talked to the inspector and remembered everything about the locker room and then chasing the creatures into the sewer. He remembered the fight and then trudging back down the sewer holding his injured arm. He reached the locker room just as the paramedics and police had arrived. Two paramedics approached him and started to put a bandage on his arm and then he felt a poke on his other side. A bleary fog of ambulance and strange dreams about the creature he fought came after that. Then he was here in this room.
The officer looked noted what he said on his pad and he said, "So you say you fought this creature in the sewer?"
"Yes, I followed after it and I had to kill it."
"Hmm, well that's interesting." The man then looked at him with intensity and said, "Because you know what we sent a few men down that tunnel and there were no known animal markings and there was no evidence of a body at all." Then the man calmed and said, "I know it's hard to admit, but you were hallucinating. We researched the missing boys and at least three have felony drug possession charges either pending or filed against them. They gave out some bad drugs and when it started to go bad they escaped."
Ranma shook his head. "No, it was real I saw it all happen right in front of me." He was about to add that he knew what being drugged felt like, but a certain glint in the officers eyes made him keep that tidbit to himself.
The officer noted a few things more on his pad and handed Ranma a business card. "Alright fine, I understand you don't want to rat out your school buddies. So here I'm giving you my card. If you can think of anything else that slipped your mind just give me a call.
Ranma just stared at the Imprinted gold lettering, "Yoshiro Amakitsu, Inspector TCPD. 555-8888" Then he said, "Yeah lieutenant I'll do that.
The inspector just looked at him and flipped his book closed. The he got up and said, "Like I said, we're done Saotome, but you stay close you hear me? We may have more questions for you later. We will find out what happened and we will prosecute do you understand?"
Ranma just looked back at the inspector and anger flashed through him. Anger at being ignored and anger at the creature he had fought in the tunnel. "You believe what you like, but I'm going to find my friends you hear me? Aint' nothing that beats Ranma Saotome and these ugly critters sure won't be the first." The inspector just walked out the door.
Ranma just sat in bed and stewed for a moment and then he realized that it was up to him. The police didn't believe that the creatures existed, but he knew, knew that they existed and had kidnapped his friends and schoolmates. So he got out of the bed started to walk out the door. Instead the door opened and he was met by assorted family members. His mother hugged him and Soun Tendo cried a river of tears. He explained his story to them all while his father made epithets about more training and other such dreck. Finally he was finished with his story and everyone had become quiet. "I've got to go after them Pops, Mom you understand right? Daisuke may still be alive and so might the other boys who were taken away."
Genma looked at him and said, "A martial artist's duty is to protect the weak."
"Yeah yeah pops, I know. You gonna come with me on this one?"
The older Saotome thought about it and remembered the vivid details of Ranma's fight and said, "Perhaps someone should stay at the Tendo house and keep them safe?"
His mother eyed Genma evilly and then hugged Ranma close to her. With a bit of sadness she said, "That's my Ranma a true manly man." She kissed him on the cheek and said, "You do what is necessary Ranma" Then she touched the bandage on his shoulder and the smaller ones on his arms. With a stern tone she added, "You stay alive you understand, your father took you away for ten years and I need to make up for lost time."
Ranma saw his mother's sad face and said, "I'll try mom alright, I'll try." Then he looked to Nabiki and said, "You hear anything from Ryouga lately?" The girl with a pageboy haircut shook her head and Ranma said, "Alright call me at the Neko Hanten or Ucchan's if you do."
An angry voice that had been quiet until now piped up. "You pervert! You're just going to them to have them nurse you back to health aren't you! What a jerk!"
Ranma just looked at Akane and said, "It ain't like that Akane. I need their help okay? I need some martial artists to help me defeat these creatures and save those boys."
"I'm a martial artist too you know!"
A vision of Akane fighting the black creature in the sewer went through Ranma's head and he shivered. "Ain't gonna happen Akane. A slow chick like you wouldn't stand a chance."
Akane stared at Ranma and then stood in a combat stance and said, "Just try me Ranma just try me."
Ranma groaned and said, "Someone back me up here wouldja? She's gotta know that any creature that could hurt me would just walk all over her. Come on you guys have gotta help me here."
Sound and Genma tried arguing Akane out of going with Ranma, but it was to no avail. Akane had her temper up and was hearing nothing from them. Nabiki fared no better and neither did Nodoka or Kasumi. Finally Ranma realized that an entire day had passed and that he was wasting time arguing time that could be spent trying to rescue Daisuke and the other boys. "Fine follow me if you want" He left it at that thinking that he would figure out a way to ditch the girl later.
To his own surprise he met Ukyou just as he was leaving the hospital. He had thought that she would have been at the hospital with his family along with Shampoo. Still at least she was here now. The okonomiyaki chef grabbed Ranma and said "Ranma, thank god you're okay! I visited you earlier, but you were still under sedation. I'm sorry I left, but I had to deal with the dinner rush."
Ranma said, "Where's Konatsu?"
"Still at the restaurant. Why?"
"That's great Ucchan. I have a feeling that I'm going to need his help with these critters."
"Creatures, what creatures?"
"The ones that attacked the boys showers after gym."
"But, I thought the news was saying that the police though it was bad drugs or something?"
"No, it was these monsters. I don't have time to explain it all, but we need to get Shampoo and talk to the old Ghoul. Maybe she knows something about these things or not, but either way we're going to need all the help we can get."
He started walking towards the Neko Hanten and then he looked at Ukyo and said, "I don't suppose I can talk you out of coming with me eh Ucchan?"
The chef looked at Ranma and said, "Not in a million years."
Ranma sighed realizing that he was bringing his friend into terrible danger and said, "Alright Ucchan, Akane let's go to the Neko Hanten and find some more help."
Akane just snorted and thought. "You'll see Ranma; I'll show you that I'm a real martial artist."
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Nabiki hadn't notified Shampoo or Cologne about the previous day's events and The Neko Hanten was packed with the dinner rush and had been packed both days and so neither Shampoo, nor had Cologne heard the news. Cologne was cooking ramen on the stove when she heard a loud creak out near the common area. Seeing nothing she continued cooking until her danger sense went on full alert. Suddenly one of the walls in the Neko Hanten was destroyed and through the wall came ten black alien creatures.
The restaurant exploded into chaos as the aliens grabbed as many people as possible and started to escape. Shampoo landed next to one of the creatures and said, "That Shampoo customer, you no can take it." The creature just looked at her and hissed. Then it attacked.
The sharp claws and tail lashed out at Shampoo, but she was able to block them with her bonbori. The alien creature started a frenzy of attacks and she parried left and right, then she slammed one of the heavy maces into the creature's midsection breaking some ribs, and sending the creature flying. She stalked over to the black creature, but it was ready for her and leaped to the attack. She barely brought her mace up in time and intercepted a bite from its teeth. She used her other mace to smash one of its hands, but when she did so the caustic blood came out, destroyed her weapon and burned her hand. This left her with one mace stuck in its teeth, while its tail and other hand were free. The tail pierced her side and she yelled in pain, but she was able to leap away from the creature before it attacked again.
Panting across the room from the creature she pulled out her sword, leery of what had happened to her mace, but still prepared. The creature ran right towards her with its talons outstretched, this time as it came forward she slashed her weapon in a deadly arc and immediately flung herself away. The creature's head was separated from its body and deadly acid went flying everywhere. Luckily Shampoo had flung herself far enough away.
When the battle began Mousse had been in the back room washing dishes, but when he heard the commotion he ran in. He saw a number of black shapes attacking guests and the purple haired Shampoo stood in front of one of those shapes. He was about to go to her aid when Cologne knocked him down and said, "Look out you stupid boy!" A large black creature leapt over his prone form and slammed into a wall, for a moment the creature was still. He put his glasses down and looked around; now he also saw that in front of him were three more of the vicious creatures and Cologne was keeping them at bay with an amazing display of Amazon combat skills. The fourth creature which had been stunned by the wall then stood up and hissed at him. He knew that he would have to deal with it before he could help out Shampoo.
The creature leapt at him and that was when he made his fatal error. The Chinese boy pulled out two swords and sliced into the creature as it attacked. His slices were well aimed and the creature lost its arms, but the caustic blood spurted from the wounds and all over the Chinese boy. He screamed in agony as the acid ate away at his flesh.
Cologne saw what had happened to Mousse and was forced to abandon her battle. She hit what was left of the creature attacking him with a chi blast destroying it. Then she grabbed the boy and pogoed into the kitchen with him. There she turned on the spray washer full blast and hosed him down. The warm water slowly washed the acid away, but the young Chinese Boy was covered in third and fourth degree burns.
The three creatures that Cologne had been confronting examined the room, seeing a few diners who had not yet escaped, they grabbed them and then left through the hole that they had originally created.
Shampoo saw the rest of the creatures leave through the hole, but decided not to pursue. There would be time later for the demons to be brought down, but first she would go help her grandmother with Mousse and then they would determine a course of action. Perhaps her husband might be convinced to join them in their new war against these demons…
Author's Notes: I'll be updating this again soon, but first I'm going to concentrate on Baba Yaga's quests chapter 15. I just had to get some of this thought out of my head before I could concentrate on that story. Don't worry though I will be back for this story and plan on finishing it.