Chains of the Past
A Ranma ½ Tenchi Muyo Crossover
Chapter Eleven
A/N: As they say, Llllllllllet'ss Get Ready To Rrrrruuuuummmmbbbbbbbbbbbbble!
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Mousse threw a volley of weighted chains at Shampoo. "Shampoo! Stop this! You know you'll be executed if you kill her!"
Shampoo evaded the chains with ease. "Stay out of Shampoo's way duck boy! No have time to fool around!" Shampoo came in and tried to snatch Mousse's glasses, but Mousse moved his head just before she could reach it. She swung her bombari at Mousse's legs, but he jumped up into the air and threw a net at her. She back-flipped and avoided the net. Deciding that enough was enough, she opened her shirt enough to reveal cleavage. Mousse became a sputtering idiot in heartbeats. Taking this opportunity, she ran up, took his glasses, and bashed him over the head to knock him out. "Stupid Mousse." She turned around to go after her real target.
Ukyo, however, wasn't having the same luck. Ranma was proving to be much better than her. Luckily, it seems that he wasn't about to try to kill or maim her, just knock her out. She was trying to do the same, but she was not having much luck with that. Whenever she threw her throwing spatulas, he caught them and broke them. She decided to go with her deep batter glue, but before she could toss it, he came in and hit a pressure point on her, which paralyzed her from the neck down, only allowing her to breath.
Making sure she was okay, he turned and saw Shampoo diving for Nabiki. He noticed that Ayeka was having trouble making her shield. 'SHIT!'
Tenchi was being blown back by a windstorm, which was being generated by Kagato. The storm was only pushing Tenchi back a little, but he also realized it made it hard to take a swing at Kagato. Kagato reached for the sword that was in Tenchi's hand, but a blur pushed him to the side. That blur turned out to be Ryoko.
"Don't let him have that sword Tenchi."
Kagato was quite intrigued with Ryoko's actions. "Fascinating. What is it about that boy that interests you Ryoko?" He powered up his green energy sword. The gem on Ryoko's wrist glowed green. Tenchi watched as Ryoko yelled and held her head.
A few seconds later, Tenchi is now in a choke hold made by a green eyed Ryoko. 'SHIT!' Tenchi thought as he tried to break free from Ryoko. Kagato floated towards Tenchi and the sword.
"Moko Takabisha!"
Kagato turned towards Ranma who had just shot his signature projectile attack towards Shampoo. Shampoo was on the ground, but she was conscious and pissed. "Airen! Don't attack Shampoo! Airen Amazon male! Obey Shampoo!"
"I am not your Airen!" Ranma yelled back. "Nabiki is my fiancé. I will not let you harm her!"
Kagato smiled. "Fascinating! It seems Ryoko made herself very useful after all." He turned towards Tenchi. "Not only do I have the sword and both the crown Princesses, but I have him as well," Kagato said while waving towards Ranma, who was busy fighting Shampoo.
Tenchi looked confused. "Why would you want Ranma?"
Kagato smiled an evil smile. "That is not important at the moment. What is important is your sword. It is said that it holds the key to infinite power. I wonder if you could unlock that power."
Ryo-ohki ran up to Kagato and bit him on his hand. Kagato took note of this and shook her off. Tenchi took this opportunity to finally break loose of Ryoko's chokehold. He jumped up and took a swing at Kagato. He was able to scratch his face, which bled green. Kagato wasn't happy, and his face showed. "Okay boy, let's test you. Let's see if you're a suitable owner for the sword."
"I was waiting for you to finally start to fight. You speeches were getting boring," was Tecnhi's comeback reply.
Ranma was trying to keep Shampoo down, but no matter what he did, she kept getting up. The look of madness was etched in her eyes. Ranma knew Shampoo had totally lost it.
Shampoo made a faint to one side, which caught Ranma looking. She went the other way, around Ranma, and headed straight for Nabiki. Just as she was going in for the killing blow, a chain caught her leg and she was dragged down. Shampoo looked behind her and saw Mousse holding the other end of the chain. "Mousse! Let go!"
"Sorry Shampoo, my love, but this is for your own good."
"Damn it Mousse!" She was about to break free of the chain, but Nabiki came up and applied a pressure point to the back of the neck which made her unconscious.
Ranma came up to Nabiki. "Are you okay?"
Nabiki nodded. "I'm fine, but Tenchi's still fighting."
And so he was. Tenchi was fighting Kagato and doing a decent job of it. The swords clashed many times, but Tenchi stood firm and matched him blow for blow. "Decent, you are boy, but still no match for me." Kagato raised an arm and fired a wide beam burst slamming Tenchi square in the chest. Tenchi flew back and hit Funaho. "Playtime's over. Now give me the sword." Kagato held his hand out, calling the sword. The sword levitated up to his hand, but it disappeared in a small flash of light. Everyone watched as the sword flew to Katsuhito who was standing a bit away.
"Are you playing with something that doesn't belong to you?" Katsuhito asked while looking at Kagato.
Tenchi looked at Katsuhito a bit confused. "Grandfather?"
Ranma looked on and smiled. "You know, I knew there was something up with him."
Mousse, who had just finished tying up Shampoo and Ukyo, looked up. "What do you mean?"
Kagato smiled. "Ryoko, I'll give you one last chance. Go." Ryoko floated up and prepared to attack. "I've finally found you. The first crown prince of Jurai's royal family!"
When Kagato shouted that last part, Ayeka's and Sasami's eyes went a bit wide. Ranma smirked. "Figures with my luck."
Kagato continued the rant. "Tell me, could you show me where the secret treasure of the universe is?"
Kastuhito scratched his chin with the sword. "Pleasure? I wonder if there's a comfortable hot spring around."
Kagato looked a bit insulted. "My, aren't you cocky." He gathered a bit of energy and fired it at Katsuhito.
Katsuhito dodged but tilting his head to the side. "Greatest energy in the universe? There's no such thing. And even if there was it couldn't be controlled by humans."
"I have traveled sea after sea of stars in my search for the secret treasure. What will it take to find it? Power? Jurai's royal blood?" Kagato charged with his sword ready to slice. Katsuhito used an energy shield to block the attack and countered.
Ranma shook his head while smiling. "So that's the missing key."
Nabiki looked confused. "What key?"
Ranma studied the battle between Kagato and Katsuhito. "The sword katas he's done. They seemed a bit off for some reason. That's why, the shields. Seeing them makes perfect sense."
Meanwhile during the fight Katsuhito keep pushing the offense. When it looked like Kagato was in trouble, Ryoko came in and started firing. That was stopped by Ranma placing a jump kick to her side. "Katsuhito-san, take care of Kagato. I'll keep Ryoko occupied."
Katsuhito nodded and continued his assault. Kagato was no slouch with a sword, but he was outclassed by Katsuhito. Every time Kagato made a move, Katsuhito came up with a counter. Kagato tried using his beams to drive Katsuhito back, but Katsuhito's energy shields made that tactic useless.
Meanwhile, Ryoko and Ranma were fighting equals. Ryoko's flight gave her a slight advantage, but Ranma's fighting style specialized in mid air combat, so he quickly adapted. Ranma noticed Ryoko's gem glowing green on her wrist. 'That must be how he's controlling her.' Deciding enough was enough, he called upon his latest move. "Tiger Sword!" He formed a sword of chi, which he quickly used to cut Ryoko's hand off. That caused the gem to drop. Ryoko immediately came out of her trance and fell to the ground.
Ranma turned his attention to Katsuhito and Kagato. Growling over the temporary loss of Ryoko, he melded with the ground to form a giant fist, which slammed into both Ranma and Katsuhito, temporary stunning them. Katsuhito dropped the sword when he was slammed. Kagato rose from the earth. "I do admit you both have impressive capabilities, but all for naught." He took the sword, but was immediately exposed to a high amount of electricity. He howled in pain and dropped the sword. He floated back smoking.
Katsuhito sat up and smirked. "See what happened."
Kagato sneered at him. "I see, so that boy is your successor." He turned to Ranma. "And you're shielding him as well."
Katsuhito shrugged. "Maybe I am, maybe I'm not. It's none of your concern."
"Oh but it is." Kagato quickly flew to the side and grabbed Nabiki. "I don't know what game your playing Yosho, but I will find out what I want to know."
"Let go of her!" Ranma yelled as he got up. He started to rush Kagato, but Kagato formed an energy knife and held it to Nabiki's throat.
"That's as far as you go boy." Ranma stopped moving and glared at Kagato
Nabiki looked extremely scared. "Ranma, help me."
Kagato glared at Ryoko, which caused her to lose consciousness. "If you want them back, improve your skills and join me on the Soja. I'll be waiting." He floated into a green energy orb, which flew into space.
A/N: My, my, what a chapter to write. So much action in a small space. Next up are discussions, discoveries, and the chase.
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