Chains of the Past
A Ranma ½ Tenchi Muyo Crossover
Chapter Twenty
A/N: You gotta love work.
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Little Sasami was busy going over the finishing touches of her master plan while humming 'Here Comes The Bride' when she felt a familiar presence. "Hello Tsunami-sama."
Tsunami smiled. "I knew you spent too much time around Seto. Planning some mischief Sasami?" Sasami nodded happily. "Before you start playing matchmaker, don't you have something to do?"
Sasami thought about it for a moment then she remembered. "Oh my, I'm so sorry, I totally forgot. I'll bring her to the ship right away." She went to Washu's lab to fetch Kasumi.
Tsunami watched Sasami go. "Just as long as she doesn't learn that smile of Seto's… That smile scares even me."
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Ayeka walked down into Washu's lab in earnest. Washu was busy typing at her console while Ranma, Nabiki, Kasumi, and Cologne were busy talking amongst themselves. "Excuse me Washu-chan, can I ask you for a small favor?"
Washu looked up from her computer screen with her patented piercing stare. "Yes?"
Ayeka was slightly shaken but didn't show it. "I need your help with growing my tree, Ryu-oh. I have acquired a seed and I am in need of a suitable vessel to grow Ryu-Oh in. Can you help me?"
Washu stared at Ayeka for a few moments. "Let me see it," she finally said.
Ayeka pulled her seed from her sleeve and handed it to Washu. Washu promptly threw the seed into a hole that appeared out of nowhere. Ayeka watched this in shock. "Wh-What? What are you doing?"
"I'll get to it later. I have more important things to take care of at the moment." Washu went back to her screen.
Ayeka's left eye twitched. "What could be more important than my Ryu-oh?"
"First there's Ukyo's detox operation which I am in the middle of at the moment," Washu said without looking up from her console, "then I have to run scans on both Kasumi and Ranma, plus I do have some old research that I have to get updated on. Once that's all done I'll tend to your tree."
"And may I inquire on how long all that will take?" Ayeka asked with a small glare.
Washu shrugged while typing. "Oh, it could take days, more than likely weeks. You never know what could pop up between now and then."
Ayeka's limited patience was past its limit. "And you expect for me to believe that you can't spare some time to gather some supplies to start growing Ryu-oh?" she asked loudly.
Washu stopped typing and looked at Ayeka. "Like you can't spare some time to talk with my daughter like civilized people?"
Ayeka blanched. "W-what do you mean by that?"
Washu got up from her chair and walked up to Ayeka until she was pressing against her. Washu looked up at her with a stare that was even more piercing than the last. "Everything she sees I see. I am telepathically linked with her Ayeka, and even if she believes the opposite I care about her well-being. Normally I don't mind when you two fight over Tenchi mostly because it's a bit funny, but what you did earlier today was out of line, and if you expect me to do any small favors for you, you better get on my good side. I could bump your tree higher on my list, but right now I'm not motivated enough to even care about a stupid, useless plant." Washu turned away. "Now get out of my sight you vile cur. Your stench repulses me."
Ayeka glared at Washu's back for a few moments. Deciding that leaving would be a good option she raised her head like she was above Washu, turned around, and left.
Washu turned towards the others in the room. "Do you need anything?"
The others who were watching the conversation intently suddenly found interest in some of the other things in the lab, including the floor.
Sasami appeared in the doorway to the lab. "Kasumi-san, are you here?"
Kasumi walked up to Sasami. "What is it Sasami?"
"Tsunami-sama wants to talk to you. She asked for your presence in my ship."
Kasumi looked a bit shocked. "Oh my, we should be off then."
Nabiki watched Kasumi and Sasami walk off. "Hopefully Tsunami will be able to tell sis more about her powers she's acquired."
Cologne nodded. "Indeed. Now I must be off. I have to increase Mousse's training. No need for him to become lax especially with Shampoo on the loose." Cologne hobbled off to grab Mousse on her new stick, liking the feel of it.
When Cologne left Ranma turned towards Nabiki. "Nabiki, can we talk in private please?"
Nabiki knew what Ranma wanted to talk about, it was obvious. The question was if she was ready to talk about it. "Sure, let's go."
Washu watched the pair walk off with a sigh. 'Damn he's got a cute butt.'
"Washu, can you help me please?"
Washu looked to her side to see Mihoshi standing there holding Ryoga in his pig form. "How did you get in?"
"Well I kinda got a little lost looking for this pace and well here I am."
Washu mentally noted that there was only one way in and out of her lab, and she was looking right at it when Mihoshi suddenly appeared right beside her. Deciding to do many experiments later on her to find out how she does that she looked towards the pig. "What did you do to him?"
"I don't know. Every time he wakes up he keeps getting nosebleeds. I think there's something wrong with him."
Speaking of which said pig was waking up from his latest trip to La La Land. When he opened his eyes he looked up to Mihoshi who had a huge smile on her face. "Oh P-chan you're awake!" Mihoshi hugged Ryoga, who's reflex was gushing nosebleed and another faint.
Mihoshi went from happy to sad in milliseconds. "Why does he keep doing that? What's wrong with him?"
Washu sweat dropped. She swore that pig just gushed more blood than it carried in its bloodstream. "It appears he's, for a lack of a better term, extremely shy."
Mihoshi looked at Washu blankly. "Shy? What's that have to do with nosebleeds?"
Washu slammed her head on her console while face faulting.
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Ranma led Nabiki outside the house towards the wooded area where they would have some privacy. "Nabiki, remember that conversation we had a few days ago?" Ranma asked when he was sure there was no one listening. Nabiki nodded. "So why are you keepin' secrets again?"
"Ranma, there is no secret." Nabiki placed a hand on Ranma's shoulder. "I'm fine."
"You know it hurts me when you lie." Ranma took Nabiki's hand that was on his shoulder. "Now tell me the truth. What's wrong?"
Nabiki smiled a bit to put Ranma's mind at ease. "It's just a small thing really. Nothing to worry about."
"Nabiki, anythin' concerning anythin' around me is not small. One of the many things I've learned over the years."
Nabiki raised an eyebrow. "Aren't you being a bit paranoid?"
Ranma smirked. "I call it bein' prepared."
"Riiight." Nabiki stared at Ranma for a few moments. "You're not going to let this go, are you?" Ranma shook his head slightly. "It's just some stupid dream I had last night, that's all."
Ranma tilted his head to the side a bit. "You dream?"
Nabiki pinched him on the arm. "Yes I dream, thank you."
Ranma rubbed the spot where Nabiki had pinched him. "So what did you dream about?"
"It… it was stupid dream really. I saw you holding some woman with long spiky hair. I couldn't make anything out more than a dark silhouette. You two were rather intimate. When Washu started flirting with you this morning she reminded me greatly of the woman I saw."
Ranma hugged Nabiki, who returned it in full. "Nabiki, you know I would never leave you."
"I know, but with everything that's happened and with the wedding only a month away, I guess I'm just a bit scared, that's all."
Ranma smirked. "Gettin' cold feet? That's not like you at all."
"You know, if I was still running those betting pools, I would of put the odds to you having the cold feet thank you. I feel just fine, just a bit on edge."
"Nabiki, I want you to tell me if anythin' bothers ya." Ranma broke the hug and looked Nabiki square in the eyes. "I know you like ta hide your emotions from others, but I want you to stop hidin' them from me. No matter how small your problem may seem, I want to know about it. Okay."
Nabiki smirked. "Okay, I'll try."
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Since Tenchi was finally done with his training for the day he decided to take a long overdue bath. When he entered the onsen the smell of sake immediately assaulted him. Tenchi quickly pinched his nose. "What's that smell coming from?" he asked himself.
He looked around and saw Ryoko drinking up a storm. What had stopped him from his normal nosebleed was Ryoko slamming the bottle onto the floor shattering it. He watched in awe as she quickly opened up another bottle and started chugging it down. After she finished that bottle she again slammed it against the floor while yelling, "That fucking bitch! I'll kill her!"
Tenchi entered the onsen and sat a bit away from Ryoko. "Hey Ryoko. You okay?"
Ryoko looked towards Tenchi. "Tenchi… what are you doing here?"
"Just finished up training for today. I see you got an early start on dad's old sake supply. What's the occasion?"
Energy started to arc around Ryoko which startled Tenchi. "That bitch… that bitch pisses me off!"
Now he knew Ryoko and Ayeka (who he was assuming Ryoko was talking about) got into some bad fights, but this was beyond anything he's encountered before from Ryoko. He's never seen her this mad before (he doesn't count the time at the school since he found out that was all an act to tease him). "What did she do?"
Ryoko finished off yet another bottle of sake. "She thinks she's so big and mighty! I'd love to take her down a couple of notches." Another bottle slammed into the ground. "Maybe I should break her into tiny pieces."
Tenchi sighed. Somehow he knew the fights involving him are about to get worse. Deciding to be away from a potential ground zero he moved to another spot in the onsen to give Ryoko some room to alleviate some stress off of herself.
"Hey Tenchi, where are you goin'? I need a drinking buddy."
Or maybe not.
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Kasumi looked around the bridge of Sasami's ship, Tsunami. She remembered the events from the night before where She and Sasami were engaged in a battle with Kagato and the Soja. The events surrounding her getting shocked by Tsunami was a bit hazy, but Sasami had told her what she saw. She also remembered Washu saying something about her getting new powers and knowledge, but she didn't go into much detail.
A few moments after Sasami and Kasumi stepped onto the small hill where the Tree Tsunami stood the projection of Tsunami in her human form appeared. "Hello Kasumi. How are you feeling?"
"I am feeling fine Tsunami-sama," Kasumi replied politely.
"That is good to hear." Tsunami looked towards Sasami with a small smile. "I hate to ask you this Sasami, but I need to talk to Kasumi alone. Could you leave alone for a while please?"
Sasami had a slightly hurt expression. "Okay Tsunami," she replied with a subdued tone.
"Don't be sad Sasami." Tsunami kneeled down in front of Sasami. "It's not that I don't trust you Sasami. There are few things I need to discuss with Kasumi that you are not yet ready for. Once you are ready I will tell you everything, okay?"
"Really Tsunami?" Sasami asked with a bit of hope.
Tsunami gave Sasmi one of her patented smiles. "I promise Sasami. Now don't you have some match making to do? I'm sure Seto will be quite pleased with the results."
Sasami nodded happily. "That's right. I don't have any time to lose." Sasmai looked towards Kasumi. "Have fun with Tsunami Kasumi-san."
Kasumi smiled. "I will Sasami."
Sasami quickly left to head back to the house. Her master plan needed to be implemented and it will require some work, but the results will be worth it.
Tsunma watched Sasami leave with a smile. "It is good to see her in such high spirits. With the darkness coming moments like these will be rare."
"You mean Tokimi?" Kasumi stated more than asked. She put a hand up to her mouth. "How did I know that?"
"I see my guess was right." Tsunami walked up to Kasumi. "The surge that ran through you did more then transfer some of my power. Tell me Kasumi, does the name Makkura mean anything to you?"
Kasumi thought about it for a few moments. Her eyes started to grow wide. "Oh… my…"
Tsunami turned and looked towards the stars. "I see you know. I ask you never tell anyone else what you know."
Kasumi was a bit shocked. "But why Tsunami? We need to prepare"
"I know Kasumi," Tsunami cut in. "And you can see what I have done so far to do so, but I believe it will not be enough."
"If he finds you and Washu Tsunami, what can we do to stop him?" Kasumi asked with fear in her voice.
"He's already found me," Tsunami replied sadly. "Saving the Earth from Kagato cost me my cover." Tsunami lowered her head. "It's funny really. Tokimi told me many times my kindness would be my downfall, and it seems she was right."
"Don't say that Tsumani," Kasumi quickly stated. "We will find a way to stop him."
"You probably know what the cost was last time we stopped him, and that was only temporarily. Our forces are considerably less this time around, Kasumi. And now he has the initiative. I am at a loss Kasumi. I don't know what to do."
"You could start by training me Tsunami," Kasumi stated. "Now that I know what is coming, I cannot sit idly by and just watch."
"Training you will be simple. You already have the knowledge. Allyou need is just some practice inapplication." Tsunami turned around to face Kasumi. "Though I would rather have you trained slowly to ease the transition between what you know verses what is the truth. The only question is how much power you received during the surge. We will have to get you practicing using your powers often." Tsunami smiled. "Since both Ranma and Nabiki have forced you to stop doing housework while at Tenchi's place I'm sure you'll have some free time on your hands."
Kasumi blushed a bit. "Yes it's been quite strange to not do anything for this long. It just doesn't feel right." A thought occurred to Kasumi. "Tsunami, do you know what happened seven hundred years ago at the seal? I'm afraid I don't have any information about it."
Tsunami slightly lowered he rhead. "I do not know either Kasumi, and that scares me."
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Ryoga woke up slowly. He noticed quickly that there were many cables attached to him, which in turn were attached to many different machines. He also noticed two tubes that were inserted into his arms. One that was attached to what appeared like a tank with blood in it and the other attached to another tank with some sort of clear liquid. Trying to move he quickly noticed that he couldn't. "Hey, what's going on here? And where my clothes?" The fact that he was also naked save a pair of boxers didn't escape him either.
"Oh goody you're awake," Washu stated. "I guess we can start then."
Ryoga looked at the young girl with a confused expression on his face. "Uh excuse, who are you and what do you mean we can start? Start what?"
Washu smiled. "I am Washu, the greatest scientific genius in the universe!" Flash and flair surround Washu who is laughing manically.
Ryoga sweat dropped "Aren't you a bit young to play scientist?"
Washu glared at him. "Are you doubting me?"
Ryoga's survival instincts kicked in hard. "No, no, no, I'm not, I'm not, okay?"
Washu glared at him for a few seconds. Suddenly she smiled brightly. "Good, glad we understand each other. Now to begin."
"Begin what?" Ryoga said with a hint of fear in his voice.
Washu went to her console and began typing. "It has been brought to my attention that you have a problem with being extremely shy thus causing nosebleeds. I'm going to help you rectify this." She finished typing her commands. "Now just relax and take a look at this."
Ryoga looked at the screen in front of him, which caused massive nosebleed and a faint.
Washu typed her observations into her log. "It appears that he has this reaction other than the normal reaction. Interesting. I wonder if blood even gets down there?" She got up and took a peak inside Ryoga's boxers. "Well, he is average size, but it's not hard." She went up to a diagram that was floating overhead Ryoga. "I wonder where the blockage is?' She started to laugh manically. "Once I figure him out I'll move on to Tenchi. I hear he's even worse than this one is. That's going to be so much fun."
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Tenchi had the strangest feeling he's ever had before. Having a chill run up his spine while in a hot onsen drinking sake. "Wonder where that came from. You know now that I think about it I should be doing something right now, but I can't remember what it was."
Ryoko poured Tenchi another drink. "Prbably wasn't important anyways. Now drink up."
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Katsuhito looked at the stone walkway in front of the shrine where Tenchi was supposed to be sweeping right now with a slight glare. "Skipping out on his chores is he? I'll teach him better than that."
A/N: As you can see I didn't forget about this story. Trying to set up some things to get the initial push started before the action starts.
Until next time, Peace!
