Star Trek: Ranma's Story11 – By DS Wynne

Disclaimer: "Ranma ½", "Star Trek", "Sailor Moon" and other genres belong to their respective owners.

Note: This is a spin-off to "Sailor Moon ST", though you don't have to read that story to enjoy this one.

Special note: This is BOOK ONE of the Ranma ½ saga.

Part 11
Senior Chief Petty Officer Ranma Saotome, disguised in his female form, moved passed the various "battle lines", as SHE moved closer to Engineering. Already, she could sense that the entity was getting stronger, and word is that Captain Kirk and his squad had been pushed back.

"For the Empire-!"

POW!

As the various Klingon warriors tried to stop Ranma, she would backhand one warrior, while casually palm-striking another. Finally, she made it to the main entrance of Engineering, where Kirk was licking his wounds.

"…Chief Saotome?" Kirk asked.

"Yes, sir," Ranma said, as she performed some stretches. Some of the men were still shocked that there was an "aqua-transsexual" aboard the ship…and a cute one at that. "I heard that you were having problems."

"You heard correctly. Strangely, Kang seems stronger than ever."

Ranma squinted her eyes. She wondered if she could defeat the Klingon commander.

"Wish me luck, sir," Ranma said, as she fades into the bulk-head…

"I wish we know how the lass does it," Scotty said.

In Engineering, Kang was trying to reestablish his dominance.

"Soon, my wife, we shall take back this ship to the Empire, and be celebrated as heroes!" Kang declared.

Suddenly, various warriors were being flung and knocked about the room. Kang got his wife Mara behind him.

"Show yourself, demon!"

Ranma appears.

"Surrender," Ranma said simply, as she twirled a Klingon knife on her finger, which was "acquired" from a fallen warrior.

Kang sneered.

"I will not surrender to a female!"

And with that, Kang charged Ranma.

Ranma was taken by surprised by Kang's speed. Plus, she was still trying to maintain her level of power in spite of the draining of her personal energy.

At the last minute, Ranma ducked. Kang was trying to take Ranma's head with his sword…

SWIPE!

…And away her pig-tail went.

"Hey!" Ranma yelled. "I just grew that!"

"Do not worry, female," Kang replied with a smirk. "Once you are my concubine, you will have plenty of time to regrow that hair of yours."

"Grrrrr!"

Meanwhile, the alien entity that was causing all the trouble watched from a hidden place. It hoped that the fight between Kang and Ranma would produce lots of energy for it.

Too bad for it, the entity was unaware of the presence of a "youma destroyer", with lots of anti-supernatural experience…

"Moon Tiara MAGIC!"

FWOOSH!

Back in Engineering, the tide was turning against Kang.

"My…my power!" Kang yelled.

Ranma, seeing that her opponent was obviously weakening, calmed down.

"Obviously, you are no match for me," Ranma said, as she got back into a loose stance. "Surrender."

Kang sneered.

"I will not humble myself before a female!" Kang said. Then he charged…

"HOLD IT!"

Usagi had used her "weird voice", acquired when she was a member of a sisterhood that was a cross between a nunnery and a coven of witches, to command the combatants to stop.

"Usagi, stay out of this fight!"

"Yes, woman! Let me have my honor!"

Usagi, with Captain Kirk and company in tow, went up to Ranma and Kang.

"I already explained this to Captain Kirk," Usagi said, as she brought up a jar that had the alien entity, the one who was causing the problems, in it. "This thing is the cause of all of our problems."

"Is this…verifiable?" Kang asked.

"Do you feel any animosity towards anyone?"

"Perhaps…perhaps not. I still want to fight this woman!"

"Well, I can oblige-" Ranma began.

"Saotome!" Kirk admonished. "Commander Kang, can we at least agree that neither one of us were in our right minds, thanks to the alien entity?"

Kang thought for a moment.

"Fine."

And then, Kang saw the red-haired pig-tail.

"I'll take this as a symbol of this…cease fire!"

"Hey, that's mine-!" Ranma began.

"Ranma, let it go," Usagi said.

And with that, the conflict between the Klingons and Starfleet was over. As part of the "cease fire", the Klingons were allowed to go back to their territory.

Years later, Ranma Saotome, now a Starfleet officer with the rank of "Commander", would solidify the relationship between himself and Kang. It was during the Khitomar Accords that Ranma would save the life of Kang's family from an assassination attempt. Kang was one of the few Klingons officials who were suitably impressed enough to support the "Khitomar Accords". Having remembered his time on the Enterprise, Kang convinced many of the hardliners that humans can be dealt with as equals. This was especially important since a recent ecological disaster would have spelled the ruin of the Klingon Empire. So Ranma, having met Kang years ago, was chosen to assist the newly-appointed Federation Ambassador Curzon Dax of Trill in developing the preliminaries for the accords, before the Klingon chancellor and his staff was to sign the agreement between the Empire and the Federation…

Q'onos was a depressing, bad weather place. Everything seemed greenish, most likely due to bad weather, and even worse environmentalism.

"Man,' Commander Saotome said, as he huddle in his cloak. "No wonder these people are so ill-tempered. Maybe Ryouga's a Klingon, or something."

"For a 'hard core' martial artist and security person, you seem so soft," Curzon replied. "Anyway, we're suppose to meet with the Chancellor's representative…"

The two were escorted to a meeting place, where they met-

"Ambassador Dax and Commander Saotome," Kang said with a smirk. "I take it that your trip here has been…pleasant?"

"Yes, it has, Lord Kang," Dax says. "And we are here to begin the negotiations before everything is official."

And with that, Ranma's month-long stay begins.

There, when not doing anything official, Ranma would take advantage of the warrior culture and martial arts. And being himself, Ranma took up the martial arts like a fish to water. Thus, when it came time to demonstrate his knowledge of, let's say, "mok'bar", Ranma proved to be a master. And he proved this when a Klingon hit squad took place on Kang and his homestead…

"Arh!" said the Klingon assassin, who was charging at Ranma and Curzon, who was trying to protect the wives of Kang, Koloth and Kor. All of the wives were placed in protective custody, when word came out on the possible "hits" on them and their families. Kang's wife was pregnant with their most recent child, who was being looked after by a midwife.

Ranma's eyes squinted, just as he lashed out with a double-ended long blade known as a "bat'leth". He had been under orders not to use his potent abilities for fear of disturbing the Klingons.

Ranma twirled his weapon, and began to slice into his opponents, making sure that the injuries were not life-threatening.

"AH!"

"Argh!"

"Ugh!"

"How's it going?" Ranma said, as he countered the attacks. As long as he can play defense, it will buy reinforcements time to arrive.

"Well, Mara's contractions are coming smoothly," Dax said. How about you?"

"AGH!" said another Klingon assassin.

"Never felt better!"

One last Klingon approached, with a look of determination. He stood out from the others, due to his unusually pale complextion.

He was...the Albino.

But, at the time, he was simply another renegade Klingon to Ranma. So...

SLICE!

"Agh!"the Albino screamed, as he clutched his stomach.

Ranma stood over him, as he laid on the ground...

"MARA!" yelled a voice.

Eventually, reinforcements came, just as Mara's son was being born.

A short time later...

"For doing this," Kang said, "I will make you my son's godfather."

And thus, Kang named his son "Ranma", in honor of his friend.

With the return of Kang, Koloth and Kor, who brought reinforcements, the coup was put down. And because of Ranma and Dax' bravery, the Klingon Chancellor was impressed enough to take a chance at making a lating peace between However, just as the Albino, the leader of the coup, was about to face execution, he managed to make his escape, vowing revenge.

Fifteen years later…

"NOOOOOOOO!" Kang yelled.

Kang had invited people to witness his son's "Rite of Ascension", which was the equivalent of a bar mitzvah for Jews. Apparently, the Klingon assassin, a man called "The Albino" had gotten revenge on Kang, Koloth and Kor for their role in stopping the coup years earlier, had murdered their children. The Albino had managed to escape before the authorities had come.

"Tell me, my brother," Kang said to Ranma, "Do I have your word of honor, that you will join me in revenge against the Albino?"

Ranma closed his eyes. His wife Usagi had recently gave birth to twin little girls, Hoshiko and Aiko. He wasn't present when his son Ranmak was born, so he wanted to savor every moment with his little girls.

"You have my word, Kang, that when the time comes, you can count on me."

And with that, Kang and Ranma swore a blood oath, by cutting into their hands with a dagger, and shaking on it.

END FLASHBACK.

"So you see, Captain," Commander Ranma Saotome said. "I have to do this."

Captain Benjamin Sisko, the commander of the Federation Station Deep Space Nine (and the starship "Defiant"), nodded.

"Very well. Just remember that the Old Man has a new life now."

Ranma nodded. He knew that Trills, being a symbiotic species, were honor-bound to disassociate themselves from their past lives. Still, it was hard for him to not see the Curzon Dax that would become his life-long friend. After all, it was Curzon who introduced Benjamin Sisko to him at that conference years ago. It was that level of comfort between the Starfleet officers that would give his word to Ben to protect Dax's latest incarnation from the wounds of the past.

Forty-eight hours later, Kang, Koloth, Kor, Saotome and Lt. Jadzia Dax found themselves on Secarus IV, where the Albino was holding up. The Secarus system was in the Cardassian De-militarize Zone (DMZ), which made a good hiding spot for those who don't want to be found. Both Ranma and Dax noticed how irregular Kang was acting, especially when it came to how best to storm the Albino's citadel. And after an argument between Dax and Kang, that's when Ranma found out that the Albino had contacted Kang for the express purpose allowing them all one last shot of glory.

In other words, the Albino was setting up a trap.

"Kang, you wouldn't have come to me if you weren't serious," Ranma said, as he folded his arms.

"I know, Brother," Kang replied. "I am tired of all this."

"Kang, what happened to you? Where's the Kang I know that was willing to kick my butt over the slightest provocation?"

Kang said nothing.

"Look, we're brothers. I am willing to risk my life and limb to fulfill my obligation to you. But you got to trust me."

Kang looked at Ranma.

"For a man who is half-woman, you make sense."

Ranma rolled his eyes.

"So, my bother, what is the plan?"

"Here's what we are going to do…"

A short time later…

"Sir, we found this female wandering outside," said a guard.

The Klingon "Albino" looked at the red-haired, pig-tailed girl, who was being dragged in front of him.

"Who are you, girl?" the Albino said.

The girl, who was feigning exhaustion, looked straight into the Albino's eye.

"Remember me?" the girl said.

The Albino took a look deep into those steel-blue eyes, and realized something. He then remembered the look on the one person who used a batleth on his stomach, nearlyeighty years ago…

"You."

"Yes, me," the girl replied with a smirk.

BOOM!

All around the compound, the charges that Dax laid down blew, just as the Dax and their Klingon allies made their way to the center. Each one was taking down guards, as they cut a swath of blood-letting.

Ranma shrugged off her captors, and was about to clobber the Albino, when the Albino pulled out a nasty needle, and stuck it into Ranma's gut.

"Gah!"

The Albino smirked, as Ranma began to become racked with a pain.

"That, my friend, is the same virus that I had used on your godson. Simply inhaled or used on the skin, the virus will kill instantly. I do wonder if your much vaunted immune system can take a full dose? Regardless of the means, watching you die will please me."

Just then, Dax, Kor and Koloth manage get to the inner chamber. Koloth, surprised to see Ranma withering on the ground, was taken down by a sharp-shooter.

Dax returned fire.

"Hold on, Koloth!" Dax said. "I'll-"

"Save Saotome!" Koloth managed. "I earned my place in 'stovokor'…"

And with that, Koloth dies…with honor.

Kor, who was injured earlier, did his best to protect Dax's rear flank.

"Tell, me Dax," the Albino said. "Do you think that Saotome has a chance? I can give him a cure…or I can kill him now. He…SHE is quite helpless."

Ranma was using all of her might to fight the virus from spreading through her body. The side-effect of being able to control her curse was complete control of her cellular functions. Even so, she was still helpless in the Albino's eyes.

And then, she noticed movement, slow and steady, behind the Albino.

"So, what are you going to do, Dax?" the Albino asks.

Dax, who noticed a familiar face from behind the Albino, smirked.

"Nothing."

Before the Albino said anything else…

CHUNK!

As the Albino's body dropped, with a bat'leth to the back, Kang fell to his knees. It was apparent that he was suffering from a fatal wound.

"My brothers, the oath has been…fulfilled."

And thus Kang, an enemy-turned-ally, dies.

Ranma manages to get on her knees. She scrapes across the blood soaked ground, and cradles Kang's head in her lap. She looks into Kang's eyes, closes them, and screams.

It was the blood curdling scream that a Klingon warrior makes that tells the spirit world that a warrior was coming home. And in Kang's honor, Ranma performed the rites as one.

Kor sings a ballad of honor, while Dax looks on.

A few days later…

"Thank you for taking care of Dax," Sisko said, as he shakes Ranma's hand. The Enterprise had made a stop at DS9, so Ranma could go directly back to his ship.

"No problem," Ranma replied. "We…have to take care of our brothers, right?"

Just as Ranma was about to leave…

"Pappy!" Molly said, as she ran into her great, grand-father's arms. Her parents and Usagi were following suit. "Must you go?"

"I got to, honey-bunny. But I promise to be back as soon as I can."

"Well, you are welcome to our home at any time, Commander," Senior Chief Petty Officer Miles O'Brien (Operations) said.

"Miles!" Keiko chided. "Of course he is welcome."

"And don't forget about me, stranger," Counselor Usagi Tsukino said, as she gave Ranma a hug and a kiss. "And tell Deanna that I am a good counselor…in spite of the rumors."

"Hey, that's between you and her."

As Ranma turns to leave, bag in tow, he notices Dax on the balcony. They both nod in understanding of what they did…what they had to do. And the reason was simple:

Blood was thicker than water…and honor was thicker than blood.

Ranma leaves, not knowing what the future might bring. However, whatever happens, he was more than ready to deal with it head on.

Fin.

Author's note: So, what do you think of my cross-generation story (based upon TOS' "Day of the Dove" and DS9's "Blood Oath")? I hope that everyone writes in to let me know how you feel. BTW, "Part 12" will wrap up "Book One", which will detail how Ranma fared during the last days of Kirk's five-year mission, how Ranma and Uhura broke-up, and how Ranma began to notice Usagi other than a friend. This part of the story will serve as a transition story into "Book II" as well. And don't worry, as soon as I can, I will put the parts in the correct order. That is one mistake that I will not make again. Later!