I was sitting around when the idea to write this came to me. I've noticed that there are only a few Lunar/Ranma crossovers, and those that I've seen haven't been updated in years. I intend to write one and actually finish it. Like Demonic Fusion, this story will be updated irregularly. Anyway, on with the fic!
Disclaimer: I do not own Ranma or Lunar, they belong to their respective creators, and although I wish I was, I am not making any money off of this either.
"speaking"
'thinking'
Eternal Blue Redux: Ranma's Journey
By Shadow of the Dark
Ranma Saotome sat on the roof of the Tendo dojo in a thinking position. One week has passed since the failed wedding, and the situation had continued to worsen. His fiancées had upped their efforts to marry him, his rivals had increased their attempts to kill him, the fathers were pushing even harder then usual to force him to marry Akane, he continued to fight against the old pervert, and problems just keep seeming to find him.
'Man, what am I supposed to do about all of this? It's not my fault Pops went and made a bunch of deals in my name. Why do I have to fix all of his screw-ups? I can't win! No matter what I do, someone ends up dishonored! If I choose Akane, Ucchan will be dishonored, and Shampoo will be dishonored and punished for failing, possibly death or being locked in her cursed form! If I choose Ucchan, Akane and the Tendos will be dishonored, and Shampoo will end up the same way, and if I choose Shampoo, then the other two will be dishonored. That's not to mention the one I pick will be attacked by the other girls, and the rivals that like that girl will try even harder to take me out. To add to that, I keep having new fiancées showing up, as well as people challenging me, who make things even worse! What do I do...'
Ranma was engulfed in despair and hopelessness. Frustration at the hopelessness of his situation continued to build up in him. He had done so much, even going so far as to kill a god, and yet nothing he did seemed to help. His skills continued to increase, he had even surpassed the power of the Happosai and Cologne, although he continued to hide this fact. Sighing, Ranma stood up, and leapt down to the ground, before walking out the front gate onto the street. As he walked down the street, Ranma's mind continued to be filled with thoughts of his situation. As he walked through a small park, Ranma sensed something. He did not know what it was, but it felt powerful. Suddenly, the air around him seemed to grow heavy, as a presence pressed down on him. A flash lit the air, causing Ranma to cover his eyes. When the light died down, Ranma uncovered his eyes. Where the flash had come from was a small stone lying on the ground. The stone looked as though it was made of crystal, but the truly unusual thing about it was that it was glowing internally. Ranma cautiously walked toward it, and, picking up a nearby stick, poked at the stone. Nothing happened. Ranma slowly reached down to grab the stone. However, as soon as his hand closed around the stone, the stone began to glow again.
"Woah!"
Ranma tried to let go of the stone, but his hand would not release it, his hand was frozen. The glow continued to grow, and soon, all that Ranma could see was white.
'What have I gotten myself into this time?'
This was Ranma's last thought before everything went blank.
Unbeknown to Ranma, the events in the park drew the attention of another being. Deep in his dark prison, the Dark God of Destruction, Zophar took notice of the surge of a power so hated and familiar to him.
'What does Althena think she will accomplish bringing an outsider to Lunar? No matter, it won't help her.'
In a place a universe away from Nerima and Earth...
Evening fell across the land as two figures were running their way across the plain. One of the figures was a young man who appeared to be in his teen years. He had short brown hair, a cheerful face, and had two green tattooed stripes under his right eye. He wore a tan cape and his clothing was that of a traveler. The other figure was not even human. It appeared to be a pink female cat with wings. There was a yellow bow on her head. It should now be noted that only the boy was running, with the pink cat riding on his shoulder.
"Hurry Hiro, or we'll be late and Grandpa Gwyn will get mad at us again!" the flying cat said.
"I know that Ruby, I'm going as fast as I can!" the boy now identified as Hiro said.
Ruby turned her attention away from Hiro to the area ahead of them.
"Hey Hiro! There's something over there!" Ruby said pointing with one paw to the ground ahead of them.
"Huh?" Hiro said as he peered where Ruby was pointing, "hey, you're right! What is it?"
The pair slowed as they reached the shape on the ground. Upon closer inspection, the shape was revealed to be a person lying unconscious on the ground. The person was a male teenager, who wore a red shirt, made in a foreign style, and black pants. The boy had black hair in a pigtail, and his features were quite handsome.
"Ummm... what do we do now Hiro?" Ruby asked, as she looked at the lying figure.
"Well, we can't just leave him here," Hiro said , before kneeling down next to the boy, and began to lightly shake him, "hey, wake up!" However, the person remained silent and unmoving. "Well, he's not reacting to me, and there's no water or anything else nearby to use...guess I've got to carry him back home with us." Hiro sighed as he reached and placed his hands under the body, and lifting him onto his back, in a sort of makeshift piggyback. "Geez, he's heavy!" Hiro moaned out as he began walking again.
"Hurry up!" Ruby said from her new position on the comatose boy's head, seeing that she had been dislodged from her previous position by the boy's arm hanging over Hiro's shoulder.
"I'm trying, but I have a slight problem!" Hiro shot back.
"Stop your whining! We have to get home!"
"Alright, alright!"
After a long trek, the two and their cargo reached Gwyn's Place. As they reached the ladder up to the platform the house was built on, they were greeted with the sight of an old man looking down at them.
"Hiro, m'boy, what took you so long? You're late!" the old man said.
"I'm sorry Grandpa Gwyn, but we found this guy unconscious on the ground on our way home, and we couldn't just leave him, so we carried him with us." Hiro called back.
"Yeah, it's all this guy's fault," Ruby said in a cross voice.
"Now Ruby, that was uncalled for, we couldn't just leave him there," Hiro admonished her.
"I guess...," Ruby admitted reluctantly.
"Well, what're you waiting for? Bring him up!" Gwyn yelled down.
After some struggling, and with help from Gwyn and a rope, they were able to haul the boy up the ladder and into the house, before laying him down on the bed. After laying him down, Gwyn pulled Hiro and Ruby to the other side of the room. Gwyn studied them for a moment before saying.
"Alright, what's going on with this boy?"
"I already told you Grandpa, we found the guy unconscious on the ground, and couldn't leave him there, so we brought him with us. I don't know anything else!" Hiro exclaimed, holding his hands up defensively. Gwyn looked at him suspiciously for a moment, then sighed, and said,
"Alright, I believe you, let's just wait a while and see if he wakes up."
And so they did. They did so until, after about an hour, sounds of movement could be heard from the bed that the invalid was lying on. Almost instantly, Gwyn, Hiro, and Ruby were gathered around the bed, eagerly anticipating the waking of the boy. Groans issued from his mouth, as his eyelids twitched, before his eyes slowly opened. He slowly raised himself into a sitting position, rubbing at his eyes, before lowering his hands and looking around. His face grew somewhat nervous as he was faced with two guys and a cat staring him down. He raised his hand slightly and said,
"Uhhh... Hi?"
"Nice to see you're awake. Tell me boy, who are you?" Gwyn asked.
The boy's brow narrowed in thought before an expression of realization crossed his face, as he opened his mouth and said,
"My name is Ranma. Uh, do I... know you?"
"We've never met before. Anyway, we found you lying unconscious in a field on our way home. Do you mind telling us what you were doing out there?" Hiro asked.
There was no response from Ranma, as he seemed to be lost in thought. Hiro was about to repeat his question when Ranma looked up at him. His eyes were wide and his expression looked almost... frightened. His response was not what anyone was expecting.
"I don't know. I..I can't remember!"
"What do you mean, you can't remember!" Ruby half-shouted, sounding slightly worried.
"Exactly what I said. I can't remember anything about my past, even my own last name!" Ranma replied, sounding irritated.
"Are you sure? If you can't even remember your own last name, it will be difficult to find any information about your past." Gwyn said, rubbing his chin with his hand in contemplation.
"Does that mean I just have to wait around and hope that it comes back?" Ranma asked, sounding somewhat resigned to his situation.
"Well, we can't just send you out there alone, especially if you can't remember anything. Hmm...," Gwyn said, in a tone suggesting he was speaking half to himself, and half to the others. "Well, alright, you can stay here, and see if you can remember anything, but!" Gwyn punctuated this with a raised finger, "you have to pull your own weight, and help out with the chores. You understand?"
"Ah, thank you. By the way, do you mind tellin' me who you are?" Ranma asked, with a slightly abashed expression on his face.
Hiro looked surprised as he exclaimed, "Oh! Sorry, I forgot. This is my Grandpa Gwyn," Hiro pointed to Gwyn, "he's a researcher of ancient ruins. I'm Hiro, and I'm an explorer! This is Ruby," Hiro pointed to Ruby, who was sitting on Hiro's shoulder. This caused Ranma, for the first time, to take a good look at what Ruby actually was. Ranma stared for a moment in blank incomprehension. However, this pause was broken when Ranma's eyes bulged, and he scooted away to the other side of the bed.
"C-C-C-Cat!"
"Hey! I am not a cat!" Ruby objected, sounding very annoyed.
This caused Ranma to pause in his panicking, 'Wait...it...talked? But c-c-felines can't talk. Even if the voice is really high-pitched and annoying, it still can't be possible. Plus, it was pink and had wings. So, it can't be a cat, right?"
This being resolved, Ranma slowly relaxed, as he carefully looked at the creature known as Ruby. After fighting down the urge to panic, Ranma began to notice the distinct differences from a cat. Aside from the obvious differences of that Ruby was pink, had wings, and talked, she was not behaving like a cat would, indeed, she was acting remarkably like an angry human woman. Now calm again, Ranma opened his mouth and said,
"Alright then, what are you?"
"Hmph! How rude! But if you must know, I am a Red Dragon!" Ruby said with a superior expression.
"A Dragon? Aren't you just a little small to be a Dragon?" Ranma asked skeptically.
"I am a Dragon! Don't make me set you on fire!" Ruby threatened.
"Set me on fire? With what?" Ranma challenged.
"With THIS!" And on that note, Ruby opened her mouth, and let loose with a stream of fire, leaving a stunned and somewhat charred Ranma behind. "That'll teach you!" Ruby said smugly.
"How- How did she do that!" Ranma choked out.
Hiro and Gwyn were barely able to hide their amusement, as Hiro said,"well, I'm not sure if Ruby's a dragon, but it's not wise to argue with her about it."
"All right then, I'll remember that." Ranma said before shaking his head to clear it.
"Ranma, do you mind telling us why you acted like that when you saw Ruby?" Gwyn asked.
"Actually, I don't know why. When I saw her, I thought c-c-c-cat, and became really scared. I can't remember why I would be afraid of cats." Ranma said thoughtfully.
"Maybe something traumatizing happened, and it causes an extreme fear of cats?" Gwyn suggested.
"I guess, but there's no point worrying about it right now, right?" Hiro interjected.
"Well, I suppose you're right. We should go ahead and set up a bed for you, Ranma," Gwyn said,"since I don't think you want to be sleeping with someone else."
A/N: Well, there it is, a new story. What do you think of it? I find myself having problems on trying to decide the pairing however. My personal choices are Lucia, since I like her, and Jean, since she is a martial artist as well. Feel free to make suggestions, though I can't guarantee that I can add them to the story. Don't forget to R&R! Until next time!
