Vampiric ascent

Disclaimer: I don't own Ranma ½ or Gold Diggers or Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines. Actually I own the Bloodlines game and Ranma is the property of Rumiko Takahashi. Gold Diggers was created by Fred Perry. Vampire the Masquerade is still subject to the rights of Troica soft or something like that. The producers own it.

Revealing your inner self

Ranma darted through the streets of Nerima wanting to go to school. He had been badgered all day by his fiancé's and finally got free of them. He landed on a car after jumping over a bench and then a sting went through the mark on his neck. It stung occasionally and generally proved to be a minor annoyance. Ranma could remember the day it had come onto his neck.

Flashback:

Ranma was training with his father and was hurt pretty severely. They camped near an old abandoned temple in Cambodia. It was one of those vine covered old buildings that seemed to creep anyone out. Ranma went exploring the next day while his father slept off his hangover. Ranma looked at the grand building and smiled as he saw a few monkeys frolicking in the shade.

When he wandered into the temple he looked at all the decorations and saw that they all depicted a horrible monstrosity which drank from a river made of blood. Ranma just continued to the deepest part of the Temple where an altar stood. On the altar there was a body lying motionless. The body was hideously deformed and two large fangs could be seen in the mouth of the grotesque creature. Ranma curiously looked at the creature and it drew a rattling breath. Ranma came closer to the altar and touched the creature. It stirred and immediately grabbed Ranma's throat as it got up.

Ranma was scared as he looked into red eyes which glared at him:

"Why are you choking me mister? I'm sorry if I disturbed you."

The Vampire chuckled darkly and said:

"You have awakened me foolish mortal. Gehenna shall come as my brethren shall awake and consume their spawn. I am the Antediluvian with no clan and was imprisoned here because of the powers that were within me. It took my thirteen brethren all their power to seal me in this room after father had wandered the world and created them. I was father's most powerful son and with no clan under me I was the one to keep most of my powers intact., Domination and brute power it all belongs to me. No force can stand against me when I break out of this tomb foolish mortal. You will become my first snack in a hundred thousand years."

Then the Antediluvian let loose Ranma and Ranma landed on the floor with a thump and immediately jumped away and delivered a blow to the creature's solar plexus. The Antediluvian laughed and said:

"You think you can hurt me boy? I am older then your great-great-great-grandparents. You have no possible way of defeating me."

Then Ranma felt something click in his mind and without knowing how he did it he summoned up a small ball of energy and threw it at the Antediluvian. The old vampire looked at it and let it crash into him. Then he just walked forward again and said:

"Mortal there are no things that can hurt me. Now feel the mental pain of my Domination techniques!"

Ranma felt something prod inside his head. And then a searing pain went through his skull. He fell to the floor screaming in agony as the old vampire went through his head. Then Ranma felt himself blacking out.

When Ranma came to his senses again he looked around and saw that he was still in the same room and that the Antediluvian was sitting on top of the altar looking at him:

"Young one I was wrong to have judged you by your race. While Kine are inferior to us Vampires nobody deserves to be treated like that. Even a werewolf wouldn't treat his child like that. You have taught me a valuable lesson tonight. I shouldn't judge people of what they look like. I should judge them by their experiences. And for that I wish to make you my heir since I find the plans of my brethren to be disturbing and wrong. Why murder the entire population when you could just relax and let your own Children rule the world with yourself as the supreme leader. Think about it young one and come back to me within one day."

Ranma left the old Antediluvian sitting on the altar. The old vampire mused as he saw the child which would become his heir get out of the room as fast as possible:

"One so tortured by one's own father. How does the Child keep that good-natured spirit? Although never mind that fact. Once he becomes my heir I shall instruct him in the ways of the Antediluvians and then he shall succeed me by drinking my blood. The only thing I have to do is wait."

Ranma walked through the temple wanting to get away from the man that had lain on the altar. He didn't know why but he felt like a sense of belonging to the man. While the man had threatened him Ranma also instinctively knew that when his potential had been realised the Antediluvian had changed its opinion. If he accepted the offer he might get powerful beyond belief. But if he did so he would lose his humanity and he had no intention of becoming a ravenous beast. From what he had gleamed from the conversation they had is that the Antediluvian seemed to be pondering something. If his brethren had indeed condemned him to be imprisoned in a temple then it would be good to set the old man free. After all nothing deserved to be imprisoned.

Training that day was done without hesitation and Rama noticed that his father hit him harder then before and he felt himself get saddened by it. The full moon was rising and Ranma heard a sound behind him and he turned around and looked at a man wearing clothes fit for adventuring and two girls standing next to him. One had blonde hair and the other had blonde hair with spots. The spotted blonde reminded Ranma of a cat and a shudder went through him. Ranma looked at them and said in Japanese:

"State your intent, travellers."

Theodore Diggers looked at the kid that stood there looking at them and said in Japanese:

"We mean no harm to you young child. We just want to visit these ruins and search for treasure inside."

Then in English he said to his two children:

"Gina, Brittany please stay behind me at all times. There is nothing that I have managed to divulge about these ruins. They could be loaded with traps and I don't want any of you dieing."

The two girls nodded and Brittany walked towards Ranma and extended a hand to him. Ranma looked at the hand and heard Brittany say in English although he didn't understand it yet:

"Wanna be my friend?"

Ranma was confused but as Theodore translated it to Japanese a smile bloomed on his face and he bowed to her and said in Japanese:

"I'd love to miss."

As Theo translated it Brittany smiled and said:

"Wanna play tag with me?"

Theodore translated and looked at Ranma who just nodded. Then Brittany dashed away from Ranma and Ranma followed in hot pursuit. It was actually quite amazing that Ranma managed to keep up with the hyper Werecheetah and as they darted through the landscape Theodore followed the small child with a gleam in his eyes not seen to many people except his wife and a few close associates.

Ranma was having fun with the young girl as they ran through the trees and shrubbery trying to tag each other. Ranma had already managed to tag her once and she had tagged him within a second after that.

Ranma wondered if the girl would like to play with him again after he and his father went away from the temple. But she didn't understand him and when they returned to Theodore the moon was hanging in the air shining on them in its full glory. Brittany seemed to transform in its light and Ranma felt a shiver go through him as he beheld the cat ears. A cry of a wolf was heard nearby and Ranma sat down next to Brittany while trying to reign in his fear. He had some success as it subsided after some tries. Then he was handed a small can of tuna by Brittany and Ranma looked at it.

The Antediluvian looked at the child it had chosen to become his heir and he heard the cry of a werewolf in the far distance. How he loathed those creatures born from he mage that had left them and betrayed father. The Werewolves had existed long before the rest of the Werecreatures had been created. The Werewolves created by the mage were just weak reflections of the creatures that had been bred to exterminate the vampires. Now was the time to give his heir his full power because nobody would expect a child to carry the Legacy of the greatest Antediluvian ever known to Kindred lore.

The Antediluvian walked up to the people and melded into the shadows using Obfuscate. Then he sneaked behind the mortals and just watched their conversation. He was a natural at learning stuff and if his heir would possess his power he too would learn everything at an accelerated pace.

Ranma heard the cry of the wolf in the vicinity and felt something within him beginning to stir. Brittany asked his age and Ranma told them that he was six. Brittany said that she was eight. Ranma grinned at her and told her hat he'd love to meet her again sometime and then train together or something. Gina said that he'd better learn some proper language and Ranma grudgingly agreed to that because his father did only teach him the basics of the language.He bade Theodore and Gina and Brittany goodbye and went off to find his father. When he had gotten away far enough the Antediluvian looked at its heir and appeared from the shadows and said:

"Well have you decided on your choice?"

Ranma looked at the old Vampire and said:

"Yes. I would like to become your heir."

The Antediluvian smirked and his monstrous features shifted to become a younger man who looked to be around 25 years of age. Then fangs gleamed in the moonlight and Ranma felt them prick through hiss neck and absorb the blood within. It was painful at first but then he drifted away as pleasure started to come to him. He felt the fangs go away and watched as the Antediluvian got a small knife from somewhere and slashed his wrist ad commanded him to drink from it. Ranma complied and suddenly felt an insane rush of power going through him. He felt like he could take on the world and still come out unscathed.

The Antediluvian looked at the newly created vampire and said:

"Young fledgling drink my blood and I shall teach you in your mind as my body dies from it. I will train you until I deem you fit to rule the night. You can still walk in daylight as the Antediluvians don't have the same weaknesses as our Children do. Now drink my blood before you go insane of the hunger."

Ranma complied and put his newly grown fangs on top of the elder Vampires neck and bit. The moment he began drinking the blood he felt a presence come into his mind and he heard the voice of his Sire speak and as he drained the undead Antediluvian's blood he felt his own blood react violently and a hoarse cry issued forth from his mouth as he started to feel the burning of power increase in his body.

Then the pain lessened and Ranma stopped screaming and watched as the body crumbled into Ashes. He heard a low chuckle in his head as the Antediluvian made its presence known and said:

"Well it seems that you now possess the power I have and something else. I don't know for sure but I think you might have some strange blood type or are related to a werewolf."

Ranma shrugged and lay down to sleep next to his father who seemed to be wearing a shredded Gi. When he woke up a few hours later he saw the moon still looming in the air and heard feral snarls come from close by. He looked over to his father and where his father had lain now there stood a gigantic wolf which was currently focused on something outside of Ranma's visual range. Ranma followed the look of the wolf and saw Brittany staring at it with fear in her eyes. Then the wolf lunged at the child and Ranma screamed:

"DON'T!"

And suddenly he felt his speed increase with enormous amounts and he slammed himself into eh werewolf making it land a few meters behind Brittany who was now running back to Theodore. After a few seconds Ranma got out of his daze just to see the wolf run after Brittany and with all the strength he could muster Ranma chased after the gigantic wolf never leaving it out of his sight. When the werewolf almost had reached Brittany Ranma accelerated again and he felt his hands becoming clawed and ripped off a good chunk of meat from the werewolf's leg. The werewolf growled at the person who dared hurt him but then calmed down as it saw Ranma. Then it resumed the chase after Brittany. Ranma didn't know what to do but the voice of the Antediluvian came in his mind and said:

"Use the discipline of Celerity and then use something to stop the beast. I know of a Dominate ability that would bend the creature to your will and would let you control it but I doubt that would work. Then just brainwipe it and release it into the wild."

Ranma increased his speed until he became a blur to everyone who looked at him and tackled the werewolf to the ground. They dug a trench in the ground and the werewolf saw the little werecheetah escape his grasp. Then the aura mage appeared on the scene and was currently being pleaded to make the big scary beast go away by Brittany.

Theodore Diggers surveyed the scene. Apparently a werewolf had somehow managed to escape the Massacre and had set its sights on maiming the girl he had adopted and had come to love as his own daughter. Theodore sent a blast of Aura magic at the Werewolf but then saw that a small child clung to it. The blast impacted with the gigantic wolf and Theodore heard a startled yelp.

Ranma felt something impact with him and he felt energy running through his body. He let a yelp come forth from his mouth and groaned in pain. The werewolf had kicked him in the ribs. Then the werewolf started to grow smaller and smaller and its limbs beginning to return to their human shape. Then Genma Saotome lay there being covered y his son who stared ayt his father with wide eyes. Genma grunted and said:

"Get off me boy! I need to kill off the traitorous werecheetah who dared escape the clan."

Ranma didn't like his father. After the Neko-ken training it had made him extremely paranoid of his fathers antics and this totally made his blood boil. He felt a hungry presence within himself stir and as he was flung off Genma he felt the beast take over. He felt pure hatred amassing in his body and he let out a feral scream.

Ranma's eyes began to glow with red anger and Ranma darted at Genma with incredible speed and knocked the man away from Brittany. They rolled over the ground for a while and the Antediluvian inside Ranma's mind said:

"Why not wipe his mind now? You could tell him that you were training and let the mortals get away."

Ranma nodded and started wiping the memory of Genma's meeting with the people he had become acquaintance with. The fat bald man stood there dazed and Ranma walked up to Theodore and told him to get Brittany as far away from his father as possible. The old mage complied and Brittany said to Ranma as they prepared to leave:

"Ranma if you ever need a place to stay then you can come to our place. Daddy wouldn't mind you stay here since we got a lot of space in our home."

Theodore translated it and Ranma smiled at the werecheetah's offer then replied:

"Well I'll protect you if you ever need it. I would protect you with my life and the rest of the clan would do so too."

Theodore got a funny look on his face as he translated and then asked after Brittany had gone to pack her stuff:

"What did you mean with your can Ranma? I doubt that you are something other then human."

Ranma just grinned at the man and said:

"Well I don't know why I said that. But it seems I got to get pops away from here so he won't attack you again."

Then Ranma gently lead his father away from the Diggers and woke him up from his daze and attacked him with an axe kick making the old man defend himself on instinct. Ranma felt the impact of a blow on his side and he saw his father preparing for something. Then a sharp pain flashed through his head and he heard the Antediluvian scream in pain as the pain seemed to be focused on the mental part. Ranma couldn't contain a scream and felt himself transforming.

He felt his hands becoming clawed and felt his nose beginning to pick u more scents then possible. He felt his muscles increase and then felt his face beginning to form into a wolf like visage.

Soon there stood Ranma in a werewolf form. Genma looked satisfied at his son and said:

"Son now your training as one of the werewolves will begin. Werewolves have lived as long as there are Vampires on the world. The blasted bloodsuckers threaten the existence of us and that we can't allow. We will exterminate anyone of the undead and of the other races of werecreatures made by man."

Genma transformed too and in a flurry of swipes managed to knock Ranma out. Then Genma transformed back into his normal self and watched as his son reverted to his normal form.

End of flashback

Ranma stared as his fiancé's came closer and knew he would have to use his werewolf strength to get away. he lifted a car into the air and threw it at the NWC. The car exploded and I succeeded in driving away the girls. He rivals swore vengeance.

Ranma watched as the sun sank beneath the horizon and eh felt the undead of the city awaken. He saw them prowl through the streets and suck human's dry of blood. But he didn't interfere. The Vampires of his clan were increasing by the day and they only Embraced those who were thought worthy to be an asset of the Clan. Ranma was having no difficulty controlling his clan as they were totally devoted to him. The first person he had turned was a whore trying to escape from the whorehouse where she had been working. It happened three months after he had become one with the Antediluvian. Ranma had offered her a way out of her miserable existence and she had scoffed at him first but after he carelessly smashed someone's face into mush she listened and agreed to become a vampire. The Embrace was delicious according to Ranma. He felt the sweet syrupy blood flow through his body and he sliced open his palm and let the woman drink from his blood long enough to make her a full fledged Vampire. Then he explained why she should not reveal to anyone that she was a vampire and that she would have to rest during the day. He also revealed the name of his clan t her. Shinigami was to be the clan name and as the woman looked at her sire she felt a bond between him and her. She travelled with Ranma for a while who had made her rest in a grave he dug for her every morning. His father knew nothing of this because he tended to sleep during the day a lot and wake up in the afternoon to go out drinking when the sun set. Ranma just told the old man that he would be going to train. Ranma watched as hi Childe Embraced a scholar in the magical arts ad was satisfied with the abities that had been passed on o the childe. The whore had received the Disciplines of Domination, Celerity and Presence from him. He didn't understand why but the scholar received Dominate and Obfuscate as his main disciplines. Maybe it had something to do with the chaotical things that happened around him.

The clan grew as many people who were deemed worthy were embraced and soon the clan consisted of both the scholars and the warriors. It was a mix of brainpower and muscle power which made his clan strong with no defining traits because every Vampire received a different mix of power. Some had the same disciplines but they varied in strength.

Ranma watched as one of Clan Nosferatu bt into a woman which it had lured into a dark alley. Suddenly the Nosferatu became ashes as a Katana sliced through its body. Ranma's eyebrow rose at that. Who might be out hunting vampires at this time of night?

The answer soon came in the form of a group of four women. One was obviously the one who had slain the Nosferatu because she carried a Katana. Three girls were following the woman and with a flash of shock in his eyes Ranma recognised the woman as his mother. So his mother was a vampire hunter? That would complicate things a little. Maybe he should just go and get some assistance.

He jumped off the roof and was about to sneak away but a shut to stop made him freeze in his tracks. Nodoka Saotome came at her son and said:

"Who are you and what are you doing outside in this time of night?"

Ranma turned around to look at the voice and said:

"Well I saw you slay the Nosferatu. And I thought you might need some help."

Nodoka frowned and said:

"This is no place for a normal human to be. Leave now!"

Ranma got a maniacal grin on his face and said:

"I'm afraid I can't do that mother. It would be deemed unmanly if I left you alone to fight against vampires."

Ranma felt the presence of three vampires around him and with a quick kick sent a Nosferatu crashing into some dumpsters. Ranma got an evil smirk on his face as he grabbed the downed vampire and held it in the air and said:

"Where is the prince? Tell me you sewer rat and I will let you go."

Ranma felt the eyes of the deformed Vampire rest upon him and the deformed creature spoke:

"I'll never divulge the hiding place of the prince! I'd rather die."

Ranma's smirk got more feral and he said:

"Well then die already!"

Then Ranma threw the vampire on the ground and ran a hand through the Vampire's torso. Ranma felt the rest of the Vampires back off and probably would report to the Prince the moment they met him or her. Then he turned to his mother and said:

"How long have you been hunting Vampires mother? I thought I was the only one hunting them in this city."

Nodoka looked at her son and said:

"Well Ranma I have been hunting Vampires since my sixteenth birthday. Are you interested in tsaking over the job or something?"

Ranma looked at his mother and said:

"Well I'm not exactly very fond of the idea that you are out there hunting Vampires. You might get bitten and turn into a hideous vampire."

Nodoka laughed and said:

"No vampire could get close enough to me without me sensing them. Undead make my senses tingle whenever they are close."

Ranma looked at his mother and raised an eyebrow. Then he looked at the flunkies that followed his mother. They were openly staring at him. One was drooling. Ranma's eye twitched and he shouted:

"STOP STARING YOU BITCHES! I AM ALREADY BEING MARRIED OFF TO TWENTYNINE WOMEN SO THERE IS NO CHANCE IN HELL THAT I WOULD HAVE A RELATION WITH YOU! THE ONLY DREAM I´LL APPEAR IN ARE NIGHTMARES!"

Thrown aback by this statement the girls regained their composure and a girl with bright red hair stepped forward:

"Why do you even think we like you? I like girls."

Ranma looked at her then grabbed a small bottle of cold water and poured it over himself. He gained his female curves and said:

"That is why. I turn into a girl with the application of cold water."

The redhead reddened as she took in the curvaceous body of Ranma. Nodoka beamed at that and said:

"Great now you can learn all about becoming a vampire slayer. Has your father taught you how to transform at will?"

Ranma looked at his mother and then turned back into a male after application of hot water and then his form started stretching and silver fur started to come out of his skin and his face changed into a lupine head and his muscles grew and he gained some feet in height and his hands became two massive wolf paws. Ranma looked at her and in a deep voice he said:

"Yes mother. This form is more suited for ripping apart humans."

Then he changed back and tried to regain some decency as his clothes had come off during his transformatrion. The girls were openly gawking at the sheer size of his tool and Ranma found that the shredded clothes didn't offer any decency. He sensed another vampire nearby and looked at it and saw that it was stylishly dressed and then darted at the vampire and slammed it into the ground and stole its clothing. Then he darted back to his mother and said to the Vampire:

"Forgive me."

And slashed off its head. Then he watched as the body turned to dust and looked at his mother who was proudly looking at him.

Ranma motioned to hand the Katana back to her but she didn't allow it and said:

"No Ranma you keep it. I have several with me and that one is made of pure silver. A werewolf shouldn't be able to touch it but somehow you can. Maybe it is because you are part werewolf and part human or it may have a different reason. But keep it. I'll just use my family Katana."

Ranma nodded and as they came close to the Saotome residence he asked her:

"Mom if I were different would you still love me?"

Nodoka Saotome looked at her son and was about to answer as a vampire came charging at them. Ranma mowed it down with a swift slash and watched its body disintegrate. Then he focused his attention on his mother and said:

"Mom I am not sure that I would like to remain in Nerima. I might just go and visit some friends I made in Cambodia."

She looked at him and said:

"Surely you don't want to leave your fiancée's all alone here?"

Ranma looked at her and said:

"Mom they razed our house once when looking for a ring and my friend is a female. What do you think their first reaction is when they hear that I am going to visit a woman in another country? They'd track me down and kill the girl and take me back so I can marry them. Nonetheless I guess Pops and Mr. Tendo would do everything possible to keep me here."

Ranma sighed and then walked away from the house after telling his mother that he would be back within a few days. The girls giggled as he left and Ranma woindered if they would use him for their fantasies. He shruggerd and walked out of the street. Instantly three Vampires appeared in front of him. O0ne was a woman who seemed to be around twentyfive and had a sultry look on her face. The other was a man wearing clothes that seemed to be dorky and he had glasses. There was a man dressed in warrior gear and two massive blades in his hands standing between them. They all bowed low to Ranma and he looked at them and told them to rise. The woman was the first to speak:

"Master we have Embraced over a thousand members for the clan. We have deemed them worthy of entering the clan due to their aspects."

Ranma nodded and the geeky man spoke:

"Master I have managed to find a weapon that would kill a vampire in one hit but it is a one shot weapon. It would disintegrate after firing. And it can't kill a vampire if it is sixth generation or lower then the sixth"

Ranma nodded and turned to the warroioor:

"Ichiro tell me if there are any things you have managed to get from the Tzimische."

Ichori looked at his master and said:

"None have been wanting toy give me information. The Tzimische are cruel but they respect you Lord Ranma. They have a great respect for someone who is just as cruel as they are."

Ranma looked at his vampiric Childs and said:

"Alright. Yuki, Ichiro and Takayuki keep a watch for any rumours regarding the Tzimische Antediluvian. It must not allow Tzimische to come back again or else all vampire clans will die."

Bowing to Ranma they disappeared into the night. Ranma sighed and jumped into a shadow which transported him to the Tendo dojo. He walked inside and saw his father passed out next to Soun and it appeared to have been a drinking contest between the two. Ranma sighed and knew that the next night would be a night in which the moon was full. Then he would have to endure another try of the fathers trying to get him to marry Akane.

This time a story about vampires. The next time Ranma will look at the full moon and he and Akane get locked in a room. Very bad that Ranma still has the silver Katana with him.

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