My Life's Stranger Than Yours

(A/N: I'm glad people seem interested in this story, but first...

To the guest who requested Goku x Kasumi…first of all NO! Second of all…WHY!? (rhetorical question, I don't want to know)!? Third, every pairing in this story is canon. If there's gonna be any cross shipping here (not that you should even expect that in the first place), it'll be between two single characters, not between a 19-year-old girl and a 30+ year old married man with two sons!

With that said, let's get to it)

Prologue 2

All eyes turned to the heroine who appeared on the scene. The cops all looked relieved that their cavalry arrived. Nabiki was studying Videl with a curious eye. Kasumi was just grateful that she'd been released from the gunman's grasp. Akane on the other hand was staring with wide eyes as Videl stared down the punk who had almost violated her sister.

'N-no way!' Akane thought. 'Is that…really her?' she could barely believe her eyes, or fortune that her childhood idol had appeared, out of nowhere, and saved Kasumi in one fell swoop.

Nabiki on the other hand was also admittedly impressed, but a fair amount less than Akane.

While the Gunman was still busy picking up the pieces of his shades, Videl quickly rushed Kasumi back over to her sisters.

"Are you girls okay?" she asked.

"A little shaken up, but fine," Kasumi replied.

"Phew," Videl exhaled. "Looks like I made it just in time."

Akane tried to say something, but before she could, the Gunman glared back at them.

"YOU!" the gunman exclaimed. "You…BROKE MY SUNGLASSES!" he boomed.

"I'll break more than that if you don't surrender!" Videl taunted, dropping back into a fighting stance.

With a yell of rage, the Boss rushed over to the girls, scooping up his gun, on the way.

"Wait here!" Videl ordered. With an efforted grunt, she launched herself into the air and attacked with a flying kick, which the boss blocked with the barrel of his gun. Still airborne, Videl flipped herself forward and struck with a midair axe kick to the crook's head, causing him to drop to the ground again.

As Videl landed on one knee, the gunman looked up, his weapon aimed at the voung fighter and unloaded a stream of bullets at her. With a gasp, Videl quickly backflipped away from the mad gunfire and continued dashing backwards and sideways. The crook was determined to catch Videl, so he continued his barrage, following her movements.

Meanwhile, the Tendo sisters were watching the battle unfold, each with their own varying opinions of the situation. Kasumi and Akane were both hoping that Videl would make it out of the fight unscathed, while Nabiki, though also hoping for Videl's victory, was more or less just enjoying the show.

'I can't believe she's dodging all that,' Akane thought. 'She's doesn't seem as fast as Ranma, but still, it almost looks like she's gliding,' she noted.

After nearly a full minute, Videl still remained on the evasive. Finally, the gunman's rifle clicked and no bullets were released. He was out of ammo. Seeing this as her chance, Videl dashed forward preparing another attack. Not ready to give up yet, the Gunman pulled a capsule out of his pocket. Popping it open, he revealed a small pistol and quickly aimed it at Videl who was still moving swiftly towards the crook.

The Tendo sisters gasped upon seeing this, though mainly Akane. 'No! She won't be able to dodge it!' Akane worriedly thought. Acting almost through pure instinct, Akane rushed towards the scene picking up the first thing she could reach for.

"Akane wait!" Kasumi called. Her big sister's plea fell on deaf ears as Akane summoned all her strength and with an efforted yell, chucked the item as hard as she could at the criminal, just as he was about to fire.

Distracted by the sound of Akane's yell, the gunman turned in her direction only to be struck in the gut with something small but heavy. As the crook fell to the ground clutching his stomach, and dropping his gun, Videl's used her momentum to launch into a handspring and attack with a double kick to his face, knocking him down.

As Videl landed, she quickly put her guard back up and waited for her opponent to get up. After a few seconds of him not moving, she figured he'd been knocked out. Letting out a breath, she walked over to where he'd been standing and noticed something that probably shouldn't have been there.

"A dumbbell?" Sure enough, a small pink dumbbell was lying right where the guy had been standing before her last attack. She remembered he turned away just a second before her attack landed. Turning towards the Tendo sisters, she saw Nabiki and Kasumi right where they'd been when she left them and Akane a distance away from them panting heavily. It didn't take a genius to figure out what had gone down.

Picking up the dumbbell, Videl made her way to Akane's position, the girl in question, seemingly tensing up. "Did you do that?" Videl asked.

"Y-yeah…" Akane shakily answered. "He looked like he was about to shoot you with that second gun so I just…threw the first thing I grabbed as…hard as I could."

"Wait, what second gun?" Videl replied. Akane simply pointed back at the gunman's unconscious form and not far from where he lay was a pistol.

"Oh!" Videl thought back to her last attack. Everything happened so fast she couldn't remember all the details, but she did remember seeing a small puff of smoke appear from out of nowhere. Judging from Akane's comment and the fact that she herself didn't notice it, she deduced he must've had a hidden capsule somewhere.

'But wait, if that's true then…' "I think you might've just saved me there," Videl said.

"Oh it...it was nothing," Akane bashfully responded.

"Nothing? How far away were you when you threw this thing?" Videl asked lifting the dumbbell. "Granted it's not that heavy, but still. You must have one heck of an arm to throw something like this so far," Videl praised.

Akane could only chuckle in embarrassment. She was used to being praised for her incredible strength in many cases, but to have Videl of all people acknowledge her was like an old dream come true.

"Seriously what you did was pretty impressive Miss…?"

"Tendo. Akane Tendo," she introduced herself. "And I'm…kind of a fan of yours Ms. Satan," she added.

Now it was Videl's turn to let out an embarrassed laugh. "No need to be formal Akane, just call me Videl."

"R-right…no problem…Videl," Akane said through a slight blush.

Over with Kasumi and Nabiki, the two older girls stepped out from their cover, relieved that the 'show' was over.

"Well, looks like little sis got her wish, huh?" said Nabiki. Kasumi nodded in agreement and went to approach Videl and Akane. She paused in her tracks when she made a sudden realization: The fight wasn't over yet.

"Akane, behind you!" Her warning came just a second too late as Akane was barely able to grab her assailant's arm. It did her little good as the crook still managed to aim his gun in her direction and press it right against the front of her forehead, the cold touch of the metal silencing her.

"You girls thought this was over? That you could beat me!? Well, you were all WRONG!" yelled the gunman.

'How the hell did he recover so quickly!?' Videl thought.

"I'll bet you're wondering how I recovered so quickly, huh?"

'Lucky guess.'

"Here's some free advice: Always, make extra sure your opponent's not playing possum!"

Videl's eyes quickly widened then sharply narrowed as she realized she'd been had. 'Dammit. I got careless, and now this clown has Akane cornered.

Kasumi put her hands to her mouth in worry as Nabiki took a couple of steps backwards. The tension of the situation had both girls frozen in place, fearing for their younger sister's safety.

Speaking of Akane, the girl in question was shaking with fear through narrowed eyes. Normally, beating someone like this would be a piece of cake, but in the position she was in now, there was no way she could think to escape without getting shot.

'What do I do now? If I make a wrong move here, it's all over!' Akane thought. 'I need to try and calm down and think…what would one of the others do? Ranma, Ryoga, even Shampoo, how'd they get out of this?'

"I don't know what you're thinkin' there kid, but I wouldn't if I were you," the crook said tauntingly wagging his finger.

"I told those cops that if they'd just let me and my boys go, nobody'd get hurt, but now…" He set his finger on the trigger. "I'm gonna make an example out of this kid!"

"No, please don't!" Kasumi begged tensing up.

"Get away from our sister!" Nabiki demanded.

"It's too late for that. Maybe this'll learn ya not to mess with Bends of the 'Flex Gang!'" Having made his proclamation with a twisted grin, Bends pressed the gun even harder against Akane's head and finally pulled the trigger.

Akane's eyes widened as she expected the inevitable, scenes of previous times she's been in peril flashing through her mind.

CLICK!

"Huh?" Bends pulled the trigger a second and third time. Click! Click! Nothing. Glancing to the side, Bends saw the ammo clip of his pistol lying on the ground beside them. It must've fallen out when he dropped it earlier. His crazed grin quickly fading into a weak smile, Bends chuckled weakly and pulled the trigger once more.

Click!

"Hrrrraaaaaagh!" Deciding not to give Bends the chance to think of an escape, Akane quickly pulled his arm forward and drove her knee into his gut, forcing him to double over in pain.

As Bends briefly collected himself, he felt a pair of hands wrap around his collar. Before he could register the situation, he felt his body slam hard against the ground. So hard in fact, the ground below him cracked.

As Bends slowly sat up, looked to see a triumphantly smiling Videl accompanied by a very, very angry looking Akane standing above him.

"You want to take this one?" Videl asked.

"Let's finish this together!" Akane answered.

With almost perfect synchronization, the two girls both drove their fists into Bends' face launching him towards the direction of the cops, a stream of blood spewing from his nose.

[A few minutes later]

Bends and his remaining partner were in the process of being carted into the police carrier as the captain moved to talk to the girls.

"Videl, you've done it again. If not for you, that rapscallion would've been long gone by now," he praised.

"Well…I can't take all the credit for this one," Videl said turning to Akane. "If not for your great aim, he'd have probably got me and escaped."

"L-like I said, it was nothing," Akane replied. "He just got what was coming to him for messing with us."

"Nonsense, young lady," interjected the Captain. "If Videl says you deserve praise for your hand in this, then by Jove, that's good enough for me," he finished, causing Akane to blush.

"Captain!" called one of the officers. "We've got the Flex Gang's boss, but two more suspects are unaccounted for," he informed him with a salute.

"Oh yeah, weren't there two other guys?" Nabiki recalled.

Videl grinned. "I wouldn't worry about them."

"How come?" asked Kasumi.

Videl pointed to the side of the police carrier and surely enough, the two other crooks from earlier where there, all tied up with their getaway bike in a wreck.

"Where did they come from!?" Akane exclaimed.

"My partner," Videl answered.

"What partner?" asked Nabiki.

"My partner who couldn't stay right now, but also really needs to work on his timing!" she said loudly emphasizing the last bit.

Though tempted to press Videl about her 'partner', she decided to drop it for now, but made a mental note to ask her more about him later.

A short moment later, the police had all four criminals in the carrier and were prepared to take their leave.

"Thank you girls again for your help with this case," the captain said saluting them. All four girls returned the gesture as the Captain entered his vehicle and drove off, the siren blaring.

"That was insane!" Akane commented.

Kasumi nodded in agreement. "I'm just glad it's all over. I'd hate to think what could've happened if…things didn't turn out so well."

"Speaking of things going wrong," chimed in Nabiki. "Look at all of our stuff!" Following the bus crash, all of their belongings had been scattered along the ground. Nabiki strolled into the sea of discarded goods and started searching around. "I swear, if my new camera got trashed, I think I'm gonna sue someone!"

"Well, this is going to take forever to clean up," Akane groaned. "We'd better get started." As she and Kasumi followed Nabiki into the pile, Kasumi gasped as she lay her eyes on something else they'd purchased that day. "Oh no! The cake!" Following Kasumi's gaze, the other 3 girls saw a hole in the cake box and the pastry itself had turned to mush.

Kasumi fell to her knees in disbelief. "Now our gift for Auntie Saotome's ruined." She sobbed

"Not only that, but the bus is trashed," Akane reminded them. "How're we supposed to get home?"

"Ummm…excuse me?' All three sisters turned to Videl, who they'd almost forgotten was there.

"If you want, I could give you girls a ride home," Videl offered.

"Really!?" Akane exclaimed.

"In fact, once we clean this place up a bit, I can even help you get a new cake," she added. "Let's call it a thank you for the save earlier."

The faces of all three sisters, mostly Akane, brightened immensely.

"If anything, we're the ones who should be thanking you," Kasumi replied.

With a grin, Videl replied, "It's nothing." Joining the sisters amongst the pile of discarded goods, the four young girls started their arduous task.

[Half an hour later]

The quartet could be seen stepping out of a familiar bakery, Kasumi with the new cake in hand and a warm smile on her face.

"Thanks again Flor!" Videl called back to the baker.

"Anytime Videl. And tell your friends to enjoy!" he called back.

As the door closed, Videl came face to face with a bright-eyed Kasumi. "Ms. Videl, I can't thank you enough for all you've done," she thanked.

With a nervous chuckle, Videl replied, "Like I said before, just call me Videl, and don't thank me just yet. We still need to get you girls home."

"And how do you propose we do that?" asked Nabiki, an eyebrow raised.

"Like this."

Videl stepped past the sisters pulling out a capsule. Clicking it and tossing it, she un-capped her trusty old jet-copter. She hadn't had to use the thing in quite some time, but she always kept it on hand just in case.

Nabiki gave an impressed whistle. "Nice ride."

Videl quickly entered the cockpit, the Tendo sisters boarding behind her. Once everyone was settled in, Videl fired up the engine and the aircraft ascended into the sky.

"You girls ready?" Videl asked.

"Yeah!"

"Then let's get going!"

Pulling the throttle, the plane jetted off away from Satan City.

(To Be Continued…)

(A/N: And that's the end of that. So yeah, I didn't reveal the Boss's name until he was almost beaten. I came up with it after I had him call his underling 'Stretch' last chapter, so I think you can guess what the basis for the name puns are supposed to be. As for the whole exchange between Akane and Bends, I'm satisfied with the result, but not completely. I think it'd be easier if I had a definitive answer to one question: How would Ranma characters react to gunshots?

While I think some major characters would be able to dodge a bullet at close range (like say, Ranma himself), I don't think Akane is one of them. I also don't think anyone from Ranma (except MAYBE Ryoga) would be able to take a bullet.

Also, regarding Videl's 'partner', I decided not to include 'You Know Who' this time because that would've been WAAAY too easy, and I wanted the girls to take care of business this time around. Also, I have a few ideas for what happens when they do eventually meet him.

Next time, Videl and the Tendo Sisters take a trip and if all goes as planned, the crossover craziness could start).

EDITED: 11/30/17