DBZR ½

Chapter 2: Things Get Crazier!

In Nerima…

"UKY—" Ranma's voice suddenly leaves him, and he stops dead in his tracks. Before him is the most bizarre scene he has ever laid eyes on. Hovering about 10 ft. off the ground is a boy, not more then ten. He was turned sideways, with his arm outstretched and palm out, and an intent look on his face. There was a sword strapped to his back. The scorch marks on the ground show that Ryoga's blast exploded in mid-air, at the exact point where the boy is hovering. "But how can that be possible?! He's just a kid!" Ranma's senses were reeling from the energy that the kid was putting out. "I've never seen a technique that allows people to float in mid-air continouesly! What is he?"

Beyond him, on the ground, is another boy, looking to be about the same age as the floating kid. He had black hair in spiked tufts, with dark eyes. His arms were crossed before him, his face intent as well. On his back looks to be a bo, and behind the second boy…

"UKYOU!" Ranma forgets about the two kids and bolts for Ukyou. "Ukyou?! Are you alright?" Shakily, she just nods in response.

The smoke finishes clearing, and Ryoga can be seen gaping at the two boys. His mouth works around some, but all he manages to get out is "Wa….who….whe…?"

Trunks drops back to the ground and walks over to stand by Goten. After making sure that Ukyou is all right, Ranma turns to the two boys. His eyes widen as he realizes how powerful they are. They look at Ukyou, and, seeing that she is ok, they relax, yet looking intently at the cursed martial artist. Ranma's heart rate slows a bit as he feels their power levels drop. "But their power STILL dwarfs mine!" He finally gets his mouth working. "W-who… are… you?"

The boy with the bo, speaks up. "My name is Goten. This is Trunks." He indicates the lavender-haired kid with the sword, who takes it from there. "We were talking to Ukyou when you idiots blasted down the street!" Ranma starts to retort, until he realizes that he was as much at fault as Ryoga. "You guys are dumb. You should have taken your fight outside the city. If I hadn't stopped it, and Goten didn't shield her, she'd have been toast."

He pauses. "You two are good friends, I take it?" Ranma asks during Trunks pause. They both nod, and Trunks continues, "I always thought older kids were supposed to be smarter. My dad knows better than to fight in a city! Geez." Goten tries to stifle a laugh as he thinks of how Goku and Vegeta are always going at it, but he fails miserably. His giggling starts working on Trunks, who quickly realizes what his friend is thinking about. Ranma, Ukyou, and Ryoga all look on as the two boys burst out laughing. When they finally finish with laughing, Trunks notices how all three are staring at him and Goten. "What?" The three teens simply blink at them, still stunned at their actions.

"Ok, great. For all that power, they're still kids." Ranma is the first one to regain his senses. "How old are you two? Ten?"

"I'm ten, Goten is nine."

"You mind telling us what you guys were laughing about?" Ukyou asks gently.

"Oh we were just laughing about all the times our dads go at it. They never quit." Trunks says with a grin, then he sobers. "We're kinda on our own." Goten chimes in with, "We just got in. We're still trying to figure out where we can stay…"

"Hey, I don't mind if you stay with me. After all, it's the least I can do for saving my life." Ukyou recovered her wits completely, and is back on her feet.

"Ah… that's ok, you don't…" Ukyou interrupts him with an admonishment.

"Don't worry about it. First things first, let's go into my place. Either of you hungry?"

The two boys cry out, "YEA!"

Two new figures can be seen jumping across the rooftops of Nerima. One is a highly attractive teenage girl, though the pair of maces she carries were anything but attractive. The other is a midget of an old woman, bouncing along on a cane twice her height.

"Great-grandmother, what is it? What's wrong?" Shampoo, obviously the teen, asks the old crone.

Cologne doesn't even slow down a little. "When that blast exploded, I felt two strong energy auras pop up. They disappeared after a minute or so, but now that I'm focusing on it, I can still feel them, and I sense that it's merely the tip. It's like they are so powerful that they are holding it back until that power is needed." The old woman explained.

"I don't… by the Elders! I have never felt such power! And it's so focused! Who or what could have that much power and NOT be found out until now?"

"I don't know, child, I don't know…" Together, the two Amazons bound across the city, heading for the abandoned battle zone.

Inside Ukyou's okonomiyaki restaurant, everyone, even Ryoga, is gathered around a table toward the back. Trunks and Goten are a little nervous under the gaze of the three Nerima teens, but Ranma, Ryoga, and Ukyou are a bit more comfortable, now that the two boys were more confined, and not nearly as dangerous looking with their weapons hanging up on a rack.

"So could you guys tell us what technique you used to fly, and how did you stop the blast?" The two half-saiyans looked at them, blank. "Technique? What technique?" Trunks says, confused.

The three teen fighters gape again. "What…you mean you don't need a technique to fly? Or to stop energy attacks?" Ranma had his hands on the table, almost in their faces in his ernestness to find out any new moves.

"Well, no, not really. That was a weak attack. All it took was an equal amount of energy to stop it. What's wrong with him?" Trunks pointed to Ryoga, who was furious at two children, strong or not, calling his best attack weak.

"Oh, nothing. He just doesn't agree with your assessment of his attack…" Ryoga interrupted.

"How dare you call my attack weak! You are nothing more than children! You just got lucky that's all!" Ukyou and Ranma both looked at Ryoga wryly, knowing that the Lost Boy was trying to cover his tracks at his outburst.

Goten just looked at the headbanded teen, then smiled. "Lucky huh? We should show you how we did it sometime. Where's the food?"

Quickly, food was delivered, and all other questions were halted for the time being. The teens watched in absolute horror, and not a little disgust, as the two kids packed away more than any of them could ever do. With a final slurp, Goten proclaims, "Wow! That was really good! Thanks!" Trunks mumbles his thanks as well, still chewing on some rice.

"So…could you tell us something?" Ukyou asked. They nodded. "What kinda martial arts do you practice? I've never seen anyone take stances like yours. I mean, it's obvious that you're strong, but we thought that we've seen all fighting styles that are on Earth."

"Ah, I don't know what you mean. You mean our fighting postures?" The teens nodded. "I don't know, I just learned how to fight from my mom and brother." Trunks spoke up, "And I learned how to fight from my dad. He's a sayian prince." Trunks said proudly.

The teens looked at them confused. "Sayian? What's that?"

"Oh…yea, guess you guys don't know what they are." Trunks thinks a moment to himself, trying to find the best way to say this without shocking them. Goten beat him though. "Sayians' are aliens." Trunks whacked Goten in the back of the head. "You dolt! You can't just tell them that!"

Goten rubbed his head, saying, "Well, they asked didn't they? Don't take it out on me." He looked at the teens, who were now up against the opposite wall. "What's up with them?"

Trunks rolled his eyes, as he pulled out a wallet. "Here guys, here's what my dad looks like. His dad looks like him, only bigger." Ranma nervously took the wallet and looked at the picture. In it was a short man with a pronounced widows peak, and a perpetual scowl on his face. His highly toned arms were crossed across his chest as he stared impassively at the camera. Sitting before him, was a smiling, attractive woman with green hair, and a younger version of Trunks in her lap. The teens visibly relaxed, no longer envisioning green aliens with three fingers and oblong black eyes.

"Is this your mother Trunks?" Ukyou asked, pointing to the woman in the picture. Trunks nodded. "She's really smart, she owns her own business and everything!" Goten enthusiastically filled in. "Yea, she'll probably figure out something's wrong soon, and build something to come get us." Trunks said.

The Nerima teens feel better knowing that Trunks' mother was a genius, and would probably take the strange kids away soon.

"You people are taking this pretty well. If it were me, I don't know if I'd believe a story like ours," Trunks says.

Ranma grins wryly. "Stranger stuff has happened around here." He begins to elaborate, but Ukyou accidentally trips on Ryoga's foot while trying to get past Trunks. She falls, and one flailing arm knocks a glass of cold water flying.

"What the?! You're a girl now!" Trunks jumped up onto the chair he was sitting on in absolute shock.

"Huh? What's going on!?" Goten had also jumped up on his chair, only he was standing on the chair back.

Both saiyans gape openly after seeming Ranma's features shift and his mass redistributes itself. The mass of raven-black hair had lightened to a flaming red and several inches of height disappeared. Ranma looks up embarrassed.

"Eh he…" Even his, or her?, voice had changed; it was higher in pitch now. Goten and Trunks look on, almost ready to book. "Just listen, ok? It's a Jusenkyo curse." Ranma quickly says, noticing that they were eyeing the door.

They both start. "A what?"

"A Ju-sen-kyo curse. There's a place in China known as Jusenkyo. It's a cursed training ground. The magic springs that dot the area contain the form of the first thing that landed, and drowned, in that spring. I got dumped into the Spring of Drowned Girl. Now whenever I get splashed by cold water, I change into a girl. Hot water changes me back."

Now that they understand what just happened, both boys shut their jaws quickly, although they were still wary. "What other weird things are there here?" They think to themselves.

"You guys wouldn't mind telling us just how you got so strong would you?" Ryoga asked, finally past his anger at their innocent insult.

They shrug as they look at each other. "Well, both of our dads are strong fighters. I'd guess you could call them masters, although my dad thinks that his has a natural knack for fighting. I think it bothers him sometimes too." Goten looked at Trunks in surprise. "Whoa, he's never told me that before."

Just then, someone bangs on the door of the shop. Ukyou huffs, mumbling, "I put up the 'now closed' sign for a reason, are they blind or something?" and heads for the door. She pulls it open and is surprised to see Cologne and Shampoo standing there. Before Cologne can speak, her granddaughter does.

"Spatula girl see big fight, no?" The busty Amazon pushes her way in.

"See it? I got caught in the middle of it! What do you want to know?" Ukyou exclaimed, angry at Shampoo's brazen entry into the restaurant unbidden.

Cologne has to collect her wits before she trusts herself to speak; the amount of power emanating from the back of Ukyou's shop was staggering. "Child, do you realize that there are two powerful entities in your home?"

"Yes Cologne, I know very well. I invited them in after the two of them saved my life." Shock registers on both Amazons' faces. "You want to meet them?" Ukyou asks, motioning towards the back.

"Yes child, please… introduce us…" Cologne's voice trails off. "This is definitely not what I expected. With that kind of power, they could do whatever they wanted. And yet from what Ukyou says, they are acting quite civilized. She bounded over towards the back room, as Ukyou opened the door. "It was always believed that anyone who gathered this much power would be corrupted by it. But why, and how are they hiding their power? I can feel that they have more than I can sense on the surface." Her thoughts ended when she looked into the room.

TBC...

This was the last of the original chapters by Trooper1023, with some minor revisions by me. From the next chapter on, they are entirely from me.

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