Assassin Drones: The original saga
Interlude: Enter the top dog; Baio Nishizawa! De Arimasu!
By Alex Young
Aboard the Rapier, 3:00 pm. December 18, 2002
Aoryuzen was pacing about the captain's quarters hard in thought about what had recently transpired as of late. He then motioned to analyze the battle aura samples once more in so doing. "Is this it? Is he the one who harbors the hive mind? The one that I was really after the whole time?" Aoryuzen pondered once more for a while before putting his near 4 month old plan into action.
Toramasa Kobayakawa's residence in Furinkan High school, 8:00 pm. Christmas eve, 2002
Toramasa had come to make quite the killing out of displaying this risque video of Momoka and Fuyuki's sensual adventure at the beach, and often times selling the compact discs containing it. All of which were copied from the original provided by Nabiki as a symbol of a good business partnership. In fact, Toramasa had since come to complete what can only be described as a gold digger's gang, with Tora-san as his formal codename.
"Heheheheheheheeeee, this is gonna spark the best outrage ever!" Toramasa sniggered out of the fact that he wanted this last ever copy to go out with a bang! How exactly? All by shipping it straight to Baio Nishizawa himself! Toramasa gift wrapped the case containing what wasn't just any copy of the original disc, but a one-off director's cut special unedited full on edition with added bonus features. After all, what sort of blackmail artist would he be if he didn't make the last one go out with a bang?
"Hey, errand boy!" Toramasa exhorted of Radon who had just dropped by for a visit. "So, watcha got cookin? Want me to play Santa?" Radon inquired. "You got it! In fact, I already made the phone call to a guy called Baio Nishizawa. My asking price was 10,000,000 U.S. dollars!" Toramasa debriefed. "TEN MIL!? THAT'S CHICKEN FEED!" Radon cried surprised that Baio would be so willing to pay a high price such as this.
"Well, er, at least in his book, anyways." The boy hitman then finished after having calmed down. "How, you may wonder? Kulu-san gave me the guy's phone number and all his necessary contacting information." Toramasa replied. "We'll even split the enitre profit among the five of us, including you, errand boy!" Toramasa offered referring to Kululu, Nabiki, Radon, Tororo, and himself. "I'll take it!" Radon cheered as he set off with the copy in hand for Baio's castle.
Baio Nishizawa's castle in Scotland, 10:00 am. Christmas day, 2002
Radon's invisible shape-shifter car turned from boat to off road truggy as it hit the shore. The truggy then climbed all the way up over the castle walls, to be greeted by absolute silence. "Whew, must be deserted or sumpin?" Radon mused as he scratched his head, when a good quarter of Baio's ninja squad nose-dived in from out of nowhere.
Radon was of course, quick to dodge them all and kill a few of them as he made a beeline towards Baio's inner sanctum. In the castle halls, awaited more ninjas, plus a few aerial security drones. The drones themselves looked like AH-1Z Vipers with twin 9mm cannons with suppressors attached to each arm. Radon could even tell that the drones themselves were experimental and based on re-purposed assassin drone technology, seeing as how he himself was not of this Earth after all.
Upon dealing with all the drones and goons, he reached Baio's private quarters. Surprisingly enough, all the goons survived, though that being said, the experimental helicopter drones were cut to pieces. What's more is that they, too were still alive thanks to the unique, mechanical physiology. This was derived from the original mechadrone larvae that were captured and experimented on during Gial's raid on the European information nexus in Geneva, Switzerland.
This moment of Baio's absence was when Radon decided that he would prepare to ambush the guy as he prepared some documents. Radon had set up a trip laser at the left entrance to Baio's desk, connected to a computer that triggers the firing of an electrified chainmail net.
This was so that he could essentially hold the main domo of the Nishizawa conglomerate hostage, just in case a hostile reaction from him was incurred by Radon's unexpected visit. "What the? She cannot be attacking me in broad daylight." Baio grumbled citing that something was a little out of place as he referred to his wife: Oka Nishizawa.
However, it was too late by the time he caught on to Radon's intrusion as the chain-mail net descended upon the bazillionaire, stunning him, but not killing him in the process. After some several minutes of just Radon staring at his unconscious form, Baio snapped awake in anger.
"JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU-" "Me? I'm Radon, and I just wanted to test your security system out, so you can just call off your forces, for you'll need 'em when yer tryin to enforce discipline on yer unruly daughter." He proposed as he thrust his hand into Baio's mouth.
"Oh, sorry about my outburst. I'm Baio, and what do you want?" He queried having clamed down, but still highly cautious of Radon's apparent motives. "Oh, nothing! Just want you to take a good look at this!" Radon presented as he inserted the CD into the desk computer's disk drive and flipped the screen open. He then tugged on Baio's hand so he could see the under aged, high citrus action in all its explicit glory.
"WHAT THE FUCK!? I-I-I DON'T, HOW IN THE HELL WAS I NOT INFORMED OF THIS LIQUEFIED HORSESHIT!?" Baio screeched unwittingly giving Toramasa the desired reaction. "For your information Mr. Piss Ant, this footage was recorded at some time immediately after the European information nexus came under attack from the assassin drones." Radon elucidated not yet finished speaking.
"There are also rumors that Momoka may have had a miscarriage during pregnancy, or that Fuyuki was wearing a condom underneath his trunks. In reality, however, she has had their child removed within 8-10 days since then and is currently storing it underground, the exact whereabouts of which are undisclosed to say the least." He finished with Baio about to unleash whatever pent up anger he had at all of this.
"SO THAT'S THAT RATBASTARD'S NAME!? JUST BECAUSE SHE ISN'T GOING TO HAVE A CHILD WITH HIM DOESN'T MEAN THAT I AS A PARENT WON'T TAKE ACTION TO ENSURE THAT THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN!" Baio screamed declaring his stance as he motioned for his elite ninja task force unit to move out.
Just outside the Hinata residence, 7:30 pm
On the outside, any passers by could tell that the Hinatas and their resident A.R.M.P.I.T platoon were having a good, jolly time together for Christmas cheer. However, they were blissfully unaware that one Baio's more elite ninja goons were watching from afar. "Mmmhmhm, enjoy the Christmas season while you two still can, Miss Momoka." He sneered quietly as he quickly fled the scene to report his findings to Baio.
However, unbeknownst to him, Momoka was made well aware of this remote espionage as well as her parents' vehement reaction to her flirting with Fuyuki thanks to having been tipped off by Kululu via Tamama. This entailed some discretion between both parties as well as the rest of the Hinata family, as she was just paranoid enough to want to feel more secure with an anonymous escort party. The two entered Fuyuki's room with him in a turtleneck sweater, and her in a navy denim cardigan with a lavender dress underneath.
The Kuno estate, 8:30 pm
Kuno was just getting prepared to turn himself in to bed when several unfamiliar shadows began to shift about. "En garde! Show yourself, Ranma Saotome! I know where you are! You cannot hide forever!" Kuno blurted out swinging wildly at the shadows, with Kodachi waking up yawning in wonder about all the hub bub. "What is it, brother dear?" She queried rather tiredly of Kuno.
"I KILL! HAIYA!" Shampoo cried out in true Amazon fashion doing battle with some of Baio's ninja goons, who apparently were the shadows that Kuno attacked earlier in his room. "You jackasses won't get away with this!" Ukyo rasped loudly as she whipped up a sulfuric acid gunpowder batter dragon.
The caustic batter dragon was enhanced by Ryoga's lion's roar scatter shot, hitting multiple targets at once with lethal accuracy. It was right then and there that Kodachi really woke up to join the battle raging on. Mousse lashed out with a raking hawk's talon on one goon, when Oka mysteriously appeared to take on Ranma's fiancees, leaving Ranma's rivals to take on Baio as he made his appearance.
The Nishizawa husband and wife team disappeared after some 15 seconds, thereby reverting the situation back to the way it was before. "What is the meaning of this, Ranma Saotome? Why do you not show yourself!?" Kuno snarled in a fruitless search of Ranma's nonexistent presence within the estate.
Just as suddenly as the Nishizawa elite guard appeared to combat the Kunos and company, they vanished! A split second or two later would find Baio casually sauntering up to Tatewaki Kuno clapping his hands once every 1 and 3/4 of a second. "It was you, then. WHAT DO YOU WANT!?" Kuno sneered in grappling Baio by the front of his lavender suit.
"For your information, Mr. High and Mighty, I along with my wife here were simply testing out your battle skills as martial artists." Baio elucidated with Kuno still distrustful. "Actually, we have a proposition to offer that you'd do well not to refuse." Oka added. "What is it, then?" Kodachi queried of Oka not nearly as distrustful as her older brother of this.
"You've always wanted to defeat this 'Ranma Saotome' in mortal combat, right?" Baio Inquired of Kuno. "Wait! How in the-" "Advanced surveilance technology, what else?" Oka smirked as she interrupted Kuno. "In exchange for just such a chance with some of my elite guard, I have a favor to ask of you and your compatriots. Ryoga! what do you know about the Hinata residence?" Baio queried of Ryoga.
"Well, for one thing, I know that Fuyuki lives within Inner Tokyo, but that's about it." Ryoga replied. "That's all I need. Kuno! Go forth with some of my elite guard, and get rid of Fuyuki for me. The rest will keep Ranma Saotome preoccupied until further notice." Baio debriefed to which Kuno accepted the proposal, and the game plan could press forward.
In Ranma's room, 1:00 am. December 26, 2002
Ranma was only half asleep when those same noises that Kuno was disturbed by affected the boy martial artist as well. "Better not be that old letch again." Ranma spat looking for a fight with whoever was up on the ceiling. Ranma, not wanting to take any chances, landed the first strike.
However, it was not Happosai as Ranma had come to expect, but rather one of Baio's ninja goons that collapsed from the ceiling onto the floor. [Never seen this one before.] Panda Genma remarked as another ninja goon cropped up from the floor to lock Ranma's arms into place.
"Attacking from behind, huh? YOU RATBASTARDS ARE DEAD MEAT!" Ranma screeched as he head butted the goon to break himself free. "Saotome!" Soun called out dousing Panda Genma with a bucket full of hot water. "H-Hey! Let me go!" Akane cried as she was dragged by the wrist with a third goon.
"I SAID LET ME GO!" Akane howled as she thwacked her aggressor upside the head with her trusty mallet, knocking him down in the process. "Akane!" Soun called out of concern for his daughter's safety. Akane ran up to Ranma's side. "The fuck's going on around here?" Ranma spat still looking around.
"Just in case you were wondering, Ranma. I had absolutely nothing to do with this whatsoever." Happosai stated smoking his pipe and dragging another goon that he defeated as proof of his innocence. "It must have been the Nishizawa conglomerate, judging by all the markings." Genma remarked upon checking one of the bodies.
Two more goons swooped in and grabbed Akane by her arms. "When I say 'let me go,' I MEAN 'LET ME GOOOO!'" Akane screeched as she single-handedly lifted the goon to her left, and kneed him in the lower back, incapacitating him in the process. She then dragged the other towards the wall and pounded him in the chest with such fury that it cracked his armor.
Akane then roundhouse kicked him in the head, flinging his helmet off, but not decapitating him. This instead knocked him out cold, before Akane stomped off angry with Ranma at this sudden intrusion. "Come along, Saotome! We are getting to the bottom of this treachery immediately!" Soun demanded. "Agreed. Let's go, Tendo!" Genma replied joining Soun in the excursion.
"Me and Akane are coming with you." Ranma declared. "So am I." Happosai declared, too. "I'll stay here and ensure that these Pekoponians do not come near this house." Jirara proposed. "Right, you and your X1 stay here for the safety of my two daughters, As this may very well be a mere scouting party." Soun affirmed as he and his group headed off after having gotten dressed for the bitter cold.
Out in a restaurant somewhere in the Kissho ward, 12:16 pm
Fuyuki was out on his latest lunch date with Momoka with the Daikage cell having been called up to provide security detail for them. Diakage must have known within himself that this would happen to accept Momoka's offer. The two of them have gone out to lunch indoors due to the weather. The Daikage cell along with Radon had escorted them both via a 1991 Land rover Defender.
Fuyuki wore a cobalt blue dress shirt, which was tucked in to his pair of formal khakis. The tie that he was wearing had a golden brown to light tan floral pattern on a light cobalt background, which had some light blue leaf patterns to it. Fuyuki wore a brown belt and brown dress shoes to round things off. Momoka had more or less the same color pallet as Fuyuki's when it came to cardigans and dresses.
Back outside, Radon was noticing something very off about the Nishizawa elite guard that were pursuing his two charges; Fuyuki and Momoka. In fact, he could tell that one group was tussling with Xiu Wong's commandos, as well as the main Rat pack in one crossroads, and that another was entangled with the Alpha 134 assassin drones at the other. Meanwhile, the Don Viper gang was dealing with the third on a parallel street. In short, Radon hadn't much to worry about today.
The Hinata residence, 6:04 pm
Ranma and the gang, joined by Cologne had just arrived at the Hinata residence to find some more goons scrounging about with its human inhabitants already out. "Wait, there's more of those motherfuckers!?" Ranma spat surprised at the sudden news, but no less willing to engage them anyways, which he did.
Meanwhile, in Keroro's room, the little green Sarge is preparing lots and lots of humidifiers, including a back mounted personal humidifier device. "PRIVATE! CRANK UP THE HUMIDITY! I NEED IT TO BECOME FIGHTING FIT BY THE TIME THESE WACKOS COME A KNOCKIN!" Keroro ordered of Tamama. "SIR, YESSIR!" Tamama replied dutifully turning up the humidity on his superior.
Keroro grinned darkly as he cracked his knuckles and flexed his amphibian fingers, then curled it all up into a fist. Keroro then growled coarsely like a vicious animal, clenching his teeth and looking for a fight. "Let's go!" The Sarge then ordered of his entire platoon as they swiftly dismantled all the humidifiers save for his personal humidifier as they moved out hoping to lead their adversaries into a battle of supremacy.
Ten minutes later would find the Kissho Junior High class couple returning home to find one of the elite guard standing around like a sentry. Daikage exited the Land Rover Defender to dispatch the sentry, which he did in slicing the spinal cord with a swift flick of his ninjato.
Daikage and company took their leave with Momoka having already delivered their agreed payment in advance. Fuyuki and Momoka were safe in the knowledge that one Saburo Mutsumi was protecting Aki, and that Koyuki was protecting Natsumi and Mois as they, too made their return home.
At a cavern like area within the A.R.M.P.I.T. base, 6:58 pm
Ranma and company were pursuing the ninja goons all the way into the very spot where Keroro and his platoon intended to have their forthcoming battle with the Nishizawa elite guard. Not only that, but the assassin drones of Alpha 134, along with the Rat pack would also converge inside that huge cavern, making for a much bigger battle than Keroro, and the rest of his platoon for that matter, were really prepared to fight.
"You gotta be fuckin kidding me! Those frogs again!? Bet that goddamn Baio's after them, too!" Ranma sneered as he and his gang joined Keroro's platoon in the battle against the elite guard. Strange as it may be, neither Ranma's rivals, nor his fiancees are present among the elite guard. Ranma and Akane fought side by side, with Soun, Genma, Happosai, and Cologne joining in shortly there after.
"You spooks owe us all our privacy in the very least!" Soun growled as smashed one goon's lower jaw bone in. "Naiyaa! It's been a while, hasn't it Tendo?" Genma huffed and puffed kicking one goon in the gut. "Yeah, it's been far too long, Saotome!" Soun replied. "Full body cat's claws moxibustion rapid fire!" Cologne hissed as she poked the chests of multiple goons causing them excruciating pain.
Giroro let rip a guttural roar of rage as he opened fire with his Gatling guns, missiles, rockets, and dorsal rail cannons. Tamama, all fired up, screamed a "Look at that stalagmite! TAMAMA IMPACT!" as he took dead aim at some soldiers, who fired their arm mounted machine guns back in response. Dororo swiftly hopped about stripping them of their armor with his sword.
"Kuuuuuuukukukuuuuuu! Sound Attack KUUUUUUkukukukuuuuuuu!" Kululu howled in his Kulu-mecha as it unleashed a sonic suppressor dish attack. "Kerokerokerokerooo! You filthy Pekoponians had better watch yourselves, because I am the single deadliest frog on all of Pekopon! Kin Kin KERONPAAAA!" Keroro screeched unleashing a martial arts move of his own on some more goons, as well as Rip Rat.
"There's this saying that a rat will not hesitate to bite when cornered. In this case, I'M GONNA FUCKING KILL YOOOOUUUUU!" Rip Rat snarled loudly as he deployed his front line assault pack with tow missiles on one side, and a cyclical Gauss cannon on the other, which he fired at Keroro to devastating effect.
"Jaws! Nite Bite! Help me out here!" Rip Rat exhorted of his compatriots who unleashed their missile and railgun packs respectively. Gaedool fused with his two female comrades: Raikoume and Kamikase, combining his low profile, digging, grabbing, and trapping abilities with their speed, finesse, and agility.
The sisters' inline 4 motorcycle engines combined into a high revving V8 engine. Their front and back wheels formed inline skates on the left and right back legs of the new chimera, with the new digger claws up front. The wheels were driven by a chain at each leg, with a spinal gear drive shaft at each end.
Both were hooked up to a, transverse, 8 speed, dual clutch sequential gearbox. The end result; it goes like a formula 1 race car and hits like a tank. The 4-9-10 chimera swerved around slicing several goons into pieces. Baio stepped forth on a ledge observing the chaos with a smug grin on his face. "They shall all learn soon enough: You should never mess with a rich family's bloodline!"
Aoryuzen also stepped forth on the ledge in the opposite direction to that of Baio's. "That hive mind shall be ours soon enough. Never mess with the assassin drones of Alpha 134!" Aoryuzen declared as he walked away confident that Gial will get the job done as he sent him in.
Amid all the chaos, one goon kicked Ranma well into a deep pool of cold water. Ranko emerged from the aforementioned pool madder than ever! "NOW YOU'VE GONE AND REALLY PISSED ME OFF! ASSASSIN SUPER MAGIC: TENRO WAKUSEI SHISHI HOKODAN X!" Ranko screeched as she unleashed the strongest variant of the lion's roar shot yet: Assassin super magic: Heaven's planetary lion's roar shot X!
Four smaller wave spheres surrounded one big wave ellipse emitting a super bright light, and generating a lot of heat. The heated water vapor was enough to turn Ranko back into Ranma again, and Akane rushed into the former's arms. "It's beautiful, isn't it?" Ranma moaned listlessly hanging his head down low with Akane following suit.
Raikoume, Kamikase, and Gaedool decoupled from each other quickly as the masses descended upon the ground. Gial hunkered down and spun his shield cocoon as well. The larger energy mass created a mushroom cloud, and the four smaller masses each fired off what was essentially a supercharged version of the standard lion's roar shot. All that created not a crater, but a deep, cross shaped indentation in the ground. The resulting shock wave was powerful enough to register at 5.5 on the Richter scale.
Surprisingly enough, Ranma and the gang survived that battle as they headed for what they believed to be an escape route. This was when Oka appeared before Ranma's eyes as she took this family matter into her own hands. Happosai latched onto her buxom chest purring lecherously "You all go on ahead, we'll deal with her." Cologne exhorted of the rest of the gang to move on ahead, which they did.
Ranma and company was just getting close to the exit when Genma and Soun intercepted Baio Nishizawa himself. "You go on ahead with Akane, son." "Yeah, it's a matter of personal pride as martial artists for us." Soun and Genma commanded with Ranma needing no second reminder as he bolted out of dodge with Akane in toe.
Finally, after a long while's worth of running, Ranma and Akane finally reach the escape ladder. The two began to climb up until they reached the exit an hour later, taking short breaks in between. "The coast is clear, Akane." Ranma whispered as she joined Ranma on what is this time a soccer stadium. "Heh, guess we lost 'em all." Ranma sighed as the light came on all of a sudden.
Standing in front of Ranma and Akane were their respective fathers; Genma and Soun. "Forgive me Akane, we tried." "Forget about me Ranma, save yourself." Soun and Genma heaved respectively as they both collapsed in front of them. Baio and Oka Nishizawa, who were holding Cologne and Happosai captive with battle aura inhibiting harnesses, were also standing on some of the bleachers.
"Look up." Baio behooved of a beleaguered Ranma, who looked up to witness his rivals standing on one side, his fiancees standing on the other side, and the entire Keroro platoon hog tied to tall, wooden stakes. "Kuno!?" Akane gasped in surprise. "I should have known that you'd be in cahoots with him of all people!" Ranma accused pointing the finger at Baio for emphasis.
"The reason why I had him join me was simply to keep you from getting in my way. Now seeing as how you're still there {you persistent bastard!}, I feel as though their services are no longer required." Baio declared as he sauntered towards his V-22 Osprey personal transport.
"Wait! WE'VE BEEN SOLD OUT!?" Kuno screeched as he, his sister Kodachi, and the rest of his gang leapt forward to face off against Baio and Oka. "EAT THIS YOU REPUGNANT SON OF BITCHES!" Mousse screeched as he unloaded his hidden weapons assortment on the Nishizawa parents.
The martial artists then freed Happosai and Cologne as they joined the battle unfolding before Ranma's and Akane's eyes. This prompted Baio to call up the remainder of his elite guard forces to combat them. "Thank you all for your persistence." Baio called out as he retreated for his transport.
"No, Baio Nishizawa, thank you." Aoryuzen interceded as he jumped swiftly to meet Ranma and look him straight in the eyes. Raikoume and Kamikase restrained Baio and Oka so as to prevent them from interfering. "Hmm, if I had an inkling, I'd say he registers as positive." Aoryuzen mused as he stepped away from Ranma. "You again?" Ranma muttered as Gial emitted a low, hissing, rattling growl.
Aoryuzen found himself bounding off to where he originally was with Trokyushe's cargo helicopter form standing by. "Thank you all for helping me identify the host of the hive mind as Ranma Saotome!" Aoryuzen declared as Trokyushe took off with Raikoume and Kamikase both hurriedly climbing on board. "Now, to capture the hive mind." Aoryuzen hissed intently as Trokyushe continued to fly off into the distance.
Gial and Kuroga transformed their bodies to facilitate the combination into mobile armor type Saber Stinger. The aerial mobile armor had two modes: cruise mode with the clawed weapons bays swept back and dorsal turret retracted for aerodynamic efficiency at speeds of mach 4, and attack mode with clawed weapons bays out stretched and dorsal turret deployed for maximum firepower. The Saber Stinger escorted Trokyushe in attack mode so as to keep pace.
Baio and Oka resumed their retreat towards the transport after a while. "Come back I say, cowards!" Kuno spat as he gave chase after the elite guard as they too retreated into the tilt rotor chopper. It took off before the martial artists could get on board, yet still continued to pursue it even as it took off, leaving Ranma, Akane, Soun, and Genma behind to gawk in wonder.
"Wait, you mean to tell me that Kamui is launching a last desperate attack on our daughter's mansion!?" Baio spat in confusion in his cell phone conversation with Paul. \Yes. Miss Momoka's estate is indeed under attack from Kamui. Our defense forces are holding, but I'm not certain as to how much longer!/ Paul replied. "Don't move! We're on our way." Baio answered as he hung up his cell phone to combat Kamui head on.
The Hinata residence, 11:00 pm
Fuyuki had just snuck into his room with Momoka in toe, both of which were careful not to get the attention of a small detachment of ninja goons that were left behind to thoroughly scour the premises for them. \Attention! This is Baio! You're needed at Momoka's estate, ASAP!/ Baio exhorted of them all.
"You heard the boss! Let's get outta here! We'll search later!" Their leader behooved of his subordinates as they took their leave. Fuyuki and Momoka were both clad in their sleeping clothes as they shared the same bed together. "I think they're gone." Fuyuki reassured of Momoka, who still feared for her life, somewhat. Anyways, let's just say that both Momoka and Fuyuki decided that they simply needed to sleep it all off.
What happens now that Fuyuki's relationship with Momoka has been discovered?
Will Ranma be able to help him out in any way?
Will Aoryuzen fulfill his ambitions first?
How will the martial artists react to this startling new development?
Read the next arc to find out!