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Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters here that belong to Ranma 1/2. The Ranma 1/2 cast belongs to Rumiko Takahashi. Nor do I own Suikoden 3 or any other characters that I put into this story except for my own OCs. Neither do I own any of the character in any of the crossovers I do. I'm just using them in this fanfiction and I have no money so don't bother suing me. You'll just lose money instead of gaining any. And remember to leave a review!
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Chapter 60 – Farwell My Other Self Part 3
Ranma Jones waited in the empty lot where he had once camped out in when Kuno gotten the Phoenix Egg in his home world that is. He's been waiting for his younger counterpart to come after they had taken their revenge on the fat panda and took him to the police. And now nothing was left for him but to face his young counterpart of this world and see if he had learned what he was here to teach him.
"He's on his way with his family," Mad Hat said as he waited at the sidelines with the cast of this world.
Sitting on a grand stand built by Mad Hat was Nuku Nuku who is really a schoolgirl cat-brain android. She was with her family Kyusaku Natsume, his wife Akiko, and their son Ryunosuke. A-Ko and her parents, Clark and Diana where there also, C-Ko sat next to her friend as A-Ko continued to try to figure out the puzzle box Mad Hat had given her. The usually gang of Ranma's old life were there also from this worlds Ranma girlfriends and rivals to the Tendo family. Sousuke Sagara and his classmates and friends took up the rest of the stand, all wanting to know how this would end.
"So you think our Ranma can defeat the older one?" Kyoko ask to her friends.
"Ranma Jones has the advantage of being older and more experience in combat then our worlds Ranma. And the advantage of his weapons, the sword gives him the reach advantage and the arm blaster that allows him to fire a volley of energy blast while it takes our Ranma longer to gather the energy to fire one of his," Sousuke said.
"Not to mention that he's been fighting against monsters and super power villains," Issei said.
"But Ranma did take on that Arm Slave awhile back," Shinji said.
"Yes but he won only because he managed to climb up on the Arm Slave and took out the pilot," Tessa pointed out as she uses a hidden camera to send the data of the fight back to HQ to collect all the data of the older Ranma's blaster and fighting skills.
"Ranma-chan isn't going to lose without a fight," Ukyo said.
"Darling has shown he's been able to beat far stronger foes before," Kodachi adds.
"He has never backed down from a fight before," Kaori said.
"And he's not going to stop now," Shampoo said.
"I'm surprise that you're not taking bets," Akane said to her sister. "There's a lot of money to be made you know."
"I'm more surprise that you're not blaming Ranma for something," Nabiki said back.
Akane was taken aback at what Nabiki said. "Akane is finally learning to control her anger," Kasumi spoke up. "She doesn't want to end up like her older counterpart does she?" The older Tendo sister stares at the youngest. "Because if she does she'll end up just like her."
"I wonder how long that will last," Nabiki said. "I'll give it a week tops before she goes back to blaming Ranma."
"I'm not going to be like that," Akane said to her sisters.
"Prove it then," both of them said.
"Because I'm going to try to win Ranma's heart," Nabiki said. "My older counterpart lost her chance to win him because of her greed and I'm not going to make the same mistake as she did."
"You're what?" Akane shouted out.
"She has a better chance then you do," A-Ko said. "Considering that you always blame Ranma for everything and never saying sorry afterwards."
"She's right you know," A-Ko's mother Diana said. "Girls like you give the rest of us females a bad name." Diana even with her upbringing couldn't overlook all of the things that Akana has done and blame on Ranma over the years. And she has gotten to like the sex changing fighter since her daughter had first run into him.
"If you're still going to try to get him to love you, then you're going to have to be able to trust him," Clark said.
"I… I…," Akane said to herself as she realized that she is how everyone saw her as. Seeing her other self in the other world had awoken something inside of her and can see what she truly is. Did she love Ranma or was that he's her husband to be making hers that really mattered to her.
"It's time to stop blaming Ranma," Kuno said. After his death and being brought back to life has changed him. "Or we'll end up like our counterparts in the other world."
"And I need to see if what happened to my counterpart happened to me," Mousse said. He had stop taking his eye drops and was now waiting to see if the same thing had happened to him.
"And I don't want to end up with like our counterparts did," Ryoga said.
"Everyone is learning," Nuku Nuku said.
"And now only Akane needs to learn the lesson," C-Ko said.
Akane looks down as she took everything in. She's noting but a soiled brat in the eyes of everyone here, and her sister is making moves to steal Ranma from her. And with everything that her Ranma had seen that had happened between her and him in the other world what chance did she have with him now. She never once trusted him with anything and jump straight to blaming him, ending with her smashing him with her hammer. With everything she has done to him with very little in thanking him for everything he has done for her, she ranked at the bottom of the girls engaged to him.
"How interesting," a voice above them said.
Looking up they saw a man with white hair dress in white, riding a horse sizes flying white cat. The man had a blank look and big eyes that were like a doll's eyes completely emotionless look, under both of his eyes are two black dots that made it look like he has more then two eyes. The way his shoulder length hair and tall pointed hair look, gave his head a triangle appearance. His outfit looks like a white colored clown costume and his hands look more like a cats then a human.
"Shinkohyo it's been awhile," Mad Hat greeted the newcomer.
"The same here," Shinkohyo said. (1)
"It's been such a long time since we ran into you," the flying cat said.
"Shinkohyo?" Diana said remembering where she had heard that name before. "You're the immortal demon who has been watching the world since humans first walked the earth."
"Yes I am," Shinkohyo said recognizing her. "I have been watching the events that have been happening here since Ranma came here. I found this place very interesting."
"Umm why are you here?" Tessa asked aiming the camera at the demon.
"To watch of course," he replied.
"For those who don't know him, I explain," Mad Hat said to the crowd that has gathered. "Shinkohyo, while technically a demon immortal, restricts himself to the concern of staving off the ennui of the millennia. He finds great amusement in watching the unfolding of interesting events through his all-seeing Senrigan. His name is listed at the very top of the Book of Souls, a hit list written by the gods on beings they view dangers, likely due to his great age and the immense power of his Paopei, the lighting summoning Raikouben the most powerful of the ancient weapons of the immortal begins. He never actually commits any wrongdoing however, content to merely observe the world from above. Shinkohyo's spiritual beast, Kokutenko, is a flying cat like creature and a formidable ally. Like his master Shinkohyo is content in merely observing interesting events that unfold in front of him."
"MadHat and I are old friends," Shinkohyo said to the crowd of onlookers before turning to his friend. "He's on his way I pass over him and his group."
"Good," Ranma Jones said. "Now we can end this."
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In one of the bases of Mithril –
"Wow things are never boring around that place," Kurz said as he watches the scene on a TV screen. He's of German decent, and sports a blond mullet and has blue eyes. He is very good looking, and combined with his outgoing personality easily befriends most people. His reputation with women in romantic terms are largely spoiled by his unflinching and overdone pursual of "the fairer sex". He most often forms a three man cell with squadmate Sousuke Sagara and squad leader Melissa Mao. He is regarded as a finicky genius, burdening the Mithril mechanics with extremely difficult to understand complaints and requests.
"I'm beginning to see why she likes going there," Melissa Mao said. Serving as the SRT's second-in-command next to Gail McAllen, she serves in Mithril under the call sign Urzu-2. Her expertise in electronic warfare is valued by the Pacific Battle Group "Tuatha de Danaan". She and the rest of the personal in the base were glued to a screen to watch the fight and to collect the data of the fight. They had learned long ago to collect data on the superhero and villain fights that usually break out at least once a week. That's how they manage to stay ahead of the military forces on the planet by helping the Justice League in battles and collect the advance tech from the alien super villains drop from the fights.
"Are all the data collectors in check?" Richard Mardukas ask one of the personals at the controls. He's an overly protective aide of Tessa's who insists on guarding her with his life. He holds the rank of Commander and is in charge of Mithril's TDD-1 when the Captain, Testarossa, is not on board; appropriate, given that Mardukas' position is that of Executive Officer.
"Yes they're all in place," the personal said. "The field team has all of the cameras in place in the area and the scanners are all running at one hundred percent."
"Good the data we collect on Ranma Jones energy weapon and fighting skills will help us," Andrei Sergeivich Kalinin said. He's Sagara's commanding officer and one of Tessa's military strategists. He is also the foster father of Sagara. Looking at the people in the stand he was surprise to see Superman and Wonder Woman there along with their daughter. He was one of the trusted few to know the secret identities of some of the superheroes of the Earth as he had helped them in the past, even if Batman always kept an eye on him.
"Really? Help in designing new weapons for the robots and soldiers?"
"Yes it…" Andrei was saying but cut off when he saw who he was talking to. Everyone in the room turn to see Mad Hat standing behind the commander smirking a wide grin.
The personal immediately drew their firearms at him. Mad Hat simply smiled at the soldiers. "Come on I'm an all powerful beings that can order around God around. You really think that your weapons will actually hurt me? If it didn't work on Mxyzptlk when he popped here a few years ago then it's not going to work on me."
"Everyone stand down," Andrei ordered remembering what had happen when they had tried to take down the imp when he had appeared in the base. They ended up calling the Justice League to handle him after he turned the entire base into a building made out of candy. It was the only time they had ever called in outside help as up till then they had always handled any villains that had tried to steal their weapons and armors.
"Good I see you're not like the US army commanders who always think they can deal with everything by sheer force of arms," Mad Hat smiled as he hopped closer to Andrei.
"What are you doing here?" Andrei ask knowing that he can't let down his guard with someone like Mad Hat.
"And how did you get from there in Japan and here?" one of the personal working the computers asked.
"Please if I can wrap time and space to open a portal from one world to another as easy as someone walking next door. How hard do you think it's for me to appear wherever I want?" he asked.
"He has a point there," Melissa said.
"Why are you here?" Andrei ask again.
"Now, now don't think for a moment that I'll obey any order you give I don't what I want to do and follow what I want to follow," Mad Hat smiled as an aura of energy surrounded him. The panels and computers all started blinking and going haywire as the energy readings their reading off of him were quickly overloading them.
"Turn them off!" Kurz shouted seeing the computers were about to blow but before they could be turn off Mad Hat let the aura die down.
"As you can see I'm not like anything any of you have ever face before," he said. "And as for the reason I'm here is to warn you to be sure to keep the data on Ranma Jones weapon, and fighting skills lock under key. Or you'll be in trouble later."
With that he disappeared and reappeared on screen back in Japan.
"What you think?" Richard asked Andrei.
"We continue recording and scanning," Andrei said. "But we have to make sure none of the data leaks out."
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Back in Japan –
"We finally get to end this," Ranma Jones said to his younger counterpart standing in front of him. "Now to see if you have learned anything now that you fully understand what the fat panda is really like." He draws his sword out and plants it in the ground in front of him leaving one hand on it.
"Yes I have," Ranma said to him. His family human and androids alike waited and watch to see the out come of this fight. After learning everything that his father had done in the other world was the same as he had done in his, Ranma finally found the answer to his question.
"And what have you learn?" Ranma Jones asked.
"This," Ranma said as he raised his hand up. "I forefit this fight, you win."
"What!" Akane shouted as Ranma had never once backed down from a fight before. Everyone in the stands were also shock at the words coming from their Ranma's mouth. He had actually given up a fight.
"You backed down?" Ranma Jones asked.
"I now know what you wanted me to learn myself. That I must break my bond with the panda to live my life as I see fit and not just be known for just knowing how to fight. I was brought up to just learn to fight and that's all I had ever known to do. But now I won't just let my fist do my talking anymore, I won't fight anymore and try to find a life outside of fighting," Ranma said to his older self. (2)
"Good you learn to break away from the life that the panda wanted you to follow. Go and live your life the way you want to and not by the wants of others," Ranma Jones said as he sheathes his sword again. "But as for me I need to fight to protect the people I care about."
"Well it's time to leave," Mad Hat said as he opens a portal between worlds. "Hey Shinkohyo want to tag along its going to be fun."
"Might as well," Shinkohyo said as both he and Kokutenko flew through the portal.
"Ranma remember one thing," Ranma Jones said to his counterpart as the girls in love with him came over to his younger self. "You have people who care for you never forget that."
"I will," Ranma said as he watches his other self step through the portal. He would make a real life for himself instead of just being a fighter. And not live the dream that the fat panda had wanted him to live.
"I would love to see how this will turn out but I have a job to do," Mad Hat said as he hopped through closing this chapter of the story of this world's Ranma life and the beginning of a new one. (3)
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In the world of Suikoden –
"You followed a ship the sizes of an island through a portal and ended up here?" Yahr asked as he, Nelis and Subala listened to the pirate's story.
"Yeah it was so strange," Luffy said. "And we have been sailing around without a clue where to go."
"We have never seen the kinds of creatures that have been attacking the ship before," Chopper said.
"I think you people must be from another world then," Nelis said. "I heard of creatures and people appearing every now and then from other worlds before."
"Another world wow," Usopp said. "I'm the first pirate to be wanted in two worlds instead of one."
"Looks like I get to sharpen my sword skills while I'm here," Zolo said thinking of the sword fighters of this world having different skills then the ones back in his world.
"That's not important now," Nami said seeing the men of the crew talking off topic again. "Do any of you have a map or know where the nearest port is. We're running out of supplies and need to restock."
"Here's the charts and maps," Subala said pulling the maps and charts from a chest they had taken off of her ship that was being towed behind.
Nami grab them and rolled it out on a wooden create. "Now I can figure out where we are."
"The cannons on this ship don't use runes to power them?" Yahr ask
"No they don't," Robin said as the three passengers had shown them the power of the runes they had embedded on their hands or foreheads. "They use powders that blow up, to fire out the projectiles."
"And what about your captain stretching like that?" Subala ask as Luffy had stretched his arms out to help them onboard the ship.
"Oh I ate the Gum Gum fruit a cursed fruit that gave me a body made out of rubber," Luffy answers. (4)
"Anyways," Nami said getting everyone's attention. "Where's the nearest sea port?"
"The nearest one is Lake Castle," Nelis said pointing to the port on the map. "That's where we were heading before we got hit by the storm."
"Alright," Luffy shouted. "Usopp set sail to Lake Castle."
"Which way?" Usopp asked.
"Just follow the coastline and we'll get there," Yahr said.
"Right," Usopp replied as he sailed the ship up the coast line.
"About this island size ship," Nelis ask. "It didn't have a mast or sails at all?"
"No it didn't," Sanji answers. "I have never seen a ship able to sail without anything powering it before."
"I heard of one before," Nelis said. "There's a tale of a huge ship that could be found sailing without any sails or mast, always surrounded by thick fog during the Island Liberation War. It was called the Fog Ship and according to the story I heard after the captain of the ship was defeated the ship disappeared."
"Well looks like its back," Zolo said. "And its crewed by some pirates from our world and soldiers who destroyed an entire port city before they came back here."
"Maybe it has something to do with the war going on in the Grasslands," Subala suggested.
"There's a war going on there?" Nami ask.
"Yeah a big one too," Subala adds.
"Just our luck," Nami dead panned knowing that they're going to be drag into it.
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At the port of Lake Castle –
Viki was standing at the guardrails that over look the port. She's been wondering when Ranma will return along with the others that went with him. The other Ranma and his group had disappeared into one of the other worlds fighting against the Four Brothers and haven't been seen for a long while. The enemy forces have been quite but that won't last for long. She missed Ranma, his daughters were taking his lost in another world hard, but she knows that he would never give up till he returns back to them.
Then she heard shouting below and saw Cecile and some of the castle guards surrounded a strange looking ship that had sailed into the port towing another ship behind it. Looking closer she saw three faces that she hadn't seen for a very long time. Using her Rune she teleported down.
"Viki go and get the others we got ourselves pirates," Cecile said as she had the castle guards aim crossbows at the crew of the pirate ship waving a skull and crossbone flag wearing a straw hat.
"There's no need for that," Viki said as she shouted at the crew of the ship. "Subala, Nelis, Yahr, it's been years!"
"Viki is that you?" Subala shouted down.
"You know them?" Cecile asked.
"Yes they're friends of mine from the time I was in the Sun Rune war," Viki said smiling at her three old friends with renew hope. If her old friends could find a way to her then Ranma will find a way back to her and the rest of the girls.
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Next Time – Ranma finally crosses over to the combine worlds of DC and Marvel.
Author's Notes
1 – From the anime, Soul Hunter
2 – Never expected that did you.
3 – If anyone wants to use the world I created of this Ranma's life go for it. Just email me that you're going to use it first.
4 – They are said to be the fruit of the Sea Devil and that the secret to their power is hidden in the Grand Line. Because encounters with them are rare (especially outside the Grand Line) a number of rumors about them have risen making it difficult to tell whether some things are fact or fiction. The average person knows nothing or very little about what they are. The Devil Fruit, when consumed, gives the consumer a power or special trait. There are more than 100 types of Devil Fruit, they come in different shapes, colors, and all Devil Fruits have swirl marks on them of some kind. Only one bite is needed for the power of a Devil Fruit to be yours, and after that, the Devil Fruit becomes a simple, useless, disgusting fruit. Although, it has been shown that you do not even need to bite or chew it. If you swallow it whole, as Buggy did, the effects are still the same. Modern science has also found a way for inanimate objects to gain the power of a Devil Fruit; this means Devil Fruit objects such as Lassoo the dog/gun and Funkfreed the elephant/sword can now exist.
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