Martial Arts Online
Ranma x Sword Art Online
Frustrated that he couldn't woo Akane and his beloved Pigtailed Girl, Kuno Tatewaki decides to try a different approach. If he can't get them in real life, he'll first charm them in Virtual Reality. He uses his considerable wealth and influence to purchase three full sets of that new MMORPG game called 'Sword Art Online' (beta test version) and gives two of them to Akane and Ranma-chan. Though suspecting foul-play, they are curious about this game and plug themselves in and quickly fall in love with the game.
When the game is finally fully developed and sold, Ranma and Akane are the first in line to purchase the official real game. By default, their interest in the game sparked the Nerima Wrecking Crew's interest, who also purchased their own games to see just what and why the pair were so in love with the game. This inevitably leads to Ranma, Akane, Shampoo, Mousse, Ukyo, Ryoga, Tatewaki and Kodachi Kuno all getting trapped in the game when Kayaba Akihiko springs his trap on the players.
Outside in the real world, Genma came very, very close to trying to yank the game helmet off Ranma two hours into the game and unintentionally frying Ranma's brain. But Nabiki (who'd been watching the news) hadn't stepped in and stopped him and her father from killing Ranma and—especially—Akane. Once they finally come to grips with the situation, the fathers see an unprecedented opportunity available to them. They concoct numerous schemes in an attempt to instantly wed the comatose Akane and Ranma. Schemes that usually fail thanks to either the kids being comatose, interference from Nabiki and/or Cologne, the overwhelming stupidity of the schemes themselves, or some combination of the previous reasons.
In the game…
Akane quickly couldn't handle the sheer amount of danger they were in and got into a very bad argument with Ranma, causing them to go their separate ways until either Akane came to grips with the situation or the game was finished. Ryoga was more than happy to support Akane and help her through her depression, especially since they had the exact same levels of strength so he couldn't really hurt her by accident like he could in real life. They eventually 'marry' and live semi-happily on Level 20. Burned by Akane, Ranma decides to go it alone and becomes a solo frontline player, with Shampoo and Ukyo hounding his every step. Eventually Ukyo settles down and opens up a restaurant to 'keep her skills sharp'. Shampoo refuses to abandon Ranma and eventually forces him to accept her as a party-member. Mousse continuously tries to attack Ranma to finally kill the bastard so he can have Shampoo all his own. Kodachi also hunts Ranma, but to make him her own. Tatewaki Kuno creates a red guild for Player-Killers, believing that Kayaba had been lying and that no one was actually killed when they 'died'.
Kuno eventually devises a plan to 'neutralize' Ranma after he learns that he and not the Pigtailed Girl was in the game. He has his guild lure Ukyo out of town with the promise of a super-rare cooking ingredient and then they overpower and capture her. Kuno brazenly challenges Ranma, using Ukyo as bait. When she tries to escape, Kuno cuts her down and kills her, right in front of Ranma. Ranma becomes enraged, attacking and killing Kuno in a fury.
Learning of her brother's death, Kodachi blames the Chinese harlot for corrupting her Ranma-sama into killing her brother. She goes hunting Shampoo, poisoning her with a paralysis attack, and tries to kill her. Only Mousse jumped in and protects Shampoo, killing Kodachi in retaliation. But rather than free Shampoo, he keeps her paralyzed. He takes her to his hideout and tries to keep her 'protected' from Ranma and the game. However, Ranma tracks her down, wanting his last remaining companion and friend back. He and Mousse get into a fight. Mousse wouldn't stop trying to kill Ranma, despite being far weaker than him. He wouldn't stop until Ranma accidentally used a move too powerful and caused Mousse to be killed.
Weapons and Skills Ideas
Ranma – Martial Artist (one of the very few), Thief, Tracker
Ryoga – Staff, Tracker, Night Vision
Akane – Mallet/War Hammer
Ukyo – Mace, Cook
Shampoo – Chinese jian sword, Beast Tamer, Tracker
Mousse – Chain-sickle, shuriken/throwing daggers (hundreds), Poisons, Night Vision
Kuno – Katana, One-Hit Death Strike
Kodachi – Whip, Poisons
For those of you who haven't figured it out, the point of the story is less on the SAO side, and more on the interactions of the Ranma-cast and how they survive in a virtual reality death game. Feel free to change what you don't like.