Disclaimer:  All characters portrayed in this story are owned by their
respective creators and companies.  I don't own any of them.  Please
don't sue me.

This story draws ideas from the manga and anime of all the series
involved and happens at the end of each one.  The Darkstalkers portion
came mostly from my mind and the ending scenes for finishing the game.

This is special number one of my crossover series, Life and Times.  This
takes place after part 5 of that series.

C & C welcomed.  Flames not.

A Ranma and Darkstalkers crossover with many cameo appearances from the
previous series.

A Match Made in Hell

By

Donny Cheng

	Morrigan rested her chin in her hand as she stared long and hard at the
sleeping male in front of her.  It was such a rare sight these days to
see such an innocent man.  Well, she would take care of that problem
tonight.

	"I don't think you should be doing that now."  The door opened to
reveal a certain platinum hair goddess.

	"Erk!  Urd!  What are you doing here?"

	"I live here."

	"What?  You mean this guy is yours?  I thought for sure he was as
virginal as a mortal can be."

	"Actually my OTHER two sisters live here too."

	Morrigan reeled back in shock.  "Belldanday's here!?  You mean this guy
is her's."  Suddenly, the cute sleeping guy lost all his appeal on her. 
She had only seen Belldandy mad once and once was enough to tell her to
back off.

	"Yeah.  You know that infatuation of hers with a little boy from
earth?  Well, that's him."

	"So, she finally snared her knight in shining armor.  How about you
Urd?  I seem to recall another goddess who liked a mortal so much that
she gave a part of her soul to him."  Morrigan said teasingly to Urd.

	Urd cheek's colored lightly.  "I don't know what your talking about. 
That boy was just eight years old at the time.  It was more motherly
instinct than anything else."

	Morrigan noticed the faltering in Urd's usually confident voice. 
Something was up with her long time rival.  "That was over eight years
ago.  He should be sixteen right now and you're physically only
twenty-four.  I happen to know for a fact that some boys like older
woman."

	Urd refused to be baited by that infernal succubus.  "Believe what you
will, but I haven't seen him and I won't try to find him.  I don't have
time to go look after some snotty little young pup."

	Hehehe, Morrigan laughed inwardly.  Urd never could lie very well. 
Being a goddess had certain disadvantages.  The Almighty was going to
have a field day with that blatant one.  "Whatever.  Well there's
nothing for me to do here anymore.  I guess I'll see you later, Urd." 
She then vanished as she phased through the wall.  She would find out
who Urd was being so secretive about if it was the last thing she did.

	"Danm!"  Urd swore.  The little slut was going to find about her
Ranma.  When Morrigan was interested in a male, nothing could stop her
(other than Belldandy).

	<Ring>  <Ring>

	Urd bigsweated.  It had to be the Almighty.  Let's see now, blatant
lying and swearing in succession.  She was in it deep this time.

			* * * * *

	Koenma paced nervously around the office.  If Enma Daio were to find
out that someone hacked into the computer and stole information on all
the people of the human world, Koenma was sure to have an aching butt
tomorrow.  Well, he would just have to make sure that his father didn't
find out.  Luckily, he had multiple back-up copies of the information. 
The only thing that bothered him was who could have stolen it and why? 
It may be a good idea for him to ask Yusuke and the others for help.

			* * * * *

	Morrigan sat on her thrown as she looked over the pictures her servants
had stolen from Koenma for her.  A person that could interest Urd had to
be exceptional.  The boys in the pictures in front of her all held
within them a power level higher than that of a normal human.  She
glanced at the pictures one by one.

	Chiba Mamoru:  He was quite handsome, but was too old to be the one Urd
was interested in.

	Urameshi Yusuke:  Half-demon, S-class, and helped Koenma once in a
while.  Definitely someone Urd would like.  Too bad he was married.  So,
that ruled him out.

	Misaki Tenchi:  Half-alien, could destroy this solar system if he could
control his power and of the right age.  She had already tried to visit
him before but some woman by the name of Tsunami appeared in front of
her and told her under no circumstance would the boy be messed with. 
Morrigan had prudently decided to leave.  Goddesses of immense powers
generally don't mix well with her.  Urd would probably think the same
thing.

	Now this was where it became interesting.  The next batch of photos
showed various martial artists in them.  Most of them resided in Nerima
with some all over China.  All of these males were near the age of
sixteen.  However, there was one picture in particular, which interested
her.  The boy in question did not have a listing for his death, just
like the other boys she had previewed earlier.  Under the time of death
heading was the word 'undetermined' for all four of them.  It looked
like this was one boy that stood a chance of being Urd's object of
affection.

			* * * * *

	"Hmmm."  Morrigan examined the boy, currently snoring loud enough to
wake the dead.  She had to admit Urd had pretty good taste.  She
couldn't wait to see the look on the goddess's face when she stole Ranma
from her.  Now, to see who this boy's fantasy woman was.  It was a
simple matter of taking the form of the fantasy woman and then seduce
the boy with it.

	What the hell was going on here?  Morrigan cursed as she telepathically
tried to probe Ranma's mind for woman of his dreams.  This guy had four
suitors after him?  Also, he seemed to be on a friendly if not romantic
basis with many more.  Urd was one of the girls that held a place within
his mind.  That proved that this was the mortal that Urd felt something
for.  Urd chose well.  This guy's love life must have been the answer to
the self claimed goddess of love's prayers.  She tried to probe deeper
to see who Ranma liked the most out of all the girls.

	"Arrgh!"  The farther she had delved into the boy's soul the more
resistance she had felt.  It had finally gotten to the point where it
had been strong enough to give her a mental back slash.  Whoever the guy
liked, he was in too deep a denial to ever the girl.  It looked like she
would have to do this the hard way.  She would just have to go to him in
the form of each and every girl he knows and likes.  It would take
longer than a night.  With that though in mind, she gently picked Ranma
up and phased out.

			* * * * *

	Usagi ran up the stairs of the temple as fast as she could.  By the
time she got to the top, she was out of breath.  The rest of the senshi
were already inside.  Walking in, she noticed that her friends all had
worried expressions on their faces.  They knew.  Cousin Ranma had been
kidnapped.

			* * * * *

	"What the...?"  Tenchi stared at the television screen in shock.  The
news was currently reporting on a kidnapping of a well known martial
artist, Saotome Ranma.  "Cousin Ranma has been kidnapped?  We have to
find out what happened."

	"Yeah.  We just have to find him.  How else will I fulfil my dream of
marrying the both of them."  Ryoko muttered under her breath.

	Tenchi bigsweated.  "Uh... Ryoko you said that out loud."

	"Oh, I know.  Like I could ever hide anything from you Tenchi."  Ryoko
slowly floated over to Tenchi.  She was flying horizontally and giving
him a full view of her assets, emphasizing exactly what she meant.

	Aeka immediately went ballistic.  "You little tramp."  Chaos ensued
soon after.

			* * * * *

	Yusuke put down the wok and looked at Botan's anxious expression. 
"Another enemy has appeared?"

	"As you knew during that last tournament, the previous three lords of
Makai were not the only ones that held an enormously high S power
level.  Some powerful beings chose to live an anonymous life in Makai. 
On the boundaries of Makai, up until recently, a very strong demon ruled
that part of the realm with an iron fist.  He didn't get in the way of
the three lords and they didn't get into his way.  This was mostly
because none of the three wanted to rule over such a lousy place. 
However, something had happened there.  We surmised that the demon was
now dead and nobody is taking charge.  His heir apparent has chosen not
to take the reigns of command.  Because of that, we had thought the heir
to be harmless, but a recent event seems to rule otherwise."

	"The kidnapping of that martial artist?"

	"Um... Yeah."

	Yusuke would have to have been blind to not notice the crimson color
Botan's face was turning into.  He smirked at her expression.  "So, this
martial artist that's been kidnapped.  He wouldn't happen to be anyone
special would he?"

	"No, nobody special at all.  This is purely business, nothing more."

	"Sure, Botan.  Whatever, you say."

			* * * * *

	Nuku Nuku sped down the street on her bicycle towards Nerima.  Ranma
was in trouble and that was all she needed to know.

			* * * * *

	Dimitri was deep in thought as he watched the events of the world
through the television (what a great invention man had devised).  For a
hundred years, he had been trapped on this blasted mortal plane.  Now
that he was free once again to roam about the night, he finds that the
three lords of Makai were already disbanded.  That wench Muruko ruled
now and held an incredible amount of strength within her.  It would take
a while before he could regain the power he lost while dormant.  After
that, it would be just a matter of time for him to gain more power and
defeat her.  Meanwhile, he would be content with trying to rule the
outskirts of Makai.  After the darkstalkers' tournament, only Morrigan
now stood in his way.

	<click>

	He shut the television off.  Nothing was on.  A martial artist that had
been kidnapped was not important to him.  He had more important things
to take care of at the moment.  Morrigan's power would soon be his.

			* * * * *

	"Oh, Ranma?"  Urd's seductive voice called out to Ranma as he woke up.

	"Urd?  What are you doing here?  You look different today.  Change your
hair style of something?"  He yawned and rubbed his eyes to shake the
effects of a nice long sleep.

	Morrigan was shocked as she looked at Ranma.  Here she was, wearing a
dress that did nothing to conceal her current form's luscious curves and
the boy barely even noticed she was alive.  Maybe if she tried a little
harder.  "No, Ranma.  Why don't you look a little closer?  I just bought
this got this new dress and I wanted you opinion of it."  She twirled
slowly around in front of him, giving him quite view.  The hem of her
short dress flared slightly, showing just a bit of panty.  Of course,
she did this just short of a foot from Ranma's eyes.  That had the
proper affect.

	"You're not Urd."  Ranma managed to gasp out as he held his nose to
stop the flow of blood.

	Damn, Morrigan cursed as she heard Ranma's accusation.  She reverted
back to her normal form.  "How did you figure it out?  I was sure I had
her mannerisms down pat."

	"I have a special bond with her.  I always know when she is near me. 
Who are you and what are you doing in my room."  Ranma looked curiously
at the green haired girl in front of him.

	"Actually, Ranma my dear boy, you are not in your room.  You are in my
castle in Makai at the moment.  The reason I have taken you here is that
I'm interested in you.  A boy who has stolen the heart of a goddess must
be very special.  I plan to take your innocence before she does.  I can
do this forcefully, but I would rather have your full cooperation.  It's
just more fun that way."  Morrigan smirked as she saw Ranma's blush at
the mentioning of his losing his virginity.

	"There is no way you're going to force me to do what you want.  I don't
like to hit girls, so I'll just break my way out."  Ranma quickly leapt
off the bed at went towards one of the walls.  With all of his strength,
he punched at it.  Nothing happened.

	"Did I forget to mention that the entire room is magically protected
from harm?"  Morrigan laughed out loud as she materialized out of the
room.  "I'll be back later Ranma."  The boy would crack very soon,
especially one at his age.  Hormones and teenagers, what a wonderful
concept.

			* * * * *

	Akane, Kodachi, Shampoo, and Ukyo sat in the Tendo Dojo living room,
which had become a sort of battle room for all the uninvited guests. 
They glared at each of the girls that showed up claiming interest in
Ranma's welfare.

	Mousse, Ryoga, and Kuno fumed at Ranma's infidelity.

	Meanwhile, the senshi all looked at Usagi with worry.  Their usually
nice princess was having quite an argument with that Tenchi boy.

	Ryoko and the rest of Tenchi's entourage looked at him with worry. 
Their usually nice prince was arguing with that Usagi girl.

	"He's going to visit me when we save him."  Tenchi glowered at his
female cousin.

	"No, he isn't.  Don't try to hide it.  I heard he visited you last, so
that means it's my turn."  Ranma's training trip when he was growing up
had meant that he could only stay in one place for a short period of
time.  Since nobody knew when Genma would show up, it was hard for Usagi
and Tenchi to see Ranma all together.  It ended up with Genma changing
the route of the journey so that Ranma met his cousins in alternating
intervals every few years.  This made for a rivalry for Ranma's company
and often one would refuse to tell the other that Ranma was visiting so
that he or she could get his undivided attention.

	Just then, a bike broke through the wall of the living room.  "Nuku
Nuku wants to help look for Ranma."

	Akane, Kodachi, and Ukyo looked at Shampoo.  They then looked at Nuku
Nuku.  Too weird.

	"So, Botan is this where your boy friend lives?"  Kuwabara asked Botan
as their group stepped through the hole in the wall.

	"What!?"  The females in the room turned to look at the spirit
currently in human form.

	Nodoka took a sip of her tea.  She was quite happy, despite her son
missing.  All this was just proof that her son was a manly man.  She
briefly wondered if she could marry her son off to all the girls when he
came back.

			* * * * *

	Morrigan was starting to get frustrated as changed back to her original
form from that of a girl named Kodachi.  The boy turned her down again
and she was fast running out of girl forms to turn into.  Was this guy
gay?  A sixteen year old boy with so many girls willing to throw
themselves at him and he didn't even care.  No, Morrigan was sure of
it.  The boy did dream of a few fantasies and a lot of them featured the
girl whose form she had just used.  This guy was a normal growing boy
with normal needs.  However, he was martial artist first and he could
control every urge with that powerful will of his if he needed to.

	It was then that Morrigan finally came up with the solution.  It was so
simple.  Instead of digging deep into Ranma's mind for his perfect girl,
she should search the thoughts that pervade at the top of his mind.  The
girl that he unconsciously thinks about all the time.

			* * * * *

Fade in...
 
	"Mother!"  Ranma gasped out his mother's name as he hugged her to him. 
Finally, after all this time.  He hoped that she did not notice the
tears that threatened to flow from his eyes.  He doubted that she would
find that very manly.

	However, Nodoka's own eyes were blurred with tears.  She has reunited
with her son again for the first time in ten years.

Fade out...

			* * * * *

	I think that this will be all for the night, Morrigan thought to
herself.  Her face was flush with embarrassment and guilt.  If there was
one thing she couldn't handle, it was the maternal love between a mother
and son.  It turned her off faster than anything else did.  Tomorrow
would be a better time anyway, after Ranma is well rested and his
stamina is at his peak.  Somehow, Morrigan couldn't convince herself
that was the only reason for not going further.  She thought back to the
boy's dream and had to say it was the sweetest thing she had seen in
many years.

			* * * * *

	"Stop it, Luna.  He can't be evil, just look how gorgeous he is." 
Minako had hearts in eyes while she watched the red haired, bishonen
man.  Rei and Makoto were also quite out of it as they followed Minako's
lead.

	"How is that a reason Mina-chan?  Besides, I think he and that man
called Hiei are... you know..."  Ami reddened and refused to finish that
sentence.

	The girls' heads dropped after hearing Ami's assessment.  After a
moment of self-pity, Minako raised her head high and held her fist up in
the air in a righteous manner.  "I understand now.  Kurama was just a
test against my resolve for Ranma.  I should not have been swayed by
mere physical beauty.  Ranma is my one and only and I will not let
anything stand in my way to save him."

	"Hear, hear!"  Rei and Makoto raised their arms to Minako's.

	Ami and the rest of the senshi prudently decided to walk away.

	Usagi and Tenchi were hunched over a calendar arguing over the
visitation rights.

	Washu eyes gleamed as she examined Nuku Nuku from head to toe.  The
improvements she could make made her tingle with exitement.

	The goddesses Urd, Belldandy, and Skuld glanced warily at Yusuke,
Kuruma, and Hiei.  The evil power they felt in those three was enormous
but fortunately, they sensed no malicious intent.

	Finally, after everyone has gotten to know each other, Belldandy got
everyone to focus on her.  "I think that I may know where Ranma was
taken.  A long time rival of my sister, Urd, showed up at our doorstep a
couple of days ago.  She and Urd have been trying to gain an advantage
over each other for a long time now and I fear she may have taken Ranma
to get one over her.  I know that I can't stop any of you from trying to
get there yourselves, so me and my sisters have decided to take you all
with us.  I know that all of you can take care of yourselves, but we
still want you to be careful."

	Everyone looked at each other with determination.  They were ready.

			* * * * *

	"Come out, Lilith."  Morrigan called out the other half of her soul.

	The diminutive succubus leapt out from within Morrigan's body.  "What
do you want sister?"

	"It's you isn't it?  You're the one who's making me feel guilty about
my actions all of a sudden.  I've never had a problem with men before
you joined me."

	"Morrigan, you forget who you're talking to here.  I am the darkness of
your soul.  Our merging of our souls has given you more of an
appreciation for the night and all things dark.  Before I joined with
you, your actions with men could only be considered as mischievous at
best.  The natural goodness that resides in your half of the soul is
only now emerging perhaps to counter the evil in mine."  Lilith breathed
a sigh of relief.  Morrigan seemed to believe her.  Hey, evil incarnate
once had a very nice mother too.

			* * * * *

	"Morrigan, what did you do that for?"  Ranma-chan sputtered.

	Morrigan looked at the empty glass in her hand.  "A Jusenkyo curse, who
would have thought.  Urd really has chosen well."

	"What do you mean be that?"

	"Oh!  Didn't you know that Urd has a fling with a woman once in a
while.  I myself have been in her arms a couple of times.  Let me tell
you the things..."  Morrigan stared in disbelief at Ranma's totally red
face and the small trickle of blood that came from his nose.  She
paraded semi-nude in front of him and threw herself at him every chance
she got and the boy only rarely reacted.  His girl form must have made
him all but immune to the sight of female flesh.  She made one little
suggestive statement and this happened.  The boy's na�vet� was just too
cute.

			* * * * *

	Ranma didn't know what to make of Morrigan.  She finally let him out of
the room, but told him that since they were in Makai anyway, he would be
able to get home.  She was being awfully nice to him for a kidnapper.

	"What's wrong, Ranma?  Not hungry?"  Morrigan called out from across
the long dinner table.

	"Why don't you let me go?  You know I'll never give in."

	Why didn't she let him go, Morrigan wondered.  She knew now that the
only way she would get Ranma's innocence was to take it forcefully. 
Maybe it was because she enjoyed his company.

	"Am I disturbing anything?"  A deep voice reverberated in the air above
the dinning room.

	"Dimitri!"  Morrigan cursed.  She had been so caught up with trying to
bed Ranma that she forgot all about be wary of the vampire.  Suddenly
she felt herself being knocked over.  It was Ranma.

	Damn it.  Who was that boy?  Dimitri's hands still glowed from the
blast he had thrown intended for the succubus.

	Idiot.  Now, why did he have to go and to that?  Morrigan slowly rolled
him off of her.  Her eyes flared, as she looked at Dimitri with hatred. 
"Really now, Dimitri.  Ruining my date is something that I can not
tolerate very well.  I don't suppose that you know of my increase in
power.  Here, let me demonstrate."  Morrigan's hands glowed in with dark
energy.  Her merging with Lilith made her stronger than she had ever
been.

	Dimitri's body hurled across the room and slammed against the wall from
the blast that came from Morrigan's hands.  He fell instantly
unconscious.  His last thoughts were of how Morrigan could have gotten
so strong.

	Morrigan turned to look at Ranma, who was already staggering to get
up.  The boy was strong for one at his age and would probably get better
still.  Her first impulse was to grab him into a fierce hug.

	"Oww!"  The mixture of pleasure and pain, Ranma felt was indescribable.

	"Sorry, I forgot about your back being hit."

	"Who was that guy?  His attack was on par with one of Ryoga's shi shi
hokodans."

	"Well, who told you to jump in front of me anyway.  I could have taken
his attack without too much trouble."

	"Well, you're a girl and I didn't want you to get hurt."

	"That's a sexist remark coming from someone who's half-girl."  Truth to
tell, Morrigan felt that it was kind of Ranma to try and save her.  She
couldn't understand the boy at times.  She was his kidnapper and he
acted like that didn't even matter.

	"Hey, I'm a guy."  Ranma was relieved.  Friendly banter was the only
way he could express himself.  He didn't want to go right out and say
that he had been a little worried for his kidnapper.  She hadn't really
done anything mean to him during his stay.

	"Well, you're no good to me in this condition.  I guess I will have to
take you home and wait till you get better."  Morrigan touched Ranma and
the both of them vanished.

			* * * * *

	"Sailor Mercury!"

	"Sailor Mars!"

	"Sailor Jupiter!"

	"Sailor Venus!"

	"Sailor Uranus!"

	"Sailor Neptune!"

	"Sailor Saturn!"

	"I am Sailor Moon.  In the name of the moon, we will punish you!"

	Urd and Belldandy readied a ball of energy in her hands.  Skuld held a
bomb in each hand.

	Tenchi and the others were in full Jurain battle armor.

	Yusuke concentrated his rei to his finger.  Kuwabara held his rei sword
in his hand.  Kuruma brought out his rose whip.  Hiei put his hand on
the hilt of his sword.

	Nuku Nuku's ears popped up.

	Akane and the rest of the Nerima residents got into their battle
stances with blue aura visibly surrounding them.

	Dimitri bigsweated as he looked at the assortment on fighters.  He was
in deep trouble.

			* * * * *

	Morrigan slipped Ranma into his bed as quietly as she had taken him out
of it.  "Good night, Ranma.  I'll see you again later."

	Ranma snored.  He had already fallen asleep.

	Jerk!  At least he could have tried to stay awake a little longer and
said good bye.  However, Morrigan could not stay mad for long as she
lost herself in Ranma's face.  So innocent.  She and Urd always did have
similar tastes in men.

			* * * * *

Way in the future...

	"Hmmm..."  Ranma was visiting Makai again.  Morrigan could sense his
presence.

	"I think I will go and see him."  Lilith emerged from Morrigan's body. 
Morrigan's influence now gave her an older appearance and she now looked
exactly like her sister.  Without another word she vanished.

	"Hey!  Wait up for me."  Morrigan grinned as she wondered whether
Lilith knew that Botan was with Ranma.  Maybe Botan wouldn't mind
sharing.

			* * * * *

The End. (maybe)

Upcoming Projects:

Preludes and Interludes: Cologne
A snap shot into Cologne's life.

The Better Woman
Turning my spam fic into a real story.  Akane supporters are urged not
to read this.

Kodachi story on hold
Lost everything I had written on it and too lazy to do everything over.

Life and Times Special 2
hoping for a december release date before christmas.