(The office of Jusenkyo Productions, known to most of the world as the
Jot Travis Student Union Computer Lab, is in chaos. A babble of voices
fills up the space as people shout orders and counter orders to each
other. In the center of the room Washu, Nene, and Skuld are busy typing
away. Other snippets of conversation are heard.
"Well why Shampoo have dress like cat?"
"Daaaaaarrrling!"
"Alright who ordered okonomiyaki to go?"
"Tenchi!"
"Ryoko! Get your hands off Lord Tenchi!"
"Ranma!"
"Oh hohohohohoho!"
"Miyaaaa!"
"Hey Leon, go get me a burger or something."
In the middle of this stands the Jusenkyo Guide, he sighs as Ranma
approaches him.
"Look, there's no way I'm doing any more love scenes with Akane."
"Did I say you had to? Now go to the set, where just about to begin."
Ranma walks away grumbling.)
Nihao!
Sorry about that, you caught us unawares. ~_^ Any case the prelude to
Legends of the Dark Nuts was well received more so than I thought it
would be. It's a bit of a shock when you check your email the next day
to find that out of 19 messages received, 17 are about the fan fic you
wrote. From the threats that were email about what would happen if I
didn't finish this one I can only assume that you want to read more. Two
points that are somewhat important, one I have not used up all Batman or
Ranma characters, if you have a match that you would like to see, email
me. You will receive credit for their creation. (Kuno/Riddler BTW came
from one such person) The second point is that is not the product of
only my demented imagination. Nope, this is the result of what happens
when two people get together on a sugar high to talk about fan fic
ideas. She didn't want to have her name associated with this in anyway,
but fair's fair. Sorry about the long notes but I had a lot to say. Now,
lights! Computer! And away we go!
Jusenkyo Guide
Jusenkyo Productions Proudly Presents
A Ranma �, Batman cross over
Legends of the Dark Nuts
Cast
Saotome Ranma....... The Batman
Hibiki Ryoga....... Robin
Tendo Akane....... Batgirl
Tendo Soun....... Commissioner James Gordon
Saotome Genma....... Alfred
Kuonji Ukyo....... The Huntress
Also staring
Happosai....... The Joker
Shampoo....... Catwoman
Kuno Kodatchi....... Poison Ivy
Mousse....... The Penguin
Gosunkugi Hikaru....... The Scarecrow
Kuno Tatewaki. . . . . The Riddler
Special appearances by
Saotome Nadoka
The Jusenkyo Guide
Tendo Nabiki
Tendo Kasumi
Dr. Tofu
Her name's right on the tip of my tongue, it's that one girl with the
things, you know who I mean right?
Chapter 1: Origins, or Of Girls and Pandas (and cats and birds and bats,
etc.)
The batmobile roared through the streets of Nerima City, at the
controls sat the Batman, she was not happy.
'First that idiot Robin gets lost, then it rains, and by the time I get
changed the drug dealers are already gone,' she grumbles to herself.
The batmobile flies around the curves out of Nerima, heading for a lone
mansion that over looked a storm racked cliff. A sudden turn to the left
and the batmobile plunged into darkness. Finally coming to rest on a
turntable.
The Batman hopped out of the car to face a large panda carrying a try
laden with sandwiches and a mug of cocoa.
The Batman sat in the batchair in front of the batcomputer and reached
for the batkettle and the bat towel. Then she stopped and wondered why
everything had to have a bat in front of it. Sighing, Batman got out of
her costume and upturned the kettle over her head.
The panda held up a large wooden sign, 'Bad night sir?' it read.
"You could say that Alfred," Ranma said, drying himself off. "It was
just one disaster after another. Oh, Robin is lost in MegaTokyo, again."
'Shall I contact the AD Police and have him picked up?' the panda
asked.
Ranma considered this, "Yeah, then have them dropped off at Saotome
Enterprises, he can get a ride home from there."
'Yes sir, I shall make the arrangements.' Another sign was held up,
'Commissioner Gordon and his daughters are coming over for dinner
tonight.'
"Now why are they doing that?" Ranma asked, reaching over for the
cocoa.
'I uh, don't really know sir,' Alfred said, sweating a bit.
Ranma didn't notice, he was too busy trying to figure out where his
cocoa and sandwiches went. Into the panda as it later turned out.
Ranma sat alone in the cave, in the background the sound of water
dripping and bats provided a mournful sound. Ranma was looking at a
picture of a young man his wife and young child. He turned it over to
read the writing on the back.
'Dr. Saotome with wife Nadoka and son Ranma (age 5).
Ranma turns to the computer, "Computer, call up file 'case 01' and
display."
The computer quickly does this and Ranma eventually falls asleep and
begins to dream.
(This is the start of the flashback/ dream scene; you can add the Scooby
Doo effects if you want.)
Young Saotome Ranma munched on some popcorn as he and his family left
the latest Jackie Chan movie. They turned down a side street trying to
get to Park Ave. where their car was parked. They had reached the corner
of Park and the alleyway that they were in. A single lamppost threw
little light on the darkened street, but it was enough to reflect off of
the gun.
"OK, give me you wallet and the pearls or the kid gets it," the thug
holding the gun said.
Nadoka pushed Ranma behind her as she drew her katana and Dr. Saotome
dropped into a fighting stance.
That's when the person who was hiding in the shadows fired. As the two
shots struck his parents, Ranma spun and stared at the gunman, burning
his looks into memory.
"Hey Joe! Let's get out of here! Come on man, the cops are going to get
here any second," the first thug said, running away.
Ranma knelt by the bodies of his parents, he would remember, and he
would have revenge!
Other dreams followed.
"Alfred, I really don't want to do this again," Ranma, now 7 years old
said.
"Don't worry sir, this will train you in an unbeatable technique."
"What's it called again?" Ranma asked as his butler and guardian rapped
fish cakes around him.
"The cat fist sir," Alfred said, pushing Ranma again into the pit of
hungry cats.
"Here sirs we come to famous training grounds of accursed springs,
Jusenkyo," the Guide said.
Alfred had dragged Ranma here as this was supposed to be the most
difficult training grounds in the world. Although Alfred never said why.
Alfred had been helping young Master Ranma in training for revenge.
After his parents' death, Ranma had asked the old man to bring him up to
be the best martial artist in the world. This training trip through
China was to be their last stop before their return to Nerima City.
Ranma looked around at the bamboo poles sticking out of the springs.
"Are you prepared sir?" Alfred asked.
"This place doesn't look tough," Ranma said.
"Oh, you very strange one no sirs? This place very dangerous, nobody
uses now. Is more than one hundred springs here and each one have own
tragedy happen there," the Guide said, although he wasn't sure WHY he
said it, no one ever listen to him.
"Master Ranma, follow me!" Alfred exclaimed, jumping to the top of one
of the poles.
"Right behind you!" Ranma said, leaping to a pole of his own.
"Ah sir what you doing, you can't go there, I not finish my tragic
story."
"I won't go easy on you sir," Alfred said.
"That's just how I want it," Ranma replied.
"Please sirs very bad you fall in spring!" the Guide said. 'Ah what's
the use,' he thought as Ranma knocked Alfred into a spring, 'No one ever
listens to me until it's to late.'
Alfred had emerged from the spring as a large panda.
"What, what, what?" Ranma asked intelligently.
The Jusenkyo Guide sighed, "That one Shonmaoniichuan, spring of drown
panda. There very tragic story of panda that drown in spring 2,000 year
ago. The legend now say who ever fall in spring take body of panda,"
Ranma looked at the Guide, unable to equate this, until a large black
and white Polaris missile came into view.
"Whoa, Alfred stop!" Ranma yelled.
Too late, Ranma was knocked off the pole to take his own Jusenkyo
plunge.
The Guide wandered over to where the red head was looking at two new
additions to his, er, her chest.
"Oh too bad, you fall in Nyanniichuan, spring of drown girl. There very
tragic story of young girl that drown in spring 1,500 year ago. Now who
ever fall in spring take body of young girl."
This fact was finally starting to click in Ranma's brain; she let out a
shriek.
"You see? Now you young girl," the Guide said.
More memories, of his first night back in Nerima. Dropping from a
rooftop to stop a mugging. How he had figured out that he needed
something more, an image to strike terror into the hearts of the
criminals.
That night Ranma sat by the fire, a cup of tea cooling by his elbow
where Alfred had left it. A high pitched squeaking made him look out the
window. There hanging in front of the moon in away that would get it
sued by DC Comics was a bat.
"That's it!" Ranma exclaimed, "I'll become a bat!"
Alfred, who had wandered in inquired politely, "A metal one or a
Louisville Slugger sir?"
Ranma bopped him over the head with a bat.
(End of the flashback thing, add your own S-FX here)
Alfred shook Ranma awake, "Sir, its time for dinner," he said.
"Thanks Alfred, is Soun Gordon and his daughters here yet?" Ranma
asked.
"Yes Master Ranma, they just arrived."
"I would still like to know what they're here for," Ranma said.
"I really don't know," Alfred said, lying.
Above waited Commissioner Soun Gordon. It was his work with the Nerima
City Police that kept this city in one piece, more or less. This top cop
has been honored as the top cop in the nation three times. He had been a
close friend of Ranma's parents, of Alfred, and now Ranma. He was also a
friend of the Batman, but he was unaware that the person he dined with
was the man who so often appeared out of nowhere in his office.
"Soun!" Ranma said and shook his hand.
"Ranma, you're looking well," Soun said. He gestured to the three girls
behind him. "I believe you know my daughters," he said.
"Well I've only really seen them on TV with you once or twice," Ranma
admitted.
"This is my oldest daughter Kasumi, my middle daughter Nabiki, and my
youngest daughter Akane," Soun said with some pride.
Ranma bowed to them each in turn.
Soun put his arm around Ranma's shoulders, "So which one?" he asked.
"Huh?"
"Which one do you want for your fianc�e?"
End chapter one.
This will be, I promise, the most serious part of this fic. I tried to
make it as light hearted as I could, but you can only do so much when
you have to describe a young mans parents being killed before his eyes.
Well now the stage is set for more fun next time. The question of who
will Ranma chose (take three guesses and the first two don't count)
Robin makes it back from MegaTokyo, with a side trip, and the
introduction of Batgirl and�. The Joker. Next time on Legends of the
Dark Nuts, same bat-time, same bat-mailing (Sound of bat being applied
to skull) owe.
Ranma � is owned by the great and wonderful Takahashi-sama, Batman is
owned by DC Comics, both of who could wipe the floor with me in a legal
battle. Please don't sue me.
C&C will be much loved.
Here sir we come to famous training ground of accursed springs
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|Guide of the training grounds|Ranma 1/2, Tenchi Muyo, BGC, |
|of accursed springs, 8th |AMG, Tank Police, Gall Force, |
|Disciple of Eriond, and proud|You're Under Arrest, GitS, ADP|
| member of the SkAS |Project A-ko, UY, VPM, BGC! |
---------http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/6549 ----------------|
|Akane, Linna, Washu, Nene, |Nene showed Mackie just how |
|Skuld, Belldandy, Kiyone |much she knew. Winter Blossoms|
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