Presenting...

Slayers 1/2

A Slayers/Ranma crossover story

By Christina Rose, yours truly


This is my first attempted fanfiction story, and I have several more ready
to be written. Please give your comments, questions, and whatever else you
want to say. I could really use some feedback .
Send all comments, etc., to cristina@netdoor.com.

*Part One*
The Magic Bracelet 


It was a typical day in the Slayers world. As befitting a typical day, we
see four silhouettes walking away from a large, city-sized crater. One is a
short, flat-chested teenage redhead girl in a sorcerer's costume. The one
she's beating over the head is a tall, blond, handsome swordsman. Walking
alongside them are a girl about 12 years old, and a man with blue hair and
stone skin. The blond and the redhead are arguing over what end justified
the means.

Gourry: Lina, you just HAD to use a Dragon Slave, didn't you?! Can't you
resolve your differences a little more peacefully?

Lina: Hell no! I wanted a simple 17-course meal, but that dragon just HAD
to interrupt-

Amelia: Lina-san, you should have tried to reason with it first! I mean, it
could've repented its evil ways...

Lina: Are you joking with me?! I haven't had a decent meal in weeks, it's
hot, I'm tired... I order a little food and this green dragon comes out of
nowhere and starts running amuck destroying stuff, I WANT A FULL MEAL,
DAMMIT!!!

Zel: *Medium sweatdrop* Settle down, Lina...

Lina: DON'T TELL ME TO SETTLE DOWN!! I WANT DINNER AND I WANT IT NOW!!!

(The group continues on like this for another day or so, Lina on a full
temper-tantrum rampage. Finally, their map leads them to another town, this
one called Femoran. As they approach the town, a group of bandits are
spotted waylaying a couple of innocent merchants. Amelia's eyes light up in
joy.)

Amelia: Hark! Is that the clarion call of justice I hear? Okay, bandits,
here I-

Lina: Hey, hey, these are mine! I need to let off some steam anyway...
HAhaha! Prepare yourselves!

(Zel and Gourry both big sweatdrop as Lina and Amelia race each other to
where the bandits are about to run the two merchants through.)

Amelia: Foul scions of evil, whose hearts are filled with darkness, let
Heaven show you mercy, for I will not! 

Lina: Outta the way, Amelia, it's my turn this time!

Bandit: *Small sweatdrop* What the hell...

(As Lina takes the fireball approach, Amelia leaps off her customary
entrance tree to drop kick one of the bandits. Just in time for Lina's
fireball to toast everyone in sight, except for the merchants)

Lina: BWAAHAhahaha! Oh! Amelia! You okay?

Amelia: oohh... Lina-san, what did I ever do to you... (collapses)

Lina: I _told_ you to get out of the way... You're getting better than you
were, though, you actually hit a bad guy this time! 

Zel: (From the sidelines) Miracles _can_ happen...

Merchant: Oh, thank you so much, great sorceress! You saved us from those
horrible bandits! I _have_ to give you a reward!

Merchant 2: (To merchant one)Well, this crazed sorceress ruined our
original plan to get rid of it by unloading it off on those bandits...

Merchant 1: (To merchant two)Yeah, but we can give it to her as a
'reward...'

Merchant 2: (To merchant one)Good thinking, Toby! She can take it off of
our hands for us.

Amelia: No, no, a reward won't be necessary, the justice in my heart is
reward enough for me! *BONK*

Lina: (To Amelia, hushed tones) Shut up, you ditz! I did the dirty work, so
I deserve a reward! Justice, schmustice! I want that reward! (To merchants)
Please ignore my little friend here, she's a few cards short of a full
hand, if you know what I mean, heheheh...

Merchant 1: *Medium sweatdrop* Of course... if you say so... anyway, I
think you deserve this piece of fine jewelry! (Draws a glistening silver
bracelet embedded with *Large* rubies out of her bag.) Would this do? I'm a
jeweler by trade, and this humble thing is the best I can offer you right
now...

Lina: (Looking at the bracelet with a practised eye) It's beautiful! You
shouldn't part with this, you could sell it for a _lot_ of gold! Reward or
no, I just can't accept it!

Merchant 1: Oh no, I must insist! You saved my life! This is the least I
can do in gratitude! Take it, please!

Lina: Oh well, okay, if you insist... 

Merchant 2: We're Branson and Mulder, professional jewelers, just drop by
our shop in Femoran if you need anything, we'll gladly oblige!

Merchant 1: Yeah! It's been really nice talking to you, we have to go now,
right Paula?

Merchant 2 (Paula): Right, Toby! See yall!

(The merchants walk off rather hastily, without another word. Lina lets her
friends examine her new gain.)

Amelia: Wow, that's pretty! I want it...

Lina: Nope, your heart full of justice is enough to keep you happy! (Grins.
Amelia facefaults)

Zel: (Examining it closely) A fine trinket to throw away as a reward...
Those rubies are flawless! Maybe there's more to this than there seems...

Lina: How's this? (Tries on the bracelet) Hey, perfect fit! (Suddenly, Lina
vanishes into thin air. The bracelet she tried on falls to the ground with
a *thump*)

Amelia: Lina-san??!! Are you invisible?! Where are you?

Zel: Hmmm...

Gourry: Lina?!

Zel: (Picks up the bracelet) She's gone! It must be the bracelet. (Casts a
'detect magic' spell on the bracelet in question) Idiot... Trying on
strange jewelry without checking for spells or curses... 

Amelia: What happened to Lina-san? Zel?

Zel: This bracelet...

Gourry: What about the bracelet?

Zel: It's a portal into another dimension! There's more to this than those
two 'jewelers' were letting on... We have to find them!

Gourry: Why can't we just do what Lina did?

Zel: (Thinks, "Baka...") Let me try to explain here... We have no idea
where this little piece of jewelry would take us if we put it on, it could
be over an active volcano or worse! 

Amelia: Yeah, we have to find those people's store, if they were telling
the truth, Zel-san, what was that name again? Bragildo and Mulchers?

Zel: Branson and Mulder. Two merchants who are about to recieve a very
painful shock.

**Commercial Break**

<Insert witty anime-style commercial here>

**End Commercial Break**

(We see Lina, trying on the bracelet, then we see the world vanish around
her, replaced by something entirely different.)
Lina: What's this??!! Gourry! Zel! Amelia! Where are you?!?! (She is now
standing atop a long, bamboo pole sticking out of a pond. Surrounding her
are more ponds and bamboo shoots, as far as the eye can see.) Whoah! (She
tilts around and nearly falls) RAYWING!!! (Now she is hovering over the
pools. She floats gently to the ground) Where am I now?? (She spots a man
not far away, and calls to him) HEY!!! YOU!!! Over here! (He rushes over to
her upon spotting her. He is tall, slightly overweight, wearing a purple
communist China suit, though Lina wouldn't recognize that)

Guide: AH!! Madam! What you doing?!?! How you find here?!

Lina: That's what I want to know. Where is here?

Guide: (Scratches behind his head curiously, then shrugs) Here is legendary
training ground of cursed springs, Jusenkyo. Every spring have its own
tragic story-

Lina: Okay... (She still has to get her bearings) Can you tell me how to
get to Femoran from here? I have some friends that are probably worried
about me...

Guide: Fomoran? No is Fomoran around here, there is Amazon tribe, but no
Fomoran.

Lina: Great, just... great... Now, I'm hot, hungry, and lost!

Guide: Oh, you hungry? I no can help being lost, but I give food to fill
stomach!

Lina: FOOD?!?! Oh, you're too kind! I haven't had a decent bite in weeks! I
would be eternally grateful!

Guide: No is problem. I have plenty at house, oh! (This last exclamation
was aimed toward the kawaiiest little black pig in the universe, who had
been wandering around in the bushes nearby.) That is luck! Now we have pork
with supper! (P-chan, who had gotten lost, of course, is not very happy
with this exclamation. He tries to run, but the guide catches him.)

P-Chan: Bwee! Skwee! (Translation: "For the seventh time, I'm not for pork!
Let me go find that nanniichuan spring in peace!)

Lina: (Snatches the pig from the guide's hands) Hey, I don't like eating
cute little pigs. I'll take this one with me. Aren't you cute, huh? (Kisses
P-Chan's forehead. P-Chan, unfortunately, has passed out. He'd not turned
human for over a week now, and was completely exhausted)

(Lina has dinner with the Jusenkyo guide, he tells her all about Jusenkyo
and the neighboring areas. He hands her a map after supper is over, and his
food supplies are depleted accordingly. ^-^)

Guide: You should go tomorrow morning, when it get light. If you head east
of here, you reach Japan in about week or two. But be careful around here,
very bad you fall in spring! Maybe pig you got here is poor soul fell into
spring of drowned pig!

Lina: You're not kidding?! Lemme check... (Takes pot of boiling water and
dumps it on unconcious P-Chan. Instant concious naked Ryouga)

Guide: Aiyaa!

Ryouga: AACK!!! (Looks down at himself, then at Lina) AAAIIIEEEEEE!!!!! (He
covers what's below the waist, a bit too late for our hot-tempered
sorceress.)

Lina: YAAH!! Pervert!! DIGGER BOLT!!!!

*BOOM!!!*

Ryouga: AAIIEEE!! 

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As fun as it would be to remain with our two newly acquainted friends, we
must turn now to another world, where Zel, Amelia and Gourry are standing
in front of a small jewelry store. The sign over the window proclaims,
"Branson and Mulder, Jewelers and Part-Time Treasure Hunters."

Gourry: Part-time treasure hunters???

Amelia: Weird...

Zel: Oh well, let's get this over with.

(The three enter through the unlocked door. Inside, the girl behind the
counter is definitely not Toby Branson or Paula Mulder.)

Girl: Hi, can I help you with something? (She is obviously not used to
these adventurer types coming into her store. The white cloth pulled over
Zel's lower face does little to conceal the metallic hair or stone features
around the eyes, and she has never actually met with a chimera before, let
alone sold jewelry to one.)

Zel: Can you tell us where the owners of this store are now? We need to
speak with them right away, it's very urgent.

Girl: (Thinks "What have those two done now?! Oh well, no harm in telling
them...") I'm really not sure where they went to, they came in a few hours
ago, stayed long enough to take care of some business, and left without
saying a word to me! (Never one to let a sales opportunity slip) You people
look like you could use some accessories!

Gourry: Accessories?

Girl: Yeah, what you need is to accessorize! Add some flair to your
wardrobe! 

Zel: Thank you for your help, but we don't have time to waste buying
useless trinkets. Come on, Gourry, Amelia! We'll see you later! 

Amelia: (Protesting as he drags them both out of the store)No, wait, I want
a new tiara- (As they leave, the girl looks after them in puzzlement. "Gets
right down to the point, doesn't he? What a strange group...")

 (Zel and the other two are meanwhile eating supper, discussing what to do
now)

Zel: Okay, unless that girl was lying, which I doubt, those two merchants
have fled the coop until the fox leaves, so to speak.

Gourry: Huh? 

Zel: *Sigh...* Never mind, anyway, we have two options now.

Amelia: Yeah, we can try using the bracelet ourselves, or we can wait and
see if we can find those two girls first. 

Zel: They were trying to get rid of it from the start, that much I've
gathered by now. Some sort of curse, perhaps? Or maybe they just wanted it
in better hands than their own...

Amelia: I won't forgive them if anything happens to Lina-san! I say we use
it and take the risk! (Places one closed fist over the table. Gourry's
large hand closes over it, followed by Zel's.)

Zel: I'll go first, then Amelia, then Gourry. How does that sound?

Gourry: Great! Now let's finish dinner! (Gourry and Amelia proceed to enjoy
a 25-course meal without Lina there to hog it all. Zel finishes his small
plate and waits impatiently for them to finish eating. When the entire
table is covered with empty plates piled 5 feet high, Amelia and Gourry pat
their lean bellies and sigh contentedly.)

Amelia: That was great! Can I have dessert? (Zel twitches and falls over in
Takahashi position #54) Guess not...

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This is the end of part one, I hope you stay tuned for the hair-raising fun
coming up in part two! Not to mention parts 3 and 4!^_-

Christina Rose
cristina@netdoor.com

Please send me your comments!! I love reader feedback! 

Ja ne!