Disclaimer: Characters used in this story are
owned by Rumiko Takahashi, Naoko Takeuchi, and co.
This story takes place
after volume 38 of the Ranma manga. This story draws ideas from the Ranma
manga and anime and the Sailor Moon anime.
C & C wanted. Flames
not.
Sailor Moon R 1/2
by
Donny Cheng
Makoto
wandered about the Furinken High premises. She and her friends were
visiting the school for the annual school Olympic games.
Since they
were competing in different events, they decided to separate and meet with each
other later on in the day. She caught sight of the judo competition she
had signed up for. They were already starting when she got there.
She gaped at the arena. It seemed the entire student body of Furinken was
there. She may have been wrong, but what she saw didn't look like a judo
competition. Many people were carrying an assortment of weapons: bokkens,
katanas, giant spatulas--GIANT SPATULAS?! Sure enough there was a
beautiful boy hefting a kick-ass spatula and some smaller spatulas across his
chest. What did we get ourselves into? "Hey! Isn't this
supposed to be judo only," she asked the nearest judge.
"Look,
do you want to tell them that? I thought not. If you're a part of
the event, you're too late. It's already started. If you came being
prepared for only judo, I doubt you would have stood chance anyway. The
champion last year was that kendoist over there. He goes by the name of
Kuno "Blue Thunder" Tatewaki."
However, the handsome
kendoist the judge pointed out was at the moment being trampled by an unarmed
pigtailed boy in Chinese clothes using just judo. The judge then went
towards the arena to declare the pigtailed boy the winner. Makoto saw his
face. Oh my god! He looks just like my old boyfriend. Wait a
minute here! He is an old friend. Boy, he sure has grown into such a
cutie. Smiling, she quickly ran over to greet him.
Ranma was
startled by someone who just glomped onto him. "Hey, what do you
think you're do--." He stopped as he stared at the face of a long
time friend before him. "Makoto? Mako-chan, it is you. I
can't believe it. After all these years."
"Ranma-kun,
imagine seeing you here. I thought I would never see you again after you
left me." Their reunion was stopped short as a short haired girl and
the boy carrying the spatula suddenly appeared behind them and they looked
pissed.
"Yes, Ranma-kun, imagine seeing you here flirting with
another girl," they both yelled in unison. "Don't you have
another event to go to." Ranma was then punted in to LEO.
Makoto bigsweated. "What's the big deal? Ranma-kun is an old
friend of mine. It's natural for us to be excited."
"So
you're not another fiancée of his?" The boy, who Makoto just
realized was a girl, asked suspiciously.
"No, I not another
fian-- WHAT?! Another fiancée? Just how many does he
have?" Makoto stared at them.
"You're seeing two of them
now. Here, let me explain," sighed the short haired girl. Akane
and Ukyo helped Makoto catch up on Ranma's life.
* * * *
*
Wow! They punted him in the right direction for his next match,
Ranma thought as he got out of the swimming pool. He was just in time
for the event too.
Principal Kuno cried when he saw Ranma appear.
"Finally. Quickly change into a girl and stand in line."
The principal fully expected to win many medals for Furiken with Ranma at his
side. Fortunately, Ranma was such a poor student, otherwise he wouldn't
have been able to bribe Ranma with a passing mark.
Everyone was at the
starting blocks by the time she got there. The shot sounded and everyone
dove in swimming with all their power. Ranma wanted to be fair, so she
didn't use her chi to enhance her strength. She could hear the crowd
cheering for her and another two girls who seemed to be in the lead with
her. In the end it was a close finish, with her first and the other two
girls tied for second amazingly enough. When she caught sight of who gave
her such a hard time, her heart stopped. They were both childhood friends
she would never forget. Ranma was about to call them when she noticed she
was in her girl form. She poured hot water over herself from a kettle that
just happened to be near by. "Ami-sensei! Michiru-san!
It's me Ranma."
They were both startled. They both looked to
see a boy grinning at them. Ami remembered only one person who called her
sensei. Michiru had vivid memories of a scruffy looking boy with a cute
smile.
"Ranma-kun?" Amy was startled at meeting her old
best friend.
She had thought that he had left for good so long
ago.
"Ranma-chan what are you doing here. I thought you were
on some
training trip." Michiru was equally surprised at meeting
Ranma.
"Oh, the training trip is on hold until I can take care of a
few problems. Uh..I'll talk to you later. I'm late for my next
event."
Ranma had caught sight of an angry principal heading his
way.
Ami and Michiru gaped at the boy running away from a man, who
seemed intent on shaving Ranma bald. Realization dawned on them, "How
do you know Ranma-kun?" They looked at each other, surprised.
They both began to explain their relative pasts to each other as they left the
pool. Ami didn't pay much attention as her thoughts were on Ranma and how
much he'd grown.
* * * * *
Ranma ran at top speed to
the racetrack. When he got there, he noticed a boy there that looked
familiar. Sure enough, when he looked closer it was another old
friend. If his mind thought hard enough, it would have thought it was
weird that so many coincidences seemed to be happening.
"Haruka-kun! Do you remember me? It's me Ranma."
Ranma hugged his friend. It was then he noticed his old friend was
glowering at him and that his friend had an awfully big chest for a boy.
He looked down and lo and behold, breasts. Ranma quickly let go with his
hands in the famous Takahashi pose. "What? How did you become a
girl. Don't tell me you're a crossdresser like Ukyo or you've been to
Jusenkyo too."
Haruka sighed. She bopped Ranma on the
head. "I've always been a girl, you idiot." When she
caught sight of him strolling across the track with that idiotic, inane grin of
his, she had been furious. Didn't he know that she and him were
rivals? She had always been that fastest at any school she went to.
That was until Ranma stepped into her life. He beat her in every race, yet
he always came over to talk with her afterwards, acting like they were best
friends. He had left to go on a training trip before she could beat
him. She had been angry with him ever since. However, the fact that
he thought she was a boy though, caused her to lose the expression on her
face. "You were never the perceptive type. Didn't you ever
wonder about my name?" She then grinned at him, "So, you ready for a
rematch."
Ranma smirked, "Any time." They got to
the starting block as the event began.
* * * * *
Usagi, Rei, Chibi-Usa, Hotaru, Luna, and Artemis cheered as
Minako's volley
ball team scored again. Minako and her team dominated the game. They
were just about to win the game and match when the Furinken team suddenly called
a time out. They were going to make a line change. The new member
immediately began to make a difference. With this new addition, Furinken
had turned the tide. The new player was just too good. He was a blur
on the court. Not once had the ball touched the floor on Furinken's side
since the pig-tailed boy joined the team. As good as Minako's team was,
the lone player was over powering them. The game came to an end as the boy
drove in a spike.
Minako plopped on to the floor exhausted, but
exhilarated. She hadn't had to play such a tough game of volleyball in a
while. The new player reminded her of someone she couldn't quite
place. She noticed the player in question advancing towards her.
"Minako? Mina-chan is that you?"
"Ranma?
Ranma-chan!" They were both suddenly jumping with joy at seeing each
other for the first time in many years. "How's life been treating
you?"
"Very well, today. I've met a lot of old friends
including you.
Wow, you've grown up very well."
Minako
blushed. Usagi and Rei joining them halted their conversation.
"Cousin Ranma? What're you doing here? I thought you and Uncle
Saotome are off on a decades long training trip."
"Usagi-chan? Funny, meeting you here. What you and Mina-chan
know each oth--" Ranma was suddenly cut off as Rei glomped on to him,
much to the annoyance of Minako.
"Ranma, do you remember me?
I'm Rei from the temple."
The girls all vied for control of Ranma's
attention as they caught up with each other's lives. What a coincidence
that we all know Ranma, Usagi thought.
* * * * *
Chibi-Usa, Hotaru, Luna, and Artemis hid behind the bleachers.
"What is
it, Luna?" Hotaru looked at the guardian cat questioningly.
"Artemis and I are getting some strange vibes from that boy. We think
he might be from the moon kingdom or the negaverse. We want you to help
keep an eye on him, seeing as how the others are busy falling over themselves
with him."
Chibi-Usa nodded, "We will Luna, you can count on
us."
The next moment saw Chibi-Usa and Hotaru taking turns getting
a shoulder ride from Ranma and giggling non-stop. Luna sighed, "Looks
like we'll have to take care of this ourselves Artemis.
* *
* * *
At the awards ceremony the rest the Usagi's friends and Ranma's
friends met up. They went through another round of the introductions.
Ryoga also happened to wander by and upon seeing him with these girls
promptly tried to smash him to the ground. Ranma quickly explained they
were just old friends of his. In fact, one of them was his friend
also. Ryoga blushed and stuttered as Michiru appeared in front of
him. After the ceremony, which had Ranma winning almost all of the awards,
they decided to go out and get reacquainted with each other. Akane and
Ukyo frowned at the prospect of fighting with more girls for Ranma's affections,
but were delighted at the same time to learn more about
Ranma's past.
They were soon joined by Shampoo as she came bearing lunch for her victorious
groom. Mousse followed not far behind. Kuno joined their group, as
he did not trust Ranma in the company of so many girls. As usual, Shampoo
glomped onto Ranma the moment she saw him. However, the number of evil
eyes that were being given to her by the various girls, cowed even
Shampoo. She reluctantly de-glomped Ranma. Since Usagi's friends
also brought lunch they decided to go out on a picnic.
* * *
* *
Ranma and Usagi were busy fighting off each other's hands as
they
scarfed down the food at the picnic. Ranma's friends stared as
Usagi was holding her own against Ranma's attacks. Usagi's friends stared
as Ranma was holding his own against Usagi's voracious appetite. Haruka
smiled as she watched them. "So Ranma, tell me how long have you been
teaching Usagi how to fight?"
Usagi was startled.
"Ranma's never taught me how to fight."
Akane then noticed the
way Usagi was eating. "Ranma, Usagi's using the Saotome Ryu style of
eating."
Ranma nodded. "You noticed? Well I
couldn't leave my favorite cousin defenseless. When I lived with her
family about four years ago, I noticed that she was quite weak. She didn't
like violence, so I secretly taught her a few basic martial arts moves at dinner
time."
Usagi stared at Ranma. She had wondered how she was
able to fight when she first became Sailor Moon by herself. She had
thought that the skills came with being Sailor Moon.
Haruka snorted,
"A few martial arts moves? I doubt that I can steal a piece of food
from Usagi based on the moves she's using."
Ranma shrugged and
started to gobble down all the food again, seeing that Usagi was
distracted. Usagi quickly followed suit.
Akane, Ukyo, and Shampoo
looked at each other and then at the other girls. "How do you all
know Ranma?" They all wanted to know how
Ranma knew so many cute
girls.
* * * * *
They decided to tell their story
based on the age Ranma was when they met him. Usagi had known Ranma since
they were babies. "We're cousins on his father's side. Ranma
and his family often visited until his long journey. I had met up with
Ranma again when he was twelve. They lived with my family for a few weeks
before they left again."
**flashback**
During their stay
together, Ranma protected Usagi from some bullies. After awhile, Ranma
started to ingrain martial arts reflexes into Usagi at dinnertime. When
Ranma had left, the bullies tried to pick on Usagi again. Usagi had
somehow become clumsier around people. She stepped on the bullies'
feet. Her arms accidentally hit them in the face as she flailed them to
regain her balance. They didn't bother her after that.
**end
flashback**
All the senshi stared at Usagi. So it really wasn't
blind luck that Usagi had when she dispatched all those youmas. Makoto
recovered from her shock and spoke next. "He had been so sad when I
met him. He told me that he had missed his best friend Uuchan and his
mother." Ukyo blushed at hearing this.
**flashback**
Chibi-Makoto had then hit Chibi-Ranma in the back and called him a whiner.
He got angry and attacked her. They roughed each other a bit before they
both laughed. He thanked her for helping him out of his funk. That
was when he noticed she was wearing a dress. He quickly jumped off her and
declared he couldn't hit girls. After that, Makoto is seen attacking him
whenever possible because of the comments Ranma always made. They became good
friends. Makoto is seen crying as Ranma left.
**end
flashback**
Next was Rei's turn. "I met Ranma at the age of
seven. I met
Ranma when his father visited my grandfather. I
think they were old friends or something."
**flashback**
Rei
stared at Ranma with hearts in her eyes as they walked around the temple.
One day, Rei heard that Ranma would leave soon. They stood up late to talk
with each other that night. Rei told Ranma a fire reading of his
future. She told him that he would meet his future bride before he
left. She would have long, black hair and long legs. That night Rei
was up all night building makeshift high heels on her sandals. The
following morning Rei saw Ranma off. She was apparently taller than Ranma
with the high heels on.
**end flashback**
Ranma looked at Rei
curiously. "I think your fire reading was wrong. I didn't see a
single girl the whole day, except for yo--" Ranma stopped talking as
dark auras formed around each girl. It was scary. It was safer to
just go back to eating.
Rei suddenly developed an interest in watching
grass grow. She blushed as she avoided the gazes of the girls. Ami
decided to help her flustered friend out and told her story next.
"Ranma was nine when I first met him. When I first saw him, he had
been trying to steal the cookies my mother had baked for
me."
**flashback**
Ami scolded Ranma as he looked at her in
puzzlement. She asked him if he knew what was right and wrong. She
was in shock when she learned Ranma didn't go to school and didn't know much
about morals.
Genma's face was full of shame as the little girl was
reprimanding him. Ranma went to school the next day. Ami tutored him
in learning how to read and write. When she learned Ranma was going to
leave soon she made sure that Genma would continue to take Ranma to school
whenever possible. She waved goodbye to Ranma with a tear stained
face.
**end flashback**
It was Ami's turn to blush.
However, the girls to smiled at her.
Who could get mad at such a touching
story? Minako was the next to spin her tale. "At the age of
eleven, Ranma and his father again stopped in Tokyo. I was being picked on
by a horde of thugs when Ranma came. After that, we were
inseparable. He had tears in his eyes when we parted with one last
passionate kiss."
**flashback**
Ranma saved Minako from a
few little brats. Ranma tried to pry himself loose from Minako's grip. She
visited him every day at the place where he camped out. She was playing in
the sand box when Ranma the sand box when Ranma told her he was leaving.
Sand got into Ranma's eyes as Minako blew him a kiss goodbye.
**end
flashback**
Minako cried in memory. Ranma's fiancees were now
seething with anger.
"...passionately..." Akane's aura
flared.
"...kissed..." Ukyo's spatula bent under her
hands.
"...her..." Shampoo developed a severe
twitch.
Haruka actually felt pity for Ranma. Ranma was in for
some
serious trouble if no one interrupted them. She quickly related to
them her past with Ranma. "I first saw him when he reached the age of
thirteen and first went to junior high. We had a rivalry of who was the
best runner and fighter in school. Of course, Ranma never ever went full
out and still beat me in every sport."
**flashback**
Ranma
and Haruka are at another track meet. The gun signaled the start.
Ranma effortlessly ran at the same speed as Haruka. He is talking
conversationally with her as he kept up and then passed her. They sat
together in judo class. Ranma and Haruka fight. He dodged all of her
attacks and won by her being too tired to throw another punch. It is
obvious he doesn't know she is a girl. Ranma slapped Haruka on the back
and left to go on his way again. Haruka was fuming as she glared at
Ranma's retreating back.
**end flashback**
Ukyo and Makoto looked
knowinglly and Haruka. If you weren't wearing a dress, it was very likely
that Ranma would mistake you for a boy. Michiru laughed at the fuming
Haruka as she spoke next. "Ranma had enrolled at an all boy's school
at fourteen years of age. That was the first time I saw Ranma-chan.
Ryoga and I were friends since we were little children. I used to take
Ryoga to school every day as he had a bad sense of direction. When Ranma
came, we took turns taking Ryoga to places."
**flashback**
Ranma is playing in the park when he heard music. He stopped to listen to
a girl playing the violin. He clapped as Michiru finished. She
blushed at this and said she that was not very good. He would have none of
that and continued to clap. Ranma visited her every day to listen to her
play. Her, Ryoga, and Ranma were walking home from Ranma's all boy
school. Ryoga was furious at the closeness of Ranma and Michiru.
Ranma did not notice. Ryoga challenged Ranma to a duel. Ranma
couldn't wait for him to show up and told Michiru the he was leaving for
China. Michiru never saw either Ryoga or Ranma ever again till
today.
**end flashback**
Ryoga was angry. Hearing Michiru
talk brought back painful memories. He looked towards Mousse and
Kuno. They too had heard enough. Ranma would pay for his
womanizing.
Akane was angry. She looked towards Ukyo and
Shampoo. They too had heard enough. Ranma would pay for his
womanizing.
* * * * *
The senshi could only stare in
shock as three girls and three boys were strangling Ranma. Nabiki smirked
as she looked at Ranma's old friends. The way they all stole glances at
Ranma, Ryoga, Mousse and even Kuno told her how much they all starved for
love. She loved it when she had new customers. All she had to do was
help the girls choose a target for their affections. She didn't know if
Ryoga or Mousse would retaliate if she sent some crazed girls after them, but
she did know Ranma wouldn't. That decided, she gave the girls a
tight-lipped smile. "Girls, I happen to have some information on they
boys you are interested in. I will sell you this information for the low
price of $5000 yen." She frowned as the girls immediately pounced on
her with the money. They're more love starved then she had figured.
She should have asked for more. "Well, you see that bandana-clad
boy. Well you all know by now that his name is Ryoga. He has already
fallen in love with two girls. My sister, Akane, and a girl named
Akari. He is quite devoted to them. It also looks like he has a
crush on you Michiru. The guy with the thick glasses is Mousse. He
has devoted his whole life to the Chinese girl, Shampoo. The kendoist is
Kuno. He is devoted to my sister, Akane and a certain pig-tailed
girl. The only one who is not in love with another is Ranma. His
engagement to Akane and Ukyo are arranged and the one to Shampoo was an
accident."
The inner-senshi talked amongst themselves:
"Wow, he's got three girls engaged to him." "He must be a great
catch, because the girls still want him even if he is leading them
on." "If Ranma isn't actively after someone, does that mean he's
technically free?" "Chibi-Usa, your too young for
him." "Usagi, you've already got Mamoru." "Yeah,
let us have a chance." Ami and the outer senshi bigsweated as
they moved away from their friends. Maybe no one would notice that they
were together.
Nabiki smiled as she looked on. Oh well. At
least she got paid.
* * * * *
Setsuna shook her head
as she looked at the group gathered around
Ranma. It amazed her to no
end how one person could dominate over the lives of so many people. She
felt a disturbance in the air. A youma materialized out of nowhere.
It was one of the many generals that were once under the control of Beryl.
This particular one had been smart. It had hidden away after Beryl's
demise, slowly gathering dark energy. The amount of energy it had now was
enough to almost rival Beryl. Setsuna looked at it impassively as it
headed towards Furinken. She could not interfere in this historical
event.
* * * * *
"Aaaaahhh!" There
came a loud scream from the school. Ranma and his grouped turned to the
source. There was giant of a man destroying everything in its
path.
The youma looked all around itself for the one who killed its
queen. It turned and saw Usagi. With an inhuman shriek, it ran at
her full speed.
Usagi looked at her fellow senshi in despair. They
were out in the open and thousands of students were around them. They
could not transform without being found out. The youma closed in on
her. There was no escape. Usagi closed her eyes and prayed.
The attack never came. She opened her eyes to see that Ranma was carrying
her off to safety. Her friends were right behind him. The monster
was at the moment being dealing with Ranma's friends. She and her friends
could only stare in amazement as the Nerima residents attacked it. Ranma's
friends were nearly as strong as they were in their senshi form.
Ranma
knew he could not outrun the youma for long. He had to do something.
He spotted a nearby tree. Quickly, he grabbed each girl and threw her into
the tree. They would be safe in there, while he and his friends dealt with
the youma. The monster shouldn't be too hard to deal with. It wasn't
like Ranma and the others haven't had their fair share of battles with powerful
people. Thunder sounded in the sky. It started to
rain.
* * * * *
Luna and Artemis watched as a lone
red-haired girl fought the beast. The battle was going bad. All the
girl could do was dodge. Luna was worried. "Artemis, what can
we do? There are too many people around. The girls can't
transform.
"I don't know. Maybe the girls have a better
idea. Let's join up with them.
* * * * *
Ranma
looked around the battlefield. All of her friends were lying hurt on the
ground. Many of them in their Jusenkyo cursed forms.
She then looked at
the still body of the beast. She had managed to use her hiryu shoten ha
technique on it. The body twitched slightly. Impossible. It
stood up and did not look hurt at all. What would it take to take for it
to stay down? Ranma knew of only one way to win now. The
nekoken. However, Shampoo was unconscious, so she couldn't be of any
help. She frantically looked for a cat. She turned and spotted a
black cat with an odd tattoo on its forehead. She suppressed to urge to
shudder as he approached it. "Here kitty, kitty. Don't be
afraid. Listen, I need your help. I'm going to grab you now and no
matter what I say or do, don't let go of me." Ranma felt silly to
explain things to a cat. Somehow the cat seemed to understand.
Luna held on for dear life. She had thought it was weird when the girl
came and asked for her help. Something about her made Luna what to trust
her. The figure beneath her stopped moving. Luna jumped off to see
what was wrong. She stared in shock. The girl was now meowing and on
all fours. The girl meowed her thanks and immediately turned to face the
youma. Luna could only stare as the girl shred it into
nothingness.
* * * * *
Usagi and her friends watched
in awe as the cat and duck transformed back into Shampoo and Mousse.
Unknown to everyone, Ryoga had also transformed back into a boy and was with
them as they listened to Akane. She explained to them about Jusenkyo and
Ranma's nekoken training. "There are only two ways to help gain
control of himself. One is for us to transform her back into her boy
form. The other is for her to sleep on someone's lap. I seem to be
the only one that can do this, so I'll go to her." Akane blushed as
she walked to Ranma.
Ukyo stepped in her way. "Hey, how do
you know you're the only one that can do it? It seems to me that anyone
who cares about him can do it. I will go to him."
"Violent Akane and Spatula Girl no go near groom. Shampoo
help
Ranma." Shampoo said as she blocked Akane and Ukyo.
Soon Usagi and her friends joined in. They too thought they had what it
took to bring Ranma back to reality. The boys looked on in disgust as the
girls gushed at Ranma.
Ranma-neko looked at the girls curiously.
They all felt right.
It couldn't decide which one to go to. It walked
up to each girl and purred against her legs. It then spotted the black cat
that helped it earlier. Ranma-neko leapt at the cute kitty. It
wrapped itself around Luna and cat kissed her.
The girls had all been
deliriously happy when Ranma walked up to each of them. However, seeing
that he did that to every girl and then chose Luna made them all see red.
Screams could be heard throughout Nerima.
* * * * *
Ranma awoke to the smiling faces of his mother, Kasumi, Ami, and the outer
senshi. Usagi, the rest of her friends, and his fiancees were all looking
at anything but him. They alll looked shame faced. Ryoga, Mousse,
and Kuno glared at Ranma. Soun was crying his eyes out. Genma was a
panda. Ranma looked down at himself. He was again in a full body
cast. He looked up at the ceiling. This could not be happening to
him.
* * * * *
All is as it should be Setsuna
thought to herself. And so the
First Knight of Neo-Tokyo met his
queen. She smiled as she watched Ranma sleeping with the girls watching
over him. She absently rubbed her round stomach. The baby was
kicking her again. She didn't need a doctor to tell her what the baby's
gender would be. All of Ranma's children were girls. This was her
second baby and Ranma's thirty-first. She felt a presence walk up to
her. "You did well Small Lady. You did not tell them of Ranma's
future life."
"Puu, you promised that you would tell me how
uncle Ranma can live so long after I finally meet him in the past. I'm not
in danger of changing history with that information, anymore."
"Very well. You see Ranma has two very powerful sensei. They
both use their martial arts skills to prolong their lives to over three hundred
years. Ranma is their best pupil. His conditioning allows him to
live twice that amount. Also, Ranma spends half his time in his never
aging girl form. Theoretically, Ranma could live well over a thousand
years. Now, you have to understand that your uncle is a bit of a
narcissist. He had magic used on him to retain in his youthful body.
This makes him technically immortal."
"Now, I
understand." Chibi-Usa smirked as she remembered something.
"So whose turn is it to get uncle Ranma now." Being immortal
meant for a very lonely life. Her mother had her father for
companionship. Michiru had Haruka. Everyone else had to keep each
other company. Ranma was the only immortal male on earth, other than her
father. So naturally each of the senshi wanted him. Her mother had
decreed that each girl had to take turns living with Ranma for a month at a
time.
"It's my turn I'm afraid. Now, I have to put of with
his macho, egotistical, sexist, attitude for a month." Setsuna tried
to look like she was annoyed with the prospect.
"But we wouldn't
want him any other way." Chibi-Usa and Setsuna shared a
laugh.
* * * * *
The End.
(maybe)