[Scene: Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages... sorry, I've just
been watching Star Trek reruns. In any event, there is a young man with
glasses and messy blond hair standing in space, dressed in a black tracksuit.
ANDREW: Konnichi wa, and welcome to my inaugural fic MSTing. I'm Andrew
Dynon, and these are my assistants.
[Andrew pulls a laptop out of hammerspace, and types in a command. A young
man with black hair, a scar over his left eye, and a none-too-happy
expression, dressed in white jeans, a grey singlet and red jacket appears]
ANDREW: My first assistant has gone by many names - Blade, Slade, Ness
Carter... but today he's gonna be called by his original name. Please
welcome the hero of Space Knight Tekkaman Blade, D-Boy!
D-BOY: I didn't exactly ASK to be here, y'know.
[Andrew ignores him, and types another command in on his laptop. Another
figure appears - an adolescent girl with short black hair, wearing a red
jumpsuit, yellow raincoat and sunglasses]
ANDREW: My next guest isn't an anime character - you got a problem with
that" Please welcome the pyrokinetic mutant and member of Generation X,
Jubilee!
JUBILEE: Like, I'm thrilled. Let's get into it... hey, doesn't the name
"D-Boy" sound like it should be a rap singer or somethin'?
Well, this is my second fanfic that i'll be sending. It still deals with
dimension travel but
it has a new look at the characters. I call it a semi crossover since the
characters don't exactly
meet each other but all of them have something in common.
JUBILEE: Right.
Please tell me if I have inconcistencies in any of the character portrayals.
I'll be waiting for C&C.
D-BOY: If at any time, I'm not as full of angst as possible, I'll let you know.
ANDREW: You're not in this fic.
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Disclaimer:
Trip and his colleagues are my personal creations.
JUBILEE: "Trip"??? What a name
ANDREW: What about some of your Gen X friends? Is "M" any better?
JUBILEE: M is not my friend, she's a stuck-up, too-perfect...
All other characters are owned by other people
who would be able to keep me poor for the rest of my life. I encourage
using Trip and the others
for your own stories but ask permission from me
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ANDREW: I might like to use them sometime.
D-BOY: You'd better get your outher fics done first.
ANDREW: (Sweatdrop)
Saving The Heroes
The scene was of
ANDREW: It makes for easiere reading when the indentation isn't so far across.
utter devastation. The entire block was in ruins and the streets were
pockmarked with crackes and holes. At the center of this deveastation were
two >figures.
ANDREW: Kei and Yuri?
D-BOY: Two of Omega's Tekkamen?
JUBILEE: Wolverine and Sabertooth?
One was about 5 foot 10 inches and his face looked like he was a nineteen
year >old. He wore a long flowing coat that reached to his knees and his
unruly black >hair was kept under a fedora hat pulled rakishly over one of
his eyes. He was >currently dodging the attacks of a 10 foot metal
monstrosity with what seemed >plasma cannons firing from its wrist.
D-BOY: That's MY job.
The teenager
backflipped two times as the plasma bursts started to hit the ground
beneath >him. He then flowed forward like a river, pulling something from
his coat. >Light flashed from a cylinder he held in his hand. He stopped one
foot away >from the robot then jumped upward. The moment seemed to stop in
time. The teen >was twelve feet above the ground, a sword of blue light in
his hands , when >the steel abomination beneath him fell into large junk
pile of sliced >electronics and metal.
ANDREW [Obi-Wan Kenobi voice]: "Not so clumsy or random as a blaster."
He landed ,sword
in >relaxed position, in a position not unlike the ones you see in the old
samurai >movies. With a click of a button on it's cylinder , the light sword
retreated >into the cylinder. He calmly stood up and turned around and
surveyed the >damage. He shrugged. ' Well at least I stopped it before it
killed them,' the >teen declared as he surveyed the damage,' and if they
died this place wouldn't >be worth a single credit.' Or dollar or yen or
gold piece, thought the boy as >he chuckled at his own private joke.
JUBILEE: Yeah, watt will there be for the animatiors to market?
He heard stone
crunch beneath metal feet behind him. He turned around reaching into his
coat >with a right hand. He relaxed when he saw who it was, but he pulled
something >little when his hand left his military coat. My charges, he
thought , have >found me, smiling at the four female figures in hardsuits.
The one in the white >hardsuit stepped forward, ready to attack.
' What are you here ?' she asked , voice modifier distorting her voice
just a >bit.
ANDREW: Should be "Why are you here?"
' Pulling your ass out of the fire.' he responded as he turned around
started >to walk away.
' What do you mean by that ?'
' That boomer was a newly developed model. New weapons and new tricks.
It's >armor is damn well
near impenetrable by normal means. I knew where to hit it, you didn't.
You >could all be dead by now.'
D-BOY: Seemed pretty wimpy to me.
JUBILEE: It would. That thing gave me flashbacks to the mess with Bastion.
' We have to admit it seems to be a new one, but that still doesn't
explain >what you did earlier. And the fact
that you took on a boomer without a hardsuit is another one. Who are you
? >Who do you work for ?'
ANDREW [Tommy Lee Jones voice]: Look directly at the flashing red light.
' Paralyzing your hardsuits was the only way to delay your meeting with
the >boomer, any other way you would still have arrived too early for my
taste. If >that would have happened , dear little Nene would die first, then
Linna , then >Priss then you, Sylia.' The boy had continued walking until he
reached the wall
and turned around. He saw all four of the figures obviously dumbfounded by
what they heard.
' Don't worry, young ladies. Your secret's safe with me. To answer your
second >question, technically I work for you and my job is being your
guardian angel. >See you later Knight Sabers. By the way the name's Trip. '
With this he clicked >what seemingly looked like a stopwatch in his hand.
' Wait. What do you ?..' Saber-White moved to stop him but there was a
flash >of blue-white light and the boy named Trip was gone from their sight.
ANDREW [Kirk voice]: "Beam me up, Scotty!"
' Sylia, he's not on the sensors! It's like he disappeared !' Sylia heard
Nene on the intercom.
' What was all that about ?' asked a puzzled Priss to her boss.
' I don't know , but I'm betting we'll be seeing more of that fellow in
the >future.' Sylia said as they started to go back to base.
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In another
place, >in another time Lina Inverse was currently having a very bad day. A
hailstorm >of ice was sent directly toward her by the black robed figure.
She succesfully >rolled out of the way the barrage. Lina was getting angry.
It was her ' time of >the month ' and she wasn't able to cast any spells.
And it had to be NOW that >another world-conquering psycho decided to rear
his ugly head.
JUBILEE: Always the way with these villains, isn't it? Decide to conquer
the world when it's least convenient.
D-BOY: Is it *EVER* convenient?
JUBILEE: Yeah... for the publishers.
Gourry was the first
to be iced by the dark figure, Sword of Light with him in his icy prison.
' I don't need
magic to kick your ass,' said Linna as she angrily rose from her
hiding place behind a rock and drawing her sword.
JUBILEE: Famous last words.
' I'll personally kick you from here to the other side of the world.'
ANDREW [Gokuu voice]: I thought I was the only one who could do that.
That was when she saw his henchmen approaching her , faces leering evilly
at >her. They attcked all at once.
' Hey, no fair
, >you guys should attack one at a time ' said Lina as she quickly dodged a
sword >thrust and skewering the offending swordsman with a stab of her own.
JUBILEE: Yeah, you tell 'em, Lina!
She fought the best that she could but since Gourry was the one who usually
did >this sort of thing for her , she was slowly being worn down. Seeing her
back >into a wall, the figure in black cackled maniacally.' Lina Inverse ,
with you >out of the way, I, Vortigern , will be able to conquer the world
with ease ! >HAHAHAHA!'
ANDREW: Don't these megalomaniacs ever get any original lines?
JUBILEE: Nope.
'Tsk,Tsk. It's
quite unfair for Ms. Inverse to try to beat you all at once. I dare say
it's a >display of bad manners.' Lina followed the gaze of her attackers
when they >stopped attacking her and looked at the figure that entered from
the shadows. >It was a man in his mid-twenties, a brown handlebar moustache
growing nicely >underneath his nose and the hairstyle of a gentleman. He was
dressed in a way >that Lina had never seen before . Shoes made of something
shiny yet black , >black pants, a coat that had buttons holding them
together in the front , a >piece of glass on his eye and what looked like an
umbrella in his hand ,
ANDREW [Ryoga voice]: Where AM I? And when was I dunked in the spring of
drowned nineteenth-century English aristocrat?
though Lina had not seen an umbrella made of metal before.
'Now , my jolly
chaps I think that what you need is to fight a man. Not fighting a girl. I
am >under the impression that only effeminate people do that. ' The man
smiled as >the insult made the henchmen charge him, weapons wanting to bash
his brains >out.
JUBILEE: Nineteenth-century, through and through.
After five
minutes >of the most incredible fighting Lina had ever seen and finding new
uses for an >umbrella , the man felled the last henchmen with a swing of his
umbrella. ' A >jolly good show chaps ! Jolly good show ! Hadn' t had that
sort of workout in >years.' said the man in an accent that Lina could not
quite place. ' Now about >you my dear fellow. ' said Lina's savior as he
quickly interposed himself >between Lina and Vortigern, World Conqueror Wannabe.
' Who dares foil my plans ?!' raved Vortigern as he
glared at the man.
' The name is Sebastian. Better remember it since
they'll ask who sent you to hell .' said the man as he nonchalantly whirled
his >umbrella at his side.
' You shall die for such insolence !!! ' declared
the >black-robed wizard as he started to chant a complex spell.
D-BOY: Typical.
JUBILEE: These megalomaniacs really need some new blood.
' Is he troubling you, Madam ? His chanting is quite off key. ' asked the
man >before her ,pointing at Vortigern, smiling at the sorceress. ' Yes he
is. ' >responded Lina wondering what that meant.
' Then with your
leave >I think I should dispose of him.' with that the man looked at the
figure and >said two words. ' Take him.'
After he uttered
those >words , the wind started to rise in the cave. The wind seemed to be
centered on >Vortigern. He noticed it too, confused he continued with his
chanting. Then >Lina saw them. They seemed to be white mist rising out of
the ground. As the >wind gained velocity the mist started to coagulate into
forms.Spirits, Lina >thought as she covered her face from the dust rising
up. The spirits circled >around Vortigern faster and faster . Then they
closed in. Lina could hear his >screams as the spirits, following the
command of her benefactor, took their >prey.
She opened her
eyes >and she saw that the spirits were gone along with thier victim. The
man who had >helped her was already touching Gourry's icy cage with one hand
blazing with >supernatural fire. Gourry quickly thawed and collapsed on the
floor.
D-BOY: And had the flu for a week afterward.
ANDREW: Don't remind me. I've just gotten over one. (sneeze) Nearly.
At thisher helper turned to regard her.
JUBILEE: What is a "thisher"?
' Thanks for saving my life .' Lina started to
thank >the man.
' That's what a bodyguards for.' responded the man
as >he started to twirl his umbrella.
' What do you mean by that ? ' asked Lina.
ANDREW: 1. Never let your guard down, 2. Never let her out of your sight, 3.
Never fall in love.
JUBILEE: Lucky girl! She gets Kevin Costner!
' Nothing. I'll be seeing you again Lina.' said
the >man as his umbrella hit the cold stone floor of the cave making a burst
of >azure light that blinded Lina momentarily. When she could see again ,
she saw
that her benefactor had disappeared. ' That was weird. ' said Lina as she
turned to wake Gourry up from
unconsciousness.
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Dimensions
away, Akane Tendo was getting really worried about her fiancee.
JUBILEE [Akane voice]: I am not worried about that baka! [Normal voice]
She'll never admit it, will she?
ANDREW: Not bloody likely.
He was currently fighting a demon, another one summoned by Happosai's
faulty >hedge magic. Ranma usually had to deal with this sort of thing a few
times a >year but this time it was different. The demon seemed to be above
the usual >sort that Happosai usually summoned. It was as fast and strong as
Ranma.He was >hardly able to dodge the lightning quick swipes the demon made
at him with its >clawed hands.
He had
already tried the Kachuu Tenshin Amagurinken but the demon blocked every
punch >and then sent him flying with a backhand swipe. His Mouko Takashiba
seemed to >have an effect but Ranma was now too drained to use it.
ANDREW: Tried Hiryuu-Shoten-Ha?
It seemed that he was going to die when he saw that he wouldn't be able to
avoid the razor-sharp claws of the beast. Akane saw the look on his face
and >she knew it too.
'NOOOOOO !!!!!'
Then a
black blur moved in from above. The blur picked Ranma up out of the way of
the >descending claws and jumped upward. They disengaged in the air and
Ranma landed >in front of Akane. ' Stay out of the fight. Let me take care
of it.' Ranma >heard from behind him as his savior landed behind him. The
voice sounded a lot >like Akane. That was when Ranma saw Akane's gaping
mouth. He turned around and >gasped.
His
savior >was a girl. She looked to be the same age he was, but that was not
the >remarkable thing about her. It was the fact that she seemed to be a
mirror >image of Akane when she still had long hair and her choice of
clothes. She wore >the same Chinese outfit that he loved wearing but in black.
She smiled at him. ' Let me finish the fight first before the questions. '
ANDREW [Ranma voice]: I ain't hidin' behind no girl!
JUBILEE: Yeah, a little hard to see him doing what he's told.
she said as she wheeled around to face the demon. She walked toward it, her
arms shrugged in a show of boredom.
The
demon >was angry ,having been denied of his prey. Then he looked at the one
who stole >it. He roared at the mortal's seeming arrogance , then he charged
, claws >moving forward for an attack.
Ranma >gasped once again as he saw the Akane look-alike stand still when the
demon >attacked. He saw the claw mere inches away from her when he decided
to help. >Then she blurred and disappeared.
AKANE: Knows Nightcrawler, does she?
The demon roared once again in frustration, arching its back to roar at the
heavens. Then Akane's double blurred just before it's midsection. ' Kachuu
tenshin Amagurinken !' she shouted as she let out a flurry of punches.
Ranma >couldn't believe what he saw as she charged each punch of the
Amagurinken with >yellow chi.
ANDREW [Ranma voice]: I gotta learn that technique!
The >demon fell back under the relentless pummeling of chi-charged fists.
Singe >marks were obvious on the demon's midsection. Then with a quick
somersault , >it's opponent senty both feet into it's solar plexus and
jumped away swiftly.
D-BOY: "Its" has no apostrophe here. Also, a typo with "sent".
The >demon was visibly hurt from the attack as it tried to stand up from
the punishment it took. Ranma focused again on the mystery girl. She had
her >eyes closed and hands cupped before her hands and he could see a ball
of >energy form in front of it. The demon seeing this started to charge at
her. The >ball inflated to the same size as the woman. As the demon was
about to reach >her, the girl opened her eyes and let go of the blue ball of
chi , shouting >'Mouko Takashiba'.
The >beast screamed in pain as it was engulfed by the energy ball. After
it dispersed there was no sign of the demon but dust. ' That was
incredible ! >' Ranma stared at disbelief at the girl
when she walked up to them. She smiled at him.
' My name is
Mika.' >she said ,stretching her hand out in friendship.
Akane looked at her
suspiciously. ' It's not that we don't appreciate your help, but who are
you >anyway ? Another one of this dumb baka's fiancee's ?' pointing at
Ranma.
' No, I'm what you
could say be his protector.' said Mika withdrawing her hand noting that it
wouldn't be shaken.She waved her hand in a show of saying goodbye. With
that >she became a blur and disappeared over the wall.
ANDREW [Genma voice]: Who's been drinking my sake???
[Ranma teleports in, amagurikens Andrew, and teleports out]
' What was that
about ?' asked Akane.
' Don't know. I
haven't seen her before either.' responded Ranma.
A mile away blue
lightning struck the ground. There were no clouds in the sky.
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Trip whistled to
himself as he entered the near-full cafeteria of the HQ. Everyone in the
cafeteria wore black. He saw that Sebastian was already having tea and
reading >a magazine at their usual table and decided to join him after he
liberated a >slice of chocolate cake from it's fellows. A platinum blonde
waved at him from >a nearby table. 'Hey , Trip , how're the Knight Sabers ?
' she asked biting >into a sandwich that she was holding.
' They're fine, Kai. How about Sho and his friends ?'
' Had to bail him out when his Guyver unit malfunctioned. I can't
believe how careless the kid can get.'
D-BOY: Could be worse.
ANDREW: Yeah, she could've had to bail people out of malfunctioning EVAs.
' You know
those >heroes , putting others before themselves. Well see ya. '
Trip said as she continued towards Sebastian and seated himself beside him.
ANDREW: Splashing herself with hot water in between.
Sebastian looked up from his magazine.
' Trina told me she would be late for our repast. The Sailor senshi seem to
be >in deep trouble again.'
JUBILEE: A rose or two should do the trick there.
he said to Trip as he took a sip of his tea. ' So, have you told ALICE that
we >were seen by our charges.'
' Yep, she told
me >not to worry , she'd restructure their memories.' Trip responded as he
took a >fork and started to eat the sumptuous cake. He didn't tell him that
he also >asked ALICE that the Knight Sabers remember him as a friend.
JUBILEE: Let's just hope that Mika doesn't get any feelings for Ranma.
' Well, Trip,
it >seems that you want to become closer to your charges.' said Sebastian as
he >looked at him through his monocle. Trip nearly choked on the piece of
cake he >was eating.
'Tut,tut boy, you seem to have forgotten that I am a low-level telepath.
You >seem to be like the Romanova girl for her to pop up in my head. Don't
worry I >won't tell. ' Sebastian said while chuckling at the sight of his
friend >coughing to dislodge food from his airpipe.
' Hello guys ! '
they >heard behind them as Mika somersaulted over them with a tray of sushi
in hand, >landing in her seat with incredible skill. ' Show off' muttered
Trip as he took >another bite of cake. 'So how are the loving couple. '
asked Sebastian >referring to her charges. ' Happosai's demon got out of
contol and I beat it up >quite good. ALICE is already restructuring their
memories and making sure >Happosai won't repeat the spell. Where's Trina ?'
asked Mika as she took a bite >of sushi.
' Off helping Usagi out of another fine mess.' said Trip.
' Those girls can get into so much trouble at times. ' commented Mika.
' My friends ,Heroes are heroes we can do nothing about it. We can only
save >them from the trouble that they get
into so that they may fulfill Destiny.' said Sebastian as he finished off
his >tea.
D-BOY: Yeah? Well, where were you when my sister got killed?
' I'm just worried that's all. Our charges go running around saving the
world >and they present themselves to an
enormous amount of danger. What if we failed and they died ?' Mika
pointed >out with a chopstick.
JUBILEE: Then after a year or so the editors do a retcon and we find out
they're not really dead at all.
' Then if their dimension falls to the Darkness, the Atropos units go in
and >blast that reality into smitheereens'
said Trip once again taking a bite of chocolate cake.
' That's what I mean. Why don't we just interfere directly ?'
ANDREW: Because they're members of the United Federation of Planets, and
they're only allowed to interfere if they can get away with it.
' That's not
how >it works , Mika. The Weavings that make up the worlds are so complex
that -' >Sebastian was interrupted by the beeping on the holder of his
umbrella. He held >it in his hands and closed his eyes.' It seems Hikaru and
her friends are going >to need me in Cephiro. Well , Tata , see you later.
' he said as he saluted >with his umbrella and disappeared with a flash of
blue light.
Mika then
received a tingling sensation as she closed her eyes.
' Asuka's going to crash her Evangelion unit , it seems. Bye Trip' she said
as >electricity gathered around her and lightning struck her spot, making
Trip's >hair stand on end and leaving her sushi burned on the table.
' I hate it
when >she does that.' Trip complained as he took another bite of cake as he
smoothed >his hair with one hand.He heard the ding-dong of his pocketwatch.
' What is it >again ?' he
said as he pulled >out a antique gold watch. He closed his eyes and saw a
young girl fighting a >demon with
a sword and becoming skewered by one of the demon's attacks. ' Yohko's in
trouble again. ' Trip said in resignation as he was about to click the
watch. >Then he looked at the cake. He picked up the plate and as he clicked
the watch >he said smiling ' Who said I can't have my cake and eat it too ?
' He >disappeared in a blue flash off to save one of his charges again.
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Well, that's my fic. I wanted to put in a Sailormoon section and a
YuuYuuHakusho section but I ran out of ideas.
Please send C&C.
D-BOY: Not bad.
JUBILEE: Congratulations! I wanna see more of this!
ANDREW: Keep up the good work!
ALL 3: Bye now!
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Andrew Dynon, Eternal champion of all things Iczer and Mekton-Z
SEIYA: What's the plan?
DEWEY: There isn't one.
SEIYA: Good plan.
- Nurse Angel Ririka SOS, Episode 26
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