I am into very strange crossovers, this is one of them. It's Ranma 1/2, as
all my FF are, but it's also a FF of a seires of books called the M.Y.T.H.
Inc. books, and it might not be as funny if you are not firmilar with these
books. Sorry about the spelling!
Ranma 1/2 is the property of Rimiko Takahashi, and the M.Y.T.H. Inc. book's
are the property of Robert Aspirin. I did not create any of their characters,
nor do I clam to.
====================
MYTH-communication
Written by George and
Catherine Nelson
====================
Today is, well to put it bluntly, boring! I, as you probably already know,
am Skeeve, sometimes called Skeeve the great. I live here in the Bizzar at
Deva, and I'm president, and founder of the cooperation known as M.Y.T.H. Inc.
(Magical Young Trouble-shooting Heroes.) After reading all of my other book's
you would think a guy like me could keep busy, but here I am, doing absolutely
nothing!
Just as I think I'm going to die of boredom, Bunny comes to my rescue!
"Hay Boss, you busy?" Don't get the wrong idea, Bunny knows more about my
daily schedule than I do, this was meant as a polite gesture.
"No Bunny, I'm actually board stiff." I said bluntly. Now there are some
things you might want to know about Bunny. In my dealings with the mob I have
become quite the apple of Don Bruce's (the mob's fairy godfather) eye, and
there are some things he thought I should have because of that. 1) Bodyguards,
2) a place of operation, and 3) a moll. He sent me Gudio and Nunzio for the
first one, I've got my place here at the Bazzar, and this place is bigger than
the castles in my own home dimension, but I didn't have a moll or any female
compainon that would fit that description! That's how I got Bunny who just
happened to be Don Bruce's niece. Well, me and Bunny talked for a while, and
came to the decision that she could be my personal secretary, but not moll. I
sometimes think that this place would stop working if she ever left!
"Well, there's an old lady here to see you." She said.
"Anything about her I should know before I talk to her?" I asked.
"Um yeah," Bunny started, a look of confusion on her face. "She looks to be
about ninety or so, and she's from an unlisted dimension..."
"An unlisted dimension!?!" I said in my shock.
"Yes, she seems to be one in a handful of people from her dimension that know
about dimension travel. Not that there primitive, they are above the average
dimension in technological advancements, but they have no magic whatsoever."
Bunny said.
"So she came here using a D-Hopper from a dimension that knows nothing about
dimension travel?" I said skeptically.
"No, that's where it gets complex; she used magic, but she is a native of the
dimension in question." Bunny sighed, which was quite a sight to see, "I don't
know, maybe you should just let her in and have her explain it."
"I believe I will, I'd like to ask this old lady some questions." I said.
"Ok, I'll be back." Bunny said as she left the room.
I was completely unprepared for what stepped into the room. Bunny's guess
that this person was ninety was totally incorrect. I would say more like
nine-thousand, and that was just a guess! There was no doubting it was a
female, the face (as small and wrinkled as it was) was the shape of a female
face, and the long hair that had long since turned gray, then white, was held
back by a small headband of some type. The appearance of this woman suggested
age, but she moved as easily as a teenager, and balanced on the end of a
strange looking stick. I suspected magic, but couldn't think of anything that
could do that, except maybe levitation, but what would be the purpose of the
stick? I'm not afraid to say this lady was quite scary, and she made me feel
very uncomfortable.
"So, your the Great Skeeve eh? Well, I can't say I'm impressed, I imagined
you would be a little older, but I've come to believe in the young a little
more." the woman said.
"Excuse me, you seem to have an advantage over me. You know who I am, but I
don't know who you are or what your talking about." I said, trying to maintain
an image of confidence.
"My name is Cologne, and I was referring to my son-in-law, you see he's quite
an impressive fighter, and at such a young age."
"Did you say your name was Cologne?" I asked, forgetting to even try to look
like I had control of this situation.
"Yes," she said slowly, suspicion seeping into her tone "Why do you ask?"
"No reason," I said quickly, "It's just an odd name." I may be dense, but her
voice sounded quite threatening, and I decided to back off.
"Yes it is, isn't it." she said, the suspicion not completely gone from her
voice.
"So, Miss. Cologne, what can I do for you?" I asked, trying to change the
subject, and shorten her visit.
"Well, Mr. Skeeve, I have a great granddaughter who, as I mentioned before,
is engaged." She began.
"No, actually, I don't believe you said anything about that." I interrupted.
"Yes I did, I mentioned my son-in-law." she said, "Anyways, although it is
the law in my tribe that he marry my great granddaughter, Shampoo, he has
time and time again stated that he will not consent to marry her."
Now about this time I was beginning to question this dimension. Law's that
require a man to marry someone, people that look like this shriveled up prune,
and names like Shampoo and Cologne? "Um, ok where dose M.Y.T.H. Inc. come into
this picture?" I said.
"I want you to get him to fall in love with her, and marry her." Clogne said
sharply, as if I should have guessed it.
I didn't know about this Shampoo girl, or the guy she was supposed to marry,
but for some reason I felt compelled to take this job, if nothing else,
M.Y.T.H. Inc. could explore a new dimension. "Bunny, could you come in here."
I said loudly.
"Yes boss?" she asked.
"Could you quote Miss. Cologne here a price?" I said.
"There is no need for that, anything will do fine." Cologne said shortly.
"All right, but before you leave I need more information." I said, "I'll need
to know everything about your great granddaughter, her fianc�, and anyone else
we may come in contact with during this mission." I said smooth and business-
like.
"Yes, I know." she said, producing a large envelope from seemingly thin air.
"I got this information together ahead of time, I think it will be sufficient,
if not informative, and believe me when I say that there are no exaggerations
in my descriptions of the skills of those people." the last part of that was
spoken slowly and gravely. I would have believed if she said someone could
shatter a boulder with one finger after that warning.
"Ok Miss. Cologne." said quietly, and then she disappeared into thin air.
Probably went back to her dimension, but I didn't really know.
"Wow, that lady was freaky! What did you say her name was?" Bunny asked as I
simply looked at the envelope on my desk. "Cologne, and her great
granddaughter's name is Shampoo." I said, not breaking eye contact with the
envelope.
"Strange... Well, are you just going to stair at that thing, or are you going
to open it?" Bunny said.
"I'll open it." I said looking at her, then taking the folder and bending
back the metal things that kept it closed....
that's it for now, comming soon, Aahz's Story, (Yes, we put Aahz on this
case!)