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Surprise
A Ruroni Kenshin and Ranma Crossover.
Disclaimer
It true I have one now. All characters belong to their respective
owners if
they were mine however I'll be frigging rich right now and having them
crossover in actual magna. :p
Thanks to Kat and Aaron for helping me edit this chapter.
A big thanks goes to Lady Cosmos , Tannim, Bambi,Kris's and Thomas
forputting this up on their page.
Tannim page is located here:
http://home.earthlink.net/~tannim/
Lady Cosmos pages is located here:
http://www.crosswinds.net/~ladycosmos/
Tomas page is located here.
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Quasar/6189/
Bambi Page can be found here:
http://www.crosswinds.net/~salee/index.html
Kris's page can be found here:
http://www.geocities.com/kuroi_hoshi/
Chapter 3
Recovery
***
Ranma woke up in a state of pain few ever manage to experience. Lucky
for him he was well versed in the art of pain, so he managed to conceal
most of his pained expression. Right then Ranma felt like he was in a state
of Nirvana. He knew that he was there but didn't feel like he was. Sound
and everything was distant to him, only the voice of a woman grabbed his
attention.
"Ranma? Can you hear me?" a lady dressed in a purple kimono asked him.
Ranma could see that she was quite beautiful and that her long black
hair flowed passed her shoulders. She seems to be doing something to his
chest, rubbing some sort of herb on it.
Ranma tried to speak to the lady but couldn't. He knew that his eyes
were open, yet it was like whatever she was doing to him wasn't
quite real. He watched as the man he recently had acknowledged as his
father, seemed to hover in the background looking on with a concerned
expression on his features.
In Ranma's line of sight he caught other people in the background with
his father. He recognized the one known as Sano because of the chicken-like
hairstyle. He recognized Kaoru, whom he recently had a talk with. He
recognized the girl known as Misao, who seemed to be asking the lady near
him something. He saw other people that he didn't know either. He saw a
boy
around 14 or 15 years old with a kendo stick by his side looking at him
strangely. The boy was wearing samurai garb like his father but the
only differences was that the boy's shirt was yellow. He also saw a man who
was wearing a plain brown smock looking at him with no expression what so
ever. The man almost seemed to be evaluating him or something. Ranma,
however, could recognize him as a fighter by his looks alone. He then saw
an old man looking at him with a grave expression on his face but also one
filled
with respect.
"Ranma? Ranma can you hear me?" the lady in the purple kimono asked him
again. "Nod your head if you can."
Ranma then realized that he was in a room, the thought hadn't even occured
to him that he was in a room lying on a futon until now. He then decided to
answer the lady but couldn't move his mouth, so he settled for just
nodding his head. Ranma didn't actually nod, he just moved his head a bit
but that was enough confirmation for the lady. The lady smile at him kindly
and
looked up to his father and said. "He's fine now. However, we should leave
so he
can rest more comfortably."
Ranma saw everyone in the room nodding their heads and quietly getting up
and leaving, but not before they all stopped by his bed and wished him well.
His father just gripped his shoulder reassuringly and left.
So there was Ranma all alone figure out why he hadn't been able to think a
single coherent thought yet. He kept on getting flashes of a fight but that
was about it. He then decided that if he slept faster he might have all the
answers when he woke up. "Yeah. I'll do that," he thought to himself. And
with that closed his eyes.
***
Outside�
Kenshin was still looking at his son's still form as he laid on the futon.
Kenshin blamed himself for not being about to protect his son. His
first day as a father and he failed miserably.
"Cheer up Kenshin! Megumi said that your son will be find, ne?" Sano
said, while pounding roughly on his back. Kenshin had to smile at Sano's
effort to take his mind off his son.
"That's a fine boy you have there Himura-san," Okina, the elder of the
Oniwabanshu told him. "Imagine! A boy of almost 17 summers matching
another Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu master blow for blow!" The old man said with
glee.
Kenshin couldn't help but feel pride at that. His son, who was almost
17, managed to hold his own against a Hiten Mitsurugi master. The mere
thought of it sent his heart bursting with pride again.
Kenshin turned to see Megumi step out of the room with a strange
expression on her face.
"Megumi-dono. Is something wrong?" asked Kenshin with a worried look on
his face.
"Hmm?" she replied, seeming to snap out of her own world. "I'm sorry
but what did you ask me?"
"I asked if something was wrong," he told her. "You seemed to have a
strange expression on your face when you stepped out of his room."
"OH! That! It nothing," she told him, while laughing. " I was just
thinking that your son was an incredible piece of work."
"Oro?" Kenshin asked, a bit confused.
"Your son, Kenshin," she started. "Is nothing short of amazing."
"What exactly do you mean?" he asked her again. By now the entire group
of people was gathered around Megumi, listening to what she had to say
about Ranma.
"From what I heard of his fighting ability, I would have to say that he
is an incredible fighter," Megumi told them. "But his ability to recover
is something else." She told them with a bit of awe in her voice.
"What do you mean?" asked Misao. Her interest in the boy shot up a
couple of more notches. She prided herself on being an Oniwabanshu
and her ability to win in most hand to hand fighting except against people
as good as Aoshi and Kenshin. She was the only one in her age group
who could match most people twice her age in hand to hand. She'd always
thought that Kempo or any style of hand to hand fighting like karate or
jujitsu could never match kendo, a sword-fighting style or any form
of Ninjitsu or Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu. Kenshin showed her that with his
sakabatou he had a longer reach, which he uses to keep his opponent
at bay. While Aoshi might use Kempo, he also had his two kodachi blades
for extra reach and blocking others' bladed weapons. Sano himself was
no slouch when it came down to hand to hand combat, but against people
of Kenshin and Aoshi's caliber he'd never have a prayer of winning.
Ranma however had done something that no one that she knew could
have done. He went toe to toe with a Hiten Mitsurugi master using his
hands only and won. She was pretty sure that no one alive could have
done what he had done and much less lived afterward but he did. So
when he woke up all she had to do was use her girlish charms on him
and he'd surely teach her everything she wanted to know, that Amaguriken
technique was first on her list of "Technique to learn." She and Ranma
were going to have so much fun.
Kenshin sweated as he saw Misao started to laugh evilly to herself.
"Riiiiiiight," he thought to himself. He turned back to Megumi and
urged her to go into more detail about his son. "So what do you mean his
recovering ability was something else?" he asked.
"Kenshin, let me ask you something," she said. "How long does it takes
for someone to recover from the weakest Hiten Mitsurugi strike?" she asked.
"If done correctly with a Katana? Then the victim would die instantly,"
he told her. "However with my Sakabatou I would say around a week before
they can fully recover from my weakest strike."
"And with the Kzy Ryu Sen. How long would it take a fighter of your
caliber to recover from one of those strikes? Even if you did manage to
dodge some," she asked him.
Kenshin took a moment to chew on that. The Kzy Ryu Sen was a nine hit
strike that when used would hit all the nine vital points of the body
simultaneously. He didn't know anybody that could survive if a katana
had been used. But he guessed that if they somehow managed to survive it
the damage would cripple them, most likely for life. His eyes widen in
realization and despair grabbed at his heart. Ranma had survived, but
was going to be cripple.
"Megumi-dono. My son is crippled isn't he?" he asked her very slowly.
"I would think so, Kenshin," said a very familiar voice behind him.
Kenshin turned around to see his master standing there. "How is my
ungrateful student?" his master asked.
"M-Master? What are you doing here?" Kenshin asked. He couldn't believe
his master was here. Maybe his master was investigating the murder cases
done by the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu master as well.
"Seijiro-sama!" said the two girls of the Oniwabanshu. Shortly there after
then started to lavish his master with affection. His master, being his
master,
didn't do anything to discourage them, as a matter of fact he gave them his
famous cocky smile that caused the two girls to swoon.
" I am just too damn perfect," Kenshin overheard him say. Some things he
guessed would never change.
"Master. You still haven't answered my question. Why are you here?"
Kenshin asked his master seriously.
"I came as soon as I heard of someone was killing people while using
the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu name," he told Kenshin. "But I just heard you
confirm that it was actually a Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu master and that he
attacked you last night."
"He was, and my son was the one that fought him," he told his master.
"Ah yes. Your son, I heard you just recently found out you had one
but he got hit with a Kzy Ryu Sen and could be cripple for life, isn't
that right?" he asked Kenshin.
Kenshin just nodded to his mater in confirmation. "Do you know if
anybody has ever survived a Kzy Ryu Sen attack?" He asked his
master.
"Kenshin. I will tell you truthfully that I am really sorry about your
son, he will be crippled for life." He told his student. He regretted
giving
his student the bad news but better that it came from him then the woman
doctor.
"You see Kenshin. The Kzy Ryu Sen strikes all nine vital parts of the
body, making them cease functioning and should kill the victim instantly,"
he said. "But if it somehow fail to do that, then the damages to the points
would leave the victim crippled for life. Either way, your son has no
chance of a normal life now."
Everyone was stunned into silence. Kaoru's heart went out to Kenshin
and she hoped that she would be able to ease the pain he would be feeling.
Sano, Aoshi and Yahiko didn't know what to think, but they could only
feel sympathetc toward Kenshin for what he must be going through right
now.
Misao felt like crying. Here was Kenshin finally united with his long
lost son, only to have him be crippled because his father wasn't fast
enough to save him. The whole thing was just too sad for her as she tried
unsuccessfully to contain her tears.
Seijiro watched as his student went through a wide range of emotion. He
felt sad for Kenshin but never showed any sign of it. He knew he had to be
strong to help his student get through this hard time. If he had found out
Kenshin had been cripple in a fight, he would have reacted the same way
Kenshin
was right then.
Kenshin just felt a torrent of emotion as he thought about what his son
must be going through. " I have failed my only child," he thought to
himself. Kenshin was on the verge of tears until he heard Megumi laughing.
He
turned to see her holding a hand over her stomach while laughing.
Kaoru and Misao couldn't believe how insensitive Megumi could be. Here
Kenshin was on the verge of break down and Megumi is laughing her head
off. Kaoru and Misao started to make their way over to Megumi ready to
teach her a lesson or two about respect.
Sano, Aoshi and Yahiko thought that maybe Megumi had been making opium
again.
Misao and Kaoru got over to Megumi and turned a deathly gaze on her.
"What are you laughing about Megumi?" Kaoru asked with more then a
hint of venom in her voice.
"Yeah do you find something funny with Kenshin's son being crippled for
life?" Misao asked.
"Oh no," Megumi said in between laughs. "It just that I found it funny
how everyone jumped to conclusion before I can tell them news about
Ranma's condition," then she started to laugh again.
"Megumi-dono. What do you mean by you have news about my son's
condition?" He asked her seriously.
Megumi blushed a bit under his stare. "Well you see Kenshin, your son
is perfectly fine." She told him.
"WHAT?!" everyone asked at once. Megumi had to brace herself from the
power of their voices.
After clearing her ears a bit, she continued. "Like I said, he's fine," she
then turned to Kenshin. "Remember when I asked you about how strong
those blows were?"
Kenshin nodded. "Yeah you were asking how badly can some could get
wounded from the Kzy Ryu Sen before my master's showed up."
"Well, remember when I mentioned Ranma's extraordinary recovery
ability?" She asked him. Seeing Kenshin nod she continued. "Well you
see, when I was treating him last night and again this morning, I discovered
that his body was recovering at a rate I found simply amazing! His wounds
has started healing up even before I had put in the stitches and most of
his heavy bumps and bruises had already started to fade. All he really
needed was a couple of my medicines to speed up the healing process. "
"S-So you mean that he will be fine?" Kenshin asked her. She nodded.
Kenshin then grab her in a rough hug only release her just as suddenly and
start to hug everyone around him from Kaoru to Misao, even his master
couldn't escape his euphoria.
After having thoroughly embarrassed the people around him with his hugs
Kenshin turned back to Megumi. "So, when will he fully recover?" he
asked her.
"Well at the rate he was going and with the help of the herbs I put on
him... Hmmm� I would say that he will be fine again sometime this
afternoon," she told him. "He won't be completely recovered until a
couple of days from now but he would be able to do normal activities by
this afternoon."
"Thank you Megumi -dono," Kenshin said with a bow.
"Well now that we know he will recover let all have a celebration with
good wine," Sejuro suggested. "After all you haven't given him a proper
welcome have you? And if there is one thing I taught you Kenshin that
is that a proper welcome always starts with good wine."
Kenshin just sweated at that, he didn't want his son to get overwhelmed
by his master too soon. "By the way master, what are you doing here?"
"Hahahaha! Well Kenshin after you left, I periodically stopped by here to
visit these lovely ladies," he said as the two girls' started to snuggle up
to him. Giving out a contented sigh they started to lavish Kenshin's master
with their attention.
Misao then came over to Kenshin and whispered in his ear. "He just stops
by because those two always give him wine and that all." None notice the
sweatdrop that appeared on Seijiro's head.
"Well Misao, would you like to go shopping with me so we can throw
Ranma a proper welcome party?" Kaoru asked Misao.
"Hai."
"Sano, Yahiko, you're with me," Kaoru told the two just as they were
tiptoeing out of the room.
"Damn it!" Yahiko said and promptly got smacked on the head for it.
"Young children shouldn't curse," Kaoru told Yahiko pointedly.
"What would you know about children you old hag," Yahiko replied as
they walked out and went shopping.
"Well people, lets get started making this place ready for the party,
ohohohoho!" laughed Okina as he started to plan how to decorate the
place.
The two girls that were snuggling up to Seijiro suddenly got off of him
and went to go help Okina. They all know that Okina had a terrible sense of
art and if left to his owns devices they would ended up having very, very
ugly decoration.
"Well I guess they are gone," Seijiro then turned to Kenshin. "I think
we should go and help them."
Kenshin just smiled.
***
Some where else�
A lone figure finally found his hideout. He'd never thought that he would
face such another formidable fighter there. The Battousai was who he was
after but this boy just jumped in his way and some how manage to block one
of the deadliest move of the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu, the Kzy Ryu Sen.
The figure coughed up some blood.
Blocking wasn't the only thing the boy did. Right now the entire left
side of his ribcage was broken and the right one wasn't doing so well
either.
He stumble slowly into the cathedral where he knew his sister would be.
He had to smile as he saw the worried look she sent toward him.
"ONIISAN!" was the last thing he heard before he fainted.
***
Back at the Oniwa building�
Ranma woke up suddenly as everything became clear. He remembered
everything, how he'd fought a guy claiming to be god.
"A god my ass," Ranma thought sarcastically, as he remembered
everything that happened in the fight. He then looked around as he
noticed that he was in a room. It wasn't too big but it was bigger than
the one he had at the Tendos'. He felt tightness around his chest and
looked down at it. His was chest was wrapped in bandages and he
wasn't wearing a shirt. He looked around for his shirt and didn't find it
so he gave up on that. He got up from his bed and found that at least
his pants were still on.
After throughly searching for his shirt for the second time he gave up
totally. "Guess I'm gonna have to walk out shirtless," he though. He
then looked down at his bandages and started to feel them itch. So, he
carefully unwrapped them, taking notice of the few new scars that he had
collected. Feeling the scars he could tell that they had healed enough for
him to be up and around.
He then decided to step out. After looking at the sky for a couple
of minutes he finally figured out that it was sometime just before noon.
As he continued to walk he heard a commotion coming from down the
hallways. Using the anything goes sneaking ability he tiptoed down the
hallway and peaked around the door. What he saw there was a mess.
"Okina! You have to hang the sign more to the right. No! Further�perfect,"
he heard the girl who was known as Misao say.
He also saw his father and a guy dressed up in white help move some
heavy items with the chicken head guy.
Ranma then saw Kaoru came out and say something about needing more salt
in the kitchen. After Kaoru left he caught a glimpse of the sign. On the
sign was words printed out that said "WELCOME RANMA!"
He then decided to speak up to see what they were up too. "Um�. Excuse
me?" he said as every head turned to look at him.
"S-SON! What are you doing out of bed?" His father demanded.
Misao didn't say anything but was blushing like crazy.
The other two girls started to drool.
What Ranma didn't know was that without the bandages every curve of his
muscled chest showed his perfectly formed six packs his pecks and biceps
were enough to make any girl drool. That and the way he moved towards
them, so full of confidence and grace was enough to make them swoon.
Misao couldn't help but admire the form of his muscles and the way they
flexed as he glided towards them. "I wonder what it taste like," she
thought, then promptly banged her head against the wall in an effort to
calm herself down. "AoshiAoshiAoshiAoshiAoshiAoshiAoshiRanma
Aoshioshioshioshi," was what she keep mentally chanted even though she
didn't realize that Ranma's name had snuck in there a couple of time as
well.
Sano and Yahiko looked from Kenshin to Ranma, wondering how Kenshin
could have spawned someone like that. Beside the facial features, Ranma
was bigger, taller and buffer then Kenshin.
Kenshin was just worried for his son and after scanning him quickly with
his eyes for any wounds, he embraced his son. "Are you feeling alright
son?" Kenshin asked.
"Oh fine, fine. Couldn't be better," Ranma told his dad.
Just then Kaoru and Megumi came out to check out why the noise has
stopped. They both took a moment to admire Ranma's chisel form then
proceeded to ask him if he was all right.
"Look people, I telling you I'm fine. The fight I had was nothing compare to
what I been through, hell Akane cooking took me out longer then that guy
ever could," he told them to get them to stop babying him.
They all paused when Ranma mentioned Akane's cooking, wondering if they
heard it right. They were about to ask him further questions until Okina
stopped them.
"I am sure Ranma would be glad to tell you everything AFTER we finish
the decoration and cooking, ne?" he asked them.
And so they spent the better part of the afternoon finishing the
decorating while Kaoru and Megumi finish the food. Ranma finally was
loaned a shirt from Sano because of all the stares he kept on getting
from the two girls. Pretty soon they were finished and after having the
table
set they all took their places around the table.
"Ranma you're the guest of honor, but we never been introduced to you
properly," Kaoru said. The others just realized that too, she then
finish. "Can we start over?"
Ranma had to smile at that, he could get use to this family. So Ranma
then stood up and bowed to all of them and says. "I am Himura Ranma. Sorry
about this."
To be continued�
Author Rants�
I quit, quit I tell you. Kidding but I might not be working on it as
much as I use to any more. Why you may ask? Well truth be told, school is
upping the ante so it will and is taking times away from my writing. Fic
will
now
be coming out slower then usual. I will try to work on it some more but
school laves me mentally exhausted so I might be too tired to think. Well
here
is part 3 and hope you guys enjoy. A proud Couple crossover fan. C+C
always welcome Thanks for all of you guys who support me out there. Email at
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