I am finally back!  And so is my Stallion!  Sorry for the long wait...

The disclaimer, practically every character here is NOT mine.  They all belong to their respective company.  I am using a lot of them, so I can't list them all.  Beside, I am gonna add more series to the story later on.  Don't sue me.  You won't get a penny out of me.  Trust me, you won't.  For others, there are SOME characters I made up, but who cares?  I don't.


Ranma Crossover fanfic

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Ah heck, read at your own risk.





STALLION

Chapter 9.

< Calm before the storm... at least, they though it was calm... >




Part 1




Somewhere in England, just outside of London.

A man was sitting on a patio table in front of a coffee shop reading a newspaper in his hands.  He had long blue hair that came well below his neck and wore a blue jean with white long-sleeved shirt on top.  But it wasn't the length of his hair that caught others' eyes.  It was the fact that he was quite good-looking, very handsome actually.  His face was well-refined and clean-cut, and had some mysterious atmosphere surrouding it which was well emphasized by color of his hair.  Every women in the patio occasionally took a quick glimpse at him before gazing into space with dreaming eyes.  In fact, other than the forementioned man himself, all the customers in the patio were female for an obvious reason.  They kept ordering more cups of tea just so they could stay.  The shop owner never made so much money in only one afternoon, nor was he as busy as now.  In front of the counter, there was a long line of women who had waited for their turn to be seated, hopely near the man's table.

The waitress nervously walked up to the man, with a cup of tea on her plate. "Um, sir.  Your tea is here.  Is that be all?"

The man put down his newspaper for a moment, and gently smiled at the waitress.  "Yes, for now.  I am waiting for some of my friends.  Thank you very much."

"You, you're welcome!"  The waitress answered with a deep blush on her face, causing every women in the shop to shoot a deel scowl at her.  She could care less though.  She reluctantly turned away, but casted a long last look at the man who now returned to his paper, before running back to the counter squealing with glee.  The female patrons didn't seem so happy about the girl, but they soon returned to gaze at the man dreamily anyway.

Every women in the shop tensed up when they saw the man lowering his paper down.  He lifted his cup and took a sip of its content.  He then closed his eyes and inhaled deep, appreciating the aroma.  He slowly put down his cup on the table and smiled a bit, apprently having enjoyed his tea.  This made every female in the shop to sigh contently.  'He's so wonderful!'

All of sudden, a large shadow appeared from behind the man.  Everyone looked up to see what it was, and gasped in surprise when they saw a big muscular man standing there.  But the man on the table didn't even turn his head as he softly spoke.  "You are early.  Gaden."

"So are you."  Gaden answered back in simple words.  Although his tone was low, everyone felt as if their cup would shatter from the force in his voice.  It didn't bother them much though, since by now every women at the scene started to drool at the sight of his arm muscle.  He was wearing a brown short and black sleeveless shirt which showed off his thick arms and legs that had not a touch of fat on them.  This man was a giant, standing well about 6' 10".  His face wasn't all that bad-looking either.  It was flowing with musculinity, emphasized by his short dark hair.

Gaden sat down next to the blue-haired man.  The patio chair screamed at his weight.  But the man on the table didn't seem to care, as he was still concentrating with his paper.  Hurriedly the waitress ran to their table.  "Um, um, would you like something to drink?"

Gaden turned to the waitress, who cringed a bit under his gaze.  "A cup of herbal tea."

"Um, okay... is that all?"

"Yes."  Then he quietly turned his gaze up front.  The waitress nervously bowed before leaving.  Still, Gaden made no response as he silently sat with his arms across his chest.

The tension in the shop was now so thick one could cut it.  The women busily alternated between watching the blue-haired man dreamily and drooling at Gaden's muscular arms.  Their neck started to hurt, but they paid no attention to such a minor detail.

Then the mood shattered by a sultry voice of a woman.  "Hello, there."

The ladies in the shop frowned.  In front of the two men now stood a beautiful leggy blonde, who had very seductive look on her face.  Paying no heed to the envious and jealous glare of others, she spoke to Gaden with a very seductive smile.  "I couldn't help but notice how strong you look.  Do you work out?"

"Yes."  Gaden answered bluntly without even turning his head.  The blue-haired one smirked a little at this.

The woman seemed to be surprised a little at their reaction, but didn't seem to be discouraged.  She smiled again and leaned very close to the table, showing off her 'assets' to the men.  Other ladies around her fumed at this, but she casually ignored them.  "How about you and your friend have some drink with me later?  There is a nice bar nearby, and we can get very FRIENDLY afterwards."

However before the men could react to her bold advance, a very cheerful voice interrupted.  "You are WAY out of your league, sweety.  Why don't you run along and play with your puppies?"

The women blinked and turned around, just to find a tall redhead smirking down on her.

The new arrival caught every men around frozen in their mid-step.  She had a gorgeous figure which was accented by her long red summer dress.  The dress came down just above her knees, showing her lean long legs, and had a neckline that revealed her bare shoulders.  Her long hair was flaming red, emphasizing her pearl white skin.  She turned to the street and winked at her audience, who almost fainted with joy.  Then she ignored the stunned blonde and walked up to the men's table.

"You guys are early as usual.  Ack, Nova!  You are drinking tea without us?  That's rude.  I want something to drink too!  I am so thirsty.  What do they have here?  Did you order, Gaden?  What did you order?  Wait, wait, let me guess.  That awful herbal juice thingy, right?"

Gaden didn't even look up as he spoke.  "Herbal tea."

But the redhead just shrugged her shoulders as she sat down next to the big man.  "Whatever.  It's all the same to me.  I want some coffee!  Haven't had a nice cup of coffee for a while, you know?  I hate those instant stuff.  It tastes bad.  I want one of those wholesome freshly brewed kinds!"

The blue-haired man, who she called Nova, smirked a little.  "You come all the way to England and drink coffee?"

"Hey, I'll have whatever I want.  You are so mannerless somethimes, Nova.  A lady's mind is of her own.  If she wants tea, she will drink tea.  If she wants coffee, like me right now, she'll drink coffee!  By the way, where is Tei?  Aaaah!  He's late again, isn't he?  He's always late!  I can't believe how lazy he is.  He's so careless of others!"

"Would you please stop talking behind my back, Ises?!"

"Huh?"  The redhead turned to her back, where now the last member of their group stood.  Tei was a lean young man with white hair.  He wore a long grey pants, and a ivory t-shirt.  While his arms weren't as thick as Gaden's, they were still fairly muscular, not too thick yet not too thin.  He was also quite good-looking, not in the mysterious way like Nova, but more like charming.  The women in the shop smiled warmly at how cute the man looked.

But the redhead, Ises, didn't seem to be affected by his charm as she smirked at him.  "Actually, Tei dear, it's YOU who's talking behind MY back."

"You know what I mean!"  Tei snapped back at Ises before taking a seat himself.  He crossed his arms with a sullen face, which still looked very attractive in the ladies' eyes.

"Ooohh!  You are upset!  I'm vewy vewy sowwy, Sweety~.  Please fowwive me~." Ises pulled Tei's head close to her with her arms like a mommy tending her child.  Blushing, Tei pushed her back and angrily yelled.

"Stop it!  I am not a kid!"

"But you are soooooooo cute!!"  Everyone in the shop silently agreed to Ises' words.  He was just too adorable.

"Stop it!"

"Good.  You are all here."  Just then, Nova spoke as he put down his paper on the table.  The act was quiet and gentle, yet it caused everyone on the table to stop what they were doing and focus their attention on him.  He looked up to his friends.  "Now, you all know why I called you here."

All of them kept their silence.  Their faces also turned very serious at Nova's voice.  They intently looked at him, waiting for his next words.  But before Nova could speak again, Gaden raised his hand.  "Wait."

"Huh?"  Ises and Tei turned their heads towards Gaden.  Gaden rarely spoke, much less interrupted others.  They quietly stared at Gaden, curious what could possibly make him speak.

Suddenly the waitress appeared beside them with a cup in her hand.  "Here is your herbal tea, sir."

"Thank you."  Gaden received the cup, took a sip, and put it down on the table.  Then he looked up to his friends and spoke.  "Continue."

BAM!

Ises and Tei grudgingly pulled themselves up after a rather hard facefault.  But Nova wasn't affected at all, and gently smiled at his big friend.

However, his tone turned serious again as soon as the other two sat back down.  "I assume all of you have sensed what I have sensed yesterday.  Am I right?"

At Nova's words, Ises turned her gaze away and Tei scratched his head, while Gaden stayed quiet.  Seeing that his friends did not deny his inquiry, Nova closed his eyes and continued to speak.  "Then you all know why we are here. We have to decide what to do about this."

Tei snorted at his blue-haired friend.  "Feh.  You talk as if you didn't know.  We knew all along this was gonna happen sooner or later."

Ises added.  "What more can we do?  We did what we had to do last time he screwed up.  There is no point in interfering any more, is there?"

"......"  Gaden just kept quiet.

Nova spoke.  "I am not talking about what we should do about HIM.  I am talking about what we should do about the matter itself.  Should we intervene, or just watch?  There are some dire consequences on the side, actually.  Although it's not as serious as our previous problems, it has a potential to be.  We had to make our decision, NOW."

Silence again rested on the table, as all three listeners went into their own deep thoughts.  It didn't take long for them to come to a conclusion though.  The first to speak was Tei.  "I say we just watch.  I am sure he can take care of it by himself."

Ises nodded.  "Tei's right.  After all, he was one of us, and is STILL one of us.  He might have caused some problems before, but his heart was always on the right place.  I see no reason for us to intervene."

Nova quietly listened the first two.  Then he turned to Gaden, who still kept his silence.  "What do you think, Gaden?  You agree with them?"

"Yes."  Gaden opened his mouth briefy to sprout one word, then closed it shut.

Nova smirked.  As always, his big friend kept was always a man of very few words.  Actually, it was one of his good points.  He never wasted any time in expressing his opinion.  Others might think he was too blunt, but his friends were used to it.  Gaden was Gaden.  They had accepted very, very long time ago.

Ises then stood up abruptly.  "Now then!  It's settled.  We are on a vacation!  Yay!"

"Yay!"  Tei also stood up, raising his hand triumphantly.

"Yay."  Gaden followed up, before quietly taking another sip from his teacup.

Nova shook his head with a smirk on his face before buring his head with his newspaper again.




"*yawn* Boy, that was a good sleep."  Minagi stretched her body as she walked down the stair.  She had slept in Kasumi's room last night.  While she could have teleported back home, it would have been quiet rude since Mr. Tendo specifically invited her and her friends into his house.  Also, for some reason she couldn't say no to the offer of the eldest Tendo daughter.  Besides there was nothing much for her to do at the Masaki Mansion anyway.

Although she was at someone else's house, last night's sleep had been quite a pleasant one.  In fact, Minagi hadn't had a peaceful sleep like that since, well, ever.  There was something about that Kasumi girl that gave complete sense of peace and tranquility to people around her.  She didn't how the Tendo girl did that, but she had no complaints.

When Minagi reached the downstair, she could smell delicious aroma in the air.  No doubt Kasumi and Nodoka already started to prepare breakfast.  Minagi loved Earth's food.(1)  The two ladies of the Tendo Dojo proved themselves as the quite competent cooks last night.  In fact, their cooking was one of the best the space-pirate ever had in her life, easitly up there in top five along with Sasami's.  She couldn't wait for another wonderful homecooked meal.

Minagi stepped into the living room, where she found Soun and Genma already sitting around the table.  Soun was reading a newspaper, while Genma was silently thinking of something.

"Good morning, Miss.  Have you had a good sleep in my house?"  Noticing Minagi, the head of the house lowered his paper to greet his guest.

"Yes, Tendo-san.  Thank you again for your hospitality."  Minagi bowed at Soun with a bright smile on her face.  Soun just smiled back at her, before going back to his paper.

Genma looked up hearing their conversation, and nodded to Minagi briefly as a greeting.  Before she could say her greeting, however, he went back to his solitude.  Minagi blinked at the serious look on his face.  'What's eating him?'

Before she could think further on the matter, she heard the noise from behind.  Minagi turned her head and saw Sasami and Akane coming, chatting happily with each other.  "Good morning, Sasami-chan.  Good morning, Akane-san."

"Ah!  Minagi-neesan!  Good morning!"

"Good morning, Minagi-san.  Please, just Akane is fine."

Minagi smiled at the short-haired girl, and put out one of her hand.  "Fine, as long as you call me just Minagi, too."

Akane also put out her hand and gladly shook Minagi's hand.  "Deal."

Just then Kasumi entered with a rice pot in her hands.  "Breakfast is ready!"

"Eeh?!  Already?  I wanted to help out a bit..."  Sasami was disappointed.  She helped out with dinner last night, and rather enjoyed cooking with the ladies.  They were knowledgable and quite well-skilled.

"Now, now, Sasami-chan.  You are a guest.  It wouldn't be very proper if we made you do any work.  Just sit and enjoy this time.  You can help us cook next time."  Nodoka spoke to the pouting girl as she followed Kasumi carrying dishes.

Sasami cheered up when she heard Nodoka.  "Really?"

The Saotome matriach smiled gently at the expecting face of the girl.  "Of course.  We wouldn't have any other way.  Isn't that right, Kasumi?"

"Why yes.  She's such a nice girl.  I'd love to have her company."  Kasumi answered back cheerfully.  She never lied.  The blue-haired girl was a real joy to be around, not to mention quite a skilled cook.

Sasami smiled as she sat next to Akane, who sat next to her father.  Nabiki also appeared, but spoke to no one.  She only nodded to each person as her greeting.  Apparently she was still too tired to even open her mouth.  Soon people sat around the table, and Kasumi began to scoop out rice for each of them.  She noted something different though.  "By the way, where are Ranma and Masaki-kun?  Are they still sleeping?"

As if her voice was a signal, the two forementioned boys entered the room.

"Hey, breakfast!  Alright!"  Ranma said, as he sat next to his father.  It was a very good timing.  He was very hungry this morning.  He couldn't wait to get his hands on those food.  Tenchi also sat down with a smile, right between Sasami and Minagi.

"Let's eat!"  With exclamation, Ranma started to dig in very eagerly.  While the guests didn't seem to be bothered by his appetite, it brought attention of the Tendo family memebers who blinked in surprise.  It had been a while since Ranma showed such enthusiasm in front of dinner table.  Apparently being united with his cousin brightened his mood somehow.  They all smiled approavingly at Ranma, who kept putting food into his mouth as fast as he used to.

Genma also busily moved his chopsticks so he won't lose any food to Ranma.  But occasionally he took a nervous glance at his son, who still happily ate his portion.  While he seemed glad to see his son back in old shape, he was still worried about something.  This didn't go unnoticed by Nabiki though,(2) who grinned sheepishly.  'Oh-ho...'

Nodoka then broke the silence as she spoke to her nephew.  "Tenchi-chan, when are you going back to your place?"

"Huh?  Well... I plan to return by this afternoon... so probably soon after breakfast."

Nodoka nodded in acknowledgement before turning to her son.  "Ranma, why don't you go with your cousin."

"Huh?"  Ranma stopped in middle of grabbing another piece of pickle when he heard his mother.  "Um, why?"

"To see your grandpa, of course.  If you don't remember much about him, you should really get to know as soon as possible.  He's your grandfather, after all."

Ranma blinked for a while, but shrugged his shoulders afterwards.  "Fine.  I'll go with him."  He then resumed busily shoving rice into his mouth.  Nodoka smiled happily at his son.

Not everyone was happy with Ranma's decision though.  Tenchi froze in terror when he realized that his cousin was going to visit his home.  'How am I am going to explain the girls to Ranma?!  Not to mention Washu...'  Tenchi shuttered briefly at the thought of his scientist friend.  He could already picture Ranma wailing, all tied up in Washu's examination table.  'I have to stop this!  For the sake of me AND him!!'

But when Tenchi opened his mouth to protest, he caught Nodoka's stern face.  She made no sound, but kept shaping her lip trying to say something.  'I'll tell you later.'  After Tenchi read her lip in his mind, he sealed his mouth.  His aunt should have a very good reason to do what she did.  While he was still nervous about his cousin's visit, he would have to wait for Nodoka's explanation later.  He doubted his aunt would know the consequences though...

'I mean, how would she know that I am living with seven girls, one of them my OWN daughter?  Boy, I don't think Ranma would be ready for that...'

Just then, the gate of the Tendo Dojo burst open.

"Airen!  Shampoo here!"

Akane's eyebrow twitched at the cheerful voice, but others just rolled their eyes before going back to their breakfast.  All the guests wondered what was going on, until a purple-haired girl in Chinese dress suddenly appeared from behind Ranma and glomped on to one of his arms.

"Shampoo free today!  Ranma take Shampoo for a date, yes?"

"Shampoo!  I am eating here!  Let go of my arm!"

Snap!

Ranma froze when he saw Akane trembling with anger, the fact emphasized by the broken chopsticks in her hand.  "Why did you come here, you hussy?!"

The girl, whose name now Tenchi knew to be Shampoo,  scowled back at the short-haired girl.  "I come see Airen, not you violent girl.  Go away."

"Me?!  YOU are the one who should go away!"

"Ranma home is Shampoo home.  Airen is here, so I come here.  Shampoo only come see her airen in his home."

"It's NOT his home!!  It's MY home!!"

"Actually, Akane, the house is mine..."  Soun tried to interrupt the girls, but they didn't even look at him.

"What do you think you are doing anyway?!  We have guests here!!  Let go of Ranma, right now!!"

"Shampoo no want to!  Ranma mine!  Shampoo like holding to Ranma!"

"I said let go!"  Akane ran to Ranma's side and grabbed his other arm.  Then she began to pull him away from Shampoo, who in turn also pulled.

"Shampoo no give airen to you, violent girl!  He mine!"

"Hey, don't I have a say in this?  I am eating here!  Both of you, let go!"  Ranma tried to free himself from the clutches of the two upset girls, much to no avail.  The girls didn't listen either, and pulled him apart harder.  Ranma began to scream with pain.  "Wait, wait!  You are pulling my arms out of the sockets!  Let go!  Akane!  Shampoo!"

They didn't listen before, why would they now?

Ranma scowled deeper, then he yelled out loud at the girls.  "STOP IT I SAID!!!"

Akane and Shampoo cringed a bit at his yell, and stopped pulling his arms.  But they didn't stop their bickering nor let go of his arms, as they glared daggers at each other.

"Look what you did!  He's angry, thanks to you!"

"You pulled first!  Shampoo only tried to protect her airen!"

Ranma wanted to smack his forehead if he had a third arm.  Before he could settle them down though, his OTHER fiancee decided to show up.

"Hi, Ranchan!  I brought you some okonomiyaki!  I can't wait to see... huh?"

Ukyou blinked when she saw her two rivals holding onto each of her fiance's arms.  She sighed.  It seemed she was a bit late today.  But she knew better than to join in on their fight.  After all, Ranma seemed very irritated with it.  This was a perfect chance for her to show him that his "cute" fiancee wasn't like other girls.  With her cutest smile on her face, she sat near Ranma.  "Having one of those days, huh Ranma?  Well this will cheer you up.  My Ranchan Special!"

But the other girls didn't find it all that cheerful.

"Can't you see we are already having breakfast?  He doesn't need YOUR food!"

"Violent girl right!  Spatula girl go home!  You bothering Ranma!"

Ukyou wasn't affected at all though, as she bettered her eyebrows innocently.  "Why, me?  I just came to see my childhood friend.  Nothing wrong with that, is there?"

"There is a plenty wrong with that, Ukyou!"

"Spatula girl go away, if she no want to get hurt!"

However the angry shout of the two girls didn't scare Ukyou one bit.  She just ignored them and picked up a piece of her okonomiyaki.  "I see your hands are busy right now, so I will feed you, Ranchan.  Say aaaaah!"

Ranma hung his head in defeat.  "Ukyou, you are not helping."

All through this, the guests of the Tendo house had just dumbly stared at the scenes before them.

Minagi spoke first, still dazed.  "I've seen this movie somewhere before..."

Sasami followed with a full smile on her face.  "Wow, now this really feels like our home!"

Tenchi blinked a few more times before muttering dumbfoundly.  "Maybe it's genetic or something..."




"Good morning..."

"Ah, Urd.  Good morn... what the?!  What happened to you?!"  Morisato Keiich jumped back when he saw the goddess's face.  Urd was in the worst shape ever.  In fact, right now she looked more like one from hell than heaven.  Her bloody eyes and spiked hair could transpire fear in everyone's mind.  The normally attractive goddess was plain hidenous at the moment.  'Not that I would tell her that...'

Urd just waved him off before heading to the bathroom with slumping shoulders.  "I dun't wanna talk'bout it..."

"Eh......"  Keiichi opened his mouth but couldn't speak.  He still hadn't managed to get out of his child body, the task that cannot be done without Urd.  But the look on her face told him that discretion was the best choice at the moment.

"Urd-neesan..."

Urd froze when she heard the voice of her sister.  She slowly turned her head to Belldandy with sheepish grin.  "Um, sorry about yesterday.  I mean, I got pretty mad at that old man, so I just ran off and...  But that pervert was tough, you know?  I didn't get a single shot on him.  That made me madder and..."

The goddess of the past trailed off in mid-sentence when she saw Belldandy's grim face.  "Um, Bell?  What's wrong?"

"Can I talk to you for a minute?"

"Eh... sure..."  Urd nervously followed into her sister's room.  'What's with her today?'

Belldandy waited until Urd closed the door, then spoke.

"Urd-neesan... you better sit down for this..."

"??"




Part 1 ends.
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