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Unexpected
By Jeremy Evans
Chapter 1: Actions and Consequences
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters nor am
I making any money from this. Please do not
sue me.
In the halls of one of heavens buildings
two relatively young deities in training were
sneaking into a room. No ordinary room was
this, this room contained a viewing well used
by the higher gods to alter or cross the various
worlds in the multiverse. Sometimes it was
used to help fight a great evil or grant
enlightenment to someone, but more often than
not it was used to meddle needlessly in the
lives of mortals.
The two youngsters in question had just slipped
by the last trap and now stood before the well.
The shorter of the two rubbed his hands together as
they approached the well.
The other had a lot more dubious expression on
his face. "Are you sure this is a good idea?"
The first one smiled at his friend reassuringly. "Hey,
everyone else has altered his life in some way!
It can't be that hard." He started to search the
various worlds in pool. "Now which time line
to cross it with". Eventually a small smile
crossed the shorter ones face, "Yes this'll do
nicely."
The taller being looked at his buddies'
choice and paled slightly. "Hey, um...isn't that
L-sama's turf?"
The other boy merely waved it off "Yup,
but don't worry. With all the magical
energy running around she won't see his
entrance into her world."
The other remained unconvinced "I don't know..."
the shorter looked up slightly annoyed "Look
I've got it worked out. He'll be there for
ten years, and then the recall spell pulls
him back to his timeline. Now watch." They
both gazed into the pool as the transfer took place.
-----
Genma Saotome finished strapping fish
sausages to his son. Nodding in satisfaction at
his work, he picked his son up and tossed him
into the pit of starving cats. It was at this point
that time seemed to slow down as Ranma fell.
A black void seemed to open right in front of
the younger Sao tome, swallowing him whole
as he fell through. Genma blinked several
times. Not sure what to make of that. Then a
thought struck him, "Nodoka's going to kill
me."
***
Ranma shook his head as he lifted
himself off the hard ground. The fall hadn't
been as bad as he thought it would be but
he was still a bit dazed. Realizing he was
still wearing the sausages he quickly set
about removing them as he looked around.
The first thing he noticed was that he was at
the edge of a forest with a large city in sight.
"Papa?" he turned around trying to catch
sight of his father. "Papa, are you there?"
The only response he got was a growl as
the ground began shaking then moving.
Leaping off Ranma noticed that he hadn't
landed on the ground but on some monster.
The creature was huge, bigger than his dad.
It's skin was green and it was fanged. The
creature growled, "Little punk, that Hurt!"
The creature roared and charged.
----
The younger nodded his head "All right, he's
there and about to be beaten by a
Troll, great plan."
The other scowled at his friend "Look,
there's Prince Phil. In a few minutes he'll
save Ranma, find out he's alone, and take'em
home. Amelia get's a new brother and Ranma
gets a decent family."
The other person folded his arms across
his chest, "Unless someone else gets to
Ranma first."
The other boy looked at
his friend in a questioning manner. In answer
he pointed a finger to a figure that had just
entered the scene.
The shorter boy looked at the figure and cringed
"Kami-Sama, not HIM!"
----
The figure in question was himself
wondering why he was here. Originally he
was supposed to be taking care of a problem
elsewhere. But he'd received word from his
master that he was to go here instead. He
wasn't given a reason but then he didn't need
one. An order was an order after all.
It was at this point he heard a roar. Being curious
he quickly moved towards the sounds of combat.
Now it's not easy to surprise this particular
person, but the sight of a young boy holding his
own against a Troll was unusual to say the least.
His surprise grew as he noticed the way the child
moved. It spoke of a skill level he'd never seen
in one so young and considering how long he'd
lived that was saying something. He began to
scan deeper to find out more and was surprised
yet again. The boy was not from this realm. He
did not know how it happened but this child had
been sent through the barriers between worlds
for what purpose he couldn't guess. The last thing
he saw was that the boy was positively swimming
in chaotic energy. Like he was born to it.
At this moment the boy managed to weave
in and out of the punches and swings the Troll was
throwing and getting in several good strikes.
Unfortunately a Troll could heal such damage with
ease. The figure could tell that for all the boys'
skill he would lose.
Coming to a decision he approached the two combatants.
"Excuse me." The troll whirled on the man at the sound
of his voice club raised high. The man smiled as the troll
was engulfed in a column of light and disappeared.
The man then turned to the young boy. "Are you all
right?"
The young boy nodded "Mister, how'd you
do that?" The figures smile widened "Magic." The
child looked skeptical "So what is your name kid."
Ranma straightened up "I am Ranma Saotome heir to
the Saotome school of anything goes martial arts!"
The figure chuckled at the delivery before
continuing "Where are your parents?"
The boy deflated somewhat "I don't know, Papa
threw me into a pit of cats and I ended up here."
Ranma looked up at him hopefully "Do you know
where he is?" The figure shook his head "No but
if you come with me I'll try to help you. I must
tell you it may be impossible to find him but I
promise to try." The young boy looked thoughtful
for a moment "I'll even show you the art."
The young boy looked at the figure then where the
Troll had stood and back "Okay." The figure smiled
as he led the boy away. "Say mister, I didn't get
your name?"
The figure looked at him, smile still firmly in place
"Its Xellos Metallium pleased to meet you."
----
The shorter boy was babbling about how
this shouldn't be as the taller shook his head. "You
do realize you just screwed up royally and will most
likely be punished."
His friend continued on as if not hearing him "This
can't be! Xellos wasn't supposed to be anywhere near
there, I checked!! It's almost as if..."
"As if someone told him to go there." a new voice
stated.
The sound of a soft female voice froze both
boys as the color drained from their faces. Slowly
they turned around to face the Lord of Nightmares,
L-Sama. "Umm er..." they began "We...we were
just...um."
The master of all dark lords merely smiled
nastily at the two youths, nearly causing them to pee
in their pants. She chuckled "Leave now." They both
looked at each other then her "Huh?"
She raised an eyebrow "Must I repeat myself."
in the blink of an eye both boys were gone. L-Sama
strode over to look into the pool. All ready
Xelloss was endearing himself to the young boy.
Perfect; those boys had just given her access to
one of the most chaotic mortals in the multiverse.
This could prove useful as well as entertaining.
A chair appeared behind her as she sat down to watch
the fun.
---
A few Years later
Two women were racing through a forest.
The one in the lead was wearing a red t-shirt, black
slacks with a red hood and cape. Her partner was
wearing a purple jumpsuit and appeared to be
hovering slightly off the ground. Both looked to be
in their late teens. The first woman turned to her
partner, "Luna, how much farther to the temple?".
Luna consulted a map before facing her partner,
"Another 5 minutes and we should be there,
Gully. If I'm right the gate doesn't close for
another 20 minutes".
Gully smirked as she faced forward, "Plenty of time."
The two women continued on until an
explosion followed by a scream split the silence.
Both slowed up, as the sounds of some great beast
crashing through the foliage grew louder. Gully
quickly un-sheathed her sword as her partner
readied a fireball. A small figure popped out of
the bushes ahead landing hard on the ground.
Gully looked to her friend then to what appeared
to be a small boy. The young boy made it to his
feet but seemed to have trouble walking. It was
at this point a Drake crashed through the trees
ahead. The large creature scanned the area, its
gaze finally alighting on the young boy. A deep
growl reverberated from its throat, and then it
charged the poor boy who became frozen with
fear.
Gully leapt forward, bringing her sword
to bear. The Drake twisted slightly as the blade
bit into its neck causing a small amount of blood
to gush forth. The young woman landed behind
the creature and backed away. The Drake turned
its now enraged gaze on the young warrior. This
was a mistake since it gave the spell caster an
easy target.
"Source of all souls which dwell in eternal and
infinite. Everlasting flame of blue, let the power
hidden in my soul be called forth from the
Infinite...RA-TILT!"
The blue beam slammed into the monster
engulfing it in a blue flame. The Drake screamed
in agony as its soul was torn to shreds. Then it
collapsed to the ground. Gully kicked the thing's
remains a few times. Once satisfied it was dead
she joined her partner who was already tending
to the boys wounds.
"He has a twisted ankle. It needs to be
healed."
Her friend nodded "Fine, fine, just be
quick about."
Luna ignored her friend as she set
to work. Once the spell was under way she took
a good look at the boy. He appeared to be about
ten. He was wearing black pants and a red shirt of
a kind she'd never seen before. His eyes were deep
blue and his hair was pulled back into a pigtail. "So
little boy, what's your name?"
The kid fidgeted for a minute "Ranma." he finally
said.
She smiled warmly "Well Ranma, what are you
doing out in this dangerous forest all by yourself?"
Ranma hung his head. "Some friends dared me to after
my brother warned us about this place."
Luna shook her head "That wasn't very bright." She stood up
offering her hand to Ranma. "Come on we'll take you home."
Her partner went livid "What are doing!!! We can't stop
for some kid!"
Luna sighed "We can't leave him here and we can't
take him into the temple with us. We'll just have
to take him home."
Gully rubbed her forehead "Luna, this temple has
enough treasure to allow us both to retire. Plus
it has text on spells that have been lost to the
ages, and in twenty minutes the gate to it closes
for another hundred years! We can't miss this
opportunity!!"
Luna stared at her friend "Do you want to leave him here?"
Gully looked at the small boy for a moment. Finally
she threw her hands up in the air. "Fine will take him
to the village. Maybe if we run we can get there and
back in time." The two women took off back the way
they'd come.
About 10 minutes later they spotted a purple
haired man holding a staff with a red orb in it racing
towards them calling Ranma's name.
Ranma perked up when he saw him "Big brother!" he cried.
The
young man stopped in front of them as he saw Ranma.
"Oh thank you both for finding him!" He took Ranma's
hand from Luna and bowed "I can't thank you enough!!"
Luna was about to say something when Gully
Interrupted.
"That's okay, but we really must be going."
Gully grabbed her friend's arm and dragged her back
towards the temple A-ko style.
Ranma blinked the dust from their departure
out of his eyes and looked up at his 'big-brother'.
"Xelloss why'd you ask me to do that? I mean why
did we have to stop them from reaching the temple."
Xelloss looked at the young boy and smiled while
bring his finger to his lips "Sora Wa Himitsu Desu!"
Ranma pouted "Can you at least tell me why we do
this to people?"
Xelloss kept smiling but shook his head in the negative.
Ranma sighed as Xelloss put a hand on his shoulder "There
is a good reason and when you're older I'll tell you
more, I promise." Ranma looked up into the older
man's smiling face and couldn't help but smile also.
"Say Ranma, how bought we go for some ice cream.
My treat?"
The pig-tailed boy's face brightened
significantly "Sure! Let's go!" The two
faded from sight.
------
5 years later.
The caverns began to collapse as Ranma
grabbed the manuscript. Vaulting over fallen rocks
and dodging debris Ranma worked his way out. It
was then he heard a call for help. Backtracking a bit
he found Sarah with her leg pinned under a boulder.
Acting quickly Ranma heaved the rock off her leg,
Freeing her. Then he grabbing her up and holding
her to him, he made for the exit. He managed to leap
through just as the roof came down. Everyone else was
already out side.
Jiro the young priest rushed over and
began to heal the girl as Ranma layed her on the
ground. Ranma briefly wondered if her red face was
caused by her injury. After she checked out the rest
of their little group closed in.
"Well?" Seth asked. Ranma handed him a book and
he quickly flipped through it. After a few minutes
he became enraged and tossed the book on the
ground "Is this a JOKE!!" Everyone looked at
him as he stomped off. Jiro picked up the book,
after turning a few pages he started to chuckle.
-----Later at a restaurant-----
The small party of five wore downcast looks,
all except for Ranma who was to busy stuffing his
face with fruits and veggies to care.
After a moment Sarah spoke up, "So the ultimate
technique it spoke of wasn't magic, sword or martial
arts, but...cooking. We spent six months taking on
all kinds of monsters for a friggin COOK BOOK!!"
she waved her hands angrily at the text sitting on
the table.
Ranma took a moment from his eating to place his
hand on her shoulder; oddly he noted that her
temperature rose somewhat. "Hey, at least it
wasn't an ultimate sowing technique."
Everyone gave him a funny look. Sarah giggled,
"I guess it could've been worse." She took a deep
breath and looked at everyone. "So now what?"
Ranma placed some money on the table and stood
"Now I have to be going."
a collective "What!" escaped from the lips of
those present.
Ranma smiled sheepishly "Hey, the only reason I came
along was to find an ultimate martial arts technique
in that book. Since it doesn't have one, I might
as well be on my way."
Sarah looked downcast, "Are you sure you can't stay?"
Ranma nodded "Yeah my families probably a bit worried
by now. I'd best get back soon."
Sarah smiled tightly at him "Take care then."
Ranma smiled back "You to. Take care of yourselves
everyone."
And amidst a chorus of goodbyes Ranma left the
restaurant. When the building was finally out
of sight Ranma smiled and faded from view.
-----Wolf pack Island-----
Zelas took a long drag from her cigarette
as she sat in her chair. Her boys were currently
out on mission and her home was fairly quite,
peaceful in other words boring. She put out the
remainder of her cigarette. Pulled a forth a new
one and lit it. It was at this moment the door
opened and Ranma entered. Zelas cocked her
head to the side "Well?"
Ranma smiled and pulled a book out from under his shirt
and handed it to her,
"The real Book of Ultimate techniques". Zelas
took the book and idly thumbed through it as
Ranma continued. "I must admit it was interesting."
Ranma flopped into a seat "I mean the stuff about
Additive and Subtractive magic sounded fascinating.
Kinda surprised I've not seen anyone using it."
Zelas closed the book "That's because Mazouk and
Dragons can't use that type of magic. Its reserved
Specifically humans."
Ranma blinked "But I've never seen or heard of a
them using it?"
Zelas smirked "Then we were successful. During the
Last war between us and the dragons a small group of
wizards rose up against both sides. It seems they
didn't like the fact we were using their forest and
cities as grounds for our battles. Anyways they formed
a wizards council that managed to make the war bloodier
for us, with less collateral damage to human settlements.
When we found out about them and their actions we and the
dragons struck back. And lost an obscene amount of people,
To a far smaller force of wizards. Most used what that
book describs as additive magic."
She suddenly quieted for a moment then pushed on.
"Xelloss had a prot�g� during that war. A young but
Bright lad who he was training to be a priest/General
For Hellmaster."
Ranma smiled "And to act as a double agent of course."
"Of course. Anyways this student and one of the wizards
got into it. No massive energy blasts or such. In fact
all that could be seen was the two of them floating at the
center of a miniature wind storm. Xelloss later found out
that the wizard was weaving a series of magical webs.
Designed to activate if this or that happened and his
student was trying to disable them. Now our magic is
Powerful but Additive gives far more options. So basically
He couldn't simply blow him away because the webs the mage
had created would be triggered and he'd be destroyed. He
did get off a few medium attacks but they were ineffective
against the wizards defenses. So he was forced to try to
unlock the various webs and counter webs. All the while the
wizard was creating more." She took a drag from her
cigarette. "Eventually the wizard simply severed himself
from the webs. Forcing the other to juggle all the various
spells. He failed."
Ranma shuddered at the note of finality in her voice.
"But that wasn't the worst. Some Wizards had a mastery of
additive and subtractive magic. Those mages were only
defeated by overwhelming numbers." She crossed her legs.
"After that we did our best to make sure humans forget that
that kind of magic existed."
Ranma nodded "That's why most human high level spells rely
on Dragon or Mazouk magic. So you can cut them off if
necessary."
"Very good Ranma. However, Xelloss studied this form of
magic to see if it could be wielded by the Mazoku. It
can't of course, but he knows enough to tell that you
can use it."
Ranma gasped "What...me?!"
She blew out smoke through her nose "Additive only. But
that will make you far more effective." She handed the
book back "So I want you to read this...No I want you to
KNOW this as soon as possible. If you have any questions
Feel free to ask Xelloss.
Ranma nodded but then seemed to remember something. She
leaned forward "What is it?"
Ranma fidgeted then sighed, "I want some time to take
care of some things on my world." She looked at him
quizzically "Why, I thought you saw what
would've happened it you'd stayed?"
he smiled thinly "I know but something's need to be done
to insure certain people do not get away with what
they have done."
She sat back in her chair and gazed at him for a long time.
Finally she sighed, "All right, six months then I need you
back here."
Ranma smiled at her "Thanks a lot!" he gave her
a hug. Zelas rolled her eyes and seriously
considered waping him upside the head but decided
to let it go, this time.
He pulled away and sat arose from her
"So where's Xelloss?" Zelas got more comfortable
in her seat "On mission." She cocked her head to
the side "Seems he's about done." she commented
without emotion.
Ranma wondered what she was talking about then
he felt it. A force of unimaginable
power had just entered the world. Zelas watched
Ranma with an amused smile. She'd forgotten he'd
never had any contact with this being before. After
it was over he spoke softly
"T-that was.." Zelas nodded "Our boss, the Lord
of Nightmares, L-sama."
Ranma swallowed hard as he tried to
regain his composure "But who channeled...?"
Zelas brought her finger up to her lips "Sora
Wa..."
Ranma waved her off "Right, right, my
fault for asking." He stared out the window for
a minute before smiling and turning around
"Inverse, Lina Inverse its gotta be her!" Zelas
just looked at him. He continued on "She
successfully cast the Giga Slave and created
Laguna Blade. Only someone with a firm
understanding like hers could channel L-sama.".
Zelas smiled "Very good Ranma. I can't say
any more on the subject but you are right."
She stood and stretched a bit. "Remember,
I'll expect you back in six months no later."
He nodded as she left. As the door closed he
was left to wonder about the woman who'd
managed to channel L-sama.
****
Earth Jusenkyo
Genma Saotome was overjoyed to say
the least. In an amazing turn of fortune his son
had returned from the dead. He was grateful; as
he didn't know how much longer he could lie
convincingly to Nodoka. The note he'd received
from his child had tickets and a map to Jusenkyo
where they would meet for the first time in ten years.
"Oh happy day! My son returns to me and the schools
will be joined!!"
Genma was about to do a little jig
when a voice caught his attention.
"Pop?"
The fat martial artist turned to see a well filled out
young man in a red Chinese shirt, black pants and pig tail
sitting on a blanket near a bunch of springs. What
truly caught his attention was the large spread of
food layed out before him..
Holding his hunger in check Genma grabbed
the young man into a bear hug "Son! Its so good to see you
after all these years!!"
Ranma staggered a bit under
the man's sobs but managed to calm him down.
"Please pop sit down and eat. We have much to talk
about."
Never being one to refuse a free meal Genma
dug in. After couple of minutes he noticed Ranma
hadn't eaten anything. He shrugged, figuring more
for him and went back to work on the food. Once
satisfied he looked to his son. "So boy where've you
been for the last 10 years? Training I hope."
"You could say that. I also found out what
you've been up to for the last ten years."
Genma yawned before answering, not liking the tone of
Ranma's voice "What do you mean."
Ranma's glared at him "I found out about the
multiple engagements for one thing."
Genma suddenly
felt very tired and dizzy.
"But its okay pop, I found a way to deal with the
mess you made." Ranma's voice was ice cold.
Genma attempted to stand but fell back
on his rear "Wh-what did you...?"
Ranma smiled without warmth "Oh just some sleep potion
in the food. Enough to knock you out for quite a while
I suspect." Genma's vision swam as he fell backwards.
"More than enough time to see justice served." Darkness
covered Genma's vision.
-----Nerima Tendo Dojo-----
Soun griped the letter tightly as tears streamed
down his face.
Dear Soun
By the time you read this I will be gone. I am
sorry that I won't be able to help you with the
engagement but I do ask you go do all in your power
to see our two schools joined. By now you should've
meet my son. He's taking this pretty hard and may do
some unusual things to cope. I ask you to help him
work through this tough time in his life. I wish you
the best and charge you and you alone with ensuring
the future of anything goes. I wish you well old friend.
Your Friend
Genma Saotome
Soun wiped the tears from his eyes and looked at
the boy in front of him. "You can meet my
daughters later as for now you can have one of
the guest rooms. I'll take you there." Ranma
bowed "Thank you sir." The pig-tailed warrior
followed the older man to his room.
Later that evening
Genma awoke with a pounding headache.
After a few moments he noticed he felt different.
He became confused when he looked at himself
and saw much younger hands. That's when he
looked into a mirror on the wall and screamed.
Staring back at him was the face of Ranma. A
quick scan confirmed it was Ranma's body.
"You know, you really ought to thank me."
Genma whirled to see his son leaning against
the wall smirking. "I mean, I've given you back
your youth, sorta."
Genma growled, "What is the meaning of this? What
have you done to me!"?
Ranma's smirk grew "I dunked you in a newly
created spring 'spring of Nearly drowned Ranma'.
Then with a little magic I overwrote your base form
with that from spring of drowned girl." Ranma
quickly wove water spell. Genma looked in the
mirror, fingered the results of the transformation,
and screamed again.
Ranma laughed, "By the way Soun thinks your dead
and that you are me. You've all ready been engaged
to his youngest, Akane." Ranma chuckled "She's a
tad violent so I suggest not upsetting her or you
will feel her wrath."
Everything Ranma said put Genma into a state of
shock, completely unable to move or say anything.
Ranma continued on "Also, I wove a web around you.
It will make sure you act honorably or you'll
receive some...negative reinforcement." Ranma
chuckled, "Your honor bound to marry a
Tendo so I wouldn't try to go about breaking it.
Oh wait!" he began with mock surprise "You also
have to marry Ukyo Kuonji! Jeepers! How are you
going to maintain honor if your supposed to marry
them both! What a dilemma"
The full effect of what Ranma had done was starting to
become apparent to the formally fat martial artist. He
barely managed to croke out "What about Nodoka."
Ranma feigned sadness. "A letter from her son
will reach her. It will inform her of her husbands
death and information on how to find her son."
Ranma became thoughtful "I wonder if your female
side will affect her decision on if your manly or not."
A small eep escaped Genma's lips. "Ah well good
luck pop. You're gonna need it." At his words a
swirling blue portal opened and he began to step
through.
Genma tried on last gambit "I raised
you..."
Ranma whirled around eyes flashing as he
backhanded him across the room Genma cowered under the
younger man's gaze. "You didn't raise me and if you
had it would've been only to fill your fat belly. Be
glad I'm going easy on you!" and with that he
stepped through the portal, which disappeared
behind him.
Genma fell to the floor sobbing.
Author notes: Why the change in what the book
Contained. I rethought where this was going and
This fit far better into the grandscheme of things.
As always C&C is appreciated.