The fanfic writing juices be flowing recently, for here comes a chapter
for the only fic of mine not to already have a chapter release this year.
That's right, it's Heart of Fire, Heart of Darkness Chapter 2 (for those
of you who don't read subject lines).
Anyways, here it come! Please C&C!
Aaron Nowack
"Never let reality get in the way of a good hypothesis."
http://www.geocities.com/anowack/
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Heart of Fire, Heart of Darkness
A Ranma/SM Crossover Fanfic
by: Aaron Nowack
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Disclaimer: Neither Sailor Moon nor Ranma belong to me. Ranma is Rumiko
Takahasi's and Sailor Moon is Naoko Takeuchi's. however, the text of
this fanfic is mine, and should not be used without permission. Thank
you.
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Ryouga Hibiki wandered down the streets of a city. That was
about as accurately as he could place his location. Well, not exactly.
The signs were in Japanese, so he could assume he had made his way back
to Japan. He hoped.
He thought back to the event that had started this particular
voyage from Nerima. A strange monster had appeared without warning,
knocking people unconscious. Now, that had been a fight. Ranma,
Mousse, Shampoo, and him against a creature that looked like a cross
between Tarou's cursed form and some sort of bug. They had actually
thought it was Tarou again, back with a new curse, but hot water had no
effect. The fact that it had dissolved to dust after being hit with
enough ki blasts argued against that theory as well.
Anyway, Ryouga had gotten separated from the group afterwards,
and had predictably gotten lost. "Ranma!" he growled, "This is all your
fault!" It probably was, anyway. Suddenly, an external event impinged
on Ryouga's musings. A horde a girls in school uniforms was running his
way. "Funny, I didn't see Happosai..." Ryouga thought while untying his
umbrella from his backpack.
Looking around, Ryouga spotted the cause of the commotion. Some
sort of octopus monster was confronting a band of girls in sailor fuku.
A mismatch if he had ever seen one. Ryouga raced forward, only to halt
in surprise as one of the girls flung a firebolt at the monster.
The monster quickly retaliated, its tentacles flinging the three
girls to the ground, then speeding towards one of them. Ryouga
immediately reacted, throwing a half dozen bandanas at the tentacles,
forcing the monster to halt its attack.
One of the girls gasped out "Tuxedo Kamen?" Ryouga ignored
this, however, as he leapt towards the monster, his umbrella parrying
the tentacles, and occasionally getting in a good whack.
He vaguely heard a voice call out "Now, Sailor Moon!"
The girl that had called him Tuxedo Kamen replied "I can't! I
might hit... whoever that is."
Well, if one of the girls had an attack to throw he wasn't going
to get in the way. Ryouga stabbed down with his finger, lightly
touching the pavement. "Bakusai Tenketsu!" he called out, leaping back
as the shards of rock covered his retreat.
The girl then yelled out "Moon Tiara Action!" Ryouga watched as
the glowing disk slammed into the creature, causing it to crumble to
dust.
"Not bad," he thought, before turning his attention to the girls
before him. The one who had delivered the finishing blow was wearing a
blue fuku with red bows, and had an odd hairstyle that reminded him of
dumplings. Another had a short haircut similar to Akane's and had blue
bows and a blue fuku. She had out what looked to be a compact, and was
peering intently at it. The last of the three had long, dark hair and
was wearing a red fuku.
Ryouga wondered why these girls fought in such ridiculous
outfits. Then, the short haired girl spoke. "He's perfectly human,"
she said, putting away the compact.
Ryouga snorted. "Of course I am. Now, who the hell are you?"
"Who are you?" asked the girl in the red fuku.
"Ryouga Hibiki." he replied.
The dumpling headed girl stepped forward. "For love and
justice, we are the Sailor Senshi. I am Sailor Moon."
"Also, Sailor Mercury," said the short haired girl.
"Sailor Mars," the long haired one said.
Ryouga frowned at the obviously false names. Only cowards hid
behind pseudonyms. Even Ranma would never fight under a name other than
his own.
"How did you do that?" Sailor Mercury asked, gesturing towards
the crater left by the Bakusai Tenketsu. "Nobody human should be that
strong."
Ryouga shrugged. "It's an ancient Chinese Amazon martial arts
technique. You'd have to ask one of them to find out more." He wasn't
interested in a game of twenty questions at the moment.
"Um.... thanks for helping," said Sailor Moon. "Is there
anything we can do in return?"
Ryouga thought for a moment. "Could you show me the way to
Nerima?"
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Ranma sat on the roof of the Tendo Dojo once again, rubbing his
bruised head. "What did those two think they were doing?" he thought.
Genma and Soun's latest plan to unite the two schools had involved
knocking Akane unconscious and dressing her up in a wedding kimono.
Suddenly, Ranma looked up. A dark flock of birds was blotting out the
sun like a cloud, and his danger sense was going haywire.
Ranma looked down. "Oh, hell!" he exclaimed, leaping down to
ground.
In front of him, a young girl ran, trying to evade the birds.
"Aiyah, this is the end for me! What a tragic story this is!" she
cried.
"Look out!" yelled Ranma, leaping forward and grabbing the girl,
shielding her from the birds' attacks. He rolled to one side, grabbing
a few bits of loose gravel, then hurling them at the birds, driving them
off. The birds began to clear out as another figure appeared in the
air.
"Kakakakakaka." The call was menacing, coming from a human-like
being with large wings hovering above Ranma. "Give me the girl and you
won't get hurt... permanently."
There was only one reply to that. "Hell, no!" said Ranma as he
covered the girl with his body.
The bird-man smiled viciously. "Then you will die!" he cried
as he swept into a dive.
"What in the world are you?" asked Ranma as e rose into a
defensive position. Suddenly, he felt something behind him and dropped
to the ground, tackling the girl as razor sharp feathers slammed into
the pavement.
"Kikikikiki!" the call came from another bird-man, who floated
in the air opposite the other. "There is no escape for you, humans!
Die!" Another hail of feathers began to fall.
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Not very far away, two figures walked down a road. They were
Ryouga and Sailor Mercury. The Senshi sighed. "Do you recognize where
we are, now?"
Ryouga shook his head. "Nope."
Mercury put her face in her hands. "I should never agreed to
walk you to the train station. I'm going to be late for cram school.
Honestly, how can you get lost so easily?"
Before Ryouga could reply, another voice interrupted. "Hey
Ryouga! Catch!" Mercury looked up and saw a young man with a pigtail
dressed in Chinese clothing hurl a small girl at Ryouga.
"Hey, Ranma! Something up?" asked Ryouga as he easily caught
the girl.
"Ai ya! Careful, I am delicate," commented the girl. All three
of them looked up as Ranma was yanked into the air by one of the bird-
men.
"Youma!" exclaimed Mercury, activating her communicator's alert button.
In the air, Ranma was struggling futilely against the two bird-
men. Saotome Anything Goes may have been a mid-air school, but the
bird-men had a definite natural advantage. "Kaka! Now, you die!" said
one, driving the point home.
Sailor Mercury reacted the only way she knew how. "Bubbles...
Spray!" When the fog cleared, she was shocked by the sight that faced
her eyes. Where had been a black-haired boy fight two bird-men, a red-
haired girl and two bulky men lay groaning on the ground. Where Ryouga
had stood was a small black piglet! Only the young girl was the same,
and she seemed to have taken the changes in stride. "What's going on
here?" se asked.
The two men rose. "We would have kicked your sorry asses if it
wasn't for that cold water!"
The girl also rose. "You turn human in cold water?!!" she
exclaimed.
"Bwee!!" went the piglet.
"We'll face you again, bi-gendered freak!" said one of the men.
The two then faded away into thin air.
The young girl approached the redhead. "Thank you for saving
me, honored guest!"
"Honored guest?" asked the redhead. "Where have I... Jusenkyo?"
"Bwee," commented the pig, who had wandered up to the two while
sailor Mercury continued to stare in shock.
That was when the other two Senshi arrived.
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Author's Random Ramblings
Well, here is Chapter 2 of my Ranma/SM crossover. I'm still doing my
best to avoid cliches. (I believe this is the first Ranma/SM crossover
to ever diverge just before Saffron but still include Phoenix Mountain.)
Next time, the Senshi and the Nerima Wrecking Crew (TM) get a chance to
meet, some things are revealed, and Jadeite strikes! Be there or be a
rectangular thing!
C&C is of course greatly desired and appreciated. So, PLEASE, PLEASE,
let me know if you liked this (or even if you didn't).